P5 online publishing

Another choice blog… in this choice blog I will write about this class and how I feel like I’m greatly improving in it. This class started all the way back in September, I may or may have not taken this class because someone told me it was an easy class to be in, and one of my favorite teachers of all time is teaching it… I thought that would be the case at first, but I have grown to love this class. I really never wrote about my thoughts or what I wanted to write about so I really didn’t enjoy writing all that much, but being in this class changed that. I have learned to love writing. Being in this class, and having a great teacher and a great editor really changed my ways of writing. When I first heard we had to do a certain amount of blogs, and an article every week it scared the crap out of me because I did not think that I could make the deadlines, and a few times I did not. Now that is not the case, I look forward to the blogs that we have to write every week, and I really look forward to the “Items of Interest”. I look forward to these blogs because I know I will have a chance to write a choice blog about anything I want to, and express how I feel about that topic through my way of words. I look forward to the Item of Interest because we get to take articles out of the present times and discuss them between the class, I like this because we somewhat have a say, and can express how we feel towards that topic. I also saw some changes in my writing, as if the words I type come out naturally and don’t look weird anymore.

P4: Warren Sapp

This week we have two choice blogs to write about… crazy is it not?! Well since we have two choice blogs, I figured I’d write about something that would be easy to write about, in my case… celebrities and bashing them for their pure stupidity. Warren Sapp a Super Bowl Champion, a 5 time Pro-Bowl honoree, has recently filed for bankruptcy. Now the question you are all probably wondering, is how does a professional athlete that was one of the highest paid of his time, all of a sudden file for bankruptcy? It’s a crazy question and I believe that everyone is wondering the same thing… How did Warren Sapp go 6.7 million dollars in debt? Now I’m sorry but to me, that seems quite impossible. The guy makes 45 thousand a month working for the NFL Network, and that’s 540 thousand a year. Warren Sapp should not be in the spot he is in right now with the money he made, but probably because he is not a disciplined individual he does not have any money in his pockets. Warren Sapp owns $6.45 million in assets. These assets being 240 Jordan sneakers which is $6,500, a watch that is well over 1 grand, and a very expensive lion rug. Oh and another thing that seems to be unreal, is he lost his Super Bowl Ring, and also lost his National Championship Ring from college. That really grinds my gears especially being a football player myself, those are the things in life you can’t replace, you work all your life to get those rings, and you lost them, they’d be protected at all times, hell I’d even wear them every day, but I sure do know I wouldn’t be as careless as Warren Sapp and lose them. Someone please help this man.

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A grown man killing a teen… that just seems messed up doesn’t it? Well something more messed up is that the man that killed Trayvon Martin hasn’t been put in jail yet? Why do you ask… no one knows. Some people are saying that the state of Florida is being “racist” to this case, but I do not know who to side with because I wasn’t there, and I’ve heard two different stories about this case. The story I would like to believe is that Trayvon a 17 year old African American male was walking to his dads house wearing a hooded sweatshirt, holding a bag of skittles, and a can of Arizona Iced Tea, was approached by Adult Male George Zimmerman, being accused of being suspicious Zimmerman got violent and soon this altercation ended up in a murder, where George Zimmerman had shot 17 year old Trayvon Martin. I would hope this one is true because I would like to see this man in jail. I was just thinking the other day, if that were my friend, brother, any family member, I would like to hunt the murderer down.

The other side of the story came out to say Trayvon Martin is somewhat a “menace” to society. This was said because Trayvon had been suspended multiple times for multiple reasons. One of these reasons he was claimed to be a “menace” to society was because he vandalized some lockers in school. Another reason he was suspended was for having a marijuana pipe, and a baggy on him that carried bits and pieces of the drug. They also posted some of his tweets and they seemed to be very aggressive, one read something about him punching a bus driver. Officials said that he had many aggressive tweets, and a lot of them were about doing drugs..

Even if Trayvon Martin attempted to attack Zimmerman when he walked up on him, he may have had a reason, the Adult male was carrying a gun… The cops even told this guy not to approach Trayvon, but he still did…

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Where I work… that my friend, is a funny question. Simply due to the fact that I do not currently have a job. No I am not one of those kids that are spoiled and are handed everything in life, I just have to focus on my school work, that is my full time job, school. The reason why I say it’s a job is because I slacked off a few years back and in the middle of this year and I tied my self up. So that is why school is my full time job. I used to work at a farm… yes that’s right the farm that everyone knows about… the one right down Broadway… its called Foss Livestock. Boy oh boy, that was a fun job… most of the time. I liked it a lot, it kept me really busy and I learned a lot that I did not know before. It was nonstop working, always on the go, that is what I liked about it. When I graduate high school, I am going to school for Criminal Justice, or I am going for teaching. I have a few careers planned down the road for my self. Yes I would like to be in the Law Enforcement field; Specifically D.E.A, I.C.E, F.B.I, or a U.S Marshall. I would like to do one of these jobs because they all seem to have an adrenaline rush. And if you really knew me, I love adrenaline rushes. Another career I could see my self doing, is being a social studies teacher, simply due to the fact that I love social studies, and what is going on in the world today. I would like this job because I feel as if when I’m getting older, the kids will still keep me young.

