A Hothstyle Environment (2 for 1 challenge)

Some times the life of a padawan is not an easy one. While I respect the Masters, some times I wonder if all that knowledge crowds out more vital information. Case in point; Last week I get a Galactic Text Message from Master Morgan-Mar "Hieraco - Need you to go to Hoth. Left academy keys in Field Generator Control room - MMM"
Well a Padawan is helpful, and Hoth isn't that far out on the rim, so after navigating the asteroid field (someone should clean up that navigation hazard) I managed to find a place to land - Smack in the middle of the ice fields.
With nothing but my laser sword, and faithful droid B1Na for company I hiked across the ice plains to the foot hills of the frozen forests, through blizzard like weather. It took several days, and I was fortunate to have brought my Taun-Taun sleeping bag. (Remind me to air it out, they really smell bad on the inside after a few days).
Once I found the entrance to the field generator the door was locked (Yup, MMM left the keys inside on the console) and I tried to cut my way in using my laser sword, Unfortunately Hoth is so cold, and the metal doors so thick, the heat dissipated as fast as the sword cut. I ended up looking for an air vent and climbing through the duct work to get in, while B1Na waited out side.
I'm on my way back to the academy now, and looking over the Droid's archive footage, I see that the cold has corrupted the recordings. I've recovered what I could and uploaded it to the Academy Archives.
If anyone knows of a more versatile Droid than the B1Na, I'd be interested in hearing about it, as I have no Idea where the Cheddar Masters will send me next.
-Below: Short exert of Hoth video

-Full length recovered video stored in the ACADEMY ARCHIVES

Twenty sided dice

Make a video of yourself, wearing your Cheddar Monk robes, rolling a 20-sided die, and showing that it lands on 20 (5 points)

5 points Awarded :"An excellent demonstration of the three methods of Force Manipulation."

Cheddar leap

Take a photo of yourself, wearing your Cheddar Monk robes, in mid-air (3 points)

(you may click on the photos to see full sized)

The life of a padawan is a long and difficult one, even for such a simple task as jumping.

My first attempt barely got me off the ground. Attempts two, and three show improvement.





After an evening of meditations and practice, I achieved maximum altitude.

How ever not being satisfied, with this accomplishment, I went for a super jump. I think that the concentration of midichloriens was too much for this old body, and my legs exploded.



I will be spending a few days in the re-generation tank to grow back my legs before attempting the levitation ball. I guess that in the tank I can practice summon fish.

Summon Bigger Fish

Take a photo of yourself, wearing your Cheddar Monk robes, with a big fish. The bigger the better. Post it somewhere on the Internet and post a link to it in the Cheddar Monk Academy forum
(up to 10 points)

Since my First effort to summon fish didn't turn out quite the way I intended, I went back and studied the Cheddar Monk handbook. The problem seemed to be I was in the wrong environment for fish, and my enunciation was not clear.


I went out to the coast and made a second attempt. This time I managed to Summon a Gianormous fish.

In reading the fine print in the handbook, I have also learned that when summoning a large predator, there is always the risk of a larger predator showing up to eat it.

I hope that some where in the next year of challenges, we learn how to banish kitty.

Levitation level I

Take a photo of yourself, wearing your Cheddar Monk robes, levitating a ball in the air. (3 points)

Cheddar Monk Pledge of Allegiance

Loyalty challenge level 1 (4 points)

Record yourself singing the Darths & Droids Pledge of Allegiance. A full recording and the lyrics are available from this page. There is also an instrumental version you can download as a backing track for your singing. Upload your resulting audio file and post a link to it in the Cheddar Monk Academy forum. (If you don't have a place to upload to, you may e-mail the audio to us and we will post it. All audio files will be made public - that is part of the challenge; true Cheddar Monks are not ashamed of their singing ability!)

Please note that while the attached file is open to public domain, It may violate the terms set down by the Geneva Convention (Fourth edition) Part III Section I Article 32 [EARTH] which states (and I quote) "Article 32. A protected person/s shall not have anything done to them of such a character as to cause physical suffering or extermination ... the physical suffering or extermination of protected persons in their hands. This prohibition applies not only to murder, torture, corporal punishments, mutilation and medical or scientific experiments not necessitated by the medical treatment'
AND ARTICLE 33 "No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed."

Other charters, conventions and Treaties may apply to planets and cultures with in the Cheddar Monk sphere of influence where this file may be directly or indirectly distributed.

Padawan Hieraco