The Beginning of Hannah Montana

Miley got the final callback and got the part of Hannah Montana. From then on her life was forever changed. She finally got her escape from "sixth grade social hell". After she flew back out to L.A. they filmed the pilot season for Hannah Montana, and once the show was picked up filming began. Miley also brings you back to her childhood, growing up as Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter. She talks about all these times she was with famous singers and musicians like Carl Perkins, Johnny Neel, and Ed King, but those experiences weren't what made her decide she wanted to be a musician herself. In every persons life they go through different experiences, good and bad, that help shape you as a person. One single experience doesn't tell you what your going to do with the rest of your life. As you grow up each of those experiences add up and create who you are. "We become what we experience."

Think Outside The Bowl

At the beginning of Miles To Go, Miley talks about her life before Hannah Montana. Going through the auditions and also her life at home and school. You hear first hand how she felt when she was being bullied and having who she thought was her best friend turn against her. I think almost every girl can relate to a time in their life when this happened to them, or at least something similar. Having to go to school every day knowing that who you thought were your friends are exactly the opposite. She talks about how at the time, getting the part on Hannah Montana seemed like her escape. She also tells you about the audtition process for Hannah Montana. Miley followed her dreams and worked hard to get where she is. The auditions for Hannah Montana went on for months and she was being called back, then rejected again and again. As she was about to give up she had one choice: Cheerleading or Auditioning. I think that everyone has a time in their life where they have a big decision to make, having to pick between two things you love to do. "There are multiple sides to all of us. Who we are--and who we might be if we follow our dreams."

Miles To Go

I'm reading Miles To Go by Miley Cyrus. It's an autobiography about her life so far. I picked this book because everyone has these impressions that celebrities lives are easy and they aren't like 'normal' people and it's cool to see how 'real' they really are. It's fun to read what she has to say about situations that have happened to her that you saw in tabloids and heard about on the radio, but reading them directly from her. It's also really cool considering she is the same age as me and how much she has already accomplished in her lifetime, even though she is so young. It's interesting to read about her life before the fame and her personal thoughts that you would never hear in interviews or in tabloids.

90,000 sex offenders removed from MySpace

Recently about 90,000 sex offenders were removed from MySpace. The amount of sex offenders that they originally estimated was at least half of that. Althought, some weren't very suprised by the number. All social networking sites are targets for predators. With many people including many younger kinds it's an easy target. All these sites, like MySpace and Facebook are working hard to try and keep them as safe as possible. Facebook has not had any sex offenders found yet and hopes to keep it that way, while MySpace is still working to try and get rid of all and keep more from registering.

Life's a beach with dream Australian island job

Australia's Tourism Queensland is getting a lot of attention saying they have the best job in the world. All you have to do is explore the island to see whats there and then inform others weekly of what you find, clean the pool, feed fish, and collect mail. Very little to do, and with it you're getting a free house and a salary of about $100,000. Australia has always been my favorite place in the world. I can't imagine how fun it would be to live by the Great Barrier Reef and get paid a very nice pay check. A 60 second video of why you should get the job and it could be yours. Sounds like a pretty awesome job to me!

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Written by Glen Scanlon

Jonas Brothers to Perform at Inauguration Festivities

As everyone knows, the inauguration is next week. Barack Obama will be sworn in as president along with many celebrities performing at the inauguration. Obamas daughters, Shasha and Malia, fellow Jonas Brothers fans will get to see them in concert along with many other stars including Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Rihanna, Bow-wow and more. The Jonas Brothers have been taking over already performing almost everywhere, being on the cover of Rolling Stone, and in the works of a World tour, what better way to start off the new year other than headlining Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future concert?

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Written by Michelle Tan

Blistering cold temperatures hit Midwest

The past couple days temperatures dropped extremely in the Midwest especially Minnesota. Today the temperature dropped to about -50 degrees breaking many records in many years. One man has died from sleepwalking and ending up outside a short 190 feet from his house the next morning. Many people are also suffering frostbite from being outside for not even 20 minutes. All over the Midwest this week temperatures are dropping way below zero and aren't forecasted to be heating up soon. I think how cold temperatures are getting recently is insane. Walking from the parking lot into school i'm already freezing and that's only a couple hundred feet.

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