Oh geeze, it's christmas again, (and several other holidays)

Great, I'm stuck writing about the holidays because everything else John gave us seems to suck. So yeah, is Christmas time again, Oh woppy. A time to get "involved" with the community, and spend with your loving "family." A time to give gifts to those that you don't know, and the freeloaders (all my cousins) that you haven't seen in 4 to 8 years because they were locked up. A time to see and help your ants and uncles because they have several baby moma issues. Christmas time has become a holiday of (what word can I use) uhm, "entertainment" and pure recklessness. A time where the family comes together and talk about all your issues and why you STILL don't have your diploma and why you STILL don't have a job, and why you STILL living with your moma. And they try, they try to help out, but they don't what they end up doing is making it worst.

*Advice, don't let anyone from your family help out, they'll just make it worst.

Oh and I haven't visited Rockefeller Center yet, but I plan to. Christmas time makes me ...
will blog about why later... gotto a go.

"The Scientist"

If people whould appreciate this song as much as I do they would actually understand me. LISTEN to the words, and watch the whole video to see what I'm talking about.

• Coldplay
• New Music

Memorable Experience - How About That Economy?

It was meant to happen, it was bound to happen. The crisis on Wall St. has everybody talking. This affects everyone me, you, the next president to be elected, and especially the people living in New York City. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch has impacted the New York Stock Exchange so much that it has been the biggest decline since September 17, 2001 right after the terrorist attack. Might even get worst, remember the Great Depression? We might be seeing that again.

The reason why this issues affects everyone and not just business owners is because we all have to eat. How can me and you find a job or start building on our career when about 1,200 people are un-employed. Let me remind you, people that have a degree, experience, and have a family to feed. We are not only in competition, but broke.

Of course many "kids, teenagers, and young adults I even dare say adults" care for this issue or see how seriously bad this can get. If (AIG) American International Group Goes down 1000 points is over, this will truly bring inflation to this nation. Is sad to say it but This generation has been the WORST to ever come to existence. Hopefully things will change for the better, but I'm not counting on senator Barack Obama nor senator John MacCain to make a difference, or clean up the mess Mr. Bush has left us with. Is going to take at least 5 presidents to do that, lets just hope they do it. Does Bush even know people hate him? 

Does anybody remember who Osama Bin Ladin is? 

The dude that plotted 9/11 knocked down the towers killed many innocent people, and plans to kill us all, in the midst of this "Holy War" he thinks we're in. Yeah, the guy that hides in mountains and holes in the ground and apparently is a genius that no one has been able to find. Yeah, I'm kind of confused on what have been done with that too. 

On other affaires,

Is like everything keeps getting worst and worst and~ worst.... in this planet. The Economy sucks. The food crises is going to get to us one way or another, personally I give it two more years. The so call "leaders" WE keep putting in the white house keep getting dumber and dumber, honestly I haven't seen a brilliant mind in the white house since JFK maybe even Teddy Roosevelt. Global Warming is walking around the Earth and nobody seems to care, its taking a stroll around the park like it owns us, but we don't care, we love polluting the planet, whatever pays the bills, right? Finally, dooms day is on the way on a plain, slowly but surely it'll get here soon, but apparently we are prepared, we've been prepared everything ells right?   :)

May God be with you all.

Christian M. Rivera

My Neighborhood

My neighborhood is an awesome place. I reside in the Bronx around Fordham Rd and Webster Ave. Fordham has everything, well "everything" when we speak about the stores and fast food restaurants. It is considered as one of the longest retail strip in the borough of the Bronx. As far as transportation, you have the BX. 41, BX. 9, BX. 12, BX 17, BX. 22, BX. 15, BX. 55, BX. 34, BX. 1, BX. 2, and the BX. 32. As for the trains you have the #4, B, and D. Fordham Road is not that dangerous, but hey I can understand how people can get scared. Not so long ago an NYPD traffic agent who happened to be pregnant at the time was crossing Webster Ave. and 188 St. that's a block away from Fordham Rd. She got hit by a mini van then runed over by a school bus. Many came to the rescue to lift a 5-ton bus of her. Unfortunately she died during surgery. Her child lived for about 2 weeks then gave in. In reality many bad things happen to good people anywhere, all the time. It doesn't matter how nice your neighborhood is, places aren't perfect. The worst parts in the neighborhood of Fordham are mostly on the side streets. Fordham Road is always packed (especially on saturdays.) People go about their business on most nights up to around midnight. After that it gets way more sketchy. Below I left a link to check up on all the "activities" or news that have happened around my area

http://nyc.everyblock.com/news-articles/locations/zipcodes/10458/

About me and what are my plans for the future

Ok, Who Am I?

I am a normal human being like everyone ells on this planet that has a goal and a vision and is determined to archive it. First thing is first, my past. Who I was before is not who I am today. Before I was a really bad kid and hated school. Went through many problems at home with my parents and siblings. Most of that reflects on my Reasons for dropping out of high school. I went through my “depression moment” where I hated the world and everyone in it.
Nonetheless I got over it. I reconstructed my life like a puzzle; I put the pieces back together. I started going to church more and doing more with my daily activities. Began hitting the books to begin a new chapter in my life and forget about the last agonizing chapter I lived. I am enrolled at a GED school determined to pass the test with a 3,000 and get my General Equivalent Diploma, start with college (SVA), pursue my dream to become a photographer and graphic artist and own my photo studio. Those are my plans up to now, this is also the person that I am today and that is my past, or just a bit of it.

-Christian M. Rivera