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Why I Enjoy College Campuses, and Broomball

2012-02-12T17:59:00.002-05:00

So Friday I went to this ice rink to meet with some people from 262 to participate in this thing called Broomball. Broomball is kind of like ice hockey, only its not. You basically attempt to hit a ball (or three or however many Mr. Z throws out) into a net on the other side of the room. You hit it with this broomstick-like thing, oh and did I mention that you're on an ice rink with no skates,

The English Language, WYEP, and School Boards

2012-02-04T19:19:00.000-05:00

Again I feel the need to apologize for posting a day late. So yesterday I took two tests. The first being an American Cultures test which is semi-irrelevant to this post, and the second being an English test. It was a reading/vocab quiz (WHY VOCAB‽‽‽) on the first act of Shakespeare's Masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet which he stole, but that's irrelevant to the point here. There is always an essay

My Past Week

2012-01-27T21:01:00.000-05:00

It always seems that there is a "theme" or something to each week. Its as if each week is a television episode, in which you are the main character and by the end of the episode you learn something great and wonderful, or are left to fix whatever you broke in the next week. Then again, it probably is the other way around. Episodes of television were probably modeled after a week of a

The Bishop Comes to Carnegie, I go Sledding, and Some Other Stuff

2012-01-22T22:16:00.000-05:00

I have this habit where I write some amazingly profound three-thinged title, and then get too lazy to write what the actual title was. First off, I'd like to apologize that this isn't my regular post day, but I have been busy doing stuff. Again Stealing from another site;Source: UOCOFUSA.ORG So this past weekend I did a lot of "church-ing". Being the son of an Orthodox Priest kind of puts you

Speeches

2012-01-13T22:17:00.003-05:00

STAT: This blog is fast approaching 3800 pageviews! Amazing! Thanks to everyone! In English class over the past two days, we presented speeches about what we thought were important to us. I picked three rather cliched topics - My writings (This site, WYEP Stuff, newspaper fails), the outdoors (scouting, the summit, biking), and videography (eugh... you lost me). I gave my (horrid) speech, and

Reading - TFiOS Becoming Legit

2012-01-13T21:57:00.001-05:00

NOTE: There will be another post not unrelated to this post coming also today. My Jay Scribbled copy on mon laptop avec mon website So This past Tuesday (Question Tuesday) Jay Scribble (John Green)'s new book, the Fault in Our Stars was released. It has been asked by the author that no one reveal spoilers, ergo I won't comment on plot. I will rather comment on something else. Prior to the

This, In Turn, Kept the Professor Higher than His Students

2012-01-06T17:00:00.000-05:00

Source: Wikipedia PGH's Cathedral of Learning That was what our tour guide Jamey told us in the German Room on the first floor of the Univ. Of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning. I think the Germans get a relatively bad rep for having Hitler (HE WAS AUSTRIAN!) and, well, the Nazis. NOT ALL GERMANS Were/Are Nazis! Anyway, last weekend I got the chance to go to the Cathedral of Learning on

I Should Write about My Adventures

2011-12-30T23:27:00.000-05:00

So my week has been rather busy. Christmas was amazing, but Boxing Day was a tad boring. For those of you who don't know what a Boxing Day is, its a magical day where Canadians and English are supposed to give their servants gifts for working over the holiday, while the masters either play football or (regretfully) shop. Nowadays, there aren't many masters or servants, but there are shoppers.

Don't Unplug Me, and the P4A

2011-12-21T21:39:00.000-05:00

I was inspired by the lyrics to ALL CAPS's song entitled "don't unplug me" in acoustic version on Grooveshark.com. If you have no clue what that is, you should open a new tab in Explorer or Safari or whatever and type in GROOVESHARK.COM. You can stream music from its website for free, and save it into a playlist. And yes, ALL CAPS is a DFTBA (#Nerdfighters)-written artist. I haven't posted on

Eat'n Park Blog:Christmas Commercial

2011-12-06T20:08:00.000-05:00

Eat'n Park BlogThe Story of the Eat'n Park Christmas Star Commercial:

Visiting with the Occupiers and Education Paradigms

2011-12-05T20:55:00.001-05:00

So for those of you who are unaware, one of my recent projects has been working with a Teen Media project at Pittsburgh's WYEP radio station. This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit the Occupy Pittsburgh movement with this group. So along with the 13 other mediamakers (I need to come up with something better...), I took a PAT bus ride to downtown from the South Side. We walked a block

WYEP and an Eagle Project

2011-11-19T21:19:00.001-05:00

FORWARD:No, BSA National, please don't sue me. Two things A) I'm a scout and B) FAIR USE. So recently I attended Sam's Eagle project and helped finish off the "TEEN ROOM" at the ACFL. It kind of seems that I am almost always doing some project somewhere indirectly (or directly in this case) involving the Library. I know the exec. director there, the old exec director, the library director, and

Wireless Telegraphy, and the DROWSY CHAPERONE

2011-11-17T21:13:00.001-05:00

So I get one of those Google Calendar notifications each week to my email address reminding me to post something to my blog every Thursday or Friday. So I sat at my dinner table today thinking... what to blog about? With nothing else fresh in my mind but songs from The Drowsy Chaperone, Coldplay songs, and Vlogbrothers quotes, I was forced to google "random google search thing". Even though it

On Minecraft, and Musicals, and Daytime Television

2011-11-11T22:20:00.001-05:00

First off, I decided to write a blog about Pop Culture. I am not 100% sure as to why, but here goes nothing. I am not a fan of television anymore. I drew the line at NCIS never-ending reruns on USA network. I got fed up and went straight for the internet. Honestly, the internet is a television that you choose your own content (Youtube) and Channels (Also Youtube) and can interact with them.

