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For my blog, I decided to email my mom.  She works at DnB.  She’s worked there for almost 26 years, and I just realized that I have no clue what she does everyday.  I asked her,  “What exactly is your company all about?  For example, what do you guys do, and what’s your job title and description?”  Her reponse is as follows; We are a credit and marketing solution company.  We sell credit and marketing solutions to businesses.  I’m an excutive assitant to the Vice President of the Middle Market Customers.

After hearing her description on her job and her company I thought what she was very interesting.  My guess is, she found it amusing that I had no idea what she even does for a living, I just know who her bosses are and complain when she has to go on buisness trips.  All in all, in my opinion, her job sounds pretty cool to me.

Being a such a die hard New York Yankees fan I decided to search ‘blogs + New York Yankees’ for my latest blog post.  The blog that I came upon was shocking, because this is the first time I hear anything of this.  The blog post was about Matthew Wasser, 22, from New Jersey.  He was going to graduate from the College of New Jersey in December 2007.  Unfortunately, early Sunday morning (October 21st) was a passenger a cab that was hit by a driver that was under the influence of alcohol.  I was utterly shocked when I heard about this.  Matt was not a player for the Yankees, he was working in media relations but I didn’t hear anything about this.  I don’t believe that it’s fair that his life was taken from him so early, when he was going to be very successful. 

“The New York Yankees are saddened to announce the passing of media relations department intern Matthew Wasser, 22, who passed away tragically early Sunday morning in Waltham, Mass., as a passenger in a cab hit by a person charged with operating under the influence of alcohol.”

This quote describes exactly what occured.  When I read this, I was instantly reminded of Rascal Flatts song, “It’s Not Supposed To Go Like That” because I don’t find it fair that his life was taken so soon.

The comment I left is;

Wow, all I can say is wow.  I heard nothing about this and now that I have I feel terrible.  I don’t find it fair that his life was taken away from him so suddenly.  Matthew Wasser had a bright future ahead of him and now he has nothing.  My prayers are with him.

My prayers are with the Wasser family.

While searching for a information on a ‘picolo’, I forgot to place the ‘l’ in the word.  I google searched and I found a wikipedia article about a Picoo Z.  A Picoo Z is is a miniature remote-controlled 2 channel micro helicopter.  They are manufactured in Hong Kong based Silverlit Toys.  The Picoo Z currently holds the Guniess record for the smallest remote-controlled helicopter ever built.  It was designed by Belgian Alexander Van de Rostyne.  It weighs only 10 grams, and it is only 170mm long.  Charging takes 20-30 minutes, that gives the Picoo Z a flight time of about 5-7 minutes.  It is sold for about $20 to $40. 

 The Picoo Z was released in the summer of 2006. 

 I thought it was interesting to read about this, because I had never heard of anything like it before.  Although it came out recently, I still heard nothing of the Picoo Z.

For blog action day, I decided to write about the importance of recycling.  Recycling is an easy way to help save the enviorment.  Instead of throwing away cans and bottles, you could just place them in the different bin.  Almost all garbage companies have special bins that will be taken to a recycling plant.  If you do not have a garbage company taking your garbage away for you, there are machines at your local Stop and Shop and WalMarts.  These machines break down the cans and bottles and employees take them to a recycling plant.

If you throw out the plastic can holder, while on the garbage barges, they can fall off.  If they are not cut up or broken  down, bottle nosed dolphins can get themselves caught in them.

 By recycling, we produce less waste.  And we all start to recycle, we could convince power plants and companys that is wrong to let all those toxic fumes out.  They are causing holes in the ozone layer.  We all need to do our part to make our community a better place to live in.

