N1- SPRING into Spring!

  Well, although spring isn't my favorite season, it is definitely a nice break from the freezing cold weather we endure during the winter. I cannot explain how much I hate the cold weather. It's nice at the beginning of winter, before Christmas that is, but after that it should just skip to beautiful weather. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen so we'll just have to deal with this transition into warm or cold weather. Anyways I like spring because it gets to be nice enough weather where I can change my outfits up a little more than wearing hoodies and sweatpants. I can actually wear shorts or jeans for once in my life. Also, spring occurs throughout May. Actually, spring goes from March 20th or 21st to June 20th or 21st and summer goes until September 21st. Mr. Currin revealed that this is how he can get away with telling people his birthday is during the summer, when in actuality, it's September 15th. I'm sorry, I'm not very motivated right now and I'm putting random facts on this blog because I can't think of anything else to write about spring. I think the reason I'm not focused is because Justin Bieber is being talked about because of his new song "Boyfriend." It's actually really good and I think I might purchase it on the itunes. I also think that the chorus sounds similar to Justin Timberlake, whom I love. Anyways, I also think I'm distracted by the Macbeth video being shown with Jordan Hall trying to show that he's paying attention, when he really isn't. I also am distracted by the Dodgeball tournament that is occurring today at 5:30. I think its going to be pretty exciting because the teams are all very good. Honestly I hope the Freshman class wins because they are the underdogs and I think that would be hilarious if they won.     

N2- Interview with Bill Penny

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                                                                          Penny

  Obviously, many of you know that Bill Penny is the Bulldog's lead reporter and writes the "Teacher Feature" column at The Bulldog student newspaper. Fortunately, Bill Penny had time to share a few facts about himself before pursuing yet another life threatening article story. When faced with the question relating to his favorite dinosaur, he responded with "Pass, next question." I realized this was a normal response because that question was pretty challenging, so I moved on the next question which was "What do you want to be or where do you want to go after high school?" Bill Penny then responded yet again with, "Pass, next question." This confused me and made me wonder if Bill Penny was going to answer any of my questions. When I confronted him about this he became very defensive and almost threw a chair at another interviewing group of reporters. I got a little scared, but after about ten minutes he calmed down. Then I asked him if he had a best friend, and he replied Gavin Laben because he was the first person Bill met when he came to Alden. Gavin also lives across the street from Bill Penny, which adds to their friendship bond. Now I don't want to confuse anyone and make them think that Gavin is Bill Penny's only friend. Bill Penny has multiple friends, but has Gavin as his best friend. Now that that's cleared up, I asked what his favorite subject is in school and why. Bill answered math class, but only algebra, like mental math. I thought to myself that math includes other components like trigonometry and geometry, but Bill Penny added that algebra was the only part he enjoyed because he is good at it. Then after this debate on mathematics, I asked the question "What is your favorite song/ band right now?" He replied the band Avett Brothers was the "bee's knee's" and his favorite song was "Laundry Room" because it is good. This was the last of the questions I asked Bill Penny, so I went back to the first two questions. After asking the first question about dinosaurs for a second time, Bill Penny answered, "Pass, next question" once again, and I got a little nervous. I asked the question about what he wants to be for a second time, and I surprisingly got a calm response. Bill wants to be an accountant in the future, but plans on taking the first year off. Once this question went over smoothly, I tried asking the dinosaur question for a third time. After about three minutes of deep thought, he finally replied, "Pterodactyl" because everyone thinks it's a bird, but it's really a dinosaur. I have to be honest in saying that this interview had to be the most productive interview I've ever encountered and it made me understand Bill Penny a lot more.    

M3-Really?

Really? Why would you ever text and drive? People know what can happen and they just do it anyways. It really bothers me. Plus I don't understand how they can text and drive. I mean I have a hard time changing the radio station without swerving. I can't even look at my phone when I'm driving. It's just really annoying when I'm trying to drive peacefully and I see someone not paying attention to the road. In an article recently sent to the class, I read this portion and found it very interesting. "The typical time it took a driver who was not texting to respond to the flashing light was one to two seconds. But when the driver was texting, the reaction time extended to three to four seconds, and the texting motorist was 11 times more likely to miss a flashing light altogether" (Forsyth). Really? This should be proof enough that people should stop texting and driving. My sister, Andi, is probably the worst offenders. She's gotten better, but she was becoming one of those people. So not only does she text while she drives, but she speeds as well. I literally can't be a passenger in her car because I get so nervous. I ask her to stop texting and she pretty much says that she does this all the time and she's really good at it. Really Andi? That's not something to be proud of!I even offer to text for her so she doesn't text, but she claims it's a private conversation. What's so important that you have to text that person right away? I mean you can wait until you get home or to your destination? No text is that important. I don't care if Angelina Jolie texted you saying she wants you to be in her next movie. It's not worth possibly losing your life, or ending someone else's...plus that text would probably be fake.

M2- Sooooo Embarrassed!

