Holocaust + Death Sentence = Final Blog

Murder

That's what I'm going to talk about.

The Holocaust was the systematic killing of about 6 MILLION Jews during World War II. This year I read a book called I Have Lived A Thousand Years. It was a narrative of one girls struggle of survival in Auschwitz, one of the worst concentration camps in Europe.

And what is the Holocaust?

*The Holocaust is generally regarded as the systematic slaughter of not only 6 million Jews, (two-thirds of the total European Jewish population), the primary victims, but also 5 million others, approximately 11 million individuals wiped off the Earth by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It is hard to grasp the idea that it isn't just 11 million deaths, but 11 million people whose lives were cut off becauseof racism and hate, all in a period of 11 years (1933-1945). There are actually two main phases to the Holocaust, the period between 1933 and 1939, the Nazi rise, and the period between 1939 and 1945, the period of war, or more specifically, World War II. The first concentration camp opened in January 1933, when the Nazis came to power, and continued to run until the end of the war and the Third Reich: May 8, 1945.
The Holocaust was the extermination of people not for who they were but for what they were. Groups such as handicaps, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholics, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, political dissidents and others were persecuted by the Nazis because of their religious/political beliefs, physical defects, or failure to fall into the "Aryan" ideal.*

It's so hard to imagine killing others due to their race, or religion...Especially 11 MILLION! I found a story about a man, John Michael Lamb, who was sent to prison for shooting and killing a man in Texas. After he killed the guy he stole his car and went to Florida. Seven days later he was found and taken back to Texas. In Texas they convicted him of 40 years in prison, but he declined the offer because he thought he could do better.

He was finally assigned an execution date of November 17, 1999. He was killed at 6:13 P.M. on the planned day by lethal injection. The last words that he spoke were:"I'm sorry -- I wish I could bring him back. I can't. Goodbye. Do it."


I don't believe in the death penalty. Even if the person killed 1 or 11 million. I believe that no one should be able to determine when someone else dies. I'm not saying that these people who murdered someone else shouldn't be punished, but I don't think that the state government should be able to decide if, or when, one of their inmates should be killed. Murder is intentional killing...and isn't the execution of someone intentional? I think so. That means that the government allows the intentional killing of others, just as long as they are the one's killing.

Courage

So, this book I have been reading called Thorn In My Heart, is a great example of courage. I have already talked about this, but I am going to say more about it.


This guy named Jamie has been told over and over again from his mom that he is to rule over his older brother, Evan. These two brothers were born twins, but they were born are two different days. Evan was born right before midnight and Jamie was born right after the stroke of midnight. The midwife had told Mrs. McKie that the older will serve the younger and said that she is to be ready at every moment, and that God will show her when and where she is to show this.


Jamie McKie showed a lot of courage going into his father acting like his brother inorder to get his blessing. At the time it seemed very wrong, but it is what he was supposed to do. Several times while Jamie was serving his father he about gave his identity away, but he remembered what his mom had told him and he knew that he really loved the land would take care of it the way it should be taken care of.


For those of you who had not read my blog before, let me back track a little. Jamie McKie owned the heart of his mother and Evan McKie owned the heart of his father. Mr. and Mrs. McKie were constantly comparing the two boys, one would be stronger but the other would taller. So, when the day came that Mr. McKie wanted to give his blessing to Evan, Mrs. McKie were came up with a plan so that Jamie would get the blessing. Jamie and Mrs. McKie both knew that once Evan got the blessing and Mr. McKie died he would throw Jamie and Mrs. McKie out of the house. Mrs. McKie's plan was to cook a dinner for Mr. McKie and have Jamie serve him acting as Evan. Mr. McKie wanted venison, but only Evan could hunt, so Jamie got two goats and his mom, since she took cooking courses to learn how to use the right spices and everything could make the goat meat taste just like venison. Anyways, so Jamie took the risk of serving his father a meal to get his blessing before his brother was able to.


This showed a lot of courage on Jamie and his mother's side to basically risk everything inorder to do what they believed was right.


