I’m currently writing a really long post about the evolution of music. I’ll be done sometime this weekend, if not sooner.
I’m also gathering ideas and memories for another post. That topic is the destruction of one’s (not necessarily my) creativity throughout one’s life.
11/15: The music post might take a while. I have to write a six-page paper and then next week I have to do a three-page research paper. I also have to study for a Renaissance Art test for Tuesday. However, I’ll do my best to get it done asap.
If one has followed me since my blogging journey began in 2007, he or she may know that my birthday is November 7. Well, tomorrow is November 7. I’ll be turning fifteen. A multiple of five. I love numbers that are multiples of five. I don’t know why, I just do, so I’m super excited about tomorrow. I’m fifteen and flourishing.
For my fifteenth birthday, my dad, mom, sister, three friends of mine, and I are going to a city near the NC/SC border, called Charlotte. It’s really the closest big city to me, and we go there from time to time. This time, we’re renting an SUV and taking three of my friends with: Tyler, Callan, and Nick. In Charlotte, we’re going to go to a mall first with great stores, unlike the one here in Winston. Then after we kill a few hours, we’re going out to dinner to my favorite restaurant, Buca di Beppo. I love the pizza, pasta, chicken, potatoes, everything on the menu! I also like the atmosphere of the restaurant itself. It’s one of those places where you dress up and shower before going to, but it’s not too super elegant. It’s perfect!
These plans show that I am flourishing as a young man. I’ve really been trying hard in the friend field, and I think I’m doing pretty well. I have three really good friends, and so I’m happy. Of course, Michael would be the first on the birthday attendance sheet, but he can’t make it. Boohoo. I’m also blooming academically as well.
In English, I’ve had to do many writing assignments, from writing a haiku, to writing a sonnet, to doing numerous papers, including a research paper in which is being written at the moment. Whenever I finish a poem or paper, I feel such gratification. After I finish, I read other peoples’ and I get blown away by how much better my writings are. That makes me feel so happy. Of course, it’s rude to gloat, so instead, I just help others.
I’m not the only person proud of me. My English teacher enjoys me a lot. Just today, when she was checking bibliographies for our research papers, which was a requirement due today, she saw that I sourced an email. She asked, “What is this? An email?” Then, I asked, “Is it okay?” and she just looked at me with a blank stare, as if she was in La-La Land, then she said, “Sorry. Can you repeat your question? I was blown away that you took the initiative to email your author to use in your essay. I’m so glad you took the initiative, Connor. Thank you!” I was so happy with myself as I walked back to my seat.
Still, I please more people than just my English teacher and myself. My parents are impressed with me as well. My report card arrived today for the first quarter. On it: all As. Midterms: As. Everything was As. I’m in virtually all honors classes, and I still achieved As. My parents were very happy to see me succeeding in such difficult classes.
That is all for now, guys.
Mr. Clorox hooked me up with Ms. Chemical Burn earlier today. : ( now my right hand burns.
Ever since last Sunday, I’d been dreading this short, three-day week….because this week was testing. I had two midterms (for my two block classes: world history and English) and two end of quarter exams: math and Spanish.
Well, to start off, let’s just state that I don’t like world history. It’s hard, takes memorization, and is boring. But that is the class that I try my very hardest. It’s payed off. On Monday was my history midterm. It was 120 questions and covered everything from Australopithecine to Akhenaten to the Pax Romana to the crowning of Charlemagne. That test was so difficult. Some of the multiple choice questions’ answers were so similar, I didn’t know what the right answer was for each of those types of questions.
I got a ninety-eight. I about had a heart attack when I heard that because I was expecting a low B, perhaps a C because that exam was so hard.
Even more surprising is my average in the class. Ninety-five. I was speechless after I found out. Something funny also happened. This one girl, Lunetia, asked what my midterm grade was. I said ninety-eight. She was amazed. Then she asked how I studied. I replied by saying that I didn’t study at all. She asked how I got a high grade. I then replied by saying, “For every three pages in the textbook, I write about three pages of notes. Front and back.” Then she gave me this incredulous look and said, “Well dang.” And the conversation was over.
I found out my Spanish exam grade today as well. Ninety-six because I spaced out on my accents in the essay portion.
So basically, I found out that things really pay off when you set your mind to something. I took world history face-to-face, and, well, I passed the semester with a big, fat A.
My weeks’ worth of work has finally come to fruition. I hope you enjoy the new looks and feel of the blog. Although it may be simple (yes, I’m aware of that,) I think it turned out really well. I went through about four other [fully finished] headers until I came to this one, which I handwrote, scanned, and fixed up in Photoshop. I left the background white on the header so it’d blend with the website, making it look like the title of the website and little doodle were just floating.
