The Pleasure of A Grocery Store

You, know world, I really fantasy the Simulated rain and storm at the produce section of every Grocery store. I think it is really awesome. All of a sudden, the flashing LED lights of the produce section flash like a police siren lights, it never ends. Then the simulated sounds of thunder ring through out the grocery store, singing a joyful tune that a "storms a brewin'". All the shoppers drop their un-purchased stuff and run to the produce section, trying to beat the rain.     Then, the exciting part happens...the rain. the rain drops down from the heavens (the sprinklers in the veggies ceiling). Then all the vegetables get up and start to sing, just like a corrupt version of everyone's favorite Veggie Tales. they all get up from their resting place and start to dance around and sing and have little communities made of one specific type of veggie. the wonderful sounds of veggies laughing and dancing fill the customers hearts with joy.

I really like this. I think it is a good way for the customers to become entertained with shopping. i have always wanted to know how they do this however. What was the concept that led to this? I guess it would start with the fact that you need to water your produce in a store, so they don't get moldy. Then i guess, the water made them get reminded of a storm? and then finally, after some serious stereo systems and LED lights, the whole thing is set and ready. I really like the fact of having a fake storm in the produce section of a Safeway, etc.

The way people react to it is all so fun to see. little kids, and even some adults (don't be shy) all put there hand in the water for what ever reason. It is something that you should experience any time during your life.

So the next time your strolling the down the produce section of a grocery store, and you here the magic sounds of a storm and the flashing LED light that represents lightning, stop and take a look, you'll be surprised to see how fun and cool it is... and maybe even stick your hand in the water!

"I know what it means, I just cant explain it!"

Here are 10 words from a word list found on this website under Your Assignment "Academic word list" that "I know what it means, I just can't explain it!".

1. Compensation
2. Consent
3. Constraint
4. Philosophy
5. Reliance
6. Consultation
7. Discretion
8. Entity
9. Subsequent
10. Revenue

“All’s Well That Ends Well”

     I was enjoying my life as any other 14 year old boy would. Doing homework, hanging out with friends, doing chores, activities like these filled my day. I was walking home from school one day when it happened. The path home from school is right in font of the old the circus amusement park, abandoned in 1945, and it was a Friday. They say that only on “Friday nights the ghost of the monstro would linger around looking for the sacred…” and that’s the entire story the village elder ever said. The village would always have an unsaid rule on Friday nights to not enter the circus park. But this night was different. Well different for my friends and I.

     As we entered the abandoned circus, all we could see is the beams of light our flashlights would make and the things un-hidden by them. It was a cold, dark, and scary night to choose to go, but it was like us to do irrational things. I could tell that we all had the same gut feeling when we saw the gruesome clown face staring down at us from atop the fun house. That’s when we decided to go back.

     We turned around, ready to leave, but only to find that we were somehow in a middle of a dense forest. We turned again to see if the fun house was still there, but all we saw was the shape of a figure moving very fast in the distance. When we looked again in the direction of the fun house, all we saw this time, was an antique fortune teller booth. We approached the fortune teller cautiously as we could start to feel the sense of fear, and coldness of the woods starting to settle in our bodies. Finally, after reading the sign that said, “Deposit Twenty-five cents to return”, we all started searching for the cold, silver coin that would grant us our freedom from this nightmare.

     One by one we inserted the quarter into the cobweb filled insert slot and one by one we left. I was last in line. I put one of the two quarters I had with me in the slot and was about to walk into the light when I heard a noise from the back of the machine. I thought “oh no, the monstro”, as I could see my breath in the coldness of the night. “AHHHHH!” as I ran into the deep, dark woods. I suddenly realized that I had dropped my quarter and there was no time to run back for it now. I was stuck. I was alone, afraid, worried, and cold. All of these things swept through my body like a tidal wave during a hurricane, it over whelms you…

     I remember running and running until my legs gave up and surrendered to the opposing tiredness. I fell on the twigs and pine needles on the cold ground below me. I remember seeing a glitter in the ground. Finally realizing it was my quarter, I picked it up and tried to run. It was too late. Again the forest switched on me and I was now somewhere deeper in. The sound of the monstro got fainter and fainter until I knew I was in the clear. I began to look, seek, and call for the fortuneteller. But when I called it didn’t appear. Instead the monstro found me and ran towards me. I soon realized that I got what I sought, the fortune teller was on the back of the monstro and was morphed in, controlling it. It grabbed me and tossed me in the air. I fell hard to the ground with a loud thud. I remember then opening my eyes and seeing my stuffed animal, a sheep I’ve had since I was five, right next to me. I looked around, and all I saw was my dust covered shelves, and the unread books on them. I saw the closet door fully closed and in it,  the reflection of the rest of my room. I looked around and saw no monstro. I sighed, closed my eyes, and was soon fast asleep. 

