My boyfriend's Uncle's Wedding

This Saturday, September 29, my boyfreind's Uncle Wayne got married. The wedding was held at the Holiday Inn in Plainview. It was so exciting for me because this was the first wedding I have ever attended. It was so nice to meet the other side of boyfriend's family. The names of the guests were in these cute little picture frames. There were napkins with a big "G" for the Glass family and the newlyweds names on it with the wedding date. The bridesmaids dresses were the same color purple as this font. It was really beautiful.

The reception was the best part of the wedding. That's when the party really started! The music was nice, it was mixed in with old, new, slow, and fast. There was even kareoke. At the toast, everyone got champane and there a lot of food.

Now see, my boyfriend likes Techno, so he requested some of it, but the only song they had was "Sweet Caroline". Well, he killed the dance floor, everyone was clappin for him and chanting his name! Then the bride went to throw her bouquet, and I caught it! Unfortunatly my boyfriend could not catch the gerter, some tall elderly man leaped over my boyfriend. If it was not for him, he would have got it.

The sourvernier was heart-shaped spoons and purple and white M&Ms with their names on it. The wedding was defiantly fun, without a doubt! The best part was when I caught the bouquet, I guess you know what that means, I'm getting married...I just hope not anytime soon!

The Color Purple: the play

I don't know if you have ever seen The Color Purple, the movie, starring Whoopie Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, but it was a pretty good movie. It was about a young black girl named Celie, who gets pregnant and is forced to marry a man who makes her life miserable and basically takes her sister, Nettie, away. Along her journey in life she comes encountered with strong characters who make her realize she is beautiful. The play is a musical which stars American Idol winner Fantasia Barino.

Well, I thought the play was very nicely put together, in fact I think it was better than the movie. It was much more funny than the movie. I really enjoyed it and really got trapped in the play, even though Fantasia was not there. My favorite character in the play was Sofia. Sofia was a big busty women who was married to Harpo who was the son of the man Celie married. Her favorite phrase was "Hell No!" I really liked her because she was a very gutsy woman who spoke her mind. The character was played by Natasha-Yvette Williams. I did manage to get an autograph from her too!

It was a really good play despite what many have thought. I recommend that you do see it sometime if you haven't already and if you did I think you should see it again.

NYS Drviers Lisence

It has always been pretty difficult to obtain a drivers lisence. Either you couldn't pass the written, it was too much money for it, you just couldn't drive, or you didn't have enough proof of identity. Well, New York State has made it a little bit easier to get your lisence. This is more for illegal immigrants to be able to obtain drivers lisence without having to have certain proof of identity points like having your Social Security number.
So what do you think? I think it is making it way to easy in this country for illegal immigrants to get away with a lot. I don't think it is fair, our ancestors had to get into this country and become legal citizens. Why should we have to do so much like pay taxes, if we can be like illegal immigrants and get a lot of benefits by living in the land of the free. So, anyway I don't think they should be able to obtain drivers lisence easier than us, they might not even know how to drive or understand the traffic laws.
Why should it be easier for an illegal immigrant to obtain a drivers lisence, when a 17 year old college student can't take a written exam for a lerners permit without a parent present? I don't understand why illegal immigrants are getting treated better then the citizens of a country they aren't even apart of. I feel that illegal immigrants should get their papers and become legal citizens of the United States.

9/11

It was a bright Tuesday morning 6 years ago. The sun must have shined it's brightest. It wasn't until about 8:30 am that the whole world's morning was ruined, especially those in downtown New York. A terrorist attack occurred when a plane hit one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. It wasn't but a half hour later when the second tower was hit. At 10 am both towers had completely collapsed. That sunny morning ended in dust.

People all over the world were affected by this tragic event, even those who didn't even know a single person from either tower. I was one of those very affected. I know what it's like to lose someone, so I know how painful it was for all those victim's family. That morning is a morning no one could ever forget. Everyone knows where they were, and when they first heard about the tragic event. I was in school in Long Island, I was in the seventh grade. It wasn't until 3rd period, 10:03 am, when my teacher told us about what happened. His name was Mr. Finnegan. Like all other kids, we were all playing around and laughing when we walked into class. Well, my teacher, who is a really jolly guy, had a very serious tone in his voice. He told us about the event, and we listened to some stories on the radio. The latter of that day it was very quiet, serious, and sad. When you came home, no matter where you were, every channel had the playback of the terrorist attacks over and over again. It was so sickening you had to turn the TV off.

Even today, after 6 years, on the anniversary, we are still reminded of that tragic event. There is also the controversy with the building of the Freedom Tower. I think we should build some building there, to help hold the rest of the surrounding buildings up, but not something as high as the Freedom Tower, because we will just be reminded of 9/11 and the vulnerability of having another terrorist attack.