What do you think of the header? Theme? Pages?
Hey! I’m going to update you on some things.
Theme: the name of the theme starts with “V.”
Header: Done.
And of course… happy Yom Kippur to you kewl Jews.
I don’t have a lot of homework this weekend and I just finished a little side project, so changes come tomorrow. yay! ;D
SEPT. 20: Rewrote widgets.
SEPT. 21: Came up with new page ideas!
SEPT. 22: Finalized header design & chose theme.
SEPT. 23: Started on header.
I’m writing this post to tell you that I’m going to be busy until about Wednesday, so not a lot will be done with this site until later in the week / weekend. This is because of the 10 page essay I have due for English Honors about the book I read for summer reading. It takes a lot of time.. I’ve done only 5.5 pages since the 8th. It’s due Wed. Gotta kick it into high gear, eh?
How about a movie trailer, eh? It’s for the movie Precious. Tell me what you think by leaving a comment. ;D
-Connor
That’s right… I’m picking blogging back up again, however, it’s not going to be about anything in particular. Perhaps a sort of “humor” blog where I’ll post some funny things here and there, but for the most part, it’s just going to be things I see, do, doo doo, and who I do the dirty with. Just kidding on that last one. I may post like 7 times one week and once the next, so please don’t pressure me into writing. I need inspiration, I cant just poop out ideas.
Also, I don’t know if my posts are going to be all that long, but whatever. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.
And for those of you wondering, yes, I chose this theme for the make over because it will allow me to rewrite all of my widgets and such without them being seen… and to allow me to make a header… ooooh. You can expect rewritten pages as well.
SPAM IT UP HUNNIES. Just kidding! No spam, but comments por favor. ;0
-Connor
hi. nice to see you. i’m still alive.
You may be wondering how the flippity flop my blog changed so fast. That’s because I found a graphics kit on one of the best sites around. ;D So yeah… first time I actually used the CSS. Now whenever you come here you’ll be like “oh my gawsh,” but it’s not going to change anymore. I just thought I’d make it pretty for whoever comes here from an unupdated blogroll link or anything. I hope everyone likes it.
-Connor
What’s with this title? Well one of my favorite songs right now is called “Brighter” and it’s by Paramore. You may have heard of it, or even listened to it before. Either way, throughout the song, the lyrics “you shine brighter than anyone does” repeat. And then, at the end, she sings, “I’ll wave goodbye watching you shine bright.” I also read a book called Burned by Ellen Hopkins. In the book, a girl with low self esteem is sent to the wilds of Nevada to live with her aunt. She finds a boyfriend who loves her, but she can’t see her own beauty. One thing the aunt says from beginning to end of the book is for her to keep on shining her light bright. And that’s where the title comes from.
While in the car to Key Largo, I was thinking long and hard about this. What is “this” exactly? “This” is leaving. Leaving my site. Quitting. Although I’m not going to call it “quitting” because that is not the same thing as leaving. Quitting is when losers raise both of their hands and say “you know what, I’m done. I’m lazy. This is too hard. This really stinks. Adios.” I am not doing that. I’m leaving because I’m ready to. For the past few months I’ve hardly posted, as many of you have noticed. Fewer and fewer people have been coming too. I guess I’ve lost my magic touch, eh? I’m not doing this to attract attention. I’m not doing this for the drama or for pleasure. I’m doing this for real.
I’m not going to suddenly fall off the face of the Earth or anything, because that really hurts. I’m going to let my site and myself fade away into the background noise. And then, one day, something will you remind you of me. Maybe someone named Connor. Maybe you’ll have to do a tessellation in Math. Maybe you’ll have potatoes with a side of hobo for dinner, and you’ll remember my site and me. Then you’ll go to your computer and come here. You’ll see that the last post was published like half a year ago. Perhaps you’ll be bummed for the rest of the day, thinking I was a loser. OR maybe you’ll reread the post, smile, and think, “I was lucky enough to know Connor.” Numerous people have revealed how much they enjoy me, such as Lauren. In the goodbye letter she gave me when she quit her online activity on WordPress, etc., she implied anyone lucky enough to know me is blessed. Some peoples’ compliments are worthless. But when you’re complimented by people you’re close to, it feels like you’re the boss of the world. (sorreh, went off topic there.)
