Stress

This week has been really stressful. It seems like all of the teachers assigned more homework and had no sympathy for us. I'm not going to lie, the English projects really stressed me out. It was a lot due in one week and I'm not the kind of person who spreads out the work load. I try to do all of it a couple of days before. That didn't work out for me too well. I think next time I am going to have to work on it a little each day.
It's kind of obvious that I procrastinate. Right now I am furiously blogging because I need a few more in the month of October. I should really get on top of my procrastination issues. I'm just lucky that basketball practice didn't worry me all week. Last year that was what stressed me out the most. I think I'm less stressed about that because I'm a junior and actually know what I am doing unlike the years before.

Saturday

I had to wake up at 8 Saturday morning. I was not a happy camper because I like to sleep in until at least 12 on Saturdays. But I didn't have a choice because I was going to a street weep for Beta Club at Apollo. It was freezing cold that morning and no one acted like they wanted to be there. We were given gloves and trash bags and were then sent down Tamarack to pick up trash. We started out trying to make it fun by singing and dancing, but that ended when Chassidy walked backwards into a puddle. She almost fell on her back. It was pretty funny. So we decided to split the street to make the work go by faster. Our side definitely won the battle of who could find the most interesting things. We were walking by a creepy house when we looked down and found two needles on the ground. We got excited because we knew that we had instantly won our trash battle. Two feet later we found rubbing alcohol. We started to get a little freaked out and were hoping that no one would come out of their house and attack us. It wasn't people that we had to worry about though. We should have been more concerned with canines. A huge dog with a bum leg, which did not hinder the running ability, came out from behind a car and glared at us. Chassidy took off and was halfway down the street by the time I looked up. Hope and I decided that running was a plausible decision. Unfortunately the dog also thought that running would be a good idea. He chased us for a while down the street. It was so scary, but we got in some good exercise. We had a lot of fun that day. I don't think many people can top our story of what happened to us when we tried to help out society.

Does Everything Happen For a Reason?

I don't really know if things happen for a reason anymore. Why do so many young people have to die? Is there really a point in that? I mean honestly, how does that make the world a better place? I don't think it does. These people had so many things going for them and so many people cared for them. Think about all of their friends and family that will have to grieve over it. They will never get to grow up or have a future. Their lives were cut short and it just doesn't seem fair. I don't think there is really a reason that it happened. I think it just does. We have no control and it happens randomly. There isn't a point to it.

And what about signs? Do things happen to grab your attention or are they merely coincidences. I have a hard time believing that everything can just be coincidental. I think I got a sign yesterday, but then again it could just be a coincidence. I honestly don't know. Life can be so confusing...

Sad

I feel like there is a depressed mood hovering over the whole school. I don't really understand why these things are happening. We have had so many car accidents recently. It just doesn't seem fair. It is really hard to watch everyone grieving. Some people are being so strong though. I can't believe certain people are even at school. They are dealing with this extremely well and I am so proud of them. Lunch is really sad too. I think everyone is just in a depressed mood right now. I know it will all be okay, but it is so hard to see their reactions. I don't know what to say or if I should even say anything.



It scares me so much because this could have been anyone. I am known for speeding a little too much and now I have realized that there is no reason for it. I don't speed anymore even if I am late for something. It just isn't worth the risk.

Be careful everyone. Please wear your seatbelts and stay safe.

Shoes

I don't really know what my obsession with sneakers is, but for some reason all of my paychecks go to shoes. My second pair got here today. They are green, yellow, and orange. I'm pretty excited about these because they are so bright. I wore my rainbow shoes to school today. Destinee wants to steal them. She said she will take them while I am sleeping. I think she is serious.
Right now I'm looking at shoes while I'm blogging. The purple and blue ones are looking pretty good so I think I'm going to get them. I love buying shoes. It always makes me feel better when I get a new pair of shoes. I have no clue why, but it somehow lifts my spirits. I guess it is a good thing my parents don't make me pay for my gas all by myself. I would either be going places without shoes or staying at home, but with a pretty cool pair of sneakers. I think I would buy shoes either way. Talking about sneakers is getting me excited so I'm going to go look at some more now.

Pepsi vs. Coke

So I'm sitting in the office for study hall quite disappointed that my desire to restock the fridge has not been fulfilled. Micah and I went on an adventure full of restocking only to be denied by someone of whom I will not release the name (Mrs. Hayden ). She said that we had no beverages to be restocking with. Our sad faces turned into looks of curiosity. Why are there no beverages to restock with? Well, the answer is that we are switching to Coke products rather than Pepsi. Why? Who knows, but the point here is that there are no cokes to put in the refrigerator. We are still sad. Why does it even matter what kind of cokes we get??

Is there really a difference between the two?
I'm not going to lie, if I had a choice I might pick one over the other, but if I was stranded in a desert and the land happened to be abundant with a different brand I don't think I would be complaining. But anyways, is there really a difference between these two rivaling products. Let's see...

Well technically the definition of Coke is...a cola-based soft drink containing caffeine and sugar

and the definition of Pepsi is...a brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company Pepsi

The only difference seems to be the name unless Coke contains alcohol that I am unaware of.

It has been thought that Pepsi is sweeter and liked by most, but Coke is the preferred beverage when drinking a whole can. I think it is ridiculous that we have such a big controversy over this. I think it is just a pride thing. Kind of like how republicans and democrats can be. The rivalry can become a meaningless hatred of one another and have no true purpose. I think this is what has happened to Coke and Pepsi. They don't know why they are fighting, it just seems to be the right thing to do. I think they should just make up and perhaps combine to form a super-coke like Coca-Pepsi. Oh wait, that would just be RC. Speaking of RC, where does it fit into all of this? I mean, it has been great since 1905, but remains in the shadows of Pepsi and Coke. This is just unfair. RC deserves more credit than it gets. It has Sunkist, which is the orangey goodness of the world. You just can't beat it. Good for you RC! You are the underdog that will end up taking over the beverage industry whenever Coke and Pepsi self-destruct during their epic battle. Congrats!

Well if we ever make it through our quest to restock I will let you know, but for now I will just sit here deeply disappointed as Micah snorts and grabs her suspenders.

Biology Vocabulary

Oh how Biology homework pains me. I think Bates enjoys causing pain to others through new words. It wouldn't be too bad if there were'nt so many of them. Last night I wrote down and defined 52 vocab words. It took me about 2 hours to finish all of them. They aren't even easy words either. They are words like lysosomes and cytoskeleton. These words are so confusing. I do not enjoy learning the parts of cells. But I have learned that 1 out of 25 people have "webbage" which is webbing between the toes. That is a surprisingly high number of webbed-toed people. I'm pretty sure that is all I learned today in Biology class, but at least I learned something.