Finally!

Finally! The last day of blogging! I enjoyed blogging in school becasue no other teacher/class would allow us to do that...so I thought that was a really good idea. Before this class, I would consider myself a strong reader. It was hard to find time to read during school...but when I did start to read, I wouldn't stop. I would sit in my chair in my room with my snuggie and read.  I would read all different types of books. It was always finding books that interested me, my best friend Sarah would always recommend me books that she read, such as Karen Kingsbury and the other one I forget, but some are days when I go to the Allen County Public Library and try to look for books, and never seem to find any good ones.  Then, I would be at Sarah's house and would see a book sitting there and then would end up reading it. So that's mostly how I find all my books.

It was somewhat easy meeting the 150 pages, but with other classes, I found it difficult some weeks. I can't listen to music and read because I end up singing to the song, then loose my focus on the book. I mostly loose myself in the reading ,but of course there are times when the book is going nowhere and boring so I check my phone and text. I usually talk about the books I read with Sarah, since we both read them and we share out opinions about them.  During summer is the time I read the most just because I have spare time. I'm not sure what I will read next....wish I would have finished Breaking Dawn but didn't have time. THE MOVIE IS NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT!!! YAYYY! So excited. I'm not one of those obsessive people. I'm just excited. :)

Blahhhh.

Soo..I'm watching X factor while I'm blogging, I'm glad they sent that group home! Anyway, back to my book....it's good but kinda disturbing at the same time... there are parts that I don't understand. Stephanie has NO money whatsoever and she has nothing to eat and just moved out of her parents house. To pay for her bills and food, she gets a job that involves catching this criminal, who nobody can get, to bring him in and get paid for it.  She hires another man to help her find his creep, (the same guy who played that creepy game).  I understand why the book is called "one for the money." It's dangerous for her to find him on her own because he's a murder and she could get here...I would think there are plenty of other ways to get money...and not to catch a murder...the word "murder" is a turnoff for me haha. We just booked our plane tickets for Spring Break....sweeeeeeeeet!!! So excited for Orlando. Even though we are done blogging, I am still planning on reading every week, depending on how much spare time I have.. adios!

Last week of blogging!

This is our last week of blogging, I don't know if I will continue doing this or not, but it's kinda nice not having to worry about getting this done. I always wait until the last minute to do it.  I kinda like just looking at random peoples blogs...I have no idea who any of them are. Anyway...only 7 more days until Breaking Dawn, soooo excited!!!  I don't really understand this whole anthology project...it's like I get it, but then I don't. I wish we could continue blogging and get rid of that vocab! It's getting harder as it goes. I feel like al my teachers like giving me homework and tests all at one time.  :((  I'm ready for Thanksgiving!!  I love this month because we're getting ready for Christmas, but I HATE January and Febuary because it's depressing and there is nothing to look forward to. :(( Spring break needs to come ASAP!!!!! It snowed today, which made me happy because I love winter, but HATE driving in ice and snow...that just ruins it. I am always so scared I'm gonna slide off the side of the road or something and hurt my car, or someone else. I go like 5 mph and people get mad, but hey I'm being cautious! Anyway, I started on another book called "One for the money" by Janet Evanovich. It's really good so far, there's a series of like a million books, more like 10 or so, but same thing. As young kids, the little boy down the road from Stephanie was a little boy who liked to play this game called "You're the tunnel, I'm the train:" It's a SICK game and I don't wanna go into details, but it's basically rape.  They were little kids, age 10, how on earth did they know what that kind of stuff was? I didn't even know what a lot of things meant until like 8th grade haha.

Currently!

For a total of two weeks, I have read 370 pages in the Atonement Child and Breaking Dawn.

Sentences of the week:
1. "People don't respect the lives of others, they only care about themselves."
2. "Under your circumstances, it it okay."
3. "Whatever you chose, always know that God is with you. In good times and in bad."
--The Atonement Child was a hard book to read because it dealt with abortion. I don't believe in abortions unless there are certain circumstances, like this one. Rape. On the other hand, people who do "it" and then have an abortion makes me loose respect for you because you couldn't keep your leg shuts, then you kill a baby because your bad choice?


Books so far;

15 more days untill...

15 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE MIDNIGHT PREMIERE OF BREAKING DAWN!!! SO VERY EXCITED. I FEEL LIKE TYPING MY POST IN ALL CAPS TODAY, SO DON'T THINK IM MAD AND YELLING AT YOU! EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE I AM YELLING AT YOU, IM NOT. THIS IS RATHER ANNOYING, BUT IM GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. ANYWAYS, IVE BEEN REALLY TIRED LATELY, DONT KNOW WHY. ALL I WANNA DO IS N-A-P, WHICH ISN'T GOOD BECAUSE I ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH CRAP TO DO.  ANYWAY, I DID FINISH THAT ATONEMENT CHILD BOOK AND AM NOW BEGINNING ON BREAKING DAWN. I PROBABLY won't finish it, but I will at least have some idea on what will happen.  I have a tendancy to fall asleep during movies...every single movie I watch haha and i dont know why..but it's really annoying. I've read 30 pages in breaking dawn and so far its starting out kinda boring, but I am positive that it will gett a lot better. Everyone says that Edward Cullen is hot...I really don't think he's even that cute..JACOB IS HOT.The book is 700 pages long, so it might take me a couple weeks to finish. So far, it starts out with Bella getting married to Edward and she's going to turn  into a vampire. They are so cute together!  

