Take-Two

I wish I had tried harder in grades 10, and 11. Looking back, I know I could have done better. I could have studied more, put in more effort for projects, and done my homework all the time. So now I'm trying my best for grade 12, going to make it count, shooting for straight A's. Hope all the hard work pays off.

Assignment #7

I do not think it is a big deal, whether music is acted out or not. I use my own imagination to create my own vision of what I think of when I hear the song. It is nice to see the artist's imagination, but we all take something different from music, we feel different, imagine differently and overall, will have different experiences listening to the same song. Music is a great way to express one's thoughts and feelings. I do not complain when an artist releases a music video, but I will not base my thoughts, feelings or the images I create in my mind, on what I see in the video.

Best Part Of My Spring Break

                 The best part of my spring break, was when a bunch of friends and I got together and went for a walk, very late at night, and we ended up down at the beach. It was a warm spring night, the lake was very calm, and there was absolutely no wind, it was perfect. We sat down on the sand, and talked about all sorts of things. We must have been there for two, maybe even three hours. We had talked about so much; friendship, love, school, our futures, what's going on in our lives that is stressing us out, and it felt great to talk with all my close friends. It is an absolutely euphoric feeling having all your friends together, having fun, talking, and bonding with each and every minute that passes. I became so much closer with all of them, and i could feel my friendship, the bond, with each and every one of my friends, become stronger.

Assignment #5

I  do  believe  that  teens  are  losing  their  ability  to  communicate.  Just  like  in  George  Orwell's,  1984,  we  are  shrinking  our  language.  We  may  not  be  cutting  words  out  of  our  dictionaries,  but  we  might  as  well  be.  Teens  are  getting  so  used  to  their  " Text  Talk" ,  that  they  rely  on  this  new  language.  They  are  incapable  of  carrying  on  a  simple  conversation  without  it.  Instead  of  writing  out  full  words,  they  use  abbreviations  and  anagrams. It is  pretty  sad  when  you  are  talking  to  someone,  and  they  actually  say  "lol",  instead  of  actually  laughing. The  young  people  in  our  society  are  so  reliant  on  these  instant  messaging  options  to  communicate  with  those  around  them. They do not  know  how  to  express  themselves  anymore, they  have  difficulty  speaking  to  one  another, they  are  so  used  to  sending  messages, that  contain  no  emotion, no  sarcasm,  just cold,  plain  black  and  white  letters. They  would  prefer  to  text  someone  rather  than  call  them, which  in  some  situations  is  acceptable, if  you are  not  capable  of  talking,  for  example, it  can  sometimes  be  quicker, but  it  is  so  over  done, and  over  used.  This " Text  Talk", would  not  be  that  bad,  but so  many  people  do  it,  and it  is  picking  up momentum,  more and more  people  are  doing  it  everyday,  at  this rate, we  will not have  anything   left  of  the English language. Everything in moderation, if used properly, technology is a great asset, but so many abuse the privilege, and now it's going to hinder more than benefit us. We are such an advanced society, but at the same time, we are so very primitive. We are always trying to take short cuts and make it easier on ourselves, but so many times, the easy route is often the wrong one. Our society is so over obsessed with speed and convenience, we are willing to sabotage our own language, and our future. If our next generation can not even spell correctly, then I am truly afraid of our fate.

Class Of 2011

This year after I graduate, I am going to take the summer off and enjoy it. Instead of taking a full year off, I am just gonna take two months. Come September, I will be heading off to the coast with one of my best friends. I will be looking for work then. I am going to work as much as i can, trying to gain as much experience as I can. By this time next year, I will be arranging to go back to school to obtain my third and final level in the Culinary Arts, and with that, I will be a Red-Seal chef, before I am nineteen.

Doritos Commercial

The flavor master raises her arms, and up out of the floor, raises a black obelisk. She speaks in a language this is unrecognizable. and the front of the obelisk fades, and opens up. It opens a portal to another world, the two flavour alchemists look inside and it is like the obelsik has opened up into the middle of a volcano. Down below there are creatures crawling in the hot lava, calling out to the flavour master. The flavour alchemists can hear a voice from behind them, it says " Gentlemen". They turn around and there is the flavour master. "One of your flavours will be sent to their doom, and you're going with them!" With that, the flavour master raises her hand, and both men are lifted off their feet as if by some magical curse. Both men frantically kicking and squirming, but to no avail. "I CHOOSE ONION RINGS AND KETCHUP!" And with that, the other man is thrown into the fiery abyss. The flavour master slowly lowers her hand, and the obelisk slowly descends back into the floor, along with the flavour alchemist's feet. So it has been chosen, onion rings and ketchup have reigned supreme.

Picture Worth A Thousand Words

I chose this picture because it has a big impact on my future plans. This is a picture of Ireland. Somewhere I want to travel to, sometime in the near future. I want to travel across Europe, but this will be my first stop. I am part Irish, and proud of it. I would love to see Ireland and travel all over, see Dublin and some big cities, but I also want to see the country-side and see a side of Ireland, different to the ones you would see on a tourist's guide book. See what Ireland is truly all about. I love their accents, along with the language, Gaelic. It sounds amazing to my ears, and gets me excited. One day I will learn Gaelic, and visit Ireland again, who knows, maybe next time i go to visit, I wont be visiting, but rather, staying.

Assignment #3 Album Of The Year

I would choose, Eminem's album, Recovery. In this album, Eminem used a lot of new beats, new sounds, new material, and he paired up with other singers that he has never sung with before, like Pink and Lil' Wayne. This album is very inspirational and has great lyrics. The lyrics talk about life, it's hardships and all the things that we face on a daily basis. He sings about standing up for yourself, staying true to yourself and not giving up on what you believe in, and always keeping your head up, no matter what the world throws at us. People just look at his songs with such a stereotype, "It's just rap, it can't be any good", but if you tell them the lyrics, they will be blown away by how imaginative Eminem is and the things he sings about. Ya, he has a few weird songs that can be seen as crude or inappropriate, but even famous singers like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry have songs like that, singing about "Disco Sticks" and "The Peacock Song", but those songs are not that popular, not many people have heard them. So artists like Eminem are being stereotyped and expected to have songs that may not be appropriate for all audiences, but if you honestly stop and listen, he has some very artistic views and quotes, a lot more than can be said about the mainstream rappers on Much Music, that all sing about the same thing. Atleast Eminem is creative and writes all his own material.