Christmas Vacation?!

It's already here!!!!  Every equity student looks forward to an exciting vacation after a long time in school and now it's Winter Break!  What are you doing during Winter Break?  Some of us our traveling outside of Guatemala or several of us are simply staying here in Guatemala but what are you going to do?  Do you have family visiting?  I know for my Winter Break I want to sleep like crazy :P  However, are any of you "pulling an amir" and doing your math homework all during break?  What about anything else?  Is anybody doing something extremely exciting??

- Ganzie

Basketball Girls!

Recently the basketball girls had a game at CAG although we did not win we did play a very good game.  Last time we played CAG they scored up in the 60s while we were still really low.  We did not have another game like that CAG was barely in the 20s while we were only 4 we still did a very good defensive game.  After the game the Equity Warhawk basketball team was invited to participate in a tournament this next year.  We hope to see many of you there at our future games to support our girls!  But if you see them around congratulate them for doing such a good job!!!

- Ganzie

How to deal with an uncomfortable situation…

By: Adriana Sánchez (12th)

(If you can't see the pic, click here, or else you're not going to understand the post...)

Aaah! That was probably your first reaction when you saw the picture, and then you read the caption: "My friend Mark was born without legs. He has a good sense of humor about it." When I saw this I thought it was amazing. Whenever we face a difficult situation, we seek to complain about it to everyone. Or, not wanting anyone to know, we lament about it; crying all alone in our rooms. And these are usually problems not nearly as big as those many other people have… Everyday we face challenges, they vary from stressing out about a midterm exam (just finished them today, soooo relieved! :), or dealing with your parents' divorce. Yet, everyday, we still have everything we could want, and sometimes we take them for granted because it's just become a part of our life, and don't realize how privileged we are. A home, a family, friends, food, a good education, and I could go on and on. And then when we have a small problem, it becomes a huge deal. Now, take someone like Mark, who was born without legs. Everyday he deals with this challenge, but has learned how to deal with it, and have some fun. I think it's amazing how someone with a difficulty like this can face it, and not let it become a problem, but rather have a good sense of humor about the situation. What do you think about this? I believe that if you're stuck in an uncomfortable situation, you might as well make the best of it and take it lightly, or else matters are only going to get worse and you'll spend your life miserable. Have you ever been in a difficult situation and made the best of it?

NOTHING you see is real......

By: Adriana Sánchez (12th)

So I asked Soon Mo to help me with an idea for a blog post, and he opened up a Korean website that has the most random videos. We watched the first video that appeared on the site, believing it to be the lamest thing ever, and then were completely amazed by it!  We started "ooing" all throughout the rest of the video. WATCH IT NOW:

So, what did you think??? Pretty amazing, huh? I bet that at the beginning you were watching the video, wondering what could be so special, if it just looked like some messy kid's room, and then when they guy starts flipping the "rubix cube", you find out its actually sheet of paper with a drawing made so, so that when you look at from a certain angle, it looks like an actual object. These are called anamorphic illusions. Anamorphic comes from the word anamorphosis, which is defined as "a distorted projection or drawing that appears normal when viewed from a particular point". How many of you expected this? Were you surprised? We couldn't tell what was so special about the video when we first started watching it either. And that, if you think about it, is another illusion. We judge things by their appearances, believing them to be things that they aren't. How many times has this happened to you? Countless, countless times...

Black Friday & Cyber Monday

                                             Black Friday & Cyber Monday

So after Thanksgiving black friday was all over the world but now it is done. Even though black friday is done now you can still go to amazon.com to see cyber monday deals to this day (November/Thursday/29/2012). There are some sick prices in electronics in amazon right now. For example there are three hundred dollars lowered to one hundred fifty dollars. For example i am going to buy some sweet headphones but i still haven't chosen which ones. There are some things that i don't like that amazon does fr example they lowered halo 4 from $59.99 to $59.97. And they don't have good offers for beats headphones. So some prices have lowered and some others haven't. PEACE! By: Adrian Rodriguez

                                             (Pictures taken from google.com/images)