Here is a story about a group of school kids who took a stand for something they believed in by protesting and no one thought they would successful in any way. Here are some links you can go to, to learn more and hear about their story:


-http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5489490-tape



You know you don't have to change history or be in another country to have courage. We have courageous people right here in our city. We have firefighters, policemen, men and women training for the army, and so many other.

Deadliest Catch

Discovery Channel's Emmy-nominated series Deadliest Catch, it is the daring adventures on the high seas. Viewers voyage to the Bering Sea and follow the brave captains and crew of eight crab-fishing vessels as they struggle against the treacherous weather conditions doing one of the deadliest jobs in the world.

In this season the ships are hunting for king crab, the biggest and most expensive crab. I some seasons boats head out to catch opilio crab, viewers experience life above and below the Alaskan waters. Submersible cameras capture unprecedented underwater images of crabs migrating on the bottom of the Bering Sea and entering the crab pots.

For the first time, viewers see the fishing vessels being tossed around by the high winds and rough seas. The unique angle will also offer a new perspective of the fishermen working the rails, setting and hauling the massive 800-pound crab pots as their boats fight the crashing waves.

This season, viewers will get a more in-depth look at the men who put their lives on the line in search of modern-day buried treasure, Alaskan crab.


Returning to Deadliest Catch this year are the men of the Northwestern, led by Captain Sig Hansen; Captain Phil Harris and his crew of the Cornelia Marie, including sons Jake and greenhorn Josh; Captain Johnathan Hillstrand (king crab season) and Captain Andy Hillstrand (opilio crab season) of the Time Bandit; and greenhorn Captain Blake Painter (king crab season) of the Maverick and his new hand-picked crew, along with Rick Quashnick (opilio crab season) with his wife Donna.

New to Deadliest Catch this season are the men of the Wizard, led by Captain Keith Colburn; Captain Greg Moncrief of the Farwest Leader, who is joined on board by his wife Ragnhild; Captain Allen Oakley of the Early Dawn and his crew, including greenhorn Bryan Mezich; and the crew of the Aleutian Ballad, with Captain Corky Tilley at the helm and son Matthew and daughter Nicole on deck.

These men risk there lives to make some serious money and try to get home safely. If you haven’t tuned in now is the time because now they have a show after the new Deadliest Catch called After the Catch. Tune in Tuesday at 8:00 PM to see the new episodes. If you want to learn more about crab fishing, look at the link I provided.

This has to do with the book I'm reading, Crab and Lobster Fishing
by Alan Spence, It is about crab fishing and it is really good.


I found out how to get music on your blog
1.go to http://boomp3.com/
2.go to browse then pick a song from your itunes or type your song in the google search
3.Then put the code on your blog.

oh also,

I'm really excited to see this year's yearbooks. I never really take good care of my yearbooks :/. All the ones I got in elementary school were hard back covers. Cherokee's were crappy. And this year is I'm getting my first highschool yearbook and I'm really excited:)! I hope I get all my friends to sign it. Aww, I'm only gonna get 3 yearbooks before I graduate:(. That makes me sad.. oh well! I still get to leave here early! Oh jeeeeze, hope everyone has a grrreat summer!

Best Blog!

The book I read along time ago, like in the beginning of 4th quarter, was called Jude by kate morgenroth.It was about a boy who witnesses his fathers death because his father shorted some drug dealers and then has to tell what he saw to an attorney .The district attorney he talks to ended up being his mother.His dad took him at birth so he never got to see her before.Well then he went to live with her and her boyfriend he created a scheme to get Jude to go to prison.Harry[mothers boyfriend] got Jude caught selling drugs as part of a plan for jude to help his mothers political career and win her approval.Jude then had to go to court and was sent to prison like planned.When he got out he tried to turn his life around but most of all he wanted to get back at Harry.If you haven't raed this book yet I think you should because it is suprising and good.

Well the reason I posted this is because I saw this radio diary thing on the site Ms.James gave us.The radio diary was called doing time:John's diary.The story is about a 21 year old male who got caught robbing and had to go to prison when he was 17.he is serving 7-9 years for armed robbery.Much like Jude in the book I read he has to go through prison life which is tough and at a young age like 17.To read and learn more about the radio diary go to this link.

