Journal#38

I think that worse thing that has ever happen to me was finding out that one of my friends has a brain a tumor. I went to go see her yesterday because she is not doing very well. She was really happy to see the girls and me. The saddest thing as that the doctor gave her only a couple of days to like two weeks to live. I am really bummed out because she was a really strong girl and to see her laying on the hospital bed helpless brakes me heart.

Journal#37

Something good happen to me tthis week which was going to the womens expo. I receive alot of useful goodies. It was really fun and they had alot to see too. Also they had these packets for like messages and the whole nine yards and I was the lucky one to receive one thanks to my boyfriend. So I am really looking forward to that.

Journal#36

The pick of the week is "Teen reportedly abducted back with family". The Glendale police said this morning on April 17, that a 16-year-old girl who was reported abducted Sunday night at gunpoint from her home has been reunited with her family. The Police, however, haven't released any details. Kimberly was abducted Sunday night when police were told that two armed men barged into her family's mobile home about 10:30 p-m . Kimberly's mother and two sisters were also home at the time. The mother managed to slip out and call for help, police said. When she returned, Kimberly was gone. Kimberly' two sisters, ages 18 and 3, weren't hurt.

Journal#32

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services . From the early 18th century to the middle of the 20th century, it was the largest and most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant power of the 19th and early 20th centuries. In WWII, the Royal Navy operated almost 600 ships. During the Cold War, it was transformed into a primarily anti-submarine force, hunting for Soviet submarines, mostly active in the North Atlantic Ocean. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, its role for the 21st century has returned to focus on global expeditionary operations.

journal#31

The pick of the week is "Cities taking vehicles of uninsured off street". Phoenix police towed 10,467 vehicles in the past year, under a state law that targets uninsured drivers involved in car accidents.The drivers of more than half 6,784 of the vehicles towed between March 31, 2006, and February lacked a driver's license when police pulled them over for traffic violations, said Phoenix police Officer Hugo Lopez. Under the law, which took effect in August 2005, vehicles involved in traffic violations must be impounded if a driver lacks a license or if he or she has been involved in an accident without insurance and a license. It took Phoenix a while to create a special unit to handle the requirement, police said. Since then, they've been confiscating an average of 1,300 cars per month.

Journal#30

Would I like to be famous? In all honesty no; because people that are famous never seem to have privacy. In the tabbloids you see all sorts of famous people business. For example whos Anna Nicole's baby's dad or Britney Spears back in rehab. Who cares what they are doing. Although I would like to be rich for working hard or investing in something that matters. If I do become famous I would want it to be for something that makes a change in the world. Not for showing my body on national televesion wearing nothing but a bathing suit.

Journal#29

I'm glad I waited a semester to come register in College. It gave me time to get my thoughts together and it made me realize how much I miss school. I felt like a loser when I was just at home for like a semester not doing anything, but thinking what do I want to major in. Now that I'm enrolled in school I feel a lot better about me. In addition this summer I'm attending school. Hopefully I pass all my classes.

Journal#28

Good morning my pick of the week is the following topic "Sex offender hangs himself in jail". This happened in Florence, Arizona. A registered sex offender who touched off a manhunt in January after a 6-year-old Maricopa girl was abducted and sexually molested was found dead in his cell. The Pinal County Sheriff's Office said 26-year-old George Horner III hanged himself. It said Horner was found hanging in his cell on Sunday and could not be revived. The little girl Horner abducted from her home January 26 was found several hours later walking down a rural road in Casa Grande, about 20 miles from where she lives. Horner was captured the following morning at the Coolidge airport.

Jouranal #27

Today my must do's is finish my second book report for my English091 class. Complete some test that I need to better my grade and then go home clean up, because no matter how much you clean I can never keep it that way. Also see my boyfriend and prepare his lunch for tomorrow. Then take a shower finish my math homework. The lastly thing I have to do so far is exercises.

Journal#26

The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. Despite recording only a 33% share of the popular vote, the Quebec Liberal Party managed to win a plurality of seats. The Liberals were, however, reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in 129 years, since the 1878 general election. The Action démocratique du Québec, in a major breakthrough, became the official opposition. The Parti Québécois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election. The Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation, and the PQ won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever. Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote, easily the closest three-way split in Quebec electoral history. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.28%.

Journal#24

The pick of the week is "Man found stuck in grocery store ductwork". A man was rescued on the morning of March 27, 2007 after he was found stuck in the air-conditioning ductwork of a Glendale supermarket. They assume it was a burglary-gone-bad and Cole said when workers arrived at the Food City this morning at 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road they saw debris on the floor, along with some gloves. When they looked up, Cole said, they saw a guy stuck in the ductwork. Cole said officers thought the man had been severely injured because he wasn't moving. Firefighters were brought to the scene and managed to rescue the man, who wasn't immediately identified.Cole said he wasn't as severely injured as thought, however.Police planned to question him once he had been treated for any injuries.

