joadaniel

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:10:46 GMT

FOR SOPHOMORES ONLY: DUE WEDNESDAY AM!

Select your top 3-5 theme songs. Explain/analyze why/how they represent you. To consider: Do they represent you only when you are in various, specific moods, or are they all purpose theme songs?

Analyze/annotate at least some of the lyrics! This is how we will be able to best see why they are your theme songs.

You should be reflecting as you write; you may even wish to indulge in some free association as you are writing...

#1 Fule by metallica.

“Gimme fule,gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Turn on I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie paint me dead
And I see red

One hundred plus through black and white
War horse, war head
Fuck ‘em man white knuckle tight
Through balck and white

On I burn
Fule is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose and clean
And on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline”

Yeah so if you can not tell from past blogs, I realy like mechanical devices. This song, James writes it as if a person is getting his emotions out through mechanical gas motor metaphors . For example
“ On I burn
Fule is pumping engines
Burning hard, loose and clean
And on I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline”

So this quote starts with on I burn witc metaphorically to a person means here I live. The fule is pumping engines part is symbolic of my blood that my heart pumps. Burning hard loose and clean symbolizes that my over all well being is fine if every thing stays consistant to current status. Quench my thirst with gasoline is symbolic of my desire of all things that bring life to me. So yes I am quite the gas guzzler or life enthusiast. I think this is a kick ass theme song for myself.

#2 Comfortably numb by Pink Floyd
In my life I like all others go through goods and bads. Durring the bads I realize that I must give myself a wake up call. So I felt this song had the perfect tone of a life wake up call.

“I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts”

So the song is speaking to ones who are not currently at peak. Then the song mentions how theres away to avoid problems. This is perfect because I to like to avoid problems. Then it appears the problem is to be analyzed which is quite good.

# Revolution by the Beatles

“ You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright”

“You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know”

So this should be my theme song because I myself would like to see the world change in a positive way. I even to would like to contribute to such. Also I to except and understand the fact of evolution yet I know ignorant people that do not. I myself do not like violence and I feel that is not a way to get positive change or revolution. Really I understand that the world is going through shit but I to tend to think in the end every thing is going to be alright. That’s the only way to keep trucking.

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:22:12 GMT

living in a house with a housemate.

M 21 ,ooking for F. Live in a small apartment with five others whom we split the $750 with in west oakland. My job consists of chilling on a couch allday, geting money from what I should safely call a west oakland magic trip, I can flip something al right and I aint talking MCD's rancid beef/crap patty. So yeah im a kick where it dose not hurt much.

Sat, 03 May 2008 22:10:00 GMT

Info to a mini me

Dear 6th grade Daniel, you are not crazy yet, congratulations. Now I am not saying that crazy is bad, why because pure stupid is bad. However it is the situations that put lots of self discipline.
Now thanks to tough times that I my own self through on myself, I have gained grate insight yet without them you will keep your dad from losing more hair. You really should stay out of trouble, though I do not currently hold a grudge on myself. I think that the emotional pain I put on myself after just makes me a better stronger person after.
On the up note you do lots of cool things before your crazy or goofy streak. You buy a go kart and get to spend valuable time modifying and fixing it with my dad. He even machined some tirades himself for it. Then one day you get possession of an old non running 2 stroke motor. You and your dad get it running. This happened right after my 23 year old cat died. So that will be bitter sweat.
Oh yeah and the summer vacation after 6th grade is great. You get hands on experience framing houses with your uncle who is a architect slash contractor slash crew over seer. Yes you even get paid. This will kick start your wanting to try new things and overcome them. Be care full, this will contribute to minor conflicts that you feel are not conflicts. You start to gain a new perspective on life.
Ok so you will get wet for a dirty deed that has done dirt cheap. So you are able to take your own money out of your own account to even things out. This makes you even more head strong. Though do not let it do this to much because it will help you get in to deeper horse shit. Your mom will start to yell at you and try to keep an eagle’s eye on you. There will be times when I sneak around due to much restriction, This makes your parents even steamier at you. So really I hope you be yourself and let nature take over to an extent but not too much.
Now more ups, you continue tinkering with shit and let your passions lead you. You will stop attempting to play tabs on the guitar. This will free more time to find more hobbies, Yes you will continue liking bikes, though when you get to high school you won’t be in to BMX jumping as much. Instead you will start racing cross-country mountain bikes for Albany high school. This will be fun. Though your freshman year will be bumpy at half way point thanks to natural ignorance.
Sophomore year you will hammer in the first quarter getting your highest GPA, just shy of 3.00. Then you will lose a little endurance and trickle to your crazier lazier ways. Then 47th quarter you shoot for retaliation. Let’s hope that goes good. Lets also hope things head up like they will.

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:37:53 GMT

Shaving is stupidly a waste of time so parents should be forced by the government to make their kids hopefully boys not shave this way they have more time for home work. This should also apply for haircuts, if it was up to me I would have a lions main.

Well this idea is well developed because I am in the middle of making it an reality. This I dea is a Chromalloy BMX frame with a shock attached fork and a 26” wheel in the front and a 20” on the back. By the way I took out the cranks. For those who do not like bikes, that is the part in which gives you leverage to push the pedals that turns a sprocket that has a chain going from it to a free wheel on the 20” rear wheel. Any ways I am not inventing the bike, but I am design and fabricating my own custom 2 stroke, weed whacker motorized BMX/ Mountain bike. So you are probably wandering how the hell I will do this. Well as I said I took the cranks off. This leaves the inside of the triangular frame open and empty. Wow there is a spot for some thing, but what. Oh a 30 cc ish 2 stroke weed whacker motor that my friend had laying around on his old weed whacker. One challenge is that the drive shaft side is also the side with the fly wheel and those other goodies. Why dose this stir me. Well you don’t have to be smart to see this. The thing is, that the shaft is not long like a drive shaft should be, though remember thing was for a fucking weed whacker. Like the saying goes use the nothing you have and make something kind of like the whole rabbit out of the hat thing. Your probably thinking I am being a red neck engineer / builder but I don’t care I need stupid shit like this that I honestly like to stay out of trouble from doing other things that I like. So yeah I need to get to thin nuts, that I will measure with calipers in standard form and look at the metric conversion chart. So this important so that the points and condenser don’t get out of whack so that the ignition stays in timing so that it wil run and not miss fire or knock or what not. A gas motor is just like the human body and brain in one, because they are so finicky, everything must be just right for peak performance. So I will have an extended shaft that I will machine out of some round stock from my basement on my south bend metal lathe. On this shaft I will need to get my welding stuff out or go to a friend’s house and weld a 12 tooth sprocket on it. I will either use a AC/ DC Arc welder or I will mig it ( M=?I=inert gas) Sorry I have short term and forgot M. See the mig welder has a wire feed gun with a guard that sprays a shield of inert gas to keep the air out of your beam. So we have a motor that will spin a chain. Mounting time. I already made two brackets that wrap around the frame on to the motor. These are made out of thin hot role plate steel(EASY TO BEND)(VERRY SPRINGY). I also drilled a hole in the bottom of the frame in which I put an aluminum skid plate on that also helps support the small thing. Oh yeah my forks. So I had to pop my head set off to get the old forks off and put shock mounted forks on.(IN SIDE THE STEM There WAS A TAPERED PEACE THAT HELD THE FORK ON I HAD TO TAP IT OUT AND PUT BACK IN AFTER THE OTHER SHOCK WAS ON THOUGH NOT QUITE FAIRY TALE FIT> SO I STILL HAVE TO MAKE SUPPORT PICES BUT STEM KEEPS IT GUIDED> PS she gets a pretty blue spark!! Yes I am crazy but hey if I could sit around doing shit like this for a living that would be great,. Like they say if you do what you like then you will not work a day in your life. Why are crazy people full of so much motivation, I do not know.

