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            I know I already blogged about Hawaii for a vacation that meant a lot for us, but besides the best vacation, it is by far my favorite place to be. I only spent two short weeks there, but I am already ready to move out there as soon as I can. I haven’t ever been somewhere that comes close to Hawaii. I have never enjoyed myself somewhere more than I did in Hawaii. The place is absolutely breathtaking. Everywhere we went there was something amazing to look at. So much jaw dropping scenery surrounded us wherever we were. I can’t decide what my favorite part about Hawaii is, because there is too much to love. I hope one day when I move out there, I can see all of the islands, since I have only been to Oahu. The mountains were so awesome and they were filled with the craziest looking plants. I want to go hiking even deeper into the mountains, and possibly see some of the inactive volcanoes. I would also like to see some of the wildlife in the mountains. One place that I didn’t get to go to that I really wanted to see was the Black Sand Beach. It is just a beach with volcano ash instead of sand. I have heard that it is a great sight to see. I could spend the rest of my life exploring all the Hawaii has to offer, and I would never get sick of it. 

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            I am enrolled in the College of Engineering here at The Ohio State University, but my major is technically undecided. Currently I am pursuing an Electrical and Computer Engineering degree, and I plan to apply for that major in the winter quarter of next year. I have not always wanted to be an engineer, but since I have been here that has been by far my most appealing option, mainly due to the fact that it is such a lucrative field. The main reason why I chose engineering is because I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I have always been very good at math. I can’t wait until I am done with all my prerequisites so I can get into some real engineering classes. I have always been curious to how people can do so many things on a computer, such as hack the Playstation network and steal information. It is amazing the capability of a computer, and even more impressive what people can use them to create. I am very excited to learn how to command programs to do what I want, to learn how to build electrical circuits, and everything else that I don’t know about engineering. I really want to specialize in electrical engineering and learn how to build my own amps and guitars. I like the idea of working with speakers and engineering sounds systems to my personal preferences. I plan on making this a hobby of mine once I learn how to do it. 

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            If I could meet any famous person in the work, it would definitely be Jimmy Page, the lead guitarist for Led Zeppelin, debatably the most genius song-writer and guitar player of all time. The amount that that man has accomplished is unbelievable. I aspire to do everything that he has already done; besides become a heroin addict. The reason I would choose to meet him over anybody else is because I just want to talk to somebody who had been where I am trying to go. I have thousands of questions for that man. I would ask him how he got so good at guitar, how he went about writing music, what tools he used, why he did the things he did, and the list could go on forever. My dream is to become a famous songwriter and musician, and there is nobody better to talk to about this than Jimmy Page. I would also like to meet the rest of the members of Led Zeppelin, including John Bonham, who is passed away. There are so many things that I want to know about the art of music, and especially about their music. They are obviously my favorite band, and I just want to know how they accomplished all that they did. I can’t think of something that would be more awesome than being able to meet Led Zeppelin and jam with them. In my eyes, they are music gods. 

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            When I was younger, I used to have the weirdest reoccurring nightmare. Now that I look back on it, it isn’t quite a nightmare, but when I was little it was pretty scary. It was always the Forth of July, and I was wondering around the neighborhood where they blow of fireworks every year. Everything seemed so smoky from the fireworks. I always end up at the same house, where there is a big party going on. It was so weird because there were kids lined up in the second story rooms, just being thrown out of the windows and to huge mattresses, which looked like a lot of fun. I then proceed to the backyard where the was a big golden slide leading down somewhere underground, and I am tempted to go on the slide every time I had this dream, it was inevitable. So I hop up and ride down the slide, and it spirals down into an underground room, I can’t really describe what it looked like though, almost as if it was made out of clay. Well anyways I would look around and find all seven of Snow White’s dwarfs doing random things around the room. The reason I was always so scared when I woke up is because there was no leaving the room. Once I was in, I would look for a way out, but never found one. I tried so hard to climb back up the slide, but it was way to slick. I would always panic and try to get out to meet my family, but I was stuck until I woke up.

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            If there is one thing in nature that fascinates me, it has to be marine life. The fact that there is an entire world of animals that we don’t know much about is mind-boggling. We have ventured underwater to see much that there is to see, but we have not come close to exploring all that goes on down there, nor will we ever see it. There are so many species that cam live under the water, and even more extreme conditions when you get to the very deep parts of the oceans. We now have high definition cameras to obtain good footage of some of these deep blue environments, but we will never know the whole story. I think it is amazing how a completely different society of animals live under what we see as just a big body of water. I wonder all of the time about the underwater places on this earth that we haven’t discovered yet. There has to be insane caves, beautiful unknown reefs, and crazy looking species of animals that would blow our minds. Underwater creatures are so interesting because of how different they are. Sharks, dolphins, millions of different kinds of fish, eels, and so many more kinds of animals are so unique and interesting. When I went to Hawaii, I went snorkeling and saw some amazing looking creatures. In just the small bay that we were in, I could spend all day swimming around and seeing what is really under the water. I think marine life is the coolest part about nature, mostly because of it’s mysteries.

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The first girl that I ever had a crush on was a little blonde girl with bushy hair and glasses named Julianne Janasko. She was in my first grade class, and as soon as I saw her I immediately liked her. She was the cutest girl I had ever seen my age. I probably had a crush on her until the forth grade, when I “dated” one of her friends. We went to school together all throughout high school, and even though I didn’t still like her, we were pretty good friends. She is super smart and very pretty. I’m not sure why, but she chose to go to Kent State University. I feel like she could have gone to any school that she wanted too, she was very involved in extracurricular activities, had great greats, and just a great attitude towards life. I have never seen that girl without a smile on her face, and every time that I see her, I can’t help but smile also. She is a very strait-edge girl; she doesn’t drink or smoke, but that doesn’t matter to me. She also plays the acoustic guitar and sings like an angel, and it’s really sexy, she reminds me of Taylor Swift. I know someday that girl is going to change the world and do great things. She has a huge heart and is probably one of the sweetest and nicest girls that I will ever meet. I wish there were more people in this world like her.

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             Not a lot of things people do in this world bother me, I can normally tolerate anything, or I just don’t let it get to me. The one thing that really does get to me is ignorance. I absolutely hate when people try to make a point about something that they have no clue about. I also hate when people won’t take no for an answer. For example, I have a friend that I met this year from St. Xavier who likes to go out and party a lot, and I used to go with him a good amount. When we would go to a pre-game at a frat, I would join him, and it was pretty fun. When it came time to go downtown on the buses, I would always call it quits and go home. I don’t want to pay ten dollars to get into a bar, and then pay 10 more for 2 drinks; I just can’t afford it. Each time this happened he would not stop pestering me on going. He would insist that I go over and over, tell me all the reasons why I should go. This would go on for 15 minutes, and I just don’t understand why he wouldn’t let up. This was extremely annoying every time. He also sets a good example for my other pet peeve. Today, when we were playing Fifa 11, he told me that Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player of all time. His reasoning was that Ronaldo scored like 51 goals in 50 games, and that is the best stat he had ever seen. I obviously shook my head and told him that he was crazy, but he asked me to show him a better stat. The reason this was so infuriating, was because I have played soccer my entire life, and know everything there is to know about the game. I am almost sure the kid has never seen a live soccer game, or even kicked a ball in his life. There is so much more to being a good soccer player than scoring goals, but since he doesn’t know that, he thinks his claim is perfectly logical. Because he is ignorant of this fact, he argues with me and tells me that I don’t know what I’m talking about. Cristiano Ronaldo is really good, don’t get me wrong, but there are so many other players that he can’t touch. Things like that just drive me crazy.