November Gaming News

                                              Halo 4, Black Ops 2, & Assassins Creed 3

November is the gaming month. So this november 2012 some of the best games that lots of people have been waiting for have come out. Some people are sad that Halo is only for xbox because they have a ps3. But don't worry black ops 2 and assassins creed 3 is out for both, and maybe some day halo will come out for play station 3. These are some of the best rated games in the world. All these games have different features. For example black ops 2 is a game of war but its in the future also as halo but the difference is that halo they are spartans fighting against aliens and black ops 2 is humans still fighting against humans. Now assassins creed 3 is a third person game where you have to fight for your beliefs and to clean your family name with Connor. By: Adrian Rodriguez

 

(all pictures taken from google.com/images)

Dumb Ways to Die

There is a famous video called Dumb Ways to Die. This video shows how many true and dumb ways you can die. They show it in a way where people can laugh and say how cute the little monsters are. But if you closely they are dying and not having fun, by doing this video they are telling the people to don't do dumb things.

There is a T.V. show called 1000 ways to die. This is almost the same but they show it with real people, but they keep laughing because by the way they die is so dumb that can be impossible to die that way, but people do dumb things that they die in a dumb way. Like going to fight against a tiger or lion, who is going to do that, only dumb people will fight against a tiger or lion. Watch this video, and tell me.

Which dumb way would you like to die?

By: Jorge Paredes

GRAMMAR NAZI

By: Adriana Sánchez (12th)

What is a Grammar Nazi??? This is one definition:

Grammar Nazi (a.k.a. Grammar Police) refers to someone who believes it is his/her duty to amend any grammar and/or spelling mistakes made by others in conversation.

So basically a Grammar Nazi is someone who is constantly correcting other people's grammar mistakes, either in a verbal conversation or an online one. Those of you who know me well know that I am officially a Grammar Nazi. Well, maybe not officially, because I only correct people when they are talking, not chatting online! Anyways, a normal day in the senior class, David will say, "This doesn't works!" Or any other phrase that uses "does" and then the verb ending in "s". Whenever he says that I feel the need to call him out on that (yes, almost every single day; I persevere, okay?!), and yet he doesn't GETS it, which frustrates me! I'm still hoping that he'll learn someday! Have you ever been on Youtube reading the comments on a video, and then there's someone who makes a comment with a small grammar mistake, and then there's someone who corrects the commenter, and then he gets called out on it? You have to have seen this at least once, or on Facebook too... I have to say that this is annoying and I find it unnecessary.

Anyways, here are some of the most common mistakes that really frustrate me!!! Especially when they come from native English speakers… BUT, but, I'm not simply going to criticize, but help you all improve :) 

 Anyways, do you consider yourself a Grammar Nazi? Or does it even slightly bother you when people use bad grammar? Or are you a victim of Grammar Nazis?

-they're (contraction for they are), their (possessive), there (in that place, or introductory; equivalent to "hay" in Spanish)

Ex. They're going to the movie theater. 

      Their car is awesome.

      "Are you going to the beach?" "Yes, I'll see you there."

      There are many people here.

- and (interjection), an (article)

Ex. I have math and literature homework.

      He will give you an infraction.

- your (possessive), you're (contraction for you are)

Ex. Your book is in my house. 

      You're very hyper today. 

- it's (contraction of it is), its (possessive)

Ex. It's very hot today.

      The dog was in pain because its collar was too tight. 

Overthinking

                                                  image taken from google images

BY: Ricardo Quinones

      What do you think about a difficiency that can really affect you. I have studied this through my observations and have reached these outcomes.  The weakness of over-thinking sets a complete new problem to our lives. Over thinking is no longer the process of thinking correctly instead we are now creating ideas and probabilities that confuse us.  There is no benefit to over thinking as there is for thinking, period. I say all this for past experiences in life and on a golf course. Similar outcomes of result have turned to be. This is not a problem only for me but for every human being in the planet. The weakness of over thinking is a goal in life we all strive to ignore and fight back. It is not positive for it only causes confusion.  What experts in life from the most highly intelligent and sport like men and women in this world I can tell you they have been able to control this weakness of over thinking and that is why they have been so successfully in their lives. Do You Agree With me YES? or NO?

