Animal Farm

What I don't like about the pig character is that he reminds me of one of the wrestling managers and tries to tell animals what will happen, and what the other animals to do. He acts like he is better than all of the other animals, and he does not seem like he would be fun to be around. Another animal that i don't like would be the cat. The cat reminds me of my brother. It came into the meeting late, and then the cat didn't even listen, and he fell asleep. My brother does the same kind of stuff. My mom would always tell me stories from when she was my age about the next door neighbor she lived by. He would always come home drunk, yelling, and cussing and I think that's what Mr. Jones was like. That is what I think about some of the characters in the book.

Power

When I think of power i think of somebody having control over somebody else, and I also think of lights in a house or on the street. There are many ways that power can be lost when you think about it both ways. People can take power away from somebody by killing them or somebody with more power could replace them. Power in a house or on the streets could be lost from a storm or winds. I remember over the summer we had a big storm and it took all of the power out. A long time ago Abraham Lincoln got his power taken away. He was assassinated while he was president.

Should people be able to make their babies how they want them to be?g

Scientist have made it possible for people to make their babies how the parents what them. I don't know about you but I don't think they should do that though. It will take out most of the variation in people. Pretty soon the NBA will be overflowing with seven foot tall centers and awesome point guards. I don't think that would be good. I think that people should just leave that kind of stuff up to fate, but that is just my opinion. I want to hear your's, so comment me.

Buddhism

There are many religions, but I am going to tell you about Buddhism. The religion Buddhism was founded by Buddha. Buddha's real name is Siddarth Gautama. The picture is a statue of him. Buddhism was founded around 563 BCE. The religion is world wide and 300 million people practice it. Buddhism has sacred texts called sutras and the Dhamma. Buddhists celebrate Buddha day. Buddha day is celebrated for the passing of Buddha. Buddha day is also known as Vesak Day. Vesak day always falls on the first full moon of May. To celebrate Vesak day the Buddhas pour water over statues of the Buddha. Just before Buddha died, he saw his faithful attendant Ananda, weeping. The Buddha advised him not to weep, but to understand the universal law that all compounded things (including even his own body) must disintegrate. (Below Buddhist monks during a Vesak day parade.) He advised everyone not to cry over the disintegration

of the physical body but to regard his teachings (The Dhamma) as their teacher from then on, because only the Dhamma truth is eternal and not subject to the law of change. He also stressed that the way to pay homage to him was not merely by offering flowers, incense, and lights, but by truly and sincerely striving to follow his teachings. This is how devotees are expected to celebrate Vesak: to use the opportunity to reiterate their determination to lead noble lives, to develop their minds, to practice loving-kindness and to bring peace and harmony to humanity. The Buddha religion practices fasting, the exchanging of gifts, and striving for peace. Like other religions, Buddhism believes in after life and reincarnation. Buddhist's typical wardrobe is an orange robe or tan cloaks, and they are bald. Some important people to the religion are the Dahlia Lama, Puncheon Lama, General Monastics, and the lay people. This is all you are going to learn about Buddhism from me. Thank you for reading my blog, hope you have enjoyed it and learned what it is that you needed to.

Why does there have to be so many sports at the same time?

This is the time of year that I get mad. My three favorite sports are on TV at the same time, and I can't watch two thing at the same time. Baseball, football, and hockey are my favorite sports and I usually have to choose between them to see what I am going to watch. This year it is now really only between two sports though. Since the Chicago Cubs, my favorite baseball team is out of the playoffs, it is between football and hockey. So now it is between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Green Bay Packers, but thankfully they usually don't play at the same time. The Blackhawks usually play at night and the Packers will usually play during the day. They are still going to conflict though. If you have any ideas that will help me get to watch both, comment me please.

Who will win the Super Bowl this year?

I love sitting down on sundays to watch the games week after week. I love getting to see all of the big hits. I really love seeing the Green Bay Packers play though. I was talking with my dad the other day and I wanted to know who he thought was going to win the Super Bowl. He said he had no idea. Then he asked me who I thought was going to win, I wanted to say that it was going to be the Packers but deep down I knew that it wouldn't be them, so i just said that i didn't know either. Although i really don't care who wins it as long as it isn't the Minnesota Vikings or the Chicago Bears. I really hope that the Packers would win. I think that football teams wont have to worry about the Chicago Bears this season. I think that because without Brian Urlacher The Bears do not have a chance. Well at least I hope they don't.

GO PACK GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

getting along.

I was just on a cool website that gives advice on how to get along. It seems like it should be for little kids, but it gives really good advice. It says that when you get in a fight with somebody you have three things you can do. There is a loud choice that involves screaming and fighting. There was a soft choice as well, on that you would just walk away. There was also a think and share choice. If you pick that choice you talk to the person that you are having a conflict with, and share feelings and tell each other why you called each other what you did. Personally I think that the think and share choice would be the best. i think that anybody could benefit from this website, regardless of age. If you want to check it out here it is.urbanext.illinois.edu/conflict/