So it's vacation but I realized I forgot a big event for my soundtrack. So...
GETTING HIT BY A CAR! Okay, so it wasn't like I wasn't out of a car... I was in a car too but it still counts. I got into a car accident in November. Thanksgiving, to be exact. I've been through the details without everyone (most recently Tucker on Christmas aka yesterday...) but what pretty much happened was my dad was driving, my grandma was in the passenger seat, my brother was asleep on my left, I was in the middle, and my mom was on my right. We were going to go see Lars and the Real Girl (I NEVER GOT TO SEE IT!) and we were right on this intersection when the light turned yellow. I don't remember any background noise or anything. I didn't even see the car hit because it hit from the left and that's where my brother was sleeping. I only saw it when it hit the front of the car. My mom screamed so then I screamed. We got jerked to the right and we hit the curb. I screamed again. So then we hit a transfomer box and then I screamed. But my mom was already telling me it was over. It seemed like as soon as we stopped there was the guy outside of the car. The young, black guy with the ponytail I think I owe my life too. There was a funny gas smell in the car and he was knocking on the window, making sure everyone was okay and trying to get the doors open. The stupid Vue had automatic locks and we forgot so me and my mom started to freak out. We unlocked the doors and started to get out. Turns out, my brother couldn't open his door because we landed in a ditch of livewires and he was ontop of them. The guy told him and we got out and went across the street. Then, of course, we went to the hosptial and blahblahblah. This is hard but... Song choice: "So, In This Hour..." by The Rocket Summer. Nobody has any idea how much this song calms me down. At the end, there's this part where there's no singing, it's just his piano and the guitars and stuff. I listened to it on the way home from the hospital (in the car... no, not the same car. The Vue got totaled. We went home in the van) and despite the fact that I was crying, SITH made me calm down a lot more than I was before I listened to it. Everyone has a song that calms them down. This is one that makes me feel okay again. Always has, always will.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Good day scholars!
Today you are going to write about the idea within this quote and what are your life goals? What will your verse be? You may even discuss a poem you really enjoy and how it helps bring more meaning to your life!You may even write as a poem or prose! This is SOOOO exciting.
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, ‘O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?’ Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
—John Keating (Robin Williams)
in Dead Poet’s Society, 1989
Enjoy life!
Mrs. Gaboury
PS Please POST--do not 'comment'
Today you are going to write about the idea within this quote and what are your life goals? What will your verse be? You may even discuss a poem you really enjoy and how it helps bring more meaning to your life!You may even write as a poem or prose! This is SOOOO exciting.
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, ‘O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?’ Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
—John Keating (Robin Williams)
in Dead Poet’s Society, 1989
Enjoy life!
Mrs. Gaboury
PS Please POST--do not 'comment'
Friday, December 21, 2007
2007
The year of 2007. Yeah. Well, this year I was still pretty new-ish (I started going to Averill Park in the middle of 7th grade) but I've made and lost alot of friends already. In 2007... end of middle school. This year I think I got at least a little better a basketball. I also started tennis this year for the first time and I really like it. This is important to me because I don't always try alot of new things. I'm in English 9 honors but I guess you already know that. Christmas is in 4 days I think. Yay. So heres a couple of songs that describe 2007.
Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts
and for the Christmas season... Let it Snow by Aaron Neville
Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts
and for the Christmas season... Let it Snow by Aaron Neville
2007
This year was my cousin Bianca’s first year away at college in Oswego. I miss her even though she comes home for holidays and every once in a while. Because usually when I got to visit my grandma in Niskayuna we meet Bianca and my aunt robin at grandma’s and we all hang out. [She lives in Scotia] Also, I usually hang out with my cousins Curtie [Curtis], Dan and Greg [but he’s in college] who live in Latham but this year they got a cat and my mom’s allergic so we can never go over there and visit with them like we have since we’ve moved upstate. Unless it’s nice outside and we can hang out outside but it’s not in the fall and winter. I can’t wait to see them tomorrow for our family Christmas party!
song: Where'd you Go- fort minor
Another significant event in my life was the change from middle to high school. I think that high school is over-rated. It’s not as horrible and it’s not as fabulous as everyone puts it out to be. All it is is a scary reminder that you’re growing up. I have to say that high school is way better then middle school in ways of independence, because teachers pretty much don’t care if you fail or not. There is also a pretty big transition from middle to high school, but I think it would have been way more difficult if I didn’t have my brother in the same school.
Vitamin C -graduation [ friends forever]
A fun thing that I went to this year with my family was the chocolate festival in Albany. Its so much fun because there’s a bunch of booths set up around the entire museum with chocolate samples, cheese samples along with huge white chocolate and milk chocolate fountains where they give free strawberries out to dip into chocolate. I can tell by now your probably craving a chocolate covered strawberry because well, I am too. IF you really like something that you try then you can by a whole set. This year I bought my dog Shadow theses granola peanut butter treats from there. This was our second year going and I hope we go next year too.
Oompa Loompa Oompa de doo- Charlie and the chocolate factory
How far We've come - Matchbox 20
My Year: 2007
#1) So, it all started out at a New Year's Eve Party. I was enfatuated with this boy (and had been for about 6 months). He persuaded me to go to the party, leading me to believe he liked me. I was so excited and thought maybe he'd kiss me when the ball dropped at 12:00. Well, the time came and I couldn't even find him. Then I went into the other room and he was kissing one of my best friends. I cried that whole night, and it was a bad start to '07.
Song: Hide and Seek-The song is sad and hopeless, just like I felt.
#2) I was in a singing contest called Algonquin Idol at the middle school. I was so nervous, but I got out there and I heard my friends screaming my name. Then, I WON! I was so happy and proud of myself!
Song: Fallin' (Alicia Keyes) - It was the song I sang.
#3) I took a trip to Okemo Mountain with my friend and went snowboarding. Her family rented a condo and it was 3 stories and it was bigger than my house. The entire trip was just pure fun.
Song: Celebrate - It was some good times!
#4) Graduation of 8th grade and summer starting was a big event in my year. I worked hard at Algonquin and honestly I wasn't sad to go at all (but now, I miss it sometimes). I was so excited it was summer.
Song: A Whole New World (Aladin)- I sang this with Jeremiah at graduation...the whole new world was highschool, and it is not a magic carpet ride but I thought it would be then.
#5) Towards the beginning of summer my cousin died. I didn't know him that well, because he was so much older and we never talked much, but I was still very upset. My whole family was. It was hard to deal with.
Song: Adam's Song (Blink 182)- It is about a kid that died, and was misunderstood.
#6) During summer I got really close to this boy Zach. I really liked him and we hung out all the time. In August, we started officially dating. It's been 4 months, but I already feel so strongly about him. He's my penuin!
Song: Better Together (Jack Johnson)- Life's always better when I'm with him.
#7) Next big event was the start of highschool. I was so nervous, so scared. First day I was so lost, and I thought I'd never find my way around. I didn't want upperclassmen to judge me, I had no idea what to expect.
Song: Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)-"Don't Worry About A Ting' , cause every little ting' is gonna be alright"...Those are the words, and I shouldn't have worried, because I found my way around eventually. And so far, nobody makes fun of me, that bad.
#8) November 10th...My birthday!!! On November 9th I was in the talent show and then that night at 12 midnight Zach called me to wish me a happy birthday and he told me to go get my iPod. He had borrowed it and gave it to me that day. He told me to search Artist for Zach Dolan. I did, and then he said "Just pick the phone up when your done.". He wrote me a song. It was amazing and I was so happy. I cried and cried. It was a dream come true.
Song: My Song! (It is untitled at the moment)
#9) I GOT THE LEAD IN THE SCHOOL PLAY! I wasn't even going to try out, but I did and I was so incredibly happy!!!
Song: Joy to the World
#10) Christmas time is here and I am stressed! I don't have the money I want to buy my family presents. But I watched "A Wonderful Life" in English and now I just have calmed down. Things could be alot worse and my family will understand.
Song: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas- It's self explanitory, no?
Song: Hide and Seek-The song is sad and hopeless, just like I felt.
#2) I was in a singing contest called Algonquin Idol at the middle school. I was so nervous, but I got out there and I heard my friends screaming my name. Then, I WON! I was so happy and proud of myself!
Song: Fallin' (Alicia Keyes) - It was the song I sang.
#3) I took a trip to Okemo Mountain with my friend and went snowboarding. Her family rented a condo and it was 3 stories and it was bigger than my house. The entire trip was just pure fun.
Song: Celebrate - It was some good times!
#4) Graduation of 8th grade and summer starting was a big event in my year. I worked hard at Algonquin and honestly I wasn't sad to go at all (but now, I miss it sometimes). I was so excited it was summer.
Song: A Whole New World (Aladin)- I sang this with Jeremiah at graduation...the whole new world was highschool, and it is not a magic carpet ride but I thought it would be then.
#5) Towards the beginning of summer my cousin died. I didn't know him that well, because he was so much older and we never talked much, but I was still very upset. My whole family was. It was hard to deal with.
Song: Adam's Song (Blink 182)- It is about a kid that died, and was misunderstood.
#6) During summer I got really close to this boy Zach. I really liked him and we hung out all the time. In August, we started officially dating. It's been 4 months, but I already feel so strongly about him. He's my penuin!
Song: Better Together (Jack Johnson)- Life's always better when I'm with him.
#7) Next big event was the start of highschool. I was so nervous, so scared. First day I was so lost, and I thought I'd never find my way around. I didn't want upperclassmen to judge me, I had no idea what to expect.
Song: Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)-"Don't Worry About A Ting' , cause every little ting' is gonna be alright"...Those are the words, and I shouldn't have worried, because I found my way around eventually. And so far, nobody makes fun of me, that bad.
#8) November 10th...My birthday!!! On November 9th I was in the talent show and then that night at 12 midnight Zach called me to wish me a happy birthday and he told me to go get my iPod. He had borrowed it and gave it to me that day. He told me to search Artist for Zach Dolan. I did, and then he said "Just pick the phone up when your done.". He wrote me a song. It was amazing and I was so happy. I cried and cried. It was a dream come true.
Song: My Song! (It is untitled at the moment)
#9) I GOT THE LEAD IN THE SCHOOL PLAY! I wasn't even going to try out, but I did and I was so incredibly happy!!!
Song: Joy to the World
#10) Christmas time is here and I am stressed! I don't have the money I want to buy my family presents. But I watched "A Wonderful Life" in English and now I just have calmed down. Things could be alot worse and my family will understand.
Song: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas- It's self explanitory, no?
My Verse
I found a really good quote a while back and it really tells what I'm trying to go for. I really like it and I'm going to try to live by it the rest of my life, even if it's difficult to do.
"Only a fool takes their past and carries it with them."
I am not sure who said this, but its really true. People should not dwell on their past and sulk in the worst memories they can think of. If they are great memories then thats cool..but that was yesterday and you should focus on whats right now and whats to come. You cant change anything you have done, there is no rewind button on life, so why bother thinking so much about it. Learn from the mistakes of the past and use them to improve your future. This is, without a doubt, difficult because maybe something in your past had so much of an effect on you that it comes into your life a lot..but why not give it a try to stay at least a little positive, it wouldn't hurt.
Have a great life =']
-Spence
"Only a fool takes their past and carries it with them."
I am not sure who said this, but its really true. People should not dwell on their past and sulk in the worst memories they can think of. If they are great memories then thats cool..but that was yesterday and you should focus on whats right now and whats to come. You cant change anything you have done, there is no rewind button on life, so why bother thinking so much about it. Learn from the mistakes of the past and use them to improve your future. This is, without a doubt, difficult because maybe something in your past had so much of an effect on you that it comes into your life a lot..but why not give it a try to stay at least a little positive, it wouldn't hurt.
