Shootings on Memorial Day?

Strangely warm weather occurred on Memorial Day in Chicago. The people living there went to the beach to enjoy the weather. Violence burst out with six killed and 21 injured. It was not said as to why this violence occurred. The article listed a lot of teens who were victims. Why kill on Memorial Day? Why kill at all?

Guns in Bars?

Guns in bars are now permitted in Ohio. When you think about it, bars are everywhere, in restaurants and as single standing buildings. How many people will want to go out to eat if they know people will be carrying guns? I think out of all places guns in bars should be the one place where they shouldn't be allowed. People can get drunk and start threatening each other with their guns. Out of all people in a bar to have a gun the number one person should be the bartender. The bartender should be the only one to have one. But even now since the law passed I think the bartender should be required to have a gun in order for self defense and in case chaos breaks loose.

Naomi and I are the best at cooking.

Over memorial weekend my best friend Naomi and myself had an intense breakfast. Our original plan was making waffles with a waffle maker. The heat was turned on too high so it was a flop, and turned out like so...

We used all the batter on the waffle mix so we had to make more mix. After we made more mix we were too afraid to try and make waffles again so we went and made pancakes. We poured the batter in the pan so we would make one big pancake. Then when it came to flipping the pancake, this is what happened...

 Then with the power of two brains combined we thought it would be a good idea to make small pancakes. As we poured the batter in the pan very carefully we made sure the size was perfect. The edges got crispy, Naomi took that spatula and flipped that pancake like nobody's business. It turned out perfect...

candace!

hahahah, you didn't sign out of your blog in the powder room(:
love, amy <3 <3 <3 <3

jackson was here too.

Food is Good. A Poem.

I enjoy food.
It satisfies when I'm hungry.
For better or for worse,
It goes in my tummy.
Food oh food
I love you.
My tongue flips out when you hit its surface.
Flavors expand my tastebuds.
Food oh food
You're delicious.
I enjoy the flavors of the world.
It's like a road trip on the tip of my tongue.

Ke$ha.

I feel a lack of talent on the radio anymore. When I was small I didn't know what was good music. I just thought Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys were so cool. As I look at music now. Here in 2011, I feel there is such a lack of talent on the radio. I wonder how some of these people ended up on the radio. For example, Ke$ha. I know she has a lot of fans. But when you actually listen to her music, she's talking. I searched for her voice without autotune and discovered a voice that talks to a beat of a song, with occasional voice cracks. I feel as though many can do the same. A little autotune goes a long way. I feel I get lost when it comes to her trademark. She seems to always be a little tipsy or zany when at award shows or in concert. Do people like that? I guess I don't understand the buzz about her. I personally enjoy songs about someone's past experiences that are meaningful. Now, I'm not saying her songs aren't from past experiences.... actually, they probably all are, but meaningful? You can answer that. It's all on personal preference I suppose. 

I'm Still Alive

Harold Camping, a pastor from California predicted that the rapture would happen yesterday on May 21st 2011. He said that all the believers of God would go to heaven and the non-believers would stay on Earth and suffer. Or it was just an apocalypse and the end of the world.

Here in Ohio it was said that at 9:00 the rapture or apocalypse would occur. Well, I hung out with Naomi and watched the movie Get Him to the Greek. Now at 9:00 I just remember Jonah Hill and Russell Brand petting a wall. I don't recall anything else happening.

DREAM Act WHAT?

In all honesty, this DREAM Act situation is quite unclear to me. How it's stated in articles is very confusing. But how I'm understanding it to be is that "immigrants who are undocumented, who completed two years of college or military service who came here before the age of 15 can have their path to citizenship." Now I got that quote from an article, but if they are undocumented how did they complete 2 years of college in the U.S.? Anyway, we currently have a job shortage so I think it would be best of we didn't allow more people in the U.S. because quite frank we need all the jobs. We also already have alot of people in the U.S. so why more? Then again we would have more in the military. It's just a difficult situation. I don't know my feelings on it. What are yours? 

