Played games "GW2" blasting opposing forces with weapons of "mass destruction". I felt disturded, uneasy, not calm ,could not relax, did my homework from school. I scheduled my assignments over vacation on; what days to finish work and stuff. I tried to study ,yet had a headache, and I felt a void. I had ate alot of food. I recieved $80 for a christmas before vacation time to spend and used as if it was my christmas gift. Things I hope will be way betterin my life. This showsthat I am good at being @!#$%.
Why is youth voices so "unatractive"? I mean i go to a lot of fourms a day and yet Im not interested in this site. I wonder why
One thing that i did over the break is that i saw a affecting movie. It is talked about a poor boy and a rich girl. They both love each other,but the rich girl's parents didn't want they get marry. The poor boy started work hard,when the time he earned a lot of money,he married with the rich girl. It is a very wonderful end,but what i am thinking about is that do people around us have true love like what the movie showed us. I know it's been too early for us to talk about the true love,but it really makes me sad about it.
One thing that I did during this break is staying home for hold day long on Sunday, doing nothing just eat,drink,watching movie, bubble bath ,and sleep.But when I was watching movie I was thinking to do my homework ,but I still didn't did it ,beause I couldn't go online, so i didn't do any of my homework during this hold entired break .
I'm thinking about the regents I have to take by the end of January. I know that I have the mental capictiy to pass them, but my insecuties get the best of. I not looking for getting just any grade on the test. Hopefully I'll be able to get a grade that reflects my true understanding of the subject. This year is hectic, with the regents coming up and the sat's I'll have my plate full. I'm so stressed out. I hope I can manage to do good in all my regents. American History is a subject I have been slacking off in and I can't afford to fail anymore regents. Immediately after theearth science regents I'll have to change to living environment classes and then take that regent. All this could of been avoided if I would of been focused in school from the freshman year all the way up to the end. I also got college now classes that I'll be attending and it's just adds on to the stress. Now I don't under estamiate my capablity of doing all this by the end of the year, I just going to be hard.
Right now mii thinkin bout pla-ing mii WII butt mii cant cause mii got to do pallison's homework . random thought " mii on ur cumputr stealin ur data and everythin else" Sorry fours dee lol catz talk.
What I did over the break was basically nothing but Christmas was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I got a Wii and a iTouch awesome!!!!!!!!!!!. New years eve was the best and so crazy so was christmas dinner SO FUNNY!!!! I didnt do nothing on vacation but play my Wii and watch Tv. No school no work dream vacation.i wasnt ready for it to be over but it is . It's back to the old grind huhhh. Im sad it's over but oh well in 6 weeks winter recess.
This vacation I didn't really do much. I was home most of the time with my family. It was kinda fun and kinda not. My family and my cousins went to Manhattan to see the big Christmas tree which a lot of people talks about but I didn't this it was that especial because it was just a big tree with lights on it and a big star on top of it. But we ate outside that was good because I was pretty bored of home food. Then that weeks there was parties which were pretty boring. Then the week went by too quick. I spent most of it with my cousins. New Years was interesting because we went out and ended 2008 by eating really spicy food and started 2009 by eating sweets. We laughed a lot through the whole thing. That was mostly it there was no time to miss school it was great. Vacation went by too quick.
Everyday is a normal day. I don’t really have good memorizing skill, there’s not much I can remember even if it’s important. I been to a Christmas concert before Christmas, it’s Jay Chou’s concert. How’s the concert? Well, I really enjoy it, but there’s not much I can remember from, but still, I’m still going to Jolin’s concert this or maybe next month. Before the concert, I went to sleep in the casino hotel, which I’m not very comfortable with. There was nothing much to do in the casino for a kid, I went to play some games in what they call the RK, you win tickets and exchange them for different prizes.
As we all know, there’s a lot of clearance sells at the end of the year through the beginning of the year. I went shopping, basically aiming for the items on sale, the higher the percentage off, the more I felt I had achieve.
One thing that I did over the break that makes me feel good about myself is that I slept so much during the break that I might consider it as hibernating, I slept about 12-14 hours a day which is incredible. I felt so good sleeping and when I tried to wake up i mostly could'nt since i was still tired. This seems prety weird and I sonsider that as going into hibernation mode. Another good thing that I enjoyed doing the break is that I played computer games during the whole break every day. It was fun but I also started geting really bored of them and i might soon need to find another hobby to keep me bussy. A bad thing that I went through during the break is thatmy parents argued all the time and it is always too loud in my house to do anithing. I wished for the break to be longer so I could sleep more and not have to wake up at 6:00 am again. I can't wait for the president's week and easter vacation.
