Fast Food Blog

Fast food is something that is part of just about all Americans’ lives in some way or another. Even if you don’t eat fast food, there is some relation with you and the restaurants that are on almost every corner of every block in every city of America. As a child fast food wasn’t a BIG part of my life like it is with most kids now. I would have liked it to have been but my family couldn’t afford eating out much. There were six of us in a little tiny house so the little money we did have was spent on more important stuff. It was definitely more of a treat when we did get some fast food. Pizza was the fast food or choice in our household. We could buy a couple larges and spend half the money to feed the family instead of buy six different things and spending twice as much. When we would go somewhere else to get food we always seemed to go to Taco Bell, Wendy’s, or Burger King. They were the closes so that’s why my family would go to those fast food joints. McDonalds wasn’t too far away either but my mom always told me that it was too expensive. I don’t know about anybody else but McDonalds was the crown jewel of fast food places because of how much it cost to go there. We might go there once every couple years as a kid. When we would get fast food, I would get what all kids would and that’s a kid’s meal. At the time I was excited to get fast food. It was so rare to get fast food that I more than welcomed it. At the time, getting a toy with your food was just the coolest thing in the world. Though I don’t think I played with the toy longer than a week.
Now that I am older and have more money you would think I would want fast food all the time but I don’t. I think more about my health so fast food isn’t that important to me. I admit when I was a teenager I ate tons of fast food but that was because I didn’t have it as a kid so I made up for it. I have gone back to having Fast food occasionally again. I have changed what I order now too. Kid’s meals just don’t have the amount of food needed to fill me up anymore so I doubt I would order another. I will have to say that getting a toy in the adult meal still might put a smile on my face. The types of meals I get are ones that aren’t too big. I don’t like a lot of “junk” on my burgers so less is better for me. The places I go have changed too. I like not so nationally known places like The Habbit and The Hat. Still though I prefer a nice home cooked meal over any fast food.

Cody C.

     Hello all! My name is Cody.  I was born in West Virginia 24 years ago.  I have two older brothers and one older sister.  I lived in Ohio the first four years of my life before moving to Port Hueneme in 1990.  I've had all sorts of pets ranging from the normal cats and dogs to the more weird possum and scorpions.  I went to Hueneme Elementary, E.O. Green Jr. High, and Hueneme High where I graduated class Salutatorian in 2004.  In my collection of awards, I also have two Presidential awards for outstanding academic achievement.  In the first thirteen years of my education, I only missed three days of school.  I have been in two motorcycle crashes all resulting in several broken bones including my right clavicle, left rib, and pelvis.  My nose has also been broken.  Eight months ago I received my AS degree in Fire Technology in the Fall of 2009.  I also have a certificate in Auto body.
      Just a few months ago I received my California State Emergency Medical Technician certification.  Over the summer I worked the Ventura County Fair as an EMT.  The things I have seen range from simple abrasions to seizures.  From simple cuts to very serious strokes.  A couple weeks ago I had one patient stop breathing on me.  Besides working as an EMT, I also work at Ventura Raceway where I do a number of things.  Been an employee for them for five seasons now.  Over the summer I had a big life change for me because I just moved to Simi Valley which I really like a lot.  I had lived in the same house in Hueneme for 20 years so it was my childhood home.  When it comes to transportation I do not own a car but I do have two motorcycles.  Working on motorcycles, cars, or anything with an engine is a hobby of mine. I'd prefer to be outside than inside doing something because I like then fresh air and sun.
     I am going to school to get my BS degree in Fire Technology.  In the mean time I will either go into wild land fire fighting or go to paramedic school.  After having the medical experience that I do, I really enjoy the medical side of being a fire fighter so I may go the paramedic rout.  Racing is another hobby of mine and I hope someday that I get the chance to race cars and/or motorcycles.  When it comes to long term goals, I pretty much have them set but it's the steps in getting there that I don't quite have figured out.  Being a fire fighter is what I want to be but getting there is like dust in the wind, don't know which directions I'm headed next.