Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Weekend 16
This weekend was a pretty amazing weekend! I went to Lisle (Lisle is the exact definition of a small town) for a tournament. So my plans for the day were to average 180. For my last three games I averaged exactly 178. My high game was 194 and I would've had a 205. This sucked because I missed a simple spare and the girl who won had a high game of 201. But it's all good and I learn for next time.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Weekend 15
So this weekend was way too short. I need about two more days to fully enjoy the weekend. This weekend I had a lot of family over this week. My uncle and Grandma came up from Memphis (really South Haven Mississippi on Friday afternoon. Then, later Friday night, my uncles came down from Minnesota and brought my five cousins. Other than a full house my weekend's has been pretty fun. I had a lot of friends over and people I haven't seen in a while. It was nice being with everyone.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Weekend 14
This weekend was a lot of fun, but it was crazy busy. Friday after school, I went to a birthday sleepover! I got make up and my nails done! I ate a lot of pizza and bread and salad and pretzels.I couldn't spend the night because I had a tournament in Joliet the next day. My mom drove me about 50 minutes out to Joliet and I bowled four games and then 10 baker games. After every single game we had to switch lanes, which was a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun and everyone's improving.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Weekend 13
This weekend was technically a 5 day weekend, but if anyone asked I'd say it was only 1 day. This weekend should have been another month. I would move this up to the nest weekend of the school year, so far.Wednesday was a little hectic because I was out all day and when I got home we began cooking. On Thursday I decided to sleep until about 10 or 11. I woke up to more cooking and then family came over and ate all of my food. We left out for Black Friday shopping at about 7 pm. We went to about 5 stores and then were back in the house by 2:30. Then on Friday after we were refreshed from sleep we went back out to another 5 stores. Saturday I saw Catching Fire with some friends, but I hadn't seen The Hunger Games. Then finally on Sunday I watched The Hunger Games on Netflix. Now that concludes my weekend and back to school I'll go.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Weekend 12
This weekend is an exciting one because Thanksgiving is in 4 days! That means lots and lots of food and family. This year everyone is working, so it's going to be hard to get us all to eat together, but we'll work something out. I am even more excited for the extra three days off. I'm hoping to get some bowling and homework done. Maybe this weekend I'll actually get ahead on some of my work and projects. I have to work on my English project, Spanish project, and my other English project. I also have to study for a trig quiz, so yay! This upcoming week will be a fun one.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Weekend 11
This weekend was a pretty fun weekend. I hung out with Cristina and Sophie on Friday and we took the train downtown. We did a little shopping but mostly window shopping. We took the train back to Cristina's house where I spent most of my time obsessing over the island in her kitchen. On Saturday I did two of the dance a day classes. I took G & D pep rally and din daa daa which were a lot of fun and work. On Sunday I bowled and the rest of my day was spent sick and studying.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Weekend 10
This weekend was a four day weekend. Monday was Veteran"s Day and Tuesday was report card pick up day! I was just glad to get the extra days off. I planned on being somewhat productive and this time I was, I actually got ahead on some of my work. Donald surprised us Friday by showing up out of the blue. We were really happy to see him but no one knew he was coming. I thought he should get in trouble because he drove through a desert and some mountains by himself. Luckily he took two breaks and didn't do the full ride at one time because knowing him he probably would have. We took him out for dinner and the spent the rest of the weekend with him.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Weekend 9
This weekend was a three day weekend. I planned on catching up on sleep, but of course that didn't happen. Thursday was the best start to a long weekend.Olivia did my makeup for my Day of the Dead costume. She was the cutest Russell ever! Noami also had the best costume of the day, he was Edward Scissorhands and his costume was perfect. He had the hands, the black belts and chains. His hair was even perfect and the faces he made for the pictures were on point. After school Shayanna, Cameron, Kyla, and I went trick or treating and I got my first ever full sized candy bar. Overall my weekend was pretty awesome!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Weekend 8
This weekend was a busy weekend even though some of my plans got cut short. I got invited to a quinceañera at 6pm, the movies at 6pm, and the fashion show started at 6pm (1pm for backstage and designers etc). The fashion show had already been planned for the past week and a half so of course I went with the fashion show, plus the community service hours wouldn't hurt. The fashion show turned out to be fun but a lot of work. It was actually a legit fashion show and it was pretty amazing! There were bloggers and buyers there. They had people being interviewed and photographers. It was a great experience, but next time remind me to wear comfortable shoes because I was on my feet for the whole night and the cowgirl boots weren't cutting it.
