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My name is William MacLeod and I love horses, cattle, rodeos, ranching, cowboys, etc. and other things like roping, I like to paint and do a bit of pencil drawing and be a great artist and I like to do pencil drawings as well too. I'm from Antigonish, Nova Scotia in Canada. My favorite type of music I only like is country and western. I practice playing a few musical instruments everyday playing a lot of acoustic guitar and a little tiny bit of mandolin.

I have autism and I'm autistic and I say a couple of lines from movies and I know I am just great and I have two brothers Brian Douglas and Sheumais and we have to dogs of our own Scooter Toto MacLeod a boy and Clover Springwood MacLeod a girl and they are Cairn Terriors and they are a beautiful breed. We have our own cottage down in Baddeck right across from Tim Horton's and every summer in Baddeck, we go to the Alexander Graham Bell meuseum and that's a lot of fun.

I have no grandfathers but, the lucky part is I have two grandmothers and my dad has two brothers Sandy and Bill.

I ride my bike only in spring and summer and use the eliptical rider exercise machine in the wintertime to try and be like the great rodeo and ranch cowboys and the real cowboys to keep in shape so I won't be mad at myself.

One day I will become a real working-life cowboy as a rancher by doing ranch work and working on the ranch as a rancher at roping calves for branding and a rodeo cowboy for the rodeo event for calf roping (tie-down roping) someday, I much only mostly prefer to rope calves around the necks only in the rodeos and on the ranches (which is what I'll be doing for real life forever), and that's the way I ought to make my living as a real life working cowboy as a rodeo and a ranch cowboy, as I want to only be just a perfect rodeo calf roper and ranch cowboy and everybody might think I am the perfect best greatest fastest tie-down calf ropers in the rodeos and the cowboys to rope calves for branding from the ranches and the rodeos to show that one day, I could win the calf roping championships at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, the World’s Richest Calf Roping in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the Mo'Betta Calf Roping up in Apache, Oklahoma, which means I would love to be featured in rodeo DVD's forever to be repeated forever and forever to stay alive forever and always just to show how well I am at my tie-down calf roping, everybody might think I am the perfect best greatest fastest tie-down calf ropers and ranchers to show that one day, I could win the calf roping championships at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Mo'Betta Calf Roping up in Apache, Oklahoma, which means I would love to be featured in rodeo DVD's to show how well I am at tie-down calf roping. Also, I'd be the perfect rodeo cowboy and ranch cowboy and western rodeo painter and a bit of ranching and ranch roping as the perfect western rodeo artist, someday, as if to do lots of rodeo tie-down calf roping action and heeling cattle for branding or doctoring on the ranches and a lot of ropers, some probably at the Mo'Betta, Calgary Stampede, and other rodeos, so many people could feel dominated at the sport of how well it's just the main event.

Also, I'd be the perfect cowboy painter as the perfect western rodeo artist, someday, as if to do lots of calf roping action and calf ropers in the rodeos and on the ranches.


Well, I've been just hanging out the whole time and reading a little of my driver's ed and walked the dogs at the Antigonish landing and bikes a bit, since I've graduated.

I really have a story I would really like you to hear about what really happened to me last year in 2008 on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008, and I really hope it interests you, OK. On Wednesday, March 19th, 2008, David Druhan and I and John a friend, drove over to Ohio at Gabe Chisholm's farm and guess what happened there? On the first four, first I chased after David Druhan with a lasso and tied him up with my pink piggin' string, and then after that, I tried after John with a lasso and tied him up, then David Druhan, had a miss on the first loop, as I had to recoil my rope up again as if I had to pull out my second lasso, and then finally I caught him on the second try, as then I tied him up, as then, John went again and this time, I missed him on the first try and had to recoil my rope and then finally, I caught him on the second try and tied him up. Then, we had a tour over at the barns where we saw those highland cattle with a few horns, and what happened was, I was using my calf roper's rope as I just took only one try of one swing around my head and then popped it over the animal, as it was the first time today, I ever caught the horns on the highland cow (because normally I'm used to roping the head or neck), and after that slack tightened around the horns of that highland cow, then that cow was really jumping wild and mad all over the place as the other cattle started jumping madly and wild and man, was I ever holding that rope tight, as that cow was jumping and everyone had a bit of a hard time trying to remove the loop off the horns, and we were laughing the whole time this had happened, and then the loop was removed. Then we saw a goat, and then petted a few horses, and then, two more tries happened to David and John, as when I tried, I missed the first time and had to recoil my rope again, as I caught him on the second try and tied him up. Then, I roped David again, as this time, my rope almost went around his neck but it came off in a fast split second moment, then I went for another second try as I caught him and tied him up.

Did you really, really like hearing my story about the first time I ever lassoed horns on the highland cattle? That's a great one you like, isn't it? Boy, we're you ever going to love to hear this in the e-mail about when I really roped horns on a real live animal for the first time, done on a highland cow, did you like that story about my first time roping horns on a real live animal? Wow. You liked hearing my story that I had such a great time roping with David and John. They didn't mind being roped? Then I made a slick horn catch. That's very awesome, isn't it, do you think? I've practiced that horn catch on a roping dummy before.