One thing that I did over the break that makes me feel good about myself is that I took care of my niece. I was home taking care of my niece. I was home taking care of her while my sister was working. I was home most of the time so I decide that I can take care of my niece while my sister was working. She was good and didn't bother me that much. I feel good about this, because I helped my sister out since she had no one else to leave her with. I played with her and it wasn't that boring because at least she was with me at my house. I'm glad I did this and my vacation wasn't so good but it wasn't so bad either.
Top Notch
High above the rest
Yes I must confess
That you always treat me best
I was lost
Looking through
Then I finally found you
Knew what to do
And gave my heart to you
Then you came through
You did the same too
Smile to myself saying,
"Yupp, that's my boo!"
You, figured me out
Like a puzzle or a book
And you, always gave me that
Sweet little look
I just, laugh as I look back
Because I had mistook
You for, the one that had
Made me look like a doof
But uh, yeah that's over man
That was in my past
I can't, believe that I actually
Thought that it would last
Wow! That one month went by
Really, really, REALLY fast
WHAT?! I just made myself
Look like an ass
Ouch! My heart just stepped on a
Big ol' piece of glass
That what, I get for making
My heart oh so vast.
And now it's, stuck up in this
Permanent cast
If I could rewind back time
Or just push rewind
I would do it in the
Blink of an eye
You would not wonder why
You just can not cry
To show your pain held deep inside
You would have never been hurt
Feel like an empty desert
Or feel ashamed with no sense or pride
Wouldn't want to run away
Ask for your friends to pray
For you when you feel like you want to hide
You wouldn't take the blame
or feel so ashamed
If it wasn't for my own father
We could just walk away
I'd turn to you and say,
"Forget him!!!! I don't want to bother!!!!"
Love feels good and it lasts. When you're in love, you feel
happy when you're with the other person. You feel like a
better person. You feel safe. You trust your partner and the
relationship. You know you can be yourself and the other
person will still love you, warts and all. You are willing to
open yourself up to the other person, let them know who you
really are. And you care about that person's happiness, not
just your own.
You're also willing to work through the problems that always
come with a love relationship. Just like everyone else, people
in love often disagree over different things. Love means being
willing to compromise. And, it sometimes means putting the
other person's needs above your own.
I'm tired of the tears
Anger frustration
There is no motivation
I hated the way you made me believe that you loved me, when now... I DAMN well know that you don't! Curled up in a corner, crying over you? *hmph
Stress? I'M THE FREAKIN ONE WHO CAUSED YOU STRESS?! This must be some sick, twisted joke because I ain't never felt SOOOOOO crappy about the way I feel... I actually fell for every word you said?
(how stupid of me)
My stress: through the roof
Heart: Broken... AGAIN (2nd damn time)
Head: lost in my insanity
(at first I thought it was only because of my dad)
Tell me b.s to get me to believe you...
(not no more!)
Tell me some b.s about... "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Don't EVER tell me sorry again, because you say it over and over AND OVER AGAIN! Then do the same God damn thing again...
What? Are you expecting different results? Do me a favor, don't EVER call me by my nickname again!
Forget it, I'M DONE WITH THE B.S! (no)
I'm done with YOUR b.s!
Top Notch
High above the rest
Yes I must confess
That you always treat me best
I was lost
Looking through
Then I finally found you
Knew what to do
And gave my heart to you
Then you came through
You did the same too
Smile to myself saying,
"Yupp, that's my boo!"
You, figured me out
Like a puzzle or a book
And you, always gave me that
Sweet little look
I just, laugh as I look back
Because I had mistook
You for, the one that had
Made me look like a doof
But uh, yeah that's over man
That was in my past
I can't, believe that I actually
Thought that it would last
Wow! That one month went by
Really, really, REALLY fast
WHAT?! I just made myself
Look like an ass
Ouch! My heart just stepped on a
Big ol' piece of glass
That what, I get for making
My heart oh so vast.
And now it's, stuck up in this
Permanent cast
Over my vacation I played pool quite a lot. I think I got a little better, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. I hope to get much better and beat Sam, Alvin and eventually, Raymond. >:D Watch out guys >XD!
