April 29

I'm so glad to see you..delighted that you came
I swear you haven't changed
I called you to tell you, I'm coming home in seven days
In a word it's all arranged
I've been so lonely since I lost my mind, and my patience is wearin' thin
But I feel lucky when I think of you, and how I'll see your face again
EVERYTHING IS FINE-APRIL 29
TRY TO BE ON TIME-APRIL 29
I used to be fearful, of the voice inside my head
And all the foolish things it said
Oh, tell me you'll be there-It would be just like old times
April 29I've been so lonely since I lost my mind, and my patience is wearin' thin
But I feel lucky when I think of you, and how I'll see your face again(CHORUS)
Unlock the door and...throw away the key
The sun is shining-We're finally free
I've been so lonely since I lost my mind, and my patience is wearin' thin
But I feel lucky when I think of you, and how I'll see your face again(CHORUS 2x)
[April 29 Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

Today:
2004 - National World War II Memorial opens in D.C.
1992 - Riots erupted in Los Angeles
1945 - Dachau liberated
1945 - Eva and Adolf marry

Top 10 Famous Americans

So, today I was reading in the Smithsonian magazine an article. Some people took a survey of 11th and 12th grade students asking them to list who they thought were the top 10 most famous Americans excluding Presidents and their wives. They thought they would pick people like: Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. To their surprise they did not. This is the results from the article:
1. Martin Luther King Jr.
2. Rosa Parks
3. Harriet Tubman
4. Susan B. Anthony
5. Benjamin Franklin
6. Amelia Earhart
7. Oprah Winfrey
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Thomas Edison
10. Albert Einstein

Well, I was curious so today I was at a middle school. I asked two classes to write down their top ten. One class was 6th graders and the other was 7th and 8th graders. Here is what they picked:
6th graders:
1. George Lopez
2. Miley Cyrus
3. Tupac
4. Chris Brown
5. Easy E
6. Rosa Parks
7. Martin Luther King Jr.
8. Usher
9. Britney Spears
10. was a tie between Jennifer Lopez, the Game, Selena, Daddy Yankee and Fergie

7th and 8th Graders:
1. Cesar Chavez
2. Miley Cyrus
3. Lewis and Clark
4. Micheal Jackson
5. Oprah
6. Martin Luther King Jr.
7. Janet Jackson
8. Clara Barton
9. Britney Spears
10. Nicholas Cage

Very interesting......

Oh and today I was accepted into the credential program at CSUDH!

In the Pit Moshing with Jesus

Lots of interesting things from Bible Study tonight. The topic was Heaven and Hell. One person asked about the idea of different levels of Heaven, because in the bible it says you get into Heaven because you believe in Jesus Christ but it also says that you will be rewarded for what you do. My Pastor said, but he made a joke about being closer in the orchestra to Jesus and someone said we are in the Pit, and the Pastor responded by saying we are in the pit moshing with Jesus. Trust me it was funny.
We read this passage from Matthew 7:15-20:
15"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
I hope that my fruit is good fruit. Meaning that I hope people can see my faith in the things that I do. I hope that people read this and recognize.

Today:
1564 - William Shakespeare was born
1616 - William Shakespeare died
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan (convicted of assassinating Robert Kennedy) receives the death penalty.
1956 - Elvis debuts in Vegas
1954 - Hank Aaron hits his first MLB Homerun.
1975 - President Ford announces that the Vietnam War is over for America.
1988 - My cousin Brittany Jewels was born.

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day! Commit yourself to do something good for Mother Earth today! To see what other people are doing check out http://www.google.com/earthday08/. As for me, I am going to make a bigger effort to recycle and use less energy in the house and encourage others to as well.

Today in History:
1970: The First Earth Day is celebrated.
1937: Jack Nicholson is born.
1994: Presiden Nixon dies.
1945: Hitler admits defeat.
1886: Ohio makes seduction illegal. For men who are instructors of women. (its quite funny check it out).

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Statistics
1 out of every 6 American women have been the victims of an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).

17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape.

9 of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003.

While about 80% of all victims are white, minorities are somewhat more likely to be attacked.

In 2006, there were 272,350 victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault. (These figures do not include victims 12 years old or younger.)

Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.

