The Interview

Today i will be interviewing my older sister Candice. She is a senior in high school. Now I'm going to ask some questions about her life and ambitions.

1. What college do you want to go to?

Candice: Stanford

2.What would you like to be when you are an adult?

Candice: An Environmental Researcher

3. What is your grade point average?

Candice: 4.3

4. What is your favorite brand of water?

Candice: Dasani

5. What is your favorite movie company?

Candice: Disney Pixar

6. What is your favorite color?

Candice: Blue

7. What is the maximum degree you want in college?

Candice: PhD

8. What is your favorite animal?

Candice: Elephant

9. What is your favorite genre of music?

Candice: Indie

10. What is your favorite leisure activity?

Candice: Listening to music

Thank you

My Interview with my sister Samantha Renee

So today, I sat down with my sister, Samantha, over a nice cup of hot chai from Starbucks. As we talked and reminisced, I decided to use her for my English project. I wanted to interview her because, she has been working at Disneyland for six months now and she is also two months pregnant.
This is a random question, but what is your favorite movie, and why?
"Well, I guess I would have to say 'The Lion King.' Though I like 'Beauty and the Beast' too, but 'The Lion King' because it never gets old.
Who would would you say you depend on the most?
"Mom. Definitely momma. That is exactly why I moved back here."
What is it like to be working backstage at Disneyland for the cast members?
"Strange. You would never expect to see the people in the costumes. Especially cause I have seen Mickey with his head off and Tinker Bell curse. It was so funny!"
What is one benefit about working there?
"My 365 day pass and I get really good discounts at most of the stores."
Disneyland is "The Happiest Place on Earth." Why do you think so?
"It seems like every time I actually go to the park, the magic is just...amazing! I feel like a little kid going for the first time." She brushes her hand through her hair. "People say the 'magic' is just propaganda, but it really isn't"
What are you excited about for your child?
"Oh jeez! Well after years of hate in our family,we are closer than before. Besides the fact of mom and dad being divorced, we are like never before."
Once I was finished with my interview, we met up with our brother, Josh, his wife, and our nephews. It was a nice evening.

In n Out

In n Out is a good little fast food place that sells burgers. In n Out has good burgers and fries plus they have a very nice decor. The prices are reasonable for there burgers and combos. This place is clean and looks nice and has nice employee's. When I went there they had good service and the food was delivered fast. At In n Out you can get burgers as big as you want. Overall I would give In n Out A solid 9 out of 10 in my opinion.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review

I would rate this game an 8.5. The reason for it being that low for a CoD game is because of how Infinity Ward screwed up with the online gameplay. The story is great though. There's lots of action and jaw-dropping moments. But from my online experiences, the online gaming is just disappointing and upsetting. There are so many glitches and things that you know shouldn't happen. It's especially frustrating when you're about to get a kill streak and then someone kills you but to your screen it doesn't look anything like what really happened. Like when you commando and jump toward a guy and stick your knife in him but he shoots you when your knife is in him and you die. And the delay in taking damage can be annoying because it looks as if you got behind cover before you died. And all the problems with people camping and shooting grenade launchers only when it doesn't even need to be used. And so much more. Anyways I have pre-ordered Black Ops and hopefully it won't fail as Modern Warfare 2 has.

Edgar Allen Poe, crazy or disturbing. I think this man is very unpredictable but a very good writer. Most of the stories that I have been reading from Edgar have been impressive like The Tell Tale Heart or The Masque of the Red death. Most people think that Poe is a very bad writer and many would say that he is crazy. In my opinion he is misunderstood in some ways, also some people dis reguard his writing because of his vocabulary and speech in most of his stories. So i think that Poe is a great writer and I plan on reading more of his stories.

I, Samuel Coleman, am learning about the amazing Edgar Alen Poe. Some people may think of him as insane person, but my personal opinion of Poe is he just unleashes the true evil inside everyone. So that is the thing that makes his writing so magnificent. Edgar Allen Poe rules, he strives for everyone that reads his stories to get a horrifying feeling that becomes larger the deeper they get into the story.

Carl's Jr.

