M.W.B. Character - What I Did This Weekend

I gripped the bat, clenching my fingertips tightly around the neck. I watched Uno as he spat onto the dirt mound he was pitching on.

"You ready?"

I nodded.

I turned around to where all the neighborhood kids were watching. Liberty was there. Wearing a white shirt and jeans, she seemed to look pretty in anything, with her long silky black hair running down her back. She made eye contact with me, and I immediately turned away. A ball came whizzing past me.

"Yo, Danny, you gonna hit or what?"

I nodded again and shifted my feet over the home plate. As if in slow motion, I watched the first ball come flying toward me. I locked my eyes on it and then, SMASH. Crushed it with the bat. I watched as it soared over the two houses behind Mr. Rodrigez's house, like it did the first day I hit in this cul de sac.

I looked down at my arms. There were scars from yesterday morning.
Sofia's pop was telling him he should go to the fair again and see how fast he could pitch, this time without being drunk. When all Danny could think to do was lower his head in discomfiture, Uncle Tommy lifts up his head.

"It's all right D," he said, "there will be other Saturdays to go to the fair. Besides, it's not your fault you're half white and not wantin' to be around all them full crazy Mexican kids partyin' all the time." Danny dug his nails into his arm. Hard. He'd love to be one of 'them full crazy Mexicans.' He cringed as Uncle Tommy took another gulp of his 'Pepsi' and snorted, "But don't sweat it, D, you still familia." He tripped over the carpet and shut the bedroom door behind him, still laughing as if what he said was hilarious.

I dug my nails even harder. My arm was numb and bleeding now. Digging was the only thing that stopped me from shouting my lungs out at Uncle Tommy.

Focusing back on the baseball game, I wiped the sweat off my forehead with my t-shirt sleeve. I knew I caved under pressure at the pitching mound, and it was my turn to pitch for Uno. Uno jogged towards me.

"You sure you wanna do this?"

I nodded again.

"Alright, man," he said, tossing the ball to me, "You can do this, man. Just don't freeze up and you'll be good." He smiled, pat my shoulder, and jogged to the home plate.

He picked up the bat, and nodded.

Order Of Operations

Solve:

1. 8+(4^2x3)/1

2. 2x(3+8+1)/2^2


Insert parenthesis:

1. 14-7+18/9=9

Favorite Fictional Heroes

My favorite fictional character is Ando Masahashi from the science fiction television show, and comic, Heroes.
The series is telling the tale of multiple people with special abilities. Some people can fly, some can read minds, some stop time, some can control other people, and the list goes on and on. Ando is a unique character though. He starts out as simply the best friend of Hiro Nakamura. Early on, Hiro discovers he has the ability to bend time and space. Ando does not have a power, but just serves as a trustworthy, strong willed, and loyal friend to him. There are many times when Hiro and Ando lose their way with each other and try to work alone, but they always end up realizing how much they really need each other.

Although Ando does not start out with any abnormal ability, towards the end of the third season of the television series he gets a hold of a syringe filled with a drug created by Dr. Mohinder Suresh (a scientist struggling to find a cure to the Shanti virus and many other side effects concerning people with powers), designed to give a normal person a power. He, without any supervision and without taking any precautions, injected himself with it. His powers as far as we know are still untamed and are simply the ability to absorb and accelerate another person's power for his own temporary use.

Throughout the ups and downs of being Hiro's best friend he always stays true to him, and never lets Hiro give up on himself or his mission to save the world. This is the main reason Ando is my favorite character. He never fails to be there for his best friend, even though at one point Hiro shuns him, stops listening to all of his advice, and even accuses him of being a traitor- though he ended up not being one. To me, he is truly a great example of what a friend should be. He serves as a fantastic role model for Hiro when he needs someone to look up to, and he is perfect as someone to be the base of Hiro's support and encouragement when he needs it.

I also really like his character because even though he doesn't seem like too much of an important character in the beginning, he proves himself many times, and you learn just how important he is in the big picture. This is really important to me, because even though someone may seem like they have no purpose in the real world, there is no such thing as a useless person. Everyone has an influence, and everyone has a purpose.