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! :)

It's almost time to trick or treat! Just getting ready to put my costume on..i'm going to be Snooki! ...just kidding. I think I am a little too old to go trick or treating, I mean I do love free candy but that is for youngins. My mom bought some good candy so my motto this year for Halloween is "I give, I get" so everytime I give a piece of candy, I get to eat one myself! After I run out of candy, I will probably start giving out bananas, pennies, maybe some dental floss...who knows..whatever I see first! I kinda wanna scare just one little kid tonight to see if they go running to their mom or if they are tough and just want the candy..but that would be really mean for me to do..so I won't! On another note, I finished "The Atonement Child" and it was really good! I finished it this weekend like i said  i would. I couldn't put it down, I was reading it until 12:15 last night. Dynah decided to keep her baby, which kinda irritated me, but made me happy at the same time. That is such a hard decision to make and she felt that she made the right one, so she moved on with her life. I didn't really like the name she named it haha but that doesn't matter. Whoever comes to my door as a jersey shore character will be getting ten pieces of candy from me. Anway, I think I'm going to read "Breaking Dawn" which is the last book of the series "Twilight." I read the other three books, but my motivation has failed to read the 4th one. My goal is to read it before going to the midnight premiere, but not sure that is gonna happen! WHY CAN'T KIDS SAY "TRICK OR TREAT" ??? I don't get it! IT'S THREE EASY WORDS!!! If you want free candy, you're gonna say it! They just look at me like GIVE ME THE FREAKING CANDY! :) I remember the days when I went trick or treating. I would get home and sort through all my candy to see which ones were nasty and which were the best! Then I would give the gross ones to my grandma and hide all the good ones in my room. My mom would always wonder where the candy went...she never found out..I must be THAT good at hiding things.

Paranormal Activity 3

Soooo...I just got back from seeing that....it was good! Sooo much better then the first and second one. It was jumpy, but not THAT scary. I just wish I could find a movie that scared me so bad! But I have failed to do so! I should just create my own scary movie! TOMORROW=SLEEPING IN..yay!!! Then Olive Garden for lunch, then babysitting the rest of the day/evening. I am determined to finish this book tomorrow or Saturday! It's so good, I am anxious to see what other one she has wrote. I hope the rest of the book gets better because starting the first chapter with rape is nuts, not to mention sad. I think she will keep the baby because she seems very determined to that she will not abort it, but then you never know what goes through peoples heads. It's just sad that these poor little babies have sucky parents that are always getting wasted and trashed and the kids have to be exposed to that. What kinda of parent does that? What happened to teaching good morals and values to your kids? It's like people are getting more irresponsible as time goes by and it effects so many people. People don't consider all their options and just jump right to conclusions then in the end, make the wrong decision. 

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY!

Sweeet, no school tomorrow!!! Finally a day to sleep in!  I failed at reading The Help, but I've started a new book called "The Atonement Child." It's really good, but REALLY sad and kinda depressing. I've read 200 pages in two days and i am going to finish the book this weekend. This is my first time reading a book by this author and I want to read more of her books. In the first chapter...she gets raped... definitely wasn't expecting that! I thought maybe it would get better...wrong. It gets worse. Not only does she get raped, but she finds out she is pregnant from the person who raped her. It's heartbreaking. I couldn't imagine the pain she must have through, or anyone for that matter. And now she has to decide if she wants to have an abortion. That's such a hard decision to make. Ethan, her fiance wants to have an abortion, but being raised the way she was, she doesn't believe in that. She understands that it is legal, but doesn't think it's the right option. She decides to break off her engagement with Ethan, quit school, and move back home. It's strange and sad because her mom went through the same thing. She was raped and had the abortion. But she tells Dynah that she will understand either decision. I feel likes it drawn out a little too long about her decision on if she wants to get an abortion. Just tell me already! I don't believe in abortions, however, in her case, I do. If you were raped, i think thats the only case where it is okay. On the other hand, if you can't keep your legs shut, you should pay the price. Just because you couldn't say no, you have to kill a baby? That bugs me so much. I just don't get it. It's so wrong. But I understand that people have their opinions. 

Close Reading Bingo

Weakness #1. Avoid "he says" quote
1. "He says in the beginning that he wrote the book for them, as a way of telling the soldiers families what happened over there when the soldiers themselves couldn't tell."
http://thinking-anonymous.blogspot.com/
Weakness # 6. Avoid the verbs "use"
2. As the passage goes on, the author uses phrases like "He's got a lot of dough" and "they're also touchy as hell" to make it feel as though the narrator is just another regular kid who is telling you a story.
http://jimmehftw.blogspot.com/
Weakness # 7
3. :"With the use of his realistic descriptions, the promt was easily visualized."
http://addie-line.blogspot.com/
Weakness # 9 Don't say "this" without putting a noun or phrase after it
They too convey the narrator's "crumby" perspective on others' lives and successes.
4. http://rivers-thenewzealander.blogspot.com/

MY FAVORITE IS...... (My best friend) http://laughapalooza22.blogspot.com/
I finished reading The Atonement Child this weekend and I loved it. It is so much shorter than any of Francine Rivers's other books, which makes it a perfect choice for any readers new to her. The main girl roams free. She decides to move out of her house because her father wants to force her to have an abortion, calling the baby an "abomination." Her mother tries to voice her opinion that she needs to make her own decision, which splits her parents deeper than they have ever split before. They both try to undergo counseling, but the mother truly needs to be able to accept that she has had abortion herself and all the feelings that come with it. She has never been able to do so. The husband has never quite forgiven her for having a relationship with another man, much less another possible child. Luckily, the abused daughter finds someone who is truly on her side no matter what.

