Tuesday, May 3, 2016
My personality
Instead of working on this blog post I was procrastinating on the internet. I eventually came across what claimed to be the most accurate personality test ever. The Briggs Myers is based on Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers’ typological approach to personality. This personality test uses 4 different spectrums of a personality test. These trait spectrums are introvert to extrovert, intuitive to observant, thinking to feeling and, assertive to turbulent and this test places you somewhere into each spectrum and put you into 1 of 16 personality types. When I took this test I got 73% introvert, 67% intuitive, 51% thinking and, 65% assertive or as they call it INTP. I was a bit skeptical of the results but I read the descriptions of a INTP person. There were some lines that stuck out to me and seemed to be true. lines like " They may appear to drift about in an unending daydream, but INTPs' thought process is unceasing, and their minds buzz with ideas from the moment they wake up" and "While it may not be easy to establish true friendships with INTP personalities, once the link is made, they will provide years of understanding and thought-stimulating ideas, making them well worth the effort." It seemed to be very accurate. I would recommend anyone who is interested in figuring out their personality to take a test. https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test is the best one that I've found so far and it even gives you a description of you personality and how they are in every aspect of life like work life and friendships.
My one and only experience with alcohol and the law
We have a small lake cottage in Coldwater Mi. that we go to every weekend. We would go out on our boat and with food, toys, drinks (both alcoholic for the adults and soft drinks for the kids) and stay out there until the day was done. On day when I was around 13 I thought I would swim back to our cottage (it was close to where we always parked our boat) and grab some ranch for the chicken wings that we brought out that day. As I started to swim out one of my older relatives asked me to bring back some Coronas back. I got back pretty fast but the waters were busy so I decided to take a foam raft with me so I could put the stuff on there and it would help me become more visible. I head back to the sandbar with the drinks, my ranch, and a plate all on the raft. about half way there I hear a sharp siren go off behind me. It was a sharif in his boat and he wanted me to stop swimming. He was pulling me over because he saw me, a 13 year old with a six pack of beer and thought I had them for my self. The Sharif had my climb onto the boat and had me explain my self. I start to freak out thinking I was going to be in serious trouble. I some how choked out an explanation but he was kind of skeptical. My mom just happened to see me on the boat and yelled to the sharif that Im her son and the drinks were for them. The sharif then believed me and even drove me to our boat. All and all it was an exciting day.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Raths and swimming
My dad's side of my family, the Raths, have an illustrious and long swimming career. It started with my dad who started in 71 at the age of 12. Shortly after, his 2 brothers and 3 sisters started swimming with him. That was the beginning of our career. Due to some of his siblings having an early parenthood and the age differences between his siblings, there were members of the first generation and the second swimming at the same time. Then as the first generation were retiring, early members of the second generation were taking up the mantel. With the age difference in my dads family they were delivering a constant stream of children to swim. Some of my cousins swam at Napoleon most swam at Defiance but we had a member of the Rath family in a GNOAC (Greater Northwest Ohio Aquatic Club) championship meet for 45 years in a row. this record is still on going strong with the oldest member of Dad's families' grandchildren currently swimming, and my sister's daughter starting to prepare. This gives me or any of my cousins about 14 years to have children and get them into swimming. This is a new and unique kind of record that will be ongoing for a while and that I can't see anyone breaking for a long time.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
How I almost died #2
About four years ago my friends and I were really into riding four wheelers in my back yard. When this story happened, the woods were flooded, it was freezing out and it was in the middle of the night so it was pitch black and the only source of light we had was from the headlights. So the three of us were running the four wheelers through massive puddles in the woods going deeper uncharted territory. We got to a point where we didn't recognize where we where so we decided to head back. However I had to be cool and run through one last puddle before we do. So I hit the throttle, and start to take off towards the biggest puddle that you could imagine. However there was a small problem. In pitch blackness puddles and look strikingly similar to rivers. I hit the water and slowed to a stop. Im stuck in