As a kid I guess we used to move around a lot. I don't remember most of our houses, but the first one I remember was on Pennsylvania St. in Peoria. That was the house I attended (and dropped out of) preschool in. We lived there for quite a while, until something happened (IDR the reason), but that is when we moved to our house in Chillicothe. When I was old enough, I just started school back up in Kindergarten. I didn't go there for very long when we moved to our house on Lakeview Ave. in East Peoria. I went to Riverview Grade School for 6 years. Eventually we couldn't afford that house anymore so now we live on the main road in Washburn. I've never lived out of state, and we've always been taught to value family (the people who are always there for you, and don't come/go)
But I don't believe that your home is justified by the places you've lived, or the houses you've owned. Home is where your heart finds happiness. It's being surrounded by the people who love and care about you. It's being where you feel safe, and comfortable. Where you can be yourself and not have to worry about being judged. Where you can laugh, smile, cry, and even scream, but you still know that won't change how everyone there feels about you. That is how I define home.
2 of my best friends consist of my 2 older brothers. We spend 98% of our time together in our house. We can make the most fun out of any boredom, and make the lightest of any rough situation. Inside our foundation of our home you find a bunch of.... Pretty crazy, sometimes irritating, and sometimes embarrassing, but also the most supportive, connected, understanding group of people I know. That is why I love my family and my home
10/31/12
10/25/12
POOF! (Week 9)
There are countless wishes I would make, to both benefit and harm the everyday routines of some people in my life. There are people I would love to see amazing things happen to and be happy :) ... But there are also people who I would love to see be just miserable...
The first person I would help with my wishes would be for my parents. My mom doesn't have a job, and my dad works as a contractor (which is slow in the winter), so I would make a very cliche wish, that they would have all the money they needed to support the household anytime things get tough. I wouldn't selfishly use my wish to make them billionaires so "I" could have anything I wanted... But just so we always had enough that we didn't need to worry.
Next I would make a wish about this "man" named Tim... He is a very cruel, manipulative person... So his wish would not be very good. He would finally get the karma he truly deserves. I would wish for his life to be completely "flipped upside down." He would wake up one morning and everything would be... wrong... There would be no roof above him, he'd be laying in a bed in the middle of a field. Next, he would show up at work and they tell him he was fired weeks ago. Now he's getting confused... "What' s going on?" He would keep thinking. He goes to his hangout, "The Bar," and everybody shuns him. All of his friends and everything... The rest of his life would be like a bad dream that he can't escape from...
Lastly, I would make a wish for my good Buddy, Jimmy :) I would wish that he didn't have to leave for a month on November 1st, because I know he is really dreading it and its really been hanging over his head. I would wish that all of those problems could just disappear and he would have no more worries, and he could stay in Washburn :) It's a Win Win for Everybody :)
The first person I would help with my wishes would be for my parents. My mom doesn't have a job, and my dad works as a contractor (which is slow in the winter), so I would make a very cliche wish, that they would have all the money they needed to support the household anytime things get tough. I wouldn't selfishly use my wish to make them billionaires so "I" could have anything I wanted... But just so we always had enough that we didn't need to worry.
Next I would make a wish about this "man" named Tim... He is a very cruel, manipulative person... So his wish would not be very good. He would finally get the karma he truly deserves. I would wish for his life to be completely "flipped upside down." He would wake up one morning and everything would be... wrong... There would be no roof above him, he'd be laying in a bed in the middle of a field. Next, he would show up at work and they tell him he was fired weeks ago. Now he's getting confused... "What' s going on?" He would keep thinking. He goes to his hangout, "The Bar," and everybody shuns him. All of his friends and everything... The rest of his life would be like a bad dream that he can't escape from...
Lastly, I would make a wish for my good Buddy, Jimmy :) I would wish that he didn't have to leave for a month on November 1st, because I know he is really dreading it and its really been hanging over his head. I would wish that all of those problems could just disappear and he would have no more worries, and he could stay in Washburn :) It's a Win Win for Everybody :)
10/12/12
Where Is Waldo?? (Week 7)
Where is he? Is he over here, around there, under that, or above the clouds? You never know where he can be found. I've received word he is currently at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. But, how do you get there? How do you get to Waldo?
Get in a giant red and white submarine, and swim down tot eh red and white corral reef. Around you will see clown fish, stores, bird sharks, and beyond! Somewhere in the crowd you much seek out Waldo. But what can you do when everything blends in with each other? All of the colors match, and he is completely camouflaged. Swimming through the rocks, go for a ride on a turtle, scour the entire ocean, looking everywhere for Waldo. He's nowhere to be found. Why does this always happen?
It's time to head back up for oxygen when you look up and who do you see?? not Waldo... it's just a seahorse, but he's carrying a message. The seahorse hands it over, and swims away. On the soggy paper is a clue to finding Waldo...
