Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Trash Blog
1."I learned that the world revolves around money."
I think that Olivia's perspective on money is very similar to the truth. The world really does seem like it revolves around money. People can't survive without it unless they steal what they need. People are always being judged on how much money they or their family has when really it doesn't matter. A poor family can be just as happy as a family with millions in their bank account. I think that Olivia's experience at the Behala dump site changed her from someone who had a lot of money and used it to travel the world and make her happy to someone who used her money to help other people like the people at the dump site.
2. The article with the most liberal or anti-Zapanta perspective would be the University Voice because the whole article is about Zapanta being a bad vice-president. The article talks about how they need someone "fresh and new" not "bad greedy old men." it says that he is "lining his pockets" and he has the "blackest heart." The article that seemed the most conservative or pro Zapanta was the Star Extra. The Star Extra talks about a "professional investigation" to find an "undisclosed sum of money". The author talks about how "Vice-President Zapanta... has been constantly dodged by accusations and scandal", and that he "is in considerable distress but remains hopeful." it sounds like the author is almost defending Zapanta.
3.The cemetery was very crowded on the Day of the Dead so it was the perfect time for the boys to take the money without the cops finding them and i think that Andy Mulligan ended the book in this scene because it was a happy scene. Everyone was talking rich and poor they were all dancing and celebrating the dead together and it was a pleasant way to end a book.
I think that Olivia's perspective on money is very similar to the truth. The world really does seem like it revolves around money. People can't survive without it unless they steal what they need. People are always being judged on how much money they or their family has when really it doesn't matter. A poor family can be just as happy as a family with millions in their bank account. I think that Olivia's experience at the Behala dump site changed her from someone who had a lot of money and used it to travel the world and make her happy to someone who used her money to help other people like the people at the dump site.
2. The article with the most liberal or anti-Zapanta perspective would be the University Voice because the whole article is about Zapanta being a bad vice-president. The article talks about how they need someone "fresh and new" not "bad greedy old men." it says that he is "lining his pockets" and he has the "blackest heart." The article that seemed the most conservative or pro Zapanta was the Star Extra. The Star Extra talks about a "professional investigation" to find an "undisclosed sum of money". The author talks about how "Vice-President Zapanta... has been constantly dodged by accusations and scandal", and that he "is in considerable distress but remains hopeful." it sounds like the author is almost defending Zapanta.
3.The cemetery was very crowded on the Day of the Dead so it was the perfect time for the boys to take the money without the cops finding them and i think that Andy Mulligan ended the book in this scene because it was a happy scene. Everyone was talking rich and poor they were all dancing and celebrating the dead together and it was a pleasant way to end a book.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Trash Poem
The repulsive black bags lay all around
the grimy children
as they pick their way through one by one
hoping to find something
to make their lives much less burdensome.
The children look
as if they didn’t know what a bath was,
covered in dirt, dust, grease,
and human waste.
Most wish they could have a normal life one day
away from the giant black bags
and storage containers they call home.
the grimy children
as they pick their way through one by one
hoping to find something
to make their lives much less burdensome.
The children look
as if they didn’t know what a bath was,
covered in dirt, dust, grease,
and human waste.
Most wish they could have a normal life one day
away from the giant black bags
and storage containers they call home.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Trash Response Questions/Answers
1. The conditions in the prison were really bad. The prison was very hot and stuffy and it looked like no one had ever cleaned it. It said that no one in the prison got fed unless someone from outside the prison got food and all the prisoners were held in cages. Children would be locked up in the prison for stealing or getting in fights with other people.
2. Olivia and Gardo were able to get in to see Olondrez by showing the guards her passport and I.D. and then they finally allowed her to go into the prison where they waited for a little while and then someone moved them into another waiting room where they waited for a few hours. Finally someone came to talk to them and ask them why they wanted to see Olondrez and he let them in. Plus Olivia bribed them to let her and Gardo into the jail.
3. Raphael learned than Rat had a lot more money than he thought rat did and that rat was born in Sampaolo. And that he can fish.
