Things that make me fearful...

Things that make me fearful are a wide variety of relevent and irreleven fears. the Strangest is my fear of large objects underwater. If i am swimming in a lake and i see a boulder or log i freak out. Another fear of mine is tall posts in the middle of flat areas. It doesn't make me freak out but is does make me keep my distance. I have always been afraid of elephants, they have massive heads and it just freaks me out. I hate ticks and all sorts of parasites. I think the thing that i am afraid of most though is growing up. Everyone has to do it but i dont want to grow up. i feel like Peter Pan, Death doesn't scare me that much, i know a lot of people say that, but as unpleasant as dying would be death is just something we all have to do. It just another adventure. But when you grow up people start dying around yuo, friends and family and theres not much you can do about it, that is my worst fear.

T=Tops Dinner

I used to eat here a lot with my family, its in Rotterdam. The thing that i remember about the place the most is not so much the food, which is excellent, but the atmosphere. It is a comfortable contemporary looking place, clean, not what one would think of when the word "Dinner" passes their ears. The food as I said before was very good, a large array of cuisine from chicken parm to broiled scallops. There is a nice bar from which you may order anything your heart desires. If your looking for a night out, to a family friendly atmosphere, excellent staff, delicious food and a great time Tops is the place to go. 

The Book the Changed my Life

I have read a lot of books in my 16 years on earth. It would be hard for me to tell you an absolute favorite. But if I had to choose I would say that The Hobbit by Tolkien was an still is my favorite book. The first time I read this book I really didn't read it. My family was on our way to our Aunts in Indiana. All the way there we listened to The Hobbit on tape. I was really young, i didn't remember much but i do remember Golum and the Misty Mountains. When your young and you spend a lot of time around something for some reason it makes a strange impression on you. Whenever i am on a road trip now, i remember that time we listened to The Hobbit. I read it a couple years ago and liked it just as much. Its a great adventure book, The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings are all good books with a really deep meaning, which like all books is different for everybody.

bucket List

#1. Have an adventure that people will want to write about. This is on my bucket list because who doesn't want to go off on adventures and then have people write about them.

#2. Have a sword fight with a real pirate and win- why not?

#3. Witness something impossibly amazing and beautiful- I figure we all witness these things every day, we just have to realize and recognize it.

#4. Go up in a hot air ballon for a week and travel- I've wanted to do this since i was really young and i dont know why.

#5. See something nobody has every seen before- Because we all want to discover something.

#6. Backpack a crossed europe for a year- This is a goal i have had ever since my mom said she did the same thing.

#7. Start a Family one day- people say that its one of the best things you can do

#8. Go bungee jumping- Another dare devil experience that has to happen.

#9. See a lion in the wild- once again, why not?

#10. Have so many adventures and write them all down in a book. publish this book and have it on the new york times bestseller list for at least a week-who does't want people to know their adventures?

The language of Song.

99 Luftballons by Nena
Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich 
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich 
Von 99 Luftballons 
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont 

Denkst Du vielleicht grad' an mich 
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich 
Von 99 Luftballons 
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt 

99 Luftballons 
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont 
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All 
Darum schickte ein General 

Eine Fliegerstaffel hinterher 
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war 
Dabei war da am Horizont 
Nur 99 Luftballons 

99 Duesenjaeger 
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger 
Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk 
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk 

Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft 
Und fuehlten sich gleich angemacht 
Dabei schoss man am Horizont 
Auf 99 Luftballons 

99 Kriegsminister 
Streichholz und Benzinkanister 
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute 
Witterten schon fette Beute 

Riefen, Krieg und wollten Macht 
Mann, wer haette das gedacht 
Dass es einmal soweit kommt 
Wegen 99 Luftballons 

99 Jahre Krieg 
Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger 
Kriegsminister gibt es nicht mehr 
Und auch keine Duesenflieger 

Heute zieh ich meine Runden 
Seh die Welt in Truemmern liegen 
Hab' nen Luftballon gefunden 
Denk' an Dich und lass' ihn fliegen

Have you some time for me,
then I'll sing a song for you
about 99 balloons
on their way to the horizon.
If you're perhaps thinking about me right now
then I'll sing a song for you
about 99 balloons
and that such a thing comes from such a thing.

99 balloons
on their way to the horizon
People think they're UFO's from space
so a general sent up
a fighter squadron after them
Sound the alarm if it's so
but there on the horizon were
only 99 balloons.

99 fighter jets
Each one's a great warrior
Thought they were Captain Kirk
then came a lot of fireworks
the neighbors didn't understand anything
and felt like they were being provoked
so they shot at the horizon
at 99 balloons.