Carl's Jr is a great place to get something quick to eat, or to have a good dinner. It has small burgers to enormous burgers. Its shakes are also pretty good. The Western Bacon Cheeseburger is great. It has beef, cheese, BBQ sauce, onion rings at the bottom, and buns, of course. Then there is the steep price of the "Six Dollar Burgers." There price is obviously six dollars and Carl's Jr's best and biggest burgers, including the Western Bacon Cheeseburger, are in this group. Though they have high prices, there food is well made and not to long of a wait either.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Okay. So as you can see in my title, I will be talking about the movie made in 1975, "Rocky Horror Picture Show." This movie is really weird and really fun to watch. I would not recommend it for a family movie, but I would recommend it for people who would love to laugh and people who are...mature. It is about a guy named, Brad Majors and a women, Janet Weiss who have planned to elope. When they are driving, they get a flat tire and they walk up the street when they come upon a castle. Well at least that's what they thought. Once they are inside, they meet Riff Raff, a house keeper. Then they meet, Magenta, a maid. Soon enough they break out in song to my favorite, The Time Warp. Then they meet Dr. Frank-n-Furter, my favorite. He is planning to make a man, named Rocky Horror. Pretty much they wind up in his plan to go back to their planet, Tran-sexual Transylvania. The rest is for you to find out. My friend Emily said at Target, it is only $5.

The Diary of Anne Frank play

My post is going to be about a play that will be taking place at the school I go to. In class one day my teacher told us that most of the 8th grade English classes will be doing a skit/play for English/History night at our school and me, being the aspiring thespian I am, I went. The skit/play we are doing is the world renowned book, "The Diary of Anne Frank." We have been doing this for I guess 4-5weeks(once a week) and so far, the practices have been really fun and it is going smoothly! Monday, we have dress-rehearsal and on Wednesday is the play. For all of you who read this and go to my school, it will be fun to watch and in my view, everyone is a great part for their role. After the play, I will post a review of how all the scenes went. I will not be biased at all, promise!

Hey I'm going to talk about watermelons. Just to say, I hate watermelon. They're so big and you have to sit there the whole time eating this giant fruit when you could eat an orange or something. And the seeds are evil. They could get stuck in your throat and you would be laying on the floor twitching, knowing that this little black seed is going to make sure that you don't wake up tomorrow. Well the taste is okay, but I still don't like watermelon.

Video Games: Good or Bad?

Video games in my opinion are good. Some people say they rot your brains but that is if you play WAY too much. Video games whether they are rated M or E, they are good. You can learn things from them and could develope great hand-eye coordination for our future pilots. I know that I've learned the meaning of many words from video games that are good and that I am glad I learned so early. Some people also say that video games make people do stupid things. Now just think, if a person were to kill someone because they saw it in a video game they would've already had to be messed up in the head to think it's okay. So video games are not as bad as too many people say.

Hello today I will be blogging about something very interesting. I am going to blog about McDonalds. Some people may say that McDonalds is good but it isn't good for you. McDonalds has caused people to become fat and obese.It is proven that it is very fattening. True McDonalds food might taste good but nothing good will come from it. In conclusion if you eat at McDonalds there is nothing good to come from it

Best of Friends

Funny Really funny! Intelligent Eccentric Nerdy Dorky SUPER!! Friends. A word that is used to describe the people who you can be yourself around, laugh at when your upset or sad. The people you can share your deepest fears and secrets with and trust that they don't leak into society. Originally, i was going to post a whimsical YouTube video, but to me, it wouldn't have felt right. My focus this week has been on friends. All of my quirky, fun loving Friends. I feel that I don't tell them enough, how much they mean to me, which is A LOT. They're always there in my hour of need... always there to back me up...always there to keep me in check:) At a moments notice(like minutemen)Sure, we have our little "spats", but when you roll with the punches and do everything in your power to mend the bond between all of you, THAT, my dear reader is when you realize who is there because they are your friend for YOU, not because your easy to deal with and you don't complain, but for plain 'ole simple YOU! Please, be appreciative of your friends, thank them for being there, tell them how much they mean to you... because you never fully realize these things until you almost lose them, don't let that "close-CALL" be your "wake-up CALL" ~ D.C.T.~ YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE:)

Universal Studios, Halloween Horror Nights

Okay, so as most of you fright fans know, theme parks do a special fright fest due to the fact of Halloween, and they get their cast members to dress up to scare the brave-hear-ted participants. Universal is one of the most blood curdling, into Halloween theme park in Southern California. You can already tell that you will be scared due to the fact that they advise people either with heart problems and/or under the age of 15 not to go. If that hasn't already scared you away, they have their cast members take the chain off of a chainsaw and bang it into the ground just inches away from your feet. Another thing that they do is, thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhey have different sections in their park and during this "Halloween Haunt", as they call it, they will put a theme to each section. It just so happens this year, one section was killer clowns. The last thing for me to tell you is a little Mexican folk tale they have put on their website to warn you. It is called "La Llorona." It is about a beautiful women who drowned her children to be with the man she loved. Though, he rejected her and so she too drowned herself. Her ghost is told to be doomed to wander vainly, searching for her kids. According to the tale, she will kidnap wandering children or children who misbehave. Some also believe that those who hear the wails of La Llorona are marked for death. The rest is for you to go and find out.... Though you can find out more at http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com.
Happy Halloween from me, Monica:)

Answer for EnglishAnswerman: Poe

I don't really think poe was "crazy" but maybe a bit odd and twisted then others. He had problems with childhood and alcohol which would help him think of these twisted stories. But just because you can think of odd and horrid things doesn't mean you're crazy. I actually have some randomly horrid thoughts at times when I'm bored. But people have many different ways of thinking which some may consider "crazy" but at the most I think Poe was a bit sick minded. Here is a video of the Tell-Tale Heart. or it's embeded, I don't know.