Journal#22

I think the most difficult thing in this class would be two actually. One is this essay that I'm working on which is essay number three. Because I don't know how to organize my thoughts. Another difficult thing in this class would be keeping up with my assignments. those are the only difficult task I'm having in English 071.

Journal#21

My pick of the week is "Arizona among top 10 states for mortgage fraud". Arizona has went up to No. 7 in a ranking of states with the greatest amount of mortgage fraud, passing the 23rd spot it held the previous year. They say this is the highest Arizona has placed on the Mortgage Asset Research Institute's annual fraud survey. The placement is based on the number of mortgage fraud cases per total of state home loans. Data from the nation's biggest lenders are used to compile the survey. In January, legislation is making mortgage fraud a felony and a bill to license loan officers were introduced. It is estimated that 18,000 unlicensed people are taking mortgage applications and loan commissions in Arizona. But both bills could die if they aren't heard this week.

Journal#20

A mirror neuron is a neuron which fires both when an animal performs an action and when the animal observes the same action performed by another animal. Thus, the neuron "mirrors" the behavior of another animal, as though the observer were himself performing the action. These neurons have been observed in primates, in some birds, and in humans. In humans, they have been found in Broca's area and the inferior parietal cortex of the brain. Some scientists consider mirror neurons one of the most important findings of neuroscience in the last decade. See for example, an essay by Ramachandran on their potential importance in imitation and language.

journal#19

It's been going good so far in this course. I like the fact that we have in class activities, that way we all get to participate together. What’s changed since the last time I wrote about the course nothing really except now we are getting into essay number three and this one is going to be five paragraphs long. I'm sort of looking forward but not really. lol

Journal#18

Phoenix officials agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $100 million to ensure shoppers, office workers and public-transit patrons have a place to park at CityNorth, a $2 billion luxury development that will cater to the Valley's affluent residents and visitors. The City Council voted 7-2 to approve the agreement, which offers one of the largest sales-tax rebates in Arizona and gives Phoenix a competitive edge over neighboring Scottsdale. Councilmen Tom Simplot and Greg Stanton voted no.

Journal#17

International Women's Day is marked on 8 March every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. Started as a political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries .In some celebrations, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their sympathy and love to the women around them - somewhat similar to Western Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day mixed together. In others, however, the political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

Journal#16

Today I woke up and I realize how much I enjoy attending school. Not only does it help me understand everything better, but sometimes it helps forget my worries that I have about other things. For example my mom had a hysterectomy almost three years ago and then she had this minor surgery where they put a support for her bladder. Ever since the last surgery she has been complaining that her bladder is still bothering her. Yesterday the Doctors assistant called and gave me the results of her MRI. The assistant said that they found the linning of the bladder to be thickin(whatever that means) so anywho now my mom is really worried. Not because of the fact that she might need another minor surgery, but because cancer runs in my family. So until March 12 exactly two oclock pm we won't know what to expect.

Journal#15

"Run away's death brings heartbreak, questions". This article is about language barrier stalls ID of a girl who took to streets with her friend. These teenagers girl ran way from home and they were living on the streets. One of the teens died and the other girl just barely survived. The girl who died was named Brenda Nguyen. She survived for about a week. They are still investigating the cause of death. Because they just recently identified the body, the investigation is just beginning.

Journal #14

A plan that I came up with recently was the one I had about coming to South Mountain Community College. As the saying goes so far so good. I like it alot; I am not going to lie it comes with alot of work. I think its really great though. It keeps me entertain doing power points, writting essays, and reading books for a book report. College has been sort of like a roller coaster how it has it's ups and downs. I am proud of this plan because so far it's going just as I planned.

Journal#13

My favorite commercial is the one about the sour patch kids. I love their candy it's sweet and sour; the commercial is based on how the candy taste. They had a couple of versions, but my favorite one was when the sour patch kid cut one of the girls pigtail. It describes how the patch kid is first sour. The girl was crying so the sour patch kid hugs her and it turns sweet; all of a sudden the girl is a happy.

Journal#12

"Body may be of missing woman" a Gilbert family awaits the identification of remains found Monday. Somebody during the weekend discovered a body that could be of a 19 year old Gilbert woman; that has been missing since January. They think the body may belong to Jacquelan Hartman. She went missing after a date with Jonathan Burns in Mesa. Jonathan is a felon who arraitgned charges of first degree murder, sexual assult, kidnapping and weapons. He pleaded not guilty to his charges. Family and friends think he might of done it.

