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final blog

2009-05-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

I just finished the book. I really liked the ending Harry's dad faked his death because he wanted to get out of the coke dealing business, he wanted to start a new life without using drugs. I don't know if harry will follow his father's model because he's become pretty messed up. But Alice is a different story, after Alex shows up she tells him that she's going to change, just like him, she's going to rehab like her parents have wanted her to for years and she's asked alex to be her sponsor. It was a great ending to a great book. :)

blog #5

2009-05-27T18:08:00.000-07:00

I'm getting close to the end of the book and something miraculous happened. Alice came face to face with Harry's father and this time it wasn't some acid trip or strung out frenzy. No it was actually the real deal, Harry's father, Alex, live in the flesh. You see this is a total upset because Alex was supposed to have died, they buried him. I got too tired last night and didn't get to read anymore because i fell asleep. But I'm really excited to read more tonight.

blog #4

2009-05-12T20:19:00.000-07:00

The last few chapters have been a little less than eventful but enticing none the less. Its been full of alot of partying and boozing, it seems that Alice is on a downward spiral and i hope something will pull her out. The other characters haven't progressed much since my last blog but i think its just mellowed out to get ready for something big. I just can't wait. Its so exciting.

Blog #3

2009-05-05T21:43:00.000-07:00

In the past few chapters I've read of The Wrecking Ball Harry has had a hallucination while on acid of his Father and they had a good conversation. Alice has had some dreams where she talks to Charlie, Harry's dad, and she's also been hearing his voice in her head. I haven't determined why Charlie keeps popping up, but there must be some reason. Also it creeps me out just alittle bit that when he died he had Harry put his ashes into a kilo of cocaine to be sold. I can't help but think this might have something to do with the fact that harry and alice keep seeing him.

blog #2

2009-04-28T20:54:00.000-07:00

I've read a little farther into the book so far and nothing too intense has happened yet. I've noticed that Alice feels abandoned by Harry because he never answers her calls and they don't talk much anymore. Alice has been seeing Hugo a little more and it seems like a bit of a spark, Even though she's still dating harry. This reminds me of myself with my late girlfriend. It was different because instead of feeling abandoned by her I felt overwhelmed and found myself sparking relationships with other girls often leading to a one nightstand with a different girl each time, followed by a fight with my girlfriend and a few days loaded with drinks and buds to ease the feelings of remorse for what I'd done. Just the same this happened multiple times through out the last 8 months or so of our relationship. This book reminds me a lot of my recent life. I'm really liking it.

Blog #1

2009-04-22T18:54:00.000-07:00

The book I'm reading is called The Wrecking Ball. It follows the lives of four kids named Alice, Rose, Hugo, and Harry. The main character is Alice who is dating Harry and used to date Hugo. Rose is her best friend and hugo is still a close friend of hers. I am about 75 pages in and so far nothing very interesting has happened. It has been about a week and it mostly talks about the parties they each go to every night and the mornings when they wake up hung over from drinking and sniffing coke. At one of the parties that Alice and Harry are both at they take acid and everyone thinks they see Harry's deceased father who made millions as Britain's largest coke dealer. I think this is going to come back as an important part of the book because it couldn't have just been a halucination if everyone around saw him. Thats just not they way acid works. i am really enjoying the book so far, it is something I can relate to.

War On Terrorism

2009-03-15T19:02:00.000-07:00

I just read an article about the government's attempts to diminish terrorist attacks on the United States otherwise known as our war on terrorism. The government has made alot of new rules in airports to reduce chances of another incident such as 9/11. the government is also working on systems to detect and prevent terrorist attacks before they can happen to save thousands of lives. I think that terrorism is very bad and its a good thing that it is being prevented.

link here

Imperialism in Africa

2009-03-11T09:25:00.000-07:00

Today I chose to read about British imperialism in Africa. It seems that the British are very interested in their own financial gain and this is what drives every decision they make in Africa. Britain has had several colonies in South Africa, Egypt, and anywhere that has resources. To look morally conscious they stopped the slave trade in South Africa and even the one in Zanzibar. they have done much to protect the Suaz Canal that goes through Egypt because it is a prime route to get to their colony India. In South Africa the British have exploited diamond mines since the first colonized the region long ago. article here

World population

2009-03-08T16:30:00.000-07:00

Recently I read an article about a day called world population day that was created in 1987 when the world's population first surpassed 5 billion. The population is now climbing beyond 6.7 billion and is accompanied with decreasing water resources, food production, and many other problems that plague society. If our planet's population rate does not lower significantly soon we will need to completly strip our planet of any and all resources that it contains and then everybody will be gone. I hope that something can be done in the near future to keep our future generations living comfortably.