Have a great life =']
-Spence
What I want to be known for would have to be a good thing I have done or I'm good because i haven't done some stuff, but really i want to be known for as war hero, because I really want to go to the military and fight for our country. I am still deciding what branch of service i want to go for but i really want to be a marine but my older brother Jordan doesn't want me to go through what he had to go through. So I'm thinking either army or air force, duh. Also i would like to be known as a pilot, because i love flying planes, i have done it several times and i love it. Also I want to be known for as a successful commercial airlines pilot.
My verse in the poem we call the world
I'm not sure what my verse would be. I'm not sure of a lot right now. I know I want to stand for something great and be remembered for good things. I'm still finding who I am. And I can't wait to know. My verse might be about some accoplishments that I had made but I want it to be fun and exciting. Not one of those bland poems that put you to sleep. Sort of like how I am, fun and bubbly. I want it to make people smile and get those warmfuzzies in their tummies. I want it to make people think and want to be a better person. I want it to be one of those things that a person shares with their children because it spoke to them and it meant something to them. I think what I'm trying to say is, I don't know what my verse will say, but I want it to be something great and meaningful that everyone can relate to.
my 2007 year
2007, WOW what a year may i say. Iv'e had some bumpy roads and some nice flat ones, i have lost the friends that arent truley supposed to be my friend and then i have gained friends that are truley my friend and i know they will be my friend for a while. i also have a lot more new memories with my family and my friends. Im greatful for everything iv'e gotten in the 2007 year and all of my experinces. In 8th grade i went to Quebec and had a great time, before Quebec me and my best friend Morgan went to Maine for the weekend and had the greatest time ever. During the summer Morgan and i went to the indoor water park hotel in Lake George for graduation, and i always went up to Schroon Lake for a week in August to relax and have fun! i also went to Spike Mountain a VolleyBall camp in Vermont, all by myself godness that was the best vacation ever, haha! and for my last vacation during the summer me and my cousins went back up to Maine for the weekend and i have my birthday up ther it was so much fun. this song reminds me of all my experiences and moments iv'e had for 2007 and through out my life.
Take a Picture
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs
I feel like a newbornAnd
I feel like a newborn
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
I feel so realChorus:
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I wont remember
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I won’t remember
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I won’t remember
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I won’t remember
YeahI don’t believe in
I don’t believe in
In your sanctity
You privacy
I don’t believe in
I don’t believe inSanctityA hypocrisy
Could everyone agree that
No one should be left alone
Could everyoone agree that
They should not be left alone yeah
And I feel like a newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Kicking and screaming
Chorus:
Hey dad what do you think about your son now
Ah hey dad what do you think about your son nowChorus (x4)
When i listen to this song on my ipod, in my mind goes a digital photo album and different pictures rush to my thoughts and they remind me of everything ov'e done and gone through.
For the new year well... who knows im gonna try my hardest for everything and wont stop until i get there thats pretty much what im going to be pursuing for the next year and the years to come.
Take a Picture
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs
I feel like a newbornAnd
I feel like a newborn
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
I feel so realChorus:
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I wont remember
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I won’t remember
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I won’t remember
Could you take my picture?
Cuz I won’t remember
YeahI don’t believe in
I don’t believe in
In your sanctity
You privacy
I don’t believe in
I don’t believe inSanctityA hypocrisy
Could everyone agree that
No one should be left alone
Could everyoone agree that
They should not be left alone yeah
And I feel like a newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Kicking and screaming
Chorus:
Hey dad what do you think about your son now
Ah hey dad what do you think about your son nowChorus (x4)
When i listen to this song on my ipod, in my mind goes a digital photo album and different pictures rush to my thoughts and they remind me of everything ov'e done and gone through.
For the new year well... who knows im gonna try my hardest for everything and wont stop until i get there thats pretty much what im going to be pursuing for the next year and the years to come.
My soundtrack for 2007
2007 has been a great year for me. I will remember a lot of memories some of them are really good and others are sad. One of the best memory was when I hosted two girls from Tennessee over the past summer. Because of this experience I have really gained more new friends. I still can't believe that I am in high school. The time from first entering middle school to now has just flown by. This year I have learned who my friends really are and what they mean to me. I've gotten closer to many of my friends. Especially friends from my elementary school. I think the soundtrack for this portion of my life would be "Find out who your friends are" by Tracy Lawrence. This song really expresses the meaning of friends. I think it would make a good soundtrack to this part of my life because it really express what I have experienced.
My year of 2007 would be very hard to soundtrack. Unfortunately im an idiot and cant remember much past August. One event that happened this year would be going to Cape Cod and the soundtrack for this event would on the road again by willie nelson. Also this year i played jv football and went from being a secondstring sub to a starter on the first string for these event s i would chose the soundtrack Bodies by Drowning Pool because any clip reel of people getting tackled looks great with a metal song playing in the backround. Also another moment in my life this year was when i went to disney world it was awesome to get over my frears of roller coasters and ride the Rockin Roller Coaster. For that part of the yeart i would use the song Walk This Way by Aerosmith because the Rockin Roller Coaster is based on the band Aerosmith.
Soundtrack of 2007
The beginning of this year really sucked with my mom getting so sick and everything. I'd never seen her cry so much in my life so I absolutely hated it. I hate seeing people in pain, even if I'm not so fond of them, but my mother, it was just really horrible. She had Blood Cancer and Lupis..which is a disease that spreads from your hands to about your elbows effecting your neveres and making a burning sensation. She was really sensitive to the cold and hot weather, so she stayed inside most of the couple months, I felt bad for her. She couldn't work and had to give up her job as a flight attendant that she loved so much and went in training for six months for. I'd say a good song for this is "Everything Burns" by Ben Moody and Anastacia. It's about how the hopes and dreams of people are burned to the ground from certain things that happens in anyones life.
When my mom got better, I was very relieved for a while. She wasn't able to get her job back because she would have had to redo the training for six months, and she didnt have the money or time to do so, but shes trying to suffice with another job until she can get a better one. My dad was great with letting me stay with her for so long even when I was supposed to be with him. I dont have a song for this but it was an uplifting time after mom was better.
Beginning high school was fine for me. I thought the transition would be really tough but it wasn't so much, and I did pretty good. It was weird though, because then I got a little worse, but then I got better again. Kind of an educational roller costar. I'm doing okay right now though, just Earth Science thats killing me.
The last one would just be friends I guess. the high school drama begins and everyone whos not involved gets thrown in the middle of it anyways. I was used to it last year and nothing's changed this year besides an increase in the name-calling and drama in general. Its pretty much rediculous, though I guess you cant go through school without it.
Not to do the bare minimum or anything..but I have another blog to do so I'm going to get to it. =']
When my mom got better, I was very relieved for a while. She wasn't able to get her job back because she would have had to redo the training for six months, and she didnt have the money or time to do so, but shes trying to suffice with another job until she can get a better one. My dad was great with letting me stay with her for so long even when I was supposed to be with him. I dont have a song for this but it was an uplifting time after mom was better.
Beginning high school was fine for me. I thought the transition would be really tough but it wasn't so much, and I did pretty good. It was weird though, because then I got a little worse, but then I got better again. Kind of an educational roller costar. I'm doing okay right now though, just Earth Science thats killing me.
The last one would just be friends I guess. the high school drama begins and everyone whos not involved gets thrown in the middle of it anyways. I was used to it last year and nothing's changed this year besides an increase in the name-calling and drama in general. Its pretty much rediculous, though I guess you cant go through school without it.
Not to do the bare minimum or anything..but I have another blog to do so I'm going to get to it. =']
2007
2007 was an alright year, it had its bad points and good points. I gained some friends but lost some too. High school is alot better than the middle school, I still don't really like school but in my opinion the high school is better. Some good things that happened this year were that I got in touch with some of my family that I haven't seen in like 6 years so that was cool. A bad thing that happened is that my bestfriend since 6th grade moved to Florida on October so that sucked alot but atleast i'll still be able to talk to him. Another bad thing I didn't like about 2007 is that some people are very immature and after a while it gets very annoying and sometimes by what people said got me so bad. A couple months ago I got a new puppy so that was cool , she is is a pain in the butt but she is cute. She can be evil sometimes and she makes weird noises. One thing I miuss about 2007 was Health class in 8th grade. My class was so fun and so many funny things happned in that class. My S.S. class in 8th was also really fun, we barely ever had homework and we did fun things every class. I will miss some things about '07 but not too much. Hopefully '08 is much much MUCH better than '08
my poem
The quote means that people dont write poems for the heck of it. people write poems about different things because something in there life inspired them or someone. people who write poetry dont write it because they have to its because they want to and they love to write poetry, also people who write peotry know that people who need inspiring and a path to go will read there poem and they will feel like the poet knows exactly what they feel like. This poem also means that poetry has something you want to live for in it that not just having a successful job would want to keep you alive but poetry does.My verse is...
My Dreams Are the Sun
See that golden hue
Burning in the west
My dreams are with that color
My dreams are the sun
The sun always sets
But never seems to rise
That sun carries my dreams
Slowly out of my reach
I watch it slide away
Leaving me behind
The color disappears
My dreams are with that sun
Whenever the sun sets
It rises in another place
A place blessed by that light
My dreams are hidden in that light
At my window seat
I watch the sun take it all away
My dreams are with the sun
My dreams are the sun
Dawn Michelle
The reason i got this poem is because i feel like the sun is bright and when your bright you pursude your dreams, but when the sun goes away or you do something that could take away your brightness then your dreams do not get pursude.
My Dreams Are the Sun
See that golden hue
Burning in the west
My dreams are with that color
My dreams are the sun
The sun always sets
But never seems to rise
That sun carries my dreams
Slowly out of my reach
I watch it slide away
Leaving me behind
The color disappears
My dreams are with that sun
Whenever the sun sets
It rises in another place
A place blessed by that light
My dreams are hidden in that light
At my window seat
I watch the sun take it all away
My dreams are with the sun
My dreams are the sun
Dawn Michelle
The reason i got this poem is because i feel like the sun is bright and when your bright you pursude your dreams, but when the sun goes away or you do something that could take away your brightness then your dreams do not get pursude.
My Verse
The quote above means that we don't write poetry just for fun, it means that people write poetry to show emotions. More poems than others show and they also show different emotions. It also means that writing poems is a way of expressing a persons true feelings and there look on life. But some people write poems just for fun but they have many hidden emotions. Poetry shows a persons true feelings because the mind won't let the hand write false feelings
Untitled
Life is full of miracles. Life you should take things as they come. Have quiet time by yourself. Do things that make you happy. Work hard at things you do. Down life's path we go. Life's Battles. Life's storms Life of challenges Face life's tests Life's gold Final road of life. Shirley Ann Easter This poem really explains what Life is all about. I think this is life's meaning.
Untitled
Life is full of miracles. Life you should take things as they come. Have quiet time by yourself. Do things that make you happy. Work hard at things you do. Down life's path we go. Life's Battles. Life's storms Life of challenges Face life's tests Life's gold Final road of life. Shirley Ann Easter This poem really explains what Life is all about. I think this is life's meaning.
My 2007
Some of you may know that i get flight training because I am in the Civil Air Patrol, so, early this year in January I went up for my third flight. So I find out that I am going to have to do stalls, a stall is when you raise the nose of the plane to high so the plane starts to free fall. Also in the year I went to Ohio to and hung with my cousins, and that was when i played flashlight tag in a corn field. This year I also got to try and fight my older brother, not real fighting, yeah but anyway he won because he is a United States Marine. This year I also received Senior Airman in the Air force auxiliary. I also got to field dress a deer, which is when you gut it and do all that nasty stuff.
