School (Haiku Poem)

School is sometimes fun

Yet boring at the same time

I can't wait til summer!

This picture reminds me of the fact that school is almost over, and summer is almost upon us. Another idea this reminds me of is springtime. I feel like Wisconsin didn't even get to have springtime, just a few days. Right now, the weather is about fifty degrees, and on Sunday, it was about eighty! It still feels like winter, or fall, in a sense. Even though I'm exicted for summer, I still wish we could have had a nice springtime, also.

Life of Pi

Author's Note: This is just a little review of the book I'm reading, Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

Currently, I an reading a book called Life of Pi by Yann Martel. This is a very complex book, yet I'm enjoying it a lot. It is about a young Indian boy stuck in a lifeboat at sea with a 450 pound Bengal tiger. Pi is trying to survive at sea after the boat he is on sinks, and is trying to keep Richard Parker (the tiger) alive with him. I have about 100 pages to go, and I'm really enjoying it and being able to connect with it at certain parts. A prediction that I have is that Pi will be able to escape, and Richard Parker will be stuck at sea. Even though I don't know what will happen, it's a very enjoyable book.

A Chip's Life

Author's Note: This was a Drama class assignment, where we had to chose an object and write about it in the view of an object. I did a chip in a bag of chips.

OH MY GOSH! Kennedi's gone! I'm so sad. She was my best friend! What will happen to me now? I hate being a chip! All you do is sit in the bag in a store, waiting for someone to walk in and buy you. What if you don't want to go? Hmm? Then, if you're stuck at the top of the bag, you go first. If you're in the middle, you see a few of your friends leave and disappear into a gross person's mouth! Eww! And, if you're unlucky enough to be stuck at the bottom, you have to think about what's coming for you. I was in the back, watching all my friends leave. Why do chips have to go through with this? Our lives are so filled with sorrow. I wish I wasn't stuck here!  Oh no! There goes Kaitlin! Now Natalie! Annie! Abby! Isabella! Jessie! Emma! Oh great….my turn! Good-bye, cruel world!

Love

Love. It’s a complex, strange thing. It takes many different shapes and forms, and everyone experiences it one way or another. Some forms of it could be romantic love, friendship love, family love, and finally, unrealistic love. I personally feel that this is the kind of love that most people want in their lives, the kind of love that usually doesn’t happen in real life. Doesn’t everyone want something like that?

When most people think of love, they think of a love that meets no boundaries, lets nothing break them apart, and they love each other no matter what. Is that realistic? Not really, I think. I love a great romantic movie as much as the next girl, yet I know love usually isn’t like that. Take Legally Blonde, for example. Paulelle has a huge crush on the UPS man who delivers her mail to the nail studio where she works. Accepting her mail, she drops her pen to show off. They bent down at the same time to pick it up, and Paulelle breaks his nose! It was hilarious, yet that’s beside the point. Would that happen in real life? Probably not. I wish that love worked that way.

The type of love that I have in my life right now is friendship and family love. I love all of my friends and family, and I know they love me to, even though we fight. When it comes to movies about friendship, no matter what huge fight they had, everything will work out. The same goes with family. An example of that is Bride Wars.  Two best friends are going to be married at the same time at the same place. The problem? Neither one will change their wedding date. In the end, everything works out. That might have happened in real life, yet I doubt it. No matter how close you are, friendship has boundaries        

All of these reasons show how Hollywood makes love unrealistic. I love all of those movies, and I did as a little girl, yet they make up situations that in real life, probably wouldn’t work out. I believe that one day; Hollywood should make a movie that shows what actually happens in real life.   

Something Borrowed Essay Response

How would you feel if your best friend got everything that she wanted? There was almost nothing left for you. This is exactly how Rachel feels in Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. Rachel’s best friend Darcy got everything that she wanted, even her old college crush as her fiancée. Darcy just felt that it was her life, and she deserved everything. Both sides are quite easy to connect with. Which side can you connect with? Something Borrowed, by Emily Giffin, is a great novel that shows that there is more than one side to every story.

Almost every person can connect with both Rachel and Darcy. All of us have been in a situation like that, and most of us were unsure of what to do. That’s exactly how Rachel felt. Rachel was sick of her best friend getting everything that she wanted, excluding her crush for her fiancée. Tired of it, she confessed her feelings to Dexter. Rachel was horrified and overjoyed to hear that he felt the same way. Would I ever do that to a friend, even if she was selfish? Probably not, yet I’ve never been in such a confusing situation that Rachel was in. I’m not sure exactly what I would do, though I understand why she did it. Dexter was who she loved, and sometimes with love, you have to push boundaries.

