Article of the Week

 

 

The article of the week that made  me think about a topic differently would have to be Romance With Chinese Characteristics. It talked about how the chinese are so different than us when it comes to dateing. I learned that even though we are different we are all people and we all deserve to have the same rights. We all have feelings and no matter where you are in the world you should treat people the way you want to be treated. The one that I thought was the most interesting was the first video we watched last week. It manageed to keep my attention and I understood what Sir Ken Robinson was saying. People are people treat them all the same.

Spring Break

 

This is what we will all look like at my school tomorrow. Tomorrow is our last day before spring break. We all need this break. My bottom picture is what we are going to look like at the end of the week. I am so happy tomorrow is thursday I have been counting down the days for a week and a half. The only thing that is going to get me out of bed in the morning is the fact that after I get home I am out for a week. Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow.

Long Day

 

Today has been one of those days that time seems to slow down. I had a test in first and then in second and third I had benchmarks. Fourth we did worksheets the whole time. So I think that it is safe to say I feel exhausted like all the energy inside me has been taken or just plain demolished. I have a test everyday this week and today alone I had three. The great news is we have no school Friday and it starts spring break. I am so happy I think we all are in serious need of spring break. Sorry if my blogs are boring I have been having problems thinking of things to blog about. Have a good night. I hope you enjoy my pictures.

Book Trailers

I just started reading the third book in the Wicked Lovely series. Yesterday I decided I was going to watch book trailers on you tube. Not a good idea, because it ruined a part in the book for me. Something happens to someone and I had not gotten to that part yet. I hate it when people do things like that. They should put spoiler alert in the title so that we know not to watch it. I am on chapter 7 and so far it is a good book so far. If you like books about fairies or love triangles. Well it is actually like a square. Then you should read this book series. The first book is called Wicked Lovely. If not sorry for wasteing your time. You probably should not have read this blog. If you don't enjoy those things.

Best Sugar High, No Sleep Weekend Ever!

 

This weekend I went to one of my best friend's houses. We were together for 40 something hours. We hardly had any sleep and lots of soda and cookies. I bet it was funny to watch us. We have a friend who lives in south Korea, and we got on skype and started sending her IM's. She must not have been on, but she will definitely know we were there next time she gets on. We were having a one sided conversation, because she was not on. The funny thing was it lasted for like an hour and a half. We laughed so hard all night. We talked to one of her friends for three or four hours straight. Maybe more we stopped counting after an hour. We talked to him till 3 i think. We stayed up till 5 and when we finally got to sleep her alarm went off at 6. It did not stop till we were both awake and she turned it off. We watched YouTube and just had a good time. The first night I was there we were up till 1:30. I bet we will both sleep well tonight. This was something that I believe we were both in serious need of. We were so stressed  from school. I think that sometimes all anyone needs is a weekend with their best friends to make them feel better. We probably could have found a better way to unwind, but hey we are still Young. It is okay to occasionally just get with your best buds and eat lots of sugar and drink lots of soda. I would not make it a weekly thing though. We watched Life of Pi and Rise of the Guardians. Life of Pi is a good movie for people who don't get easily confused, and Rise of the Guardians is a great movie for the whole family to watch. We are in high school and liked it. We hope they make a second one. I finished my book today and started another one! I am happy I had a great weekend. It was a lot better than last weeks.

My Book

 

I am currently reading The Ask And The Answer. It is a really good book so far. I can't keep my nose out of it. It is definitely a page turner. If you have not read this series and you like science fiction. Then I recomend the first book ,The Knife of Never Letting Go , to you. Even if you don't think you will like it you should at least try. I got to a surprising part in the book yesterday. All that I have to say is if you make a promise you should keep it. I could not believe what one of the main characters did. When I was reading today I got to a part and I found out two of the main characters are now fighting on opposite sides of the war that is going on. When I read that in class , where I was supposed to be watching a video, I freaked out a little bit. I managed to be quietish untill the video was over. I could not believe what I was reading. Any way enough about my day. Watch this book trailer for The Ask And The Answer. I hope you all enjoy.

