seems like america may just have a big mouth

maybe those new spy outfits should just hit the trash can--scroll down a few inches--see the post about america being a new secret agent?
i've got an update on that.
*note: it's not valid yet, i was just watching The View like i do every morning, and they started talking about this
just when i thought that The Washington Post was onto something, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck proved the Post somewhat wrong.
WikiLeaks is an organizational website that exposes formerly secret documents online in what its members speak of as transparancy and accountability, according to voiceofamericanews.com. Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks stands by his belief in the fact that evidence of war crimes and other such matters have been "leaked" on his establishment.
*note: click on the title-i've got all the extra info that you need in the link
on The View, the four women all expressed their concerns that this website was exploiting too much information regarding what the armed forces do, collectively--meaning, their plans, their strategics, their 'secrets', and apparently, war crimes that were never reported for credibility purposes, i suppose.
so, is the Post's investigation really valid then? i thought we were too safe? according to what i've stumbled upon this morning, we're not too safe at all because, on the contrary, we've been 'leaking' personal information for all of the Taliban to see.
whose side of the story is the truth?
that's my new project.
i'm gonna find out.

versatility in 4 minutes and 27 seconds.

haley williams, lead singer of the band Paramore, continues to bring something new to the table with every song i hear from her-an edge, a balad, a rap...but it's more than that. her tone of voice sounds different every time i listen to it.
Paramore is back for a third album, and Brand New Eyes is to date their highest ranking album released.
'The Only Exception' isn't just a song-it's like an anthem for any person who ever thought that love just wasn't for them, a person who blends their fondness of isolation with a sporatic space for a 'significant other' as you may call it. williams combines her rocker attitude with such a solemn sound in her vocals while exposing her expertise in delineating such versatility.
click on the title and listen.

yes, my friends, Facebook is getting its own movie...

....but I think there's more to it than that. The networking aspect of the film, so it seems, incorporates how one website has morphed our lives into a contstant "screen"-if you will-of images; images that update themselves as our lives progress. All you Facebookers out there, you just gotta check out this trailer. Who knew that one day, screenwriters and film makers would find substantiality behind our internet stalking?

america is the new secret agent man?

I rumaged through the Washington Post today-online, of course-and I stumbled upon this video called "Top Secret America: A Washington Post Investigation"
Being the 'James Bond' that I am, I clicked on it.
I watched it.
I learned a lot.
I had no idea that since 9/11, the secret government agencies that America has created were so ...what's the word I'm looking for here....immense. This has been a two year investigation done by the Post, and from what I've read, they haven't found anything to prove its success. In total, these complexes take up 17 million square feet in Washington and the surrounding area; roughly 854,000 people are believed to hold top-secret security clearances, and an estimated 10,000 locations of these agencies are scattered throughout the United States.
"After nine years of unprecendented spending and growth, the result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine," according to the Washingston Post.
I'll let the link do the rest of the talking. Click on the title and watch the Post's video. It's no secret anymore.

i'm a working girl now?

coffee in hand-cafe mocha to be exact-iMac turned on, work cubicle set up, and a notepad ready to go...i guess you could say this internship for ACJ Publications makes me feel like i'm actually getting somewhere everytime i dial someone's phone number and say "hi, this is jenna from the massapequa post, i'm writing a piece on...."
*note: i work for the amityville record and the babylon beacon as well.
this is just the first step in my future career, so from now on, why don't i document it.
name: jenna
date: july 14th
age: 16
occupation: student/intern for ACJ Publications
status: journalist in the making.

there's something about a thunder storm

the sound of the rain and the thunder, accompanied by the flash of the lightening, always lead me to think.
so as the dark clouds begin to drape over new york, why don't we all just sit in a quiet corner, and think.

Proof that you should dip your toes in before you dive.

I've never been the type to just jump.
I'm worried I might fall.
I dip my toes in.
Check the feeling.
Get used to the temperature.
Just in case.
Shouldn't we all?
Maybe yes.
Maybe no.
It's instinctual for me.
I can't just dive, I need to swim first.
Click on the title and check out this new song from V V Brown. You'll see what I'm talking about.

new yorker returns to her island; and takes back the time she thought she may have lost.

the new yorker has landed. the jet-lag has wore off. the suitcases have been unpacked. the time in italy is now time spent. 

as the plane made its way back, Dear John played on the screens and Savannah began to reflect on her life and its circumstances-and it hit me. everyone forgets about the one thing that really gets the world spinning. everyone forgets about the one thing that can go by so fast. they gain it. they lose track of it. they control it. it's the one thing that can fly by. it's the one thing that can stop a moment.

time.
time is given to us; it's so easily taken from us; we can make of it whatever we want; and we can waste it any way we please.
 italia didn't just open up my mouth and fill it with gelato; it didn't just open up my eyes and show them ancient ruins. it gave me a sense of time; as the new york minute passes me everyday, the words in which i type continue as the clock ticks; if you think about it, i'm using up my time right now, aren't i?
if there's one thing my uncle taught me, it's that you have to use your time, and make it yours.
the time you're given is the time that you need to spend living.

as i resided on the Italian peninsula the last 12 days, the time I spent there was time i'll always cherish, remember, and reflect on. that time may be lost for me now, but to gain it, i'll simply return to the moment-wheter it be by looking at pictures, telling a story, picturing it a moment in my mind, or hopping on a plane and going back. 

rather, it'll be freezing a moment in time, and replaying it over and over again-like a reel of film, only I get to choose the scene.
i'll return to italia, i'll return to the memories i made, my uncles "tuscan paradise" and the hills of the land where i discovered beauty, and myself.
i'll make the time.

so why don't we all make a little summer resolution; take your time, freeze it, gain it, lose it, waste it, talk about it, record it, run with it, remember it, make it.