NASCAR Fan's Favorite Holiday

2009-03-04T18:51:00.000-08:00

I just read an article about every rednecks favorite day of the year, the Daytona 500. This is the day when we all get to see our favorite drivers loop around the track and we can cheer our guts out. This year there's a newcomer who's only 18 years old and everyone is curious as to how he will do. Everyone needs to get used to a few people not driving anymore in this race. I hope its a good one.

click here for article

Bollywood?

2009-03-01T19:28:00.000-08:00

Today I read an article about the recent film Slum Dog Millionaire. The article talked about how the movie really isn't as much Bollywood as the British director advertises it. the movie was about an hour shorter than the average Bollywood movie and didn't include nearly as much singing and dancing. I haven't yet seen the movie but after reading this article I don't know if i'll want to. It seems sort of lame to see a poser movie. Well thats my analisis of the article.

The Culture Surrounding Glassblown Art

2009-02-25T16:20:00.000-08:00

Recently I read an article in High Times magazine about a new book that's been published called smoked that is all about highly artistic pipes, bongs, and bubblers. This book is for people who have a higher level of respect for these pieces than the average smoker. People immersed in this culture must care about more than only getting high, for them the fun is in using and showing off their fine smoking items. i really enjoyed looking at some of the selected photos taken from the book that were featured in the magazine and i think it would be really interesting to meet one of the people who creates them.

Obama vowes to stop raids on medical marijuana facilities

2009-02-17T18:30:00.000-08:00

I read an article about Obama's promises to stop raids preformed by the DEA on medical marijuana facilities. In states where medical marijuana has been lagalized the DEA can still raid them and confiscate all they're medicine and things because the federal law says that marijuana in any form is illegal. I think that it is stupid they are still making these raids and confiscating medicine because the feds shouldn't interfere with state laws that have been set up and followed they way they should be. President Obama needs to take up on his promises and stop these raids because things are getting crazy.

Hightimes

Michael Phelps has hopes for not being charged on marijuana related crimes

2009-02-17T18:10:00.000-08:00

I recently read an article in Hightimes magazine that told me Michael Phelps will probably not be charged for the use of marijuana. Because all the police department in South Carolina has is a picture of Michael smoking a bong and him saying that he regrets things he did at the party, they do not have substantial evidence to prove he was smoking pot. I think this is fantastic because really Phelps didn't do anything that bad and it would be really dumb if the police charged him because of a picture. Michael Phelps just needs to keep on being a great swimmer and make sure nobody takes any pictures of him smoking pot.

read article here

Rastafarianism

2009-02-16T12:35:00.000-08:00

Today i read an article about a new rasta exhibit at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. This exhibit is the first of its kind and sounds very interesting. This article was very interesting and was very informative about Rastafarianism. The belief is about loving the earth and the unification of peoples all over the world. Despite the common stereotype that rasta is all about smoking ganja, it really isn't at all. The only reason i used this picture of Bob Marley is because i have the poster in my room and i bought it from a rasta man in Jamaica. Rastafarianism is a very good belief system and i'd like to learn more about it.

Article here

Gender Stereotypes

2009-02-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

I recently read an article explaining human's stereotypes of genders. All human naturally stereotype genders based on some mumbo jumbo about natural brain functions. I didn't really think the article made much sense because all the studys it talked about seemed like they were put on by monkeys. The stuff that they studied was all common knowlege put into scientific studies. I didn't like this article.

article here

Rednecks

2009-02-09T11:34:00.000-08:00

I have just read an article on the internet about redneck culture. Rednecks are very simple people, they enjoy NASCAR, shooting things, getting good deals such as BP's hotdogs 3 for a dollar, and just hanging out with other rednecks. I think that rednecks are fascinating and that everybody should be one. Because then everybody would be alot happier. I can not tell you how many times i see people get upset over money related problems. That is why rednecks don't care so much about money and they live a much happier more fulfilling life.

link here

Drinking: A Love Affair

2009-02-03T18:44:00.000-08:00

I read on article about a woman who wrote a book called drinking: a love affair. She died of alcohol related causes because she was an alcoholic. That's the problem with the disease it kills way too many people. I wish that there was no alcohol in the world because it takes many people to their deathbed. Its a horrible drug and shouldn't be used. The article was very insightful and informative about alcoholism and i would suggest it to anyone interested on the subject.