So if sick of the government and how they legalize tones of synthetic drugs . Well first think, these even include alcohol, pain killers mental pills and or depression pills. So I think that Pharmacies should dose out equivalents of pure natural substances. Come on now, you and I are not synthetic. So why should one put some ting that is not of pure nature if they have the choice.

If you are a real active person who lets say rides a bike all the time and do not show signs of being over wait, then heres an idea for you.
GETTING HUNGRY IS OVER RATED I MEAN IT IS FUN TO EAT BUT ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE TIME. So Why do we not have a pack on with an Iv feeding us this way we will not suffer a forest fire in our stomach while on the go.

People who have an eating disorder and are to light should eat small amounts of food that make them more hungry so that they could go to town worth a five pound meal.

Someone should invent a long lasting patch that acts like a cough drop. You would just need to place it on the top of your mouth, then you will be good for the day. I mean come on every one hates a tickle in their throat.

Ok so I happened to be on the free way with my mom driving her car and all of the sudden a street bike comes between us and the wall, he then lost control and continued to rub against the wall while mildly swerving. So first of all I give dude props for keeping the bike in control to the best of his ability. Though as you know that is a stupid dangerous illegal maneuver. I have a feeling that he was probably cut off and forced between the wall. So I think we should give a motor bike lane to the freeways as an addition to the section where people pull over when thy stall. This way the old ladies won’t have to worry so much about bikers rushing between lanes so much.

What is with dry mouth, I drink plenty of water but my physical exersion makes my mouth dry. Drink water except if some times you are trying so hard that swallowed amounts of water can make you up chuck, like in a competition. So have a patch in the mouth that sends moist vapors to your whole mouth.

You might know this but if you have a shitload of a good meal left but yiu are full then just drink lots of water to help you finish it. This might not make logic but it works for my digesting machine. Think about it you will get hungry soon again any ways, this will just help strech that gap.

Dumping, every one hates to waste time shitting. So a laxative should be created so that you shit out a whole days worth in one episode.

A solution in which will not hurt anamlle on your teeth but one that will do every thing that brushing and flossing would.

Ever feel tat you are physically weighted down and every step or thing you do takes tones of motivation. Well I just started using this strong shit called coffee, shit gets the job done though be careful of addiction and with drawls just because it is legal doesn’t mean its not a strong drug that can not kill you.

I think the only recreation drugs that should be legal are ones that no matter how much you have will not kill you and provide medical benefits unlike alcohol. Sher boos might be fun to you so just do them illegally then maybe we would have less drunk drivers. Think about, to many people go to church so if all those people listen to “GOD” then they will not break the law to a point of not altering their wrong and right(stay drunk and start the car up or lock your car and walk some where.

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:14:14 GMT

Ok so my brand new show is a real knee slapper. Laugh your head off, If you like horror shows then this is not your cup of milk. The the show is a show where stand up comedians tell jokes as a way of teaching ones about politics and ethnic issues. So really it is a satire based show. How long will it take the viewers to find this out? This is the big question. This is one of the key characters that makes the show worth watching. The big population of the types of viwers that will watch it are people who are mad at the world and want to here the bad tales of the lovely earth in a funny tone to take off the edge. Yes so almost everyone will watch it then. This is, as seen to be a practicle concept. All ages will even be able to watch even if it washes their brain, like mom would say if their is not any curse words then it is fine. So you might call it contriver sal.
What sets this apart from all of the other stand up comedians ? Well this show has more like a team of what the show calls the TOKERS JOKERS. The point of this team is to sway peoples minds in a funny way. The team are able to interact and as a result they come up with some funny shit. Yes this is another smart concept I must say. Lets help the world wash their head so to speak with humor. Sounds like money and that just means HONEY. (HONEY)/symbolic of every thing "sweet"?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:59:37 GMT

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the fine film, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The story chronicles the life of the oh-so-likeable Ferris Bueller. The film is about one day in his high school life. On this day, he ditches school. What does Ferris do with his day off, you ask?

He goes over to his best friend's house.
They liberate his BFF's dad's classic '60s Ferrari (in perfect shape) and drive it ALL over town.
They sneak Ferris' girlfriend out of school to come along as well.
They go to Sears Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the country (especially at the time of filming) and chill at the top.
They go to a fancy, pretentious downtown restaurant for lunch and clown on the maitre-d'.
They go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field and Ferris catches a foul ball.
They go to a museum and see beautiful works of art.
They get caught up in a street parade, and Ferris jumps on a float and sings "Danke Schoen" (which sounds like donka shane--I had to go on google to figure out how it was actually spelled) and "Twist and Shout" to thousands of people (who go crazy for Ferrris).
They even find time to go swimming (sort of) at a pool.
Merits mentioning: they do all of those things and still get Ferris home by like 6:00 pm, so his parents don't know that he was faking being sick.

Of course, I am simply telling you what they did in list form to give you the example. For the blog, describe what you would do on your ideal day. WRITE IT AS A NARRATIVE STORY. Be creative, descriptive, fun, pg-13, and make us jealous of your day.

If you have a friend or loved one go with you, that's swell, but don't focus too heavily on that. As my housemate likes to say, "It's your day."

TO CONSIDER:

pick a city that would allow you to do several things that you'd love to do. For example, we all love Albany, but a Ferris Bueller day in Albany of going to the plaza and Gordo isn't exactly dreamy. You may wish to be in San Francisco, LA, Chicago, or wherever.

money shouldn't be a major issue for you, but don't take advantage. you shouldn't not be able to do things you want to do just cuz you ain't loaded...

you don't have to be 100% realistic, but don't be more than 20% unrealistic. ish.
So first I would wake up on a sunny day in lake county CA. I will have a fat ass breakfast consisting of eggs, toast,garlic cloves,noodles,rice,sliced onions,oysters,calirole ,pancakes,steak,beakon,saucage,oats,apples,oranges,chicken,gravy,bread,muffins,milk,water,juice,cream,lard,wheat cookies,omega 3 oil,corn,cheese,tortilas,peas,tomatos,carots,sprouts,beats,crackers,deer mear,bear meat,duck,salmon,frog,rabitand plenty others. I will recive a call saying that I have been chosen to become the CEO of the company in which I worked at. I will then go to the hood and start a mountain bike Moffia. By noon I will have gone to an English tea party in a cafe in Amsterdam. In this café I will meet Jack Herer . One OClock I go to Infineon raceway and race John Force in the funny car divisson of the NHRA drag racing league. Two OClock I will go to a native American reservation and live their ways for three hours. At five OClock I will get on the plane and go to Portugal. I will stay their for five hours. At ten I will go to a canibus cup with the talkshow guy Montel and Jack Herer. I will be here for one hour. At eleven OClock I will go to a strip bar slash rave house in france. Here I will meet lots os hot schollor French chicks. This should not be to dull. This sould take me on past midnight.

