S is for Superstitions.

Don’t walk under the ladder, don’t step on the crack, and whatever you do, don’t spill the salt. Ms. Weldon, are you one of those people that thinks that a simple action could result in terrible luck? Maybe that’s because you’re a bit superstitious. But when we ask ourselves why we are so scared about little things like stepping on a crack, we don’t really know the answer but to be honest I think it is kinda stupid. What we really need to know is Are superstitions real, or are they just in our heads? My blog for the week is about superstitions.

For years, many superstitions have left people puzzled, such as, why are people so afraid of walking under a ladder? Well….we don’t really ask questions about this…. we just don’t walk under ladders. But why? I guess its common sense that the ladder could fall on us, but Noooo, that’s not it. From Christian beliefs, by leaning a ladder up against a wall, the ground the wall and the ladder make up what looks like a triangle. This triangle is believed to represent the Holy Trinity and by walking through it, means you are in league with the Devil??? a little crazy don't you think!

Why does breaking a mirror result in such a horrible 7 years of bad luck? I guess that it would make sense that it’s unlucky because obviously, you could easily cut yourself on the pieces of glass, but there is another reason…..Some time ago, people believed that your reflection in a mirror reflected your actual soul. And by breaking a mirror, you broke your soul and got lots of bad luck. As for the 7 years of bad luck, Romans believed that it would take 7 years for them to recover and to piece their soul back together. Also have you ever noticed that there is no 13th floor on most hotels, hospitals or buildings, no 13th aisle on airplanes, or no 13th street or avenue in many cities? All these are connected to the one fear of Friday the 13th. Thanks for reading my blog!

Life lesson: Superstitions are very hokey and no one should believe them!

G is for Pants On The Ground

"Pants on the ground, Pants on the ground, Lookin’ like a foo with your pants on the ground.
With the gold in your mouth, Hat turned sideways. Pants hit the ground, Call yourself a cool cat .Lookin’ like a foo Walkin’ downtown with your pants on the ground." Those are the lyrics of a very awesome song called pants on the ground, obviously. This song was composed my a man with the name Larry Platt one night on American idol. As he sang and danced on stage he did not consider the fact that he might make it to Hollywood. Shortly after his song premiered live on American Idol it went straight to itunes hitting the top ten list.

Though Larry Platt cannot move on to Hollywood for much longer his 10-m inutes of fame was worth the risk. The song may be included someday in the American Idol album. One of the reasons why he could not continue on with the rest of the people that made it past the auditions was because he went a little over the age limit. The age limit for the aditions was 28. Larry Platt was 62 years old. I think we went a little over the limit.

As random and silly as this song really is, for some weird reason i really like it. For a 62 year old man that sings about a song with no meaning I think he put a lot of effort and heart into it, and he has made a lasting impression on America FOREVER!

Larry Platt was not an army general, he was a civil rights activist in Atlanta. The nickname "General" was given to him by Hosea Williams because of his amazing efforts on behalf of the civil rights movement. Pants on the Ground was played on WWE's Royal Rumble in a backstage segment between Teddy Long, Ranjin Singh, and the Great Khali.Also pants on the ground was sung by David Letterman on the Late Night Show. Pants On The Ground will soon be a greatest hit and I hope when I'm 62 I will have as much swagga as Larry Platt.

Life lesson: Keep your pants pulled up, and dont be a foo!!!!!!

F is for Facebook

In my mind the definition of facebook should be time sucker. Every day when I come home from school I usually grab a bite to eat and then sit down and do some homework. As I sit down at my desk I can hear my computer calling me. '' AAAAAlex goooo ooon Faaaacebook" I can not control my self; I need Facebook. Facebook is a social networking site that allows you to have contacts and exchange pictures with one another. First, you make a profile - you know put some info of your self and pictures of you doing stupid things. I just hate when people (not to mention any names.. Andy) hahah joking, have 350 pictures of them just doing nothing - its annoying. I have a facebook profile obviously, and so do other people in our grade but the worst thing is random people from like from grade 2 add me as a friend. Like the next day they try to talk to me and there all like hhhhey Alex Craig hows it goin buddy. I respond, not to be mean or anything but dude I don't know you!!!!

In my opinion Facebook is going to take over the world! The website currently has more than 350 million active users worldwide and in 10 years it is estimated that facebook will have 500 million users. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with his college roommates and fellow computer science students and at that time he was attending Harvard University. It later expanded further to include any university students, then high school students, and finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. He was the one that started it all. As great and amazing as you might think it is, Facebook has met with some controversy. It has been blocked in several countries including Syria, China, Viatnam, and Iran. I don't really know why it was blocked but our school sure got some ideas from them, and now they blocked facebook too.

There isn't a lot to talk about with facebook so I thought I might just say random things for this last paragraph. Random thing#1= More than 35 million users update there status every day. That basically means if some one wants to write on there wall they might say OmG I am soooo board right now, OmG sooo much home work OmG hah funnn times today haha love ya sandy!!! hah ttyl. well ya thats pretty much what it is. Facebook is very fun for the first week or so and then it gets really boring, at least that's what a normal person might think. Me on the other hand I am addicted. Its like a drug. Well this has been a very random blog post but i hope you liked it.

