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These guys write about really cool stuff... They are on my bookmarks. :)

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This week, they are talking about pollitics (kinda controversial, so beware)
Still awesome stuff. Visit! They are really good writers.

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Kids Voting

Hey guys, I'm sorry for not posting. I hope you guys like this one though!

So… Today, we went to “vote” in one of the rooms on the A wing. It was pretty simple, I got a piece of paper, wrote in what I thought, and just turned it in.

Simple as it was, there was still so much debate between the presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. There were people yelling “Vote for Obama!” or “Vote for McCain!” everywhere you looked. Most kids didn’t even know what they were talking about. I recall somebody saying “Obama is a socialist,” but when ask what “socialist” meant, he was dumbfounded.

Now, I’m trying to remain totally neutral in this, so I’m not looking for fights.

But seriously, research your facts people! I mean, half of the people I am hearing say this stuff don’t know a thing they are saying. Personally, I hate talking about politics, all it will lead to are arguments. It is getting a tiny bit annoying of kids shoving in my face half-baked lectures, about stuff they barely know about. In fact, I am sick and tired of this! I actually have a brain (yes, I am also amazed) I don’t need another person to make a decision for me. Please, don’t call me stupid or narrow minded for not following your beliefs. Don’t try to force ideas on me when I don’t on you!

So enough with the rant..

I, myself, don’t have that much experience about politics and voting. I know a scarce amount of knowledge of the candidates. I know just enough to make a decision.

I guess that is why they don’t let 13-year-old’s vote.

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Procrastination

Wow, I procrastinated on my “procrastination” article. Sorry for not posting this up sooner, but I was pretty busy the past week.

Okay, let’s get back on subject. Procrastination is the thing that makes you go from an A student to a B student. That pesky thing of doing things on time, studying and using your time wisely. I used to be a huge procrastinator back when I was a sevie.

For me, I procrastinate because I fear it will not be perfect. Others procrastinate for being overwhelmed.

How do you solve this?

Don’t try to quit cold turkey, it will probably not work. You have to deceive yourself. For me to get anything done, I must have a deadline, a due date of some sort. I usually procrastinate on it, and I do all my other homework to avoid doing the project. I get stuff done, so it is better than sitting there and doing nothing. You will feel less overwhelmed at what you have to do, and will like your progress that you made on your project.

School rarely gives your breaks between multiple projects, so just use each deadline on top of each other. Something else is due? You work on your project to procrastinate on your other project.

Need some tips you probably already know? Here you go.

1. Always do your homework when it is assigned, use your class time to do homework if the teacher lets you.

2. Do the easiest stuff first, so you get more done without feeling overwhelmed.

I hoped it help! Now I must get back to working on my project.

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Sleep

Sleep is the first thing we think about in the morning, and the last thing we think about at night. It is an addiction that we have since birth, you can’t live without it, and you get withdrawals if you don’t have enough.

Now really, who has the time to dedicate 8 hours of lying there and doing nothing? There are tests to study for, projects to finish, sports to practice for, kids to feed, dishes to be washed, rooms to be cleaned… the list goes on.

Don’t get me wrong, I love being a completely lifeless zombie, with uncombed hair, 5 minutes to get dressed and deep bags under my eyes. Then dragging myself to school and being a complete jerk to everyone I meet.

Okay, enough with my ramblings. How do you combat this? Well….

The best cure for sleepiness is sleep. There is simply no other substitute. No amount of caffeine or Red Bulls will ever cure your sleepiness than sleep.

How about making a schedule? Pfft this advice, if you don’t have enough time to sleep, you probably don’t have enough time to make a schedule…

Here is the secret, the one that probably almost the most obvious cure for sleepiness.

DO NOT PROCRASTINATE
Out of all the little “secrets” out there, this is the most helpful and obvious. If you can finish a project finish it, don’t cram and do an all-nighter. When you get home from school, start doing your homework, don’t wait until it is too late.

I’m going to write an article about procrastination tomorrow or Friday, so check back soon!

Wow, I found this to be very poorly written, see what happens when you don’t get enough sleep? You can’t concentrate as much. I think this was a half rant half helpful article... I really do need more sleep...

Do you guys get enough sleep?

WOW!!! I just noticed our page was "black, white and read/red all over" Our links are red and everything else is black amd white... Haha.

