Edits

I would like to note that the first "i" in my last paragraph should be capitalized. Also, everyday, as seen in the paragraph above, should be one word, as opposed to two.

It was only after I posted this that I remembered that I could edit posts. Sorry...

The subtle joys of The idiots lanturn

First, off, I wanna let everyone know that the phrase "idiot's lantern" or "idiot box" originated in Britain shortly before world war two as a form of reverse snobbery. The general, working class British of the time felt great contempt for the mostly upper class people who owned televisions at the time. It was viewed as a base and vulgar form of entertainment. This opinion quickly went by the wayside, however, as the television gained enormous popularity in the decades following the second world war. Enough about random history though, on to the meat of the matter. The thing that I really love about television is that two minute block every approximately eight minutes (it varies from network to network) that is devoted purely to trying to convince/sell me something. That's right I'm talking about commercials. (no one ever accused me of being completely sane, did they? seriously though, if you know someone who considers me 100% completely and thoroughly sane, I advise you to contact the proper authorities at once.)I love commercials. They're fun. They are the most honest thing on T.V. They tell you the truth.(as they see it) No one else is going to tell me how much easier it is to scramble eggs with the Egg Wave's new auto whisk unless they do. How else is one expected to know that people have been scrambling eggs the wrong way for hundreds of years? As far as actual television programing goes, I have three preferences:

1)A major sports event-these always have the best commercials (eg: the Super Bowl)

2)Law & Order-One has no choice but to love the way the writers can turn a simple murder into an epic case about the inherent racism embedded in everyday American society.

3)Documentaries- This is usually where I learn all of the random crap that I know (like the history of the Television and the insulting phrases used to describe it)

The Pregnant Teenager Show

As my title indicates, I do indulge in a few television guilty pleasure shows. One of these would be The Secret Life of the American Teenager (or as my family and I like to call it, The Pregnant Teenager Show). I know how many haters of this show there are out there, but I just can't stop watching it. Maybe that should be a bad sign for me and tell me that television can be addictive...nah. I don't care if every third word is sex and if two of the characters are currently or have been pregnant, I like to watch it. I'm not even sure why, perhaps it is just so ridiculous to me that it is entertaining. Although when I really think about it, perhaps it even speaks some truths about "the secret life" of high schoolers all around me. Another show I follow is Make it or Break it, which is a drama about four elite gymnasts and the drama of their high-stress life. Basically I used to do gymnastics and I just live vicariously through that show. I do enjoy The Office although I didn't watch the most recent season. Also, I always enjoy me some Spongebob Sqaurepants.
I don't believe that television is "brainwashing" as some people claim. I do think that commercials can get a little ridiculous, but I hardly ever watch them. In addition, I don't believe that it is wise how most of America takes what they hear on television and especially the news to automatically be true, but I guess that's just lucky for those politician types. I do think that children need to be restricted in the time of television that they watch, especially young children. Children need contact with other kids and their parents to develop well, not just being plopped in front of a screen for 8 hours a day. I understand that there are "educational" shows out there that are supposedly good for kids to watch. However, when there is stuff out there like Teletubbies and The Wiggles....that's just scary, like nightmare scary. I was afraid of the Teletubbies when I was little because I thought they were aliens. And I don't know about you but if I was 5 years old I just don't want to watch 40 year old men sing to me about fruit salad, even a small child can see that something is just not right there. Personally, I just don't agree that some of these shows that are designed to be "developmentally stimulating" for little kids will ultimately have a good effect on them.

Gleek 4 lyf

I absolutely love love love Glee. Freshmen year, I stumbled upon Glee by mistake (I was actually turning to Fox to see if Family Guy was on.) From that moment forward, I've been a devoted fan. There's nothing about Glee that I don't love. The cast is truly amazing -- Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch etc., are absolutely FANTASTIC.
I don't just watch tv for pure entertainment, however. Every morning I start my day with LEX18 news at sunrise, and conclude with LEX18 at 5 and 6, and then watch MSNBC Nightly News. (I love Brian Williams, too!)
I feel like I could get shot for saying this, but I HATE The Office. Worst show in the history of television. Not funny, boring, stupid. I'll stop now.

