Paul Walker

Paul Walker was born in Glendale, California on September 12, 1973. His complete name is Paul W. Walker Jr. He studied in Village Christian Highschool, in Sun Valley, California, and graduated in 1991. When he was in school he was in the varsity high school football team. Since childhood, he started appearing in Pamper commercials and other TV shows like Who's the Boss, and Charles in Charge. His official debut was in 1986 with the horror movie, Monster in the Closet. After highschool, he still played football and he decided to study marine biology in a college in southern California.

In 1998 he jumped to fame when he filmed the movie Pleasantville with Reese Witherspoon. Some important films he made after that are She's All That and Varsity Blues. One of his most important movies have been The Fast and the Furious with Vin Diesel. This movie is the movie people most recognize him for. In 2003, he filmed the second part of this movie called 2 Fast and 2 Furious. In 2005 he also made a great movie with Jessica Alba called Into the Blue. The films Paul Walker has participated in this year are Flags of Our Fathers, a movie directed by Clint Eastwood and is about six soldiers in the battle of Iwo Jima, who was a really important battle in WWII, he also participated in Eight Below, a Disney film that takes place in Antartica, he takes the role of a traveler in the Antartica that has to leave his sled and his dogs because his life is in danger but then he comes to rescue them, the last film has been Running Scared, a movie with suspense and action.

I think Paul Walker is a great actor because he can interpret many different kinds of characters and can act very well in different types of films which is very hard because you need to express different kinds of feelings for the different characters. For example, Eight Below is a kids movie, while Into the Blue is an action movie and it is about a treasure they find in a boat in the sea and an airplane that is undersea too that has lots of valuable things they can sell and gain a lot of money but it is illegal to sell those things and Fast and the Furious is more about cars and action and the police. Those are the reasons why I think Paul Walker is one of the best actors.

The Lost Key

Broom, broom, broom, broom.

"Yes." Mark was young and he was wearing his office clothes. He was celebrating because he had finally managed to turn his floatplane on. Mark was sitting on the pilot's seat and had his laptop settled on the seat beside him. The plane lifted off and soon Mark was observing the sea from above. About an hour after he'd lifted off from the harbour, he got to his island near the coast of California.

Once he got there, he noticed it was very sunny. He parked his floatplane in the dock and got his bag out while picking up his laptop. He stepped into the shallow, crystal water and noticed it was warm and delicious. There was a light and delicious breeze too. He felt like in paradise! The first thing Mark wanted to do once he got there was to go to his beach house, leave his bag there, grab some Coke, chips, a chair, and a couple of magazines, come to the beach again, and finally, relax. Mark reached to his pocket and searched for the keys for his beach house but he couldn't find them. He looked in the other pocket and he couldn't find the keys either! He was getting more desperate each minute that passed.

Suddenly, he noticed it was almost 3 o' clock because of the position of the sun. The strange thing was that he hadn't found his keys since he got there, about two hours ago. He was very desperate by now. He headed to search between the trees. Maybe he had dropped them by accident or maybe a bird had picked them up and dropped them in a nest. So he went and looked through the trees but he couldn't find them. Suddenly he felt little insects were biting him. There were hungry mosquitoes in the tree! He started running deeper in the jungle, jumping and crouching to dodge branches and animals. He got to a clear in the forest and he stopped to rest. After some minutes of resting, he noticed he didn't know where he was. He was lost.


Mark couldn't believe he was in this difficult situation. He was lost in a tropical jungle, on an island miles off the coast of San Francisco or even the safety of his office, he had no food, no way of communicating, and there was a whole colony of mosquitoes after him. He wished he was in his apartment. With air conditioner, in his laptop, chatting with his friends on MSN, talking in the phone, or watching TV. He wanted to be in a place that was miles away from this jungle. All the mosquitoe bites he had got previously were giving him lots of pain. He also noticed something worse than the bites. He didn't have any food or fresh water near him. Mark just had one thing left to do. He had to explore the island and maybe he'd find fruits or fresh water.

Mark got up and picked some brown and red leaves so as he walked he left them behind. The leaves started making a little trail so Mark would know were to go if he didn't find anything. After walking for about half an hour, he sat down on a rock. After a while of resting on the rock, he decided he had to keep walking if he wanted to get somewhere. He walked for what seemed like five hours. He was full of sweat and there were leaves and twigs in his hair. His feet had mud.

