My 2.2 cents

Hello again everyone! How are you? I'm doing alright, thanks for asking. I am here today to talk to you about the quickest growing motor sport, Drifting. Drifting if you don't know what it is, is amazing. Drifting is not like the other auto racing events. To be a good drifter, you have to be out of control, but completely in control. In other auto racing events you the driver slows down and takes the turn carefully. In drifting, the driver gets his rear tires to lose traction and slide through the turn sideways. Even though we have a top drifting league here inn America, we did not invent it. Drifting was invented in Japan. The Japanese used it as a way to get down the mountains faster. Drifting has changed in many ways since then. Drifting is now held as events at tracks, and not as get to togethers on the streets. The biggest change in drifting is, the cars. They went from stock cars with just a turbo kit, to fully modified cars producing close to 500 horsepower (like the cars above). Since drifting started in Japan, you would think that the best drift cars are made there. The good thing is, they are. I don't think any other country could make such successful drift cars like the Japanese do. Drifting is my favorite motor sport, and some day I hope to be apart of it.

My 2.1 cents?

Well, hello. I don't really know what the title is supposed to mean but whatever. I guess I get to talk about whatever I what, thats cool. The only problem is that, I don't know what to talk about. I really need to think of something or else this blog would be pretty boring. Ah! I finally thought of a topic, and if you know me well, you already know what it is. I really like to play car racing games on my Xbox 360, so I decided to talk about the latest and greatest racing game, Need For Speed Undercover. It's amazing!! If you like Need For Speed Most Wanted you will definitely like this one. It is just like Most Wanted, but better graphics, driving experience, and awesome cars. Undercover has the most realistic graphics out of all the available racing games. When it comes time for a race or just free roam, you can feel all the simulation. If your car has under steer or over steer, you can feel it. You can feel all grip the car has or doesn't have. The best part is that every car in the game is a mans dream car. Undercover has the worlds fastest car to the hottest imports. They have my dream car, the 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR, a.k.a. Evo IX. Also, this game has the largest free roaming world ever created for a racing game. With endless highways, you can get your car up to top speed and pass traffic like its standing still. Need For Speed Undercover is so far the best racing game I have ever played. I can't wait for the next game in the series to be released. 

Project Experience

I really enjoyed the newscast project. I thought it was a lot of fun. It made me feel like I was the director of a movie, taking multiple takes and editing out the bad parts. I thought that it was a great way to get familiar with the settings and controls of iMovie. Some people in my class had very good newscasts. This project was really fun. 

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is approaching and I am thankful for many things. I am thankful for my family and friends. Well who isn't. I am thankful for this thanksgiving because my family and another family that i grew up with are going to Mexico. This trip is going to be amazing because I will actually be able to remember it. The past trips i can only remember certain things. Okay enough of that, back to what I am thankful for. I am thankful for my life. Yeah that might sound corny but, its the truth I love my life. I wouldn't have it any other way. So people dream of being wealthier but, Im fine how I am. Thats basically it I guess.

Political Cartoon

This is a great cartoon. This cartoon perfectly symbolizes what people were recently think about gas prices before our economy went south. I know my parents were doing this same thing. I was even doing this to because with the high prices my parents wouldn't let me practice driving. That was a bummer. I am now glad the prices have gone done so now i can go out and drive where ever and my parents are not stressing about driving a lot. Although are economy isn't doing very well, are gas prices are like the good old days.

Invention

I have dream of inventing something that I could make lots of money off of. I would like to be able to help everyone with my inventions. This time my invention only helps growing teenage boys like me. My invention would be a robot. I know robots have already been invented, but mine only does two specific things. My robot would make the owner food whenever he asked and do all the household cleaning. This would allow the owner to get his gamerscore up on all the video games he wants to beat. If i was wealthy enough i would try to get this invention patented and possibly produce a few. I think my next invention would be a robot that could mow the lawn, rake leaves, and shovel the drive way depending on the weather. That would be a hit!