Some of you may know that i get flight training because I am in the Civil Air Patrol, so, early this year in January I went up for my third flight. So I find out that I am going to have to do stalls, a stall is when you raise the nose of the plane to high so the plane starts to free fall. Also in the year I went to Ohio to and hung with my cousins, and that was when i played flashlight tag in a corn field. This year I also got to try and fight my older brother, not real fighting, yeah but anyway he won because he is a United States Marine. This year I also received Senior Airman in the Air force auxiliary. I also got to field dress a deer, which is when you gut it and do all that nasty stuff.
Soundtrack to OhSeven!
Number one: The Birth of My Niece.
Song choice would have to be What Beautiful Is by Aaron Rothe. It's a song that he wrote for a very special girl. He lists all the good points about her and explains how he's not in love with what she wears or who she represents, but who she truely is. And when my niece was born, all I could think of was this song. She's so beautiful and innocent and I fell in love with her the very first second I looked at her. Family means the world to me and having her in it makes it so much better.
Number two: Summer of 2007
I'm pretty sure that Sugar Magnolia by The Grateful Dead puts my summer in a nutshell. It's all about having fun with your friends and those summer flings that make everything good. And Weekend Warriors by A Change of Pace can help sum-up my summer. It's about being a kid and just letting everything go over the summer. It captures that feeling that you have on those first few days of summer where you're so free and careless. And to be really old school I have to mention Summer Girls by LFO. Man that song is just all about summer and it just makes you feel warm and think about all those good times you had. My summer was exactly like that. I wish that I could relive it every day. It was perfect for me and I'd do anything to have it back again.
Number three: Highschool
Most kids were either scared to come to highschool or just didn't want to go simply because it was school. Me on the other hand, couldn't wait. It's a big step from middle school ,but so much better. Middle school was just a competetion for popularity and a big dramatic mess. In highschool, popularity doesn't matter. As for drama, sure there still is some but it's not over stupid little things we'd hate our best friend for. Some of us have really grown up, others are still stuck in 8th grade.
Number four: Justin Leaves for Latham
I'd say that Ohio Is For Lovers by Hawthorne Heights can bottle up this part in my life. Justin was the best guy friend I think I've ever had. He was like the twin brother I never had. And when he moved I really wasn't effected until about a week later and school started. Then I knew that I'd probably see him about once every three months. And I still haven't seen him, but he does call. And loosing that secure feeling I had with him really made me a mess. And I think that Ohio Is For Lovers captures that feeling and is actually one of Justin's favorite songs. he played it for me acousticly so many times and it never gets old :]]]
Number five: Nina Grows Up
I really feel like in the first month of highschool I grew up really fast. And I was always told I was very mature for my age, but I never bought it. But after that first month I noticed I started to see things differently and appriciate things I never appriciated before. I grew up. And I think that Coffee Break by Forever The Sickest Kids describes that part of my life. I'm not really sure how to describe the feeling but what I do know is that Forever The Sickest Kids did a darn good job at trying to put that feeling into a song.
Number six: Cait is Threatened With Emma Willard.
Now, Cait Sleasman is one of my best friends taht I love with all of me. And her parents are pretty serious when it comes to her grade. Now, Cait's never been one of the best students, but she does pretty well in school. When her progress report came home, they told her that if her grades didn't get better, they'd ship her off to Emma Willard. Lately I've been seeing her after school doing extra credit and getting help from teachers. She's been trying so hard to stay here. And now that I've seen her like that, I realize that she really wants to staynot just because she likes it here, but because of her friends. She's told me over and over that she wouldn't be the same, great person that she is now. I'm sure she would be but hearing her say that lets me know that she appriciates me. I think that Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous by PlayRadioPlay! can help me explain this part.
I'm pretty sure that I ran out of good points of 2007 for me to point out. But what I can say is that 2007 was a year where I found out who I am and what I stand for. It was a year of slef discovery and careless fun. So long to OhSeven and hello to OhEight!
Song choice would have to be What Beautiful Is by Aaron Rothe. It's a song that he wrote for a very special girl. He lists all the good points about her and explains how he's not in love with what she wears or who she represents, but who she truely is. And when my niece was born, all I could think of was this song. She's so beautiful and innocent and I fell in love with her the very first second I looked at her. Family means the world to me and having her in it makes it so much better.
Number two: Summer of 2007
I'm pretty sure that Sugar Magnolia by The Grateful Dead puts my summer in a nutshell. It's all about having fun with your friends and those summer flings that make everything good. And Weekend Warriors by A Change of Pace can help sum-up my summer. It's about being a kid and just letting everything go over the summer. It captures that feeling that you have on those first few days of summer where you're so free and careless. And to be really old school I have to mention Summer Girls by LFO. Man that song is just all about summer and it just makes you feel warm and think about all those good times you had. My summer was exactly like that. I wish that I could relive it every day. It was perfect for me and I'd do anything to have it back again.
Number three: Highschool
Most kids were either scared to come to highschool or just didn't want to go simply because it was school. Me on the other hand, couldn't wait. It's a big step from middle school ,but so much better. Middle school was just a competetion for popularity and a big dramatic mess. In highschool, popularity doesn't matter. As for drama, sure there still is some but it's not over stupid little things we'd hate our best friend for. Some of us have really grown up, others are still stuck in 8th grade.
Number four: Justin Leaves for Latham
I'd say that Ohio Is For Lovers by Hawthorne Heights can bottle up this part in my life. Justin was the best guy friend I think I've ever had. He was like the twin brother I never had. And when he moved I really wasn't effected until about a week later and school started. Then I knew that I'd probably see him about once every three months. And I still haven't seen him, but he does call. And loosing that secure feeling I had with him really made me a mess. And I think that Ohio Is For Lovers captures that feeling and is actually one of Justin's favorite songs. he played it for me acousticly so many times and it never gets old :]]]
Number five: Nina Grows Up
I really feel like in the first month of highschool I grew up really fast. And I was always told I was very mature for my age, but I never bought it. But after that first month I noticed I started to see things differently and appriciate things I never appriciated before. I grew up. And I think that Coffee Break by Forever The Sickest Kids describes that part of my life. I'm not really sure how to describe the feeling but what I do know is that Forever The Sickest Kids did a darn good job at trying to put that feeling into a song.
Number six: Cait is Threatened With Emma Willard.
Now, Cait Sleasman is one of my best friends taht I love with all of me. And her parents are pretty serious when it comes to her grade. Now, Cait's never been one of the best students, but she does pretty well in school. When her progress report came home, they told her that if her grades didn't get better, they'd ship her off to Emma Willard. Lately I've been seeing her after school doing extra credit and getting help from teachers. She's been trying so hard to stay here. And now that I've seen her like that, I realize that she really wants to staynot just because she likes it here, but because of her friends. She's told me over and over that she wouldn't be the same, great person that she is now. I'm sure she would be but hearing her say that lets me know that she appriciates me. I think that Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous by PlayRadioPlay! can help me explain this part.
I'm pretty sure that I ran out of good points of 2007 for me to point out. But what I can say is that 2007 was a year where I found out who I am and what I stand for. It was a year of slef discovery and careless fun. So long to OhSeven and hello to OhEight!
2007
2007 was a good year, but there was nothing really significant this year. I dont really remember doing much this year at all. Overall, I think that this year was one of the most boring years ever. Haha. I guess that I actually started listening to music this year, before this year, I never was into music, and I'm still not into that much music. Well, I guess coming to highschhool was exciting, but, its not very exciting anymore. I got to see all my old friends again, but now its just like every other year, BORING! I know I have been slacking off on my work, but im just a lazy person. I can't help it, I have a procrastination problem. Hopefully this break will give me the chance to realize how important the school work is that is assigned. My birthday was decent I guess, it was ont he second day of school, I think. I went to the Zero Gravity Laster Tag place, with a few of my friends. It was very fun.
I hope this Chirstmas is good a one, I dont know what else to write about, I didnt do much this year.
I hope this Chirstmas is good a one, I dont know what else to write about, I didnt do much this year.
2007
2007 has been a good year for me. I’ve started High School which means I’ve started a new chapter in my life. So far APHS has been good, and hopefully it will continue to be good. I started playing tennis over the summer and was on the JV team in the fall. This was a great way for me to start my high school career because I got closer to my friends and I also made new friends. My family also got a new puppy this year. In 2006 we lost a dog from cancer and Suri, our new puppy, is just like the one that died. Suri is the same kind of dog as Autumn and she acts the same, so it’s like we never lost Autumn we just got a newer version of her in Suri. My sister also moved back into our house in the spring. This was a good thing because I missed her when she was gone but she can also be a pain in the butt. But right after she came home my Brother left for college. The day we brought Matt to SUNY IT in Utica was really hard for me. We were pretty close and I cried when we left (so did my mom) I miss him a lot but now he’s home for a month but he is never really home so I still don’t see him that much. One of my bad moments of the year was when me and my friends got in this huge fight over something really small. But during the fight I thought I was going to lose a friend that has been in my life since about 2nd grade. But we all got over it and I think it made us even closer. I’ve also gotten a lot closer to some of my friends this year, which is really cool.
“….Life goes faster than you think…so don’t blink” This is from the song “Don’t Blink” by Kenny Chesney. Every time I hear this song it really makes me think about my life. The message in this song is really strong and means a lot to me. This past year has gone by so fast and I’m looking forward to the new year starting.
- K. Scott
“….Life goes faster than you think…so don’t blink” This is from the song “Don’t Blink” by Kenny Chesney. Every time I hear this song it really makes me think about my life. The message in this song is really strong and means a lot to me. This past year has gone by so fast and I’m looking forward to the new year starting.
- K. Scott
2007 In A Nutshell
SENEY'S RESPONSE
This year of 2007 was a BIG year! I could have hundreds of songs, but I will try not to get carried away (Mrs. Gaboury, you know I can get carried away with soundtracks :) ). Right now my brain is not working in chronological order, so it's kind of hard to think. Well, the first thing that popped into my head was the song "Celebration" by Jump5. This year in November my dad was elected Town Councilman for the Town of Nassau. It was a great success! We were celebrating all night! The song describes the excitement of the evening.
To Be Continued...
This year of 2007 was a BIG year! I could have hundreds of songs, but I will try not to get carried away (Mrs. Gaboury, you know I can get carried away with soundtracks :) ). Right now my brain is not working in chronological order, so it's kind of hard to think. Well, the first thing that popped into my head was the song "Celebration" by Jump5. This year in November my dad was elected Town Councilman for the Town of Nassau. It was a great success! We were celebrating all night! The song describes the excitement of the evening.
To Be Continued...
Highlights and Shadows of '07
Looking back on 2007, all I see at first is gray fog. As my mind comes into focus, certian things begin to stand out. Events that I know I probably won't forget until the day I die. I present to you the outline of my year. . .
National Day of Prayer Worship Service~ Last winter, my youth group had an incredible worshio service. It really refreshed and deepened my faith.Go-Karting~ I went go-karting in late June for the first time this year . . . it was awesome! A great way to start the summer. We went with the head staff from the boy's camp we run. It totally rocked!!
NYC w/ Sally Jo~ A good friend of ours (a grown lady) took my sister, a friend and I all down to NYC with her for 3 days. We had a blast. We went to the Bodies exhibit (amazing! - real preseved bodies but not to gross), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other places.
