Whats up people!

To all those in liberty Christian school's senior class. This is it. This is really it. After so long we've finally come to the end. Where do I even begin? So many thoughts are running through my mind right now. First I have thoughts of what has happened. The memories I've made with each of you guys have impacted and changed me. We have grown together this year in the many things we were put to do. It was an honor hosting the homecoming and the Jr/Sr banquet for you guys with the student council. You have no idea how much pride and joy it bought me to see you all come together with the movie night and accomplish something great. Every late night, headache, stressful thought, and moment of frantic panic was worth it looking back. I can now say that yes I would do it all over again if it meant feeling this joy I have right now. For every laugh, tear, argument,and life building moment we have each shared, thank you. Next I have thoughts of what is. This brings me sorrow. I am sorrowful because I may not see all of you during this week of right of passage. There is something ailing my body that doctors cannot diagnose. I have gone through sleepless nights, pain, tears, and more and yet, nothing can be defined. It is if I have nothing inside though everything on the outside says otherwise. I am praying to God that he will grant my body the strength to recover and to pull through to be able to see you off on Friday and rejoice with your family and loved ones. Finally I have thoughts of what can be. Notice I say what can be,as opposed to what will be. This is for the mere reason that looking forward brings a sense of uncertainty. Fear mixed with hopeful anticipation are quickened in me as I imagine the many different lives you all could lead. My imagination has put you on the highest of pedestals, but that same imagination has left you for dead,on your own, cold. Looking forward is always hard to do. We can look at the past and marvel, because it happened. We can study our present and learn, for we are in it. But we cannot properly view our future and accept it, for our future is not yet decieded. Saying our future is like a empty canvas is inappropriate because it gives it a limit and structure, making our life set to the boundaries of the canvas. Our life is better compared to a vast, unexplored ocean. This ocean goes out infinitely in all directions, it is unpredictable, beautiful. This is the moment we see you off as you set sail to traverse this ocean. Some have found hidden treasures, others have hit the rocks of adversity and sank down to the ocean floor. Many have mapped out their journey to success, or lack of. So today I present you with this question: Who's map do you have? Do you have a map of some one who has survived, or lived? Who's ship are you following? Are they going through ways of questionable waters promising clear skies, when above you only see gray? And finally, who is your captain? Are you letting your captain steer? Or are you the passenger giving orders? I cannot answer these for you. This must be asked and answered within. I hope as our days grow closer to an end you meditate on these words and use the thoughts brought up to get your life pointed in the right direction. Liberty Christian School seniors. This may be the last time you hear from me, this may be the last moment of family we have. Know we love you, we are praying for you, and we are all excited to see where your journey takes you. Seniors, friends, brothers and sisters, stay strong, love God, and as always, have nice day.

So growing up there were a lot of cartoons that I watched that aren't on anymore. The following are a few I wish we're still on air. These are in no particular order. 1) cubix. Cubix was about this kid who had a robot that could transform to a bunch of stuff because he was like awesome. They fought evil robots and saved the world and it was awesome. By far one of my favorite shows because of the creativity of it. 2)fighting foodons. This show was about a boy who lived in a world where food could be transformed into monsters who fought each other. This show had a lot of twist and the different monsters were like so cool! Favorite was sir dumpling: the british ninja dumpling. 3) chalk zone. Chalk zone was about a kid who found a magical stick of chalk that let him go to the world of chalk zone. In this world he had many adventures as he found the secrets of the chalk. This show was always funny and the songs were catchy as well. like "lime in the coconut!" favorite from that show 4) the emperors new school. This was a spin off of the movies and was fantastic! Kuzco was hilarious! I really wish it didn't have to end because those days that he was in high school were so funny! 5) fillmore Fillmore was about an ex school delenquent who joins the safety patrol and uses his skills to keep the school safe. Cheesy idea? Yea but this show was by far on of the best things out there! It was like a new mystery every show and I liked to guess who it was during the show! These were just five shows that have stopped airing that were by far better than most of the trash shows on tv now. This has been another Jda production. As always have nice day

