Blue Contacts

My extra credit blog post is on colored contacts. They have any color you can think of: blue,green,hazel,brown,red,gray and so many more. I personally thought contacts were to much work and pointless. Like why cant you just wear glasses? As I got older I actually started to like them. Noone likes to be the dork with the geeky glasses, including me.
    Ive always absolutely LOVED blue eyes! I can now "have" blue eyes with blue contacts. Anyone can replace their glasses with contacts. Of course you dont have to have needed glasses to wear contacts, you can wear them simply just to wear them.You can "accessorize" your eyes to complete your look.
   However, contacts are a lot of work. You need to make sure you put them in wet and not dry. Its very risky to wear contacts, it may not seem like it but it is.You MUST take them off at night or their is a possibilty that when you wake up it will be like in the back of your eyeball, you can actually go blind because of that.Also they do not help your eyes as quickly as glasses do. Personally to me theyre just simply just decoration.

There are really sad things that happen in this world, today I was watching the News and I saw a women named Vanessa Clark whose child had died of suffocation.  After I heard that I was all interested so I kept watching and saw that she was sleeping next to him and realized he was not breathing.  They think he could have died of something called Sudden Infant Syndrome.  I saw that this was her second son and so I was wondering why the other son wasn’t asleep with them as well, and then they said that nearly three years ago her first child who was only one month at the time had died of suffocation too.  So this woman lost two children in around four years in a similar way.  She was charged with child endangerment for her first son’s death and for her second son’s death she was charged with child endangerment and has to face up to twenty years in prison.  You can read more about her here.

My Bucket List

A lot of people have something called a bucket list. A bucket list is a list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket (die). My mom, dad, and sister all had a bucket list so I decided to make one.


~Go skydiving
It has been a dream of mine to do something crazy and amazing in my lifetime. I've always wanted to go skydiving. Skydiving takes a lot of courage to do but it is worth it!

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~Go to Paris and Hawaii

These places seem like a great vacation spot. In Paris you could see the Eiffel Tower and eat escargot which sounds gross but I would do it anyways. In Hawaii you could see the beautiful beaches and sunsets.



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~Go on a missions trip
I have had friends and relatives go on mission trip to Uganda, El Salvador, Africa, and Romania they all said how amazing it was. So someday I want to go to Africa and help people there. We are so fortunate to have everything that we do so I wan't to try to make a difference somewhere int he world.


~Meet my family in England and France
I have a big family with a lot of people that I have not met before. I want to meet them so I can see their culture and places they live.


~Attend San Diego State College
College will be a really important time in my life. I would want to attend a good college. San Diego State is a great college. And a great party school! :D

~Adopt Kids
I love kids. It makes me sad when you see homeless kids on the streets or in TV shows. When I get older it is my goal to adopt a child who needs help. I would want a little boy and a little girl from places like Africa, Asia, or El Salvador. Children who are homeless put burdens on my heart so I would want to give them a good home and help them.
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~Pursue your dreams don't hide them.~

My Love for Tea

I decided to do my extra credit post on tea! I actually did not like tea when I was younger. I heard so many good things about different teas from my parents, I just decided I'm going to try tea again. I fell in love with it!

Every night before I go to bed I drink green tea. Green tea has so many health benefits! Green Tea can prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and strokes. Green tea as well helps you get a better complexion and boost your metabolism. There is still a lot more health benefits from just one cup of Green Tea.

Green tea is not only a tea full of health benefits. I was lucky to find this wonderful store call Teavana. A store that is all about tea. I was going crazy trying all the different samples for so many types of teas. Some teas that I ended bringing home were Peach Momotaro Artisan Tea, Samuria Chai Mate Tea, and one of my favorites Green Tea. Peach Momotaro Artisan Tea is good in antioxidants, body detoxification, and supports healthy skin complexion,and it tastes really good too. Samuria Chai Mate Tea benefits, energy, vitamins, minerals, and supports appetite suppression.

Look at all the things tea can do for you!:D Tea is a great drink and is very healthy for you. I recommend it to everyone.
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The Holocaust...Jews were Blamed for NO Reason

Way before Hitler came to power the Jewish group of people was already being blamed for thing they did not do. It started out a little like this and then turned in to the Holocaust.