I have to tell you guys though, there’s been some hawt times here. When I used to post CP, I got a ton of traffic, and some of that worthless traffic became priceless friends. My most proud and favorite example that I’m not going to extrapolate on because I have before.. is meeting and becoming friends with Clonez. Two peas in a pod! Hahah, he’s got to be one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. And it didn’t even start out like that, but something about him just made me want to be friends with him! Now look. Anyway, even after I stopped posting CP in June or July, those wonderful friends kept on coming back and back. That’s what you call loyal. (: Everyone was always so nice on here. The thing I love so much about this whole internet life thing is that people can’t judge you by your looks. You know that whoever you’re talking to likes you for you, and that’s it. You can’t get that in school or anywhere. People may judge you by your clothes or looks before they even get to know you; their loss. And I’m not going to lie. I’ve judged like that before. It’s a bad habit, but one that I’m sure everyone has done before.
40,000 hits. I could have NEVER ever in my wildest dreams ever expected that. But that wasn’t me! (Well I suppose it is me, because I’m the writer) but it was MAINLY you guys! When I joined WordPress in December 2007, I was doing it basically to be like one of my friends at the time. Unfortunately, he left meh in January 2008, and I just kept blogging. Then I started picking up friends… Lauren… Kran… Matt… and numerous others. I hope I left impressions on some of you guys. Change is something that always happens, whether or not you want it to. Change makes people drift. Interests change. When I first joined, I was so interested in Club Penguin and blogging. But, I changed, as you can see. I’m not really into blogging anymore. Definitely not Club Penguin! But that’s okay. I used to be somewhat afraid of change. Now I welcome it. A new way to meet new people and be outside my “safety zone.” I feel the same way in real life, too. A year ago, I’d be deathly afraid of going to high school because it is unknown territory and things change so much. But now, I can’t WAIT for high school because along with change comes new opportunities and new friends. Ya know? I hope you guys are kind enough not to try to stop me or my decision. I’ve decided, and nothing will change my mind at this point. I know some people might try, but save your breath–or well more like typing I guess.
If you’re wondering if I’m going to post anywhere else, the answer is yes I am. I’m not going to say where, but a few people may know. I don’t want to say where because I want to re-start with no ties whatsoever. I already work there and it’s like my favorite website. I don’t post often, but I like being able to be myself and not being rushed to post. ahem. If you’re too depressed now, then no worries! Add me on MSN. But, if I’m already added on yours now, then you’ll know that I don’t log on very often. I guess I’ve changed in that respect too. I’ve been socializing with more ‘real’ friends lately on Skype and Facebook and stuff. Sorry, but not adding anyone to either of those, obviously because there’s personal things on both. If you don’t have an MSN, you can add me on Aim (Amy ;D). MSN address: connor.dude@live.com | Aim address: connorr134.
I hope no one thinks I’m letting anyone down, because that’s not my intention at all. Some of you may think I’m giving up. Some may think I am in fact, just leaving. Some of you guys might be sad. Maybe some happy [for me]. But I think I’m turning over a new leaf, and I hope you’re proud of me. And with that, I’ll see you around. Like I said earlier, I’ll still post, but less and less, and before too long I won’t post at all. This site won’t ever be deleted though, I promise.
-Connor
That’s right. The Condorito (a nickname which I get called by my uncle) is going to Flow Rida. ;P It’s Spring Break, and I mean, come on. Spring Break in North Carolina? That ain’t nothin’ special. But Florida? YAY. Hahah, some poor chumps have to go to school on monday and tuesday to make up for some of the snowdays from winter. But I already had plans… so I go byebye until next weekend.
Also, some of you have *hopefully* noticed the new theme and… well I guess header. But that header is poop, right? It ain’t even a real header, Connor, you ditz! Well duhhh that’s becuase the theme header was ugly as tater tots, so I put up that temporary header. What a concept. Anyway, I suppose I’ll give a sneak peek of what my actual header looks like so far. But I need help, so please give suggestions! Since my creativity has reached a dead end and I’m leaving tomorrow, obviously the new header won’t be up until I get suggestions which won’t be put into effect until at least when I get back.
Current file:
bleh. I know, it’s horrible.
As you can probably tell, my writing creativity has mysteriously gone missing too, becuase this post is junk.
I chose a new theme. Before I bust my butt making it look good, tell me what you think.
I remember last year at this time I had an ugly green header up. WELLL, this year, I have some ugly green CSS up! Haha, and can you believe it took me like half an hour just to change like 3 things? xD Well, as you can seeee, links and major text is green. That was mee. I would’ve made the background green, but it looked SO weird, so I just went with a super blue and non-noticeable aqua color for the background. What do you think? And be honest. Hmph.
