Iphoto Project:

Last week, we were assigned to make a slide show of objects that spelled out our name. Well I thought it would be hard, but now that I have the letters finished, the hard part is picking a song. I was thinking about "Everything" by Michael Buble, or "Dancing in the Moonlight," from A Walk to Remember. Also, I thought maybe "Tiny dancer" by Elton John. I think I may choose "Dancing in the Moonlight" because A Walk to Remember is a great movie, and the song is really good. I like the Iphoto project, because with the use of pictures, it starts to represent you. If we present these, we will probably get to know somebody much more.

Ms. Perino

I did my blog on August instead of october. I'm sorry

Ms. Perino,
I posted on Kayla Specks and Margaret Schwabs!!
Margarets URL:
http://2-margaretschwab.blogspot.com
thanks

NASA

Explanation: Dark skies are favored for viewing meteor showers -- so many are pessimistic about this year's Perseids. While the Perseid meteor shower is scheduled to peak this weekend, bright light from an almost full Moon will also flood the night and mask the majority of relatively faint meteors. Still, skygazing in the evening before the Moon rises (before about 10 PM local time) could reveal spectacular earthgrazing meteors. Persisting even later into the moonlit night can reward northern hemisphere watchers looking for occasional Perseid fireballs. In fact, astronomer Jimmy Westlake imaged this bright Perseid meteor despite the combination of moonlight and auroral glow over Colorado skies in August of 2000.

My explaination:

I chose this photo because when I first saw it I was like oh my gosh! It is beautiful! The photograph shows many different colors. Almost like a watercolor painting. To me, this photo could go in art galleries. The mountains in the background look so good with the colors in the back drop. I also chose this photo because of the shooting star. I have never seen a shooting star in the sky so when I saw this one it reminded me of all the wishes people wish because of the shooting star. I also remember watching movies where they see the shooting star, and it looks so magical.

Works Cited
Bonnell, Jerry T. Discovering the Cosmos. 11 Aug. 2006. Astronomy Picture of the day. Astronomy Picture of the Day Calandar. By Robert J. Nemiroff. 15 Feb. 2009 .
Westlake, Jimmy. "APOD: 2006 August 11 - Perseid in the Light." Astronomy Picture of the Day. 15 Feb. 2009 .

Randomness

So, I'm a softball player, and I pitch. So I was pitching with my pitching coach today, and I'm really a clutz. When you warm up to pitch, you have to do a walk through. Basically instead of standing on the mound and pitching, you stand farther back and walk through the mound. But me being a big clutz kind of may have tripped! And with tripping I let go of the ball, and it hit the ceiling, bounced off the ceiling and hit the ceiling fan system, after it hit the fan, it hit the wall and my catcher didn't notice it roll to her and she tripped over the ball. It was funny!! But in all seriousness of the situation after that, I ended up pitching about 95% strikes. Hahah. Which for me is pretty good!!

Michael Phelps:

So in recent news, we have heard much deliberation about the whole Michael Phelps situation. I think to be honest with you, that we should just drop the situation. Yes, it was wrong of him to sign something saying he won't do drugs, and than doing them. He did choose to do that. Therefore thank goodness, he lived up to the mistake. He came right out when the pictures were everywhere. He made a big mistake. And he did lose Kellogg's endorsement, but everyone makes mistakes, and in making mistakes we all have to live up to them. Michael Phelps is a good guy, who made a mistake. I don't believe it is ok for athletes to "let loose", but they are humans to. If everytime we saw someone doing drugs and we don't react the same way as we are reacting now to Michael Phelps, what is the difference? Yes, he is in the public eye. Yes he is a role model to little kids out there who want to succeed. But forgive and forget. I'm not saying that I agree with what he did, just the only logical thing right now is to forgive and forget.

Basketball

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.-Tim Duncan.

When I was in eighth grade, my basketball team went to state. Unfortunately we lost in the championship game by 1 point. Which to me was horrible because if we had lost by 10-20 points we could have seen it coming. But losing by 1 measley point was kind of like a slap in the face. Everyone tried their best. Now, basketball is very important to me. I don't play much of it anymore, because for one I was never really good, but I do watch a lot of basketball both on tv, and at PND. I love to watch Duke University on tv. I don't really know when I started watching Duke basketball. I like them because the way they play, the teamwork they possess, and their overall "Greatness"! 

To me the quote above by Tim Duncan is how I live my daily life. To me Good, better, best, Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best, really doesn't have anything to do with sports, it has to do with your everyday life. Always strive for greatness, but once you get to greatness, continue to get better and better. 

Housing Crisis:

I don't really understand what the housing crisis really is. So I decided to do a little bit of research to back up my arguments. In an article I read, it said there is so many opportunities for people who have money. But than I thought, what about all the people who have gotten their homes repossed or foreclosed on? To me when people who are "big wigs" of a company get hundreds of thousand dollars in bonuses and there is still people getting their homes taken away from them. On a day- to- day basis, I think we don't fully get the idea of not having a place to sleep, eat, and hang out with friends. Those who have ever gone through the experience of losing their homes, I want to say it will all be ok, through hardwork, determination, and faith you will see the light at the end of the tunnel.