Into The Wild

1.My initial impression of Into The Wild was not that good, this is my third time reading this book and I never find it anymore intriguing than before. The events and character(s) especially Chris McCandless seem just to be individuals who starve for attention and try too hard to be non-comformist.



2. Absorbed- because in the entire book he makes decisions based on only the repercussions he will reap. Particularly the whole basis of the story is based on that, how he just wants to mature and not worrying about his parents feeling and even his little siblings



3. The writer tries to portray the theme of individuality and the need to break away from the norm and be their own person and show other people around you that you don't need them.



4.Chris and the guy from Rebel Without a Cause, he seems to very influenced by the people around him.

5.I can not seee any particular connections between me or any other characters in the novel Into The Wild

6.This sitauation pertains to the rebelliousness todays teen have against authority and everything that opposes their opinions or thoughts. Kids have many opinions and positions on where they stand on certain issues and argue them to no no end.

Lupe Fiasco's:The Cool Review

The over all quality and lyrical content of this album is probably the best out of all of Lupe Fiasco's other works. Lupe Fiasco is a twenty-five year old lyricist who grew up on the seedy West side of Chicago, Illinois, who was turned off by the negative messages West Coast rappers emitted throught their lyrics and decided to lean towards more positive ones that were being delivered by such artist as Nas and Mos Def. Lupes' album The Cool is very similar yet different from Mos Def's album True Magic that was released in 2006, this album True Magic was more of a promotional type CD and was commercialized alot more for the sheer fact of recognition and advancement in the music industry. The Cool is more low key and mostly known through underground sources and is and was enjoyed mostly for its unique lyricism and social comparisons to real life. The two songs for instance Go Baby and Hello/Goodbye (Uncool) has multiple collabarations that give the songs a different sound and feel to them in a positive way. They show the different types of emotion and truth an array of artist can bring to the table. This album in general is worth supporting and enjoying, no matter what anyone says at the end of the day " If you are what you say you are a super star, then have no fears, the cameras here and the microphones and they wanna know, oh oh oh oh"

Tony Hawk's:Proving Grounds Review

During gameplay one takes on the role of an amateur skateboarder who is seeking to become a career skateboarder such as Tony Hawk himself and perform at various events like the X-games, or become a hardcore skater and live for massive gaps and the largest amount of air possible. The plot of this story is slightly similar to many other Tony Hawk games, but in this one you have a path to choose and various missions to accomplish that send you on different paths while. While the older ones only allow you to become a career skater and that is it.The main character is who ever you decide it to be, they give you a large selection of races and facial features to choose from. Your character is customizable from head to toe and even the gamer chooses the name. In this release version of Tony Hawk, the programmer tries to give the game a real urban east coast look. Since the game is set in various East Coast cities, multiple docks and water fronts are visible along with industrial areas and rail systems. This game is truly one of the best skateboarding games of its time. Its really a player driven game, " Will you be the career-driven skater that scores huge demos, or earn the crown as the most hardcore skater the East Coast has ever known."

20 min w/ Obama; Future Issues

If I was able to have a 20 minute discussion with Barack Obama, I would start of asking him what his initial reaction was when he found out he won the election other than the feeling of joy. I would bring up his views on healthcare and what he plans on doing about the war instead of just a vague response of that we need to evacuate soon. This issue is a major concern to me because even if he is personally against the draft, If we hit rock bottom would that be his first option of would he have effective alternatives.

A particular future issue that concerns me other than the one stated above would have to be the state of the enviornment. Most of the people who are polluting our air such as Executives of major companies like Exxon won't be around to fully experience the damage they have caused. The majoprity of these companies don't care what happens to the planet as long as their profit is high. The people or the things they take advantage of are just collateral damage to their overall selfishness.

Marcellis Wallis

This friday for Halloween I have decided to be Marcellis Wallis from Pulp Fiction for my costume and I am having the hardest time finding suspenders for my costume; because during the course of the movie he was shown multiple times wearing them. I think I will try Macys after school and if they don't have them maybe even Kohls. I'm not really that stressed out about it for some reason, I don'tknow why maybe I will later on,but I doubt it. I can always decide to be a different character if not from Pulp Fiction then, something else.

Extended Metaphor Love Poem(Revision:Playing w/ poetry)

ORIGINAL DRAFT:

Love is never having to say it to that special individual because they already know it



It is like apparent weightlessness, you can not physically see it,it is not tangible



But you know its there and it still effects you in all the most positive ways possible



You emotionally float, you may possible rejoice in the form of song, whatever you may do you celebrate it



Its not a silly little moment,its a long lasting experience, a feeling that can not be explained through the most intellectual of people



When you experience it you feel like your on top of a mountain range but when you lose it you are as low as death valley

Whatever this thing called love is, it should be experienced by all everywhere

REVISION:

It is never having to say it, it is weightlessness, even though it is not tangible you know its there

Effecting you in all the most positive ways possible; you emotionally float and may even rejoice in the form of song