Here's the math. According to the U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey — the country's largest and most reliable crime study — there were 272,350 sexual assaults in 2006 (the most recent data available).

There are 525,600 minutes in a non-leap year. That makes 31,536,000 seconds/year. So, 31,536,00 divided by 272,350 comes out to 1 sexual assault every 116 seconds, or about 1 every 2 minutes.

Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, with 60% still being left unreported.

Males are the least likely to report a sexual assault, though they make up about 10% of all victims.

Almost 2/3 of rapes were committed by someone known to the victim.

73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger.

38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance.

28% are an intimate.

7% are a relative.

Stats taken from www.rainn.org/statistics

Today in History
1956 - Elvis had his first #1 Hit, Heartbreak Hotel
1989 - Chinese students begin protest in Tianamen Square

Stamp Out Hunger and VT

I always wonder about what is going on to help people here in America. I know that people in other countries need help but I feel like we spend too much money and time helping other people and not enough on helping ourselves. Here is a great way to help out:


The time of year is here again when millions of Americans combine forces for Stamp Out Hunger™ —the nation's largest annual single-day food drive! To learn more, visit HelpStampOutHunger.com.EVERY PERSON MAKES A DIFFERENCE!We need your help spreading the word. Forward this message to your friends and family too and help get them involved.

ABOUT STAMP OUT HUNGER™On Saturday May 10th, letter carriers in more than 10,000 communities will collect food items and deliver them to local food banks to help some of the millions of Americans, including an estimated 13 million children, who face hunger every day.Since 1993, families have donated more than a half-billion pounds of food to Stamp Out Hunger™. You can help make this year our most successful ever.
Simply place bags filled with nonperishable food items* like canned meats and fish, canned soup, juice, pasta, vegetables, cereal and rice next to your mailbox this Saturday, May 10th.
Your letter carrier will pick up the bags and deliver them to your local food bank.**
Thank you! Your support is greatly appreciated.
* Please do not include out-of-date items or those in glass containers.
** If you live in an urban area, check with your letter carrier or bring food to your local post office .and they’ll deliver it to local food banks


Also today take some time to remember the 32 people who lost their lives last year at Virginia Tech.

"Happiness is having friends by your side"

Time with friends, makes everything better. Yesterday I went to Disneyland and actually rode rides! Usually we ride a couple but yesterday I rode some that I have not read in quite some time. We went on Space Mountain (like always!), Thunder Mountain, the Matterhorn, and Pirates. I forgot how much I like Thunder Mountain!

Today quite a few things happened; here is the list:

1865 - President Lincoln was pronounced dead.
1912 - The Titanic sunk and the "Unsinkable Mrs. Brown" became famous.
1924 - Rand McNally releases its first road atlas, and let me personally say THANK YOU!
1927 - The first footprints were set at Grauman's Chinese Theater. They were from: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Norma and Constance Talmadge.
1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier by playing in Major League Baseball on the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1990 - Ava Gardner dies.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

Lots of big things today.

1775 - First Abolition Society was founded in Philadelphia. Orginally called "The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage," they changed their name to "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage" in 1784.

1818 - The Webster's Dictionary is first published.

1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 - One of the last things Lincoln did before his death was to approve the proposal for the Secret Service. However, the original purpose was to help fight the rise of counterfeit money.

1912 - The Titanic hit the iceberg.

1935 - Loretta Lynn was born and a major dust bowl storm hit.

A picture of me with Mr. Lincoln.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

“We are a part of all that we have met.” Tenyson

Today I am at Downey High, substituting. I found a little booklet of “First Day Activities.” I really liked this one. I wrote it down and then decided to fill it out myself (anything to stay occupied).

-5 Significant People in shaping your life other than your parents
1. Heather, my sister, she has taught me so much about strength and courage.
2. Meghan, who has always been there for me, since we were like 7 years old, we have been friends and we will be until we are 107!
3. Cassie, I can not begin to explain the way Cassie has helped to shape my life. Just suffice it to say, my life would be very different without her presence.
4. The CG's. They know who they are and why they are significant! I love them!
5. My aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. They have shown me strength, weakness, individuality and courage. Without them I would be different.