Germany was going through hard economic time and people were losing jobs. A lot people were poor and living on streets. The Jewish however, held their jobs and were doing much better than most Germans. They had good jobs and enough money. So they were blamed for ``taking``   the Germans rightful jobs.

Another reason they were blamed was because of the Black Death. A time period in which a lot of Europeans were dying and nobody knew why. The Jewish on the other hand had better hygene and were less prone to get sick and were doing better than the rest. There were hate for Jews (anti-semitism) way before Hitler came to power.

Before Hitler came to power he was making speeches and getting people to follow his ideas. He was good at convincing people and making speeches. Of course in all of this Hitler needed a cause of the problem, the main source, and so the Jews were blamed.

Later when Hitler came to power he did what he had promised to do and started eliminating the Jews. He marked them with yellow stars, like the one shown above, to make the job easier. He started concentration camps and all these STUPID programs to kill Jews.

I think the Holocaust could have never happened and was a big blow out for nothing. Hitler could have blamed the government for the economic depression, not the Jews. He could have been remembered as the big hero than the big loser he is considered.

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scapegoats

Something that I think is scapegoating is how Hitler was blaming the Jews for Germany's problems. He just wanted someone to blame and since he discriminates against Jews he decided to blame them. The Jews were and easy target for him. So even though it was the countries fault they lost world war one according to Hitler it was all the Jews fault. He claimed that it was all the Jews fault for forming strikes. He also blamed the Jews for the holocaust. It's not that he just blamed them for it either he tortured them and hurt them for something he knew they didn't due he did it just to amuse himself. He has issues he hated Jews when he was a Jew himself so by him blaming all Jews in a way he was blaming himself as well, but he did not accept his mother or being Jewish. You can read more about Adolf Hitler here and more about him blaming the Jews here. By mollder_2000

Scapegoat- Placing the Blame on Innocent People.

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Looking throughout U.S history scapegoats were used commonly and still are used in our economy. Like some people blame Obama for high gas prices. Some people blame humans and cars for Global Warming. They blame other people even they know it is partly their faults.

During World War II President Roosevelt sent Japanese to Concentration Camps such as Manzanar. This sent Japanese fleeing from their homes and leaving their families behind. President Roosevelt decided to do this because of the Japanese bombing and destroying Pearl Harbor. Most Americans were scared of the Japanese to attempt bombing again therefore most Americans approved of Concentration camps.

These Concentration Camps were not to hurt the Japanese but to put them to work. They were not treated the well in these camps. They were disrespected and were being discriminated. I consider World War II a scapegoat because not all Japanese were bad. Most of them weren't. The government was blaming all Japanese for something a lot of them didn't do. This was also a stereo type. Since a some Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a bad label was put on the Japanese therefore Americans considered all Japanese bad.

The picture on the top of the page is a picture of Manzanar. This is a concentration camp in Inyo County, California. It is a remembrance of all the Japanese who died in Concentration camps. This camp is still partially here today. There is some remains but not everything is still there. I want to visit this camp and Manzanar Museum. I've heard it is very emotional to see everything they went through in the camps. I'm sure everyone can learn and benefit from seeing the historical meaning of the camps.

Are Fashion Magazine making Girls too Skinny?

A lot of young girls look at a magazine and see the different models that they want to look like. Now for models they all need to have a specific weight, height, and look. Now a days a lot of girls have been starving themselves to look that specific way.

The question is are Fashion Magazines young girls too skinny? I don't think they should be the ones to blame. I do not think it's right though to always have a specific weight, height, or look for a models. Chain stores like H and M were putting real heads on virtual bodies. That I think is wrong, because you have this computer made body on all your models. Instead of showing the different ways clothes can be worn in different bodies. I still love H and M clothes though.:}

Young girls should know that those models aren't the ones to look up to. You should be you and you should be happy with your shape you are because it's there to stay. You should love your shape because everyone is made differently. You're made a certain way for a reason. Their is no point to try to get a models shape because like H and M's models there bodies aren't even real! So I do not think Fashion Magazines are the ones to blame. You just need to be happy with your shape and feel comfortable in your own skin. :]

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People Prejudging Others

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It really makes me totally disgusted that people prejudge people!