Interview with Mystery Person

Candace: What are your hobbies?
Mystery Person: I like to draw, and mess around and do photoshop. But I spend alot of time on the internet. I spend too much time on it.
C: What are your favorite foods?
MP: Well my mom makes alot of Polish food. I also like black tea, I don't think that's a food though. Oh and pastries!
C: What current event has affected you? Or has one affected you at all? Like the death of Osama Bin Laden?
MP: I didn't know him persoanlly so it didn't really affect me, but I do read the newspaper in the morning. I enjoy BBC as well.
C: Any favorite television show?
MP: I don't watch television that often but if I do it's usually the show Community.
C: Any crazy stories? Weird?
MP: *Laughs* When I was little I had a cat and I wanted it in the blanket with me in bed so i put it under the covers with me and tried not to let it out from under the covers and it scratched my whole leg.
C: Do you play any instruments?
MP: I play the flute, piano, melodica, and jazz bass.
C: What kind of music do you listen to?
MP: I mean, I don't really listen to music that much. When I do though I listen to Modern Classical, and Accordian Music.
C: I heard you were planning to teach a class for Linworth, what would it be about?
MP: I want to teach a class on Slovic culture where we would teach the culture and how to say words like 'dude' and stuff like that.

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Youtube and my Favorite Youtube Channels!

Youtube is my favorite website. I love listening and discovering new music. I found some awesome artists on youtube that I probably wouldn't have found if youtube wasn't here. I also go on youtube for comic relief. One of my favorite youtubers is BadLipReading. They lip read music videos and create a new song with different lyrics. I also like to watch KarminCovers which is a duo who makes covers of songs. They did a cover of a really fast rap song called Look At Me Now, they've inspired me to try and rap super fast. They make it look alot easier than it is. I also have been a youtuber for about a year. I used to make videos, but I didn't like them so I removed them and now I have videos of my sister and I singing which is pretty cool. I really enjoy youtube because even if nobody watches your videos it doesn't matter because you're doing something you like to do and it's like having your own personal television channel. I've been very lucky because I actually have around 230 views on one of my videos and counting. My viewers are growing and it's really cool! Below are some of things I talked about in the article I wrote above!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5IUihNuno&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khCokQt--l4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9mIeYPAc3I

ENJOY :)

Observation

I like to observe people. Look at their body language. How they are feeling. Try to figure out their emotions without knowing them. My mother, sister and I can do this for a long time. When we're out, sometimes we'll take a seat and people watch. I really enjoy this because it opens my eyes to new things. The other day my mom and I were talking about this subject. When she lived in New Jersey she would go to New York, sometimes by herself, sit on steps and watch people. Now, I've never been to New York but I know it would be quite a wonderful place to people watch. Tourists with their cameras, the people walking briskly to get to their jobs on time, and the cranky people who push their way through. My mom even said she saw a streaker on rollerblades speeding down the middle of the road.
One of the places I've been to was California. On the beach. The women sun tanning with their leather skin and the surfers trying to catch a gnarly wave. It's just something I am really interested in doing, and to add a little twist, sometimes I'll narrarate the people as they pass.
What do you like doing? Do you do this as well?

Feel the Music

Alot of people like music. Alot of people also carelessly put anything on their iPod. Not me. I'm very picky. The music I listen to has to move me, or mean something to me. I like to have relatable music. Of course I have some silly songs, or songs that are just awesome and trippy. But the majority of music I listen to has feelings. I listen to the lyrics and put myself in their situation. One of my favorite artists is Sufjan Stevens. He writes his songs about the hardships in life. He has inspired me to write my own songs. Not about how I want to be Ke$ha [kidding] or how I was chilling with Lady Gaga last night [not kidding that really happened], but about what I have been going through, who I love, what I love,whom I am, and my emotions stirring. I have been working on my first song for a while. The lyrics are very meaningful. I try to write them so it still gets the message across but it's not too literal. For example, my father left us about two years ago and the divorce just ended recently. I am writing about how miserable I was during the time. One of the song lyrics is "Mental scars not bruises". Clearly meaning, it's something unfortuantely I'm never going to forget. But also in the song is the outcome, or what is going to come out of this experience, the positives if you will.
Music is something I feel for, it's something that means alot to me. I've grown up being exposed to the arts by my mother. I'm interested in all genres, opera, indie, broadway, folk, and alot more. This is something I love to talk about, and if you do as well, confront me and let's chat.

Celebration or Sorrow?

As the majority of people alive know. Osama Bin Laden was killed on Sunday May 1st. There are uneasy feelings in the air. As for Americans with family members that died in 9/11 or people who were jumpy about terrorists, for a lot of them, it's closure. Some were celebrating, which some feel is wrong, and some may have had sorrow in other countries. And some just prayed.
I can understand where the celebrators may be coming from. I don't agree with celebrating it but for people it is a "HAH" in their face. But celebrating such a thing. Wouldn't it make them as bad as the terrorists? But then the people who are praying, I find that definitely okay. It was closure for them. They feel as though they don't have to worry anymore.

I know one of the big problems that we are having though is that some Pakistanis are not believing that the US has killed him. If we release pictures then they will go viral. There's so many things to consider. What do you think?