My Lunch

 My friends and I almost always laugh at lunch. Sometimes one of us is laughing and the others don't know why so they start laughing to. Today in lunch I was saying something and one of my friends was like a wall. She was totally spacing out. I told our other friend it was like talking to a wall and then she snapped out of it and was like what did you say? We started laughing. They both started laughing at me and I did not know why. I asked them what was so funny and they said it looked like I was rocking back and forth like a crazy person. I am not crazy. I just found it fun to push off the table and fall forward again. The thing is I would probably skip lunch if none of my friends were in my lunch because lunch is really boring without someone to goof off with. Even if we are just complaining. I would not trade my friends for anything. They are the best part of my day most of the time. I don't know why people think that they do not need friends, but I have to disagree with them. I think that everyone should have at least one friend that they can trust their lives with. So those of you who think they are okay alone. I want to wish you the best of luck in life. Especially when you look back and are the crazy cat neighbor someone gossips about with their best friends. So don't be that person don't do anything you regret in your life. You want to look back on your life in fifty years and say "If I could redo that I would Not because I have no regrets.

Homework

 

Is it just me that feels stressed when they do homework? I don't always feel stressed when I do homework only when I don't understand it or my family stressed me out while I was trying to do it and I blamed my homework. That is how I feel right now, and on top of homework I have to study for a test in spanish that I am pretty sure I am going to fail. Just thinking about it stresses me out more because I have not failed a test in there yet. We get our first nine weeks report cards soon and if I get too many bad grades it will bring my grade way down. I think I am stressed now I can't wait to see when we get report cards or better yet my spanish test tomorrow. I know teachers giver homework for a good reason but it is pointless if we don't understand it. I don't think it would bother me so much if it was quiet in my house, but that would only happen if my mom went to the store and took everyone with her. That will not happen because our car is still broke. Which stresses me out more because I have not stayed for rifle practice in forever! I can't wait untill spring break! Spring break equals No homework or tests which equals less stress. It seems like time has slowed down just before spring break. I hope everyone else has a less stressful week now knowing they are not the only stressed ones out there.

Ariel's Voki

This is my voki for english class.

My weekend

 

Today started out okay. It was actually a really good day until about an hour ago. I swear my family has some serious issues. My mom decided to do something to make me want to scream, cry, and hit something all at once. I did not I just started listening to music and ignoring her. This whole weekend my I swear my entire family was acting bipolar. One minute everyone would be yelling at someone else and the next they would be acting all happy like nothing happened. It was so frustrating because all I wanted to do was get away. When I feel like I need to get away I just find a way to mentally get away because I can not physically get away. The only problem is that they follow my most of the time. My family does not understand what boundaries are. They don't understand that sometimes I just need my space. I know that space is hard to get with so many people in a small house. I just want no I need time to myself sometimes. I was angry when I started blogging but I started listening to music and now I feel better. Everyone needs something that they can use to calm down. I think that if more people had a way to calm down when they were mad then there would be less crime in the world. So next time you get mad find that one thing that calms you down and do it. Go do it instead of hitting anyone or thing. Don't do something that you will regret latter after you do calm down.

Good day

 

Today I went on a walk. I said to myself the weather is nice today I think I will go for a walk. I convinced my brother to go with me. I did not go to clear my head but it did clear my head. It also gave me energy today. Lately I have not had a lot of energy, but being outside for 90 minutes seemed to do the trick. I found myself with a lot more energy today then I have been having. I think if everyone would go on a walk for at least 30 minutes or a run. They would find that they would have more energy each day. I believe that the reason athletes have more energy then people like me is because they are outside more than us. Anyway I am happy that I convinced my brother to come with me, because when we were on our way back home someone we did not know drove up and was like do you need a ride? He probably just wanted to help but never get in a car with someone you don't know. So we politely said No thank you we are okay. I mean we were almost home anyway. The point is do not get into a car with a stranger even if they look nice. Most of the time that is the kind you have to look out for the most. I would have probably freaked without my brother there. Never walk alone and don't get into stranger's cars.

