Exams and Zodiac Signs.

  Do you know your zodiac sign? If so, do you believe in it? A lot of people don't. But some people think that zodiac signs can help them to solve all of their problems, and help them to find the answer to something as deep and meaningful as their true love. You may think that if you believe in zodiac signs then you're considered 'supersticious.' I don't think you are, because it's not really believing in something that isn't completely impossible.

  It is said that certain signs are attracted to eachother, and there's certain lucky and unlucky days for each sign. Now, I don't know too much about zodiac signs... but I know enough to know that there is such thing. It is believed that forces of the universe bring certain signs together, for example the Sagittarius and the Scorpio have a special romantic attraction. I'm not saying that this means that you have to marry your zodiac match or the world will be against you! That's crazy talk... but some people find that they are more compatible with their zodiac matches. I think that Zodiac signs are an interesting topic because a lot of people agree with having a zodiac sign and a lot of people are against zodiac signs. Some people decide that they are so interested in learning more about their zodiac signs that they go to College and University to learn more. There are a lot of information websites about Zodiac signs, and you can learn more about your zodiac sign on these websites also. Here is a website that I recommend to help you learn more about your zodiac sign.

 Find out about your zodiac sign - http://bit.ly/Ooixb

 Don't know what your zodiac sign is? This website has a simple chart to help you figure out what your zodiac sign is.

 http://bit.ly/cO8BWp

 Now I'm going to be talking about exams. Basically about how exams went for me, and which exam I took. 

 I was lucky and only ended up taking one exam this year, because I got recommended for English 8. In my school, and most schools, you can not get recommended for Math or Science, because apparently you either know the curriculum or you don't. And if you don't know it, they want you to be getting prepared for the Grade 10 Provincial exam. I think exams are pointless.. but what does my opinion matter! Anyways, you can get recommended for English and Socials. And I did. I had Socials first semester, and when I got recommended I only had to take the Science 8 exam. This semester I only had to take the Math 8 exam, because I got recommended for English 8. It's kind of confusing.. but it makes more sense if you're actually taking the courses. Anyways, the Math exam that I took was pretty difficult. I don't think I did too well on it, but I did study a lot. There was a lot of formulas to memorize and a lot of word problems, which happen to be my greatest weakness when it comes to Math. And they always have been. In Math, Algebra is where I excel. I'm rather good at figuring out what 'n' is and figuring out problems by multiplying and dividing. Luckily for me, a pretty large percentage of the math exam was algebra. I was doing pretty good at the beginning, but then I started getting tired, and my brain was pounding and my brain was also getting tired, so as a result I started slacking. Near the end of the exam I noticed people were leaving, and being me, I didn't take my time. I guessed on atleast three pages towards the end of the exam! I never could have gotten them right though, so it only saved me time. But the whole time I was guessing the answers to these critical questions I couldn't seem to get the quote "You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take." out of my head. I'm not sure if guessing on all of the questions counted as 'taking a shot' but it counts for something, right? Anyways, by the time most of my Math 8 class had put their finished exams in the cardboard box and filed neatly out of the gym I was still sitting there, guessing away at answers. Then I got to the last page and I thought "I'm going to fail." So I went back and corrected a couple of algebra answers that I had so stupidly messed up on, and I rushed to the door, plopped my exam in the carboard box, and left. I was relieved, after that exam, I felt as though I could never punch another calculator key in my life! During the exam though, one thought kept me going and that thought was... "Just look at the Grade 9's, their exam must be way harder than ours!"

 That's all I have to say about exams and zodiac signs, I hope it wasn't too boring, and maybe you learned something from it. Be sure to check out those websites, I learned some things about myself that I didn't know before just from reading up on my zodiac sign! Until next time, here's a cute quote that I wanted to share.

"Love hurts. Boys lie. Friends cry. People die. Parents yell. You always try. You're never good enough, And you don't know why."

