College is Around the Corner



As we know, it is second semester; the time when all seniors decide they are done with high school and no longer have to accel in their studies.  As much as we like to tell ourselves that our grades do not matter anymore, we still have not given up on that feeling to succeed. For me, I am exhausted from all these years of school and all I want to do is just take a break since I will be starting college this August.  Unfortunately I feel as if second semester is just as hard if not harder than any other year of my high school career.  Teachers should just give it a rest and bring down our stress level.  Seniors have many other things to worry about unlike most of the other grades.  I am all set for my plan next year, unlike many who are still undecided about what college they will be attending next year, but I still feel like I need to try hard.  Soon enough my bags will be packed and I will be heading out of here.  I am really excited to get out of Ohio, partly because I hate the weather, but mostly because I am ready to meet new people and start a new chapter of my life.  I have stayed in Mariemont a little too long.

Winter Wonderland

clear roads in Cinci after only a couple days since storm

This past winter there has seem to be a shortage of snow, but as soon as the 2011 winter hit January, a rush of snow followed shortly after.  A huge storm coming from the south seemed to drown most cities in Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.  Fortunately for Cincinnati it did not seem to effect us at all.  As my family traveled down to Atlanta, it was different then the visit a month ago; there was snow and lots of it.  I am used to going down there and the weather being atleast twenty degrees above Ohio's horrible chilly temperature, but again, this time was different; it was just as cold and even more icy.  Unlike states up North, states like Georgia do not have the right supplies to deal with such a snow storm.  Roads still had a slick and thick sheet of ice covering the pavement, making it nearly impossible to manuver a car safely.  The lack of salt and total of eight plow trucks caused the lack of clean up.  Not only did it make it hard for people to get places, it also caused many schools to close for a whole week.  Crazy.  It is funny to relate these schools to the ones in Ohio, where we drive through inches of snow just to get to school like it is no big deal.  With only two snowdays on schedule, I am hopeful there will be more storms to come!

New Years Resolution

For many of us, we decide we are going to kick a bad habit it to the curb once the new year comes rolling around the corner, but how long do these resolutions tend to last? At least for me, I would not be surprised if it was a one week change.  As I went to the gym the first week since January 1, I noticed a tremendous amount of people at the gym, it was jammed pack.  Then I went again this week, funny thing is, it was not jammed pack, and I could easily get around the parking lot and to the desired machine whenever I wanted. It are simple things like these that show how hard it is to break a habit.  Scientists from the article show that breaking a bad habit is much harder because "'You're fighting against the power of an immediate reward'".  Not only do people try to lose weight or just simply hit the gym to stay healthy, others may try to quit smoking or to stop eating such bad food.  Come on, lets not make nearly impossible tasks for ourselves to just be disappointed. I think the whole new years resolution is silly, and if you were planning on changing something about yourself you should have been doing it before.  There is always that same lame excuse of "next year I will..." Stop complaining and get to it now!  Show scientists that you can trick your brain for the better.


http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/01/03/new_years_resolutions_brain_can_sabotage_success/

Snooki's New Years Ball Drop and Her Excessive Amount of Fame

We all heard that Snooki, also known as Nicole Polizzi, was planning with MTV to be dropped from New York Times Square's famous ball that they always use to ring in the new year; this plan fell a little too short. Since MTV did not get the "okay" to do this, they got denied as soon as their plan was exposed.  The people who backed up the traditional celebration in Times Square thought that it took away the real tradition by throwing a newly famous reality star into the mix.  So, MTV took Snooki back to the real Jersey Shore and did their show there on New Years Eve.  That is what confuses me the most, how can people on a dirty reality television show become so popular among America?  I will not lie, the show is quite entertaining, but not because we find these people as good role models or perhaps their fashion sense, it's because they create entertainment by embarrassing themselves.  Snooki and the rest of the Jersey Shore cast make thousands just to appear on a red carpet event, it is a little ridiculous the amount of fame and money they receive for being trashy.  What exactly is their true talents?  To me, and most likely many other people, they do not really seem to have any and that MTV has made them seem to be higher than the rest of society when in reality they are not.  This construes my idea of fame and who really deserves the appraisal.  Whether Snooki is dropping out of a ball on New Years or she is fist pumping in the club with a drink in her hand, there is no talent involved.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101230/people_nm/us_snooki