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:07:21 GMT

So I will start with the cloud wall pice. This pice is getting a huge message across. By drawing a huge comb in a wall of clouds shows that even thogh we live in a big world, little things take up lots of our time.

Now the pce with men rain., This gives you the feel that rain is a perfect part of how the world works. So he shows the sky raning "perfect people". This is a cool one to look at.

Now the pipe, but irt is not a pipe. T0o a bug it could be a home. To a hippy t can be symbolic for a state of mind. For an english man it can mean relaxation. So all kinds of people might use a pipe including tweeaks but they mean some thing different to every one.

The blank canvas holder by the window, quite neat. This shows that the out side beauty is just as nice as a great painting. This is kick ass way to fuck with perception and reality. I love trippy shit like that in which you can use to figure the world out.

The house and tree, Quite nice. I would say it shows a scence of accomplishment. This is because of the big house. However it also shows that money is not every thing because the house is in the shade.

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:18:41 GMT

This was by far the most popularly requested blog prompt by you all, so I figured let's give it a whirl.

Describe your ideal life. Consider if you'd be married, if you'd have kids, where you would live, how you would spend your free time, and, of course, WHAT YOUR JOB WOULD BE (this was the part that was prevalent in your requests).

Please do not answer this blog like an online singles ad:
"I am a 25 year old single lawyer who lives in suburban Chicago, drives a BMW, and has 2 cats and a goldfish (and they get along); I like long walks on the beach and scrapbooking."

Questions I would ask if you wrote that: what kind of lawyer ("a rich one" is not a sufficient answer--be specfic about what your job will entail and WHY you want to have it), why suburban Chicago, how do you get the cats to not eat the goldfish, why do those generic hobbies bring you such joy, with whom do you participate in them anyway, etc...

YOU MAY WISH TO DETAIL THE PATH THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT YOUR IDEAL LIFE...

Please use description to paint a picture of your life. For part of it, you might wish to make a running diary of a day in the life of the future, ideal you. Project enough details that a reader can picture it--do you or a loved one (or an indentured servant--aka, child) cook? do you eat out a lot? Do you work out in the 'burbs too? Do you shop at stores or online? I don't know, the random stuff that actually makes up our lives should be included in bits...

due monday am

My ideal life is to be happy. So I plan on having a good job and getting married. First I will work at a bike shop while taking cc classes and trying to become a pro mtb racer. I will still as you can see love bikes it will always be a hoby for me. When I am mid aged I will start a high school Mountain Bike league for a region that dose not have one.
Now more about my job. So After cc I will become a bike frame engineer for Canondale mountain bikes. This job will bring plenty of cash. I will live in a huge house, just big enough for a real party.
I will drive a Ferrari Enzo, a AAR cuda(with the 6 barrel), a Shelby Cobra and a VW Bus. My hose wil have a huge machine shop with CNC Lathes mills Welders Cut off saws and more. I would also have a shop to work on my cars. This might be strange since I am wealthy. However I will still be a gear head. Yeah back to my wife, she will be some one that I can totally connect with. We will have two kids eventually. We would do our. best to give them a nice life that can give them what they need to make it in the world. Are kids will have world record IQs’. They will both end up being rocket scientists and will be responsible for research that puts a life center on the moon.
So yes this might seem a little dull but it would be cool, an ironic life I gues. So yes this is it at the moment. However I might want something different later . I will just have to see. Who knows maybe I will laugh at this when I land my honest dream life which is whatever I end up doing because I will not do work I hate no matter what.

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:43:47 GMT

We've all made some questionable calls when it comes to our style--our clothes, hairstyles, accessories, etc. We always think we are cool; it's only with hindsight that we can reflect and realize that we actually looked all-the-way goofy.
Chart your fashion history. Consider all of the styles and stages that you've gone through in your life. Give some specific details about what they were, looked like, and any motivations for or memories associated with them. Don't be afraid to be a little self-deprecating (make fun of yourself a bit)...Ham it up...exaggerate...

The blog should be at least 3/4 of a page.

due Monday, 2/18/08
When I was in kindergarten I would wear tight jeans that I hated. Then I saw the way hide made people look very civilized. When I got in to first grade I started to wear corduroys. I thought those were a lot cooler. In second grade I went back to wearing jeans, but this time they were not so tight. I actually liked these a whole lot. Then in third grade I started wearing Van shoes. I still wear them to day. They are the best shoes on the planet. I am not talking about the kind that are thin and sloppy. I am talking about the skate shoes. They are so cool looking and they are really durable. I think that there the best shoes you can get for under sixty bucks. Plus they come in real handy if the brakes on your bike gout. See when you need to stop but you can’t just let your leather siding scrub on your leather. Yes that is quite great. Think shoes that save lives. Who would have ever thought of such a thing.
Now comes a big change. In the fourth grade I start to where dark hoody sweat shirts. I would also wear black Levi pants. This was the kick ass look for me back then. I just felt oh so cool as if I was a whole different person. I felt like a big tough guy like that. During the fifth grade I started wearing long tea shirts and jeans. I did this up in till the seventh grade.
The seventh grade, this is when I went back to the dark side. This time I wore a black Nirvana sweat shirt. Though I still wore black 569 Levis and I still do today. At this time I still wore Vans, I also still wear them today. In the next grade I wore lose clothes that were not dark. Freshman year I had a buz cut. I then decided to grow my hair out. I wore my black pants and my Vans.
Right now, I have thick hair. I like wearing tea shirts and Levi jeans. I still wear Van shoes. Also I just got my left ear pierced. I don’t know if that was the best idea but maybe it will grow on me. Yeah so that is about all of my fashion history for now, at least for what I can recall.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:59:58 GMT

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10 February 2008 @ 12:27 pm
Blog 10: Interview
1. Do you believe in karma?

No, I don't even remotely believe in karma. I believe in the value of community, and I believe that we should each do the best we can with what we have. I think that a community or a culture is as good and as strong as its members. If you value community and culture, that is motivation to be a good person and to do good things. If you have self-respect, that is motivation to be good and do good things. Doing good things so that good things happen to you isn’t actually all that altruistic, is it? This is in addition to the idea that there is some cosmic force that doles out goodness on a deserve-it basis. One look around kind of squashes the validity of it for me. I mean, what in all of your experiences and all of the news you've seen about the world and the way it works supports the idea of karma?
PS How many times did I say good in that paragraph?

