Never Stays the Same

Okay, I know I haven't posted a blog in such a long time but today I decided that would change.
Today at school in my so called "Honors" English class, (more like Drama 101) I was talking to my friend and we eventually started taking about all the people we used to be friends with, 7th grade, 8th grade, and basically our Jr. High life, our old crushes(mostly mine:D), and just having that simple fifteen minute conversation I remembered how much I and everyone one around me has changed. Whether we grew as an indiviual or sunk into the crowd with all the "popular" guys and girls. But before I move on I would like to encourage all of you who may be reading this to listen to Taylor Swift's new CD. But the first song that really I see my life in is the song called "Fifteen". Its a great song that has really opened my eyes up about high school and Jr. High when I didn't have much of a self-esteem.

Lyrics:
You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
Its the morning of your very first dayyou say hi to your friends you aint seen in a while
Try and stay out of everybodys way
its your freshman year and youre gonna be herefor the next four years in this town
hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say you know I havent seen you around, before
Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
you're gonna believe them
and when youre fifteen
feeling like there nothing to figure outwell count to ten,
take it inthis is life before who youre gonna be fifteen
You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
and soon enough youre best friends laughing at the other girls who think theyre so cool
well be out of here as soon as we can
and then youre on your very first date
and hes got a carand youre feeling like flying
and youre momas waiting up and you think hes the one
and youre dancing round your room when the night end
when the night ends
Cause when youre fifteen and somebody tell you they love you youre gonna believe them
when youre fifteen and your first kiss makes your head spin round
but in your life youll do greater than dating the boy on the football team
but I didnt know it at fifteen
When all you wanted was to be wanted wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now
Back then I swore I was gonna marry him somedaybut I realized some bigger dreams of mine
and Abigail gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind
and we both cried
Cause when youre fifteen and somebody tells you they love you youre gonna believe them
and when youre fifteen, dont forget to look before you fall
Ive found that time can heal most anything
and you just might find who youre supposed to be
I didnt know who I was supposed to be at fifteen
La la la la la .. la la la la la .
La la la la la
You're very first day take a deep breath girl
take a deep breath as you walk through those doors.

So now... right my conversation my dearest friend. In seventh grade I had a crush and that lasted on and off all through Jr. High. I pretty sure he knows since one of my friends told him but yet again he's pretty smart so any ways I don't care anymore because like the song said I do better than that. Even though he still a great guy. Advice to all you girls and boys: If they don't notice you about after a month get over it. Kind of harsh(yes I know...) but it will leave you alot more free time to worry about things that can actually affect your life.

Right and then there are those people who used to be your friends and now you don't even say "Hey" nor "Hi" to each other or even notice their presence. And if you do say Hi there's an akward feeling and some slight tension may occur. But its sad to see how some of your so called "friends" had a different set of mind when becoming mega sport stars, drama queens, cheerleaders, and sometimes just decided to even change the fact that they didn't think you were cool enough for them. I know this sounds really random coming from someone like me but anyways just be nice to everyone around you since you don't really ever know who your friends will end up being.

I don't really have a title for this one

I can't believe this is offically the last day of our summer. I can still remember to this day the first day of seventh grade. And everything that went on the last week of our Ninth grade year. I've noticed lately that life moves oh so quickly you don't have time to notice your surroundings.

Yesterday was when I finally woke up from a dream. When at a friends party. Seeing all those faces made me notice that soon (too soon it seems) enough We'll be getting our drivers licenses, dating, and graduating. Just 3 1/2 more years and we'll all be going to be "adults." It only seems that I used to wish I could be older and go see movies with friends without that constant parent supervision.

And monday will be the first day of high school as sophomores. I hope I'll get to keep all my friends from Jr. High and make new ones. I also want to be able to become the person I want to be. I don't want to fall away from what I know is right. But now I have to say to everyone going to Davis...I will truely miss seeing all of you in the hallways and just simply annoying you guys.

with love, toodles,

I-T-Z-E-L

Grils Stake Camp!

Some Great dance moves during are wards So you think you can Dance

Yes that is a flag pole; and yes those things hanging aren't flags...not even close...

Kara Huber hiking 3 miles! That was so fun I could hardly contain myself from going up and down those steep hills.

Beehives Shannon Hulet and Paige Hoglie showing off the dancin skills around 2 in the moriningIts Hillary Slaughter!

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Things on my lawn...