-5 Significant Events that have affected You
1. Something personal that I am not choosing to share.
2. My mom’s death.
3. 9/11
4. Being accepted to CSULB
5. Being a Grand Bethel Girl

-5 Possessions or Books that are important to you.
1. My teddy bear, Softy.
2. My pictures of my friends and family.
3. The ring my mom gave me.
4. The ring my dad gave me.
5. The book Tuesdays with Morrie, first book to make me cry.

-5 Long Term Factors that Identify You (i.e. race, gender, birth order, etc)
1. First born, I was often put in charge.
2. Freckles
3. “White”
4. Spirit/Pride
5. Reading

-5 Single Adjectives that Describe You
1. Sweet
2. Caring
3. Timid
4. Silly
5. Creative


-5 Topics You Know a Lot About
1. Job’s Daughters
2. Breast Cancer Awareness
3. Cooking
4. World War II
5. History, in general

3 Adjectives You want College Admission Directors to Write on Your Folder
1. Determined
2. Worthy
3. Ready

Interesting Things that Happened Today:
1945 : United States forces liberated a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany today. Over Twenty thousand inmates were free today after its capture. Since 1933, approximately 200,000 persons doomed to sadistic death or a living hell passed through the gates of the electrically-charged barbed-wire enclosure as infamous as the camps at Dachau and Oranienburg

1968 : President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 , prohibiting housing discrimination and providing protection for civil rights workers. President Johnson, voicing outrage at the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King and the violence that followed it, has signed an historic open-housing bill, The new law will prohibit discrimination in 80 per cent of all housing sales and rentals by 1970

1970 : NASA launched Apollo 13 , America's third manned moon-landing mission, from Cape Kennedy, Florida today, Two days after launch, an oxygen tank on the spacecraft exploded, forcing the astronauts to abandon their mission. Although they had only a small supply of oxygen, water and power, the Apollo 13 crew managed to safely return to Earth in the spaceship's lunar module.
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/this-day-in-history.html?gclid=CP-vifrG05ICFQ9aiAodbRlgcw

1997: Alyssa Pataky, passed away.

reconciliation

Last night in my Bible study we discussed 2 Corinthians 5:16-21. This verse talks about reconciliation. According to my Pastor, the church is trying to reconcile "sinners" with God and people with people. I was confused by this concept as was other people in my group. I was wondering what that meant to reconcile with people. Do we have to get along with everyone? We are human, that's not possible. My Pastor said that we are supposed to fix broken relationships. I started thinking about my broken relationships and if I tried to fix them I think it would just make things worse. Maybe I just need to forgive people and if I have done that then maybe that is enough and will make things good?

Anyways here are some interesting things that happened today:

10th April 1912 : Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York the Titanic has been described as April 10, 1912: the worlds most luxurious floating hotel, and was only 5 days out when she hit an Iceberg and Sank in the Atlantic with the loss of many lives.

10th April 1970 : Paul McCartney releases his first solo album after rifts between the group and announced that he has split from the Beatles.

10th April 1991: My baby cousin Tricia Leigh was born!

10th April 2003 : The House passes the bill creating a national Amber Alert system and strengthening child pornography laws.
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/this-day-in-history.html?gclid=CNy5z_mA0pICFQbMiQodCjCShg

The Peace Sign

So, this is something that if you know me you know I am all about. PEACE. There are many symbols for peace. Like the Dove and Olive Branch, the Peace Sign, or the "V" symbol with your fingers.
Well, my cousin was wearing a ring with a Peace Sign on it and someone told her it was a broken cross. This is something I have heard before, so I looked it up. I know that anything can be percieved differently to different people, but I wanted to know the origin.
I went to www.wikipedia.com and found some information. The peace sign as we think of it was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the Campaign of Nuclear Disarmament. It is formed from the semaphoric (flag) signals for the letters N and D (for Nuclear Disarmament), then connecting it to make a circle. You can find more information at www.peacesign.com

Some interesting things I found out about today in history:
1994, Kurt Cobain was found dead at age 27. I remember this day. A boy I went to school with came to school with Kurt's picture around his neck on a homemade necklace. Strange the things we remember!
1974, Hank Aaron hit is 715th homerun.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
Hope you enjoyed my first post!