2. What one current event in any aspect of world news do you think is being most neglected or underrepresented?

I am currently having a really hard time with the fact that nobody is making a big deal out of the $600 tax refund checks that Bush is trying to dole out to hella Americans. It just doesn’t seem fiscally responsible. How can you veto a bill to give health care to all kids 5 and under cause it costs too much and then turn around and give out over a billion dollars? It's all further complicated by the fact that he says he's doing it to jumpstart the economy, but studies show that lower and middle class people will overwhelmingly use it to either pay down credit card debt or save it for a rainy day, both of which make total sense. The only people likely to spend the $600 frivolously are rich people, to whom $600 is play money. The matter is further complicated by the fact that I just read that it's not an actual "Here's $600. Have fun" but that it is an advance on 2008 tax returns, which means that people who are responsible and note limited dependents will get hosed while people who up their dependents so that they have more money to spend per month will get the break. This is, of course, discounting those who actually have dependents...

Although it seems like old news these days, since it was never really news, I'd like to also give a shout out to the bees as an underrepresented issue. The honeybees are dying, and without them, a zillion plant lives can't reproduce. Without the pollination station, we're going to have a lot harder of a time with food--less fruits and vegetables will lead to less animals (who eat said fruits and vegetables), and even the meat eaters will end up hosed. Over 50 years ago, Albert Einstein speculated that "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left." Cell phone towers are speculated to be a possible major cause...As Bill Maher once said, "Perhaps it's God's way of saying, 'Can you hear me now.'"
3. If you could have any one superpower, what would it be and why?

This is almost too tough to answer. I'd love to have the ability to read people's minds. Then I could tell just how full of shit people are. Although I tend to think that people are often full of shit, so I don't know if this would serve to validate me or depress me further. Of course, if I were an optimist, this could be a chance for the redemption of humanity. Obviously flying would be awesome as well.

4. If you could invite any 5 famous people or characters to your birthday party, who would you pick?

Turk from Scrubs
Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (check out my Carlton dance mix on my Ipod)
Brody from Mallrats
Steve Malkmus (Pavement)
David Berman (Silver Jews)
Two-Bit (so long as he didn’t steal my stuff)
Day-Day from Next Friday

5. If you could live in any film or book, what would you select? Would you want to be one of the characters, or would you want to be you (introduced as a new character)?

I know this might sound kind of strange, but I think that if I could be any character and live the life of their book, I would pick Edmund Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo. It's kind of weird because his whole life and motivation are predicated on suffering and loss, but he is just the baddest mofo in the history of the whole world. On a more traditional level, I might pick to live in The Goonies so I could have that level of camaraderie with the guys (and make fun of Chunk) or to be Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything. Apparently I am quite character driven, rather than setting or plot driven.

6. Who of your friends would make the best president? I can't wait to know why.

I don’t think I have any friends that come near fitting a traditional role of President. That said, I think that I would have to nominate Mikey. Mikey is one of those people that everybody who meets him likes him and wants to be nice to him, which would go a long way in terms of policy, both foreign (where we can use it) and domestic (where we can use it). He is responsible, works hard, is particularly logical, and is a moral man.

7. I used to always trip out that my strawberry Chapstick tasted so strongly like strawberries (and why was I eating so much Chapstick?). Then I realized that it wasn't the taste that was strong; it was the smell. They say that smell is the strongest scent. What is your favorite smell? USE CONNOTATIONS, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, OR ANALOGY in your (butter) saucey answer.

My favorite smell has got to be coffee. The best part about it is that every single morning I get to smell my favorite smell. Coffee is to my morning as Gatorade is to MJ at halftime. It gets me ready for the game. It is no major coincidence that my favorite smell is so intertwined with my favorite sound too. My favorite sound is that extra-loud gurgle that the coffee maker makes as it sucks that list bit of water through the coffee grounds. To double down on the sports metaphors, that gurgle is the ringside ding for Round 1. Coffee's ready.

8. If you could invent a new class for AHS to teach, what would it be?

I think that a vocational class like welding or auto shop would be cool. I think that would excite some kids...

I would also love to see a class that more directly connected and involved kids with the community--politics, the environment, social issues. Something with actual out-in-the-community experiential opportunities. Perhaps each quarter could have a different one of those focuses where students could meet community leaders, volunteer, advocate, etc...4th quarter could be the chance for students to do a project in their own field of interest. Damn, that would be hot.

9. Identify any symbol from any film ever (pick your favorite if you can think of many from which to choose). Identify what it means and why you picked it.

One of my favorites is the red lipstick that the lady wears in David Lynch's sicko-masterpiece Blue Velvet. I also think that Clockwork Orange abounds with symbols of note: the milk and milk bars, every single object in the cat-lady's house...

Damn, those are two disturbing movies. How about something a little more uplifting...and where I can talk about the actual symbolism...

In The Neverending Story, at the end of the film all that remains of the princess' once vast and mighty empire is a grain of sand. That grain of sand symbolizes how far we, as a people, are prone to letting things go. How we sit by and let things disintegrate to the point of extinction before we believe that it is happening--and before we are motivated enough to do anything. The grain of sand also represents, however, that it is not too late. With the ability to dream and the work required to make dreams come to fruition, that grain of sand is the foundation for rebuilding civilization...Something, however small, still tangible.

10. Will humankind still exist in 300 years?

I'd like to say, "See my Neverending Story answer," but I don’t know...

11. What is the most embarrassing song to ever grace your IPOD? Why was it there, may I ask?

Objectively speaking, the most embarrassing song might be my theme song for when I win. It's the theme song from The Karate Kid. "You're the best, around/No one's ever gonna put you down." Pure '80s. I also have a soft place in my heart for this totally cheesy Soul Asylum song from the '90s--the "Waiting by the phone" song. If I were in a band, I would totally cover that song.

12. Corey Chin's brilliant question (and it's got me curious): How much would you charge to clean Mr. Ross' microwave?

Ew. Like $5.00.

13. Did you support your answers?

I feel that I did.
1No i do not believe in karma. I am more of a realistic person. Karma is not realistic.
2The war in Sudan deserves more attention. Fuck bushes mess, we here enough about that shit.
3I would have the power to have any power at any time at all. My reasoning is that I would be able to be totaly full of power. Think of all of the nice things that I could do for the world.
4 My five famous birthday guests. First I would invite Jimmy Page. This is because he is the best guitarist except for Jimmy Hendrix. They are about equal to me. Second I would invite Jack Herer because of his big contributions to the natural medicine world and because of all the books that he wrote such as The Emperor wears no clothes.P.S My cousin actually met Jack Herer and shook his hand. The third gest would be the singer from the Doors even thouh he is dead. So I gues I would need some voodoo shit for that. The forth person would be my cousin, he is not famous yet but he will be one day just like Jack Herer. The fith would be Naughty Allie because she is one of the hotest porn stars out there. We all no that aparty is not complete with out lap dances and stuff. So yeah man it will be one hell of a B day.
5I would be in the movie gone in 60 seconds. I would take Nicholas Cages spot as the main character. The bad ass who trys to save his brother by boosting hella cars in a small amount of time.
6My friend Joaquine from MCgregor would make a great president. This is partially because he is a native American. After all this is America. Plus maybe he coulkd chaznge the laws to those of the native Americans and can pu all americans in a native tribe. Oh yeah he would also make alchohal illegal for it is a stupid poison inwhich people can not even drive a car. He would also end the war just as quick as Hillary or Obama, with in two years.
7 My favorite smell is one that you normally notice at night behind a dumpster or on a dog. That is right I am talking about the smell of a skunk. Some people do not like this smell but to me it is as if I am smelling an exspensive flowers. I also think that the smell can boost your ora and help you gather your chee.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:16:33 GMT

