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Je suis tres desolate.

On the 21st of November i am leaving for my birthday trip to Paris, France. It isnt my first time to Paris however, this is the TRIP of the year. we are going over Thanksgiving break. We will be in Paris for 4 days and 4 days in Zurich, Switzerland.

In Paris we will be saying at the Renaissance Hotel right near Jardin des Tuileries, witch is the finest park i have been to, you look down a row of beautiful trees changing colors and there at the end of the parl is the arcul de triumf. I LOVE PARIS IN THE WINTERTIME! My favorite street to shop is the Rue Saint-Honore. It is home to the flagship stores of Galliano, Christian Louboutin, Karl Lagerfeld (creative director of Chanel) and many more. One of the best spas in the world is in Paris called Carita, it is one of the oldest and finest! however a hour massage runs about 200 euros. My fovorite restraunt is called The Lido. It is amazing and looks over the Eiffel Tower and Champes Elysees. When you are there you must have dinner at the Musee D’orsay. it is like having dinner with royals. the ceiling was painted by M. Angelo. Something i also find cool about paris is that the taxis are Mercedes. does that say anything about how Europeans view Mercedes.

As you can see Paris is my Fovirite city in the world! there is so much to do there and even tough i have already been 6 times, i am as excited as i was the first time i went.

I am also excited about Zurich. I have never been to Switzerland before and cant wait. i hear there is a great night life and great food! there is just something about europe, i feel so at home. it is fast pace and the poeple their walk with poise and sophistication. i think america needs to take a step forward and be a bit more like the europeans….

First of all i am confused. I am the kind of person that changes his mind every 5 seconds. It has been very hard picking a subject and keeping it. My main biggest problem i am running into is i keep wanting to write a history paper, full of info and facts. I am worried about my topic, and finding/thinking of enough stuff to put into my paper. As of now i am ready to write a 2 page essay.

i am afraid i am not going to have enough sources and it is going to be hard for me to mix my own ideas with other authors.

TIME: there is no way i can have a good draft for monday… i am going to work my little behind off this weekend and crank it out…

hope you had a great time in ATL!!!! holla

this was one of the grossest movies i have seen. i am more of a happy movie person, but my bonus brother, being the “manly” freshman he is had to see this movie, so i agreed. I am the kind of person that sreams like a 4 year old when things pop out of nowhere, and that was all that happened in the movie.

the movie is about cannibals that live in these mountains on a naval testing base. these scientist go missing and 12 soldiers go looking for these 3 missing people. on the way the cannibals are after them. well it ends with like 3 left. it was ghoury and gruesome. i was screaming my little being off. The costumes were great in this movie.

as far as it being believable… not likely but it sure makes you think… are there people out there like this. the movie ends and the mystery is still unsolved, yea the mountains were blown up, but were there others, like the mother ship of cannibals that were more advance and smarter than the others….. it was a good movie over all and i would recommend it… that is if you are into horror.

For the past 8 weeks, every Sunday from 4:30-7:30 i have spent my time in ACT prep class, when i could have been playing tennis. So i have been workingmy behind off getting ready for this test every teen in americadreads taking (well most teens). I had a 3 hour one on one with my ACT tutor on Friday (the day before i took my test) and left thinking i was fully prepared. i woke up saterday to find my heart was in my foot. i was so nervous.

i get to the test and find a line of 200 kids in the same shoes as i was. after i sit in a freezing cold class room for a hour while the proctor reads all the rules and way i can get my test “destroyed”, we start the test.

I begin taking it with the notion in my head that a kids that has gone to college prep schools since he was 6 has an upper hand over most american17 year old. well that test was so difficult. the thing that i dontunderstand is most teens could not take that test. am i part of a select few that are even at a level of taking it. does everyone take the ACT? can everyone take the ACT…. i would also like to know what is America’s average score on the ACT.

another thingthat bothered me was the ACT basically grades your life. it tests everything you. it makes me feel like i am going to be a no one in life. but i know i am better than what i got on the act. do i know my score yet? no, but that test was so hard i would be more than happy with a 25. i got to the point where i couldnt keep going. i feel like the test should be taken in parts, and we should have longer periods of time to take it. who comes up with the math test with 60 questions should take 60 min, or the english test ith 60 questions should take 40 min? the real world isnt measured by minutes. yes we have deadlines but it isnt a race. my knowledge shouldnt be timed. i think most people couldnt even read all of those passages in 35 min on the reading section, much less answer 10 questions about each passage.

the test just made me feel really stupid and below average. it was not a good feeling

BRCC here we come!

so after we got out of the test 2 hours after we were supposed to, i made my way to the LSU game. lets just say it was not the best job LSU could do, i guess they were having a day similar to mine. and to put the cherry on the cake…

as i was leaving the after game tailgate, i heard a police man tell me as i am backing out to “STOP THE CAR, TURN OFF THE ENGINE, AND GET OUT”. (i had my top down so i could hear him very well). this was quite embarrassing because it was infront of the whole school at the tailgate. i had no clue what i did. ohh did i mention it was LSU police hehee. so anyway i get out and he tells all of us to gather around in a big circle. apparently someone “borrowed” a tent from the tailgate next to us while we were at the game. so the woman comes over and is yelling at us, and i quote, “yallz asses should be in jail” ok and this is for a $40 tent we moved over 10 feet. so no one took ownership of the tent so one of the cops said for us to all get in our cars and leave! so i did that.