24 Hours

                                            courtesy of google images

BY: Ricardo Quinones

    What a TV show. This TV show was filmed years ago and currently has stopped its production. There are eight seasons, I am through five seasons already and I felt I had an obligation on persuading you to watch it. The show consists of a maine character by the name of Jack Bauer who works as an agent for CTU(Counter Terrorist Unit) in Los Angeles. Each season takes 24 hours of pure conflict between CTU attempting to stop the attacks from the terrorists. The series events take place in real time, so to watch one entire season you will have to watch 24 episodes, one hour each. 24 hours is the type of show that leaves you hanging after each episode. That is why the series is so addictive. Jack Bauer saves the day, 24 hours, one entire day were everything happening lies on the hands of agent Jack Bauer. Jack Bauer will go beyond his agent duties, against protocal, just to save his country from massive destruction.

Tetris Mania!!!!!

Have any of you noticed students playing tetris online lately?  It's not just any game it takes a lot of concentration (at least for me) in which you have to beat your components by creating lines with different blocks that are different shapes.  It takes a great mind to crush everyone else.  Take for instance those people that are pros at tetris like Hanuel.  She can beat us all like we are little bugs.  Are you caught in the Tetris frenzy?  Do you think it takes a lot of concentration??  

www.tetrisfriends.com to play :) haha!

Ganzie

Angry Birds Star Wars

If you didn't know, Angry Birds Star Wars came out. You can buy it for 3 dollars. It comes with new birds, and the birds have new abilities, so you can kill the piggies faster. I recommend you buying this game, you will not regret it. If you haven't play angry birds, download all of them and have fun. Angry Birds Star Wars come with all the star wars character like R2D2, Yoda, Luke, Darth Vader. If you like Star Wars you should buy this game.

If you go to the main website of Angry Birds, you can vote in which side you want to be, Rebellion or the Empire. The Rebellion is the good side were Yoda and his friends are. The empire is were Darth Vader is and his  bad piggies. I am going to give you the website http://angrybirds.tumblr.com/.

Which side do you want to be?

By: Jorge Paredes

Gangnam Style Almost Reaches a Billion Views!

Hello everyone! Its Fares Mubarak from the 7th grade class, I felt I had to mention something to everyone, GANGNAM STYLE IS ALMOST REACHING A BILLION VIEWS!! Yes, almost 1/7 of the world's population. Most people say that Gangnam Style is pretty amazing, it hit 7 million + much quicker than the long ago great hit, "Baby" sang by Justin Bieber. "Baby" hit 7.8 million views in about 2 years, which subsided its record when Gangnam Style hit 7 million in about 4 months.

What do you think about this? Should it actually reach 1 billion views? Is it good enough to reach that amount of views? Is "gangnam style" better than "baby"?


- Fares Mubarak

(Image taken from Google Images)

OPA GANGNAM STYLE! 

Dora the Explorer - Movie Trailer

Hey! So many of you people have probably heard of CollegeHumor before. If you haven't, it's this awesome website that makes really comic videos, just about the most random things ever. They're really high quality too, both acted and animated. Many of your younger siblings, or cousins, or even you, have watched the Dora the Explorer tv show. It's about this little girl called Dora, who goes on a "mission" to catch Swiper the fox who committed some sort of crime, and she has a talking backpack and map that help her. Like most children's tv shows, the characters "ask" the kids watching the show to help them find something. This video is really funny because it is a movie trailer for Dora the Explorer, but a more 'realistic' version of it, and it shows how ridiculous it would be if children's shows were actual movies. The ones who made this video are very creative, and the actors are good too. Watch the video, tell me what you think about it, and if this makes you want to watch the other CollegeHumor videos.

By: Adriana Sánchez (12th)

A New Music

taken from google images

   BY: Ricardo Quinones

   Music has always been a way in which we distinguish our personalities as humans. Music plays quite a roll in our lives that it can reach the extreme of us not being able to live without it. For those doing the perspective project with Mr. Steve White we have learned much of how music played a role during his teen years. We have also researched how music played a role in the life of other people. What I am trying to get with this is that music is a type of word sounds, that mean different for each person. I want to know what each of you feel about a new type of music.

    Electro music has revolutionized us humans. The difference between the music we heard before and this electro music is that, with electro music every aspect of the song is arranged on your computer device.  No instruments are needed to arrange the songs rather now due to the advances of technology one is able to create a song technologically. Due to certain designed computer programs for creating electronic music, the producer is able to arrange a series of sound effects in such an order to form a melody that will be very attractive to the ear. These computer programs for designing music usually consist of thousands of sound effects that one must use to arrange his song. I am not saying that electro music is always played without instruments for in fact some timed the song producers called Dj's may use electronic pianos with certain sound effects in each piano key as another way to creating their songs.

