Personal #2. Date night!

Everyone have a good Valentine's Day? Well hopefully you all did. I have to say mine went pretty good. Even though my girlfriend and I had to work, we just decided to celebrate on Saturday. To start the night, I had to be the romantic I am and buy my girl some flowers. The ones I chose were pink roses in a vase, and because I was in a good mood, I also decided to throw in a couple balloons. After that, I bought a red bull, and headed over to Valerie's house. At about seven thirty, I show up at her house. Of course, once she saw them she went nuts. When she was finally done thanking me, she took them inside her house, and then we were off to dinner. Where did we go to eat? That would be my favorite restaurant, The Cheesecake Factory. If you haven't been there, I promise you its delicious. Stop by once you get a chance! Anyway, the wait was luckily only about fifteen minutes. But trust me every minute was worth it! Once we started eating I was in heaven. We deiced to share a large bowl of Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo, and a large basket of nachos. It was amazing! But it wasn't even the best part. Let me introduce you to the Snickers Bar Cheesecake. DE... LICIOUS... words can't even explain how good it was!

I have to say, I haven't had that good of a dinner in months. We were STUFFED. Afterwards we chose to rent a movie and go back to my house. This is my idea of a great night. Hopefully next Valentine's Day is this good!

Blog Entry #2. Gun Control

If you pay close attention, you will notice that the reporter never actually states his opinion. All he does is stress the up side of gun rights and how they can be helpful. The way he does this is by presenting all sorts of statistics about how gun ownership actually lowers crime, and omits all the statistics on the opposing side.. Also, another tool he uses at the beginning of the video is down talk. He shows clips of news reports talking about the opposing side of the argument, and then he proves them wrong by countering them. Overall, I think this is a great example because he uses all three tools of "slanted reporting" without stating his own personal opinion. Anything from omitting, presenting more info on one side of the argument, to his tone of voice. He utilizes all of them in this clip, and I think it is obvious that he is not very credible. Due to the amount of "missing info" I don't feel that this source is the most credible that it can be.

Personal #1 - SUPERBOWL 47!!!!

What a great game! For those of you who decided to fall off the planet, let me remind you about Superbowl Sunday. Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers battle it out to make franchise history! With the score of 28-6, Baltimore seems to have it in the bag at half time. But what seemed like a blowout, suddenly turns into an intense nail bitter! Colin Keapernick leads his 49ers to a flawless comeback! With the score board at 34-31 and 1min 45sec on the clock, Colin drives his teamates down the field to steal the lead! 1min left in the game, 5yards away from winning the superbowl, the niners only have one more play to get a touchdown. With all the chips on the table, colin takes the snap! Drops back for the throw but the ravens bring the preasure! Boom! The ball is in the air.... Everything on the line.... thump thump. The ball hits the floor. NO!!!! I hear my dad scream in my ear. The niners have lost it all. What seemed to be a hold on wide receiver Michael Crabtree, was over looked by the refs. Leaving the ravens only 45secounds till for an easy win. All in all, still a great game. Although some people may careless, for me, Superbowl fourty seven was a very memorable experience. I mean it's not every day that your favorite football team goes to the super bowl. I have to say I am a very happy fan even though they the niners lost. It has been a pleasure watching my team come from the bottom, and make it all the way to the top over the last couple years. Great game guys! Niner nation to the grave!

Blog Entry #1. The Blog Universe!

What I have learned so far is that blogging can be a little bit of a pain at first. But once you get used to it, I can deffinately be fun! It's kind of like reading a book, all you need to do is find something that intersts you. If it is something you like, then trust me you will want to read more. Like take for instance the Official Google Blog. To some, it may seem boring but I thought it was pretty interesting. I like this blog because the posts are very informative and many of them talk about ways to expand ones business. I am a person that is really into business, and entrepenuership so ofcourse it would catch my attention. Here is a video I thought was pretty cool.

The Fast Lane, is another blog that caught my attention. It's baicly about top selling cars and all the neat features that make them great. I mean come on, what guy doesn't like cars?! As soon as the page opened I was automatically hooked!

 

On the other hand, you may also find some blogs to be boring and interesting at all. Those blogs are the ones that may drive you away. One blog that I didn't connect with was The Platform: Opinions and Insights form Cisco. Honestly I found it to be very dull. Even though it talked about better education, I really wasn't drawn in. That background was too plane, and the proffesional style of writing didn't really catch my attention.

My overall opinion about blogging has to be.. It is what you make it! It can be exciting or boring, but it all depends on your attitude. If your willing to dig to find something your passionate about, then I promise you that you WILL find it. Goodluck!

My Story

Whats up everyone! My name is Nicholas, but you can call me Nick.

 I am 19 years old and I am from Hanford, California. I moved to Arizona at the age of twelve, and have been here ever since. Some of my favorite things to do are wrestle, play xbox, hang out with friends, watch football with my dad, and spend time with my girlfriend. My favorite TV shows are George Lopez, Friends, That 70's Show, and Fresh Prince. When it comes to music, I am all over the place. I will tell you that the last song playing through my car stereo, was "Senior Skip Day" by Mac Miller. But honestly I can listen to just about anything. If I'm not doing any of those things, I'm either slammed with homework or working. Currently my main job is at Wells Fargo as a part time clerk. My other job is at Applebee's as a fry cook, which I only work on weekends. Sound impossible? Yes, I know. But honestly I only average about 35hours a week between both jobs so its not too bad. Now I would like to talk a little more about GCC. The two main reasons why I chose to be here is because its very close to home, and because I didn't try as hard as I should have in high school. It just sounded like the best route for me was to enroll in comunity college, stay home to save up money, and transfer to a University once I earned better grades up. Why drill my self into depth when I can transfer, and get that pretty degree from a Univeristy later. That's what my plan is at the moment. And since I still haven't fallin in love with a specific career yet, I am currently working on my GE. However, aside from having a good career, another main reason why I go to school is to feel accomplished. Just knowing that I can get good grades and earn a college degree will make me feel complete. I want to prove to myself that when I actually try, I can achieve anything I want in life. That's my story :) Thanks for reading!