I'm thinking of doing my research paper on the zoo technology program that I will be entering in August. I am so excited to be entering and a little nervous, because it is going to take dedication to work during holidays and weekends. This program is helpful in teaching students about animal management and you get hands-on experience. This is the reason why I came here, so I could experience that not do I only do I get to work in the zoo, but I also have to give tours to the public around the zoo and tell them about what types of animals there are. Although this is going to be challenging and I will be nervous at first, this will help me in the future whenever I have to give public speeches or just to communicate with people that I do not know. Before I interact with the animals, I will be doing work around the zoo including the tours. I am so excited to be in the program, but until then, I just have to work hard in my classes now.

Dogs don't play games!

I was reading some of the headlines on CNN.com and I came up on this article and video of a pit-bull canine attacking a police cruiser. The policeman said he had no idea what sparked the attack, but sure enough, something did. The pit-bull, without any notice, started chewing and tearing off the front bumper of the cruiser. After a matter of 45 seconds or so, the pit-bull had the bumper off the car entirely and someone left the cruiser with a flat tire. The dog was detained for a week and then released back to it's owner. The court ordered that the dog is required to attend obedient school to hopefully prevent any future attacks. Although the video and story is very amusing, it could have been catastrophic if this was a child or any person for that matter. Here is the the link if you guys would like to check it out!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/03/25/sims.tn.dog.vandalizes.car.wtvc?hpt=C2

Animal Farm

When I was in 9th grade, I had to read the book Animal Farm from George Orwell. At that time I would never have guessed that the book had anything to do with politics. I only thought it was about talking animals fighting over the farm. The truth is that this story is based on actual events in real history. Of course it did not involve talking animals but it was based on the Russian Revolution in 1917. The animals had taken over and the farm and eventually two pigs took over and created a system called Animalism. As time went by the rules were being broken and little by little the animals were starting to sleep on beds and walk on two legs. In the end, they could not tell who was human and who was an animal. It is amazing how Orwell could make a story about animals in a farm and turn it into this historical event.

Vader Knows

How is it that, no matter how much time I dedicate to learning the art of proper comma usage or understanding correct grammar and punctuation, I still have trouble remembering it all, but can remember this ridiculous 'Shut up woman get on my horse' song word for word when I only heard it once several months ago? I really liked the lecture our instructor gave us in class last Thursday. It helped me realize how important it is to use proper commas and punctuation. All this time I would wonder to myself why commas are so important, since back in the day people used lines and shapes as a form of communication and they knew what they meant, so why should we need so many complicated 'set' rules and guidelines for communication? But, now I can understand. It's kind of like math or a logical pattern, and with out applying this 'logic' when you communicate you can stir up confusion among others and might not be heard by others because they don't know/care what you're talking about. It's strange, and fascinating, that I'm more interested in learning the concepts of commas and grammar use, rather than remembering the 'Shut up woman get on my horse' song that I only heard briefly several months ago, but I can't remember for the life of me how to use commas and for some reason this song is embedded in my memory from start to finish and word for word. Maybe, if language was somehow taught through annoying memes, people could remember what they've learned better. That way, it wont be bad thing when someone says, "I can't get it out of my head!"... and now an ELO song is stuck in my head, great.

Earthquake in Chile

Many catastrophes have happened throughout the years, from the World Trade Center destruction to the tsunami in Indonesia. Throughout these past few days two other catastrophes occurred. First was the earthquake in Haiti, and after that, another earthquake occurred in Chile. This earthquake, with an amplitude of 8.8, was the worst recorded. I first found out about this earthquake when I was changing the channel on my television. I was shocked to hear the news because the earthquake in Haiti had occurred not too long ago. It was said that about 200 people were killed. Before this earthquake, there was an earthquake in Argentina of an amplitude around 6.4. After this there were around 66 aftershocks, one of them being the earthquake in Chile. The amount of energy this earthquake had, caused the probability of there being a tsunami in Hawaii, Australia, Japan, Russia, and many other countries. It is amazing how much power an earthquake can have, but it is more frightening to experience and witness the destruction that it can bring.