The Pendleton Panther

Five months after Brittany Murphy passed away, her husband Simon Monjack a screenwriter who was only 39, followed. On Sunday, May 23, 2010, Monjack was found unresponsive on the same bed his wife was found dead on. Authorities say that Monjack died of a heart attack similar to that of which caused Murphy’s death. Monjack’s representative, Roger Neal assured that Monjack’s death was not a suicide and also revealed that Monjack mentioned that he was planning on having a surgery late this year to fix his heart problems.

Monjack’s mother said that her son ‘died of a broken-heart’, claiming that Monjack’s heart problems were always known but that the sorrow of Murphy’s death aggravated the problems much more. She said: “He’s had heart problems and been in deep distress since Brittany died. We think he has literally died of a broken heart.”

Although they both died too young, Monjack and Murphy will be brought together again as Monjack will be buried next to his wife at Forest Lawn Memorial .

Just after Sandra Bullock was awarded the 2010 Oscars Best Actress Award with her outstanding role in the movie the Blind Side, she found out that her husband, Jesse James was a cheater. According to InTouch magazine, Jesse James had an affair with tattoo model Michelle McGee while Bullock was filming The Blind Side. Sources say that McGee had no intentions in ruining any relationships since James had claimed that he and Bullock were no longer together. According to many sources, Bullock had no idea about the affairs until her publicist told her that InTouch magazine was going to expose breaking news about her husband the following day. When she found out her husband had secretly been seeing another woman, she moved out of their house in California. After the breaking news surfaced the rags, Bullock stayed out of the public eye and pulled out from events and appearances that she was supposed to attend. How ironic is it that during her heartfelt acceptance speech at the Oscars, she attributed much of her success to how James was always there for her and how he always had her back.

Jocelyn Wildenstein is a socialite people try at all cost to avoid looking at in magazines.  If the name does not ring any bells, please have a slight look at the picture below. Please don’t curse at me for showing you the most frightening and bizarre-looking person on earth. In case you are not familiar with her, Wildenstein is a rich socialite who has spent about $4 million on cosmetic surgeries. She started having surgeries when she discovered that her husband, a millionaire art dealer, cheated on her with a 19-year-old Russian model. The purpose of her surgeries was to improve her appearance so her husband would be interested in her again. She told the plastic surgeons that she wanted to look like a cat because they are feline and attractive. Not only did she lose the good looks she was born with, her new “cat-look” scared her husband away. The plastic surgeries have now become an addiction and obsession. I am sure she gets more satisfied every time she walks out of the surgery room. Why is she still spending so much on her ruined face when she could be throwing the money away some place else? The $4 million could go to Haiti or even towards the growing national debt!

Tiger Woods recently got photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair magazine after his 18 mistresses and unfaithful marriage. The sad part of this was that Tiger Woods was not interviewed for this magazine like all of us have expected. Insiders say that during this photo shoot, Tiger was arrogant and insisted no one to talk about his adulteries. The entire room full of people who used to admire Tiger Woods for his amazing talent at golf, were extremely disappointed on his actions during this shoot. The people who bought the magazine and read through it were disappointed for being unfaithful for his wife. The scandal came about unexpectedly as Tiger Woods had always managed to maintain his good and healthy image. This is very disappointing for me to hear because I was a great fan of this man and I truly admired him for his talent on the golf course.

Lindsay Lohan has filmed a documentary with BBC, a British broadcaster about the trafficking of women and children in India. Trafficking is the forcing of a person into sexual or labor exploitation. The 23-year old actress stayed in India for a week to film this documentary and visited some of the world’s most impoverished and deprived areas. She has always felt a strong duty to campaign against child slavery and AIDS. Last year while she was being interviewed by a Hollywood celebrity magazine, “In Touch”, she expressed that one of her future goals is to do some charitable works in India.  It seems like her goal has been accomplished. She visited shelters that houses victims of trafficking and spent time with children and other residents there. She also visited hospitals around India and gave gifts to sick children. Lindsay is trying hard to contribute to the world and by saving lives and helping the poor, she is also changing her notoriously naughty and wild image. Her actions should inspire us to do something to help. I can’t wait to watch the documentary, it has been a long time she has filmed a movie or recorded a CD, this is a good start.