I definitely feel that people can get a lot from television. Sure it's used to get messages across to the public (mostly through annoying political ads), but I'm fascinated by the convenience and effectiveness of TV.

Sitting downstairs is my lovely brand new 58 inch plasma screen TV... I think I'll go watch Ellen now.

ALSO, I can't believe I forgot this the first time around: I 'm obsessed with Jersey Shore. I watched all of season one, and season two is not disappointing. Vinny is my favorite-- he's absolutely adorable. GTL every day (*GTL: Gym, Tan, Laundry. Coined by Pauly D.)

Assignment: Maim your TV?

The Emmys' broadcast Sunday night marks the beginning of the new television season. That’s right, we’ve got our old favorites: Modern Family, House, Gossip Girl, The Office, Survivor, CSI, NCIS, The Mentalist, et.al., along with some new hopefuls: The Event, No Ordinary Family, Hawaii Five-O, and $#*! My Dad Says. So what are YOUR thoughts on the subject of TV? What shows do you love? What shows do you hate? Is TV a wonderful form of entertainment, social commentary, crafted silliness creating a diversion at the end of the day? Or is TV fundamentally something more insidious: the delivery system for advertising products to a mass audience? Can it be both? 

Take a look at some of these sites

http://www.csun.edu/science/health/docs/tv&health.html

http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/ check out the links at the bottom

 

I love me my TV—does that make me a bad person?

What are your thoughts?

This picture is just so great, I wish I could swap it with my first one

The harder you try to understand, the more confusing it gets

Hello, this is Max Dubocq, and I am not what most people call "normal". In fact, some people call me crazy. I take that as a compliment. I take it as those people think I'm a good actor. I may be a little insane, but aren't we all? I think acting out of my right mind is fun, and it is one of my favorite hobbies.

My other hobbies are probably a bit more what other people would call "normal" teenage guy stuff, like playing video games, or playing music. Call of Duty would have to be my favorite video game right now, I've put a good week of my life into that game, I guess you could say I'm addicted, but I think addiction isn't the same as a nasty habit. When I play video games, I become much more obnoxious than I normally am. (Hard to believe it could get any worse, right?) I like to scream my head off into my little headset at those six year old kids who, for some reason, have an extremely violent game and like to use four letter words. I feel like the parents shouldn't let them play this game online. There are people like me online.

When I'm not playing video games and I have time to myself, I like to play my guitar or bass. I play bass in a band called Bo-Bo with Wilson and we've been together for like three years. I just reread that and I want to clarify I do not swing that way, Wilson is pretty and all, but he's just not my type. Anyway, we play rock music and are working on an album or demo, I'm not sure what we are going to decide, but whatever it is, it's in progress and is starting to sound pretty good. We practice like twice a week and we've played at the school a couple of times. I enjoy playing and writing music, but the recording process is not very fun, I'm looking forward for this thing to be finished so I can get back to having fun with the band.

I'm much different at my house than at school and when I'm with my friends. I have three sisters, one of them is at college and out of the house, which made me the oldest kid in a sense, one little sister is thirteen and doesn't talk much, while my other little sister is four, and she likes to scream and fight. Last, but not least, is my little brother, who is a little over one. He started teething and likes to bite your legs if you put them on the coffee table to watch TV. A lot of the time I'm home, I spend time playing with the little kids, or hang out and watch TV with the older little sister.

Well that about sums it up about me, the site I like to visit would have to be http://unrelatedcaptions.com It's where I got the picture, most of them are really bad, but the good ones are just great. The website name is self explanatory, the captions have absolutely nothing to do with the picture. You keep trying to make connections between the two, but the harder you try to understand, the more confusing it gets. The caption of my picture is from Spongebob, which I like to watch with my four year old sister, and I'll admit it, I watch it alone sometimes.

583 words. I might have overdone it. Sorry about that.

I wumbo, you wumbo, he she we wumbo

Hola, me llamo Greg. Hi, my names Greg Denton 16, enrolled in Henry Clay High School and going to get my restricted license in September, tee hee.

