Last Assignment, #32...

I finished the Amazing Dare Dozen.

Assignment #31 Free Choice~My summer :D

So this summer I am doing a lot, which is new to me because normally I don't do anything during my summer. This summer I am spending two weeks in Indiana and Illinois, to visit my family. I haven't seen them in a long time and I am very excited to be going back there.

Also this summer I will be going up to Northern California with my youth group, we are going on a work team trip. I've been going on these work team trips for five years now. What we do is help repair homes on an Indian reservation. We repair decks, paint/prime houses, fix roofs, and a bunch of other services.


Besides going to Chicago and Lafayette and up to NorCal, I'll will be spending time with my boyfriend and my friends at the beach and just hanging out. I will also be spending a good amount of time looking for a summer job. This is what I plan to do for my summer and I am excited for it to start!

Assignment #30 GMOs?

What is a GMO? Well, GMO stands for "Genetically Modified Organisms" They are plants or animals that have been genetically engineered with DNA. Most of this, is modified  from bacteria, viruses or other plants and animals. This is not a natural tradition in crossbreeding.

What do I think about GMO? I don't think it's a natural way for life to form. Everything should look and act they way nature intended it to. Not by having some experiment done to it to improve what we think it lacks. I personally don't know a lot about GMO, but I do think that it isn't the best thing in the world to do in nature. 

Assignment #29 Use My Brain.

1. No, because the amount of water that would be in the containers equally would only add up to 3 1/2 gallons in each container. Not four like how we want.
2. Jack has six children. Three daughters and three sons.
3. NO IDEA
4. The gecko was able to get out of the bucket on the next Friday.
5. The larger number of seconds is how many there are in a year. There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year. In a week there are only 604800 seconds in a week. The difference in that is 30,931,200 seconds.
6. Thousand?
7. You spent $73.50
8. No, you would end up having nine Fuji apples.
9. There are 34 animals that have six legs(fire ants), 34 that have eight(black spiders), and 34 that have four legs(mice).
10. 207
11. The larger number was how many hours are in ten years. There are 87,658.1 hours in ten years. There are only 86,400 seconds in one day. The difference in that is 1,258.1.

I am not a math person.

Assignment #28

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Yes, I was able to read it very well actually. It was easy, and I thought it was fun to figure out what it was.

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Have fun trying to figure this out! ;D

Assignment #27 Ten Words

Nouns to Describe me.
1. Writer
2. Kitten
3. Sister
4. Baseball
5. Music

Adjectives to describe me.
1. Short
2. Adorable
3. Loud
4. Faithful
5. Awesome

#26 Critical Film Review...

The Hunger Games.
Directer by Gary Ross
Staring: Jennifer Lawrence (as Katniss Everdeen) Josh Hutcherson (as Peeta Mellark) Liam Hemsworth (as Gale Hawthorn) Elizabeth Banks (as Effie Trinket) and Woody Harrelson (as Haymitch Abernathy) also staring Donald Sutherland (as President Coriolanus Snow)  

The Hunger Games is a trilogy story written by Susan Collins, which was made in a featured film. It is a story about 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen who lives in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. The Capital, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death.

I am a huge Hunger Games fan and have read all three books in the series. When I heard they were making a Hunger Games movie I was very skeptical about going to see it. Mostly because when people make a movie based off a book it never ends up well. When I saw the movie for my friends birthday, who was also a die-hard fan of the Hunger Games, we watched in silence bringing in everything that the movie portrayed. 

During the movie I notice small things that the director left out that was in the book, I had also noticed that they had changed things form what they originality were in the book. That did not bother me as much as I had thought it would. 

The movie was quite good, I mean they had a lot of fans that would have ripped the movie to shreds. I loved seeing how everything was brought on the screen. How I thought things would look and how it was presented were close, I was impressed by the chemistry that all the actors had with the character that they were playing. 

I had doubted that Lawrence(Katniss) would be able to play Katniss. I thought someone else would have been better. I was dead wrong, she was perfect. Everything about her resembled Katniss and thats why I was able to get into the movie so well. 

During the film you are brought into this world that is very futuristic and quite dangerous. One that is feared by the government and everyone is beneath the Capital. I felt that this movie was able to show what life was like without explaining much, like how the book did. You were captivated by it, I thought that it was a wonderful movie and I am anxiously waiting for Catching Fire (second book of the trilogy) to come out hoping that it is as good as the first.

#25 Pop Culture...

One of my favorite shows that I have been a huge fan of is the The Vampire Diaries. This show is basically a love triangle between Elena and the two new mysterious gentleman that have just come into town, the Salvatores. Damon is the older brother (And my favorite, he is just so cute!) He has a very dark and wild side to him. Stephan is the more charming and quite brother. Both with a huge secret, they both are 160 year old vampires.