Okay, so today is/was Fathers Day! I woke up early since church starts at 9 and well I take longer than my parents think is nessacary. Once I got up my mom woke and told me to go to bed since it was around 6 am. She said she would wake me up. Wrong! The alarm didn't go off. I woke up around 8:45. 15 mins to get ready...I don't think so!
So once every one was up and ready we dashed out of the house and headed towards the car. All except me...I being the young responsible adult went to make sure all the doors and windows were locked.
Then I headed towards the front enterance. Then I saw a COW. Yes, a cow on our front lawn! Once I opened the front door and steped out I saw 8 more just standing in the middle of the street. The first thought that came to my mind was "What, where and how did they get here!" After getting over my shock of finding cows on the lawn I ran to tell my parents and then just as I was going to show them. (just my luck) They were gone! Vanished!! So they didn't believe like I was trying to be funny.
Once at church(since we were late) we sat outside in the hallway and then Mrs.Lacey a non member of the church that lives in my nieghborhood runs in gasping.
"Theres cows in the McAllisters back yard!"
And me with "I told you so"
So after all the commotion in the chapel we found out the cows were the Richins. They went and rounded them up. Now the McAllisters backyard isn't exactly what it used to be. Those cows were sure mad. And ended up destorying the shed they had just bought and flowers that had just been planted.(my sister was very upset about the flowers)Well, now I'm so thankful I'm not crazy. Someone else saw them too. And they're safe too!

Happy Fathers Day!
I love my daddy!!!!

Bored

Every since school got out and before I was just awaiting for summer. No homework, just swimming and hanging out with friends. And most importantly having fun! Now already at the first week of our summer I've gone throught half of my summer must-do-list. Here it is below...

1. swim
2. ride my bike
3. hang out with friends
4. eat ice cream
5. get wet
6. car wash
7. take a walk
8. go to lagoon (i have a pass so if you do too we should totally go together!)
9. pull an all-nighter
10. go to the movies
11. convince dad to let boys come over to our house(that one was tough)
12. go shopping
13. girls camp
14. read the twilight series...again before Breaking Dawn comes out
15. read...
16. paint a picture(yw personal progress)
17. make a skirt with pockets! I really need one of those
18. go to California
19. Get tanner
20. Get contacts(I hate my glasses)

And there is more to that list but its to long and it'll bore you to death so I'll stop now. I love you all in a pure and friendly way and will miss you all now that I won't see all that are going to Davis.

~toodles!!:p

Change

*Exactly 500 Words: I learned how to count the words a simpler way! If only I would have found out sooner this year( I'm proud of myself)
This is officially the second to last post for Honors English. I'll keep post for sure though. But I can only hope that you will keep reading and commenting on my blog.
When I think of this year, it all seems to pass by like one large blur. I see me getting ready for the first day of 9th grade. Changing my outfit over and over again. Freaking out since my locker won't open to only find out they changed the locker combination. Having my schedule changed and to find out all (most of them) my friends forgot about me over the summer and yet again changed themselves to make someone else happier.
During the school year I changed within myself. My attitude towards others, my busy schedule outside of school, and pretty much is the way I felt about myself, over all. Sometimes I felt crummy and other few occasions I felt like everything was perfect. That everything was in its place and it was just meant to happen, but then again things do change. I also noticed the change in others as well. Some people would get haircuts, start wearing make-up, become more out going, and some didn't do anything different. Now, all you that are reading might think I'm so kind of creepy stalker or something but no, I'm just a lot more observant than most around us.
Change. We all deal with it. Whether we want to or not. I just hope that I won't get emotional on the last day of school. Seeing all my friends leave and some that I'll probably never see again. And this next school year is definitely going to be a big difference in changing. I'm going to try to make new friends and not change to make others happy at what they want me to be. And most of all I don't want my friends to change who they really are. I think thats one of the most things I fear of. Going throughout high school without any true friends.
Over the years I've never really had true friends. I would try to fit in and change my perspective on things to view them like my “friends” did. But now I've learned that I should not change to make other happy or make them like me but just to be myself. So now you are free to make your choice to think and/or change you mind about what you think of me. Although this next year will be different I promise...I won't change.

Forks

Forks. What are they? Eating Utensiuls, a city in Washington, or is it the choices in life. I usually try to focus in that class but sometimes my mind just wonders off to the person in front, side, or behide me. So this really made me think when Mr. Thompson told to read, copy it, and think about it in our journals. The Peom was written by Robert Frost.

The Road Not Taken:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.



My first question after Mr. Thompson read it to the class was...

Is Mr. Frost still alive? Mr. T had said he is a modern poet. So I asked. I didn't think of the question sounded smart. All over the class people turned and stared at me. It was a simple question. And if you don't know yourself, I'll save you the embrassment. He passed away awhile ago.

But still what are those forks, choices like deciding which high school to go to or is it more than that? I'm still not sure what I fully means by having a fork in the wood of my life yet but I'm sure I'll find out some day.

Can they be proven wrong?

Non-Fictional/Fictional Story

It was monday, boring and tired dragged on the day. Even more once in science with Ms. Banks. She sure could be boring. Me, Isabelle was day dreaming till Hailey pulled my attention back to the days topic. Theories.

So what if old men like Nicolaus Copernicus published his book on his death bed or Tycho Brane that studied the stars and such just to prove Copernicus wrong. Does that have to do with anything to applies to our daily lives. So they all ended up dying anyways we should we care? Well not till long that I found out that answer for myself.

