Senior Trip

The Senior Trip was yesterday and it was a lot of fun, I got to hang out with friends all day and go on some rides. Even though it rained for like half of it, I tried to make the best of it. It was the first time that I went to Hershey Park and it was definitely a trip I remember. The worst was getting to the front of a line and then having the ride close, or even worse being on the ride, ready to start and then it closes. Although you do not need to ride rollercoasters to have fun, I had a great time hanging out with friends and not being in school. Also I think that it is a curse that for every senior trip that it has top rain, or maybe it just seems like that. It was still a great time and meaning that the seniors are one day closer to graduating.

Kan Jam

In gym this marking period I am doing life time games and one of the games is Kan Jam. Kan Jam is so much fun and probably the best games out of all of them. For those of you that do not know what it is, you have two cans, a frisbee and  a partner and throw the Frisbee to your partner to either hit the can, slam it in the top or slot it. It is a great game to play in the summer with friends out in the sun and can be played by almost anyone. I use to play it at camp all the time and loved it, it was so much fun to play with a group on friends and to see what team who do the best. We had games to see who was the best Kan Jammer in the cabin and would even play it at night, making it more challenging. The other lifetime games are fun but I think that Kam Jam is clearly the best one of them all.

Gale vs Peeta

So after recent discussions with other people who have read the Hunger Games books a topic came up about who is the better person, whether it was Gale or Peeta. Some people, you know who you are, think that Peeta is better than Gale because he is nicer and better for Katniss, this however is not true and Peeta got lucky to have Katniss. He did not have the courage to talk to her before the reaping and afterwards the only reason he did was because he was going to die. Gale on the other hand is independent and knows Katniss better than Peeta does and has always been there for her, while Peeta is lucky to be alive. Also Peeta surprised Katniss with the whole in love with her thing and therefore almost tricked her into liking him because they had to for the audience and to survive. If it was not for that, they would have never met and he would have died. I am not saying that Peeta is a bad person I am just saying that Gale is clearly better; he can hunt, survive and support a family while Peeta can bake bread and hide in mud.

Prom

So prom was over the weekend, and of course I went and it was a lot of fun. Got to dance and show my dance moves, while people mostly just watched. The food there was good, which is what really matters to most of the guys there. Sorry Spalding i was not looking at all of the prom dresses so I can't tell you which one was the best. The after prom is where the party really starts, and you can tell that is what the guys were waiting for, the games, the show and the prizes. The games were fun, it was able to keep a bunch of kids entertain at the early hours of the morning. Now the prizes, they were great, but like last year i was not called up until near the end so I ended up getting the best of the worst. Overall I can't complain I won 2 shirts, a homer trojans coffee mug, a Nazareth water bottle, a hat, some tissues, a free taco at taco bell, and a blanket. I had such a good time, even a better time than last year, mostly because of the people i went with.

Importance of Index of Refraction

Okay so lets say you are stranded on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, right? All you have is your clothes which are torn from the shipwreck, no food.... no water...things aren’t looking good. So you decide to venture into the jungle in search of food better and find berries but what if they’re poisonous? Better not take a chance and eat them. You could end up dead in a matter of minutes so instead you decide to break a branch off a tree and create a spear since all you can manage to find are berries. You spend hours perfectly making it until its exactly how you want it then, you walk out into the water and start to look for fish you see one, aim your spear at it, and almost strike BUT WAIT you remember that the index of refraction is 1.33 that means that light is refracted in water, so you’ll have to readjust your aim before you try to stab the fish, since you remembered the importance of refraction, you caught the fish and were able to survive until you were rescued. The End.

Track Meet

Homer had a track meet today in Ithaca, and it was all relays which means one person runs their race and then hand it off to someone else to run and that goes on for 4 people. I ran the 4x1600, where each person runs a mile and I ran my leg in 5:26, not my best but I am happy with it. I also ran the DMR, which is a 1200-400-800-1600; I finished the 800 in a time of 2:22, a personal best for me. It is also fun watching all the other relays, the one I think is really fun to watch are the shuttle hurdles, where one person runs 100 meters over hurdles and when the cross the line another person runs in the other direction and does the same in the opposite direction, it is interesting to watch to say the least. Also to support your team is a lot of fun, cheering them on seeing them sprint it out on the final 100 meters with another runner. Even though it is always cold for track meets it seems, we make the best of it and just bring blankets and wear about 10 layers, and it also seems crazy to run around the track 4 times as fast as you can for fun, but I love it. It is a challenge and even when you get beat, you can still beat your pervious time or just the feeling that you gave it all. It is a time to show everyone what you got, and what you have worked for, standing on the line seeing the official lift the gun, and everything is quiet and the nerves sink in. BANG! I am off and running and forgetting about everything else and just running thinking how fast can I run this one, I run my race, giving it all I can and then feeling like crap after and feeling so good at the same time. That's why I run.

College

With all of the seniors deciding on colleges and slowly beginning to hope that the summer will be here and then college, the seniors are beginning not to care about schoolwork as much. It is hard to focus on high school when we are always thinking about college and learning about new topics and experiencing new things. Since I made the choice to go to Nazareth college I have been so excited to get out of high school and this town and finally get some freedom that I believe I deserve. Most people believe that college is just going to be more school, but it is much more than that, it is a chance to really learn what you want to do with your life. It also gives students a chance to become independent, since most children have had their parents do a lot for them. College is a chance to start over, to just be yourself and be free.