Day 2

I still havent had any coffee and I am still really tired. I wish I could have some. I dont think I can make it all week. It’s just so good! And im kind of a mean person in the morning when I don’t drink it. I almost missed the bus today and I bet it was because I didn’t get to drink my coffee. :(

Day 2

On day two of the experiment I have decided to read about the world. The article I decided to pick was on the topic of Obama's $447 billion job plan and the four reasons it will not succeed. It was entitled "A Plan on Job Deserves a Hearing “and was written by Christina D. Romer. I hoped that it would make me more informed about the problems the U.S. is having and about the concerns adults express about the economy." The argument against the plan claims that individual tax cuts won't work because prices of gas and low consumer confidence are preventing people from buying things. Another point raised against the plan is that the plan does not help people who owe more on their houses than their houses are worth because their debt does not allow them to spend. The cost per job being too high and the concern over the deficit holding back the economic recovery are the last two reasons people believe Obama's plan will not work. I am on the fence because I do not understand all the arguments on both sides, but I do appreciate what my parents can do for me by being able to hold a steady job at a time when lots of people want jobs so badly. Also, there is just not enough money to pay the entire world to work.

Day 2

Today was the secound day... It was a little harder because I had my mom and brother home for once but they respected it.. I stayed quit and un bothered for 10 minutes again. I think tomarrow i might even try longer like by 5 minutes. I hope it goes well.

The real Day 2

well i read 10 more pages today at my house. it was about how all of the teams starters are gone and new leaders are gonna have to rise. so they will have to be undefeted with a bunch of new people starting. they were undefeted 4 years in a row.

Day 2

i still havent had anything else to drink other than milk...its pretty tempting to go for the new bottle of apple juice in the fridge but im keeping away from it so far

Day 2...

Day 2 of being a vegetarian is not too bad. I dont feel any health differences but its only the second day.. I don't usually eat beef, pork, or lamb anyway (I'm a very picky eater) but it's hard to find substitutes for turkey and chicken. Veggie burgers are pretty good but uhh you can only have them so often and I've found other things. Overall things are going well, it's not as bad as I thought!

Voluntary Days 1 & 2

Walden week seemed interesting when I first heard about it, so I was very happy that my class had the opportunity to participate if wanted. At first I was only going to spend an hour outside each day (assuming the weather was agreeable), but then I decided to give up meat as well. Reasons? I did spend my hour outside yesterday, but I sat on a chair on the patio with the computer doing homework. (Okay, mostly homework.) (.... not mostly, that was a lie). WiFi isn't exactly "connecting to nature", so meat is gone now, too. (Which is a shame because my mom made BBQ chicken last night.... *sigh*) But everything is going well. I didn't have my computer with me today, so I spent my time with my math homework without distractions and clocks. It was a nice break.

So the pictures above were the places I walked passed or through. Today the weather was fine not like yesterday. No wind so it was not as cold or hot. There was leaves everywhere so it already autumn which is one of my favorite seasons!!! As you can see the sky isn't pretty as it was yesterday but walking today and going pass houses, I notice decorations. Halloween is coming around and there are pumpkins and cob webs and skeletons. Probably when Halloween comes closer Lambertville will be like Halloween Town.

Day Two

Snooki and i went for another walk today to the same place. I was fine with walking, its pretty easy. I saw a couple of deer on the road and thats all, no more snakes (thank God!). So, it was a pretty easy day.

Day 2

I've been good all day just drinking water and the thought of any other drink hasnt really came up. I did really want coffee this morning, but I knew I couldn't have any and told myself no. I had water with lunch and I have been drinking it throughout the day. So other then that I've been good and will keep it going for the rest of the day.

Day 2

Today I am going to learn to play the song Jump by Van Halen on the piano. This should be a good challenge since I am still learning how to sync my left and right hands together, but I should be ok at figuring out. I'm still figuring out how I will find out the notes, but I will find away to get my hands on the music.

Day dose

Well i am in school so it is keeping me off facebook :) i am 36 hours and 10 mins without social gossip. I will say after 2 days i am doing really good.

First Three Pages

For those who don't know yet for my walden week I will write 3 pages of any unfinished story I have left straggling on my computer. Or make a new one.
Contrary to popular belief I enjoy writing stories but stop short because I get bored and move onto a new idea and have only finished a part one to a mini series of stories with my friends.
I have a list of about 4 or 5 stories I have started I should near finish during walden week. So the 3 pages thing might get obscured and turn into a little more. Since I'm at school for this blog I cannot give a sample of new fresh content put forth by me.

Day 2

well im in class so i really have not gotten to read yet.....So i will read tonight and post again.

