Tu Tuesday - Local

Kayla Treanor is a senoir at Niskayuna High School. Treanor plays for Niskayunas girl's Varsity Lacrosse team as a midfielder. Treanor "has been invited to try out for the 2012-14 U.S. Women's National Lacrosse Team." This is huge for Treanor, because she will be "playing against the best college players to the best players to ever play the game." Treanor says she is "excited and honored" to be a part of it. In the past, Treanor has also played for the "under-19 U.S. National Team in the World Championships last summer in Hanover, Germany."  It's great to see girls from the area become so successful with lacrosse. I wonder if anyone from Guilderland has ever been invited in the past. Congratulations to Kayla Treanor.

(And good job at beating Guilderland at Sectionals last year. You got lucky.)

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Treanor-trying-for-U-S-team-3518795.php

4. Are there any veterans in your family?

I have one veteran in my family, and it's my Uncle Bob. He's my fathers brother. I'm not exactly sure what he does in the military, because my parents always said it was a secret. He spent a long time in Iraq, and he now lives in Pennsylvania. He loves it there, even though all of his family is in New York. He comes here on Christmas Eve, and random weeks. I saw him the other day at my aunts, it was nice to celebrate some of Memorial Day weekend with him.

What is Crippling Us?

John Taylor Gatto asks the question, "do we really need school?" Gatto believes that school is ruining kids, and that we don't really need it. Although, that doesn't mean we don't need an education. " I don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months a year, for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really necessary?" This reminds me of Ray Bradbury's thoughts in Fahrenheit 451 because of how the government thinks that they don't need books. They still know how to read and write, and they read certain things, but books are not necessary. Captain Beatty reminds me of Gatto. "I've read a few books in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing!" (pg. 62) Also, how Gatto says school states that school is boring and Beatty says that "...our civilization is so vast that we can't have our minorities upset and stirred." (pg. 58) They both state the reason for why those things shouldn't exist. Obviously, in Fahrenheit 451, life without books is pointless. And school. Their claims make sense and good points, but it is useless to try and persuade that school is not necessary (and I hate routine). Along with books as well, even though it is a fictional story. 

Tried and True

http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/post/17477297690/my-28-most-tried-and-true-writing-prompts



George Harrison and Amy Poehler

I chose George Harrison because he could teach me his ways of guitar playing, and I'd most likely automatically have a recording contract of some sort. I'd get to meet all Beatles and hopefully play something with them if I'm not too young. It'd be weird if I looked like the female version of him, though.

I chose Amy Poehler because she is hilarious and I would love to be as funny as her. Maybe if she was my mom, it would rub off. And I could be blonde. Hopefully. Everyday would be a fun day. If I was lucky, I could possibly become best friends with Aubrey Plaza. Even more fun.

Commencement Speech

"I know it provides the ultimate experience in higher learning and according to the movies, I know it is filled with people who get rich either by inventing things or sueing the people who they claim stole their invention. Let me be clear. I believe everything I see in movies." Amy Poehler is my favorite female comedian, and on May 25, 2011, she spoke for Harvard's graduating class of 2011. "All I can tell you today is what I have learned", said Poehler, despite her jokes. " As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own." I agree with that quote extremely. Influence is important. Other people's ideas can benefit you and even change your life. "I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face". Poehler makes a several points about being involved with the people around you. "So I will end with this quote: Heyah, Heyah, Heyah, Heyah, Heyah, heyah, heyah, heyah, alright alright alright, alright, alright. The group: Outcast; the song: Heyah. The lyrics: nonsense. I'm sorry it was really late when I wrote this." (This is why Amy Poehler is my favorite).

http://www.sweetspeeches.com/s/2030-amy-poehler-2011-commencement-address-at-the-harvard-university 

If I Were A Television Producer

I would contact Ryan Murphy ASAP, and convince him to continue American Horror Story. I would love to work with him on anything. I'd like to write a bit. I'd get to know people in the industry and maybe start a new show with someone. I'd need to hire writers, a director, etc... Anything in the television industry would be a dream. Any type of horror show I'd like to produce. Comedy, maybe. But I feel like there are so many comedy shows nowadays, and none of them are all that great because the ideas are just not original. Comedy seems like the most difficult to write, though. Parks and Recreation and 30 Rock are probably the best written comedies on TV. Off topic, but maybe I could try to stop Nickelodeon and Disney from airing some inappropriate scenes. On Disney there has been eating disorder jokes, and on Nickelodeon there is a lot of sexual innuendos. It's weird because my little sister is watching it, and it's like, I didn't know that as a kid!

Love To Know Slideshow

http://freelance-writing.lovetoknow.com/Slideshow:Daily_Writing_Prompts~1

What is your mood like when you wake up in the morning? Do you have any special rituals, such as reading the newspaper while enjoying a cup of coffee, that help you get ready for the responsibilities of the day?


On a school day, waking up in the morning isn't something I think about. I just do it. I don't wake up extra early to actually "wake up". I get out of bed and immediately take a shower. I don't have time to relax before I go to school, mostly because I want to get as much sleep as I can. When I'm at my moms though, I have a glass of cranberry juice just before the bus comes. On weekends, I'll have juice then tea with my breakfast :) I enjoy mornings (as long as I'm not starting the day with geometry...worst morning class). If mornings are bad, the rest of the day is bad, in my opinion. So, I try to be optimistic in the mornings. 

Creative Contest III

Sometimes Glee can make me glum.

TU Tuesday - Classified

http://timesunion.kaango.com/ad-photography-students-seeking-same-sex-married-couples-for-project/20516731

Photography students from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC are looking for same-sex married couples for a documentary photography/video project. If you are legally married as a result of the NY State Marriage Equality Act, we want to talk with you about participating in this project. Students will be traveling throughout the state during the months of April and May. Please send emails of interest to KEVIN_CAMPOS@FITNYC.EDU.

After making his coffee, Kevin took a seat at the kitchen table and opened up today's newspaper, just like any person would on an average day before work. He quickly noticed an ad in the paper, "Photography students from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC are looking for same-sex married couples for a documentary photography/video project". 

Kevin turned to his husband, Chris. "Will you look at this!" he said, enthusiastically. 

"What?" Chris saw the LGBTQ pride flag and groaned. "No."

"But-" Kevin wasn't surprised. "It's perfect. We're in Brooklyn, and they need a couple who is 'legally married as a result of the NY State Marriage Equality Act'."

"Nope. Not doing it." Chris was shy. He didn't want to make a big deal out of his marriage, anyways. It didn't need to be publicized. 

"But this is a great opportunity." Kevin didn't understand Chris when it came to the LGBTQ community, and how he shut down when they brought it up in a conversation.

"You don't understand, Kevin. There are people out there who do not support this and never will. I don't want it to destroy us. I know how you can take situations personally, you have to believe me on this."

And Kevin dropped it.