Thoughts on the iPhone SE

     Apple recently released the new iPhone SE. To be completely honest, I don't really like it. One major difference from the iPhone 6 and 6s is it's size. It looks exactly like an iPhone 5, which is not a good thing.

     Especially for me, going from a massive 5.5 inch iPhone 6 plus to just 4 inches, it's hard. I don't think I could get used to it. Just holding my old iPhone 5 is really weird, and it's extremely hard to type on it because of how many mistakes I make. This iPhone is like a 6s packed into a tiny little case. It has the same 12-megapixel camera, and even the same A9 processor. For me, this isn't enough of a difference to upgrade. The display is 1336 x 640 which would be a downgrade for my 1920 x 1080 iPhone 6 Plus.

     To conclude, I don't recommend upgrading to this new phone. If you have an iPhone 6, 6 plus, 6s, or 6s plus, stick to that. I hope this helped, thanks for reading!

Thoughts About Basketball Shoes

     So as I mentioned in another blog of mine, basketball shoes are a pretty major topic in society these days.

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     I used to collect these shoes back in elementary school. At that time, they weren't too expensive, prices ranged from $60-$100 for a pair of shoes. Now, they range from $150-$250. In my opinion, this is ridiculous. The major brands are Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour. Under Armour is still pretty small but they're growing. You can get players' shoes like Kobe's, Lebron's, KD's, Curry's which are great, but usually a little more expensive. The most recent pair of Kobe's shoes, the Kobe 11's are $200. I used to get them for around $85. Kobe confirmed that he's going to continue his line of sneakers after he retires. That's great news. The sneaker community now is way bigger with more people collecting more shoes. Unfortunately I left that community and I don't know if I'll ever join back but I might in the future.

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     I hope you enjoyed my blog! If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I'll address them in my next blog. Thanks!

Kobe Bryant's Last Game

    So on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Kobe Bryant had his last game of his career. Now in my opinion, this was one of the best games in NBA history. Kobe started off with a rough, slow start missing 5 shots in a row but by the end of the game, he hit 60 points. He set the record for the most points in someone's final career game and oldest player to score 60+ points.

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     Personally, since the Lakers have been doing pretty bad for the last few years, I thought they would lose this. They only caught up toward the end of the last quarter. The head coach of the Lakers put Kobe in the game for 36 minutes instead of the usual 24 he plays. Since he's pretty old this was a lot to ask but it came in handy since he scored over half the points. The rest of his teammates deserve some credit to, because if it weren't for them he wouldn't have had the ball passed to him. Most chances they got, they fed Kobe the ball.

     Now I'm going to wrap up the blog. I hope you enjoyed! Stay tuned for more.

Peyton Manning

     So because of the most recent Super Bowl 50, the one between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers, you might know Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning was the quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and led them to victory in the super bowl. I say "was" because he is retired. His last season, he won a super bowl. In my opinion, that's pretty crazy.

     Peyton Manning is going down in history as the best NFL quarterback of all time. He is 40 years old, and played 18 seasons in the NFL. He got MVP 5 time, was in the super bowl 4 times, and won a super bowl twice. Peyton is the only quarterback to earn 200 total wins in the postseason and regular season. Peyton was born into a football family. His father, Archie Manning, is also an NFL quarterback and his brother, Eli Manning, is the current quarterback for the New York Giants. I hope you enjoyed my blog and stay tuned for more!

Stephen Curry

     Stephen Curry is currently one of my favorite NBA players. He plays point guard for the Golden State Warriors and his dad is Dell Curry, a former NBA player. He was born into a family of basketball players so he's naturally great at playing ball. Last season, he got MVP and got the Warriors their first championship since 1975. Stephen is one of the top ten players in the NBA and has a career average of 21.6 points, 6.9 assists, and 1.8 steals per game.

     Asside from Curry being a legendary NBA player, he also has a shoe line with Under Armour. Stephen had an offer from Nike but dropped them for Under Armour for many reasons. His latest shoe is the "Curry 2" which sell for $129.99. These aren't even that expensive for a pair of shoes made for a great player. For example Kobe Bryant's latest shoe, the "Kobe XI Elite" goes for $200. Basketball shoes in general have raised in price over time. When I collected them a few years ago, I'd get a pair of Kobe's for less than $100. I hope you learned something new and I hope you enjoyed my blog! Stay tuned for more soon!

Six Flags With Someone New

     So on Wednesday Megan, Emily, Sebastian, and I decided to go to six flags again. At this point I've been there many times so nothing is new to me. But, Megan has never been on any roller coasters. I planned on going on Twisted Colossus first because it's not that bad of a ride. Instead, Megan wanted to go on Full Throttle first. This ride goes from 0-70 super quick and it's also the ride with the world's biggest loop.

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     I've been on it before so it wasn't knew to me but Megan has never been on any so this was her first ride. This is not a good first ride for anyone. Megan was pretty scared. One part of the ride, after the main loop, it takes you into this tunnel. At that point she thought the ride was over. Instead, the ride took us backwards and then forward again accelerating over the loop. After the ride goes over the loop, the ride is over. After that we went on other rides like Drop Of Doom, Twisted Colossus, X2, and more. I hope you enjoyed my blog. Stay tuned for more!

Emily's Birthday Party

     So for Emily's 14th birthday party, Hannah threw a little party at her house for Emily. Since Hannah's house is really close to school, a lot of people just walked around and directly went to her house after school. I didn't do that because I had to do some things. When I got there everyone was playing basketball so I joined them. We lowered the hoop and dunked for a bit and we also played a little game. Later on we went inside to the back for pizza. Someone put on music and we were listening to music and playing with Hannah's dog. We did that for a while then went inside for ice cream and to sing happy birthday to Emily. We had ice cream then went back outside for more basketball. We played basketball until everyone got picked up. I left and it ended. Overall I had a great time and happy birthday to Emily!