What could it be?

Your head is spinning…your body is shaking…your heart is racing…what can it be? It’s the anticipation and the anxiety that most receive from roller coasters.

I love roller coasters. They are something that puts so much fear into you and you get this intense adrenaline rush that eventually turns into a great feeling for people who like roller coasters. Going slowly up the coaster you have a pit in your stomach because you know the time is coming soon when you’ll have to plunge down a good fifty feet or sometimes less or more. The drop is feels like you’re plunging to your death, but you’re of not.

I get a great feeling like I can do anything after coming off a roller coaster. They could be really scary sometimes, but after it’s over you get a real feeling of accomplishment of some sort.

There are some great roller coasters out there and I’ve only had a chance to experience a few, but the few I had gone on were unbelievably fun. I have been on the Incredible Hulk, Dueling Dragons, The Cyclone, El Toro, Superman: Ultimate Flight, Kingda Ka, Medusa, Nitro, Batman, Scream Machine, and Rolling Thunder. All these coasters are unique in their own way. You get a different experience on all of them from whether there are lots of loops or lots of turns or neither of those.

My favorite coaster presently is Nitro. Nitro is an awesome roller coaster that has no loops, but plenty of fast swift turns and a frightening drop, which is my favorite part of the ride. The drop is my favorite part because you literally almost fall out of you’re seat with how steep the drop is and it feels like its going forever. Plus this has to be one of the scariest roller coasters I have been on, which you feel like you aren’t safe in your seat. The best seat on this ride is the front. It’s a scary ride in the front, but for me the scarier the better. I love it though I can’t get enough of that feeling when you’re dropping, and you get that fast wind in your face.

Roller coasters are a blast and sort of a hobby for me. I like to go on the fastest,tallest coasters that have the most loops and turns possible.

The Best Feeling Ever!

I love to do community service when I can. It is something that brings me warmth and happiness knowing I am doing something for someone else. Doing something little for a little amount of time seems like it doesn’t help at all, but I really think it really does. I had a great experience volunteering at the Light the Night Walk that I will not forget.

At the Light the Night Walk there were so many great things going on, but one thing I remember the most was the people that were coming in to walk. I remember this because that day I saw lots of sad faces and lots of happy faces. The sad faces were on people who lost someone very important to them from a blood cancer and the happy faces were one of survivors. That day many emotions were stirred up and it was a very meaningful day to respect loved one who have fought with cancer and won and the many that were being remembered because they fought to the very best of they’re ability. This overall was very memorable for me because my mom had a type of cancer in the blood and she was one of the fighters and winners. That day I could sense the feelings of why the walk is something important to them and I can relate to all of them remembering the good and bad that came and went with the diseases that one has suffered.

Another memorable experience at the Night the Light Walk was blowing up the balloons for the event. This was a great experience because I have never done anything with the Light the Night Walk before and I didn’t know how many people came out to support it, so by blowing up thousands of balloons some for the survivors and others for supporters, I got a great sense of how great of a thing people are doing, just blowing up balloons and realizing that there were many people and more are planning to show up. It was amazing seeing being able to hand out balloons to the survivors. You get a great view of the courageous and thankful people who have almost lost everything.

This was an unforgettable experience that I will always remember. I had a lot of happy times helping out, but also sad times seeing some wear t-shirts of lost loved ones. Overall this made a strong impact on me and I continue to go help out at the Light the Night Walks each year that I can hopefully attend.

The Good and the Bad

Families are the greatest things in the world. They love you, they hate, they fight with you, but most of all they are always there for you. I love my family very much. They are a special part of me that I hope will never change. There are two specific people in my family that have been through a lot, fighting for their life and to death with having so much accomplished. I am very proud to be apart of my family because of these two people, these two people being my grandfather and my mother.

My grandfather started his life in Italy and came to America with very little looking for a better life just like everyone else was. Unlike most the people that couldn’t find a better life, my grandfather did, by working hard. He started out in the pizza business not knowing anything, and learned how to do everything and eventually owned his own pizzeria with one of his close friends. Being an extremely dedicated worker he worked so much that I hardly ever saw him, but I made time to see him every week, even though he came home late at night. My grandfather worked so hard all for his family.

A few years ago I lost my grandfather to cancer. For a few short months he struggled for his life and it was very hard on everyone. It saddens me every time I think about him, but I try to think of the happy memories I was able to share with him. I remember a few times when he would let me help out in his pizzeria, showing me and letting me make pizza. It made me so happy being able to help him. I am very proud of my grandfather because of how he struggled in life with little choices available and then worked to succeed in both business and family. My grandfathers pizzeria is still open today as it’s been for the past thirty years or so and I would love to accomplish something as big as his pizzeria.

