Chile vs. Haiti

The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month. But the deaths in Chile are much lower. Why? I asked myself. But then I found out the reasons are simple.
Chile is wealthier and better prepared. They have stronger buildings, fast emergency response, and a long history of handling catastrophes like this. I also found out that no living Haitian had experienced a quake at home when the earthquake last month crumbled their poorly constructed buildings. But still Chile was very lucky this time.

My Top 3 Movies of 2009

Now that the box office has been tallied for the movies in 2009, I would like to pick my 3 favorites.

My number one movie would have to be UP. Up is the story of an old man, Carl, and a boy, Russel. Together they attempt to put Carl's house in his dream spot for his wife who passed away but always wanted her house on the top of a waterfall. Did he accomplish his wife's dream or not? Why don't you watch Up and find out! My second favorite movie would be Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. In this movie Harry's in his sixth year at Hogwart's, and in his Potions class he finds a book with all the correct things to do and all the answers. There is an inscription that said it belonged to the "Half Blood Prince". Trying to figure out who that was, Harry goes on a long and treacherous journey where lots of things happen to him, good and bad. Did he find out who the Half Blood Prince was? Why don't you watch Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and find out! My third favorite movie would definitely be Avatar. In this movie a man named Jake Sully goes onto an alien planet as an Avatar, but he's a bad guy trying to help the humans. But he bonds strongly with the Na'vi people and soon protect them by betraying his own kind. Do the Na'vi people hate him and are they all safe? Why dont you watch Avatar and find out!
These were all great movies and you should watch them all! For the UP fans, you would want to put your house on top of a waterfall, it's so beautiful. For the Harry Potter fans this movie was so good it'll be like they cast a spell on you because when you watch it, you're in a trance! And for those Avatar fans... maybe one day we can all go to the Avatar planet, Pandora.

Piston Trainers Smart Move

Arnie Kander, the Detroit Pistons' coach, says he's never seen as many ankle, knee and groin injuries as he has this season. I laughed at first but he's not kidding. Three different Pistons guards Richard Hamilton, Ben Gordon, and Will Bynum, all missed time thanks to messed up ankles. He said he asked himself, "What's that saying? Two's a coincidence, three's a trend."

Then like any good NBA trainer, Kander quickly figured out that it was a specific brand of sneakers, Nike Hyperizes, that were making the Pistons' ankles go lame. He then BANNED them from being wore on the team!

The Annoying Orange Saw

OMG! THIS VIDEO IS SOOO FUNNY!!! In this video a Youtube user makes fun of Saw and it made me laugh several times because this is exactly how Saw is except the Annoying Orange made it funnier. Saw is always saying, "Let's play a game," and now The Annoying Orange gave definition to that statement! Watch to see what I mean!

Giant George

The world's biggest dog, who's ever been alive, is a Great Dane named Giant George! He is literally a 'Gentle Giant'! Giant Georgie measures 7 feet 3 inches from nose to tail. He's only 3 inches shorter than Yao Ming! I mean I'm taller than them both but they're still pretty tall. He also weighs a staggering 245 pounds. How can his legs keep that up!! My dog weighs like 70 pounds and when he stands on you it hurts really bad! I can imagine this dog! And he wouldn't even be able to sleep on my bed with me! He'd hog the whole bed! If I had this dog I wouldn't be able to take care of him either! He probably needs a lot of exercise and his business would be bigger than me! He wolfs down 110 pounds of dog food a month! Looks like I'll see this pup AROUND! Heh heh.

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, and school or college. Personally, I just downloaded Facebook yesterday and it's done wonders for me. I've caught up with old friends and already organized events on it! I wanted a Facebook because my teacher said raise your hand if you have a Myspace or a Facebook and everyone raised there hand... but me. If you don't have one yet I reccomend it!

Apolo Anton Ohno - Yawn

It was seconds before the biggest moment of his career... the excitement was too much for Apolo Anton Ohno. And apparently he couldn't hold it in any longer... so he yawned, and I laughed.
People started wondering why he yawned so I looked further into it and found that a friend of Ohno's, who asked not to be named because"Apolo might not like it", revealed Ohno's secret... that the yawning lets extra oxygen into his lungs in the seconds before bursting across the ice.
Ohno himself later confirmed, "It makes me feel better. It gets the oxygen in and the nerves out."
So I'm going to try that from now on. I wonder if my teachers will be offended if I yawn at the beginning of every class!