-Connor
Weee! I also made a new theme, and I think this one is really nice. I think it would be fun to change some of the colors, but who knows. ;p This quick-post tool at the top is pretty handy. I don’t even have to leave the home page to write a post!!
Well, I got back from DC friday evening. It was really fun there and I had lots of good times with my friends. I didn’t sleep very well, but oh well, that’s to be expected when you’re sharing a room with three other boys. I’m like so happy that I’m finally back from Washington, DC. Friday started off at 5:38 when I woke up from the heat in the room and I turned the A/C down to 68F. I went back asleep until 6, when my teacher knocked on the hotel door. Then I got up, showered, got everyone else up (crankily, of course) and headed down off to breakfast.. where I saw that it was snowing outside. From the hotel I went to the FDR Memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial, and Arlington Cemetery. FDR was pretty cool. I wished it was inside though, because being outside in D.C. at 8am is a death wish. I didn’t even get out of the bus at the Iwo Jima Memorial. Har har. And then since it was snowing harder, my teacher gave us the option to stay and go watch the Changing of the Guard Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery, or continue on our way back home to North Carolina. Obviously, no one wanted to go outside, so we started home early. On the way home, I mostly slept, wrote, worked, and listened to music. My language arts teacher came over and started talking to me about what kind of music I liked. It was kind of uncomfortable because she’s like sixty and she didn’t know any of the names of bands/people I was telling her. Then when I got home… I webcammed with muh friend, Clonez. The other days were pretty much just going to museums and memorials, with a ton of walking thrown in. That was kind of bleh, but there’s too much I did to talk about it all. So yeah… that’s pretty much all. xD
-Connor
Hey Everyone!
Wow, I havent posted for like 2 weeks 
So Warner Brothers has gone and released 3 new Harry Potter and the half blood prince trailers! Well ok, its 3 if you count the 8 second clip that was shown at the end of the Oscars 
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Oscars Clip:
Trailer 5:
Trailer 6:
Ok, That was all of the Harry Potter news 
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Now im going to move onto GHOST WHISPERER (warning, this contains spoilers).
Well, if there is any Ghost Whisperer fans out there reading this, remember how before Jim died, Melinda and Jim were trying for a baby? Well guess what?!?! SHE IS!!! I have found exclusive images proving it so i put them into a video!
-Sighs- I miss Jim 
oh well it looks like he gets his memory back this week!!!
Well Thanks for reading,
~Kranendonk~
Clonez showed me a very powerful video the other day, and it’s absolutely wonderful. It’s about a robot that keeps getting prettier until it cant anymore. Now, that probably doesn’t sound like much, but that’s because that’s not the point. There is a message under the surface; that people often times try to better themselves, and be somebody else, until they try so hard, that they are never satisfied, that they’re no longer themselves and they break. They ruin themselves and you can’t go back. The sad thing is, everyone is unique and pretty in their own way, and you shouldn’t ever try to be anyone but yourself, because it never ends well.
In the comments for that video, there was one that said to watch a different version of the video instead. So I found that other video and the only difference was there was a song in it. That song made the video even more emotional to me, because it’s about change.
So here’s the video.
I’d like to know what you think, if it’s not too much trouble. I know I love it. (:
-Connor
I know you love that smecksy title. Don’t deny it, mister (or miss, or even misses, I don’t really know.) Anywho, this is my like second Connor-only post on this webblawg, but I’m posting because Clonez requested me to before he left for escuela this morning. But oh my gosh, Connor, how did you talk to Clonez in the morning? thats so weird!!!?!?!!1112 Well I always talk to him in the morning when I can. And the only thing that allows me to do so are my two hour delays and school cancellations. Today was a cancellation. You may have read about that snow storm on Yahoo! I know my family and I did. Well a bunch of snow was dumped here and since North Carolinians can’t even drive when it’s 90 degrees and sunny outside, they definitely can’t drive when there’s snow and a *little* black ice on the roads. So I’ll retype what I did today. I woke up originally at 7:50 and got on the computer to talk with mah bud, Clonez, before he went to school. We chatted ‘normally’ for like ten minutes, then we webcammed for the next twenty minutes or so. And then at 8:19 he had to go. WAAH. So I went on Facebook to get my 53 buck bonus on PTTTW. (Heh, I bet you don’t know what that is….heheh) and then I went back to sleep. At 12:52 I woke up. My sister came in just as I was getting up (oh no she saw me in my boxers!!11 AHHHH! Neh, it’s not a big deal. I wear them around the house all the time–yes, too much info. Hah.) and I talked to her about the book that I was up until 1AM finishing. Then she asked to go to Starbucks. I told her to let me get dressed and then when my dad got home on his lunch break, he dropped her and me off. I had a medium double chocolatey chip frap and my sister had FIVE, YES, FIVE chai teas. I was like, wow, drink up *name here*. Then, we walked home a few