Catcher and Rye

In the excerpt from "The Catcher and Rye," J. D. Salinger's boisterous and energetic banter depicts the comedy in his young life. J.D. uses common words to describe his past, such as "crap" and "lousy". His writing shows that he will write whatever comes to mind, saying that his parents "would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them," shows that he doesn't really care what he says, just wants to get his point across. He writes with common and blunt diction and doesn't have a wide use of words. 

Whoops.. I didn't press "publish post"..my bad!

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I never really knew you
You were just another friend
But when I got to know you,
I let my heart unbend.
I couldn't help past memories
that would only make me cry
I had to forget my first love
and give love another try
So I've fallen in love with you
and I'll never let you go
I love you more than anyone
I just had to let you know
And if you ever wonder why
I don't know what I'll say
But I'll never stop loving you
each and every day
My feelings for you will never change
Just know my feelings are true
Just remember one thing
I Love You!

by Angel Baby

Currently! Style Mapping

Favorite style mappings: 


1.  Fittingly, the first page of this chapter is written with extremely lowbrow vulgarities. There are nine swear words in less than a paragraph of text. Furthermore, the sentences are long, rambling, and nowhere near grammatically correct. (A scrap of parchment)
2. For example, when she writes “Accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings” it shows her high diction. (bill963).
3. It is much more connotative in language than Gaiman's selection, the words are used to portray either a negative image of the harsh effects of the elements of nature, or a positive, charismatic image of a simple country boy. (New Zealander
4. While in Neil Gaiman's excerpt from "Stardust" has a low but blunt and familiar language. "Stardust" could also be described as denotative because of it's straight-forwardness and literal characterization. (Case 1)
5.  The tone is connotative because it has an emotional feel to it and it describes the poetic and lyrical emotions of young love.( T-Rex)




-I chose these sentences because as I was reading them, they really stuck out to me. The words caught my attention  because they were unusual words that I wouldn't use in everyday talk. They were pretty good, mine didn't really make sense but that's okay!


Pages this week: 200
Pages this semester: 1567

TGTIF.

TOMORROW IS FRIDAY...thank god! Best day of the week! Anyway, I've read like ten pages of the help and it's REALLY hard to read fast because of the way she talks. "Taking care a white babies, that's what I do, along with all the cooking and the cleaning. I done raised seventeen kids in my lifetime. I know how to get them babies to sleep, stop crying, and go in the toilet bowl before they mamas even get out a bed in the morning." 
... Yeah that takes a little more time to read because it's hard to talk like that! I'm going to try to read some more this weekend, I heard it's good along with the movie. 

Gross weather!

SO, I'm REALLY sick of this crappy weather! It makes me superrrr tired and I always want to nap. Not good! And it's super cold out so all I want to do is wear sweatshirts all the time! Anyway, I finished my book Just Listen and it was really good! I predicted what would happen, but that's kinda how all books are. Her life got better toward the end, which was obvious. Her and Owen liked each other, but they focused a lot on music rather then their feelings. Owen would always listen to music and he had his own radio station so they would do that and go to gigs ( spelled that wrong) and just chill there. Uhh, my eyes keep closing I'm soo tired!  I was roaming through Mr. Hill's library and saw a book called "Odd Girl Out" and I have seen that movie on Lifetime, it was sooo good, but heartbreaking at the same time. I can't believe how mean girls can get. I don't see a lot of bullying going on at Homestead, I'm sure there is, but I don't notice any. But I honestly don't see the point in being mean to anther human being. It's one thing to say something, but to start calling them names and hitting them and pulling their hair... I don't get it. You would think by now that people would know to keep things to themselves, but instead they want to start drama and rumors. WHO FREAKING CARES. Get a life! I have better things to do then sit there and gossip about girls. People don't realize what that can do to someone. You hear those stories about teenagers committing suicide and that stuff...it's sad to here that all because they were getting bullied. I get upset when I see someone at school sitting by themselves at lunch. People can be so mean and it hurts to see that. I know I'm not an angel and yes I can be mean...but I will NEVER bully or do anything to hurt someone.  I just think of myself and picture if that were me and how I would feel.  My sister is in 5th grade and she comes home to tell me how these little ten year olds are being mean to girls and how they call them names and etc...that is horrible. At that age they should be enjoying elementary school and recess and  not having so many responsibilities.  

Style Mapping"

In the three novels I am focusing on are,  Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons, The Girl She Left Behind by Karen Brichoux, and The Help by Kathryn Stockett show different elevations and common ways of saying certain things. In the excerpt from Odd Girl Out, Rachel Simmons uses a scholarly use of grating high school students, girls especially. "Girls are secretive, they destroy you from the inside," qualifies as being straightfoward and harsh, although a little of the truth.  In the excerpt from The Help, Kathryn's literal meaning of certain things are common and colloquial in ways that makes her writing unique.  Her words are not harsh, but they are not musical by any means.  In the last excerpt I read in  The Girl She Left Behind, focuses mainly on the common diction that many writers use. There are many blunt words over the page and has good use of  figurative language. 


