Presidents' Day!

Presidents’ Day,or Washington’s Birthday, in the United States, this holiday is to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.The origin of Presidents’ Day date back in the 1880s, when the birthday of Washington was first celebrated as a federal holiday. In 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill, which moved a number of federal holidays to Mondays. Following much discussion, Congress rejected the name change. After the bill went into effect in 1971, however, Presidents’ Day became the commonly accepted name, due in part to retailers’ use of that name to promote sales and the holiday’s proximity to Lincoln’s birthday. Presidents’ Day is usually marked by public ceremonies in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country. Following much discussion, Congress rejected the name change. After the bill went into effect in 1971, however, Presidents’ Day became the commonly accepted name, due in part to retailers’ use of that name to promote sales and the holiday’s proximity to Lincoln’s birthday. Presidents’ Day is usually marked by public ceremonies in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country.

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Bad Habits!

My bad habits are much more than I think. I eat my nails, I'm always nervous, I answer reudely and I talk loudly. I bite my pens, I always say "like". When someone ask something I answer "wait" and I don't remember that thing. I never eat vegetables, I always hope! I have more bad habits!!

Frankestein!

Last wensday I read an article on Speak Up! This was an extract a famous book Frankenstein and deals with the its humor revisited like 'Young Frankestein' and 'Frankeweenie' by Tim Burton. Also deals with ' The Addams Family' and 'The Horror Rocky Picture show'. People often think that Frankenstein is tghe name of the monster, actually is the name of the scientist who gave him life. The extract is the chapter five that deals with the feelings of the scientist when he was giving life to the monster. At the beginning he was excited, but when the monster was finished he was scared of him because the monster was ugly. I've chosen this extract because I like Frankenstein movie and its humor revisited, and horror series like The Addams Family. I watched some series from "The Horror Rocky Picture show".

Girls with hair extensions suspend from school.

In Liverpool, two girls loved long hair, so they decided to copy their favourite TV stars and they put extensionsto their hair. Their teacher didn't like their hairstyle, they thought it was not appropriate. So they decided the girls should have lessons in separate classroom. The girls' mother were very dissapointed about the treatment , bacause they tought it was nice such style, and the two girls didn't break a scool rule.

Mel's Drive-In!

Last week I read on Speak Up an article.This article deals with especially about Mel's Drive-In. It was a restaurant where the teenagers spent their time there. They could order milshakes and fries, and they could listen to music. This restaurant was very popular because it appeared in American Graffiti. Unfornately, it was torn down, but the owner's son, Steven Weiss, and his business partner re-opened the restaurant in 1985. If you there, you can enjoy the 1950's and the early 1960's. I always loved the 1950's,especially the restaurant, because everythings was happy and coreful!

The Beatles

The Beatles are a British musical quartet of the 1960s. The members were: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Star. It formed around the nucleus of Lennon and McCartney,who first performed together, the group grew out of a shared enthusiasm for American rock and roll. Lennon was the guitarist and the singer, and McCartney, was the bassist and the singer, they were largely self-taught as musicians.  In the late 1950s they assuming different names (the Quarrymen, the Silver Beetles, and, finally, the Beatles). In autumn 1961 Brian Epstein, a local Liverpool record store manager, saw the band and fell in love. Seriously convinced of their commercial potential, Epstein became their manager and proceeded to bombard the major British music companies with letters and tape recordings of the band, finally winning a contract with Parlophone, a subsidiary of the giant EMI group of music labels. In 1963, the Beatles continued their rise to fame in England, creating the so-called : Beatlemania. In early 1964 the same phenomenon erupted in the United States and provoked a so-called British Invasion of Beatles imitators from the United Kingdom.