Another story that reminded me of my book Jude is when two 15 year old boys were caught with cocaine that was ready to sell.Police think the boys were not the only ones behind this just like in the book when Jude got set up. To read more about this story go to this link .

I think that teenagers going to prison at ages 17 would stink.If you had to do very much time at all you would miss your senior year in high school,be really far behind in school,and your friends would move on to college before you got out so everyone would be gone.i think it would be really hard also because the older people would gang up on the little people.It can be prevented though as long as you don't do anything to get stuck in prison and you don't get yourself mixed up in a crazy scheme for approval of your mother.

Yearbooks

I know a senior who comes back every single day, and he let me look at his yearbook. It was actually really cool. Last year, the one's at Carver were paper-back and in black and white. These ones are hard-back. They're awesome! Sorry there's not much here. I didn't get one, so I don't know about them that much.

Depression =[

Well for my totally awesome blog I decided to post a blog about depression and nightmares. I picked this because I read two great books called The Boy With The Thorn In His Side and Chicken soup for the teenage Soul IV. I think depression is a very big issue in the world today. In Boy With The Thorn In His Side I have kinda blogged about it already. You can check out the link. Anyways, it’s about this boy that seemed to feel he is stupid and nobody cared about him, even his parents. So he goes to see a psychiatrist and he gives him some medication that gives him these wonderful nightmares where he has friends, fits in and just enjoys him self. The book is non-fiction because it’s based on real nightmares. Later in the author’s life he OD-ed on his meds and came close to dying. If you wanna hear more about his life check this out: Peter Wentz. You should totally check his book out too, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side.


In Chicken soup for the teenage Soul IV, there was a story about a girl who had to deal with depression. The story was called, “A Step towards Healing”. It was great because she got help from her mom and everything worked out.


So depression is pretty much taking over everyone's life. It is really becoming a problem. 9.5 percent of the population, or about 18.8 million American adults and 15 percent of those will die by suicide. That's 30,535 cases a year.


Something that i found really interesting was that guys kill themselves more often then girls do. More than four times as many men as women die by suicide and Boys kill themselves six times more then girls. In 2000, the united States had 4,294 suicides from ages 10-to-24 year old and only of them were girls. For the most part, you think girls are the more emotional and sad people, but that's not true.


I was on this website and it talked alot about post-traumatic stress disorder. It's a mental disorder that causes terrible nightmares in young children. Which is what i think happened to the author of The Boy With The Thorn In His Side. So you should check that website out more to learn more about how PTSD and nightmares go hand in hand.


Anyways, I think this was a very important subject to blog about. Depression is a very sad, common thing. A lot of the time we can't avoid it, but there are also a lot of cases where we can. We can help people by making them feel like they matter to everyone and you are there tto talk to them. That's all i really got to say about that. Just make everyone matter in life, smile, and be happy. You only have one life, make it a good one. =]

... um

So today during Drama classs, we were all sitting there waiting for the other group to start acting.
And this kid, started talking about hell. It was quite funny because he was all like I am gonna go to hell and join Satans army..
And i was like... Dude, you are crazy. Then he went on to tell me more about his weird beliefs.

It kinda took me of guard, I had never heard anymore talk like that before. So, for my next AMAZING blog, I think I am going to research about Heaven and Hell just to prove my point to him.

Because if you know me, I DONT like being wrong...

20 Things To Do

Okay. This is all I got, take it or leave it. Mind you, this is what I'd like to do, not necessarily what is humanly possible to do. Keep that in mind.

1. Live overseas
2. Scuba dive
3. Sky dive
4. Publish at least one best selling book
5. Meet my hero - M. Night Shyamalan
6. Get at least one of my screenplays turned into a great movie
7. Tour Europe
8. Work in a coffee shop
9. Own a husky named Blitz and a German Shepherd named Indiana
10. Assemble a small museum of movies
11. Magically inherit a castle in England
12. Go on missions trips
13. Learn swordplay and archery just for the heck of it
14. Get married (but not before doing a ton of this stuff)
15. Win the Pulitzer
16. Make a movie that wins Oscars
17. Finish at least a Bachelor's degree
18. Find my calling and achieve it
19. Own a laptop
20. Attend a service at Hillsong Church in Australia

I want to know your plans!

