Great Songs Before 2000

10.Raspberry Beret by Prince, 1986- I recently just started listening to Prince a lot more lately, and one of my favorite songs by him is "Raspberry Beret." It's hard not to love this song, or even to love Prince! I recommend listening to this song! NOTE: you probably won't be able to hear this song on YouTube or on Itunes (i don;t really know why, just telling you ahead of time.)

An amazing movie to see!!!! Promises

I COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY RECOMMEND THIS DOCUMENTARY TO WATCH!!! This has to be in my top 20 favorite movies. It may sound educational, but really its much more than that. SUMMARY OF MOVIE-PROMISES follows the journey of one of the filmmakers, Israeli-American B.Z. Goldberg. B.Z. travels to a Palestinian refugee camp and to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, and to the more familiar neighborhoods of Jerusalem where he meets seven Palestinian and Israeli children. Though the children live only 20 minutes apart, they exist in completely separate worlds; the physical, historical and emotional obstacles between them run deep. PROMISES explores the nature of these boundaries and tells the story of a few children who dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbors. Rather than focusing on political events, the seven children featured in PROMISES offer a refreshing, human and sometimes humorous portrait of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.PROMISES, a film by Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg and co-director and editor Carlos Bolado, was shot between 1995-2000.Running time, 106 minutes.Arabic, Hebrew and English dialogue with English subtitles. The Children: The 7 children featured in PROMISES were filmed over 4 years when they were 9-12 years old: Yarko & Daniel- Secular Israeli twin boys living in Jerusalem. Faraj- A Palestinian refugee boy living in the Deheishe Refugee Camp in the West Bank. Sanabel- A Palestinian refugee girl in the Deheishe Refugee Camp in the West Bank. Shlomo- An ultra-orthodox Jewish boy in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Mahmoud- A Palestinian boy living in East Jerusalem. Moishe & sister Raheli live in the Beit El Settlement in the West Bank .

This documentary has one countless awards and was shot in the late 1990's! You must see it!

Just went to NYC!

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So, we just had Spring break (pretty early this year) and I went to New York City! It was amazing! Although expensive, it's totally worth it! There's so much to see, like the Empire State Building, Central Park, Times Square, etc. I recommend taking the city sights bus tour! It's really awesome! It's one way to see everything, except not really go there. (You just pass it the place and the guide talks to you about it! I also recommend seeing Madame Tousseou's Wax Museum! Everything there is amazing and so life like! If you go shopping in Soho and Greenwich Village, it's something you will not forget! Those two area's are some of the best places to shop in NYC. If you go up in the elevators at the Empire State Building, your ears actually pop! it also offers a great view of the city. Square is SOOOO Huge! Big flashing signs are everywhere, and it's yet another great place to shop! (although it can get to be quite expensive.) Two more interesting museum's to see are the Guggenhiem (designed by Wisconsin native Frank Lloyd Wright) and the M.O.M.A (Museum of Modern Art- has the famous painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gough.) And finally, don't forget the Halal guys- these are street vendors that offer GREAT Indian/ Greek food at a really cheap price! Plus, they're pretty much everywhere. I even had Halal food two days in a row! Overall, I defenatly would go to NYC! (and who wouldn't want to???)

A movie to see: Children of the corn!

You have to see the movie children of the corn! (a book originally by stephen king) I didnt see the old movie, but I saw the new one made for TV (made in 2009) It's a really creepy but awesome movie that I recomend seeing! Plus, one of the main characters (burt) is played by uncle john in Vampire Diaries, and one of the main teenage girls is played by a girl from Zoey 101.

Best Songs before 2000

9. Stairway to Heaven- by Led Zeppelin honestly, I can't name a better song! Led Zeppelin is my favorite band, so I cant get enough of them......go LZ!