hours later through the awesomeee snow. She’s like “I don’t like the snow, Connor!” becuase she was getting all wet and I was like “you’re crazy.” Then when I got home, I let my doggy outside to take a peepee then I came in here to write this. And I smell like coffee. Yuck. I keep getting whiffs of it off of my clothes. Ew. After my draft totally kerplunked away, I decided to (and still am, obviously) rewriting it. Also, I’m singing along to “Right Round” by Flo Rida. It’s such an infectious song! (oh, I sound like Clonez. AWESOME! ) And Clonez just called me from school and we talked about snow days here. In our conversation, we were talking about how we depend on our black asphalt streets to melt the snow for us, and if they don’t melt the snow, then we have to take off school, which happened today, even though it wasn’t actually snowing today. My city doesn’t spend money on salt trucks because it doesn’t regularly snow here, whereas in Clonez’s city, there’s salt trucks on every corner because it always will snow there every single winter no matter what. Hah, I need to move there, where I’m not off of school for a little bit of snow on the ground. oh wellll. I’ve already had five snow days this year. My spring break is done. It’s five days off of school, and well, I have to make those five days up for the snow days. But my family and I have had plans for Ft. Lauderdale and we’re not going to just throw those plans away with my sister and my spring break. So I’m going byebye for those five days. I’m a lil’ rebel. Heheh. The other day, I saw a movie called Taken and it was incredible. It was about a man who goes to search for his daughter after she and her friend are abducted in France. My dad and I were both definitely on the edges of our seats. Pretty kewl, eh? Well I think that’s pretty much all I can remember typing from before. God I can’t believe my post disappeared.
A Collaborative Post
By Connor and Clonez
I know you want me. I am a cool, refreshing, revitalizing, glass of water. I know you see me just sitting there, waiting to be consumed. I know you want to just go out and reach towards my cool, shiny glass cup. You want to feel the curves of the glass. You want to feel the coolness soak into your palms as you pick me up. You want to slowly lift me up towards your dry, deserted mouth and just sip me in. You take small sips to enjoy the all-powerful quench of me. Or you might charge straight at me, and grab a quick gulp of me after a long game in the hot sun. You want to feel me as I hit the sides of your mouth, touching the sides of your tongue. Coating the walls of your mouth. You want to feel me wet the sides of your dry throat and leave you refreshed, feel me run down your esophagus like a roller-coaster. You need me. All of life needs me to function. So what are you waiting for? Dive in!
The race is on. You decided to participate in the 3 mile long marathon race. It is a dry, hot summer day in July. You get in your running clothes and you are already starting to sweat because of the temperature. At the starting line, you feel the rush of adrenaline through your body. The gunshot goes off; you run to the end, not daring to stop, but continuing to pace yourself. You try not to use up all of that energy inside you, but you find out that you are running low on it. After all, the weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat. (1) About a quarter way into the race, you feel the sun cooking you like an egg left on a hot sidewalk. You perspire like crazy. Your mouth starts to get dry and the thought of just “getting it over with” goes through your mind. There is something else besides that shiny golden medal that drives you to strive your hardest: it is that large, cool, refreshing glass of water that you get to drink right when you finish the race. Water, unlike all drinks on this Earth, gives us the energy nature intended us to use. Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can result in preventing water from traveling to necessary locations in the body. (1)
H20 is my best friend forevarrr. But why? Because without it, I’d literally die! Water is one of the most essential nutrients for human survival. An average adult human can go about a month without eating food, but they can only go about a week without drinking any water. One time, I was in the desert and I was extraordinarily thirsty. And in summer school, I learned that if you’re stuck in the desert, to find cactus and suck on it. (yeah, they taught that in Arizona.) so I found a tasty little Prickly Pear, but before I could suck the agua out, I had to fend off a javelina with my huge biceps. After that javelina ran away like a little girl scout, I bit into that spiky gross piece of cardboard and sucked it like a lollypop! (NO, THAT NEVER HAPPENED SILLY GOOSE.) But they really do teach that. It’s absolutely imperative that you drink water regularly throughout the day; one is supposed to drink about three gallons of water per day. You have to always drink, even if you’re not thirsty, because by the time you feel thirsty, your body has already lost 1% of it’s water content. (1)
But two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen ain’t just for survival y’all! It could also be used for recreational purposes. For example, I know like everyone reading this has been in a pool or to a water park at least once. Water is so versatile, you can use it for so many different things. One of my teachers also says that water-inclusive exercises are the best kind because no stress is put on your joints. That is because your body’s natural buoyancy offsets the effects of gravity in water.