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jun/22/local/me-knapp22

Grandma's First Blizzard

2009-02-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

I just read a story on the internet about a person who drives to pick up his wife's grandma during a blizzard in Colorado. Once the grandma's flight gets in the blizzard has gotten pretty bad and on their drive home the freeway closes down so they almost have to spend the night in a grocery store but end up in a Red Cross shelter instead. I thought that this was a very interesting article because it sounded like a really fun adventure. It reminds me of the last time i was in Colorado and got stuck driving through a snow storm between Denver and Vail. It wasn't as bad as this storm but we had to stop and buy snow chains for my grandpa's car and it took almost 5 hours when it should have been much much shorter. The good part in the article is that the grandma got to have a nice adventure during her first trip to America. And the good part of my snowstorm is that i got to ski over 2 feet of powder on the first day of my trip.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Colorado-Blizzard---A-True-Story&id=444557

todays inclass activity

2009-01-29T14:49:00.000-08:00

During the activity today the trait of mine that i kept was being boss. By boss i mean cool, and i think i'm a very cool person. This is why its the trait that i kept, not everybody is as boss as me. In fact nobody is thats why its a good thing i didn't give it up.

#10 blog

2008-10-30T16:31:00.000-07:00

i read an artical titled edina 49, minneapolis southwest 6, written by john millea. this article was about the football game tonight at kuheim feild in edina. the coaches of edina and southwest ended their conversation before the game saying, "i hope you have a lousy night". luckily for edina the game ended happily. edina won 49-6 playing in class 5A, section 6 quarter finals. eden prairie on saturday night at eden prairie. early in the game zach budish suffered a knee injury, but we do not know the seriousness yet.anders lee, edina's quarterback, sxcored 3 touch downs at tonight'sgame making his record 36. southwest had a bad punt giving edina a short feild for its first score. southwest also opened the third quarter by losing a fumble on its own. but edina knows that edenprairie will not make the same mistakes as southwest. theyt are trying their hardest to prepare for this upcoming game on saturday.

uh oh nasty accident via go cart

2008-10-26T18:19:00.000-07:00

I'm reading an article about this girl who was ridding a go cart for her perfusion and she has supper long hair and she always wears it in a bun and this time she wore it in a ponytail and it she going around the track at about 65 miles an hour and her hair started to dangle down by her wheels unknowingly. Her hair ended up getting caught in her tire and it all ripped off. she did not even feel the pain she just stop her cart because she had a massive headache and she took off her helmet and felt the massive pain on her head and she saw all the blood run down her face. She was rushed to the hospital to stop the bleeding. This happened to her when she was 16 and she is now 19 and her hair has started to grow back but not much. She now has started a place for kids to talk about how the feel about not having hair. She said that she feels like she lost apart of her feminine life.

Gay Peopleee!

2008-10-20T08:04:00.000-07:00

I think that gay people are heroes because they can teach a lot to the world about issues and diversity. As I conducted my research, I found that there are gay people who are very open about their beliefs but there are also ones who just choose to live how they are and not cause extra drama to our society. Gay people can teach the rest of the world that even though one is different, they can still be accepted by others. I found an article on gay activists, wikipedia page on gay activists, a movie clip about a gay male and a book on the death of a gay superhero.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3658547225/

This movie trailer is about a gay man who is running for political office. People are trying to run him out of San Francisco because of this. The man is a strong believer in the gay rights and will not leave no matter what. This is based a true story, so the movie gives me even more inspiration to help me believe that I can be who I am and even people don't accept me, I will be happy that I am not living as someone that I'm not.

http://www.perrymoorestories.com/content/hero.asp?id=superheroes

"Hero" is about a gay superhero that has a crush on his sidekick. When he tells the sidekick this, he is so upset by the news that he beats the superhero. This is very odd because the two are supposed to be bestfriends, and there is no reason for them not to be. He never acted differently to his friend so he would like him more; He was just being himself and shouldn't get hurt for that. I like this because the superhero goes on living normally even though his bestfriend doesn't accept him. It takes a special kind of person to do that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Activists_Alliance

Basically, all these gay rights activists wanted was freedom to be homosexual and have equal rights as everyone else. They would have confrontations with officials so they could get the media's attention and to hopefully get their views heard. This is being heroic because they stand up for what they believe in and want to show others that it is okay to be different.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53579-2004Dec9.html

Gay rights leaders sent letters to congress to tell them that they should not have to vote on equal gay rights. That is very unfair for them to say they are less of people just because of the people they choose to love. I look up to people who take action against unfairness.