All throughout the week I keept on hearing random theories such as Ms. Willis was biosexual, has a girlfriend and was also currently dating Mr. Elvis. And then there was the one that Mr. Elvis was upset about leaving the school this year and even more upset that Ms. Vega had married some other man that was not him and thats why he kept visting her between class breaks and school. One about my friend Natalia and Michael. Michael was a jerk and somehow had fallen in love with Natalia. And how Michael was going into the Airforce after high school, would never get married, teach at Dellamah High School, date all the secretaries in the office there, and end up still loving Natalia after 70 yrs. of waiting for him to be noticed by her.

Theories or gossip they (most of them) were rediculous! But then there was the one about me. Makayla was the one who started it all along. It happend at lunch when she brought it up.
"Why does Tristan always call you Bell?" Makayla said in a mocking tone.
"Well, I don't know really, but I call him Stan back."
"But why do you do it?"
"Well he calls me Bell, so I needed something to call him." I said back confused trying to figure out what was her point.
"Oh! Well...I have a theory about you two."

Makayla went on ranting about how she wanted a nickname and we only called each other that since we both we're madly in love. And that since she was going to a different high school I would forget about her and that I still would like "Stan" and we'd both go to the same collage and BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH she went on.

Soon enough almost everyone had heard the full version. Well most of the people at school did. Except Tristan. Which wasn't much of a big deal always since one day I'm sure we'll both laugh about it.

Short story

**Made-up Story
I was walking down the hall running those stupid math equations in my head. Why did I even bother to study? I mean, I know I'm going to fail anyways. My thoughts were interupted by Kali shouting my name from down the hall. "Hey! Wait up Jocelyn."
As I turned around in the hallway, to see Kali run, Craig's eyes met with mine. I suddenly flashed a smile at him and he kept on walking. I hadn't noticed he'd been there before but I went to meet up with Kali.
"Oh I see he already found you, himself,"said Kali.
"What are you talking about?"
"Craig told me he wanted to talk to you."
"When was that?"
"Just a few minutes ago in gym."
"Well I didn't say anything to me..."
"Okay, great he talked to you! Well I got to go now I'm going to be late see ya at lunch," Kali yelled as she sprinted to her class.
The moment I walked into math the bell rang. All throughout class I was day dreaming. This usualy never happened...well at least not when running into someone. Her thoughts were once again interupted by Mr. Woodstokes.
"Miss Kent!"
"Are you here?" he asked as if to catch me red handed.
"Oh..yeah I'm here!" well at least in body, my head was somewhere off.
"Well it was about time, will you like to come up to the board and show us whats under that pretty face???"
"Oh no thats okay I'll give someone else a chance." I said
When he was thinking so something smart to say back the bell rang. Saved! I thought to myself. I was so amazed on how fast class had gone by. Once at the lunch table the clammer of girls, phones, and the latest gossip was brought to the table.

Squid!

Slimey, icky, fishy smell. Its got tentacles and a beak? Is it the Craken from tales of the acient mariners? Its a just a really really big squid. In science we disected Crawfish and Squid about a month ago and since then I haven't really been interested in eating fish. So today I can across an article about a crew that saw and boarded a SUPER GAINT SQUID unto their ship and brought it to land.

John Bennett is used to the monotony. As captain of a New Zealand commercial fishing boat, he's accustomed to spending months at a time afloat in the Antarctic Ocean, staring at—well, nothing. "Just ice really, lots and lots of ice," says Bennett. "Sometimes, not even a seabird." On a particularly calm day in late January, Bennett was tending to his deep-sea fishing lines—each one 2,000 meters long (nearly a mile and a quarter), and sporting up to 10,000 baited hooks—in hopes of a major toothfish haul. Suddenly, the calm was shattered—by the sight of a colossal squid surfacing near the stern. The beast, a 33-foot-long adult male weighing half a ton, had wrapped itself around one of Bennett's lines. "It was just this great big brown shape," recalls Bennett, who was watching from the bridge. "It came up right alongside us. Everyone was yelling and screaming."
Bennett hurried to the deck to confer with Geoff Dolan, an observer from the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries who was on board. International law requires that anything caught in Antarctic waters must be kept onboard and documented to guard against overfishing. So Bennett really didn't have a choice but to haul in the squid. "We decided to get him onboard in as good a condition as we could," says Bennett. "If we'd released him, he wouldn't have survived." By then the crew had gaffed the creature in an attempt to get it off the line. But its grip was tight, both on the line and on the five-foot-long toothfish he was eating. "He wasn't giving up that fish," says Bennett. "When we finally pulled him in, the fish was half-eaten."
What Bennett and his crew pulled in that day turned out to be the largest colossal squid ever recovered—cause for considerable excitement aboard his ship, the San Aspiring, and around the world. As word of the catch spread late last month, the news wires buzzed with squidmania. WORLD'S LARGEST INVERTEBRATE CAPTURED read the headlines. If cut up for calamari, the stories said, the squid would produce rings the size of tractor tires. As word got out that the catch had actually been recorded on video, Bennett found himself in the middle of an international bidding war.

