Friday: After getting out of school (and skipping swim practice) I went home for a quick hour to get settled and collect my things to take over to Pam’s house. We picked her up and then traveled the short distance to her house. Upon arriving we immediately got to work decorating the house in spooky Halloween splendor. That took a good two and a half hours. After we finished that, we dressed in our Halloween attire and waited for the guests to arrive.
The party was small, but definately not quiet, with a loud group and a horror-punk and electronic playlist, assembled by moi, beating through the house. There are not any pictures of this wonder however, peoccupied with decorating, I left my camera in my Jeep and did not remeber that fact until half the guests had departed.
Saturday: So outrageously tired from the night before, even so I dragged myself out of my cozy bed to a feezing outdoors and a freezing pool for an hour and a half long swim practice (which was worthless, we did one set, then played games.) I came back home and napped/read/listened to music, relaxed all day. At 5:30 I started getting ready for the annual Town Halloween Dance. It took me an hour to curl my hair and successfully used half of a can of harispray. I left for the dance at 7:15 (fashionably late) and saw a few friends upon arrival, along with awesome costumes. My personal favorite was Jimmy Neutron, Carl Weezer and Sheene complete with a rocket ship and Goddard. The dance was as usual a let down. The Neutron group lost the contest to “Jersey Shore” (seriously…) and within 15 minutes I wanted to punch the mayor in the face. I did however, take her air horn and confuse numerous people. After the dance, Pam came up to my house and we talked over salad and chocolate.
Sunday: Pam and I woke early to get a start on our Halloween. We watched horror films until 3, and then departed. I came to my mother’s house and continued to watch horror movies for the rest of the night. Along with typing and Vincent Price’s voice recordings.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Current Event: Week of October 29th
The article “U.S. Issues Terrorism Alert for Travel to Europe” was written by Scott Shane. It was published on the New York Times website on October 2nd, 2010 and printed in the New York Times paper on October 3rd, 2010. The article tells of the U.S. State Department issuing an alert that Sunday (September 26th) warning U.S. citizens about traveling by plane to other countries, specifically Europe. They told Americans “to be vigilant about possible terrorist attacks” along with mentioning the terrorist group Al Qaida may be involved. This alert was passed when the British government raised the terrorism threat from “high” to “general” in Britain and some close surrounding countries, such as France. The U.S. is not trying to depress travel to and from Europe, but just advises the travelers to be cautious. I believe that this article was written well. Shane was very direct about the subject of the article within the first few paragraphs. He goes on to describe some events that are perceived as possible terrorist attacks that took place in Europe. I think that Shane could have written more about the U.S. advisory at the end of his article to finish it with the same subject he started with, to leave the readers thinking about the object the article was focused on at the beginning and the title.
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/world/europe/03security.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=terrorism%20in%20the%20us&st=cse
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/world/europe/03security.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=terrorism%20in%20the%20us&st=cse
Current Event: Week of October 29th
The article “U.S. Issues Terrorism Alert for Travel to Europe” was written by Scott Shane. It was published on the New York Times website on October 2nd, 2010 and printed in the New York Times paper on October 3rd, 2010. The article tells of the U.S. State Department issuing an alert that Sunday (September 26th) warning U.S. citizens about traveling by plane to other countries, specifically Europe. They told Americans “to be vigilant about possible terrorist attacks” along with mentioning the terrorist group Al Qaida may be involved. This alert was passed when the British government raised the terrorism threat from “high” to “general” in Britain and some close surrounding countries, such as France. The U.S. is not trying to depress travel to and from Europe, but just advises the travelers to be cautious. I believe that this article was written well. Shane was very direct about the subject of the article within the first few paragraphs. He goes on to describe some events that are perceived as possible terrorist attacks that took place in Europe. I think that Shane could have written more about the U.S. advisory at the end of his article to finish it with the same subject he started with, to leave the readers thinking about the object the article was focused on at the beginning and the title.