it the middle of a river on top of the four wheeler. I was staying dry but then it started to roll over. I did a cartoon like log roll run to stay on top put that made the situation worse causing me to fall into the water. Luckily it was shallow enough for me to stand but I was still soaked to my bones in freezing water and the four wheeler was almost sunken. My friends came over to make sure that I was ok and I was other than the fear of the fact that I just sank my dad's four wheeler. I had to get it out fast before it was ruined so I got back into the water and stated to pull the it out. Once I got it close enough my friends started to help. we got it out but it wouldn't start. the water and freezing temperature was getting to me fast so I had to implement all of my survival knowledge that I had acquired (from watching tv). I got out of the wet clothes down to my underwear. I tried to stay warm from exercising but that wasn't doing much so we tied my four wheeler to another one and we tried to make our way back to the house. We knew the general direction but not where specifically to go but we took off. By the time we got home I was a shade blue and absolutely freezing. I had to warm up with a Hot shower but i could not touch the water because it burnt too much to touch. I eventually got warmed up but apparently I got as close as you can to getting hypothermia without getting it.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
As a kid I never listen to much music. As I grew up I started to listen to more music but I did not have a genera that I could get into. I still am kind of the same now but i can listen to pretty much anything that isn's annoying boy band music. I mostly stick with songs that can pump me up now.1. Future world Music-Dream Chaser2. E.S. Posthumus UnstoppableThe first two songs are kind of the same they are a "modern symphonic" music. There are no lyrics in both of these songs so all you can focus on is the music. Yet it isn't boring at all, it feels empowering. 3. Citizen Soldier- 3 Doors Down 4. The Offspring- You're Gonna Go Far, Kid5. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The DarkI would mostly listen to these songs for an adrenaline rush. For number three I would listen to before a race and I broke two records because of listening to it. 6. Bastille Pompeii 7. Queen (anything) Bohemian Rhapsody6 and 7 and just good and fun songs to listen to. they focus on the lyrics and music more than just saying things to make them cool. 8. Spice Girls - Wannabethis holds a place more because of honorary reasons. During swim practice we would need to keep ourselves entertained and sane so we sang most of the time. For some reason this song came up the most in our lane. 9. In the Air Tonight Phil CollinsPhil Collins is probably one of my favorite musical artist and this is one of his more iconic songs. I always watched Tarzan as a kind and he was the artist who made the sound track which mademe like him more.10. Pokemon theme songthis song is just pure nostalgia and awesomeness. Pokemon was 90% of my childhood and howI made most of my friends that I have today.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Some of the skills that I want when I leave Defiance are better communication skills, self management skills, critical thinking, decision making skills and leadership skills. All of these things are critical to becoming a functioning adult in the near future.
For communication skill, both written and oral communication skills are needed, Need to take time to enunciate and be articulate. I also need to be more vocal and say what I'm thinking, instead of remaining silent.
For self management skills, I need to see the big picture and break it down into small, manageable pieces. So I need to white down what I want to do and manage my time better.
For critical thinking I need to be able to better evaluate that information, sort the useful from the trivial, and judge its meaning.
For decision-making I need to know what to do based on the information available. I can struggle at times making decisions because I wont think everything through or I will over think the situation.
Lastly leadership is something that I need to work on the most. this problem stems from all of these issues above. I never want to take the lead on anything because of doubting of my self because of these issues. I don't want to be blamed if I'm wrong so I don't take the chance
Monday, April 4, 2016
Hitchcock analisis
In my opinion one of the reasons that Hitchcock is regarded as one of the best directors is his ability to submerge his audience into his movies by making it entertaining and believable. When Hitchcock directed he used the camera in a magical way that immersed you into the story. He would use very little exposition.While it would explain the story, it would make it seem that you are being force fed information drawing you away from the story. Instead he used Natural human reactions, eyes, emotions to help tell the story. . In many of his movies Hitchcock would focus on the character’s eyes to create suspense. Hitchcock portrays many different character emotions by showing what they are looking at, or by actually showing an image of their eyes.