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:50:47 GMT

Wow I am tired. I can not wait till I really wake up. yep tat is the truthe. I really need to get a part time job. I hope i get the job at Maverick's gym in Emeryville. I am listening to godsmack rightnow. i think i feel like listening to seat leaf by black sabath. Maybe I will listen to dazed and confused by Zep. Metalica is also really cool. I just picked up the S and M album. This album is to cool. It is a live cd and there is an orchestra in the back round. I also like the doors. one of my favorite songs is people are strange. Another reall cool band is korn. I think that their best song is twist. However this song is only fifty seconds long. Now as far as rap is concerned, their is only one name to know. This name is Afro Man. afro is the bomb. If he can not make you laugh then no one can. Ok laters fool.

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:28:48 GMT

I can't belive MR Ross is making me do this when I could be chilling with some homies. What the fuck dood this is god damn funny. I am to tired right now. Man my stomach felt like a bunch of rubber bands yesterday. my head felt like a rocket ship. That shit was quite groovy. Or you could even say that it was far out. Verry far out. how far can you go? yes one might ask this or one might ask me what i am talking about. well i am a earthling living on this planet. Dude i am tired and my stomach is full. Fuck so what if I do shoot the bull every now and then. Maybe I have fucked a friend or two or three, well a friend with benifits any ways. What if the world was square and all chicks wore no under wear. Wow why did I just think of a fish market ew. My head is so random. Hell I could be a rapper sitting on the crapper. Colt 45 and two bike frames baby that is all i need. I can go to Tillden park after dark and hit those crazy bike trails. Stop and hit the jump like Cheech and chong. I say it takes from here to the bike shop. So roll roll the 26 inch rims. Feeling high as hell riding on 26 inch rims. Hows that for a customized Afroman song yeah. Why must I keep writing. Why must life be like this. There must be a way out. Please tell me that such a way exists. I once told my self that I told my self. Then I decided to say why not. After all MR ross is just a robot who loves giving out homework on the weekends. I should be feeling out my job application. The place of work is Maverics gym in Emeryville. Yeah that would be such a cool plaCE TO WORK. mY BIKE TEAM AND i GO OVER THERE EVERY WENDSDAY TO USE THE STATIONARY BICYCLES. yEAH AND IF I GOT THE JOB,i might get to do maintanence on the bikes. yay for that. Man if only i was not doing this right now. man that would be so cool. Yes i am allmost done at last. yay for myself and I. Good bye for lter and have a better tomarrow. I would also like you to have a good yesterday. Hey man why is your name Stan the bcrazy man. Dude wheres my car? Dude if only you knew. Man I do not have a clew. Screw who maybe that was a mistake. I repeat come out with your hands out this is a hold up. Say what I never thought this day would come. Laters ross boss.

3 song deal

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:22:06 GMT

Blue berry yum yum
LUDACRIS
As known, detective spade trys to stay on top of knowing whats going on. “you already know whats up”. The tone that is present while the line is rapped is a scense of confidence of that whats going on is known of. This shows great awareness. “There aint even enough room to fit the other chicks inside”. This kind of leaves a big shot feeling in your mouth. It also shows a ladies man. In deed we know that detective spade is quite the ladies man. He just can’t wait to get his groove on. “Hop in to that stinking Lincoln and lets ride”. As you should know, all real ladies men have cars. We know that this is detective spades type. This line provdes a feel of slick type of character. As we know, this detective is quite slick. “Im going to keep smoking till I reach my peak peak peak”. Yes indeed this detective likes his tobacco. Detective spade seams to like to do things thoroughly, so he probally would smoke till he reaches his tobacco peak. “Till I’m stuck and my body feels weak weak weak”. Detctive spade is indeed a dedicated detective. So he ends up working real hard till possibly his body feels different. Perhaps even weak so to speak.

TNT
ACDC
Yes detective spade is a powerfull detective. “TNT” Well indeed TNT is an explosive Which can be a fast way of getting to the bottom of something. Indeed detective spade also likes to get to the bottom of things. Yes with him it involves his cases that he is working on. This word in the song puts out an aggressive vibe. This is exactly the attitude that detective spade has while fighting and trying to break cases. “I’m dynamite” Yes another sign of showing power. Yes detective spade shows his power while he is fighting his case. This presents the tone of an extraordinary cool power happy attitude. This detective loves to hold a powerful attitude while trying to break his cases. “I’m dynamite, and I will win that fight”. Yes detective spade has hands. He can fight with a descent skill level even while he is buzzed off drugs being alcohol. This has the tone of a fighter who knows he is the hardest fool out there. I am sure that this detective is like that. TNT I’m a power load” This sows the tone of a cocky person. I am pretty sure that detective spade gets cocky after breaking a case. After all he is the bomb.

Metalica
Nothing else matters
Detective spade is a dedicated detective and dose not want anything to get in his way. “ and nothing else matters”. Now I would not be surprised if while he is deep in to a case, he feels that nothing else matters. This shows the tone of a full blown rabble. This detective is a bit of a rabble, for he dose not like the police. “I never cared for what they know and I know”. Yes this detective dose not like the police. So I am sure that he dose not care for what they know. This also shows the tone of a rabble. “I never cared for what they say”. Now yes again this detective dose not like the police. So I am sure that he could care less regarding what the pigs have to say. Damn now I am hungry for bacon and donuts. “ Keep in mind for some ting new” While this detective fights his case, he indeed keeps his mind open for something new. This would probably be clues and or evidence. The tone is one of a clever fool. “Never cared for who they know”. Yes sadly enough cops know other cops. This detective dose not like the police. Most of the people cops know are cops or cop related beings. So I am sure this detective dose not care for people the Poe poes know. This shows the tone of one of great ignorance.

Favorite meal

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:36:29 GMT

Describe your favorite food or favorite meal.

Consider the various ways you can accomplish this. You could make a descriptive narrative (story) about eating your meal (setting, characters, etc). You could make it a metaphor. You could approach your food/meal analytically. Or, of course, you could amalgamate elements of these suggestions however you wish.

You may also wish to utilize the senses (taste, touch, smell, looks, sound).

I dare you to use some figurative language, even.

As an added challenge, I would like for you to CORRECTLY use at least 2 semi-colons in this blog. Don't go overboard on the challenge; if you use too many semi-colons in your writing, it will look tacky.
(see what i did there?)

