Mail, Mail, Mail!

Ever wonder how much of your mail is actually personal? It's around 3.8%! You'll also be surprised that junk mail "advertising"  only makes up 8.1% of your total! (Seems more like 30% to me!)


- Samuel Giacinto
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On a Rainy Day... New Photos>>

I love this picture, I think it looks professional!  But I took
this in the backyard today, and thought it would look neat with
the water droplets!

A flower petal in the rain.  Notice the large droplet to the
left magnifies the flower behind it!

Watch Teelin: The Baltimore St. Patrick's Day Parade 2012 (Teelin)

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I recorded and edited this video; it's my sisters dance school and I recored it so she could see how they looked as a group (really amazing), enjoy!

Everything Electronic: iPad 3 Heat Issues

Everything Electronic: iPad 3 Heat Issues:   The iPad 3s larger internal battery and faster A5X CPU/GPU increases TDP. Apple recently confirmed that the new iPad is the fastest selling iPad yet, but....

Track and Field begins

        Track and field began last Thursday along with all other Spring tryouts.  It's looking like it will be a good season.  Can't wait for the first meet.  It's a few weeks into track and our first scrimmage was Saturday.  I was in three events, the 100m, 400m, and 4x400 relay, all the sprinting events I thought were hard.  I will be with the sprint and hurdle group and will most likely continue working on improving times for the 100 or 400.  I hope to maybe try the 800 too!

First semester exams finished after a long week

        Last Friday was my first high school exam ever.  I started off exam week with H. Spanish 2, then followed by a three day weekend.  After the short break, on Tuesday I took the H. US History exam, and got to leave early, right after the History exam, because I didn't have an exam for my fourth period class.  Wednesday was the hardest day for sure, with both H. English 9 and H. Geometry.  Followed by an easier Thursday with only the H. Biology exam left.

        The hardest for me was definitely English.  Not because I'm not the biggest fan of reading, well thats part of it, but it's how you only get two hours and they expect you to read two short stories, two poems, answer 40 SR questions, write a short BCR response and compose a four paragraph essay.  So with not much time, and it going so fast, it was very stressful, but before I new it, it was over.  I felt confident going into the exams that I would do well, because of reviewing and studying material before hand.  This first exam week has done a good job introducing me to what the end of each semester will be like for the next four years... A lot of stress.  That pretty much sums this up!