99 war ministers
matches and gasoline canisters
They thought they were clever people
already smelled a nice bounty
Called for war and wanted power.
Man, who would've thought
that things would someday go so far
because of 99 balloons.

99 years of war
left no room for victors.
There are no more war ministers
nor any jet fighters.
Today I'm making my rounds
see the world lying in ruins.
I found a balloon,
think of you and let it fly (away).

I was growing up in europe during WWII. it was an awful time, there were bombings every night. people disappeared. One day i was walking down the road and a man called to me. I hesitated but followed the man. he was dressed in a rech coat and looked suspicious. Something told me to follow him though. He lead me for a while never saying a word into a field were i saw standing there ominous and dark a giant red ballon with a basket. He told me to jump in and leave. It was the only chance out of here. I started to say no but the next thing i knew I woke up on the bottom of the ballon and stood up. I realized that here i was at the top of the world, over green field in this giant red ballon. there was food and drink on the floor, plenty for what looked like weeks. there were also instructions on how to get down and how to get up. For five weeks i flew on this ballon, making stops in the safe cities, making friends and connections. I went all the way around the world on that thing and when i came back to my home the war was over. FIN

1. Saint Partrick was often beaten by Irish thugs.
2. Snakes never had a chance to migrate to Ireland.
3. Patrick tried to convert the people of Ireland to Christianity 
4. The holiday was "invented" largely by Irish Americans
5. Parades started in the Revolutionary War as irish attempted to reconnect with their Irish roots.
6. On Saint Patties day The chicago river is dyed green. 

1. St. Patrick wasnt even Irish. 
2. he became christian after being kidnapped to Ireland
3. He escaped slavery on a pirate ship back to Englad
4. On Saint Patricks day the number of Guiness beer consumed more than doubles
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TU tuesday-Crime

Times Union Article
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Alleged-gang-member-enters-plea-in-NM-shooting-3404078.php

Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang#Motives

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/background-gang-violence




Question: Who is typically more prone to join a gang?
Gangs target and are made up mostly of individuals who live in poor urban communities, as well as obtaining considerable power in the Third World. The shooting reported in the article took place in Bloomfield, I discovered that Bloomfield is an Urban/Suburban community. According to my second research article "Gangs are also proliferating in rural and suburban areas of the country..." Also socio economics can play a role in who joins a gang. "Ethnic solidarity is a common factor in gangs" According to my research black and hispanic gangs became increasingly common during the 60's and 70's.
So to answer my question the most "at risk" people to join a gang would be one living in a poor urban community, and or the third world, who is surrounded by other Gang members.

Creative contest II Blog

A little known face in the stick figure world. Too much dancing can lead to sudden decapitation.

Scruples

You find a wallet containing $300. By the address, you can tell that the owner is wealthy. Do you keep the money?


I would not keep the money, considering i was in a comfortable financial situation. If i found that money i would give it back to the owner. one because its the right thing to do and two, i think it would say a lot to the owner if you gave them back their money. And who knows maybe they would even let you keep the money because you displayed such moral sound and character, or you could put a good name for yourself in with a powerful rich person. But fo the most part its about just doing the right thing. Judge people on what they do, not what they say they will. 

My blog idea

Think of the most perfect day you could possibly have. Think to yourself if i could live the best day that i could live what would i do that day? This day is completely unique to you, so every one will have a different schedule. There are no money limitations, the only limitation is what is physically possible. You can also be anywhere in the world on this day.  Give an outline of the most perfect, awesome and epic day you could possible live. He is an example of one.

On my perfect day i would wake up early, at about 5:30 to get a head start on my day. I would be in New Zealand because that one of the places i have always wanted to go to. In the morning my buddies and I head out to the cliffs to do some bungee jumping, after that we decide to go skydiving over the island, then tone tings down a little bit with some snorkeling around 9. We then settle down for an awesome new Zealand breakfast, i have no idea what they eat there so just bare with me. At 10 we go hiking to the mountains then bike down them. perhaps around lunchtime as we are parasailing we encounter some pirates who try to take all of our money. We then go on to have and old fashioned sword fight with these pirates as the world looks on via mobile device. Afte defeating the pirates and sending them to Davy Jones locker around 2 we go skiing for a couple hours in the mountains, we get done with this around 4, and go into the village to make some friends and enrich our taste buds. By now the sun has started to go down and we are feeling pretty tired. For the remainder of the night we once again hike into the mountains and sleep under the stars.