Anyways, some goals of mine are to quite obviously finish high school but beyond that I really don't know what I want to do, I of course plan to go to some college or another which I'm not sure although for the past year I've been getting about an (e)mail a day from lots of various colleges a few of which have sounded interesting, this year I will probably start some college visits otherwise over the summer.

So I'm a pretty lazy person which tends to leads to low-homework scores but doesn't tend to affect test scores which normally helps bring up my grade but this year I have a goal to do all of my homework actually at home instead of the hour before it's due.

Over the summer there weren't really any "seminal experiences" for me but it was pretty fun, I did the bluegrass summer ultimate league which was fun. Over the summer I also bought pokemon Soul Silver and I know, pokemon, seriously? but I really don't care. It's a remake of one of the earlier games so instead of buying it for the "OMG THAT GAME LOOK'S SO AWESOME!" reason I bought it for the "ohhh yea pokemon" nostalgia reason.

So the picture is just cool and the website http://www.givesmehope.com/ is a pretty cool website based on the fml and mlia sites but as the title says it gives people hope.

Running as Fast as Kenyans

Hello, my name is James C. DeVisser. Hobbies include playing video games(especially Uncharted 2 and Red Dead Redemption) and reading(especially Warhammer 40k stuff). I procrastinate quite a bit, about everything. And hold that thought about me being your worst student. That is the main thing that i plan to improve upon from last year. Some personal goals include: graduating HC, going to college(and doing so successfully), and hopefully becoming either a armaments designer or something involving video games. Favorite color is red and favorite band is the Gorillaz. My personal experience would have to be going up to Michigan for the 4of July, and realizing that my Dad's side of the family is a lot more redneck than my Mom's side down here in Kentucky. Very strange, indeed. Favorite website has to be http://gameinformer.com/Default.aspx#

I'm Me

Wuddup! =) Sharing some tidbits about myselft wont be so tough so, here it goes. Hobbies first. I have a complete and utter obsesion for the game of golf; explaining why how it happened is actually quite difficult. The exitement, joy, and total frustration of the game of golf keeps on reeling me back everyday for more. People say, "oh your not a real athlete, you play golf," and they are so, completly correct. Thats why get my adrenaline kick during the winter playing hockey, and it is definatly a thrill fix.

Little known fact about myself is that since i was aout 9 ive been a aspiring numismatist. For everyone who dosent know what that word means, a coin collector. I havnt been doing much of that hobbie latly but the history that comes with collecting has always intrigued me. Hopefully posting this will give you a little more insight for you to who I am, but probaby not.

Does my Title count as seven words?

That is a picture of Top Thrill Dragsters at Cedar Point which is very easily the greatest thing i have ever done over summer or my life for that matter. It's a roller coaster that goes really fast. It seriously lasts like 20 seconds (17 according to wikipedia) it's so fast.
Currently my academic goals are to get through high school, get into a decent college (UK is my expectation), and then work for 20-30 years and retire. My complete averageness last year was mainly due to not doing homework and not studying. I plan to work a lot harder this year because everyone says colleges really look at your junior year not to mention like most academy students im taking 4 AP classes which looks to be slightly challenging. Getting better grades is easier said than done but its definately achievable if you work for it. 2! 1! 150 words!!!

My favorite website is http://www.pandora.com/#/ its free music, no complaints here.

The boring intricasies of my boring life.

(For those of you who cannot put two and two together and get anything but 47) This is William Fritz. I am (obviously) a Junior in the Liberal Arts Academy at Henry clay High School. (but I really hope you already knew that) Umm...yeah, that's it really. There isn't a whole lot of other salient information about me (except that I pride myself in my knowledge of history and of Pokemon [I have caught them all] that I have an irrational affinity for complex sentences, and I like to think that I have a repetitively redundant vocabulary) Lets see, what can I say about me...Oh I know, My favorite color is orange, (and green). My hobbies include (in order of importance) Sleep, food, video games (Especially the Pokemon and Monster Hunter series), riding my bicycle, walking my dog, and school. (mostly procrastinating about my homework) Other things about me include that I dislike traveling (particularly to Europe [and Especially to Italy]) and I get really fed up with people who know things that I don't. (you know who you are)

Finally, my favorite animal (not that anyone should really care) is a dog. (I like cats, but they hate me) Below (above actually) is a picture of my dog, Wolfgang(or Howard or Rabbit-Leader, depending on who you ask) Below that is a link to my favorite website.

http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

10 - 11 3.0 Language and Composition: Assignment: Well howdy pardner.

