20% Project Plan

In Rogate, we were assigned a project called the 20% Project. It was originated in Google where they let their employees work on a project of their choice for 20% of their week. My project is designing an app that will tie into a computer game and a video about a cheerio named Charlie. We are basing our project on the brainchild of Shaun Thomas. I am working with my friend Taher to create the app. It will be based on a temple run-ish idea where Charlie runs away from teeth/spoons. We are still in the planning phase, but the programming will be the hardest aspect of our project. If everything goes as planned, we will be done by our deadline, which is in 3 months.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quote

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

When Martin Luther King Jr. says this, he is clearly trying to say that you can accurately describe a man's morals by the way he hands challenges.  It is easy for people to put up fake emotions or a fake personality when they are at ease.  The way people react to problems and all of their decisions will express their real personalities.  This is one of his many famous quotes that have helped to inspire others at their time of need.

Looking back on 2012

2012 wasn't that great.  Very little happened for me.  I joined the marching band, which was a lot of fun.  When we went to finals, we got 7th place out of 21.  That is a lot better than how we did last year.  As I travelled through another year, so did the rest of the world.  A horrible accident occurred in my community.  One of the buses from my elementary school was hit by a dump truck as it was crossing an intersection and one of the sixth graders that I knew died.  Adding to the overall badness of 2012, we had the fiscal cliff.  Considering everything, our country didn't do very well.  2012 could be passed off as just another year that we made it through, but we will definitely feel the after affects in 2013.
I haven't really made any resolutions for the new year because frankly, I just don't have the energy to keep up with them.  I'm not really anti-resolution, I just don't like to make them.