Journal#11

The most spectacular think I ever seen, was this cavern that I went to outside of Tucson. First of all I never been to anything like that. Second of all I seen caverns, but it was in movies. It was great to see how the water deposits and all the minerals turned this beautiful color; it was like a translucet yellow. They were like rocks, but the tour guy called them straws and columns. It was magnificent to see how nature is so amazing and beautiful. It was so humid inside of the cave. It was so big, and they had the original foot steps of the founders of the cave.

Journal#10

The article in wikipedia that I thought it was important to know was "2007 Mid February Eastern North America winter storm". It was a huge storm that killed sixteen people it also injured alot of people. The winter storm affected half of the Eastern North America. There was snowfalls across the Midwest of the United States. In the Southern portion it produce thunderstorms and tornadoes.

journal#9

The article I have chosen is "Mesa High teacher fired after '84 killing revealed". What happen was the Spanish teacher shot his roomate in 1984 and he was hired in August; without the school knowing what he did. Eugene Nero was fired in November. The district found about what he did; he was then charged and he pleaded guilty. A year before the Arizona Board of Education gave him a certification allowing him to work; which they were aware of his wrong doing too.

Journal#8

So far in this course it's been good. Its nothing as I imagine. Some of my class mates are nice and talkative, which I like. As for my teacher she seems a little tough, but if your on her good side she seems to be ok. I like the way we have options to do our work either on paper or the computer. I really enjoy writing in my blogger, because I think that is a good way to express my self. Also it helps me relax and brainstorm too. The only dislike I have is I wish we could have more time to do homework; the keyword is wish.

Journal#7 What I noticed about me today?

What I noticed about me today is actually a couple of things. I woke up this morning and I was in a good mood. I started my morning like always. This morning was a little different after breakfast, because I thought about how proud I am about my self and how responsible I been so far and also I been trying to be consistent too . I realized that I been sticking with new things in my life. For example every morning I try to excersise a little bit. Also I been trying my best in school for a long time and now I am in college. I think I am doing a good job being in school and trying to do something that really matters in my life. Also anothert thing is for the past few years, losing weight was my resolution but I never accomplished it. So this morning I realized I have been consistent with many things, and exercise is another.

Journal#6

For my Arizona Central article I chose ''Mike Tyson checks himself into rehab". This happen in Phoenix on Wednesday he checked himself into rehab for "various addictions". He is waiting on trial. Tyson pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and paraphernalia possession counts and misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence. His trail has been scheduled for February 26, 2007. The County said that Tyson has ran out of second chances and he will probably pursue prison time.

Journal#5

The event that I chose to write about for my journal is "Baghdad market bombing". Which took place on February 3, 2007. In capital of Iraq, Baghdad, a large truck was bombed. The attacked killed one hundred and thirty two people. The suicide attacked injured over three hundred and thirty nine people. The bomb, was said that it brought about ten buildings down. Coffee shops and market stalls were all wiped out, less than a half mile from the Tigris River. I learned that this war is never going to end unless we all get together and take that elephant out of presidential spot.

Journal#4

Would I like to be famous? I don't think I know anybody that wouldn't. Yes I would love to be famous. I would use that money wisely. Doing things that matter and make a difference. They say money don't buy happiness, but news flash it sure does help, a lot for that matter. If I was to become famous, which is going to happen someday, I would like to be known for being an actress. But that is more likely to not happen, so maybe for being a good surgical technician. I love to act but becoming a surgical technician is a lot more life savings and difference maker.

Journal#3 Dare

A dare that somebody suggest I did was to kiss my crush. My freshman year their was this boy name Manuel and he was my friend, he didn't know that I liked him, so I thought. On the last day of school I was telling my friend that it would be the last time I would see him til next year. So somehow she had this bright idea to tell me " I dare you to go up to him and kiss him". I don't know why but I did it. It was crazy, I went up to him and right before he was going to hug me I laid one on him. I stood quite for a minute and I was thinking "what did I just do?" I ran off without saying good bye, it was embarrassing.

Journal #2 Communication skills and Special talents

I would have to say that my strongest communication skills would be writing letters or emails and using the phone also the feature on my phone which is text messaging. Other skills and talents that I might have are speaking two languages, which is English, obviously and Spanish. I can write and read Spanish. I'm going to have to say that Spanish was my first language. As for my talents I don't think I have one, if I do have one I haven't quite discovered it yet.

Journal #1 Real life goals and course goals

My first real life goal is to graduate college. After I graduate from college and receive the enough practice to become a preoperative Nurse, someday after I get all settled in I want to become a wife and become a parent. My course goals is to fix my problem with writing . I tend to get off the subject really easy. Also I think I should work on improving organization and word choice.

Journal Practice

This is just a practice for class Eng 071