What Is Math? What Is Physics?

There is math and physics all around us. In a classroom, in a house, in nature, etc.

In more industrial places, math is displayed in different things consisting of numbers, equations, tables, graphs, and data. Still, anywhere you look in your daily lives you can find it. Take waking up in the morning for example. You have to get out of bed, right? Well just think about that. Somebody had to build your bed. To build the frame, someone had to take measurements of wood, make estimates of how many screws, nuts, and bolts they would need to hold the bed together. Then somebody had to deal with selling it, which includes figuring out how much money it took to make the bed, and how much they need to sell it for to make a reasonable profit. The list could go on and on, but you get the idea.

Likewise, science and physics are displayed in most areas. Whether it is a student learning about mixing chemicals together, or a biology teacher talking about plants, animals, or even photosynthesis. Science is everywhere, and not just scientists are aware of it. All kinds of people use science, whether subconsciously or not. What I mean by that is some people are scientists, students, or teacher type people purposely studying sciences, while others, are simply eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and are unaware of all the chemical reactions going on in their body as their meal is being digested.

Science is also very often found in patterns and repetition in nature. Lots of flowers have patterns within their pedals, whether its the layout or positioning of the pedals, or the tiny markings or imprints of each pedal. You will also notice that there are many plants in which have the same patterns and designs as each other even though they are completely different plants. Physics ties into this because physics is simply 'the way things work,' and if you can make scientific observations, and you don't know how or why it is like that, you should know! Not only does that apply to nature as in plants and animals, but all kinds of electricity and magnetism! :D

30 Things You Didn't Know About Me!

1. I play piano

2. I love leeks too!! But only the white part in the center!

3. I surf.

4. I'm a Jew.

5. I dance.

6. My favorite number is six.

7. I spoke Spanish before I spoke English :D. But I hardly remember anything..

8. I'm a vegetarian.

9. My birthday is 7/11- like the store! And I was born at 12:23am!!!

10. My life consists of goldfish, chewing ice, burritos (especially BREAKFAST BURRITOS OMG!) , Matchbox Twenty, Costco cheese pizza, uhmmm... Oh my favorite food by a long shot is Mexican food.....

11. I made it possible to have negative points in Halo!

12. My favorite books are Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks and Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

13. I LOVE John Mayer!!! And jazz (and blues) may just be my favorite type of music..

14. I have a brother.

15. I'm pretty sure my cats think they are dogs.

16. The converse I am wearing are five years old and they still fit perfectly!

17. I'm a Windiblaxican. Hehe.

18. My left knee has some serious issues. Besides all the injuries, it also gives way when I walk pretty often. I have to really work hard to not look like a penguin when I'm walking even though it hurts and is always super painful to walk on. :P

19. I LOVE going to baseball games!!!!!!!

20. I'm reeeally into the NFL... My favorite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers, and my favorite player is Troy Polamalu. (He has left leg issues too!! :D :D :D)

21. Jonny Lang and Matt Wertz are awesome!

22. The Ultimate Gift and Empire of the Sun are two of my favorite movies...both starring Christian Bale... but I know there are other movies that are in my favorites list, I just cant think of them right now.

23. Christopher Walken is awesome! WOW! That's Crazy! ... Guess what! I've Got a Fever! And the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!!!!!!!

24. The first song I ever learned how to play on the piano was Lullabye by Billy Joel.

25. Hi, I'm Emily, and I'm a Mac. (I love me some Justin Long!)

26. The Lord Of The Rings series is amazing! My favorite characters are Pippin and Mary.

27. I'm Snape, the Potions Master. (My favorite Harry Potter character.) .......Snape, Snape, Severous Snape, DUMBLEDORE! heh

28. I love playing hacky sack with my hacky sack buddies! Here's to you, Evil Pancake Man, Kawamoto Dragon, and jAAAke.

29. My cats steal my hair ties and try to hide them from me in their water bowl.

30. I took Africuban drumming classes over the summer.

Voila.

Oh and I love quotes.

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'Carpe Diem'