New Soul New Generation (FC)

Many in TMA may not know this but I love to sing and I'm very passionate about music. Lately I have been going to church. While being there I have vocal lessons, sing, dance, and hang out with the youth. Over the past year I have done about 5-10 shows with them. It all started when I did a show in June called 'Storytellers.' I ended up doing a duet with one of my close friends,Jordan Suarez, and ended up singing back up the whole show. After story tellers I realized this is what I love doing. Starting with vocal lessons I am currently taking, I plan to get better and make my voice stronger. I also plan to continue teaching myself the piano. People loved 'Storytellers' so much we were able to put on continuous shows after this.

In late October we finally had our fist gig in a cafe in Yonkers. Many came to see and support us.  This night we had fun and enjoyed ourselves and decided to make a new group. We are called New Soul New Generation (NSNG). The group consists of Cristian Lopez, Karena DeLeon, Jordan Suarez, Michelle Mateo, Kimiko Bee (myself), Antonio(AJ) Rosa, and Nicholas Mercado. We are going to continue making our own music and hopefully record. This group is my family and I hope to move on with them.

Freebie for the marking period

Freebie

Tumblr Blogging & Art Work (PB)

I'm choosing to write about the social network tumblr and how it has affected my art work. Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short- form blog. Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to posts content and posts of followed blogs appear. Besides tumblr my other passion is drawing, which they so happen to be connected.
My tumblr dashboard,what I described in the intro, consists of pictures that relates to movies, celebrities, music, videos, society, and lots of artwork. Most of the art work speaks to me. It relates to me in a way of how I feel or what I like. Due to it relating to me I have inspiration to draw.  I love drawing and can't stop. You can catch me during class doodling in my notebook. I will continue on with this talent in my future. This is why at the same time tumblr and drawing is my passion because they connect. Below is artwork I drew in class.

Shooting and ice skating? (SSR)

This Saturday there was a shooting at Bryant Park. A boy named Cory Dunton,16 years old, has been flagged as the gun man. People were trying to get a few more minutes with a late night skate when shortly before 11 pm Dunton approach Javier Contreras,20 years old, demanding his coat. The coat was believed to be a Marmot Mammoth, which is also known as a Biggie, which is a known object for robberies within the city during the winter. Contreras refused and Dunton walked away. Minutes later Dunton returned with a gun and opened fire on Contreras. Shoots were fired and about 300 scrambled around for cover. Javier Contreras was struck in the abdomen, leg and hands. On Sunday morning the traces of the shooting had been scrubbed away from the ice.
This is disturbing to hear being that friends and I skate at Bryant Park. What if we just so happened to be there that day? Its sad because people came to skate on an innocent Saturday to have fun. And it seems as if people just cant have nice things with out someone trying to rob them for something that they or their parents paid for. It's just appalling.

BMI & MHR in Gym Class (ID)

Currently in gym class we are learning bout Body Mass Index (BMI) and Maximum Heart Rate (MHR). In gym not health. I think we should be running around doing a sport, but no. We are learning how to calculate these things. It seems easy when we are doing this work with a calculator. Apparently we can't even use them. Why have calculator then? Everything we do now a days we use the calculator but for gym we have to do the long division and multiplication on paper. This seemed to be the problem when everyone failed his class. We got to used to using calculators.
Half the stuff we learn in school is not required on the outside in everyday life. When are we gonna find the BMI and MHR without a calculator later on in life? I bet most adults don't even know what that is. I'm done ranting. This is what we are doing in gym class currently. ( Watch my class fail) -_-

Being College Ready (FC)

Currently being a senior, I always hear 'College Ready, College Ready, College Ready'. Being college and career ready basically consists of getting a score of an 80 and above on your math and reading regents. It means having skills and wanting to pursuit a 4 year college. As a senior this term is always coming up constantly. Supposedly I'm currently a college and career ready person.
College is finally hitting me in a way. We are finally seniors. College applications need to be done. College essays need to be done. Recommendations and more. I keep putting them off in a way. When I have conversations with adults and they find out I'm a senior it never fails that I get asked 'What College are you going to?'. We're gonna graduate and might not even see most ever again. We have to go out into the real world. Student loans, getting a job, paying bills.
They say I'm college ready on paper but am I ready mental. Class of 2014 are you ready?

