Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Birthday!

Yay, it’s my birthday today! I am officially 18! So far the only present I've gotten today was a pop from my friend John. A lot of people have wished me a happy birthday though. Parts of today suck since I bowled a terrible game in gym today, my friend Rob endlessly tortured me, and my dad is going into chemo for the fourth time, and now my whole class is singing to me. Oh dear lord. On the upside though I am going home with my friend Michelle, and we are going to Target to look for a birthday present for our friend Leah. We are going to make a stop at Southdale too so I can get my free Caribou. Then we are going to eat at Perkins for my birthday dinner. Hopefully my parents will have something special waiting for me when I get home, but if they don't I guess I don't blame them. The party should be fun, but I have no idea when it's going to be. One thing my friend Leah and I are going to do sometime since she just turned 18 too on the 16th, is get my belly button pierced. She is going to get her ears pierced again. I want to get my belly button pierced I think. It depends on how much it will cost and how much it will hurt. I somewhat don't like needles. Speaking of needles today is also the blood drive. I was going to sign up for it, but I chickened out like last time. I feel somewhat guilty for not doing it, but I will give blood someday. I swear. I can't wait to check the mail today. I hope I get a few birthday cards. If not today I probably will get them within a week. Knowing the people who send them I will probably be getting money in them. I really don't know what else to say. Oh yeah. I just remembered another cool thing about being 18. I can officially vote! I can't wait to vote in the upcoming election. I am not totally sure who I will be voting for, but most likely it will be whoever wins the democratic nomination. Ok, that is all I have to say about my birthday today. I hope today will be a good day.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

"Let Me Let Go" Critique

2. The song I picked was "Let Me Let Go" by Faith Hill. I picked this song because I really like it, and I find that it relates to me. The song is about someone who can't get over their ex lover. This relates to me because I have the same perdicament. I noticed that I tend to like songs that I can relate to. I find that listening to songs such as this helps me express my emotions in a less obvious way.


3.The title of the song fits perfectly. The title of the song was picked because the phrase let me let go is used many times througout the song's chorus.


4.Imagery is somewhat used in the begining of the song in the second stanza. She mentions touch and sound. Metaphor is also used in this part "I've been two thousand miles Down a dead-end road" She hasn't really been down a road, but that is describing how she feels. Hyperbole is also used because she uses exaggerations throughout the whole song to describe her situation.


5.The tone is sad and longing. The tone is set up by somewhat exaggerating her situation. It is also enhanced by the melody, and her singing the song slowly.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Writing Territories

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I personally like to read novels. I like novels because they take longer to read, so I will have something to keep me busy longer. One of my favorite authors is Stephen King, even though I haven't read any of his books since last summer. I like to write either short stories, poems, or journal entry style stuff. I used to write almost every day, or at least once a week, but I haven't writen anything in a really long time other than for school. I usualy write in a journal about stuff that is going on in my life. If I don't have anything interesting to write about in my life I write about random subjects that are usualy depressing ones. I don't know why but it seems that it is easier to write about things that are sad than happy.

3. Thursday, the day of the hockey game was very fun. I couldn't get out of school, but I hung out with my friends. It was sweet because I pretty much did nothing all day. First hour all I did in math was a fun word wuzzle work sheet. In gym second hour I talked to my friends in my gym class in the weight room. After that I hung out with my friends in the cafeteria. My friend Michelle and I listened to my ipod, and started planning our trip to Wisconsen Dells this summer. We don't even know if we are going to be able to go, but hopefully everything will work out. By the end it was very annoying because my friend Adam kept taking stuff out of my back pack and hiding it. He used to do that in eighth grade too, so he was doing it for old times sake. When we had to go to fifth hour I had to go to child psych. I was the only one there at first, and Mrs. Kieffer had her kids there, so she asked me to watch them while she went to talk to Mrs. Irons. Her kids were very loud and hyper. I got out of sixth hour early so that was fun. It was a good day.