13 Things I Learned from Clifford the Big Red Dog

1.Love comes in all shapes and sizes.
2.Don't eat too much food you will get sick.
3.You need to share in life.
4.Be nice to everyone even bullies.
5.Just be you don't try to be something your not.
6.Being tall does not mean you can't have true friends.
7.Life is full of adventures.
8.It's ok to take risks.
9.Be considerate of other's feelings.
10.Don't be greedy.
11.You need to have friends.
12.Big animals have feelings to.
13.Not all dogs are mean.

Annoying People

Have you ever had someone like this in front of you? If not you have at least seen them before right? They are really annoying. It is like why are you like this? A couple of years ago I went to a concert with my family, and there was someone in front of me standing the entire time. I had to stand up just to see over their head, and because I was standing I bet that the people behind me were standing so that they could see. It is like a domino affect if one stands they all stand. I think that each person behind the other thought they were annoying. So because of the person in front of me someone thought I was annoying. I am not annoying on purpose most of the time I promise. So please don't be like the person in the picture. Someone behind you is probably standing and if they are at an event as long as a concert I can almost guarantee that they don't want to stand the whole time. Just because you want to does not mean everyone else does. Please be considerate of others!

Stress

 

When you hear test what do you think of? I think of stress, headache, study, finals, Act, Sat, College, learning, cram sessions. Not all things are bad when it comes to tests, but when you have multipule tests in one day and have no idea anything on any of them. That is when people tend to get stressed. Stress is not good for you. I have two tests tomorrow and I need to study. To tell you the truth I am a really big procrastonator and I have been for a long time. Procrastination is a really bad habbit to get into. Especially if you start at a younge age like I did. It is an adiction like smokeing or drinking. You should not do it but someone is always stupid and always does it. If you want less stress don't be a procrastonator and definately DO NOT DO DRUGS! Remember JUST SAY NO! Do Not waste your lives on sonmething stupid like that.

Good Books

 

 

Have you ever read a book that is so good you can't put it down? I have read three books like that lately. The first book I read because my friend told me it was the best book she has ever read. I agree with her it is the best book I have ever read also. I guess I should tell you the name of the book. It is called Divergent. A group of my friends have read that book. It is like wild fire. When one person reads a good book they tell someone else and then they tell someone else. Before long everyone you know is reading the series. We all have my English teacher to thank because she is the reason my friend read the book in the first place. The second great book I read was Insurgent. The sequel to Divergent. The third book which I am currently reading is called The knife of Never Letting Go. I am almost done with the book and so far I give it a five star rating. If you start to read a book and then put it down because it is boring in the first chapter you might have made a big mistake. I say that because if I had put down The Knife of Never Letting Go then I would have been missing out on a good book. The point is to never give up you might miss out on a great opportunity.

Futures

 

Have you ever been asked "what do you want to do with your future?"  Did you think to your self no should I? I think that it should not matter because we will change our minds a million times by the end of college. I think that it is good to get us started thinking about our futures at a young age, but I also think that we should not have to figure out what we want to do for our entire lives in elementary school or in high school. Don't get me wrong it is great if you know what you want to do with your life! But if you are like me and change your mind all the time then what is the purpose? Some people don't even figure out what they want to do with there lives until they are done with their first year of college. My problem is not that I don't know what I want to do. It is that there is too much that I want to do with my life! We don't live long enough for me to do it all though. That means my problem is figuring out what I want to do for the rest of my life. I mean seriously I have already changed my ind twice this semester and we are only in week seven of it. All that trying to figure it out is doing to me is giving me more stress than I already have from school. Which is not a good thing. I think that it is cool that colleges try to help you find the right college for you but what about the right career for you? Shouldn't there be something that helps you narrow down your list. There are so many options. When they ask you in elementary school you think just say something collage is so far away. Then you look up and you only have two and a half years of high school left and it is like where did all of that time go? You hear people say that high school goes by faster than elementary or middle, but you never really believe them until you are in high school. I can't believe that we are registering for our junior year this month! It seems like yesterday my friends and I were freshmen. One of my friends is signing up to be a senior which means next year is her last year in our school. You hear stories about people never talking again after high school, and it is not on purpose it just happens. All that I have to say to that is that they better all stay in touch with me. We all promised I hope that they remember. I think that is one of the scariest thoughts of leaving high school. You are leaving everyone and thing that you know and probably won't talk to them any more. Which is a very scary thought. Also I know what it feels like being a new kid I mean so far I have been to seven different schools. When we leave high school we will just be the new kids again and that idea kind of scares me.