Robert Pattinson Cocaine Bender (SSR)

I read a news article about one of my favorite Twilight actors, Robert Patinson, allegedly caught snorting drugs in LA with Dylan Penn, his supposed to be new girlfriend. According to the article, Pattinson "snorted" the substance several times while attending a Mickey Avalon concert with Penn before leaving to go to the Chateau Marmont hotel. A source revealed that he was scooping the coke out of a baggie with a key and went to the bathroom several times with the bag of cocaine. By the end of the night he was nervous,anxious, and defensive toward the end of the night.

It's upsetting to see this young british star doing drugs considering he is always in the spot light and many may look up to him. Many actors and actresses have died from drugover doses and it would be a shame to have him die off of an over dose and be remebered that way. The fact that he has admitted to doing drugs and continue to do it is even more upsetting. The people looking up to him may think it's okay to go and do drugs and that's what people in the spotlight dont think about. Younger teens or children pay attention to what their favorite idol does and may grow up thinking doing drugs is okay. I am Twilight fan all the way (Team Jacob though) but the way I viewed Robert Pattinson has changed in my eyes.

Research On Music and the Heart (ID)

I'm in Ms. Bartoli's Research Class instead of regular Forensics and I quiet enjoy it. In this course we have to conduct a science experiment independently or with a group. We have to use the scientific method which is a way to ask and answer scientific question by making observations and doing experiments. The steps to the scientific method are:

• Ask a Question
• Do a Background Research
• Construct a Hypothesis
• Do the Experiment
• Analyze your data
• Draw a conclusion

My hypothesis is if you listen to certain types of music then your heart rate will be affected. I plan on proving this by having people listen to different types of songs that i choose and measuring their heart rate at the same time to prove this. So far in the class we are getting research, a material list, and our surveys together. I choose this topic because I love music and depending on how i feel i notice i listen to certain types of music. I expect this to be a fun class with good experience. 

Freebie blog

My Freebie for the marking period.

I Don't Like This Blog Thing (FC)

         I really don't like writing on this blog. I get it. We are all seniors and you are trying to expand our writing style in some way because we are going to college, but can there possibly be a different way to do this? I come on here and I always get a negative comment. This makes me not wanna do it anymore but I need the grade. Can you explain to me why we are doing this because I don't see how blogging is helping us. I can go on Tumblr for that, which I already blog on.
          I rather we read a book as a class and either have open discussion or a quiz on it like Ms.Lee was doing. I don't know about anyone else but I enjoyed that instead of this. And I can't get in trouble for this because we can blog what we want and I didn't use inappropriate language. I'm not trying to be funny or rude just stating simply how I feel. I really hope you can elaborate and tell me why we have to do this.

Music is Life (PB)

              One thing I am passionate about is music and it will always be music. Music isn't just a form of entertainment to me. It is a lifestyle. I am a singer/song writer, choir member, and pianist. I was born with music inside of me. It is a necessity for me like food or water. Music expresses things that cannot be said. (Where words fails, music speaks.) It reaches and impacts people more than they know it. Listening to certain types of music when your sad, mad or happy impacts you and you may not not know it. Well i do. Music can be your escape as it is mine. Music to me is an art that is forever.  

Justin Timberlake (PB)

         Justin Randall Timberlake is an American actor, businessman, and singer - song writer and I am absolutely crazy over him.  He was born January 31, 1981 (age 32) in Memphis, Tennessee. Justin emerged and became the lead and youngest member of the boy band N' SYNC. After the group rifted apart he soon released his solo albums  Justified (2002), FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), and recently The 20/20 Experience (2013) and The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2. He has been on the top billboards with his singles such as Cry Me a River, Rock Your Body, Sexy back, My Love, What Goes Around Comes Around. His most  recent hits include Suit and Tie, Mirrors, and Take Back the Night. Before releasing his new album he has put his music career on hold for acting in movies such as The Social Network, Bad Teacher, In Time, and Friends with Benefits. Justin is also a star on Saturday Night Live and continues to make music and performs. He is also focused on his personal life now that he has recently got married to Jessica Biel. This is the short bio on my favorite idol of all time, Justin Timberlake.