Everyone has a different finger print, that's what identifies you. But it is much more than that. My identity was shaped over time because of expierences. To start off, my name is Brandon, I'm 13 and I have a older sister, older brother and a younger twin sister. Everyone assumes I'm younger than my twin because of my height compared to my sister. People widely know me as the "kid with the extremely puffy hair" or what they like to call me "wolverine." My intelligence is also something that separates me from the rest of my family. I'm always the one who learns first and everyone gets mad because it takes them longer to figure it out. Everything is a competition for me, especially when it comes to sports. I hate to lose and get mad really easily, but when I do get angry I tend to do better.
That was all of the traits that I am now, but I wasn't always like that. During my childhood my parents has some problems. There was always a fight, to make matters worse my sister moved away when she was 16 and had her first kid. I was only 5 and was an uncle. Then Christmas came and my parents had another fight. This time it was worse because they started to get physical. He went to jail for a couple months. I have seen both of my parents in hand cuffs before. Last summer my dad was arrested and we filed a restraining order. Only last month he came back. But because of that I value what I have and think about kids who don't have an opportunity to ever meet their parents. That is my identity
Everyone has an identity, even if you don't value it. Everybody is unique and there is no shame for being different. Remember, no one is the same, like a fingerprint.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Friday, September 8, 2017
10 years from now
In ten years, I hope I still have my family. To me family is everything, living without them would be a nightmare for me. Without them I wouldn't be the person I am today. Next because of those changes my family made to me, I hope I'm successful and have a really good job. My dream job is being in the Nba so I hope I'm there. If not I could take a more realistic approach and be a meteorologist. I always loved weather and maybe I can get a position so I can get my dream cars. The dream car I want is Ferrari or a Lamborghini. Those a really expensive cars so I know its most likely not going to happen. So I want a Mustang GT. I fell in love with mustangs ever since my brother in law got one. So I hope I have one in 10 years. With that car I want to move in a house with my friends. It wont be permanent but ill stay there for a couple of years until I get a family. Since its so far in the future Mickey is most likely dead. So I want 2 dogs. I want and husky for my first one, and then a wiener dog mixed with a chihuahua. I hope it will fill the hole in my heart when Mickey dies. So that's about what I want to do in 10 years and maybe most of it will come true. The possibilities are endless so choosing the right one is important. I hope I didn't chose wrong.
Adrenaline Junkie
A day and a half goes by and we enter a park called Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park. We went there for 2 days straight mostly going for the water park. But on the last day we went, we decided to go to the theme park side. We decided to ride saw much as we can, then I decided to face my fear and ride the HADES 360. The hades 360 is a wooden coaster that was recently remodeled. The people who did it added a 360 barrel roll loop which made it really intimidating. But I went for it, little did I know I was going to regret this insane decision.
It was getting really dark and the park was going close in an hour or so. I was hoping I would be able to ride it, but halfway through the line I realized I made a huge mistake. Just above me you can feel the train car rumbling to the station. Everytime it happens I start shaking more violently, it was at a point I was just going to bail out. But thankfully there were some very brave people in the line and they started to calm me down. They were telling different stories about the ride and how it was so worth the fear. I even saw a 7 year old waiting in line to ride it! So I stayed in the line, soon enough I boarded on. Once boarded everything that people said to me slipped my mind and I started screaming. Then I saw the operator press go... I prayed for my life.
The train zoomed to the chain lift. It pulled the car with force as im flung back into my seat. The car was slowly climbing the 160 feet of wood. While going up you can hear the wood creaking and swaying, then we reached the top. The without warning we go down at skull rattiling speed through a tunnel and out. We do a 360 barrel roll, for almost milliseconds I could feel the blood rush to my head. Then we head into the tunnel again. I was being thrown around from left to right in pitch black darkness screaming for my life. Before I could catch my breath the ride was over. We reached the station and I took of my safety bar and got off.
I struggled to stand up due to my legs still looking for the ground. Going down the stairs I was so happy but also trying not to fall. The people in line were right. I'm so glad I rode it because it is a once in a lifetime ride. If I ever do come back to the park, the first thing I'm going to ride is the HADES 360.
The train zoomed to the chain lift. It pulled the car with force as im flung back into my seat. The car was slowly climbing the 160 feet of wood. While going up you can hear the wood creaking and swaying, then we reached the top. The without warning we go down at skull rattiling speed through a tunnel and out. We do a 360 barrel roll, for almost milliseconds I could feel the blood rush to my head. Then we head into the tunnel again. I was being thrown around from left to right in pitch black darkness screaming for my life. Before I could catch my breath the ride was over. We reached the station and I took of my safety bar and got off.
I struggled to stand up due to my legs still looking for the ground. Going down the stairs I was so happy but also trying not to fall. The people in line were right. I'm so glad I rode it because it is a once in a lifetime ride. If I ever do come back to the park, the first thing I'm going to ride is the HADES 360.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Morrie Aphorism Project
The aphorism that Morrie shares with Mitch is, "...if you really want it, then you'll make your dream happen." (Page 47). It tells that giving up isn't going to get you anywhere in life. You keep going and you keep working hard to achieve the dream you always wanted. Every successful person in the world got there from never giving up and never just payed there thinking their life will always be the same. This is not true, everyone has a purpose in life and it isn't just going to be handed to you like you think. This is what Morrie believes in when he explains to his students that any career or thing in life will be achievable if you just keep going. That is the strongest message of them all.