That's a very nice song by Say Anything, but it's also exactly what I want. Summer is less than a week away. We have 10 weeks to do whatever we want without the stress of school:)!

MY TO DO LIST:
- get a grrrreat tan!
- go to KC with austin and his family
- cornerstone!
- goo goo dolls on july 2 in KC
- counting crows on august 10 in sedalia
- go to new york city and washington dc with my mom & sarah
- get my lip pierced
- missy higgins (whenever possible)
- lake lake lake lake!
- summer school :(
- hang out with austin a lotttt!
- LAKE!

that is all that i can think of right now, but i'm just excited for it all:)
telll me all your plans because i'd really l ike to hear about them!

My 2nd Best Blog

My Second Best Blog

Well, today we are supposed to be working on our finals blog. So what did everyone think of the test? I thought it was pretty easy, but we can't really talk about it on here. Anyway, this is for anybody who's working on their blog. Talk about it and ask questions here. So how do you link things, and how do you add video and such? Anybody have suggestions?

My Friend Leonard (:

So I finished IMPULSE, and it was a lot better than I thought it would be. If you wanna know what it's about, ask me, and I'll tell you as much as I can without giving anything away (:

Right now, I'm reading My Friend Leonard, which is the second book by James Frey, after A Million Little Pieces. From what I've read so far, James just got out of the county jail, and he's going to find Lilly, the girl that he fell in love with in the first book, while they were both at the rehab place. He just found out some awful news about Lilly, but I don't wanna say too much to give it away. It's a really sad book so far, and I haven't even read much. I recomend it (:


Mrs. James mentioned something about Nelson Mandela, and that reminds me; my brother is going to South Africa for three weeks with Air Force training, not that anyone really cares :P

My list

There are very few things that can inspire me to do anything.

Thanks go to Anna! at the disco for making me feel like I should know what I want to do in my life.

1. Go to college
2. Be in a really famous movie
3. Meet Gerard Way
4. Meet Patrick Stump
5. Watch my little brother get married.
6. Get married to the man of my dreams.
7. Have 3 kids
8. Go to Rome
9. Have a movie star kiss. [[That means have a kiss under the stars at a really romantic spot]]
10. Watch the sunset
11. Watch the sunrise.
12. Record a CD
13. be the maid of honor in a wedding
14. learn how to play the guitar
15. Witness a miracle
16. Make a difference in the world
17. Save a life.
18. Live with my dad.
19. Make a time line of every year of my life.
20. Read every book on this book list
21. Land a job on a TV sitcom
22. Appear on Whose Line Is It Anyway?
23. Bake 80 dozen cookies and send it to the army.
24. Write and publish a best seller book.
25. Try out for American Idol.
26. Be in a fashion show.
27. Donate an organ to somebody diseased.
28. Donate bone marrow to the American Cancer Society for Leukemia.
30. Grow my hair down to my butt and donate 12 inches of it to the American Cancer Society.
31. Crash a car.
32. Get a third piercing on my left ear. [[i think that's the "straight" ear. ]]
33. Make a holiday.
34. Go to every state at least once.
35. Go to France.
36. Spend a holiday with my uncle in Canada.
37. Stand in the rain for hours and not get sick.
38. Donate $1 million to a small charity.
39. Write a biography on someone who died of a deadly disease, such as Cancer and AIDS.
40. Party in a motel.
41. Have my own house.
42. Decorate every single room accordingly.
43. DJ on a radio.
44. Clean up the trashiest neighborhood in the United States.
45. Win a Grammy award.
46. Draw and publish an abstract painting.
47. Design my own line of clothes.
48. Look through a telescope through to the end of the planets.
49. Name a star.
50. See Halley's comet.

I think that's all. This is NOT my final post. This is just for today.

=D

So, what do you think?
What to do you agree with?

Much love, MyFallOutRomance

Hellla all :D

Well, I finally just finished my Book, one of the Gossip Girls ones. It was soo good!! Everything ended up good and peachy king. I think everyone should read it, then we could all have little minnie discussions about it, then again school is almost over!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

How very amusing! And im totally hyper so you will have to forgive me!
Im starting to lifeguard at my pool on Friday... :Dyay:D
It should be a good time!
Well, I hope that everyone has a great day, I will be blogging tomorrow and seee you all then!