"I am falling on my knees As these tears fall hear me please Please come close and hold my hand Cause I never want these days to end I know we've heard these words before And as we stand on this cold dark floor This is the start of something new But I can't imagine life without you I prayed this day would never come. Cause when the clock strikes twelve,our journeys done. And even though we new dawn's begun, I can't help but feel helpless underneath this sun- Set Cause looking back now I got regrets From the things I could've done different ever since the first day we met My mind won't forget I'm happy yet It feels like I'm losing everything, Like there's nothing left! Cause nothing's right And as we stand here tonight I'm trying to hold back these feelings But I swear I'll be alright. Cause this change was never far And as we part ways I beg you Please hear my bleeding heart. I am falling on my knees As these tears fall hear me please Please come close and hold my hand Cause I never want these days to end I know we've heard these words before And as we stand on this cold dark floor This is the start of something new But I can't imagine life without you" Life is all about growth. But in order to grow you must let go. Be it a change in location, a change in life, education, or even death, it's always difficult to let go of the ones we love and who love us. Recently I have started to notice that those who I find myself with everyday, are not going to be with me forever. I don't just mean graduation,though it is one big factor, I mean everyday that passes by is a day that we could not get up. A day where something so crazy may happen that we are changed forever. So I am striving to live and love more purposely, because you truly never know what you have until it's gone. Take these into consideration and as always, have nice day.

This week at my school the journalism class hosted our 7th(I think) talent school talent show. For the past two years the teacher in charge, mrs Winfrey, has been trying to get me to do it. I count because of reasons unknown now but this year I went ahead and decided I would. Now I entered in three categories. The first,group, I did with my friends Shawn, gerald, and Maali. It was supposed to originally be just me and Maali but Shawn and Gerald came along and we just like- went with it! The plan was to sing I can only imagine while Maali and Gerald played music. Simple plan right? Well not really. You see we only practiced for the four hours before the actual show. That plus the fact that Shawn didn't know the song,Maali was nervous, Gerald was all over the place, and I was going through a blow from the death of my aunt that morning made the real talent pulling of the performance instead of singing. Regardless of all those things we managed to get second place. I don't know how the cup stackers beat us but you know we were not doing it for the award. We all love to play music so we shared our talent. Next category I kind of involuntarily joined. My creative writing teacher(shutout to mr Williams!) had us write out a poem over spring break. The assignment was simple enough but he also said we had to enter it in the talent show. I tried to do something simple just to get it out of the way but I couldn't think of any thing so I made a soundtrack and wrote a 3min song which printed out was three pages long. Out of all the poems mine one first place! Now the third category was my favorite! That same poem I wrote and turned in for the poetry part I rapped on stage. I was so nervous! The way I designed the song with the beat was so that I had to do it fast. The nerves wouldn't let me all day. Nevertheless I got up there took a deep breath and it just flowed. At the end I rolled the mic and walked off stage to the applause and cheering of the entire crowd. I stepped outside cause I had a mini asthma attack but was followed by like 20 different people who might as well have dog piled on top of me with all the hugs and high dives and congrats they were giving me! Oh and um yea I won that part, but that's not even the cool thing! My very good friend Allie won with her dance too! We were tied for first place and you know what? I'm glad we did cause it means we both equily awesome (shoutout to Allie as well). So yea that may have been the highlight of my week/year/life! But I know this is only the beginning. Stay frosty. Peace,love, and bacon. And as always: have nice day

