“Diego why are you so happy all the time”, “Why are you dancing in the halls.” Well right now, I can tell you music is a huge part of my happiness. I love listening, dancing, and singing to music (even though I suck at it). Whenever I don’t bring my ear buds to school I know that it is not a going to be an upbeat day. You can tell right when I get to class when I have listened to music or if I haven’t. I love music it helps me accomplish what I need throughout the day and brings me great joy.
I listen to many genres of music like country, hip-hop, R&B, alternative, dubstep, but mostly pop and rap. I love pop and rap because they uplift me, but I only like certain types of those genres. They have to be songs that I can either start singing, or songs that I can move around to or dance to, or songs that can just make you happy and the lyrics are about things that are relatable. For some reason those songs just hit me, it just says, “Diego be happy today will be a good day.” When I hear those words come to mind I say to myself, “I can make this a good day, I can get through it.” After I think that I feel like I have what I call “movie moments” when they put a nice song and they have the character turn their head with a huge smile. I also love music because it can be used in many different ways. Before my sports I always need that song that gets me excited and moving. It’s almost like a warm up in itself. People love parties and dancing. Obviously for that you need music. Usually depending on the dance there is pop, rap, dubstep, and of course slow songs. Along with dancing certain songs have specific moves. For example Juju on That Beat, YMCA, etc. Those are always entertaining to do with friends. Also, most people don’t realize is that music in movies is a must. Without music in movies they wouldn’t be as good. For example, what if Star Wars didn’t have any of their music, or any TV show or movie without their entry music like Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. What would those shows and movies be like? Music is used in many ways that definitely increases my happiness and could easily make others happy as well. Music is also for everyone. There’s so many different genres and there is always songs that can make any age happy. There is many kids songs, there’s 90s, 80s, and then there is always the top hits or new hits. There is tons of different artists. You are able to follow them and listen to many albums and singles of theirs. Also there is many mixes of different artists which is very interesting having two or more different artists performing a song together. Music is available in many different places. You are able to go to stores to buy DVD’s, or get it on a device from many different apps like Itunes, Apple Music, I music, Google Play and more. You can also just listen to it on radios, or in stores and restaurants. In addition you can also play many different instruments. Music is a huge help in my life and I’m very grateful for the artists that create their music. I encourage everyone to find their love in music because it helps me throughout my days and I’m sure it can help others. “Without music life would be a mistake”. -Friedrich Nietzsche
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Did you choose to read this blog? Did you just look something up to start reading? I definitely do not choose to read unless it’s a book that inspires me or I can relate it to my life. I strongly dislike reading. It’s not like it’s bad, it just doesn’t interest me, and I’m not motivated. As many people know in English class you usually have to pick a novel to read. What do I do now?
Well it is for school, so I have to do it. The first place to start… The library, so I went to the library with 30 mins left in my break and I was confident that I will find a book. Twenty minutes go by and on the last shelf I find a great book that I feel like I can relate to and enjoy. I ask my friend if they think this would be a good book for me. She responds with “that book totally resembles you”. I’m ecstatic that I actually found a book that I’m interested in reading, but shortly after I realize it’s more than three hundred pages and debate if I should even read it. After that ten minutes of debating the bell sounded and I chose to leave that book behind and ask for my teachers opinion. My next class I asked my teacher for advice. He asked “Well, what kind of books are you into?” I answered “ I love sports but also inspirational.” He gave me this book titled ‘Th1rteen R3asons Why’. I read the back of the book and he also summarized it for me. He also told me that most girls like it but I may enjoy it. The book sounds very interesting. It’s about this girl committing suicide and sending thirteen tapes to people saying to them why the contributed to her suicidal thoughts. I thought that sounded very interesting, so why not give it a shot. Also one of my friends was scrolling through their instagram and sent me a video. As I started watching it I realized it was a new movie coming out. It turns out there is a movie coming out based on that book, which just motivates me even more because I love movies and I’ve never read a book before I’ve watched the movie. I have never really been excited about reading but now it may have changed. I’m very interested in this book now and I am very excited. If you readers don’t have interest in reading and you have to for school, and you have a choice, always pick something of your interest. There is plenty of books out there to try, and many with the story lines that are right for you. I hope many of you start to enjoy reading much more just like I hope to start doing. Now if you excuse me I have to go read my new book. Kia kaha, Forever strong. I remember it like yesterday. This is my favourite movie by a long shot. The story that it tells is just incredible. It shows that any man can have a change of heart and no matter how hard it may be, you can make an impact on someone’s life. This movie can be watched by a family and will teach a great lesson but it’s very entertaining at the same time. Forever Strong is a must watch movie for everyone.