Sam's lyme~ During our fabulous trip to NYC, we got a phone call from my dad. My 8 year old brother, Sam, had lymes disease and was in the hospital. That was rough. The left side of his face was paralyzed - he couldn't blink or smile with that half of his mouth for a month. He's fine now. Thankfully.
Tricky bucking me off
OBX
starting high school
baptism
2007
Two Thousand and Seven was a pretty good year for me. I think I changed alot in this year. I can see myself growing up and becoming more comfortable with myself. I notice alot of different aspects of my life changing. I notice my friends are changing alot. Theres a few people that I was really close with last year and now I barely talk to them anymore. I'm also noticing that sometimes people aren't who you think they are and you have to be careful of who you trust. I also think my school work has improved, I'm becoming more determined to do well. All of this has really been because of the start of high school. That was the big event of this year for me. At the beggining of the year I did try something new. I played modified lacrosse, I'm not really an athletic person so that was a big step for me. Usually it's cheerleading or dance but it was fun to give something new a try. I think another highlight of this year for me was going to the Corbin Bleu, Aly & Aj and Drake Bell concert. That was seriously one of the most fun concerts I have ever been to. I think taking my family vacation to ocean city was also a good thing for me. I learned you should always wear sunscreen. Haha but anyway it was a really fun time, I got to see a new place, and just get away from everything here. Sometimes you need to because theres so much drama and stuff that goes on. That's another thing that happened this year, people are starting to have alot of differences and it starts alot of issues. Everyone gets mad over the littlest things that don't even really matter, I do it too but it does get annoying. Right now Britney Spears is releasing songs, that are amazing and I love them. I'm glad she's kinda coming back because I used to love her when I was younger, so it kinda brings me back. I think I changed alot this year, when you look back its hard to think about all the things that happened to you. I can only imagine how much different I'll be by this time next year!
Soundtrack
2007 was a good year, but there wasnt anything that really stuck out enough to change my life. Though I did change the style of music I like...alot. So instead of writing about all the different things that I did and then choosing a song to go with it, I am choosing a song and then choosing a story to go with it. For starters, during the summer I went on vacation with my friend Chelsea. We went to Cape Cod and on the way up we listened to her Ipod. We listened to songs that were more on the rock/emo/punk/scremo side. Surprisingly it grew on me. I listened to it alot and from then on I listened to songs from bands like; Brand New, All Time Low, Rise Against, Chiodos, Streetlight Manifesto, A Day to Remember, +44, Paramore and others. In late August Casey and I went to a concert where Corbin Bleu, Drake Bell and Aly and AJ preformed. Then in September High School Musical 2 came out so Casey and I went through a phase where we listened to lots of Disney Channel songs. School started and I listened to lots of different music, and then recently I have been into more indie/alternative music. Its mostly because a few of us slept over at Casey's house and then "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson started playing and then we all started to looove it. We started to listen to it constantly....it was quite funny. Then this month I have started to like Modest Mouse again because people in my household have started to play their new CD. I still listen to all the types of music that I mentioned earlier...just not as much as the music I listen to now. When I do listen to the different music I listened to over the summer, it brings me back. I have noticed that there are alot of stories to go with the songs and its kind of cool how those songs affected me. Music is amazing and I will always love it. =]
This year has been somewhat like a roller coaster for me. There were points where I felt invincible, and then other time where I felt defenseless against the world. There were good games, bad games, injuries, death's, good grades, bad grades, awards, embarassment, and times of feeling like a success and others of feeling like a failure. This was probably the most real year of my life, I felt emotions that I had never felt before, and some of which I never hope to feel again. The Yankee's were a bust, and Boston was a success, which was a complete failure for everyone of New York, unless your a traitor and are a red sox fan living in New York. But beyond that I have learned that life is really like a roller coaster. There are you high points where you feel like you can do anything, and then there are the low declining moments where you feel down, and discouraged. But there always have been, and always will be in life. Who you are, and what defines you is how you rebound from these experiences, and these low points. How you pick yourself up off the floor from a low point, and how you keep yourself on top in a high point. In this last year I have had my fair share of both, and I have rebounded, and when I hit my next low point I will pick myself up again, learn, and figure out how to stay on top. There were so many points this year when I was on top, like when I tied for winning the most awards at our graduation (7/ key speaker). But there was also a low point when I went into a hitting slump, and points where my grades weren't anywhere near the point I wanted them to be. But I rebounded from the slump, and hit the ball better than before, and my grades rebounded, not to where I know they can be but to a point of improvement. Some death's in my family also impacted me, but I hope that they will change me for the better. I hope to become more focused, and for my drive to be that much stronger to reach my goals in life. Overall this year has significantly impacted my life, and I can only hope that in this new year the change will be seen.
- KYLE G
- KYLE G
2007 has been a realy an exciting andd fun year. It strated off great with the Florida Gators upsetting the Ohio State Buckeyes in college footballs national championship. I have alot of family living in Florida and they partied for a month. Then in Febuary my family and I went to Austria and Germany to ski the Alps. This was extremly fun and so was the touring of castles, socerr stadiums and Beeetoven's house. Summer was also filled with fun and it included trips to New York City and Yankee Stadium, and Alabama where I visted my Aunt, Uncle and two cousins. We ate fried chicken and went Jet skiiing for a couple of days and we also went to the Unclaimed Baggage Center as seen on Oprah. This is where all your missing airplane luggage goes, you can fing anything from wedding dresses to guitars to baby pools. My first day of High school was also a very exciting day full of suspense and fear. Seeing all the kids and long hallways were very intimidating but being in classes with my freinds helped alot. Finally one of the most exciting tings this year was Thanksgiving because I got to see al my cousins that I dont get to see very often. the food was also extemly good and going to Best Buy at 2:00 in the morning to get a new tv was also and experience I will remember forever.
Soundtrack for 2007
First of all, you have no idea how excited I am to be doing this excercise. Sarah = music + writing + art. Yessss. Perfect thing to do right before vacation. :]
1: Lauren's birthday party, mid April 2007: That party was just creepy. Anyone who was there knows it. We were in the basement and things just kept happening that were totally un explainable. We were watching Moulin Rouge and then the lead guy was singing and it paused and he kind of looked like a demon. Then, of course, being the smart 14 year old girls that we are, we started playing truth or dare and it just kind of turned into, "whatever secret is told in the basement stays in the basement." So we started talking about people we had known that had passed away and... rape. It's kind of amazing how many people you can talk to on an every day basis that have been raped. I know three friends off the top of my head. But anyway, we were just sitting there and we started getting cold and shivvering. Lauren's furnace is in the basement. It was like, eighty degrees down there and we were all shivvering. This was not just a superstition, there was something down there. Song choice: "I Am For You (Don't Give Up)" by Waking Ashland. It just reminds me of my friends and how we always help each other though things. (The comfort we create to prove we're something/But we're starving/You're screaming in the night 'cause you want answers/From the one/And there is hope again/Don't give up, you're not thinking/Don't give up, just keep seeking/And I, I am for you/And I, I will love you/And I, I am for you/And I, I will save you)
2: Conclusion of eighth grade: 'Nuff said. Song choice: "Brat Pack" by The Rocket Summer. It's such a high school kind of song. It's all about summer and being with your friends and wanting to get out of the town you live in. (For 'bout for years I've hated this town/There's just so much I want to get out/Since graduation/Was long ago/Please somebody get me out of this hole)
3: Falling in love with a boy: Ahh, Tucker Paterson. There's just something about him that girls like for some reason. Everyone warned me! EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON I KNEW WARNED ME. But I fell in love with him anyway. We weren't going out. It was just... there. Song choice: "Such Great Heights" by The Postal Service. It's like a love song, but not. It's mellow but happy at the same time. (I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles/In our eyes are mirror images and when/We kiss they're perfectly aligned/And I have to speculate that God himself/Did make us into corresponding shapes like/Puzzle pieces from the clay)
4: Being forced to fall out of low with (the) boy: Tucker all of the sudden just stopped talking to me. It was like he led me on and then just... dropped me. I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised beacuse I mean... it's Tucker. But with any boy that leaves you... it hurts. And this hurt a lot. Song choice: "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" by The Postal Service. This song was in Wicker Park, probably one of the best romance movies of all time... plus, it has Josh Harnett (Best. Actor. Ever). (Take a look at me now.There's just an empty space.But to wait for you is all I can do/And that's what I've gotta face)
5: First time meeting Roger: Roger makes me smile so much. He was a friend of one of my best friends (Kyle) and we were having a sleep over in my brother's room (it was supposed to be just me and Lauren). Needless to say, we didn't do much sleeping. There were a lot of laughs, stuffed balls (NERF, PEOPLE!) , and X-Box playing. I found out like, three months later that Roger and Kyle were actually talking to each other quietly when me and Lauren were doing something and Roger's like, "Wow... this girl's pretty chill." And then Kyle fell on the ground laughing. he told me a week later that he liked me. No, we're not going out. Roger has emotional issues. Song choice: "A17" by Jeremy Ashida. It's a song about friends and how everything will be amazing in the end. (We're sitting at the pool/Working on our tan/Just C-H-I-L-L-I-N/John can't swim/We'll push him in the deep end then save his life/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine)
6: HIGH SCHOOL! It's so much better than middle school. No contest. Only similarity is the kids you're with and the drama. Ewww. Song choice: "Seventy Times Seven" by Brand New. It's angsty, about an old relationship and high school. (Back in school they never told us what we needed to know/Like how to deal with despair, or the break in your heart/For twelve years I've held it all together but a night like this is begging to pull me apart/I played it quiet, left you deep in conversation/I felt uncool and hung out around the kitchen/I remember I kept thinking that I know you never would/And now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could)
7: My brother's best friend leaving for the Air Force: Q. I love Q. Obviously, his name isn't really Q, but his last name sounds like Q. Well, Q plus other things. He's sort of like a second brother to me and he's also taught me to never go to Texas because it's just highways and military bases. And of course, Bush. Song choice: "Hands Held High" by Linkin Park. Q had to leave because he had to. He doesn't have enough money for college. (My brother had a book he would hold with pride/A little red cover and a broken spine/On the back, he handwrote a quote inside,/"When the rich wage war it's the poor who die")
okaygoingtolunchbye.