Clue: can be found where you least expect me... I can never be seen...
soooo, where is Waldo??
In one's imagination... Waldo lives in each individual's mind...
Get in a giant red and white submarine, and swim down tot eh red and white corral reef. Around you will see clown fish, stores, bird sharks, and beyond! Somewhere in the crowd you much seek out Waldo. But what can you do when everything blends in with each other? All of the colors match, and he is completely camouflaged. Swimming through the rocks, go for a ride on a turtle, scour the entire ocean, looking everywhere for Waldo. He's nowhere to be found. Why does this always happen?
It's time to head back up for oxygen when you look up and who do you see?? not Waldo... it's just a seahorse, but he's carrying a message. The seahorse hands it over, and swims away. On the soggy paper is a clue to finding Waldo...
Clue: can be found where you least expect me... I can never be seen...
soooo, where is Waldo??
In one's imagination... Waldo lives in each individual's mind...
Scream'In High (Week 6)
I like the movie villain, Scream. He is one of the few murderers you see in movies that actually runs. Although he is famous now, and most people could recognize the movie just by his name, it hasn't always been this way. Let's take a journey back to his high school years.
Scream was an outcast, and nobody really talked to him. He was always kind of demented, and visioned doing horrible things. He would sit in the corner at lunch, alone, because everybody thought he was strange. The more he was ignored and pushed aside, the more the rage grew inside of him. This would later turn into a horrific murder spree.
He was not smart and never really tried in school. There was one thing he really excelled in which was sports. He was very athletic, and in shape. But as high school went on, he tried experimenting with horrible "drugs", and other things, which caused him to lose interest in all extra curricular activities. He slowly became more and more distant from other classmates, and that is when he lashed out, becoming the killer he is today.
In his yearbook, most people make comments like, "oh, that's the creepy kid from math", or "Since when did he start going here?". Next to his picture would be: "Most Likely To Spend Life Sentence in Prison."
Scream was an outcast, and nobody really talked to him. He was always kind of demented, and visioned doing horrible things. He would sit in the corner at lunch, alone, because everybody thought he was strange. The more he was ignored and pushed aside, the more the rage grew inside of him. This would later turn into a horrific murder spree.
He was not smart and never really tried in school. There was one thing he really excelled in which was sports. He was very athletic, and in shape. But as high school went on, he tried experimenting with horrible "drugs", and other things, which caused him to lose interest in all extra curricular activities. He slowly became more and more distant from other classmates, and that is when he lashed out, becoming the killer he is today.
In his yearbook, most people make comments like, "oh, that's the creepy kid from math", or "Since when did he start going here?". Next to his picture would be: "Most Likely To Spend Life Sentence in Prison."
10/1/12
Teenage Teachers? (Week 5)
If I could pick any one of my teachers to go back in time and meet as a teenager, it would most definitely be my teacher from my old school, Riverview. Her name was Mrs. Crady. She has always been so inspirational, and I would imagine that she was the kind of person who liked to let loose, but also had her future figured out.
She wouldn't be part of the "popular" clique, but she wouldn't kick it with the losers either. She would just be... Average... She'd have lots of friends, but keeps to herself when it comes to major high school drama. She likes going out on weekends with her friends, but during the week she would stay home to keep caught up with homework.
She wasn't athletic, but she would be really smart. She'd join; Scholastic Bowl, Math Club, probably even tutoring peers after school. She'd have a job as soon as she turned 16, because she's very responsible and would be saving up for school after High School.
She would never be punished, nearly the top of her class, but she wouldn't be a nerd. She would know how to have fun, but it would be clean fun, that would receive parental approval.
I would definitely be friends with her in High School, because she was always my favorite teacher, and she is the one who inspired me to love learning so much.
She would be a little different from how she is now, but not much... She would just mature a little more, and gain more wisdom over the years..
She wouldn't be part of the "popular" clique, but she wouldn't kick it with the losers either. She would just be... Average... She'd have lots of friends, but keeps to herself when it comes to major high school drama. She likes going out on weekends with her friends, but during the week she would stay home to keep caught up with homework.
She wasn't athletic, but she would be really smart. She'd join; Scholastic Bowl, Math Club, probably even tutoring peers after school. She'd have a job as soon as she turned 16, because she's very responsible and would be saving up for school after High School.
She would never be punished, nearly the top of her class, but she wouldn't be a nerd. She would know how to have fun, but it would be clean fun, that would receive parental approval.
I would definitely be friends with her in High School, because she was always my favorite teacher, and she is the one who inspired me to love learning so much.
She would be a little different from how she is now, but not much... She would just mature a little more, and gain more wisdom over the years..
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