"Yuk!" He said as he accidentally stepped over a pile of mud and slipped.

Suddenly, between some palm trees, he spotted a small house. At first, he thought it was an oasis or he was getting crazy. As he got nearer the hut though, he touched and concluded it was solid and wasn't an oasis. He was overjoyed by seeing this. He thought of delicious food, someone to talk to, and a warm bed to rest in, not a rock.

Mark inmediatly knocked on the small door. He knocked around ten more times but still, no one opened the door. He decided to open the door a little bit since it was unlocked. He entered the house quietly. It was a very simple home. It just had a small bed, a table, and two seats. On top of the table there were some bananas, apples, and oranges. Mark grabbed one of them but after registering the house, he concluded it was empty. Hopeless, he got out and started following the trail of red and brown leaves.

"I think I should keep walking, maybe I'll get to the end of the jungle." he said to himself. He kept walking and walking and walking until at last, he finally found a great place to rest, or at least have a little nap. The place was surrounded by fruit trees, it had some palm leaves spread in the floor that were warm and comfortable to be in, and there was a little pond with clean water. The first thing he did was drink from the pond. He knew maybe it could have germs and he could get sick with all the diseases that are in the jungle, but he only cared of the thirst he had. Suddenly, a couple of thunders announced a storm was coming. The sky started to get dark with all the rain clouds. He even saw some lightning in the distance.

"Oh no! Not a storm!" Mark said. He was very cold because he was sweaty and there was a fresh breeze.

Mark was thinking of comfortable San Francisco and the civilization again, when he heard some footsteps splashing in the mud.

"I must be crazy, it's the middle of the jungle, no one is here!" he shouted.

Still, the footstep and mud sound continued, this time faster. It seemed as if the person or the thing creating it was following Mark's voice. "Who is it?!?" he screamed, thinking that he was crazy. No one answered, but the sound didn't vanish. Mark finally sat down and started eating the orange he'd found in the house. Suddenly, he spotted a shadow between the trees. The shadow came closer. Until finally, the sun rays fell in the person's face. It was a guy, around 17 years old, he was tanned, and he had light hair.

"What are you doing here?" he said, speaking perfect English.

"Well, this is my island. What are you doing here?" Mark replied, looking at the guy.

"My name is Makalu, and I live in this island, in the house you saw earlier. I was picking up some berries, so that's why you didn't see me. When I got home, I noticed a fruit was missing, and then I came to investigate. I followed the red leaves and the your footsteps. So now, who are you?" Makalu asked.

"My name is Mark and I work in a tourism company. I'm the owner. I can find you the perfect vacations. Anyway, I bought this island two years ago and came here to spend vacations." Mark replied.

"Ohh...right. So, you're the owner of the house after the forest? Then, what are you doing here in the middle of the jungle?" Makalu asked.

"Well, I got lost, isn't that obvious? I wouldn't come to this jungle for fun, would I? Mark replied.

"Okay. How come you got lost?" Makalu asked once again.

"I lost my house's keys and I couldn't enter so I tried searching between the trees for them and got lost." Mark answered.

"Hmm...so those keys are this guy's." Makalu said to himself.

"You got the keys?" Mark asked, hopefull.

"Yes." Makalu said. He handed Mark the keys. He was so thankfull he said something that made Makalu even happier.

"You know, you've helped me a lot. So, what if you move out of your house and move onto mine and live on it while I'm not here? I'll come more often, I promise, to visit you." Mark suggested.

"What? Sure!" Makalu answered.

The two of them picked up Makalu's things and they both got out of the forest. They got to Mark's house and started celebrating. From that day on, they became great friends and Mark visited his island more oftenly while Makalu cared for the house and both friends made great parties on the island.

My Nightmare Vacation

It was eight o'clock at night and it was Friday, October 13. I was with my friends camping in Chestnuts, a camping site. We had stayed at the worst cabin. It was (1)old, smelly, and humid. When we got there, we realized we had forgotten all our food so we searched in the little fridge of the kitchen and we found (2)a cheese, a bread, and a carrot. We tried preparing descent food with that stuff but we just wasted it because at the end it was an ugly food mix.