1: Lauren's birthday party, mid April 2007: That party was just creepy. Anyone who was there knows it. We were in the basement and things just kept happening that were totally un explainable. We were watching Moulin Rouge and then the lead guy was singing and it paused and he kind of looked like a demon. Then, of course, being the smart 14 year old girls that we are, we started playing truth or dare and it just kind of turned into, "whatever secret is told in the basement stays in the basement." So we started talking about people we had known that had passed away and... rape. It's kind of amazing how many people you can talk to on an every day basis that have been raped. I know three friends off the top of my head. But anyway, we were just sitting there and we started getting cold and shivvering. Lauren's furnace is in the basement. It was like, eighty degrees down there and we were all shivvering. This was not just a superstition, there was something down there. Song choice: "I Am For You (Don't Give Up)" by Waking Ashland. It just reminds me of my friends and how we always help each other though things. (The comfort we create to prove we're something/But we're starving/You're screaming in the night 'cause you want answers/From the one/And there is hope again/Don't give up, you're not thinking/Don't give up, just keep seeking/And I, I am for you/And I, I will love you/And I, I am for you/And I, I will save you)
2: Conclusion of eighth grade: 'Nuff said. Song choice: "Brat Pack" by The Rocket Summer. It's such a high school kind of song. It's all about summer and being with your friends and wanting to get out of the town you live in. (For 'bout for years I've hated this town/There's just so much I want to get out/Since graduation/Was long ago/Please somebody get me out of this hole)
3: Falling in love with a boy: Ahh, Tucker Paterson. There's just something about him that girls like for some reason. Everyone warned me! EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON I KNEW WARNED ME. But I fell in love with him anyway. We weren't going out. It was just... there. Song choice: "Such Great Heights" by The Postal Service. It's like a love song, but not. It's mellow but happy at the same time. (I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles/In our eyes are mirror images and when/We kiss they're perfectly aligned/And I have to speculate that God himself/Did make us into corresponding shapes like/Puzzle pieces from the clay)
4: Being forced to fall out of low with (the) boy: Tucker all of the sudden just stopped talking to me. It was like he led me on and then just... dropped me. I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised beacuse I mean... it's Tucker. But with any boy that leaves you... it hurts. And this hurt a lot. Song choice: "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" by The Postal Service. This song was in Wicker Park, probably one of the best romance movies of all time... plus, it has Josh Harnett (Best. Actor. Ever). (Take a look at me now.There's just an empty space.But to wait for you is all I can do/And that's what I've gotta face)
5: First time meeting Roger: Roger makes me smile so much. He was a friend of one of my best friends (Kyle) and we were having a sleep over in my brother's room (it was supposed to be just me and Lauren). Needless to say, we didn't do much sleeping. There were a lot of laughs, stuffed balls (NERF, PEOPLE!) , and X-Box playing. I found out like, three months later that Roger and Kyle were actually talking to each other quietly when me and Lauren were doing something and Roger's like, "Wow... this girl's pretty chill." And then Kyle fell on the ground laughing. he told me a week later that he liked me. No, we're not going out. Roger has emotional issues. Song choice: "A17" by Jeremy Ashida. It's a song about friends and how everything will be amazing in the end. (We're sitting at the pool/Working on our tan/Just C-H-I-L-L-I-N/John can't swim/We'll push him in the deep end then save his life/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine/Whoa oh oh we're doing fine)
6: HIGH SCHOOL! It's so much better than middle school. No contest. Only similarity is the kids you're with and the drama. Ewww. Song choice: "Seventy Times Seven" by Brand New. It's angsty, about an old relationship and high school. (Back in school they never told us what we needed to know/Like how to deal with despair, or the break in your heart/For twelve years I've held it all together but a night like this is begging to pull me apart/I played it quiet, left you deep in conversation/I felt uncool and hung out around the kitchen/I remember I kept thinking that I know you never would/And now I know I want to kill you like only a best friend could)
7: My brother's best friend leaving for the Air Force: Q. I love Q. Obviously, his name isn't really Q, but his last name sounds like Q. Well, Q plus other things. He's sort of like a second brother to me and he's also taught me to never go to Texas because it's just highways and military bases. And of course, Bush. Song choice: "Hands Held High" by Linkin Park. Q had to leave because he had to. He doesn't have enough money for college. (My brother had a book he would hold with pride/A little red cover and a broken spine/On the back, he handwrote a quote inside,/"When the rich wage war it's the poor who die")
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The year 2007...in the eyes of me <3
2007 was a very dramatic year. Yes dramatic. The begining of the year was good, the basic every day to day stuff. Nothing really exciting. I was in the play at Algonquin, the Nifty Fiftys... what an ordeal that was. Then around May my grandpa died. That was a tragic loss to the family but it was better off that he died instead of living with daily pain. Then 8th grade graduation! YESS .. no more Algonquin for us. Heres the funny part. An hour after graduation i go home to open a package and stab myself in the knee with a pair of sissors. I wasnt even running... what are the odds of that. Yes indeed I am accident prone. So I had the stiches for about 2 weeks and couldnt go swimming... of coarse those 2 weeks seemed like the hottest days f the whole summer. But I went to Sarah's house and ended up falling into her pool. No she didn't push me, I went on a tube to try and get a ball out [fully clothed too] and ended up tipping. That's how the nickname Swimmer came about.Then the joys of summer. No school.. nor homework.. no drama.. just life peacefully. I went to Ocean City Maryland with the one and only Sarah Davis [boo yeah I rock] the amazing sarah has typed !!! ok continuing.... Me and sarah tryed out for ISD comp .. and made it!! its alot of fun and we made alot of friends. sumers slowly coming to a close and now it is fall. Our frist day of high school. we were all alittle nervious even if you dont want to admit it you were. After the first day, school became a breeze, and still is. falls over winters here. i went to NYC for the first time on december first. WOW. thats all i have to say... WOW. i went for my birthday which by the way is today !! =] . so now i have lunch. bye !
my year: in prespective.
So I have a few good and bad moments to write about about this past year. I definitely think a good one was in the summer with Rebecca. Good times, good times. This one day I slept over and we seriously raised hell. Becca, her brother Fred and I threw stuff at their ceiling fans..breaking Rebecca's and damaging Fred's. Then we went outside and Fred tackled Becca and tied her up with the dog leash. Yes that's how Fred is to his older sister. Those two moments will be engraved in my mind forever! I almost died from laughter that day. Seriously. Another big moment was my big brother going off to college for the first year. That was bittersweet. I mean I miss him more than you know but I wanted him gone. I wanted to turn his room into a closet for myself but that was vetoed by my parents quickly. I love his campus; it has like everything. But I was there for the tour which took probably 4 hours..that made me think BLAH I HATE THIS PLACE! Having to drive away without my big brother though..that was rough. Plus I had to hear my mom cry the whole way back and for the next 2 days or so. Ew. So that was a big part of my year too. In October my aunt got married. That was exciting. I was a bridesmaid with my three cousins and my new uncles sister. The ages ranged from 14- I think 25. And we were all trying to get the cutest groomsman. That was histerical. Now my one cousin, Lauren, had just gotten her liscense or learner's permit and she drove the other ate grandchildren [ including myself] down the mountian in the pitch darkness, in an SUV that only holds 5 people. Joyfulness it was. But the baest part was definitley the 10 grandchilden ages 12-20 around my grandma doing our newfound " Du-Tang, D-Clan" symbol. Yes the wonders of the Davis family are never-ending. Now to dancing. I became a part of the competivie dance team at Isabelle's School of Dance. I started at the level of sophmore but I just recently got moved up to the junior team along with Rebecca and my friend Liz from Boonville aka Berlin.
Nothing else that was really big happened. I know, I know we started highschool and blah blah blah but that wasn't truly THAT big of a deal. hahahaha
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Nothing else that was really big happened. I know, I know we started highschool and blah blah blah but that wasn't truly THAT big of a deal. hahahaha
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My 2007 Year
This past year has been a pretty big one for me. I graduated from 8th grade, had an amazing summer (Skye Farm Camp!!!!), and started High School. When I graduated the 8th grade I was so excited-for High School and for summer vacation. But I was also nervous. I was so used to the Middle School, and I didn't think I was ready for 9th grade. But the summer was fun. I went with my little sister, mom, and Amy to Skye Farm Camp for a week and it really made me open up my eyes. There was this one girl in our cabin that was so annoying and no one wanted to hang out with her. I didn't either but at the end of the week I volunteered to go with her to help with her bags. I guess I was trying to make up for being so mean, but I told myself that I would try never to leave anyone out again (but I know that is going to be very hard). I also made a lot of new friends from camp and I can't wait to go back and see them again next year.
Starting High School was huge. I thought it was going to be a lot harder than it really is, although it is tough to keep up with the homework. Another thing that happened in 2007 was that my grandma passed away. It was a very hard time for my whole family, we were so close to her, and it has been especially hard for my grandpa. But I think we can help him get through it, or at least be a little less lonely. I have learned a lot about my friends this year too, like which ones are my real friends that I can trust. I joined the tennis team and got better than I was before (although I'm still not that good).
I'm nervous about what the new year will bring, but also excited to see what will happen and how I will handle it. I'm not sure what song I would pick for my soundtrack-too many good songs to choose from-I do like the song that Kristin chose, "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney, but I think there may be a better one out there for my particular year. I like the song "We Laughed Until We Cried", by Jason Aldean, because it talks about how they were thinking back on the good times, even though it might be a bad time now. I like this because, even though it might be sad the the year is ending, we can go on to the new year and still have our memories of the old year.
Starting High School was huge. I thought it was going to be a lot harder than it really is, although it is tough to keep up with the homework. Another thing that happened in 2007 was that my grandma passed away. It was a very hard time for my whole family, we were so close to her, and it has been especially hard for my grandpa. But I think we can help him get through it, or at least be a little less lonely. I have learned a lot about my friends this year too, like which ones are my real friends that I can trust. I joined the tennis team and got better than I was before (although I'm still not that good).
I'm nervous about what the new year will bring, but also excited to see what will happen and how I will handle it. I'm not sure what song I would pick for my soundtrack-too many good songs to choose from-I do like the song that Kristin chose, "Don't Blink" by Kenny Chesney, but I think there may be a better one out there for my particular year. I like the song "We Laughed Until We Cried", by Jason Aldean, because it talks about how they were thinking back on the good times, even though it might be a bad time now. I like this because, even though it might be sad the the year is ending, we can go on to the new year and still have our memories of the old year.
2007-Shizzle
My experiences in 2007....Geez, where to start? It feels like the time before June was so long ago it couldn't have possibly even been this same year! I think this year has been mostly good. I'm basing that on the fact that the events that come to mind right now are mostly good, but maybe that's just because the past couple of months have been good...But whatever. All's well that ends well, right? So by that logic, this year has been good.
I'm finding it very hard to remember what happened early this year. Well, let's go from the very beginning. What was the first thing that happened this year? Oh, right, of course. We had hosted a New Year's Party, and the McFadden family was the only clan that had not yet departed. We were in the living room, watching the ball drop on the television. The ball dropped. The McFaddens left. The year began.
This may sound weird, but the song I'd choose for that moment would be "Happy Xmas " by John Lennon. It's not just a Christmas song, and it's more of a reflective song than your typical "Hooray, jingle jingle, golly gee I do love this time of year" number. This reason I'm picking this song is because of its lyrics, which include, "So this is Christmas/and what have you done?/Another year over/A new one just begun." To me, this says that it's not enough to live survive a year, you need to contribute to it, which I agree with. Towards the end, this song features a children's choir singing the words "Happy Christmas, war is over." So it has a message of hoping for peace and rejoicing that peace seems to have been found. Besides these aspects, I really like the mood and the feel and the sound of the song.
Hm. January. February. March. Our dog, Joe, was hit by the 102 school bus. I don't think there would be a song for this event. I'd never really experienced a death before, save for the deaths of friends or family of people I knew, but didn't know the deceased, and a beloved pet chameleon when I was little. I was sad, of course -- not as sad as if a person I knew had died, or as lonely as I'd have felt if we had had Joe for more than 10 months, but sad. In addition to being sad, I was surprised. Wow. Things you love really can go, just like that. Sometimes it doesn't happen to "somebody else" like it always seems. So this is what it's like to miss somebody who won't come back. Imagine that.
A day or two or three after Joe's last stand with The Enemy (moving vehicles), most of the 8th grade Art Club, including myself, went to the Olympics of the Visual Arts. Then in April was the spring musical, inventively titled "The Nifty Fifties" (I know, nauseating, right?). The title song, "The Nifty Fifties," is basically a lot of nerdily-dressed people commanding the audience to "come-a come-a come on along, come-a come-a to the Nifty Fifties" because they "Wanna be there every now and then." Take them right back to the Nifty Fifties! They want to live it all a-gaiiiin! Oooooh!