Whatever you may do you celebrate it because it is not a silly little moment its a long lasting experience

A feeling that can not be explained through the most intellectual of people only through the individuals actions and outer glow

They are the waves that move theocean and cause electricity that one feels when near that special someone

When you experience it, no organic or man made drug can intoxicate you more, but when you lose it you are low as death valley

No matter how long ago you may have experienced it and no mater how long it last, you won't want to come home without it

October 7

Lately I have been really stressed with college applications and deciding on my major.. I mean I want to do aviation, but I also have looked into a four year degree in fire science at the fire academy in Chicago and later on become a fireman. I have no idea, I hope I reesolve this issue soon. I want to be finish with all this by Christmas Break...Possibly Thanksgiving

Love Metaphor

Love is never having to say it to that special individual because they already know it. It is like apparent weightlessness you can not physical see it, it is not something tangible,but you know its there and it still effects you in all the most positive ways possible. You emotionally float, you may possibly rejoice in the form of song. whatever you may do, you celebrate it.

Love Poem

I thought love was just a mirage of the mind,it's an illusion, it's fake, impossible to find.But the day I met you, I began to see,that love is real, and exists in me. - Chris Farmer -
http://www.lovepoemsandquotes.com/LovePoem19.html

The author is saying that at first he believed love was non existant and was not possible to find until he met that certain girl and he realized love is possible and he no believes in it and infact experiences it.
He uses metaphors to express about how he feels about love, how it is fake or a figment of peoples imagination he will never experience it.

NyQuil

Starting last Thursday I woke up with a really bad sore throat, and stopped up sinuses. I was miserable all day long and it seemed like that was the day I was getting most annoyed by everything or everyone. Later that evening I went to the gas station and all they had was Dayquil in tablet form adn i wanted liquid so i just decided to get Nyquil since they had that in liquid. So on the way beack home in the car I just opened the bottle and took a huge swig of the medicine...I realized it probably wasnt the nest thimng to do but i was felling so bad I didn't even really care and within like 15mins I was soooo drowsy I could barely stay awake, but also all my symptoms were gone besides the nasaly voice I had from my stopped up sinuses. So all was well for the rest of that day and the whole weekend and now I feel fine... that stuff works miracles.

Phenom

So they other day I decided to get a psychic readingmy curiosity of the whole subject. Suprisly after the reading I know longer doubt the whole idea of that part of soceity because they knew information about the questions I had asked them way before I even thought about telling them it and had no previous knowledge of me or my particular issue. Their reading I have realized in the past couple days has given me confidence on the question I asked them I no longer really doubt myself and my thoughts and future decisions I plan on making on the issue

Titles

Diversity: The Melting Pot

Exclusion: A Life Away from Home

Squeege, Jotio, and Tu Padre

Meniscus

Unfortunately my sophomore year of High School during Rugby season I tore my meniscus making a cut on the turf. Even though injured I stupidly continued to play on it the rest of the game and did mot notify my coach or trainer. When the game was over my knee swelled up to an immense size and it locked up. That night I just iced it and the swelling went down and my full range of motion was returned and so it went the whole season I played it swelled and locked up and i iced i did not want to miss the season. So next year roles around its my junior year.. again i played until one day after practiced the icing method no longer worked and it swelled u p so much and was so painful I missed the next day of school. Regretfully I had to tell the coach and I was not able to finidsh the season my junior year. Now senior year has come and over the summer I went to the Orthopedic surgeon finally and got an MRI and i have a tear on the right lateral side of my meniscus and arthroscopic surgery is neccessary. So over winter break this year I will be getting the surgery and I will be on Crutches for approximately three weeks and no activity that involves strain on my knee is allowed for six months after that so. It sucks but I will be missing my senior year and last year of rugby:( , but at least my knee is getting fixed.....right?

Narrative Passage

I was able to form life-long relationships and intergrate myslef into a asociety that was very distince to mince. In addtion, this accomplishment shows that I do not easily back down from a challenge. I was able to attend High School away from home,over a thousand miles away. Even when I knew no one and felt homesick I was able to follow through and continue only for my benefit. This accomplishment thus shows that I can accept a challenge and surpass those adversities that lie in my path. This accomplishment may have taken away many of my comforts such as living with my family and living with people that I was used to, it showed and related to me as it represents who I am and what it is that I want in life.

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Naptime-

I remember everyday in first grade we used to have naptime for like an hour. Most of the time i did not sleep nor did most of the other kids. We justed laid there an joked around and just blankly stared, but it was probably some of the best times i had in school as a little kid. Especially when we "woke up" we got to have milk and a snack. The teacher would always select two kids to go and pick up the two crates of milk from the cafeteria one was just normal and the other was chocolate. Every kid used to want to go and you were really lucky if you were chosen even if you had done it before everytime was like your first. Those naptimes were the best thing about being little and the fact you are not really held accountable for the little stupid things you do.