Lindsay Lohan’s career has been destroyed because of the results of many of her negative actions since past year.  She got into a car crash and was arrested this past weekend and as a result, her career has been jeopardized. She is underage for alcohol use but is already enrolling in a rehab program but she has failed to go to any meetings. AA meetings have failed because she does not seem interested in getting better and does not show up. Also, cocaine was found at the crash scene and was reported that Lohan was charged with driving under the influence. The charges are going to be severe because she has been charged in the past with the same mistakes and also because she ran away from the accident scene. The police however took blood tests at Century City Hospital where they tested that it was Linday Lohan’s blood. These tests evidently prove that Lohan was on drugs and had alcohol at the time of the crash. Lindsay Lohan should try to get better because none of the producers want her anymore since she is not a responsible person and looks terrible in the media. It is a shame to see an amazing and talented actress who filmed many movies fall like this but we hope she will recover.

So we all have had to do a project for a class. In grade school it was the classic solar system project. Back then, you always had help from your mom. But now, being in high school, it always comes down to your partner and yourself. No more solar systems, but long lengthy essays, or standing in front of classmates talking about a topic. You can work hours with a partner on one thing but it always comes down to that moment standing in front of the class presenting. With projects there is always you and your partner. Every now and then you get that one person who does it all or does nothing at all. Just as long as it gets down, with a good grade right?! But after you get that rubric and that good grade, what comes of the project ? Thrown away, in the trash, after those longs hours of working on it. You and your partner move on. So projects come, stress, hours of work and then they go as fast as they came. Pray that you get a good partner. They come and go but you have to work to get something out of it. Or it is pointless.

College is a constant struggle, especially here at IMG. As we all know college is the goal here at IMG. But coming from a player’s view, its a hard concept. I just hear the word c-o-l-l-e-g-e and freeze. Maybe it is the letters to the coaches, the introductions to the coaches, the playing in front of a coach during a hard match, all of theses is hard to swallow. It is exciting to look at different colleges and to have interests, but on the other hand it is going to be the next four years of your life. The struggle of getting into that “dream” school. The long hours of work in school and your sport, just might pay off or might make you frustrated when you get rejection from your favorite school.  All of this goes through my head when I say or think this seven letter word. Are you nervous yet ??

Being faced with competition is hard? It makes us work harder and push ourselves to be on top. But is there a line between good clean competition and under mining the competition? A good example of this is recently I played a soccer team who was very aggressive and harsh. That is good, makes you get hit and eat some grass. Thats fine with me. But once you go into a tackle trying to hurt someone or not really playing soccer. Just going in to hit someone. It is hard to take that but how do you react? Is it superior to not stoop to their level and continue playing or do you let that fire get to you and you put them on the ground? I used to think that get back by scoring a goal or just moving on, but recently saying sorry (even if you are not at fault) does not mean much. It is frustrating to be the person to say sorry and get nothing back.  Competition is hard it makes us work and push ourselves.  It can also push us to show our true colors.

It seems that Lindsay can’t avoid the press as they are constantly talking about her. On top of that, her dad, Michael, won’t leave her alone either. He recently told Grazia magazine that he worries that Lindsay will be dead within a year. Lindsay has pleaded with her father to stop talking about her to the press. However, the press isn’t interested in her dad if he isn’t talking about his famous daughter. Speaking to Grazia, Michael Lohan said, “She needs long-term rehab. I fear the worst. Look at Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger. It could be a year, a month, a week – who knows?” He fears that she won’t make it to the age of twenty-five, or maybe even twenty-four. An angered fan of Lindsay said, “Michael Lohan cares more about garnering publicity than he does about the health and well-being of his wayward daughter. He should be working behind the scenes to save his daughter, and not in the glare of the cameras.” Lindsay Lohan has now become a reverse role model to girls.

First quarter is over? Crazy how fast it went by.  It is just the beginning of IMG. We are all worn out, exhausted and having a hard time keeping up.  But recently I had a close friend of mine tell me that you only live once.  I thought about this, honestly it is hard to do the something day in and day out.  But don’t get stuck in the routine, you can only live once.  Today is gone and tomorrow is coming, so enjoy the moment now.  I personally was in the same routine, now I look back on the first quarter and can’t believe how fast it went by.  So do not get stuck in the regular routine of IMG and enjoy the moments you have.