It may sound corny or even cliche but it happens a lot and it may even happen to you. In movies or documentaries that depict the life of a successful person, for example Steve jobs. In that movie it shows Steve in is garage with friends making computers. After countless fails and rejections from companies he never stoped trying to revolutionize technology. He eventually started his companies and it grew to something you see today. Despite the huge bumps on the way he was able to complete hi dream through had work and never giving up. This sort of thing happened to me except not computers. All my life I've wanted to play basketball, I started when I was five and I was using a neighbors hoop and a soccer ball. After countless hours of practicing I was finnally able to find a form I can use to make shots. I soon was able to play against people way older than me. But it isn't that easy, so many times I've lost and made fun of because I was always "bigger" than other kids my age. It brought me down but I kept going and was able to become a role model for some people.
I believe that this aphorism is true and it really is a huge part of a great life. In everybody there is something that they want and it is almost always not going to be handed to them like that. You know you want it when you don't give up on it and you keep going. This is what the first part of the aphorism shows, "...if you really want wat it...". The second part comes in when you have the dream and finally achieve it with a boost of confident that anything is possible. That is why I agree with this aphorism and is a great message to show to anybody having a very hard time not being able to compel themselves to achieve their dream.
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
It may sound corny or even cliche but it happens a lot and it may even happen to you. In movies or documentaries that depict the life of a successful person, for example Steve jobs. In that movie it shows Steve in is garage with friends making computers. After countless fails and rejections from companies he never stoped trying to revolutionize technology. He eventually started his companies and it grew to something you see today. Despite the huge bumps on the way he was able to complete hi dream through had work and never giving up. This sort of thing happened to me except not computers. All my life I've wanted to play basketball, I started when I was five and I was using a neighbors hoop and a soccer ball. After countless hours of practicing I was finnally able to find a form I can use to make shots. I soon was able to play against people way older than me. But it isn't that easy, so many times I've lost and made fun of because I was always "bigger" than other kids my age. It brought me down but I kept going and was able to become a role model for some people.
I believe that this aphorism is true and it really is a huge part of a great life. In everybody there is something that they want and it is almost always not going to be handed to them like that. You know you want it when you don't give up on it and you keep going. This is what the first part of the aphorism shows, "...if you really want wat it...". The second part comes in when you have the dream and finally achieve it with a boost of confident that anything is possible. That is why I agree with this aphorism and is a great message to show to anybody having a very hard time not being able to compel themselves to achieve their dream.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Socratic Seminar Morrie Reflection
The Socratic seminars have made me think more about why Morrie was so open with death and how he was able to share what he feels with the world and not in his house mourning his death. The seminar let me find out that Morrie was never afraid of death and he embraced it by being with loved ones and not letting any emotions take full control of him. Doing this it gave me more of an understanding of the message the book is trying to reach for the reader. Not only did the seminar helped with the book but it made me think about my daily life. What would I do if I was slowly dying because of a disease. All of these questions start going through my mind and makes me realize the little things in life. It gave me a veiw on today's society that everyone is just trying to spread negativity in the world.
Through the seminar I noticed that I always had one goal, and that is to start a conversation about a topic in the book. It never came to be yet I still tried to participate for me to understand other peoples view. On every seminar I would listen because of love hearing what people have to day about their opinion. But the more we did it the more my goals began to change. I wanted to say at least one thing at every talk but then I made it 2 or 3. The more I listen the more I had to say and I was able to start a conversation. I personally think it was a good idea to do the seminars and im kinda sad that that was out last one.
Everyone in who participated in the seminar everyone liked to make connnection about their personal lives. It usually revolves around death since that was a majority topic since the book is talking about death. We all pitched in to the conversation and we would laugh about it. It is great to listen to each other and we listen respectfully. There are times where we interrupt each other by acccident and it happens more than you think. That usually what happens in our seminars and it's a great way to learn. I wish I will be able to do this in the future.
Through the seminar I noticed that I always had one goal, and that is to start a conversation about a topic in the book. It never came to be yet I still tried to participate for me to understand other peoples view. On every seminar I would listen because of love hearing what people have to day about their opinion. But the more we did it the more my goals began to change. I wanted to say at least one thing at every talk but then I made it 2 or 3. The more I listen the more I had to say and I was able to start a conversation. I personally think it was a good idea to do the seminars and im kinda sad that that was out last one.
