Unemployment

Unemployment can be so devastatin because a family could be doing so well and then in one day that could all change. It really bad that jobs are so scarce and the jobs that people are hiring for arefeilds that people may not be in. Fiinding a job can be so hard because during interview time your being judged so hard by the way you present youself and the things you've done in you life. There's times like this when I'm thankful I don't have to work. The unemployment rate in New Jersey is 908 and we are ranked number 34 which means that we're a state that is suffering more than North Dakota which is doing fairly well compared to us. North Dakota is ranked number one and their rate is 3.8. I'm hoping that we don't stay in this state of depression long because it takes a tole on evryone and everybody is suffereing fromt this not just New Jersey. We used to just wake up and plan a weekend to go to the shore but gas prices and everything is going up and it makes us think twice about doing things that we normally would do during this time. I just hope it all gets better.

Going Green!!!

Going Green is something that everyone should think about. Going green can be one of the easiest things ever. Here as somethigns you should always think abotu when going green.
Saving water tips:
1.Take shorter showers
2.Plant drought tolerant plants in your garden, this means you won't have to water them as often
3.Install a low flow showerhead which puts out a minimum amount of water
Saving energy:
1.Unplug appliances after using them
2.Wash cloths in cold water
3.Use a drying rack instead of the drying machine
Saving Gas:
1.Walk o take your bike
2.Get a ride with a friend
Always recycle!
Remember to always think green because it helps us and the animals!

More Than a Game (movie review)

As a whole I would give the movie 4 stars.It's more a documentary than a movie and it tells the story of an Akron, Ohio boys basketball team.This is the LeBron James story.It basically tells how LeBron got his start with basketball.LeBron James played for a school named St. Vincent–St. Mary High School(the Fighhting Irish).Their known as the Fab 5,Dru JoyceII(coach),Dru JoyceIII,Sian Cotton, Willie McGee,and LeBron James. They tell about the championship they won through all the trials and through it all they stuck together as a family.They've known each other since 8th grade and ever since they've been inseparable.They were liek brothers and everytime they played it was for each other. LeBron James would always say that everything he did he did for his team. This is definitely a must see if your a basketball fan.

Music

I guess I'll do a blog on singer/songwriter Trey Songz. Everybody knows Trey Songz as a man with a sultry voice and the looks to match it but he's much more. Tremaine Aldon Neverson a.ka.Trey Songz was born on November 28th, 1984 in Petersburg, Virginia. He began his carrer in 2005. He was discovered by Troy Taylor( a record produceer),while he doing a local talent show, soon after he was signed to Atlantic Records. he's known for his hit record such as Jupiter Love, Just Gotta make it, and even Neighbors Know my name. Trey has acomplished alot including he has 3 selling Cds like ready, just Gotta make it, and Trey day. he's also been nominated a number of times. In 2008 he earned # awards and every year since he's been nominated for something. Whether it best male R&B performance, or at the Soul Train awads where he won an award for the best colaboration. He's been through alot and accomplished a lot so I thought he deserved a blog of his own.

Just a little piece of my life!

So I'm going to a new school next year and they said that high school hard but it would be the best time of my life. With prom, homecoming,dances, and new friends. But the truth is this was the worst year of my life. I can always say that throughout the year I had "good times" but nothing really stands out in this year besides the arguments and bad times. I met a lot of good people this year and their people I'll stay in touch with even though I'm going to be at a different school. I know that with time comes change but I hope that I don't lose the friends that I thought were true. The people I've met this year have changed my life. Don't beleive it...fine but it's true. i learned a lot from my new friends this year. It's funny to me how I thought that I wouldn't have a lot of freinds and I wouldn't get a long with people but the truth is I've gained a lot of respect fro differents kinds of people. Though I didn't always agree wit it I learned that I should accept people because you don't know what they deal with on a daily basis. Through the family issues, girl drama,break ups and make ups, through the he said she said drama...I know that we'll always be friends and while I'm at a different school I'll rememeber the good times that wer had and the time when I claimed there weren't any.

~ Love all you guys!

