Woodstock

The Woodstock festival was a four day concert about peace and music, however it was considered one of the best concert/party of the century. It was taken place in the 1960's in Woodstock, New York, on a diary farm. Many famous rock stars were preforming such as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The ten years after, and much more. This was a exciting thing because it was the begining of the rock era. Also people did a lot of weed and other drugs, such as Heroin, which lead to accidents. For example a man on Heroin used a tractor to accidently run over a man sleeping next to a hay field. Their were about 500,000 people at the concert and their were about thirty-two singers and musicians. Even though Woodstock was a concert that is well known to this day some bands, and singers declined the invitations, such as the Beatles, Bob Daylan, Led Zeppelin and much more.
The Beatles didn't play because they were on the verge of breaking up and also they hadn't played a live concert for three years. Also John Lennon wouldn't play if the Plastic Ono band didn't have a spot.
Bob Dylan wouldn't play because his son was ill and he was sick of the Hippies piling up on the original site of the the festival.
Led Zeppelin didn't play because he ended up going on a tour which happened to be very successful.
Woodstock was a very interesting concert, because it was the only concert to be in the history books and still remembered by people in our generation.

Wiki Leaks U.S MIlitary Secrets leaked

Today in the news a website called Wiki Leaks was the headline because of the secrets about the Afghanistan war, and the Military secrets. They have found some shocking material such as the military killing innocent people. Children and women have been killed by accident and it was a lot more common then we Americans knew about. Also a special military unit called task force 373 have been assigned to kill senior members of the Al-quida or the Taliban. However they have been killing other Afghan by accident.

I think this is a interesting website because now we can read about the U.S military secrets and what they have been doing for the past few years.

summer of 2010

It has been a month since summer vacation began and I had done absolutely nothing except hanging out with friends. Last week I went to Morse's pond, which is a pond inWellesley that is only ten minutes from my house and I have been going there almost every day, however it closed because of bacteria, so that gets me worried.
Last week all my friends were either away or at camp until five o'clock so they couldn't do anything. So for almost five days I was doing nothing but watching TV. Luckily their camp was over just as quick as it started so it has gotten a lot better.
To top it all off I walked half of Wellesley trying to find my friends house and by the time I arrived it was eight o'clock and I could only stay for thirty minutes.
So far the summer has been going great but I hope it gets better. Wellesley has only so much you can do and I am quickly running out of things to do.

Synthetic Marijuana

Marijuana is illegal in the United States however there is a new Marijuana that is legal and it is synthetic, and is is known as K2. It was originally made to be an incense, but people have been smoking it. It causes people to hallucinate and vomit, which is almost the same as the natural Marijuana, and it has the same narcotic effect.
An eighteen year old named David Rozga committed suicide shortly after he took the substance. Eight states have banned this substance but that still leaves forty-two states that allow the substance. One doctor mentions that there are a lot more people getting health problems or even ending up dieing as a result of smoking the synthetic Marijuana.
This synthetic Marijuana can be easily be purchased in gas stations, head shops, and even on the Internet. However people are trying to make their own synthetic Marijuana and they have been mixing herbs and other unknown substances, so it can be very dangerous purchasing the drug and smoking it. Also smoking this substance can cause people to be paranoid.
it is only causing pain.
I think more states should ban this drug because it is just as dangerous as the real Marijuana.

More Vocab from Black Ice

1. integrity (n)
When someone lies they have no integrity and they should feel guilty.

2. effete (adj)
Some reich people can be very effete such as Paris Hilton.

3. skulk (v)
When robber steals jwelery they have to hid it a sulky manner, because they don't want to get caught.

4. vigilant (adj)
Body gaurds always have to be vigilant when they are on duty or else the person they try to protect will die.

5. tenacious (adj)
When you are playing tennis you have to hold the racket tenaciously or else you will drop the racket while hiding the ball.

Vocab for Black Ice

1. arrogance
In the movie "Richie Richie" the neighbor hood kids thought that Richie was arrogant, but they were wrong.