Ohhhhhh yea I think it's about that time. Time to let the world know about one of the best things on YouTube ever!!! Ok so for those of you who don't know first of all, where have you been??? Secondly keep reading cause this is vital info. Epic rap battles of history is a series of videos on YouTube in which historical icons battle through original raps. The first battle was John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly back in 2010. Since then they have done a total of 32 battles and have one coming out tomorrow April 22nd. One reason these battles are so cool is the fact that the battles are made from suggestions by fans. People leave comments suggestion a pair of icons whom they think is worth a battle and then the creators select from there. Some battles produced are: Mr. T vs Mr Rogers, Doc Brown vs Dr Who, Skrillex vs Mozart, Romney vs Obama, Batman vs Sherlock, and even the Wright bros vs the Mario bros. All these were suggested by fans and done because of them. Another reason these battles are so cool is the fact that other famous people play parts. For instance George Watsky, YouTube poet and rapper, has played a part as shakespeare and as a version of doctor who. Other YouTube people such as: Jena marbles, Timothy delaghetto, destorm, and barely political have played different parts in these battles. They even had Snoop Lion play Moses in Moses vs Santa Claus. The last reason these battles are so cool is the fact that they are really historically accurate. The writers take time to research the lives of these characters and then use that to create an epic rap. If you haven't heard I hope u now want to check these awesome rap battles out. Tomorrow season two will be finishing with Rasputin vs Stalin. You can view it on YouTube or download the erb app on iTunes. As always have nice day.

This weekend started off for me on Wednesday. Austin Adcox, my friend from youth group who plays guitar for the youth band, and our frien Ben and I left for Gainesville Florida in the afternoon to go to a camp to play Jesus music. We kinda got lost and ended up in an open field with antelope and zebras, it was weird. Any how we got to the camp around 7:00pm and met the lady who was in charge. Now a lot happened all at once. Firstly, we were originally told we would be in a hotel, didn't happen. They had a private cabin with air and Electricty for us instead. Also we were told there would be like 150 people we would be playing for. To say that that was an understatement would itself be an understatement. There was only about 20/25 kids on the day we had the most. Every other day was about 10/15 kids, all under the age of 14, no biggie really considering the fact that it was my first real gig and that I was nervous going up there. Now this camp ground was run by seventh day adventist. These people believe that they should not eat meat and are strictly vegetarian. I don't judge them in that aspect but I will judge them for trying to get me to eat that food! It all looked worse than the McDonalds slime they use to make the chicken nuggets on the documentarys! Luckily we found a diner about two miles away from the camp grounds and we went there for most of our meals. They were packed on Saturday so we couldn't go but I was prepared cause I had bought hot pockets,dumplings, corn dogs, and a pint of ice cream. While there we basically played all day long. We would practice, eat, rehearse, and then play the set for the kids, and then repeat. We were able to hang out with some new friends we met who had been there before volunteering, but besides that we worked. We really had fun on Saturday after our last show cause the camp had like a field night. We had Sundays, rode on a hay ride and even bumped into some of my old friends I hadn't seen in a while. After the weekend came to an end and we packed everything back in our truck we said our goodbyes, gave out some autographs to the kids who thought we were cool and said our last goodbyes to our new friends. We stopped by the diner one last time, by now they already knew us by name, and said goodbye to them after eating our last meal before heading home. To make it dramatic I put on my saddest dramatic song on repeat and we drove in silence for a few minutes. Overall this weekend was a great experience, and a good vacation from the constant hassle my life brings me. This has been another jda post. As always have nice day.

I can not believe April is already here! I've been wanting it to come since last November. Here's why, my friend Austin Adcox and I play for my youth group on Wednesday nights, and about the end of November he got offered a chance to create a band and play for camp that's taking place April 11th to the 14th. Now he didn't need to but he asked me of I would be interested in going with him. At the time I had only just started playing and was extremely nervous. Today I'm so excited but even more nervous than ever because I just noticed what is going to be happening. I will be playing more than thirty different songs in front of about 150 people with only ten months of experience, which if you do the math is only about 50 hours of play time counting my drumming at school chapel. Yea I'm that nervous I even figured the hours. So yea... Wish me luck. All I can really be sure of is that this week is going to be a great highlight in not only my year but also my life. My only real hope is that no matter what happens, my music will minister to those youth. I have to start packing now so as always have nice day.