I also went bowling and celebrated two of my good friends birthdays. I saw the movie "Seven Pounds" which would have been great if the ending didn't...haha no spoilers. I cried a few times though during the movie. Will Smith is my favorite actor! I played some Maplestory and leveled up so I am happy about that. My vacation was pretty average. ♥
Right now I'm thinking about how my vacation was and I think it was GREAT!!!!! I liked all the way, although I did miss people like all my friends from school, but other than that it was so much fun. I liked everything about it and what a good way to start it ouot when I get my report card the a few days before it. The fun started when we went partying (my family and I) on Christmas Eve. This was such a good party, we danced, talked, laughed, ate, etc all night and it was awesome. I got everything that I wanted for Christmas (I don't ask for much) and everything went perfect. We also went to a number of parties after that (3 other ones before new years.) The party that I loved the most was the New Year's Eve party which was out off the roof. I liked this party because I met new people and because it wasn't in New York (New Jersy, actually), which made it even better and I had a lot of fun dancing, playing video-games, eating, and other things too. My vacation was great and everything went according to plan and if not even better than what I expected YAY!!!! ^.^
One thing I did over the break that makes me feel good about myself is when I learned how toi iceskate. My friends and I went iceskating and they invited me to go. I never went iceskating before and my mind went totally blank. I didnt really know what was going on or anything and I was scared to go because I didnt know how to iceskate or anything and I was also scared to fall on my butt or fall and then hurt myself as well. I went with my friends and I couldnt stop thinking about how I was going to embarass myself when I fall and bust my ass and having all the people stare and laugh at me. When we got there I put my iceskate on and went to iceskate. I stayed near the corner and tried to maintain my balance and thinking to myself dont fall dont fall. Then later my friend pulled me in and I was about to slip. I slipped and I fell on my butt. I was wondering why no one was laughing at me and no one was. I was just thinking too much and it was also kind of fun that I fell. I fell so many times and it was so hilarious, I was laughing at myself toos. Iceskating was so much fun and I finally got the hang of it and I was really proud of myself. I want to go back to iceskating again. I'm good at iceskating.
Well I don't know if its thinking but yeah. I was THINKING about stuff I did over the vacation. So much things happened and well it was.... weird. From ice skating to a arrest and more crazy things. Ice skating was fun even though i hurt my trying to help a friend of mine skate. She was.... let's just say not good. Also a few days later a arrest happened over at my house and it was terrible. It was RIGHT BEFORE THE NEW YEARS which sucks. My whole family felt so bad for them and we are very worried too since they have 2 kids to support. Other then that I had a fun but weird and creepy vacation and it's amazing what can happen in just a couple of weeks.
Over the vacation i had experienced alot of good and bad things as well but a good thing that i did and i remember was that my parent wanted to me to do this thing that they alway tell me to do but i never do , but i decieded to do because i didnt want my parents to scream at me again for that again.So i do it and i ended up making my parents happy and im glad that i di that because when i see people like parents happy get happy as well.
My christmas vacation wasnt to bad! It was for the most part,a bit boring. There wasnt much that i did. I guess thats my fault because i ddint make any plans whatsoever. I ddint completely waste my vacay though,i did hang with two freinds last tuesday. They came over to my house and we were on the computer and we watched movies and did other....things that you do on when your not at school. Personally, i felt this vacation ws a very insightful one for me because i read and studied a whole lot during the break. I was taking notes on the human body and nutrition,basically anything related to medicine. I love knowledge! i have a ardor for it. Technically we all do to some extent. We all want to just "know" everything and anything so its not a constant flaw in our lives or something that adds to our insecurities. I dont do it for other people,i mean i really do like learning and then teaching and helping out,i want to be a source of information but it sort of fills a void for me and thats mostly what i got out of the vacation. I felt that ive grown intellectually,obviously we all have but that was my ultimate goal. To learn and add to what i already know. Besides that,i saw a couple of movies and went to a buffet to eat one night,that was pretty cool. I talked on the phone alot with my one freind. Thats about it,ddint do much else over the vacation.
I'm listening to really good music and obsessed with this new singer.
Im working on my homework. Im thinking bout how am i gonna pass 10th grade. I will work my hardness and i hope the best for me.
i'm working on homework and thinking about sleeping =]
The City of Sin
invites you in
with glitter and lights
riches, food and women,
wearing nothing but bangles
and high heels.
City lights, meant to blind,
and dazzle,
Keep you wrapped up
in whatever vice you like.
Here you can buy anything,
and find entertainment in the
illusion and cigarette smoke.
Oh yes, the City of Sin,
invites you into the golden paradise,
where only money speaks.
But that thin veneer is easily chipped
and neon lights fade
in daylight's harsh glow,
and that dancer
in her glittery costume and high heels,
is only a worn out, aging woman
with smeared make-up and sore feet.
