Obama says...

According to pres. Obama's inaugural address, this is, "A new era of responsibility," as nothing is so defining of character, as "difficult times".

I think that this is referring to the money situation, global warming, and other such things nationally. I think that he is meaning they need to be more responsible with that type of thing. The difficult times meaning that, yeah sure, its difficult right now but that doesn't mean quit and not take responsibility for it. In order to fix it, the responsible ones need to pick up the broken pieces and fix them.

Also, the workers that work for the government, they need to also take more responsibility. There was whole news article on how they just didn't come to work and yet they still got paid. They were slacking off, not doing their job and yet they still got paid while others went without. I think that that could be applied there. I don't really know what he's thinking, however, I wouldn't be surprised if he was thinking about that as well.

Local wise, I think that the California workers who work for the Governor need to take responsibility as well. Schwartzenegger took charge and simply told said workers that if they weren't going to get anything done, they could go without their pay check as well. And while they may not like that, its is teaching them to take responsibilities. Bill collectors aren't going to accept "I.O.U.'s" so it simply means they need to step up their game.

As for me personally, I think that it applies to my family (My granny and I) in our spending issue. I know there are plenty of things that we could do and try to do, however, we have a weakness for buying things. We get money and we instantly spend it. And we could say we are going to save the money for something and we never do. Like for instance, I just got a pair of $60 shoes and I didn't need them. Plus we spent $30 on eating out when we could have save that money and put it back for needs or something. However, that's just not the way my grandma and I work.

I think it applies to us in a way that says, we need to take responsibly and buckle down. I think it means that we need to quit buying so much things. However, its hard. Old habits die hard and while it sounds easy its not. I mean, I don't ask for AS MUCH anymore. I did do that much, and for that, I'm proud of myself.

To be honest, I wasn't excited about Obama being president at first, and then yesterday it hit me and now I'm kind of proud. I'm kind of excited as well. I want to see what he had in store for us and I have this overwhelming feeling of being safe. Like if you were trapped in a dark scary place and then you see a light and someone comes and picks you up and saves you. That's kind of how I feel. I feel that what he has to say, we should listen to because its the truth and that those who ignore it, they're just afraid of the truth. They don't want to hear it because they are afraid to admit it to themselves.

Yet then again....there is that nagging saying, "We all do the best we can, even if, in the eyes of others, its wrong."

What I've learned

Let's see, through out high school....or even school, I've learned a few things. Whether it was something I consciously learned or something I learned that I didn't really care to learn, I learned it. And yet, here I sit, with not one in my head to write about. Wait, I have one.

Throughout school, I have learned how to talk with people. Not only teenagers, actually that's kind of my worst subject, but adults. I find it really easy and sometimes, I find myself more opt to talking to a teacher than a student. So perhaps we can list that as people skills. Like, I talk to Ellen Southard regularly on the phone. It comes natural and sometimes people are surprised by it. Guess they say things to my grandma about it. I don't really have anyone to thank for that...Just kind of something I picked up throughout school.

Another thing I learned was how to have more confidence when talking in front of someone. When I was in 7th grade I had requested to be put in Drama class and I wasn't, and so I had asked the teacher, Mrs. Goodson why I had not been put in that class. She had told me something about my confidence, how when I was called on, I was scared out of my mind and spoke quieter than a mouse. So she made me promise her that if she allowed me in her drama class I would never be like that again. And since then, I've struck true to my word. I sometimes thank her for that.

Other than that, I can't really think of much else. I can't say I've learned to get up in the morning because I haven't. Getting up at 10a.m. is hard for me and I sleep through alarm clocks. When I say I'm not a morning person, I'm really not. I'm still not very good at spelling, I guess that's something I still need to work on. Other than that, I don't really know what else to list. The rest is just the mandatory things you have to learn in class.

Describe Hamlet

Hamlet is, in my opinion, a victim of circumstance. I guess I say that because of the situation he's in and all. He just happens to be the victim. And with the way his uncle was, it just wasn't possible for him not to be. I don't think that he is incapable of action. I actually think he is very smart by not taking immediate action. Instead he took the time to plan.
I do not think that he is a prince who lusts for power. I honestly think that he just doesn't want his uncle to be in power of it all. Especially since he found out the way his father died. Not to mention, he married his mother. I do however, think he is very intelligent, I don't know about insight, but his plan yells intelligence to me. As for his sanity, well, he is just a pretty good actor. I think it may have taken a lot out of him to act the way he did but I don't necessarily think he is insane or anything.