next year

My plans are to go into the army to make money to get into college. i also think that it would be a great expierence for me, and that i would learn alot from the army. Another main reason that i want to join is so i can get out of this town. I really want to get out of here as soon as possible.
I will give me training that may be necissicary, if there is a draft, to stay alive. I have no desire to get caught with my pants down. It will just be a very good idea for me so i can financially support myself throughout college.

wall street

i dont think that we should bail them out because it is coming out of the taxpayers pocket, for something that will not exactly benifit them greatly. It is an excessive amount, and might be acceptable if it was not such a steep price. It is also their fault, so i dont se why the average person should have to bail them out. The fact that they're paying interest is a plus, but still doesnt make it okay.

Binge Drinking

I believe that we should lower the drinking age to 18 for several reason, first and formost, if you can die for your country at the age of 18, you should be able to drink alcohol. It's just stupid to have that as a rule.

Also, it would make drinking less of a big deal, and they would not be as reckless as if it was illegal, simply because they wouldnt have to hide it and be sneaky about it. It should be incorporated as young as possible in order to take, the "wildness" out of it.

Also, in other countries, it is looked down upon to be drunk in public, and people follow this "social rule" because thats how they feel. If we wernt so uptight about ceartin things, drinking wouldnt be such a mysterious thing that youths would seek after.

Kids would be also getting into less trouble, because there would be less laws to break. It would lower the crime rate significantly. They would have less chances to get themselves in trouble and screw up their futures, messing up scolarships etc.

They also would not drink so much at once because they would not be confined to a single drinking activity, they would be able to whenever they wanted.

Gas Addiction

We have started on a few alternate energy plans, but we aren't as far along as we should be. We need to dedicate more time and energy to this instead of things that are less important to our nation. My family has stopped going into town as much, and i have to get rides when i want to go places. We have always used our fireplace for heating, or my mom uses out heater when she gets cold. Our best alternative would be to either stop messing around and being stopped by red tape and just take over iraq so we can concentrate on a new energy source or figure out something that will be cheap and efficent.

Thoughts on the LHC

I do not beleve that it is worth the risk at all. it is took big of an investment, with too many potential extremely hazardous concequences. On one end, if they're right, then alot of religions will become extremely angry and there will be extreme chos. If they're wrong, then they just wasted over 5 billion dollars on a machine that doesn't work.

There is also the possibility that if the scientists are wrong, that they could possibly make a black hole, and destroy the earth. It just seems to me a very illogical endeavor, and that modern day scientists aren't thinking about the concequences of their actions. Apparantly it rocket scientists aren't as smart as we thought.

Sir Maleagant

Sir Maleagant was a very small villain in the legend of King Arthur, however he was important because he was one of the first of Lancelot's quests, and of of his first parts in Arthurian history. He became less popular with the appearance of Mordrid, but appears in most accounts of the kidnapping of Guinevere. The story goes that he kidnaps Guinevere, but is found and killed by Lancelot, with the help of Gawain. He is based on a historical King of Glastening called Melwas, and was actually an origional Knight of the Round that nobody liked.

heroes

jonny depp is one of my heros because what he's done is something that i would strive to do woth my own life. Even though HIs life dodnt go exactly as he wanted, he did something that made him happy, and he exceled at it. He is admired everywhere that he goes, and will be remembered long after he has passed.

My uncle eddie is a hero of mine because he also has something that i partioally want to eventually have. he joined the military right after school and he got to see the world, meet some amazing people, and do spectacular things on his own. After he was done, he settled down and has a nice family, and does what he loves for a living, and ejoys geting up in the morning.

My brother is also a hero of mine, Solon. my older brother isnt well known among my friends because he moves out my 8th grade/freshman summer, and nobody got to meet him. he's a hero of mine because no mater how much trouble he causes, or how many people he pisses off, he will always fight for what he thinks is right. he will not back down, and will do anything for the people that he cares about.

Grendel

Beowulf

1st. blog entry: Beowulf is the 1st english hero. what does he learn from his battle with Grendel and his mother?

In his battles with Grendel and his mother, Beowulf learns that there is always a more menacing monster, no how grusome the last monster is. He learns that he can overcome any obstacle, because he is Beowulf. Others may have limited options, but because of his "divine favor" as he calls it, he is not beatable. I know it's not said exactly like that, but thats the gist of it.
I also believe that he did so well was because he was alot smarter that all the others and thought outside of the box, not just charging with a sword. He didn't even have a sword, he went bare handed, because of his "Divine favor" trip, but we'll overlook that minor detail.
He also learned that his journey will never be over, until the day he dies, because the people will always need their savior, and their hero.