Dreams

Ever since I was five I alwasy wanted to be singer. I go into a class where they act, sing, and dance but truly, I can care less about the acting and dancing. I'm a singer and thats all I know , thats what I love. Sometimes I wish that I went to a Perfoming arts high school. So it wouldn't be like "Oh the performing arts kids are so passionate over something that won't even happen". Then everyone would know how it feel to dream of somethign and do what you love everyday. As "Performing Arts" kids we get talked about like oh their always so loud, they have so much drama, somethigns always happening in their shop. People need to understand that there's drama in every shop we just don't disguise it like the other people. In my opinion we're just real about our situation. We're not fake, if we had a problem with someone we talk about instead of going to other people and starting stuff.

The future

As a freshman I think about my future all the time. I think about my career. I'm always trying to map out my future though I know it won't work out exactly that way. I hope that one day I can meet a nice guy, settle down, and have a family. I always dreamt that I would have the high school sweetheart, you know the handsome guy who loves me for me, the one that I can be myself around no matter if I want to be goofy or cry. But I'm learning that nothings perfect and thats all just a fairytale. Guys aren't really that bright because sometimes they have someone there who loves them and whos going to be there until the end and they don't even realize it. It sort of sucks when you love someone so much and they feel like you'll always be ther but thats not the case always. Women take the stuff that men put out because of love because trust that if you didn't love someone you would forget them and move on.

WayneVille Day 3

Today was my grandmother’s birthday. We celebrated her birthday and the start a wonderful time, spring. This is the time when everything flourishes. Our home looks most beautiful in the spring when the flowers are blooming and the animals are running free. I cooked my famous beans and rice today since there was nothing else I could give her. I think she enjoyed it since she finished the whole thing. My mother had spent months making this pretty turquoise necklace. It had very pretty beads and tread. Ai came to celebrate with us and she brought more food. Our celebration turned into a feast, which wasn’t a bad thing for us.

Ren and I went to his hut to look the gifts he got for his coming of age ceremony. He got a lot of things more than his older brother. Ryuu who is Ren’s older brother got really jealous, but Ren and I laughed at the fact that he didn’t get as much. We believe that all gifts should be handmade because that means it came from the heart and that means more than any gift ever could.

I never realized that the only time we celebrate our lives and health is on our birthday. Why can’t that be everyday, I’m not saying that we have to have big feast and stuff but why not say what we are thankful for at dinner. It’s the least we can do is give thanks to the gods. It’s because of them we have what we have.

WayneVille Day 2

My father and I woke up at the sun’s raising to go hunting. On our way to the river we saw this huge beast that was black and white. I didn’t know what it was and surprisingly neither did my father. My father’s a very smart man. It had the cutest ears I’d ever seen. I wasn’t scared with my father by my side, but I was in shock because I’ve never seen a creature that big in these woods before. We gazed at the creature while it gazed back. It wasn’t frightened and continued to do his business which happened to be urination. I started to giggle but my father stopped me.

Today mother had my little brother. I’m so happy he’s finally here. I love my family so much. We spend a lot of time together, doing just about everything. Me and my father go fishing and hunting for food and supplies. I help my mother with the cooking; she says I cook great beans and rice, so good that I should cook for the chief but I don’t know about that. My brother looks just like my father. Masculine and calm at the same time my mother and father named him Shouhei, everyone in my family has a name that starts with a S. My mother’s name is Sakua, my father’s name is Shouta, and my name is Saika.

I’ve never seen a baby being born until my little brother. I was magical but I thought about the time my father helped birth this cattle. I helped the mother push and gave her a place to sleep. I think about the food supply sometimes and about what would happen if we ever ran out. I think this most when a new person is added to the civilization. But I doubt this would take any food out of my family’s mouth so I guess adding another person’s not so bad.

WayneVille Report day 1

Our day was pretty normal. A usual day for us is tending to the animals, cooking, cleaning the cloths. Everyday my friend Ai and I go to the river for a swim. Ai's my best friend and we do everything together. The river is one of the best places to be, the river is so calm and peaceful. There's tons of shade and the fish are healthy and swimming around. I remember the time me and Ai went swimming and she picked up a fish right out of the water.