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/world/europe/03security.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=terrorism%20in%20the%20us&st=cse
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/world/europe/03security.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=terrorism%20in%20the%20us&st=cse
A Writing
It’s getting cold outside.
I sit, reading, well trying to. Listening to the people outside that I don’t really know how to describe, that I’m not sure I like or deteste.
I know I like one of….two of them. That’s slightly wrong I suppose, i like all of them, just not what they do.
I wish I was listening to NPR instead.
I feel like something is coming or like something is going to end. I have felt this way for awhile now and I don’t want it to.
This pen smells like sunscreen and there is no toilet paper.
I sit, reading, well trying to. Listening to the people outside that I don’t really know how to describe, that I’m not sure I like or deteste.
I know I like one of….two of them. That’s slightly wrong I suppose, i like all of them, just not what they do.
I wish I was listening to NPR instead.
I feel like something is coming or like something is going to end. I have felt this way for awhile now and I don’t want it to.
This pen smells like sunscreen and there is no toilet paper.
Current Event: Week of October 15th
The Article “Floating on the Edge of a Dream” was published on The New York Times website October 10th, 2010. The article was written by Alison Gregor.
The issue of this article concerns Erick De Leon, a hopeful boxer for the 2012 Olympics. Erick is a phenomenal boxer, however there is one thing standing in his way. Though living in Detroit, he is not a legal U.S. citizen. His parents thought getting citizenship for their children would be too difficult so they never applied for it. Now, this is causing their son a great deal of problems. He has now applied to be a citizen of the u.s., all of the registration items and documents normally take about eight months. This is a major conflict because he needs to be confirmed a citizen by the end of the year to be eligible for the 2012 Olympics.
Reading this article brought about different closing thoughts for me each time I read it. First, I did feel sorry for De Leon because of the stress and upset it is causing him to have to wait in anticipation to become a us citizen and through the duration of that wait loose grasp of his lifelong dream. Though, the last few times reading it I wondered why the parents never came to a consensus of having their children become citizens once they turned a certain age. I also wondered why they did not decide to apply Erick for citizenship once he started training for boxing and the olympics.
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/sports/11boxer.html?ref=immigration-and-emigration
The issue of this article concerns Erick De Leon, a hopeful boxer for the 2012 Olympics. Erick is a phenomenal boxer, however there is one thing standing in his way. Though living in Detroit, he is not a legal U.S. citizen. His parents thought getting citizenship for their children would be too difficult so they never applied for it. Now, this is causing their son a great deal of problems. He has now applied to be a citizen of the u.s., all of the registration items and documents normally take about eight months. This is a major conflict because he needs to be confirmed a citizen by the end of the year to be eligible for the 2012 Olympics.
Reading this article brought about different closing thoughts for me each time I read it. First, I did feel sorry for De Leon because of the stress and upset it is causing him to have to wait in anticipation to become a us citizen and through the duration of that wait loose grasp of his lifelong dream. Though, the last few times reading it I wondered why the parents never came to a consensus of having their children become citizens once they turned a certain age. I also wondered why they did not decide to apply Erick for citizenship once he started training for boxing and the olympics.
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/sports/11boxer.html?ref=immigration-and-emigration
Current Event: Week of October 1st.
The article “Insurers Scramble to Comply With New Rules” by Reed Abelson was published on September 22, 2010 on the New York TImes website. It was printed on September 23, 2010.
This article was basically about insurance companies feeling that they would not be able to meet the standards of the new Health Care law that went into effect that Thursday the 23rd of September. Many companies are saying that they do not have the funds to support all of the changes, to provide coverage for all children and have free preventive services. They must do all of this by the end of 2010. Some believe that the new health plans will not be able to last these changes and will ultimately fail. Many companies are trying to avoid regulations and save themselves money by dropping certain policies, stop selling new policies and raising premiums. Though, the compaines are expected to uphold their promises such as providing coverage for children with pre-existing conditions and not disregard clients that are expected to create high bills for their medical needs.
