Paying Homage

The topic to discuss is very important to many people of our generation worldwide. I speak of a teacher of most unorthodox class. This man-child has taught me more about how to live life than:
Mr. Rogers,
Steve from Blue's Clues,
Dora the Exploradora,
Master Splinter from TMNT,
anyone from Teen Titans (close second),
Arthur,
Franklin,
Recess (tied with Teen Titans),
El Pajaro Loco,
Looney Tunes,
Rugrats,
Cat-Dog,
Rocco,
Ed, Edd, and Eddy,
Hey Arnold,
Zabumafoo,
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,
Chowder,
Pokemon,
Digimon,
Yu-gi-oh,
Dragon Tales,
Sonic,
and many others. Disney Channel isn't even in the running. This post is about Spongebob Squarepants. On second thought, I can't put into words exactly what Songebob has taught me, but this just feels right. I can't think of any other shows I used to watch as a child off the top of my head, but none can top Spongebob Squarepants.
Anyway, here's a video of some of their best moments.
Of course, my personal selection of Spongebob stuff would be a lot longer and funnier, but this will do for now. Please. Please enjoy. Please.

- Chris Galvez

DC's Legends of Tomorrow First Look Trailer

Jacques suggested me to post this so i thought it might be a good post. This video is about how Green Arrow or Oliver Queen stated to fight against crime alone in his city but now he is going to do it with his team. He formed a team with the requirements he was looking including speed, flight, size, precision and I believe experience. He forms a team with Flash, Hawkgirl, the White Canary, Captain Cold, Heatwave, the Atom, and Firestorm. Green Arrow got the instructions to unite them, the person who got the idea was Time-Traveling rogue Rip Hunter. He forms this because they have to stop an unstoppable threat to the planet, and maybe even to time itself. Rogue Rip Hunter doesn't have to convince them because their job is to protect people and the world. The last this Rip Hunter says in the video is " In the future you are not heroes, you are legends."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MubNoWQiSc

Daniel Radcliff Raps Blackalicious "Alphabet Aerobics"

In this video Daniel Radcliffe raps the alphabet aerobics while Jimmy Fallon shows which letter of the alphabet is Daniel singing in that moment. This video is funny because you don't expect the actor who interprets Harry Potter to know how to do this without mumbling. Still the bad part of this is that you can see that he starts to talk really slow but later he goes faster and after he slows down. After this he actually does it pretty well because he wasn't ready or expecting this so it was really amazing that he wasn't prepared and he wasn't nervous of showing how hi memorizes the song lyrics perfectly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKdV5FvXLuI

Another Post About Soccer

Here is another post about soccer. No doubt most of you are thinking, "hey, Chris must really like soccer." That is true. I like soccer. I also have to reach a certain amount of words to make this post valid.
Anyway, this post isn't so much soccer as it is CGI effects. or some type of computer-generated effects. But it still includes soccer!
There are various ways to celebrate a goal, some players have their own trademark ways to celebrate goals, and the rest just come up with increasingly ridiculous ways to celebrate. The most ridiculous and extensive way, however, is to edit it.
So, some genius did that. This is the original video. There are other videos that have more edited celebrations, but they either aren't as funny, are kind of unnecessary, or will get me an infraction.
Even in the original, VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. However, I'm confident that no one will see it, because there is one day of school left, so no one will see it. I'm doing this for a grade. :)

- Christian F. Galvez

There are no words for this kind of Shame.

Now, here's something I'm really excited about. OWN GOALS!! AUTOGOLES!!! This is a post that is one hundred percent about soccer/football. So, read on everyone because soccer/football applies to everyone.
The role of defender is a pretty difficult position to play. You work hard, knowing one mistake can cost you the game. What's more, you don't get nearly enough recognition. Only people who actually play the game know how valuable a good defender is. Everybody else just drools over the next big striker.
Anyway, for a forward, scoring a goal is everything. Sure, dribbling past everyone is fun, but it only counts when you put the ball in the net. For a defender, the perfect tackle is the constantly sought after dream. Now, imagine how a striker must feel when he misses a goal, yeah, it feels bad. For a defender, the same could be said for letting a striker get past you, or losing the ball on your side of the field. Now, imagine a striker missing a penalty, or the most easy goal in the world. There are plenty videos about that, that I could share, but this is a post about defenders, so... For defenders, the worst you could feel is scoring an own goal. It sucks, I've done it before.
There are no words, no excuses. It is your fault. So, here's a video about the best own goals ever. Most of these are so good that if they had meant to do it, they would be some of the top players in the world. The rest are just sad. Click here for enlightenment!