IGNOE THIS i'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WORKS10 - 11 3.0 Language and Composition: Assignment: Well howdy pardner.: "Share a bit about yourself. Here are some ideas to consider in your 150 word post. What are some of your (not your parents or your friends) ..."

So...

...I don't know where to start.

I'm Ryan. I like listening to music, eating Indian food, playing music, jogging on the beach in slow-motion, and being a bro.

One cool experience this summer for me was going up to New York. There's just so much stuff to do, it's great. Somewhere, a band is playing a show in New York. You can't be bored.

I also got to go to the Newport Folk Fest which was awesome. It's was good bands right after each other, all day long. It definitely encouraged me to think more about being a musician professionally. I just remember in the middle of the Avett Brothers set just thinking: "Yeah, that's what I want to do." Anything else would seem boring in comparison.

What I hope I do differently this year is not be so forgetful. I'm terrible at remembering to do things. I have the memory of a eighty year old man. I'll probably have to take up writing things on my arms.

Well, that's about it, yeah.


www.mylifeisbro.com

I'm the Enchanting Wizard of Rhythm

Hey, it's Wilson, although I'm called Quailson more often. And Big Q. And Jack Black. My personal goals this year, besides losing the Jack Black nickname, are to get much better grades and to procrastinate less in all aspects of life. I need to stop putting off writing and listening to music. I also need to stop putting off my schoolwork. This probably won't turn out too well because I occasionally wish that procrastination was a sport. I think I'm off to a good start, considering this is currently being written 6 hours before it is due.

I got my intermediate license this summer. It has and will continue to change my life greatly. I can now go get Bourbon N' Toulouse at anytime I want (within their hours), but I have to deal with crippling depression because I have to pay for my own gas. My gas guzzling car isn't helping that depression either, but blasting music keeps my mind off of it. My summer also consisted of listening to many new albums, watching many new movies, playing guitar, trying many new foods, and sleeping. They probably aren't life changing, but are equally influential.

My picture is the artwork for one of my favorite albums of all time. It is also where I got my title.

My favorite website is http://www.27bslash6.com/

I'm watching the Goonies right now

Hey, my name is Hunter Brashear. I'm just going to go by the questions in the prompt thing you posted.

I run track, so one of my personal goals is to go to and place at state this year. I run the 110 and 300 hurdles, and I have been since 6th grade. I would also love to get a 4.0 all the way through high school. I'll definitely need a lot of scholarship money, and that's going to help out a lot.

A problem I had last year is the fact that if I don't like a teacher, I won't do any work to get back at them. That doesn't really make any sense at all, but I do it a lot. If I can actually commit to making an effort throughout the year, I think I'll be good.

Over the summer, and over the last four summers, I have been going to Duke TiP. It's basically a sumer camp where you go take a condensed college course and live on a college campus for three weeks. It's by far the best experience of my life and I got to meet some of my best friends over my four years. I guess I didn't have a specific life changing experience, but I know that I would be a lot different if I didn't go to Duke.

The picture I posted is of me and my little brother Will. He's pretty much a man. He can do a pull up and he's two years old. He also plays with dumbbells, not toys.

I forgot to put on my favorite website. So I hope this will let me change it.

mylifeisbro.com

All You Need is Love

Hey, it's Jamie. I feel like this is my chance to be witty and clever, but unfortunately I was not born with the gift of wit. So I guess mine will just be straightforward. I like pasta, the color green, Spiderman, tiedye, Younglife, disney movies, Harry Potter, puppies, High School Musical, and spring time. I dislike, jello, science, flies, and american cheese.

The most exciting thing that happened this summer is that I got a puppy! His name is Freddy, and he is very adorable. He is my first dog and completely my responsibility. I have no siblings to split the feeding and walking with so literally I do it all, and I love every second of it. He is so sweet, and I just love him so much.