My mom is so special to me because she has fought for her life about eight years ago when she was diagnosed with cancer. I was little when she was diagnosed so I didn’t understand much about cancer, but I knew enough to know that my mom was in trouble and that I needed her. My mom used to do everything for my brothers and I so we knew we couldn’t lose her. My mom is the only one we could depend on and she tries to depend on us, but we usually fail, so I admire her for being able to do so. With the good and bad memories that came and went, I am so very thankful that I am sharing more great memories with my mom now. I believe my mom has accomplished so much taking care of us and protecting us three kids by herself, while also trying to take care of herself.

Luckily I was able to share fun memories with both my mother and my grandfather before either one of them got cancer. In the summer of 1999 my grandfather took everyone to Disney World in Florida. It is memorable because it was the first time I had ridden on an airplane and the first time going to Florida and Disney World. I felt scared at first riding on the plane, but then I sat back and watched a movie and before I knew it I started seeing beautiful palm trees for the first time. I remember the fun we had on all the rides in Disney and the wonderful walks we took looking at things we had never seen before. One specific thing I remember about this great vacation was this cool adventurous mini golf course we went to. It was an awesome golf course with lots of interesting holes, where you had to go around things and wait for things to move out of the way in order to shoot. At the end of the game I remember a big oyster shell hole where you had to make a shot in the oysters opening and closing mouth and the best part was that my older brother and I did it and won a free games. It was such an amazing trip and I’m glad I got to enjoy it with my mother and grandfather, while things were still okay.

Clueless???

I am having a lot of trouble deciding what career path I will eventually choose after college, so I recently took a personality test to see where I place in the world. I still had no idea from the test what I wanted to do, but I had quite some interesting options (according to my personality anyway).

I have learned that I have an ISFP personality, which states that I am good with children, animals, and people. I like caring for others as well as caring about myself and the things I do. I also like being original and not being a leader or a follower. There are quite a few jobs that people with this personality could enjoy; they are a teacher, social worker, artist, designer, pediatrician, and a chef. The three jobs I think I can take on are a teacher, designer, and a pediatrician.

I think I can take on being a teacher because I can be patient and I always like to be helpful. I would like knowing that I am teaching kids something that they will have to know the rest of their life. Its nice looking back and realizing, oh I’m glad Mrs._______ taught me that. I always loved school since I was little, I never hated it. I was eager to learn new things and to do new things. Being a teacher was one option I thought of but don’t think I will pursue. I feel like I need a bigger career.

I think I could become a designer because I love creating new things that appeal to the eye. I love seeing something new and different that hasn’t been seen before so I think I could have fun with a job such as designing. Designing seems to have no boundaries, you can take it as far as you could and I think I would like that aspect of the job. I love dealing with color and symmetry and abstract things, its all-just fun and I think that’s what attracts me to it. With designing you could go one way and do something that’s very symmetrical or do something very abstract. But whatever you pick both are extraordinary in their own way. I think the fact that you can be right if you do something a different way each time attracts me to the job. I think I would love to pursue a job in designing.

I think I would be able to take on the job of a pediatrician because I am interested in health and love children, so what better job to have then to help children with their health. I’ve always loved kids probably cause I love being one, which is why I think I can handle this job. I like kids outlook on things and I like the way kids try to handle themselves. They want to seem invincible and do a very good job at trying to accomplish that. That’s why I would probably enjoy caring for the children so I could help keep them invincible for as long as possible.

All in all I’m still clueless and I hope I come up with a clear vision of what I want to be soon.

Steriods Again?

I’m not pleased at all to have recently found out that in baseball steroids are still a big issue and that the players haven’t learned not to take them, after several incidents of old steroid use occurred a few time already. The recent report of a major amount of baseball players using steroids is very disappointing me. According to ESPN and newspapers I have heard that about thirty MLB players have been found to use steroids of some kind. The players that have possessed this drug may become suspended, unlike before when players were tested positive and had no serious penalties. They only had a brief suspension.