DAY TWO!!!!

Yeah so today was a nice day so far. I mean minus the weather, its not like its raining or anything its just cloudy telling of tomorrows impending weather. Any way nothing has happened so far with my skirt( or dress cause I'm in a dress today). However when I woke up I was about put on jeans but I had to stop myself. It was really weird but I think I have more time in the morning. Cause with my skirts or dresses I don't have to spend time and figure out what I'm going to wear because its just easier. I feel like I'm learning better manners when I'm sitting or doing what ever. Other then that I feel normal and I feel like nothing has changed which is disappointing.

Walden Week Day 1

This week i decided to try to go without facebook. right now i am 20 hours free of facebook. Last night i type "fa" into my search bar and then i relized what i was doing. this is going to be really difficult:(
4 more days to go :)

Day 2 and replace 1

@Ember Rosen i love you :)
SO my first post got removed.... >:(. Sorry if i was offensive? I mean i thought freedom of speech was allowed with our school system but apperently there is restrictions. Well then..................Ok so im forcing myself to keep reading the bible. Joy. I must say its not making my life simple.... Is it too late to change? Nah im gonna stay with this. I have to its like i need to. I want to plung myself into this. I feel like if i do then maybe i'll understand some people and their religious devototion.............
Grrr!!!!!!!!!! I'm mad my first one was removed. Wish me luck! Peace

Day Two Part 1

Day two... yay!!! Well I'm going to come back on tonight but this morning it was a little cloudy and chilly. On the bus ride to school, the sky was so pretty even though it was a little cloudy but the colors blend well together. I really hope it doesn't rain because that well ruin my day of walking outside but I guess I will still do it while its raining. Pictures to come later if possible.

yesterday i woke up and got dressed and went to school it was a half day so we went home at 12 and when i got home i had an fried egg sandwich which was all natural. for dinner i had home made Pizza we made the sauce and bought non processed cheese and it was great and so far i have kept my promise and i plan to keep my promise the whole week. so far i feel pretty good about this wioth the no processed foods and all because it will be healthier and will be fun but until next time IIIIIIIIIIIII'MMMMMMMMMMM OOOOOOUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAA HHHHHHHHEEEEEERRRRRRRREEEE.

No Soda Monday

For Walden Week I will be replacing diet soda with water. I did not have any diet soda on Monday - but I did resist the urge to get one for our faculty meeting. Not too difficult.

I'll give it a shot.

Since this was voluntary and I have a lot to do this week I wasn't sure if I would do Walden Week, but I guess I want to contribute a little bit so I decided I won't use my computer for anything, but school work. Usually its a big distraction for me and a huge timesink in which chunks of my day are wasted. I know this isn't a great sacrifice, but I don't want to stress myself out too much and hopefully it'll encourage me to focus on more productive things. Unfortunately I didn't decide to do this till just now so it actually technically starts for me tomorrow, but better late than never right?

Day 1

Today I decided to spend sometime outside. At first I wanted to try and walk around but instead of doing that, I drove my aunt's lawn mower for the first time. Plus I also help paint her studio at her farm today. The weather was beautiful so I enjoyed to smell of grass and nice breeze while driving the mower. Being on the farm was really nice and the environment was so peaceful and quite too while painting the studio. Honestly doing all of this was relaxing especially having nothing to do on a half day. When nighttime came around, the sky was so beautiful that I took some pictures right above. At this point I was with my family.

Day One

Today was ok  (surprise, surprise). I didn't really mind as much as I thought  I would have. I mean the only time it was a little awkward was when I had to drum. Mastering the art of drumming in a skirt is one of my challenges of the week, because tonight really didn't exactly work. Oh well. I keep missing all of the things that I could do in pants but can't really do in skirts. Tomorrow is a new day so I'll figure something out. 

dAy UnO

i havent had anything to drink other than milk today....its quite difficult

Damron Monday

Well, it was dark when I finally got home, so rather than walk in the woods, I walked around town. Not the same, but it was a beautiful night and the walk was quite nice. Tomorrow, I will try to get home sooner so that I can get to the woods. I aim to take some photos of those woods soon -- hope I can! See ya'll in school.

Day One...

So, for Walden Week I have settled on changing my life by becoming a vegetarian. Normally for dinner every night my family and I have some type of meat with our meal but luckily we had pasta which was easy for me. Although, lunch was a different story... I ended up only having a pepper and some other vegetables because the was not lettuce to make a salad so all in all my first day was a success although I have had some temptations to eat some meat..... :) Hopefully, by the end of the week, I will be able to control my temptations and add this new change to my normal lifestyle more often. I so far love Walden Week!