The next day we were really bored so we tried organizing some activities to keep us entertained so we went on a walk to the lake and decided to do the activites there. (3)We swam, we raced, and we climbed trees. The only thing we won from doing that was getting really tired and sweaty. We lied on the grass and rested there. Luckily, a friend had brought a (4)basket with juice, ham and cheese sandwiches, and Oreo cookies. We were chatting on the grass when a friend noticed she didn't have her watch. She was worried because it was new and it had been a birthday present so we started looking around for it. (5)Under a pile of brownish leaves, we found it. It was dirty and muddy and we didn't know how it had got there but we didn't care. We decided to go back to the cabin. (6)Picking up the basket, we made our way back to the ugly cabin.


When we got there, we saw our cabin in a real mess. (7)Whenever my friend is in a messy place, she gets all crazy and she wants to organize it as soon as possible. (8)Yes, this time she got really crazy with this mess because everything was upside down and all the papers that were lying in the cabin were thrown around. We were really scared because we didn't know how it had happened. Then we remembered we had left the window open so the house could get some fresh air and we hadn't remembered to close it. We picked up everything and put it back in order. A couple of days passed and we were still bored. Finally, it was October 15, the day our vacations would finally come to an end. My friend's dad came to pick us up. Altough we had a really bad vacation, we would never forget that special Friday 13.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of MSN

Have you ever used MSN? I know most of the people in my school from grade five and up have a Hotmail account and use MSN. In fact, MSN is the most popular instant messaging service in the whole world. Altough using MSN is pretty cool cause you can chat with your friends by internet about anything you want and usually no one is checking on what you say. MSN though, has obviously some advantages and disadvantages and that is what I'm going to write in this week's free post.


An advantage of MSN is obviously chatting with your friends for a low price. You can ask your friends about your homework if you don't understand something just by seeing if they are connected and typing away. MSN also has it's own webpages that don't talk only about chatting and bla bla bla. There is a health and fitness page that has cool fitness tips and health stuff, a shopping MSN page where you can know the latest places to shop, there is a shop online service, links to websites of the coolest shops, etc., a news page where you can get the latest info on current events, services, and things like that. One important advantage MSN has is that it is easy to use. If you have a Hotmail account (which is totally free), you just download the program which is also free and you chat away. If you don't have a Hotmail account you can do it really easily by following some well-explained steps. If you don't have the program there are tons of links in those sites and on the main Hotmail site to do so. It is also totally free. MSN programs have different versions like Windows Messenger, Messenger 7.5, Windows Live Messenger, etc. I recommend downloading the latest one, Windows Live Messenger. For a totally free price you get a bunch of new smilies, new games, options to customize your layout, and lots of other cool stuff. There are also free and not so free add-ons like MSN Plus! which is a free one though were you get lots of customizable stuff like writing with your mouse on the text box instead of typing.

MSN has disadvantages though, like any other thing in the world. I think a really common disadvantage that everyone knows about is that you don't control who adds you to their own contact list. Once, a random guy from somewhere in the world started asking me stuff like which city I lived in, and how old I was. I deleted the guy and blocked him (with MSN you can delte AND block the person so he won't be able to contact you EVER again unless you readd them). That is a big disadvantage, it can be one of your friends that created another account just to have a laugh or it could be someone from somewhere who might wanna rob or harm you or someone else you know. Another disadvantage is that sometimes when someone you don't know adds you or even someone you know is that they can download programs or even create their own and that way they can hack your Hotmail account. It happened to me a short time ago and I had to create a poopy, new account because the guy (or girl) wouldn't give me back my password. >:( For me, those are the only disadvantages of MSN. There are not so many but they are still very risky and it's important to be aware of them. There is a service MSN has and it is called MySpace. They are your own personal websites were you can put self pictures, write about yourself, create a profile, post your favorite bands and songs, etc. It is a little risky if you put self photos because you don't know who is seeing them but if you are smart and keep away from harmful people, nothing bad will happen. MySpace is good because that way you can meet new friends around the globe!

