3rd blog Culture

Culture. It influence can be seen in almost every aspect of life. One of the aspects of culture that impacts me the most is music. The music I listen to influences my mood for the day or the moment. I listen to a variety of music but i listen to to main genres new age rock and country. I know they seem like an unlikely pair to be matched together but its what fits my tastes. When it comes to new age I listen to mostly Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters, Beck and Red Hot Chilly Peppers. These bands have a variety of styles from really up beat to slow and slightly depressive but all in all the lyrics of some of their songs are what really get me. Just as much as the new age stuff country is a HUGE part of my play lists. I have listened to country for my whole life! I have been to countless country concerts so far George Straight has been my favorite in a close second is Sugarland. George Straight, Pat Green, Blake Shelton, and Sugarland are my favorites. They all have music that I can relate too. There lyrics as much as any others mean something and i can always relate in someway or another.

Wow so these past 2 weeks have been some of the most exciting for me! The big talk around Anderson for last couple of weeks has been about homecoming. Its all about who you are going with, or what your doing before and after. Well I met a sophomore over the summer and he goes to Anderson and we talk all the time and we have ever since we met. So this last week Cody, the guy, has asked me to homecoming! So it's going to be so much fun and i can't wait!! I'll be sure to blog about it next time so everyone can know how it went.

2nd Topic 5 themes of geography

The 5 themes of geography have a big presense in Austin. Our location, movement, region, human environmental interaction, and place are very uniqe to our area. There are 2 types of location, relative and absolute. Our relative loction is that Austin is in the heart of Texas we are south of Dallas, west of Houston, and northeast of San Antonio. Our absolute location is 30N 97W. The movement of our area is very diverse. We have trains, planes, and cars. We are also working to build a railway system. Our region is also arrguably the most diversion in Texas and possibly whole southwestern United States. Austin is in a individual region due to the fact that we are in a specific area where 3 diverse regions meet. These regions are the rolling hills of the hill country, the lush trees of the eastern texas forest, and the plains of the panhandel. The human environmental interaction is also individual to this area. With the expanding population we are having to adapt and we are doing this in many ways such as, paving the new roads, creating stronger bridges and building taller towers. Place is plants in animals in the area. There are many plants are in Austin some of the main are live oak trees, oak trees, cedar trees, and short grasses. Our animals also range in types and sizes, such as white tailed deer, armidilos, hawks, coyotes, as well as many more.


Now for the last 2 week of my life. Well the weekend after the soccer tournament i went to the Austin Syphony League Ball. This was alot of fun. I was with all my friends and we danced the whole time! Oh and also it rainded the whole weekend and for half of the week! I played in the rain everytime it came down. This last weekend has been one of new experiences for me. As, you might know im on the AHS speech and debate team well this past week was our first tournament. I competed in NX which is beginner extemp and i got 3rd! This is a major accomplishment for a beginner concidering this was my first tournament and that there were 30 other kids competing agaist me! My seclect soccer season also started today and we got off to a great start by beating DTSA (Dallas Texans San Antonio) 3-1.

1st Blog Introducing ME!

My name is Becca Butler im a student in the 9th grade at AHS. I'm in Mrs. Hollrah's 4th period class. I do many things at Anderson, I'm on the Anderson Speech and Debate team and I'm on the basketball,soccer, diving and track teams. I play on Dallas Texans 95G red soccer team and we are the 09-10 Texas state champions for divison 1 soccer. I also play on the Austin Wildcats basketball team. I'm a extemp. speaker for our Speech and Debate team and I'm scared to death of it!

The last 2 weeks of my life could have very well been the busiest of my life! I have been trying to not get lost at Anderson while I have been preparing for a national soccer tournament in Dallas. It's been very stressfull but very fun and interesting. Well at the Dallas tournament I had 6 games and we tied 4 and won 2. This is really good concidering we played some of the best teams in the nation. Thanks to this tournament we will be advancing to premier in soccer, which is the highest level you can play at! The week before the soccer tournament my family and I went to Port A for the weekend. The beach is my favorite place in the world! I have been to many beaches around the country and some out of the country and so far Couzumel and San Deigo have my favorite spots. I the water and the sun, to me its such a relaxing place to be. The only down side is that I tend to get WAY sunburned which happened that weekend. I looked like a tomatoe.....literaly! I was so red hahaha but it was worth it. Thats it for now!