Goodbye '07

2007 has been a great year and a terrible year, and one can say that about any year, so I suppose that 2007 is just another year. For me, 2007 was better then last, but not my best, either. So, I guess 2007 was another year for me, too.

I finally got out of my old school that I had been in for nine years. The last months of school there was painfully boring, and I couldn't wait to go to my high school that I had been excepted into.

My new school is wonderful, I have found a new love-running, and I have passed the semester with 2 B's and the rest A's in all honors classes.

I got to go to Maine for the first time in four and a half years. Amazing.

Sitting here on the last day of 2007, I think that I can be happy with what I have done this year. Happy new years, everybody, and I hope that you will enjoy the few hours left in this year. As always, comment on whatever you want.

Saturday Night Not So Live

I know that I wrote about the writer's strike about a month ago, and guess what? I'm going to write about it again! I would like to thank...




David Letterman
Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel
Conan O Brian
American Idol
House

...these are then only exceptional shows that aren't going to play reruns until their stuck up overpaid writers get paid more!!!

Tis' the Season (for winter movies)

Premiering Christmas day! Great idea, let's all book down to our movie theater on Christmas to see a movie about a water creature (a sad imitation of Eragon) that grows up-just like in Eragon-in the hands of a young boy. Or maybe a movie about the last man on Earth after a virus causes the human race to go extinct...or does it? Nope. The picture says it all(I saw I Am Legend today). All in all, the winter movies this year was terrible-like getting clothes on Christmas.

To My Faithful Bloggers...

I will being going to Maine for the next week for Christmas! I don't believe that I will be able to check my blog, so stay tuned for a New Years blog(maybe everybody could get on the blog at 11:55 Pm December 31 and watch the year change, kind of cheesy, but I have to have some way to draw you back to this blog since I will be gone for a week!!! Merry Christmas everybody, and I hope you get some good presents!!!!

MAD FOR MAD-I'M FAMOUS

As I said earlier in my blog, I LOVE MAD Magazine. I wrote them a letter in early September, and hoped I would get published in the Letter and Tomatoes Department. Once the next issue came out, I skanned for my name. No luck. By November, I had stopped expecting my name. One night in early December I opened my mailbox and found a MAD(Number 485). Thank God, I needed some new mad things to read! In bed that night, I skimmed though the Letters and Tomatoes Department and read some interesting letters. I flipped the page, and there it was!!!!! My letter was sitting there on the page. I nearly passed out. I read the letter, and saw Ed's (the editor of MAD) witty response. I was filled with joy, even though my name was mispelled as Jordan Hull rather than Hall. When one gets published in MAD they also win a few things, and I got harry Potter 5 the movie, video game for the Wii, and interactive DVD. What a great Christmas present, MAD! I expect everybody to buy a copy!

December!

As I do at the beginning of every month, I am going to tell you my usual events during December, and you can tell me yours.

-Christmas (duh)
-My aunt's b-day
-My flu shot-it's actually today! :(
-New Years Eve
-The cold season is getting started
-End of the first semester
-Winter break
-Snow!

Tell me what december is for you!

Down the Tubes

God help us, TV is finally headed down the tubes(pun intended) due to the writer's strike. Seemingly every show on television is calling it quits. Basically, the writers of various TV shows are refusing to write shows until they get a raise. What this means for us is the demise of shows like Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman, the Colbert Report, SNL, The Office, Scrubs, ER, and 30 Rock to name a few. This may seem like such a big deal now, and I don't deny that it is, but I find the outcome predictable. TV is such a big market that the powers that be will eventually give into this strike. They may be able to scrape by a couple more weeks showing re-runs, but the business will eventually die out until new shows air. But it looks like we have to put up with some dreadful TV for a while.

Colorful Personalities

What's your favorite color? You here this questions at anything from preschool to formal icebreakers. I recently saw this question posted on a friend's blog as a sort of ice breaker for his readers, but I realized that you can tell a lot about a person by their favorite color. People never seem to take questions seriously these days, so here's a way to find out about yourself and others with this question. One can even tell what kind of attitudes they will have an all sorts of things like that. I have a link to a site where you can click on your favorite color and get instant feedback. And if you haven't realized already, my favorite color is blue! N Joy!

http://www.dajuana.com/your-color-personality.html

November

Well November is upon us and it is my duty to let everybody know what I think about it.

For me November brings:

Fall Back (you gained an hour of sleep Saturday Night)

My Uncle's Brithday

The begginning of winter running

An excuse to pig out on turkey- THANKSGIVING

I'm in full swing football mode with the world series over

Finally teachers aren't afraid to give out normal amounts of homework. (a ton)

I get my mind into thinking about 2008, Christams, and things like that

The weather will still be nice for about two more months

Tell me what November is like for you!