Bigfoot? Really?

I have to put this as a hunter and because I am from Utah.  Apparently a group of people were hiking in the woods and they came across what they thought was a black bear.  Now you must understand that black bears are quite rare in Utah.  They decided to film this so called bear when it stood up.  The people took off running like crazy and have now called it the Bigfoot in Provo Valley. Ok now how many of you believe it really was the Bigfoot?  I mean does it look like bigfoot to you?  If you ran into this in the woods what would you do??

- Ganzie Brough

Steve Aoki

Taken from Tumblr

Ok. So one of the best DJ's in this era is coming to Guatemala this wednesday, 28 of November. Some people are worried that the great DJ Steve Aoki is going to cancel his concert because of his broken neck. Steve Aoki broke his neck in Puerto Rico while trying to make a trampoline stage dive and badly failed. The concert is in the zoo La Aurora. The concert is at 8:00 p.m. The concert has really good prices. For example dance floor is only Q240 if you buy them online, if you buy them at the concert it will be Q300, VIP Gold is Q505, and Platinum is Q690. For more Info. go to todoticket.com or ask me. They are really adjustable prices so are you going? PEACE!

Adrian Rodriguez

Which one do you prefer the original song or the new version of the song

      which one do you prefer the original version or the new version??

    Many singers take old songs and make a new remix of the old song and put their flavor to the song this is called a cover of the original song. A lot of famous singers have done this. Like Jay Z performed a cover of forever young a song that is originally from Alpha Ville and made it into his own remix , adding some rap to the song. But some people like the original song better than the new cover. Here is a song that iIhave been hearing called skinny love its by Bon Iver but has been performed by many people but one version that I liked the most was the Birdy version. Birdy is a singer who did a cover of this song. But which one do you like the most the original version by Bon Iver or the new version of the song by Birdy ??? And why????

Sofia BV

Catchy Phrases

        Hello. So, many people, and probably every one of you all have experienced this at least once in your entire life. It's impossible if you haven't. So, you know that moment when you hear a horrible song from a commercial or just a normal horrible song, and you absolutely hate it. Then, after it is over, minutes later you find yourself SINGING it. TAN TAN TAN!!!! I know, it's horrible. So, many of you have probably seen that open english commercial in spanish. And as you may or may not know, the dude starts singing/rapping i don't really know what you call that, and yeah. How many of you have found yourself singing that song afterwards? Raise your hand if you did. Come on, don't be ashamed, RAISE YOUR HAND. It doesn't matter if there are people around you, just put that dang arm up.

  

        Ok, anyway, the people around you might find the fact that you are saying that phrase over and over again quite annoying without you realizing it. Unless of course you are surrounded by close people who are telling you to shut up every second. If you, by any chance, haven't seen this commercial, check it out!

WARNING: THE SONG IN THIS VIDEO IS CATCHY. You have been warned.

By: Arige Mubarak

My Glasses

By: German Paredes

Many of you guys think that i have my glasses

just for fun but not really. I use my glasses because

i dont see really, and because my glasses looks really

cool on me. But I want to tell you a story about

glasses, the Wayfarer.

My glasses are Ray-Ban Wayfarer, these glasses

used to be sunglasses during the 1965. During

the early 1950s and 1960s the Wayfarer

became super popular in the history. The Wayfarers 

were the best selling during the 1950s to 1960s and 

now days still the best selling. The Wayfarers

are the best selling in the history.

During the past years the Wayfarer started

to become popular again. The company

Ray Ban came with a new revolutionary style

of  the Wayfarer, that are the ones I am using.

The style of Wayfarer, the ones I have, are no more

sunglasses. Therefore these glasses can be

use for people that need to use glasses to see

 ,or can be use for sunglasses too like

old times. The Wayfarer is a retro

style that many people are loving it.

Artists and singers are using to much these

type of glasses

Think about this,

would you like to revive old fashion

by wearing the Wayfarer glasses?

