Obama

It seems to me that everyone wants Obama to win the election. Everyone I asked who they wanted to win answered in favor of Obama. I even want him to win. I don't think anyone I met wants McCain to win. I think people are looking for change and having an old white man for president wouldn't be different. All the presidents in the past were all old and white. It's about time for someone new.

Dinosaur

In the movie "Step Brothers", Robert was talking about losing his "dinosaur". It was his kid in him and he said it is good to always keep your dinosaur. When I thought of what my dinosaur was, I discovered my dinosaur was skating. I can't do it all my life. When I'm old I won't be able to. And then I realized I see a lot of old guys skating. I wonder if I will continue to skate as I get older. I hope I don't lose my "dinosaur". What is your dinosaur?

music

The music people listen to these days all have no point. A lot of meanings to songs are stupid. I noticed people just try to listen to what other people like. I can see how hearing a song other people listen to a lot, can sort of become something you like to listen to. It might just be my opinion, but all the hyphy music doesn't take talent to make. They say in the song exactly what it is, "retarded". Do they think it's cool to be stupid? I like other rap, it's just a couple songs that are not good ones.

daylight

It is becoming darker, earlier. It is becoming winter. Soon the clocks will go back and I'll have an hour more of sleep, before I go to school. I felt like I needed an hour more last week. I had such a lassitude, last week, waking up. I am happy that I have another hour of sleep, but at the same time angry that it will be dark around five 0-clock. I will only have a couple hours to go out in the daylight, after school. I go through this every year.

lag

uhh. I'm so lazy to do my homework. I keep finding other things to do, even though I know I have to do it. Homework is so boring. Why must we get homework, we go to school to learn. It just takes away students' time outside of school. I would love school if it had no homework. I should do it though, so Im gonna drag myself to do that now.

weekends

They go by so fast, it's amazing. On Fridays, I'm so excited for the weekend and suddenly BAM! It's already sunday. I feel as though I have no break. The weekends seem to be as long as the time school ends till it starts again. I wish school was on saturday and sunday, and there were no school on weekdays. That would be so awesome. I just can't wait until next Friday to come, so I can prepare to go back to school.

new

Having new things feels good. Whenever I have new clothes I feel great. I have a lot of confidence in whatever I'm doing and I don't have to worry or think about my appearance when I have a fresh pair of clothes on. I hate when I have hackneyed clothes. All I think about is my appearance. New is always better.

want

I want to leave: go outside, throw down my skateboard, and skate. Not alone. My friends are far; I can't go far. We can't all meet; we're all separated. If only there was a way. There is a way, by car. We can all get picked up and go skate. Unfortunately, there is no car. I'm stuck home.

Wait

I hate waiting for things. I get so impatient waiting for something. I was supposed to get an ipod and I have to wait longer to get it. I got my driving permit in june and I have to wait six months to get my license. After I get my license, I will have to wait another year to actually drive people legally. Once I get my license I will want a car and I for sure won't get it anytime soon. I just hate having to wait for things. I don't think it is possible to have everything you want the instant you want it. I am glad that I can feel like I want something. If there was nothing to want, there wouldn't be anything to look forward to and life would be very boring. I have something to look forward to, so I can just enjoy the things I have until then.

Shotgun?

Why is the front seat of a car called shotgun? That has nothing to do with the passenger seat. I always call it shotgun and don't even know why. I hear people say shotgun all the time. Was it made up by people who were about to do a drive-by? Did the shotgun always stay in the front? I don't get why people and even myself call it shotgun. Maybe because cops keep a shotgun in the front of their car. How did the expression start?

Family traditions

passing down family traditions can be very important to make a family unique. My family doesn't really have any big family traditions. There is one thing my family does and that is every newborn in the family sleeps in this carriage. I am not sure how it started or who started it, but I think my grandma started it. I don't really know.

Nick and Norah's Infinite playlist

I just got back from watching this movie and the character Nick reminded me of Mr. Thompson. Nick was a scrawny tall guy who played the bass. In the scene where he meets Norah at the restaurant, he is thinking of how to present himself as he walks in. His hands are fidgeting in and out of his pockets. It reminded me of Mr. Thompson talking about how people present themselves. As Nick walked over, his boney shoulders hovered over him as if he had no stomach. You could just wipe your hand right through the center of him. Seeing this, it immediately reminded me of Mr. Thompson. They are similar in looks and that they play an instrument. The movie was great, I would recommend you to see it.

free

Have you ever noticed that things that are free are always better? I have. I got a free skateboard from my friend and I liked it better than my old one that I paid for. I think because it was given to me, I felt I could use it to it's full potential. I didn't have to be careful about damaging it because it was free. It isn't as valuable as the one I bought because I had to earn the money and accomplish getting the board. When the skateboard was just given to me, it little value. There are plenty of other good examples of free things being better too.