Reflections on Blogging

Blogging has been an experience.  I didn't hate it and it meant easy points in this class, but I didn't enjoy it either.  I guess I just don't see the appeal.  Too think that some people make money from this is astonishing.  To each his own I guess.  Enjoy this picture of Mario because I think that video games represent me.  This will be the last time you hear from me, so goodbye, for the final time.

Memorial Day

I didn't do anything for Memorial Day, it was just an extra day off for me.  The first official Memorial Day was on May 5, 1868.  Many cities claim to have started it, but none of them can really prove it.  The day is all about remembering those who have died fighting for our country.  Fun fact, the south celebrated it on a different day until after the first world war because that's when it was changed from celebrating those who fought in the civil war to those who fought in any war.  The more you know!

National Month For ???

I will never understand why there is a need to celebrate so much random stuff.  For example, apparently May alone contains holidays like "Scurvy Awareness Day", "National Lost Sock Memorial Day", and "Lucky Penny Day".  I just cannot comprehend it.  I doubt many people celebrate them, but there are always those people who take this stuff too seriously.  Since we're already celebrating completely random stuff, let's celebrate watches this month! Why not? Everyone wear a watch all month for no reason at all.  Why are people so weird...

Violence on TV

TV shows are sometimes violent.  I would go into a ton of detail but at this point I've pretty much stopped watching TV.  Why watch TV when you could go on the internet?  If I were to give an example of a violent TV show, I think CSI.  The show where they solve murder cases and has a ton of spin offs.  They don't go into great detail when it comes to the actual violence, but they show the dead bodies and stuff.

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo, or fifth of May, is a celebration of Mexico's victory over France in the Battle of Puebla.  However, it is a relatively minor holiday in Mexico.  The U.S. is where it got popular and began to celebrate Mexican heritage.  In my opinion, it has gotten bigger than it should have.  Many battles have been fought, but you don't celebrate every battle that has ever happened. 

Prom

Prom is...something.  You pay your life's savings to spend a night a gym full of people standing around.  I don't see the appeal of that, I'd rather spend my night alone and not be broke afterwards.  I will never understand why people make such a big deal out of it.  "Woo!  Let's stand in a warm room and drink punch and stuff! Yeah!"  It just doesn't make sense.

Earth Day

To me, Earth day is just like any other day.  It's not a big deal for me. Here are some interesting facts about Earth Day.  Earth Day

was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1970.  Senator Gaylord Nelson started Earth Day in the U.S.  In 2011, 28 million trees were planted in Afghanistan on Earth Day.  To help celebrate, plant a tree, maybe plant two trees.  Anything that you do helps.

Spring Break

My spring break was pretty uneventful.  The most interesting day was Easter because people visited us.  There was a huge breakfast that was delicious.  Then we were bored so we decided to do an egg hunt, which made me feel like breaking something by the end of it.  I am never letting my uncle be in charge of that again.  That was about it though, I really need to do more next year.

National Pencil Day

The modern "yellow pencil" was made in the 1890s.  They were painted yellow to show that the graphite used in them came from China.  There are many people that helped to create what we use today, a some of them being Joseph Dixon and Eberhard Faber.  I prefer pencils over pens because they make it easy to fix any mistakes you may have made, sure graphite smears easier, but in my opinion, it is superior.  I mean, just look at that awesome picture!  I have only one question.  Why is National Pencil Day a thing? There are too many holidays...

information from
http://pencils.com/why-are-pencils-yellow/
http://pencils.com/pencil-history/

GPA

Today I feel like talking about GPA.  For the few people who don't know what that is, it stands for grade point average.  The other day, my class got our transcripts, which had our GPA on them.  Right now, I am tied for second.  My friend Jacob and I are tied at 3.98, while the person in first has a 4.0.  That's all fine and dandy, but why is it set up this way?  Why is it out of four? Why is it that having one A- can reduce your grade and ruin your chances of being top of your class?  Why is it that I am currently in Pre-Calculus, a class that is definitely harder than the class the person with a 4.0 has, yet I am not being credited for that? Right now, there can be someone in geometry and someone in Calculus in my grade.  Yet they will have the same GPA.  They are very clearly on different levels, but they have the same score.  Yes, they fix this problem for those who take advanced classes by allowing you to get up to a 4.2, but that is only for certain classes.  There is still a difference, but they have nothing to show for it.  This is a problem that needs to be fixed.

Portrait Pictures

A good portrait picture can be difficult to get.  You want good light levels, the right area has to be in focus, there is more that goes into it than many think.  You have to carefully stage things, make sure that the camera is set correctly, it takes more than just a few seconds to get a "professional" look.  I believe that the two images that are included are examples of good portait pictures.  Their faces are well lit, they are in focus, and most importantly, they look good.  This is what a good portait picture looks like.