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?

Rent Soundtrack

The rent soundtrack is amazing. With eight amazing people singing about life in the lower east side and the impact of AIDS makes this a CD to remember. It makes you want to reflect about life and how lucky we are. This amazing CD is also a tribute to Jonathan Larson, the creator of the hit musical RENT, who died days before the first performance on Broadway. I would recomend the RENT CD to anyone that loves music. Like in seasons in love, how do you measure your life?.......

Winter Break

Winter break has finally come to the surburbia I live in. 13 days of blissful freedom awaited me when I got home from school on tuesday. 13 different paths to take, 13 different journeys awaited me. Two holidays to cheer about (Christmas and New Years Day) during winter break. Countless hours doing last minute shopping, even more just relaxng and having fun during this so much needed break. 10 more days of winter break left...........

Snow

Finally for the first time this year, It will snow! Maybe there will be a snow day at the private school I go to. Snow!!!!!!!!!! Now it is the holly jolly time of year that it will snow, and then it will be the Holiday season, and we will sit down and exchange presents with our loved ones. Winter is coming!!!!!!!

525,600 Minutes

Rent the Musical, talks about a group of friends in the Lower east side. In the movie, and the broadway version they have a song called "seasons of love". In the song they sing about 525,600 minutes in a year, and how amazing each moment each one. I love the meaning of the song. Imagine ever minute you spend in your life, enjoying it, and hoping for the next one.........That's the power of love, and that's what they sing so much about in seasons of love...........................

Live 8 DVD

Live 8 was a special time in history. Now you can own the highlights of the Live 8 Concerts on DVD. I picked up my copy at Target for only 24.99. Live 8 for me shows how can one person(Bob Geldolf) start something to change the world forever. 1,000 performers(Paul Mccartney, U2), Countless Celebrities(Jack Nickelson) and even Bill Gates come out to tell the 8 men of the G8 to save the people dying of extreme poverty around the world. 8 men, 1 room can change the world forever. Live 8 showed how we the citizens of the world can unite and scream loud enough to get the G8's attention. We can change the world for the better. Everyone of us pitches in a little and it goes a long way. Because of the concert there will be 50 billion U.S dollars of aid towards fighting povery, and if the G8 gives that money then 13,000 children will be saved a day and 600,000 people will not die from malaria in africa. Power to the people was shown on that fateful day: July 2nd, 2004. 9 concerts. 2 million specators. 3 Billion Viewers. Live 8.