My Favorite Birthday Memory

My favorite birthday memory comes from either my 9th or 10th birthday.  We had just bought our first house, two stories!  My mom said me and my sister could each invite 10 friends plus cousins.  I wanted a mystery themed party so my mom and dad put together this crime/scavenger hunt for us to do.  It was amazing!  We all sat down for spaghetti and when we finished we were just at the tables talking when the last flickered on and off, it was pretty scary.  My mom told everyone that somebody had poisoned my dad's spaghetti and there were clues all around the house.  It was fun and it ended up being my babysister who did it.  That was my favorite party!!

Superbowl!!

Yesterday was Superbowl XLVI.  The Giants and Patriots were put head to head just like they did in Superbowl XLII.  The Giants once again beat the New England Patriots.  I got to watch it at my uncle's house with a bunch of other people.  They did superbowl squares and my aunt asked me to put her name on the sheet.  She won twice and bot wins I had put her name on.  She gave me 10 bucks for picking the spots!! The end of the game was so stressful for me to watch!  I knew the Giants were going to win, but I also knew Tom Brady is not afraid to run a hellmary!  I'm just glad Giants won in the end!!

Ted Talk 7

Diana Nyad did the talk. It was called Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish.  The talk was about how she had aspired to swim from Florida to Cuba and she trained and trained and when it finally came to the swim, she was stung by box jellyfish 15hours into the swim.  She kept swimming through the first stings but about 40 hours into the swim she got stung again.  This time she had to stop and get help.  The jellyfish wrap their tentacles around her and send venom into her central nervous system, then you get extremely hot, and then you start getting paralysis starting from your back.  She didn't end up making it but her point was that life has many disappointments but we can't let them get us down or make us give up on our dreams.  She said that one day, she will swim from Florida to Cuba one day!  My impression of Diana was she was a very determinated women.  After all that pain she had went through being stung by the ocean's most venomous creature, and she still wants to complete her swim.  I believe she will and she has high and realistic aspirations!

The Role of Media in Our Society

Media has a huge role in our society.  Many people base their lives and get advise based on their favorite movies.  For example, many girls picture their dates to be like the ones you see on t.v.  They are looking for the whole 9 yards and if its not like what they pictured they're a little disappointed.  Also, people base their success by what they see on t.v.  If Jerry McGuire was a successful sports agent and did it so easily, then so can I!  Also, Jared from subway gave people the idea that if they eat subway, they will lose weight just like he did.  I'm pretty sure Jared didn't just eat subway, I'm thinking there was some working out involved with that.

My Business Card

Day Off

On ourday off yesterday, me, my sister, and my friend Jessee hung out all day!  Well, not all day.  From the time I woke up, (about7AM!!), until 11:15, (when Jessee picked us up), me and my sister were deep cleaning my house.  We got done pretty quickly and then were able to get ready for our day out with Jessee.  We wanted to all get lunch together, so we decided Olive Garden would be good!  We were there for about an hour and I think we all ate more than we could!  After Olive Garden we wanted to go somewhere but we didn't know where to go.  So, we stopped by Toys R' Us then went to Sport's Authority.  After we were going to go to Dick's but we decided the 99cent store was the place to be! We all went in and then my sister and Jessee decided they were going to buy my 1/2 birthday gifts so they made me sit in the car for 15-20 minutes all by myself in the heat!  I was glad I bought a coloring book because it payed off!  After we went home and got ready for Mr.DV.  It was the funniest thing ever!  I was glad Jaques won, I was definitely going for him!  Finally it was off to my house where I crashed!

The most important thing

The most important thing to me right now are my grades and softball.  My grades are my biggest priority.  I have to maintain all A's and B's and try to stay in the top 10% of my class.  This will make it easier to get accepted to college where I can start on my way to become anything I want to be.  Softball is a huge thing in my life.  If I'm not doing homework or at school I'm playing softball!  I'm really hoping to get a scholarship for athletics.  These are the most important things in my life right now!