A little background on this...i recently came back from a trip to Las Vegas, and that's basically the impression I got from it. It's a grand illusion, that only really works at night. During the day it is a different city, a fake one. Maybe that's why everyone stays in the casinos...don't get me wrong, it's a fun place to visit, if you can ignore the certain raunchy, greedy atmosphere that seems to be prevelant. I do like the shows though. Cirque de Solei is amazing.
On January 2nd 6th ranked Utah finished a 13-0 season with a 31-17 victory over #4 Alabama in the All State Sugar Bowl. It marked the second undefeated season and second BCS bowl victory in the last five years for the program, gave the Utah the largest active bowl win streak in the nation, the largest active winning streak in the nation, 17 million dollars, but most importantly it gave the program the national respect that it long deserved.
The way that the current BCS system is makes it impossible for Utah, or any other team from a mid-major conference, that chance to play for a national championship, even after going undefeated. The reasons are many but it basically boils down to the fact that the schedule strength of these teams is sub par to the six major conferences in nation. Utah broke the norm and found serious flaws in the BCS system. Utah defeated four ranked teams this season, TCU, BYU, Oregon State, and Alabama. TCU defeated a 9th ranked Boise State team, Oregon State defeated a 5th Ranked USC team, and Alabama was one game away from playing in the national championship. Even after all this success Utah still does not have the opportunity to play for a national championship and will most likely end up ranked number 2 in the nation even though they are the only team in the nation to go undefeated. The Utah victory adds much weight to the establishment of a playoff or at least to put an end to the aristocracy of the BCS. Utah is as good as anyone in the country, and they proved it in the Bayou.
Week 12 of the NFL season was not a happy time in the San Diego Chargers' locker room. They were 4-8 and everyone was already counting them out of the playoffs. The Chargers on the other hand, had their own plans. They still believed that they could make the playoffs and even win the Superbowl. They went out and won their next three four games to finish the season at 8-8. The Denver Broncos meanwhile were simply falling apart. They lost their last three games, only needing to win one. The final blow was when the Chargers beat them in their season finale to move into the playoffs.
In the first round of the playoffs the Chargers knocked off perennial power Indianapolis Colts and moved into the semi-finals. They were without star running back Ladainian Tomlinson for that game, but the managed to bond together and fight for the victory. They never gave up, and now they are within reach of a Superbowl title.
The Chargers finally jumped above .500 and earned a rematch against the Steelers by outlasting Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 23-17 in overtime Saturday night.
I wanted to write about the history of Christmas. I see Christmas as one of the largest, in terms of observers and the industry built around it, holidays in the West. In fact I would say it is undoubtedly the most popular holiday in the western world. I mean, who doesn't love toys and celebrating family? Its a cool holiday even though it has become more about material than loving one another. However, I think the idea behind the materialism is what is important. We strive to give those we love things that they will like, because we love them, and we want to see them happy. This is, at least, the ideal of Christmas materialism.
So in this post-holiday season, I wonder, where did Christmas begin? Was it really Jesus' birthday? Who was St. Nick? Was Santa just the creation of a British Author?
The middle of winter has long been a time of celebration around the world. Centuries before the arrival of the man called Jesus, early Europeans celebrated light and birth in the darkest days of winter.
Christmas history before Christ
Before Christ, people, especially in western Europe where winters are harsh made a habit of celebrating during this period. There was no farming to do, little game to be had, and spending time outdoors was not especially pleasant. People would come together and spend time together in their boredom, and it can be inferred that from these gatherings sprouted celebrations from which Christmas stems. During the rule of the Roman Empire, these Western European pagan rites were adopted into the Roman culture and woven into the Roman rite of Saturnalia:
Saturnalia was a hedonistic time, when food and drink were plentiful and the normal Roman social order was turned upside down. For a month, slaves would become masters. Peasants were in command of the city. Business and schools were closed so that everyone could join in the fun.
This rite, as a period of debauchery, was replaced by the season of Advent after the time of Jesus in the Roman empire. The Advent season was longer, and its stark contrast to Saturnalia as a time of reserve and self-denial was something that, echoed in Christianity's adoption into Roman culture, was sought after in Rome. In Rome, there was a great discrepancy between those who had and those who did not have. This resulted in the oppression of the masses and the uncouth decadence of the few. Christianity was adopted by those who had been oppressed, most likely because they connected with the ideas of unity and oneness, espoused by the early Church. Christianity grew, and as a result, Christmas blossomed.
http://docs.google.com/a/erhsnyc.net/Presentation?id=ddthms3r_8crfz89dk
This is the presentation that we had to do about two photographers. I picked Lewis Hines and Jacob Riis because their work was familiar to me, being the fact that I learned about them in the eighth grade. I like the way that they used photography to get a message across to the world.
