Poem

I wrote this poem for school. It's about one of the men who was involved in the Auschwitz revolt. The revolt failed, but it suceeded in destroying one of the gas chambers. Here it is:

The Hero

You never gave up.
You were always the one who kept trying,
The one who kept going when the going got tough.
You saw all of the people who were dying,
And you decided you’d had enough.
You refused to become nothing,
And you refused to wait.
Others said, “Liberation is coming!”
But you said, “What if it comes too late?”
You never gave up.

You kept fighting.
You were the first one to go in,
And the last one to get out.
When others said, “We’ll never win.”
You moved forward without any doubt.
And when the guards closed in around,
And we realized it was the end,
You were the only hope to be found.
As to many a hand you would lend.
You kept fighting.

You are a hero.
The people here at Auschwitz will never forget you.
They will remember you till the end of this hellish place.
The last words you said will always ring true,
And you said them with a smile on your face.
You said, “Long live all who are free
And long live those who bring that freedom to them!”
You will never know the impact your words have had on me.
For those words have made me what I am.
You are a hero.

So that's it. Enjoy!

Alex Rider

I just wanted to take a quick second to say that you all need to check out the book series of Alex Rider. It's a great action and adventure packed series that I love. It's really easy to find the books in the series, and there's already seven books in the series. The series centers around Alex, a typical teen living in Britain who is thrown into the world of international espionage. I don't want to spoil it, but there are a lot of great revelations. I also suggest you read this if you're interested in British culture. There's also a movie that's fairly good. So enjoy!

GH4 Change of Heart

Well, I changed my mind. I've looked at a lot more for Guitar hero 4, a.k.a. Guitar Hero: World Tour, and I've decided it's a lot better than I thought. Some friends from school encouraged me to check it out more, so I did. The main thing that I discovered was that the game is more than a ripoff of Rock Band. The main differences that I discovered had to do with the drum kit. As you can tell from the picture before, it has a different design than the Rock Band drumset. Also, it has a special feature that senses how hard you hit the pads. That way you can have different volumes when ou hit the drum pads. Also, the guitar has a special feature that will be revealed this July. For more info, just google the name of the game. That's pretty much it. The thing that made me want to get though, is that the Wii version has downloadable songs that will be released. However, Rock Band 2 is also geting revealed in July, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with to compete with Guitar Hero.

FINALS

I'm kind of worried about finals, but not super worried. And I'm really really bored right now. So yeah. Hopefully the summer is more exciting than school right now. Well, that's it. Not really in the mood to post today. See ya soon!

Guitar Hero: World Tour (Guitar Hero 4)

So this is my gaming related post of the week. Actually, it's my second post of the week too. Anyways, Guitar Hero 4 is coming out this fall. It's officially called Guitar Hero: World Tour. Ironically, World Tour is the name of a story mode in Rock Band. Anyways, the main thing about this game, which I've mentioned before, is that it has drums and vocals too. Also, there is a limited create-a-track feature. But to me at least, the game just doesn't look that good. There's no big thing that's new and different to help me be interested in it. Also, if they're adding vocals and drums, they can't focus on guitar as much. And the series is called GUITAR Hero, is it not? So those are the reasons I'm not excited for this game. The picture I attached is the drum set for the new game. If you go onto youtube and search guitar hero world tour, you should be able to find the first trailer for it.

Facebook

So Facebook is used by a lot of people, right? And actually, I've been using it for a while. but now I'm kind of getting sick of it. And so that's why I'm leaving Facebook. Not necessarily forever, but at least for now. I don't really need to get all of your "how you will die" or "play this game with me" invites, and to be honest, I don't have the time to spend on it. I'll check it every once in a while, but not often at all.

I'm back!

This is my first post since Thursday, isn't it? Wow, I had a really busy weekend. On Friday I had a Wii party (pyschotic clowns!!!), on Saturday I had tennis, and yesterday I had a group project (please don't kil me) and a neighborhood barbeque (nerf wars!!!!). Anyways, it was a good weekend. This week looks great, except for finals looming ahead. Anybody else have good/bad weekends they want to share? This time I've attached a picture I wish was reality. Hey, the name of the blog is "The Techie Teen."

Random Stuff

So this post is going to be a little random. First of all, I'm really excited because Prince Caspian comes out tommorrow. I think it's going to be a great film, and I'm really pumped to see it. The second thing is that a picture of the GH4 drums has been revealed. If you google it, it will come up right away. I think it looks like a ripoff, but... it's up to you. Third, I want to remind everyone to vote in the Student Council elections. If you don't, your vote won't be heard! So vote! And that's pretty much it.

Student Council

Today I wanted to just talk about the people I endorse for Student Council. For president and vice president i endorse... Stephanie and Cara!!!!!! (surprise, surprise) For male rep I endorse Johnny Brocker, for female rep, Ashley Moore, and for Treasurer, Joe Domogala. I hope everyone votes for whoever they think is best tommorow.

Actual First Post

Okay, so that last one wasn't really a post. It was like an intro. Anyways, I've got a few things to talk about today. First of all, I want to thank Alex for being such a great friend. Only best friends can spill nachos all over each other and not be super ticked off at each other. Second, I want to talk about a big video game announcement. Apparently, Guitar Hero 4 will have vocals and drums in addition to the guitar. It will also include a track creating feature, but that feature lets you create ten songs max. Personally, I find the drums and vocals to be a Rock Band ripoff. And the track creating feature sounds sort of half baked. The third thing I want to talk about is some of my favorite and least favorite books. Five of my favorite series are:

1. Narnia Series
2. Redwall Series
3. Black/Red/White
4. Alex Rider Series
5. Lionboy Trilogy

Some of my least favorite books ever are:

1. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
2. On My Honor
3. Out of the Dust
4. The Janissary Tree
5. Any of the kids Star Wars books

So that's it. See ya tommorrow!

First Post

Finally, I've got a blog. As Evan would say, "WOOT WOOT!" Anyways, this is going to be the dumping place for my thoughts. So all of you New Life freshmen out there... please try not to use what I say here against me. No Johnny, I'm not in love with Courtney. And no, Kelly, I'm not in love with Ashley. Anyways, this blog will cover everything from tech related stuff to life in general to TV shows to movies to video games to my current projects. So don't be surprised if this gets a little random from time to time. So this isn't really first post as much as its a intro. So thanks for reading this, and I appreciate any comments you may have. And I'll try to refrain from being too political. :)