Its really stupid, people not only prejudge people, but they also stereotype people!

It makes me so mad at people are o.k. with calling other people names and putting a lable on them, but when someone says something about them, they get totally pissed off! Its so dumb!

In my opinion, if you call someone else names and stuff, then you should be able to take what people say about you!

Like me, I don't talk crap about people, but yet I can take what people say because, I don't care! Like my mother and father taught me I should be a leader NOT a follower, so when people say stuff I couldn't give a care less!

 I don't know about anyone else, and I don't care what people say but like really you shouldn't either! 'cause if you care, then they are winning and they will do more and more stuff to you!

And if you're a person who talks crap about other people, then you really need to back off because, you're obviously no good. And you need to get a life 'cause the only reason you talk about others is because either

one: you are jelious

two: you're just a child who can't get a life

three: you're just a little kid who runs and hides when people start looking for you

four: you talk crap about others because you have no self esteem and you pick on others 'cause you think when you pick on people you're big and hard but you're nothing!

Wow this is disturbing!

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Coming from a family that loves to eat I find the disease of bulimia very disturbing. I don't see why people make themselves believe that they are so fat that they need to get rid of the meal they just ate. Most of the people that suffer from eating disorders are also suffering depression. A lot of times girls see other girls on TV that are stick skinny and want to look like them because they are unhappy with their body.

They also care what people think of them and want to change to impress others. Bulimia not only is bad for you it is also hard to stop doing. Once you start to make yourself throw up after you eat it is hard to stop since you get in the habit of doing it. Over 8 million people in the world are bulimic. I find people who are bulimic very sad and depressing.

I have had a friend who had a bad image in her head of herself and started to stop eating. I would try to tell her how beautiful she was and how she didn't need to do that but she wouldn't listen. She told me not to tell her parents but I couldn't let her do this to herself. My friend and I told her parents and she was put into a treatment center for young adults. But it was hard to watch as my friend didn't eat and saw herself as ugly and fat. This is a sad and disturbing disease to have to go through.

The End of Physical Books

What I find disturbing is that one day physical books will be gone. There are so many other ways to read books now. You can read them on your computer/laptop, kindles, nooks, ipads, and audio books. All that stuff is cool but, i love to get a new book and just to have it with me. I have a bookshelf filled with books and it sad to think in the future I won't be able to put anymore in it.

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of one laptop per Child said that most likely, "In five years there will be no more books."Are you kidding! It's so sad that most likely my children's children will probably not now what libraries, book stores , are or even seen an actual book. I feel so bad that all of the books and textbooks even newspapers will no longer be made.:{

A lot of jobs will be lost if there is no books. Libraries and people who worked in the libraries will end up losing their jobs. As well as the factories who make books. What will happen to book stores and all the people who work in them? Then what will happen to all those people who lose there jobs?

Keep on buying books please. Keep people's jobs. Physical books should live on forever. "You cannot open a book without learning something." Confucius. You can't do that with an e-book or audio book.

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So I'm sort of a nasty person, a lot of things that most people find disgusting I find very interesting. One of the things that I think is just nasty is those toilet things that construction workers use, I'm pretty sure that they are called port a potties. Those things are just disgusting. They are like super dirty and I can't use them. I get really upset when I'm around them, I feel like I might get infected with some sort of disease. I don't really like any kind of public bathroom but those are the worst. I hate how they are so dirty and then it just sucks for the poor people who have to clean them out. There are other things that need cleaning in the same way like little potties that people buy for their babies when they are potty training. Even though they both need to be cleaned out it's like a huge difference because it's just a tiny little child who you know and love that you will be cleaning up after, rather than a random nasty person who may be carrying a disease. I've cleaned out a baby potty before I guess it's similar in a way but I think of cleaning a baby potty like changing a diaper, I would never clean a port a potty. So the outside potties are really nasty, but I love it when someone goes in one and then another person pushes it over. The person who was inside gets all dirty and mad. Then again some people are different; Tiger Woods loves his port a potty time.

SICK!!!