Next, when he directed the focus of the camera was also unique. Sometimes the camera was in a first person point of view camera method too, to make it appear that you are a part of the movie. Furthermore, Hitchcock used the camera in Notorious helped let the audience and viewers know something was important. In the movie Hitchcock would focus in on objects as well as characters. He would start the scene high and wide, then ending it low and close In one of the scenes Hitchcock zoomed in on the cup of tea Alicia was drinking which had something in it which made her very ill.
Lastly and most important what he presented us as an audience was believable. Hitchcock used the sterile environment of indoors to control everything. The drunk driving scene at the beginning, the scene of the plane flying into Brazil and the scene where they are watching the horse race, none of those scenes were actually shot outside. In fact, the only scene that was shot outside was the scene where Develin and Alicia ride the horses next to Sebastian. Hitchcock instead used rear projection process shots (prerecorded backgrounds) to achieve the appearance of being outdoors. Hitchcock preferred filming indoors because it gave him maximum control over filming throughout the day. In other words, he could film a day time “outside” scene late in the evening and it still appear to be early morning. Furthermore, when he presented information, it was factually accurate. The way that the characters interacted with the uranium is how people in real life react to it. Develin was safe from the alpha particles because the paper blocked most of them. Alicia, on the other hand, ingested the uranium and received the full effects of of radiation poisoning and displayed the correct symptoms too.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
One of my many near death experiances
Before I came to Defiance College I attended school at Heidelberg University. There, I threw for the track and field team. I threw everything but i excelled at javelin. Our throwing coach threw javelin when he was in college and i was the only male throwing the javelin so he focused a lot on me. About half way though the year he decided to recruit another javelin thrower. He was a sprinter which really helps in the event however I don't think that he has ever thrown anything in his life before so he needed a lot of work. So one day we working on our approach (the running part before you throw) I was on one side of the field by my self and our coach and the recruit were on the other side. We each had had a Javelin in hand I was dunning about 50 yards towards the center of the football field and then back. The other guy was doing the same thing on the other side but he was only doing about 30 yards. Our coach then decided to make him go the whole the whole 50 yards but no one informed me of this. So we both are approaching the center of the field without the other person knowing it because we were looking to the side of of the field. We approached the center at the same time and I looked to my left to see where I was. What I saw was the other guy's javelin was inches away from my neck. He had too much momentum to stop and while I did realize what was happening, I didn't have enough time to react to it. However I just happened to roll my ankle at the same time on accident. me rolling my ankle made me "very gracefully" fall allowing be to matrix style dodge the near death experience by complete accident.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Notorious Blogging Assignment
Group #4 – Technology/Science of and in Hitchcock’s Films
Use of uranium in the movie
In the movie Notorious, the main motive of Devlin and Alicia is to investigate the Germans and their suspected use of uranium. Uranium is a radioactive that can be used for energy or weaponry because of its radioactivity. Radioactivity can be defined in terms of the atom, which is the smallest part of an element that can exist. Some atoms are unstable and break down into new atoms. When this happens, it gives off energy, referred to as radioactivity. A radioactive element emits energy in the form of waves or particles. As for Uranium, it primarily emits alpha particles which are the biggest and most destructive type up until a point. While alpha particles are big and bad they can only penetrate so far because of their size. They can be typically blocked by a piece of paper and at worst external exposure can give you a bad burn because it can not penetrate farther than your skin. However in the movie, Alicia ingests the uranium which is a huge problem. Inside the body alpha particles can do tremendous damage to the body and all the organs. Within the first hours of exposure you can experience headache, fever, diarrhea, nausea and, vomiting and within the week Weakness, fatigue dizziness and disorientation. All of these are symptoms that Alicia experienced.
One form of technology that Alfred Hitchcock used was different camera angles. In many of his movies Hitchcock would focus on the character’s eyes to create suspense. Eyes are a great way of relaying emotional messages. Hitchcock portrays many different character emotions by showing what they are looking at, or by actually showing an image of their eyes. One scene in Notorious that focused on the characters eyes was when Alicia realized that she was being poisoned by the tea. The characters do not come right out and say, you poisoned me, but instead Hitchcock shows Alicia’s eyes. The audience can see the fear in her eyes, as the camera moves from her eyes to the mother and then her husband. Also during this entire scene in the right hand corner was an enlarged tea cup. This also helps to create the suspense in Notorious.
