The beach is one of my favorite places in the world. Sitting in the sand looking at the water is the best thing ever. The only other thing that is even better than the beach is being on a boat in the middle of the ocean. My favorite vacation that I have ever been on was with my dad, my brother, and my aunt, uncle and cousins. We spent a week in the summer and just hung out on the boat in the ocean. We drove the boat to Miami, which took 6 hours; I, however, slept the whole time, because the sound of the motor makes me sleep. I have been on a boat since the day I got home from the hospital. My dad and I have the a special bond over boats and Florida. Every year we go to the boat show at the convention center in Minneapolis. We go and look at all the boats and look at the ones we would get if we didn't have a house. My dad and I would live on a boat if we could. Just being on the water is where I am at my happiest! On the water I forget all about my health problems, all about my friends, my family, and drama, and I can relax and breathe.
If I could just be in warm weather all the time it would be the best thing EVER!!!! I can't stand snow! It is so depressing. I don't understand why people want to visit the cold! I would much rather visit any place in the world that is sunny! In fact, I would love to go to Puerto Rico. My dad and I were talking about taking the boat all the way from Florida to Puerto Rico. It would be a long trip but worth it!!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
poetry/ song
Beautiful Flower
India Arie
This is a song for every girl who’s ever been through something she thought she couldn't make it through
I sing these words because
I was that girl too
Wanting something better than this
But who do I turn to
Now we’re moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives
Cause your beautiful like a flower
More valuable than a diamond
You are powerful like fire
You can heal the world with your mind
There is nothing in the world that you cannot do
When you believe in you
Who are beautiful
Yeah you who are brilliant
Yeah you who are powerful
Yeah you who are resilient
This is a song for every girl, who feels like she is not special
Cuz she don’t look like a supermodel coke bottle
The next time the radio tells you to shake your money maker
Shake your head and tell them, tell them you’re a leader
Now we’re moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives
Cause your beautiful like a flower
More valuable than a diamond
You are powerful like a fire
You can heal the world with your mind
There is nothing in the world that you cannot do
When you believe in you
Who are beautiful
Yeah you who are brilliant
Yeah you who are powerful
Yeah you who are resilient
Yeah you who are beautiful
Yeah you who are brilliant
Yeah you who are powerful
Yeah you who are resilient
This song is for you
yeah you
this song is for you
yeah you
this song is for you
yeah you
yeah you
you are brilliant.
1) I selected this song because it gives a confidence to whoever reads it, that you are something and no one can hold you back.
2) I heard this song on Oprah one day and India Arie wrote it for the girls in Oprah's school in Africa. India let the girls in the school name it. The girls picked a good name, because every person is beautiful!!
3) This songs has a lot of metaphors: "More valuable than a diamond" and
"You are powerful like fire" These are metaphors because you are not a fire and you are not a diamond, but she adds a lot to the song by saying "diamond" and "fire" because they are such strong visuals. Those words could also bring in personification.
4) The tone of the piece is powerful. It brings a strength to the listeners. She succeeded in this by using powerful words.
India Arie
This is a song for every girl who’s ever been through something she thought she couldn't make it through
I sing these words because
I was that girl too
Wanting something better than this
But who do I turn to
Now we’re moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives
Cause your beautiful like a flower
More valuable than a diamond
You are powerful like fire
You can heal the world with your mind
There is nothing in the world that you cannot do
When you believe in you
Who are beautiful
Yeah you who are brilliant
Yeah you who are powerful
Yeah you who are resilient
This is a song for every girl, who feels like she is not special
Cuz she don’t look like a supermodel coke bottle
The next time the radio tells you to shake your money maker
Shake your head and tell them, tell them you’re a leader
Now we’re moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives
Cause your beautiful like a flower
More valuable than a diamond
You are powerful like a fire
You can heal the world with your mind
There is nothing in the world that you cannot do
When you believe in you
Who are beautiful
Yeah you who are brilliant
Yeah you who are powerful
Yeah you who are resilient
Yeah you who are beautiful
Yeah you who are brilliant
Yeah you who are powerful
Yeah you who are resilient
This song is for you
yeah you
this song is for you
yeah you
this song is for you
yeah you
yeah you
you are brilliant.