I really hope you like this about what really happened last year in 2008, OK.

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008, all of my family and I packed our bags to get ready for the big trip to New York City, and then we drove all the way up to Fredericton, New Brunswick, and then stopped at a motel first to check in, ate at pizza delight and then headed over to my dad's brother Bill's house. Wednesday, July 2nd, we left New Brunswick around 10:00 after breakfast, we went to the border at Holton, we drove to Bangor, we then stopped at Olive Garden for lunch, drove all the way to Portland, had dinner, then swam and exercised and then went ot bed. Thursday, July 3rd, my family and I went on the train, we then got on the train to Backbay, got off at the Northern station, had lunch at the firefly cafe at yopley's, then got and took the subway to Backbay, and then got the train to New York city. We then came and got a cab to the comfort inn on West 25th street, we went out for dinner at Jake's place, and then came back to the hotel. Friday, July 4th, we got up early, ate breakfast at the Hotel, we left the hotel, walked to the Empire state building, mom went to get the tickets, we waited for mom to come back, and after a long time she finally came back, the we ended up going the empire state building, took two different elevators to get there, we came down and we all decided to eat lunch at Wendy's, after Wendy's we got on a gray-line bus (double-decker), toured Manhattan, we saw lots of interesting things, a church where Norman Vincent Peal used to preach, we then saw three waterfalls created by an artist from Denmark, and one of these was under the Brooklyn bridge. We saw the United Nations building, we saw trunk tower, and the old wolworth buildings. We drove by the site of the all disaster where the world trade towers used to stand, we saw the new buildings, that are being built on the site, then we came back to TimesSquare, where we saw a lot of big flashy signs and lots and lots of people, we went to Virgin records, and it's a very big store on three different floors, spent about an hour in there and then came out and went over to Starbucks, then the Olive Garden for dinner, at the Olive Garden, a waitress served us a good meal, then took a cab back to our hotel. Mom and I then went to the gym, did the treadmill for 30 minutes, came back up and then got cleaned up. Saturday, July 5th, I went on the treadmill for 30 minutes and stretched, got cleaned up, then headed out to Planet Hollywood for lunch, then went to the play 'The Phantom of the Opera', then walked to take a cab to Barnes and Noble, then we had dinner, came back upstairs, watched TV, and then got ready for bed. Sunday, July 6th, I went on the treadmill for 35 minutes and and stretched, got cleaned up. Then we headed over to to Carnagie Deli and ate. They had huge roast beef sandwiches and great chicken fingers and Brian Douglas had the biggest turkey burger we had ever seen, we took lots of pictures and there were pictures of celebrities all over the wall, didn't see any in person. We left there trying to get Lion King tickets, but were sold out, so then my dad, Sheumais and I went to the play 'Spamalot'. It is a Monty Python Farce based on their movie 'In Search of the Holy Grail'. It was fun, but we didn't really pay much attention to it and understand it. When we came out, I then headed to Virgin Records, and bought a new book called 'The Sports Book'. When we came home, then went out for dinner at Brick Oven pizza. Then we saw a great movie called 'Hancock' starring Will Smith while my brothers saw 'Wanted'. Then we all went home. Monday, July 7th, we all got ready, then my mom, my brother Brian Douglas and I ate lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe, took lots of pictures, then we headed over to Barnes & Noble, and then we headed over to the Museum of Natural History and saw horses and beautiful diagrams, and then went out for a special dinner with dad and Sheumais at a restaurant called 'The Palm Steak House', at the best steak ever. Then we headed back to the hotel , walked for a little bit, and then went downstairs on the treadmill for 35 minutes, stretched and then got cleaned up. Tuesday, July 8th, we got up in New York City, first I hit the gym and did the treadmill for 30 or 35 minutes, then I got cleaned up, then we packed up all of our stuff, and then headed over to the train station, ate a burger from Roy Rogers, then we got on the train and then headed over to Boston, then waited at the train station, grabbed McDonald's dinner to eat on the train, took the train all the way over to Portland, Maine, and then we got off the train, took a cab over to "Clarion Hotel". Then we checked into our rooms, got organized, grabbed a little room service, and then, just hung out at the hotel. Wednesday, July 9th, all of us left Portland, then kept driving, stopped for a couple few of bathroom breaks, stopped and ate at a restaurant called 'The Blue Canoe', and then just kept on driving all the way back home to Antigonish. Then, as soon as we arrived home, I hit the bathtub, then went to sleep.

Did you really like hearing about my trip about what happened in New York in 2008?