I think that Edgar Allan Poe is not crazy, but he does seem to be a bit strange. He writes about how some paranoid person is scared of an old man's eye because it reminds the guy of a vultures eye. So you know what the guy does? He kills the old man just because the eye was scary. Then when a neighbor hears the old man screaming, they call the cops. The guy then dismembers the old man and puts the body parts under the wooden planks on the floor. When the cops get to the house, everything is all good. But the guy can't take the guilt any more, so he screams "villains" and rips the plank off the floor and shows them the body parts. Now Poe was most likely not a crazy man, but he seems to have some problems.

Answer for Answerman:Edgar Allan Poe

English Answer man,

Okay, well, for me, it seems that their isn't a straight,one-way, answer to your question. People may be judged by the way they act, or speak, but when writing stories or poems, it can absolutely be based on pure imagination. Saying that Edgar Allan Poe was mad, or crazy, for writing in the style that he did, seems biased. Poe had a rough child hood and also had an alcohol problem. He might have simply let his emotions run wild and turn something rough from his past into an even worse, almost horrific, story or poem. This might have been a way for him to cope with all of his past. No one knows for sure, but in my opinion, Poe was an absolutely SANE creative writer with a unique imagination that he used in his writing pieces. Some authors, however, may take a completely TRUE event from their life, and use different characters. Although I am sure that J.K. Rowling isn't a wizard, and Stephanie Meyer isn't a vampire, there are some writers that do use true events.

-Cassie Jay-

P.S. I am very excited that we are learning about Edgar Allan Poe. He's a fantastic writer!

I believe that you can not judge a person on what they write about. For example, kids books they don't tell you anything because some writers write just to entertain people. J.K Rowling wrote the Harry Poter series not because she believes in wizards but to write something that people will enjoy. Another example is Edgar Allen Poe some people thought he was crazy but he just had many problems in his childhood and a problem with alcohol. In The Tell-Tale Heart it talks about a man killing someone because he doesn't like his eye. In real life Poe would not have done that unless he was intoxicated. Everyone thought that Poe was crazy only because of what he wrote about. That is why you should not judge someone by what they write

"The Heartbreakers"(upland high M.A.D.S)2010 review

Don't these boys look like they're having fun?!

Well, Every year, at Upland High School they host the annual "Choral Showcase", where all of the choirs in the district come together to put on a spectacular show, including the honor choir from all of the Elementary schools. Every year all of the different groups are absolutely fantastic! However, the group that seems to be the most amazing are the "M.A.D.S" a.k.a. The Madrigals. different people form different groups within the Madrigals.One of them are "The Heartbreakers".(the guys above) They sing in the style of a barbershop quartet. The video is of them singing the song they performed at the 2010 showcase, "A Crazy Little Thing ,Called Love"... in the bathroom?! Yeah, that's right.To me, shows that they truly enjoy singing because it is a great experience, and it's fun! It should inspire more guys to join chorus...we could use 'em.:) I will keep reviewing anything that might catch my eye so check in:)

Hope you liked it

The Mohawk Blog: Answer for Answerman

The Mohawk Blog: Answer for Answerman I have never really known what a blog was. I'm excited to figure out what can be heard and said in blogs and how to write in them well. This is all knew to me so I hope I will understand it and post well written blogs.

Answer for Answerman

During the rest of the school year I see myself posting about many different interesting topics, I'd mostly like to write reviews of movies, YouTube videos, and music. I think that doing a class blog this year will help me be more clever about what I write and say. Doing a blog this year will help me to become more acquainted with the people in my group, and the rest of my peers. I think it will help me add personality to all of my writing pieces this year as well. I've never done a blog before, but I've been wanting to make my own for awhile now. And now that I have this opportunity I hope to learn many things and eventually create my own blog.

I see myself posting about many different topics during the year. I am excited about this because I have not ever done a blog about anything. I hope to gain knoledge and to post my ideas for other people to see.

Hello englishanswerman. I have no idea how to blog but this seems like it's going to be fun. There will be so many things to talk about.

Answer to English Answerman

I really think this is going to be a good thing for me because i've never had a blog and it seems really fun. Also I think i'll have fun with the people i'm doing this blog with. I hope to do my best on this and I will have a good time doing it.