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What do you guys want to see on the blog? What topics do you want us to discuss?

We are totally open to guest authors. It's no questions asked if you e-mail us. You can talk to us too if you want, we don't bite. (or maybe we do :P) You guys can also make an anonymous e-mail account and e-mail us... just title it "Guest author" or something.. We like talking to our readers, it makes us feel special... :)

Seriously, a guest author would be really nice, I like reading other people's views.

We were also thinking about making an "about us" article soon, so you guys get to know us better. Stuff like "why did you make the site?","favorite band?".. and whatever you were wondering about us.

We were thinking of having one of our readers e-mail us a list of questions for us to answer.. However, seeing at the low magnitude of readers there are, it might not work very well. Whoever e-mails us will have their questions and answers posted... (we will combine the questions if more than one person e-mails us)

Do you guys want to get to know us? Just e-mail us, we almost always respond back.

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Archery

I must say, archery is quite interesting. Think about it. People stand there with a piece of wood/plastic/metal and use Elastic Potential Energy (go science! lol) to launch a stick of (in this case) metal at a hunk of foam. Incredibly, this is fun. Granted, there's a lot of skill in figuring out how to aim the 'durn thing,  and that's what makes it worthwhile. In about two seconds after reaching full draw, one must aim  inexactly at a target, hope it goes the right direction, and then release while not wiggling from the 20-odd pounds suddenly released from you arm.

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We made a new Feed

Hi! We created a new Feed for the website! We are also giving an option to subscribe via e-mail.

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Air conditioning

Tons of teachers are complaining how the air conditioning doesn’t work, especially some teachers. (*cough* Mrs. Stark *cough*) I agree with them, some classrooms are simply unbearable to sit in.

1. Just deal with? No we won’t. Our parents pay good tax money to keep the school operational. Some basic air conditioning is all we ask. If you have money to fix the air conditioning at the district office, then you have money to fix ours.

2. How about the teachers? The teachers work as many hours as most people at the district office, maybe even more. They probably get less pay than people at the district office. They should be comfortable in their classrooms. Sorry, teachers aren’t cacti (I believe), they can’t just work in an 85 degree weather (or 30 degrees to the nerds ha-ha just kidding) they are people. They deserve basic air conditioning. (you can call me teacher's pet now)

I am not asking for a blizzard in the classroom, just some air conditioning would be nice.

Would you want to sit in a room that was hot like the Sahara Desert?

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October!

Well technically, It's 1 minute after october started. 12:01 A.M. to be exact is my time. Yes, I'm tired, I'm not even sure what I am writing, I might delete this in the morning.. I really don't know. I have an assignment I should be working on, but I'm doing this, great... I hope I finish it. My history class changed to Mrs. Wilhite, which really isn't that important, but if anyone who is trying to find out who I am, I guess there is a clue for you.

Enough about me, let's talk about school! Intramurals are starting again, around next week, with Mr. Gherke. I'm happy Mr. Gherke didn't leave because I couldn't imagine another teacher teaching all these intramurals. He totally deserves the gym being named after him, he is just awesome.

Halloween! I love the atmosphere of Halloween. All the Pumkins, trick-or-treaters, the costumes to dress up in, it can honestly say that Halloween is my favorite time of the year. The trees will start to turn different colors, I can't wait! I think there is a Halloween dance this year, I'm not sure, I never went last year, I wonder what it would be like this year.

Now in the middle of the night, all I can think about is my crush. This really has no place on this blog, but there is always the delete option! I'm pretty tired now, I don't know what I am doing.. He is the sweetest and smartest guy ever, not the cutest, but looks don't matter to me. I'm not much of a pretty girl myself anyways. I don't think he likes me; he only thinks of me as a friend. I'm okay with that, I just like talking to him. He is a really interesting person once you get to know him. He is my first crush (now you say you Awwwwss) yeah 8th grade is kinda late, but I'm just a late bloomer I guess.

Our blog has lasted a month! Yay! Let's celebrate with a month-aversary, haha. I hope this blog will last a year! I might tell you guys who I am if this blog lasts an entire school year.

I hope I don't regret this.

Do you guys like personal entries like this? I can start doing these at the start of each month or something, tell me your opinion.

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