The colossal squid, it seems, is one of those creatures that captures our imagination, largely because it is so rarely captured. Including Bennett's catch—and a 20-foot female he found floating dead in 2003—only a handful have ever been recovered. Most of them were just damaged fragments—a tentacle here, a dorsal fin there. The species wasn't even identified until 1925, when pieces of one were found inside the stomach of a sperm whale. More than a century after Jules Verne popularized the creature as a mythic, ship-wrecking monster in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," the colossal squid remains very much a scientific mystery.
"We know relatively nothing about them," admits Steve O'Shea, director of the Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology and one of the world's leading squid experts. O'Shea says they are as long as their cousins, the giant squid, but much heavier—and, O'Shea believes, more aggressive predators. Bennett's first catch helped fill in some blanks; his latest catch, at 990 pounds, is nearly three times the weight of his last. Which verifies what many scientists have suspected for years but never had the evidence to prove: these creatures get much, much larger than previously believed.
It's a point that O'Shea has been arguing for some time. He often examines the stomach contents of whales stranded off the coast of New Zealand and says that he's found a large number of colossal squid beaks that were clearly from specimens considerably larger than anything ever caught. Three years ago he proposed that a colossal squid could grow as big as half a ton. The reaction of his colleagues? "The scientific community laughed at me," he says.

There is more to this article but I just thought it was really cool. Imagen trying to disect this huge squid!

An Ella Story

Ella woke up at the crack of dawn almost every morning to get ready for the day set before her. This morning was the night of the ball. Many of Ella's friends had been asking and wondering if she would be going to the ball. Truth was Ella didn't know herself.

That morning Ella got ready for her regular work out. She warmed up for five minutes, streched, and ran two miles. Once she has done the household was already stirring. Her brother stumbling out of his room, her sister singing while eating, her father getting ready for work, and her mother out running errands.

Once Ella reached the top stair step her mother came running into her telling about her morning bargins. "I just did the best sale EVER darling," said her mother excited. Taking a shower and getting ready for her daily chores Ella still wasn't sure if she would be allowed to attend the ball. Putting it behind her mind she set out to clean the house.

Spring Cleaning all done by her. She washed the windows, dusted, sweeped the floors, mopped, and weeded the garden. This took the most part of the day. Which in fact was a beautiful day. The sun was out high shining its rays, the birds chripping, and childern laughing in throughout the neighborhood. She still hadn't asked or even thought about the ball.

Then her sister walked over. "Hey, you're going the the ball tonight, right."
"Cuz you always go...what are you going to wear...how are you going to do your hair...I think you should leave it as it is...you could borrow my shoes!"
All throughout this Ella realized she didn't have anything to wear to the ball.

Soon enough her mother came questioning if she was going to the ball and asking random questions at once. Once telling her mother she had nothing to wear, her mother did something different. "Well what are you waiting for, Prince Charming...come on lets go...get your things ready, lets go find you something to wear!"

When on the streets of the town they went to several places to find a gown. Nothing quite as her mother wanted. They went to store to store. Nothing. When going into the final store Ella's hopes of ever going to the ball were down. After trying on many gowns her mother spotted one that was very different from the rest. After trying it on she really felt like a princess.

It was ten minutes till the ball would start when she arrived home. Her father had just given her a new set of chores. "How am I ever going to be ready in time" she thought to herself. Once getting the help of her sister to perform the chores, Ella got ready for the ball.

Once arriving upon the ball. Ella spotted many of her friends. The ball wasn't the most exciting but it would do for the night. There wasn't a prince to sweep Ella off her feet but she didn't need that. Well...at least not yet.

Ready..1,2,3..Say "CHEESE"!

Pictures, not many people like having them taken. I personally think its fun. Some people say they look ugly and other comments about their pictures but I simply don't care about that most of the time. So, sure I might look like a complete and totally loser in most but thats okay because later on I'll look at them a just laugh at myself.

Well today as most of all you ninth graders we had the class picture taken. It took awhile to get all the ninth graders up on the stands. I was on the second row at the bottom since all my friends and I were just standing all huddling around each other since it was so cold. I thought it was kind of fun but not totally exciting. I was just really glad we got to miss class.

It was so bright outside. I could bearly see any of my friends who beat me their and were already at the top. I got to sit in front of the cheerleaders. and it was mud behind me and I sat on it! Well since it was so bright we had to close our eyes and they (photo people) would count to three and we would open our eyes and be all smiley.

Well once we were almost done AJ Graydon puked! I heard him from the very bottom, and he was at the very top. I was so amazed when everyone just turned their heads at the same time towards his direction. So say he was paid to puke but others say he's clusterphic? I don't know how to spell it but thats okay.

