My Favorite Guitarist!

MY Favorite Guitarist!

My most favorite guitarist and keyboardist is Billy Martin (William D. Martin) from Good Charlotte. He was born on June 15, 1981 in Waldorf, Maryland. Billy started playing guitar in 6th grade. He joined Good Charlotte in 1997 but before he joined Good Charlotte he was the lead singer in a band called Overflow.

Billy has a website for all of his art -- the site is www.bloodzilla.com . He also has a clothing line called level27 and also started sponsoring skateboarders over a year ago. He does this with his best friends.

Billy is vegetarian. He said in an interview that he couldn’t imagine eating his animals so why eat other animals. He keeps has 3 dogs, 3 cats and 1 spider as pets.

His natural hair color is dark brown. But now is currently black and blonde and his eye color is blue. He is around 5’11. His favorite food is pizza, food with peanut butter in it, sushi, and bean burritos.

His favorite superhero is Batman and his favorite hobbies are collecting toys from Star Wars, Simpsons, and also some comic book characters. He also enjoys buying new clothes, playing music, and hanging out with his friends.

He is currently working on a children’s book called, “A Boy and His Bat.” He was also the co-writer of the song, “Ghost of You.” So yeah, that is a little bit about my favorite guitarist, Billy Martin.

Why I Want a Cockapoo!

Why I Want a Cockapoo!

Cockapoos are very intelligent dogs. They are a cross between the french poodle and cocker spaniel breeds. They are very nice to people and other animals but should still be watched when around other unfamiliar dogs. They are also very good at being trained.
They come in different color coats (black, tan, brown, blonde, cream and combinations of these) which makes them very unique and beautiful. They have been around since the 1960’s. They are well known all over the world.
They do have some problem as they get older with their eyes and knees. A cockapoo should be brushed daily and get a haircut two times a year. This breed is easy to please and very friendly. They do eat a lot at times.
I love cockapoo dogs and I really hope we get a cockapoo from my dads work friend. It maybe a brown one or a blonde one. I really hope it will be the brown one. They are so cute I love them so much and if it is a girl I am going to name it Belle (the French word for beautiful). But if it’s a boy I am not really sure what I am going to name him but I am going to look up some names tonight for a boy cockapoo dog.

Family Friend

My Aunt D and Uncle Bill said goodbye to an old friend yesterday. My aunt and uncle loved their best friend. They always took time to chat with her every day, they were walking buddies and they would hang out together doing other things. When she got older and sick they made sure she ate right and would even take her to the bathroom. They loved her every much and she was important to the whole family.

So, even though I didn’t really know her, she sounded like a great friend and I’m sure they will miss their dog Bailey, their Black Labrador, may she R.I.P.

Who I Listen To ...

My favorite music genres include heavy metal, pop punk, punk rock, emo. Some of my favorite bands are Three Days Grace, P.O.D, Korn, Slipknot, and Sevendust.

Heavy metal music started in the 1960’s and early 1970’s. Some of the first heavy metal band playing around that time was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Heavy metal was broadly popular around the 1980’s. Todays heavy metal bands are Slipknot and Lacuna Coil.

Pop Punk music started in the 1970’s and is still around today; some of the newer pop punk bands are Green Day, The Offspring, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, Simple Plane, Yellowcard, and Fall Out Boys, to name a few.

Punk rock music started between 1974 – 1977. Good Charlotte and Green Day are pop punk and punk rock bands combined genres. Mostly today’s pop punk and punk rock is the same thing only a little bit different in some ways. Punk rock started before pop punk. Punk rock is sloppier and grungier then pop punk.

Emo music started in the 1990’s. It is a mix of pop punk and heavy metal put together. Some of the emo bands that are out today are: The Hated, Circle Takes the Square, Dashboard Confessional, and Evergreen, just to name a few.

So those are the genres of music I listen to. These are some more bands I listen to. Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Slipknot, and Three Days Grace.

ABOUT THE BANDS:

Linkin Park – Linkin Park is a rock band. They started in 1996. Linkin Park is recognized for adapting the nu-metal genre into a radio friendly style, creating many successful singles. Their newest CD came out on May 2007 titled “Minutes to Midnight”.

Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte is a pop punk and punk rock band. They also started in 1996 in Maryland. Their newest CD out is called “Good Morning Revival” it came out on March. 19, 2007.

Slipknot - Slipknot is a heavy metal band that started in 1995 in Des Moines, Iowa. They have sold over 10 million albums and have been on major tours. Not too long ago the band broke up because the drummer (Joey Jordonson) left the band.

Three Days Grace - Three Days Grace started in 1992, in Canada. Their type of music genre in emo/punk rock. And their newest CD “One-X” came out on March. 31, 2006. The band has been working on their next CD that should come out in 2008.

Update: Here's on of my favorite Good Charlotte song video.

Skin Cancer

Skin Cancer

According to doctors, 2007 has been the year when more girls (and boys) have been getting skin cancer because of wanting to get a nice tan. 2007 has also been the year when more products have been coming out that make stronger the damaging UVA and UVB rays on themselves. The more they put that stuff on the easer it is for them to get skin cancer.

Yeah, it might be the new best thing in style but it is not the best thing for your skin. Over tanning is so unhealthy for your skin. More girls (and boys) have been in the hospital because of skin cancer. I am not saying tanning is all bad -- yeah, I love to tan, love to look like I have a really good tan like all the other girls --but there is a point when you have had too much sun.

The longer you sit in the sun the higher your risk of getting skin cancer and when you get skin cancer you could end up looking… well, not so healthy!

Anorexic Models

I have been reading Seventeen magazine for about more then 7 months and not to long ago and I found this article about anorexic models and how it has infected so many young and older girls. What is the point of having a girl stop eating just to fit clothes and why can’t every girl do modeling even if they are fat? Anyone could do it if they wanted to.

So many girls and now boys have die just to fit some crazy idea of a perfect body size. I mean anyone could be perfectly skinny if they really wanted to so what’s the point? Also today more and more girls (and some boys) are so thin they have ribs you can visibly count and yes this is starting to be a problem that even boys are starting to go thinner. This is a problem for everyone: boys, girls, young and old. Why do people even do that, do they do it just to fit cloths, or just to look better -- I don’t know. Everyone can look beautiful if they really wanted to but getting thin is not a way to look beautiful and it’s not the healthiest for your body and not the best way also.

Think about it: as models body size shrinks, so does our (readers) self confidence disappear. Seeing all the skinny models walking down the runway makes you think that you need to look as thin as them when you really don’t. You are perfect just the way you are you don’t need to be as thin as them just to look good there is only one you so don’t change that

It's Going to Happen...

I am going to go to Fishers Jr. High this coming school year (2007 - 2008). I am not so happy about it because I want to go to MPMS for just one more year but I can’t because I need to get my grades better and my mom and nana think going to school here will help. I am really going to miss all my good friends at Memorial Park Middle school.

I am probably going to dislike the first day of school because I won’t know anyone here in Indy. Well I know one guy, his name is Reed-the next door neighbor, but he is going into 9th grade at a different school so I won’t see him at all. But really, I think I can make it ok the first day... I hope.

So yeah, I am going to go to Fishers Jr. High this year. If by chance there's anyone stumbling across this post that can fill me in on the school drop me a comment.