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When I first heard this story I was amazed at what happened to Trayvon Martin. He was an innocent kid who just bought something to eat and drink minding his own business and he got shot. Black people do trust the police to a point. The only thing black people really trust the police for is protecting and serving them.  I feel that Trayvon Martin’s death was uncalled for and inappropriate. We have talked about it in school, but originally I heard of it through a friend’s mom. The main issue that is brought up to me is, just because Trayvon was walking around a neighborhood and he was African American he got shot. I walk around my neighborhood and my friend’s neighborhoods all the time, but nothing ever happens to me. In my opinion, this brings up a race issue. The law enforcement in that area needs to be questioned for sure. First off, the law of “Stand your Ground” needs to be overturned. It goes back to the old saying, never judge a book by its cover. This kid was completely unarmed and still got shot just because he looked a certain way and that is not okay. Second, the police force in the area needs to be questioned. Why was Zimmermon not taken to jail? He had murdered an innocent teenager based on “suspicion.” In my mind, that is crap. You can’t just randomly kill somebody off suspicion and get away with it the kid was doing nothing wrong and got killed for it. It is amazing how are government system is this messed up. This just goes to show that bad things can happen to innocent people who don’t deserve it and good things, such as not being taken to prison for murder, happen to the worst of people.

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This next blog is about my future. There are many ways for me to go with my future.  When I go to college my major will be Sports Management. With a sports management degree you could coach, scout, ref, or be a manager of a basketball team. Another qualification I could add to my resume to be a coach or be a scout is me going to school to play basketball. In the future I honestly think I will be a coach for a team only, because I love sports way too much and they need to stay in my life. I know everything about football and basketball. You could probably show me a picture of each player in the NBA or NFL and I could tell you their weaknesses and strength as an athlete in their sport.  If I don’t make it as a coach or scout I could definitely see myself as an accountant for a big time corporation. As an accountant you make around $80,000 dollars a year. This can support your family easily. In the long run you can move up through the company and make more money after just starting out at $80,000. My final option for a career if an accountant doesn’t work out and being a coach or scout for a basketball team doesn’t work, I’m going to own my own business. I think I want to put a sports complex on my property. We feel that this will create a lot business and put this business on the map. Kids from Lancaster, Attica, Akron, Batavia, and Alexander would come and compete in games at my sports complex, because we are right in the middle of all the towns I mentioned. I really hope that one of these 3 options can be my future career.

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In the following blog I am going to talk about Spring. There are many things to like about spring and some things to not like about Spring. Spring is where you see a lot of people at the park and see a lot of people get ready for summer. The reason why I love spring is, because there is so much more things to do, especially when it comes to having fun outside. Usually after I work out if it is nice out, I play basketball until dusk. This helps me get better as a player and it is healthy after a workout to run a little bit. This also helps me for college, because right after you work out you going to play ball so this helps me get use to the soreness when playing basketball. Another thing I like to do when its Spring is swim. It is good cardio especially when it is hot out. It also relaxes your muscles after a nice work out at the gym. One other reason I like Spring is, because I could drive my car with the windows down. I love when you could do this, because it feels good and relaxing. There are so many things you can do in Spring it is ridiculous. One of my favorite things to do at night during Spring is having a fire or a party outside. It is so peaceful to just sit by a fire with all of your friends and talk about the good times especially when you are a senior like me and you will not see all of your friends, because they will be off doing their own thing. I can’t wait for the weather to warm up so I can do more things outside, because this is the last spring break with all my friends.

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In this blog we had to interview someone else from the bulldog. The person who I had to interview was Emily Zuchoski. Emily Zuchoski is a senior at our school and I asked her 5 question about herself so I could get to know her a little bit better. I asked Emily what college she was going to and what was her major for colle3ge? She told me that she is studying at GCC for human services and political science for 2 years, and then she is going to transfer to Damien to finish up her degree there. The next question I asked her was what her favorite food is. She told me that her favorite food is mash potatoes. She really like mash potatoes on thanksgiving, because that’s when she can eat a lot of mash potatoes. The third question I asked her was what some of her hobbies are. She answered back saying that she works a lot and she likes to work and she likes to go mudding in trucks or on four-wheelers with her boyfriend. The next question I asked Emily was where she works. She said that she works at Tim Horton’s and she said she like her job, because there is a lot of things to do and she said during school she works 20 hours a week. The last and final question I asked Emily was if she could go to one place in the world, where would she go and why. Emily answered back smiling saying she would definitely go to Louisiana, because there is a rich in French culture there and she could study about it and eat great rich food from there. From this interview with Emily I have learned a lot about her and became closer with her from the interview process.