Bond vs. Cullen

Bond vs. Cullen

So this Fall season there are many popular movies that people believe will be giant hits. However there are two movies that are making a commotion one of them is already out in movies and one is not. They are "007 Sky Fall" and "Breaking Dawn Part 2". They are both sequels to past movie successes. "007 Sky Fall" is the sequel to the popular and successful spy movies of James Bond. "Breaking Dawn Part 2" is the last movie to the Twilight series and has been anxiously anticipated since November of last year. Which do you think will be more succesful? Do you prefer one over the other. 

VS.

















By: Gabriel Diaz

Flat Earth Society !?

What if I told you there is an entire society formed around the belief that the Earth is flat. You would probably call me a liar. Surprisingly I'm not a liar, well, not this time.

There is actualy something called the flat earth society. I went to the the flat earth wiki to get some information on them. I found this very interesting paragraph. "Throughout the years it has become a duty of each Flat Earth Society member, to meet the common Round Earther in the open, avowed, and unyielding rebellion; to declare that his reign of error and confusion is over; and that henceforth, like a falling dynasty, he must shrink and disappear, leaving the throne and the kingdom of science and philosophy to those awakening intellects whose numbers are constantly increasing, and whose march is rapid and irresistible. The soldiers of truth and reason of the Flat Earth Society have drawn the sword, and ere another generation has been educated and grown to maturity, will have forced the usurpers to abdicate. Like the decayed and crumbling trees of an ancient forest, rent and shattered by wind and storm, the hypothetical philosophies, which have hitherto cumbered the civilized world, are unable to resist the elements of experimental and logical criticism; and sooner or later must succumb to their assaults. The axe is uplifted for a final stroke - it is about to fall upon the primitive sphere of the earth, and the blow will surely 'cut the cumberer down!'"

image taken from theflatearthsociety.org

For me the most surprising thing about that paragraph is that this people actually know what the internet is. They also answered why the water doesn't simply fall of earth. Apparently the south pole forms a ring around the earth preventing the water to fall off, yeah. So this is pretty crazy, what is the craziest thing you've ever heard of. Post them in the comments so my I feel even worse about humanity, but I doubt it's gonna be worse than the flat earth society.

Gabriel Rodriguez

Little Things

Hello everyone. Here is another post about One Direction, that I am posting because I usually post about One Direction. What can I say? I’m obsessed! Anyway, there is ANOTHER single from One Direction that has come out. As you know, (if you’ve read my other posts about One Direction) their first album was “Up All Night” and then their single came out, “Live While We’re Young” which I also posted about. But their new single, “Little Things” has come out and it is from their new album, which I ALSO posted about, “Take Me Home”. In the first album, “Up All Night”, there were quite many songs written by the famous singer Ed Sheeran, and there are some other songs that were written by One Direction but definitely not all. And this song, “Little Things”, was also written by Ed Sheeran and the song is great. I found this video, and I loved it, but this is only the lyric video and the official music video hasn't come out yet but it will be soon. I love this song to death, and it already has about 3,000,000 views so you should watch it and listen how beautiful it is. And, uh, yeah. That’s it. If you love this song please leave a comment and tell me so.

-Ivette G.

Kyrie Irving as Uncle Drew

Are any of you guys NBA fan's? Well here I have this video of Kyrie Irving promoting Pepsi Max, and this is the commercial he did. Basically what Kyrie Irving does is dress up and act like "uncle drew" a fictional made up character. Uncle drew is old, and when he comes down to the park, he starts showing some Irving skills. Kyrie begins playing really bad, but progressively keeps getting better until he even starts dunking the ball. I personally think this is the most creative commercial by far. Do you think Pepsi did a great job doing this commercial? What is your favorite part about this video? Let me know!

Di Hwang

Holding People's Hands 2

     So, as some of you may or may not know, I enjoy being on youtube! But, who doesn't? Ok so anyway, there is this dude on Youtube that does very funny videos, and they are unique cause i havent seen anything like this before, and his youtube channel is called LAHWF. In the video i have posted below, he and his sister go to the city or wherever they go, and start just randomly holding people's hand, and in the video you'll see the people's reactions. It's funny :)

      He also has other videos where he hugs random people, tells them he loves them, holds the door for them (when they are far away) and many others! Oh and he also has a video where he drops his papers and waits for someone to pick them up. But, i really suggest you watch his videos! You won't regret it cause he is one hilarious dude.

