Thursday, March 8, 2007

in class freep post

The local issues getting the most coverage are Stephen Grant and the killing of his wife, Comerica pulling out of Detroit, a serial killer convicted of killing a prostitute, and other stories. What stands out to my in the coverage of the Stephen Grant murder is that he may have used his child's sled to scatter parts of his wife's body which he mutilated. This guy is insane and will spend the rest of his life in jail. I remember watching him on tv before they knew he killed his wife and he was weeping. He wasn't just crying; he was weeping. He was just putting on a show since he actually was the one that killed his wife. The only news going on in the city of Trenton is something that happened a while back. A 17 year old student in Trenton pulled a woman out of her car which was sitting on the train tracks and a train was coming. The lady had hit a pole and then backed up and was stuck on the tracks. He recieved a 2007 American Red Cross Heroes Award.
A story I might want to look into for my photo presentation and last paper needs to be interesting and full of information. A story such as Comerica getting out of Detroit might be a story which I could use. I'm not sure if I really want to use that story though. I want to find something that is more interesting to me. Comerica heading out is a big deal but does not catch my interest completely. An event located in the news a lot during this month is March Madness. If I could do my last two papers on March Madness, that would be very sweet. I love playing and watching basketball. March Madness is very exciting. The tournament is the greatest event in college basketball. Only 65 teams make the tournament. Almost every game is full of excitement. I am going to try to find a way to use March Madness in my final papers. I hope this is possible. Sadly, I have just found out that I am not going to be able to use March Madness. I need to find an issue involving the news to write about. I will continue to look for stories I could possibly use.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

news in class

I went to the free press website and two things stuck out to me the most. On the Detroit section of the news the first story listed was entitled "Ex-student arrested for gun at Redford High". This news shows that this neighborhood is not the greatest. A story that stuck out to me the most was entitled "Slower drivers stay right? Ohio gets it". This story is about how in Ohio the left lane is only for faster drivers. They are bringing the law down on the slow drivers. Michigan should also do this because some drivers need to start driving faster or get out of my way. If you are gonna drive slow get yourself in the right lane.

Sunday, March 4, 2007

studying

I have a hard time making myself study. I had the whole spring break to study for a test and I only studied about 5 minutes. I couldn't make myself study because my test isn't even on the first day that I go back. The test is on Tuesday and when I know I have an extra day to study, then I won't study the day before. I always end up waiting until the last day to worry about studying. This is a very bad habit but it is a habit that I will most likely never break.

spring break

My spring break went by way too fast. It is already Sunday and my break is almost over. I basically spent my whole break sleeping and hanging out with friends. The break was sweet because I had no responsibilities. I slept in almost every day and would stay out late every night. Spring break is awesome but now it is over. I cannot wait until school is out for the summer.

spring and summer

I want the weather to start getting warmer and for winter to end. When winter ends I plan on playing basketball as much as possible. Last summer I would wake up and play basketball for anywhere from 2 to 5 hours straight. When it gets warmer I also plan on playing soccer. In the summer I would play soccer on every Monday. I'm also planning on working a lot in the summer. I want to go on vacation to Florida or take a road trip so I need to start saving up money. I will most likely be taking a couple trips to Canada as well. It needs to get warm right now.

Friday, March 2, 2007

job

I need to find a job for myself but don't want to. I want to work but I also want to concentrate completely on school because if I don't, I will most likely fail out. I want money to buy many things and have good times. I want to buy a system for my truck and a new video game system. My friend has the XBox 360 and it is amazing. He just rented Hitman for it. In the game you go through levels by figuring out how to kill certain people without everyone else around knowing it was you. The game is sweet. I want to buy an XBox 360 but don't want to get a job. I think I'm just going to wait until school is out before I start working again.

restaurant

I went to Detroit last night to eat at a restaurant in order to review it. The restaurant I chose was Mexican Village. The food was great. I ordered Trio Enchiladas which comes with a beef and cheese enchilada, a chicken and cheese enchilada, and an all cheese enchilada. The service was great. The waitress was on top of everything the whole night. The atmosphere in the restaurant was calm and relaxing. There was music playing softly in the background. The prices of the meals were inexpensive. The restaurant was very clean. I'm not getting into details here because I'm going to use many details when I write my review. Overall, the restaurant experience in Detroit was great.