Can I Write a Blog Post in 10 Minutes? Sure!

2011-11-09T22:06:00.000-05:00

So over the past few weeks, a topic for discussion in my house has been that of the microwave. No, we aren't battling over some 1980 microwave on its last leg or whether or not to upgrade from some magic pot-bellied stove. Our arguments have been over leaving time on the microwave. My mother likes warming up things (Coffee, Leftovers, My Food, etc). She sometimes decides that the time she put

A Eulogy for A Man I Never Met.

2011-11-07T23:40:00.000-05:00

So recently I logged onto my magical Blogger account (Why must they always change designs and whatnot?) and the stat thingy told me that this website has 3000 pageviews. My question is... why? Then again, I shouldn't question the logic of the internet. SO this past weekend I was in the woods. I spent Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday morning at camp Guyasuta in Pittsburgh. It was sort of a

Questioned Mentality

2011-11-02T22:06:00.000-04:00

So a while back I was wondering where I was going to try and lead my friends into for the next video project. We started with a variety show (JSVH) which demanded 4 hours realtime to film and 15 minutes of a viewer's time. Then we stopped for a while and invented a series that required little effort (The Total Randomness Series) and that kind of worked for us, but it wasn't ideal. Then we

Local Blogger Reaches Milestone

2011-10-17T21:59:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone and welcome to POST 100! I realize that this is only the beginning, so I don't feel like reflecting too much. Over the past two years, I have met so many people, and this blog has really been a great part of my career. We [Me, as well as my readers!] got nominated in 2011 for a CBS Pittsburgh MVB award, and consequently I have met a few new people. I recently was browsing through

The News We Kinda Knew, but Never Wanted to Admit

2011-10-08T21:35:00.000-04:00

Okay, so a while back, I was in the Pittsburgh MVB contest as a nominee. They never gave me the final numbers, but bottom line, we didn't win. So that was that. The important part was that this blog was nominated, and for that, I'd like to thank everyone involved. I must apologize for not posting in about a month. This blog has been extremely successful and has been great to work with, I just

The end of the MVB, 9/11, and why thats important.

2011-09-11T20:29:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I need to kill all of the links on this site telling people to vote for the 2011 MVB contest because the CONTEST IS OVER!!!! :-) Unfortunately, they won't announce the winners until 16th September 2011. I will be the first (and probably last) to tell you what ends up happening. 9/11/01 - Why We Never Forget I need not tell anyone what happened because you can read the story here: http:/

Off The Internet Stuffs

2011-09-07T21:39:00.000-04:00

Okay, so lately I have been working on a lot off the internets, and I am considering starting vlogging (yay, I've tried that all last year!) and I have also been working on the Channel. When I talk about the Channel, I mean two things. The first being WCHS AM (Morning Announcements) and Verizon Channel Local 28. I have tried my hand at designing stuff for both of these. See examples to the

So You Remember Tally Hall? and notes from a Football Game

2011-09-05T20:19:00.000-04:00

So right now, I am keeping my laptop on the network so I can simultaneously burn a DVD of a band performance for Carlynton's Band Director. Getting past that, this past Friday, I was able to attend a Carlynton Football Game. Normally this means a three hour contest where our home team loses. However, it was quite contrary to that. We won, it took four hours, and I still have to edit all of that

That'sChurch is DoublePlusGood

2011-08-25T21:56:00.000-04:00

Okay, so a while back in the news there was this hugely popular local blog called PittGirl. She got in the news and stuff after some scandal involving the mayor, and apparently started a new blog elsewhere. Anyway, I was looking through the other nominees in CBS Pittsburgh's MVB Contest. Anyway, this "everything else" portion has some great bloggers. Under my blog (Yay for having a 2 in the

Explaining the MVB, and the Beginning of a School Year.

2011-08-23T22:42:00.000-04:00

Hello Followers and people visiting from CBSPittsburgh.com! So this morning I get an email from CBS (as in Scott Pelley CBS and former VIACOM CBS) telling me that I am finalist for Pittsburgh's MVB (Most Valuable Blogger) contest in the category of "Everything Else". What does this mean? It means that I am a nominee for something that I did! Okay, so it basically means that I get to put a

Tally Hall, and, well, TALLY HALL!

2011-08-21T22:59:00.000-04:00

So back in May, my friend Greg tells me about this band called "Tally Hall". I liked a song of theirs, and decided to learn some more. Then he tells me that they are coming to Pittsburgh in August. Fast-forward to August, and I finally decide that I am going to go with Greg and Clay to see this band. So, a week before we see them, I decide (learning from the John Green accident) to look them up