Your blog should be AT LEAST 1 page of a word document, so make sure that you consider how you will approach this before you start writing. Is your goal to entertain, to inform, to sway, or what? Know your purpose. Let it help you to build your desired tone in your writing.
The hamburger/cheeseburger is by far my favorite Quick meal after a long bike ride or other good sources of exercise. The beef is great source of protein. The bun is a good source of carbohydrates which turn to sugar which is converted to energy. The pickles lettuce and tomatoes provide some of the recommended daily amount of vegetables. So yes this can actually be a somewhat nutrient meal all in one. That is one of the coolest things about it. That is the fact that it is a whole meal in one package. The great bun keeps the package wrapped up.
In a sense you could say the bun to a burger is like that of a body to a car or that of a unibody constructed car. Unibody construction is the design where the body has incorporated structural members in it instead of having a frame. And I cant think of a part of a burger that I would consider the frame. The lights of a car, not a necessity but just not legal without. I feel this is also the way I feel about pickles. The pickles are not the nkey thing that makes a burger a burger;however it just dose not taste right with out them. They add just the right amount f a saly flavor. The tomatos are like the windows of a car. The windows when open provide nice natural fresh air. The tomatos on the other hand provide a wonderful fresh flavor. It is always nice to have vegtibles with meat. I just have to have tomatos. The lettuce are like the mud flaps
On a car. See the mudflaps are a very minor part of the car but can be nice to have some times. To me that is the same case with my opinion with lettuce on a burger. The lettuce is all right but I wouldn’t be to upset about it. Now the beef ;the most important part of a burger. The beef to a burger is like a engine to a car. This is what every thing is constructed around.
The best places to get burgers.
 In N Out If you want a some what lean burger with plenty of tomatos and lettuce than this is the right place.
 Barneys (on Solano) has extremely lean burgers. The meet is practicly like ground up steak. They also have good steak fries made with canola oil. PS if you are treating a friend for lunch then you should order the “Big Barney’s burger”(one pound) and have it cut in half this is the best value.
 Nations They have one third of a pound burgers. These are indeed greacy but they are grubbing

#2 interview

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:29:07 GMT

Each response should be a full, elaborated paragraph. No skipping questions.

1. If you could be a fly on anybody's wall, on whose wall would you perch? Why? What would you do with the information?

I would perch the wall of a high powered government official. I it would hopefully
Be during a highly confidential meeting. I could use this information to tell the people what is not actually true. I could also use this information to verify to the people that something is true. It would be great to achieve such information of such beneficial properties for the benefit of society.

2. What is your favorite piece of art? Describe what it looks like. Why do you like it so much? How does it make you feel? Does it tell a story? Have symbolism?

Well I actually discovered my favorite piece of art this very school year, in MR Ross’ class room. This is the painting right above the door way inside of the class room. The painting seems to look like a time telling clock that is melting away. I like it so much because of its’ symbolic message being easy to see. Ii makes me feel like I am listening to an old person talk about how fast time goes by. Yes it tells the story of time always running out until it melts away. Yes it has a symbol it symbolizes time slipping away by illustrating a melting clock.

3. If you could choose your parents, how would they be? Describe how they look, act, and parent. What do they do (for work, hobbies, etc)?
If I could choose my parents they would be exactly how they are but a little more lenient. My parents are both five and a half feet tall. They tend to generally act calm but they parent in a strict manner. My dad works for an optic company as a engineer/machinist that is currently making the lenses for the telescope that will replace the Huubble telescope. My mom is a stay at home mom. Lately my dad has been working on projects around the house on his spare time.

4. If you could live in any decade, which one would it be and why? ELABORATE. What opportunities would you take advantage of in said decade?
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I would live in the 1960’s because that was the time for many new ways of thinking including the anti war protests. The 60’s is is also when Led Zeppelin, so I would be able to see one of their concerts before John Bodtom the drummer died. So yes going to a zeppelin concert is definitely one of the things I would take advantage of. I would also take advantage of getting to meat real live hippies and listen to their brand new ideas and philosophies.

5. If you could/had to be any Disney character, who would it be and why?

If I could/ be any Disney character I would be Donald Duck. Donald is a very interesting duck. The duck also has a really interesting personality. Though the reason I would be him is because of his cool voice.

6. There is a difference between the moral man and the criminal in that the moral man has a legitimate reason to steal. Support or refute this idea (that a person's objectively bad deeds can be justified by the subjectivity of their life).

I will say that I have to refute this idea. I feel that stealing period is wrong regardless of the circumstances. However also I believe that bad deeds cannot be justified regardless of the circumstances. So I will say that this supports my refute of a persons objectively bad deeds can be justified by the subjectivity in their life.

