Christmas Break

Christmas vacation is here! Two weeks of school? Not bad. Christmas is always pretty big in my family. We get together with my aunts, uncles and cousins ect. There's always lots of food and presents. My mom decorates our house really nice too. But this year Christmas won't be as big because of money issues. Economy is real bad and my mom works three jobs just to make us comfortable. I told my mom only to get me what she can afford. Even if there were no present involved it would still be a good christmas because to me it's not all about the festivities, it's about family coming together.

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If I won 100,000 dollars I would probably end up keeping half and giving away the other half. I would have to keep half for myself to put me through school because school is not cheap this days. I have to pay for books, my classes and a bunch of other stuff. It adds up eventually. As far as giving up money I would give some to my mom because she's spent a huge chunk of her life struggling to take care of me. It's just me and her, she's not married and she worked three jobs at one time so I want to pay her back for all the work she has done to make me comfortable. I would probably give money to the AIDS/HIV or the Human Society for the animals. AIDS is spreading like crazy these days and people need to be more aware of it. I'm an animal person and I think they should be better taken care of.

What bugs me...

There is only one thing that I can think of that really makes me angry, that is when someone lies right to my face. I've had that happen a few times where I approach someone or ask them a question and they answer me but I know it's a complete lie. I get annoyed with some things but that's the one thing that really makes me angry. It's disrespectful to lie to someone's face, and I don't think you would want someone to do that to you, so why do that? It's always better to tell the truth anyway because once you make up one lie, you have to make up another to cover that lie and it just snowballs into a ton of stupid stories. That's the one thing that I cannot stand. So...don't lie to my face :]

I Won't Be Home For Christmas

Dear Soldier,

First I want to tell you that I am proud of what you are doing for our country. I cannot imagine how hard it must be for you to be away from your home and your family. I've always had trouble being away from my home ever since I was a little kid. I would never be able to do what you're doing. I know you will be away this Christmas and I know you wish you could be elsewhere but you have to do your job. You make our country safe and secure so your loved ones and for the billions of other humans in the U.S. I hope you keep perspective of what's really important in life and I'm sure when you come home you will have a different view on the world. Thank You

Taylor

Turkey Day!

So today's topic is related to Thanksgiving. I have to write about what I'm thankful for. To start I'm most thankful for my family and friends. My family has always been there for me through everything and they always will be because that's what family is all about. My family in particular has had it's rough spots and we've always been there for eachother. I have a rather small family but we love eachother like a big family. As for my friends I can always count on them when things don't work out or fall through. I know some of the friends I have today I will still be friends with years and years from now. I know I will still keep in touch with them and we will still be close. That's how I know that they are true friends. To me, without family or friends you don't have much going on. That's why I'm glad that I'm fortunate enough to have what I have.

Me, Myself & I

So today we have to write about the hero or heroes in our life. Honestly the only hero I have is myself. In the past many people that I put trust in have let me down, soon I came to my senses and figured that if I trust myself more than others than that won't happen anymore. Ever since I was a little kid I've been very independent but as I got older I became even more independent. I can always believe in myself and I can always have in myself. I know me better than anyone on earth and there's nothing wrong with that. I self protect to keep myself from being betrayed and hurt. I love myself and that's not a sin. I can always depend on myself to be there and get through things. I think being independent have given me strength. I've gotten myself out of deep troubles. I don't think you can get anywhere if you don't believe in yourself but that's just me. So I am my own hero.

!@#$%^&*

So I just finished my art imovie. I chose Joan Miro as my artist. And no,it's not pronounced like Joan, he's a boy. It's pronounced like Juan. He's from Barcelona Spain and was a really amazing artist and I think he deserves more recognition that he's gotten. When you think about major artists you think of DaVinci, Van Gogh, Michaelangelo, Andy Warhol and so one and so forth. I never heard of my artist before I started this project. He made a glass mural that took from the age he was like 74 to 85 that's dedication. I plan on looking up more of his works in the future. Go Joan Miro!

Times of Trouble

The bad economy has effected my life in huge ways. My mom works at a nursing home monday-friday and since the economy has been having trouble my mom at one point had three jobs. She worked during the week and saturday and sunday. Not so great. I live with just my mother so I never got a chance to spend any time with her at all. The only time we spent was in the morning and before bed. Not a huge gap open for quality time. Also it's been a lot harder to get money to take the SAT and ACT tests. Right now both tests are extremely important being that it's my senior year. They're not expensive to do but not cheap either. I try not to complain too much because I know that there are people out there who have it a lot worse than I ever will. Some people lost their homes, jobs and cars. I haven't lost much compared to them. I try to keep perspective of that.

Evil at it's Finest...