 When Elena catches both of their eye, Damon is drawn to her because of the resemblance of his former lover, Katherine. Stephan has an instant connection with Elena, noticing that she also looks like his former lover, Katherine. This leaves the two of them falling in love with one another. Once again the two brothers, who aren't that fond of each other to begin with, are caught in a love triangle with Elena, as they both were once with Katherine. As the show goes on and the series progresses, new friends are made secrets are revealed and with a shocking twist! Everything about the show keeps you interested and makes you want to watch more. You really cant get enough of the Salvatore brothers. 

This show is full of a lot of exciting characters and is a Vampire show that I actually find myself enjoying. I have always been a vampire fan, just how I think vampires should be and look and act are very picky. I enjoy that in this show theses vampires are at least believable that they could be this creature.

Assignment 22...Smoking? Ew!

Ten Reasons Not To Smoke...
1. Peer pressure
2. Social rewards
3.Risk-taking behavior
4. Parental influence
5. Misinformation
6. Genetic predisposition
7. Advertising
8. Self-medication
9. Media influence
10. Stress relief

I dont smoke. I have grown up with smokers all around me. Most of my family smokes and I've never seen the reason to smoke. My grandma started smoking when she was around sixteen, I lived with her from when I was three until she passed away from lung cancer a few days before my fifteenth birthday. She was the most important person to me and she decided to smoke and from that she had gotten sick and died. Smoking is something that I see all around me everyday, I'm used to being around it although I have never tried it. I don't want to end up like my grandma and others like her who end up getting all these different types of cancer and not be there for my family. Smoking is bad, plain and simple. The ones who don't care about what will happen to them in the future, you are not only hurting yourself you are hurting everyone that cares about you. Why do that to your family? Why do that to your friends? Why do that to anyone? I don't know about you, but I'd stay away from smoking.  

Assignment 23 typing thing...

So these were my typing scores. Not as great as I want them to be, but whatever. 

This was one minute

This was two minutes

This was three minutes

This was four minutes

This was five minuets.

The game that I enjoyed playing was Keyboard Revolution. It was fun to use the home row as the dance steps I also enjoyed my penguin dancing...

Assignment 24 Typing...

While I was in grade school they had a program for us to learn how to type. So once a week my class would go to the computer lab and learn to type. This activities that we had to do where somewhat easy, but there were a lot of levels that you had to go through to get to the next part of the program. If we finished the typing program by the end of the year we were giving a prize. I never like they typing program, I always thought it was boring.

This program I found seems to me, an easy and fun way to help with someones typing. This is a fun way to improve your typing skills. It gives you all sorts of games where you need to type fast to win, it can give you a trainer to help where you put your fingers on the keyboard. This is a great place to go if you need to improve your typing, or if you just want to have fun playing with your fingers. 

#20 My Choice.

I guess I'll write about a new movie that has recently come out in theaters. The Great Gatsby.  Written in 1925 by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The recent movie which came out May 10, 2013 staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan.

Set back in the twenties, this magnificent story is about a two lovers who after so many years are reunited. Daisy unfortunately now is married to someone she doesn't truly love. Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy and when they are reunited their affair continues. Of course there is always something or someone that has to get in the way of their happiness and their love and that is Daisy's husband. Even though Daisy's husband plays a big role of why they cant be together, he himself has been having his own affair with a woman of a much lower status that they are. Jay is a mysterious person who's charm is at some times quite luring. Everyone is wondering 'who is this man?"  When Daisy finds herself stuck between two men, she has to choose which one of them is meant to be with her, as well who she should be with. Who will she end up choosing?

 A wonderful story about love, lust, deceit, murder, greed. An excellent movie that I recommend that everyone goes to see.

http://thegreatgatsby.warnerbros.com/

Assignment #19 Being Charitable

The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Orange County and the Inland Empire is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and fulfill the wishes for children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 18 who confront life-threatening medical conditions. Granting wishes helps these children find the hope they need to transform their life-threatening illnesses into life-affirming triumphs. Formed in 1983, the chapter has fulfilled the wishes of more than 3,500 children. Their mission is to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. 

This charity is very important to me because if I was a child with a life threatening medical condition, I'd want to have a charity that cares about me. Plus I would want that for any child that was in a serious condition. If I was a mother and my child had cancer I'd be blessed that a charity is loving enough to make sure that every child including mine is smiling. 