The use of the camera in Notorious helped let the audience and viewers know something was important. In the movie Hitchcock would focus in on objects as well as characters. He would start the scene high and wide, then ending it low and close In one of the scenes Hitchcock zoomed in on the cup of tea Alicia was drinking which had something in it which made her very ill. Hitchcock uses this technique very well.
Use of rear projection process shots:
While we see plenty of outdoor scenes in Notorious such as the drunk driving scene at the beginning, the scene of the plane flying into Brazil and the scene where they are watching the horse race, none of those scenes were actually shot outside. In fact, the only scene that was shot outside was the scene where Develin and Alicia ride the horses next to Sebastian. Hitchcock instead used rear projection process shots (prerecorded backgrounds) to achieve the appearance of being outdoors. Hitchcock preferred filming indoors because it gave him maximum control over filming throughout the day. In other words, he could film a day time “outside” scene late in the evening and it still appear to be early morning.
How Hitchcock physically uses the camera
One form of technology that is often overlooked in films is the physical positioning of the camera. Before the time of green screens getting a shot with the background that the director wanted was much harder. At times the director would have to take multiple takes from multiple angles in order to complete a scene. One example of this is the shower scene from the movie Psycho (1960). In this scene, first link below, multiple camera angles are used to create an overall sense for the action that takes place throughout the scene. Because of the size of the set multiple takes of the scene had to be conducted in order to collect enough film for the scene. In the picture below the shower wall was removed to allow for the point of view shots that are spread throughout the scene. Another example of this is in the movie Notorious (1946). In an early scene the viewer sees Ingrid Bergman waking up with a hangover. As Cary Grant approaches the camera rotates as if you are viewing him from the point of view of Ingrid Bergman. This scene, second link below, was filmed in two segments. The first consisted of all the shots of Ingrid Bergman in the bed. In the second the bed was moved and a camera was placed in its place to give the audience the correct angle.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
My hobby
I have multiple hobbies that are that are normal. I like to play video games, watch tv, hang out with friends, and even swim to keep in shape, but I do have a hobby that is pretty unique. I brew my own hard ciders and meeds which is a lot of fun. I don't like the taste of beer so when I do drink its stuff like Mike's or Red's or something along those lines. The problem with that is that they are super expensive compared to other options. It got to the point where i decided to just try to make my own because it was was cheaper. so i bought a kit, made a couple of batches. I have made a basic hard apple cider, a black cherry cider, and honey meed. I haven't tried any of them because the longer you wait to drink them the better tasting and stronger it is so I am waiting until this summer to try it. If it is good I will try making bigger batches and 100% from scratch getting the apples from an orchard and pressing them my self. I might even try my hand at wine if I am courageous enough.
Why I think Bernie Sanders is our best option
I want to say that this is not a statement on his policies or what he plans to do if he does win because not every one agrees with them whether you are a republican or democrat , just a simple analysis on who he is and how he is running for president. The four topics that make me think this are his past actions, who he is focusing on for his political statements, how he is paying for his campaign and his stance on war (which is kind of a political opinion). Back in the 60's he was an active member of the civil rights movement he was "preaching" to his fellow college students about equal rights. This tells me that he actually backs up his statements and beliefs with actions and just doesn't say things to win popularity or votes. Next, his focus is the majority of the U.S. population or the upper middle class and below. This tells me that he has most of America as a population worried for. He also has a way with the youth despite being older than dirt. The third thing to mention and his biggest feature as a candidate is that he stands against PACs (Political Action Committee) or any big companies supporting candidates. Sanders is even running his campaign though his own pocket and financial support from his citizen supporters and no company. He does this because the person who wins the presidency should be some one that earns it and deserves it, not someone that had it payed for. This also keeps companies out of the influences of our political issues. His last issue is his stance on war. On pretty much every issue involving the current wars he has opposed them. However he has supported veteran and veteran support programs stating that if you are not prepared top take care of the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend this country – who came back wounded in body, wounded in spirit – if you’re not prepared to help those people, then don’t send them to war in the first place.
