Christmas

I love Christmas time, especially if it's snowing- it just makes it that much better. I don't know what it is about it, really... I guess I like how everyone is together and happy and just having a great time with their families and people they care about. My family and I really don't celebrate anything, though sometimes I wish we did, like I do around this time of the year.

I usually don't get anyone anything for Christmas, especially since I never really have money, but this year I have some saved up from my last paycheck- just some. I've had a hard time deciding whether I want to buy myself new clothes, and something for my boyfriend... but now that I think about it, I'll skip on buying myself something, and buy my best friend and boyfriend something. They mean a lot to me, and I'd like them to know it by getting them something really special that says I've been listening. ;)

Hink Pinks

1.) A sushi plate
A fish dish

2.) A fast elevator (in England)
A swift lift

3.) An antelope drink
A deer beer

4.) A warm bed
A hot cot

5.) A lawful bird
Legal eagle

6.) An Orca prison (Google what an Orca is if you don't know)
Whale jail

7.) A salamander shoe
A newt boot

8.) A sham cobra
A fake snake

9.) A depressed boy
A sad lad

10.) A large stick
A big twig

For the next two, I want you to come up with your own. We will all visit your blog and see if we can figure them out by leaving comments with our guesses! (Hint: Think of two words that rhyme FIRST, and then come up with the alternate descriptions...it seems to be easier that way).

11.) shining sun

12.) clever prank

Forever

The other day I was thinking about the past; the people I've met, past friends, and past promises. Where have they gone, what's happened to "forever?" Forever's just another washed out word. I know one person that believes forever means forever. I don't believe in it, for sure! Maybe there will be one forever in your life, a true forever, or maybe a just a couple. And for some people, twinkies might be the only thing that last forever. :)


I'm just glad I have the best friend that can make one forever real for me. Maira, my bestest friend forever, been my best friend for 4 years already. A steady best friend, never having fought! I think that's a really good one in a million friendship, and I think I'm super to lucky to have her.

Holloween Controversy

I think they really have made a bigger deal out of it than it is. It was wrong of Petryk to wear a Hitler costume, but that has to do with his own morality standards. The whole school shouldn't be punished for his little prank. It's a fun holiday, and they should be able to celebrate it at school What they should have done is set rules on what they could and couldn't wear as costumes in the first place. I'm pretty sure he didn't mean anything serious by it, he thought it would be funny, but obviously it's not.

Invisible

I think it'd be complete pwnage to be able to be invisible! I would love to just sit somewhere and watch what people do when they think no one is around. I'm a really curious person, but definitely not gossipy, so I like to know a lot of things, even if they don't matter and keep it all to myself. I guess it'd be like tv, but real real life. And also, if I had an invisibility cloak or whatever I could sneak out and in places super easily and do so many cool things like maybe sneak into a plane and go to the other side of the country! Just pretty spontaneaous things- that's what I would use my invisibility for. The disadvantages of being invisible would be that no one knows your there. If I were to be ghost, that would suck because, well, I would be dead for one, but no one could see me. If I wanted to tell someone something or set something straight I wouldn't be able to and that would bother me so much.

Bonfire

Having no bonfire this year is pretty upsetting for a lot of people. Personally, I'm not into the whole Friday night lights thing, or the 'football, football, football!' thing. You don't completely have to be to enjoy the closeness and familiarity with football, and during homecoming, it's maximized like 10 times. It's almost a euphoric feeling when you're just cheering around a big bonfire with a bunch of people you love rooting for your team. The fire blazes like our spirits and dedication for the team! Unfortunately, no more of that though.

I think one of the suggestions that came up was to through a rave! I was rooting for that idea, it would be fun if they did it right. Like a blackout, glow sticks, roaring music kinda thing (without the drugs, haha)! That would be super sweet, but noooo... a parade? I'm not a parade sort of person, obviously.

I Wish

I wish there were a law that said teenagers had more liberty and more adult responsibilities. This would be a good law because sometimes I just feel like I'm ready for more.

I guess it's more of a 'let's get rid of some of these laws' kinda thing than a 'this would be a good law' kinda thing. I really think that even though the legal drinking and smoking age is 18 and 21, we should be given more responsibilities because we all know a bunch of teens don't even take that law into account at all. And the ones that don't abuse it, I think are definitely mature to handle the responsibility anyway. I also think this generation has seen much more than the last before becoming a legal adult, so if we're ready for those kinds of things why not more responsibility with those things?

TEWWG Pre Reading Journal

I think I am, in a way, like Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God. How she feels she can't fit in anywhere. That's how I feel in school. All these little cliques going on, and I may show up somewhere every now and then, but I can never stick around too long with one certain group of people. It's not that there's something wrong with them, but I feel like it's me. Somehow, l just manage to feel like I don't belong. Like when everyone's standing around in a circle, and someone accidentally scoots in front of me and doesn't even notice. I would say I kind of just am there. I think that's how a lot of people perceive me to be too- just there.

If I were to be labeled, I think most people would put me with the emo/goth/metalheads or whatever you wanna call it. Honestly, though, I don't see why that would be. I guess because I have a few good friends that would fit in more into that group. And of course, listen to some pretty hardcore music too. That's just me though, and I think as I mature, I get a greater sense of independence and just do what I want, whether I fit with people or not. I don't mind, because I know that even if I'm not part of a certain scene I'll always have those couple really amazing friends I can be my complete self with.

I'm pretty sure it's hard not fitting in though, and I don't guess there's much to be done about it, either. But I do know how Janie would have felt, minus the extremeties she must've faced.

Future Journal

I think my life in 10 years will be UHmazing. I guess I’ll be working, hopefully doing something I love- I don’t know what that would be yet though. Maybe I'll be a millionaire. I do hope to be married, but I’d wait until I have a stable life to have children. I just picture myself living my life to the absolute fullest.

September 11

It's been seven years since September 11, and many things have changed in our country since then. Security procedures, taxes, and gas prices are just a few things that have impacted all our lives, just about everything we do now is because of what happened that day- we just weren't ready for a crisis like that.
I can't say I really remember what I was doing at the time, but I think I was at home sick, and I saw it come on on the news. I saw the planes crashing into the towers and people trying to get away from all the debris that was flying out everywhere on the TV, and I felt so sad for them. That's really the only thing I remember feeling: sadness.
If I could help commemorate all the people that died during the attack, I would go to that annual thing they have where the towers used to be, and where everyone talks about the people who died and all the heroes that lost their lives there also.
I don't know if we're safe from another attack, but I do know everyone with the authority is trying to do everything they can to stop it from happening again. You never know what's going to happen though.

Seven long, difficult years for our country.
It feels like it was only last year, but I know our whole country has grown is many ways.

Journal

If I could change one thing about myself, it would be to care about the things that go on around me. I'm so fixated on the future because I'm not where I want to be in the present. I know if I snapped out of my daze I could do so much better in everything I do. It's just so difficult when a lot of things are going wrong and I'm just feel lost all the time, anyway!

Friday!

Today's Friday. We have a game against Iowa Park. I guess I'm excited for it... Band actually got their sets down for the opening song for the halftime show, and we're wearing our spiffy new uniforms. Graves suggested we play some usher songs sometimes, ha, that would actually be pretty cool.

I'm really glad it's Friday because that means I get to sleep in tomorrow morning. I've been so tired lately, I usually always have homework or band or something else going on. I guess that's just high school, though. Last year was so easy compared to this year already! It's crazy, but I'm ready to get out of this town anyway...