End of My First College Semester

Finally!

I got through the first semester of college decently. There have been lots of ups and lots of downs. After getting used to the whole college life, things just kept finding their way into distracting me and into angering me, but I’ve worked through it.

Lots of stress flew into me this year at the beginning of the school year. There were lots of things to learn and lots of things to get used to and it all just seemed to be too much! After some recollecting and somehow making everything work day by everything seemed to go down a little, but there was always something to worry about whether good or bad.

The goods that I came across were most of my teachers, a sorority, new friends, and good grades. Then some things went wrong and grades went bad and it was a tough time dealing with it all when I thought that I couldn’t do much to fix it. Thankfully in the end I pulled through and things didn’t turn out as bad as I expected.

Midterms grades looked scary, but since I’ve seen them I’ve worked my best to try to improve them and I think I have. After being a honor roll student in high school and seeping down into a slump it doesn’t feel good at all, so the next semester knowing now what to expect and how to go about thing I plan to get all A’s which was definitely not the case the first semester around.

College is definitely a right choice for me and a great opportunity that I will now appreciate more next semester and the semesters that follow. I will work to my capability from now on.

Christmas 2007

Christmas is around the corner, and I am not in much of the holiday spirit. I usually love Christmas, but this year as of right this second, I’m not felling the holiday spirit. I think it’s because I’m not ready for Christmas yet. It came extremely fast. This year with getting used to college and with having a job around this time, I feel as if life is speeding by.

Christmas means having to do intense Christmas cleaning around the house, putting up the lights, decorating the house, putting up the Christmas tree and the worst of all shopping. Shopping is one hectic thing around Christmas that I dislike very much right now. I love giving and receiving is not something I always expect, so that’s not why I’m disliking shopping, but it’s because all the nonsense you have to go through. It is always hard buying for friends and family whether it’s because you don’t know what they want, or whether it’s because they tell you to save your money and not get them anything at all. Christmas shopping is great when you know what the people you’re buying for want, but that doesn’t seem to happen often. I have to admit that I am one of those people that are hard to buy for because I really never know what I want, so I have an abundance of sympathy for everyone shopping for me.

I wish this holiday can be a bit easier. It’s really not about the presents and I have
definitely learned that from my shopping experience. With all this troublesome shopping horror that comes during Christmas, it is great to see the look of someone’s face when you bought them something they weren’t expecting, or something they wanted and weren’t expecting to get.

Hopefully my Christmas troubles will end and Christmas won’t turn out as bad as it seems.

A Christmas Story

Holiday films are the best! They always get you into the spirit of the holidays. The best holiday movies are the Christmas movies. They are always funny and entertaining. They also always seem to do with the havoc of Christmas shopping and so on or having to do with the peace, love, and care that comes into play after all of the havoc. Some classics and favorites are The Santa Claus series, Jingle All The Way, Home Alone series (some may disagree with the Home Alone series being a holiday film but I believe it is.),and plenty more familiar ones.

There is one Christmas film that my family and I enjoy ever year on Christmas Eve though there are a million favorites we could have chosen. The film is one we will continue to enjoy and this film is A Christmas Story. In this film there are just so many ridiculous things to laugh about. School kids get themselves in trouble and in the worse time of year during Christmas. There are hysterical parts that never get old, such as the kid getting his tongue stuck to a frozen pole or another kid getting wrapped up tightly in winter clothes from his mom that he looks like the Midas mascot(the big white puffy looking dude that looks like a combination of a marshmallow, a ghost and a mummy). This film just has a ton of nonsense that can be enjoyed by the whole family and this is part of one Christmas tradition that will hopefully always stay the same.

New Job

Jobs of course are something you need and I am somewhat fortunate that I found myself a new job. I say somewhat fortunate because I guess it’s great I have a job, but it is a job I wish I didn’t have.

I am doing so much labor in this job and I definitely think I should be getting paid much more than I am getting paid. I work hard five days a week six hours a day, sometimes even more struggling with keeping my mouth shut, so I don’t disrespect he nasty boss that thinks she IS always right when she’s really not even close. I got this job during the holiday season so I hope I won’t be staying after January because I really don’t know how I can put up with this ignorant, disrespectful, nose high in the air kind of person.