This is going to sound really weird but I find being sick really disturbing and I am really scared of it. I am not just talking about the common cold but EVERYTHING! I get SUPER scared when I have a fever. Most of the time when I have a fever I will start crying and grab my bible and start praying. If I have some sort of ace anywhere I will FREAK out!!!

I don`t want to say why but getting sick really scares me. I guess its because I am still young. I just want to live a good life free of sickness and free of fear. I think this is the reson why some people are scared of getting sick or being sick.

My parents try to talk to me about peaceful thing when I am sick and try to make me forget that I am sick but I just can`t get over it. I am just REALLY scared of getting sick. I feel better right now talking about this and letting people know.

My biggest fear is that there is going to be a sickness that people will not be able to cure. I hate beong scared but that is really disturbing to me. I pray everyday for the Lord to protect me and the world and keep us safe until God comes.

I know I sound really childish but just think about it! How did you feel when you had something that you were really scared off?

The Unwritten Rules About Being the Best Daughter

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To be the best daughter, is basically just a couple of things; you have to make sure you NEVER get in your parents hair, getting good/great grades, don't ask for too much, and just be quiet.

                     RULES:
♥ Stay out of Mom and Dad's hair.
For you to stay out of Mom and Dad's hair, you really just not give attitude, not cause problems, don't give them a reason to yell at you, and DON'T draw attention to yourself.

♥ getting good/great grades
People think its so hard to get straight A's but really it's more work to get F's! All you have to do to get A's is pay attention and do your homework THAT'S IT! So another rule to be the perfect daughter is for you to get good or great grades!

♥ Don't ask for too much
You don't want to ask for too much because if you do they will just tell  you straight out no. You also don't wanna ask for too much because if you do then they will start getting a little pissed off. so keep clear of that.

♥ Be quiet
You want to be quiet because if you ever just say one thing parents get ticked off, so you're better off just not saying anything.

So that's the UNWRITTEN RULES for being the best daughter!

The Unwritten Rules about Going to the Movies

I love to go to the movies! You probably now most of these already, but here are some unwritten rules.:]

Choosing the right Movie

Usually you learn about movies from the commercials or the computer. If you didn't notice this they usually show the good parts of the movie and so the whole movie might not be as good as the trailers. To avoid this from happening look for reviews of the movie you want to see, the best movie review website I like to go to is rotten tomatoes to look at this website click here. There are so many more websites and other sources to use to look for reviews like magazines,newspapers, and tv. If you are taking young kids to a movie and want to check the rating, I recommend looking up the movie, check the rating, and see why it's rated Pg-13 or R for your child. You could do this as well on rotten tomatoes. Just make sure to pick a movie that has everything for everyone so, you don't get you and your guest bored.:}

Getting the Tickets

For any movie you see I recommend getting the tickets earlier then the time for the movie showing. This prevents lines, no seats, and worst of all if the movie is sold out. You especially need to do this when you are going to a midnight showing. When I went to the Hunger Games midnight premiere I got my tickets like a week ahead. I was really lucky they just let me right in to the theater without a wait. There were lines going around the theater of people waiting because they got there tickets that day. So be prepared!:]

Picking the right Seats

You need to get the right to watch the wonderful movie you're going to watch! Get to the theater early to prevent a crowded theater. You don't want to get the seats right in front so you need to stare up at the screen the whole time and hurt your neck. Personally I go for the higher seats and I try to sit in the middle of the row, so you have a perfect view of the whole screen. If you can try to look at the future people you might be sitting next to and see if they are talking a lot or munching really loud on their food this will prevent future irritations during the movie.

Get Snacks

You want to enjoy the movie right and I always enjoy myself when I'm eating, so why not do both! Who doesn't love popcorn.:} The only tip I have for this is try not to get anything really loud so you are not begging the people next to you.

The most important rule is to enjoy the movie. Laugh when you need to laugh, cry when you need to cry or get scared when you need to get scared. Just have fun and get excited for it!

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The Unwritten Rules Of Friendship.

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Friendship, one of the most important parts of life. Statistics say that humans spend over half of their lifetime with friends. There are rules in friendship that you should follow to have a drama free friendship.

Be truthful to your friends.