- Christian F. Galvez 12th

The Scorch Trials Trailer

So, the other day, I was talking with my sister. She forced me to guess what exactly is coming out on a date that I can no longer recall. I was hoping that some cool new movie was coming out, but all of my guesses seemed to anger her. Not really, I think I just overrated the quality of the news I was about to receive. Apparently, the Scorch Trials is coming out! The long-awaited sequel of the Maze Runner will reach theaters sometime soon! Or so, I thought. What actually came out is just the trailer, and surprise, surprise, the movie is deviating from the book. again.
For those of you who don't know, or momentarily forgot, or just like hearing it, The Scorch Trials is the second part of the Maze Runner trilogy. The Maze Runner follows the story of some guys who are being thwarted by a mysterious organization called W.I.C.K.E.D. Then, they meet some girls, and the story gets REAL.
Anyway, there are actors and directors in this move. There are also some CGI effects, and some tension. That's basically all the trailer tells you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQr57yRM9w

Unfortunately, blogger is being a bit dysfunctional, so if you want to watch the trailer, click here.
Don't click the link that is not a link, I just put that to mess with you guys.



- Christian F. Galvez 12th

The Hendrix History Channel

It all started with a question. As many of you know, school days can grow stressful beyond compare. Sometimes, you feel as though you are racing from class to class, barely able to catch your breath. About two months ago, the 11th Grade had a day much like this as we trudged into U.S. History. 

And then, Sofia had an idea. Being her ingenious self that she is, she decided to ask Mr. Hendrix a question: “Can we just color today? We’re losing creativity because we just sit in class all day long.” This then sparked a discussion. Dania suggested we do a project in lieu of our final exam. Lindsey suggested we do a video as the project.

So Mr. Hendrix thought about it. He sat and thought for a good several minutes. At last, he accepted the idea on condition that Mr. White would likewise accept (which he did!). And thus the Hendrix History Channel was born!

For nearly two months, we worked tirelessly to research and gather information, assign jobs, craft a storyboard, write a 14 page script, film scenes, take and photoshop photos and record audios. Then, Lindsey spent three weeks on compiling and editing the entire project. Finally, the video took 24+ hours to upload to Youtube under a channel called “Hendrix History”. The video can be found by searching “Hendrix History Channel”.

In this video, we cover major events and topics of all that our class had learned this year in U.S. History. Please enjoy the final product of all our hard work and effort. Be sure to watch all the way to the very end for bloopers!

Perhaps this can begin a tradition in future years at Equity.

It was a long and difficult process but very entertaining and completely worth the effort in the end. Creativity can be expressed in many ways. So long as you put in your hard work and effort, you can accomplish anything. 

- Lacey Duncan (11th Grade)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5naTuQ_txB4

VACATIONS FINALLY ARRIVE!!!!!

I think I'm not the only one that can't wait until vacations finally come! Test week is a dread, isn't it. Well, maybe not for those of you smart pants who got exempted! Woohoo! Um...no. Anyway, good luck to you all who still have to take whatever exam! You can do it! Now, before we leave on vacations, I have the privilege (thank you Mr. Diego) of writing another blog post! That's right! So, keep on reading and enjoy my grandiloquent words! Or not.

I know that it isn't Christmas vacations yet, but I could only find this video in the billions of videos Youtube has! Mathias, in my opinion, is really funny! Last year, he made a segment in his Youtube channel called 12 Days of Mathias. Basically, he has other Youtubers as guests and plays challenges with them. In this video, his guest is Justin James Hughes. This video's challenge is the Say Anything Challenge. This consists of just saying the first thing that comes to mind. The person who stops the word flow gets his face tapped! Fun, huh? Anyway, enjoy the video and YOUR VACATIONS!!!!

By Arielle Garcia 10th

The UEFA Champions League Comes to an End

After a long season filled with thrilling matches, last-minute goals, and many unexpected match results, the UEFA Champions League is coming to an end. The two teams ready to face each other in the long-awaited final, scheduled for June 6th, are Spain's FC Barcelona and Italy's Juventus. In the semifinals, Barcelona relatively easily swept past Bayern Munich, the current German champions, while Juventus surprisingly eliminated the reigning European champion, Real Madrid. 