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This blog is a choice blog. In this blog I can choose to talk about whatever I would like. In this choice blog I am going to talk about the Buffalo Bills. The Bills made one of the biggest acquisitions in Bills history. The Bills signed Mario Williams. If you don’t know who Mario is let me describe him to you. He was the number one overall pick in 2006 from the Houston Texans. He is 6’7 285 pounds of pure monster! He has recorded 241 tackles in 83 NFL games. He also has 53 sacks in his career. Mario has made 2 pro bowl appearances, one in 2007 and one in 2008. Last year though he got injured. He only played 5 games. Mario tore his pectoral muscle. There were big questions if he could rehab fast from this injury, but sure enough he did. This pickup for the Bills is huge, because now we actually have a legit pass rusher to get to the quarterback. The Bills were ranked 27^th in the pass rush in the NFL. That is pathetic. If the Bills want to have any chance to make a Super Bowl run they need a pass rusher. When the Bills went to 4 consecutive Super Bowls from 1990-1994, they had a pass rusher by the name of Bruce Smith. Bruce Smith is one of the best pass rushers of all time. We signed Mario Williams to a six year contract worth up to 100 million dollars. I do think it is a little expensive, but it is about time the Bills signed a big name free agent, because this will bring other big name free agents to Buffalo.  With this addition of Mario Willaims, I think the Buffalo Bills have a chance to make the playoffs if they make the right moves on draft day.

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In this blog I am going to talk about the most embarrassing moment in my life. Everyone has an embarrassing moment in their life. It doesn’t matter who you are. I have had many embarrassing moments in my life. I will never forget this one embarrassing moment. I think I was five and it was my first time ever going to Darien Lake. I’m pretty sure it was one of the hottest days of the year. As I was walking into Darien Lake I felt something warm hit the top of my head. It felt slimy and mushy. Then my mom and dad just started laughing hysterically. I was so confused on what was going on. So as I turned around to see what they were laughing at, the slimy and mushy thing slid down the side of my face. Everyone that walked by me going into the park were giving me weird facial expressions. My mom and dad took me to the bathroom to clean up and I realized a bird pooped on me! I was so grossed out. I started puking in the bathroom and we went home, because I just wanted to take a shower. My mom and dad kept on telling me that it was good luck. I couldn’t stop crying after that happened to me. The next time we went to Darien Lake, I wore a hat and sunglasses to make sure a bird didn’t poop on me again. I will never ever forget that embarrassing moment in my life, because it was first one I ever remembered happening to me. Some embarrassing moments help you though, because that way you are not afraid to laugh at yourself. Embarrassing moments build character. It shows if you can take the heat for something you did on accident.

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In this blog I am going to talk to you about distracted driving. There are many things that could distract you when you are driving. The weather could distract you, a beverage spilling in your car or your radio, but the number one thing that distracts you while you are driving is texting while you are driving. I know many people who have died, because of driving and texting. It is crazy how technology can be such a distraction now days. A recent study has shown that texting while driving is actually more dangerous than driving while you are drunk. If texting has caused you or someone you know to be injured in a car accident you may be entitled to legal compensation and benefits. Reckless driving can be punished with a fine of up to $500 and up to 90 days in jail. Some statistics are that most texting and driving accidents occur when you are 16-20 years old. When a driver texts while driving, his/hers reaction time will decrease by 35% When texting, steering capability goes down by a tremendous amount; 91%.  A driver is twenty three times more likely to get into a car accident while driving and texting. Drivers are also six times as likely to get into a car accident while dialing a number into their cellular devices. Let’s face it, from these statistics you always have a chance to get into an accident even if you think you are the greatest driver in the world. My dad thinks he is the greatest driver in the world, but I told him don’t ever text and drive with me in his car, because I feel very unsafe when he does it. Sometimes I don’t think he looks at the road at all when he texts. I feel you should get a severe punishment if you get caught driving and texting. Maybe even get your license suspended.

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Well it was Saint Patrick’s Day this weekend and I did absolutely nothing. Sometimes we go downtown to the parade and that’s pretty much it, but not this year, because we had plans to go to the mall and had other errands to run.  My family honestly forgot that Saint Patrick’s Day was this weekend. All in all it was still a good weekend. One family tradition that my family and I do every year is go to a Syracuse basketball game with my family and friends. We leave at 12 noon on the day of the game then go to the hotel room as soon as we get there then we go to the game. The game this year was against Louisville. They won the game, but it was kind of boring, because they did not play that well until the second half and there weren’t that many dunks at all. After the game there was a lot of traffic, because it was senior night so it took us a good half an hour to go back to our hotel room.  After we got back to our hotel room we ordered food from a pizzeria. We ordered a sheet pizza with 50 wings and they charged us 62 dollars! We thought that was ridiculous. It should cost like $45 or $50 dollars. That’s like a dollar a wing and like 3 dollars a slice of pizza. It was outrageous. After we ate, we watched the Duke versus North Carolina game. I was pulling for Duke to win, but they were getting killed. North Carolina was beating Duke by 20 at the end of the first half. I couldn’t believe Duke was getting beat this bad by North Carolina, because it is usually always a close game between these two teams. After that we went to bed and woke up went to breakfast and left. It was a fun road trip!