Last night, I saw a couple of videos that said that Michael Jackson is alive.  After his death people started making a lot of tests to understand his death. People say that Michael is alive.  People say that they have seen Jackson after his death. Doctors say that no one can die of a heart attack if a couple of days after his death, he was dancing and doing a lot of things.  In fact,  the reporters think that the superstar faked his death to escape the crushing pressures of life in a fishbowl and he is now socked away in an undisclosed location in Eastern Europe, possibly Hungary, far from the clamor and commotion of paparazzi.  The reporters say that no one saw the body of Michael Jackson after his death.  They say that Michael is following in the footsteps of a man he greatly admired, Elvis Presley.  He also faked his death and is still alive, and in hiding, today.  You can watch the videos in youtube.com.  It’s very confusing and interesting.

 

Here we are, far enough into the year to  still be new but still have experience. The finishing of the first quarter has been a struggle. From school, coaching, and to friends, it all has been an adjustment. I have came to the realization if you stick it and work very hard, that in the end when you think you are about to fail you will come out on top. Its hard because here at IMG you are only on top for a second, then the merry-go-round starts all over again. Back to starting at batting and going for that home run all over again. This is consent no matter how many times you try for that home run, you only get it once or twice. That feeling of a goal in soccer, or the winning point in a match, you have that moment where you could fly. But this only lasts for a second, it passes and you are back to the serve line trying for it again. I think if it was not for those moments we wouldn’t keep trying and pushing yourselves. In this first quarter, we have finally reached that point where we have accomplished what we have been living for.  I hope that everyone has an amazing parents weekend. GOOOD LUCK!  Show those inventors what we have been complaining so much on the phone. That we really can come on top.

Here at IMG, we all learn fast and early that campus is smaller than it looks – not only physically but also socially.  We all develop relations with certain people. These people become close to you, but really how far would you go for them?  Recently it seems that it has been tested how much you would do for them and how much in return would be offered.  So to lead me back to my question, where is the line between going to far and just enough?  Here at IMG I think that the line in the sand gets passed beyond other normal situations.  Is this due to the tight quarters? Or is it due to how badly you want to get out of the tight quarters of the land of Bradenton?

I’m going to write about morning people. I think morning people and night people are very different. The morning people feel at his or her best during the hours before night. Morning people are very special in my opinion. I think that morning people have more times than night people. Morning people wake up early and have a great breakfast and feel fresh. I think that night people wake up late and are always in a rush, I think that they don’t feel as fresh as morning people. I believe morning people are so much better than afternoon people because morning people go to bed earlier than night people. Morning people are cool and save a lot of time. But night people can be good as well. Especially when they are at parties, morning people can stay awake all night, but night people can stay up all night. I believe morning people and night people are good. 75% of people are night people. I suggest people should change to morning people.

I’m at a point in my life where I am a teenage girl who is BEYOND fed up with boys. I always had the impression that woman were the complicated ones. Wow, was I wrong! I haven’t found a guy who can just be honest. Tell me what he wants. Now, every guy wants something. This is my pessimistic view on life but, no guy is nice to you just to be nice, they must want something. No matter how sweet, kind, honest the guy may be he wants something. I’m in high school, I don’t expect anything in which happens in my life now to last. So what confuses me is, why do I even bother? Its so frustrating trying to have a relationship with any guy here. If you’re nice, they think you’re easy. If you’re “mean” then they don’t bother. Well why should they. As a girl I’ve also encountered the problem that we all want the bad boys. Right? Obviously I’m addressing this to woman only. But, we all want what we can’t have. We want the guy that doesn’t pay any attention to you, doesn’t give you the time of day. Now the tricky part is most times if we accomplish our goal and get the guy, have him wrapped around our finger and what not we just aren’t interested anymore. Its as if the game if over, we beat they level; now we move on. To me it makes no sense.

I colored my hair recently. I was a dirty blond and now my hair in certain light may seem black or a dark brown. If you knew me last year, coloring my hair would not be a surprise. I started last school year with bleach blond hair, then I went brown, then back to blond again, and the last week of school I went from all that to a very dark brown.  I’ve heard almost every joke or stereotype in the book. As a blond I always got the dumb blond jokes, as a brunette I seemed to just float through life. Unnoticed and respected more so than when I was a blond. My hair now was an accident; I was expecting a light brown to come out when I went to the hairdresser. However, this did not happen. Why is our hair so important? To some of us our hair is everything. It defines who we are. We have our ditsy blonds, black haired emo kids; exocentric multi colored kids with the pink, blue, purple ect. tough as nails red heads, and the level headed brunettes. Now these are just a few stereotypes and you might view them differently however, we all stereotype in own way or another. I think it’s a shame at times, the fact that we are so smart, yet we still stereotype and judge based on such small details.