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There are many musicians in the world today. You go back to Mozart and Beethoven age to Rick James, Jimi Hendrix, and the Beatles. This bands and musicians have had an impact on everyone across the globe. The one artist or musician that is closing in on being my favorite is Drake. Drake is a young rap artist that is becoming the next big thing. Drake wrote most of Lil Wayne’s songs before he became big in singing. Music usually affects people in certain ways. Drake connects to me emotionally big time, especially with girls. He probably is the biggest ladies’ man right with Wilt Chamberlin and my father. I am joking around. But anyways Drake knows what an everyday guy goes through; especially when he talks about the girl he cares about. Drake usually puts me in a faded mood. When I listen to his music I become very relaxed and chilled out. After Drake the next favorite musician is definitely Eminem. Ever since I was little I have been listening to him. He has gone through a lot in his life like I have. Whenever I am mad or whenever I’m about to work out I listen to Eminem. He puts in a state a mind of where I would not want to mess with type of mind.  Eminem is considered to be one of the best rappers to ever live. If people were asked to name one white rapper people would automatic think of Lil Wayne only because he has won the most awards for rapping as a white person.  These rappers have impacts on everyone across the world. There lyrics are just so mesmerizing If you ask anybody who likes rap I guarantee that they could say a couple lyrics from some of both of these artist. In all, these artists will always be my favorite until I die. Nothing will ever change that.

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This is a choice blog. A choice blog is where I could talking about anything I want. Today’s topic is stress. Stress can usually be from money issues, family issues, school or work. Stress can affect people in different ways. Some people cope with stress by doing physical activity or some people cope with stress in a bad way by doing drugs or start smoking cigarettes. I have been going through a lot of stress lately. That’s why I am going to take my time to tell you what I have been going through. I have been having family problems at home, I got into a car accident, and I’m having girl problems. The problems at home can be easily fixed, but that car accident definitely took a toll on my family. My girl problems though have been my main problem. I have been talking this girl for a while now and I don’t think she understands that I care for her. After that car accident I just wanted to me with her, but I don’t think she realizes it. I try to make her realize it by giving her flowers or having her over my house to watch movies and doing stuff with my family. She is leaving for college in 6 months. She will be moving out of state. The only thing I want out of us is something special before she leaves for college. It’s hard to get a girl like her. She’s like my best friend but I know we could be more if she gives it a chance. That’s all I want is one fair opportunity. I know I won’t get married to her but just to have someone like her to care for you would be to die for. I know that there will be girls like this all my life, but this is honestly my first experience where I actually feel something for a girl. My life is having a couple bumps in the road right now but I know I’m a strong enough person to get over it. Don’t ever cope with stress in a bad way. Always do something that will benefit you in a good in a good way.

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There are a lot of teachers that I like throughout my schooling here in Alden. You have Mr. Currin, Mr. Burkhardt, Mr. Turton, and Mrs. Siuta. But my favorite teacher throughout primary and intermediate school was Mrs. Bishop. Mrs. Bishop was a great person and a great teacher. She taught Math, English, Science, anything you could imagine she taught well at. She had a big influence on me, especially when it came to school. She always made sure I had my school work done. There were no excuses whatsoever. When I was in her class she went on vacation and went to meet the New England Patriots. I had some New England Patriots football cards and I asked her if she could get them signed and she did. I had a Tom Brady rookie card signed by him, A Deion Branch rookie card that was signed, and a Lawyer Milloy card that was signed also. This showed me that she was nice enough to take time out of her schedule to get those cards signed for me. Mrs. Bishop had an impact on life as well. She taught me responsibility and to make sure that your family always comes first before anything. When my mom had to go to the hospital for a week, because of her lung collapse she gave me a lot of time to make up my school work. She cared about what I was going through as a person at a young age. I really appreciated that. The final impact Mrs. Bishop had on me was that whenever I needed anything she was there for me. That is what you look for in an inspiring teacher. I really hope other people think she was a great teacher, because she had a great impact on me and as a student.

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For this blog I am describing a hero. A hero can be described in many ways. A hero could be someone that you could look up too or someone that has overcame adversity and prospered through it. In my opinion I think heroes are doctors, firefighters, cops, and people in the armed forces.  If I had to choose someone that could be my hero it would be my father. My father has always been there for me no matter what. Ever since I was 5 years old I would always being doing something with him. When I was younger we use to play games in my living room. We would play football with a foam football. My dad would tell me too run a route and he would throw the football to me either leading me to the couch or catching it on the rug. Another game we would play would have to do with basketball. We would buy this rubber ball and use this basket as a basketball hoop. We would stand at the end of my living room and shoot the ball into the basket until we missed. These games that me and my dad played helped me love sports. He had such a big influence on me with sports. He coached me in football for 13 years and in basketball for 4. Even if he was not interested in sports he taught me life lessons when I was young. He told me that women weaken the legs and the pocket books and that always keep your mouth shut when your mom talks to you. Those 2 life lesson have made me the man I am today. Another reason why he is my hero is that he provides for his family. He works 40 hours a week and does whatever has to be done at home. This is my hero, who is yours?