Everyone in who participated in the seminar everyone liked to make connnection about their personal lives. It usually revolves around death since that was a majority topic since the book is talking about death. We all pitched in to the conversation and we would laugh about it. It is great to listen to each other and we listen respectfully. There are times where we interrupt each other by acccident and it happens more than you think. That usually what happens in our seminars and it's a great way to learn. I wish I will be able to do this in the future.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The Perfect Day
The days have gone by in my life that aren't always the best. But, there are some days were I never want it to end and enjoy it. I would wake up an hour after dawn fully refreshed and energized for the day. Enjoying the sunlight peeking through my window and the gentle sound of the trees swaying outside in the morning. I go and get breakfast with pancakes, french toast, and any other breakfast meals. Once done and really full as if I was going to rupture I would relax on my bed again watching a couple videos until the food in my stomach went down. I would lay for an hour just thinking and relaxing while my family is doing the same. There was no yelling, no work, and no stress.
After laying for a couple hours me and my family start packing for our bike trip in a trail that goes through the forest and across rivers. Once outside we soak up the sunlight and mild temperatures as we head into the car with our bikes. When we arrived everyone was full and energy and ready to race with our bikes down the trail. My parents are behind us looking at the river while me and my sibling head out to the tail where we rode our hearts out. We enjoyed the scenery with green everywhere and birds chirping in the distance. We see animals in the forest and stop to watch them for minutes at a time. After we finished the trail and everyone exhausted from the ride we get put the bikes back in the car and leave.
We arrived and every one had an appetite after all biking we set up the grill and start cooking. Me and my sibling waiting impatiently out side in the back yard setting up tables and chairs. While setting up we smell the delicious food cooking and we pick up the pace. Now done with the work my whole family grab a basketball and play a game. Everyone was sweaty after that so we start getting buckets of water and we throw it onto each other. All of us laughing we check the food and it is finished. We all dry off as much as we can and we all sit down together. We eat and our neighbors join in with us and we all have a blast playing basketball and talking.
At dusk everyone was full and tired we grab another grill and start a bonfire. We grab marsh mellows and Hershey chocolates. Everyone enjoyed their goey dessert as we all stayed out their for hours until we all were falling asleep. We put out the fire and everyone goes inside getting ready for bed. I took a shower and put on my pjs and laid in my bed covering myself and dirfiting to sleep. This is a perfect day.
After laying for a couple hours me and my family start packing for our bike trip in a trail that goes through the forest and across rivers. Once outside we soak up the sunlight and mild temperatures as we head into the car with our bikes. When we arrived everyone was full and energy and ready to race with our bikes down the trail. My parents are behind us looking at the river while me and my sibling head out to the tail where we rode our hearts out. We enjoyed the scenery with green everywhere and birds chirping in the distance. We see animals in the forest and stop to watch them for minutes at a time. After we finished the trail and everyone exhausted from the ride we get put the bikes back in the car and leave.
We arrived and every one had an appetite after all biking we set up the grill and start cooking. Me and my sibling waiting impatiently out side in the back yard setting up tables and chairs. While setting up we smell the delicious food cooking and we pick up the pace. Now done with the work my whole family grab a basketball and play a game. Everyone was sweaty after that so we start getting buckets of water and we throw it onto each other. All of us laughing we check the food and it is finished. We all dry off as much as we can and we all sit down together. We eat and our neighbors join in with us and we all have a blast playing basketball and talking.
At dusk everyone was full and tired we grab another grill and start a bonfire. We grab marsh mellows and Hershey chocolates. Everyone enjoyed their goey dessert as we all stayed out their for hours until we all were falling asleep. We put out the fire and everyone goes inside getting ready for bed. I took a shower and put on my pjs and laid in my bed covering myself and dirfiting to sleep. This is a perfect day.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Tuesday With Morrie Bucket List Blog
When I started reading the book it seemed very sweet. It described a life of a professor and I thought he just did not care about what other people think and he had fun like he wants to. As I got further into the book it made me very sad that he was getting older and with a new chronic disease he gets called ALS it kept him from doing the things he loved. I was feeling better when family members were by his side helping him. When they depicted him getting weaker and not being able to do anything I just couldn't believe he could live any longer than that. I wouldv'e liked to die already if I was in a state when I'm not able to do anything at all but sit there and do nothing. Yet he never was depressed or mad he just kept on living life and I find that very inspirational. I wasn't that far into the book and it already makes me think about death and how I should live life to the fullest.
Many people have goals in which they want to complete but not many people are able to achieve everything. There are many sad cases where they die quicker than they wanted to. I personally have goals that I hope I can complete in my lifetime. Many of them are when I'm an adult and I want to have a successful life with an amazing family. I still will have death in my mind so my job is to keep that though from overtaking my life.
Bucket List:
- Graduate school
- Have a successful job
- Have a family
- Be able to help my family
- Have a healthy lifestyle
- Help in with the community
- Help other people who need it
- Start or fund a charity
- Grow old
- Have a living funeral
- End my life peacefully
Many people have goals in which they want to complete but not many people are able to achieve everything. There are many sad cases where they die quicker than they wanted to. I personally have goals that I hope I can complete in my lifetime. Many of them are when I'm an adult and I want to have a successful life with an amazing family. I still will have death in my mind so my job is to keep that though from overtaking my life.
Bucket List:
- Graduate school
- Have a successful job
- Have a family
- Be able to help my family
- Have a healthy lifestyle
- Help in with the community
- Help other people who need it
- Start or fund a charity
- Grow old
- Have a living funeral
- End my life peacefully
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