The Giver by Lois Lowry

After reading this book for the second time, I am still left thinking what could've happened to Jonas.
At the beginning of the book, Jonas's world is perfect. There is no pain, hunger, war, and no love. Every year, when a person turns twelve, they are assigned a job to help the community. Jonas has no idea what job he will get, until he is awarded the job of receiver of memory.
Jonas's instructor, the Giver, holds all the memories of past human life. When there was war, pain, emotions, and color. As the year goes by, Jonas learns all of these memories, and realizes that there is so much more to life than he has been getting in his community, which he once thought was perfect.
Jonas plans to run away, taking a young child with him, (you will understand if you read the book) to find the world he's been missing. Jonas wants to discover what it's like to have feelings, to have joy, to also have pain and sorrow.
At the end of the book, Jonas and Gabe (the infant he took with him), hungry, hurt, and tired, slide down a snowy hill on a sled, seeing twinkling green and red Christmas lights and music in the distance, two things he would have never known in his past life.
The question is, does Jonas make it? Did he actually die and is just in heaven in the world he wanted? Or did he really make it to the world he desired? Lois Lowry has left the story a cliff hanger, letting readers decide what they think the ending should be. Overall, The Giver is worth reading and is one of my favorite books!

Great Songs before 2000

Sweet Dreams by the eurythmics- this song is awesome! iv'e known it forever and you have to hear it....

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Great songs before 2000

6- Kashmir by Led Zeppelin: three words- BEST.SONG.EVER. I love this song, plus it's my favorite band. It's just so awesome you can't deny it.

7- Barracuda by Heart: this song shows the power of women with it's awesome beat and cool lyrics!

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Check out the "Great songs before 2000" page on the left to see all of the songs, years they were created, and a link to the song! :)

Tangled

This is truly an amazing film that's perfect for the family! After seeing this cute Walt Disney movie yesterday, I absolutely fell in love! It's about this girl- Rapunzel- who is secretly the long lost princess of the kingdom, seemingly harmless woman who kept Rapunzel locked in a castle in order to keep Rapunzel-or, Rapunzel's hair-safe so she could use the hair's magical powers to keep her young forever. Every year on her birthday, Rapunzel watches as thousands of floating lanterns fly into the air across the woods- little does she know that the lanterns really are for her, sent out by the king and queen of the princess to mourn their loss. Now, Rapunzel's 18, and she really wants to see these lanterns for herself. When "mother" (the seemingly harmless kidnapper) says no, Rapunzel plans to sneak out on her mother's 3 day journey to town.
Meanwhile, Flynn Rider (aka Eugene) stumbles across the hidden castle after being chased because of a robbery and finds Rapunzel, agreeing to take her to see the lanterns if she gives back his satchel contain the stolen goods (the crown!) Thus, Eugene and Rapunzel make their journey to the kingdom to see the glowing lanterns, often using Rapunzel's magical flowing long hair to save their lives- and quickly begin to fall in love........
Well I'm not going to tell you the rest, because you should see the movie, and it's definitely worth seeing it. Do Eugene and Rapunzel make it to the lanterns? What happens to "mother?" Does Rapunzel finally realize she's the lost princess? Do Eugene and Rapunzel really fall in love? There are many other questions I might ask to make it more of a cliff hanger for you....but I won't be that mean. :) All that i know is that "Tangled" is worth seeing and I know you will enjoy this cute movie!

New Years!

Happy New years! As you all know, the big 20 Eleven has arrived, so you might have a few resolutions. My Resolution? Ace that test in Science class! (get 100%!) Learn to play the guitar! Do somthing amazing! Well, the stars are just like you-and they have a few resolutions of their own.


Paris Hilton – “Eat healthy, and work out more!”

Justin Timberlake – “Just some sleep — some time and some sleep. Unless something comes along that’s like the most unbelievable project, I’m going to take some time off next year.”

Jack Black – “My New Year’s resolution is to drop 50 (pounds).”

Miley Cyrus – “I want to go on some cool trips. I want to travel. I want to make this the year that I go out and do what I’m here to do, and that’s to help people and make people happy.”

Snooki – “To keep track with my trainer, losing more weight and just getting fit for the summer.”

Jessica Simpson - “No, because I always break them.”

Simon Van Kempen - “Smoking. I’m stopping smoking – finally!”

See, their resolutions aren't so different from ours. So get ready for the new year! Make the things you want to happen happen!