WATER’S A PRETTY COOL ELEMENT STILL, THOUGH. oh my gosh, derp derp course it is. But aside from being wet and fun to play in, it has many distinct qualities that other elements lack. [I actually studied water in science at the beginning of the year.] The special characteristics are: universal solvent, capillary action, expands when frozen, and surface tension/buoyancy. (2) Universal Solvent means water can dissolve the most things than any other element can. What is capillary action you may ask? Well think about it; how do hundred foot trees get water to their leaves? They don’t suck the water through a straw. They use capillary action. Capillary action is when water defies gravity (oh yeah, I went there.) Try a little experiment sometime: fill your kitchen sink with water. Then, grab a paper towel. Dip the very tip of the paper towel in the sink, and what you’ll see is water going up the paper towel! Water expanding when frozen may not sound like much of a big deal, but it really is because it wouldn’t be a “unique” trait if all other liquid elements expanded when frozen. Evidence of this is when you freeze an entire bottle of water. If the bottle is 100% filled with water when you put it in the freezer, when you come back to check on it, the water bottle will have split. That’s because all the water molecules expanded. And finally, surface tension. Water has a very dense surface tension. You can’t really notice it normally, but think about when you do a belly flop off the high dive. Ouch. It hurts so badly because not only is your stomach so tender, but because the surface tension is so dense.
Water also has four main benefits. Thermal stress protector, UV protection, Food/Nutrient supplier, and finally Protection from gravity. Let’s talk about thermal stress protector first. Temperature differences between night and day and seasons differ little in winter as compared to land environments. Water in day absorbs sunlight, thus preventing Earth from getting too warm, but in night, water releases heat, preventing Earth from getting too cold. This creates wind and weather patterns on land. UV protection; water absorbs deadly UV radiation emanating from the Sun. Water refracts UV light into a harmless blue color that we commonly associate with the ocean. The reason water is blue when there’s a lot, but clear when you pick up a handful has to deal with UV absorption. There is not enough water in your palms to turn UV rays blue, so that’s why it’s clear when there’s not much water. Water is also a food/nutrient supplier. All food and nutrient items necessary for life can be dissolved in water thus making it easy for simple animals like jellyfish to get needed nourishment from just floating in water. More advanced organisms still use water based circulation systems to carry nutrients to their cells. Food also can be provided in three dimensions allowing for easy capture. (for example the food is in front of you, beside you, above you, etc.) As I said before, water protects from gravity. Animals in water are neutrally buoyant. No gravity affects water organisms. There is no need for strong muscles or bones. Gravity effects are extremely limited which also allows animals to achieve massive sizes that would never exist on land. (2)
Most comic books feature a main character who is a super-hero. This person is someone that people can depend on to save the day from injustice. They are kind, they help people with problems, and most importantly, they wear an awesome costume and cape and fly around the city. Well, water is a hero. It has all of those characteristics. Although it does not have a cool super-hero suit, it has a nice, flashy water bottle coating or a nice, smooth glass cup that it comes in – and you just need to praise the company for making those things in dedication to the all-mighty water! Water really is a hero. Water is used in almost every activity we can think of and even ones we don’t think of. We brush our teeth with it, we flush the toilet with it, we wash dishes with it, shower with it, clean clothing with it, and most importantly, we drink it. We don’t even bother to question where this household hero comes from. We are just glad that he or she is there to get the job done and make our lives easier. It is a shame that not everyone can enjoy the all-mighty hero, water. In many places in Africa or Asia, people have limited access to our hero. In a way, the villain is getting away with crimes. People try their hardest to bring the hero to those places to wipe out the villain, dehydration, yet it is very hard because our hero is not everywhere at once. Of the 326 million cubic miles of water on Earth, humans can use only about three tenths of a percent of this water. (1) We hope that eventually, the hero will be able to help the entire planet fight dehydration.
Just like all of the comic books have superheroes, they also have villains who cause chaos and destruction. Not only is water a hero, in a way, water is also the villain. I know that is not the first thing that comes to mind, but think about it: water is what caused hurricane Katrina to destroy the city of New Orleans. Water is what caused flooding all around the globe. Although we can not get enough of water to fill our quench, there is a point where we just have to stand back and say, “what are we getting ourselves into?” Flooding is a way of nature saying, “You wanted water, and now you’ve got it!” Water may be very helpful, but too much of it can be a pain to a large population of people. Not only does too much water hurt a country, it can also hurt your body if you drink too much of it. Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain. (1) In most cases, the result of this is death. Yet, many people do not have to worry about it, because it is most likely to occur during intense athletic activity. (1) In conclusion, don’t let water be your enemy. Let it be your friend and have it help you through your daily life.
