My house is nearly finished. We are in the last week of construction, and it is looking amazing. I am excited that I have a house in Ojai now.
I will miss living at OVS with my friends 24/7, but I feel overwhelmed and need a space I can be.
My family has been really helpful this past year in transitioning me to a new place, and helping me with college apps as well.
Moving from OVS will be hard, but it is a change that I am excited to do.
As everyone generally feels, junior year is the hardest year in high school. Well, they don’t tell you about senior year.
While it’s true that academically this has been by far my easiest year, applying to colleges has been one of the most stressful things I’ve had to do all high school long.
I figured I’d know where I’m going by the hard deadline most schools set of May 1st as a reply date.
Well I was wrong about that.
I just figured it out on Thursday, and that choice is Chapman University (or more specially Dodge College).
Okay, so now I’m done.
Well, no.
I still have to figure out housing, classes and worst of all…finances.
Applying for financial aid is an ordeal in itself. Because after grants and scholarships come the dreaded student loans. Those are going to stack up. All I can say is that I hope I have a damn good job when I leave college or those are going to stay with me for a while.
The rabbit is stuck.
Stuck inside its hole.
Lifted up and turned around.
The occasion would make Peter proud.
Unlike him the rabbits death will not be sacred.
No crowds will shout for him.
No men will pray for him.
No countries will war for him.
His life ends inside a predators jaws.
A snap is all that he requires.
The deed is done.
There is no justice for the life of the rabbit.
Last Wednesday, or Ocho De Mayo, I got three albums of the partial anthologies of Blind Willie McTell, The Mississippi Sheiks and Charley Patton. All three of these artists are absolute blues legends that were instrumental in creating modern music.
One of these legends, Charley Patton, was perhaps the most influential of them all.
First of all, he recorded his biggest hit, Pony Blues, when he was only 19.
Secondly, no one knows when he was born or what race he was. Some people say he was fully African-American and others say he was part Cherokee.
Thirdly, and most importantly of all, he taught some of the other biggest blues players of his time.
Son House, Robert Johnson and Chester Burnett (AKA Howlin Wolf) were just some of the names who he taught how to play guitar.
I for one, am very, very grateful to Document records and Third Man for bringing some of these guys back into the mainstream to be appreciated by more and more people than ever. This is music that should be appreciated by everyone that appreciates music.
Everyone dreams.
Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
Dreams can last for a few seconds, or as long as twenty minutes. We dream about people, memories or something that are totally unrealistic. However, that’s the reason why I love to dream, because in the dreams, there is nothing to worry about and you can do everything you want without paying any consequences.
It was such a busy week filled with finals and AP tests.
Nothing seemed exciting and most of the students all looked so tired and bored. Well, as for me, I was personally excited for an upcoming big event – my NYU Summer precollege!
I found this program accidentally while I was planing my summer. A page of NYU‘s summer school advertisement jumped out. I did some more research on it and then I found this journalism program summer precollege. And of course, I was totally attracted.
Recently in Chemistry, we’ve been focusing on the benefits and detriments of Hydraulic Fracturing. We started out the unit by watching the documentary by Josh Fox called “Gasland,” and finished the unit today with a debate.
The documentary, surprisingly, was actually very interesting. It follows Fox as he tours the country investigating the pros and cons of fracking, after receiving a notice from an oil company requesting the use of his land for fracking.
Fox speaks to numerous people. Some have been forced to sign non-dislosure agreements by gas companies. Others tell stories of how their tap water is so contaminated by chemicals, that it is able to be lit on fire.
Sitting in a daze
Surrounded by the haze
Like I’m rockin shades
Vampire bite.
She’s sucking my blood
Takin all my love
But never givin back.
I spit these stupid raps
I just want to sit back
Relax.
The years almost over
It’s like she pulled the wool
Over my eyes
Swat me away like flies
As the time goes by
Maybe she realize
She ain’t never gonna find
A guy like me
Never again
Love you more than friends but no.
Just kidding
What I meant was be friends
Nothing more than pretend
Fairy tail books
Ok, now here’s the hook.
(Insert hook here)
Well, I watched a lot of World’s Strongest Man videos over the past week. There were a lot of very impressive iron men lifting, benchpressing, squatting and so on. I’ve always wanted to possess that type of raw power.
Apparently, I need to be foreign.
Just ask Mariusz Pudzianowski, arguably the greatest World’s Strongest Man champion of all time, winning the competition five times.
Brace yourselves. This is a human man from Poland.
That’s a freakin’ guy.
Just wanted to show you guys an image of what a truly buff individual really looks like.
Girls, stop freaking out over guys with big arms and nice abs. This guy could kick the crap out of any of those tools.
Well, on a lazy Sunday, what better way to spend my time but watching a bunch of movies?
So let’s take movie role call.
I started with Happy Gilmore. Unfortunately, my Netflix wouldn’t let me watch it. So, that one was a bust.
So I ACTUALLY started with Coach Carter. Everyone should see that movie. It’s basketball and it’s awesome. That was great.
Then I ventured into the hockey genre, and watched Goon and Slap Shot. Goon reminds me a lot of me. It’s a hockey player that really doesn’t care about anyone. He fights, and that’s it. My temper matched his. Slap Shot is an interesting classic as well. Just more hockey and that’s that.
Then, I finished up the day with some Jackass and Nitro Circus. Doesn’t get much better than watching a few guys try and hurt themselves. It’s just awesome.
Anyway, let me continue my evening of Nitro Circus and maybe some other weird stuff.
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