Everyone following this prestigious tournament is looking forward to the grand finale set to take place at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany in a couple of weeks. The stadium is ready to receive almost 75,000 fans from all over the globe to presence this incredible event that occurs only once each year. Although many believe Barcelona has a clear advantage over Juventus, there have been many surprises throughout the different phases of the Champions League, so it would be unsafe to say that one team has a clear path towards victory. For example, many said that Real Madrid would easily beat Juventus and pass into the final of the tournament without any major complications. It turns out that Juventus left Real Madrid behind. With that said, who do you think will win? Why?

Roberto Miselem (11th Grade)

So you guys all go to Equity right? Well if you don't I'm not sure why you're even on this website, but I mean whatever it's your life you do you :) Anyway, back to the point. If you do actually go to Equity you probably know our ICT teacher. He goes by the name Mr.Diego, sometimes. So I was bored in his class the other day and decided that I should be more productive. So naturally I stole his little baby recorder thing and now I gotta say, I kinda wanna be a movie producer. Moral of story: I took this wonderful video of Mr and I hope you get a really great message from it. ENJOY :))))))

I wrote that paragraph and mister told me that it wasn't enough words so I'm going to start listing words that rhyme with CAT. If you think of any others please do comment some.
-mat
-sat
-bat
-rat
-brat
-chat
-hat
-Matt
-spat
-at
-flat
-splat

I have decided I will never live up to Mr's expectations of a good student. Amen

Emily-

Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong

Hello everyone. This is a video where this girl is trying to make a hair tutorial. She tries to teach her audience how to curl your hair (I think she said medium curls or something like that.) The problem is that after she uses her hair curler, her hair is not curled. When she takes off the "wand", her strand of hair is gone. It takes her a while to realize that her hair has been burnt, but then she notices and is pretty surprised. This video is pretty old so there's a high possibility you've already seen this video. Most people that have already seen this video told me that her reaction is hilarious to them. However, in my opinion, I think that her reaction isn't as funny. She actually seems really calm for a girl who just burnt her hair off. When she turned off the camera, I bet she started crying, though.
Watch, enjoy, and comment! This video is very popular!

Sofia Vergara plays catchphrase with James Marsden

          Sofia Vergara is one of the funniest actresses, in my opinion. Here is a small biography of her just in case you don't know anything about her (and partly because I need to fill a word count). She is originally from Barranquilla, Colombia. She stars in Modern Family, where she plays Colombian mom, Gloria, but has many other television appearances. She just made a movie with Reese Witherspoon called Hot Pursuit. She has been named one of the 50 most beautiful people in the word. She is known for using her thick Colombian accent while acting.

         Anyway, she was in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She played catchphrase along with James Marsden and Steve Higgings. Before playing, she accuses Jimmy of making her play weird American games that she doesn't know how to play. This is probably the funniest catchphrase game ever played because Sofia is partnered with Jimmy. They have a half English, half Spanish team. In the end, Sofia and Jimmy conquer the game despite their language difficulties. Have fun watching the video!

Here is the link. Sorry, I tried putting the video, but I couldn't wait 3 hours for it to download.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPxV6q0RrhA

By: Arielle Garcia 10th

 Watch

After months of anticipation, the  Watch is finally out! Pre-orders for the luxurious watch made by tech giant Apple started on April 10th and it was released to the public two weeks later on the 24th of the same month. Apple is offering three main 'styles' for the watch, each varying in the quality of the materials, and of course, the price. The three base models are the  Watch Sport, the  Watch, and the  Watch Edition, of which 38 'sub-models' are derived. All three base models have the same basic features, such as heart rate monitor, a multi-touch glass screen, the obvious watch functionality, and many other features. They come in 38mm and 42mm watch cases. 

The Apple Watch Sport is available in ten different models and starts at $349. The case is made out of anodized aluminum and what Apple likes to call Ion-X glass. The 'regular' Apple Watch is available in 20 different configurations and starts at $549. It contains a stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal display. Finally, the Apple Watch Edition, which starts at $10,000 and goes up to an unbelievable price point of $17,000, is made of a custom gold alloy Apple claims to be "twice as hard as standard gold" and the same sapphire crystal display on the  Watch. The  Watch Edition is offered in 8 different configurations, in both 18-karat rose gold and 18-karat yellow gold.

Enough information about the Apple Watch... However, here's a 10-minute video in case you want some more information. But now, it's your turn. What do you think about the Apple Watch? Perhaps is it too expensive or do you think the price point is reasonable? Are you planning on getting one? Feel free to answer these questions or just respond with something related to the Apple Watch.

Roberto Miselem (11th Grade)

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Just like my last video, but without colors and blood. This is more hilarious than Llamas with Hats, in my opinion. It was created by a different author called TomSka.

                          -Kyu-Ho