But seriously. I reallly would choose this song for that event, because the psychopathic singers in the song seem to observe the 50s as a fantastic, wonderful, dreamlike (though that sounds more like the late 60s or 70s to be honest) good-ol'-days time period. For me, the time leading up to the play was fantastic and wonderful -- it was the first time I've ever had a substantial part in a play (Katie Mac, Emily, and I were the rebel beatnik characters and had singing solos!), I made a lot of friends, my drawing skillshizzles were in demand, yo, and it was generally just such a good time. So it fits in with the dreamlike quality of the title song.
Two down, eight more to go. Oh boy. Well...April. Nothing comes to mind. May. We got a new puppy, whom I named Mobley! Mobley is a chocolate lab. He is six months old at the moment but I don't think he will every grow up. I think Mobley's song would be "Food, Glorious Food," from the musical "Oliver!", because food is the basis of his entire universe. His life gravitates around it, completely and totally. He even likes broccoli salad, and that's disgusting. I like to think he loves me more than he loves food, but I think I'm kidding myself. Oh, well, I've got enough love for the two of us :-).
In June, several significant things happened. Well, more like two. We took the Earth Science Regents, and we graduated! I got a score I was very happy with on the Regents and I was awarded the Earth Science award at graduation, so I was, in a word, ecstatic; Earth Science was one of my very favorite classes, ever. Graduation itself was a blast, and Jazz Band performed, in which I co-drummed with now-eighth-grader Nate Chin. This wild and crazy event was followed by a wilder and crazier party shindig. The song for this awesome time would be "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, for towards the end of aforemented party we were blasting that song is McFadden's basement and dancing and singing along. I also chose this song because I think this song is very emotional, and I felt very emotional at the close of the very first public-school experience of my entire life, and because I was tired.
June, July, and part of August passed uneventfully; for this reason, I will assign the song "Comfortably Numb" to them. I'm still sort of ashamed by my lack of activity this summer -- for so much of it, I really and truly didn't do anything, besides reading a lot and drawing and those kinds of time-killing activities. But I guess that was good, because now I will never waste a summer like that again.
The later part of August -- now, that was exciting. Me, my dad, my older brother, fellow freshmen Alison Schaefershizzle and Dakota Ziegler, Sensei (Ms. Graziano), and about fifteen others traveled to...(cue exciting music)...JAPAN!!! This was a really, really cool, exciting, fun, and foreign experience for me, but I'm having trouble thinking up a song to go along with it. Maybe "A Whole New World," but probably not, because I love Japan and hate that song. Huh. Well, I guess I really can't think up a song, so I will further describe my experience with Japan: I found the intracountry clash of cultures -- the radicals with the conformists, the older generation and the young, the goth and the girly, the fashion-centered Harajuku-loving teens and twenty-somethings and the work-obsessed professionals -- fascinating. I would describe further, but that is another post entirely. In general -- Watashi wa Nihon ga tottemo daisuki desu nee!! (Lit., I really, really love Japan!)
In September, school started! (Shocker!) I was a little nervous for school starting, but mostly excited, so "ex-psyched-ed." I got into the swing of things pretty quickly, and now I absolutely j'adore high school. Perhaps the song for this occurrence would be "Wake Me Up When September Ends," by Green Day, because after all, it does have the word "September" in the title.
October passed fairly uneventfully, and before I knew it, it was November; sixteen days later, it was my birthday. I turned 14, and the song for my birthday will be "Pretty in Pink." This song is the opening number for the movie "Pretty in Pink," starring Molly Ringwald, which is fitting because I like both Molly Ringwald and pink Molly Ringwald also starred in my all-time favorite movie ever, "Sixteen Candles," also in which she wears pink.
A bunch of really happy things happened in December, so I will mention the song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles. I have absolutely no idea whatsoever what they mean by happiness being a warm gun, but I like the song, and it has many references to happiness, so there you go. Firstly, the Holly Ball was in December, and that was absolutely fantastic. It was, actually, the most fun I've ever had at a school dance. The song makes particular sense for the dance, because, as all who were there will know, it kept getting hotter and hotter until suddenly the fire alarm went off! This gave all the dancers a terrific opportunity to step outside, most with no shoes on, and cool off in the frigid December air.
Chanukah started in mid-December this year, and Chanukah is my second favorite Jewish holiday (the first being Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew). "The Chanukah Song," by Adam Sandler, also goes for these "Eight Crazy Nights" (ha ha), as it was my favorite song overall for this time period, and it's funny, and it's one of the only Jewish holiday songs in existence (besides "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel," which everyone knows but very few actually enjoy, "Oy Chanukah," which only people who are actually Jewish know, and a bunch of other Chanukah songs, sung at middle school chorus recitals, that have pretty much nothing to do with the actual holiday, which makes sense as they were mostly written by non-Jews). I mean, just think of the lyrics!: "Put on your yamacha/here comes Hanukkah/don't forget a harmonica/on this lovely, lovely Hanukkah..." Also, December is a wonderful time of the year when the ideas of "love," "harmony," "joy," "brotherhood," "vacation," and "commercial consumerism" are dancing like sugarplums upon people's minds.
Oh right -- and Audrey, Sara, myself, and a few others totally stomped several male members of our Molec Bio class in P.E. in December. I'm telling you, this basketball game was inequivocally epic. It should go down in history. We totally crushed them. "We Are the Champions" by Queen all the way!
Stealing the idea from Melissa Roff, I would conclude this post with the song "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty, because the title alone makes perfect sense. In general 2007 was awesome and totally great and 2008 will be even better!!
MY SOUNDTRACK
CHELSEA'S SOUNDTRACK OF LIFE
This year I did so many things that I am having trouble remembering them...Don't you hate it when you have those senior moments...but as I was saying I did many fun and exciting things this year and I went though times of crisis and troubles. In the beginning of the year I remember staying up all night with my family and playing board games with them. We were going to have a party but everyone all ready had plans so we had a party ourselves. Though it wasn't much of one. Then on the day after New Years eve I remember sleeping in almost all of the day. This is very unusually because I get up very early every morning. Then on the day after that I got up to go to school. Then during those days at school I spent my time counting the hours before school was over for the day then the days till the weekend then I counted the days till a vacation. Then finally when school was let out for the summer I drove my parents crazy with questions about our camping trip that we go on every summer. When the week of the camping trip finally came my mom had to be rushed to the hospital. We missed our trip that year. But I still had the eggs to look forward to. Every year my ducks lay eggs and we count the days till they hatch. When they finally did hatch we had eight ducklings. They were so small they could walk right out of their fencing and go for a stroll. We were naturally scared what would happen to them if they did this because our ducks have been taken away by raptors and a small band of weasels.we put up boards all around the cage but they always found a place to squeeze into and escape. Only three of the smartest ducklings made it through the year. I was very upset. We named them Hope, Faith, and Weber. After the summer cam school again. September is always the time of year that I hate the most. The days went by painfully slowly till November. I LOVE November. First we had Thanksgiving then I had my birthday! then the days stared to get shorter and darker more and more But I was still in High spirts because Christmas would be here soon. So here I am now writing this soundtrack thing wishing I was any where but here. So as long as I am writing i want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
~Chelsea
This year I did so many things that I am having trouble remembering them...Don't you hate it when you have those senior moments...but as I was saying I did many fun and exciting things this year and I went though times of crisis and troubles. In the beginning of the year I remember staying up all night with my family and playing board games with them. We were going to have a party but everyone all ready had plans so we had a party ourselves. Though it wasn't much of one. Then on the day after New Years eve I remember sleeping in almost all of the day. This is very unusually because I get up very early every morning. Then on the day after that I got up to go to school. Then during those days at school I spent my time counting the hours before school was over for the day then the days till the weekend then I counted the days till a vacation. Then finally when school was let out for the summer I drove my parents crazy with questions about our camping trip that we go on every summer. When the week of the camping trip finally came my mom had to be rushed to the hospital. We missed our trip that year. But I still had the eggs to look forward to. Every year my ducks lay eggs and we count the days till they hatch. When they finally did hatch we had eight ducklings. They were so small they could walk right out of their fencing and go for a stroll. We were naturally scared what would happen to them if they did this because our ducks have been taken away by raptors and a small band of weasels.we put up boards all around the cage but they always found a place to squeeze into and escape. Only three of the smartest ducklings made it through the year. I was very upset. We named them Hope, Faith, and Weber. After the summer cam school again. September is always the time of year that I hate the most. The days went by painfully slowly till November. I LOVE November. First we had Thanksgiving then I had my birthday! then the days stared to get shorter and darker more and more But I was still in High spirts because Christmas would be here soon. So here I am now writing this soundtrack thing wishing I was any where but here. So as long as I am writing i want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
~Chelsea
my life in 2007
During 2007 ive made and lost friends. I got alot better at lacrosse and was one of the defensive starting players. Lauren is my new best friend. I got a puppy her name is Roxy and shes alabordoodle. Shes really cute. Ive gotton alot of new stuff like a pink camera for my birthday. Ive started high school and ive gotton good grades which im proud of because i thought high school was going to be really hard but its not that bad. I started tennis and made many new friends.
"Don't BlinkCause just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and youWake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wifeDon't blinkYou just might miss your babies growing like mine didTurning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"Of fifty years is there in bed And you're praying God takes you insteadTrust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you thinkSo don't Blink"
The song Dont Blink by Kenny Chessney is how i want to live my life because if you blink you might miss the most importnant part of your life. I will live 2008 to the fullest and never miss anything.
- Kristin b.
"Don't BlinkCause just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and youWake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wifeDon't blinkYou just might miss your babies growing like mine didTurning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"Of fifty years is there in bed And you're praying God takes you insteadTrust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you thinkSo don't Blink"
The song Dont Blink by Kenny Chessney is how i want to live my life because if you blink you might miss the most importnant part of your life. I will live 2008 to the fullest and never miss anything.
- Kristin b.
Stop, Think, Soundtrack
People need to sometimes think about what has gone by in the last year. We dont always have time to stop and think. I think there are a lot of things that I dont remember in 2007. A lot of good things have happened that I havent had time to reflect on. I also think that a big reason for this is that nothing has happened to me that has really been a big impact on my life. However there are a few that have changed me. Many of these things have to do with sports. Last spring I made the freshman softball team. I was the only pitcher so I had to learn to hold my composure throughout the whole game and to stay calm. I also learned that it may get hot or I may get tired but I have to work through that because my team needs me. I think a good song for this event is Mountains by Lonestar. Another sports related impact was making jv volleyball. I had never played volleyball before and I was very proud of myself when I made the team. Another thing that I think was different about me was that I became more outgoing. I dont think there was one specific event that made me that way I think it was the whole year and everything that I've been through. Another thing that changed me this year was my trip to New Jersey with my aunt, uncle, and cousins. It rained every day we were there and it wasnt really that warm. We were pretty much stuck inside the whole time. This helped me to learn the importance of family. Even though we were stuck inside we still had a good time because we were together. The last thing that had the BIGGEST impact on me was going into high school. It was a whole new expierience for me and I'm sure for my other classmates as well. I have learned to take on new responsibilites and do things on my own. I also learned that you have to really get to know the people you become friends with because you may not be able to trust them anymore. All of these things have really impacted my life and even though 2007 wasnt one of my most exciting years, every little thing makes a difference and contributes to who you are today.
I have a bad memory so thinking on stuff that happned this past year is hard, But I will give it a shot.
1. Well this year was the first year that I was not able to finish the baseball season. Three games into the school sesaon i broke my wrist in a practice for a goof around team I played the fourth game the next day before i kwnew it was broken. I went to the doctors after the game because it killed. The doctor told me the season was over. I was so mad...It stunk.