  It reminds me of the type of poem that an overly dramatic, depressed teenager would write... but it's still pretty cute. It's short, and to the point. It pretty much explains the only things that a teenage girl cares about in those couple sentences. Pretty amazing when you think about it, that someone can fit so much meaning into such a short quotation. This was not written by anybody famous so I don't have the name of the person who wrote it, but I do know that it was written by a teenage girl on twitter. Who would have guessed, right? Well, I'll talk to you later :)

  

A Hike Through the Woods.

 As a project at school, we were assigned six different types of paragraphs to write. I wrote all six of mine last night, and they turned out a little bit longer than a paragraph. But I decided to share them with you guys because I haven't showed them to anybody and this one was my favorite. It's not too great because I was pretty tired, and just wanted to get to bed. But this is going to be a descriptive paragraph. The topics that she gave us to choose from were The Beach on a Sunny Day, The Beach on a Rainy Day, and a Hike Through the Woods. I decided to choose the last one because I had some ideas about how to explain the scenery really well. I hope you enjoy! :) 

  A HIKE THROUGH THE WOODS.

 A hike through the woods can be an amazing thing, there's trees, and calm waters, and relaxing sounds all around. But within an instant all of that can change, and you can be walking around in a death trap!

 While walking through the woods you see a lot of amazing sights. The enormous trees, and the green grass spreading for miles, only stopping when it reaches the blue/green of the vibrantly colored lakes and streams.You stop at a nearby stream to fill up your empty water bottle. Your feet slip and slide as you near the bend of the stream and you almost trip but catch yourself midway fall. You bend down and start to fill up your water bottle that has been dry as bones for the past two kilometers. You're just standing up when you feel like something is watching you, you've been having this feeling for a while now. But this time it's stronger then ever. You turn around so quick you could have given yourself whip lash, and scan the perimeter. Nothing. You're a little bit creeped out but you decide to tread on, and not linger. You've been walking for what seems like hours because of the feeling of being stalked, when in reality it's only been twenty minutes. You decide to stop and sit on an old mossy log because you're starting to feel dizzy. As soon as you get comfy on the log you see something black as night in the bushes just across the path from you. You freeze, almost instantly. You know what it is.. Suddenly all of the feelings of being stalked come back to you and you start to wonder how you could have been so stupid. This animal is known for stalking it's prey, and when it finally attacks.. there's no chance that you're going to live. You stand up and bolt, you left your pack behind, there's nothing important in it. You feel as if you're running a marathon, you've never ran so fast in your life. You don't care to look back, it might frighten you so much that you'll have a heart attack and be unable to run. You can't take it any more, the suspension on whether or not the creature is closing in on you, you turn around and... there's nothing there. You calm down and start running at a more normal pace, but before you have even started to run, you're frozen in your tracks, because there it is. Right in front of you, the monstrous, furry, black, snarling, ten foot tall creature. And you can't do anything, but scream for your life. 

 What do you think? If there's anything you think I should change then comment below because I need these marks in order to get recommended for English 8. Anyways, I'm off to school now. Thanks for reading.

iPhone 4

 Apple has released some very high-tech gadgets recently. Including the iPhone 3GS, and the iPad. Apple is known for it's sleek and innovative technology. The iPad was very successful and many people purchased it, but we all have opinions and some people didn't think too fond of it. They said that it was just a touch screen laptop. They said that a laptop could do anything that it could do, which is true, but the iPad does it in a more hip and fashionable way. If you haven't already heard Apple has released their newest addition.... The iPhone 4. It has many new features and is very functional, and the release date is creeping up on us as we know it. The release date is said to be July 2010. Below I am going to talk about some of the features of the iPhone 4.

 Face Time.

Face Time is a new feature that allows you to video chat. It's not just a video chat though, it's a video call. We've been dreaming about video calling for decades, and we never thought it would be possible.. at least not this soon. But the iPhone 4 makes our dream a reality with Face Time. It's simple too, with just the tap of a button you can be seeing eye-to-eye with your best friend whose travelling Morocco while you're stuck at home with a cold in Canada! It's just that amazing. Now, obviously it's only from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4, but that's still amazing... impressed yet?

 Two Views.

 The iPhone 4, alike the Dsi and DsiXL has two cameras, and that means two views. You can easily switch between the two views by just tapping a button. The camera on the front focuses on you, and the camera on the back focuses on.. well, pretty much everything else! You can also switch back and forth between these two cameras during video call. 