Finally DONE!

Finally DONE!

I know I've been reading this book forever, but I finally finished last night. It turned out really awesome, and just about everybody lived happily ever after.

At first, I was like, what the heck is going on? But at the end, the author ties everything together. He is so detailed, but it makes the whole story better.

There is this married couple, Dusty and Martie, and Martie's best friend's name is Susan. Susan suffers from agoraphobia, a fear of open spaces. Martie takes Susan to therapy with Dr. Ahriman every week, and then Martie begins to suffer from autophobia, which is a very rare, and is a fear of one's self. Dusty's younger brother, Skeet, tries to kill himself by jumping off a roof, and is then admitted to this rehab clinic for the millionth time.

Dusty and Martie begin experiencing lapses in their day that they can't explain. Susan has been getting a mysterious night visitor, whom she suspects is her estranged husband Eric. But it turns out that Dr. Ahriman is a jerk and has been "hypnotizing" people, so to speak, so that he can play his own sick little games with them and then they won't remember any of it.

This book was so amazing, and I recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries. I had no idea how the whole story tied together until the very end, and, like I said, just about everybody lives happily ever after.

Hey, What say Ye?

everyone is in a pirates mood, but I have yet to see Pirates 3, so please don't talk about it on here because I might see it sometimg within the next few weeks.

Anyways..


I'm going to California on June 9th and I think that we should keep this blog going to help people and to suggest some nice reads while people are out vacationing. I would definately like to feel like I am back in the classroom while I am in my dad's house back in the Great Golden State. I wish we could have the same classes for English every year because you guys are the best. When I was feeling down, Beefy_Manwich cheered me up with fish analogies.

Once again, Thank you,

And WOULD you guys like to keep the blog going??

Much love,

MyFallOutRomance
♥

Hitler

Having questions like “Why are you posting a topic about the Holocaust?” or “Didn’t we already read this in history?” Well…one of the reasons why I do such a thing is because I think it’s a good topic to discuss in this little virtual classroom. Some people also ask why Hitler decided to kill all those Jews. I say that he wanted to become a painter and wanted to go to this really nice school but then they wouldn’t accept him, so then he got really angry and decided to go berserk. And of course I am partially right because I got most of my facts from a website that has many facts about Hitler. And if you want to find even more then you can read the whole thing (I only read the beginning part of it). And I also think that there was a part that said he only wanted people who had blonde hair and blue eyes but he doesn’t have it himself (what a hypocrite) and find that quite weird.

Finished!

Over the weekend I finished New Moon. At first I thought the book was boring and I was going to stop reading it. I am glad I kept with it and read the whole thing because it turned out to be pretty good. Thier was lots of twists and it was pretty exciting and sad. the book kind of left off though but the third book should pick up where New Moon left off. It really stinks that the third book isn't supposed to come out until sometime in August! I think they should make Twilight into a movie because it would be awsome! Well now I need to find a new book to read does anyone have any suggestions???

People's Actions

Allright, i dont know why this popped into my head and i'm sure most of you are going to disagree with me on this but you know the kids/people that are in trouble alot. and im not just talking about like bad grades, or a referral every now and then. and people that are really annoying and mean. and i dont mean they're just annoying to you and thats your opinion. OK..wow this is alot harder to explain than i thought so im just gonna say what i think and if any of you get what im saying comment. :) well...anyway lately i've noticed people that have that problem it seems that everyone always just blames it on their parents. And im not saying that parents arent a HUGE influence on their kids. but i just dont like how people are blaming their kids actions like being mean to people on the parents. i mean, its the persons choice to behave like that...have them take responsibility for that. I know theres alot of parents who just dont care but theres also parents who do care and try to help but they cant and their kids still act that way. I just dont think people should blame someone else's actions on somebody else...even if it is their parents. And if you're saying "well maybe the parent acts the same way which is why the kid acts that way" well..if anything i think the kid would learn from that and not want to be like that because if he hasnt figured out that being mean or watever they're doing isnt good then he's wayyyy to sheltered. well..thats how i feel and if you can understand what im trying to say then bonus points for you!! lol.

