Have you met or are you the kind of person who isn’t grateful for what they have and only sees what you don’t have? Well if you are you should really read this book it might get you into perspective.
This book is about an eleven year old boy named Sam Mc Queen who loves to collect stories and fantastic facts and suffers from leukemia. He is determined to one day become a famous scientist and break the world records side by side with his best friend Felix Stranger who also suffers from cancer. When I finished reading this book I was so moved. Everything that these two boys had to go through. And even how they first met was touching.
I really recommend this book to everyone!
Belly is a 1998 movie, the feature film debut of music video director Hype Williams. Filmed in New York City as an urban drama, the film stars rappers DMX and Nas, alongside with Taral Hicks, rappers Method Man and Vita. This movie also stars dancehall artist Louie Rankin,R&B singer T-Boz from TLC and Chairman of the Hip Hop Summit Action Network Dr. Benjamin Chavis. Besides starring in the film, Nas also narrates and collaborated with Hype Williams on the screenplay.
The movie begins when Tommy (DMX) and Sincere (Nas), along with fellow crew members Mark and Black, rob a nightclub. After dropping Black off, the others go to Tommy’s house to hide out for a while. Their noise wakes up Keisha (Taral Hicks), Tommy’s girlfriend, who is trying to sleep. Sincere says that he too is tired, and he and Mark leave soon after. Sincere returns to his house, where his wife T/Tionne (Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins) and baby Kenya wait. Back at Tommy’s house, Tommy learns of a new, potent drug that is making its way to America. After a passionate night with their women, Tommy and Sincere meet early in the morning and Tommy tells Sincere about the new drug, and also how much money they could make if they got involved with Tommy’s friend Ox, a drug lord who is receiving shipments. Reluctantly, Sincere agrees. Sincere, at the end of the movie changes his attitude towards dealing and using drugs. Sincere after knowing everything that was going on, he decides to change his life for the good of his family, and surviving an attempt on his life too by his old friend Black, takes that moment to get out of New York and start a new life in Africa with his wife and son.
The movie begins when Tommy (DMX) and Sincere (Nas), along with fellow crew members Mark and Black, rob a nightclub. After dropping Black off, the others go to Tommy’s house to hide out for a while. Their noise wakes up Keisha (Taral Hicks), Tommy’s girlfriend, who is trying to sleep. Sincere says that he too is tired, and he and Mark leave soon after. Sincere returns to his house, where his wife T/Tionne (Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins) and baby Kenya wait. Back at Tommy’s house, Tommy learns of a new, potent drug that is making its way to America.
After a passionate night with their women, Tommy and Sincere meet early in the morning and Tommy tells Sincere about the new drug, and also how much money they could make if they got involved with Tommy’s friend Ox, a drug lord who is receiving shipments. Reluctantly, Sincere agrees.
Sincere, at the end of the movie changes his attitude towards dealing and using drugs. Sincere after knowing everything that was going on, he decides to change his life for the good of his family, and surviving an attempt on his life too by his old friend Black, takes that moment to get out of New York and start a new life in Africa with his wife and son.
Many people who give into using marijuana are clueless of the harmful effects it has. Although it can be prescribed due to medical issues, other types of marijuana can be hazardous.
The short term effects include:
Someone who smoke 5 joints per week is taking in chemicals that is equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes in one day. Marijuana also contains cancer causing chemicals that are similar to those found in cigarettes.
Before someone gives into peer pressure, they should really be aware of the dangers drugs can cause.
As teenagers grow into full grown adults, there seems so be an issue that is increasing at an alarming rate and that happens to be the excess consumption of alcohol. Many teenagers tend to do it because they want to have a “good time”,” forget about problems”, to “party- hardy” or basically just to “go with the flow”
Teenagers don’t really think of the long term effects that it can have on them. All some think about is just having a very good time. I insist that teenagers/high school students have to realize that they can have a good time at a party without drinking. Some questions that can come to mind before drinking and having second thoughts about it can be:
“Do I really need to be buzzed/drunk to have a good time? Does this mean that I’m not fun being sober?
Can this be an issue I may have?
All I’m saying is that, if you find yourself drinking, or drinking too much you have to realize what effects that may have upon you. Think of the future, don’t mess up your present & you’re future. Bad things can happen when drunk that you may regret.
And if you don’t know if alcohol is getting out of hand you can ask yourself these other questions!
Do you sometimes drink more than you mean to? Have you tried to cut back on your drinking and failed? Do you black-out (have trouble remembering things that happened) while drinking? Have your problems at school, work or with your relationships gotten worse since you started drinking? Do you keep drinking even though you know it’s causing problems? Do you drink when you feel stressed? Do you drink alone? Can you drink much more now than you used to be able to? Do you ever feel uncomfortable when you haven’t had a drink? Do you drink even when it’s important to stay sober?