Something Special Amist The Dust

Wow! this is an amazing short story. Here, its on Constance's blog. Her use of words and description to create an awesome impression in your mind is baffling. She uses words spelled like it was written back then. The words she uses such as "neighbours’" and "colours" gives the piece a sort of special aspect about it. The way she describes the characters in her story is with so much detail and vigor that it leaves you begging for more. I have to say that I was very eager to to see what was going to happen to Tad and whether or not Darasci was going to support his search of the heavenly Eggstone. I highly recommend this to become a book and after that, a full on Motion Picture.
     The excitement of the writer is dominantly presented in this piece. I can fully see the whole aspect of Draigfest. I really like how she gave a full description of the way the dragons mistreat each other and how the separation and segregation of the Dragons cultures are so dominate in their overall culture. She gave an awesome entry of how this "lone dragon", as if she were a professional writer. Her diction in this story is outstanding and "right on", it goes well with the overall story line.
     While I was reading this, I was full of eagerness to see what was going to happen and amazement to see she could right this good for a teenager. I have known Constance for about 3 years now, we went to the same school for Jr. High. I have graded some of her work in core class and what not, and I was already amazed by her diction and grammar. But this is a work of art! A true masterpiece! Constance, If your reading this, I highly recommend that you continue this story, and go as far with it as making a book. It holds a true tale of adventure and will be as big as Harry Potter. I really enjoyed this sneak peak of the Future Book.
     The detail oh each of the clans is awesome. I really got an image of hundreds of Dragons in a deep part of some abandoned forest in some make believe fantasy world. I love the description of the disagreement of each of the clans, and how each clan has a unique talent. I said it once and I'll say it again, this is a "Next best seller" in the making.
     I await eagerly to see how this whole thing will turn out.

Sorry

Sorry people. Here's the link to the opponents blog.

This is a quote from my Opposing Teams first paragraph in their opening statement:

In California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, there is very little control over who enters the country, and who leaves the country. We need to step up the security right away to ensure that all Americans have a fair shot at getting jobs, and the population does not overwhelm the availability of them. We already have enough homeless and unemployed people in America without more people coming here.

Let me just say this, the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, had the exact same idea and now, she has made it OK to stop any Mexican and ask them for their "papers".  Is that a right thing to do? In what way is it? I do believe that there may be some truth in letting people on and out of this country, that are illegal, to do things that legal citizens would do. But then we start to racially profile people, and stop to ask them for their papers. That's not right. Also, how do we decide whether or not people are illegal or not? That's where we start to discriminate against other people. "...all Americans..." How do we define American? As someone who is born here or has gone through the appropriate "training" to becoming American? So lets take this and make a situation. Lets say that two illegal immigrants come and have a child here in the United States. When their child is old enough, they try to apply him/her to school in the local school district. The district finds out that they are illegal and they sign a deportation paper. What happens to the child? We cant separate the family. What happens there?

Also, my opponent mentions only the states of the Mexican-American Border. Illegal immigrants are not just from Mexico, I would like to remind my opponent of this. That is racial Profiling.

Here's another from this blog:

If nothing happens, and we allow illegal immigrants to come, then the population of the United States will overflow, and probably half of America would be full of homeless people. If that happens, then there would be a lot more murdering and stealing over food and money.

How does letting illegal immigrants coming into the country induce murdering and stealing? Murdering can be done by anyone, even children. Race does not prohibit anyone from committing crimes. It seems ludicrous that half of America would become homeless if illegal immigrants were to enter the US. That happens when the economy collapses like during the recession that started in 2001. When the economy falls, jobs are lost and then homelessness is increased. Not because of illegal immigrants. I understand that you mean that the country would be strapped for recourse's. But the way you word this phrase makes you sound like illegals are the problems. Be careful when wording your phrases.

Here is a link to our response to the debate question. devin's blog