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(1) - AllAboutWater.org: Read, Learn and Know about Water . All About Water. 2 Mar 2009 <http://www.allaboutwater.org/water-facts.html>.
(2) – Connor’s science notes from school.
Well, it’s March, everyone! I’m so happy. I’m happy that spring break is in four weeks. I’m happy by the end of this month I won’t have to wear a winter jacket every morning. I’m happy that I’m vacationing to Florida for spring. I’m happy that in two weeks I’m going to DC with my friends and the rest of my 8th grade team.
School’s been a butt monkey lately. It’s so hard for me to wake up in the mornings, and then when I get to school, I’m just bored to death. That’s a reason I’m excited for high school. A difference. I won’t be with the same people I’ve been with for the last two years. I’m going to be exposed to sooo many new people from different schools and stuff. My best friend and I aren’t going to the same high school, but that doesn’t really both me SO much because a) him and I will still hang out and b) I get to make a new best friend. I went to the freshman orientation thing at my school the other day and kind of looked around, and the school is pretty nice. Also, I picked up a driver’s education form. There are three different classes over summer break; one in June, July, and August. You have to be 14.5 or older to enroll (I’ll be 14.5 in May, so I’ll qualify) and you have to spend thirty hours in a class and six hours behind the wheel. Both of my parents kind of shuddered at the thought of me… driving a car… heh.
Since I’ve had three snow days so far this year, I have to make those days up during spring break, so that like cuts it in half, but my parents didn’t like that, so we kept up with our plans to go to Fort Lauderdale. I’ll be missing some school. Sorreh lunch crew! People are going to miss me, oh yes. (well actually, I don’t really know.) My family is renting a house like right on the beach, so yeah, that’s kind of nice. Latest news I’ve heard is that we’re thinking about taking our beagle, Rocky down there. Some drive that’ll be.
I’m so excited for the school Washington DC trip in a couple of weeks. But the sad thing is like right after it, in Spanish we have to take this placement test. Blech. If you pass that test (the speech and written parts both) and get a C or above in the class, you’re allowed to continue on to Spanish II, but I don’t know if I want to continue to Spanish II anyway. I already registered to take Spanish I over again, since that’s what my teacher suggested everyone do. Anyways, in DC we’re just going around to different places. Sadly, to conserve money, we’re cutting the trip to Pennsylvania out of itinerary. Boohoo. i wana c gettysburg!!11!! I’ll be in DC for three days and two nights if I recall correctly. You guys probably won’t even notice I’m gone, since I only write once every like ten days. Oh well. The reason I don’t really post any more is that I have like lost interest in WordPress. And plus, no one really comes here much anymore. And also, I’m always on Facebook doing Facebook-y things and playing apps on there and stuff, so that’s a time sucker.
Also, today I saw a movie with my dad called TAKEN and let me tell you, it was a-mazing. It was about this guy whose daughter goes to France with a friend and they get kidnapped and the guy who used to be a spy or something for the US government goes to France to find his daughter. There was not a single dull moment in the entire movie and I was definitely on the edge of my seat towards the end!
I may or may not have a three day weekend because supposedly it’s going to snow like four inches over night. I’m not sure if I want it to snow, or not to snow, because I don’t want to have to make up a FOURTH day after spring break. Urgh. Maybe a two hour delay. Yes, that would be much nicer. I only have to go to one elective and all my classes are cut in half! And those, mah friend, don’t have to be made up. Wahoo!
Well I think that’s it! I just started webcamming with Clonez, so yeahhh. See ya round!
-Connor
I promise I’m not going to fall off the face of the internet, okayy? Well I have just finished my homework and I have some freetime. And I knew I haven’t written a decent post since the Fear one (WHICH IM GETTING AROUND TO MAKING A SECOND ONE, HOLD YOUR HORSES) so I figured I’d write a quick one.
I’ve read a few books since I last posted on that topic… Thirteen Reasons Why, Paper Towns, and I’m half way done with Before I Die.