Part: 4

Walking down the hallway towards Olivia's locker Jewel was here quite self again. It was suprising since she would always be her loudest after lunch, espically since Boston walked down the hallway almost everyday during those 5 minutes. Once Olivia had gathered all her things for class she slammed the locker shut. Heading her way towards a computer lab which her teacher had saved for the class that day. But once moving up the hallway she saw Melody talking causually to Boston.

"What was she doing if her class is all the way towards the other side of the school," Olivia kept to herself. No! If Melody thought she was going to be jealous over him she was in for a suprize. Bearing and grinning her sudden unexpected rage she flashed a smile towards both of them. From that moment on she decided she was going to be the better person and just be herself. Jewel having to taken noticed whispered to Olivia, "Your a swimmer, come on theres plenty of more fish in the deep blue sea...always your way better than Melody in TONS of different ways."

Surprized of what Jewel had said really did make sense. But the last part made her confused. "Melody has been a great friend throughtout the very begginng of Jr. High. Melody said she had a crush on Boston in 7th grade but that was all. But was that just it??" Olivia thought about for the rest of the day. Sooner or later she was enterupted by the bell to go to the next class.

After that day Olivia decided that one day when she was older she would run into Boston and he would forgive her and realize it was just stupid Jr. High drama. But that was a long ways from that day. So for now she was just going to work hard in school, enjoy her time with friends, and most of all try to meet more people. After Boston wasn't the only boy out there. Sure..."Men are like parking spaces, all the good ones are taken and the empty spaces handicaped" but the farther you go in the parking lot the more likely you'll find the parking space that suites you. ---Even if it was the farthest...see was willing to go there. "Maybe there would be some fish there too!" she laughed and slept peacefully to wake to another wonderful day. Hopefully Dallas would that parking spot. Just maybe...again if not there's plenty of fish in the deep blue sea.

The End...well at least for this blog

Smiley / Blushing

A week had gone by and Melody somehow had gotten the hint that Olivia didn't want to talk about Boston. Olivia some way or the other had been back to her normal self again. She had seen Boston in the halls plenty of times now and wasn't really concerend if he liked for like others said. Olivia just wanted a response from him saying whether the rumors were true.

Over the week she kept seeing Dallas in the halls and usaully bumping into him over and over again. After they would bump into each other they both would say sorry and an akward silience would fall upon them. Olivia kept trying to avoid such but it would always end up that both would just kinda sigh and smile and each other. Soon enough people heard and started teasing Olivia.

"I bet you like him" yelled Daniel down the lunch table. Right at that moment Dallas appeared out of thin air. "How likes who," Dallas questioned. "Oh you haven't heard have you," teased Daniel. "I'm pretty sure Olivia would tell you if she weren't blushing, at this very moment" Right then Olivia felt a surge of blood go to her face. "Whats going on" Dallas said. "Its nothing...really" answered Olivia afraid her voice would crack when she spoke. It did. Now her face was even brighter. After a few moments Dallas noticed her bright face and just gave a hearty laugh. In a few seconds Olivia looked up and noticed he had walked away. Still blushing the lunch bell rang.

Right then Olivia shot up from the table followed by Jewel. Well walking to Olivia's locker Jewel gave her a heads up of Boston walking down the hall. "Target Alert...Target Alert...TARGET ALERT!!" "He's coming quick give a smile" yelled half whispered Jewel. "Oh..He's stalling, maybe he wants to talk to you or something" "Target approching" "Just smile it won't hurt you" said Jewel. "No then he'll just glare at me, come on after so long you still think he likes me" said Olivia. Then terror ran down Olivia's spine. A cold breeze. She didn't even want to look up while heading towards him.

Eventually the clutz in Olivia popped up again. While trying to avioded Boston she ended up ramming into Fern and stepping on the bottom of her jeans. A loud CREEEEP sound came from the bottom of Olivia's foot. To such a small event made Boston look straight into her deep brown eyes. They held each others gaze for what a moment. Not really knowing what to do they both started walking they ways again. "What a moment, back there...maybe he does like me" thought Olivia. Not wanting to get caught up in the moment she ran to class before the bell rang.

Smiley Part: 2

Olivia was skipping and smiling down the halls before school started. She was just so happy for no reason at all. Nothing great had happened that morning or last night but Olivia was happy.
She had sent a text the night before telling Boston she was sorry if she had been to pushy but she had really wanted to do the project early. Boston hadn't said anything back in the text. Or anything the past few days of thier encounters. So Olivia didn't know what was wrong with her.

"Hey!" yelled Daniel from across the hall. "Hi..." Olivia smilied back. Daniel had been a great friend that past year. He wasn't like all the other boys in the school, so Olivia walked around with him before school started. Not really caring where they went, just exploring the hallways before school they started going towards the band room. Once headed towards the band room the smile streamed down her face. Hadn't Daniel known about Boston. Well not trying to make a big scene Olivia walked forward with heavy steps. Then Lola walked out of the band room and Daniel stopped right to the side of the doorway. Olivia not wanting to leave and look akward stood in by the doorway. Just when she felt a chilling shiver down her spine. She looked into the doorway and Boston was glaring at her again. Looking away from his face she noticed he wasn't playing his usual insturment. It looked like a guitar or a bass. Not so sure what it was she hurried to class forgetting about her friends behind her.