I probably did that wrong, but I tried.. 

Quartely

Thankfully, this quarter went by so fast! Next semester, I gotta kick it in gear and work extra hard. My independent reading has improved from the first we started this. Instead of reading on, I take time to react to different situations and see if and how they relate to my life.  I always tell myself I'm gonna stop at a certian page, but then I get so into it that I keep on going then stop an horu later. I find myself reading more at night then during the day. I try to finish my homework before I read, but sometimes I get bored and just start reading. I usually sit on my futon and snuggle up in my snuggie and read, it's quote comfy. My challlange for next quarter is to start reading more maybe then what I do now.


Pages this week: 151
Pages this semester: 1367

No school and delay!

So, I was very happy to have Wednesday off and then have a delay today! What a perfect week! I have soo much stuff to do today for tomorrow and I'm freaking out about my math quartely! I just wanna sleep all the time! But I've been reading more of my book, it keeps getting good and I wanna keep reading, but I have to study for 4 tests tomorrow! But so far,  I can relate to some of the stuff she's going with. Her sister is anorexic, that is NOT what I can relate to, but I can understand how she is feeling. I don't know anyone who is anorexic, but you can just tell by looking at some people that walk in the hallways that are like breakable if you touch them because they are SO FREAKING SKINNY. I don't get the point in that, you don't look skinny, you look sick and gross. Big difference. I love food way to much to ever do that to myself. Anyway, her sister is going through anorexia and Annabel has to watch her and try to help her. I couldn't imagine what she has to go through though, seeing her own sister suffer from that. At first, her two older sisters knew about it and Kirsten wanted to tell the parents but Whitney wanted to keep it a secret, which was stupid. The truth finally came out and a few days later..she ended up in the hospital because her body wasn't getting enough nutrients. 
She's having trouble at school with her friend, Sophie, but I'm not sure why yet. I'm just glad I have a friend who is always there for me and cares about me. Some people have friends, but not best friends and I am very blessed and fortunate to have one  :) But her friend is calling her a whore, which is stupid. Grow up. You would think by now that people would keep things to themselves instead of calling people names, I thought we did that in 5th grade? Apparently not. You have to be careful who you trust these days. I'm anxious to see how things go with Owen, a friend she makes later on in the book. 
I really hate the ads that play when I'm listening to Pandora. That was random, I know. I'm very excited for this weekend to R.E.L.A.X.  and watch football. Hopefully NO homework! Well, it was fun blogging for like the millionth time this year! Now time to study :

Hate.

Right now, I'm reading "Just Listen," and it's really good. Last night I read about 50 pages while I was watching the Lions and Bears game! Go Lions! But I told myself I would stop at a certain page, then ten minutes later, I was still reading! Time goes fast when you're really into your book. So far, this girl is a model and her two best friends hate her. I don't know what happened yet, but I willl soon find out! I don't hate anybody, but I will admit to not liking some people! I don't get the need for starting drama and what not...it's a waste of time. But that's okay, I guess some people still need to grow up!

Sentences of the Quarter

Up to today, I have read 1216 pages. I'm current reading "Just Listen."
Favorite sentences of the quarter:
1. "My little girl is growing up so fast, it felt like just yesterday she was being born."
2. "I might struggle with this all my life...but the point is I have to keep fighting."3. "You will believe in God before this is over."

These are by far my favorite sentences of the quarter because when I read these the first time, I thought about my life and how I can relate. I read these over and over again and go back to my childhood and think about all the memories I have. I stuggle with certain things, but I just have to keep moving on and getting past certain things.

Currently!

Sentences of the week: 
1. I acquired the nickname "Strangler" for choking some loser. He passed out and we took off before he came to. " 
   -Hahaha, I LOL'd at this. 
2. "Honey, you look so beautiful in that dress!" "Dad, are you drink?" 
3. "The way I was looking at it, I had no time." 
   -Man I feel the same way! 
Week 7:
Pages this week: 170
Pages this semester: 1216
Books so far:
-Leaving
-Along for the Ride
-Beautiful Boy
-The Day we Disappeared

Blah.

Hmmm...I still have to finish my paper "the art of" paper, uhhhh. My topic is pretty cool. I think this weekend, I may start another Sarah Dessen book. I loveee her boooks, that's like all I read. I wish there were a day where I  could just isolate myself and just READ, with no interruptions. But I can never find time! I wish there was more time in the dayyy! Life would be great.  

This new Sarah Dessen book I bought a few weeks ago is called, "Just Listen." This girl named Annabel Greene and she has everything she could possibly want. She wants to be a model. Her sister has an eating disorder...don't get me started on that! I hate seeing anorexic people! It's so gross...kinda like how I HATE PDA! Get a room, I don't want to see you making out in the hallway. Please. Just stop. GO IN THE FREAKING BATHROOM IF YOU HAVE TO. Or save it for later. :) But she meets this guy Owen, love that name, and I guess they hit it off (dating) so I hope I love this book. Well, time for me to write my "art of" paper! 

I want to sleep for 24 hours.

Blogging time! Blogging kinda puts me in a better mood because I realize when I'm doing it that the next day is always FRIDAY (the best day of the week). So, once again I've been SUPER busy this week. Can I PLEASE get a break!? My weekend is busy, so I get like no break, but that's okay I guess.  I just want to sleep!!! 