2. spite
Teachers try to prevent name calling because it can be spiteful.

3. pioneers
Pre-historic Sami's people were pioneers of skiing.

4. predicament
Wall st is in a huge predicament because of the recession that is happening right now.


5. stern (adj.)
Many modern day families follow rues that existed in the colonial times which was very stern.

6. bawl
When a tragity happens people mostly bawl or if they see a movie.

Brutal by Michael Harmon

The book, "Brutal" is drama, and a coming-of-age story. It is about girl named Poe who is a punk rock chick and a rebel. Her parents are divorced and she lives in New York with her mom. However her mom goes to South America to help the sick, so Poe is forced to move to Benders Hollow, California, where her father lives. When she gets there she meets her dad for the first time ever, and she finds out that her dad is a lot different from her mom. Her dad is a lot more understanding and gentle, and he is also the guidance counselor for the school she is going to attend. This is a story about bullying, friendship, and a sprinkle of romance.
Poe has a neighbor who is very eccentric and goes by the name of Velveeta because that is his favorite cheese. Unfortunately, he also happens to be the schools punching bag, and always gets beat up or made fun of by the school especially by bully Colby Morris and the football team.
At one point of the book Colby Morris and the football team take Velveeta to the boys bathroom and start to beat him up. Poe saw a glimpse of where Velveeta and the football team went and followed them. She saw what Colby Morris was doing and was flabbergasted. Afterward Velveeta would not press charges and claimed that he fell down the stairs. Poe tries everything in her might to give Colby Morris what he deserves, and the beating of Velveeta made the school start seminars, but other than that they did not do much. Poe was surprised that a peaceful town such as Benders Hollow could be so Brutal.
I really liked this book a lot and I think it will be interesting to teenagers. It was very exciting because no one new why Velveeta wouldn't press charges. I recommend it to everyone because it is a page turner, and a great high school story.

St Paul's School

St Paul's school was opened in 1856 by Episcopal leaders in Concord NH, and it was opened as a all white and all boys high school. It has a huge campus and woods surrounding it however it has a small amount students attending the school. It is a famous boarding school and many famous people attended the school, such as Thomas Edison Jr, and Nicholas Schollor the director of "Get him To The Greek." Also Lorene Cary the writer of a book I just recently finished attended St Paul's. Students of St Paul's have to got to church every morning because it is a religious based school. Their is about 150 faulty members and and a average class size is about eleven students per class.

Black Ice by Lorene Cary

The book Black Ice by Lorene Cary is an autobiography about a black teenage girl. She is going to a private school that had only allowed white boys to attend. It takes place in 1972, at St.Paul's, a formerly all white, all boys school, in New Hampshire. Unlike other students from her school she is poor and goes to St.Paul's on a scholarship.
At first she was shy and scared, then as she was getting older St. Paul's gave her the confidence to stand up for herself. For example, at home she got a job as a waitress, and when she went to go get a stick of butter in the freezer a worker locked her in with him. He started to touch her and when she finally got out she told the manager. The manager wouldn't do anything so she talked to a person that was the next highest, and when he didn't do anything she talked to the owner. Finally the owner fired the worker who molested her. She was scared and didn't talk to anyone about it. She only felt safe when she was in the car with her father, but in the end she had stood up for herself even though she had some challenges.
Lorene also had a boyfriend named Ricky, and she was ready to have sex with him, however Ricky tells her a secret that changes her prospective on him. He had impregnated another girl, and then called her a whore. When Lorene came back to her room she thought about what he said, and then she imagined as if she was pregnant with Ricky's baby. Would he call her a whore or still love her? She ends up not loving him anymore and forgets about him.
The book shows you a girl who goes back and forth between two worlds, one world which is living with her family, in a poor black house hold, and the other world is her school life experiencing a rich white prep school, where she learns to become an adult and facing harsh academic challenges such as failing her math class, also she goes through social challenges, for example every one gives her a hard time while she was running for president. I did not enjoy this book because nothing exciting happens or anything interesting. The book seemed like a really long diary and it is like a run on book.