4. The gardener told Raphael and Rat how he thinks Gabriel smuggled the money out. He said he thinks that when he ordered a new refrigerator he put the $6mil in the old fridge when it got moved out.
5. If I had $6mil I would probably buy a bunch of houses and use one as my families house and put all the others up for rent so I'd always be making money. Then I would buy my mom a car and then I would have her take me to L.A. and we would go shopping for a week and while I was there I would set up multiple meetings with different modeling agency's and then I would use the rest for my brother and sisters college money.
2. Olivia and Gardo were able to get in to see Olondrez by showing the guards her passport and I.D. and then they finally allowed her to go into the prison where they waited for a little while and then someone moved them into another waiting room where they waited for a few hours. Finally someone came to talk to them and ask them why they wanted to see Olondrez and he let them in. Plus Olivia bribed them to let her and Gardo into the jail.
3. Raphael learned than Rat had a lot more money than he thought rat did and that rat was born in Sampaolo. And that he can fish.
4. The gardener told Raphael and Rat how he thinks Gabriel smuggled the money out. He said he thinks that when he ordered a new refrigerator he put the $6mil in the old fridge when it got moved out.
5. If I had $6mil I would probably buy a bunch of houses and use one as my families house and put all the others up for rent so I'd always be making money. Then I would buy my mom a car and then I would have her take me to L.A. and we would go shopping for a week and while I was there I would set up multiple meetings with different modeling agency's and then I would use the rest for my brother and sisters college money.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Mythological Creatures In Our World
Mythological Creatures: In Our World
What if our world actually had mythological creatures living in it? If so what would happen to our world if people found out about it? Would we take them into a lab and use them as experiments or leave them in their magical land? Or would the creatures kill us all and take over the world.
We would need proof that these animals are alive before we could figure out what we were going to do with them; unfortunately we do not have that. When you think about it though, all a unicorn is, is a horse with a horn on its head: it doesn’t have to be magical. Same with a dragon. All it is is a flying dinosaur, like a Pterodactyl...(that breaths fire.) Or a fairy... just a human mixed with a butterfly, shrunk down to five or six inches and then given magical powers that are scientifically impossible.
What would our community be like if we had magical creatures living with us? Would it be any different? Imagine walking home and having a bird poop on your head, now imagine that a Pegasus was flying over you when it had to poop...Not to pleasant. And trolls, if people feel bad when they accidentally hit a dog with their car, imagine how they’d feel if they hit a poor tiny troll! Our world would be chaotic unless there were some new laws. Fairies and Pixies would be buzzing around you all day telling you about all your flaws. The Phoenix would probably try to take over the land while the Kraken tried to take control of the seas. It seems like the only good thing that would come out of these creatures would be brownies. Not the chocolaty brownies people eat, but the tiny people that are the size of gnomes that live under your house. At night when everyone is asleep they clean your house for you and if you leave a broken toy or anything broken, by their little door, they will fix it. Plus, if you leave out the right ingredients the Brownies will bake you whatever they can using what you left out. So, not only do you have a sparkling clean house and a fixed toy when you wake up but you also have a nice yummy treat. Brownies are better than any house-keeper you could ever dream of having including Quanswela.
But, even with the amazing Brownies in mind, this world seems like it would be way to screwed up for a normal human mind to process if these mythological creatures were found and brought here. Besides, how do we even know that they would breathe air or drink water? We don’t. We don’t even know if they are alive. After thinking it over it seems like it’s a good thing that we don’t know if they exist or not because I think most peoples lives are crazy enough without having to throw non-existent animals with magical powers into their lives.
What if our world actually had mythological creatures living in it? If so what would happen to our world if people found out about it? Would we take them into a lab and use them as experiments or leave them in their magical land? Or would the creatures kill us all and take over the world.
We would need proof that these animals are alive before we could figure out what we were going to do with them; unfortunately we do not have that. When you think about it though, all a unicorn is, is a horse with a horn on its head: it doesn’t have to be magical. Same with a dragon. All it is is a flying dinosaur, like a Pterodactyl...(that breaths fire.) Or a fairy... just a human mixed with a butterfly, shrunk down to five or six inches and then given magical powers that are scientifically impossible.
