Breaking Bricks

aAAAAAHHHHHH

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:09:15 GMT

We chose to invest in the stocks we did by trying to invest in things that are necesities and also have sighns of

doing well. Also, it was very important to keep our portfolio some what diverse so that if one category of products

was not doing very well, others may doing very well and not affect total revenue.

By investing in stocks that were not related. For example, buying stocks in food and buying stocks in

technology.

The stocks that saw the most financial growth were the shares in technology (intecticdx_n) by far more than any

other shares.

Our portfolio held up to be profitable and was diverse enough to earn much more money in different fields

while others suffered. Our total revenue was enough to not only maintain the amount that we had started with but

to add to it by a significant amount.

I believe that in the long term we it would have been a good decision with the portfolio we had chosen.

Although certain stocks did not do so well, over time they may start to earn much more money. But without

depending on those certain stocks to better and having other much more profitable stocks to maintain income.

Although we did earn more money than we had started with, I saw that the market is not very stable and does

not insure that you will not only lose money. I also saw that just as fast as money could be made,it could be

lost.This was shown by how one day a stock was earning money , and the next it was losing money. So in

conclusion I would decide not to invest in the stock market due to how unstable it could be.

What I learned from this experience is a new understanding of how out economy works. How much citizens

help the economy. And also how easy it is for them do so. The stock market makes it very easy for people to play

a role in almost money from a vast assortment of categories. I also learned how much of a gamble it is to invest

money in the stock market, and that you really must invest a large amount of money to be able to make any back.

One thing that I would change about the experience is tasks to research facts about the stocks that we had bought

and also what was effecting them to gain or lose money.

hw

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:02:19 GMT

often when people think of the constitution they invision an ancient piece of paper which outlines our government.What they do not see is a testament to all of the many compromises that were made while in creating it.They fail to see how our fore fathers had only the future in mind in while constructing the constitution.One of the or maybe the greatest compromises was the Great Compromise.

On june 29, 1787 in philadelphia the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan were debated for 4 days.The New Jersey plan ,which was proposed by William Paterson ,outlined a one house legislature with representatives selected by the states,each state would be able to cast one vote.This plan favored the smaller states and was much like the plan of government of the day,the articlles of confederation.

the virginia plan, which was proposed by edmund randolph.this plan proposed a three separate branches of government and a bicameral legislature in which a state's representation would be based on population or taxes paid by the state.This plan favored the larger states and is much like the form of government we have today.

When the dust finaly settled in philadelphia a Great Compromise was reached.This compromise defined a bicameral legislature (2 house) where states would be equally represented in the senate, while represented based on population in the house of representatives,.This agreement which also came to be known as the Connecticut Compromise,because Roger Sherman was from connecticut and played a large role in the agreement.This proved to be a perfect compromise which favored the small states in the senate and the large states in the house of representatives.

In the articles of confederation there was a major problem which constitution repaired.It was that for congress to pass a law every state must vote in favor of it.therefore it was nearly imposible for any laws to be passed.the new constitution said that laws could be passed on a 2/3 vote.also in the articles of confederation the congress had little power to fix the current problems like trade wars happening internationaly and and between the states.The constituion gave many more powers essential to settle problems as they occur.These powers are outlined in the constiution in article 1, section 8 where you can find Enumerated,implied powers and the elastic clause.

Get rich Get high and Die

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:21:46 GMT

Optimism is disease
nothing more.

lets all just blow out our brains
and nnt with a bullet.

lets inject the junk
through our eyelids and father's faces!

maybe we can turn into vegetables planted on an chemically covered garden..

nothing is worth consciousness...nothing...not love or hate
let us wave the rifles mindlesly...because enjoyment is the only thing that matters.....get rich get high and die...

why does my brain feel this but yet i feel pretty happy most of the time...

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:29:24 GMT

such vast combinations of notes and mezmerizing posibilities.
pressing on any one key triggers a sequence of unique eternal sound
an incredible natural language that can be embrassed by refugees from unknown lands

uncovering concepts that are heard by others but slightly and enourmously rearanged......

i wish more things were ike piano keys...simple and easy to combine with one another....

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:08:27 GMT

school umm...im kind of speechless.

are we suposed to have a plan?i think life has hurdles so they change everything before u can.

i just cae to that conclusion about 10 minutes ago.

be fullfilled is the most important thing in life...i think

i came that conclusion this summer.