Conclusion:

Overall, I have learned that gay people and gay rights activists care about what people think about them. If everyone were to treat people who are different them as lesser people, not one person would have any friends. Everyone is different in their own way, whether it is personality, looks or beliefs, and each and every person should be treated with equal respect. I also think that there are two different types of gay people heroes. These being activists and ones who just accept and move on. Some people choose to preach about the unfairness and the gay rights. On the other hand, others just accept that people aren't going to change and continue to live their lives as best they can. Gay people are my inspiration to stand up for what I believe in.

2008-10-19T20:01:00.000-07:00

last night i read a chapter in the seventh harry potter book called the 7 potters. i thought the chapter was interesting. harry had to escape his house, and get past voldemort, to go to ron's house. the order of the phoenix gave 6 people poly juice potion, so they each turned into harry potter. all 7 harry potters flew out of the house and tried to confuse the death eaters. i like the idea of having seven harrry potters, it was fun to imagine. i thought the chapter was exciting and t was fun to read. i can't wait to read more

blog #6

2008-10-14T17:36:00.000-07:00

I just started reading Charlotts Web, its about a little girl named Fern and her pig,Wilbur. The story begins with the father walking towards the pig pen about to kill piglet when Fern sees him and makes him stop. She told him that he cant kill the pig and that she wants to keep him. He decides to let Fern keep the pig and to take full responsibility of him. She names him Wilbur. Wilbur grows a ton, and has to be sent down the road to Ferns uncles farm. It is within walking distance of her farm, but to Fern it feels like miles away. Fern everyday after school has stoped by see to wilber. Wilbur trys to make friends with the other animals at the burn but no one wants to play with him, but he heard a vioce from the corner of the doorway and thats how he meet Charlott, the spider.

my latest read

2008-10-12T19:48:00.001-07:00

This week i finished the book i have been reading, it is called Marley & Me. In the ending of the book the Grogan's have gone through many hard times with there little puppy Marley, and he has always been there for them, like when after months of trying for a baby and getting pregnant then having to find out there baby was a still born was very devastating for the family. But when they got home Marley was waiting to cheer them up. Marley was also very protective. The Grogan's didn't live in a very safe neighborhood but there personal alarm dog Marley was always there to keep strangers away. I can relate to how they feel having a loud dog around because when ever someone so much as walk down the street pass my house my dog parks and parks until they've diapered. most of my neighbors have gotten used to this and when they pass they think ohh its just molly. but if your not expecting it, her barking can be very scary.

the adventures of huckleberry finn chapters 2 and 3

2008-10-08T18:09:00.000-07:00

the boys sneak out and do mischevious things. they start a new gang called tom sawyers gang and decide they have to capture people and keep them for ransom, althought they don't know what ransom means. one of the boys starts to cry because hes homesick and tom bribes him with 5 cents. when huck goes home he getrs in trouble for getting his clothes dirty. the widdow douglas tries to explain prayer to huck but he doesn't really get it.

the secret life of bees

2008-10-01T19:04:00.000-07:00

chapters 4 and 5 sue monk kidd

One connection I made to this part of the story was when Lily first met the calender sisters she lied about her past because she wanted to start fresh. When I have met people I have lied to them so that they will accept me and not judge me for my past. Lily lies because she wants to be a part of their house and to finally have a real, true family. I have bended the truth when I told a girl that I have won lots of trophies and metals, even though I haven't. I told her this so that she would be impressed by me and not think that I was a fool. This, in a way, was like Lily's situation.

animal dreams

2008-09-18T17:14:00.000-07:00

my favorite quote in the book thus far is when loyd says to codi "thats mighty white of you" (pg 119) he says this after she made lunch for the two of them. i like this quote cause is kinda shows how the town is. it shows that grace is fairly old fashoined.

my favorite character in the book so far is loyd, mostly because he reminds me of myself. i like him because he's cool and smooth with the ladys and he is just the bossman. my favorite sections of the book are when the describe loyd.

the most important scene thus far in the book is when loyd and codi have sex because it reminds her of her pregnancy and its a big step in her life getting back with the guy that put her through all those troubles.

<------------loyd

recent read

2008-09-18T14:07:00.001-07:00

the most recent thing i read was an article about Eddie Valdez in my wakeboarding magazine. i was reading the article because he is my favorite wakeboarder and it ended up to be a very interesting article. it was all about how he just joined the Nike 6.0 team which is something i did not know.

My Favorite Book

2008-09-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

The Thief Lord is a book about some runaway kids living in Venice, Italy. they are being watched over by the mysterious figure they call the thief lord. i like this book because its about kids and its very interesting

2008-09-11T19:42:00.001-07:00

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