Okay so I spent the entire class Wednesday trying to think of an embarrassing moment, but I just couldn't come up with a quality one. But thank goodness I went to the Sabres game that day, or else the most embarrassing moment of my life wouldn't have occurred. By the way, the Sabres won the game in overtime, no big deal. Anyways, the setting was Washington street, next to a random building which I don't know the name of. There was also a lovely aroma in the air. At first I thought it was the smell of Honey Nut Cheerios, but my dad mentioned Lucky Charms and I quickly changed my mind. Although this has nothing to do with what happened, I felt it needed to be said. Anyways, back to the embarrassing story. My dad and I were speed walking down the street, and there were a few people behind us, but not super close. So as we were walking, I get the awesome idea (at the time it was more awesome) to Hardcore Parkoure on the side of the building. For those who don't know what Hardcore Parkoure is, it was on the T.V. show The Office, although it was known before The Office. it's where the main purpose is to move from place to place by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping on walls, buildings, or any place that is impossible for people to climb. This makes these Parkourers pretty hardcore, thus the Hardcore Parkour. Now I'm not a legitimate Parkourer. I'm The Office version of a Parkourer, where I just jump off walls and reach a maximum height of like nineteen inches. Anyways, I chose to do this off the building my dad and I were walking by. So I jump off the wall that's to my left and I say "HARDCORE PARKOUR" relatively loud. However, as I begin to land on my right foot, my sprained ankle from volleyball came back to haunt me and it completely gave out, and I pulled an "Austin Hopcia" and fell completely on my side. It wasn't even that awkward until the people who were walking behind us came up and were like, "Oh my gosh are you okay?" and I literally sprang up and speed walked away saying "Um, I'm fine..." Then my dad started laughing hysterically. It was pretty embarrassing, but it does make a good memory!

L3- Angry!

I'm not going to lie, I'm a very angry person. A lot of things and people make me very frustrated. I can't list all of them because there are too many. I've narrowed it down to the top seven things that make me angry. I'll start from number seven and work my way up. So number seven is being yelled at when I'm trying to pay attention to a Girls' Modified Basketball game. It's really upsetting when you're trying to volunteer and help out and you begin to get screamed at for starting the time two seconds late. I'm just saying there's a little, no, a lot of frustration. Anyways, the sixth thing that makes me angry is people walking in the hallway going about .01 miles an hour in front of me. Not only do they go .01 miles an hour, but they decide to stop to talk to someone in the middle of the hallway, making it impossible for me to pass them. I have things to do and places to be, and these people just make me so upset and angry. Just talking about it makes me angry, so I'll move on to number five on my anger list, which is people who turn off my computer without me knowing...you know who you are...Kathleen Herter. Anyways, my next subject that makes me angry is the T.V. show Dance Moms. I wrote a blog on it titled "Dance Moms" which contains all my frustrations on the show. I'll just let you read that because writing all down would take a lot of space on this blog. So, number three on my anger list is when people say "funner" and "funnest." It is definitely not "funner" and "funnest." it is "more fun" and "most fun." That is more of a pet peeve than anything, but it still really irritates me. Alright, so I never used to be this angry. I think when I started driving, I began to release more anger at people. This brings me to number two on my list which is other people driving. I just can't stand the little things people do when they drive, like not turning their turn signals on or people passing me in a 30 mph zone going 65 mph. Again there are other things on driving, but it would take me forever to write them all down. And now to the number one item on my list that just makes my skin crawl with rage: Brian Stoldt. Now this blog is already past 400 words, so I'll write a blog dedicated to the one thing that makes me more angry than anything. So you can read my choice blog titled "Continuation of L3!"

L2- Megh Scared!

I, like most people, have a couple things and events that I fear. I'd say about six major fears, but there are probably more, and I just can't think of any more. These fears are not in any particular order either. They're all equally creepy. I don't have the usual fears, like spiders or heights, but I do not like giant bugs. Now, by giant I mean larger than a thumb tack. I just don't like the thought of bugs crawling around me. I am also afraid of R.O.U.S.es. This stands for Rodents Of Unusual Size. Again, large things that are meant to be small, crawling around just freak me out. My third fear would be frogs. I hate frogs. They're so gross and slimy and it's just creepy how they sound and look. I think this fear dates back to my youth when my mom, Liz Breyer, would have the kids she babysat play out by the pond in our backyard. There were a lot of frogs in our pond so my mom would host frog races. Well, one time, my older sister, Andi, was being pretty mean and decided to put a frog down the back of my shirt and laugh as I screamed in disgust. That was pretty rough. Anyways, I also have a fear of the flying monkeys in the play, The Wizard of Oz. I just really don't like monkeys. I don't think they're cute at all. Their faces look too close to human faces and they look like really hairy, creepy humans. And whoever decided to put wings on them was just weird. Anyways, I also fear be buried alive. I think that's pretty self- explanatory. And I also have Luposlipaphobia, or the fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly-waxed floor. No Big Deal.

L1- Superbowl 2012

So this year's Superbowl was probably the best to date for multiple reasons. One reason was that I got to go to the Delzer house to enjoy their lovely company. I also got to see my older sister, Andrea, for the day. My parents left before us to the Delzer's house and my sister and I got there about a half an hour later. And when we got there, we were surprised by my other sister Alli. That was really exciting because she told everyone that she had to work that day and we were all really upset she couldn't come. She wasn't very stealthy about it, however. First of all, she parked the car in the middle of the driveway, so we couldn't park at all. Then when I came in the house she was standing in the hallway and tried to run and hide after I came in the house and closed the door. Despite the lame attempt to surprise me, it was still really nice to see her. Plus Alli and I pretty much chilled the entire game together, and we fell asleep on one of the chairs in the Delzer's home about five minutes before the Superbowl ended. It was a little sad, but I don't care. However, one of the greatest Superbowl moments was when I found out that my mother and I were the winners of $1000 from the Superbowl 2012 game. I actually chose the winning square that indicated the exact score of the game...NO BIG DEAL. It wasn't my greatest achievement, but it is definitely one of my top five greatest achievements. However, I'd say that when my mom actually got the money was the most exciting moment because she came into the living room where I was sitting and "made it rain" with the one thousand dollars we had won. Pretty spectacular, I know.