Group H: Be Jealous.

I guess I’ll just do the choice blog. For the “going into the past blog”, all I could come up with was: “The first time period I would like to visit is WWII during the Holocaust so I can punch Hitler in the face.”  So, I guess I’ll just write about how Markus is my favorite brother. I believe he is the smartest man I have ever met in my life. He’s the only brother I can actually have a conversation with because we kind of like the same things and we both have crazy imaginations. It’s hard to believe, but Markus and I are best friends. He might treat me as a stranger in public, but what siblings don’t do that to each other? Markus actually wanted to write one of my articles for this class. I’m sure Mr. Currin wouldn’t be happy with that. I told him he could write my “going into the past blog” and well, he made it like 1000 words. I didn’t feel like editing all of that and I’m sure Mr. Currin would know that I didn’t write it. Markus tends to use bigger words that don’t exist in my vocabulary. Anyways, a lot of people also don’t know that Markus is the reason why that I started writing. He’s also pushing me to go to college. He’s been the first person to ever lecture me about college for an hour while I’m working at my job. I’m glad that he cares though. Because of him, I might be attending ECC for English courses when I get the money to pay for them. He truly knows how to motivate me. I noticed that I can go to him for anything and he won’t judge me. It means a lot to have a brother like that. People should be jealous.

Group H: Seriously....

To be honest, I don’t know how I would want to change the world for the better. I’m sure people want peace and what not, but if we had that, this world would be completely boring. Just think, why would we even watch the news? Would there even be news? I’m sure another 9/11 wouldn’t happen or WWIII, but just think, the world would be kind of dull without any drama. The one thing I would want to change is the fact that there are starving children in this world. I hate to think about how children are dying at such young ages due to starvation. They haven’t even had a chance to make friends, get a job, fall in love and even have their own family. My major goal in life is to start my own family. Another thing I want to change is the kids who don’t get education. I understand that school is hard and that kids just give up because they think it’s stupid, but school is important if you want to make it anywhere. Of course you hear about people who have dropped out of college or high school and suddenly they become famous, but how often does that happen? How can kids just live on their parents couch for the rest of their lives? I need to live and go on journeys. Sometimes I might need my father, but I won’t need him forever. We need to learn how to grow up and move on with our lives, even though we don’t want to. Another thing I would do is get rid of illegal drugs. Drugs make people do stupid stuff and sometimes I wonder if that’s why this world is the way it is now. People joke about doing drugs all the time, when in reality it’s a serious thing. I also understand that people are curious about drugs, but curiosity killed the cat. Oh, and from the beginning, I wasn’t saying we should have more wars, I was just saying that we need some things to keep this world alive and entertaining.

Group H: The Next Artist?!?!?

I enjoy this blog a lot because I love interviewing people just to learn about them. I don’t usually talk to Rachel Sisson, so I was a pleasure interviewing her for this blog.

KH: What’s your favorite color, and why?

RS: Pink, because it’s so warm and it always reminds people of happiness and love.

KH: What’s your favorite hobby or hobbies?

RS: My favorite hobby is to play basketball. I also do fourwheeling and I used to do dance. I quit dancing because I wanted to join basketball. I’ve always wanted to play.

KH: Is basketball the only sport you play?

RS: Yes, it’s a special interest.

KH: What do you want your future career to be?

RS: I actually want to be an art teacher. I would like to be an art teacher in an intermediate school, not too young and not too old.

KH: Are you ready for the future? Because it’s literally right around the corner.

RS: No, I’m so scared. You’re mainly on your own and there are bills you have to pay and you have to make money. It’s not easy for people right now. That is what scares me.

KH: What kind of music do you like?

RS: I listen to all kinds of music, but I mainly listen to country.

KH: What is your favorite band and or singer?

RS: My favorite singer is Jason Aldean (country singer).

KH: Do you have a hero, if so, who? And why?

RS: My parents are my heroes. They know me better than anyone else and they are always there for me when my friends aren’t.

KH: If you were to be an animal for a day, what would you be and why?

RS: I would be a dog because they pay attention all the time, they don’t judge people and they act as if they don’t have a care in the world.