I might have a life like an olympic 100 meter hurdle

There are nations waiting sizemick but suddle.

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:54:20 GMT

nothing can ever be the same.Anton is a fucking marvel.ive never been so totaly taken away by a msical perfoemance in my life. this show and stephen malkmus are the two best concerts ive ever seen or thing i will ever see.unless i pa 300 dollars for the rolling stones and pnk floyd!!!! holy shit PINK FLOYD IN CONCERT AGAIN!!!!! in AMERICA!!!!.

voiclessly controling my every fiber.
yet still speaking drunken words of wisdom through an effect which was made tremelo.

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:17:43 GMT

Iam going to see a great great man,
he has more musical genius than grains in sand
he is the man,one of the many.

so anywho who wants to hang out with me before the summer is over cuz its my last real summer in high school.whoa just a few more months until im out of high school. crazy.but thinking about that right now doesnt make me feel very good,it makes me feel like a goat that the chupacabra is about to eat..

chewy took the bait
sealed their fate
thank god for those fury little faces
saved our outer spaces

ill slit their throats with a fucking baby food spoon!!!!

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 16:25:03 GMT

fucking alkayda.alquayda,alquida whatever who gives a fuck fuck them in their stupid assholes.

i dont understand how people say they are entitled to do things like that and that its americas fault that they are blowing shit up all over the world.FUCKING LEFTWINGPINKOCOMMIES!!!!

"makes me want to pick up a sniper rifle and do the worlds laundry with it."

YEs fucking quote me you bitches.
im angry.if someone comments on this saying otherwise of anything i said ill hunt that little bitch down and slaughter rape and pillage his/her family.

it fucking blows my mind.how the fuck can they do that and think they are going to get a bunch of virgins when they die.WHAT KIND OF FUCKING RELIGION TELLS YOU YOU ARE GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF VIRGINS WHEN YOU SLAUGHTER THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE!?!?!?!

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:20:57 GMT

This summer is going pretty good.
Lots of beach so far.
Lots more comin'
Skim boarding is a newly discovered love.
So is boogie boarding.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre show will be amazing.
I didnt get to go to the Built to Spill show which i want to kill my self for.
Black Rebel Mortocycle Club show.
whole lots of shit and makin tunes.but i cant get in big ass trouble or my dad will turn into P.Diddy and say "Im shutting down the studio!!!"

Oh shit i have to clean my garage to put my shit in it.

All i want is a beautiful girl who loves music as much as i do plays the keybaord and who i can make music with.Is that too much to ask for?

Its a revolution so load all your guns and hand them to your sons.We will keep our selves uneuqal.

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:19:36 GMT

We must talk in every telephone, get eaten off the web
We must rip out all the epilogues from the books we have read
And to the face of every criminal strapped firmly in a chair
We must stare, we must stare, we must stare

We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell
Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell
And in the ear of every anarchist who sleeps but doesn't dream
We must sing, we must sing, we must sing

And it'll go like this
While my mother waters plants my father loads his gun.
He says, "Death will give us back to god,
just like the setting sun
is returned to the lonesome ocean."

And then they splashed into the deep blue sea
It was a wonderful splash
We must blend into the choir, sing a static with the whole
We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul
And to this endless race for property and privilege to be won
We must run, we must run, we must run

We must hang up in the belfry where the bats in moonlight laugh
We must stare into a crystal ball and only see the past
And in the caverns of tomorrow with our flashlights and our love
We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge

And then we'll get down there,
way down to the very bottom of everything
and then we'll see it, we'll see it, we'll see it

Oh my morning's coming back
The whole worlds waking up
Oh the city bus is swimming past
I'm happy just because
I found out I am really no one

I dont care if Im a faget for thinking the new bright eyes cd is awesome.cuz its the truth its awesome.

Nothing's ever as it seems.
Only in your wildest dreams.
Your smiling face does gleam.

I wonder many things.
But they dont me.

Its a free for all.Free for all.Free for all.

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:54:54 GMT

I am a very happy man.Alesis Micron analog sound thingy majiger,I love you.

"I wish I had my own walkie talkie that'd reach to God every night."

Mark Oliver Everette (Eels mastermind) is incredible,and im not using that term lightly...INCREDIBLE!!!