Finally it's over!!!!! I know I may be the only one to be thinking that but quite honestly I don't care I'm excited for school! My spring break felt weird. I woke up earlier than I do on school days for starters, which is not normal AT ALL. On Monday I basically wasted the day away playing video games, mainly the God of War series, until my hands went numb and I got blisters. Tuesday was almost the same except I tried to do my poem for my creative writing class. Now I say tried because I failed, miserably. I sat there for two hours almost trying to write some quick poem but it didn't work out. Sooooo I took out my iPad, made a simple, yet raw, beat and started to write a rap to it... I know try hard. And just in case your wondering my teacher said it was alright for me to do that, sooo yea... Moving on! Wednesday and Thursday kinda overlapped for me. I worked on pressure washing the parking lot in my church in preparation for our sunrise service for Easter and then everything else is a blur. On Friday things got good! I wrote a major chunk of my song and then got to play drums at my school practicing for a youth camp I'm performing at in two weeks!! Saturday I woke up and spent the day with my friends: Maali, Sara Tossi,Megan Tossi,Shawn,my family,Maali's family, mr Tossi Cassidy, and Aurbry at Maali's late birthday party. He played nonstop for like six hours! I was exhausted and so dehydrated when I got home. I chugged three bottles of water took a shower then drank four more bottles before heading to bed. Easter Sunday was great. I love Easter almost as much,if not more than, Christmas. The feeling of the season brings me joy. We got up before the crack of dawn and had service on that clean parking lot and then ate breakfast in church. After that we went home and crashed. We were so tired. I woke up though because I had to add some more lines to my song that still isn't done. I also decided to get a hair cut which is probably going to shock most people I know because I cut it short like I used to. Now I'm sitting down going over what I have so far for my song and then I'm heading to bed. Good night. Happy Easter and as always have nice day. Ps: tomorrow is April fools day.....

So this Friday I had the privilege of helping my seniors with a fundraiser. We decided to do a family movie night for whoever wanted to come and it was all going to be on them. My only responsibility was to get the movie, which I did, legally! Any ways I met with the seniors on Monday and we talked about some plans they wanted. I dont know how but we somehow got a plan together and the seniors assured me they would all work for this. So we promoted and promoted and Friday finally came. Now my plan was to get at least $100 off of this movie night. And to do that we would need money from admission and concessions. So imagine my surprise when I asked the seniors how they were doing as far as concessions and they just looked at me like I was crazy. After a brief arguement, a discussion really, we got it settled. They were late and crazy throughout the night but they did it! The doubled the goal even! I'm so proud of them for taking charge and coming together to do something great! When I counted the money and announced the total they all cheered and were happy. Its moments like that that I look at my choice to become president and I smile and know it was the right one to make. Goodbye guys and as always have nice day

So this week something happened to me that may change my life forever. It all started about a month ago when I started to come out of my blinking phase. I started to develop these weird dots all over my arms and upper body. They were like little bumps that didn't itch at first but still I had no idea what they were. I told my folks and my dear mother started to panic ,as usual,and called the doctor to see if I had chicken pox or worse. That appointment was on Monday. I went and she looked and examined me and then scheduled an appointment with a specialist to test me for some possible diseases. I kept my mouth quite in school because it was state playoffs and I didn't want my friends to worry about me. Especially if it turned out to be nothing. So on Friday I went early in the morning, I mean like super early like 6:00am, and we went to Orlando to get the test done. I will admit the MRI was scary as usual but it was nothing I wasn't used to yet. After that they drew blood, and did a few more test. At the end I was starving and really nervous. The told me I would have my results on Monday so I had to wait the whole weekend too find out what was wrong with me. So today I went back to my doctors and I sat down and she read my results. Now let me just say that you should probably sit down. I'm giving guys fair warning. Let me also say I'm not dying so you don't need to worry too much, My doctor said i really dodged a bullet there because of my active lifestyle, but I am still sick. To all my friends reading please don't worry about me I will prevail with Gods help. So here it goes. Guys.... After 4 hours of testing, I tested positive for..... Trololololitis... Just let that sink in for a moment.......You guys have just been majorly trolled. Now then. Let me give you an explanation. Every year I try to out do myself in making an April fools day joke. This year the opportunity presented itself early and the pieces fell into place so perfectly i had to go for it. So I took it to a whole new level. Lol I hope this didn't scare you too much and if it did it means you actually care so thanks for that.😊 Haha. Alright guys see you later. As always have nice day.