Sammy Died

My weekend started out pretty good because I went camping at Stockon Lake with my best friend and her family. It rained like, the whole weekend, tho. The only part I didn't like about this little outdoor adventure was the whole bathroom situation...they had outhouses and the showers were gross. But other than that, it was super fun.

And then yesterday, there was a little family get-together at my Aunt's house in Webb City. The food was absolutely AMAZING and it was really nice to see some relatives that I hadn't seen in awhile.

But then, when I got home last night, my dad told me that Sam died on Sunday night. Sam was our Great Pyrenese, and looked like a little polar bear cub with his long white hair :). He weighed more than I do, and we've had him for about 14 years (which is his whole life). They think he died in his sleep, and then the vet came and took him to the doggy cemetary. It was so sad, I didn't even get to say goodbye when I left on Friday. But at least he's in a better place.

what does your name mean =)

i found a website that you can look up your name and see what it thinks it means, its pretty fun becuase sometimes its just like that person and sometimes its way off. http://www.americanbaby.com/babynames/index.jsp

pointless, but i need to blog (:

I had the BEST weekend, ever. There was really nothing special about it, but it was amazing. A lot of bad stuff happened last week. I'm sure most of you heard about the kid who got arrested at graduation... well that was my boyfriend. I know, he's a reeeeeal smart one. Well he was in juvy until Thursday and I just about had a mental breakdown. A lot of you saw that one too, during class. I went to the doctor thursday since I've been having depression problems lately, and right in the middle of it.. Austin calls me! He got out, and he said he's completely done with drugs and all :). It made me soooo happy. I went to his house then and spent everyday, all day with him until yesterday. We were out at the BMX tracks everyday. I watched him and his (almost) step brothers and sisters race. Then his mom and I cooked dinner for Austin and her boyfriend (twice). Her boyfriend bought me flowers, hahaha. It was pretty cute. We rented Black X-Mas. OH MY GOSH! That movie is SO gross. In conclusion, I had the best weekend ever spending all the time in the world with Austin and his family. Oh, except yesterday. Austin, Sarah, Victor, Bryan, Sidney, my sister, and I all went swimming at my neighborhood pool :). WELL! That was my weekend and I'm going to shut up now because I'm sure none of you really care :).





A more school related topic: FINALS! Ahhh! We have 2 weeks of school left. Not even really 2 weeks. 7 days, and the last two will be finals. I'm hoping to have all A's but I'm thinking I won't be able to make that in Geometry. OH WELL! I need to find a book to read, as well. I lost one of mine. It's called Diary of a Teenage Girl and I lost it! I really really don't want to pay for it so if any of you find it, let me know!!!!


Ok my computer is going to restart in 44 seconds so I better end this blog. I'll update later! BYEE!


:)

Stabbing hearts, Pirates, and foxy ladies. Sounds like a good movie!

I saw pirates this weekend and it was amazing. I won't give away anything except that there are lots of cool fight scene and the scene at the end is one of the coolest fight scenes ever. There is a cool twist in the end, and they left some clues that there will be a 4th movie. Do you guys wan't there to be another movie, or not? i personally think that if they are smart, they will keep making pirates movies until they stop making money.

That's it

Beefy manwich

Memorial Day Weekend!

I had a great Memorial Day weekend. I went to the gym, hung out with friends, and went to the pool everyday. I wish school was out. This weekend felt like it was already summer, but we still have about a week and a half left of school. Oh well. Tell me how you guys spent your holiday weekend!

Bonzai!!!

That is what the Japanese yelled at U.S. troops when they ran at them with their long swords in suicide attacks. I just finished code talkers and this happens a lot. The U.S. troops and the Navajo code talkers are fighting island to island with the Japanese. One of the islands they go to is Iwo Jima. The Japanese are fierce and just run at the soldiers out of no where with these razor sharp blades. The book also describes the horrendous conditions of the islands like the heat, the bugs/insects, the rain, and humidity. It would be truely horrible to have to survive and fight a war like that. Overall the book was good and I liked its descriptions of war. Now I want to see the movie Windtalkers.