WATCH IT. 

By: Arige Mubarak

Dogs are Best Buddies

By: German Paredes

Many people have a dog at home, and people takes them as part of the family. 

But you know that dogs are the best pets ever, because are very loyal. 

Dogs can be the best friends ever, for example many dogs are helpful for 

people who have disabilities. These dogs are trained for people 

who need help. But there are dogs that are trained to be loyal,

or helpful. 

I have seen that when a dog grows up with a human baby, they dog 

and the baby starts to grow feeling for each other. And when they 

are young they are going to be the best friends. They are 

going to share a lot of activities they like. There are dogs

that like too surf, play soccer, skydive and other many things. 

When a dog have strong feeling for a person, the dog would 

protect him, and the dog would consider the person 

his boss. And the dog would do everything to make his 

boss happy, and vice versa. The dog would try to go everywhere 

his boss is going.  

I recommend everyone to take care your dog, if you have one. 

Think about this, dogs are living things, they have feelings.

So, if you were the dog and your dog your boss,

would you like the way your dog treat you?

Look for these pictures.

George Watsky

Do you ever feel like there is no good music out there any more? If you’re anything like me then the answer is yes. So if you ever feel hopeless and depressed about today’s music you should check out George Watsky.

Watsky is a hip-hop artist who often also does standup poetry and comedy hip-hop. Watsky was born in September15, 1986. He has been doing poetry and rapping since high school and entertaining us, or at least me, for a long time now.

Most of his fame comes from the interwebs. He gained a lot of traction in January 17, 2011 when he released his famous video, “Pale Kid raps fast” which has been renamed to “Watsky raps fast.” “Watsky raps fast” has almost 22 million views today and has been on this very blog.

But Watsky has been doing music and poetry for way, way more than that. It’s definitely totally worth it to go check him out. He is surprisingly unknown for an artist of his talent so you should go check him out and tell all your friends. And I mean all your friends, especially your grandmother, and your pets.

Gabriel Rodriguez

People are seriously awesome!

This is a compilation of the human awesomeness. There a lot of these talents are beyond the imaginable, it made me think how much of an underachiever I am. It's so interesting how the human race can be this impressive. Now I have a reason to appreciate being human! Especially the part where the man is doing gymnastics as he dresses up, that was amazing! Well I hope you guys enjoyed the video as much as I did. Tell me what you guys think? Which ones do you like the most? What talents could you relate to the ones in the video? Let me know in the comment section below!

- Di Hwang

Emblem 3

By: Arige Mubarak

Hellooooooo! So, while I was watching the x factor the other day, this group called emblem 3 went and auditioned. They auditioned with an original song called Sunset Boulevard. It was awesomeeeeee! i liked it, and apparently, so did the judges. This group consists of three guys, one is 19, the other one is 18 and the youngest one is 15. I really like this group and I think they might actually be in the competition for a long time, which is good because if they got voted off, i would be sad. And trust me, after you listen to their audition and their other covers, you would be sad too. And i am having a really hard time writing this post because i have no idea of what else i could possibly add about them. Just watch the video below, then go on youtube and look for their other videos, especially this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uoF_37kgiM) so that you can hear all of their voices :) and then after watching that video, you will want to watch other videos and you will procrastinate. Good luck :) But, before I leave and start watching videos on Youtube, do you like them as much as i do? And, how far do you think they will be in the competition for? Tell me what you think!

RickRoll'd

I would recommend you to watch the video first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

If you’ve heard this song before, great. You’d know this song is great. There are many people that love this song, but it is now usually an unstoppable prank to sing this song to people or to show them the video, and you have RickRoll’d somebody. It is a popular internet prank. The first time I knew about this it was because he had rickroll’d me and explained me how it worked. He said he rickroll’d himself all the time because it was such a great song. So, it’s okay to rick roll yourself, I mean, it is a great song. I cannot deny it. If you will rick roll someone, it’s even better to do it twice. Here’s step by step how to rick roll somebody.

Step 1: Copy-paste the URL and send it to somebody.

Step 2: Explain to them they’ve been rick rolled.

Step 3: Go to tinyurl.com to make it a different URL and your target won’t know.