This book is getting a little better, but still kinda boring at parts. I want to finish it though because it might get better and I don't wanna miss out on something big! There probably won't be anything big, but I will wait to find out!  I get tears in my eyes when I read the chapters about the little girl Cylin.  I can't imagine having my dad shot and not understand what is happening with him and my family. Nobody lets her in on anything, so she has no idea how her dad is doing and if he will be alright. I would hate that. If something is wrong with someone I love, i want to make sure they are gonna be okay and know everything that's going on. I understand why they don't give her that much information because of her age, but I think she's old enough to understand. If she were like 4, obviously not, but she's. They aren't stupid.. Any who, her dad is in the hospital for quite sometime and all his friends, which are other cops, go visit him and try to figure out who shot him. There's not a lot of evidence, so it's hard. So they have to go by what he wrote in his notebook. How can you really take not of the guy when you're driving in your car, being shot at? I guess that's not the first thing i would do, is take notes, I just got shot...I would make sure I was okay!  You just never know with people anymore. There are some creepers out there and it's hard to see who the real ones are!  I get freaked out when I go into Wal-Mart because there are some CRAZY people there. I never go by myself...does that say a lot? It's a crazy world out there! I'm so tired...anyway, there was this chapter where I got soo lost! The children's Aunt had them over to her house and she heard someone knocking at the door and told the kids to go hide and it made no sense at all because it went back to the dad being in the hospital and never said what happened! I was either tired and not comprehending fully what I was reading, or it just didn't say! I don't know! 

Currently!

Sentences of the week:
1. "Why did this creepy man shoot me? What the hell did I do to him?"
2. "My little girl is growing up so fast, it felt like just yesterday she was being born."
3. " These people in this town are freaking nuts, why did we choose to live here?"

Sentence number 2 kinda depresses me because I think about my life and see that I'm growing up so fast and am starting to have so many more responsibilities and it sucks. I wish I were a little kid again, playing games and reading books in school,  having recess everyday and so much more. Now I'm thinking about college and it's kinda depressing :(

Week 6
Pages read: 153
Pages this semester: 1048

Books so far:
-Leaving
-Along for the Ride
-Beautiful Boy
-The Day we Disappeared (currently)

Untitled.

I don't really know what else to say in my blog other then I'm stressed and tired of school!
And I'm REALLY  not looking forward to taking my SAT this Saturday at 745 in the freaking morning! :(
I want to start another book but I cant find time to read two books and do homework...not possible!  I wish this book would get interesting but it's just now.   I really want to finish it, but my motivation level is...low. I am a person who judges books by their title. Not gonna lie. I saw this book and was like this looks good, I'm gonna buy it. I thought I would try something different, other then Sarah Dessan and Karen Kingsbury books. Kinda regret doing that now, but whatever. I really want Winter Break to be here...and spring break...and senior skip days...ahh soo many fun days..but too far away! The little girl on the cover of the book is so freaking cute! Thats a reason why I bought it was because she was cute and it looked good. This girls name is Cylin? What kind of name is that? It sounds like some idk...but it's werid. I would hate to have that name...cylin!  Um, no gracias!

Police officer.

This week has gone by super fast, but very stressful at the same time. I don't think I've ever had this much homework before. I feel like I am always doing hw or studying for tests and quizzes in pretty much all of my classes. I wish teachers would realize that we have lives too. Piling on the homework isn't fun for us. Uhhh! Anyway, I started to read my new book and it's kinda boring right now. I try to make myself keep reading so i can get my 150 pages and I'm doing good, but it's like it's taking forever to realize the real problem or conflict in the book. The little girl's dad is a police officer. Before they can go home, they have assigned roads they have to check to make sure everyone is okay. So her dad is checking one of the roads he's assigned and finds this motorist on the side so he goes to check on him and this guy is creepy. If I were a police officer, I would be scared crapless to go up to someones car and see what was wrong. They could have a gun, or something, but I know I would be very nervous to do that.  So after the guy told him everything was okay, the officer went on driving home when he was shot. He thought that whoever shot him obsiovoulsy wanted him dead. His car almost went through these peoples house and the little girl that lived in the house opened the door to see what had happened and found the officer lying there, with blood everywhere. She was a little shocked that his police office was laying in yard, bleeding. Her parents ran to the door after hearing the shot made and called an EMS. 

The police officer, I forget his name, said he always wrote down license plate numbers, what people looked like, and where he was at all times. He then realizes that if he doesnt stop the bleeding, he may die. Now if I were a cop that got shot, idk what I would do, other then be scared. I think cops deserve a lot more credit then what they get. I have never been pulled over by the police, thank god! I do, and I will admit, I speed like 5 over. But never more. I don't wanna get pulled over so i avoid going more over! I am kinda scared of cops those because they always look mean and intimidating. 

Currently

Favorite sentences of the month:
1. "The truth is, people pick on those who shine." 
2. I might struggle with this all my life...but the point is I have to keep fighting."
3. "You will believe in God before this is over."
These are my favorite sentences because when I read them they made me think about certain things and I can relate to these everyday.


Pages this week: 243
Pages this semester: 895
Books so far: Learning, Beautiful Boy, Along for the Ride.

New book/homecoming!