On Sunday I saw 12 Years a Slave which had me in tears for the last 30 minutes. It was a very emotional film, but I loved it. I can say that it was the most realistic movie I've ever seen on slavery because nothing was held back. I can say that it was the most honest movie to ever be created. What I found really surprising was the fact that critics gave it 96 out of a 100. My motto for critics is "if you listened to a critic, you'd never see a movie". I'm not a fan of critics but I think they did right by this movie. It was in my words DA BOMB!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Weekend 7
10/18-10/20
This weekend was another weekend of bowling...so I'll write about another topic. Ha! Just kidding my weekend consists bowling and according to someone it was the best week I've had so far! This was awesome to hear because my baby step improvements were turning out to be great! I got a new spare ball which was pretty cool and it hooks really well. I have truly been slacking on weight lifting which is super important for my ball speed which is still at 9-10 mph and needs to get to 15 mph. So for an ending I'll write an important note to myself: DON'T FORGET YOUR JOURNAL CHECKS!Monday, October 14, 2013
Weekend 6
10/11-10/14
This weekend has got to be the best weekend so far. The only real issue I had was not being able to find my headphones. So my weekend started with the Homecoming game. We won 55 to 0! This was awesome but I woke up the next morning to find a picture that the Tribune put Young vs. irrelevant school 0 to 55, which was absolutely wrong. Luckily 4 Frackies emailed the Tribune and complained, but I’m not sure if it’s been changed yet. On Saturday I once again bowled like crap, but I was too excited about the dance to care. My best friend met us at the bowling alley and my dad dropped us off to get my hair done (which I can’t even tell was done anymore because I sweated my curls out dancing). After my hair was done, we got dressed and my dad took us to the pre-Homecoming party. We walked to the dance and I ended up dancing from the time we stepped into the door to the time we walked out. Saturday had to be the best night of the school year so far!
Friday, October 11, 2013
Weekend 5
10/4-10/6
This weekend was more bowling...what a surprise. Saturday was super sucky because my ball wouldn't hook for anything. My ball would over hook if I turned a little bit. I ended up earning 0 out of 4 points, but the girl I was going against had 80 something pins of handicap and I had only 16. This year makes absolutely no sense, I don't understand how the scores work. I can't get the point system. I wish it would go back to normal because this is making it impossible for me to win. I'm getting beat by 9 year old kids which sucks even worse. This is probably the worst Saturday of bowling ever and 'm not excited for next week either.Monday, September 30, 2013
Weekend 4
9/27-9/29
This weekend was a very busy one because on Saturday I went from league bowling to a homecoming football game to a surprise party and then to a homecoming dance. This weekend I only plan on writing about bowling. Saturday, I bowled terribly I hit about six nines in a row and only spared one of them.I was hitting the pocket but my ball didn't have enough strength to carry. It was absolutely terrible. My thumb hole is way to deep but my dad thinks I'm paranoid about it. I also didn't have tape so the ball was just sliding off my hand. I got a new wrist guard so I plan to do better next week, a lot better.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy born on November 14, 1908 near Appleton, Wisconsin. At the age of fourteen, Joseph McCarthy dropped out of grade school, but returned in 1928 to finish his studies. McCarthy was accepted to Marquette University where he then received his law diploma. Many unsuccessful law practices led McCarthy to continue gambling for extra money. McCarthy traded his Democrat status in, after a failed attempt to become a candidate for the district attorney. During World War II, McCarthy enlisted in the United States Marines, which is said to have happened to help his political career. In 1946, McCarthy ran as a Republican candidate for the Wisconsin Senate seat, using propaganda against his opponent, Robert La Follette. McCarthy won the race and his first term proved unsuccessful. To help his re-election, McCarthy used the nation’s fear of communism. On February 9, 1950, he claimed that he had a list of 205 people in State Department who had activity in the American Communist party. Due to this accusation, many people lost their jobs. After it was later found that these accusations were lies, McCarthy has gone down in history as one of the “most unqualified and most corrupt politicians of his time.”