Im going sailing. On a turtle.

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 03:41:35 GMT

Beauty is in the eye of the soldier.
So let him and I meet at the shoulder.
Let him and I never get older.

I want to show him I care.
Not like other fucks who wouldnt dare.

Simba killed Mufasa!!! Scar didnt have shit to do with it!
And Sleeping beauty didnt get pricked with a cursed needle!!! She hit the heroin and OOOOOODEEEEEEED!
Junkie ass bitch!!! Shes skinnier than the needle!

CHECK THE FACTS...BITCHES!!!

Sat, 11 Jun 2005 03:53:23 GMT

Almost got into a fist fight with my "dad".The next time shit like this happens im going to punch him in the face.When he threw whatever he was washing in the sink and started charging at me it was the first time I took a step forward and not back.The only person ill feel sorry for when we start fighting for real and not pushing eachither ,like this time. is going to be my Mom cause she will have to see it happen.

Mr. big macho ape man.
Trying to prove you have a stand.

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:00:49 GMT

Ok today we talked about Death of a Salesman (a play) which we read in english.My teacher mentioned how Willy (the main character,and "the"salseman) says before how there would be many people who would go to his funeral just like all of the other important buisness men's funerals but then at his there is no one other than his family and his neighbor who is his only real friend.I just started to think about who will be at my funeral other than my real friends and my family.There wont be anyone there saying "He is gone and he did so much for (whatever) or helped whoever" Which brings me back to thinking about these next few years and how people are going to leave and things are going to change.I think that there are only a few things that I truly hate but lately but something i will probly hate for a long time is thinking about the future,i wish could plan only hours ahead of anything that is happening.

I havnt been this scared of anything since I truly thought about death when I was about 11 and started crying in fear.

HOLY SHIT I JUST REMEMBERED!!!!!!!!!!! STEPHEN MALKMUS!!!!!!!!!! ON TUESDAY!!!!! i wish i could only think about good things like that and good people.

Only if turtles had turbine engines.

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 03:28:36 GMT

Ive never feared a summer.
But this one might call mouse trap.
This one just might open my eyes.

There comes a time in ones life when there baby beer goggles overload.
I feel mine heating up.

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 16:48:33 GMT

"I walked to New York and back to L.A.
I lived on a mountain and once by the bay
I bought an apartment and I slept in the hay
But theres no place thats softer than
Livin today is just gettin so bad
Theres a look on your face and it says youv been had
Take all my money but dont make me mad
Cause theres nobody meaner than
I pray to buddah to alla and Jim
I turn to Jesus and stayed there with him
I fell in deep but learned how to swim
Now theres nobody cleaner than me or than him"
The Brian Jonestown Massacre_Ballad of Jim Jones

Its seriously amazing how good this band is.Thank you Cody for turning me onto this amazing music.

I remember summers past with swollen eyes.But only the ones that were not wasted

Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:17:39 GMT

"im only a man nothing more but the world and its fight for justice makes me thrive for action and hostility"___one of my closest friends.Carlos I love you.

If Sonic Youth,The Brian Jonestown Massacre,Stephen Malkmus and Wilco were in a room doing heroin I would join them.

I dont want to sound like a pussy but i just talked to Carlos about the summer before this past one.The summer wich was Stealth Ninja Monkey Cats band practice wich consisted of nothing else but jamming,smoking massive amounts of herb and cigerettes,more jamming and either hide and go seek,tag or whatever cool shit we founf in cosmo's garage or stole from someone elses.
And seriously my eyes swelled up.BUT I didnt cry!!!

I love cool people...thats why they are my closest friends.

If everyone listened to Sonic Youth the world be an amazing place.

I can say I have played every kind of "A" chord.I dont think you can say that.

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:15:50 GMT

I fall in love with every chord.
But each one is someone whom I cant afford.

Soul grind on my mind.

I fear the day that I must take another man's life.