If you didn’t understand it as well, or you just want to make sure you understand, this video will tell you step-by-step.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmPmIJyi0sc

Tell me what you think, do you think if people will keep on doing this it’ll get tiring or it’ll just happen even more? Express your thoughts, please.

-Ivette Galvez

Live While We're Young

Hello everyone. One Direction’s new song is called “Live While We’re Young”. It’s the new single that came out September 20th. I remember that when I first saw it, which was the day it came out, there were already about 5000 or more views, because that is how much they are loved around the world. Me, being a big fan of One Direction, love the song. The video is only showing them singing and they’re at some kind of place. It’s just them doing things that show how much they love to be young and they want to be young forever. Here in the video it’s a little weird because here they are doing “weird” dance moves, singing their hearts out and splashing water onto the camera. If you are a directioner, you should know that they are beautiful and a bit crazy at times, but no matter how weird they are, they’re One Direction. Just watch the video please!!! You don’t have to but I guess it’d be nice. And think what you think just don’t be insulting them around us huge fans. So yeah, just watch the video and then you can go along with your “normal” life. Don’t feel bad if you liked the video, because you are definitely not the only one who does.

-Ivette Galvez

The X Factor (USA)

By: Arige Mubarak          

     Hello everyone! The second season of the X factor the U.S version has already begun, and let me tell you, it is AWESOME! You need to watch it. Why? Because it is really good and it has lots of talented people this season, so I highly recommend it if you have nothing to do. 

     If you don't know what The X factor is, then, how could you not know what it is?! Despite the fact that I think it's unbelievable that you wouldn't know what it is, I will explain it anyways. So, the x factor is a show in which people who believe have talent to sing, or rap go and audition. There are four judges, and this seasons' judges are Simon Cowell, L.A. Reed, Britney Spears, and Demi Lovato. If the person or group of people auditioning get at least three yeses from the judges, then they pass on to the next round, bootcamp. If they don't get three yeses or more (4 yeses being the maximum amount of yeses you can get), then they don't pass. 

     Enough with explaining what it is though, so back to trying to persuade you to watch it, you should watch it. Just trust me on this one, it is not a waste of time and you won't regret it. But, for the people who do watch it, who is your favorite and who do you think will win? :)

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4X4 Super Powerful Camera

By: German Paredes


The GoPro Company create a super mega powerful camera where you can put  this camera everywhere. The GoPro would film everything in HD (High Definition).  The GoPro is one of the most powerful cameras ever made in history. Many people that practice extreme sports use GoPro to film their sport. The good thing about the GoPro is that you can use it underwater, because it's waterproof. This camera is for everyone, many people use it for movies, for cooking, and also Djs' use the GoPro for filming their sets.

GoPro had created 3 cameras, Hero 1, Hero 2, and the new 4X4 the most powerful one the Hero 3. This camera. Hero 3, is going to evolve media in all perspectives. The Hero 3 includes a new movement of 360 degrees where it spins in 360 degrees and it films everything you want to into 360 degrees. This camera also includes HQ (High Quality of Sound) where you can hear everything around you in HQ. What makes this camera awesome is the full HD (High DEfinition) this camera film in 1080p, and 720p. You think that this camera it's big, but is not that big this camera its super light, and you can put it everywhere you want to.

If you had this camera what would you film? If you practice any sport, would you buy this camera and would you use it to film yourself?

Smurfs

The Smurfs

Have you ever wondered how many smurfs there are or where they come from or who made them. Well the smurfs are a bunch of blue comic characters created in 1958 by Peyo who was a Belgian artist.   In total there are 101 smurfs according to the TV show. Papa smurf had 99 sons and 1 daughter, Smurfette of course. She was created by Gargamel to walk into the smurf village and ruin it but papa smurf made her good instead of bad. There are many smurfs and each of them is named after the characteristics than they show after birth. The smurfs have many enemies there biggest one being Gargamel. They also have friends like Johanne and Pewit and mother nature. Smurfs have become increasingly popular since there move debut in 2011.

Picture taken from Google Images

Gabriel Diaz

What is a Machinima

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A machinima is a film such as a show or a small movie that is made by using videogames. The characters of the film are played the in game avatar then they are put together with audio recorded separately.