This only being my second job I guess I really haven’t seem much of how people could be and how they want things run, but I really think this is one place that will always stick out as being my worst job.

Should you really fear death?

Recently for my psychology class, my professor has given an incredibly interesting story to read. It is a fictional story about death, by Tolstoy.

The story of The Death of Ivan Ilych is an eye-opening story that has made me more appreciative and more of the life I am living and should be living. I have learned that all the bad things that go on in one’s life could possibly be unforgettable and overcome the few good memories that may occur. Life is pretty much death. Whatever it is that you want to achieve or whatever you want that makes you happy is something that is important when you’re time comes. I have developed this belief that if you do what you want to do and create a life of full happiness, death can possibly become and easier aspect of you’re life when the time comes. Instead of fighting everything off and realizing all the wrong, living a happy life could help you realize right away that you achieved a well life that you will never forget. Though death will most definitely be something not easy to cope with the period of time where final acceptance is needed will be an easier time.

Living a life of unhappiness and of regret is something that I don’t want to die with. I don’t want to live blindly thinking I am happy when I am not. I will try to live life to the greatest extent and complete it, as I want to. I will not let others conquer my beliefs or lead me to believe in something other than my happiness and my families’ happiness. Tolstoy’s story seems to be a realistic story that seems to be almost correct. Though it is just a story, it is a story that gives off a tremendous impact on the reader because it is a story that in some ways makes complete sense. Everything that has happened previously in your life seems like it will eventually affect you in the end mentally. I can see possibly looking back on my life and wondering what I have accomplished and if I was happy and if my family was happy. If these aspects result negatively I’m sure I will feel pain and agony and wish I could live again, if only to correct some mistakes that have occurred, or to just fulfill some sort of endless happiness.

From Tolstoy’s story I have also discovered that my fright of dying has increased a great amount, but there is also a settling aspect in the story that makes me feel somewhat more settling than before.

My view on Immigration

Immigration has helped the United States.

I agree with this because it has been said that immigration has a positive effect on wages and the economy as a whole. Immigrants will take any job they can get, even if its low wage and this helps us because Americans would be wanting more money to be doing the jobs that immigrants do. A study done by Immigration Policy Center at the University of California tells that immigrants and U.S. workers are not competing for the same jobs because immigrant’s skills and level of education differ from an Americans. The immigrants tend to find jobs such as dishwashers, landscape work, or farm work because that’s what’s available for them. Americans find those jobs unappealing and don’t seek that type of work so it would never be done if immigrants don’t do it.

Illegal immigrants take away jobs from U.S. citizens.

I disagree with this statement because many immigrants don’t have jobs that Americans are seeking. Immigrants have low paying jobs and Americans are looking for high paying jobs. As it has been said by many Americans will not be seen doing dishes in a restaurant, doing farm work, or landscaping, those are just not jobs that appeal to Americans. The immigrants are helping us by taking those jobs that we will not do. Illegal immigrants are coming here to try to make any penny that they could and by taking such jobs that Americans despise they are getting the money that they want.

The U.S. government should put more Immigration and Naturalization Service border patrol agents on the border of Mexico.

I disagree because putting more border control agents will cost a lot of money that the government should not need to use. If they put more Immigration and Naturalization Service border patrol agents on the border of Mexico illegal immigrants will just find other ways to get into the U.S. or even resort to the legal way, which will then have proved that the government is wasting money setting up that many border patrol agents. I believe that with or without these border patrol agents immigrants are going to keep trying to come to the U.S. to find a better life and I don’t think the U.S. would like to deny them from this country which we promote to have endless possibility.

What a Game

Soccer is a sport that is very important to me. I have a passion for it and I love it. It is something I wish I can play everyday. It is one thing that truly makes me happy and never brings me down.

I have played soccer for about thirteen years now and it has been a great thirteen years. I have learned many things from many different coaches and from many different players.

High school was the first time I competed and was very serious about the game. The previous years I didn’t realize how much soccer meant to me and why I was playing it. In high school it became very clear that it was a game that I grew up with and there are many memories and events that I remember, all because of soccer.