My favorite types of music I only like is country and western. I practice playing a few musical instruments everyday playing a lot of acoustic guitar and a little tiny bit of mandolin. The songs I play and sing on my acoustic guitar are:

“Always Late with your kisses” by Lefty Frizzell, “Take it Easy” by the Eagles, “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis Presley, two different versions of “Take me home, country roads” by John Denver: one is doing the vocals and the other one is instrumental, “Promised Land” by Chuck Berry, “Guitars, Cadillacs” by Dwight Yoakam, “You look so good in love” by George Strait, “Streets of Bakersfield” by Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam, “New Orleans in Sinking” by the Tragically Hip, “Black Magic Woman” by Santana, “Meet in the Middle” by Diamond Rio, “Love A Little Stronger” by Diamond Rio, “Bubba Hyde” by Diamond Rio, “Mirror Mirror” by Diamond Rio, “Pocket of a Clown” by Dwight Yoakam, “You’re Only Lonely” by J. D. Souther, “He Ain’t Worth Missing” by Toby Keith, “Sorry You Asked” by Dwight Yoakam, “Hurts so Good” by John Mellencamp, “The Fireman” by George Strait, “Honky-tonk Man” by Johnny Horton, “Don’t Matter” by Akon, “Eleanor Rigby” by the Beatles, “The Fool” by Sanford Clark, “The Dance” by Garth Brooks, “Ain’t that lonely yet” by Dwight Yoakam, “Cold Outside” by Big House, “Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose” by Dwight Yoakam, “Running Away with my Heart” by Lonestar, “No News” by Lonestar, “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash, “Crystal Chandeliers” by Charley Pride, "That Rock Won't Roll" by the band Restless Heart and “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash, "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, “Rodeo” by Garth Brooks, "Bandy the Rodeo Clown" by Moe Bandy and "Texas in 1880" by Foster & Lloyd and that’s about 38 songs I’ve learned how to play and sing on the guitar and those are yet the best ones I ever did. You know that my favorite hobbies are and include my rodeo and ranch tie-down calf roping skills at roping calves for branding and in the rodeos, playing acoustic guitars and singing, reading and looking at books, painting and coloring pictures and watching movies, and you definitely ought to call me the real multi-talented rodeo and ranch cowboy, as you know.

All the best to your best new multi-talented artist, guitar player and singer, rodeo cowboy artist, rancher and rodeo tie-down calf roper rodeo fan William :)

Thursday, December 6th, 2007, was my birthday as I turned 19. Guess what's happened on my 19th birthday! Just my dad and I went to Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, the 8th of December, and had a nice flight. Sunday, the 9th was the first night I saw the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, where I got a few great good photos of each event. After the NFR on Sunday night, I had a really bad sore stomach, as I ended up getting the stomach flu big time, as I was so really week and not well. So Monday, the 10th, I was still really sick and not well, so I didn't make it to the NFR Monday night because I wanted to rest up well and good. But Tuesday, the 11th, I got better as I was drinking lots of orange juice everyday, and it finally did the trick when I had a good night's sleep on Monday night, as on Tuesday, last week, I was at the Cowboy Christmas gift shop and bought a few new ropes and piggin' strings, and a few books and videos and it made my day as I got a few good autographs from a few cowboys and cowgirls I met. So, I made it to the NFR on Tuesday, as I got really the great photo shots there. Wednesday, I just hung out, and had a great good fun time there at the NFR. Thursday, my dad and I ate at a restaurant called 'Cheeseburger Las Vegas', went back to the Cowboy Christmas gift shop again to buy three new DVD's and then headed back to the hotel to get ready and had a very fun time again tonight at the NFR, Friday, my dad and I walked the strip, looked at some buildings, and headed back to the NFR again in the evening. Saturday, my dad and I caught the early morning plane to Newark, ate at a dine in for lunch in Newark, and then later on headed back home to Halifax to Nova Scotia to Antigonish with my mom. So during the bits at the 2007 NFR, I've been holding a sign up for Cody Ohl that said 'GET 'R' DONE CODY OHL: I wish you well to win the 2007 calf roping world championship'. I've gotten lots of great photos at the NFR on my trip. My only top favorite cowboy to watch in at the tie-down calf roping roping event was Josh Peek in the tie-down calf roping as this is my really only one best favorite roping event at the NFR as I imagined myself to try to copy Josh Peek's runs of 7.4 and 7.5, where he and Houston Hutto both won the 6th and 8th go rounds in the tie-down calf roping, my only favorite runs from rounds 6 and 7, where Josh Peek won the sixth go-round with Houston Hutto and Josh won the 8th go round to show that 2007 was one of my greatest years ever. Josh Peek was definitely my top favorite calf roper to watch and I liked his runs from rounds 6 & 7, because someday, I'll rope just like Joe Beaver and Josh Peek and might get some few go-rounds just like them, and Josh Peek was really my only favorite top tie-down calf roper to watch at the 2007 NFR, as he rode his horse in the rodeo and prided himself on his tie-down calf roping skill to win the sixth and 8th go-rounds and I might just rope like him, and I was very glad that I had picked 2007, one of my greatest best years ever, and that I really enjoyed watching Josh Peek at the NFR.

I sure know how to rope or even to throw the rope and sometimes when I'm on a horse just swinging a rope, I might just be posed.