BLOG 1: Who/What is a Hero?

A hero is someone who helps others and is looked up to. They do something that others wouldn't in a time of need. A hero is someone who can be respected because of a certain action that they take. A hero does not have to be someone who puts their life in danger. Heroes are just people who act in a certain way that is respected by others.

Blogging...In Spanish

I presented an idea to Mrs. Garner today. I told her that instead of having Bell Ringers we should start blogging, but in Spanish. She thought my idea was great and said that we might try it. Instead of having random assignments, we will have our own little journals that we can write whatever we want in. We can write about our day or our life. It doesn't matter what we write as long as we are using Spanish. I think this will help us a lot in developing sentences better because we will actually be writing about everyday things. It's easier to learn when you are learning about things that you are actually going to use when you are talking. I'm actually kind of excited to start our Spanish blogs. It will be fun as well as educational. I think I am going to learn a lot more from this. My speaking might actually become structured.

British Accent

For the past week I have been speaking in a British accent pretty much 24/7. It has become a habit and I can no longer help myself. Even when I am yelling it comes out in a British accent. You can blame it all on Mason and Brittany. We have all been talking like that lately and it gets worse when we are all together. I think I'm getting very annoying to everyone around me. My father glares at me every time I open my mouth. I think he actually told me he might ground me if I didn't stop. One of the workers in the office kicked me out. She said I could either shut up or go to the back room and shut the door so no one could hear me. When people get mad I think they are just encouraging me to talk more. I'm not going to lie, I love getting on peoples' nerves. Even the kids in my class get annoyed. Some don't mind it though. And then there are some kids, like Kiersten, who embrace the British and start talking like me. It's like a virus. When you are around someone talking in an accent you start talking like them too. It becomes an involuntary action.

So Close

So, the last 9 weeks is almost halfway over for this year. I'm so excited to get this year over with. My junior year has been a whole lot of ups and down with more bad experiences than I anticipated. I went through a lot as did my friends. I just want the summer to come so I don't have to deal with all of this stress. It seems like teachers are cramming stuff in at the last minute and it is just a whole lot for all of us to deal with. I don't know how many papers I have had to write recently, but it hasn't been fun. The IB test is also stressing me out. I haven't put forth too much effort in getting ready for this test. It just hasn't been too high on my priorities list and now I think I'm going to have some trouble when I sit down and actually take it. I guess it doesn't really matter that much, but I would like to do well on it. I think all I really want is just to graduate and get out of this town. I'm ready to be on my own and get on with my life. Everything is starting to seem very immature. I know I am also still very immature, but I like to think I'm a little more mature than I show people. I put on a front as a clown who doesn't care, but deep down I really do care and I'm not as immature as I am perceived to be. I guess next year will prove if I am ready to move on to college. I hope the rest of this year runs smoothly and I wish good luck to all of my senior friends that are graduating soon.

Stupid Phones

So I have a pretty cool phone. It slides two defferent ways and has a full keyboard. For a long time I wanted to get a new phone, but I got used to the one that I have and I didn't really care up until recently. When I get mad I have a tendency to throw things especially what is in my hand at the moment. Unfortunately I'm always holding my phone so it has gone through a lot lately. I actually threw it out the car door once onto the pavement. It has stuck it out for a while, but its starting to suffer a few sicknesses. It randomly gets on the Internet. Even if you don't touch it, the phone thinks that a button was pushed. It's real weird, but that isn't what bothers me. What really upsets me is that the full keyboard no longer works. When you slide it sideways it doesn't even recognize that the phone has been touched. That side doesn't work at all and it makes me really sad because now i have to use the numbers to text. It takes me a lot longer and I get frustrated a lot because I spell things wrong more often. As Brittany says, "It's no longer a duo. It's just an uno." =(. I want a new phone. Preferably a smart phone. I think one like that would be so cool. I definitely need a full keyboard beck. I'm dying without it. I asked my dad about it and he told me I couldn't get a new one until the contract was up. It won't be up for another 6 months. Ughhh. I'm depressed just talking about it.

Lics

So my friend Brittany FINALLY got a job and I am so proud of her. Now she can pay for stuff sometimes and I won't have to pay for absolutely everything. But anyways, she doesn't have a car to get her to work so, of course, I'm her ride. I'm fine with that though. The whole point is that I have been to Lics about 10 times in the past two weeks. That is 10 more times than I had ever been there before she got the job. I spend a lot of time there. I actually did my homework there last night. It's pretty entertaining to watch the employees yell and scream at each other. Mason and Brittany try to play pranks on each other all the time. It can get pretty hilarious. Mason went a few hours one night without realizing that there was whipped cream on his butt. I got him the other day too. I poked a hole in his drink so when he grabbed it the sprite poured all over his shirt. I'm happy that this job came up for her. It has been a good experience for a lot of people.

Spring Break

I think I need to just chill out and Spring Break is well deserved. I have been under so much pressure and stress lately that I feel like I'm going to burst. I have a bunch of anger built up inside of me and I know I have blown up on a few people. Some deserved it, some didn't. I think a week to just cool down would be in my benefit. I'm going to hang out with my friends and to do whatever for a week straight.

Chelsea and I have planned out a few things that we want to do over break. Since we aren't going to Florida like everyone else in Owensboro we decided that we ill have to go to Red Lobster sometime during that week and have shrimp so we can pretend like we are there. We are also going to take a few road trips to Bowling Green and Evansville where we will probably shop until we have no money left. Of course we will be going to Taco Bell periodically because that is what we always do, but we have a bunch of other stuff planned to.

I'm sure I will probably hang out with Brittany also. I don't know if she is going to be here, but if she is we will probably do something random. We have fun when all we are doing is sitting in the floor watching a random movie or even laying in my car with the music on.

Ginger will probably want to play basketball all week if she doesn't end up going to Florida so I'm sure Legion park will be in my future also.

I'm really excited about break this year. Even though I'm not going anywhere and I am doing absolutely nothing, I know I will have fun. Doing nothing is just fine with me as long as I have my friends here to do nothing with.