The new puppy and our summer plans
Last Sunday My family and I got a new puppy. She is a beautiful black lab named Missy Willow or just Willow for short. We struggled at first with her name because everyone had a different name in mind. My dad wanted to give her a Christmas themed name like Holy because she was born on Christmas Eve. However no one else liked that name. After much debating we decided on Willow.
Some background information on our family and the decision to get willow is that our family, and two of my dad's sister and their family share a small lake cottage in Michigan. We shared this property for 20 years. Our group had an unspoken agreement of no big dogs there because there would not be a lot of room for them. All three families had small dogs to medium sized dogs so there were no issues. But over the course of 20 years all of those dogs passed away due to age or heath issues. My aunts first replacement dog was a toy labradoodle so it didn't break our unofficial size rule. Then my cousin from the other sisters family bought himself a chocolate lab which did break the size rule. He was well behaved for the most part so we let if slide and he became a part of the family.
Now because of the breaking of that rule we gave up on the no big dogs rule so the family that got the first lab is getting a second lab, a silver one. My sister and I wanted one too so we tried to convince our parents to get the silver lab's sister. They were not too thrilled about it because of how much they cost and all the vet bills. Eventually they came around though but by the time they did all of the silver labs were gone. We looked at the same breeders other labs and all that was left was a charcoal lab or a black lab. We went there to se which one we like better and immediately bonded with Willow and how we got here today. So now we are house breaking her, training her and all this other stuff so that she will be ready to go to the lake this summer
Some background information on our family and the decision to get willow is that our family, and two of my dad's sister and their family share a small lake cottage in Michigan. We shared this property for 20 years. Our group had an unspoken agreement of no big dogs there because there would not be a lot of room for them. All three families had small dogs to medium sized dogs so there were no issues. But over the course of 20 years all of those dogs passed away due to age or heath issues. My aunts first replacement dog was a toy labradoodle so it didn't break our unofficial size rule. Then my cousin from the other sisters family bought himself a chocolate lab which did break the size rule. He was well behaved for the most part so we let if slide and he became a part of the family.
Now because of the breaking of that rule we gave up on the no big dogs rule so the family that got the first lab is getting a second lab, a silver one. My sister and I wanted one too so we tried to convince our parents to get the silver lab's sister. They were not too thrilled about it because of how much they cost and all the vet bills. Eventually they came around though but by the time they did all of the silver labs were gone. We looked at the same breeders other labs and all that was left was a charcoal lab or a black lab. We went there to se which one we like better and immediately bonded with Willow and how we got here today. So now we are house breaking her, training her and all this other stuff so that she will be ready to go to the lake this summer
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Meyer says that lying is a cooperative act. When she says that she means that for a lie to have power and work, you need both the lier and some one to believe the lie. A lie can not work if no one believes it. While essentially this thought is correct it is like saying a crime is made possible because the victim aloud it to happen. Lying is manipulating the truth in a way that the "victim" believes your story. It is a one sided effort where it success of the lie depends on the ability of the lier, not the gullibility of the person.
She also said that lying is a way of connecting what we wish we were with what we are. We lie about ourselves, our lives, and everything, so that other people believe you. When other people believe you it makes it easier to tell yourself that life is the you want it.
The statement "We are against lying but covertly for it" is also true for the most part. We want a fair and equal battle ground, up until the point where where our advantages taken away. So we lie about what we do have and don't have to give ourself an advantage. The best analogy is the cuttle fish. The male has 6 tentacles and the female have four. Strong males tend to have multiple mates mid level strength typically have one mate. the weak male who has no chance to to mate lies about itself. it hides a pair t of tentacles to make it appears as a female then it sneaks into the male harem to mate. Depending on what level we are on we either want the truth or not.
Some techniques there are to spot a lier is that is used to to spot a is Two much details in chronological order, body language like shoulder shrugs and smirks called duping delight. we would want to know to know these techniques so that we can better spot a lier.