Speedy Plays

I never did get to talk about our plays on Thursday and Friday. I will admit i was not looking foward to them when i first heard we had to do them, but they were alot of fun. Most of them were really funny too!! Personally i think my groups was the best. Haha. I'm sure it was funny to you guys considering i didnt even know what character i was!! :( All in all, it was alot of fun but the test was reallyyyyy hard for me!! and im sooo glad we're done with shakesphere. :)

Burned!!!!!

Ok, so i finished my book "Burned" on Friday after school and omg. It's an amazing book but really sad at the end. I almost don't like it because its so sad but i love it. I'm pretty sure its my new favorite boook. It used to be a Million little Pieces but i think that one is gonna have to go in second now because Burned is my favorite. :))

Now im starting a new book. It's called What Comes After Crazy. I"m only on like page 6 but so far what its about is this woman who has a physco mother. She's a fortune-teller and has been married like a million times and always is embarassing her. I think im gonna like it.

Thorn In My Heart

I am so made right, I just finished my blog and then I lost it!! I am really tired right now because I have been up very late....(the time i began to post this blog)....I have also been working on my science project all day. But anyways this book I am reading is really good. This mom gave birth to twins and the midwife said that the younger son would rule the older son. As the boys were growing up they were complete opposites, one loved to work the land and the other loved to hunt it. The mom loved the younger son and the dad loved the older son. The dad who was the head of the house was the one who gave the blessing to the son who was going to be head of the house when he died. Since the dad loved the older son, he was of course going to give the blessing to him, but the mom had a different idea. The story doesn't stop there either, but if I say anything else it will give it all away.

Blogging on the Weekend?

Just another blog...

I, Cotton de Fur, have just.....(gasp)...blogged on the weekend! I'm not sure if I blogged enough last week, so that's why I'm doing this. So far my 3-day weekend has been pretty good. Except that I have a huge project in Science that is due on Tuesday! So we have to present it? And what all is in it? Do we need a bibliography? If anybody has any suggestions on how to do it, please help me. This isn't exactly English related, but oh well.

What Next?

What are we going to do now that we are finished with Romeo and Juliet? It has taken a long time to finish reading this play. I really liked it, but it was really long because it was hard to understand by just reading the play. It really helped when we watched the movies, or did other activities to help understand the play. Did you guys feel like you did good on the "celebration" on Friday? I thought that some of the parts were hard, but most of it was fairly easy.

Endangered

Just letting you guys know that I love animals, but whales seem to be my favorite. The Gray Whale is critically endangered in the Western Pacific. This is not very good at all. The gray whale is one step away from becoming extinct in nature; that means that they will soon only live in captivity…unless we help protect them. There are many animals which are endangered or almost endangered. And there are even more who are becoming extinct in wild, which means they are only alive in captivity. People need to be more careful when it comes to wild animals. Because of our past actions, there are certain animals that might not be around much longer unless we do something to change that. Here are some tips that I found to help out endangered animals:



~One of the most important ways to help threatened plants and animals survive is to protect their habitats permanently in national parks, nature reserves or wilderness areas. There they can live without too much interference from humans. It is also important to protect habitats outside reserves such as on farms and along roadsides.
~You can visit a nearby national park or nature reserve. Some national parks have special guided tours and walks for kids. Talk to the rangers to find out whether there are any threatened species and how they are being protected. You and your friends might be able to help the rangers in their conservation work.
~When you visit a national park, make sure you obey the wildlife code: follow fire regulations; leave your pets at home; leave flowers, birds’ eggs, logs and bush rocks where you find them; put your rubbish in a bin or, better still, take it home.
~If you have friends who live on farms, encourage them to keep patches of bush as wildlife habitats and to leave old trees standing, especially those with hollows suitable for nesting animals.
~Some areas have groups which look after local lands and nature reserves. They do this by removing weeds and planting local native species in their place. You could join one of these groups, or even start a new one with your parents and friends. Ask your local parks authority or council for information.
~By removing rubbish and weeds and replanting with natives you will allow the native bush to gradually regenerate. This will also encourage native animals to return.


If we all just remember these things, then we can help save some animals! Yeah!!!