Psycho thriller Haunted House.

In New York City, there's a Haunted house named Blackout that isn't your average haunted house. It doesn't offer ghosts, zombies, witches, etc. This house is a psychothriller, by having scare actors that act out real life situations that people seem to fear. If you have experienced sexual abuse, near drowning experience, or afraid of the dark; you'll have a rough time in the house. The main objective of the house is for people to project their own fear. People will say they have heard noises, when there really weren't any or will leave when they see something that makes them think of something fearful of their past.
       There a rules to this haunted house and some of them are you aren't allowed to speak, only to scream as loud as you want, if you want to leave just scream safety as loud as possible, you must be over 18, and you must walk through it alone.

           The haunted house sounds like it would actually be really scary. I'm not one to get scared of zombies, werewolves, and vampires, but if it's a psychothriller where they leave you to do the thinking it can get really scary.

A vision. To Write Love on Her Arms.

           "The stars are always there, but we miss them in the dirt and clouds. We miss them in the storms. Tell them to remember hope. We have hope." 
                  
http://www.twloha.com/vision/
         When I hear people joke around about cutting and killing themselves, it’s almost like a pierce to the heart. What most people don’t know about me and would have never guessed was, that just one year ago, I was in a dark place. I suffered with what psychologists call “Major Suicidal Depression”. People at school would have never guessed. I put on the fake smile and acted like my life was perfect when it was the exact opposite.

          There's an organization designed to help people who suffer with depression, addiction, self- harm, and suicide; it's name is To Write Love on Her Arms. There are 121 million people worldwide that suffer from depression and I'm not afraid to say that I was one of them. The past couple years, I was in a dark place from experiencing child abuse from my mother. The organization TWLOHA had helped me a lot. With attempts of suicide I was forced to call the suicide hotline and I'm lucky to say I'm still alive today.
         Depression, addiction, self-harm, and suicide can all be serious matters that can cause death one way or another. There was that point in my life where I felt rejected from society and felt that no one cared. I had to remember that God loved me and there were people around me that loved me. Love is the greatest remedy out of all things and can help you get out of your "funk". I encourage you to please talk to someone if you are depressed or struggling with an addiction. Death is not the answer and overcoming your obstacles will just make you that much stronger of a person.

The death of a legendary man.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs
               Recently the world has lost one of it's most influential people of all time, the Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs passed away on October 5,2011 at the not so old age of 56 years old. He had suffered from several health problems with rare pancreatic cancer being one of them. It was noted that he passed away surrounded by his family; the people he loved the most and held onto in life. 
              Jobs was an incredible man with a list of many accomplishments with being the co-founder of Apple at the top of his list. He also worked with lucas film, Pixar, and disney. The man was just a straight up technology genius and was a blessing for everyone else around him.

                It really is such a tragedy that he had to suffer  cancer and pass away. He has definitely left his mark on the whole entire world. We wouldn't be as far as advanced as we are today if it wasn't for him. With the iPod, iPhone, Macbook, and so much more technology from the man. He was a noble man who did not let his achievements and wealth go to his head, he kept it humble and did not deserve to have suffered with cancer.

iPhone 5 announcement

                Today the tech journalists of Apple's headquarters in Cupertino,California; have recently made announcements regarding the iPhone 5. There are a lot of new improvements to the phone and hopefully a lot of people will be pleased with the new and improved phone. It will be a lot lighter and thinner than the iphone 4 and include a better quality camera. There will be a new version of the operating system, iOs 5 which is now PC free meaning you won't have to connect it to a computer to work anymore.
               Safari now includes tabbed browsing on your phone and there is a reader button to allow you to just view text only. In the mail app, there are new formatting tools and you are able to search the text of your email. The camera app is now avaliable from the lock screen, red-eye deduction, auto-enhance, and other improvements have been made to the camera. The iOs 5 system also does notifications and display on your lock screen as well. The text messaging app is improved making them even better than before being 3G and wi-fi. The iPhone is also in sync with the iCloud service from itunes where purchases from one device are an all devices.

               If you have problems losing your phone or misplacing it all the time, well now there is an app for that. It will let you locate your lost phone or macbook on a map so you'll be able to locate it at all times. There have been a lot of new improvements to the phone and just iTunes in general. This shows how techonolgy advanced we are becoming in a short period of time. One big achievement I think is cool, is that pilots are using iPads to replace 40 pound flight plans making them more fuel efficient. It's amazing what we are able to do with technology today.

Palmetto Crew's first 5000 meter Regatta

       This weekend on October 2, Palmetto High School's Rowing crew experienced it's first 5000 meter Regatta at the Sarasota Head Race in Osprey. The total regatta was a huge success for the Novice and Varsity team. The two novice boats brought home a gold and a bronze medal with the womens eight placing first and mens eight placing third. The varsity double got second, the varsity women's four got second, and the varsity women's eight got third.

             The whole day was full of excitement and hype for the whole regatta. Racing in the Varsity women's eight and experiencing my first 5000 meter race was unbelievable. It was even more unbelievable when we placed third.. Last year, during sprint season we had just gotten our team together and were racing with teams with 3 years experience, now that we have trained harder we are all ready to win. I'm thrilled to see what this year will bring Palmetto Crew.