Free Reading

For this week I mostly read out of textbooks to study, and the Hunger Games. I have read a total of 150 minutes as required. I gave in and started reading the Hunger Games. I say gave in because I said I would never read it, but after I saw the movie I thought it wouldn't be such a bad book to read. I also have been reading some articles of Child Labor to put in my research project that I will be presenting soon. I have been reading my science textbook so I could get ready to take my test. It was mostly about genetics and Punnett Squares. I feel I made a good grade because of all the reading.

I went to Barnes and Nobles this weekend also and finished reading a book in about and hour. It was a very different typpe of book it was more like a visual book, it was called Chopsticks. It was about this girl who was pianist legend that went missing, it also has some romance in there. But I liked how it had pictures that made the story actually come to life.

Hunger Games the movie

This weekend I went and saw the movie the Hunger Games. It was very interesting concept, and with many interesting looks and names. I really enjoyed watching this movie because it was basically for everyone boys, girls, etc. But it was violent so small children might not want to go see it. It was very suspenseful and left the viewer on the edge of their seats. I know you should read the books before you go see the movie, but this time I didn't. I saw the movie, and now I am reading the book. I haven't gotten very far because I have been working on the English projects.
It's hard to imagine a world were 24 or 23 however many number of children get killed for the enjoyment of people. I also don't understand the concept of what makes the adults of that world just give up their children to fight to the death. If I had been chosen to be in the hunger games I would probably be one of the first 10 dead for 2 reasons, 1. I couldn't kill a person, and 2. I would panic and become crazy paranoid I wouldn't really know what to do. But all in all it was a great movie, with great costumes, and great actors/actresses. 

free reading

I finally finished the book Deadly Little Voices and it was very good. like always to the end of the book the mystery is solved and it happens to be very exciting and has a lot of action. Camelia finally found the bad guy through much trouble for herself. with all the voices in her head she had to be put inn the hospital and was going to be given a phys test, but she gets out whenever her aunt draws a picture for the last remaining clue. I would feel very helpless if I startled hearing voice and thinking I was crazy, but Camelia goes against what other people think and stick with her instincts.
There is one last book after this, that has yet to come out, and I am very excited. I like how the book has mystery and a lot of drama. The only thing I didn't really like about this book was how the characters keep making the same mistakes, like they are going in circles back together all the time. I would think that you would learn your lesson after multiple times.

Track

Track this year has been kind of difficult for me because I have seemed to find a rough patch in high jumping. However I am very glad to see other people have come out to try track and liked it. The last few meets I haven't done very well although I do enjoy watching other people competing in the same event as I am because I like to see how they jump and the difference between all the others. Next week for practice though I think i might do more of pole vaulting because in the beginning of the season i did more of that than high jumping, and I hope to get better with more practices.
I like more of the jumping events because you don't tire yourself out like in running. I love seeing how high you can go if you just push yourself to.I hope that I get out of this rough patch in high jumping because i love the sport very much, and look forward to improvimg!!

Free reading

for this week i have read 150 minutes of Heaven is for Real. I picked up this book whenever I was bored at my grandmas house, and I read the summary on the back and it sounded interesting. The book is about how a little boy died for 3 or 2 minutes and visited Heaven. A year after his surgery where he "died" he told his father and mother  about his experience in Heaven and meeting Jesus and his deceased family relatives. While looking at some old pictures the little boy pointed out his great grandfather in a picture (that he never met alive) and said that papa and that he had really big wings in Heaven.
This is meant to be a true story and it's interesting to see what people might experience when they die. I really hope this is what heaven is like what the little boy described it to be. The little boy in the end says that he can't wait to go back to heaven, and said that it was such a lovely place.

Moments Not Things

While on a website, that I can't remember, I came across a saying or quote that said "Create moments, not things". I think this is something to stand by at times, whether debating on buying something or going someplace with your friends or family. I understand that if you want something that is necessary then get it. However if you want something new but you have something that already serves v.s a beach trip with your friends, I would most likely pick the beach trip. I find that if you get things instead of enjoying moments with your friends or family you miss out, and that those material things break while those memories are kept.

Polyvore

While being bored at home, and on the internet, I found this website called Polyvore. It's more common in England, I suppose, but it is very entertaining when you are bored and looking for something to do. Polyvore.com is a fashion website were you can choose shirts, outerwear, pants, short, dresses, etc. to make your very own outfit or outfits. I have, from this weekend, made a couple and liked the website very much. You can also go and look at what other people have made if you want to. It's not all focused on outfits and all that it also has interior designs and what not to make a living room and all.
I like making my own outfits because I like to see how it all comes together, and they have a very big selection so they have everything for ones styles choice. It is a great thing to waste time if you don't have much to do!!

Outside Reading: Nervous Conditions

This week I have read much of the book Nervous Conditions. I read 150 minutes of the book, but now that we are going through the chapters of the book I understand the concept of it much more than before. I hope that the book ends well because I had a rough patch of how to find what I liked about it. I am still a little fuzzy about what the theme of the book is, but I have some what of an idea of it. I just have to read chapter 10 before I really try to make a conclusion to the theme in mind.
In the next chapter I hope to find that Tambu has settled down at her new school, and see how she makes of it. I really like going through the book during class because I am able to find things that I dont usually see while reading the book. I like to see what other peoples take on the book is like, other than things I just see. Also I have found some words that I was not familiar with so I will use them with the 20 words due at the end of the quarter. And finally I have enjoyed reading this book and seeing how different cultures can be from our own, and how some perople want to escape from theres and into ours.