It seems as if my life has been zooming past me these last few years. One minute I'm in New York the next I'm in Florida. I'm at one school with my friends one day, the next I'm at a new school meeting new people and making new relationships. With the end of this upcoming week comes a lot of things. Now I'm not on the basketball team but after this week we no longer have any games to go to. Also on the end of this month my Dad is closing the church he has been a pastoring for the last three years. I will be taking this last month to practice with my friend Austin Adcox for a job opportunity we have been offered playing music at a camp in Jacksonville on April 11-14. So when I say a lot of things are happening I mean a lot of things are happening. With these changes and new opportunities is coming some understandable worry on my part. Like how am I going to do when I play at the camp or where am I going to go to church now? But I find peace in the fact that I'm not in control of my life at all and that God knows all things and has a plan for all that is happening. So I would like to ask a favor. If you see me in the dumps and all glom and doom these next few weeks come up to me and don't give me a chance to wallow in my worries. Until next time peace out. And as always: have nice day

So this whole week has been one big comedy festival for me. It all started on Tuesday when we got to school. Our varsity boys team had a game and our JV and girls team were going against each other. I had my bets on the JV even though they had only won one game this season. Now I didn't make this a secret and people were trash talking all day. It got really bad when most of the JV team was in algebra with Mr. Simpson. They started to all bash on the girls and the girls in that class bashed on the JV until finally Mr. Simpson proceeded to bust on Calvin who had the biggest mouth that day and has had a cast for the last month now. The entire class was cracking up and poking fun it was awesome. The JV boys were victorious in the end. That same day I decided to pass the time before Mr. Williams creative writing class by doing a little rejecting. I learn this dance from my Xbox so don't hate. Anywho I was dancing away and for some reason my left knee gave out. I mean like it looked like I pop locked and dropped but my knee basically just said "nope!" and I fell. Luckily only Mrs. Dickson saw me but still that was embarrassing! Next day,wednesday, I got into some drama with little third graders-always fun, and Thursday I accidentally slapped my friend Keely in the face playing ninja. Friday was probably the highlight out of my whole week. So I was running with my dog and it was getting dark. We turned onto a street and these two other dogs started barking and running toward me. It took like 2min to get them away and calm my dog down. I start walking again and like 3 houses down there was this life size stuffed tiger that they had thrown out i guess...It scared the crap outta me! like it was dark and it looked so real I was like"oh my God I'm going to die!" when the initial shock wore off I started laughing like a mad man in the middle of the street. My parents both laughed so hard when I told them. Life is fun enjoy it! And as always have nice day.