WELL…..

the other police was not on the same page and must not have heard the other one say that. did i mention they were both 5 feet tall. so as i am backing out for the second time (my top is still down) the other one SCREAMS at the top of his lungs at me… “stop the f***ing car and get out now. this is an investigation… he was screaming so loud i thought the veins in his neck were going to pop out. and he was spilling all over the place. by this point i thought i was going to LSU jail. i dont understand why he was screaming atjust me… so i get out again and tower over him and say wow sorry what do i need to do…. and he said… I WANT ALL OF THIS TRASH PICKED UP AND FOR YOU ALL TO LEAVE. and this is when i had to dig deep not to say anything… so i picked up some trash and zoomed off…. i was shaking i was so mad…. this is a fine example of little man syndrome using his authority to the greatest.

I must say the firsts quarter was quite difficult. In addition to me changing school, one of the most difficult things has been reading the teachers and learning how they test. the way the teacher test at EHS are very different from the ways STM tests. I didnt really know what to expect on a test and it still confuses me.

I do really like the way Mrs. Duke teaches because i except that i will never know what to expect.

the number one thing i have learned about Mrs. Dukes class is if you do the homework you will learn the materials, be prepared for class, and you will be ready for the test. there is no slacking off when it comes to doing homework in her class. the rewards are great if you do it. this is the same for all classes.

the most difficult part is planning out what to do when. I tend to put English homework first over all my other homework and i have learned that isnt the best thing to do. it should be spread out equally.

2nd semester i plan to work ahead in dukes class and expect the unexpected. it is time to buckle your seat belts because things will only get more interesting.

one thing that does bother me is, have you ever notices we will have like 2 weeks of not a lot of hw, then BAAAMMMMMMMM every teacher has a test and a quiz and a paper, and homework due all at the same time. this bothers me. i think it should be spread out so i wont have to study for a Spanish test, and History test, and PreCal quiz do a bibliography, blog, and do chemistry home work all in a matter of 2 days. and yes mrs duke i could have planned better but i didnt….. that is my goal for this semester…. plan things out.

Ok this is going to be random and out of order… a lot like me in fact… so you will just have to put yourself into my mind to understand everything…

i really like the whole unknown part of the book. it keeps you on your toes and asking questions. what is in the woods, is there something the author isnt telling us… what is going to happen if we go into the woods. it just so happens that the unknown playes hand and hand with darkness. Darkness is unknown. think about it people are scared of the unknown and scared of the dark. Conrad is great at describing things and really putting the reader in the place of the characters. the way he describes the scenery and setting. it puts you in their shoes and makes you feel like you are there. It helped me stay focused on the text.

the way the characters were described was veryy interesting. how is kept ketz and “unknown” in an odd way. the way he describes him with questions. the way that kertz doesnt care what people think etc is very unique and cool. Marlow is also an interesting fella. he doesnt care about what others think, he has a passion and a dream. he talks about his feelings, is enthusiastic, and has a goal.

the book plays on the whole racist/non racist… i strongly believe Conrad is racist and wrote the book with marlow being racist. it is outlandish for someone to call someone of color a savage and animal and not think he is a racist. i think that conrad might have written the book as a learning tool to teach people that you might think something about someone and be all wrong about it. he never really says the natives are human, but implies that he thinks they are similar to them.

Phycological: This book is interesting because instead of plot being of upmost importance, what is in the characters mind is the most important. it makes you think about what they are thinking… it keeps you asking questions! the book talks about change within and i think that change is key to a healthy life and buisness. this plays in with the end of colonialism… it is a changem, this book is change…

what is up with the damn women sewing with black sting?

i like how towards the end the wilderness and darkess become overwhelming. it shows how it can take over and start to get to you…

OVORY: not only does it play in with the whole black vs. white thing, it shows danger and doing something wrong.

this was a good book and it amazed me how Conrad could fit so much in such a small book. good thing it was short or else i would have not been able to keep up. it had me on my toes and kept me asking question… i have finished the book and i am still thinking about it and thinking about what happens next…

(I hope that is what you wanted… thanks DUKE A TEE DUKE DUUUKKKKEEEE!)

Things start to get interesting….

We start to learn more about Kertz and what he is about. He likes to wonder into the wilderness alone and raid villages for ivory. Everything seems to be about ivory. He seems like he is getting sick and isnt doing well at all.

the darkenss and wilderness are becoming overwhelming. We are beginning to get scared of the unknown. it is quite lonely out here and some of the men see and want the beautiful black natives.

The Russians are making Marlow promise to protect Kertz’s reputation. The cannibals are standing guard of important ivory. We are full of fear…

Kertz is dead.

danger is always present… the unknows is taking over…

I have not read as much as i planned by now, because my life has been a little crazy the last few weeks, however what i have read so far has been good. I like the way the author describes things and makes me feel like i am there along with the characters. the monkeys are amusing (i love monkeys and find them so funny, i have book and books filled with funny pics of monkeys).

i look forward to the rest of the book and hope it keeps me interested… there is nothing worse than a book that you lose interest!

hey guys… as you know i am LOVING Episcopal! Most of you know that i am easy to get along with and i am very outgoing. i make friends fast and become close with people very fast. It caught my attention when we were goofing off in class and talking about stuff. someone said something about how i yell DUKA ATY DUKE DUUUKEEEE, then you said something like… “kids have called me that before, just ones that have known me for a lot longer than you”. It almost sounded like you think i am some odd thing… well guess what… I AM (HAHAHH). Although i am new this year i feel like i have been at ehs since kidergarden. it is a great feeling to be welcomed by others. and that is how i feel every day.

I feel so close to everyone including the teacher… thanks for everything…

and i would just like to add that i am so excited for homecoming, not justt because i am on the court but because it is going to be my first homecoming that i am around kids i really love!  thanks for making my time at ehs so amazing! and yes i know that was cheesy but i am a cheesy kinda guy.