12 interesting quotes from my trip to Gatlinbug with my Sorority(DZ)

1. It's okay...we have emergency napkins
2. You're a girty dirl
3. OH MY GOSH!! WHY ARE WE IN NORTH CAROLINA??
4. LOLA(the gps system) YOU ARE A LIAR!
5. We are in Hillbilly Vegas!
6. There are pancakes EVERYWHERE
7. Yes I am a super hero...I am batman
8. THERE'S A BEAR!!!!!
9. Yeah, that raccoon may be cute, but he is evil
10. Oreos I like oreos
11. Because you gave him a dorito...now the raccoon brought friends!
12. It's past your bed time! But it's only 9!

Meet Joe Blog

This story starts off by telling what each blog editor did, where the lived, and how old they were. I think they did this to show the differences in their backgrounds, professions, and ages. They wanted to show that no matter the differences, they could be successful.
The story then goes on to give some background on blogs. It tells what blogs are, when they came about, and what they were mainly used by the people for. The story tells us that blogs can be about anything. This opens the door for anyone and everyone to be able to sit down and write their thoughts.
As we read on, we learn that it was in 1999 when websites began to offer free software for users to create their own blogs with no cost. This was the kick-start to the blog-boom. By 2002 one website had over 900,000 users creating blogs.
Then we are told that as time went on and conflicts happened, people were posting their opinions online in the form of blogs. These blogs were getting read by big news covering companies. This showed that blogs were effective. Blogs were being used to get thoughts, opinions, and ideas out to the world.
We are shown that the reason blogs are so effective is because they are free. Who knew that this little free software would have such a big impact on the world? Blogs have helped people getting their writings published. They have helped people get their voices heard. The military uses blogs to get their stories told. They give hardcore descriptions of their tours on duty. Blogs have been about things from politics to just how people are feeling about their day.
We learn that blogs have a big impact on the world. Yes there are some downsides to them, but over all they are a great way to get voices heard. Even politicians are using blogs to show people how they feel. Sure the blog will not get them into office, but it helps to show that these politicians are real people to.
The blog world is not going anywhere. In my opinion, after reading this story, the world of blogging has found its permanent spot.

Excel, Alabama

I have not lived in Montgomery all my life. Actually, I have not lived in one certain town all my life. However, I have most recently lived in a small, dot-on-the-map town called Excel since 2004. Excel is NOTHING like Montgomery. The school in Excel is K-12 with 1,000 students. I graduated with fifty people in my senior class. Whereas in Montgomery, schools have way over 1,000 people, and senior classes have 300 students. Excel has more cows than people. It is a huge farm, country town. FFA (Future Farmers of America) is pretty much the BIGGEST club at school. Football is pretty big, but baseball is even bigger. We have these things called P-Nut Boils as pep-rallies for some of our games. The town consists of: a gas station, a post office, a little rinky-dink store, a tiny little diner, and a school. If you wanted to go somewhere to get real groceries, you had to drive about 15 minutes to WalMart. The closest mall is about two hours away from Excel. Really the closest anything is two hours away. When I moved up here to Montgomery, I was in culture shock. There is a mall 5 minutes away. To me there is so much to do! The town is SO big. I went from little country town to this big city over night! It amazed me to see all the differences. Really, it just amazed me to see all of the people. I have never been around so many different people. I was used to seeing the same people EVERY SINGLE day! Now, I only see the same people in my classes. I do not see the same people walking around campus every. There is no other comparison. Excel and Montgomery are COMPLETE opposites of each other.

12 things to do when the power is out

1. Talk to family
2. if it is light outside, go out side and read a book
3. play hide and go seek
4. scare people in the dark
5. climb a tree
6. draw a picture(if it is day time)
7. figure out how to cook a gourmet meal with no power
8. build a fort
9. sleep
10. clean your room(that is what my mom would say)
11. sit and wait for the power to come back on
12. call the electric company and figure out when the power is coming back
    

Kanye on the VMAs

I do not care what anyone says. Kanye was wrong for what he did to Taylor Swift last night on the MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift won the award for best female video over Beyonce. Do not get me wrong I like Beyonce over Taylor Swift. However, that is no excuse. Taylor won over Beyonce fair and square. During Taylor's acceptance speech, Kanye West decides to get on stage, take the microphone out of Taylor's hand, and give his comment on how Beyonce's video was the best of all time. He ruined Taylor's moment. He made her cry. Why would someone do that? I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, learn to control it. If he was going to say what he thought, Kanye should have waited until after Taylor's speech was given. We all know Kanye is a jerk. He should let his music do the talking for him. He needs to let his music speak more than he actually does. No one wants to see someone like Kanye take away the limelight away from someone like Taylor Swift. I think really he is just jealous because no one is paying attention to him right now. If he wants attention, why doesn't he make another album. Is that too easy for him? I will never understand what Kanye West was thinking at the time he decided to do that?

I got an owie

Back in my younger days I used to have a big collection of porcelain dolls. I loved those dolls because they were so pretty. I always knew to be gentle with them because I knew they were extremely fragile. One evening I was playing with my favorite doll just as I always did. Nothing out of the ordinary. I was playing with her hair and dressing her up. Well I picked my doll up and something caused me to drop her. She broke to pieces. I tried picking up the pieces and fixing her. In the midst of all of this, I cut my thumb wide open. At first I did not know what to think. Then I just began to scream as loud as I could. My mother came running to my room. She started to flip out and wanted to know what happened. I showed her my thumb, and she began to scream. In runs my dad. He sees what happens, picks me up, loads me in the truck, and it is off to the hospital we go. When I got to the hospital, they took me right on back to a room. My dad told the nurses that they needed to tell the doctor to hurry and get to my room to help me because I was highly prone to infections. The doctor rushes in to my room to see what all of the commotion is all about. He sees my thumb and immediately gets to work. He cleaned my thumb with some icky brown stuff. He said it would not hurt, but it stung pretty bad. Then it was time for the worst part. I had to have stitches. I can not exactly remember how many, but I do know I had to have them. I hated this part. It was awful. However, I knew it had to be done. I sucked it up like a big girl, and had my stitches sown in. After that was all done, I got to go home. It was pretty late by the time we got back, so my mother made me get in the bed. She made sure I did not need anything, and it was off to sleep for me. I lucked out. My cut never got infected which was good because my mother was paranoid about it for days. After this incident with my porcelain doll, I got rid of all of them. I was so afraid it was going to happen again, that I did not want my dolls anymore.

10 Signs its time to take a bath

1. Flies come to buzz around you but then they die
2. Mold starts growing on your body
3. When you walk by plants, they wilt
4. When you go into a group of people they begin to vomit
5. Skunks fall in love with you because they think you are one of them
6. Your clothes run away from you
7. Babies pull cookies out of your armpits
8. Deodorant melts when you put it on
9. Your science teacher wants to use you as a project
10. The neighbors call the health department because they fear the toxic odor