The History Of Halloween

In class we were asked to blog about the history of halloween and according to history.com, Is Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, so therefore "trick or treat". They warded the spirits away by having a celebration. During this celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal hides, and attempted to tell each other's futures. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

And Therefore Halloween.

What Makes A Good Biography

We were asked to blog about what makes a good biography and to me a good biography is a story that expresses feeling and shows the real person with no hidden secrets. A good biography is also a story that is well put together and is also very well explained, it is very detailed usually with video and images not just a black screen. And that is what I think a good biography is.

Weekend Of October 24th - 26th

This past weekend I had so much book work to do that i could not hang out with my friends late on Friday or Saturday and I didn't hang out at all on Sunday. And on top of that i had something to do for journalism and I couldn't do that because I had no idea what to do and the teacher thinks I'm stupid for not doing it. Oh Joy more people that think I'm stupid or annoying.

Robert Swan

We were asked to blog about Robert Swan and apparently Robert Swan is regarded as one of the worlds top motivational speakers which comes out of 30 years of success and failure. With what he's been through he has the power to speak about and overcome anything. I think this man sounds like he could possibly be a very powerful person and he obviously sound quite smart too. And he seems to also be a very persuasive man with a lot of talent.

Response To Elaine McArdles Speech

after we went to view Elaine McArdle speak at our high school she made me realize that journalism is a tough field with many obstacles but it can also be fun and exciting I wish I could say more but I Don't remember a lot and she came to my class last year when I was a junior.

Elaine McArdle

Tomorrow I am filming a journalist name Elaine McArdle, she has been a journalist for 20 years.
She has written stuff from law to politics to health. She graduated from the College of Louisiana and Vanderbilt University Law School. She now writes for the Boston Globe, she teachs non-fiction writing at Grub street. So I think filming her and possibly meeting her would be a good journalistic experience. If I had to ask her a question i'd ask "If you could be in any type of journalism what would it be?"

New Song

Last night i was bored out of my freakin' skull so I decided to write a song on guitar (thinking that I was just going to fail like I usually do). So I sat down and started jamming around when all of a sudden i hit this special (to me) chord progression on my capoed guitar and everything seemed to come together from there.

Anyways...

To anyone who thinks they can't write a song, I am living proof.

Keep On Truckin'!

(Although I Cannot Sing Well Please Try To Enjoy It)

Columbus Day Weekend

 This past Columbus Day weekend I hung out with a couple of friends on Friday, on Saturday I went to New York to help out my grandmother who hurt her back, I was there from Saturday afternoon to Monday. But the real fun was Monday night when I was with 2 people and we walked train tracks in Belmont to Cambridge then we had to jump a barbed fence(or so it felt like one) because we missed the turn due to it being night. As I jumped over my pants got caught on the spikes at the top, and I was hanging from the top of it for about a minute until my pants completely shredded and I fell, But my wallet was on the other side of the fence so I had to climb back over and get my wallet and then back so that shredded my pants even more and i cut my ass a bit apparently so it hurts to sit. 

Music Industry & Ripping Off People

We watched a video called "Merchants Of Cool" in class and part of it talked about the music industry and as soon as MTV found the band or artist out it the band probably sold its soul to the MTV corporation. For example ICP (insane clown posse) is a band that used to be underground but since MTV has found them out and exploited them they are worthless. They have done that with many other bands such as Slipknot and Disturbed (of those three i don't listen to).

Time Moved Back An Hour?

I woke up this morning and I saw that it was still relativly dark outside. So I get up and I get ready for school like always, but as I walked out on to Main Street and I saw next to no cars as if it was 6:30 ( as opposed to the actual time of 7:30) . As I continue walking I saw no one walking the streets. But as I get to school I see the regular crowd shuffle in and I realize that it is the time my watch says it (which by then is 7:45). So I guess in actuallity time did not move back and it was all just my imagination.

Weekend Of October 3rd - 5th

This weekend was interesting to an extent but also boring and quick.

Friday I went to KFC with a couple of my friends. then we went to our friend Hanks a watched the Red Sox game.

Saturday I had an amazing band jam with my band and a couple of other people we might add to the band.

and Sunday wasn't too interesting; I mainly walked around Belmont and Watertown all day.

A "Mook"

A "mook" people think is a rude, outlandish, good looking guy. But to me a "mook" is a dumbass guy who is craving attention. It is also the popular statement set out by MTV for an excuse to get more ratings.