I thought this was a well-written article. It brought me to learn a few things about the health care system in the us. Although, I did not understand some of what the Author was talking about in this work. I think that may be because I am not the most knowlageable person in issues such as healthcare or politics.
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/business/23insure.html?_r=1&ref=health_care_reform
This article was basically about insurance companies feeling that they would not be able to meet the standards of the new Health Care law that went into effect that Thursday the 23rd of September. Many companies are saying that they do not have the funds to support all of the changes, to provide coverage for all children and have free preventive services. They must do all of this by the end of 2010. Some believe that the new health plans will not be able to last these changes and will ultimately fail. Many companies are trying to avoid regulations and save themselves money by dropping certain policies, stop selling new policies and raising premiums. Though, the compaines are expected to uphold their promises such as providing coverage for children with pre-existing conditions and not disregard clients that are expected to create high bills for their medical needs.
I thought this was a well-written article. It brought me to learn a few things about the health care system in the us. Although, I did not understand some of what the Author was talking about in this work. I think that may be because I am not the most knowlageable person in issues such as healthcare or politics.
Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/business/23insure.html?_r=1&ref=health_care_reform
Scholarly.
A “Current Event” I wrote for U.S. History
The article “Obama Urges Students to ‘Dream Big’ in Back-to-School Speech in Philadelphia” from The Washington Post by Nick Anderson was published on Tuesday September 14th.
President Obama gave a speech to students at a Philadelphia school, while also being streamed on the White House website and C-SPAN on Tuesday the 14th of September. This speech was labeled as a non-political event. He told students to abide by discipline and to push themselves in their studies; mentioning that he hadn’t always done that himself, and wished he had. Obama also said that his mother convinced him to work harder at his studies and that had stuck with him throughout his post-high school career. Speaking so his speech would send a message to the students and people across the world to focus on their dreams and strive for them through working hard through their education and lifestyles; explaining that nothing would be “beyond their reach”.
This article had some good information about the President’s speech, though the writing was quite staggered. The author jumped between small spurts of educational information about the schools and U.S. education as a whole and reiterating what Obama spoke of in the speech. Nick Anderson could have explained a bit more on some of the educational blurbs he spoke of; some of them were quite interesting; such as the high schools known as “Drop out Factories”. However, this article did lead me to learn a few things; sometimes schools fire teachers to try to financially turn their schools around, Obama has started to do the education promotion speeches annually at schools throughout the country and that George H.W. Bush also made a speech about education in 1991. Even through the repetitiveness it did explain what happened and I suppose that was the key of this author’s writing.
Original Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/14/AR2010091402623.html
A “Current Event” I wrote for U.S. History
The article “Obama Urges Students to ‘Dream Big’ in Back-to-School Speech in Philadelphia” from The Washington Post by Nick Anderson was published on Tuesday September 14th.
President Obama gave a speech to students at a Philadelphia school, while also being streamed on the White House website and C-SPAN on Tuesday the 14th of September. This speech was labeled as a non-political event. He told students to abide by discipline and to push themselves in their studies; mentioning that he hadn’t always done that himself, and wished he had. Obama also said that his mother convinced him to work harder at his studies and that had stuck with him throughout his post-high school career. Speaking so his speech would send a message to the students and people across the world to focus on their dreams and strive for them through working hard through their education and lifestyles; explaining that nothing would be “beyond their reach”.
This article had some good information about the President’s speech, though the writing was quite staggered. The author jumped between small spurts of educational information about the schools and U.S. education as a whole and reiterating what Obama spoke of in the speech. Nick Anderson could have explained a bit more on some of the educational blurbs he spoke of; some of them were quite interesting; such as the high schools known as “Drop out Factories”. However, this article did lead me to learn a few things; sometimes schools fire teachers to try to financially turn their schools around, Obama has started to do the education promotion speeches annually at schools throughout the country and that George H.W. Bush also made a speech about education in 1991. Even through the repetitiveness it did explain what happened and I suppose that was the key of this author’s writing.
Original Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/14/AR2010091402623.html
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