2. This year I started hanging out with Nate Jensen more and we became good freinds. that was cool..I regret it now..Just kidding
3. This year I got another dog. I know have three dogs and one cat. His name is Sam and he is a black lab. He farts like a mad man. but he is alor of fun...we got him used so he is six years old right now..and is very well trained..he followes me around everywhere, even when I am 4-wheelin a few miles behind my house..he follows behind me.
4. This year was also my first year in the public school. Beffore this year I was home-schooled and went to private school. It was a wierd adjustment. I wwent from having 34 kids in my class to having....How many kids are in the 9th grade at AP.
5. My sister turned 16 this yeaar so now she is my personal driver. She drivesw me and my freind Aj every where. It makes my moms life alot easier. The only catch is she wont drive me anywhere or she will drop me off and leave me in the middle of the road if I am a jerk to her.
I can't really think of any songs to go with any of these events. So you will have to think of your own. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
1. Well this year was the first year that I was not able to finish the baseball season. Three games into the school sesaon i broke my wrist in a practice for a goof around team I played the fourth game the next day before i kwnew it was broken. I went to the doctors after the game because it killed. The doctor told me the season was over. I was so mad...It stunk.
2. This year I started hanging out with Nate Jensen more and we became good freinds. that was cool..I regret it now..Just kidding
3. This year I got another dog. I know have three dogs and one cat. His name is Sam and he is a black lab. He farts like a mad man. but he is alor of fun...we got him used so he is six years old right now..and is very well trained..he followes me around everywhere, even when I am 4-wheelin a few miles behind my house..he follows behind me.
4. This year was also my first year in the public school. Beffore this year I was home-schooled and went to private school. It was a wierd adjustment. I wwent from having 34 kids in my class to having....How many kids are in the 9th grade at AP.
5. My sister turned 16 this yeaar so now she is my personal driver. She drivesw me and my freind Aj every where. It makes my moms life alot easier. The only catch is she wont drive me anywhere or she will drop me off and leave me in the middle of the road if I am a jerk to her.
I can't really think of any songs to go with any of these events. So you will have to think of your own. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Sound Track
During this past year things have been up and down. One thing that happened was modify baseball. This was good because it was really fun and I was pretty good. Another good point was coming to high school. This was good because it is new exciting and more responsiblity so the teachers are not breathing down your back the whole day. A bad thing was IED. This is bad but also good because it is fun but it is also getting really really hard. If i had a sond track it would be Stronger by Kanye West. This is because everything that you do you learn from it. This is also because I am getting stronger in my efforts to take over the world. With the efforts I have caculated that I will take over the world around 2020 this gives everyone about 12 years to kiss up so you are not killed in the effort to take over the world.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Writing Excerise # 1!!!!!!!
I'm sorry I'm so late with this post, when I tried to publish the post I wrote in class the computer deleted it. So, in light of this event I've decided to write about the computer, opposed to my original topic, which was my room.
It is very sleek, a silver-chrome color that makes one want to touch it to see how smooth it really is. The large, slightly rectangular screen is black, and moves to accommodate people of different heights. This first glance is deceiving; there are scratches and dark silver pencil marks on the seemingly flawless computer. The monitor screen is not as hospitable as it first appeared, it is just waiting to get the person that tries to adjust it and pushes it just a little too hard. Waiting for that one slightly preoccupied, careless student to break it. It is just waiting to crack, knowing that it being broken will hurt you more than it will hurt it. It is out to get YOU. It is just waiting, eager to get revenge for all the smudges and dirt and fingerprints that people have left from rudely poking and prodding it.
That is not all though, one might feel intimidated by so many buttons, that could either help you, or might cause one to delete the paper that took one 35 minutes to write. There are a multitude of wires leading out from the back of the computer to unknown, mysterious outlets and various complex attachments. I pity the unsuspecting student who accidentally knocks one of these long twisting, snake-like wires out of the plug. It would take at least an hour to figure out where the wire belonged. Even longer to find out if the assignment that the student had been working on was saved before the screen turned a foreboding black and the computer fan stopped making that annoying hum. However, there are multiple ways of losing important papers on the computer. One might have even finished a paper and was trying to post it on an internet blog, when suddenly a screen pops up that says there was an error. That the "publish post" button that you trustfully pushed has lied and betrayed you, it has not published. One might try in vain to press the green hope-inspiring back button. The page finally loads to an empty post form, your heart sinks at the thought of the 35 minutes you wasted just to create the blank page that seems to laugh and do a victory dance at your complete frustration. Your day worsens at the the thought of spending another 35 minutes trying to recall what you wrote in the post that was deleted. The tiny pestering voice in the back of your head tells you that this new post, no matter how hard you try, no matter how long you struggle, will never be as good as the post that the spiteful, deceiving, day-worsening computer has deleted. And, though you want to be your normal optimistic self, you know that irritating, whiny voice is probably right. Computers. You can't live with them, and you can't live without them.
It is very sleek, a silver-chrome color that makes one want to touch it to see how smooth it really is. The large, slightly rectangular screen is black, and moves to accommodate people of different heights. This first glance is deceiving; there are scratches and dark silver pencil marks on the seemingly flawless computer. The monitor screen is not as hospitable as it first appeared, it is just waiting to get the person that tries to adjust it and pushes it just a little too hard. Waiting for that one slightly preoccupied, careless student to break it. It is just waiting to crack, knowing that it being broken will hurt you more than it will hurt it. It is out to get YOU. It is just waiting, eager to get revenge for all the smudges and dirt and fingerprints that people have left from rudely poking and prodding it.
That is not all though, one might feel intimidated by so many buttons, that could either help you, or might cause one to delete the paper that took one 35 minutes to write. There are a multitude of wires leading out from the back of the computer to unknown, mysterious outlets and various complex attachments. I pity the unsuspecting student who accidentally knocks one of these long twisting, snake-like wires out of the plug. It would take at least an hour to figure out where the wire belonged. Even longer to find out if the assignment that the student had been working on was saved before the screen turned a foreboding black and the computer fan stopped making that annoying hum. However, there are multiple ways of losing important papers on the computer. One might have even finished a paper and was trying to post it on an internet blog, when suddenly a screen pops up that says there was an error. That the "publish post" button that you trustfully pushed has lied and betrayed you, it has not published. One might try in vain to press the green hope-inspiring back button. The page finally loads to an empty post form, your heart sinks at the thought of the 35 minutes you wasted just to create the blank page that seems to laugh and do a victory dance at your complete frustration. Your day worsens at the the thought of spending another 35 minutes trying to recall what you wrote in the post that was deleted. The tiny pestering voice in the back of your head tells you that this new post, no matter how hard you try, no matter how long you struggle, will never be as good as the post that the spiteful, deceiving, day-worsening computer has deleted. And, though you want to be your normal optimistic self, you know that irritating, whiny voice is probably right. Computers. You can't live with them, and you can't live without them.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
The quote above's idea is really that people dont write poetry just so they can sound smart or because its romantic, people write poetry because it expresses how different everyone in the world is. People all over the world do all different things, and in order to express there passion for what they do. It's like they are telling a story but putting there love for what they do into it. Everyone is different and because of that the world is crazy...but in a good way. But taking the time to put your real feelings about yourself down on paper slows everyone down. Thats what poetry does. It makes you stop and think about how you really feel about everything. About the world, about what you do for a living and about what you want to do.
What's The Fear In Life
Liking and non-liking are what with what we do play in life,
Families and buildingsare what in which we make investments in life,
Good thoughts and thinkings are what most involve less in life,
Tears and smiles are some with which we interact in lifeMothers and fathers are those who we love in life
Sons and daughters are those for whom we live in life,
Technologies and progress are those we look up to in life,
Yes and nos. are the words to make decisions in life,
Neither and nor are the words we use frequently in lite,
Wealth and money which we whim to earn in life,
Honesty and integrity are those qualities which we love to adhere to in life,
The forbidden fruits are those we wish to taste in life,
Opportunities and chances are fhose we want to get in life,
Creativity and discoveries are those - rare to people in life,
Gone days and memories are those to cherish in life,
Happenings and memories are those like jerks in life,
Struggles and sorrow are those to overcome in life,
The ticking of pendulum is, that reminds the age of our life,
So many are the things to do in life
-So why fear the fact - to step forward with each step towards the end of life?
Sonnet Mondal National poet of India
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-s-the-fear-in-life/
This poem is pretty much how I feel about life and this is how some people should look at life also.
What's The Fear In Life
Liking and non-liking are what with what we do play in life,
Families and buildingsare what in which we make investments in life,
Good thoughts and thinkings are what most involve less in life,
Tears and smiles are some with which we interact in lifeMothers and fathers are those who we love in life
Sons and daughters are those for whom we live in life,
Technologies and progress are those we look up to in life,
Yes and nos. are the words to make decisions in life,
Neither and nor are the words we use frequently in lite,
Wealth and money which we whim to earn in life,
Honesty and integrity are those qualities which we love to adhere to in life,
The forbidden fruits are those we wish to taste in life,
Opportunities and chances are fhose we want to get in life,
Creativity and discoveries are those - rare to people in life,
Gone days and memories are those to cherish in life,
Happenings and memories are those like jerks in life,
Struggles and sorrow are those to overcome in life,
The ticking of pendulum is, that reminds the age of our life,
So many are the things to do in life
-So why fear the fact - to step forward with each step towards the end of life?
Sonnet Mondal National poet of India
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-s-the-fear-in-life/
This poem is pretty much how I feel about life and this is how some people should look at life also.
My Verse
If I were to die today I would want to be remembered as a kind, friendly, happy person. I am someone who loves life and I would want my verse to reflect that. I would want a verse that showed my love for life and my love for my family and friends. And in my verse I would want something with a strong message, like this quote...
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln
This quote by Abraham Lincoln shows that you need to live your life. I beleive that we all need to spend time doing what we like to do and we need to spend time with the people we love and we need to have fun in our lives.
-K. Scott
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln
This quote by Abraham Lincoln shows that you need to live your life. I beleive that we all need to spend time doing what we like to do and we need to spend time with the people we love and we need to have fun in our lives.
-K. Scott
K i t s t a h for president
I read a really amazing quote on Bo's blog the other day. Although I don't remember the author, I remember the quote itself: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but the number of moments that take your breath away." Or something like that. I think that's true. If I had to choose, I'd take a short life full of meaning and purpose, filled with love and compassion, in which I help others and change the world for the better, rather than live until I'm 102, living a dull life in which I merely inhabit the Earth rather than expand and change it and help only myself.
In my life I want to change the world for the better. No person lasts forever, so why build a life that revolves around making yourself perfectly happy and content at all times? You're not going to be around forever to enjoy it. But the positive changes and ripples that you create in the lake of life could last forever, no matter how small they are. Helping other things is more important than helping yourself, because you could have been that person. You share the same emotions and life as that person or animal or tree or whatever it is, and you know what it's like to be down or impoverished or stricken or sad or in any way unfortunate -- you wouldn't like to feel that way. They don't want to feel that way. With any twist of fate you could have been born in a different place, and you could have been that Darfurian orphan, or that redwood that the paper companies are eyeing, or that homeless guy riding the NYC subway. If you were them, you'd want you to help you. So do.
Where will I be at the end of my life if I don't? I will have more money than I need because I did not donate; I will have too much energy that I did not devote use helping others; I will leave the world with only empty comfort, but not real happiness; a lot of my happiness comes from a sense of accomplishment.