What would our community be like if we had magical creatures living with us? Would it be any different? Imagine walking home and having a bird poop on your head, now imagine that a Pegasus was flying over you when it had to poop...Not to pleasant. And trolls, if people feel bad when they accidentally hit a dog with their car, imagine how they’d feel if they hit a poor tiny troll! Our world would be chaotic unless there were some new laws. Fairies and Pixies would be buzzing around you all day telling you about all your flaws. The Phoenix would probably try to take over the land while the Kraken tried to take control of the seas. It seems like the only good thing that would come out of these creatures would be brownies. Not the chocolaty brownies people eat, but the tiny people that are the size of gnomes that live under your house. At night when everyone is asleep they clean your house for you and if you leave a broken toy or anything broken, by their little door, they will fix it. Plus, if you leave out the right ingredients the Brownies will bake you whatever they can using what you left out. So, not only do you have a sparkling clean house and a fixed toy when you wake up but you also have a nice yummy treat. Brownies are better than any house-keeper you could ever dream of having including Quanswela.
But, even with the amazing Brownies in mind, this world seems like it would be way to screwed up for a normal human mind to process if these mythological creatures were found and brought here. Besides, how do we even know that they would breathe air or drink water? We don’t. We don’t even know if they are alive. After thinking it over it seems like it’s a good thing that we don’t know if they exist or not because I think most peoples lives are crazy enough without having to throw non-existent animals with magical powers into their lives.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
PS3 vs. Xbox360
Almost all kids own some sort of game console. Right now the Xbox360 and the PS3 are the two main competitors. So, I want to figure out which one is better. I want one of these products because my old PS3 broke and I want something I can watch movies on and play games when I'm bored. Plus, it is entertaining to have some video games on a rainy day. I found a comparison chart by google searching “comparison chart Xbox360 vs. PS3” and found a website called wuup.co.uk. Which game system is the best?
What a lot of people don’t know is that while the Xbox and the PS3 are very different they have many similarities as well. The Xbox360 has 3 USB ports while the PS3 has only 2 but some older models have 4. Both have audio, video, and DVD/CD playback. The Play Station 3 has built in Bluray and the Xbox has an external HD drive via USB. Both can copy media to HDD but the Xbox can only copy audio via disk drive whereas the PS3 can copy audio and video from a flash drive or network. Both consoles have a messaging system and a voice chat and both have online play although while the PS3 just lets you play online, with the Xbox you have to have a gold Xbox live subscription.
A good hard drive is really important with game consoles. Both hard drives are upgradable. If you buy a PS3, the hard drive can range anywhere from 40 GB to 160 GB before its upgraded. The Xbox ranges from 20GB to 120GB before it’s upgraded. The PS3’s hard drive can be upgraded to 500GB and the Xbox’s hard drive can be upgraded to 120GB. The Play Station 3 has an internal power supply whereas the Xbox360 has an external power supply. Both have a wireless and an Ethernet connection, but only the Play Station 3 has a web browser.
When it comes to actually playing games, the PS3 has a motion sensor while the Xbox’s is sold separately. Both have a home guide button and triggers. But the PlayStation has more pressure sensitive buttons than the Xbox. They both come with a charge cable and have a PC connection. Both have a friends list and both have an avatar creator. With the Xbox you have to have an avatar whereas with the PS3 you don’t. They both have custom made themes but the Xbox doesn’t let the user make themes while the Play Station does. Both have an online store and both have download-able content. The main thing most people look at when they shop for a game console is the price. Luckily the Xbox and Play Station are in pretty much the same range. The PS3 can range from $200-$350 while the Xbox ranges from $200-$300.
Overall I think I like the Play Station 3 better. I really don’t need an extra USB port or HD gaming. The PlayStation 3 has more GB, free Internet, user-made themes, web browser, and blu-ray so it’s better for movies. To me it sounds like the extra $50 is kinda worth it. Plus, I'm more familiar with a PlayStation controler than a Xbox controler.