Honesty is always a good thing to preserve especially when it hurts someone. We as a culture need to put in an effort into being honest.
She also said that lying is a way of connecting what we wish we were with what we are. We lie about ourselves, our lives, and everything, so that other people believe you. When other people believe you it makes it easier to tell yourself that life is the you want it.
The statement "We are against lying but covertly for it" is also true for the most part. We want a fair and equal battle ground, up until the point where where our advantages taken away. So we lie about what we do have and don't have to give ourself an advantage. The best analogy is the cuttle fish. The male has 6 tentacles and the female have four. Strong males tend to have multiple mates mid level strength typically have one mate. the weak male who has no chance to to mate lies about itself. it hides a pair t of tentacles to make it appears as a female then it sneaks into the male harem to mate. Depending on what level we are on we either want the truth or not.
Some techniques there are to spot a lier is that is used to to spot a is Two much details in chronological order, body language like shoulder shrugs and smirks called duping delight. we would want to know to know these techniques so that we can better spot a lier.
Honesty is always a good thing to preserve especially when it hurts someone. We as a culture need to put in an effort into being honest.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
For the iPhone commercial I think that they are targeting current iPhone users, bandwagoners and people who focus on name brands. Apple wants to focus on the current iPhone users because for a business it is more profitable for them to keep long term customers customers verses losing customers regularly and gaining customers regularly. However, a smart consumer would not buy another phone if they already have an exact one so Apple emphasizes on the new model being different so that people would buy new phones. They focus on the bandwagon people by saying that 99% that have an iPhone love them. Hitting on the subject of customer satisfaction and that it is cool to have an iPhone. Lastly Apple focused on the people that like name brand by saying that If its not an iPhone its not an iPhone. Saying this is obvious and redundant so Apple says that to emphasize that iPhone is the brand to have.
For the Samsung commercial it was typically geared towards the young 'tech-savvy" male audience. the commercial is full of men wanting to meet and attractive female character across the street and they do so in a comedic fashion. It also has many "male" oriented jokes like a parody of Isaiah Mustafa the old spice guy, a taekwondo guy beating up another guy, and the room number being 69. Then the commercial shows off the tv's motion command capabilities and and that all of the men were misunderstanding the waving.
The last one the commercial, the Mercedes-Benz commercial, it was more of a broad focus, however the commercial tried to be cool and adorable at the the same time. The little boy travels across town, at the chance of getting in trouble or worse. He does this so that he can get a ride in a Mercedes-Benz from the police. We also learn that he has done this multiple times. The fact that a child is willing to do all of this for a car ride and recognizes the quality and coolness of the car speaks volumes about the car.
For the Samsung commercial it was typically geared towards the young 'tech-savvy" male audience. the commercial is full of men wanting to meet and attractive female character across the street and they do so in a comedic fashion. It also has many "male" oriented jokes like a parody of Isaiah Mustafa the old spice guy, a taekwondo guy beating up another guy, and the room number being 69. Then the commercial shows off the tv's motion command capabilities and and that all of the men were misunderstanding the waving.