I thought to become a professional athlete meant that you were a talented hard worker who earned a deserved spot on a team, but I m coming to realize a lot of them are cheating and I don’t like it. I am a big sport fan and to see this is disappointing. I just hope to find out in the upcoming release of some big names of steroid users or growth hormone users doesn’t turn out to be players I admire dearly. I put so much hope, loyalty, love and belief out there, when watching some of my favorite players and to possibly find out they abused their privilege of being a professional baseball player would be devastating to me, as I’m sure to many others. Some of the main people I love to watch because I think they are true professional of the game of baseball are Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Roger Clemens, Jorge Posada, and Johnny Damon, as well s a few others. I truly hope that they are not cheats, which I don’t think the are, and hopefully all will be well with all my favorites, so that I am not left HEARTBROKEN.

Baseball with the Bronx Bombers

Baseball is a game of intensity.
Baseball is a game of tranquility.
Baseball is a game of patience.
Baseball is a game of concentration.
Baseball is a game of physical strength.
Baseball is a game of mental strength.
Baseball is a game that you could hate one second and love the next.
Baseball is my favorite sport to watch.
Baseball is a game I treasure.
Baseball to me means the New York Yankees.

The New York Yankees are very important to me. They are something I have been passionate about since I was a little girl. They are a thing of my childhood that has made amazing memories, since about 1996. 1996 was a time when I first started learning of the game of baseball. I first learned of the game of baseball at my grandmother’s house as I was trying to stay a distance from my older brother so that we wouldn’t fight. I would drift away from the boring conversation of the adults and go to the couch and television where my uncle sat to watch the Yankees. I would sit with him and watch uninterested, but I sat and heard my uncle cheering, I became more interested in finding out what he was cheering for. I began to learn that every time a pinstriped player hit a ball that wasn’t caught, was a time for cheering. I would then ask question about what the point of the game was and I slowly began to learn and love the game and the Yankees. Each time now, (which was almost every night) when I went to my grandmother’s house my first and last stop would be at the couch to watch the game with my uncle.

As the baseball season went on in 96’ and I knew the basics of the game, I learned that October was a very important time for baseball, and this year it was especially important for the Yankees. The Yankees made it into what I now know is called the postseason. I knew that this meant the Yankees had a chance of becoming champions of baseball. So as the Yankees battled successfully through the postseason, they finally came down to battling the Atlanta Braves to get their chance at becoming champs. I don’t remember vividly about who had the lead in the series or anything like that, all I remember is the awesome celebration after watching the Yankees become champions. I remember the cheers and shouts of excitement from many of my family members, after watching the game together. Times like this are some of the happiest memories I had when I was little. The Yankees made some good memories for my family and I and I hope their will be future memories, even though the Yankees haven’t done that as great this last few years as they had done in 1996.

After the celebration of the Yankees winning the World Series in 1996, I learned that there was a Yankee parade. I had no idea that the Yankees got a parade for winning a game of baseball, but it excited me, and when I found out my uncle was taking me I grew ecstatic. Going to this parade for the first and definitely not the last time I didn’t know what to expect, so when I got there and saw the players that I now knew after watching many games, I looked on with a blank stare. I was in shock to see the very players I watched on T.V., right in front of me. Besides that great part of the parade I never knew of such a celebration where you get showered with shredded paper flying out of the tall building surrounding you and where toilet paper was used to throw around in celebration. I loved this whole atmosphere and I wouldn’t trade this parade in for any other. All of this combined is how I grew to LOVE the Yankees and no matter how horrible they’re doing I will always be a faithful Yankee fan and I will wait how ever long it takes for the Yankees to win another World Series title, so that I could go to my favorite parade in the entire world.

Kids are the Paparazzi?

I recently read an article titled Just One More Before Bedtime! This article is about two young teens who have been spending late nights out around Los Angeles looking for celebrities, so they can photograph them. The 15 year old Blaine Hewison and his 14 year old friend Austin Visschedyk have found taking pictures of celebrities quite entertaining and have concluded that they can profit off of the photographs. These two teens are so serious about this that Blaine actually has his own photography company, which is called Pint Sized Paparazzi. Austin has been payed for photos he has sold to The Daily News, and OK! magazine, and Blaine recently was paid $500 for a picture of Britney Spears.

I found this article interesting because I never would have thought a picture I saw in a magazine was taken from a 14 or 15-year-old kid. I can’ t believe these kids are out there taken these photographs after so many stories have been told and seen of paparazzi getting abused by celebrities. In fact Austin and Blaine have said they have been attacked. Austin has said that he has had his camera ripped out of his hands by singer Erykah Badu and Blaine has been pushed to the ground by a bouncer.

Today I have learned that paparazzi are not a job not only for adults, but also unfortunately for innocent kids with a hobby. I believe this job is NOT fit for kids. What do you think?


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/fashion/07kids.html?_r=1&oref=slogin