Life lesson: Use Facebook wisely and don't do drugs.

P Is For Poverty in Africa.

When I think of Africa I think of large trees swaying in the wind, sand, grass and lots of exotic animals. But what I didn't know are some of the awfull things that happen to such a sweet Innocent country like Africa. Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world. They have to live with harsh climate and to make things worse they have to fight for them self's to stay alive. It is common for kids in Africa to take care of there family because usually there parents die at a very young age. About 120,000 African children are participating in armed conflicts. Some are as young as 7 years old. Refuges from the army come into small African villages every day and take young boys from there home and expect them to kill other people. The refugees trick the kids in thinking that they care about them and that this is were they should be.

Lesotho is a very small country in Africa and chances are not everyone knows about it. It is located in the south but just because its small doesn't mean its not in poverty. Lesotho is defiantly one of the poorest countries in Africa. One in six African children die before the age of 4 and about 30 000 die every day. That is a very sad amount but what is even worse is that there are only 5 Canadians who die every day. You can defiantly see the difference between one of the richest country's to the poorest Continent. HIV/AIDS is one of the most common disease in Africa and almost always leads to death. They don't have any of the resources, money or median that we do so that's why it means so much to donate money. There are about 15 million HIV Aids orphans living in Africa because there parents would die and there would probably be no one to care for them. Most kids in Africa die due to malnutrition, no clean water, or mostly disease .more than 15 million children have already been orphaned as a result of the epidemic. Another 1 million children are currently infected with Aids.

How we can help. Canadians do a lot for Africa already. Out of all the countries in the world Canada donates the most money to Africa, but is it enough. Studies show that if we keep sending money to Africa more and more every year they will receive more medicine and clean drinking water. Sponsor children are great because you send a dollar a day and that money can go along way for them. When we think of a dollar here its just you know a dollar but in Africa that's what they might make for a hole day of hard labour.There is poverty in Africa and there is hunger everywhere. HIV/AIDS continues to kill Africans in record numbers. Africa is poor and there is no doubt but if we all do our part to help this developing country we will save millions of lives and maby some day they will help us if we need it. I hope you learned alot from my blog and I hope you understand that this topic means alot to me. Thank you.

C is for chicken nuggets

You might think it tastes great, you love it, you want to marry it but i bet you don't know what is really in it. My blog for the week is about the one and only chicken nuggets. Chicken nuggets are one of the top ordered foods at Mcdonalds and in my opinion i would rather have a chicken nugget more then any other food in the world. Besides the fact that there are 35 grams of fat and 1050 grams of sodium for 10 chicken nuggets at Mcdonalds I still love them. Some people might ask why do you love nuggets so much well, I love the taste of deep fried happiness. I took a survey out of 10 people and the results were positive 8 people like nuggets and 2 don't


This is how you eat a chicken nugget, first you open the box, second you take the golden nugget out of the box and place it into your mouth. Third you repeat the process. Wile you eat those nuggets you probably not thinking about what is in chicken nuggets. The McNugget is a small piece of finely minced chicken held together with phosphate salts. The pieces are coated with batter, fried , individually quick frozen, packaged, and sent to stores. At the McDonalds stores, the McNuggets are deep-fried and sold. Did you know that some chicken nuggts sold at stores can be frozen for a month or even more.

You have probably seen the movie super sized me, a documentary of the health affects of fast food. A man with the name of Morgan Spurlock ate Mcdonalds for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 30 days straight. I'm not saying you should try what he did but just have a chicken nugget and enjoy it.This has been a very random topic but i hope you have learned a lot from this and I hope every time you have a chicken nugget you think of me.

B is for basketball.

I have always hated basketball. For all my life basketball was the stupidest sport ever. I couldn't play it I couldn't hear about it I couldn't even look at it. My prospective finaly changed. Not too long ago I decided to try out a new sport, even if I couldn't stand it I wanted to play because all my friends were. I put my name on the list and next thing you know I was dribbling on the court for my very first practice. I would run down the Court thinking to my self how good I am and BAM! I missed, but I tried.

It was about 2 weeks into the season and sadly we had to face our first fear, a game. Everyone was nervous because really we didn't know what we were doing. The buzzer went as our team was running frantically around like chickens. After a while we started to get better and better but it never showed on the score board. As the game died down with only a minute left, we all knew, the other team had won. The score was 55-14 for the bad guys. It may be hard to believe but our team played very well against one of the top teams in our division.

Now that we have had a few more practices and experience we are not bad. Later on in the month we had our second game. When we saw the other team come off the bus we thought they were playing the Senior team, but no it was us. These guys were so big, and our team is so small it was a little unfair. Also our team is made up of grade sixes and sevens with the exception of Keegan Irland but at that time Keegan had a broken wrist so he couldn't play. Again our team had a good game and lost by less. Basketball is a very fun sport, I hated it and now look at me I'm Kobe Bryant well....not really. Basketball is a great sport to play and even if you hate it now maybe if you just give it a try you might end up loving it like me.