2012

Is the world really going to end on 2012 or is it a bunch of crazy people running that will believe anything. There are not much scientific facts that can prove that the Earth is coming to its demise. The people that believe in 2012 has they know its coming because on the Mayan calendar that’s when they say the end of the world is. They also say they can tell because of the global warming. They think global warming is going to get so bad that there will be hail falling from the sky, all the volcanoes will blow up, and the icecaps with melt and everything will be under water. I think the people that believe this are just really gullible.

The Rev was it natural or something else????

A little while ago the drummer(Rev)from the band Avenged Sevenfold died. It was very sad because he was a very good drummer and he was a crucial member to the band. Now M.Shadows the singer said that the Rev said he knew two things...One that he was going to die before thirty and he was going to be in a very much liked rock band. Both of these things were true. They said that he died of natural causes. My problem is he was like in his 20's and seemed fine to me. I'm just wondering if this was really a natural causes death for real? I'm not trying to put down the Rev or anything because I love him and Avenged Sevenfold. It just seems like a bit of a coincidence.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness. -Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was a transcendentalist whose beliefs truly perplexed me. He emphasizes many things including the need for self-contemplation and the importance of nature. However, what he most strongly emphasizes in order to live the best life are simplifying, self-reliance, and truth. Whenever in a time of great stress or when I have to study for a big exam, I go outside and relax and just try to forget about the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It helps me to simplify my problems and focus on what is truly important in life.

Where do you like to go to escape from the pressures of your life? (It doesn't have to be a real place). Why THAT place?What is your best childhood memory? Describe it in detail.Where and when do you feel your absolute best? Why?What is the most soothing sound you can imagine?Which colors affect your mood the most? How do those colors affect it?When during the day do you feel the most at ease? Why? What is it about that time of day that provides comfort?

lacrosse

To win games you have to work as a team (one unit), and when the team falls apart you can not win. It really sucks that we work so hard in practice and when it comes to games we shut down. I know for a fact that everyone on the team puts all they got into the game, but not all 48 minutes. The coachs did all they could do to get us ready and now its up to us to kick butt and show the coaching staff that they are not wasting their time everyday after school. I know down deep in my heart that we can come together as a team and beat everyone that comes onto are field. LETS KICK BUTT GUYS!!!!!!!

Xbox vs. PS3

People always believe that their gaming system is better than someone else's. This started when we were kids with N64's and is slowly moving its way up the ranks of video game systems. I am a huge fan of the xbox 360 and personally believe it's better than the PS3. Now some people will try to call me wrong and just blurt out random facts about the PS3 just to try and win their side, however, I have looked into the PS3 and know its perks. I also know its problems. People say PS3 is better because the online gaming is free, but what they don't know is that it is free because no one monitors their online. This makes it open for people to put viruses and other bad things onto the servers. This doesn't happen with Xbox because we pay just so that doesn't happen. Also it is relatively cheap to play xbox, if you buy a year of xbox live it averages out to be about a dollar a week. Xbox also has a bigger game market than PS3, but which games appeal to you now that's a different story.

How should professional athletes be treated?

Through sports existance athletes have done wrong or commited a
crime.Over the past couple of weeks there has been two athletes that
were reported of crimes. Ironically, both play for Pittsburgh
Steelers. Wide reciever, Santonio Holmes was accused of hitting a
woman with a bottle. Quaterback, Ben Rothlesburgher was accused of
sexual assault. These are only two cases out of many. There are many
questions that could be asked. Questions such as, do they get off
easy, how severe should there punishment be, why do they do things
like this? What do you think?

Shift Happens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q

“The top ten jobs that will be in demand in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet.. using technologies that haven’t yet been invented in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”

“The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet.”

“Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational abilities of the human race.”

Although I first watched this video last year, and it’s now three years old (even scarier) it’s had a huge impact on me and how I look at new things that seems so cool and innovative. I’m very amazed at the things this video told me. I always knew that technology was going very fast but not as fast as it really is. “Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational abilities of the human race.” That scared the crap out of me. That pretty much said that in forty years, humans will be obsolete. I will be 58 years old and I will be worthless in the eyes of the world because a supercomputer could do everything I could, but better and for cheaper. This made me think that perhaps things are going too fast for our own good. Is there ever going to be a point where it all stops? Pretty soon things will become outdated before they go on the market. Actually, I think that’s already happening. What good is that then? We won’t have time to savor accomplishments because something better will take its place right away. We will never be able to say we have the best there is out there because it wouldn’t be true five seconds after you own a piece of this amazing technology.

“The top ten jobs that will be in demand in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet using technologies that haven’t yet been invented in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” That whole sentence says that the world is crazy. Things are moving way too fast for us to deal with. We are preparing for things that don’t exist yet. How can we even do that? It makes no sense to my simple mind. Am I the only one that’s afraid Apple is going to rule us?