Blog Reviews

Poetic Clarity: I love the writing on this page. I love the different pictures that were put on here. I think this person put a lot of thought into what the blog should look like and what kind of writing would be displayed.

Iiawahrofefil: Beautiful page. I love the images and the background. I have no idea what the name is on the blog or what it means, but thats why I clicked on it.

Till Human Voices: Another pretty cool blog. The pictures match well with the posts. Best blog I have seen yet.

What I learned.

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It's getting toward the end of the semester. With Mr. Good, still being our teacher in our first period class. I can honestly say that I have learned more in this semester with him, then I have in any class I have ever taken. I have taken life so seriously until this year. Yeah, we have important things to take care of, we have school to go to, and a job to keep, and sports to do your best in. But I rather live a fun life, then living a successful one. Life is way too short to be the perfect kid. Sometimes you need to step out of your boundaries and try something new. So what if everyday is raining or snowing in Juneau? Get some boots on, and run around in the puddles, slide on the ice, make a snowman. What's it gonna hurt to miss one night of homework? This whole semester has been life changing for me. Dance team is making me realize who I really am and what kind of worker I am and how much I care for myself and others. It's making me work harder in school, but then again, I make myself have fun on my off time. I appreciate the weekends a lot more then I use to. And I dread the weekdays less.

Killers

I killed a wasp today. 

It was small
                    exquisitely formed
                    a masterpiece of aesthetic function
                    full of myth
                    and an ancient, nameless grace,
                    I smashed it with a book
                    on Jungian dream interpretation
                   then flushed its weightless beauty
                   down the toilet.

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Fear
                  made me kill, and
                  I wonder now
                  I've wondered all day
                  if all killing
                  is not fear

                  if all killers
                  are not cowards.

Martin Williams

Riff: My Pledge

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   I pledge allegiance to lazy Sundays and doing nothing but watching football with my family, and going to ballet class with my team. I pledge allegiance to Monday mornings when everyone is too tired to be in school, and Friday nights when people get a little too crazy. I pledge allegiance to the frozen grapes sitting in my freezer and to my red Gatorade waiting to be drank. I pledge to late night work outs, just to get school off my mind. I pledge to two hour phone calls with my best friend and two second phone calls with my parents. I pledge to writing letters everyday to my brother stationed in Germany.   Our class wrote about things that we pledge to. I really liked writing about what we pledge to because mainly, it was just to write about things that we love.  
   I pledge to a lot of things. Any and all things that complete me. I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for the things that I listed. I feel like everyone is pledged to something. And that what makes you, you.
  

A Part of Me.

As I look down

At the vertical steep slope

I see the whole world below me

The crystal clear white snow gleaming

The wind whispers sweet melodies

My adrenaline begins pumping 

And there’s nothing worth stopping

This ride of a lifetime 

I soar down the vertical drop

A sense of weightlessness overcomes me

The crisp air sliding past my face as I 

Begin to accelerate

I feel excitement as I am speeding past

The trees, not having enough

Time to enjoy their natural beauty 

I am carefree and strong 

Snowboarding has never done me wrong 

And we are dancing along

As one on this mountain 

My mind becomes clear

There is nothing to fear 

Of reaching this snow heaven

I look up to the horizon and this

Is the only place I want to be

This is my true love and it 

Completes me

People may not believe me

But this has become a part of me,

A part of everything that is dear to me

My Gratitude

  Thanksgiving only comes once a year. But I believe that Thanksgiving should be everyday. Everyone should be thankful for what they have in life. And they should show how much they are thankful for the things around them.
   I'm thankful for many things. I'm thankful to have a beautiful house with heat and a roof over my head with a bed to sleep in. I'm thankful to have a beautiful mother that is still here with me today. And thankful to have a a dad that didn't completely leave me when I was born. I give thanks to the air that we breathe and the clean, clear water around us. Thankful for the many opportunities that have been given to me to make me the person I am today. I'm thankful for the strength that God has given me. If he hadn't, I wouldn't be here today. If I had family, friends, and people that I didn't know that were there for me and that I was thankful for. I'm thankful for my priest that prayed over my bed for a week straight, begging for my health to come back.
   I try to give thanks everyday. I am happy to be who I am today and I don't wish to be anyone else. Everyone should be thankful for what they have right now, even if its not what everyone else has.

Blog Reviews

Blogger907
   Blogger 907 and I almost have the same layout and we will probably have similar writing.

Sjoroos Stories
   I enjoy coming to this page because Jessica is funny and I can't wait to see what else she writes on her wall. I can tell that this blog will have more of a, sarcastic feeling too it.

Blub Blub Blub
   Amazing writing. Everything that she says seems to have a ring to it and I understand it. I never have to go back and read the parts that I didn't understand. Beautiful writer. I hope to read a lot more from her.

Remember..

     I walked into class today, sat down, and looked up to the board to see a slide show of our army in war. It made me think of someone very close and important to me. He's my best friend, my rock, my brother. He was always drinking, partying, making poor choices as a high schooler. He didn't let his age keep him from having fun. He partied like there was no tomorrow. And sometimes, thats exactly how he felt. He would always tell us to have a blast today because tomorrow might not come. He would come home in the mornings and tell us his mistakes that he made that night, and then told us not to make the same mistakes. But sometimes, I thought he was bragging about how stupid he was. I guess thats how high schoolers are. 

      I looked up to my big brother. His name was Brandon Donaldson. He was an all-star football player for JDHS high school and he never let anything get in his way. He walked like there was no worry in the world and nothing could stop him. Whenever he got mad, he never rose his voice. He always spoke softly with us. I loved my brother. I knew that he was stupid, but he really taught me how to grow up. I learned everything from him. I always did what he told me to do. If he told me not to drink,  I wouldn't. If he told me to go say something to my mom, I would. 

        One day he had a change of heart. He woke up from a short night of sleep and took me to go over to the army recruiting office. He signed a couple papers, got his ticket to Anchorage, and went to go take some tests. I wasn't quite sure what was going on. I didn't know why he wanted to go fight for our country. I didn't want him to die.

     He left four years ago. He was stationed in Hawaii for all these four years and has been successful in everything that he does. Our family is so proud of him. Everything that he has done, has impacted us and him. He shakes my dads hand now when he sees him. He salutes us kids when we give him a hug. Now, he has a beautiful wife and a beautiful baby girl on the way. 

     It's like he knew that this is what his life was going to be like. He always told us to live it up like no tomorrow. And he did that. He did that everyday in Juneau. Now that he is doing something with his life, he is so much happier now. 

     MY definition of REMEMBERING, Brandon Donaldson.