Father into the day, Olivia had orchestra in that class was Dallas who had been so kind to replace Boston for her science term project partner. He hadn't even asked what was the reason she had randomly picked him. The truth was Olivia thought to herself..."why did I pick him?" That thought stuck to her all day long. They had done so great on their project that they kinda became friends along the way. When walking into the classroom she ran into Dallas. "Oh... sorry" Olivia said. She was a natural cluts, she was sure he would understand. "Oh.. No its okay, are you okay?" "Couldn't be better!" and at that moment a smile spread across Olivia's face. When walking towards her seat she thought why she was so smiley today! Now Dallas was going to think she was in love with him. "How much more embrassing could this day get?" First, Boston in the band room, now Dallas, what could be next?"

Two days later....

It was Foriegn Language week at school again. They did it every year. French and Spanish III would perform plays for the school that week. Olivia wasn't too excited about it. Sure it would be fun to go see them, but who knows if her teachers had signed up to go see. Well as the end of the day drew closer. Olivia noticed she was smiley again! Nothing had happened in the two days. Sure she tripped and ran into more people but she hadn't heard from Boston. And everytime Melody was around she would always bring up Boston in the conversation. She would start with "Boston said this... He's so funny!... Look at what he did to my arm... I have blah blah blah classes with Boston" Is that ALL she could say when she was wondering if they were still mad at each other. The whole reason they were mad at each other was completely pointless. And when she would try to figure out if Boston was still mad at her. Melody would just stare off in space or just leave whatever she was doing and walk away! What was wrong with her. She didn't walk away when Melody brought Boston into one of their conversations. Whatever it was so was going to get to the bottom of it!

TO BE CONTINUED....

Tingling Motion Part:1

It was after school, Olivia and Melody were walking towards the choir room. Melody had to give her friend her Jess some cough drops so she'd be able to sing. Olivia figuring it would only take Melody just a few minutes to find her friend, walked down the hallway with her. Not wanting to disturb the class after school Olivia waited by the doorway. After a few minutes Melody had taken a while to find Jess in the class. When Olivia felt tingling down her back. Not knowing what it was Olivia turned around. There she met eye to eye with Boston.

During the past month Olivia had tried to aviod Boston as much as possible. They were going to do a science project together. When Olivia had tried to arrange a day to start the project Boston always left her with an undecided response. Usually it would be, "Just whenever you want", or "Well talk about it later" or sometimes he would just walk away when the subject came up in their conversations. So for a month Olivia decided it would be best to just ignore the subject and do the project with someone else. Once Olivia turned and saw Boston she held his gaze for just a moment and quickly turned around and walked into the the choir room. "What had just happened make there?" Olivia thought to herself. Not knowing what to do she found Melody and they quickly left the school that day.

The next day Olivia was determined to forget about what had happened the day before. But before she knew it she felt another tingling motion down her spine while walking down the hall alone to 6th period. But before she could turn around there was Boston right in front of her. Not wanting to meet his eyes, Olivia scurred to class that was thankfully just a door down from where she stood. Later that day, once school had ended walking down the hall Olivia felt a cold shiver, not wanting to face Boston or whoever it was Olivia quickly walked to her locker in silience.

Now this can be a true story or fake but I'll let you decided for yourself. I'm pretty positive that I'll be writing more of this story. So for now please help me think of an ending for this story.

Epitaphs

So in Mr. Thompson English class we were reading the book Spoon River. I liked learning about all the dead peoples storys in peoms. So he made us to a project for him writing epitaphs for two characters from a moive or book. I choose "A Walk To Remember." So I picked Jamie and Landon. Here are their epitaphs.


Jamie Sullivan: 1940-1958

Devoting my life for the sake of others,
Being sweet as sugar to those around me,
Is that all they saw in me?
Hiding my dear heavy heart behind books and intelligence.
Lifting my hands up every day,
Being gentle as a rose petal,
Is that all they saw in me?
Till finally opened my heart to the least unexpected.
When with him I was a princess dancing in the moonlight with my Prince Charming,
Not only did time stop in its track with him,
But my fears seemed to float away.
Most would say we were love-struck teenagers,
But it was more than that,
More than anyone would ever understand.

Landon Carter 1940-2003
She was a delicate as a premature baby,
She cared for deeper than a ocean trench,
Taught be to believe I could to anything,
That anything was possible,
All but her health.
There was a whole new me,
-another side I'd never felt nor seen,
That summer seemed to last forever,
But ended so soon.
Living life withoust any regrets,
Knowing her work was done,
Me beingher miracle,
Vowing to never remove my ring.
Watching the memory of her gliding towords me,
It was certainly a walk to remember.