Hola to all you people out there. I hope you all enjoyed your day off from school. My day went pretty well actually. I had decided a week ago that I would sleep in today because I really needed the rest so I was so happy that we didn't have any plans what so ever! I was out like a brick till about 9:30/9:45am and was so rested. Now I know that for some of you (Cp3-0 :P) this is nothing at all. I know that you can hibernate till like 4:00pm and not even try. But hey that's you kiddo me I was asleep to around that time and felt good. Now after I finally woke up and brushed my teeth and had breakfast, my uncle Denis nocks on my front door and asked if I could help him out with some food shopping. So I got ready and headed out. We first went to SAMs and I was excited because they always have free samples! I usually go in hungry and come out stuffed! Now this time they did have a lot of samples but there was just one thing wrong... I couldn't eat any of it! Every single sample they had was something I was allergic to. I was upset. I felt like I had been cheated from the goodness of the free food. Anyways enough of me being fat, after we got food at SAMs we headed over to a slaughter house and meat packing place. We got in and it was like they knew we were coming. They had freshly cut bacon,ribs,chicken,goat,rabbit,and so many other types of meat that it almost drove me mad. We joked around with the butcher who was really funny. And then headed home. Now about this time we both were hungry so my uncle opened a bag of chips he had bought from SAMs and handed me one. So we are both eating chips and talking when I notice something. My crazy uncle was driving with his knees! Like literally with his knee for a good half hour. I almost had a heart attack! I think the only reason he put his hand on the wheel was because there was a state trooper in front of us when we started to get near my house but that's it. All in all it was a good day. We had fun, laughed and got what we needed to do done. Until next week! Have nice day.

A few years ago I went through a major growth spurt. In the beginning of the Summer I stood at a mere 5'4 and was a really pudgy child. A month later I was 6'0" and skinny like a toothpick. Even though this was a great thing for me it came with some consequences. Apparently my bones had grown faster than my nerves and muscles. This in turn cause me to develop a set of ticks that lasted for about two years. First it was nonstop blinking, and I mean nonstop. I was told I even blinked in my sleep. Then there was the mouth twitching, and when the blinking stopped my eyes would open wide and it looked like I was always surprised. My nose would scrunch up my back would arch like I was getting stabbed and my I would unknowingly bang the tips of my shoes one the floor. These ticks brought about pain in my body an that last one kept breaking my shoes. When the doctors heard they sent me to get tested for everything for Tourettes to brain tumors. They've never seen anything like this which was kinda discomforting. Nevertheless we finally found a way to treat the ticks. After about six months of physical therapy, I was almost completely tick free. Besides one or two minor things I was fine. This was all before my high school days. Fast forward to January 2013. We had just come back and I was supposed to get homecoming set up. Now I don't know if it was the stress or the consecutive nights of loss of sleep but I have started to blink again. It started with obvious styes in both eyes then redness and irritation and then... Blink. Blink. Blink. I really don't know what to do. My doctor gave me some eye drops, but it made it worse... Typical. Any ways I really don't know if I can stop it but I think I just have to let it pass. I may have trouble reading and my eyes may be heavy all day, but hey what is a guy gonna do right?

Yea football!!! Like most families, my family has a yearly tradition for the NFL Super Bowl. We all come together at my uncles house to watch the game, eat nachos, and enjoy the best part of this time of year-the commercials. This year I invited my friend Nick Palmer over, cause you know he's legit. Anyhow we all were ready to watch the game. Everyone,except my uncle X, was going for the 49ers. They did horrible in the first half. They only scored 3 points in the entire half, while the Ravens scored 28! We were not as loud as we usually are doing the first half because of this, but we all made some noise when Beyoncé came out during the half time show!! Heck ya she killed it out there! Now I would go into more detail about the second half but there has been a power shortage in the stadium... Not cool. I'm hoping my 49ers come back like they have all season and take it back!!!