In conclusion, I think it is safe to use MSN, because if you are aware of what could happen and if you are smart enough, hopefully nothing bad will happen to you. Although it has some disadvantages, it is still a very safe service and it's super cool! You can chat with your friend for a low cost (the only thing you are paying is using the internet which has nothing to do with MSN directly), meet new people, and visit specialized MSN sites! You can do lots of things with MSN if you stay aware of disadvantages and smart!

Halloween

I'm so excited because this is the month of Halloween! I love Halloween! It's one of the best holidays in the year after Christmas! In Halloween I usually don't get a costume. I just dress up in normal clothes and go around with my friends. Sometimes kind people even give us some candy! On Halloween there are lots of people like our age that also wear normal clothes and just hang out. Last year me and my friends bought some flour and then we started throwing it to each other and everyone also started buying flour and throwing it around. It was almost a flour war! In Halloween, lots of the people go to the Piñango which is a street and there is like a little store that is very small but is a successs on Halloween day. There they sell lots of candies to give out, they also have flour to buy and little things called "triki-traki". They sell strips full of triki traki in that little store. Triki Trakis are like little round things that look like spheres but they are very small, about the size of a pea. You then put them in the floor and with your shoe you rub they make really tiny explosions. Overall, they are cool! There are also some things called Chispitas Mariposas. They are like little sticks that when you light them, throw a bunch of sparkles around but they are not harmful. I don't know of any accidents that have happened with these. If you take the stick and start drawing in the air stuff like if that was a pencil it almost looks like the words or the drawing appeared in the air for a short time.

I think that when you go out in Halloween wether you have a costume or not or you are just hanging out with your friends you need to be very careful. Some bad people take advantage of this time of the year when everyone is like happy and having parties and thinking about the fun and the candies to kidnap people. I know of some cases that this has happened. Specially to kids that are alone (I don't know why some kids go out alone, that takes all the fun of Halloween out!!). When I go out with my friends, we are always like a big bunch of people so nothing has happened to us. Where I live it is a very safe area so I don't worry much about it but anywere it's good to be aware of what could happen. Also some weird people in this time of the year buy animals like black cats or dogs or any pets and do strange stuff with them. I know it's weird but I know some cases in my city were this has happened. It is very scary. Another problem in Halloween is that some adults give the candy to little kids and kids recieve them like any other treat in Halloween but sometimes this candies are already rotten or maybe they have bad stuff inside so it's better to check first what you're eating.

I am looking forward very eagerly until Halloween. It's just a couple of weeks away. It is a very exciting time of the year because you usually go out with your friends, make a mess, and have lots of fun! That's why I think Halloween is one of the best times of the year and I also think it is super cool!

Problems in My Life

When I have a problem, I usually try to calm down before saying anything. If I don't calm down, the things can get worse. Some bad habits I have when dealing with a problem are that if I'm under too much pressure I can get really angry and that will obviously make the problem harder to solve. When I am under pressure in a problem I try to discuss it or talking about the problem with the person but not shouting or raising the voice lever. Using that way, slowly, it is easier for both people to solve the problem because both are more peaceful and calmer. When I have time to reflect, I usually solve the problem a lot faster because sometimes when I'm angrier I make the problem worse, maybe it is a simple problem but if I'm angry I can think of it as a really hard one.

A mistake I have made when having to solve a problem with other person is when I blame the other person and maybe I'm even involved in the problem too. My mistake was that one time I was playing soccer with my cousin. I was the goalkeeper of my team and my cousin was in the other team. Then she kicked the ball and it hit the post so it wasn't a goal and she thought it was a goal. We got mad at each other and I was super angry at her. What caused me to make that mistake was that I hate when people cheat in sports and also if that goal was accepted her team would be winning unfairly.

I obviously tried to fix the mistake, we talked and we got to an agreement. Since half of the players said it was a goal and the other half said it wasn't. We got calmed down again so we decided that she could do a penalty and if she scored it would be an accepted goal and if not...well, it wouldn't be a goal. Finally she kicked and the ball entered but this time I wasn't mad because I knew it was an okay goal and that it wasn't unfair. After we apologized to each other and we kept playing and everything was good after that.

That was my problem and I am glad we solved it on time because then it could have led to other problems that could've been worse.