I'm now starting a new book called, "The Year We Disappeared." It's about a family whose life is in danger when the dad, a cop, was shot by a creep and they don't know who it is. There is a little who in the book and shes's 9...I can't imagine the things she will go through being at age 9 and having her dad shot and being followed by creepers with no lives. PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY CRAZY! There are so many crazy stories with nuts-o people. Why are people so weird and deranged? I love reading mystery/action books, those are the ones that i can never put down. I'm glad I'm not psycho like some people. The family is forced to leave everything they have and be under watch by the police so nothing happens to the family. She even has to go to school while the police are watching her....okay...that's creepy. Not even being able to walk to school without having the popo's watch to make sure you're safe...no thanks. I wanna say it's someone in the family maybe that shot him? Idk..we will soon find out! Hope everyone has a fun time at the Homecoming Game…don’t do anything stupid! If you go to the dance, please don’t grind. That’s very disturbing. Hahaha. Dances are for gay little freshman. :)

Life Goes On.

I finished the book Along for the Ride, it was sooo good!!! I couldn't put it down. It was another one of those books where there were some things I could relate to. I would read it whenever I got the chance. I bought another book by Sarah Dessen and I'm excited to read that one too. I have like three more books by her then i think im done. It's been a really long week. Too many tests to study for and too much homework. But, the homecoming game is tomorrow, that's exciting! The pep rally's are always stupid but hey it gets me out of class! So about the book....she ends up going to spend the summer with her dad and step mom and she has a lot of fun, including a crush named Eli. They hang out every night after dark to eat and just chill. Auden's dad lives on the beach so she just walks along the beach everyday. Wish I lived somewhere nice that hot all year round near the beach and water...I don't like how it's getting colder now,  I love summer. Anyway, she flirts with one of the girls that she works with, which in the end, turns out fine. I could tell they had something for each other in a couple of parts and of course, as predicted, they get mad at each other, then in the end they tell each other...shockerrrrrr. Auden is very studious and that's all she wants to do, but there are times when I think she wanted to just not care for a while and go do things and have fun with her new friends that she made. It would be kinda cool to go live a summer away from everything and just focus on few things and just have fun. Life just goes by too fast. With school and everything, it's hard to do certain things and it sucksss. It feels like just yesterday, I was starting my first day of Kindergarten, taking pictures with my awesome pack back and being cool because we could have snacks in the classroom. And now, I'm a senior in high school, thinking about how I want to spend the rest of my future...it's a scary feeling!!!! There are so many things to consider and it's just very confusing. Thinking about marriage and having kids....it's exciting but kinda depressing at the same time. There will be so many more responsibilities and just so much to take in. 

Class Claims

5 Class Claims


Eddie: 
This passionate picture shows a strong sturctured, elegant ballet dancer expressing her confident sharp body language, elegant attire, and complex poised position. 
RocketGuild:
The soothing, cheerful melodies and harmonies, light vocal istrrumentation, and playful, relaxed rhythms in McFerrin's song, depicts a mood of lighthearted cheerfulness and soothing rejuvenation. 

T-Rex:

In this video of Adele preforming "Someone Like You" live, the audiance hears her explosive, elegant voice, with lyrics that have a powerful, motionless, old-fashioned message to them that creats a tranquil vibe throughout the theater.

Underwater:
The Ground Zero Memorial in New York, where the Twin Towers once stood, is a sincere and gorgeous memorial for all the ones who died on 9/11. The beautiful waterfall is a wonderful and memorable idea to fill the empty spot where the towers once stood. People visit this touching, unique and magnificent memorial from all over the world. 

Hog Smog Blog:

This picture displays a blaring, earthshaking sound as the up-tempo crowd yells and roars while Beason shows great excitement and aggressiveness as he takes the field very authoritative and intensely out of a tunnel where the panther is posing viciously and wrathfully.

My favorite would have to be the video of Adele because I love her music and the claim is very true about her elegant voice. She's an amazing singer and she does create message to get the vibe out.

My other favorite is the ballet dancer because I enjoy watching people dance and expressing their elegance.


Eddie-Ballet Dancer
T-Rex-Someone Like You

Tonight Tonight

Posture: proper, unusual, explosive

Sound: upbeat, melodic, loud, dominating

Choreography: upbeat, open, talented, aggressive

Space: chaotic, interactive 

Excited

Alive

Intense

Aggressive

Energetic

Strong

Explosive

Pragmatic

Forceful

Convincing 

Surprised

Vibrant

In the video by Hot Chelle Rae, their aggressive and dominating choreography brings a melodic sound that comes along with proper posture. Their talented use of moves and chaotic space, brings the upbeat and fun groove.

Mockingbird

I can hear him, 
now, even in darkness
a trickster under the moon,
bristing his feathers, 
sounding as merry
as a man whistling in a straw hat
or a squeaky gate
to the playground, left ajar
or the linging of a star
having wandered too far
from the pasture.


-Judith Harris

Currently

"The truth is, people pick on those who shine." 
-This is my favorite sentence of the week because I see it all the time. It happens especially at school. People get mad at others when they know what they want in life and the other person is jealous, so they pick on them.

"Sometimes we feel like the world is against us...and there are many days when we're the eagle. But other times we're the crow."

"And that's just what God wants us to do." 





Pages this week:  154
Pages this semester: 622
Books so far: Learning, Beautiful Boy, and Along for the Ride.

