Looking Up.

A person that I really admire would have to be Martin Luther King Jr., he stood for civil rights for every single person. When no one else would speak up he rose above the crowd and spoke for them. That makes him an incredible leader and I wish I had more characteristics like that. I’m a fairly quiet person, and to have those leadership skills would make me a much better employee and over as a person for many situations that would arise. It’s hard to “Manage” when you’re a soft spoken person. Martin Luther King Jr. had a voice that carried. I’m sure his confidence and how firmly he stood for civil rights helped his voice be heard. But as firm as he did stand for whites and blacks to be equal he did it in the most non-violent way, through the way he ran his campaign. And doing so was the best way to resolve the conflict in my opinion. Raising violence would have just made them look like the bad guys, and they would have probably ended up losing rights rather then gaining them. Martin Luther King Jr. was absolutely a great model that we should be more like, rising above the crowd to stand for what you believe in.

I look up to Eminem. He is a prime example of someone who had a terrible life and through music he turned his whole life around. I consider him to be someone I look up to because when ever I am feeling down or pissed off about something I just put my Pandora on my Eminem playlist and just listen to his lyrics, and after a while, it actually makes me feel better. By listening to him it just shows me that I am not the only one who deals with struggles throughout my life. It makes it easier to relate to him. I know he is not the best role model because of some of the things he’s done in his life, but his music pulls you in and really makes you think about life in another perspective.

The third person I look up to would have to be Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell is a mastermind in comedy, and knows how to use humor in almost any situation to raise people’s spirits. Not only is he funny, but he also knows how to be serious in certain situations where seriousness is essential. Will Ferrell supports many charities that really make a difference such as UNICEF, Artists for Peace and Justice, Afghanistan Relief Organization, Charilze theron Africa Outreach Project, Room To Read, Cancer for College, US Campaign for Vurma, Music for Relief and Steven Jay Wampler Foundation. I have always thought he was an icon in my life ever since I watched the movie Talladega nights. I love seeing him on Saturday Night Live. He’s been a regular since the 90’s and he’s always making jokes and making everyone laugh.

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The real story behind my picture is me and Sura drove around Monett for like 25 minutes trying to find something to take a picture of. After that we see Mazzio's left the outside lights on and it seems like a good idea to take a picture of my car in front of the restaurant. After taking the picture it looks good so i use it for the assignment.

 

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Groundhog Day

If I could go back in time and relive a day I would relive the day I wrecked my 2001 Toyota Celica GTS in September.  That night I was stressed out and thought I would go ahead and top my car to see what the top speed was, but I made the bad decision of trying to top it on a back road. After hitting about 130 MPH I’m gliding on the road and then a bump comes out of nowhere and spins me sideways, after counteracting with I losing control facing the other direction and then the passenger side of my car is in the ditch. It’s late and the grass is wet, so when I cut the wheel to the left nothing happened, and I was forced to hit a covert that through me sideways across the road and put me on my side in the ditch on the opposite side of the road (Driver side up in the air). Hanging there, heart racing, I call 911. “911 what is your emergency” I tell them I was in a wreck on 1040, right outside of Pierce City. “So that’s Lawrence County? One moment let me transfer your call.” 30 seconds later I retell the situation to the next operator, and they say they will send a unit out….. 40 minutes later the state trooper shows up and takes all the information for the accident report. My wreck was about 100 feet in distance, and for some reason the cop never asked me how fast I was going. I would have gotten one big ticket if he knew the real speed and could prove it, but he seemed like a really nice guy. After the tow truck got there he ended up giving me a ride home. I would relive this night, and right before I turned on the back road 1040 I would not of made the stupid decision to drop into second gear and top my car out that night. If I did not make that decision that night I would have that Toyota Celica paid off and the 350z I have now, and would have sold my Alero. My insurance rates would be significantly lower and full coverage would be less than half the price I would pay now. Although I wrecked my car, even after paying my deductible, I made a profit on that car. The settlement was actually $700 dollars but -$500 for the deductible. So I made $200, but if there was any way possible to save my totaled car I would of payed $800+ for them to fix my car but it was about 6-7k in damage. It was a very easy standard to drive and excellent to learn in. It was just a very fun car to drive. And now I would be driving the Toyota Celica for work and delivering pizzas and the Nissan 350z in my free time just to keep the miles low on it and keep the value high, and then I wouldn’t have to be driving that sketchy Alero to work.