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This blog is a choice blog. For this blog I get to choose to talk about whatever I want. For this choice blog I am going to talk about the Buffalo Bills. The Buffalo Bills started off red hot. They went 4-1 and after Fitzpatrick signed that contract the Bills went down the toilet. Those 4 wins included teams like the Patriots, Chiefs, and The “dream team” Eagles. The Bills are a good team, but I think they are 3 or 4 players away from being a playoff team. Some improvements the Bills need are another wide out, a better cornerback, an offensive tackle, and a pass rusher. I think we could improve some of these positions through free agency. Some people say if Robert Griffin III is there in the NFL Draft when we are up to pick, that we should take him. I couldn’t agree more. He reminds me of Randal Cunningham. Griffin knows how to keep the play alive and in Buffalo you need a quarterback like that, because our offensive line isn’t the greatest in the world. If Griffin is gone by the time we pick I think the Bills should take Courtney Upshaw, an outside linebacker from Alabama. He reminds me of Terrell Suggs. He is a great pass rusher and he knows how to stop the run. The 2 things we need on the defensive side of the ball.  Another thing I would do is trade up to get Justin Blackmon the wide out from Oklahoma State. He is a freak of nature. He is 6’1 220 pounds and runs a 4.4 in the forty yard dash. He has a vertical of 34 inches and can catch anything. Mark my words that he will be one of the best revivers to play in the NFL ever! Hopefully the bills make the right choices in the off season so we could see the Bills in the playoffs.

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The highlight of my holiday break was hanging out were the holidays. Christmas was fun. I woke up and opened my present and I got boots and a new jacket. We had an afternoon brunch, also with my family and my grandma. After that we played card games and watched the football game. During the evening we had dinner and ate turkey, corn, mash potatoes, and had some chocolate pie for dessert. my friends. My friends also made my last winter break complete. I hung out with my friends every single day this break. Even though I had basketball, we would go to mighty taco almost every day and then we would go see a movie. It was awesome. The best movie I saw over break was called the warrior. This movie was about 2 brothers that have never really liked each other that end up fighting in the MMA for 5 million dollars. It was one of the saddest movies I have ever watched. I cried 3 times during the movie.  Another thing me and my friends did during the break was that we went to Skyzone and played dodge ball and dunked basketballs the whole time. It was awesome! People should definitely go to skyzone, because you get a workout. New Years was definitely fun too. I ended up having a party and we just chilled and ate food until the ball dropped. After the ball dropped, we played dance dance revolution 2 on the Wii. Gabe ended up winning it all, because he dances like a girl, but it’s cool. Overall this break was definitely my favorite, because I did not have to work during it. I got to spend time with all my friends and family. This break will not compare to any of the other ones, because this was my last winter break.

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There are many things you can put on a bucket list, but I have my top 3. My top 3 items on my bucket lists are to own my own business, watch my grandkids and kids play sports, and learn how to play guitar. The reason why I put owning my own business on my bucket lists is, because it shows that I am a very successful person. Owning my own business will show my kids how to be successful and it also sets up a future for my family down the line. I either want to start a business that has to do with sports management, own a sports complex, or be a NFL Scout. I put watching my kids and grandkids play sports, because I want my kids to stay active. Sports build good character and I know my family could benefit from that. Sports are my life and I always want to be somehow apart of them. I can’t wait until I have a kid of my own and watch him play sports because I could teach him things that my dad didn’t teach me and I could show them what it takes to play that sport if they ever want to go professional in a sport they love. I love sports so much that I want to be involved with them for the rest of my life My final item on my bucket list is to play guitar. My dad plays guitar, but he never had time to show me how to play. I love music. I listen to music every day. I have always wanted to play guitar, because I think it’s cool to play guitar. Play guitar also gets you the ladies as well. One day in my life I will achieve these three items on my bucket lists, even if it kills me.

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Usually peoples New Year’s Resolutions are either job goals or people start new good habitats. My New Year’s Resolution has to do with basketball. My New Year’s Resolution is to shoot better in basketball. In the beginning of the basketball season I started off slow only averaging around 6 pts. a game. Now I’m averaging 10.3 points a game. I have had double digit points in 5 of the last 6 games. I feel like if I keep up my game I could go to school and play basketball. I really hope my New Year’s Resolution comes through only, because I love the game of basketball a lot and I really hope I could do something with it. Come to think of it my basketball career is almost over here in Alden. We only have like 8 games left not including playoffs. I really hope we finish strong throughout the season so that way we have a good seed in the playoffs. If we win the rest of our games we could have a chance to go to Buff State. Alden hasn’t gone to Buff State in I don’t know how many years, but I know it has been awhile. The last time we ever won a section 6 title is around 30 years ago. I think we have a good chance to win our division if we beat the rest of our division opponents. My senior night will be an emotional one. Once I stop playing basketball I really don’t know what I will do. This week we face Cleve Hill. This will be a big game, because this is a division game. We lost to them at home 76-56. This game will require a lot of hustle. We need to out rebound them and play defensive and we should win the game. This would be a huge win for us.