Greetings

Where to start? Well, first off, my name is Robert Hanna. I am a middle child, so I am certainly not the center of attention in my family. This may or may not contribute to my constant urge to entertain others and be the center of attention when I am with my friends. To be cliche where needed, I must say that I am a recovering slackaholic ever since last year when I had the esteemed privilege of being "taught" by Mr. Rick H. That class gave me a better appreciation of how important it is to try your hardest. Not joking by the way; I do not want to be that guy.

Moving on, I have no clue of what I really want to do career-wise. I have an interest in so many things from science to music, but I cant key into one thing as being what I really want to do. I hope that by the end of this year or the next, that I have a stronger idea of what that is. Currently, I am a part of many school activities. I am a member of the go-green club as well as the game club. Oh yea... I am a huge bandie as well; I am a part of the concert band, steel band, jazz band, and marching band. I march in the snare drum line here at school. I am also a drum-line section leader. Band camp was definately the most memorable experience I had this summer. Don't Judge.

If I could have a superpower, I would like to have the power of being invisible on demand. That would come in handy in so many situations. This being said, I have great respect for Violet Parr. If I could name one website that is my favorite(and 99% of the time appropriate), I would have to say Reddit.com. It is a great site that is full of world news, science, politics, and some of the funniest comics/threads you will ever see. So there ya go. I'm Robert.
http://www.reddit.com/

I'm new to this blogging thing...

Hello everyone! I’m Meredith McInturff. If I could describe myself in one word, I would say “involved.” Since I am an only child, I feel that I missed out on that whole stage where you are supposed to torment your siblings and have those crazy family memories of stupid things that you and your siblings did as children. Therefore, upon learning that there were ways to be involved in activities that create those kinds of memories, I jumped onboard. Girl Scouts, Orchestra, Speech and Debate team, Y-Club, Spanish Club, Young Republicans, Student Council, Beta Club, playing piano, youth group, volunteering at my church, and this year, EAP mentoring; this is how my days are spent. Calling myself busy is an understatement, but I like it that way. It makes life interesting.

This summer was completely different from any other. It taught me to appreciate what I have because there is always someone in the world who will be less fortunate than me. Due to this new mentality I have, this summer was amazing. Working at different camps, making new friends, and going to CIY with my youth group are only a few of the awesome things that have happened to me. I have learned that there is so much more to life than just school and getting good grades (which was something that used to be my only focus in life). Now that is not to say that those things aren’t important because they still are for me. I also realized this summer that I have a passion for working with people. It’s something I enjoy doing because it constantly allows you to learn and have new experiences without a boring day to day schedule.

I hate it when people ask me what I want to do with the rest of my life because I can honestly answer, I don’t know yet. While I have ambitions of going to some great college on the east coast and travelling to other countries when I get older, I really am not sure of what job I want, what I want to study in college, or where I want to live. My problem is that I have too many interests and I’m pretty sure there isn’t a job that combines my love of people, travelling, sports, government, law, music, theater, nature, science, and a slight interest in medicine. One of my goals for this year is to refine my interests, so I might be able to figure out what I want to do later in life.

What is my favorite website? That is a tough one for me. I am pretty much addicted to Pandora considering I’m listening to it as I write this. However, I am going to say that Bluegrass Threads, a website created my older cousin Katherine and one of her friends, is one of my favorite sites to visit for creative ideas about everything and about things to do and see in Lexington area. Check it out sometime! http://www.bluegrassthreadsky.com

So strawberries aren't berries but bananas are

Well that’s interesting, I thought to myself as I walked on. You never know what you can learn on a poster in the fruit aisle. Well, I guess the strawberry’s seeds are on the outside, so technically they aren’t berries, but what about banan­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ − OW. I instinctively let out a “sorry” as I turn around to look at the person I just bumped into. The guy looked like he was in his mid-twenties, obese, and was wearing a gears of war t-shirt. For convenience’s sake, let’s call him Jabba. Jabba looked at me for a few seconds, then answered “Better watch yourself, kid”, in a tone that was surprisingly infuriating. Wait, kid? I’m taller than you… And it was both of our faults; you weren’t watching where you were going either. I wasn’t going to let him talk to me like that, so I hit him square in the face with all my strength; and as he fell down, I climbed onto him in victory and the lamentations of the bystanders echoed through the store. No, unfortunately that was not what happened. That was the scenario I imagined in my head as I walked away. What really happened was that I apologized again, while cursing my timid nature when dealing with strangers.

Fast forward ten minutes, and I’m at checkout. And who would be in front of me but Jabba. This time, he’s in a heated argument with the clerk. Aside from the occasional profanity every here and there, I didn’t really catch with he was saying. As Jabba finished his rant, I couldn’t help but feel sorry as I looked at the frustrated face of the clerk. But just as I thought the clerk was gonna explode, the clerk took a deep breathe, and to my pleasure, said in the most amazingly calm and professional manner − “Sir, I can tell one customer a year to go **** himself, and I am not going to waste it on you”. Instead of starting off the introductions with a list of my hobbies and such, I give you a little story that happened in a grocery store in Atlanta, Georgia this summer. Not only did I think the whole thing was immensely entertaining, but I hope by following my stream of consciousness that day, which I remember ever so vividly, I introduced myself better than if I had just listed my likes and dislikes. But now, onto the trivial stuff.

您好，我的名字是孙睿: “Hello, my name is Rui Sun”. Quite literally the only Chinese I know how to write, I remembered this line because I always thought that it would come in handy sometime in the future. That moment hasn’t happened yet, but one can hope. My biggest goal this year is to kick my habit of procrastination. So far, my goal in school has been to get an A with the minimum effort possible. It worked pretty well in elementary school, had a little trouble in middle school, and hasn’t quite worked out in high school. So with college coming up fast, I aim to give it my best effort to get the best grade possible. My other biggest obstacle has got to be the internet. I spent an extraordinary amount of time on this addiction. Whether it’s browsing reddit or playing games, whatever I do on it, I do too much. Reddit, probably my most frequented and favorite website, provides me with endless entertainment. So that's it, I hope you find my story/introduction/rant to not be a complete waste of your time. Oh yea, random picture.

tl;dr − Hi, I'm Rui.