Blog 69

A different culture that fascinates me is the Native American tribes like the Cherokee and Apache. They have gone through so much at the hands of the United States, and they still aren’t extremely hateful towards every American. Many other cultural groups would have continued to hate the country that treated them so wrongly, but they don’t seem too upset to be a part of it. They also are interesting in the way that they are so mysterious. As time progresses, we find more and more evidence that could suggest that Native Americans came in contact with different places all over the world before Columbus. One tribe of the Cherokee believes to be descended from ancient Jewish people that sailed across the ocean to America. There is so much strange diversity in their culture and religion that makes them interesting to learn about. Another thing to think about is why they remained hunter gatherers when Europe moved so far ahead technologically. Everyone had the same amount of time and according to some people, similar technologies sprang up in Europe, Asia, and Africa around the same time periods without being in contact with each other, so why didn’t the Native Americans develop any of these things. I think their traditions and spiritual ceremonies are the best part about them, and that’s what really makes them stand out as a culture.

Blog 68. Women Drivers

I am scared of a few things. First of all, I don’t really like sharks, I know that almost all sharks are harmless, and a huge number more people are killed by cars each year, but for some reason I still get nervous swimming in the ocean when I can’t see what is swimming around below me. I like to bring goggles with me when I go to the ocean, or I just swim in shallow water near the beach with a lot of other people around. I think it is the teeth, but I don’t know. I also don’t like being driven around by women. It scares the shit out of me. Haha just kidding, many women can drive just fine. It was a joke, relax. But seriously though, some people scare me because they are such terrible drivers. It makes me not want to drive ever again when I think about some of the people who are behind the wheel of a car. I grew up in California and got to see some of the worst drivers know to man. I once saw a lady putting on makeup, talking on the phone, and eating all at the same time while driving a car. I tried to tell my mom to steer clear of this lady, but she was too busy cleaning her glasses, yelling at my brother in the backseat, and fixing her hair to notice me. Those are just a few things that scare me, as do my first finals in 26 hours. Goodnight/morning everyone.

Blog 67

I am concerned about the growing population of the world. The earth can only maintain so many people before we run out of food and water for everyone. We already have enough trouble feeding people everywhere, and our population is getting larger and larger every day. There are over six billion people currently and unless we do something soon to either produce more food using less resources or we convince this six billion to have no more than two kids in their lifetime, we won’t be able to feed everyone that is hungry. I think China has the right idea by giving incentives for people to have fewer children. If you give positive rewards people will listen, and we can avoid the hunger crisis. India tried punishing people for having more children and that just cause people to distrust the government family planners and was not successful. We can also look at genetically altered plants to provide a temporary solution. These plants can be made to grow in harsher climates or produce higher yields of food than current plants. This wouldn’t stop the population explosion, but it would give us time to find more solutions. Maybe sometime in the future we will move into space to find more land for farming? That is an interesting thing to think about. However, at the rate we are growing there will be serious problems trying to feed the world soon and we need to find a solution that can last, not just prolong the issue.

Blog 64

The biggest mistake I ever made was probably going to a party a month after back surgery. I wasn’t even drinking or doing much partying but I had nothing better to do that night so I went. It was one of the biggest parties of the year and was in one of my friend’s old abandoned barns in the front of his property. The cops eventually showed up at the party and everyone started to run. I ended up jumping out of the loft of the barn and landing hard on the ground. I wasn’t even supposed to be doing very much moving, and there I was jumping out of 15 foot lofts. That wasn’t even the end of it; I then walked about 4 miles through the woods evading the cops to get to my friends house and sleep on his couch while he hooked up with one of my friends. I did get to watch the Reno 911 movie for the first time though so that was kind of cool. To add insult to injury, no one that got caught at the party ended up getting in any trouble. I am pretty sure that my recovery process was slowed down a lot as a result of that night, and hopefully it didn’t cause any long term or future problems for me and my back. That is one decision I definitely wish I could go back and change.

Blog 63

Well I have gone through a few best friends in my time since people change and so have my surroundings. My best friend growing up was the kid that lived next door to me. We would hang out all the time and do pretty much everything together. We would bike and roller skate and all that other shit that little kids do together. I used to make fun of him because his last name meant "Lettuce Head" in Spanish. He obviously returned the favor since it is not that hard to think of something for my name. We stayed pretty tight until I moved to California. The day before I moved I walked down the street in broad daylight and TP’d his house then walked back trying to ignore all the strange looks I was getting from people walking by. When I got to Ohio in 7^th grade, I decided to join the Middle School football team and that’s where I found my next best friend. We hung out all the time and played football a lot until he got sick of our coaches being assholes and quit the team. I stuck through it, but we were never as close after that because we didn’t have as much in common anymore. Then his family got into financial trouble and me and my family offered to let them stay in our house with us until they got back on their feet. Well, that’s 250 words. Goodnight everyone.

Blog 62

My favorite place is my home town of Brea, California. It is always warm there and the worst weather it gets is rain storms and sometimes rain can be enjoyable. I have a lot of good memories from growing up there. When I moved to Ohio I left a lot of good friends behind. Brea was kind of close to the beach so if I wanted to go, I could just hop in the car and drive a little bit. It also had a very nice mall and a pretty good downtown that was within walking distance of my house. That is one of the things that I missed the most. The city I live in now is much smaller and doesn’t even have a movie theater in it. Every time I go outside and it is bright, warm, and sunny, I am reminded of Brea. I also wish I was there a lot during the winter when it is freezing and I have to go outside to work on my farm. We also had good sports teams that could actually win things because we lived so close to LA. I wouldn’t have to worry about being called a frontrunner there since everyone was a Lakers fan. Now, people who don’t know where I grew up call me a frontrunner even though I still root for the Cavs and Browns.

Blog 61: One of the best two weeks of my life

Once upon a time I took a cruise around the Caribbean. I ate my fill of amazing steak and lobster and almost anything else that I wanted for a whole two weeks. I got to chill on some beaches in Haiti, zip line between some huge Jamaican trees, and I got to watch some amazing thunderstorms just off the coast of Cuba. It was amazing. I even met some people from Sweden who invited me to come visit them and hopefully I will take them up on that offer sometime. That was one of the best two weeks of my life.

One day, I decided to go on a big hiking trip with my dad and some friends. We planned it all out and hopped on a plane and flew to New Mexico. The trip was to last two weeks and we would carry everything we needed for that time on our backs minus some of the food which we could pick up at certain places along the way. We hiked an average of 12 miles a day and reached the top of four mountains during that two week span. I got to see some incredible sights and gain some great experiences.  That was one of the best two weeks of my life.

One weekend last year, I decided that I would plan a trip to California and visit my old neighborhood and see all my old friends. I got four of my friends together and told them about the road trip I was planning. They all loved the idea and my parents let us use a time share that they had for two weeks on Capistrano Beach. The drive seemed to go on forever and when we finally got to the beach we felt so relieved. We spent the next week partying on the beach and hanging out with my old friends who had their “green cards.” They grow it good down there. We even got into Disneyland for free because my friends dad works there. It was one of the best two weeks of my life.

Anyone wanna guess which one is fake?