It’s incredible how summer vacations can go by as fast as a week worth of school. Incredible how in summer, more things can happen than throughout the rest of the year, incredible how summer is always kept secretly in your heart and never forgotten. It’s incredible how relieved you are when in summer you don’t have to wake up at 6 every day.
In this year’s case, summer was amazing. Going to camp with all my friends from everywhere, and then playing my favorite sport all day cannot get any better. IMG Academies in Tampa, Florida really had a great impact in my life. Waking up late every day, going to the range and then golfing until it gets dark couldn’t be any better. Then after that taking a hot shower and spending the night with all your friends weather it’s in the pool or going to the movies, that’s my perfect summer. And luckily it’s what I got to do this year.
I wish summer could be at least a little longer, yes of course I know we need to go to school but is asking for an extra 1 or 2 months too much? I mean if we think about it, it is better for teachers, parents and students! More free time! I don’t get why adults just can’t understand that.
Monday, November 14, 2011
My Idiosyncratic Family
I know, I know, and don’t worry, I didn’t know what Idiosyncratic was either! Truth is, dictionary.com says it a synonym for weird and unconventional. But this entry isn’t about a vocabulary class, it is about how bizarre my family is. To start out, I will just state that both sides of my family (my mom’s side and my dad’s side) are completely opposite to each other. My dad was born in the city and has very few brothers. While my mom was born in a town, has a farm and about a trillion brothers and sisters.
My dad, who was born in 1939, (yes he is 72) has been married 3 times. He studied in MIT in Boston, Massachusetts, and has worked hard for his whole life. He likes an active night life and is a big golf fan. On the other hand my mom, who was born in 1962 (she is 49) has been married only once, studied in Berlin, Germany, and his also into going it, but not at all into sports other than jogging. From those two individuals, I was born along with my two other older sisters. I am my mother’s only son while my dad has me and two other females. If you thought that age different between my parents was strange, wait for this.
Only my younger sister is 34 years old, and my older sister is 42 years old. Yes, unbelievable, too many old people in my life. Both of these sisters of mine can sometimes make my life miserable, or can also be very fun. And no, don’t let their age trick you, they can as a matter of fact both be older than 30 but inside they are probably less mature than a 16 year old teenager, only that they can handle themselves in public. Now comes the worst part. Worst then having to remember all the names of my billions of uncles and aunts from my mom’s side, are my two beloved nieces. My older sister has two daughters, 16 and 18 years old. They are quite the pain.
So there you go, that is my idiosyncratic, bizarre, weird and unconventional family.
My dad, who was born in 1939, (yes he is 72) has been married 3 times. He studied in MIT in Boston, Massachusetts, and has worked hard for his whole life. He likes an active night life and is a big golf fan. On the other hand my mom, who was born in 1962 (she is 49) has been married only once, studied in Berlin, Germany, and his also into going it, but not at all into sports other than jogging. From those two individuals, I was born along with my two other older sisters. I am my mother’s only son while my dad has me and two other females. If you thought that age different between my parents was strange, wait for this.
Only my younger sister is 34 years old, and my older sister is 42 years old. Yes, unbelievable, too many old people in my life. Both of these sisters of mine can sometimes make my life miserable, or can also be very fun. And no, don’t let their age trick you, they can as a matter of fact both be older than 30 but inside they are probably less mature than a 16 year old teenager, only that they can handle themselves in public. Now comes the worst part. Worst then having to remember all the names of my billions of uncles and aunts from my mom’s side, are my two beloved nieces. My older sister has two daughters, 16 and 18 years old. They are quite the pain.
So there you go, that is my idiosyncratic, bizarre, weird and unconventional family.
The X Factor
As some frequent TV watchers might know, a new reality show was introduced to the world recently. It’s called The X Factor and some think it might cause somewhat of a controversial strike towards the TV world. Watching reality shows and other series isn’t really my type of thing, I’m that type of person who just turns the TV during dinner and turns it off 20 minutes later. But in this case, I thought it was in some way peculiar that Simon Cowell, an old judge from the very famous reality show “American Idol” would later on create another show so similar to the one he was in before, and expect to just take American Idol’s spotlight away.