As for the future, I haven't really made up my mind about anything. Thinking about it stresses me out so I tend to avoid the topic, even when I'm with my college planner. This year, I want to get comfortable thinking about college and all of the change that comes along with it.

My favorite website is definitely www.stumbleupon.com . I love that you can personalize it, and it is the perfect procastination tool.

Everything rhymes with Jill

My name is Jill Marie Fraebel. I really like my middle name and when people call me Jill Marie as a double name, but unfortunately it's not really catching on.

After reading the others I feel the need to make this interesting. The most interesting thing about me is that I can put both of my feet behind my head. Another more annoying than interesting thing is that spell check always says my last name is spelled wrong and it is not. My main academic goal right now is to get into a good college, but I really don't know which one I like right now. Regardless of the college one goal for me is to in some way shape or form study photography in college because I am really interested in that. I am trying to do a bunch of extra curricular activities this year to look good for college applications. Last year I got extremely behind behind and confused in math class, it will not happen again. I'm awful in math but I will make a good grade in it this year. My short term goal is just to do all of my work and make all A's this year, without going crazy.

The photo to the left is one I took while hiking at the Red River Gorge this summer.

My summer was truly amazing this year and I did a variety of things but this asks to me to tell which of these experiences changed my life. That's an easy question for me, I went to Younglife camp in Virginia and it was so amazing. I did crazy, fun things I'll never forget and made a lot of new friends. I don't know if we're allowed to put more than one experience but I also went tubing and water skiing for the first time this summer.

www.pandora.com is my favorite website because it's free music and it helps me find new artists and songs that I like.

Picture. Again...

Okay, it didn't work last time either. Hopefully this will...

Picture!

Apparently this did not submit last time. If it did, ohhh well, it's on here twice!

Kelly, you gotta boyfraaaan??

First of all: this is Emma Guida, I think I might have accidentally set my display name as "Kelly, you gotta boyfraaan??" soooo, if you see that, it's actually me. Okay.

One of my short term goals is to go to Detroit which happens to hold the closest Italian consulate to me and obtain my dual citizenship with Italy there, by getting a passport picture taken!

And a long term goal would be to marry Daniel Radcliffe. Aka HARRY POTTER. I would like that to be a short term goal, or, you know, a plausible goal, butttt we're still just friends.

I went to Greece this summer, and I think that the whole experience was life changing, the best part was probably meeting all the amazing old people there, but I guess the beaches were kind of nice too. (They were sooo pretty and inviting).

Also, the reason this is being posted so late is because we're currently about halfway done with dinner. Started at 730. Multi course meal. Italian.

My favorite website (or at least one that I enjoy, because it is kind of difficult to pick a favorite) is possibly mugglenet.com. They have a countdown till the next Harry Potter movie. November 19th. Aaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Website!

Sorry, forgot to add this in. One of my favorite websites is http://muffinfilms.com/index.htm (:

I prefer the title "Lifeguardian." Sounds much more important, don't ya think?

Hey Mr. Logsdon this is Mackenzie! This summer the experience that most changed my life was having my first job as a lifeguard. It doesn't sound like a difficult task to sit in a chair for hours, but when the temperature was over a 100 degrees and we ran out of water, it got pretty tough. One day, I was working hard to stay alert, when I glanced over and saw a small boy struggling to swim. I leaped down from my chair and jumped in to help him right as he slipped under the surface. I utlizied my hours of training to bring him safely to the edge of the pool, and help him get out and relax. His parents rushed over, and expressed overwhelming gratitude at how I fulfilled my duty. To my surprise, they happened to be the founders of Fazoli's and offered me a thousand dollars as a reward. As soon as they placed the check in my hand, I awoke with a start back in my lifeguard chair. In reality, the only thing I've saved this year was a mouse out of a gutter, and I didn't even need to give it mouth-to-mouse resuscitation.