Freshman year I was a bit drawn back from trying out for the team, because it was a whole new experience after leaving a team I have played with for about nine years. My old team knew me and knew what my skills and slight weaknesses were, but now I had to face these new potential teammates that didn’t know how I played the game. After trying out and making it I grew comfortable with my new team, after learning nobody was perfect and learning that the team wasn’t too successful.

This was the start of my happy high school years, being able to play for my schools team. I grew with even more excitement and happiness knowing I was a starter. I was good enough to bypass some veterans and others. I never knew that I was a good player until high school.

Senior year was an important and unforgettable year for me because I was captain of my team and was so happy to be known as a leader of my favorite sport. There were ups and downs of my experience playing, such as the last two years where I had to take one for the team and switch my position. This is one thing I wasn’t happy about, but grew to learn why I needed to do it and was happy to do it for my team.

Soccer is a completive, skillful, and aggressive sport, but yet is also about the mind. Making the right decisions of whom to Pass to and what to do within split seconds is an important factor in the game.

Soccer is a sport that has taught me so much. I have learned to become smart, successful, and a leader. What better could you ask for?

SOCCER is my PASSION and nothing and no one could take it away from me.

Broadway Bliss!

Singing, dancing, comedy, drama, and happiness all in one equals Broadway. Broadway presents a variety of shows from How the Grinch Stole Christmas, to Rent, to The Producers, to Jersey Boys, and just about everything and anything in between. Each show is original and dazzles in its own way.

Broadway plays are something I always wanted to experience and I finally had my chance to now in college. For class I was assigned to go see one Broadway play out of a great amount of choices. The plays that I was able to choose from were Rent, Les Miserables, The Color Purple, Pygmalion, Hairspray, Wicked, and Avenue Q. It was a tough decision, but with the choices all being phenomenal and not being able to make a decision, I chose the play most of my friends were going to see. The decision came down to Rent. I was so excited because I have heard so many great things about this play and many other plays and I did not know what to expect.

Rent, which is written by Jonathan Larson, is an appealing play that is about a filmmaker and a musician who can’t seem to pay their rent. During their process of making it along without electricity and with little money they encounter numerous old friends and new ones that help try to comfort each other. They all have problems of their own from break-ups, to having AIDS, and to dealing with deaths. They all somehow overcome these hurdles and come together to enjoy an appreciate life.

I thought the play was great. There were some incredible singers, one being American Idol contestant Tamyra Gray, who was outstanding. Each cast member put on a serious, yet sometimes-funny act, which was quite entertaining. My favorite character in the play was Angel. Angel was a transvestite/musician who livened up everyone. He made the show fun and exciting to watch.

My experience of my first Broadway play was enjoyable and I can’t wait to head out to NYC to see another one.

Sculpting my life

Art and design is something I love. I’ve always loved coloring, painting, drawing, and doodling, which I probably why I am so interested in art now.

I remember a lot of really amazing projects that I loved to do in design class in middle school and extremely fun and great project from my ceramics class in high school.

I guess I love it because it’s something that is so easy for me to do and something that is usually extraordinary to the eye and viewer. I love the beauty involved in art and the uniqueness of it all. You made nothing into something.

I really enjoyed my ceramics class in high school because I loved being able to create anything I wanted and make it anyway I wanted with my own actual hands. Besides that, the class was overall fun because of the fact that you felt like you were five again and playing with play dough, but this time around I actually wanted to make something important and meaningful, instead of a pink pizza or a blue banana.

In ceramics I made vases, mugs, plates, monsters, monster heads and just about anything else I wanted to make. They were all fun but, I enjoyed making the monster the best because I created it my out of my imagination and I think its one of the best projects I have done. I sketched the model of the monster before actually making it, so when I made the monster and it was coming out exactly the way I sketched it I really felt like I accomplished something. I made something that was on paper come to life.

I have learned over the years that art has become a very important thing in my life, and I hope to have some kind of career in art. It is something that makes me feel talented and accomplished.

What could it be?

Your head is spinning…your body is shaking…your heart is racing…what can it be? It’s the anticipation and the anxiety that most receive from roller coasters.