For my podcast, I listened to a podcast on the Disney Cruise Line.  This really interested me because I love DCL.  I listened to the podcast here.  The one I listened to was, Disney Cruise Line Arrives In Europe, Begins First-Ever Mediterranean Cruises.  This also interested me because my family was deciding if we should take the next set of cruises to the Mediterranean.  I couldn’t find where to leave a comment on the website, so I wrote a review on itunes; I really liked this podcast.  It helped me and my family decide whether or not we would like to cruise to the Med. We love Disney, and we’ve been waiting for the cruise lines to sail to Europe.  I thought it was insightfull, and it was easy to understand.
All in all, I really enjoyed this podcast… and it was easy for me to understand.

 the Disney Wonder

On August 21, 2007 I attended a concert at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida.  This was a Jonas Brothers concert.  This is by far my favorite band, ask anyone who knows me.  Well, I must say this is was a great experience.  I bought a ‘pass the line’ ticket which allowed me to get in a different line rather then standing in the ‘general public’ line.  My sister and I arrived at the venue at about 4:30 pm.  Once in line, our parents came back with food and drinks for us, due to the fact that we were standing in the hot Florida sun.  At 6 pm. they opened the doors to the venue and slowly allowed people inside.  Before entering, we had our bags checked, and we were ‘wanded’ down.  Instead of taking a women’s advice we were given earlier that night, we headed straight for the ‘pit’ where hundreds of crazed Jonas fans stood anxiously waiting.  We took our spot and awaited the arrival of the boys.  Within a half hour, Phil Benson, their opening act took the stage.  My sister, not being much of a screamer, remained silent while he was on stage.  I on the other hand, went absoultely insane.  After Phil Benson left, the Jonas Brothers took the stage.  At this point, I was screaming so loud I was giving myself a headache.  This concert was standing room only, so I couldn’t have sat down, not that I wanted to!  I took what seemed like a millon pictures on my cell phone and continued to jump up and down and scream at the top of my lungs.  At the end of the night, I was deaf from the speakers, and my sister was deaf from all my screaming. =)  We then waited for our parents to come pick us up. I could not stop talking about how I had enjoyed myself so much in the concert.  I called my parents multiple times, but they didn’t answer their phones.  We decided to walk around the area a bit and wait for them to call back. This was by far the highlight of my summer. I realize that this is was one of the best nights of my life, and nothing has yet to top it!!

This is an example of Event Blogging.

Now more then ever children are starting to realize who their true friends are.  Meaning, they lost a friend somewhere along the way.  This brings up my ‘friend or foe’ concept.  One minute, a person could be your best friend, the next they’re spilling your secrets and your private life to half the school.  It needs to stop.  Almost everywhere I look these days, I hear someone spreading or starting a rumor.  My Social Studies teacher gave our team great advice.  “If you repeat the rumor, you’re just doing the dirty work for whoever started it.  Now they don’t have to spread it around themselves, they have you doing it for them.  Although you may not have started anything, you become involved as soon as you listen.”  This opened my eyes, and now I truly realize what’s going on in my surroundings.  Normally, I wouldn’t segregate but, it’s usually the girls that are starting rumors.  Don’t get me wrong, boys can be the cause too.  Almost always a rumor is started over a meaningless little fight.  If kids my age learned to talk things through instead of jumping to conclusions many friendships would be saved.  Not to contradict myself, but sometimes, those friendships are better off lost.  If someone is going to talk about you behind your back, they probably arn’t the best choice you could have made when choosing a friend.  Although that may be the case, that doesn’t give anyone the right to say anything about another person.  That kicks us back to the golden rule.  “Treat others the way you want to be treated”.  Not many of us realize this, but we will be dealing with each-other throughout our years in school, and maybe even out in the real world.We can’t be so nasty to each-other constantly, because whether we believe it or not, one day, we may need one another.  The person that is giving the help may take the rumors you spread about them into consideration.  So stopping the rumors will not only prevent friendships from being lost, but it may also help you in the long run.  You never know when someone will turn up again in your life, and chances are, if you were a bad person to them back in the day, they won’t forget it and they may continue to hold a grudge. 

What’s your opinion on rumors?  Do you agree with me, or are you still unsure? Leave Comments! :)