Surprise

 Have you ever wondered why people say surprise? I mean they could have came up with something else, but I guess I could say that about any word in the world. Have you ever watched a movie or read a book and the end surprised you? Maybe you had a situation in your life that surprised you. You could be surprised by a lot of things. Have you ever been looking forward to Monday and it surprised you? Last year I found myself looking forward to going to school and when I was at school I was looking forward to going home. It was like I did not want to go home or to school. So by knowing that. Would you say all surprises are good? How many different kinds of surprises are there? If you think you are giving someone a good surprise but they don't like surprises is it a good thing? If you have good intentions but it all ends up going wrong. What do you do then? I would like to know who came up with surprises and ask them why they came up with them. I would like to ask them if the reason that they came up with the idea has changed since then. But I guess we all have things that we would like to do don't we.

Crazy

 

Have you ever been called crazy? Has any one ever asked you " Do I need to take you to the crazy house?"  Well I want to know what exactly fits under the catagory of crazy. Who decided what is considered crazy and why? I mean if someone looks like the cat in the corner then they probably are crazy. I mean look at it it is kind of scary. Then again I think that there are different kinds of crazy. I guess there is no such thing a saine because everyone has a little bit of insanity in them some where. I always say that there is no such thing as normal because everyone has there own definition of normal. Everyone has a little sanity and insanity in them it just depends on which side they lean more towards. I think if you use just a little of your insanity but are more saine than insane. You will be better off than the people who use more of their insanity then they will probably be crazy. If anyone gets pushed to far they have a very likely chance of being like this cat at one point in their life. If you are like me and lack sleep a lot then you might seem dilusional to others crazy maybe even. So here is a tip try to get more sleep and if it is because you have trouble sleeping then I suggest you go tell your doctor.

Just Be You

 Has anyone ever told you to just be yourself? Did you stop and say what? Only you can be you and no one else can. My sister needs to take a page from that book. She just needs to learn what she likes and stop using everyone elses. If my mom asks us what we want we have to ask my sister first otherwise she will just say something one of the rest of us says. That is not her being herself. I think that even the twins that look exactly alike will have differences you just have to find them. I believe that everyone is different in there own way. The only way to actually live is to just be yourself and no one else. If more people would be themselves instead of trying to be someone else then I think the world would be a better place. Don't you want the world to be a better place? I know that I sure do. I am tired of all the drama and fighting that goes on in the world. Why can't we just have world peace? I think I know. Not enough people being themselves and to many people tring to be like others. Here is a tip for everyone like my sister. If they don't like you for who you really are then they are not even worth your time.

Bullies Are Not Cool

What are bullies? They are everything in these pictures. People only bully others because they think that it is cool. Well here's a news flash for all you bullies out there. You are NOT cool. In fact one day you will probably be working for the people that you are bulling. One of my friends and I have a not really bully but they are kind of like one. There is a group of girls in our lunch who think that it is funny or something to try and steal our table and when we sit at the other end they listen to our conversation and then talk about it loud enough for us to hear. We think that they are trying to get us to leave our table. Well we are not going anywhere. Today I did not feel good at all. We got our lunch before them and sat back down where we have been sitting since the third day of the semester because no one was sitting there. One of them left there purse there so we sat next to it. When the girls got there lunch then they came up to us and started talking to us very rudely and we just ignored them because we don't care too much for drama. We also don't communicate with rude bullies. My friend said you could tell that I did not feel good and when they got rude I just said I heard what you said but we did not move your stuff. They got all mad and walked off saying something about me getting an attitude. I did not get an attitude but I could have said it a little nicer than I did. I don't understand why we could not share the table because there are only three of us and we don't need the whole booth.These pictures show what I think of bulling.