Group G: Hyper Shenanigans ^_^

The color PINK, is the best color ever invented in the world. PINK is also Amber’s older sister Allison’s favorite color. Did you know that lightening is only ½ an inch thick? My feet are big. Amber wants to know the size. They are currently 11 inches. Yes, I have big feet. Big Time Rush is delicious. James is my favorite person from that band. Yes, I’m trying to waste time by writing these random facts. Amber just told me a story, and I don’t care at all. Cool story bro’. I dance like the whitest and nerdiest person in the world. I’m sure nerdiest is not a word, but whatever. 631561461536.2302322302320 ß says Amber. "I swear to fluffernutter, if you don’t give me back whatever you took…” ßsays me. I’m a scary person. RAWR. Does this count as a blog? It’s my choice of what to right about, so I think it’s pretty legit. Shannon just found out what I was doing. I’m definitely just trying to waste time and words. I think I’m doing a pretty good job of this. “Your dog don’t has moves like these.” (dances like a really white person.) Shannon says I dance worse than a white person. Insult. By the way, I was quoting something up there, so that’s why there’s bad grammar. As I write this stuff, I talk in a southern accent to make it funny, ya’ll. Shannon didn’t mean for me to actually put “ya’ll” in here, so my bad. I’m still going to keep it in there. “Word to my momma, I’m out of my llama”, according to some man who raps with Lil Wayne. Shannon dislikes my dance moves. Rude. Shannon says, “If you see them, you’d understand.” “KATIE loves JB,” Shannon says. Um, fail. Not at all. The End.

Group G: Mo Money, Mo Problems

I really don’t understand why so many people love Justin Bieber. I’m not just saying this because I’m into different music; I’m saying this because he has no talent. Now that he has gone through puberty, his career is pretty much over. How is he going to be able to sing all those songs before puberty? It’s not going to be the same. I don’t think singers should start their career until they’re done with puberty and what not. I’m not trying to bash on Justin, it’s just, what is he going to do after people don’t love him anymore? His voice has changed and his long hair is gone. To be honest, I think that’s all the people loved him for. I don’t find his voice great at all. If people are going to be singers, they need to be fabulous singers in the recording booth and out. You can’t write a song that’s for a soprano when you’re an alto. I would hate to go to a concert and have the singer be completely horrible and off key. It would be a waste of my money. Justin was good before he became famous, but now he’s completely different. Another example is Katy Perry. She is horrible at high notes, yet she tries to hit them anyways in live shows. Jeez, do what Adele does and make the notes a tad lower for live performances. I kind of don’t want my ears to bleed when I’m trying to have a good time. As Shannon just pointed out, Justin Bieber has a lot of money. I don’t care for money. I believe all this world needs is love. Yea, that was quite corny, but that’s what I believe. People are too greedy now-a-days. I could care less. If I ended up on the streets when I grow old, as long as I have my loved ones I can live.  

Group G: I just have to be me.

Glee, the best show ever created, nuff said. Glee is a television show about teenagers’ lives in high school. To be honest, when the show first came out I thought it was completely stupid. I didn’t watch it at all. But then, my younger sister Crystal told to me to just watch one episode with her and I did. It was the one with Kurt Hummel doing the Single Ladies dance during the football game. After that, I fell in love with the show. Of course other channels try to show lives of teenagers but I would say this one is more accurate. I watched this other show called Skins which was on MTV, but I think it got canceled. I have never seen such a graphic show ever. I enjoyed watching it because it was funny, but that show wasn’t even close to kids now-a-days. The show pretty much said that all teenagers are drug addicts and have sex all the time. I disagree. Glee shows the troubles that teenagers go through. Some teens are gay, others are addicted to drugs, some pregnant, and some aren’t accepted for who they are. Those examples are what teenagers lives are like. They express their feelings through songs. I kind of wish we did that. It would be pretty epic. Example: (setting) Online Publishing, Block 4, Day 1, December 1, 2011. (lead singers) Kathleen Herter, Amber Breyer, Emily Cole and Mr. Currin. (working on articles). (song) Halfway There by: Big Time Rush.

Amber:

When the chips are down, back against the wall

Got no more to give 'cause we gave it all

Seems like going a distance is unrealistic

But we're too far from the start

Mr. Currin:

So we take what comes and we keep on going

Leaning on each other's shoulders

Then we turn around and see we've come so far somehow

Kathleen:

We're halfway there, we're looking good now

Nothing's gonna get in the way

We're halfway there and looking back now

I'd never thought that I'd ever say

We're halfway there, we're halfway there

Kathleen:

If you never flew, we would never fall

If the world was ours, we would have it all

But the life we live isn't so simplistic

You just don't get what you want

Emily Cole:

So we take what comes and we keep on going

Leaning on each other's shoulders

Then we turn around and see we've come so far somehow

Kathleen:

We're halfway there, we're looking good now

Nothing's gonna get in the way

We're halfway there and looking back now

I'd never thought that I'd ever say

We're halfway there, we're halfway there

Emily Cole:

How you ever gonna reach the stars

If you never get off the ground?

And you're always here where you are

If you let life knock you down

Kathleen:

We're halfway there, we're looking good now

Nothing's gonna get in the way

We're halfway there and looking back now

I'd never thought that I'd ever say

We're halfway there, we're halfway there

(Oh, we're halfway there, halfway there )

Emily Cole:

Oh, we're halfway there, halfway there

Oh, we're halfway there, halfway there