Tue, 31 May 2005 22:27:16 GMT

A crazy African American man with 4 teeth threatened my life on 3rd street in Venice yesterday.From what i got from his insane proficy that he bestowed upon me I figured out that he didnt like us cuz we were fucking around with people and that the 3rd sreet promenad was his "house" as in he thought he was Jesus..He also told me something about when I see him in his robes and garments that I should go back to my fields and something about opression I think.But his speech ended with "i will put you in a fucking grave." I was scared for the five minutes after that too keep fucking with people cuz i felt like he was going to pull a gun out and shoot me in the back.Its very rare when you have to think about "if this guy tries to take my life than how am I going to stop him and will I take his?".And I believe its wrong to take another person's life with out a good enough reason ("Thou shall not kill.") but there are still rules of survival no matter what kind of morals you have.

The first life I have ever had to truly contemplate taking belonged to a nomad who belived himself to be the one who gave his for mine.

"The only sound thats left after the ambulances go is Cinderella sweeping up on desolation row."

Sat, 28 May 2005 18:57:12 GMT

Just Give in
He will always win.
Smile and grin.
Turn and commit a sin.

$200.00 more and I have a weapon of mass destruction.
Weapon = synthesizer
Destruction = musical capability

Crazy

Tue, 24 May 2005 02:56:19 GMT

Friday - hung out with Carlos Cody and Peter

Saturday - chilled with "DA HOMIES" s'mores

Sunday - hooka bar, jumped off a huge ass apartment into a random pool that my friends found earlier, saw Star Wars Episode 3

Monday - tried to extend my weekend like an idiot and go to the beach but in a crazy turn of events ended up having my dad go insane and catch me.not to mention me and steve smoking mad bongloads only 10 minutes my dad got there and split an atom.I was so faded for the whole thing i dont even remember if he was mad or if he was a monkey trying to steal my marbles.

crazy ass shit man... well the best part was sunday and the craziest part was monday.

im just hoping my dad wont take my guitar again.and also let me go to the Stephen Malkmus show.Both seem like they can go a'ight

working for like 3 weeks straight to make my parents happy and to make $300.00 for a synthesizer.

I dont know when my dad was running at me trying to kick my ass it seemed horrible.but after we got to the bakery and he slept for a little bit and i worked things seemed a shitload better.but who knows maybe he is just waiting to call the boot camp guys to come get me.

Daily lyric = I dont know how to feel.
Its unreal.

Star Wars came out today!!!...Dont know when i will see it.

Fri, 20 May 2005 03:42:39 GMT

Put aside the ranger.
Be who you were born to be.

Please read.

Wed, 18 May 2005 01:41:56 GMT

At age 19 i was kidnapped by turkish pirates
Mediterranean thugs
After some torture they considered me their mascot
Cypriotic good luck
I had to taste the deck and many other things
I had to pay the piper with my wedding ring
And i would never see my family again

By 25 i was respected as an equal
My art was a knife
On countless raids i was the first one up the lanyard
Yeah i was seeking a fight
There is no time to pray
And there's no time to beg
And then it's off with an arm

Or it's off with a leg
And if i spare your life
It's because the tide is leaving

Oh yeah

By 31 i was the captain of a galleon
I was poseidon's new son
The coast of montenegro was my favorite target
It was ever so fun
We had no wooden legs
Or steel hooks
We had no black eye patches
Or a starving cook
We were just killers with the cold eyes of a sailor
Yeah we were killers with the cold eyes of a sailor
STEPHEN MALKMUS_THE HOOK

Lets go to the park and play.soocer,basketball,whatever.

I would have had sex with the entire band.no joke.

Sat, 14 May 2005 01:34:37 GMT

Eels show last night was(as Peter would put it) one for the record books. There were about 3 or 4 times where i either got the urge to cry or had my eyes swell up (BUT NOT CRYING!!!).Lets summarize it with: ironic knowing of people,russian claymation,E being incredibly amazing,off duty cop telling me to stop smoking my joint,double encore (one after the lights when on and with 2 different members of the band),quartet of hot hot stringed instrument band members,awesome drummer who played more of every other instrument more than he played his drum which consisted of a snare a sut case a trash can and maybe a symbol,E telling someone that they got served,and drinking slurpeys in 7-11 but not paying for them.Ok for sure not a summary but its good enough.

I love birds!!!
We all love birds.

happy but sad.

Tue, 10 May 2005 01:42:10 GMT

My dad took all of my guitars.No one has any kind of idea of how that makes me feel.
Atleast i have a piano and harmonicas.
That actualy helps alot but also doesnt help at all.

On a competly spectacular opposite hand, Eels at the Roxy on Thursday.And girls with Rotwilers.