Indi

I think it is really cool that Indi is very motivated. Most high school students just want to be young and have fun. The fact that she has a tough goal in life and is not willing to ever give up on it is very inspiring. I dont understand why her parents laughed at the comment about her being someones hero. I think she is easily considered a hero, and not because of her talents but because of her motivation and drive to succeed at something. She is playing a sport she loves and working her butt off. Most students dont do that all they care about is partying and looking cute. She has a good head on her shoulders. That is inspiring to me.

Where will I be in ten years?

I thought the interviews were really cool, and fun to listen to. It is interesting to hear other students life plans and how they are going to go about achieving their goals in life. The one I could relate to the most was the psychologist. I thought it was cool that she used her own personal experience to help her decide her future job. I think she is really following something she can enjoy and relate to which will take her far in life because usually if you love your job you do well in it. (most cases). Being happy is what it is all about and I know that most of these kids are following their hearts in these interviews which I think is really cool. Minus the undecided and marijuana "baker" most of these students seem to have their life on track.

As for me, where do I see myself in ten years? Well I have always wanted to be a lawyer, then I got really interested in psychology and helping people out, kind of like trying to change the world and stuff. But now I can see myself being a hostage negotiator in ten years. Its a unique job that not many people can handle. You really have to be mature and have your emotions in check. A hostage negotiator does a lot of things and can save a lot of lives. The down fall is that you can also cost someone their life if you don't do your job right. I cant see myself ever having a husband or a family or anything further down the road. So living wealthy wont be a problem. I want to go on a lot of mission trips. Start a home to take care of mentally disabled children whose parents can not take care of them, and work on peace projects. Also help our failing justice system, which is why I would be a hostage negotiator. But mainly my goal in life is to have an impact on the world. Like Tupac said, once person can not change the world, but you can give people the idea's to help it. Which is why instead of focusing on making money and living a large nice fancy life I just want to focus on changing people for the better and hopefully them paying it forward and doing the same to others. Many bad cycles need to be broken and I am very anxious to become and adult and have a job that can hopefully stop these terrible cycles that are slowly destroying our society.

NCAA tournament

I personally like the article about the NCAA tournament. Its interesting that he is talking about the underdogs and how far they usually go in the tournament as for the higher ranked teams who always get an upset. It is the same in high school basketball too and reminds me of my season this year. We were the underdogs and nobody expected us to go as far as we did but in the end we proved them all wrong. It just goes to show that hard work pays off. No matter what level your playing at hard work pays off. Hopefully Duke wins the tournament though because I have them down for winning it all. Notre Dame better make it to the final four.

Lent

Well lent has been kicking my butt this year. I chose to give up texting and facebook. It is extremely difficult not texting. Facebook isn't so hard but I feel so out of the loop without it. I cant see whats going on in everyones lives. Its funny how people try to deny that they dont stalk on facebook but we know they do. I find that hilarious, and its funny how much personally information people put out on the internet. I think so people dont really care about themselves enough to keep certain things private. I find it very entertaining though to learn so much about other peoples lives. Now the whole texting thing, this is terrible. Not only do I feel antisocial, but I get so bored and its really getting kind of lonely. Most people cant even carry a conversation on the phone because they are so use to texting. That is sad. This is just opening my eyes to who my real friends are (the ones who call me) and showing me who is their for me when I need it under any circumstance. I am excited for the rest of lent, I love a good challenge.

1-100 Duff

So the other day I started the book Duff and so far it is very good. The main character is a less than perfect teenage girl (like most) who has a group of "pretty" friends and someone calls her a duff. Which brings her to the realization that she is the Duff of the group. Now not only is this story sad because the poor girl gets her feelings hurt alot. It is also funny and ironic becuase the guy who calls her the Duff to begin with she is starting to fall for... I can tell.

So hopefully as the story progresses Bianca (the duff) and the boy(Wesley) who I can tell she is really starting to like, hit it off and end up falling in love or something. Its just a good book so far because you can really relate it to teenages lives today. I feel like without the characters personal experience which she is basing the book off of the story would not be as interesting. Oh and she cusses alot, which is hilarious.

Blog Time.

We are sitting here in class and to be honest... Im bored. School is getting annoying, not only because its Homestead but just because it is school. Also my computer at home as ruined right now so it is totally screwing me over with all my homework and other things. I don't even bother explaining to my teachers why its impossible for me to complete any work involving a computer because I know they are going to say go to the library or something but obviously if i had the time and motivation to do that... I would be doing it. So it sounds like I am nagging but if that's all you think of this then stop reading it because right now I need to nag. I'm just annoyed. So spring break hurry up so I can get away for a little bit and hopefully come back to school with a better attitude. To little to late though. By the way I am having a good day whether people want to believe me or not. Its just one of those weeks where you just want to stay home and be by yourself because everyone else is just annoying to you. Are you catching on to the fact that I am annoyed right now? I just have a lot going on. I need a vacation.. solo vacation so I can get my mind off of things and just relax.

Love is More Than Words

Exude
Confidence
Ease
Embrace
Kiss
Flutter
Strong
Smile

Characterize:
Connotation- lively, vibrant
Concreteness- admiration, compassion

Claim: Rhonda Bakers charming diction depicts a surreal love affair, by describing her lovers attractive personality by using her lively and vibrant tone.