Free Choice

So I will be talking about my friend Samuel. Samuel is a husky red headed guy from Texas. Before he was born his father left and he has been living with his mother since then. Eventually his mother and him moved in with his uncle(who shares the same birthday as me). A couple years later when my mom and step dad got into a fight I was sent to Arizona to live with my dad...again, only this time he was with my now step mother Tamara, who I don't really like to say the least. After awhile there though my brother and I were forced to goto church. Thats where I met Samuel, and thats also about the only thing I really have to thank Tamara for.

Sam was One of those kids who sat away from everyone like a loner only he hated just about everyone and was on the verge of knocking someone out. When I was introduced to him we got along pretty well and became friends. After that Sam began to come out of his shell a little more and began to talk to people at our school who then I became friends with. Eventually I moved back to California and left him out there. So he began to not really like me. Again though I moved out to Arizona, and then again back to California. This time I went to visit him and I stayed at his house for about two weeks. During that time a lot of things happened in witch gave him some reasons to hate me even more. But even though he hated me we still talked.

A couple months later we began talking more because of some things I was going through. Then Sam was having issues with someone named Nikki. Things weren't working for him and a bunch of stuff was happening. Eventually he stopped talking to her and then about two days later they resolved their problems and are now "together" which I am happy for Sam because I kept saying  he needs someone in his life that will make him happy because he is a pretty angry guy, now though he is much happier than I have ever pretended to be. Samuel is an awesome guy and my best friend even though he lives in Arizona. We still talk and he tries to help me with my problems that I am having now. There is a lot of other things I could say other than how we met and whats been happening recently like he has the same  middle name as me, him and his mother moved out of his uncle's house, or he is on his school's football team. There is a lot of others too, but I could continue typing for a long time, all I know though is that he gives me hope again for people, even if it isn't that much and I am beginning to lose it, he still does because if he can completely change from that silent guy who is always angry then other people can't be that bad, or I'm not as bad as I think I am, but then again I have been wrong before.

Monday's Red Ribbon Week (Smoking)

#10). Peer Pressure

#9). Social Rewards

#8). Risk-Taking Behavior

#7). Parental Influence

#6). Misinformation

#5). Genetic Predisposition

#4). Advertising

#3). Self-Medication

#2). Media Influences

#1). Stress Relief


I think that smoking cigarettes is bad. They cause lungs cancer, and can have other terrible effects. Thousands have even died over it. Personally I think people do have the right to choose what they want to do with their lives even if it  means to just throw it away like that. But it would become different if it was someone I actually cared for. I still would say they have the right to choose But I wouldn't stop trying to convince them to stop if they were on the edge of losing their lives. Luckily there aren't many, if not any.

While I think people can choose I don't like the idea of someone losing their "loved" ones. I think cigarettes shouldn't be used, but people will find a way to get them or replace them with a worse drug like heroin. While cigarettes can kill you, drugs like heroin can completely destroy yours and others lives and then kill you. Still though I am not for cigarettes and I don't think people should smoke them, but they have the right to if they want, it is their life that they are deciding to waste.

Heroin

I think that it is sad that these people are doing drugs and overdosing. These people don't know how badly they have hurt others and what they have lost by doing these drugs and losing their lives. Why did all of these people decide to use heroin and other dugs is not really know, most probably tried it once for fun and got addicted. It is very sad that they got addicted, but doing the drug for fun was just...not the brightest idea.

I would understand a little more if they truly had no meaning in life and just wanted to forget their pains and sorrows, but the fact is most of them were not, they were just doing the drug to get high for the fun of it and got addicted. Even if though they are doing this drug to forget pain it is still not a good idea because then it will put you in even more pain in the end because you will end up getting addicted and lose any hope you had for life if there was any left and only hope that you can get the drug again because that then becomes your life. These unfortunate people that have become addicted need help before they too die like these people in this article

For or Against

Personally I don't care about marijuana problems, like if it is legal or illegal because no matter what people are still going to use it, they do now. This means that if it is completely outlawed to use people will still find out how to get it and they will use it no matter what anyone does to try and stop it. People do this with drugs that are worse, so expecting people to listen to a law that says you can't posses or use marijuana will not accomplish anything at all.

I am fine if marijuana is made completely legal because people sometimes do need to use it, weather it be a health condition or to settle down from something bad that has happened. The only problem I have is when people start to use it to much and then they can't do anything on there own because they are to lazy and just want to smoke all the time and then they do just that and have you do what they should be doing like watching their child. Those people should not be allowed to have marijuana. Others though can, but even if those certain people that are like that aren't allowed to have it they will still find a way to get it sadly. So to me they should jus make the plant legal to posses and use.

However there should be an age that set for being able to use this. Making it illegal wouldn't solve anything, in fact it would probably make things worse because people will still try and get it but just more if it is completely banned. If this happens then there will be just more of a waste of police and government time that could be used to actually do something productive, such as going after the worse drugs that exist they may not get far with that either but more people will be on their side for that so they can help themselves or loved ones. I think marijuana should be legal and that all the nonsense with people trying to ban the drug to stop.

Prescription Drugs

#1). In 2012, 57 percent of overdose deaths were caused by prescription drugs.

#2). In 1999 there were 37 percent of overdose deaths involving prescription drugs.

#3). There were a total of about 188 overdose incidents in Orange County in 2012.

#4). Oxycontin, Opana, Codeine and Vicodin are the 4 prescription drugs that are being increasingly bought, sold, and used.

#5). Natalie Costa was the executive producer of "Behind the Orange Curtain"

#6). Heroin is the street drug they switch to.