 Retina Display.

 The retina display on the iPhone 4 is better than any type of technology before itself. It has four times the pixel count of any other iPhone before itself also. In fact, the pixel density is so high that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels. Which makes text amazingly crisp and pristine. Just imagine how sharp your images and pictures will be to look at.

 Camera with LED Flash.

 Blackberrys and other cell phones have this LED Flash feature, and it's very handy if you're trying to snap a photo of the night sky, or yourself on a cold winter night. The camera is a 5-Megapixel camera which makes your photos turn out bright and purified. 

 Phone.

 The iPhone 4 phone app has a built-in noise suppression which makes phone calls clearer and easier to hear. 

 Safari.

 Safari is the most advanced web browser on a mobile phone. 

  Well, that's about all I have to say I just wanted to introduce you to the iPhone 4. Above is a picture of what Face Time (video calling) looks like on the iPhone 4. Also, as you can tell I only mentioned a couple  of the features of the iPhone 4. There plenty more to learn on the apple website, which I will post a link to below. 

 Find out more about the iPhone 4 at http://bit.ly/ajaimg

 Interested in the iPhone 4? The release date is said to be July 2010, get ready!

My 100th Post.

 I've been meaning to do this post for quite some time now... I think it's been over a month. Since it's my 100th post I feel that I have to make it special. It's kind of a mile stone in my blog's life. I don't really know what I'm going to be talking about. I don't want to make it too long and boring. So, I'm just going to start at the beginning of my blog.


 It seems like it's been so long since the beginning of my blog. I remember when I used to post once a day.. but it's been so long. I first started a blog because I thought it would be like a diary.. but it's not really like that. I searched 'How To: Start your own Blog' on Google, and one of the first results that appeared on the monitor was "Blogger." So naturally, I made an account and decided to try it out. I came up with a very cheesy name 'Teagan's Galaxy! =]' and got posting! I then inspired my best friend Edmond to make his own blog. Which is awesome! He has 100+ posts, and his 100th post was very well written. 


 See his blog here: www.edmondscenter.blogspot.com

 Anyways, my first post on this blog was 'The name.. and how it came about,' or something like that. I just basically talked about what my blog was going to be like and why I named it what I did. And now that I think of it.. the reason is that I couldn't think of anything else to name it! Enough history now, I'm going to talk now about who made this blog possible, and always followed me. 


 My only main follower is Edmond. He has read and re-read all of my posts. I have other followers such as my two sisters, and my sister who does not have a blog but reads my posts. Edmond always took the time to read my posts. And he signs onto his computer everyday, and anxiously check my blog to see if I have made my 100th post yet. He's been encouraging me since my 99th post to make this post. And today I stayed home sick from school.. so here I am. Sick as a horse... but posting. Anyways, thanks to Edmond. 


 Next I'm just going to turn this into a normal post and talk about my day.


 I woke up very late, because I am sick and I don't have to go to school. Then I basically just lounged around the living room for a while watching t.v. There wasn't really anything interesting on, so I got on the computer and started posting. I also recently created a twitter account ( @teaganparke ) so I'm on that all the time too. That's my day so far.. I'm still in my pajamas and I haven't accomplished a single thing today, I have to deliver newspapers later today.. what a perfect day to get sick. Well, that's my day, hope it wasn't too boring. 


 Now, to tell you the truth I think that this post is very boring and I'm not sure what to write about now... I don't think it's long enough, and it isn't very interesting. I'm sorry, maybe I've lost my blogging touch. I'm going to choose a random topic, then I'm going to end this boring post. 


 TWITTER.


Twitter is an online networking site of some sort where you can 'follow' people to get updates on their life, and they can 'follow' you back if they choose to. I like twitter a lot. I have stopped using Facebook as frequent because of twitter. There is a lot of celebrities that use Twitter, and some of them follow back and even tweet you (twitter's word for messaging.) Some stars that you can follow on twitter are Kim Kardashian, Dr.Phil, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Usher, Paris Hilton, and many, many more. It's fun following celebs because you feel like you're in the know. ;P ! I follow a couple stars myself, and it's enjoyable. Some people think that Twitter is pointless because people think you're tweeting about everything you're doing every second of the day. But it doesn't have to be like that. People tweet about other things too.. here are some tweets from a couple of accounts on twitter that aren't just about what they're doing, and when they're doing something. 