If you lie to your friends then they will never know when you are telling the truth. Friends always should tell the truth and listen to each other. Don't be afraid to tell them the truth. Friends appreciate each other and respect their thoughts and opinions.

Try to avoid drama.

Don't be going around talking all this crap about your friends. If you do talk about them and they find out, it will make them feel like they can't trust you anymore. Never share their secrets! No matter how much you might want to, it will most likely turn out for the worst.

Don't be rude.

Your friend is a person who you can talk to and enjoy each others company with. If your rude to them it will make them not want to hang out with you.

Make them feel special.

Every once and a while you should do something to make them feel special. You should compliment them, be encouraging, do something nice for them, and say words to make them smile and have a good day.

After all, a friend is a person who you can trust and have fun with. Friends and there to encourage you and to pick you up when you fall down. They should never discourage you or make you feel unimportant.

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
- Len Wein - Sent by Paulo Louro

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
- Sent by Donna Roberts

"Your friend is the person who knows all about you, and still likes you."
- Elbert Hubard

"A good friend is hard to find, hard to lose, and impossible to forget..."
- Sent by Joanne

The Unwritten Rules About Life

If there was a rule book about life almost everyone in the whole world would have one. But there isn`t one. Life is just what we make of it nothing more and nothing less. Life is just about making choices. Every second of your life you are making choices. Like what to eat for lunch or what should I type next in this blog post I am writing. But if there was a rule book about how to live a successful life, I think it should include these:

An Inspiring Story of Someone`s Life:
I think if the person reads a story that inspire`s them they are more likely to get ahead. They will want to be like that person or do something big like that person. You know how when you learn about a super hero or a princess when you are little? And you want to be just like them when you grow up? I think that`s how the intro or the story of the book of life should start because then the kid reading it will be...inspired.

Tips/FAQ`s:
A good book of life should also include some tips about what you can do when you come upon a situation like a FAQ`s page. For example, ``What can I do if I have an essay due tomorrow and all I have written is the word `The`? Answer: Relax. Think more about your topic and try to come up with some ideas and if you can`t then go to the index and find the page your topic is on and read thoroughly. Enjoy! Now wouldn`t that be a great book to read? I mean everything is right there for you. Your brain barely has to think. Less work for you, (you are becoming lazy).

Instructions on How to Make Good Choices:
Like I said before, life is all about making choices. This book of life should tell you a lot about how to make choices and be successful with whatever you are doing. It should also it in the index. Like ``What choice to make when asked to bite someone?`` I hope the answer is not ``BITE THEM!!!``

There are a lot of more things that can be added on to this book but I think we would need to divide it into different book. For example, parents should give their kids the ``Kindergarten and Grade 1: Guide to Life`` on their fifth birthday. (Hopefully the kid will act happy).

Unfortunately, there isn`t a book for us on how to live our lives because if there was everyone of us will be living the same old boring life. There wouldn`t be any creativity and everyone will be successful but no one will be because everyone is the same.

I like life the way it with its twists and turns. Its happy moments and sad moments. I think the reason anyone didn`t write the guide to a successful life is A) because its too long to write or B) because they wanted everyones` life to be unique. I would pick B because life is just life you can`t change it. Just like God can`t be great without his believers, life can`t be great without its uniqueness.

the unwritten rules of stalking

You're going to have to get a lot information on the person. Obviously stalkers know things, that's because they take the time to find everything about you that they can. You should probably stalk the persons facebook and twitter as well because many people give out information on there.

When you watch the person you should be very observant. You're going to have to be willing to follow the person and like look in their windows. You probably shouldn't get caught doing that but it would be really funny if someone did. Seriously though you have to like follow the person and watch them.

Try your best not to get caught. The best way to stalk someone is probably thought the internet. You will be able to read things. I think that was why Facebook was created so you can easily be stalked.

There are people who get caught stalking and that will most likely happen if you try stalking someone, that's why you shouldn't. It is just really stupid to stalk famous people too the paparazzi already does that; so if you don't get caught by the person you'll probably get caught by a photographer. It's still funny when to follow a random person and when they see you just start acting crazy just to creep out. You probably shouldn't actually stalk somebody though I pretty sure someone can send you to jail for it.