Joseph McCarthy at one of the Tydings Committee hearings.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Weekend 3
9/20-9/22
This weekend was a bowler’s paradise, my weekend started with Saturday morning lessons. Saturday my bowling league started an hour early due to everyone receiving tips from Coach M. I was use to his style from previous summer lessons, so it was somewhat an easy morning. I was still crazy tired so the lessons were easy but draining. Later that night we went back to the bowling alley because my dad had his league. His games ended earlier than usual, therefore we were home by 11 p.m. The next morning I woke up to more bowling. I was supposed to bowl for an “hour”, but it really ended up being two hours. Today I made a big improvement on my technique so much that I felt good about it. Now my weekend will now end with homework!A Raisin in the Sun Act IV
Act IV
Scene One
Time: Saturday morning. 12 months later.
The Youngers were well settled in their new home. Though they’d run into many encounters with the neighbors, you could tell they were still on a high from moving in. The neighbors understood this as well, some didn’t like the fact that there were blacks in their neighborhood. They especially didn’t like the proudness of these blacks, but they began to deal with it. The Youngers had learned to cope with the spitefulness of their neighbors. The Younger’s become immune to the hatred of the whites because every Youngers’ hopes and dreams give them something to have faith in.
The Younger’s new house is starting to see new light. The weathered couch, doesn’t seem so old anymore. There’s something new in this room, a new carpet, recently bought by Walter as a christmas gift to Mama. They all appreciate this new carpet because it is a sign that they don’t have to hide their weariness. It is a refreshing sight and part of their new beginning.
This Saturday morning the Youngers are wide awake and off to a busy day. With this mortgage, there’s been no time to rest. First awake is Ruth who’s accompanied by Walter Lee the third who bounces in her arms as they make their way down the stairs.
Ruth: Good morning my little sunshine!
(This is responded with a playful giggle from her 6 month old son.)
Walter makes his way downstairs, still half asleep.
Walter: Good mornin’ baby and lil Walt. What are you doing up so early? (he asks
playfully to his son) Let me have ‘em. (Walter reaches and delicately grabs his son
from his wife. He playfully tickles lil Walt.)
Ruth: (in a calm manner) What kind of eggs you want this morning?
Walter: Scrambled.
(Ruth starts toward the fridge, grabs the eggs, and begins to scramble them. Walter comes behind her and kisses her cheek.)
Walter: You know I love you woman!
Ruth: (giggly) I know.
(Smiling to herself, Ruth notices how happy Walter has been since the baby had arrived. She couldn’t remember a time he had told her how much he loved her, at least not this much. )
Next Mama enters, followed by a half awake Beneatha, and Travis.
Mama: Good morning y’all. How is everybody doin’?
Walter: Good Mama, how you feelin’?
Mama: I’m good baby. The Jones family don’t need me to clean up today since they
outta town this week, so I’m going to stay home and work in my garden
today.
Ruth: Well then you stay here and enjoy your day Lena. You will have the whole house to
yourself today.
Beneatha: What time is it y’all?
Walter: It’s ten til 8 o’clock. Where you got to be, headin’ to Africa with mister Asi-gay?
Beneatha: First of all, his name is Asagai! Second of all, no I have to be at school at 9
and third of all, why are you always making fun of him?
Walter: Girl, because I can.
Mama: Y’all to stop, it’s too early for this! (looking over at Ruth and shaking her head) I
guess somethings never change. What is that saying? (pauses. She shakes her
head and moves her finger) You can take the brother and sister out the ghetto, put
them in a house, but you can’t take the ghetto out of brother and sister.
Ruth laughs and nods in agreement.
An hour has passed and everyone’s out the house. Mama gets up and puts her Coffee on then remembers that she forgot to get the mail. Mama gets to the end of the end of the driveway and notices her young neighbor, next door reaching in her own mailbox. When the neighbor turns toward mama. Mama is startled by the bruises on the girl, including a left black eye.
Mama: (whispering to her self) Laudy a mercy!
Mama takes a deep breath and smiles.
Mama: Good mornin’!
Wide eyed and afraid, she looks back at her house to a door opening and her husband exiting for work. The woman hurries up the driveway toward her husband. She attempts to fix his tie, but is shoved away. He begins barking at her and briskly gets in his car and drives off. The girl remembers Mama standing by her mailbox.
Elaine: (shyly) Good morning. I’m Elaine.
Mama: Would you like some coffee Elaine?
She looks around in all directions making sure no one is around.
Elaine: That’d be nice.