Day 1 of Experiencing the World!

For Walden week I am doing something different in my life, than just playing games on the Computer in order to strengthen my mind and body. For the first day, I ran 2.5 miles at a gym instead of playing video games during 30 minutes of my free time. It made me feel great, and I probable, over time, will add it to my weekly routine. This will provide exercise but also keep me in condition for soccer. In my hopes for this week I am going to read the newspaper, draw a natural object, go swimming, and play chess with my father. By doing this I hope to learn to have different experiences and do what other people enjoy. Playing chess is very important to me because I have been waiting to do so for such a long time. I am looking forward for the rest of the week.

The First Day...

You know that great little saying, "absence makes the heart grow fonder." Well becoming vegetarian is really making me long for meat, and it's only the first day. My family said they would do it with me, but when dinner time came around, I was already abandoned by them and their desire to eat tacos and quesadillas. It was really hard to find the willpower to say no, but I miraculously did, somehow. I also got lots of vegetarian friendly foods today! The vegetarian thing really isn't not too bad though -I'm just being melodramatic-. We'll see how tomorrow goes!

Let the adventures begin!

Sooo my tthing for Waldin Week is to go for a walk with my dog everyday. Today we did about two miles. Of course i was practically dragging Snooki the whole way but whatever. When we first started our "adventure" we all most stepped on a snake that was slithering across the road. We also saw four other snakes smushed snakes on the road, yumm. So yeah first day was a piece of cake, lets see what tomorrow brings.

One Day Down!

For my Walden Week Experiment, I plan on drinking nothing but water for the next week. I think the hardest part for me is in the morning. I'm used to having orange juice because it goes perfectly with breakfast AND it's my favorite beverage. Football is'nt too hardto deal with because we only drink water there anyways. I'm missing all of my usual drinks like orange juice, iced tea, coke, and gadorade but theres something about cool, crisp water that makes you feel good and refreshed.

my post numero uno

i hope this works correctly i have not had a soda today im pretty happy i havent had a soda but i want a coke.

Day 1!

Well today when I first sat in compleate silence it was so ackward and werid.I was tempted to answer my phone when friends texted me... Also to turn the tv on in the 10 minutes but i pulled threw and got through it with not braking any rules! I hope tomarrow is the dame also.

Well day one I haven't had a drop of sugar my body is rejecting the water. I feel a little strange I'm starting to. Believe my problem is that I don't get enough sleep. Naturally. When the human body suffurs from lack of sleep it craves high calorie foods I can deal with this I hAve good will power. Peace too every one check back tomo.

Le First Day

So, I was dissuaded from being a vegetarian for a week, so I chose to do Walden Week with Sarah (McCaffrey). To put it plainly, I'm giving up pants for a week. No, I'm not going to school pants-less, but I'm wearing skirts, dresses, leggings, etc. This experiment has actually complicated my life more than simplified it, but at least now I'll have an appreciation for simple life. So far it's going okay, although I had to wear shorts for field hockey practice... But I can do it!!! Good luck to all you Walden Weekers.

Jimmy's blog

i read 10 pages tonight and they talk about how the football team went undefeted last year.

Tis Day One

So this is the first day of my attempt to not say anything negative to or about anyone or myself and so far I must say it's flowin' pretty smooth. I only had one minor slip- up today to Cayley on the bus :( But other than that this is actually not as hard as I imagined (...so far). I have realized the hardest thing about this isn't an overwhelming need to talk about people negatively....the times I slip up or almost do are caused by me forgetting what I have promised to do! So I think this whole experiment will just force me to examine everything I say before I say it, which is good because I tend to say offensive things a lot and regret them. Wooohoooooooooooo Good luck children -JMAC

Day One

So at first I was going to be a vegetarian for this whole Walden Week, but then I got home a saw that my mom was making Chicken Marsala MY FAVORITE and I decided I can't be a vegetarian. I had to have that chicken since she makes it like once a year. Instead, I am not going to raise my voice for a week which I'm thinking is going to be really hard for me considering we have 2 soccer games and Mr. Pedersen wants me to direct everyone on the field, by yelling to them. I don't think he is going to like this very much. But, this could be a really good thing for me considering I raise my voice far too often. My mom actually suggested that I do this, of course. All in all, this is definitely going to be extremely difficult but I CAN DO IT....I hope.

