A Christmas Carol

Just before the end of last semester as a class we read A Christmas Carol, and I really enjoyed it. So I thought that I should write a blog post on my thoughts about it.

The story is about an old miser named Scrooge who was very cold hearted. His deceased partner (who was just like him) visits him as a ghost to warn him about the horrible thing that will come if he doesn’t change his ways of a miser. After rejecting to change his ways Scrooge is visited by three spirits, the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future. Who convince him to change his ways. When Scrooge is free of the spirits presence he is a new man who is joyous and generous to those around him.

In the end I really enjoyed this book and I hope others who have read it did too.

July 15, 2532

The burnt earth crackled after every step–as if we were one false step from falling through the ground. It made my morning walk home a very unpleasant experience.

It was almost July 16 the hottest night of the year, it was so hot that the U.N. sent out a mandatory notice to wear our BTR suits (Body Temperature Regulation Suits) for the whole night—If only I had one.

These were 2 peoples thoughts on July 15, 2532; you are probably very confused right now, here let clear this up for you a little bit.
It is the year 2532 the earth has moved so close to the sun that all activities have been restricted to night and the earths crust has been burnt so thin that sinkholes happen on a daily basis.

The expected temperature for July 16 is 208 degrees Fahrenheit.

Homework

Homework used to be a good thing, used too. When homework started  out, just 30-60 minutes a day to practice what you have learned at school that day.
Those times are long gone.
Now homework takes 120-240 minutes every day, mostly practicing things that I don’t want on need to know. Yes, knowing the composition of a cell is useful knowledge for a microbiologist to have, but maybe I don’t want to be a microbiologist. Nowadays homework takes up the little time that we aren’t at school and replaces it with endless hours of writing until we can’t bend our fingers.

Well now that you know my side of that argument what’s yours?

Saturday Morning

It’s a Saturday morning, I have just woken up and I’m already going there.
My dad and I were heading to play an early nine holes of golf. We arrived shortly (we live very close). We started our routine we went to go get a cart, and then we were off.
Before I knew it we drove up to the 9th hole.
I selected my driver.
I teed up the ball.
I stood up…
And I swung.

The Giver

A while ago I finished a great book called The Giver, and I think I would like to share my thoughts about it.

The book is about a distant future in which the government takes away all possible means of making a decision for yourself. Everything seems alright for Jonas until he gets selected to be the receiver of memory for his community and gets taken into training by the past receiver. Soon after he begins his training he and the past receiver devise a plan to help there community be able to make a decision, which involves Jonas escaping the community and try to find another place of human inhabitance.

In the end I think that it was a very good book and hope that the rest of the class liked it just as much as I did.

Halloween Front Porch

“Don’t go to Whirly Street!” My parents called after me as I ran down the steps to join my friends. I grinned, knowing that my friends and I were going to exactly that. “Here it is the scariest house on Whirly Street.” My friend proclaimed quietly. We were all tired after a long night and were starting to want to go home. If only we had listened to ourselves.

The Bourne Ultimatum

I just recently finished the book The Bourne Ultimatum, and I thought it was very good. It was about someone named David Webb who must resume the identity of the infamous international assassin Jason Bourne. Throughout the course of the book Jason Bourne and his arch enemy Carlos (The Jackal) battle across Europe taking there mini war to Paris, France; Moscow,Russia; and the Bahamas. In the end Jason Bourne (David Webb) eliminates Carlos, reunites with his family and continues his happy life as a college professor.

Home Run

The hot unforgivable sun

Beating down on me

“Strike three you’re out”

I stepped up to the worn down plate

First pitch high and inside

“Strike one”

Second pitch curveball swing and a miss

“Strike two”

Third pitch right down the middle

My bat perfectly makes contact with the ball

“Going going gone its out of here!”

The Match

It was a cool brisk morning, I got out of bed with determination in my eyes. Today was my first golf tournament and I was ready. I spent an hour on the driving range warming up, 7 iron, 5 iron, and driver. At 2:00 I approached the tee box on the 3rd hole (there were multiple tournaments going on so the 1rst hole was unavailable.) and I smacked my drive almost 200 yards! throughout the tournament I successfully out played my opponent hole after hole. In the end I won by four holes(we were playing match play). And that was my first match.