1) I selected this song because it gives a confidence to whoever reads it, that you are something and no one can hold you back.
2) I heard this song on Oprah one day and India Arie wrote it for the girls in Oprah's school in Africa. India let the girls in the school name it. The girls picked a good name, because every person is beautiful!!
3) This songs has a lot of metaphors: "More valuable than a diamond" and
"You are powerful like fire" These are metaphors because you are not a fire and you are not a diamond, but she adds a lot to the song by saying "diamond" and "fire" because they are such strong visuals. Those words could also bring in personification.
4) The tone of the piece is powerful. It brings a strength to the listeners. She succeeded in this by using powerful words.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
the Kind of Writer I Am
1) I like writing about experiences that I have had. I like revisiting my life in different ways. I also take experiences that my friends have had and I twist them in my head and make a story out of it. I don't really writing outside of school just because I don't really have the time. I like the topics that are realistic and they could possibly happen. One of my favorite books I have ever read is The Dashwood Sister's Secrets of Love. It is one of those stories that everyone can relate too. The story is of three sisters whose life is turned upside down by losing someone close to them, and they must move away from the house, school and friends they love. However, in the new town the three girls all have these different experiences with love. It just amazes me how people so close can be so different, have the same tragedy happen to them, and how they all act so differently.
2) Writing Territories= childhood words
during my childhood I spent a lot of my time traveling between my mom, in Florida, and my dad, in Minnesota. I have been doing the same thing every week since i was 5 traveling between my mom and my dad. I had always been in warm weather, in Florida or the summers with my nannies. I have had about 6 nannies that I can remember. We had nannies because my dad worked all the time and so in order for us not to go crazy my dad got us people to take us swimming or to the parks. I loved always being in the sun, and I still do. Which i think is why one of my other words is warm weather. I never really was in the snow except for a week during winter break. I still, to this day, would rather be in the sun in the middle of the ocean on a boat.
2) Writing Territories= childhood words
during my childhood I spent a lot of my time traveling between my mom, in Florida, and my dad, in Minnesota. I have been doing the same thing every week since i was 5 traveling between my mom and my dad. I had always been in warm weather, in Florida or the summers with my nannies. I have had about 6 nannies that I can remember. We had nannies because my dad worked all the time and so in order for us not to go crazy my dad got us people to take us swimming or to the parks. I loved always being in the sun, and I still do. Which i think is why one of my other words is warm weather. I never really was in the snow except for a week during winter break. I still, to this day, would rather be in the sun in the middle of the ocean on a boat.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Toward the Future/From the Past
1)I did not like how we had to write each persons name and then the way they were supposed to say something. However, I liked the fact that there was not a whole bunch of descriptions of things. I sometimes get lost in those kinds of stories, where there is too much description not enough dialouge. I liked that it was all dialouge. I found it suprising how easy it was to write the play as a whole. However, it was difficult to write what the characters were thinking and showing how they should be speaking and acting. I don't think that I tould ever write a play or anything remotely close to it because you can't get across what the characters are thinking and that is the best part of books.
2) I would tell a ten year old that they should make promises to themselves and then keep them. From my personal experience; I had made a promise to myself that I would not drink through out high school. I had been really good with that promise. Into my junior year i started getting sick. After they finally figured out what was wrong, my doctor told me that along with eating habits, and monitoring my blood pressure, I cannot drink alot. Now I am only a senior but I had already planned on not drinking but his health scare just made it planted into my head even more. I have seen many people give up on their own promises to make other people happy. I know that if someone does not accept my own values then they are not worth my time.