Saving a Life

Just recently I saved my sisters life. She was eating a sandwhich and starting choking. Since she's always joking around I just thought she was trying to be funny. Till she starting turning blue. Now thats not something people can do on purpose. So then a flash back came to me from 8th grade in Ms. Dicksons health class. Well, who thought that class would be useful?? Certainly not ME! ha. So after performing the Heimlich Maneauver I started to wonder (like always) were did the Heimlich Maneauver come from. So I did some research.

The Heimlich Maneauver was invited by Henry Hiemlich in 1974. He also credited for the use of maleria to help improve HIV. So thanks to this man I write this blog. And am very tired so good night.

Friendship Quotes

Lately I have been thinking about friends and how much they mean to me. So to all of my friends here are some funny quotes.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. - Samuel Butler
Treat your friends as you do your pictures and place them in their best light. - Jennie Jerome Churchill
The best time to make friends is before you need them. - Ether Barrymore
Friendship is Love without his wings! - Lord Byron Business
Money can't buy friends, but you can get a better class of enemy. - Spike Milligan
Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends. - P.D. James
Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends. - Truman Capote
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends. - Lord Chesterfield
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. - Fr. Jerome Cummings
We're different; we're the same. - Richard David Bach
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. - Thomas Jones
Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you. - Yassir Arafat
Friendship, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul. - Ambrose Bierce
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. Pudd'nhead Wilson
Have no friends not equal to yourself. - Confucious
The best mirror is an old friend. - George Herbert
A true friend stabs you in the front. - Oscar Wilde
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.A friend to all is a friend to none. – Aristotle

The Sound of Music

Have you ever stopped and walked outside to listen to the sounds? Seen a musical play? Gone on youtube and just listen to anything that looked good/funny? Well lately I've been listening to a lot of music and haven't really had time to just have a moment of silience. I've noticed that there is music all around us. Whether it may be good or bad. Not only is "The Sound of Music" a movie made in 1959, but something most of us have in common in out everyday lives. We have sounds all around us.

Music is something that is so wonderful to the ears. Most don't take the time to notice that being able to hear is a gift. From listening to music with your friends to jumping to the beat.
Music can be from any instrument to natures sounds.

Imagen a world without sound. That world would be depressing to be honest. We wouldn't be able to communicate as clearly (Even though sometimes we make mistakes with words). Being able to hear different sounds like chripping birds, someones voice, and sometimes even burping.

Even though I haven't fully talked about any part of the movie. Just hearing that title today made me wonder. Life without sound. And if no one ever wondered our asked questions. Human life wouldn't be the same. From going to the moon to the deep depths of the ocean. I am so thankful to be able to hear, when some people out there don't know what the sound of a giggly child is to hiccups.

What have you wondered about today??:)

Dance is tomorrow!!

I'm so excited for the dance tomorrow. Even though I'm sick its going to be so much fun! I know it. I'm going to be dancing the cha-cha. So I'll keep you posted about how it turns out.

Valentines Day

Valentines Day is the worst holiday that should be celebrated; in my opionon at least. Why do schools make a big thing out of it. To encourage dating and things like that?!? Sure I understand must enjoyed it in elementary school, when you would buy cards for the entire class and put candy in them. But in Jr. High selling roses. School's are supposed to be encouraging teaching and learning. Not writing sending secret or not so secret roses. My point is I don't like Valentines Day. So if you do I'm sorry. Maybe I don't like it because I haven't found my "perfect match" yet, but thats okay too!

Birthday's!

Don't you just LOVE birthday's. You throw a party all your friends come and you have a blast. I'm so excited tomorrow's MY BIRTHDAY! I'm finally turning fifteen. My parents have been asking me for a while if a every wanted a Quinceara. Thats a South American culture when girl/boy have a party with LOTS of people and are introduced as a women/man but what I think of it I call it the "Dating Society." Personally I think that whole point of the party is point less. So I'm not having a Quinceara. Plus that would cost alot of money that would be usefull some where else. So I'm just going to have a small party and maybe start/finish Utahs' driving handbook. So soon I'll go get my permitt. I'm so excited!! Happy Birthday to Me!!

And just thinking of "Happy Birthday's" It crossed my mind. Where did that song come from??
Well here it is...

2 girls--2 sisters named Mildred J. and Patty S. Hill--are responsible.
At 1st, the Hills called their song "Good Morning to You!" and it was published under this title in 1893. Having gained no popularity, it was changed just a little, the words "Happy birthday" replacing "Good morning." One of the sisters was a kindergarten teacher when the other the Principle of that school in Lousiville.

How amazing is that! I would never have known that. Did you know?