I love roller coasters. They are something that puts so much fear into you and you get this intense adrenaline rush that eventually turns into a great feeling for people who like roller coasters. Going slowly up the coaster you have a pit in your stomach because you know the time is coming soon when you’ll have to plunge down a good fifty feet or sometimes less or more. The drop is feels like you’re plunging to your death, but you’re of not.

I get a great feeling like I can do anything after coming off a roller coaster. They could be really scary sometimes, but after it’s over you get a real feeling of accomplishment of some sort.

There are some great roller coasters out there and I’ve only had a chance to experience a few, but the few I had gone on were unbelievably fun. I have been on the Incredible Hulk, Dueling Dragons, The Cyclone, El Toro, Superman: Ultimate Flight, Kingda Ka, Medusa, Nitro, Batman, Scream Machine, and Rolling Thunder. All these coasters are unique in their own way. You get a different experience on all of them from whether there are lots of loops or lots of turns or neither of those.

My favorite coaster presently is Nitro. Nitro is an awesome roller coaster that has no loops, but plenty of fast swift turns and a frightening drop, which is my favorite part of the ride. The drop is my favorite part because you literally almost fall out of you’re seat with how steep the drop is and it feels like its going forever. Plus this has to be one of the scariest roller coasters I have been on, which you feel like you aren’t safe in your seat. The best seat on this ride is the front. It’s a scary ride in the front, but for me the scarier the better. I love it though I can’t get enough of that feeling when you’re dropping, and you get that fast wind in your face.

Roller coasters are a blast and sort of a hobby for me. I like to go on the fastest,tallest coasters that have the most loops and turns possible.

The Best Feeling Ever!

I love to do community service when I can. It is something that brings me warmth and happiness knowing I am doing something for someone else. Doing something little for a little amount of time seems like it doesn’t help at all, but I really think it really does. I had a great experience volunteering at the Light the Night Walk that I will not forget.

At the Light the Night Walk there were so many great things going on, but one thing I remember the most was the people that were coming in to walk. I remember this because that day I saw lots of sad faces and lots of happy faces. The sad faces were on people who lost someone very important to them from a blood cancer and the happy faces were one of survivors. That day many emotions were stirred up and it was a very meaningful day to respect loved one who have fought with cancer and won and the many that were being remembered because they fought to the very best of they’re ability. This overall was very memorable for me because my mom had a type of cancer in the blood and she was one of the fighters and winners. That day I could sense the feelings of why the walk is something important to them and I can relate to all of them remembering the good and bad that came and went with the diseases that one has suffered.

Another memorable experience at the Night the Light Walk was blowing up the balloons for the event. This was a great experience because I have never done anything with the Light the Night Walk before and I didn’t know how many people came out to support it, so by blowing up thousands of balloons some for the survivors and others for supporters, I got a great sense of how great of a thing people are doing, just blowing up balloons and realizing that there were many people and more are planning to show up. It was amazing seeing being able to hand out balloons to the survivors. You get a great view of the courageous and thankful people who have almost lost everything.

This was an unforgettable experience that I will always remember. I had a lot of happy times helping out, but also sad times seeing some wear t-shirts of lost loved ones. Overall this made a strong impact on me and I continue to go help out at the Light the Night Walks each year that I can hopefully attend.

The Good and the Bad

Families are the greatest things in the world. They love you, they hate, they fight with you, but most of all they are always there for you. I love my family very much. They are a special part of me that I hope will never change. There are two specific people in my family that have been through a lot, fighting for their life and to death with having so much accomplished. I am very proud to be apart of my family because of these two people, these two people being my grandfather and my mother.

My grandfather started his life in Italy and came to America with very little looking for a better life just like everyone else was. Unlike most the people that couldn’t find a better life, my grandfather did, by working hard. He started out in the pizza business not knowing anything, and learned how to do everything and eventually owned his own pizzeria with one of his close friends. Being an extremely dedicated worker he worked so much that I hardly ever saw him, but I made time to see him every week, even though he came home late at night. My grandfather worked so hard all for his family.

