Week No. 6 Making a Comeback

“Every setback is an opportunity for a comeback.” This is so true with anything you do in life. I have experienced a lot of setbacks with my ankles. I have injured them three times in the last two and a half years. Two of those times have put me on crutches, and the third time [right now] I have to wear a giant stupid boot thing for a month. It sucks. But I have learned to heal them as fast as possible and get right back into my sports. There is nothing worse than having to watch all of your teammates participate when you can barely even walk. So I guess I would say that is my motivation for getting better as quickly as I can.

Week No. 5 Grizzly You

If I could go anywhere in the world to be a transcendentalist, I would go to a Caribbean Island like the Bahamas or Haiti. That or just some random deserted Island would be fun too. I would go here because I love the calmness of being near the ocean. Although it is great to just relax on the beach all day I would encounter some problems. There could be bad weather like hurricanes if I was there during that season, and there are sharks in the ocean. Sharks scare the crap out of me so I wouldn’t like that too much. If I were to actually go I think my personality would change. I would probably feel less pressured to be perfect. I would learn to not overly care about certain things.

Week No. 3 About My School

If you are thinking about becomming part of Olympia probably the most important thing you need to know about Olympia is that everyone knows everything about everybody. It is such a small school that things get around pretty fast. Everyone knows everybody, and for the most part Olympia is a pretty great school. Some things you need to know are that tenderloin day is Wednesday and you better never miss it because they are the best. We almost never win Friday night football games, and that is probably the worst thing about Olympia. When it rains a lot the lagoon smells like something crawled in a hole and died, and when standing outside every direction you look, all you will see is corn. We have groups, or cliques as you might call them, but we are all still pretty friendly to each other, and lastly we have some pretty amazing teachers that make Olympia, Olympia.

Week No. 2 Who I Would Like to Meet

If I could meet anyone dead or alive I would choose my mom’s dad. I never got to meet my grandpa Roger because he died at a young age. For a long time he suffered from lung cancer, and it eventually took him. In fact he was so young that he never got to meet any of his grandchildren. I think it would be interesting to ask him what his life was like when he was my age. I am very close to both of my grandma’s, but I have never had a grandpa to be as close to. My Grandpa Jack, on my dad’s side, died not even a year ago and he lived in New Mexico. I’ve always wished I had my grandpa closer to home, but I realize now that it made me cherish the time I had with him even more. Getting back to my Grandpa Roger, I would mostly just want to know the little things that made him who he was. Childhood stories of himself, and his kids would be told best by him, I just know it.

Week No. 1 How School is Going

This school year feels like it is going to take forever, but I know it will fly by. I don’t like my schedule as much as last year because I go from English 2 to Spanish 1. They are too much alike and it makes the afternoon seem endless. Communication Tech is my favorite class right now. Partly because it is super easy and doesn’t take much effort, but also because it gives me a break from the stressful work of other classes. I get to be creative and express myself through music, pictures, and videos. Having biology 2 and English 2 equals plenty of homework, and being in a lot of sports is overwhelming. Sometimes it seems like I almost care too much about my grades, but I know that is a good thing. Over all the year has had an average start and getting back into the swing of things is a tad bit refreshing.

English blog no. 13

English blog no. 13 Wow that was one BIG turkey!
Thanksgiving couldn’t come fast enough, and for the first time the day went way too fast. My day started at my grandmas at noon when we ate our first feast. We had ham instead of turkey, which I was thankful for considering I hate turkey, and tons of other dishes. My grandma didn’t want everyone at her house so all of my cousins and I ate with her. At about 3 we went to my aunt and uncles on my dad’s side of the family. There were about twenty five people there and an absolutely huge amount of food. My brother and I could only stay there for about an hour and a half before we had to leave for my other aunts on my mom’s side of the family. By that time I had already eaten two full thanksgiving meals and felt like I never wanted to eat again. Although I was stuffed I managed to fit in some more mashed potatoes, and dinner rolls, oh and of course dessert. My aunt Michelle had made three different pies, and we also had apple crisp. The highlight of my Thanksgiving was the wrestling match type of things we always have with my uncle. At one point he had me hanging upside down dangling from his arms. I was laughing but my mom had to ruin the fun and make him put me down. After that my uncle downgraded to “The Shocker”, which is when he tickles you. Now I don’t know about most people but whenever I am tickled, I pee my pants. Luckily I had just gone to the bathroom so it didn’t affect me. For the rest of the night we snuck up on each other giving wet willy’s. Finally we decided to call it a night and go home to get a good nights rest before we would be getting up at three in the morning to go shopping.

Blog no. 11

English 1 blog no. 11 Just by Looking
First impressions can either make or break a friendship. I believe that you can’t judge a book by its cover because all of my close friends have a lot more to them then what you might see from the outside. I think you can tell by looking at them what their clothing style is. For example I wear mostly Hollister and Abercrombie and Fitch and I think that shows that I have more of a classic style rather than a trendy style. For the most part I think you can’t tell about anything just by looking at a person. For example you have to talk to them to know if they are friendly, or intelligent. Just because a person has glasses doesn’t mean they are nerdy or really smart. It just means that they can’t see as well as others. People put stereo types on others before they even get to know them. It is a part of life and something that almost all of us do. We look at someone and say oh they look weird I’m not going to be their friend, but the truth is until we learn more about them we can’t judge them, and who knows they might be judging you too, but be the one to break the ice because you never know how perfect things can turn out. If only we were back in kindergarten where it was as simple as “Hi what’s your name? Wanna be friends?”