What a lot of people don’t know is that while the Xbox and the PS3 are very different they have many similarities as well. The Xbox360 has 3 USB ports while the PS3 has only 2 but some older models have 4. Both have audio, video, and DVD/CD playback. The Play Station 3 has built in Bluray and the Xbox has an external HD drive via USB. Both can copy media to HDD but the Xbox can only copy audio via disk drive whereas the PS3 can copy audio and video from a flash drive or network. Both consoles have a messaging system and a voice chat and both have online play although while the PS3 just lets you play online, with the Xbox you have to have a gold Xbox live subscription.
A good hard drive is really important with game consoles. Both hard drives are upgradable. If you buy a PS3, the hard drive can range anywhere from 40 GB to 160 GB before its upgraded. The Xbox ranges from 20GB to 120GB before it’s upgraded. The PS3’s hard drive can be upgraded to 500GB and the Xbox’s hard drive can be upgraded to 120GB. The Play Station 3 has an internal power supply whereas the Xbox360 has an external power supply. Both have a wireless and an Ethernet connection, but only the Play Station 3 has a web browser.
When it comes to actually playing games, the PS3 has a motion sensor while the Xbox’s is sold separately. Both have a home guide button and triggers. But the PlayStation has more pressure sensitive buttons than the Xbox. They both come with a charge cable and have a PC connection. Both have a friends list and both have an avatar creator. With the Xbox you have to have an avatar whereas with the PS3 you don’t. They both have custom made themes but the Xbox doesn’t let the user make themes while the Play Station does. Both have an online store and both have download-able content. The main thing most people look at when they shop for a game console is the price. Luckily the Xbox and Play Station are in pretty much the same range. The PS3 can range from $200-$350 while the Xbox ranges from $200-$300.
Overall I think I like the Play Station 3 better. I really don’t need an extra USB port or HD gaming. The PlayStation 3 has more GB, free Internet, user-made themes, web browser, and blu-ray so it’s better for movies. To me it sounds like the extra $50 is kinda worth it. Plus, I'm more familiar with a PlayStation controler than a Xbox controler.
Fablehaven and The Hunger Games Reviews
Fablehaven
Fabelhaven by Brandon Mull has been a very popular book lately. Probably because most kids are more into fantasy fiction books now days and this series has quite a bit of action mixed in as well. The characters were well written as well. Some had a happy ending and others not so much which just draws the readers attention into the book even more. How amazing was this book?
Pacing of a book is important. Honestly a book will bore me if the pacing is too slow or if it just keeps the same pace the whole book. In Fabelhaven the pacing speeds up and slows down, unfortunately I thought the author sped up and slowed down at the wrong times. Whenever the book would begin to get exciting and the action part would come into play the book would speed up and that part would be over about as quick as it started. Of course then the book slows down while the characters are plotting out what to do. Because of this pacing the book wasn’t very suspenseful, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t outstanding. The author did a brilliant job narrating the story other than the pacing and he was very descriptive with his characters and settings.
Plot lines are what makes a book really popular or really bad. In this case it made the book really vibrant. The plot kept you wanting to know what happened next. It wasn’t suspenseful but once you picked it up the book was hard to put down. I hate it when you’re reading a book and around halfway through you figure out what the main problem is and you already know how the book is going to end and how the main characters will solve their problem. In this book you can’t do that. You can think it through and maybe guess what they will do but you won’t completely know until the end of the book. This book has a lot of mythological creatures in it. It definitely would fall under a fiction/fantasy category which I love.
Out of five stars I give it a 4.5. I think that the book was really satisfying and I'd recommend it to anybody who likes those fiction/fantasy books like I do. There were only about 200 pages in it so it was kinda short but I still think it was a really reputable book.
The Hunger Games
What would it be like where you live in a world that kills you if your name is drawn from a bucket? That’s exactly what The Hunger Games is like. Of course, you have a chance to .live but at the cost of others lives. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about a girl who’s name gets drawn to participate in the games. The question is will she make it out alive? How captivating was this book?