A few years ago I lost my grandfather to cancer. For a few short months he struggled for his life and it was very hard on everyone. It saddens me every time I think about him, but I try to think of the happy memories I was able to share with him. I remember a few times when he would let me help out in his pizzeria, showing me and letting me make pizza. It made me so happy being able to help him. I am very proud of my grandfather because of how he struggled in life with little choices available and then worked to succeed in both business and family. My grandfathers pizzeria is still open today as it’s been for the past thirty years or so and I would love to accomplish something as big as his pizzeria.

My mom is so special to me because she has fought for her life about eight years ago when she was diagnosed with cancer. I was little when she was diagnosed so I didn’t understand much about cancer, but I knew enough to know that my mom was in trouble and that I needed her. My mom used to do everything for my brothers and I so we knew we couldn’t lose her. My mom is the only one we could depend on and she tries to depend on us, but we usually fail, so I admire her for being able to do so. With the good and bad memories that came and went, I am so very thankful that I am sharing more great memories with my mom now. I believe my mom has accomplished so much taking care of us and protecting us three kids by herself, while also trying to take care of herself.

Luckily I was able to share fun memories with both my mother and my grandfather before either one of them got cancer. In the summer of 1999 my grandfather took everyone to Disney World in Florida. It is memorable because it was the first time I had ridden on an airplane and the first time going to Florida and Disney World. I felt scared at first riding on the plane, but then I sat back and watched a movie and before I knew it I started seeing beautiful palm trees for the first time. I remember the fun we had on all the rides in Disney and the wonderful walks we took looking at things we had never seen before. One specific thing I remember about this great vacation was this cool adventurous mini golf course we went to. It was an awesome golf course with lots of interesting holes, where you had to go around things and wait for things to move out of the way in order to shoot. At the end of the game I remember a big oyster shell hole where you had to make a shot in the oysters opening and closing mouth and the best part was that my older brother and I did it and won a free games. It was such an amazing trip and I’m glad I got to enjoy it with my mother and grandfather, while things were still okay.

Clueless???

I am having a lot of trouble deciding what career path I will eventually choose after college, so I recently took a personality test to see where I place in the world. I still had no idea from the test what I wanted to do, but I had quite some interesting options (according to my personality anyway).

I have learned that I have an ISFP personality, which states that I am good with children, animals, and people. I like caring for others as well as caring about myself and the things I do. I also like being original and not being a leader or a follower. There are quite a few jobs that people with this personality could enjoy; they are a teacher, social worker, artist, designer, pediatrician, and a chef. The three jobs I think I can take on are a teacher, designer, and a pediatrician.

I think I can take on being a teacher because I can be patient and I always like to be helpful. I would like knowing that I am teaching kids something that they will have to know the rest of their life. Its nice looking back and realizing, oh I’m glad Mrs._______ taught me that. I always loved school since I was little, I never hated it. I was eager to learn new things and to do new things. Being a teacher was one option I thought of but don’t think I will pursue. I feel like I need a bigger career.

I think I could become a designer because I love creating new things that appeal to the eye. I love seeing something new and different that hasn’t been seen before so I think I could have fun with a job such as designing. Designing seems to have no boundaries, you can take it as far as you could and I think I would like that aspect of the job. I love dealing with color and symmetry and abstract things, its all-just fun and I think that’s what attracts me to it. With designing you could go one way and do something that’s very symmetrical or do something very abstract. But whatever you pick both are extraordinary in their own way. I think the fact that you can be right if you do something a different way each time attracts me to the job. I think I would love to pursue a job in designing.

I think I would be able to take on the job of a pediatrician because I am interested in health and love children, so what better job to have then to help children with their health. I’ve always loved kids probably cause I love being one, which is why I think I can handle this job. I like kids outlook on things and I like the way kids try to handle themselves. They want to seem invincible and do a very good job at trying to accomplish that. That’s why I would probably enjoy caring for the children so I could help keep them invincible for as long as possible.

All in all I’m still clueless and I hope I come up with a clear vision of what I want to be soon.

Steriods Again?

