Today was a very scary day for Manhattan workers. It was an early Monday morning, people had just gotten to work from their busy weekends. Two planes an airliner and a super sonic fighter jet flew close to many New York skylines. This scared tons of people and it only brought memories of the tragic 9/11. Buildings were evacuated and workers called loved ones to tell them this news. The good news is that it was nothing more then a photo op. No one really knew about this which is why it scared allot of people. The president and the mayor also claim they didn't know anything of this photo op. This brings up allot of questions including one that would fall along the lines of "is this a conspiracy?". Many people don't believe that no one would know about this especially after 9/11. You would think people would be informed. I'm not sure what to believe but for now I will trust what the news are saying. You cant really say I'm only following the media, its just that there are no facts to prove everything else. This event also kind of goes with the law that states you cant say or do anything that would put people in a state of panic. For example you cant yell fire in a movie theater where there is no fire. It would make panic and run away. So this is very similar to today's incident. It was not really a terror attack but it made people panic to the point where they had to be evacuated. This is partially all because no one told anyone about it. It is also bad because many people are still afraid of low flying planes let alone ones near sky scrappers. This shows how New Yorkers will never get over 9/11. Were not supposed to forget, but this was not the way everyone should be reminded.

War has been apart of the world for a long time. I recently got interested in all this after hearing more about WWII and WWI. In class we've talked about reasons why war began and what happened. Recently after watching part of a movie in English I started getting interested in the technology and strategies used in war. I started to realize why there were some people strictly against war. Watching the movie and learning what went on from different sources like novels (although they are fictional they all try to be as real as possible) I started to think about how most people who fought in war died. It was hard to think about it, especially how soldiers managed to survive. I am not promoting or going against the idea of having a war but I just feel that its not a game. I play VIDEO games based on wars and some people online would say "it would be cool if I was in war" or "I want to join the marines" its funny and sad that people especially some younger kids feel this way without knowing that its not easy to be a soldier. In real war you probably wont be able to go in, kill six people and run away safely and for the most part THERE ARE NO RESPAWNS. Today's war is different from WWI and II its not comparable. There are newer weapons but also newer ways to stay protected. I cant say its safer but it is deadlier. Allot of people die and that's sad, in my own opinion if I HAD to fight in a war I would. I would also pray everyday to make it back in one piece (literally with newer weapons today this would be hard to do). War is bad but we sometimes benefit from it especially if were defending ourselves. When it comes to being pro/anti war I am in the middle.

4-6-09 blog

How many people do you know that are creative and come up with great ideas. I once heard that it is always better to die and leave something behind then to leave nothing.You would think that it only applies to those people who go "I want to be known and famous" but it can apply to everyone. When I heard this I was thinking "what could I leave behind?". You would probably think that you will all have had a healthy family but I feel its about something more productive. Like people who invent things or artists that paint. That is why we have things like art, music and anything else that allows you to be creative. It can be hard to leave your mark on the world and half the time your not remembered anyway. The point is that whatever you made will go on forever unless a tragedy happens and it is destroyed. Today the Internet it is almost like a permanent place to store all your work for everyone to see. An example, unless we delete our blogs they will be sitting there until the site closes forever. So its not so permanent but its still easy now to keep things saved forever. If you have a skill in art you should probably share with everyone. If your lucky you can become famous. Its very rare but look how many famous people there are on YouTube.com. I have even recognized artists like poster boy through our very own blogs. If you feel your good at singing why not put it on the Internet? Afraid you ll get bad feedback? from who? you probably wont know any viewers anyway. Its good to get some feedback from people too. I'm not trying to encourage people to use the Internet but I am encouraging people to share their talents in art, music or writing with every one else. At least then you wont have to ask what have you left behind because people would have witnessed what you wanted them to see. Then you can go on being proud sharing these things with everyone as you get older especially if you pass them on to your family.