Country

I recently read an article in People Magazine about Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler and Julianne Hough. The article is called Country Girl Talk written by Eileen Finan. I really like this article because it shows how they all come together and are friends. One thing that really stands out to me is in the article Taylor Swift talks about how for breakfast she eats Cracker Barrel biscuits with apple butter and eggs with ketchup. This stands out to me a lot because girls these days get a sense that famous woman do not eat fatty foods and that its all about being really skinny. It's nice to know that Taylor Swift is a good role model for girls in the sense that eating is good. She is also a very down to earth person and her music and lyrics really come from the heart. I also like how in the article Hough said that they are not very competitive because there all trying to pursue the same dreams. It goes to show that not all famous stars dislike people of there genre. 

Number 1

The title of the piece is Family Matters. The authors are Lorenzo Benet and Jill Smolowe. I read this article in People Magazine. Sarah Palin who is running for Vice President is currently having to deal with many things happening in her life while dealing with the elections. The author talks about how Sarah Palin served two terms as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. In 2006 she became Governor of Alaska. She went from being a small state Governor to running for Vice President, i'd say thats a huge step. Once it was decided she was going to do this her 17 year old daughter announced she was 5 months pregnant. She is also the mother of 5 children. At age 43 she gave birth to a child with Down syndrome. I very much agree with the authors position because she is dealing with a lot in her life while going through elections. But I think she is fully capable of making a successful Vice President. I liked this article because I like finding out new information concerning politics. 

The characters I think are most different are Lyod and Codi. One of the main reasons why they are different is the fact that Codi doesn't feel like she belongs and Lyod knows his place. Codi has been searching for herself throughout the book. She goes to Grace hoping to find herself and even there she still feels lost. Lyod on the other hand seems very confident in life. Once way he shows her he belongs is when he brings her to his house to meet his family. You can tell that he is very comfortable where he is because he likes it so much he wants to bring Codi there. From that you can kind of get the feeling that Lyod is helping her try to become more comfortable and feel at home. Another thing that is different is that Lyod is very knowledgable about finding your true home. He shows the knowledge when he is explaining to Codi about how dogs have no permanent home but can make one any where they are and feel at home where ever they are. One way they are the same is that they both feel incomplete. Meaning that when Lyod lost his brother he thought he lost apart of himself. He talks about this feeling with Codi. This is similar to how Codi feels like she is missing a major part in her life, being her mom and her baby she was going to have. Throughout her life she has always felt incomplete with out them.

Musical

Music is something that does not run in my family. Both of my parents adore listening to music on the radio and singing along but other then that they had no musical knowledge. If it weren't for my great grandma Ginny, I would be in the same place as my parents. She was an amazing pianist, when i was about 5 years old she taught me how to play my first song, Silent Night, on the piano. After years of listening to her play she inspired me to start taking lessons in first grade. In third grade she passed away. I still continued to take lessons, but by that time is discovered something new I wanted to learn, the guitar. I made an agreement with my mom that after my 5th year of piano, at the beginning of 6th grade I could start learning that. I picked it up very quickly and now after a short year of lessons, I am still playing. I now write my own songs on both of them and lyrics I can sing to them with. Last year at my middle schools singer's concert i sang one of my songs. Music is something i love and cherish very much and my friends and family definitely see that in me. The way they see me and I see myself is, musical.