Mama walks to the porch and waits as Elaine makes her way up the driveway. Once inside the house, Mama gestures for her to sit at the kitchen table. Mama places a saucer in front of her and notions toward the remaining pieces of sweet potato pie.
Mama: Baby life for me ain’t been no crystal stairs. Everyone has troubles, some bigger
than others.
Elaine: You remind me of Minny, our black maid back home in Mississippi. She always
knew when something was wrong. (chuckling) Minny always told me he wasn’t the
one. She said he would take away more dreams than he brought.
Mama: (chuckles) Baby, I kno’ mo’ about dreams being takin’ away, held back, and left in the dust than most.
Elaine: (feeling comfortable now with Mama) John just got a little upset about me applyin’ to nursing school and my acceptance letter arrivin’ yesterday. I did it without his
permission, so his anger got the best of him.
While Elaine is talking, mama has removed the plant from the windowsill and picks the dead leaves off.
Mama: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up? (looking into Elaine’s eyes)
Or fester like a sore? (explaining in a tender way) This here plant done brought
me hope and healed all my scars. When I didn’t think we’d make it, there here
plant always grew a new leaf, in dry days, rainy days, and not so good days. Child
maybe all you need is some hope of your own. Take this ‘chere plant home with chu’ and discover the leaves.
Elaine: (carefully grabs the plant) I will watch out for it, for a lil while.
Mama: There will be leaves that fall, but the more hope you have. the more it will grow.
As time passes Mama notices Elaine’s healing from different bruises, one including a broken arm. John comes and goes without ever acknowledging the Youngers’ existence next door. After weeks of not seeing Elaine, Mama begins to worry. One morning on the way to retrieve the mail, she asks the husband how's the Misses? He turns, fully facing Mama, spits on the ground and pulls the tip of his hat farther down attempting to cover a black eye. He enters his car and drives away. Mama walks into the house with the mail, sits down for her coffee and pie, as she goes through the mail she finds a handwritten note addressed to her, with a nursing school crest.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Weekend 2
9/13-19/15
This weekend is wedding weekend! Today is the wedding and my jr. bridesmaid shift starts at about 10 am and goes to about 10 pm tonight. My shift technically started yesterday because of rehearsal. After rehearsal it was to the hair salon!
After that we went to dinner and saw The Family starring Robert De Niro. A lady a few seats down from me fell asleep. This turned out to be horrible because she started snoring, and loud she was. Calvin fell asleep halfway through and when I looked over to my right, sometimes my parents would have their eyes closed. I think I was the only one who really liked the movie.
After the movie we ran errands so I would have everything for today.Then it was off to bed. I didn't want to mess up my hair so I sleep awkwardly.Hey, it was worth it!
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Grammar Lesson
Calice Robins
Lesson: Comma Interrupters
Day 13
September 12
THE FACTS: Interrupters are words or phrases that interrupt the main thought of the writer. Interrupters help to show emotion, tone or emphasis in the sentence. They are thoughts, in the middle of a thought, that need to be indicated with commas.
WHY IT'S CONFUSING: Interrupters are confusing because the reader can misinterpret the writer’s view because of missing commas. The confusion for the writer is the lack of a flowing thought. The writer can make the mistake in writing without correct pauses.
HOW TO REMEMBER: When a phrase can be read clearly without the use of an interrupter then it is a complete idea. Commas go before and after the interrupter, separating the extra information in the sentence. Interrupters help to put emphasis and emotions into the thought. Reading aloud helps to hear the natural pauses, but when reading too fast they can easily be missed.
EXAMPLES: For example, however, on the other hand, generally, although, surprisingly
Identify the interrupters and review orally in class:
- Some subjects in school are harder for me than others, for example, i don’t do very well in math.
- English, in fact, is my best subject because i love to read and write.
- Yesterday, as a matter of fact, Suzanne was twenty minutes late for the meeting.
Try these on your own, then ask the teacher or a friend to review:
- What, Susan, do you think?
- Queen Victoria was, as they say, a formidable woman.
- It does, indeed, look like rain.
Finally, try these for homework.
- Now, where do you suppose, Davery, your shoes might have gone this time?
- Sasha, our new neighbor, used to work as a waitress at Chili’s.
