New Moon #2 (95-189)

In this part of the book, Bella has been spending alot of time with Jacob doing somewhat dangerous things. She realises that whenever she does dangerous things, she can hear Edward's voice in her head telling her to be careful. This of course makes Bella wanting more to do dangerous things since it's the only way that she can disregard his promise: "It will be as if I never existed". He says this to her because he wants her to keep her soul and be a happy normal human. He thinks that if he's in her life than she will miss out on things that he doens't want her to. She of course disagrees with him because she's convinced that she can't ever live with out him. It seems as if when people break up with people they say they want them to just forget about them and move on with their life. That's impossible to do though, whether you were completely in love and can't imagine living your life without them or not. I think it's especially hard for Bella because of the impact he had on her because of the shock that he's a vampire and because they fell in love.

New Moon #1 (1-94)

In the beginning of New Moon by Stephanie Meyer, the Cullens leave Forks and Bella becomes closer to Jacob Black. A quote that I really found interesting in this section was after the Cullens left and Bella finally thought that she could live without Edward. She thinks, "Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise. It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging lulls, but pass it does. Even for me" (93). Bella really takes Edward leaving very hard even though she has Charlie, her father, and her new friend Jacob. Jacob has a huge crush on Bella and she doesn't even care. All Bella does is mope around and miss Edward. The idea of time is much more sensitive to her than it might be to other people, since Edward is immortal. She's so afraid of aging and becoming older than him and she desperately wants to become a vampire so she can be with him forever.

New Moon Reflection

For fourth quarter, I decided to read New Moon by Stephanie Meyer. I’ve never read Twilight, I just saw the movie and I thought it was really better than I expected it was going to be. Everyone says that the books are so much better, and that the movies don’t even compare, so I decided that I would just start with the second one. Also, my mom and I were thinking that we would read it together, so we both got copies. I got the book on Monday, and I'm already half way through the book even though I thought it was going to take me forever since it's so thick. It's actually a surprisingly fast read and I'm really enjoying it, and I'm really excited to read and Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

Overcoming Odds

Octomom Doesn't Need Anyone's Help
The Octomom has had fourteen kids. Fourteen! That's insane! But so is she...
Anyway, Nadya Suleman obviously has some mental issues and she really needs to be loved. But she managed to beat the odds of having 8 babies. It seems a little coincidental that someone who has an obsession with babies would have eight. She went on Dr. Phil and received help from Angels in Waiting to take care of her babies. Soon after, she fired the nannies because she thought they were going to steal her babies from her. She is so nutty, she won't even let people help her with her children. She's not a superhero, she's not going to be able to take care of fourteen kids, including eight newborns, all by herself.



Finn, Natalie. "Octomom Hands Off the Help?" E! Online 23 Mar 2009. 26 Mar 2009. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b105777_Octomom_Hands_Off_the_Help_.html

Love

Shawn Johnson's Stalker Arrested
34 year old Robert Michael O'Ryan was arrested after jumping the fence to the set of Dancing With the Stars where 17 year old Shawn Johnson was rehearsing. He had a loaded hand gun and materials for kidnapping (zip ties, duct tape, and a map to her location). He is her "biggest fan" and really wanted to meet her. In his car, they also found love letters and clippings of articles about her. He's insane, he thinks that Shawn talks directly to him when she talks on television and confesses her love for him. He thinks that they're going to get married and have children together no matter what. Shawn has filed for a restraining order and the investigation will continue.











Finn, Natalie. "Alleged Shawn Johnson Stalker Arrested After Sneaking Onto Dancing Set." E! Online 25 Mar 2009. 26 Mar 2009. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b106151_Alleged_Shawn_Johnson_Stalker_Arrested_After_Sneaking_Onto__lt_i_gt_Dancing_lt__i_gt__Set.html

War

Protesters Rally Against War

Last Saturday, was the seven year "anniversary" of the War in Iraq. Protesters are frustrated with the lack of progress overseas. They marched from Hillcrest to Balboa and spoke out against the war. People held cardboard coffins to represent the nation's capitol. The U.S. says that they will pull troops out of Iraq in 2011. That means that the war will end in only 2 years! That isn't that long from now if you think that 7 years ago the war started, and it seems like it wasn't that long ago.


Hughes, H. "'Rise Up, Get Down': Protesters Rally Against War." NBC San Diego 22 Mar 2009. 26 Mar 2009. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Rise-Up-Get-DownProtesters-Rally-Against-War.html

Colonization

Africa Still Isn't Colonized

Despite Africa's size, most of the countries still aren't colonized and modern. People's views of uncivilized Africa can be true. Africa isn't completely colonized because the Sahara Desert is so huge and the areas around it are impossible to live because the living conditions are so bad. Also, nomadic tribes make up a lot of Africa. Since they travel so much from area to area, the government can't control what they do so it's basically impossible to colonize them. Despite them being "uncivilized", I don't think that they want to be. I think that most of them are perfectly fine with their tribal life without technology. The only thing that really is bad about that is the lack of health care and the spread of HIV/AIDS.


Boddy-Evans, Alistair. "Countries in Africa Considered Never Colonized." about.com 10 Mar 2009 .