Recently I read an article about plans to build a magnetic train that could reach speeds of up to 300 MPH. It is planned as a route between Anaheim, CA and Las Vegas, NV. I think this should be considered as an option for all intercontinental travel within the US. Now how this ties into world problems. In most developing countries there is a serious problem of no running water or electricity. My solution for the lack of electricity would be to look to experiments conducted by Nikola Tesla that drew electric current from the ionosphere. One problem with this was that it could cause airplanes to crash. To remedy this problem if air travel was only limited to over seas travel and travel was conducted within an continent by ground, such as the electric magnetic train this could provide a means for these developing countries to use ionosphere electricity without the problem of air traffic disasters. If the world is going to send billions of dollars to these countries I think someone needs to develop a master plan to efficiently utilize these financial resources and break the terrible cycle of pouring money into programs that are well intended but really do not address the bigger issues faced by developing countries.

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What high school did you go to? Kamiakin High School

What was your school mascot? Chief Kamiakin of the Yakima Nation

What were your school colors? Scarlet and Gold

Did you have school spirit? Yes

Did you drive to school or ride the bus? Drove, vroom vroom baby!

What kind of car did you drive? B210 Datsun, sexy!

Did you ever skip? Not much

If so, where did you go on skip days? Home to draw

Ever have detention? Not that I can recall your honor

For what? It might have been for being late or talking in class

What did you think of freshman year? I was too busy trying to be tough to make it through freshman year

Was lunchtime fun? Hell yeah! We could go off campus

Did you normally eat school lunch or bag lunch? I remember eating at McDonald's a lot. Is that brown bagging it?

Were you ever part of a food fight? If so it was to see who could get the last burger!

Did you attend the pep rallies? No

Did you have a crush on anyone? Every girl that played sports, almost

Were you bullied by anyone? Every girl that played sports, almost

Did you play any sports? I really really wanted to play the girls that played sports, is that what you meant?

Did you go to all the football games? Only a few

Were you friends with the cheerleaders? I really really wanted to be their "special" friend

Were you considered popular? No, I was considered strange

Did you run for Homecoming or Prom King/Queen? No

Did you win any awards or superlatives? I was voted "The Next Picasso"

Were you involved in any clubs? No

What was your favorite subject? Manufacturing and Commercial Art

Who was your favorite teacher? Mr. Hoglen(Shop) Mr. Fleischer(History,Adv World Problems) Mrs. Hyde(German, Algebra)

Who was your least favorite teacher? Mr. Holmquist(Art)

Who did you hang out with? I think legally I'm not allowed to answer this question

Were you part of a clique? I hung around a clique

Did you hang out with mostly guys or girls? I spent a lot of time with my car

Was there anyone you absolutely could not stand? Yeah, people who asked questions about High School

Who were you dating? Dating? What's that?

What year did you graduate? 1993

Where were the parties held? At different people's houses, and beer falls!

Who threw the best parties? Who ever invited me!

Did you drink? Occasionally in H.S.

Did you smoke? No

Aside from school, what were your weekends or evenings like? I worked at the pizza shop on the weekend mostly or I was at shows(music)

What is one of the best memories you have of high school? The day I recieved my diploma and the day I met her

What is one of the best high school party memories you have? Junior year, at this really nice house after a show one weekend

Do you miss being in high school? Yes, especially the years before I was old enough to work

Did you ever fail a class or grade? No

What grade was the most fun? Freshmen-Sophmore(I didn't have to work)

If you could, would you do it all again? Yes, and I would do some things differently

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I'm getting excited about next month. I'm drawing these sample pages for DC. But I'm trying to keep my expectations real. While getting a chance to illustrate Detective Comics even for one issue would be RAD! I would really like to find an independent with some readership, just to get the exposure. I'm having fun drawing Batman so there's no loss there. I'm also looking forward to drawing under the pressure of a convention. I've got a knack for tuning things out around me, so I think I should have no problem. As far as these pages go I'm starting to get comfortable with the shadowing. The scene for these pages is at night so there is a lot of dark moody atmosphere. I would really like to work on the rain technique I used in my comic book I drew. I think if I could improve that the rain element would really set the mood for a good crime story.

Ten years ago today my grandfather died. I would say I was somewhat close to him. We talked about a lot of things. I was 22 when it happened and I had just moved back to the Midwest. It hit me pretty hard. The last time I saw him alive was the weekend before it happened. May 15th, 1998 was on a Friday. It really bothered me for a long time. I had planned to call the day before it happened. I didn’t have anything important to say. He was here one day and gone the next. No explanation as to why. I’ve known people who’ve died before. When I was a kid there were these two kids I knew that drowned, one trying to save the other. I had an Uncle that I only have a few memories of and one of my other grandparents had passed prior to this. But the thing that really bothered me about my Grandfather’s death was his was a suicide. Here one day gone the next.

This week has been a real learning lesson for me.

Lesson #1
I learned just how hard it is to draw when your mind is zipping all over the place. I find out that I failed one of my classes. One class has kept me from getting my degree. I was fighting depression and frustration at the same time yesterday. I couldn't focus and I wasn't getting the anatomy on something I was drawing yesterday while in this state of mind. Today after I regained my mental stability I was able to correct the anatomy problem and it was easy as a piece of cake. Lesson learned: when your mind can't focus don't expect the simple things to be easy.

Lesson #2
Five days a week as part of my regular exercise routine I run 3 miles in the morning. Usually I eat a bag a spinach a day however I haven't been able to afford it lately. This week I bought four bags and have been eating one bag a day. Today as part of my routine I ran my 3 miles, well in addition to this I also walked about 8 miles. Now in case you're wondering why I walked 8 miles, it's simple I don't have a car and I had some errands that required it. Now onto what I learned, I learned just how important that bag of spinach a day is. I come home eat dinner and now I'm finishing up one of my sample pages. And I'm not really tired! I eat the bag of spinach because what I've learned from the Dept. of Ag's website. It's a good place to learn what you should eat specific to you. It takes into account your body type age etc. I can't wait till I can afford to make strawberry smoothies in my Jack LaLane Juicer on a daily basis