Ive been waiting my whole life For a someone like you To go and pick me up and take away my blues.i love this song  - Tweeted by @OhLookItsStef

 TeaganParke 

  

- There's a place downtown where the freaks all come around; it's a hole in the wall, it's a dirty free for all! ;) - Tweeted by ME! :) and Re-Tweeted by @OhLookItsStef

  A lot of people tweet about very educational and interesting things too. I've learned my share of knowledge from just reading tweets. If you're wondering what 'Re-Tweet' means, it is when you tweet or write something and somebody else, one of your followers or just a random person thinks that it's interesting and decides to share it with their followers, they will click on 'Re-Tweet' and now it is visible to their followers. That person's followers can now Re-Tweet it and it could spread around Twitter very fast. 


 You can also send 'Direct Messages' on twitter, these are messages that only the person you're messaging and you can see. So it's not all public on twitter. There's also privacy settings, one of which is the setting that if people want to 'follow' you (see updates on your and your tweets) they have to 'request' it, and then you can either Accept or Decline this request. 


 That's all I have to say about Twitter. I think you should try it out, it's quite enjoyable. It's a great past time, just don't get too addicted like me. Or you'll spend your whole life on that website! It's a great way to stay connected, and it can also be an alternative to Facebook if you're thinking of quitting facebook after all of these stories going around about how bad Facebook is. But, I'm not going to say anything further about that topic. 


 Onto my last topic, youtube.


 I recently uploaded my first youtube video of my friend Edmond tying his shoelaces in under one second. It's the only way he knows how to tie his shoes! Amazing, right?


 You can check out my youtube channel here: 
          http://www.youtube.com/user/teaganjoanparke
 And you can check out Edmond's channel here:
      http://www.youtube.com/user/edmonddude1


 Now, what I wanted to talk about is this.. I recently discovered a girl who can draw amazing portraits, and drawings of whatever! She has a youtube, twitter, and a blog. Alike me :) ! Some celebrities that she has videos of her drawing are... Kobe Bryant, Justin Bieber, Robert Pattinson, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, and more. The surprising thing is that she never took drawing lessons until a couple months ago. She's an amazing drawer, and she does paintings too. You can see her paintings on her blog. I'll post links to her Twitter, Blog, and Youtube below... I hope you follow her on Blogger and Twitter, and subscribe on Youtube to her. She has a cool contest going on right now that is very easy to enter. Check out the rules video here - http://www.youtube.com/user/PacificPastime#p/a/u/2/nwRPq_xjg1U

 She is going to be giving away a portrait of either yourself or a celeb that she has drawn, or a celeb that you want her to draw to one lucky winner. It's very simple to enter this contest so please enter :) I entered a couple times and I hope I win because she is very talented. I could go on forever about how talented she is, but I'm not going to because you might get bored.. but just do me a favor and check out her accounts. Links below.

    <3 PACIFICPASTIME <3

 Youtube- http://www.youtube.com/user/PacificPastime

 Twitter- http://twitter.com/pacificpastime

 Blog- http://delightfullyscrumptious.blogspot.com/

 I hope you enjoy watching her videos and reading her writing :) 

This is a portrait that she drew of DulceCandy87 (a youtube makeup guru) it's amazing! Sorry I couldn't rotate it, it wouldn't work on my computer. I would show you her portrait of Justin Bieber but she doesn't have a picture of that portrait on her twitter. So, I guess you'll have to check it out on her youtube account. Hope you enjoyed this picture. Isn't she amazing?? Check her out. 

Thanks.

 Well, this is the end of my 100th post, I hope you enjoyed and sorry for making you wait so long. I'll try to get back to posting once a day. I'll talk to you in my next post, if I can ever think of ideas for it! Until next time... Thanks for reading! Hope you liked it! :D