Without a plot there is no story. The plot in The Hunger Games was really suspenseful. This book will definitely keep you wanting to read the rest of the book after about a chapter. The way Collins wrote everything was astonishing. She described practically everything so excellently that I could easily see what was going on in my head. The characters were all very vividly described. You could tell exactly what they looked like thanks to Collins.
The Hunger Games didn’t have much to do with fantasy but it could sort of be called a fiction book. Because it was set as an example of what might happen in the future if we don’t change. But of course, its all made up because no one is foolish enough to create a world like theirs.So it’s more a fiction book.
Over all i give this book a 4.9 out of 5 stars because it was really captivating. I would recommend this book to pretty much anyone.
Fabelhaven by Brandon Mull has been a very popular book lately. Probably because most kids are more into fantasy fiction books now days and this series has quite a bit of action mixed in as well. The characters were well written as well. Some had a happy ending and others not so much which just draws the readers attention into the book even more. How amazing was this book?
Pacing of a book is important. Honestly a book will bore me if the pacing is too slow or if it just keeps the same pace the whole book. In Fabelhaven the pacing speeds up and slows down, unfortunately I thought the author sped up and slowed down at the wrong times. Whenever the book would begin to get exciting and the action part would come into play the book would speed up and that part would be over about as quick as it started. Of course then the book slows down while the characters are plotting out what to do. Because of this pacing the book wasn’t very suspenseful, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t outstanding. The author did a brilliant job narrating the story other than the pacing and he was very descriptive with his characters and settings.
Plot lines are what makes a book really popular or really bad. In this case it made the book really vibrant. The plot kept you wanting to know what happened next. It wasn’t suspenseful but once you picked it up the book was hard to put down. I hate it when you’re reading a book and around halfway through you figure out what the main problem is and you already know how the book is going to end and how the main characters will solve their problem. In this book you can’t do that. You can think it through and maybe guess what they will do but you won’t completely know until the end of the book. This book has a lot of mythological creatures in it. It definitely would fall under a fiction/fantasy category which I love.
Out of five stars I give it a 4.5. I think that the book was really satisfying and I'd recommend it to anybody who likes those fiction/fantasy books like I do. There were only about 200 pages in it so it was kinda short but I still think it was a really reputable book.
The Hunger Games
What would it be like where you live in a world that kills you if your name is drawn from a bucket? That’s exactly what The Hunger Games is like. Of course, you have a chance to .live but at the cost of others lives. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about a girl who’s name gets drawn to participate in the games. The question is will she make it out alive? How captivating was this book?
Without a plot there is no story. The plot in The Hunger Games was really suspenseful. This book will definitely keep you wanting to read the rest of the book after about a chapter. The way Collins wrote everything was astonishing. She described practically everything so excellently that I could easily see what was going on in my head. The characters were all very vividly described. You could tell exactly what they looked like thanks to Collins.
The Hunger Games didn’t have much to do with fantasy but it could sort of be called a fiction book. Because it was set as an example of what might happen in the future if we don’t change. But of course, its all made up because no one is foolish enough to create a world like theirs.So it’s more a fiction book.
Over all i give this book a 4.9 out of 5 stars because it was really captivating. I would recommend this book to pretty much anyone.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Technology Post
I have an iPod touch that i use a lot for music and games. I dropped it once and it cracked and somebody cracked it even more and its really slow and old so i want a new one. I have 3 t.v's in my house. a Nintendo d.s. and a game boy and a playstation2 and 3 but our p.s. 3 broke. And i have a DVD player and a play station portable and a Wii. my parents have two cell phones and i never really use any of it. Oh, and i have a radio which is the only thing i use besides my iPod. The rest nobody uses anymore because its really old and boring now.
In ten years anything could happen like, every kid just has like iPads the size of like a regular notebook and they use that to write on and turn in essay's and study and stuff and in 50 years i have no idea what technology will be like but since i'll probably be alive in 50 years i'll find out then.
In ten years anything could happen like, every kid just has like iPads the size of like a regular notebook and they use that to write on and turn in essay's and study and stuff and in 50 years i have no idea what technology will be like but since i'll probably be alive in 50 years i'll find out then.
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