My Vote

I am currently not able to vote. I also do not know who I would vote for. Well i have an idea but its not your business. So I will keep it to myself. I didnt watch anything about the presidential campains because it was boring and I would rather play XBOX 360. Playing video games is way better than watch things about what people say they will do if they become El Presidente. I think that most of the things they say is a lie. Although somethings might be true now but what about in the long run when it really matters. Will they step up and do the right thing or, lay low and hit the big red A-Bomb button. That is what I think on the presidential election tomorrow.

Halloween Etiquette

Halloween is great fun. I really enjoy trick or treating, its really fun. Even if your in high school or college you should enjoy it as well. It is the perfect time to go mess around with your friends. It is also a great time to have parties. There is no age limit on it, but when your an adult you should stay home and pass out candy. When your my age you can do many fun things, like stealing little kids candy or ding dong ditching people. Halloween is a great time to play tricks on people.

FOOOOOOD!!!!!

I love food! Food is essential to survival. I have learned that almost everything is edible, thanks to the tv show Man vs Wild. That man its anything it is disgusting, but its a great show. My favorite fast food place is McDonalds because this is America and if you dont like Mcdonalds, then your not American. Since I am Mexican you would think that I like Mexican food, I dont, I love it. Its the best, and my mom makes the best Mexican food. The only Mexican restaurants that are authentic and good are, La Bamba, and Jalapenos. Mexican food is the best food on earth.

Valuable Lesson

One time when I was a young boy, about 3 years of age, I pulled off an insane stunt but had a disastrous ending. I jumped over the arms of a chair and clipped the second arm rest and fell fast first into the ground. When I hit the ground my collar bone landed on the head of an American Girl doll and broke in half. Also, my head hit and knocked me out because i cant remember anything after that. The part thats most clear was looking at the face of the doll the whole way down. It seemed as if it had a evil smile that looked like it was going to something bad, turns out it did do something bad. I learned a valuable lesson that day but, I still jump over things that are about to my hip. I recently realized my hip is the highest i can go.

Project Reflections

I have liked all the projects, but there was one I didn't really enjoy that much, the Saint Powerpoint. I did not like it because I have been doing power points forever. They get old after a while. Although I did learn a couple new things, I just didn't enjoy it that much. One thing i didn't enjoy was the work cited stuff. Even though we do it in almost every project it still seems pointless. Also the topic wasn't really that great either. I liked it but thats pretty much the topic on all my past power points, they were always about people. The past projects were fun but I am really looking forward to the future ones.

Bucket List

I have given it some thought and heres my bucket list ( in no particular order):

1. Go skydiving- I have always wanted to jump out of an airplane its just been in my head since i was a young boy.

2. Have a German Shepherd- German Shepherds are my favorite dogs and i would really like to own one.

3. Become a mechanic- This is what i want to do for the rest of my life until I actually kick the bucket.

4. Buy a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR- Its simply my dream car and everyone wants to own their dream cars.

5. Buy a Suzuki GSX-R 1000- Again its simply my dream motorcycle and its FAST!!

6. Learn how to drift- The most fun you can have in a car besides doing doughnuts.

7. Tune my Evo- Take my Evo and my mechanic skills and make my Evo street racing material.

8. Build an awesome house for my family- You don't have anything until your family loves their life and you.

9. Have kids- I want to have kids so that my life can be complete and my son can take up the family tradition of being a mechanic.

10. Marry the most amazing women- Your life isn't amazing until you have someone amazing with you along for the ride.

GOOGLE!!!!!!!!!

Out of all the websites in the world Google is easily the best. Others may think differently but they need to think again and realize that they wouldn't have found their favorite website without searching for it on Google first. Google has everything.... literally. You can search one thing and get hundreds of different websites specializing on that topic. You can search for a website or you can search for images on many things. Google is amazing because it is a never ending supply of information.

Jobs

Ugh jobs. They have there ups and downs. I have never had one, but my friends just want to quit sometimes. They tell me that its to tiring and they want to hang out with their friends. I think it is good for people my age to have jobs. When we turn 16 we will be driving around and our parents wont always be there to pay for things. Also, i have grown up being taught that if I want something I have to pay for it. With our failing economy and rising gas prices I need more than left over lunch money to but things. Thats where a job comes into play. After the Cross Country season I play on getting a job so I can actually earn my money. 

