Blog #10: Are you an organized person?

Sometimes. I am organized enough. Being organized helps keep my leisure time. With more leisure time, I can relax more. If I relax more, I can live longer. If I live longer, I can do more good in the world. If I do more good in the world..... Well, I just want to do good in the world. Through organization, I can do more good. Furthermore, organization can allow me to do good more efficiently, diligently, and successfully. Still, it's hard to be organized. Probably because good things don't come easy.

Blog #9 News Log

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/alabama-fan-face-sign-instant-internet-hit-172350668.html

     To distract free throw shooters in basketball games, people have brought in enlarged pictures of different celebrities or known people before. Now, Jack Blackenship brought in an enlarged picture of his face to distract the players' shots and it has gained a lot of internet attention. He has actually gained recognition and a little fame. He says he intends on getting new images to hold up in the games to keep things new and original. One of the possibilities he mentioned was his dog's face.

     I see why people would do something as strange as that, but honestly, I would prefer that people do not. While the side effect of such gags is humor, its main purpose is to distract the players. That just takes the fun and the glory of winning a game. Have no doubt, a victory will still feel sweet, but would it not taste so much sweeter if you knew that all of the players, both of home and away teams, played to their fullest capabilities with determination and focus? C.S. Lewis once wrote, "'...Has not one of the poets said that a noble friend is the best gift and a noble enemy the next best?'" This is the mentality that people should have. No jeering or mocking after games, but just commendations of how well each team performed and the amount of effort they put in.

Blog #8: Happy Valentine's Day

Before testosterone hit me, when I was in elementary school, I had a crush. There was this korean girl and I only liked her because my best friend liked her. It was pretty funny. I think she was pretty. I can't really remember. My other friend told me that, this one time, I was chasing her around the playground and she got her finger stuck in the chains of the swing set and an accident occurred. I am not sure what happened, but my friend told me that she broke her finger and the bone was sticking out. Personally, I don't remember this so I do not know if it is true, but he seemed pretty certain.

Blog #5: News Log

http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/02/hey_bergen_county_clean_the_snow_off_your_cars.html

The article is about how Bergen county has the highest number of tickets given out due to snow being left on top of cars. The number of tickets given out in Bergen county is astronomically different from all of the other counties'. The reason is unclear as to why this is. Perhaps every other county just does not care as much about this traffic infraction as Bergen county does or perhaps every other county just does a better job of dusting their cars before they drive.

I think that this is not as important as the war on terror, but I think abiding by the laws of the road is worth doing. Even though dusting a car's roof for snow may be inconvenient, it is safe practice and may save from a ticket in Bergen county. It may be cumbersome, but it is better to be safe than sorry.


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Blog #7: News Log

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/nj_abortion_doctor_charged_wit.html

A doctor in New Jersey commenced an abortion and finished it in Maryland. He was then charged with murder because abortions are illegal in Maryland. When searching for evidence, the authorities found over thirty fetuses stored. The reason he had to go to Maryland is that he was working in coalition with another doctor so he had his patients come with him to bring them to the other doctor, who did the actual removal of the fetuses.

Honestly, I will not talk about the controversy whether abortion is right or wrong. Instead, I have to say that this doctor did not think things through. He really should have checked the laws of the state he was about to bring his patients to before he went and executed a controversial procedure. Actually, he may have known about the laws and chosen to ignore them doubting that he would be caught. Either way, he was a fool and he is paying for his imprudent actions with multiple cases of murder on his hands.

Blog #6: Super bowl

Sports are a show of physical ability just as a concert is a show of musical ability. Both of them gain popularity by provoking emotion, but, while music gains listeners by extracting many different feelings from them, sports have their objective as drawing crowds by inciting excitement and suspense. The rush that comes from seeing a match between which team can place the ball in the right spot before time runs out is, for many people, a great thrill. Then, as the stakes get higher, as the championship comes up, the rush gets greater and the adrenaline courses through the watcher's veins as water through rivers. This is why main events of sports, especially the Super Bowl, are so popular.

Blog #4: Lottery

With my $10,000, I would support the growth of education in third world countries. One of the ways that poverty-stricken countries can escape their circumstances is simply by proving useful (in business, science, etc.) and education will provide the means to becoming useful as a country. $10,000 would be little help in the grand scheme of things, but it would be help nonetheless.

Blog #3: Memory

The setting was dark, lit by a very orange ambience of street lights. We were in field, maybe a soccer field with a playground. I was young, around five years old. My brother and I could not find our parents and we began to get more and more scared. At least that is how I remember it. I assume my brother, while searching, saw our parents before I could because he turned around, bringing me around with him for I was holding his hand and began to walk in a seemingly random direction. I probably did not see them because I was crying so hard and my tears were probably blurring my vision. I asked, "Where's mom?" (in korean of course, I did not know how to speak english back then). I'm sure I had been asking that question persistently and continuously up to that point. He pointed behind us and I saw our mom walking at a distance toward us. And so, everything was okay. I ran towards her screaming as hard as I could, "UHM-MAH!!!", which is korean for Mom. My world, which was falling apart and ripping at the seams beforehand, was good as new and a safe, happy place now that my mom was there.