Just by posting this a whole day ahead of time I'm already improving on my biggest struggle from last year: procrastination. Even though it's taken me an hour just to start. You would think that the hundreds of late nights doing homework would've taught me a lesson, but it wasn't until cramming for the AP tests when I realized it pays to get a head start. This year, being the hardest year of high school for me, I'm hoping to stay on top of all my school work and extracurriculars. My goal is to make National Merit on the PSAT and raise my SAT/ACT scores. I have my sights set high for college, and want to make sure I get to choose the best school for me, without acceptance being too much of an issue. As difficult as it will be, I'm looking forward to this year. I really like all of my classes so far, including yours, even if I do get a little hungry now and then.


http://www.grooveshark.com/

Mithra Muthukrishnan (last name pronounced the way its spelled)

My name is Mithra, M-I-T-H-R-A, not Mirth, not Murt, and not Mirtha. And if you call me anything other than Mithra on purpose I do get angry. Posting my post on this blog is a major accomplishment because the only thing with technology I know how to do is work Microsoft Word, and get onto Facebook and email, which leads me into my first goal, I want to be more accepting of technology, or at least be able to do more with it. I also want to get my permit before I turn 17, which is in about three months. Yes, I still haven’t gotten my permit. I hope to maintain good grades, not sleep as much; I slept quite a bit last year, which meant doing homework in other classes and at lunch. I want to get into an amazing medical college and become a great doctor, if I can make it past the ACT and SAT. This past summer I got the chance to go to UCLA and spend a week there with 400 other kids from around the world and listen to guest speakers of huge corporate and non- profit organizations which really impacted me, because I now plan to start my own non-profit. The picture is of my hands after six hours of sitting still to put the henna on and then another eight hours of waiting for it to dry and the dye to settle onto my skin. It was from my trip to India freshmen year. My favorite website would have to be www.google.com I really don’t use the Internet all that much.

All About ME

Hola Señor Logsdon. Me llamo Chris. I thought it would be nice to start out with some spanish in one of my first English assignments this year. A few things about me are that I am very active, and I love sports. One thing that you might say makes me unique is that i have three eyebrows (I split my eyebrow open on friday the 13th of my thirteenth birtday). Two of my goals for this year are to get straight A's and to not get sick. Last year I got swine flu, pneumonia, and some unknown virus that kept me out of school for a month. It was not very fun. This summer, I went to Reading, Pennsylvania for a wedding, and it was at the rehearsal dinner that I received the worst steak I have ever tasted in my life. When it came to the table, both of my brothers got up and walked away because even the smell was that awful. I had to eat half of it, though, and I will never forget the taste.

My favorite website is www.espn.go.com.

Yes, this is GINny not JENny.

Hey it's Ginny! As I'm sure Jenny Lee has pointed out to you many times, my name is pronounced GINny and not JENny. However, I generally respond to both and don't notice the difference too much. Since this is my junior year I've been thinking a lot about where I want to go to college and what I want to do. Honestly I'm not sure, but I have some general ideas. I'm really interested in art and I'm thinking about pursuing a career in architecture or graphic design. This would also explain how you're extremely likely to see me doodling during class. In addition to those careers I'm also interested in engineering and I find certain fields of it very interesting. For this school year I'm really hoping I can keep up a 4.0. I think it'll be difficult, but I really hope I can do it. I also am pretty stressed about the SAT and the ACT and I am hoping for the best on that too. I'm willing to work hard for all of that and I think I can do it.

One of my favorite things to do is travel. I've been very lucky to have had the opportunities to go to the places I've gone to. These vacations have probably been some of my most life-changing experiences. I have been all over Europe and the U.S. and I've seen some of the most amazing things that completely change my views of the world. It's so much bigger than I would've have ever imagined. When you're surrounded by people speaking a different language you realize how many people there are, how different cultures are, and how far away from home you are. I've also seen so many things that I would've thought only possible in dreams. Over spring break I visited Paris, France and I think that was such a monumental experience. I enjoyed the trip so much and I saw so much art that has inspired projects in my classes.

P.S. Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to attach a video to the post.

T-SHIRT WAR!! (stop-motion music video)

True Life: I'm a bro.