The Future Andrew Jose Edward Heppner

In my future I would really like to be a mechanic. I have always loved cars since I was a young boy. Over the years in the Heppner Garage I have learned the basics of car maintance, but i want to learn more that my master can't teach me. I have scoped out a school near some family that has everything that i want. Its called Universal Technical Institute. There are two courses that i would like to take. I want to take the Power and Performance, and the Collision Repair courses. I want to take those courses so I can build my own car, and then if I crash it I can fix it. I have also heard that there is a need for skilled mechanics and that they can make pretty good money.

Service Projects

At this current time I am not working on any service projects. I know i need to get 100 hours in order to graduate but i havent had time to work on any. I have practice every night after school and on saturdays we have meets or practice. When i do find time to get involoved i will attend some of the Key Club projects. I already go to the meetings but i haven't been able to contribute my time to the club. I have heard of some projects at the ZOO that would be really neat. Ever since I saw the construction going on there I have always wanted to see the finished project. Next week at the meeting I will try to sign up for them.

Group Projects

Group projects are so much better than projects individually. there better because you dont have to do everything. You can let other people contribute there ideas to make changes, and make the project look outstandingly amazing. Also, with another opinion from someone else in your group could be the deciding grade between a B and an A. With other people, you can take there ideas on layouts and other things and use them on your future projects.

homecoming...again

Homecoming week was a blast. I had bundles of fun with all the dress up days. I loved the pep rally and congrats to the queen and her court. The dodgeball game was very intense. The teachers were pretty tough, they brought some good competition to the students. this year i chose not to go to homecoming, and i dont really regret it at all, but then again maybe a little.

My Dream Trip

My dream trip would be to Japan. The only real reason i want to go to Japan would be to see a drifting competition, and meet all the huge performance part manufacturers. You could say that im obsessed with drifting and the whole import tuning world. I like it so much because someday i will be a mechanic working on those type of cars, and if im lucky and good enough i would want to become a professional drifter. I would go to Japan to see where it all began. Drifting started in the mountains of Japan as a way to get to the bottom faster. Also, all the major and most successful import tuning cars are made in Japan. For drifting lovers and future tuners like me Japan would be the place to go to, to learn to tools of trade. 

Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift

My favorite movie is Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift no questions asked. It should have won a Grammy or an Oscar, its that good. Lucas Black is the main character and he has the need, the need for speed. He lives in Texas until he gets arrested for street racing, and then gets shipped off to Japan to live with his dad. His first day in Japan he becomes friends with a street racer. He goes with him to a race and finds out their street racing is a whole lot different than America's. Eventually he finds himself in the race and wrecks a car because he doesn't know who to drift. Later he becomes friends with the owner of the wrecked car. Also, he starts learning how to drift so he can be the Drift King. By the way drifting is a way of getting through a turn faster than normal. Drifters slide the back end of the car around and slide sideways through a turn, like in the picture. Anyways Lucas becomes a really good drifter and eventually takes down the Drift King and kicks him out of the city. This movie showed definitely be on your must see list, along with Transformers (my second favorite movie).   

Homecoming

Well here it is. Homecoming has finally showed up. For some people this is a wonderful time for them. They like getting all dressed up, taking pictures, and then going out to dinner. Going out to eat is always fun because no matter where you go there is always someone staring at you. Thats the best part because it makes some people in the group uncomfortable, and then people like me don't care about it and make faces and stare back at the people. When you do that it makes the people that were staring uncomfortable and look away or they just laugh. Although I had a great time last year, I will not be attending this years Homecoming dance. There really isn't a reason why im not going. I believe I will miss all the fun on saturday night, but oh well there's always next year.