Our mothers are best friends too; they've been friends since they were five years old. My mother always tells me of the time she went through the foot binding ritual. That of course I will have to go through also. She tells me it was very painful and drastic, but worth it to say you accomplished something. I just keep telling myself it'll be worth it but I'm not so sure. I’m truly dreading this day when I become a woman.



The last time somethign happen to my home my mother was a little girl. She says it was so bad that people didn't even want to live anymore. It was a earthqauke. I thinks its all my mother remembers about her childhood. She says she was so scared and could only hold onto my grandmother. I don't know what I would do if that ever happened while I was livving here. I would latch onto my mother, father, and Ai and probably cry until I couldn't cry anymore.

Satire

Satire is like making fun of someone or something in way that even makes that person being made fun of laugh. It’s a way a making fun of someone without being mean about it. With satire you can compare someone to something else (it’s its true and not mean it’s funny and if they laugh) I don’t think A Modest Proposal counts because it doesn’t real poke fun it’s just Proposal being himself, which is stupid. Proposal is just really not a bright person and it shows and there’s nothing funny about that.

Social & Health Issues in Ireland

The Irish are facing a lot of issues such as not being able to have the rights they used to. They were being overthrown by foreigners who are technically people they elected and trusted. But the Americans turned out to be very conniving. The Irish suffered because they trusted people and that’s sad to say that Americans can’t be trusted because we take such pride in our country but they did people so dirty. The Americans told the Irish they couldn’t buy real estate, run for office, or get educated; they took a lot of freedom from the Irish which made life even harder than it already was. The issue that’s being examined in A Modest Proposal is that things in certain countries aren’t fair. In Irony he talked about how he couldn’t get a job and know they can’t do certain things like by real estate. Proposal is talking about the unfairness that goes on in the world.

Irony

Irony is contradicting yourself basically. You might say something that you feel is wrong but then you’ll compare that same thing to something else. So it doesn’t really make sense, their sort of on both sides of the argument and they seem a little confused about what their trying to say. There is really no difference between Proposal and Swift. Yes, I find irony in what Swift is saying. He said that the Irish wanted work. But then he said that even if they got work they wouldn’t be able to keep it because they would be physically weak and not able.

The Big Question??

Of course I'm talking from experience and my experience with guys....yea there not that good.I find myself talking about what I wish I had and I think alot of girls do that. I know that for myself its hard to see one of my friends with their boy friend and I don't have one. So at that point I'm on third- wheel status and thats the worst. I hate to say this but sometimes it gets annoying to see a couple always making out in front of your face. Soemtimes I feel like why can't I have somebody special like my friends. But I think about to things...one thing is that in time I'll find that person...and a wise women told me that as women we never pick the best person for ourself. I think lust sometimes blinds us. I know people who would just get intoa relationship becuase they just feel like htye need a man to be whole and thats not true becuase women in general are very strong when it comes to a lot but relationships is a whole different thing.

Lead with your heart or your mind?

Recently I've been in such a bad place becuase of guys in my life. Sometimes I think being ina realtionship is the best thing, but at other times I see that I can't be in a relationship until I'm totally cool with myself and who I am. I remember someone aying that " If you don't love yourself then how are you gonna love someone else". It just doesn't work if you don't have faith in each other. I've been in a situation where you like/love each other but it gets complicated. I'm learning that sometimes we lead with our hearts but other times we lead with our minds. I still don't which one to use at certain times because a part of me wants to give all my heart when I'm with a special person but they don't seem to appreciate what I give them. Sometimes as girls we feel like guys use us and they don't always feel like they need us but the truth is they might need you as much as you need them.

Chubby Chasers( A.k.a DW)

People always make fun of people who are bigger then them but I think that everyone deserves to be loved no matter what your size is. You know the saying " Big girls need love too", well it's true. I don't think that it's right that people discriminate against different body types. But this is a huge issue within our society. For example, I have this friend and he likes big girls but epople are always making comments about him. My opinion is that's fine you like what you like and just do you but that's nobody else's bussiness about the girls that he likes. I love how thats not a problem when a girl dates a bigguy though because thats just normal. I think that people just really need to get over themselves!