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This blog is a choice blog. In this blog I can talk about whatever I would like to talk about. I am going to talk about the Buffalo Bills. The Bills just made a huge move for the team’s future. The Bills signed wide receiver Stevie Johnson to a 6 year contract worth 32 million dollars. This is huge for the team, because we need a future wide out for this organization. I think we still need a true number one wide out, because I just think Stevie could be a number 2 receiver at best. I really hope the Bills could grab Defensive end Mario Williams. Mario played for the Houston Texans and was the number one pick in 2006. If the Bills grab Mario Williams they could seriously make a push for a playoff spot this year. He is a great athlete who could get to the quarterback. That is exactly what the Bills need for their defense. Another need for the Bills is getting a true number one receiver. There are many wide outs in the draft and free agency. In the free agency you have wide outs like Vincent Jackson from the Chargers, Reggie Wayne from the Colts, and Marques Colston from the Saints. I think Marques Colston would be a great pick up for the Bills. He has proved himself to be a number one receiver when he was with the Saints catching 449 balls and racking up 6,240 yards with 48 touchdowns. This kid has some god given talent. He is also 6’4 225 pounds. That is what the Bills need, a big possession receiver. If the Bills land both Mario Williams and Marques Colston in the free agency and they draft a young offensive tackle in the first round, the Bills will make the playoffs for sure.

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This blog is about what makes me angry. There are many things that make people angry. Someone could tell on you for something dumb or copycat you. That isn’t what gets me mad. What gets me mad is being disrespectful to your elders. Your elders know a lot more than you will ever know until your grow old. It is like not listening to your parents. That is very disrespectful. I do not like it when people walk right by somebody that they know and act like they don’t know them. That is completely wrong to do. You should go out of your way to go see your elder and say hi to them. You never know when somebody could die. I’ll never forget when my dad was really mad, because one of my friends didn’t say hi to him. My dad felt like he was disrespected. He honestly wouldn’t let my friend come over again until he apologized to him on being disrespectful to him. From that moment on my friend always says hi to him whenever he comes over or whenever he sees him. Another disrespectful moment I remember was when some old lady was unloading her groceries from her car and asks her grandson who was about 16 at the time to come help unload the groceries. The grandson said no and walked right into the house. When I saw this happen I felt bad for the older lady. I went over to her car and asked her for help with the groceries and she said yes. I empty all the groceries for her and she gave me $10 for the help and I told her to keep her money and anytime she needs help with something to give me a call to help her with it. From that moment on I respected my elders for the rest of my life.

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For this blog we have to write about what we are afraid of. There are many things you could be afraid of. You could be afraid of spiders, jello, and sports, but that isn’t my fear. Some people have phobias which can be more severe than others. Yes I do have fear of heights, but the thing that scares me the most is failure. Failure means an act of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success. Failure to make it in this world, failure to not have a family of my own, and failure to not have my own family support me would scare me. That is what scares me the most by far. If you think about it if you don’t succeed for these concepts then there is no possible way you can make it in this world. It would be scary to not have a family of your own. Who would you lean on if you needed help financially? What would you do if you did something bad and you needed someone to lean on? It would be scary if you don’t have a family that supported you. If you got kicked out of your girlfriend’s house, whose house would you stay at? If you needed money who else would ask? It would be scary if you didn’t make it in this world point blank. Imagine if you didn’t have a job or a career or even a high school degree, what would you do with your life? You wouldn’t be able to do anything. You would have no future or nothing. I know as a person there could be a lot of things you could be afraid of, but I know failure would definitely be at the top of my fears, because there is no point of you being in this world if you fail.

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The Super Bowl is always fun. During the Super Bowl you are usually with your friends and family. The one Super Bowl I will never forget is when the Steelers played the Seahawks. This was a good game and most of all this day was very fun. I had 2 friends over by the names of Corey and Christian Barczykowski. I remembered it was snowing out and it was a very windy night. We had tons of food that my mom made. My friends and I were sitting there in front of all this food starving, but then we had an idea. We decided to have a food factor. Are food factor contained olives, hot sauce, eggs, steak, a1 sauce, milk, water, pickles, and celery. We grinded all this food up in a food processor and poured it into a cup to drink out of. It was a very dark color with some green in it. It was very gross. Christian ended up winning and me and Corey lost.  After this we decided to play basketball. It was very cold out. We were playing on a 8 foot rim. We played two on one. It was Corey and I verses Christian. We beat him by one point seven to six. The game was crazy and fun. I remember at one point where Corey went to go grab the basketball and as he was grabbing it he got picked up by the wind and dragged a good 3 feet. It was crazy! This year’s Super Bowl was pretty good. My family members and I all hung out at my house and ate a feast. I really hope the Bills make it to the Super Bowl one day so that way I could go to the Super Bowl and watch them win it all.