If you can not see, this image shows two stuffed animals sitting against the bottom of a bed. hanging behind them are jeans and a black shirt. I chose to set it up this way because the stuffed animals represent childhood. when we were young most of us had a special teddy bear or something that we ADORED and couldnt stand losing. This image is suppose to show how some very young teens abandoned the childhood world (you can call it) to do adult things.
i did have some problems taking this picture. One was the stuffed animals didnt want to stay seated and use to fall on their side and that looked pretty weird. Another was the jeans looked like they were neatly placed in the position they are in, i tried throwing it against the bed to solve this problem but it was still the same. At the end i jus made the jeans into a ball so to wrinkle it, and then just put it on the side of the bed. I realized all the time i had taken to get the jeans to look "right" was a waste of time. it turns out they dont show much in the picture. the light in the room was not enough and the bed is almost jammed up against a wall. i forgot how but i managed to lay down on the floor pressed against the wall to take the picture which was a little blurry, but i think i like that effect on it.
I’ve been thinking about these three things and their place in a secondary school curriculum. So far, I’ve been thinking that I need more clarity on what we mean by each of these terms.
- What is reading? There are a sorts of reading behaviors that we value in schools. Do we mean that we want students to enjoy reading fiction? Where does non-fiction fit? And within that unhelpful category of “non-fiction,” what do we emphasize? Op-ed types of essays? History textbooks? How-to guides? Math and Science texts?
- What is literature? Do we mean storytelling? Or is there a body of information about literature and literary terms that we want students to know? I think that we mainly mean storytelling. And this leads me to think about digital storytelling. Don’t we want students to be critical users of a bunch of different media used to tell stories, of course including stories in books.
- What’s a book? Part of what books are has to do with editing and peer-evaluated texts. So are we really talking about the authority given a text when it gets published? I think we probably are, and I’m happy to ask students to include quotations from books in their writing. But maybe finding such quotes on Google Book Search would be smart, no? Maybe it has something to do with endurance, getting to the end of a long text?
These are some of my questions these days.
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Family time is something that comes along with holiday's. It can be deceiving sometimes when Christmas comes around and their is the picture perfect setting of the family dressed up sitting together at a nicely put together table and food spread everywhere. Not to say that this isn't achievable on any day in the year but Christmas has a way of making people set aside their problems and be a picture perfect family, at least through the meal. Family's can spend all of Christmas day together playing their with their new toys or watching a game it is peaceful.
The sad thing about this peacefulness, and the part that worries me, is that at times the only reason why it is so peaceful is because of the presents that were received. A child is a lot happier during the whole day if they like the presents they got. The holiday's are suppose to be the season of giving not about the getting. Getting is what holiday's have turned into. The questions that I hear more than "what are you giving?" before the holiday's is "What do you think you are getting?"
Now the idea of Santa and the myth is a great thing for kids but in a way it shows them that the holiday's are about getting and receiving presents. Parents and families need to not only get presents but give more to those who really need it. Families should show kids how to give at a young age in order to get it through the kids heads that giving and helping others in need is not just something that can be done it is something that needs to be done. Something that more fulfilling than getting and something that is more necessary than getting.
Giving is not the emphasis of the holiday's at least not in most of the picture perfect homes around the world but in needs to be the emphasis in all homes. Giving needs to be taught to kids. And families need to not only show giving to their own little ones but to those who need it more.
This is a collage of pictures that portray homeless people and how they are forced to suffer because of the lack of money and help that they recieve. They way that this relates to the main question that I have been blogging about is that people do not realize the impacts that poverty has on people and how they suffer. Because of this lack of knowledge or just lack of caring, they do not understand or try to change the way things are. Through this collage, you are able to see the many ways people are affected by poverty and how this struggle causes a never ending cycle. Because parents are poor and homelss, their children are forced to follow in the same footsteps, due to the lack of control that they have and the little money they have.
This image relates to my main concern which is "Will children all over the world be able to overcome poverty and become educated?" I feel that this image relates to my topic because it shows a white flower with origami hearts on top of a textbook. The image made me think of other kids who probably don't have the many 'priviledges' we have, including learning how to read and holding a textbook in their hands, plus attending free public schools. Or making crafts with other children in school... I re-edited the image with a blue shading for the image because blue meaning sadness, ( plus the image looks dreamy... in a way) I thought the flower would be cute since it reminds me of little girls in different countries around the world, picking up wild flowers in forests or gardens. I guess the only thing the kids do have are their hopes, dreams and their laughter. I guess thats what this image means to me.