Even though it seems like Rachel is the clear winner of this fight, don’t forget Darcy’s side of the story. She got everything that she wanted, ever since Darcy was a young girl. It was all that she knew, and as she got older, Darcy had to get everything, no matter what the cost. It wasn’t that she purposely did it, yet it was all that she knew. Can I connect with Darcy and her need to get everything? Even though I know why Darcy felt like this, it’s difficult for me to connect with it. Every once in a while, I feel like I want things I don’t have, yet I would never go to the extreme that Darcy goes to. Yet, when you want something so badly, you will do whatever it takes to get it.

Emily Giffin’s wonderfully written book shows you what happens between two friends when they fight over something they both feel is rightfully theirs. Rachel and Darcy loved Dexter, and they knew he loved them both. Darcy felt like she needed to win his heart, and Rachel just wanted to keep the peace. It’s simple to connect with both characters in a certain way. Who can you connect with most? Something Borrowed, by Emily Giffin, is a great story that shows each person has a secret. 

Author's Note: This is a different ending to the book Something Borrowed. Sorry if it gives anything away!

I was walking down the road, going to Starbucks, just minding my own business. Once I walked in and sat down with my iced coffee, I saw something that scared me so much.

It was none other than Darcy, staring at me.

Should I be scared of her? I thought to myself. I mean, yes, I was dating her fiancée behind her back, yet she was pregnant with my “boyfriend” Marcus’s child. She is the one who has the most faults, I thought.

After she brought her black coffee, Darcy walked over and sat by me. Both of us just stared at each other, not knowing what to say. I was the first one to break the silence.

“So, how have things been?” I asked her.

“They have been better,” she said. “How’s living with my ex-fiancée?

“Great,” I told her. “How’s being pregnant with Marcus’s baby? Are you living with him? Or did he kick you out?”

“Wonderful,” Darcy told me. “No, he didn’t kick me out, either.”

She snapped it back at me. Even though she did all of those things to me, I was sorry about what I did to her. I knew that I needed to apologize.

“I’m sorry, Darcy. I don’t want to attack you with accusations. Also, I am truly sorry for what happened between Dexter and I. Please know that I didn’t do it on purpose, and I didn’t want it to happen that way. I wish I would have gone out with him in law school, instead of him making a move on me when he was engaged to you. I truly wish it didn’t happen this way.”

“Thank you,” Darcy said back to me. “That means a lot. I know, too, that I’m not perfect and I’m also at fault. I mean, you’re not the one who is pregnant.” 

She looked down at her belly, which was slightly bigger, yet not enough to make her look truly pregnant. Darcy just looked like she had gained about ten pounds.

“How many months are you?” I asked her.

Darcy told me that she was about two and a half months. She was due on June 23.

“Do you know if it is a boy or a girl?”

“It’s a girl. I didn’t have an ultrasound done, but I know in my heart that it’s a girl. I’ve always wanted a baby girl; even if things haven’t gone out the way I wanted it to go. Yet, even with all of this going on, I think I’m happy. Are you happy, Rachel?

It was a very difficult question to answer.

“Am I happy? I’m happy with Dexter. I’m not happy with the way our relationship has gone. I want us to try to be friends again. Do you want to try it out?

“I’d love to,” she said. “Even though it probably won’t ever be the same, I want to try. OK? I’ll call you soon,” Darcy said. “Now I have to go.”

We both stood up and hugged.

“I’ll see you soon,” I said, and smiled. She smiled back and walked out of Starbucks.

Wow, I thought, as I walked out of the coffee shop. That one conversion changed the whole way Darcy and I’s relationship was going to go. In a million years, that was never the outcome about our friendship that I would have imagined.  
               

This clock reminds me of how little time left we have of school. I think there is only about four weeks left, and then it is summer. The last few weeks of school are usually fun, yet hectic. It's fun because all of us are excited for summer, and we can't wait till school is over. Yet, it's hectic, because everyone is concerned about gettting in all of your work, and finishing the year with good grades. For most of my friends (including me) it's a mixture of both. During these last few weeks, we usually help each other studying for end of year exams while having fun with each other at the same time. We are all excited for summer. Even though I'm happy it's almost summer, I am a little sad that the year is ending. It was a great year, and I'm sure summer will be great as well.

Summer (Haiku Poem)

Beautiful summer

The sun shining down on you

Making your days bright