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The weathers getting warmer, the sun is poking out more, everyone is excited, the Easter Bunny is soon to come, shorts, flip flops, tank tops, no jackets… SPRING IS HERE. Spring is a beautiful month, I feel as if this time of the year brings everyone joy, since the winter season is in the past! I love the smell of the fresh grass that is growing, and the smell of it when I cut it. Everyone is in a better mood this time of the year, maybe because they hate snow…? Or is it because it’s getting warmer…? Or the fact that the summer season is fast approaching us! Spring is not my favorite season, although I love it, summer is way better, but since this blog is about the likes, and dislikes about the spring season, I will have to write about that. Spring truly is a great time of the month. You see the nice fresh green grass, flowers popping up in every direction you look, the leaves on all of the trees start to fill in, and the best of all, fresh fruit!! What is dislike about spring… it’s not much due to it being such a pretty season, but I hate when it rains, I absolutely hate it! Well kind of, sometimes I love the rain, but when its down pouring the whole day it really grinds my gears. Another thing that I dislike about spring would have to be all of the bugs come out to play. :[ If I could create a bomb that would kill all of the bugs in the United States of America I totally would. They are just gross, and really annoying. I hate getting bit by them because it itches soooo bad. Well I hope you enjoyed reading my blog about the wonderful season of spring!

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In this blog we had the chance to sit down with a randomly selected class member to do an interview with them. The person I interviewed was Jose Blanco, aka Joe White, okay okay, aka Joseph Aaron White. Sitting down with Mr. White was quite interesting and funny. Joe moved to Alden school district in 2005 when we were still little guys. Joe is part of a band named “Larrabe” he says his job is to “look dumb”, but we all know he is the lead singer, and plays the chords. Joe hopes one day that he will make it big in whatever he plans to do.

I asked Mr. Joseph Aaron White, how he got the name “Joseph Aaron White” just joking around, but he actually had a very interesting reason why his parents had named him, what they named him. Joseph Aaron White was named Joseph Aaron White because of a family friend. His dad grew up with the Bruskee’s. Joseph Bruskee which was like Joe’s dads second father, was in the Navy and sailed on a ship named the Aaron Ward. This is why how he got the name Joseph Aaron White.

With Joseph Aaron Whites talents as a musician, you would think he was born with a guitar and a microphone in his hand… but this is not the case… In the 6th grade, Joes dad had bought him a guitar, and he practiced on that any time he could. He soon started playing with random people, watching live concerts on DVD, and his dad would always play the Beatles. Joe said he liked the sound of the guitar and the way people could sing. Joe stated “I liked the sound, and wanted the fame” while asking him what inspired him.

On Fridays and Saturdays, Joe usually has band practice or a show. On weekends Joe says you can find him down town, on Allen St. Elmwood, and on Chippewa. Joe calls his Sundays “Consumption Days” he says that he likes to relax and eat a lot of food on Sundays.

Jose Blanco loves to travel, he says he drives an estimated 500 miles a week, from going to school, East Aurora, the city of buffalo, and Akron. Joe also stated that he looks forward to road trips and touring, but he does not like driving when its late, but he loves to fly at all times of the day.

Finding out that Jose Blanco likes to travel, I asked him where his favorite place he has traveled to, and why. After Joe was asked this question, he sighed and yelled, “THAT’S TOUGH, but it would have to be Louisiana because I am there all the time. It’s a nice place to relax and write music, I also like crawfish boils.”

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Another choice blog, I kind of am excited about writing this choice blog. I will write about some of my favorite players in the NFL. Yea I know its way past football season, but with a lot of the professional athletes having their contracts up I thought it would be a good topic to write about, plus its football, I can easily write about football. My all-time favorite NFL player would have to be Mike Vick. I have followed Mike Vick since he was playing for Virginia Tech. Mike Vick is my favorite athlete to watch because of the simple fact that he is a play maker. I say he is a play maker because he is always making the game exciting, and when there isn’t anyone to throw the ball to, he takes it himself and runs, he is a very fast runner and it is hard for defenses to handle him. Another one of my favorite players would have to be Marshawn Lynch. I like Marshawn because he is a very explosive running back. It is very hard to stop a player of his size and strength, he also has killer speed. Peyton Hillis an Arkansas graduate is another one of my favorite fact due to his size and strength. If you watch him run, you will see him hitting the players trying to tackle him before they hit him. Peyton Hillis is the true definition of a beast. He is one of my favorite running backs because when I watch him play, it kind of reminds me of my self in a way because he runs hard and low to the ground. You never see him dancing in the backfield waiting for something to happen. He hits the holes very hard. Well here are some of my favorite NFL players and some reasons why they are my favorite.