Music and a Lot of Random Stuff

Welcome to Brandon's World.  I will be writing about a lot of random stuff.  This includes tennis, Rubik's Cube, traveling, and more.  There are some personalities that you do not know about me.  This includes that I like music, enjoy practicing, and traveling.  Keep in touch to read about my visit to Disney Land in Winter Break.  The blog post will include the amusement rides, the food, and the resort we stayed in.  Don't forget to comment on my posts and follow me.    

Cube Addiction

About a month ago, I got my first Rubik’s Cube.  The Rubik’s Cube was a 3 by 3 by 3.  I got interested in solving it and watched a video on YouTube.  The video was called How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube by Dan Brown.  The first time I watched the video, I got very confused.  I counted how many times I had to watch the video and it turned out to be 5 times.  I made my brother take notes on how to solve a Rubik’s Cube.  When I finally solved it, I copied the notes onto a note card.  Now my goal was to try to memorize it. The moves are called algorithms.  Some moves are R Ri D Di.  Isn’t this complicated?  But you will understand this better when you know what the sides are.  Finally I got this memorized.  While I was watching how to solve a Rubik’s Cube, I saw a video on how to solve it faster.  It said to put silicone in the Rubik’s cube.  So first let me explain the steps on how to lubricate your Rubik’s Cube.  What I did was turn the top layer 45 degrees.  Then, I pried out the middle piece with a screw driver.  I put silicone in it then popped the piece back in.  It magically transformed from a stiff cube into an extremely smooth cube.  But I after I played the Rubik's Cube for so long, the silicone started to wear off.  Finally I decided to put butter in the Rubik’s Cube.  I did the same steps except that I took the whole cube apart.  I buttered each piece and put the whole cube back together.  This made the cube even smoother.  Now my fastest time is 1 minute and 4 seconds.  Some other users to visit on how to solve a Rubik's Cube are the Sergsb, MeMyselfAndPie and, Rubik's Cube.  Also now I am learning on how to learn a 4 by 4 cube.  This the nickname is called Rubik's Revenge.  

My first tennis junior team

On January 12, I went to a Junior Tennis Team in Elk Grove.  This was my first time going to this team.  I got there at 1:30 and it was the most embarrassing time of my life.  I saw my tennis coach and asked him where I should go, and he said go where all the other kids are.  I looked around and saw that there were hundreds of them.  They were all exercising.  My tennis coach told me to go and exercise with them.  Finally we all separated into 3 different groups.  I was in the regular tennis ball group.  I felt so embarrassed because I was new and I didn't know anybody.  When I entered the court, everyone just stared at me.  I just wished that the tennis team had ended already.    When we were ranked, I was placed last place.  I was the worst out of all of them.  But fortunately, I made one friend.  We first warmed up, stretched, and then we went onto to practicing doing our forehand, backhand, and serving.  Next, I played matches against two people.  One of the people was named Josh.  I missed every serve and missed every shot.  Unfortunately I lost both of them.  The first score of the game was 1-4 and the second score of the game was 4-6.  We I finished my matches, I played against random people.  Finally my mom came to pick me up at 3:30.  This was a good experience for me and I know I will get better.  Practice makes perfect!!!!!!!