Music Video :)

I did my first music video recently. We met a man named Kahu who runs Gamekids, a professional kids performance group, and he said he would love to do a video. So I called a friend and Annabel and together we made a not-quite finished video! We still need to work on it but it was a lot of fun. First we put up a green screen behind the piano. This is used so we can change the background. Then I sat down at the piano and played on camera. I was very nervous because I'd never been behind a camera before. Plus I had to wear a pink dress (girl city! Yech!) and my hair down. I hate my hair down - it gets fluffy and itchy.

Then we headed downstairs to do a sleepover scene with my friend and Annabel. We had a lot of fun and we got to play with stuffed animals.

And after that we went to a grassy area by my house and we did some running around and spinning and piggyback rides. I never thought making a music video could be so much fun!

"Sleepover" Time!

Spin around and see how long you can stay up without falling down!

"I'm nervous! Please can I wear a ponytail, jean shorts and a t-shirt?"

Transformation from a music room (Dad's office) to a video set

Not Quite but Almost a Bookworm

Annabel got into Harry Potter for a while. She read all of the time in her room. She got to book four. Then she got convinced to stop because they were getting scary. Now she's into a new book series. I, on the other hand have one good book and I get totally into it. Then, I stop for a while. I was into Ender in Exile for a while. (The new sequel to Ender's Game.) But then the book ended and I have nothing to read. I don't like scary books or mystery. I like comedy and sometimes adventure. Annabel likes adventure and mystery and magic. I like pretty much none of the above. I don't dislike series, but I don't prefer them. Annabel loves series.

Have any ideas?

My little "Bookworm"

Camera Joy

Mom got a brand new camera because her old one doesn't work that well and we're going to Europe this summer. Where we live we see a lot of tourists. Now it's our turn! Mom's camera is awesome. It has a really good zoom and all this new equipment. I, on the other hand, get Mom's old camera. It broke even more and it wouldn't even take a picture. It was pretty much useless. But, we figured we didn't need to spend $ 5,000,000,000,000,000 on repair like most mechanics, we just had to get a new lens. (Here's where my negotiating skills come in.) Since we were gonna get a new lens and it wouldn't cost that much more money, Mom and Dad agreed to get me a zoom lens like my mom's! And plus, zooming is my favorite part of taking pictures. So it's gonna come in the mail soon and I'll have some great pictures of the Eiffel Tower and Venice!

Taekwondo

Annabel, Shawn and I have recently started Taekwondo at the M.T.C. (Maui Taekwondo Center.) It's a marshal art and first started being preformed over 2000 years ago. It was originally from Korea. We all love it so much and are happy to have joined the class. We know a couple of kids in the class but we're still the new kids. Sometimes we see Brendan (who's in the class before us) and Reka who's in our class. Both of them used to go to school with Annabel and me. Annabel, Shawn and I just earned our ten stripes for our white belts. This means next month we get to test for a yellow belt. The second highest in rank!

Taekwondo gets you strong physically and mentally, and coordinated. It's also lots of fun!

Latest Music Update

I am now on my dad's website. It has my CDs and books! You can read my books for free and listen to all of my CDs with lyrics. And, I'm on I-Tunes. Plus, I'm going to make a music video with a man named Kahu who is in charge of Gamekids. And.... I'm finishing my 3rd CD!

You can check it out if you go to this link: http://www.garymarksmusic.com/

Plus check out my dad's stuff too!