Recently Read #7

Today I read an article on cnn.com called "Bring up Baby with safe and green toys". This article was about how to avoid buying toys that aren't safe or environmentally safe. A doctor says that it's a good idea to choose toys that are natural, like wood ones and cotton wool or hemp, because these are safer. The doctor says that toxins can be found in plastic toys, like PVC. This article also talked about safer diapers, foods, etc. I thought this was an interesting article because lots of people donate toys to charity around this time of year, but people might want to think twice about what they donate.

Recently Read #6

Today I came across a list of random facts, so I read it. There were a lot of good ones, and they were pretty interesting too. Some of them were that; Grizzly bears can go up to three weeks without going to the bathroom, Lewis and Clark ate at least 9 bald eagles during their explorations, the most common death of amish men is high blood pressure, and Martin Luther King Jr lip synched most of his I have a Dream speech. I thought that these facts were funny, and I had a good time reading them.

Recently Read #5

I read an article in the New York Times about a new test that can tell parents what sports their small kids will be good at. A company called Genetics offers a test that cost 149$. It's simple, all they do is swab the inside of the kid's cheek for DNA, and then send it into a lab to get the ACTN3 analyzed, which is a gene. This test is supposed to tell if a kid could be better at speed and power sports (football/sprinting), or at endurance sports (distance running). This test is pretty accurate, but experts don't want people to depend on them. More research should be done, and these tests might not even affect anything. I think that parents shouldn't base everything their kids do off these tests, and kids should try everything to see what their best at, so that they have more experience and more fun.

Recently Read #4

Recently, I have read an editorial in the New York Times about the Frank R. Lautenberg train station off the New Jersey turnpike. 450 million dollars were spent building this station, but there isn't a parking lot anywhere near it. Anyone that wants to drive to it, can't, so the station is very underused. They also spent millions on a long exit ramp off the turnpike to get to the station, but if you can't park at the station, then why would you use the exit ramp. I think that this is kind of pointless and a waste of money, and the people who designed it should have spent more time planning it out. This article is good to be out on the internet though, because now architects and other designers might think these things out before they build them.

Recently Read #3

I finished the twilight book. Bella stayed in hiding for a little while with Edward's brother and sister, but then gets a call from the tracker telling her that she has to meet him alone or else he will kill her mother. Bella is terrified, but she goes to meet him. He nearly kills her until Edward comes to the rescue and saves her life. Bella is very hurt, but they cover it up by telling everyone she fell down a set of stairs. This is the last straw for Bella, and she decides that she has to become a vampire to stay with Edward, who she's in love with. He thinks its a bad idea and doesn't want to turn her into one, but she finally convinces him, and the book ends by him biting into her neck.

Recently Read #2

I am still reading Twilight, and it is getting pretty exciting. After Bella finds out Edward Cullen is a vampire, he swears her to secrecy- but its not like she would tell anyone anyways because she's in love with him. Bella breaks the news to her dad that she is dating Edward, and he's surprised about her choice (he's the town cop and knows everyone). The Cullens always kept to themselves and never really mingled with anyone else, so its surprising to him that she is dating Edward. One day while Bella is playing baseball with the Cullens, another group of vampires encounters the, and become interested in her because she is a human. One of the vampires is a 'tracker', and decides he is going to track Bella down and attack her. Edward wants to protect her, so he sends her off with his brother in sister and now she is in hiding...

QUARTER 2. Recently Read#1

Right now I am reading a book called Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer. It's a really popular series right now, and I think it's a really good book. Bella (the main character) left her mom in Phoenix to go live with her dad in Washington, and her life changes a lot from hers in Phoenix. In Phoenix, Bella was an outcast and didn't really have any friends, but once she gets to Forks, everyone wants to be her friend and a bunch of the guys are fighting for her. The only guy she really likes, though, seems like he hates her, but his mood changes after a while and he seems really interested in her. After Edward saves her life, they get to know eachother, and she thinks she's in love with him. She soon figures out that he's a vampire.. and I guess we will see what happens next.