This is a great way to film many things considering that in real life films it would be very hard to blow up a helicopter or take down a building but in videogames it’s something that you see daily.          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

The videogames that has had the most machinimas made are the games from the halo franchise. This is not surprising do to the ability to customize your character, drive and pilot vehicles, put your weapon down (something way more useful than it sounds) and customize and create in game areas. Halo also has a theater mod which allows you to be a camera that flies over old games.

Machinimas don’t have to be short skirts and movies. The longest running web series is a machinma, it’s called Red vs. Blue and it has had 10 years of yearly seasons. They are now in the 19th episode of season 10 and it’s just as good as the day it begun.

Gabriel Rodriguez

Epic Rap Battles of History!

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The “Epic Rap Battles of History” are a series of YouTube videos created by NicePeter and EpiLLOYD. The first Epic Rap Battle was John Lennon vs. Bill O’Reilly and it was made way back in the 26th of September 2010. 

Over the Years they’ve had characters from videogames, to movies, to TV shows and more often than not, real people. The two characters that are battling each other can be related to each other such as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to people that have nothing in common such as the Easter bunny and Genghis Khan. This is mostly do because the two contenders are chosen by the fans. There is also no decisive winner, it’s only who you think did the best job at being awesome.

They now have a total of 22 Battles and there is no end in sight.  Let’s all hope they never ever end. EVER.

Gabriel Rodriguez 

Staring Prank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxf42LWKhco&list=UUQlVOYJyQp64rA12ac0mv6g&index=18&feature=plcp

LAHWF is a creative group that makes videos for entertainment purposes and go out to people to make funny pranks. His name is Andrew Hales and in this particular video they stare at random people for a certain amount of time without speaking to them in a very creepy way, but its really funny. They are really creative when it comes down to pulling pranks of people. I recommend you guys check out his channel and other videos! Tell me what you think of him! Is he creative?

Funny post by Di Hwang!

The First Freefall from The Space

by German Paredes

Felix Baumgartner is a professional Skydiver from Austria. He is going 

to make history  12 of October 2012. Felix Baumgartne has won

 many trophies for being the best freefaller around the world. Although,

he wants to make a drastic step to make history, he is going to freefall

from the space.   Redbull and Nasa are helping Felix to accomplish

his dreamt to fall from the space and be the first to fall from the space. 

Felix Baumgartner, is going to be the first person to break sound barrier. With 

the help of the Nasa and Redbull, they create a special space suit where 

Felix can jump and break the sound barrier without any problem or without 

any technical problem. A spacial hot air ballon that the NASA create for 

Felix is going to take him to the space where Felix is going to jump.

My question is, if you can be Felix Baumgartner, How would you feel 

being the first person to freefall from the space and be the first person 

that is going to break the sound barrier? What would you do days 

before falling from space?

Watch the Vide. Enjoy

Glass Hermit Crab

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So recently hermit crabs have become increasingly popular among house hold pets. And even more if they have a glass shell! The shells are made of blown glass and are perfectly suitable for a hermit crab to live in. The shells come in various colors and sizes and can even be decorated. The prices range from $20 to $120 depending on what size and specifications you pick. The amazing artist who made these shells is Robert Dugrenier. He has been blowing glass for over 30 years. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the art of blowing glass, it is when large sheets or poles of glass are heated and shaped by using a series of blowing and moving with metal tongs. He has made around 50 shells accommodating 

them specifically for a hermit crab without making any harm. He has even made shells that are infused with gold, silver, or bronze making beautiful works of art. 

Would you buy a a shell for your hermit crab like this?

CC image courtesy of Glassshell.com

Gabriel Diaz

Best Comedian in the World!

This is Kevin Hart. He has appeared in several movies such as Scary Movie 4, The Five-Year Engagement, Think Like a Man, Drillbit Taylor, and many more. He is 157 cm tall and I mention it because of his stand-up comedy show. Basically, what he does is make people laugh, obviously, but in such a way that he sounds self-deprecating to amuse the audience. As a comedian, I personally think he is the best out there because he puts into comedy his life experiences and reenacts them as entertaining as possible. Kevin Hart is truly a comedy legend, selling out in many shows all around the world, and getting as many as +1,000,000 views. Watch the video if you'd like, but don't watch it at school. Don't recommend it. Post what you think of him! Is he really the greatest comedian of all time? Why is he so funny? Let me know!

Awesome post by Di Hwang!