Stuart Edge

This guy right here, is awesome. He comes up with amazing ideas like the two shown below. The Mistletoe Prank was filmed at a BYU campus and knowing most of the people that go there would probably not contribute to the survey if they knew the purpose behind it.... Also in the Elevator prank something happens that you would not expect. Take a look and subscribe to his channel!

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

An 11 year old, girl walking to her bus stop, the last thing she touched was a pinecone. Next thing she knows she's in the back of a car and unable to move. Jaycee Dugard's book, A Stolen Life,  is about her life as an abducted child. Dugard writes about the dark, mind-curdling events that happen to her within the 18 years of her being an abductee. I am very curious how such an amazing book came out of somebody who only has the education of an 11 year old. The way she writes about Nancy and Phillip as monsters with big hearts is amazing. Even though throughout the book she wonders about her family and whats going to happen to her later on.

The people shown above are non other than Nancy and Phillip, the people that not only abducted her but raped her and tried to be her friends and family, she wondered if they were looking for her. Dugard was put in a structure of two sheds put together where she would stay for most of her abducted time. Dugard's home for the time could only be opened from the outside and sound proof. She knew she was alone.

I thought this book was an amazingly written story. After the chapters there were Reflections where Jaycee Dugard would talk about what happened and how it effected her in a present tense. The reflections show how she is still effected in everyday things. The style of the book was very eye-opening to what had happened to her. The people that did this to her tried to be her friend, they gave her many pets but she didn't get to keep the animals for long. The animals got taken away from her just like Dugard and her own family.
Later in the book, she does have two daughters at a young age. In the book she does not reveal their names, or much about them. Dugard also talked about how she was a bit envious of the kids because they get to have high school years, while she did not. Anyways, the book was a very dark way of telling about what could happen to you in the case of being abducted. On average there is a child abducted every forty seconds, which translates to two-thousand kids per day, which means around eight-hundred-thousand per year. The book is also stating how you could prevent it. Walk your children to the bus stop, kids have a parent with you or even a cell phone. To see more statistics see http://www.kidsfightingchance.com/stats.php .

I give this book 4 out 5 pinecones in an overall rating (writing style, imagery, etc.)

World's funniest commercial

makes you wanna learn english...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoRD1wmvwUc

Stansbury High Homecoming Spirit Massacre

In Stansbury, Utah many of the students were turned away from the dance because the principal took it too far with the dress code. Dresses were supposed to be at the knee or near the knee. No spaghetti straps, dress has to have straps. And when students came to the dance even with a sweater over or a shirt under their dress they were turned away. The students took it to the media alerting everyone what their principal had done. They made a Facebook page, they called radio stations and news stations. Students wanted to be heard. They also wore their dresses to school to make a statement. 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865563531/New-dance-planned-after-short-dresses-kept-many-from-Stansbury-High-homecoming.html?pg=all

Story Time about Slender Man.

 So one of my friends, his name is Ian, he showed me this game. It is called Slender. It is the most messed up game of all time. This game is supposedly based on true events. The game is pretty much you running through the woods in the middle of the night gathering pages. The objective is to get all the pages without seeing/being caught by Slender. There are eight pages and a lot of frightening times... Anyways back to the story of Slender Man. Slender Man is a guy that's really tall, really long arms (sometimes said to be seen with eight arms), and he has no face. So in "true events" most of the time he goes after children, sometimes adults, and once you see him you pretty much are a goner. He sometimes leaves only the victim's clothes, but most of the time there is no evidence at all. Anyways heres the Documentary on it!

And here is my favorite person of all time playing the game! (He uses bad language... just a heads up...)

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The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

The first time I heard of this book, I though, "Oh another stupid, love story by Nicholas Sparks." I thought wrong. I got this book in a Hawaii airport. I still remember asking my mom if I should get it, I remember her replying "Well, if its a bad book you can always stop!" I decided I could try. I read this book in less then a day. It was a page turner. I read it on the beach in Hawaii, the perfect setting for this book. This book was a timeless love story about a young musician named Ronnie. She moves into her dad's house for the summer with her little brother, she ends up falling for the typical beach boy, Will. In this book you wood think that there are no sad parts or anything, but there is a major event that happens to Ronnie and her father's relationship. Even though Will is hiding a big secret from both Ronnie and her Dad, he loves Ronnie. The Last Song might not sound very appealing by the title and by who it was written by but if you read this book you will not regret it. It is now a movie with Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, so if you read this book make sure to see the movie!

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