#7). I knew someone who was addicted to drugs, when I was little I had a friend named Gabriel, his mother was my mothers best friend for awhile, she died at the beginning of this year from an overdose.

#8). I am personally fine with drugs as long as no one gets addicted and starts to mess up theirs an any other person's life. 

Friday Brain Day

#1). you would have to weigh the doughnuts twice all eight times to get the heavier one the next weighing.

#2). 1 out of 12 or 143 out of 144

#5). 49 games

More Thinking

#1). Five ducks.

#2). Dan

My Brain Grade

More Brain Busting

1 gallon-  Fill the 9 gallon bucket.  Pour 4 gallons into the 4 gallon bucket and pour it out.  You now have 5 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket.  Pour 4 gallons into the 4 gallon bucket and pour it out.  You now have 1 gallon in the 9 gallon bucket.

2 gallon-  Fill the 4 gallon bucket and pour it into the 9 gallon bucket and then do this two more time, you will then have 3 gallons in the 4 gallon bucket, empty the 9 gallon bucket, and pour the 3 gallons into it then fill up the 4 gallon and dump it into the 9 gallon bucket there will then be 7 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket, fill the 4 gallon bucket again and dump it into the nine gallon bucket there will then be 2 gallons in the four gallon bucket.

3 gallon- Fill the 4 gallon bucket then pour it into the 9 gallon bucket do that again and you will have 8 gallons in the nine gallon bucket, fill the 4 gallon bucket one more time and dump the water into the 9 gallon bucket till the 9 gallon bucket is full, there will then be 3 gallons in the 4 gallon bucket.

4 gallon- Fill four gallon bucket up.

5 gallon- Fill 9 gallon bucket pour into 4 gallon bucket , you now have 5 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket.

6 gallon- do the steps to get 2 gallons in the 4 gallon bucket then empty the 9 gallon bucket and pour the 2 gallons into the 9 gallon bucket, then fill the 4 gallon bucket again and pour it into the 9 gallon bucket, then you will have 6 gallons.

7 gallon- Fill the 4 gallon bucket then pour it into the 9 gallon bucket do that again and you will have 8 gallons in the nine gallon bucket, fill the 4 gallon bucket one more time and dump the water into the 9 gallon bucket till the 9 gallon bucket is full, there will then be 3 gallons in the 4 gallon bucket. Then fill up the 4 gallon bucket and you will then have 7 gallons.

8 gallon- Fill 4 gallon bucket and pour into the 9 gallon bucket then fill the 4 gallon bucket again and pour it into the 9 gallon bucket, then you have 8 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket.

9 gallon- Fill 9 gallon bucket.

10 gallon- Fill 9 gallon bucket pour into 4 gallon, dump out, fill 4 gallon again, dump out again, then dump the 1 gallon from the 9 gallon bucket into the 4 gallon bucket and then fill the 9 gallon bucket and you have 10 gallons.

11 gallon- Fill the 4 gallon bucket then dump it into the 9 gallon bucket do it 3 more time and you will have 3 gallons in the four gallon bucket then empty the 9 gallon bucket and pour the 3 gallons into the 9 gallon bucket, then fill the 4 gallon and dump it into the 9 gallon bucket, there then will be 7 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket, fill the 4 gallon bucket one more time and you have 11 gallons.

12 gallon- Fill 4 gallon bucket and pour it into the 9 gallon bucket and then do it again, you now have 8 gallons in the 9 gallon bucket, then you will fill the 4 gallon bucket, and now you have 12 gallons.

13 gallon- Fill both the 9 and 4 gallon bucket.

My Super Brain

1). 99 pennies.
2).  Take the boxes and dump them in the same box then label it apples and oranges.
3).  Get different jugs.
4). Mary.
5). Take them all.
6). 30 days.
7). What ever you want,then go out the door you came through.

One of my Favorite Hobbies

There are lots of hobbies in the world more than people actually realize. It doesn't matter who you are you can have a hobby. From outside activities and inside activities. People can play football for a hobby or collect rocks and many other things.

One of my favorite hobbies is playing games because it is fun. Video games can challenge your brain, and increase your hand to eye coordination. Plus there are so many games in the world that you won't ever run out. Some of them you can do what ever you please at any time and others you are challenged by time, enemies, or other things.

Some of the games that I personally consider fun to play are Black Ops 2(mainly the zombies portion), Assassin's Creed series, and many more. Out of all the games in the world there will likely be a game that you will like. This is one of my favorite activities because I like to control things that can't normally happen in real life and do things that aren't really possible, it is also a good way to just relax after a bad day or playing online with friends if you can't go over to their houses because their parents don't like you or for any other reason. Either way this hobby is one that I consider to be pretty fun, and is nice to help when you want to forget your anger or any other things like depression.

My Favorite Movie

There are lots of movies in the world and many people have a favorite. Others do not because it is too hard to choose between so many movies. I personally do not have a favorite one movie myself. I like many movies that I have seen and a lot that I do not like, but out of the ones I did like I cannot choose a favorite.However I can choose a movie that I like out of the amount I have seen.

The movie that first comes to mind is Step Brothers. The reason I like this movie is because of all the funny situations that occur during the film. Another is because of the actors that they chose to play in the movie. Like many other movies Step Brothers is a comedy.

Step Brothers is about two grown men who live with their parents still, and their mother and father get married. The two must live together in the same house and room even though they dislike each other. Eventually though they do become friends. The two main characters are played by Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Step Brothers is very funny and is a great movie to watch, but is an adult comedy.