- Writing in my journal, especially late at night, helps me develop ideas for short stories.
http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/ela8/a/commainterrptersl.cfm
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Weekend 1
9/6-9/8
Yay, I have survived the second week of school. I have a paper due, a test here, a test there, and next to that a quiz. The worst part is that I can’t say that I’m in cruise mode anymore because cruise mode is over.
Saturday my bowling league began one of twenty five weeks. I can only say that I got higher than my ending average of last year. I’m not happy with that average, but I can only go higher from here. My goal’s 150, but 160 would be ten times better. I’ll be hoping for the best until next weekend.
Sunday I bowled again and I worked on improving my speed, I lacked power. By the end of the to hours I had improved by 2 miles per hour.
The highlight of my weekend was endless pasta at Olive Garden with la mia famiglia. I am now full and ready to finish homework.
First Time in Our Neighborhood
Today I walked in a new neighborhood. I decided to stay on the main block, so not to get lost within the residential streets. I started under an old viaduct. The paint on the viaduct looked aged and the murals on the walls were deteriorated. Driving under it looked like it would be great trouble. Underneath there were potholes, that could probably swallow up an entire car. Of course, not seriously, but they appeared to be that deep. The lighting underneath the viaduct was very dim and bleak. After escaping the horribly lit viaduct, things got brighter. I could see green and a radiant shining sun.
Everything looked welcoming and full of life. The first thing to my left, on the opposite side of the street, was a warehouse. I searched for a sign, and I quickly found a blue sign that said “CINESPACE Chicago Film Studios”. By the name of the building I could assume it had something to do with film. My curiosity took me across the street.
Man was it hard to cross the street there! There were four lanes of moving traffic going in both directions and of course, no stop signs or street lights. I knew that once I stepped off the pavement, there’d be a rush of cars. I looked east, toward the traffic that would be have been going west, I didn’t see any cars coming. I walked out past the first two lanes. I stopped halfway, only two more lanes to go. I checked to make sure I didn’t see any cars coming. I walked out. The next thing I knew, I heard a screeching sound turning the corner. I stopped walking immediately, but the car didn’t even stop, it just kept going.
“You idiot!” I screamed after the truck.
I checked once again and saw no cars coming. I cautiously continued across the street. When I finally got to the other side, I noticed that I hadn’t fallen in a pothole. Unlike the viaduct the street was smooth. The asphalt was still black and the road looked completely new.
The building was blocked by a brick wall and tucked into the corner behind trees. I walked to the other side of the building and saw a tall wired gate. I examined the inside and saw a fire truck and about two police cars. As I was looking in, my view was suddenly blocked, by a huge guy. He was about the size of Shaq, but better looking and he had somewhat of a smirk. I examined him and saw that his shirt said Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Security.
Not knowing what to say, I started with a simple smile, “Hello.”
“Hello, Do you have a Cine Pass, Miss?” he asked with a big smile.
I noticed that he had nice teeth. They were super white and perfectly straight, maybe a little too straight.
“No Sir, I’m afraid I don’t.” I replied.
“Well I am going to have to ask you to keep things moving along.” he said with an even bigger smile.
As I walked off, I heard him say “Have a good day!”
“You too.” I reply annoyed. Why do security guards always ruin the fun?
I continued my walk. On the other side of the street I saw a tacky looking hot dog stand. It was a Maxwell St. Polish Stand. It looked like a banana threw up on the place. It was a horrible yellow, a very bright horrible yellow. There was a line outside of the window, so I assumed the food was good. Most of the people lined up outside had nurse scrubs on, so I figured there had to be a hospital nearby. I continued walking, uninterested in the polish stand. Definitely not interested enough to cross the street again.
I walked about a block before I saw a tall sad looking building. Between this and the three ambulances outside, I could conclude that the place was a hospital. Not a fan of hospitals, I continued my walk briskly.
I walked to the end of the block where I waited until the little white walking person, signaled me to walk. As I looked ahead the next two blocks looked like a park. After the sign came up, I crossed the street, safely. The first sign I saw, was a large green sign that read Douglas Park. From this corner of the park, I could see about two more blocks of greenery. The park drew me to it with its burst of color and activities. There were kids playing various sports, including tennis, soccer, and basketball. The park appeared to have everyone from ages 0 to 99 moving about, talking and laughing.
I turned to look back at how far I’d gone since the viaduct. To my surprise I had only came three blocks. I turned back around and decided to find a bench somewhere. I would end up sitting there the rest of the day watching the never ending games.
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