It breaks my heart to see young children in great pain or very sick with serious medical conditions. To have this charity 'granting wishes' for the kids if something special to them. Whatever is wrong with these children, their life is being put on hold because of their sickness and this organization helps them not only have a smallpiece of their childhood back but helps them feel like a normal child.

#18 My Bucket List...

1. Something that I have always wanted to do was to travel to Ireland. A lot of my family is from there and it has to been something that I have wanted to do since my sister and I found out we were Irish.

2. I have always wanted to learn how to surf. I've lived at the beach my whole life and have never done more than boogie and skim board.

3. I'd love to go to an Eminem concert. He's my favorite rapper and I am a true die-hard fan of his.

4. I want to spend NewYears with my sister, in New York City. She and I have wanted to do this since we were kids, and because I have never been to New York.

5. This is a small one and probably the easiest one to get from my list, but I have always wanted to get a tattoo. I'm not wanting to get something big or colorful, just something small like a cross or something easy to do like that.

#17 Stranded...

If I were to be stranded on an island and I had to bring three items with me, one of them would be books. Every book that has ever been published I'd like to have on this island with me. Because there wouldn't be any internet access, I'd rather be entertained by reading which is normally what I do in my spare time anyway.

The second thing that I would be taking with me would be bedding; blankets, pillows and such. Depending where the island is, it could get cold during the nights. I don't want to freeze, so blankets are very good to have. As for the pillows, I like comfort and why not be comfortable?

The third thing that I will take with me are endless supply of water jugs. You never know if the island has any fresh clean water, so having my own clean water with me will help me survive. You can't live without water.

Expertise #16

Something that I am good at and grown up with is baseball. I have played softball and baseball twelve years now and I have to say I am pretty good at it. The whole concept of the game is to hit a small ball, or a slightly bigger and softer one if playing softball, as far as you can and run around the three bases and try to get back to home base.

I love playing this sport. Before I got injured, I was my teams fastest runner, I played left field (played between third base and shortstop in the grass) first base and catcher. Every position has an important job to do, the main thing for the in field which consists of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, shortstop, catcher, and pitcher, is to stop the ball and protect your base.

For the outfield which consists of left, right and center field, is to stop the ball if it has gone past the baseman or if it has gone over their head and get it back into the infield as fast as you can, back up your other outfielders and watch out for the fences.

While up to bat you need to concentrate on the ball and where it is going to be thrown, I personally like the inside pitches, because I am left handed I can easily hit the ball to the left  side and am able to run to first easier than I would if I hit it to right. When you get your perfect pitch, you swing your bat in hoping it will connect with the ball and send it flying. If it doesn't then thats is a strike, it to knick it then it is a foul ball. You can get as many foul balls as you want, but you can only get three strikes then you're out!

My Dream Job...

So for my dream job, I'd love to be an Occupational Therapist. What an Occupational Therapist does is they help people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities, such as walking, writing their name, brushing their teeth. Basically taking the baby steps to learn how to do everyday things again. 

I want to work in this career because, well, I enjoy helping people. Occupational therapy helps children with disabilities to participate fully in school and social situations, it also helps people recovering from injury to regain skills, and providing supports for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes. 

I want to be able to help them get back to having a normal life and to make sure that they live a happy a healthy one. Children with autism usually work with this and it has helped many kids in getting better, I want to be able to do that. 

This is my dream job and it's one that I would be proud to be working in.Helping people is a daily thing for me. I help out in my community, with my church and with anyone who needs it. I think that this job would be one that I would work great in.

http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/occupational_therapy.html

# 13 My Favorite...Movie!

One of my favorite movies right now is Rise Of The Guardians. 

I find that this movie has a childlike sense in it, but is also able to draw in the more young adults and teens. The characters in the move, such as the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause, Sandman, Jack Frost, and the Boogyman are all childhood icons that we have grown up with and have believed in at one point in our childhood. It's a nice childlike feeling when you watch this because you get that sense of being a kid again remembering all the fun stories you have heard about the characters and how excited you got when you would get to 'see' them. 

This movie is one of my favorites. I love watching it, Jack frost is my favorite character. Why? Because his character relates to many teenagers in the world,ones thats are just trying to find themselves and wonder what they are meant to do in  the world. Like me. Also I think he is really cute, I have a small crush on him, I wish he was a real person sometimes! Anyway, this movie is wonderful, I enjoy watching it and getting to feel like a kid again remembering all the fun characters as a child.  

Bio

My name is Kat Pridemore, I am a junior at Back Bay High School. I enjoy reading and drawing anime characters, and being outdoors, mostly at the beach with friends. I love people watching, sounds weird I know, but I want to study in behavioral psychology/ occupational therapy at Cal Lutheran Uni.