Forever Strong is directed by Ryan Little who is also known for the Saints and Soldiers movies. The movie stars Sean Faris who is also known for Never Back Down, Yours, Mine, and Ours, and Pearl Harbour. It also stars Penn Badgley and Gary Cole. The acting is well done in this film. From my perspective I have seen very little mistakes and all the actors play their roles very well. I have so many favourite parts about this movie I can go on and on. I’m laughing while I’m writing this because it’s just great. The movie’s story is about a teenager named Rick Penney has grown up a tough guy from learning from his father’s example. Rick has a huge accident and his father/coach is scared that his son’s life is going to be “ruined” the same way his was ruined. This is a family of rugby that wants to win and be the best in any way possible. I’m not a big rugby fan myself, but after this movie I started to enjoy it. As much as their a rugby family it doesn’t stray from the point of the movie. I believe the movie was titled Forever Strong because that is what this coach teaches to his boys and to him it’s not all about winning on the field but winning in life. This coach changes Rick’s life and Rick becomes who he wants to be and then turns into a better example to his teammates and more importantly his father. This movie has really impacted and inspired me. It made me realize that values are very important and people can have a change of heart. It has inspired me to always be me and not only work hard on the field, but work hard off. Also it proves that character is a big part of your life, just like the trailer says “Beyond Commitment, lies courage”. I need to have the courage to continue to be who I am and who I want to become. Many quotes have been said in this movie that I truly agree upon and try to always keep them in mind wherever I go. “I do nothing to embarrass ,myself, my team, or my family”, is a quote that totally sums up how I should make my choices. When I make a choice I think of that quote because it helps me choose the right decision and it makes me think, do I really want to embarrass these people from one decision. The most popular quote from the movie was said by Coach Larry Gelwix, it says, “I want you to be forever strong on the field, so you can be forever strong off it”. This coach cared not only about their character on the field but their character off. You should be the same person in sports out of sports and you want people to compliment you on character because that is what stands out the most about being an athlete. The quote that clearly sums up the movie and its message is “Kia kaha, Forever Strong”. It takes all these quotes and puts them together. This quote speaks to me saying you have to stay strong no matter your trials because in the end you want to accomplish your goal and succeed. I believe if I stay forever strong I will be proud of myself and I will be successful in sports as well as life. This movie has taught me plenty and I still ponder on its teachings throughout my life. This movie has had an impact on me and that is why recommend this movie. It may not have the same impact but you will definitely learn something. Also it is just a wonderful story of a young man completely changing himself to become a better person. I enjoyed this movie and I hope you will be able to watch and learn from this movie as I did. Where to start is the real question. I have my passions sports, music and school, but what would my title be? Could I explain on it and add detail? No, that wouldn’t be enough or entertaining rather. Let’s research some topics… Nope nothing interests me. I have this trouble every time I write. Usually the hardest part about writing is coming up with a topic. Then once I have a topic, could I write a lot on it? I have so many struggles when I have to write.
I really want to improve my writing. Writing is definitely a struggle for me and no matter who you are there is always room for improvement. This is the reason I am starting to blog. I want to get used to just writing about whatever is on my mind and state my opinion on it. I’m going to write blogs on whatever I want and I will set goals for myself, so I’m able to improve. I want to improve on making a steady timeline, being able to always stay on track with my timeline, using a stronger vocabulary, improve my grammar, staying on topic and being able to explain the topics I am writing on. My goal is to get an eighty or higher in my English class. I believe if I apply those adjustments to my writing I will accomplish my goal. I will have others edit my work and I will study those edits, and see where I went wrong and understand how I could improve for my next piece. I will also edit my own work and try to input better transition words and try to always relate my writing to my topic. I want to increase the time I have to edit my work and make my own notes so I’m able to fix my mistakes. Being able to pick a topic and create many paragraphs on it, is significantly challenging. I need to write on topics where my viewers could relate. I could research the topic, or choose a topic that has many different opinions and input my opinion on the subject. After I have chosen my topic I will need to brainstorm my main idea and choose proper headings and subheadings that I can expand on. Now I have to understand that I’m not perfect but if I improve a little on everything I want, I believe I will reach my goal by the end of the year. I’m starting this challenge to myself right now and I will work my hardest until I accomplish my goal. I’m willing to listen to any type of feedback, I’m willing to take time out of school to work, I’m going to work my hardest to get this job done. I believe that my hard work and dedication will pay off. |
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