I've started a new book called Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen. I've read almost all of her books and absolutely love them. This book deals with divorce and hard times for Auden, another story I can relate to. My parents got divorced when I was in 6th grade, so I know how she feels about everything. It's not easy to go through, especially when you don't quite understand what happens. We had to move houses, which forced me to move school and I HATED it at the time. I didn't know one person at Woodside. It was a sucky! But as it turned out, I was happy with the way it turned out. I loved all the teachers and MOST of my classmates were nice haha. Auden is sure she wants to live with her dad during the summer, but it turns out she thought wrong. She doesn't think she fits in with her dads family and sometimes has no idea what she wants to do with herself. I sometimes think about what my life would have been like if my parents hadn't gotten divorced, but then I realize how lucky I am right now to have what I do and thank God everyday for what he has given me. 

September 11th

September 11th ... I remember being in second grade and watching it on TV and was scared out of my mind. Even though that happened 10 years ago, I remember clearly what happened. My teacher was explaining to us what was happening and this weird kid started to cry and so I remember walking up to him and telling him it was going to be okay. I wish I were a little kid still, have no responsibilities, not worry about everything all the time, have nap and snack time. Those were the days. And now all I do is study and get everything ready for college. So much to do, so little time. It was very weird today because I was reading my book and I see the words "Ground Zero" and "New York".  On a few pages, 9-11 was discussed...weird considering it was two days ago and I'm coming across it. It broke my heart to see those people tracing the names of the person they lost and placing roses by them . It makes me realize how lucky I am and makes me gracious of everything I have and that I shouldn't take things for granted. So many people were killed that day and I can't  being to imagine the pain of hearing the news of loosing a loved one.  Reading those few pages brought back the memories to the day in class when it happened.

Bailey and Cody don't talk to each other and Brandon asks Bailey to be his girlfriend. She accepts, which annoys me because her and Cody are meant to be !! Cody has a girlfriend now and she is very supportive of his football coaching and is always at all the games to cheer him and his team on! Hopefully the next book she writes has a good ending...like them getting married and having kids! I love reading her books because they are both young and know what they want in life...which I can relate to. I finished that book so hopefully the third book in the series comes out soon! 


Uhhhh, I'M TIRED OUT SCHOOL. I wish I had more time to doing things, but with homework and studying, it's hard to do. :(  I'm tired of school, I just want to be done!!!! It's my senior year and I'm sooo excited!

Currently

"I might struggle with this all my life...but the point is I have to keep fighting."
-I read this quote and can relate to it. No matter how much of a struggle something is, I have to keep fighting.

"Whenever you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and armies bigger then yours.."

"So let go, let go of the past now.."

Pages this week: 160
Pages this semester: 468

Helpful hands.

Wasn't expecting that! One of the girls died from an overdose.  It irritates me when skinny people think they are fat!!!!! She was taking diet pills and wasn't getting enough nutrients. Luckily, Bailey told her that she needed to get help and pray to God, but she didn't believe in God. But it was too late. The doctors told them there were nothing they could do. If I were in Bailey's shoes, I wouldn't even know what to say or do. I would be at a loss for words. If I saw one of my friends die because of something I could have said or done, I would feel horrible. Feel like it's all my fault. Even if I didn't know someone that well, I would still feel like there was something more I could have done. This has never happened to me and I hope it never does. Loosing someone is very difficult, especially if you have a very strong relationship with them. Everyone knows the feeling when loosing someone they love. People expect the moving on part to happen within a few days, but when thinking about all the memories and experiences with that person, it's hard to just keep going with life. God has a plan for everybody and I guess that was his plan for her....people don't always agree with it, but that's how it goes. It sucks. As for Cody, his football team is trying to get first place to get a chance at winning $3,000. They are trying to help a little 8 year old who has cancer to be able to pay for her medical pills. And another man who had no money or family and couldn't attend college. They wanted to help these people because they wanted to become a family and do what God planned for these 2 people. At first, they don't seem like much of a family, but as time goes by, they realize that every single football player is part of the family. They succeed in getting first place and winning the money. Could have predicted that! It was nice reading about people helping other people, who they didn't know. If only that happened everyday in the real world. Others helping others.

Past love.

I am switching back between a few book and am back to reading Learning. Bailey finally found her talent on Broadway and in a sudden instant, lost it. She was having so much fun and nothing everything has changed. She had no idea that this wasn't working for the producer. She was left with a decision to either come back and work her heart out, or to not show up and find something else. This happens all the time to people. You love something so much that you would do anything for, then in a heartbeat, it's gone. I can relate so much to Bailey with having something that I love doing then loosing it. It's nothing really something we can control, but I guess that's our fate. Bailey didn't ever think that she wasn't good enough and didn't fit in, but now that it was brought to her attention, it makes sense to her. We all feel like that sometimes in our life.  Either we don't compare to other people or just aren't good enough to do something, like a job, school or talent, etc. People soon realize that whatever they do, it's never good enough.  I hate how Bailey doesn't quit Broadway right away and run back to Cody. They love each other, I just wish they would realize that!!! They both know deep down that they are meant to be, but just won't admit to it! Relationships, as I have seen in the book, are super complicated. Boys are stupid and rude!!!!! :) I wish things weren't so confusing all the time and some things in life just came easy.

I took the personality test and suprisingly, it was correct. I thought that it would be wayy off but it was right on. The last time I took a personality test and it was way off. It told me that I was a crazy person? :ast time I checked, I wasn't crazy! Maybe people think I am...but who cares!

