The Road

“The Road,” by Cormac McCarthy was a very interesting book. There were so many things that you would miss if you weren’t paying attention. It was not the fact that you missed words, but how they were said in the story. You could almost hear the man speaking. I know that the story wasn’t really the big upper that a lot of people would have liked, but it did leave you with a little glimmer of hope. I know that this is morbid, but some of my favorite parts were where he described certain gory scenes. I could almost see all of the people that were in the basement of the farm house, and I could hear their screams when they cried for help. I know how the man felt for his child and I knew that I would be the same way with my own children. I would keep going for them; I would starve myself so they could eat; and I would sacrifice myself to save them. I know how this man feels for his son; but I don’t know it to the extremes that the father did. The father is the perfect image of what every parent should feel if all hell breaks loose. I enjoyed this book, though it ended in a cheap way.

Weddings for Cheap

I am getting married on Sat. Dec. 13th and I am really looking forward to it, but there are so many things that have come up that I never thought would affect a wedding. The main thing that caused us problems is the fact that we are poor college students with two kids. Another thing that caused problems was finding a place. We had to search all over for a place that didn’t cost too much. In the end we found out that we could use our church because we are members of the church. I know that you all are not interested in my troubles, but I also know that if you talk to someone who has been through all the stress; it takes some of it off. Some things are important to remember: fake flowers are cheaper and you can arrange them yourself and they still look good, find a close friend who can style hair, have wonderful sisters that help find you dresses and the fake flowers, and of course find a church that you belong to (that way you can use it for next to nothing). I know this doesn’t help much, but if you are in a pinch; these are the things I suggests.

Halloween

I know that Halloween has been over for a while now, but I do love that holiday. You see all of these children running around as spider-man, batman, tinker bell, witches, and who knows what else. Everyone is usually very friendly and you see a lot of people having a good time. The house that I grew up in was known as the best house to go to for trick-or-treating. It was not because of our candy, but because my father used to scare the crap out of anyone that came up to our house. I know that adults and children alike say that Christmas is their favorite time of year; and they say that you will always feel like a kid at Christmas. For me, Halloween gives me that joy. There is a fact that you don’t know what candy you are going to get and you sometimes never know what costume you are going to wear till that night. What also makes me excited is the fact that I have children of my own now and I am going to share my love of Halloween with them. I want them to enjoy dressing up and letting their imaginations take them far away.

CHRISTMAS :)

Christmas time is one of my favorite times of the year. I love all the Christmas decorations and all the Christmas spirit. It means a lot to me to get to spend so much time with family and get to celebrate with them. I like picking out gifts for everyone. I like how all the stores are decorated so nicely and everyone seems to be so busy. A lot of people get stressed out about Christmas but I try not to let it get to me.
I think sometimes Christmas has gotten out of hand and people forget what the real meaning of Christmas is. It seems like people are only worried about the gifts. Yes, the gifts are part of it but that is not what it should all be about. It should mainly be spending time with your family and just realizing how blessed you are to get to celebrate Christmas with your family. There are many people in this world that will not get to celebrate with their families, if they even get to celebrate at all. Everyone just needs to keep in mind how blessed they really are to be living in a free country and being able to celebrate with their families.

Losing Trust in a Good Friend

I have been dating my boyfriend for almost a year. His sister and law and I are pretty close. We talk a lot and tell each other pretty much anything. I trusted her with everything I told her until a couple of months ago. The only problem is sometimes I think she’s jealous that she not the only woman in the family anymore besides Ray’s mother. We were talking one day and I told her something that I only wanted her to know. The next thing I knew she had told Ray’s whole family and made a huge deal out of it. I called her and confronted her and she told me that that’s something she could not keep a secret and she felt that they should know. She not only told everyone, but she turned it around on me and made me look like the bad guy. It turned into a big situation and I felt like after all this happened Ray’s family no longer felt the same about me.
She really hurt me in this situation and I no longer trust her with anything anymore. It was hard to let a really close friend go, but after all that happened I no longer felt like she was a friend at all. I learned from the situation not to trust everyone especially with something I did not want anybody to know about. It was hard getting through all the drama but after a couple of weeks everything went back to the way it had been before. It was a bad situation because I was afraid I was going to lose the relationships I had with Ray’s whole family. Everything is better now. Ashley and I get along, but it is definitely not like it used to be.

The Road

I thought The Road was a very good book. It was a book that you did not want to sit down because you wanted to know what happened next. I just wish it would have said why everything was burnt and why the world was the way it was. The man took care of his little boy the whole way through. That is what you call a good dad. He always put the little boy first. If they were both starving he would always let the little boy have the food first. It was amazing that they never gave up. If I had been in their situation i would have wanted to give up so many times. The man always encouraged the boy to keep walking and just keep moving. It broke my heart at the end when his dad died. I was scared the little boy would have to continue the journey alone. He found a nice family that took him along with them. It was a very good book and i would reccomend it to anyone to read.

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?

For every 1 gallon of gas we burn, 19 pounds of carbon dioxide are being released into the air for our family, friends and selves to breathe in. Due to this, in 1989 1 out of every 4, 15-25 year olds were diagnosed with lung lesions and chronic respiratory problems and also in 1990, 41 cases of Stage 1 Smog Alerts were announced. Is this how we want to live our lives? Obviously it is because someone out there killed the one thing that was most certain to save our lives. Yes! That one thing would have reduced global warming & money problems, but most importantly it would have reduced the medical problems that the people we love are suffering from today. That one thing was the Electric Vehicle (EV).
The electric car was made in California and Arizona to be tested out and hopefully receive good consumer reviews to one day have the EV the main source of transportation. The reviews and remarks this vehicle received were amazing! Everyone who drove it loved it and many of those people purchased this car and drove it everyday like they would any other. If this vehicle received such great reviews, why had I not heard of it until now? Why do we not see these vehicles out on the roads as main sources of transportation? What happened to this miracle that could have been?
Alan Lloyd, the chairman of California's Air Resources Board held a meeting for one person from each vehicle company to come propose why the EV should stick around. Everyone thought they had 10 minutes to talk, Lloyd cut there time down to 3 minutes. Absolutely no time for anyone to sum up a 10 min talk. Lloyd killed the mandate in 2003. They EV was no more. Reason being there was no demand for the vehicle. President Bush explained that the state recognized car companies were unable to meet the "Clean-Air" Rules (10% of vehicles from 2003-2008 must be electric or zero-emission). So instead of bringing back the 100% electric vehicle, they settled for the Hybrid; which still uses gasoline and in turn still pollutes the air.
The EV ran solely on battery and ranged from 75 to 100 miles per full charge. The average person drives 29 miles per day. That is ⅓ of a full charge. How was there no demand? Why would anyone say "no" to this wonderful piece of machinery? If the EV were to be brought back and offered to everyone, I would definitely give it a chance to see what it was like and if it could meet my needs as a mom, student and employee. I do a lot of driving, but most of it is not needed. I really believe this could change our world in making it a cleaner and safer environment for everyone!