To those who know me it is no secret that I have a plethora of responsibilities ranging from school to my church to just other grunt work. Sometimes however those responsibilities all seem to jump me at once and it gets crazy. This week was one of those weeks, and when it came, it hit hard. So for all you people who don't know I am the student body president at Liberty Christian School. One of the main responsibilities this entails is having to be in charge of setting up for homecoming. I know most of you are thinking: isn't it a little to late in the school year to have homecoming? Well yes, yes it is but it was our only available day in a sport season so we had to push it to January 24th. I know that almost all the girls who have their homecoming think of fancy dresses, pretty nails, the crown, and feeling like a princess in front of everyone, and the guys could really care less as long as there is food, but when homecoming comes along it means work for me. We had been talking about our plans for quite some time prior to this week but it still felt like it came way to fast. Not only that but I working with a group of indecisive women is a pain. A couple of us stayed after school on Wednesday to setup and do grunt work for the next day and it would've went so much smoother if all the ladies would've just left. No offense nice to my happy go-lucky friends who are reading this, but wow you guys know how to wear a brother out! If it wasn't one thing it was another. I'm just glad that in the end of it all we finally got it looking nice. The next day, Thursday, was even crazier. The girls spent the whole day decorating, and for a bunch of crazy girls they did a really good job!!! I loved it. Even the guys got into it. My buddies Nick and Jon made a homemade fog machine that was pretty legit for a bunch of rednecks. I stayed after school and did some last minute things to get ready and then it was time to start. Everyone came in all happy and decked out in their best clothes. When the ceremony began I had to go underneath the stage and work our little contraption which was ok except for the fact that Nick left me there for a full 15 minutes with a leaking fog machine before I came out... Thanks Nick. I tried to stay as incognito as possible that night because I was exhausted but I had a really good time with my friends. Congrats to my special friends Allison and Nick for winning homecoming queen and king. What was even more fun was the clean up/after party! Those memories will be saved for a latter day. I got home around midnight that night and had to wake up at seven for school the next day. When I got to school we had to start our pep rally which hadn't been going well all week. I don't know if it was the fact that it was finally Friday or something else but everyone was crazy that day! We spent the entire first period of our day in that auditorium goofing off and having fun. Congrats to my principal mr. Simpson for getting the only half court shot and earning the status of king of the basketball court. Now after all my responsibilities at school were completed I went home and took a nice nap... NOT!! I wish that's what I did but I had a whole lot more to do at my church because of our third year anniversary. I thought I had done all I could to be prepared but as usual something just had to go wrong last second! We were in the middle of the first song and the projector stopped showing picture! I almost panicked but we got it fixed and had an excellent service. I slept till one in the afternoon the next day and tried to relax and remind myself that the week was done and I had survived by the mercies of God. Well that's my week. And no matter how much I feel relived I know this: there are still plenty of things that need to be done but I don't worry about them because I know what is important in my life, God in heaven above. Have a great week guys.

For those of you who don't know already although I've lived in Florida for a while I am originally from the great state of New York. It's not that I don't like Florida, I just think New York is better. In a couple of weeks is going to be my 8th year living here, which will officially make it half of my present life here and half of it in New York, so I thought it only right to talk about my States in the span of two weeks! I grew up in the lovely city of the Bronx, New York. In the city everything is relatively close to you so we walked everywhere. My school was literally right across the street from my apartment building and yet I was somehow always late to school. There were at least five playgrounds in my neighborhood; supermarkets, shopping centers, restaurants, malls,and even movie theaters were all in walking distances from me. What was really cool about this was that the Yankee stadium was right around the corner from my house so every time we watched a game on tv we could here the bat cracking,and the cheers from the crowd in real time! I only went to one ball game and, ironically it was New York against Tampa... New York won of course. Now even though we could walk everywhere there were some places that were a little farther away. When this was true we usually took the subway or the bus. The subway was my favorite way to travel but looking back it was always dirty. My favorite place to go was downtown Manhattan because of one reason...the toys r' us. This place was huge! It had a ferris wheel inside the store, a train track and a huge mechanical T-Rex that always scared the snot outta me growing up! They had an entire wall filled with every candy imaginable. And to top it all off they had a whole floor for just video games. It was awesome. I think what I miss most about New York is the fact that my family, mainly my grandmother is still there. Every year we would go to her house on Christmas eve and open presents with my cousins. I'm going to really miss those times. I'm also never going to forget my friends that I left behind. We had some good times. Well thats it for this week! Next week will more than likely be about Florida unless you know I forget... Bye!!