Hi, I'm Olivia. I can never think of anything interesting to say about myself, so I'm going to give it a shot here: I've met Chris Brown and John Mayer. I'm deathly afraid of spiders. I don't have any cousins/aunts/uncles. I'm obsessed with Nike mid-calf socks! I'm loud. Chex mix are my favorite, but I hate the brown ones. A lot of awkward things happen to me, but I'm an awkward person so it doesn't bother me that much. Oh, I'm also a bro. Besides these things, I'm a pretty boring person. I wish I was clever, creative, or artistic like everyone else leaving these posts, but sadly I'm not.

My goals for this year are to not procrastinate, even though I say that every year, and to get more than 5 hours of sleep every night. I tend to put things of until the very, very, VERY last minute, which results in me staying up until 4 in the morning to get things done. Even if I don't have homework to do, I'll at least stay up until 12 . It's a big issue of mine. I don't know what's wrong with me and why I can't sleep, but I need to be fixed soon.

I had an amazing summer, but nothing too life changing. I went to Seattle, Washington and climbed Mt. Rainier. (We actually drove, but I feel a lot cooler and in touch with nature saying that we climbed it) I had just bought a new camera and took some amazing pictures of it, which has inspired me to want to be a photographer. Here's one I took, hopefully it shows up okay and doesn't suck too bad.

My favorite websites have all been taken, and I don’t want to repeat so I’m gonna go with www.hulu.com. Nothing is better than a website that lets me watch all my trashy reality TV shows for free.

A Peek into the Mind of Eleana Thompson

This summer, I had my wisdom teeth pulled. For some, this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But for me, it was the conclusion to a four-year process in order to get "poster perfect teeth." Over the past four years, I've had braces, eleven teeth pulled, and three oral surgeries. Aside from the satisfaction I now feel, the common denominator of this whole ordeal was pain and discomfort. I never want to feel slimy, deep, empty holes in my gums again; I never want to see a crooked tooth in my mouth. I actually cried when I couldn't wear my retainer for a few days after my surgery.

It had to be worth it.

One of my long-term goals is to become fluent in Greek; I'm giving myself a decade to do this.

A short-term goal I have is learning to accept that, one day (soon), I will have to learn how to drive.

My favorite website: http://www.forever21.com/ Online shopping is a great stress reliever...

Also, the picture above is me scuba diving in Greece this summer!

Mary Chesnut (:

Hey, it's Mary Chesnut. About me- I have two sisters, my electives are French III and Adv Newspaper II, I'm in Psychology Club, I play lacrosse, and I love to travel (the picture is of me and Elizabeth in Vienna, Austria). Hmm, goals for the year are to keep up my grades in Pre-Cal and Physics. I'm going to try not to do any homework during lunch or other classes. Also I want to go on more college visits and get an idea of what kind of school I'd like to go to; so far all I know about college is I want my major to be Psychology. Something I did this summer that changed my life was read Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver which was a really great book and made me start thinking in a totally different way. I'm really looking forward to this year. My link is http://www.stumbleupon.com/ because it is such a good waste of time. Later (:

Me, Myself, and I

Hello! This is Alex Wermeling. I am currently a Junior at Henry Clay High school. Everyone says that this is the hardest years of life, but you do not really understand this until you are in the middle of it. With half of my classes being AP and playing on two varsity sports, I will have my work cut out for me this year! After I finish high school, I would like to attend the University of Notre Dame (like my mom did) and hopefully make it into Medical School to become a surgeon. To answer the question "what peek's my geek," I would have to say the best T.V. show in the world....Grey's Anatomy. Having seen every episode at least two times, I could tell you in detail what happens in all six seasons. However, I am rather depressed that the new season has not started yet and the re-runs of the episodes have been moved from 4 to 7 after school to 1 to 4 during school, meaning I can no longer watch it while doing homework :( Oh well, I guess I will wait until the new season comes out. My favorite characters in Grey's Anatomy are probably Kristina and Derrick because they are hard core surgeons and very competitive (just like me haha). I hope I can be as good of a surgeon as they are (on the pretend show).

Ok enough about Grey's Anatomy. My summer started out very, very, very well. The first thing I did was receive my license :). I know this is exciting stuff. So I guess with becoming a Junior there are some benefits, such as being able to drive yourself anywhere you want now. In this case, I drove to tennis practice from 10 to 12 and then drove to diving pratice at UK from 1 to 4. I was pretty busy with sports but i still made lots of time for friends. However, my summer quickly came to an end after Young Life camp in the middle of July. I had a mountain of homework to do and fewer summer days. Overall, this was one of the best summers because of the new freedom to be with friends all the time. I am excited for this school year because although it may be the hardest, I believe it will be the most fun as well. I hope everyone has learned about what I did this summer and my interests.