I’m not pleased at all to have recently found out that in baseball steroids are still a big issue and that the players haven’t learned not to take them, after several incidents of old steroid use occurred a few time already. The recent report of a major amount of baseball players using steroids is very disappointing me. According to ESPN and newspapers I have heard that about thirty MLB players have been found to use steroids of some kind. The players that have possessed this drug may become suspended, unlike before when players were tested positive and had no serious penalties. They only had a brief suspension.

I thought to become a professional athlete meant that you were a talented hard worker who earned a deserved spot on a team, but I m coming to realize a lot of them are cheating and I don’t like it. I am a big sport fan and to see this is disappointing. I just hope to find out in the upcoming release of some big names of steroid users or growth hormone users doesn’t turn out to be players I admire dearly. I put so much hope, loyalty, love and belief out there, when watching some of my favorite players and to possibly find out they abused their privilege of being a professional baseball player would be devastating to me, as I’m sure to many others. Some of the main people I love to watch because I think they are true professional of the game of baseball are Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Roger Clemens, Jorge Posada, and Johnny Damon, as well s a few others. I truly hope that they are not cheats, which I don’t think the are, and hopefully all will be well with all my favorites, so that I am not left HEARTBROKEN.

Baseball with the Bronx Bombers

Baseball is a game of intensity.
Baseball is a game of tranquility.
Baseball is a game of patience.
Baseball is a game of concentration.
Baseball is a game of physical strength.
Baseball is a game of mental strength.
Baseball is a game that you could hate one second and love the next.
Baseball is my favorite sport to watch.
Baseball is a game I treasure.
Baseball to me means the New York Yankees.

The New York Yankees are very important to me. They are something I have been passionate about since I was a little girl. They are a thing of my childhood that has made amazing memories, since about 1996. 1996 was a time when I first started learning of the game of baseball. I first learned of the game of baseball at my grandmother’s house as I was trying to stay a distance from my older brother so that we wouldn’t fight. I would drift away from the boring conversation of the adults and go to the couch and television where my uncle sat to watch the Yankees. I would sit with him and watch uninterested, but I sat and heard my uncle cheering, I became more interested in finding out what he was cheering for. I began to learn that every time a pinstriped player hit a ball that wasn’t caught, was a time for cheering. I would then ask question about what the point of the game was and I slowly began to learn and love the game and the Yankees. Each time now, (which was almost every night) when I went to my grandmother’s house my first and last stop would be at the couch to watch the game with my uncle.

As the baseball season went on in 96’ and I knew the basics of the game, I learned that October was a very important time for baseball, and this year it was especially important for the Yankees. The Yankees made it into what I now know is called the postseason. I knew that this meant the Yankees had a chance of becoming champions of baseball. So as the Yankees battled successfully through the postseason, they finally came down to battling the Atlanta Braves to get their chance at becoming champs. I don’t remember vividly about who had the lead in the series or anything like that, all I remember is the awesome celebration after watching the Yankees become champions. I remember the cheers and shouts of excitement from many of my family members, after watching the game together. Times like this are some of the happiest memories I had when I was little. The Yankees made some good memories for my family and I and I hope their will be future memories, even though the Yankees haven’t done that as great this last few years as they had done in 1996.

After the celebration of the Yankees winning the World Series in 1996, I learned that there was a Yankee parade. I had no idea that the Yankees got a parade for winning a game of baseball, but it excited me, and when I found out my uncle was taking me I grew ecstatic. Going to this parade for the first and definitely not the last time I didn’t know what to expect, so when I got there and saw the players that I now knew after watching many games, I looked on with a blank stare. I was in shock to see the very players I watched on T.V., right in front of me. Besides that great part of the parade I never knew of such a celebration where you get showered with shredded paper flying out of the tall building surrounding you and where toilet paper was used to throw around in celebration. I loved this whole atmosphere and I wouldn’t trade this parade in for any other. All of this combined is how I grew to LOVE the Yankees and no matter how horrible they’re doing I will always be a faithful Yankee fan and I will wait how ever long it takes for the Yankees to win another World Series title, so that I could go to my favorite parade in the entire world.

Kids are the Paparazzi?

