A break from the stress.

Here is what I do to relieve my stress. I create something like this, and hopefully get good feedback on it. Enjoy:



The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

New Website Up and Running . . . Three Day weekend!

Well the website isn't exactly new. But the webpage is new, I will say that. I used Wordpress so that it would look nice, especially because I know nothing about css or html. But that is not all we are doing. New YouTube channel just for Prodigy will be up soon, plus a new ebay store, possibly.

I am pretty amped, personally. Check out our website at www.projectprodigy.tv

Here is a screenshot of the new website on my computer. Notice the generic banner image, I'm going to work on that for sure. Plus I got google ads on it, so I might be able to break even after hosting and domain name.


Memorial Day is on Monday, so that means three day weekend! But I am scheduled to work like 12 hours over the weekend, plus end of the year school work. Still if I am feeling a little ambitious I may attempt to add more to the website, or make more videos, or whatever I feel like.

After school gets out on June 6, I have like a week before I leave for D.C. (for National History Day Competition.) If I don't have to work a whole lot, I will be making videos like crazy. I hate how school can actually take away from my potential sometimes. I spend too much time trying to be proficient at school work that it takes away from the time I have to actually improve on what I could quite possibly be doing for the rest of my life (I hope!).

Plus people at school get on my nerves, some annoy me, some are rude to me, some hate me, some make fun of me. Gets pretty old. Plus I feel like nobody at school appreciates my talents. I can make a video better than at least 90% of the people at my school, but I can't shoot a basketball or throw a football, therefore I am a loser.


The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

A very cool recognition.

About a month ago, a friend and I placed second at a state "History Day" competition. (Don't worry if you don't know what that is, I will explain it.) Well, last night, we got to stand up in front of the school board and be recognized for our accomplishments, along with other winners from the same school district. I don't know about you, but I find it extremely refreshing to see people recognized and honored for accomplishments other than athletics.

That's my friend Zach McLeod on the left and I'm the ugly one on the right.
(Taken right after we had won)

National History Day is [what I guess you could call] an organization that is sponsored by The History Channel. They have competitions for students grades 6-12. There are five different categories to compete in; Exhibit, where students develop kind of like a science fair board with info on their topic; Documentary (the category we competed in), which is where students basically develop a documentary video (think of the things you see on the History Channel) on their topic; Paper, basically where you write a research paper on your category (Ugh!); Performance, which is like where you act out your play; and new this year, the webpage category, where you guessed it, make a website on your topic. Each student can compete individually or in groups of 2-5. For more info, visit their website.

This year's logo for the theme "Conflict & Compromise in History"

Right before we presented

Here is our actual project titled
"Conflict and Compromise: The 1980 Miracle on Ice":

The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

Only Three More Weeks!

Three weeks does not sound like a tremendously long amount of time, but when that is all that stands between me and three months of freedom, it feels like an eternity.

As the school year comes to a close, it gets more and more crazy as the days go by. The weather outside turns a little more friendly, the teachers get more tired and stressed, as do the students, and on top of that, it is the time of year that the pointless projects, mind-numbing district assessments, and every assignment you ever missed over the course of the semester all come to bite you on the @ss.

Whether that sounds negative or not, it really is the truth, and as you look ahead to summer, you pretty much are ready for school to be over, which makes the workload seem even more impossible.



The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

Happy Birthday to Me! Thanks Everyone!

I just don't have time to thank everyone that helped wish me a happy birthday this year. Every card meant a lot to me, every present has been special, and all the money was very helpful :)

Tasty Birthday Cake (Mmm! Thanks Mom!)

The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.

Awesome new Apple Mighty Mouse (Thanks Dad and Pam)

Sweet Mariokart Wii and an extra Wii Wheel! (Thanks to Mom, Bo, Dave and Kay!)

Wonderful new tripod "Joby Gorillapod" (Thanks Mom & Bo!)

Thanks to EVERYONE!!!

I had an amazing birthday weekend! Believe it or not, little Jackson Ivey is 15 years old!

My first blog post

Congratulations, you have made your way to my blog.

Today is the day after my birthday, and since I have the day off work, I have been trying to find something to do. I do have a website, but unfortunately I have no experience in making websites, so I thought I would give this a try. You most likely watch my YouTube videos since you have came here.

I had tried to get Google ads on my real website, but that didn't work, so maybe I can get them on here and earn a little extra dough. : )

This blog will mostly be for; 1) people who watch my videos, 2) people who know me personally, or 3) people who care about the daily happenings of a 15 year old living in quite possibly the lamest state in the country.

Here is one of my latest videos that seems to be pretty popular:



Enjoy!


The name is Jackson Ivey, but you may know me as JXXN.