I have many goals in life. Many invole helping people or animals or things or causes in a bunch of ways. I love art, but I don't think I would want to base my life around that -- I'd rather keep that as a hobby than a career. I want to do something a bit more meaningful with my life -- not that art isn't meaningful, but I'd rather go into writing or professional activism. Then again, I intend to have several careers...maybe artist can be one of them. In my life, I want to get writings of mine published and read and respected by the general public; I want to do some hands-on activism, like the Peace Corps or something like that; I want to take my talents that I enjoy, and then practice those things and hone them to as good as they can be so I can enjoy them and let others enjoy them. I want to live life to its fullest extent and enjoy life, and I know that I will only be able to fully enjoy life if I have left a positive mark on the world. My goal in life is to be a good person, a happy person, and a good friend.
In my life I want to change the world for the better. No person lasts forever, so why build a life that revolves around making yourself perfectly happy and content at all times? You're not going to be around forever to enjoy it. But the positive changes and ripples that you create in the lake of life could last forever, no matter how small they are. Helping other things is more important than helping yourself, because you could have been that person. You share the same emotions and life as that person or animal or tree or whatever it is, and you know what it's like to be down or impoverished or stricken or sad or in any way unfortunate -- you wouldn't like to feel that way. They don't want to feel that way. With any twist of fate you could have been born in a different place, and you could have been that Darfurian orphan, or that redwood that the paper companies are eyeing, or that homeless guy riding the NYC subway. If you were them, you'd want you to help you. So do.
Where will I be at the end of my life if I don't? I will have more money than I need because I did not donate; I will have too much energy that I did not devote use helping others; I will leave the world with only empty comfort, but not real happiness; a lot of my happiness comes from a sense of accomplishment.
I have many goals in life. Many invole helping people or animals or things or causes in a bunch of ways. I love art, but I don't think I would want to base my life around that -- I'd rather keep that as a hobby than a career. I want to do something a bit more meaningful with my life -- not that art isn't meaningful, but I'd rather go into writing or professional activism. Then again, I intend to have several careers...maybe artist can be one of them. In my life, I want to get writings of mine published and read and respected by the general public; I want to do some hands-on activism, like the Peace Corps or something like that; I want to take my talents that I enjoy, and then practice those things and hone them to as good as they can be so I can enjoy them and let others enjoy them. I want to live life to its fullest extent and enjoy life, and I know that I will only be able to fully enjoy life if I have left a positive mark on the world. My goal in life is to be a good person, a happy person, and a good friend.
Smile
To Make Them Smile:
To make someone smile;
To make their life a little brighter;
To make someone laugh;
To make their heart lighter;
Just to help someone;
No matter who they be;
Would make my life better;
Just you wait and see
Well actually I already try to do this. And when people laugh at me whether I want them to or not, I can almost feel their stress and anxiety lift away. I love laughter and want everyone to laugh along or at me. That will be my life long goal as long as I live. Now I'm not saying that I want to be a comedian or anything but I just want to make people laugh everywhere, anytime.
K thanks. <33
To make someone smile;
To make their life a little brighter;
To make someone laugh;
To make their heart lighter;
Just to help someone;
No matter who they be;
Would make my life better;
Just you wait and see
Well actually I already try to do this. And when people laugh at me whether I want them to or not, I can almost feel their stress and anxiety lift away. I love laughter and want everyone to laugh along or at me. That will be my life long goal as long as I live. Now I'm not saying that I want to be a comedian or anything but I just want to make people laugh everywhere, anytime.
K thanks. <33
I live in the hood with bff Kg and me drain the three. Word up and down Sean has ideas that make me want to drown. Life at school can be cool but mostly it makes to want to drool. After school is a whole new game with new playas and lots of dames. I Sully gives me crap I hit with a bat. Jk its time for me to work and get my pay. I wish I could fly until I die and live in the the sky.
If life gives me lemons I make beef stew- any milonnokis
Life is like a box of choclates you never know which oone your gonna get- Forest Gump's Mom
Sh!@ Happens- Forest Gump
If life gives me lemons I make beef stew- any milonnokis
Life is like a box of choclates you never know which oone your gonna get- Forest Gump's Mom
Sh!@ Happens- Forest Gump
My Verse
I totally love to write-although I don't really know if I'm that good at it-but I have a ton of notebooks full of stories, poems, and little tidbits of random things. And although I love to write poems I don't think I really have a favorite one. I liked Olivia's poem in her post about a writer being an artist. I completely agreed with what she said-that writers create pictures that form adventures.
I also like the quote that we're supposed to write about. It's saying that we are here for a time, and we leave behind something so why not make it something good. I would like to leave behind something that would help change the world, even if it only changes one person-as long as it helps. As I said, love to write. So I hope to someday write a book that might make people think about life or think about their views on the world. I just want to make people think-like only the best books can do. I don't just want to tell them something-I want them to figure things out for themselves (I know I'm being very repetetive). But I don't know how I could do that with anything else but my writing. I really want my verse to mean something to someone. I don't know exactly what it's going to say yet, but I hope to find out soon.
I also like the quote that we're supposed to write about. It's saying that we are here for a time, and we leave behind something so why not make it something good. I would like to leave behind something that would help change the world, even if it only changes one person-as long as it helps. As I said, love to write. So I hope to someday write a book that might make people think about life or think about their views on the world. I just want to make people think-like only the best books can do. I don't just want to tell them something-I want them to figure things out for themselves (I know I'm being very repetetive). But I don't know how I could do that with anything else but my writing. I really want my verse to mean something to someone. I don't know exactly what it's going to say yet, but I hope to find out soon.
Life's Meaning
SENEY'S RESPONSE
Today, people are wrapped up in so many things that they don't have a lot of time to think of their life and what they REALLY want to do with it. Technology has got such a tremendous grip on the human race that it just eliminates parts of our lives. With TV's in place with who knows how many channels, socializing about what happened in the day is not as common. People these days say they have their hands full with so many things to do, but I think that's partly because they choose to be. We don't need to have all the brand new electronics that are out in stores. I myself don't have cable or satellite TV, so I get about 10 channels. People are always saying I'm so unlucky and that they feel bad for me, but I don't really care. I enjoy a lot of great shows throughout the week with just 10 channels. I'm perfectly happy with what I have. Yes, having over a 100 channels would be nice, but it's only a luxury not a necessity. I also don't have the latest i-pod; I have an i-pod shuffle. I had one encounter with someone asking me if I had an i-pod. I said no, at first, forgetting that I just got the shuffle. But what they said surprised me a little. They said, "That sucks." I was thinking about that for a while. I don't feel unfortunate not having a 4 GB i-pod. These electronics have already made a great impact on society. It's almost as if people absolutely NEED them.
Well, I kind of went off on a tangent. I had a lot of other things in mind when I started writing this. It's time to go now. I will continue this later, for I could be here for hours!
to be continued...
Today, people are wrapped up in so many things that they don't have a lot of time to think of their life and what they REALLY want to do with it. Technology has got such a tremendous grip on the human race that it just eliminates parts of our lives. With TV's in place with who knows how many channels, socializing about what happened in the day is not as common. People these days say they have their hands full with so many things to do, but I think that's partly because they choose to be. We don't need to have all the brand new electronics that are out in stores. I myself don't have cable or satellite TV, so I get about 10 channels. People are always saying I'm so unlucky and that they feel bad for me, but I don't really care. I enjoy a lot of great shows throughout the week with just 10 channels. I'm perfectly happy with what I have. Yes, having over a 100 channels would be nice, but it's only a luxury not a necessity. I also don't have the latest i-pod; I have an i-pod shuffle. I had one encounter with someone asking me if I had an i-pod. I said no, at first, forgetting that I just got the shuffle. But what they said surprised me a little. They said, "That sucks." I was thinking about that for a while. I don't feel unfortunate not having a 4 GB i-pod. These electronics have already made a great impact on society. It's almost as if people absolutely NEED them.
Well, I kind of went off on a tangent. I had a lot of other things in mind when I started writing this. It's time to go now. I will continue this later, for I could be here for hours!
to be continued...
My Verse
I don't know any poems that I could write so I found some.
Lost Behind Hunger
We all have food
We all have food
And think nothing of it
Else whereSomeone needs just a little bit
Oceans of clean water
In which we drink
We let it all go down the sink
Others would love just a drop
Or a chance to grow some crop
Poverty staving the world
Children crying
And families are dying
We should just take some time
Helping them is not a crime
We can hold out our hands
And be the real people of the world
Ill give an inch of my love
Pray that for them it rains from aboveI guess it’s please in what I say
Helping them on this very dayJust a little is there all
Time to help before they fall
Kirk Harper
CRYING INSIDE AND NO ONE TO CARE
WHEN I CRY I'M USUALLY ALONE
WHEN I CRY I HAVE NO ONE TO CARE
WHEN I CRY THERE IS NO ONE THERE TO HOLD ME
WHEN I CRY THERE IS NO HELPING HAND
WHEN I CRY I AM LONGING SOMEONE TO LOVE ME
WHEN I CRY I'M USUALLY ALONE
SO IF YOU SEE SOME ONE CRYING GIVE A HELPING HAND AND SHOW CARING EYES CUZ WHEN YOU CRY ALONE IT IS VERY SAD.
TANIA HERNANDEZ
Tears
wetting the eyesforming a liquid coverbecoming heavybreaking
sliding down the groovesslowing at each bump
soaking the cheeksreddening the eyes
causing bagsbringing headaches
releasing the pain
relieveing the stress
but bringing great sorrow
eyes dry up
sorrows gone
reality soaks in
nothing more can be don
natural mind stabalizer
helping reality soak in
releasing stress
helping the body
in ways nothing else can
Joshua Norton
Those are few poems that describe me. I like these poems because I like to help people out. I like helping the elderly, sick, poor, and disabled. There are many people that are homeless and it's sad. In the poem, Lost Behind Hunger by Kirk Harper, I feel so sad but in realty it's true. There are many people that would want those few table scraps that you throw out, they would want those clothes that you throw away, and that home in which you live in, when your barerly there. I feel really sad for these type of people and I want to do something to help them. In the poem, CRYING INSIDE AND NO ONE TO CARE by Tania Hernandez, many people cry everyday. They cry because something devastating happened in their love life, they cry because there sad(bad day at work) or a family member died. But many people cry because they can't support their lives or theri children because they are poor and aren't able to pay their bills. If someone that I see cries I ask why are you crying? I don't just keep walking, I stop because I don't like to see people crying. In the poem, Tears by Joshua Norton, I feel the same thing like in the previous poem. I love helping one another and try to make their lifs better. I want to make a difference in people lives all over the world.
"O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead"
-Walt Whitman
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
-John F. Kennedy
"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
-Nathaniel Hale
"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"
-Robert F. Kennedy
"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."
-Patton
"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed."
-Abraham Lincoln
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
-George Washington
Duty Honor Courage
Patriotism Loyalty Respect
Discipline Tradition Obligation
Righteousness
These words go beyond their definitions. They have and will continue to mold me into one day the man I hope to be. They speak to me, and I hope that I can uphold the slef promise I have to fulfill these words.
- KYLE G
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead"
-Walt Whitman
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
-John F. Kennedy
"I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
-Nathaniel Hale
"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"
-Robert F. Kennedy
"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."
-Patton
"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet to be developed."
-Abraham Lincoln
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
-George Washington
Duty Honor Courage
Patriotism Loyalty Respect
Discipline Tradition Obligation
Righteousness
These words go beyond their definitions. They have and will continue to mold me into one day the man I hope to be. They speak to me, and I hope that I can uphold the slef promise I have to fulfill these words.
- KYLE G
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