Video Games Today

Video games are taking over the world. All kids want to do in this new generation is to sit inside all day and play video games. What happened to begging your parents to stay out late to go play at the park? As the video game systems evolve, the more addicting they are becoming. I feel that it is a huge issue, especially in the United States of America. Video games are creating obesity among young children and causing serious health issues. They may even be causing violence in teenagers today. Half of the video games that are being made today involve extreme measures of violence. In most of them you are shooting, stabbing and even running over people. There are even some games where the objective is to kill cops and take over cities. Parents are buying their children these games and allowing them to play them without any supervision. If I were a parent there is no way I would ever let my children play these games. I would also make them go play outside every day and would limit their playing time. Video games are also causing social problems amongst children. Kids are happy with sitting in their room all day alone and do not even care about making friends to go hang out with. Not only are video games addicting to young children; they are even becoming very popular with adults. They have come out with several addicting games on cellphones now. Games such as Words With Friends, Hanging With Friends, Family Feud and Draw Something are becoming daily rituals for adults.  My parents and my other friends’ parents will be playing these games with us all day; even when they are at their jobs. The scariest part is that technology continues to evolve and games are going to become more popular

Spring Break 2012

My spring break I did not plan to do anything besides working the entire week. A couple days before spring break started, my good friend Vlad called me and asked me if I wanted to go to Panama City Beach with him. Without really thinking about it, I told him yes. The trip was only for four days so I would still be able to work part of it and make some money. We left Thursday morning around four o'clock a.m. Once we arrived and checked in to the hotel, we all hit the beds. After about a three hour nap, we all changed in to our bathing suits and went down to the beach. When the sun went down we all decided to go back to the hotel and go to bed. Refreshed on Friday morning, I took a couple mile jog down the beach to start the day. I had gotten back to the room after my jog and all of my friends were gone. I tried calling them but they had all left their phones in the room. I searched all over for them for about two hours before I finally decided to give up. I had decided to go down to the pool by myself and try to get a tan. As I was laying out my friends met a couple of people. Without thinking about it, I followed them up to their room. Being in their room was the last thing I remembered as I woke up the next morning. I had lost my phone and woke up with a huge cut on my nose. Luckily I went down to the security office and they had found my phone at the pool. The only possible explanation for me not remembering anything was that I had been given some kind of drug. Even though being freaked out about the drug; it was our last night and all I wanted to do was hang out with my friends all day at the beach. We had a couple of drinks and were hanging out with some girls that we met and having a great time. I went up to our room to go the restroom when one of the guys I was with decided to throw a beer can off the balcony. Two cops came to our room and threatened to evict us if no one would confess to throwing the can. The guy who threw wouldn’t confess so i decided to take the blame so we wouldn't all get in trouble. As soon as I told them i did it, they put me in handcuffs and took me to jail. I spent the last eighteen hours of my vacation in jail before i was released and able to go home. After i had gotten back to Georgia, I had to go back down there three days later to go to court. I was charged with disorderly intoxication and have to pay a $450 fine. The only positive thing that came out of the trip was that I learned never to take the blame for anything that you did not do!