Facebook is AMAZING

Facebook is now a word that everyone uses in my house.
"Hey nice "Facebook" profile picture Manny..." (My sister said that to me by the way.  At school even are teachers talk about Facebook sometimes.

 "Hey Mr. Teacher do you have a Facebook profile?"

"Yes, and I am not going add you."

     Facebook profiles can reveal so much about yourself...  You can put what sports you play and who you play them with!!  You can just about put everything on there about you.  My High School counselor even has Facebook profile and she added everybody at school...  She posts pictures of us at schools and tags us in them.

Call of Duty Black Ops

So last night at 12 am Call of Duty Black ops came out.  I pre ordered it online at target because I had a gift card to there for my birthday.  Well this morning I got an e-mail saying that my order has been delayed.  And I will get an e-mail when it has shipped.  I have not gotten an e-mail so that means it hasn't shipped.  I should of just ordered it at gamestop...  One of the worst mistakes I have ever made in my gaming life.

Bored... Just Bored...

My Xbox Live subscription has been suspended for some odd reason, my computer has parental controls on it so it limits what I can do, It's raining outside, the school I go to has a little less than 80 kids, I am not happy.

Yes my life seems like its just about over, and the only fun thing to do right now is blog and pour out my thoughts on the web.  I need to find a way to make my blog more popular and have people go to my blog on a regular day to day or at least week to week basis.  What I need to do is tell people about it.  It's already on my Facebook profile.  I should just like spam people about it, but then they will all hate me and delete me, and then I would have to rebuild connections..
I need ideas...

Vimeo is way better for embedding

As you can see in the post below, the video is huge... I was using youtube and I can't figure out how to make it not take half of my whole blog page...  If anyone knows how to make it smaller I would love to get some feedback.

North Pacific Gyre Aka Great Garbage Patch

This video is about the Garbage Patch thats the size of texas X 2. This Garbage mount is really threatening marine life.  Something has to be done about this.

My Grade in English

I have a bad grade in English because I did not do my best on the project.  I did not use my time wisely because I was just messing around with students in the other classes.  My grade reflected that.  I didn't turn in my reflection because I didn't do it.  I am going after school to turn the reflection in.  I want an A for this semester really badly.

Interesting....

The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet - Let Go from David Wilson Creative on Vimeo.

I liked this video because it keeps going and going and you don't know when its going to stop.  In the video its mostly faces going in and out and throwing up faces and eating their own faces.  It was cool and very artistic.  Just watch the video and you will be amazed.

Banksy Flower Chucker

This an interesting image.  I like it because the guy looks really angry, but he is holding flowers.  He could actually be trying to throw flowers at a wedding and just looks angry because he's straining trying to throw the flowers.  He also looks like he could be throwing a grenade or a pack of C4.  I think the black and white and showing outlines makes the picture really clear. 

"Sorry I'm late" video

I really liked this video because it looked like the people put a lot of effort into the video.    The actor had to stay still while they took pictures and the horse had to move a little bit as the camera took pictures.  When they added the car it was cool because it would go like all bumpy along the road.  And after the video our teacher told us that the camera man held the car in proportion to the guy and ground.


Sorry I'm Late from Tomas Mankovsky on Vimeo.

Sing Sang Sung

This video was awesome.  I like how in the movie the little ball kept going and going.  I thought it was going to go on forever.  The ball was bouncing on some flowers and diamonds and it would transfer to other objects.  I thought that was cool.  It is a very creative video.


Air - Sing Sang Sung from kevin kenger on Vimeo.

Paranormal Activity BTW SPOILER ALERT!!

Hello Der!
I just got done watching Paranormal Activity and I just had to write about it.  AND IF YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE THE MOVIE SPOILED FOR YOU DON'T READ THE REST OF THIS!!!!

Two people Katie and Micah are getting haunted by a demon.  Katie was haunted by the same spirit when she was 8 years old.  This "thing" is walking around their house at night.  You can hear the footsteps but you can't see anything.  Micah gets a camera to record this spirit walking around their house.  He has a tripod and sets it up in their room.  Later that night their door moves back and fourth and they hear some footsteps.  Earlier that day they had called a doctor of ghosts and he referred them to a colleague of his.  Micah didn't want to contact him because he thought he could figure this thing out for himself.  The doctor tells him not to provoke the spirit and not to use a Ouija Board, but Micah gets one and tries to get Katie to try it.  She gets mad at him and they leave the house.  He left the camera on the tripod focused on the board.  While they are gone the heart starts moving around and the board catches fire.  Micah and Katie come back and Micah finds the board and tries to figure out the message.  Later that night Micah puts powder in the hallway leading to their room.  During the night they hear the steps and see the steps of powder and the couple start freaking out.
They call the doctor of demons recommended  by the doctor of ghosts.  And he doesn't answer.  They call the doctor of ghosts again and he comes to their house and instantly he says he can't be there and the spirit wants him to leave.  A few nights later the spirit comes in and grabs Katie from her bed and drags her down the hallway and bites her.  Micah grabs her back and they go back in their room.  The next day Katie is holding a crucifix.  Later that night the spirit grabs Katie and she starts screaming and Micah goes after her and they both start screaming down stairs.  All of a sudden the screaming stops.  We hear footsteps then Micah's body is thrown at the camera.  Then a bloody Katie and and she has a demonic expression.  She then goes to sniff Micah's body and then throws her face at the camera.

Well thanks for reading this.  I am probably off on a few facts and on how the events took place but you whatever.  I watched this movie today and I am creeped out.  I really don't feel like going to bed...

Advisory Quick Write

This is a Quick Write I was required to do in my Advisory class.  It's kinda dumb but whatever.  Comment on the best teacher you have had in your life.

Manny Barrantes

1.        A good teacher is fun but not like really strict.

2.       The best teacher I ever had been in 8^th grade.  This teacher was awesome!  He joked around with the students and didn’t really treat us as students but as adults.  Sometimes he would put music on while we were studying.  Also he would pick on some of the students and tease them which also made everything cool.

3.       The way I learn best is if a teacher makes sure I am paying attention.  A teacher that cracks down on my and helps me and asks me if I have any questions.  I need to be isolated and away from distraction to learn well.  We did a National History Day project and I really learned from that.  Each student got to choose and topic.  And every week or so the teacher would check on how we were doing and would have a certain checkpoint that we would have to accomplish by the end.  We did this for 3 months and we got to work on the projects individually and then after the 3 months we would do a presentation.

Artisic Image

This image is cool because it has a bunch of colors coming out of it.  And it has blue swirls and its all faded.  I would like to make something like this in Photoshop.  I also like how it has black shadings all around it.  The white part is like really bright and then as it goes away from the point it gets darker.  I really like that.

Warm up blog post

I liked that everything in the video was modern and it would zoom in on the object in detail.  It was cool how the music and the video were like made for each other.   The people that made this video are amazing.  I like how the video flowed and I kept wanting to watch more of the video and I was like =O KEEP GOING!! But its a short video so be sure to enjoy it!! :)  Also if you techno music you should like this.  By the way this is a remake of Little Red Riding Hood.


Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

Monster Energy Drink

If you want something to drink thats REALLY good.. drink MONSTER

Pyro maniac

This is me.  I like blowing stuff up.  I love fireworks, guns, explosives, anything that blows up or shoots.

WELCOME TO MY NEW BLOG!!

 Hi I'm Manny Barrantes and this is my Freshman English Blog assignment.  I will be posting things about my English class or just random things if I get bored.  I will be also posting videos, pictures, music, and sometimes movie recommendations.  I also will post podcasts that I recommend or anything else I find interesting.
Manny Out.