So today I have to blog about who I think the most evil character in MacBeth is. That's a little hard to decide. I'm thinking there's a close race between Lady MacBeth and MacBeth. Lady MacBeth is the one who convinced MacBeth to commit murder in the first place so she clearly has an evil mind. But MacBeth followed through with it and actually acted on it. He's the one who killed someone. Both of them I think are evil. MacBeth is his own person, he didn't have to listen to Lady MacBeth but he did which shows that he has the ability to kill. Lady MacBeth is very selfish and power-hungry and will do anything to get what she wants. They are the two main characters and also provide the most drama and excitement in the story. I think it's a tie between the two.

30 lines...

Okay. So I almost got scolded for not doing my 30 line blog but I ran away. So I guess I better do it now before it's too late. I'm going to blog on adoption. Having my own experience with this topic this shouldn't be too difficult. I was adopted when I was two months old. My birth mother was 17 when she had me. She wasn't married, she was still in school, and a lot of other stuff was going on her life. Not to ignore the fact that Asuncion, Paraguay is DIRT POOR. Not really a place you would want to be. I was adopted by a single woman. Adoption is a much more draining, long and intense process than people think it is. My new mom spent a year in Paraguay before she even saw me. If you want to talk about hours upon hours of paperwork then we can talk about all the paperwork involved with adoption. Aside from all that, one of the hardest parts about the whole thing is what happens when the child is handed over. There are 2 kinds of adoption. Closed and Open Adoption. Open meaning that the child can go back and have contact with their biological family if they want to in the future. You get visitation and time together. Closed adoption being when you have none of that. Also the mother/father leave no information about themselves. Mine was closed. If I had to give up my child for adoption I would never do a closed adoption. I believe that every child deserves to know about where they come from and who they came from. I don't have the ability to that. For many reasons I've wanted to know somethings about my past and I can't find out. If I were to go back to Paraguay and even attempt to find them I would probably end up looking around some country for roughly 5+ years. No joke. I think whatever choice you make on a child's life should be well thought out and done responsibly. If your heart is with the child's heart then you will make the right decision.

MacBeth

When I think of MacBeth and how he thinks, honestly it's hard to compare him to anyone else. So I will have to pass. Reason being...when I think of people with an evil mindset like Saddam Hussein or Hitler they killed millions upon millions of people. They planned and acted like MacBeth but compare all the people killed by them to the ones killed by MacBeth. Big difference. I think MacBeth was very power-hungry and wanted to be in control but I think everyone at some point has a desire to be in control of everything and we can't. I think MacBeth was also very selfish. Usually when someone is so obsessed with getting attention that usually means they have no backbone, no confidence or self-esteem. MacBeth clearly had no backbone because he let Lady MacBeth persuade him. On the other hand he has a conscience. I don't think MacBeth can be really compared to anyone.

D:

So Bayshore's a D school? Mmm, I'm not suprised. When I look around I don't see an A school. I don't see a B school. Or even a C school. I see a D school. When I came here as a freshman I was discouraged with what I saw and I still am. I think we deserve the grade that we have. As far as the teachers, I've had some pretty crappy teachers. I'm not going to name anyone specific out of respect but I have a few in mind...every year I have at least two that just don't work for me. I should look forward to going to every class I have but I don't feel that way sometimes. I don't feel inspired. Students, don't appreciate jack. They take everything for granted. This is free education that not everyone has. I hate watching people just sit around and do nothing. It bugs me. That's usually what I see around here. I know some people that work really hard but they're in the minority. I'm not going to write a whole story about why Bayshore is a D school because it's not something that everyone can't see for themselves. I can't make changes for the school, the school has to make changes for themselves. That's it.

LOTF Project...

So time is up on my project. The peeps in my group were Savannah and Madison. I'm glad they were in my group. We laughed a lot and still got a good amount of work done. I think for a newspaper, it looks quite appealing. I like to write and look at pictures so I was excited about doing a newspaper. It just took forever to find a stupid newspaper template for Mac! :[

But eventually, I found one. Madison did the survival column which was one of the most important parts and Savannah found the awesome pics and the comic which was crucial too. I did the main story and the obituaries. If I had to do anything different different it may have been to focus on the main story more, which was the plane crash of course. I kind of just wrote or typed a bunch of stuff down and didn't spend that much time on it. Whoops. Well other than that I'm proud of the work my group and I did. I hope we get a good grade. Shucks :D

What if...