I recently read an article titled Just One More Before Bedtime! This article is about two young teens who have been spending late nights out around Los Angeles looking for celebrities, so they can photograph them. The 15 year old Blaine Hewison and his 14 year old friend Austin Visschedyk have found taking pictures of celebrities quite entertaining and have concluded that they can profit off of the photographs. These two teens are so serious about this that Blaine actually has his own photography company, which is called Pint Sized Paparazzi. Austin has been payed for photos he has sold to The Daily News, and OK! magazine, and Blaine recently was paid $500 for a picture of Britney Spears.

I found this article interesting because I never would have thought a picture I saw in a magazine was taken from a 14 or 15-year-old kid. I can’ t believe these kids are out there taken these photographs after so many stories have been told and seen of paparazzi getting abused by celebrities. In fact Austin and Blaine have said they have been attacked. Austin has said that he has had his camera ripped out of his hands by singer Erykah Badu and Blaine has been pushed to the ground by a bouncer.

Today I have learned that paparazzi are not a job not only for adults, but also unfortunately for innocent kids with a hobby. I believe this job is NOT fit for kids. What do you think?


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/fashion/07kids.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Halloween : {

"Trick or treat, smell my feet.Give me something good to eat.If you don't, I won't be sad.I'll just make you wish you had!"

This is saying that could only mean one thing, which is that Halloween is coming. Halloween, which is one of my favorite holidays, always seems to be a memorable day. This is one day where nothing could ever be too weird and where nothing could ever be too funny. Though I love the weird and funny of Halloween. One of the greatest things I like about the holiday is the scary aspect of everything. I love getting a good scare on Halloween or any day as long as it is all in fun. Whether I see a Michael Myers walking around or a zombie, or a gory dead looking person I will definitely get frightened with the few minutes of looking at the horrid site, but after comprehending the knowledge that it is all fake, I enjoy to see such sites.

Costumes were always a favorite part of this holiday for me, besides the candy. The costumes are such a unique thing to see. Though each year you get your few costumes that you see at every corner you turn, there are still some creative and imaginary costumes that I love looking for every year. My mother being one to dress my brothers and I in the unusual attire, I have grown to like seeing unusual costumes. Now instead of wearing the costumes and going trick or treating I have grown like parents, and have begun to like searching for great costumes. This was a phase I thought I would never want to be part of. Halloween to me was to dress up and get candy and anything else was a bunch of nonsense to me. This is a tradition I wish I would never had to grow out of. Though now I can’t enjoy Halloween the way that I used to, it is still a favorite holiday and I think it always will be.

Memories are Everything

Memories are things that last a lifetime...or at least to me they do. I think memories are a very important thing to a person that could bring back amazing times in ones life. I am always finding myself looking my favorite times with my grandfather. I look at unbelievably happy memories to find a time when my grandfather was alive and well. As I look back at specific memories, for a split second I think my grandfather is still alive and with me. This is the brief joy I get out of memories and hope that I always will because the times I spent with my grandfather were terrific whether it was a good time or a bad time where lessons were learned.


Memories from when I was younger seem so wonderful and timeless. Looking back on times when I was young and seeing the person I was I enjoy thinking I still am that innocent shy little girl where trouble was never to be found and where problems of the world were no problems of mine. Though I obviously am not exactly the same as when I was a child, I still do find aspects that make me the same great person that I believe I am.

Memories are everything. They are everything I am now. They are everything I was then. They are everything the world is.

Fictional Adventure Books = Happy ME

I may seem weird to some for saying such but I love books. Not all books, but only the kinds that interest me, such as fictional books, adventure books, fantasy books, and anything that's really creative and fun to read.

I love books because my mind loves to wander into the unknown worlds that books usually portray. They take me away from reality which I sometimes need. I love and could only wish to have a chance to experience some of the things I have read.

My all-time favorite book series is Harry Potter. The author J.K. Rowling is such an amazing author writing such a complex yet comforting and extremely satisfying story that is a favorite of both young, old, and whomever else in between. This series is one to never be forgotten and I think many to come will love reading it as well. I love this series because its such a magical world of everything a kid has ever dreamed of, besides the unfortunate trouble that Harry faces.

