Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Real college essay draft

Music is what wakes me up in the morning; it’s what puts me to sleep. Music shapes my personality and my mood daily. I'm not talking about playing music all the time; I’m talking about just listening to it. My library contains all kinds of treasures from hip hop and rap, to folk and Latin jazz. Everyday music is the reasoning behind my attitude. Once I’ve listened to a song it gives me feeling and it becomes part of my mental library. It is referenced every time something gives me that same feeling as the 1st time I listened to it.

My mind is organized like an itunes library, when I feel like relaxed at the beach or out surfing with my cousin life to me feels seems like a reggae song that makes me feel like I can just go with the flow of the crystal clear water all around my body. Its days like these that Bob Marley and the Rebel Soulhajz are in my head and the feeling of island pride and relaxation is there.

Football games are where the music that plays in my head is fierce. Songs like New Divide by Linkin Park and Remember the Name by Fort Minor give me that angry animal like mentality. I don’t even need my Ipod to get in the game mood. The songs that play in my head make me feel like I am in a Nike commercial rocking Nike Super Bad cleats and feeling invincible. My mental music makes me feel like a missile that has football seeking sensors. It makes me feel like I can play varsity football already when I honestly can’t.

There are times when I feel like going out and having fun with my boys. I hardly have time for this but when I do I feel like im a character in the song “Rock Boys ( And the Winner is)” . I don’t know if you have ever heard that song but its about celebrating and having fun and being exclusive all in one night. Although im not the party type and my friends and I aren’t exactly exclusive its still a song that makes me think about going out. Its amazing that I can even be out with my cousins and still feel like that song.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Journal #8

The college that i want to go to is the university of california At berkley. I went and saw the campus at thanksgiving time last year. It really amazed me. I thought that the campus was amazing and i wanted to go there. A former teamate went there his name is Savaii and he went there on a football scholarship. I know im not that good but i really do hope to go there and compete in something. I saw the football stadium, i saw the dorms, the cafeteria , and the class rooms. I want to go there to study medical science.

Journal #9

The perks of being a Wall Flower is a coming of age novel because it describes Charlie's experiences that caused him to think outside the box and more like an adult. The book causes Charlie to experience things that cause him to question the way he sees people.