Halloween II

I just got back from trick or treating-so yes I wnet-I finally realized that I had the perfect alabi- I'm taking my little sister-and do you think that I'm not going to get some free candy while doing that-NOPE! Well, I gotta go. I can taste some candy for the second time tonight...LOL.

Mad for Mad

Anybody that knows me well knows that I'm not a huge reader. A couple novels here and there, but that's really it. But that isn't the case ever since a friend introduced me to MAD last December. I promptly ordered a year's subscription to MAD, and regularly buy MAD classics(a collection of MAD from the old-days). I love MAD so much, and anybody with a sense of humor would, too. Here's a link to MAD's mad site!

http://www.dccomics.com/mad/

Also, on the right is a sample of one of MAD's famous covers that always features a fictional character that emerged in the 20's known as Alfred E. Nueman.

MAD also has a late night TV show on FOX 31 at 10:30pm on Saturday nights. And-shockingly-it's called MAD TV.

Here's a link to MAD TV's site

http://www.madtv.com/

I'm MAD for MAD!!!

You Tube

Videos are the most modern way of getting information.
Screw dat!!!!
Videos are the coolest thing since-well-TV. And thank God, we can watch them on the computer for free. Whether you want to watch some guy rant about how great Brittney Spears is, or your favorite band live in concert, videos on U-Tube have been a huge hit in internet culture. Some of my favorite videos are:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=foo+fighters+snl (a bunch of live performances by the foo fighters- the best SNL musical guest)

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=SNL ( bunch of great SNL sketches)

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=leave+britney+alone&so=0 ( this freak that must love Britney-watch out, though, i couldn't find an edited version!

Anyways, GO YOU TUBE!

It's Too Cold for Snake Season!!!

They're the hottest team in baseball. They have won 21 of their last 22 games. When the Rockies realized what they would have to do to extend their season past the regular season, it seemed to be the impossible. Each player knew that they had to pretty much win every game since mid-September in order to get into a three way tie just to get a wildcard spot. It seemed like a long shot for a team that disappoints Colorado on a yearly basis. The impossible has happened. The Rockies have sweeped their past two playoff matches against the Philies and Diamond Backs respectively. They have gained a spot in the World Series for the first time in franchise History-which started in 1993.

They will face either the brilliant Red Sox or the hot Indians in the world series. The Rockies may have their work cut out for them, but they are seemingly undefeatable at this point. of caorse I'd be rooting for the Bo-Sox at this point, but my native ties to Colorado have won over. GO ROCKIES!!!!

Race for the Cure II

Although I had expected to do well at race for the cure, my knee was hurting pretty bad, and I was at the back of the pack when we sarted and there are so many people that you end up walking the first half mile. I ended up with a time of 31.05, but I am still happy because a. i saw a bunch of my friends there and ran with them b. it's not about me, so I did it for a good cause c.whatever! it doesn't go in the cross country books, so it's not like I'm tatooed with that time d. i had a blast I would like to encourage anybody who has two hours on a sunday morning and 20 bucks to participate in race for the cure-and you don't have to be an amazing runner like me-there are family runs, a women's race, and a walk.

Race for the Cure

Last year I could only walk at Race for the Cure, but this year I'm RUNNING! (see older Cross Country blog for details) I hope that I will be able to perform well considering that I ran only yesterday, but it's not really about how I do, but it's about the cause. I hope to have some pictures to put on the blog later-so look for some updates!

Halloween

It's that time of year agian-bust out your pumkin carvers and the age old recipe for roasted pumkin seeds 'cus it's HALLOWEEN. I love Halloween. I like the summer slowly changing to fall. I like decorating the house. But most of all, I like the candy! But I've hit a snag. I'm 14. Am I too old to put on the nasty rubber face mask and grab my pillow case and get 3 months worth of candy? What do you guys think? Am I way too old, or can I pull it off another year?

Cell Phones

We can hardly live without them anymore-for me the age was 14. Some kids are getting them at 10 or 11. Times are a'changin'. if you don't know wht the heck I'm talking about look at the title every once in a while!!! Cell phones! Texting, picture message, video message, sound message, all the music you could want, and-oh yeah-calling all in a box smaller than your fist. It really is amazing when you take a step back and look at it.

I don't know how i could do without one. I couldn't find my Mom when she picks me up from school, couldn't check in on friends, and I don't know what I would do in an emergency.

Cell phones describe their owners. For example- to all three of you who read my blog-

Ty(my uncle) his phone can surf the web, text, and keep him up to date-just what he needs.

Gabe-your old phone was a peice of crap (not to say anything about you lol) but his new one is simple, sleek, and gets the job done- so gabe

Jordan g.-a new double-flip phone with all the latest features-cool and hip like her!