My favorite website ( I do not really have one... so this is the only I could think of):

http://www.facebook.com/

This is my assignment's extremely exciting Title.

Hey Mr. Logsdon, this is Dylan Gilley, even though my display name says that. I just realized that I might have spelled your name wrong, and if so I'm sorry! One thing you should know about me, before I begin, is that I am lousy with technology, so if I screw something up on here, that's why. If I'm using technology, I'm probably on http://www.facebook.com/.

Anyways, one huge goal of mine is to be accepted into and go to the United States Air Force Academy. In my mind, it is one of the most prestigous colleges in the nation, as well as being apart of a rigid and structured system (the military). I want to be an aerospace engineer, due to my infatuation with airplanes, helicopters, and really any big engineering feet.

My largest struggle, academically that is, is procrastanation. I am actually very surprised I am writing this post at the time I am; not 10 minutes before it's due. It has led to bad grades in the past, so working hard and managing my time are areas in which I try to improve on.

Over the summer, I went to Atlanta, Georgia with my youth group at church to do mission work (and no, it wasn't all just building houses; many people think that). It was a really eye-opening experience into other people's lives. I never realized that all some people want is a friendly hello, even if you can't put a couple of coins into there open hands.

Well, it seems as though I have gotten very personal, so now seems as good a time as any to end it here before you learn all my inner most thoughts! hahaha ... bye.

Introduction/Summer Tales

My name, obviously is Micayla Tatum, I had to put that as I wasn’t sure if it would show up on the blog, now that that’s over I can say that I am a person who is very goal oriented. Ask Ceci what my main conversation topic is this year and I can guarantee you it will be college and grades, which is the main focus of my life at this point in time. My obsession with getting into the right school and having the perfect resume could take hours to explain, fortunately for you, the reader, there isn’t that much time in a day.

Summer was cool for me, I spent some time traveling and visiting, you guessed it, colleges. My decision is of course already made up since I’m just that kind of person, but now I have to spend the next year and a half stressing about it. My vacation was also full of hanging out with friends and having my official “debut to society” or my cotillion. My life was changed by the viewing of Ferris Buehler’s Day Off and The Breakfast Club, during the viewing of which I killed my phone.

http://www.princetonreview.com/HamiltonCollege.aspx

Holla atcha home girl Lizzie! :)

Hey guys, it's Lizzie. I love Richard Kenneth Holloway. As you can see from my title... I really don't like being serious and formal whatsoever. I'd like to think of myself as a fun, easy-going kinda gal.

Don't ask me what I want to be when I grow up. For the moment, I haven't found anything that I'm NOT interested in. College seems like a long way away to me, and I really don't know a lot about colleges.. I'm thinking by the end of this year I'll have a solid list of school's I'd like to apply to.

I really enjoy acting, so hopefully I'll be doing more HC theater this year, and maybe speech team.

This summer I got to go to the Florida Keys. They're absolutely beautiful, and it makes me sad to think that human error (like that of the Gulf oil spill..) could damage such natural beauty. It's made me be kindof one of those "save the whales! save the oceans!" people, if you will.

My favorite website would have to be www.postsecret.com I like secrets.

Assignment: Well howdy pardner.

Share a bit about yourself. Here are some ideas to consider in your 150 word post. What are some of your (not your parents or your friends) goals (personal, academic, professional). What are some personal experiences that led to your success or struggles last year and how might this insight help you this year? What do you hope to accomplish this year? What will you do differently this year if anything? Discuss a seminal summer experience that changed your life (this is not "what i did on my summer vacation"). For full credit you must insert a picture or a video and a hyperlink to your favorite (appropriate) website. This post must be completed by August 21st by midnight-- that's Saturday. All other posts will be due by midnight Saturday.

Also, when you set up your profile please use your first name and not a nom de plume.