To do this summer!

Sleep, is what I plan on doing with a bit of crying that all school has ended. Then I plan to just chill read some good books, and watch some good movies. I’m re-taking the ACT this summer; I want to apply for some colleges. I want to relax for a bit with friends, and my family. I plan on helping out a friend with a movie he wants to do [So fun!!].

I really don’t have anything planned that is major for the summer. If I could spend my days in a library I would. I guess I will just take it easy, as I prepare for the next step toward my future. Maybe, I will work on my bowling skills so that maybe I can be as good as my uncle. I wish this entry didn’t seem so scattered, I just don’t know for sure what I’m going to do this summer.

I know I will keep writing my stories, continue drawing, learn to drive, and read a lot. I will have fun with friends, and spend more quality time with my mother. I will keep taking pictures of the sky, and remember the partial solar eclipse that I witnessed. [Not recommended to do, because it hurts, and can cause blindness. I viewed through tinted car windows-still not safe.] I will be happy with myself, and keep moving forward. The world I live in is limitless, and I plan on living a happy life past this summer, and the next.

The rest is an unexplained and a complete mystery…

Favorite summer memory

Well most of my summers are uneventful, and quite boring. I don’t think I have a favorite memory of summer days. Being with friends is fun, but that rarely happened for me. I usually spent my summers watching television all night into the early morning, and then just sleeping all day. I was always glad to be free from school, but I was often bored.

When I became a heavy reader when I was younger, I would spend a lot of days and nights just reading a good book. With reading I spent less time watching television, and being less bored as well. I would also write short stories, or even scripts, or I would just sit at the table and draw. My parents always worked, and I didn’t see much of my brothers. I guess a favorite memory for me was when I went to Lake Mille Lacs with my family.

That weekend was a good one; we woke up to the unfamiliar sounds of nature. We rode on a boat, in the lake, and even went fishing in another. The warm nights and hot days were very nice. It was good to get that step away from reality, even for a short weekend. That would qualify as a favorite summer memory for me. The rest is just a mystery…

The million dollar question.

If you were offered a million dollars, would you go a month without technology?

This means you have to step down, and avoid all forms of technology. Basically you can’t watch television, listen to CD’s, or play angry birds. Any piece of technology like, Light, iPods, or computers you have to avoid. You have to go a month cooking on a gas stove, or over a campfire, reading by sunlight, or candle light, and any other things that don’t require a modern form of technology.

This is a good chance to learn how are lives can be changed in a single moment. Today’s generation relies heavily on technology, if it’s their touch screen phones, or their computers. Yet if suddenly all technology stopped working, would we as a people be alright? Many movies today have this as a scenario, where the modern world is forced back into the dark ages. If that actually happened what would we do, how would we re-learn to survive?

Technology has made us weak, it has enabled is to the point where we grow weaker, and technology grows stronger. We make these things to help us, but it is a waste of time and material, and is doing just as much harm than good. The generations are slipping, and are becoming less educated in the process of it all. Kids don’t even need to know how to spell anymore thanks to spell check. Also they don’t need to learn cursive or special types of writing styles, because of typing.

I love technology just as much as the next person, I grew up with it, and it is still growing today, but I just worry about the future of those after my generation. The older generation would try this challenge, because they were raised in that way. I’m told stories about their lives when they could not afford a colored television, and played all day outside. Yet I guarantee that any young kid living with all the technology in the world would say no to even the thought of this challenge even for a million dollars. The rest is just a mystery…