The final book she wrote of the Harry Potter series Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows was absolutlely outstanding and completely satifying. She did an amazing job making this book as great as the last six. This one possibly being my favorite(or maybe not its too hard to choose from out of them seven). J.K. Rowling left you with a great ending which undeniably you wanted more to come, but she also left you with a perfect understanding and complete ending which didn't need any more explaining.

Greek Life

The first couple days of college I found miserable because I barely knew anybody, so when I heard about Greek life I jumped at the chance just hoping to meet new people. I knew getting involved is a major part of what makes your school life amazing, so when I realized Greek life was the major thing at my college I realized I had to at least check it out.

Joining a Greek organization was something I never had in my head until actually going to college one day and ending up at a Greek life meeting later on that evening. I have heard plenty about Greek life over the years, and never pictured myself becoming involved in any thing of that sort. Fraternities and sororities were only things I was used to seeing on television and in teen movies, but as I got to realize for myself what Greek life was I quickly wanted to know more and more about Greek life. I realized that its about helping your community and helping each other. I like that alot because I am always looking for some good to do in the world.

As I kept going to meeting after meeting, I eventually kept getting closer to becoming a member of Greek life before I knew it. Going to meet the different sororities and girls was something that was very different and something I would never have done.Soon enough though I realized how close the girls are to each other and how the girls in the sorority are almost like family and then i knew that the decision I made of was a good one. I love my family and my family is a very important aspect of my life, so having a second famild would be amazing.
Now actually a member of a sorority going through the whole process of getting in, I have gianed a numerous amount of friendships and a numerous amount of sisters that have definitely became a wonderful part of my life.

College is not high school

The first day of college was very interesting. For once in my life I wasn't nervous going to school on the first day, but later on after the first day of college and the first week I realized I should be. I didn't know anyone and didn't know how the whole college atmosphere worked, so as i walked from class to class I got nervous. Leaving my first class I was oblivious to what the teacher had said and nervous about the syllabus that i received. I have never had a syllabus before that, so I vastly became overwhelmed by this.There was so much work crammed into the syllabus and I had no idea when everything was going to get done. I was always given project and assignments a couple weeks or a month before it was due, but having it all put out on the first day of class put alot of stress on my shoulders.

This was quite different from high school because in high school I would do absolutely nothing for the first couple days, but now I had to be ready and able to work in class on the first day. Another thing that is different about school is that they definitely dont baby you in college, which could possibly be good or bad. You are definitely given a big chance to grow up in college which I like, but I dislike that you sometimes have to figure out things out on your own. I am the kind of person that needs things set out crystal clear and in some classes I haven't received that.

Now having been almost a month into the school year I have learned how to juggle everything and have learned to figure things out on my own. School has finally turned out better than I ever imaged and am now happy to be a college student.

"Why I Write"

“Why I Write”
Writing is a unique tool that we are lucky to have. Writing can show all about who people are and what they believe. I write for many different reasons and in many different ways and I believe I write based on how I feel at the moment. I write based on my personality, my culture, my language, and overall my personal learning experiences over the years. I mostly write to speak truth, other times I might be creative and write fictionally. I’ll write to embark in an endless unrealistic adventure, or I’ll write to learn from possible mistakes.
I write to express my feelings and ideas toward people and situations, which is probably why many people write, but I do so in my own way. I write to show my intelligence as a person and to show my perspective on how I see things and how I see others. When I write I try to share what I’m talking about to the reader so it is understandable and interesting, as well to get my point across. I usually write to share insight on my interests and me. I write to show my enthusiasm about what I’m talking about. I try to be creative and fun so that I enjoy writing.
My favorite thing to write is fiction because I love to be creative and come up with the impossible. Fictional writing has endless possibilities, which you could have so much fun with. I like to dream big and pretend to believe in something such as dragons or magic, so writing fictionally makes me do this. This is what and why I particularly love write.
Overall writing to me is a way of reflecting my ideas and my beliefs that are possibly different from others, but that doesn’t make a difference because that’s why my writing is mine. My writing shows how I think and how I perceive things and ideas. My writing reflects my life experiences and my learning experiences. My writing reflects my dreams and ambitions as well as reality. This is “why I write.”