Sunday, February 13, 2011

A place I want to go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
A desired place that I to go to is Los Angeles, California. I want to go to Hollywood and meet all the actors and singers. I've always wanted to go to Hollywood. I've never met an actual movie star, except for my family friend who has been in so tv shows and movies like he is going to be in the upcoming Transformers movie. California has lots of sunshine throughout the year. The things that I would probably not like about L.A. are the people, because it is so crowed and the earthquakes. California has a lot of earthquakes.

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID17486/images/walk-of-fame2.jpg 
I would travel to Hollywood on a plane. While I am there I would like to see the Hollywood sign, at least one famous actor, preferably Zac Efron, and go through the walk of fame. I would bring my family along because we have a mission to go to all 50 states in the Untied States. My siblings and I are halfway done, but my parents have been to a couple more than us. What I would need to pack is a bathing suit, some shorts and shirts, some sunscreen, and sunglasses. I think Hollywood will be crowed and sunny all year long so I don't think it would matter what time of year I would go, but I would most likely go in the summer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles 

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer was born on April 12, 1954 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is the third child out of five. When he was two he moved to Oregon where he grew up. His occupations are mountaineering and writing. He was introduced to mountaineering when he was eight by his father. When he was in college he was introduced when he to a mountaineering trip and then was invited to write about it. A year after receiving his bachelor's degree, he spent three-weeks alone in the wilderness of Alaska where he met Linda Mariam Moore, who later became his wife.        He worked as a commercial salmon fisherman and carpenter, which he later abandoned to become a full time writer. In 1996 he took one of his most famous climbs along Mount Everest. He later wrote about in Outside magazine and have won many awards for them. His articles have appeared in numerous magazine. He now lives in Seattle with his wife as an editor-at-large for Outside magazine. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Krakauer

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Introduction

Into The Wild was written by Jon Krakauer in 1996. It is about a young man named Chris McCandless who gave up everything after graduating college. He stopped talking to his family, gave away all his savings, abandoned his car, and gave himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp. After two years of living in South Dakota he started to hitchhike a trail in Alaska with only 10 pounds of rice, a 22 caliber rifle, several boxes of rifle rounds, a camera, and a small selection of reading material. He died later after surviving more than 100 days. I think it will be a great book filled with adventure and new experiences. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild