48 Hours

One weekend,one long list of things to do....

Saturday: Woke up at 6:30 am. Out of house by 7:15. At testing center for the SAT at 7:30. Test started at 8:40, did not end until 1:00 pm. The SAT is basically 4 hours of filling out bubbles, and writing a essay. Time moves slowly as you struggle over the last math problem, yet time's up, just as you are going to write the anwser down. After the SAT, I had a quick break, and then I went to the Philadelphia Home Show. That's right 3 hours of looking at refigerators and the latest in hot tub technology. How Exciting!!! We ate dinner at Ocean Harbor, located in Chinatown.

Sunday: Woke up, used PC. Read the newspaper,savoring life. Went to Beijing in Media for lunch/brunch. After lunch, went to the mall. Bought khakis, a belt, and a foxtrot calendar. Came back home.Chillaxed. Had dinner. Watched "The Simpsons". Corrected LA essay. Went to sleep. Only 5 more days until the next 48 hours. (72 hours if you include friday).......

SAT Prep

For the last three weeks, I have been preparing for the dreaded SAT. To get into the camp that I wish to go to this summer, they ask you for an SAT score of 1040-Seventh Grade or 1140-Eighth grade. After hours of vocab cards, practice tests and reading the SAT prep book, it seems like I will get a score somewhere near 1800, or 1200 (Reading and Math), which means almost 200 points higher than the national average for high schoolers taking the SAT. I wonder why a test that takes around 4 hours, will change millions of lives each year. The lucky ones get good scores and go to a University of their choosing, and the unlucky end up going to State. U. 4 hours can change your lives forever..............

Journalism

Writing has always been a part of who I am, and what my life is about. Writing is somewhere where you can really express who you are. When you pick up a pen, you have the power to do what you want.

I used to write for blogs, newspapers, magazines. I've been begged to even do radio shows and to try internet TV. I retired from journalism a while ago. Sure I write once a week for one of my friend's magazines but that about it. Writing should be done on your own terms, based on your rules. Trying to fit creativity into a box does not work for me. Nowadays news is what the anchors read off, it's what the workaholic staff in the news room come up with, what they think is important. Writing is something that each of us does differently in different styles and one size fit all dosen't work for the majority of us.

How do you express yourself?