American Me released in 1992 which depicts a fictionalized account of the founding and rise to power of the Mexican Mafia in the California prison system from the 1950s into the 1980s. The movie focuses on the life of a 13 year old Chicano boy name Santana and his friends Mundo and J.D. The actors in this film are Edward James Olmos as (Montoya Santana), William Forsythe as (J.D.), Pepe Serna as (Mundo), Daniel A. Haro as (Huero), Sal Lopez as (Pedro Santana), and Vira Montes as (Esperanza Santana).
Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug and murder activities behind bars. Santana is back in the streets for the first time since his teenage years. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. Santana then learns that life on the outside is as hard as it is behind bars. But the harsh reality of barrio life and his blood-stained past will not give Santana the chance to turn his back on his former way of life.
Scarface is a 1983 epic crime drama movie. This movie is all about a fictional Cuban drug lord that come to Florida in the 1980 as a Cuban refugee as the result of the Mariel Boatlift.
The actors are Al Pacino as (Tony Montana), Steven Bauer as (Manny Ray), Michelle Pfeiffer as (Alvira), Paul Shenar as (Alejandro Sosa), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as (Gina), and Robert Loggia as (Frank Lopez).
Tony Montana, a Marielito freed from Castro’s jails and sent to Florida along with the political prisoners taken in by the Carter administration. Montana becomes a gangster against the backdrop of the 1980′s cocaine boom.
The film tells about Montana’s rise to the top of Miami’s criminal underground world were he makes his way swiftly up the crime ladder ruthlessly squashing anyone who dares to stand in his way. Montana’s greed blinds him to the things that matter to him.
At the end Montana’s greed pushes away everyone he cares about and loves, his greed also leads to his downfall.
Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power was released in 2005 direct-to-video, a prequel to Brian DePalma‘s 1993 movie Carlito’s Way. Carlito’s Way was based on a novel by Judge Edwin Torres.
Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power stars are Jay Hernandez as (Carlito Brigante), this movie chronicles Brigante’s rise as a heroin drug dealer in 1960s Harlem, New York. The film also features Mario Van Peebles as (Earl), Michael Joseph Kelly as (Rocco), Luis Guzmán as (Nacho Reyes), and Sean Combs as (Hollywood Nicky).
The movie starts out in 1960 in the tale of a gangster named Carlitos Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underground crime, Carlito enters a deadly world of greed and retribution. Assisted by his two brothers in crime, Carlito is on the fast track to becoming one of Harlem’s most powerful Spanish kingpin. Carlito quickly learns, that the only way to survive at the top of this world is through the loyalty he has to his friends and to respect the rules of the streets. Even through all of this Carlito tries to win the heart of a feisty coat check girl named Leticia, while trying to convince her he’s a good guy not the gangster everyone says he is.
The movie starts out in 1960 in the tale of a gangster named Carlitos Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underground crime, Carlito enters a deadly world of greed and retribution. Assisted by his two brothers in crime, Carlito is on the fast track to becoming one of Harlem’s most powerful Spanish kingpin.
Carlito quickly learns, that the only way to survive at the top of this world is through the loyalty he has to his friends and to respect the rules of the streets. Even through all of this Carlito tries to win the heart of a feisty coat check girl named Leticia, while trying to convince her he’s a good guy not the gangster everyone says he is.
Criminal Minds is a show that basically is about discovering mystery cases that are really tricky. This team retrases the incident and try to figure out who and how the criminals were able to succeed with his/her plan of murder.
Every agent has a particular job in each case they all are important to the team they are almost like a family even. Most people that see the show mostly only see it to look ans check out agent Morgan. He’s the hot bad boy in the show.
I recommend this show to everyone because it is extremely interesting. The show makes you think about how far some psycho is willing to go to see someone else end or misery.
If you have any questions about the show or any other show just visit www.tv.com
“Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood” is a movie parody of recent “gangster” movies made around this time period. For example, it makes fun of “Boyz ‘N the Hood”, and others. Read the rest of this entry »
Lately a couple of my friends and I have been playing chess. Me and Gabriel Ceja started playing chess on December, 2009 no actually we started playing chess during Gertner’s Journalism class. We would play on the MacBooks that are available for his Journalism class, which I was in. Gabriel wasn’t in the class he had study hall so he would come over and grab a laptop and started to play chess. First we would play against the computer which was impossible to beat because the setting were set for chess professional players. Eventually we want to determine who was a better player. So that’s when we officially started playing because we were playing on an homemade chess board with different chess pieces not on a laptop. After that it came to my mind to create a chess club. After the winter break Gabriel showed to school with a new chess board, which he had receive for christmas. Now that we have a chess b oard that would remain steady and all the pieces are the same. I created a chess tournament. That’s what has been happening with my friends and I.