Thirteen Reasons Why was about this boy who receives a box of cassette tapes (the author chose cassette tapes for a reason) that were recorded by his crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier. It was a very interesting, but sad story of a popular girl who is sewed together on the outside, but so broken on the inside. There were thirteen people on those tapes and they all had to pass it on to the next person mentioned. Clay’s (the main guy’s) story was the only positive one, but still I felt like “oh my god.” It was a fantastic read, and I read the entire book in 3 days.
Paper Towns was absolutely amazing! It too dealt with loss, except this one had a happy ending. It’s about these two children who find a dead body in their neighborhood and then it skips to their Senior year in high school. The boy, Quentin, is a smart, well behaved, unpopular guy, while Margo Roth Spiegelman, the other child from before, is a pretty, popular, happy girl obsessed with revenge. And that is when their lives clash for the first time in like a bajillion years. Margo sneaks into Quentin’s bedroom and begs him to go on an all night vengeance spree. He follows along. And then together, after all the revenge, they look out over Orlando from a sky scraper. She explains to him about “Paper Towns” and “Paper People” and how everything is paper and nothing is real anymore. Quentin thinks he has a chance with her. But the next day at school… she’s gone. She left clues behind… but did she leave them on purpose? Does she even want to be found?
Paper Towns is my favorite book I’ve read to date. It was funny, sad, suspenseful, and just downright GOOD. The ending made mah jaw drop, and it so left me wondering even after the last page. I’m going to re-read this when I get through my list of books to read, which is currently about 4 books long. ;P
Before I Die may sound like a depressing book, and look like a depressing book, when you look at it. People at school have even told me that it looks like a depressing book and why the heck am I reading it. Oh well, they don’t know how good it is! I’m halfway through currently. So far, it’s about this girl who was diagnosed with Cancer at age 12 and at age 17 she has compiled a list of things she wants to do, such as sex, drugs, breaking the law, etc. before she dies. It’s actually the exact opposite of depressing. It’s kind of inspiring. The excerpt on the back of the book is fantastic: How long can I stave it off? I don’t know. All I know is that I have two choices- stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back together and get on with living. I can’t wait to finish Before I Die. The next book on MY list is An Abundance of Katherines. ;D
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So what have I been up to lately? WHAT IS SO TIME CONSUMING THAT I AM TOO BUSY TO POST? Well I’m focusing really hard on school, since the last semester of 8th grade counts toward my high school transcript. Or so I’m told by my teachers. Also, yesterday I registered for high school. I know my classes and everything. ;D OH MY GOSH, WANT TO KNOW THEM? Okay. Gladly. English I Honors, Biology Honors, Integrated Math II Honors, World History Honors, Spanish II, and Art I. In case for some reason I am not able to get in Spanish or Art, I signed up for Introduction To Journalism. I’m so excited. I’m actually most looking forward to World History.
I’ve also been on Skype more than the Internet lately. Hah, me and Clonez webcam from like the minute he gets home to when I go to bed. ;D It’s really fun. He’s so cool zomg clonez r u reedng dis? Yeahh, actually, right now, me and him are both webcamming and I’m sure he can probably hear me typing this right now. (Can you believe that I was so out of this world that I originally wrote “thinking” instead of “typing” haha.) But he is also writing (about his new domain on his site) so we’re not really saying anything. I don’t know about him, but I only glance up at him every minute or so. ;p We also talk on our cell phones. he calls me when he finishes school and stuff while he’s waiting for his madre to pick him up. That’s pretty cool. (:
My teachers have so gone overboard with the homework. D: Today I had four pages of math, and the other day I had 12. Yes, TWELVE pages of Language Arts. AHHH! Luckily I get absolutely NO homework in Social Studies. d; In math right now we’re learning how to lengthen and condense equivalent equations and it’s soooo boring. Quiz on that and a bunch of other stuff tomorrow. Blech.
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Well, I sure hope you enjoyed catching up with me tonight! I’m off to go do other things, and expect another post by me in the next week. [;
-Connor
Ok, I know I’m about 4 hours late with this news but I really wasn’t expecting it
So Summit has just released the first “New Moon” poster! I know its kinda crap but for some reason I kinda like it.
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Hmm not bad Summit, not bad at all. You havent even started filming yet and you have already given us a release date and a poster. I really cant see all the editing being done by November in time for the release.
I don’t think this movie will be as good as “Twilight” because they have changed the location of the filming! I mean, wont it be weird seeing Bella in a different High school then the 1st movie?!?! Sometimes I hate the decisions that new directors make.
Well, Im out!
~Kranendonk~
Sorry I haven’t written a post in a while.
I haven’t been able to get motivated. Just wanted to drop by to say I’m not dead or anything. d:
And here is the super duper header: [x]