3) I think the reason that Jane Austen's stories are still considered the best is because her stories are timeless; you know the boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, and they live happily ever after. I cannot see myself writing a story that last as long as Austen's because hers was the first and every writer wants to be the next great romantic writer. However there is only the select few who make it.
2) I would tell a ten year old that they should make promises to themselves and then keep them. From my personal experience; I had made a promise to myself that I would not drink through out high school. I had been really good with that promise. Into my junior year i started getting sick. After they finally figured out what was wrong, my doctor told me that along with eating habits, and monitoring my blood pressure, I cannot drink alot. Now I am only a senior but I had already planned on not drinking but his health scare just made it planted into my head even more. I have seen many people give up on their own promises to make other people happy. I know that if someone does not accept my own values then they are not worth my time.
3) I think the reason that Jane Austen's stories are still considered the best is because her stories are timeless; you know the boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, and they live happily ever after. I cannot see myself writing a story that last as long as Austen's because hers was the first and every writer wants to be the next great romantic writer. However there is only the select few who make it.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Theme in writing
1. How important is theme in what you write? Does a great piece of literature need to express an idea? Explain your thoughts on the matter using examples from things you've read. In your response, address the opposing viewpoint. (Write at least 100 words.)
I believe that there should be a theme to a story. The theme doesn't have to be siad straight out, but it can be an underlying thought provoking story, that makes you think about the theme. Some people say that a story can be written so it can just be a story. Yes, this is true but the stories usually relate to someone is someway, and that makes people think. I love relating to a story, because then it makes me think about my life. A story's theme is to try to relate to people and that's what good stories do; relate to people's real life.
2. What might be a theme that you'd consider communicating through your play. It could be a theme about something that concerns you (think back to what you wrote in your first blog), a theme about something you see socially or politically. It could be a theme about anything else. Write about that theme and why it is important to you? (Write at least 100 words).
A theme I would write about would be friendships. This theme of friends/ friendships is important to me because my friendships are one of the most important things to me. I have seen way too many friendships/ relationships lost. Those friends can be lost over the dumbest things. In my theme it would show the importance of friends and how they can shape who you are and what you become. This relates to everyone because even the most shy person has that ONE friend that they can go to and talk to when things get hard.
3. What is one conflict you write about in your play. Generate some ideas for conflicts you could write about. This may or may not be connected to potential themes. (Write at least 75 words)
A conflict I would write about would be a person-person conflict. It would deal with two people having a problem with a bunch of other people or even just one other person. I would also have an internal conflict with a main character feeling insecure about one specific thing. The characters would all have their own way of dealing with conflict. But in they way that they deal it somehow related to another character.
I believe that there should be a theme to a story. The theme doesn't have to be siad straight out, but it can be an underlying thought provoking story, that makes you think about the theme. Some people say that a story can be written so it can just be a story. Yes, this is true but the stories usually relate to someone is someway, and that makes people think. I love relating to a story, because then it makes me think about my life. A story's theme is to try to relate to people and that's what good stories do; relate to people's real life.
2. What might be a theme that you'd consider communicating through your play. It could be a theme about something that concerns you (think back to what you wrote in your first blog), a theme about something you see socially or politically. It could be a theme about anything else. Write about that theme and why it is important to you? (Write at least 100 words).
A theme I would write about would be friendships. This theme of friends/ friendships is important to me because my friendships are one of the most important things to me. I have seen way too many friendships/ relationships lost. Those friends can be lost over the dumbest things. In my theme it would show the importance of friends and how they can shape who you are and what you become. This relates to everyone because even the most shy person has that ONE friend that they can go to and talk to when things get hard.
3. What is one conflict you write about in your play. Generate some ideas for conflicts you could write about. This may or may not be connected to potential themes. (Write at least 75 words)
A conflict I would write about would be a person-person conflict. It would deal with two people having a problem with a bunch of other people or even just one other person. I would also have an internal conflict with a main character feeling insecure about one specific thing. The characters would all have their own way of dealing with conflict. But in they way that they deal it somehow related to another character.
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