The last one the commercial, the Mercedes-Benz commercial, it was more of a broad focus, however the commercial tried to be cool and adorable at the the same time. The little boy travels across town, at the chance of getting in trouble or worse. He does this so that he can get a ride in a Mercedes-Benz from the police. We also learn that he has done this multiple times. The fact that a child is willing to do all of this for a car ride and recognizes the quality and coolness of the car speaks volumes about the car.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
My night in jail
"Why does my head hurt so bad" I think as I start to come to. I wake up more and become more aware of my surroundings. The cot I am laying on is harder that a rock. The room is cold from the concrete walls surrounding me. The lights are so unbearably bright that I can not see much, even though squinted eyes. Eventually my eyes adjust to the light so I can see where I am at. I look around to see that I am in a jail cell filled only with the cot I was sitting on, a sink, mirror, and a metal toilet. I stand up and walk over to the mirror and see that my head was wrapped up in bandages. I freak out not knowing what happened to me. I yelled for help but no one responded. So there I was stuck in a jail cell with no memory of what happened or any one to help me figure out what happened last night. I sit down on the cot and I felt my pants tighten up. I released that my pocket were full. I emptied them and examined the objects. There was a pen with what seems to have a restaurant or club name on it, my cell phone, my wallet, a name scribbled on a piece of paper, and an extremely expensive looking ring. I look at these objects with confusion. "What kind of night did I have?" I ask myself. I pick up the pen first reading the name on it. The pen read Tin ‘n' Lint. I have never heard of that place in my life. there is no place near Defiance with remotely the same name. That made me think of another question, Where exactly am I? I then pick up my phone and see I have one percent battery left on my phone. Wanting to figure out what happened last night I open the browser and Googled the name of the club the name. Results came back the first link saying that Tin ‘n' Lint is in New York. As soon as I read that the screen went black. "I'm in New York?" I ask my self 'How did I even get here?" Next I looked at my wallet. nothing important seemed to be missing. My I.D. and credit cards, were all there but I was missing some cash.I must have been drinking last night too I thought. Next I looked at the piece of paper. It has a name written in cursive on it. I couldn't read the name on it but it was followed up by #12. I wonder what that is supposed to mean? Finally I pick up the ring and examen it. When I realized what it was I was in shock. The memory of last night flooded back in. What I was holding was a Green Bay Packers Super Bowl ring. What happened that night was that I had meet Arron Rodgers at the Tin ‘n' Lint being a huge fan I go up to him and strike a conversation with him. I ended up getting his autograph and he let me try on his Super Bowl ring. However he had to leave out of the blue and forgot his ring. I tried to find him him to return the ring but he was no where to be found. however some police officers were able to find me. They yell at me to stop but in a panic I started to run but before I could get any where I slipped on some ice and landed on my head. All the mysteries were solved. Where I was, what happened last night, why my head was wrapped up, and even what I was doing with a Super Bowl ring. Shortly after, Arron Rodgers and an officer arrived and let me out. He explains that everything has been explained and you are free to go. I handed Aaron his ring back and left to go home.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The day I 'destroyed' my face
When I was in fifth grade I was walking to Defiance Middle School from the school I attended, Saint Johns Catholic, for band class. For some reason, at this age I always liked to carry "treasures" in my pockets. These treasures would range from trading cards, to marbles from the Johns Mansfield factory across the street, to rocks that I found that were shiny or a cool shape or color. That day's treasure was a handful water balloons that I found in a box my basement. While me and two other boys from my class, who were also in band were walking, walking I pulled out the balloons so that I can blow them up. These balloons were small and old so they did not have any elasticity when I tried to blow it up. However, I was determined to blow it up so I continued trying. I blew harder and harder trying to blow it up but it did not give any. I gave it one more try but this time when it felt like it was finally going to start to blow up everything when black. When I came to everything hurt especially my face. What happened was that when I was trying to blow up the balloon instead of blowing up the balloon I was applying pressure to my head. I did this until I passed out and fell onto the school steps. I chipped my front tooth and scraped my face up on the concrete. I could feel the blood run down my face and I also tasted it in my mouth. The school called my mom and she was there in a couple of minutes worrying like a crazed mother would, rightly so, she was justified in her worrying. The school did not share the whole story they only told her that i passed out and injured my face. Instantly my mother comes to the conclusion that I have inherited the families history of diabetes and that is why I passed out. So she made a doctor's appointment for that day to get my blood tested for diabetes or low blood sugar. I was terrified of needles at the time and I knew what caused it so I was begging my mom not to take me to the doctors telling her what happened. She did not believe me and wanted to get my blood sugar checked any way so we went to the doctors. when we got there they took a blood sample and tested it, they also gave me pain pills and ointment for my face. When the test came back negative my mother was relived. However she didn't want me to go back to school that day, and she could not take off of work, so I got to spend the rest of the day and my Grandma and Grandpa's house playing my game boy. About a week later we finally got my tooth fixed and about a month later I was fully healed.
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