I ended up watching the X factor a few days ago, and that same day I read a couple of reviews on it that different news stations had made. The X factor was created by Simon Cowell and many other colleagues he has, and is all based on someone who just has that X factor that can make an impact on the world. Contestants are only singers, much like in American idol, and they attend to trials in different cities around the US. After judges see them sing and perform in the stage, they decide if they go to the next round or not. Once again, the whole process of the show is very similar to the one of American Idol.
After watching the show, I decided that it wasn’t as great of a deal as some people said it was. Reading the reviews just backed up my opinion. I can’t fully understand how Simon Cowell decides to start a new show, with judges that are extremely similar to those that worked with him back in American Idol, and even Paula Abdul who was also a judge in American idol! I want to wait and compare the number of expectators between both the X Factor and American Idol when they are both on TV simultaneously. My guess is that American Idol will still have more viewers, since it is the classic show. What I must admit was good about this new reality show was, that the beginning tryouts are as funny as they used to be when Simon was in American idol. Not because I want to be mean or anything, but simple can have some veeery funny singing voices.
I ended up watching the X factor a few days ago, and that same day I read a couple of reviews on it that different news stations had made. The X factor was created by Simon Cowell and many other colleagues he has, and is all based on someone who just has that X factor that can make an impact on the world. Contestants are only singers, much like in American idol, and they attend to trials in different cities around the US. After judges see them sing and perform in the stage, they decide if they go to the next round or not. Once again, the whole process of the show is very similar to the one of American Idol.
After watching the show, I decided that it wasn’t as great of a deal as some people said it was. Reading the reviews just backed up my opinion. I can’t fully understand how Simon Cowell decides to start a new show, with judges that are extremely similar to those that worked with him back in American Idol, and even Paula Abdul who was also a judge in American idol! I want to wait and compare the number of expectators between both the X Factor and American Idol when they are both on TV simultaneously. My guess is that American Idol will still have more viewers, since it is the classic show. What I must admit was good about this new reality show was, that the beginning tryouts are as funny as they used to be when Simon was in American idol. Not because I want to be mean or anything, but simple can have some veeery funny singing voices.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
This, is where the travels start.
A Highschooler's life, to be can be described as one long travel or voyage. I, am for example barely in the starters of this adventure. I find describing myself quite challenging, for there is so much to say about me but the laziness is a big obstacle for when i want to organize my thoughts. So needless to say, this is where the adventure, voyage or whatever you want to call it begins.
A 9th grade, Venezuelan, fair haired average student is probably the best of the simple descriptions i could use for myself. I am not as tall as the vast majority of my friends, but not small. So far, puberty has really had some fun with me, mostly because of the acne i regret from having everyday. My interests are many, sports being one of the top favorites, and homework being one of the least favorites. Soccer and golf are probably my favorite sports, while cars, money and women are probably the other biggest interest of my life. Friends are really important to me, especially those who i can count on every day. I must admit just out of the blue, that i eat a LOT. Probably as much as to feed a couple of my friends for the whole day, i eat that just for breakfast (thank god a I’m active in the sports world). Music is another big part of my life, a day cannot go by without me checking the new music pages and charts, while on my ipod i have a big range of every type of music that exists, except country. I hate country music. That’s pretty much as far as i can go about myself, if i keep on going my English teacher will probably give me a detention for the obscenities i am capable of saying.
In my new blog i am planning on writing about mostly just the things that interest me, and maybe things that go on in my life. It doesn't sound as interesting as those who blog about new popular gadgets or cars (well thats what is interesting to me), but i'll try to make it as funny and non-boring as possible. Trust me, it might sound weird, but the life and adventures an "average" high schooler can have might get very peculiar..
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