My film pitch

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:48:31 GMT

My Movie Pitch: The Green Hostages
The movie consists of four main characters. Three of the main characters are best friends and hardcore downhill mountain bikers. These include Jack Ron and Joe. Jack is six feet five inches tall 21 year old male. He has long red hair and an over grown beard. Be sides from downhill mountain bike riding, he also participates in anti war protests all around America. He is thought of as a left over from the sixties or in other words a hippy. Joe is a Native American with an American name. He is only five feet tall and has hair down to his knees. Joe’s passion for hardcore downhill mountain biking is very great and he feels devoted to it. He is a very skilled rider yet in his journey of becoming one he broke 29 different bones in his body. Aside from mountain biking he also loves participating in his Native American religious ceremonies. These involve consuming a sacred cactus pair called peyote and psilocybin mushrooms to enter in to a spiritual world through the mind expansions of the substances. In fact his very first adventure on peyote made him realize that he wanted to take up downhill mountain biking. See while he was visiting the “spiritual world” he saw a spiral wheel rolling down a mountain side that he claims he herd shouting his name. 14 hours later after he exits the “spiritual world he believes that the spirits were trying to tell him that he to should roll down a mountain side. At first he was unsure of how to do so at first. Then he thought about using a motorized dirt bike but he felt that the spirits would get upset over the pollution. So he decided to take up downhill mountain biking. In fact in the middle of the film Jack and Ron ask him how he started riding so he starts to tell the story and the scene of his peyote adventure shows up as the story. Ron is a six foot three inch tall 27 year old with a buzz cut. He had became a pro downhill mountain biker when he was only 17 years old in Amsterdam. When he was 20 years old he decided to take his profession to the United States. Ron first met Joe and Jack when he was 23 years old. The fourth main character is a mountain man who grows marijuana on a mountain in Oregon and lives in a hidden cabin on the mountain. The mountain man’s real name is un known but he has the three downhill mountain bikers call him Shrubs.
The film starts out with the three downhill mountain bikers sitting around in the bike shop that they own together in Humboldt California. The three are just getting ready to close the shop for a holiday weekend. So the three go about talking of where they want to go ride on their weekend off. Joe first suggests riding on his Indian reservation. Jack says that the only time he would want to go to Joe’s Indian reservation is if he could participate in the “spiritual journey”. Joe tells Jack that it is against the law to trip out in the reservation because he is not a native American. Then Jack says “what happened to the whole all men are created equal thing. Joe says that dose not count towards us, we also own casinos unlike everyone else. Then Ron says that he heard that there are some killer mountains to downhill in Oregon. The other two couldn’t think of any other place that was “killer”. So they were just about to close the shop up when all of the sudden a old lady comes in with a bike that has a flat tire. So Ron quickly patches the tube. He then tells her that it is on the house and to have a nice day. Then the three lock up the shop. They then throw their bikes in Jack’s lime green shag carpeted Volkswagen bus. So they were off, Ron wipped out the map and said the real kick ass mountains are near Bandon Oregon. Ron then showed Jack the rout to take. So yes they were off on quite the long car ride in fact it ended up being a six hour drive. They had finally arrived at Bandon. It was late night so they slept in the van. Come morning they were ready to ride. Joe then said that he did not see a mountain. Ron told Jack that they would just need to drive around a tiny bit and then they would find one. Sure enough they did. The mountain mostly just had animal trails. However they didn’t care. They were determined to ride up any or no path and bomb back down. So they headed off on their full suspension mountain bikes. They pedaled off on a fresh deer trail. The three were just starting to get their hearts pumping. Their faces showed their natural intoxication from the cardiovascular workout. Then all of the sudden the deer trail ended so they just continued on, making their own trail as they went along. Then randomly jack has to take a leak. So he gets of his bike and walks out in to some shrubs a bit to further himself from Joe and Ron. It is then that he notices a big patch of pot plants all in their flowering state. Jack then shouted out “you are not going to believe what I see”. In response Joe says “the spirits don’t give big wangs to everyone, you mustn’t feel too bad. Jack responds by saying “I am not talking about that, I just walked in to a pot patch. All three are interested in the discovery and go look at the plants. Jack with his hippy urges begins to strip the plants of their leaves and flowers. Then suddenly one of them must have stepped on a sensor or some how set one off because a repetitive beep sounded. No more than a minute later shots were fired from higher up on the mountain. The three then started to ride away. Then a gruff looking man came roaring down on a 400cc two stroke dirt bike with a hand gun in his clutch hand. He had no concern about the well being of his bike so he just kept letting off the throttle and shifting without the clutch. Then he managed to catch up with the three and told them not to move or he would shoot all of them. So they stopped where they were. Then the gruff man had all three of them hop on the back of his bike and they sped up the mountain a ways. Then they reached the man’s cabin. It was a wood cabin with a dug out eight foot basement. Then the man laid down some rules. “You three can live or die. Either you agree to let me lock you in my basement and do work for me for the rest of your lives or I will shoot you guys right now.” The three chose to live. So from then on they stayed in the basement and trimeed branches and cloned plants. This unfortunately would be the whole rest of their life. Occasionally the man would remind the three” your wandering about made this future. You should have never wandered about where there were not any trails but you did and now you are paying for it for the rest of your life. However after a fewe years later some innocent hikers decide to walk where there are no trails and just happen to see three exspensive down hill mountain bikes. So the hikers turn back and tell the authorities of their findings. Then the authorities are suspicious due to the bikes found so they send a helicopter out. The helicopter spots the pot patch and the cabin. So the feds rescue Jack Joe and Ron and arrest Shrubs.

My invention

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:55:37 GMT

Invent something, whether it is based on technology or whatever, that you think people would like. Since this is a sufficiently ambiguous blog prompt, I expect that you could approach this is a variety of ways. If you have no idea of what you'd like to invent, you may wish to take an alternative approach, such as humor or satire, instead.

You should discuss why the world would want/need your creation, how it would benefit people, when they would use it, etc. Remember to use those show don't tell and sensory details skills--what does it look like, sound like, feel like, make you feel like, etc...

Blogs should be at least 2/3 page (word doc, single spaced).
I would invent clothing that have controllable heat and motion sensors slickly and comfortably embedded. The sensors will be small and as flat as possible. They can be sewn in to sleeves . All the different kinds of clothes accompanied by these sensors will be double layered. The clothes will come with a small remote control that can go on a key chain. The remote control will allow people to activate or un activate the sensors. For example you might have arrived at a busy work place with lots of necessary moving people objects etc, in this case you would want to un activate the sensors. On the other hand you might be leaving the work place late at night about to walk home through a bad neighborhood. This is a time when you would want to take the remote control and activate the sensors. Now you can journey home felling more at ease for you will know if some Waco is trying to sneak up on you or fallow you. These sensor equipped clothes are made for all aged people. So for those parents out there who are worried about their children being kidnapped on their way home from school can be less worried now. You might be thinking that the sensors will pick up all the other innocent school children. This is not the case as long as the child uses the remote control to switch the sensors to the adult only mode. This enables the sensors to only sense people who have an average body temperature of an adult. These clothes would also be helpful to the elderly. Stop worrying about your old grandmother shopping by herself. You might be afraid that she will get mugged or hurt. Fear no more all grandma has to do is take the remote control and set it to irregular movement. This senses suspiciously moving people from behind and all around. This will prepare grandma to start having a screaming episode to alert others something is wrong and most likely scare the wrong doer away from her. By the way the sensors simply vibrate when they are activated so they only alarm you, this can be an important feature in certain situations. So it is apparent that this can be a use full concept. This can help increase safety and security. So I ensure you if you are ever worried about creeps messing with you then if you have a pair of these sensor embedded clothes you will feel less worried and have a better chance at keeping your well being or your wallet. Maybe you are some big shot who thinks this will not be necessary. Well good for you but I am sure you know and care about someone where that is not the case at all. So you could get them one which would still benefit yourself. Yes this would benefit you because it would give you another thing to stop worrying about. Worrying only adds to stress which increases your risk of health problems. So stop worrying for others or yourself. Safety and health are combined things and are very important to staying alive. So help yourself stay alive by experiencing the benefits of these clothes.

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:11:17 GMT

For each of the interview questions, you must explain "why" you've answered it as you have--not simply "fill in the blank." You may choose to interpret the more ambiguous questions as you see fit, but remember about our "contract" when answering these questions...You may skip up to 2 questions if you don't want to answer them

1. What is your favorite book? My favorite book is Holes by Louis Sachar. This is my favorite because I used the novle for two different elamentry school book reports and my fresh man out side reading project so it was quite usefull.