Water; H20

I hadn't noticed how much water means is to everyone. Of course I know that I practically swim in it every day, but that its essentional for every day life. I never really thought that it could be that important to everyone. Earth is 71% water. 97% of that water is salt water. Living in Utah it makes it harder for us to have fresh water. When only 3% of the water on is fresh. 10% is flowing water too! In Brinkhoff's science class I learned many triva facts such as:

1. Utah is the second driest state
2. 1/3 of Utah is desert....I wonder how it snows?!?
3. Water is the ONLY substance vitial to all living things.
4. People can survive without food for serval months, but without water less than a week.
5. People spend more than $600 million on skiing and playing on Utah's snow!
6. Ten inches of snow equals an average of one (1) inch of water.

After learning these vaublable facts it really made me think of all the uses humans use water for:

1. fills a pool
2. waters gardens
3. recyles
4. gives life to everything
5. damage/death
6. creates landforms
7. transports
8. cleans many things including us
9. we drink it
10. everyone one at least has some part of water in their body.

With that I hope you all will value water as much as I do now.

These past few weeks...

For the first month of the year I have to say it has been the busy-iest yet. So second term ended at last. With all the extra. credit, term projects, and other things going on I'm so glad thats over with. So on Friday the day second term ended I was way stressed out. Since I had a swim meet that day too! How I managed to still do good in school and mange everything else. I don't know! Well back to the swim meet, well the swim meet was a Viewmount high school. I did really bad but thats okay because later I hung out with some of my high school friends at the mall and saw 27 dresses. And at the mall I saw the swim meets results so I figured out I done better than usaul even if I hadn't dropped any time in any of my events. I was way fun!

So that was Friday, on Saturday it was my dad's birthday and the night of the regional dance. For my dad's birthday we went out to eat to a chinise restuarnt and I had TONS of sushie!! and a whole bunch of ginger. Which is a pink thing that looks like rose pettles. I was way good any ways. So later that night I went to the regional dance and saw alot of my friends. The only friend I couldn't find Tuba Dude. Earlier that week he had asked me to be there early so we could do the dance contest, but he wasn't there. After I talked to all my friends and watched the people learning how to dance the cha-cha. It was pretty funny to watch I have to say. Eventualy Tuba Dude got there and we all had fun at the dance. Towards the end Tuba Dude convinced me that we would do the dance off next month. So next month everyone has to go to the regional dance and point and laugh at both of us. And also before I forget does anyone know hwo to dance to "Apologize" that would be very helpful to us.

The Begining of the Year

I can't believe another year has gone by. It seems just like yesterday that I was worried of turning 14 because then I would have more responiblities. I can still picture the first day of ninth grade. My locker not opening after several times. Till I finally freaked out and went to the office to find out that my locker combination had been changed.
It may only be the second week of the year and it seems to me that this year I'm already busy-er than ever before. I've already come to a routine. I wake up go to school, go swimming for two hours, go home eat dinner, do my homework, and get all my things ready for the next day of school. And on Wensdays' add Young Womens.
So this year I made a resolution that I would take every chance to get to know my family and friends more. Balancing school and sports. So far it's been pretty good. I can only hope now that I will enjoy this year more than last and the more to come. So HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

School

School is stressing me out!!!!!!!!! So many things and test due!!! Extra Credit to earn!! By January 18th all ninth graders will already be 2/8 of the way done with high school!!

A Letter To One of My Favortie Authors

Stephenie Meyer
Author of the Twilight Series
Pheonix, Arizona



Dear Mrs. Meyer:
I just finished reading your book Twilight. While reading, I felt connected to your book. Something that happens only occasionally when the writer has a purpose and understands what every reader whats. A good book to never let go of. While reading, I could feel all the emotions Bella was going through. Feel self-conscious about the first day of school. How would everyone else react, if she would fit in or not. It made me feel comforted, that I wasn't the only one having worries like that.

The book caputured my attention from the very few chapters. Asking myself, why was she so interested in this special boy. That most didn't like. I didn't realize why I was so excited about this book till halfway through. The details of the characters were so detailed and had a deeper meaning than most books do.

Your characters in the book made a painting so realistic that I could imagen in my room happening all around me. I really enjoyed that your book showed me that there is beauty in everything. That it just matters on the way you look at things. The way theres gloomy rainy days. Which only means a day to run around to get wet. Splash in puddles. Another thing that suprised me about your book was that one of the main characters was a vampire being loving towards a teenage girl. Like most girls, it would never come across my mind that falling in love with a vampire or even dating one would be so adventurous and daring.

This book was so meaningful towards me since it made me feel truly unqie and special. That being the way I am and being a "good girl," will maybe payoff in the long run.That maybe someone else out there really is out there, waiting for someone with the same standards and desires. That I'm not the only girl that sometimes feels left out. Being the most popular doesn't matter, but whats really is inside.

And so I finish in saying that your book truly inspired me to reach my full potential. And in doing so I will be able to accomplish anything that I set my mind to. Being able to fulfill my future dreams, knowing that I am loved by my family and friends. Believing that anything is possible if I set my mind to it. That it truly matters of whats inside and not the outside, or whatever everyone else thinks, but what you can do.

Very truly yours,

Swim Chick