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike was a huge hurricane. Satellite images from space show it being so big it fills the whole Gulf of Mexico. My cousin lives in Houston and said his house was flooded and windows broken. he says that lots of homes around his were completely destroyed. He was lucky that his house was still inhabitable. The school he goes to has just opened again because it had almost two feet of water in it. He is glad that all of his friends are okay and they can live in there houses as well.

favorite subject

My favorite subject in school is PE. Nahh I,m just kidding. My real favorite subject would have to be, well now that i think about i really do like PE. I like it because i get to relax, let my energy out, talk to my friends, and mess around. Also its fun because the games that we play during class are fun. We play dodgeball, mat ball, football, soccer, hockey, and so many more. The best thing is that you don't really have to try that hard to get an A.

st project

For our recent saint project i chose St. Andrew. I chose him because we share a common name, and I wanted to learn more about him. I learned that he was the first disciple of Jesus. Also he and Peter were brothers. Basically he was a pretty cool guy and there a lot of schools and colleges named after him. There is also St. Andrews Basilica in Patras.

The most fun Project.

The most fun project was definitely the storyboard for the song. I liked this project because it gave me a chance to actually get creative. It allowed me to think and try things out to see how they looked or if it made any sense at all with the lyrics. This project was the best so far because it will show everyone what kind of music we like and what we can come up with to have some sort off relation to the lyrics. Once we get to make the movie portion of this project then that will be the most fun project we will have done. i cant wait for that.

The song for my storyboard

I chose to do my storyboard assignment on Lights and Sounds by Yellowcard. I picked this song because i thought it would be easy to get fun animations on the slides. Also i asked my family what to do it on and my sister said this one because she had it stuck in her head the whole day. At first i disagreed with her but once i listened to it and remembered what it was about i liked it and said yup I'm doing this one. Right after i listened to it i was already thinking about what i was going to do. Once I got all my ideas planned out it was pretty simple making the slides. The only problem was that it took me a while to make a bunch a stick figures, but i had fun and cant wait for the animation part.  

Mac vs. PC who wins?

The Mac easily. No offense to the PC but the Mac is just way easier to use. I love my PC at home but i wish i could trade it in to get a Mac like the ones in the classroom. I love that the Mac has there own iWork tools like Microsoft Office. The iWork applications are so much easier to use, because everything is laid out so much better. Also its basically one click and you'll find what you need under the inspector button. I love the fact that you can make movies and edit photos on the computer itself, unlike with the PC you have to load everything up on to the system.

intro to tech class

intro to tech is a lot of fun. i've never really been able to use a Mac like this or even learn about it. its really fun when we just get to play with them and find out all that they can do. when we have to do an assignment im always like awe man. i dont really mind the assignments i just wish we could have a little more time to do them. there not that hard, but im new to a Mac and still trying to figure out what everything does and where to find things. if it were a PC i think i would be a lot faster at things and maybe getting a better grade because i know the lay out of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint more than the iWork tools. im not saying id like to go back to the PC because using a mac everyday makes me kind of wish i had one and staring to dislike my PC. but oh well ill have to live with it. i really wish i had a Mac so i could do this storyboard project at home. i like the fact the we moved to due date back because i would have never finished, but i still wish i could save it to a flashdrive and bring it home so i could get even more time to work on it. im loving computers class the instructor knows what shes doing, and i cant wait for future projects. only if it was the whole year not just a semester because i heard speech class sucks. 

school homework

whats the deal with all the homework? i mean homework helps us learn the material but do we really need five hours of homework every night. also in some classes im just told to do an assignment and i have no idea what its about. i wouldnt care if i had a lot and knew how to do it, but having a lot and no clue what its about gets me frustrated and confused. then when you turn all that assignment in the teacher says heres some more and its due friday. Ok thanks Mr./Mrs. ... can you give a little heads up on what im doing. i dont really have a big problem with homework but when i dont know whats going on i begin to have a problem.

What's for dinner?

when i'm always very very very hungary/tired. so when i come in the door i ask my mom the infamous question "what's for dinner." i never really get an answer so i just wait until dinner time to find out what's for dinner. it always ends up being very very delicious. i think all of you should come over and have my moms food....... not. its all for me and if my families lucky they get some to sometimes.