So today I get to pick my own topic. Sweet. Well I have to start off with the words: What if... So I decided to say, what if I had never been adopted and was still in South America. Well honestly I don't talk about my adoption that much, it's kind of a sensitive topic for me to talk about sometimes. I don't know why. My adoptive mother told me I was adopted when I was about 10. My birth mom had me when she was 17. I've never met her and probably never will, same with my dad. Long story. Basically I've just been thinking and wondering about what my life would be like if all that hadn't happened. My mom spent almost a year in Paraguay before they handed me over. Wow, that sounds bad. Haha. I was just a baby, two months old to be exact. Well I can imagine, I would be on the streets of Paraguay, with no shoes on, bug bites, dirty, ripped clothes, and trying to find something to eat. Paraguay is no palace. I would probably have some brothers or sisters, may be living in some type of hut. There's a bunch of possible situations I could be in. But think about it. I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be at Bayshore. I wouldn't have a full tummy after dinner, I wouldn't have the friends that I have now. Certainly no ipod. That would stink. Sometimes when I'm sad or mad and I don't think things could be any worse I try to imagine how things could really be. My life here compared to how it could be there is like day and night or black and white. I'm glad I got adopted. If I hadn't I may not even be alive.

Bumps in the road....

Well this being my senior year, it will certainly be memorable. However, that doesn't mean I won't have to face challenges or obstacles along the way. Honestly this year will be life changing for me. My biggest obstacle is for me to start over. Starting over with lots of things. All through high school I feel like I've taken everything for granted. I didn't appreciate the fact that my education is free. This year I'm going to work my butt off, I'm going to study, read, write, test, solve and explain, and all that other good stuff. I want a good future and I'm the only one who can make it that way.

As far as more personal obstacles...that's a different story. For a whole year and a half I put all I had into one person. BIG MISTAKE. I made sacrifices. I cared too much. I have nothing to show for it except a broken heart. Regardless I know I will be alright because I learned from it. What did I learn? I learned; the most important relationship you will have in life, is the one you have with yourself. I need to overcome pain from my past and I will. I need to move on and I will. I need to take care of myself first and I will. I just smile when I feel like crying. Not to get all mushy on you but that's real right there. I love how I never realized how strong I was till now. It's beautiful thing.

Well that's about it. I'm going to grow as a person. Sweet.

The good old days.

Ahh just the thing I want to think about, my freshman year. Shoot man. When I was a freshman I'm not going to lie I was scared. You would be lying if said you never felt intimidated, challenged or nervous. I knew High School was going to be a different world compared to Middle School. Honestly I don't believe I was taking it seriously. Middle school was such a breeze, the only thing I worried about was getting in the lunch line early enough. My freshman year I was still a little middle school kid. Joking around, causing trouble, goofing off all the time. Looking back I would do everything differently. I didn't appreciate it much. Free education is something not everyone has the pleasure of having in their life. I wish I had worked harder, made wiser decisions, not have worried about the little things and most of all I should've looked at the big picture. Surviving the high school years is not as difficult as it can seem. I've discovered the one key to making it come to together is to stay true to yourself, not give up and work you butt off. I would use another word but I can't :] You can worry to much about fitting in. You can't worry about who likes you and who hates you. It won't matter in the long run, they're not the ones in control of you destiny, you are. Don't slack off! It's the worst thing you can possibly do. You'll regret it, I promise. Don't depend on anyone but yourself, you're not always going to have people to hold your hand the whole way there. That stops when you hit puberty ;] well it did for me at least.... So to wrap this thing up, you have control of you life, don't screw up. Take advantage of life. Live everyday like it's your last. I don't know who came up with that quote but whoever it was, they had the right idea. Good luck.

Today’s Topic: You are finally a senior! What do you want to accomplish this year? What are the things you’re looking forward to doing? What are things you want to avoid? What are your goals?

This year, I want to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA. I want to keep B's and A's in all my classes, especially my math and english classes. I also plan on taking the SAT Test and I'm going to study for that so I won't have to take it over again. I'm also going to get my community service hours finished up. I want to start looking more at colleges and not so much the ones near home. I'm going to start looking at ones in different cities like Tampa, Pensecola and Ft.Lauderdale. I want to visit the colleges and look at their websites online. I'm really looking forward to the senior trips, walking at graduation with my classmates. I'm excited to see how the year wraps up. Things I want to avoid is doing too much at once so I don't have trouble focusing on things. I'm doing things one at a time so I don't overwork myself. I want to avoid slacking off obviously. My main goals are just to do my best so I can get into a good college. I want to get a good education so in the future I can provide for myself and my future family with a good job. I am considering being a teacher of some sort. I just don't know if I want to teach things in music or maybe a history teacher. I know I want to be around kids and work with people. I like teaching people new things and helping out so I think teaching is the direction I want to go in. I have a set plan to achieve all these things. I'm just going to work hard, do my best and do everything I can to go the extra mile and make the good look great.

So...this is my first post. Which is nothing. I'm knew at this so bare with me. I don't have much to say. Just saying hello. Tehe. I will have things to post soon.