2. If you could/had to live in any country besides the United States, where would it be?
If I could have it would be portugal. This is becase I have relitives there.
3. Who is your favorite superhero?
This would be Spider Man because of his great ability of getting from point a to point b.
4. If you could change any one law, what would it be?
A law I would change is the one that keeps some US states from not having rights that other US states have. I think that would please alot of people.
5. Is life a matter of reality or is it all just based on perception?
Yes life is a matter of reality. Every day people are faced with realities That people have to except and act accordingly.
6. Is it better to be too hot or too cold?
It is better to be to cold. This is because I can just wear more clothes.
7. Which is better: to get in a car accident that isn't your fault and lose a leg or to get into a car accident that is your fault and kill an old lady?
It is better to get in a car accident that is not my fault even if I lose my legs. This is because I would not be incriminated. Though I would have to fin a job that you can stay seated at.
8. Do you believe that pain and suffering is a necessary part of life?
No I do not. However I do believe that it is in every ones life.
9. Is animal testing acceptable?
Yes I think it is acceptable.This is only true however if it is done in a humane way.
10. Do you believe that ghosts exist?
No I don't belive in ghosts. But I kind of belive in demonds
11. Do you believe that you can never have too much of a good thing?
No I don'that you can have to much of a good thing. I only feel this way if it is an all around good thing.
12. Do you believe that school is the best way to make a person smarter?
Yes I do belive it is the best way to become more book smart.However book smarts is only one type of smartness you need to achieve, people should be enlightend in all different ways.
14. Do you believe that war can be justified?
No I don't belive that war can be justified. This is because I feel that violance can never solve any thing.
15. If you could switch your gender, but it had to be permanent, would you?
No I would not. I was born and raised as a boy and that is a huge part of who I am and I don't want to change who I am.

Blog # 3 My Favorite Passion

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:24:23 GMT

My favorite passion

My favorite passion right now is mountain biking/racing it is by far one of the best ways to spend your time. You can just hit the trails for fun or race in competitive settings which is also a shit load of fun. I have been riding bikes in general without training wheels since I was in kindergarten. When I was in the second grade I received my first my first BMX bike which had 20 inch double walled rims and chrome plated Chromalloy GT Dyno frame. With this bike I would start riding with older neighbor kids. We began building dirt jumps in open areas with shovels and picks. We started off making table top jumps and then would dig them out making them in to gaps. We always be changing the lip of the launch and spread the gap farther and farther. In the end we were clearing 15 foot gaps with five foot high launches which at the time were a good bit taller than me. Yes I would occasionally fall by casing the landing or overshooting it but this would only anger me to do better, so I would just hit the jump again right after if able to though sometimes I would need to walk around for a little bit first. After cleanly landing a sweet jump I would be full of confidence and ready to step it up a notch. However this isn’t exactly mountain biking it is responsible for giving me technical skills and motivation towards mountain bike riding. The main difference of a mountain bike is that they have 26 inch wheels shocks and multiple gears.

I had really became involved with mountain biking last year when I found out that Ahs had a mountain bike racing club. The club/team races for the Nor cal MTB league. Which is league that has Northern California high schools meet and race different categories, freshman, sofmore, jr varsity and varsity. I had made it to all six races the league put on at different northern California locations. In the freshman category the races were all 6 miles long on kick ass terrain. All 48 of us freshman would go balls out pedaling as hard as we could the whole six miles. I would love it when I would pass someone after they had passed me. It is also thrilling when you have been hammering and pass up riders before you come across a narrow single track. I would say by far the coolest of my racing situations is when two other riders in the same category and I were side hammering by with our handle bars nudging each other fighting to finish eighth place. Yes by the smallest margin I was declared eighth place. The feeling was so great even though after all of us going balls out we could barely function from being so beat.

The benefit of this activity to me comes after the race. You get so winded and light headed that it provides a natural like high. It is one hundred percent legal and calms all your nerves. Some people even hammer so hard that they puke yet they are not illegally poisoning themselves with alcohol. After I recoup from this natural high, it leaves me feeling mellow. Its fucking great everyone should be aware of this great sport. You start off with the hugest adrenaline rush and when it’s over you are put in to a relaxed mellow attitude. So indeed it can help your physical health and it puts you in to a great natural state of mind. I consider it the best way to have an all around good time.

Blog #3 An Animal I Would Be

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:12:35 GMT

An Animal That I Would be

I f I could be an animal, I would consider being a house cat, ape, whale and an elephant. House cats are cool because their eyes can reflect any small amount of light that is present and use it to see where it would still be to dark for humans to see. Cats also complex personalities, I think that is important because people are recognized by their personality. An ape would be neat because they have hands with five fingers and a thumb and they walk on their hind legs like us humans do. Whales are a neat possibility because they are mammals like us humans yet they can stay under the sea for great periods of time. I have always thought it would be neat to explore the sea. Elephants are so cool because of their mind believe it or not. The memory of an elephant is actually better than our own.

However the animal out of the four that best suits me would be an Elephant. Yes I feel it is important to be able to recall things. Elephants are able to gain reasoning if they can remember something to give reasoning to which for them is surviving in the wild. I myself and most other humans are able to use remembrance of our previous life to apply reason to help us keep alive in our current life.

Blog # 2

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:15:16 GMT

Irrational fear of mine

In my earlier days when I was more naïve I had many silly fears about monsters and beasts that would come and destroy me. I often had crazy dreams of the monsters and beasts. However these were no legendary monsters and beasts: but ones that my mind would cook up. I mean these were some of the most out there creatures that anyone could not even dream of imagining. Yes my imagination is what’s responsible for my early age irrational fear. It is indeed funny how all my basic fears of my early days revolved around beasts and monsters make believe things. Though me having a young mind means that it is apt to come to an irrational imagination.

One particular night when I was about five years of age, my mind stirred up one of the most

Scary dreams ever. My mind painted the picture of ten story tall hairless cat with a spear connected to its forehead. In the dream the terrifying cat shows up at my preschool. The terrifying cat however came after me demanding that I should be hairless just like it. The cat told me with meows that I was somehow able to understand, that I must shave all my hair cut off or else it would attack me with its spear.

To this very day I am not fond of hairless cats: Though I understand my dream to be totally crazy. So I do not blame my crazy dream for myself disliking of hairless cats. The hairless cats do not even scare me the slightest bit now. I just think that they are hard to look at, they are very ugly. That is my reasoning behind not liking them. I having or not having that dream couldn’t change that.

Blog # 1 a song for the world

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:02:17 GMT

One song that I would share with the world is War by Edwin Starr. This is a very powerful song. The song puts out the message that war is a waste of time. Edwin starts the song off by singing “war what is it good for absolutely nothing uh-huh. This is a very powerful statement and needs to be heard. I personally agree with this message. The whole song makes me feel that war is pointless and idiotic through Edwin’s use of phrases. For example he says “war it aint nothing but a heart breaker. War it’s got one friend. That’s the undertaker.” So, Edwin’s perspective is that war breaks peoples’ hearts due to the lost lives and that. By the line that speaks of the undertaker it makes me feel that war benefits the under taker by giving them extra people to bury. Throughout the song it a negative tone is set towards war and more people should be aware of the negativity of war. This way more people then there are already will protest against war. At the end of the song Is a very important question that is asked. One in which I think the whole world should hear. This being “Peace love and understanding. Tell me is there no place for them today”? So I feel everyone in the world should hear this so they could ask themselves if there is a place for peace love and understanding. This could lead people to deeper thought upon their outlook of war being actually beneficial. I feel understanding is not a part of war and neither is peace and love. To me that is the main point the song is making to back up the statement “war what is it good for absolutely nothing.” So, if the whole world considered that war brings a place for hate and not a place for peace, love and understanding then they might help come to the conclusion that the song brings listeners to come to. “war what is it good for absolutely nothing”.

blog # 1

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:59:31 GMT