Day 1

I thought about becoming a vegetarian before so I knew this week would be perfect for me to try it out. For dinner, I had ravioli and salad. After I finished eating, the rest of my family had italian sausage and meatballs. Actually, it wasn't that hard for me to not eat it. In fact, this whole day I thought it was easy to not have meat but I'm sure that will change later on. Also, since telling my mom about this experiment, she thought she would try some new vegetarian recipes, like veggie burgers. I think that will make it easier for me with my family also contributing to healthier meals. Feelin' good.

Monday. URG

So I come home after practice and my dad is cooking steak. Go figure, I didn't tell him I couldn't eat meat. He thought I was crazy for trying too not eat meat for a week, and I'm starting to think the same thing... It smelled soo good but I couldn't eat it:/ Well I'm in a great mood now(not really). I am determined to not give up!.. yet... Go GREEN food!!

Day one Wow.

Walden Week Day 1

Wow. This is going to be harder then I thought. I just watched my family eat a nicely cooked ham and i ate a plate of rice, broccoli, and cheese sauce. I'M DETERMINED TO DO THIS.

Only allowed to drink water.. what was I thinking

Today I started my Walden Week Experiment which is only being allowed to drink water. I was pretty good through the whole today, but all I could think about was drinking something other then water. I drink water for lunch, practice and in between. Then, I had dinner and well I failed. I had a glass of soda :(. but I'm confident that tomorrow I will be able to go through the whole day and drink water. Tuesday here I come :)

Day 1

Today I started my Walden Week Experiment. For the experiment I am learning to play one to a few song on every instrument I own each day because some of them are not used very often. Today I have learned my first song on my guitar. I learned the song paranoid by Black Sabbath. It was pretty easy and I learned it very easily, and it was a good song to start off with. Later in the week I plan to step up the difficulty, and play some difficult songs if I get to learn more than one on the guitar.

First Day

I am trying to give up coffee for Walden Week, so I didn’t have any this morning and I was really tired today :(. So far I haven’t found anything good about giving up coffee, but I am hoping that by the end of the week I wont be so reliant on it. I hope that I will be able to go through the whole week without it but I’m not so sure if I will be able to.

Day 1

For my walden week I chose to become a vegetarian. Today is my first day and I am hoping that I will be able to follow through with it all week. So far I have been keeping up with it but I am afraid I will experience the withdraw of meat and become tired and weak. Hopefully since my mother is also a vegetarian I can lessen the chance of this happening. By taking the vitamins and eatting the foods that she eats I can keep my protein levels up. As far as sticking with it and permanently becoming a vegetarian? I highly doubt that happening! I am too attached to chicken and miss it already. :(

Starting Monday

Tomarrow i will be starting the expirement, I will be everyday for at least 20 minutes be compleatley in silence no one will speak to me i will just sit in my room quite not doing a thing and no one can bother me.

Damron's second day

Just finished writing college rec. letters and when I finish figuring all of your grades for progress reports (yes, its that time), I will go for my walk. It was actually hot out today while a sat watching my son's soccer game. Looking forward to the walk and to hearing how all of you are feeling as we get ready to embark upon this experiment!

"Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Um so yeah Walden week starts tomorrow. It should be a good thing I guess. I'm intending to only wear skirts and dresses this week. I'm not really sure how this will change me, but maybe I'll be a little more comfortable in my own skin. So in order to "get ready" I'm just wearing my jeans. I hope this turns out be a a change that maybe I'll stick with. That doesn't mean I wear skirts everyday for the rest of my life, but maybe wear them more often then just special occasions or when I am forced to. I'm really excited and I hope this all works out. :)

Walden Week Starts Tomorrow!

Well, i guess this should be fun? My goal in this Walden week thing is to read the bible, weird right? I know it sounds like a rather stupid plan but its to give me a more broad view of the religion. I figured i should try and read the book that the religion i always condem is built on. Maybe it will give me insight or possibly a appreciative view on it.....which i doubt. Religion amount otherr things isnt a subject that sits well with me. Anyway its Sunday morning at 9:44, Im in hamilton with my friends George, Josh and Mariah who all agree my goal is stupid. Thats what friends are for right?
Mkkays so blogging should be fun this week! (Anyone have a bible?)
PeAcE :-)

Day One Starts Early

I plan to take a walk in the woods everyday. Although the experiment officially starts Monday, I'm going to start today. The weather is amazing and will be great all weekend. And hopefully the walks will cheer me up after last night's heartbreaking final Phillies game ...

@Kaycee, see below. Had to look it up after we discussed this. Turns out I was right in that the word itself has no inherent meaning. It is just the name of Emerson's movement.

tran·scen·den·tal·ism/ˌtransenˈdentlˌizəm/
Noun:
A 19th-century idealistic philosophical and social movement that taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity.

Monday, October 10, 2011