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Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been Obesity. I remember my doctor talking about the dangers of being overweight when I went to the doctor the last time, but to me it was something I had to worry about, and not learn more about it. Lately the issue has caught my attention once more. I know that people may feel that obesity is not something to worry about, and eating is a stress release.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm not the book reading type and wasn't so exited about reading this book. However I have changed my mind. It's a good book that many young men can relate to. I thought it would relate drugs, fights and violence and young men trying to act older to gain respect and how society makes someone become someone who they might not want to become.

I believe music can make people happy. One night, I felt really down-hearted. I couldn’t think of anything that would help me have a cheerful heart. Grabbing my guitar I and my handy notebook I strummed and came across a bluesy lick. I went that route so the song would become alive. The lick sounded smooth and sassy. I revised some of the lyrics of the song. Combining songwriting and playing my favorite instrument-what a great night!

Part of our culture today is that a woman's body is objectified 24 hours a day through advertising, the media, and day to day interactions. Through this objectification comes an attitude of women’s bodies being the property of others. “Rape is a decision somebody makes to violate the physical, psychological and emotional integrity of another human being. It is a decision somebody makes to dehumanize and brutalize another human being.” But yet somehow our society makes it the victim’s fault, and that a woman should be able to stop it by the type of clothing she wears or the aura she flaunts.

Today I read an article in the Washington Post about the issue of gay rights. I was surprised to find out about all the past Democratic presidents who put in place policies not support same-sex marriage. President Obama has not only lifted the "dont ask/dont tell" policy but has also made the Justice Department stop defending the DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), which was put in to law by former President Clinton. Also, I did not know that Maryland, Maine and Washington state are trying to allow gay couple to marry and Obama is openly a big supporter trying to urge people to do the same.

When did complaining become a cool thing?

When I was growing up, my mom made a strong point not to complain, and to make sure I didn't. She taught me not to. I soon learned how flat out annoying it is when people just have to tell the world all their problems. I would just ignore it, and carry on. But sometimes, I just couldn't take it. 

I remember one day, I have having a wonderful day. The birds were singing, the cows were mooing, etcetera. But then this girl I knew, came up to me, sat down next to be and just started whining on and on and on about terrible her life is. 

We have recently read an article about how people think that the younger generation’s attention span is decreasing. They think this because of our technological advances.They think this because we tweet and facebook, and that it is basically training us to write short, incomplete sentences, and not long educational essays. We then read an article about how our tweeting and facebooking is actually helping us become better writers. They state that by composing these updates we are learning how to write our thoughts down in the most concise, interesting way.

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Do rules limit our fun? I know most laws and restriction are put in place genuinely to protect us, but what about the other ones? The ones made to keep us from bothering each other, or from doing things we'll regret later. Can those rules be broken? Or, more importantly, should they? Like the times later in life, those moments when parents look back on high school and say, more to themselves than anyone else, "Oh God I was an idiot," and chuckle quietly, should we all have those memories?

Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been how texting continues to affect the literacy and social interactions of teenagers. I remember my mom talking about it when we were watching the news, but I wasn’t able to assimilate texting with reading and writing skills. Lately, the issue has caught my eye again. I know that many people feel that teenagers in today’s society are the end to the world as we know it. From what I have heard, texting creates shortcuts and causes the English language to deteriorate.

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About two months ago my dad was rushed to the emergency room. According to the recent diagnosis, his colon ruptured and he had a tumor on his appendix, and the doctor also informed us he was about two hours from death. This came as quite a shock to everyone, but I thought it would be interesting to see how/if it changed his perspective on life - what it must've been like to know you were a few steps from death's door. I sat down with him for about five minutes to ask some questions, and these are the answers he produced:

Did it change how you look at life? "No."

Weight is a big issue in america. From people being clinically obese, to being sickly anorexic. Both of these have deadly consequences that will not only harm us, but the people around us. Obesity makes it hard for are body to function because of all the excess weight we are caring around It increase our chances of having a heart attack or a stroke. Anorexia is literally starving your self in order to stay or become thin, By not eating we are not receiving necessary vitamins and minerals that our body needs in order to survive.