Reality Check.

Reading this book has really opened my eyes. It's made me realize that one bad decision can not only effect yourself, but others around you. I have learned a lot about drugs in this book and how bad the damages really are. In high school, a lot of people decide to start doing drugs because they think it"s cool, want to fit in, or just want to have fun. That's ridiculous. There are plenty of other ways to have fun with your friends. A lot of people make it a habit of doing it throughout the week or on the weekends after football games, etc. Our parents try so hard to teach us good values and morals and in high school people start coming out of their shells and want to experience new things. Drinking and doing drugs is not something I want to experience because I think it's stupid. If people want to screw up their lives because they do that nonsense, that's fine. Don't sit there and complain about why your life is screwed up. You chose to do it, so you should pay the consequences. There was a list of all the drugs that Nic had done and it's crazy to see how he hasn't died yet. I've never heard of half the ones that were listed, which shows my interest in them. It seems that kids these days start younger and younger with trying new things. Do their parents not know what their child is doing?!

"You will believe in God before this is over."

"He's in God's hands"

"At some point, parents may become inured to a child's self destruction, but I do not."

Pages this week: 155

Total this semester: 315


Books so far: Learning and Beautiful Boy.

How life can change..

I have started to read a new book that is called Beautiful Boy written by David Sheff. Nic, the main character in the book, is a drug addict who doesn't know what he wants to do in life. He is a very troubled young man. His parents are divorced so I'm sure that took a small toll causing him to be in the wrong crowd with drugs, but that's not the entire story. He has gone to numerous hospitals to try and fix his problems, but nothing seems to work. His father, Charles, tries everything possible to help his messed up child, but nothing seems to give. At first, I didn't think anyone was going to help him because he didn't care to try to fix his own problems, but his father was very interested in making sure he didn't die or live on the streets. Everyday I thank God for allowing me to have a wonderful family who cares about me deeply and for not having serious problems that effect me and my family and friends. People all have all types of problems, whether they are big or small, but how people choose to handle them is the main concern. I am very thankful to have parents who would do anything for me and who always look out for me, no matter the situation. We all make bad decisions at times in our life, that's life. But having the support by loved ones is key. Later into the reading, I wasn't surprised to see how many times his dad took Nic to get help. That's what a father's job is. I just don't see why people choose to do drugs, it's messes everything up and to me that is pointless. You can have fun by doing other things, not getting high. Everything can start to change with one wrong decision, and Nic still doesn't understand that.

Currently

I am reading Learing by Karen Kingsbury and have read 153 pages this week.

Sentences of the Week

Thank you, God...thank You for the truth.
To me, this means that God will tell me the truth, no matter if I want to hear it or not. We learn in school to always tell the truth to others, but telling ourself the truth is the most important lesson to learn. 




We not only learn to respect ourselves, but others as well.


I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. 
No matter what I do in life, God will always be there to help me through things and support me. He gives me strength, courage, and love. 

Family

Karen Kingsbury seems to tie fate, love , God and happiness into her books. There is not one book that doesn't express these qualities. She uses passages from the bible to complete the thoughts of the characters and how they handle the situation. She ties situations that teenagers today go through, so it's easy to relate to. Karen knows how to grab the readers attention by the images and picture she paints. Her stories make me question what I believe in and how I would handle the paths I will cross.
The families she writes about have their own sets of problems like everyone these days. No one family is perfect. In one family, the father was a firefighter and loved his job very much, but when his asthma attacks happen, he can no longer put out fires. He is upset because he can't do what he loves most and cannot support his family. My family has problems just like everyone else. That's life. People will come across bumps in the road and have to get through it with the people they love by their sides. God is always by my side and always knows what's best for my family and I.

Love

It's hard sometimes to choose the right thing to do, but in situations like these, you need to think about your career, future, family and yourself. Forgetting the past is hard to do, but being thankful for what you have now is important. Love is something that not everyone experiences in their lifetime and people sometimes don't realize that. On the other hand, if you are truly in love like Cody and Bailey, a person should go with their heart sometimes, rather then their head. Deep down, Bailey and Cody know they fell for each other a long time ago, but they for some reason don't want to admit that and that confuses me. They need to forget all the bad things that has happened and move on!

Second Blog!

Bailey and Cody have been best friends for quite some time, but as the years go by, their friendship seems to take a spill. They both have different aspirations in life which lead to unusual lives. Cody is a football coach at a high school and Bailey is a Broadway dancer in New York City. Bailey and Cody constantly remind themselves of how much they miss each other and think of all the good and bad memories they shared. I wish they would reunite and not only become friends, but become married. They are so much alike is so many ways and that's what make them perfect for each other. Bailey and her family have helped Cody out in numerous ways with his alcoholic problem. I'm glad he came to his senses about how dangerous it was and the damages mentally and physically it took on his life. Cheyenne, his friend that was in an accident, is improving physically. Cody is there by here side 24/7 and she is very lucky to have such a good friend like him, caring for her all hours of the day. Staying with Cheyenne is leading into thoughts about Bailey and he will have flashbacks about when he was staying with the Flanagans, a few years back. I want him to realize he made a mistake and go live with Bailey in New York. I'm sure there are plenty of football teams there to coach. I agree with Bailey with pursuing her career but she needs to open up and let Cody in.

First blog!

Not really sure how to do this, but I'm excited to start blogging about random things!