Me: a chocalte with all the music you could imagine (although i'm too lazy to put any on!), the latest in "cool phones"- flippin awesome-just like me.

So really, my big point is that when you take a step back from our modern lives we really see what all of us are comprised of.

Sorry i gotta go. My phone is ringing.

CROSS COUNTRY

Well, I tried baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, gymnastics, biking club,soccer, and finally resorted to my new great love: RUNNING. I was the kid who dreaded the beginning of practice where you run in a minotinous route around the park that you practice in. I breathed heavy and ran slow. Not anymore! Last Friday i finished a 5k (3.1 miles) in 26 minutes an 4 seconds- a new PR(Personal record). I love the sport, the friends I've made, and the passion I now have. Running is my thing! Above is me at the 100 meter to go mark, finishing my PR of 26.04.

Sleepy Time

I love the weekend! Although I am not get to sleep in like I used to (I'm up at 5 am on a normal weekday and am up at 7 am every Sunday) I can still usually get a good night's sleep on Friday night. I love sleeping in! My weekends are busy now days, but I still love my saturday mornings!

SNACKS and BAD TIME MANAGEMENT

Off hours are the best thig since the invention of the Television! First off, if you have homework, you can get it done and not have homework that night. But of course, why the heck would you be a good student EVERY day?!? ME and ten other people walked to King Soopers, bought a million snacks, and feasted at the cafeteria. AMAZING! TGIOH(thank god it's an off hour)!!!!!!

Walking at Night

They say night is just a dark day-and it is-TECHNICALLY! I went to go get the mail and it was real dark out, and there was a full moon with a slight wind blowing, and I got the biggest case of the chills I've ever experienced. Gosh, maybe it's the time of year-I don't know, but it's freaky. The dark never gets to me, but tonight was bizzarre- just like what murder scenes are like in the movies.BRR.

HBU? Are you scarred of the dark or tough as nails?

Guy is Tased!!!

Basically, at Florida University there was a guy tasered by police because of resisting arrest-for a reason that he thought was unfair. He was at a Question and Answer seminar with John Kerry. Apparently, the man asked John Kerry some questions that were "inappropriate" and the police arrested him. the man resisted arrest and was tasered. I have the link to the video right here-but I'm going to seriously warn you that it is pretty graphic and if you don't like watching violent films, this one isn't for you.

http://www.local10.com/news/14138122/detail.html?rss=mia&psp=news#

TV Premere Week

With a whole new batch of television goodness fresh out of the oven, I'm only excited about a few shows:my three favorites: House and the Office and of coarse, SNL. But what would fall be without testing out a new show: for me- K-ville. It's about a couple of New Orleans cops. It is nothing short of intriguing. they might have baited me with the pilot- let's see if they can reel me in! HBU? what are your favorite shows? what shows are you going to test?

PLC Days

So I was busy doing my homework this afternoon when it hit me-tommorow is a PLC day! Duh! (A PLC day is basically a day when classes start 2 hours late because of teacher meetings.) Since I arrive at the same time as a normal day, I have two hours to do any homework that I need to take care of. So tonight will be fun, fun, fun, fun, fun untill my daddy takes my T-Bird away!(and a night chalked full fo SIMPSONS!)

October

OK, i decided monthly taht i'd post my personal expriences at the beggining of each month. I'm a bit early this time, but since hardly anyone reads this anyway, who cares!

OCTOBER

Halloween

Stores put out their studpid Christams stuff early!

I'm finally used to shcool

Raking...fun to jump in leaves, not fun to make a pile of them and rebuild every time you jump

Leaves

Has some of my favorite weather

3 months untill Christms break

Goes by quickly

Race for the Cure

Anyways, tell me about how October is for you! Is it awesome or terible?

School is Starting

ugh. School is just getting started again. Nine months of torture-coming right up!

Homework is already heavy during the week and is insane over the weekend. It's cool, though since I'm a freshman in high school, so things are a lot different, but school is school, an dhomewrok is homework, and boring is boring! So anyways, what's up with you and your school. Are you still excited and ready for the year or are you already onging for summer break?

Knowing my Peeps

Alright everybody. since I'm new to blogging, I want to know who you are! Tell me a few things about yourself. Are you into music, writing, art, cooking, computers, or anything else. What's your favorite color? Where do you live?

I play guitar, like to cook, and hate Mondays. My favorite colors are blue and green, and I live in Colorado. I like hangin' with friends and watching the Simpsons!

Tell me who you are!!!

My New Blog

Hi everybody, this is my new blog! Yeah! Anyways, anyone should feel free to say anything, just keep it clean, my peeps.
jhall2011