tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68600950991060731982024-03-12T16:35:05.547-07:00My bloggy yo.TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-36293463017769769212013-01-24T11:14:00.002-08:002013-01-24T11:14:17.137-08:00coffin club <span id="internal-source-marker_0.2762063525904823" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 96px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Coffin Club”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 96px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Characters:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
main character in the book is a young teenager who has graduated high
school.She is the protagonist of this story. Her name is Raven. She is a
goth girl who is in love with a vampire. She hates her parents, because
she says they don’t understand her. Raven is the main character that
changes the most out of all the characters. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
Alexander Starling is Raven’s boyfriend.He is the protagonist of the
story. Alexander isn’t your typical teenage boyfriend. He is a
nice,handsome vampire, who totally loves Raven. He sometimes
over-protects her and doesn’t know what makes her happy or unhappy.
Alexander hides a deep secret that only him and his butler know about. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Phoenix
is the antagonist of this book. He is The mean vampire who wants to
over power anything that is human. He is the owner of the coffin club
and wants all vampires to be open out. He wants all his crew to be out
and open with all humans. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jagger
is a vampire that wants to help other vampires so they wont be killed
by humans. He is the protagonist of the story.Jagger is Alexander’s
biggest secret. Jagger is secretly Alexander Sterling. Jagger is a
purple haired vampire who wants to help all the vampires that are in
danger.He wants the coffin club to remain a secret so they can keep the
only place they can be themselves,”vampires.”vampires are very
dangerous.they can kill you and drink your blood. i know for a fact that
they are very dangerous. they have been around for quit a while and are
very harmful to human life. we never know if someday there will be
vampires crawling around in our city. i hope that we never get any in
our community</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Summary:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
Raven is a young girl who is in love with Alexander Sterling. Raven is
aware that Alexander is a vampire and she accepts him for who he is.
Alexander is a vampire that doesn’t like to harm humans. He doesn’t
drink human blood. In the other hand, Jagger which is the owner of the
coffin club wants to expose vampires to the whole world. He wants
vampires to rule the world. Jagger wants to take over anything that is
human or mortal. Alexander has a secret identity that no one is aware of
except for his butler and himself. He is secretly pretending to be
Phoenix.Phoenix wants the coffin club to remain a secret. He doesn’t
want the coffin club to be exposed or invaded by any humans. Phoenix
doesn’t want to harm humans in anyway. The problem with this is that he
will be getting in a fight with Jagger over who will be the official
owner of the coffin club.The coffin club is a night club that anyone can
go to even humans. Deep way deep under that club there is a secret
club. A club that is the true coffin club. It is in a basement that
takes about ten minutes just to get to underground. The royal secret of
the coffin club is that only people with a key can come in. When I say
“people” I mean only vampires. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Setting: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
setting of “The coffin Club”takes place at the coffin club. Which is a
club that is very popular in Hipsterville. This story also takes place
in Raven’s aunt’s house which is just about 25 minutes away from the
Coffin club.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal impression: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“The
Coffin club,” was a really good book. It had many good details and it
kept me wanting to read more and more. I really enjoyed this book it
gave me a reason to keep reading. In this book i learned that some
vampires could me harmful and some aren’t. “The coffin club” was another
book inspired by the “Twilight Saga.” In this book there were many
weaknesses and many good points to it. One weakness was that it didn’t
quit explain why the protagonist and antagonist fought in the story. A
good point was that it gave a good explanation of the characters and the
setting. Overall, from one to ten i would rate this book a seven. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; 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color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The national bestselling series. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; 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color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fun facts about “the coffin club”:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It was based on a real club down in a dungeon. </span></li>
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TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-20778462332421470012013-01-24T11:08:00.003-08:002013-01-24T11:08:31.852-08:00Rumors around my school On the Friday before winter break there was a rumor around my school about a shooting. No one came to school this day because obviously they were scared that they were gonna get shot. I did not come to school just because I have a paranoid father and mother. I do not know what happened to the girl that made up that stupid rumor but I hope she got what she deserved. I do not wish anything bad against her but she did freak thousands of people out. I heard that on that Friday less than half of the school came to class. Honestly I think I would not be surprised. I know some people did not come for saftey issues but I know others just did not come because they did not want to come to school. TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-57886021377453833822013-01-24T11:05:00.003-08:002013-01-24T11:05:17.274-08:00Jared Diamond <div dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.05662389563497405" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I
agree with Jared diamond in the part that geography affected the
people.Because It did affect people and where they lived to plant
crops. The people that lived in the hotter and rainier areas had bigger
crops and better results then the people that lived in the deserted
areas. Jared Diamond said that depending on the areas you live in is
what results you would get in your crops. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another
thing that I agree with Jared Diamond is that he said that animals gave
the people diseases. I agree with that because animals when they died
let out many diseases. Which caused the people to get fever and small
pocks. Many other diseases were brought over by animals because they
were not well taken care of. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
last thing that I agree with Jared Diamond is that guns,germs and steel
is making the little children from Africa sick.Because steel has a lot
of germs which are in the air and transfer to the children’s body.
Mosquitos are the number one reason that african children are being
killed. Jared Diamond does have many reasons that i agree one.I would
cry just like Diamond if i saw all the little kids dieing. </span>TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-11759589237629446622013-01-24T10:31:00.002-08:002013-01-24T10:31:13.149-08:00Penelope Poem <span id="internal-source-marker_0.7014932733191526" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am Penelope; beautiful and sad</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I wonder if my love thinks of me when he looks at the stars in the night</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I hear the cry of my little boy as he cries out for his father</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I see a reflection in the mirror that foreshadows the depression and tension</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">in my life</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I want my husband to come home so I can hug him like there is no</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">tomorrow</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am Penelope;beautiful and sad</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I pretend I don’t care that Odysseus is away</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I feel the sorrow in my heart just wanting to be with him all the time</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I touch my hair the way he used to brush it against his hands</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I worry if someday he will never return and get killed by one of the gods</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I cry when I lay on my bed and see the empty space beside me where he </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">once laid</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am Penelope; beautiful and sad</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I understand that he went to follow his dreams but why hasn’t he came</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">back?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I say to myself that he will once return and we will all be a happy family</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">once more</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I dream of holding him in my arms and him whispering in my ear that he</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">loves me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I try to make my little one feel the father warmth that he needs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope someday to see Odysseus once more before I die</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am Penelope; beautiful and sad</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-91088482863798509862013-01-24T10:30:00.003-08:002013-01-24T10:30:40.734-08:00Legalization of Marijuana <div dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.08070111380885747" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-right: 148.5pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Legalization
of Marijuana Has been a controversy all around the world. The process
of legalization of marijuana has been taking years. Americans have taken
a survey on weather they approve of marijuana or are against it. 40% of
Americans are in favor of marijuana being legalized. 46% are against
it. Have you ever considered how your life would be impacted if
marijuana was legalized? Have you thought on how your relatives lives
might be impacted by marijuana being legalized? There has been protest
of people not wanting marijuana to be legalized. Many Americans state
that if marijuana was legalized there would be less people going to
jail. It has been known that the government spends millions of dollars
per year. Just to get people into jail. With marijuana being legalized
there would be less people going into jail for drug trafficking. The
government wont have to spend as much money on getting people into jail.
They would invest more money on schools and other organizations then
the criminals. </span></div>
TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-27682814282375426032013-01-24T10:27:00.003-08:002013-01-24T10:27:26.841-08:00Biographgy Poem <div dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.9505776016348101" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: -72pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve been to Seaside where I saw the blurry yellow sunset setting</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And only once to California where my grandparents live</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I lost a dog which I had to sell</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I saw a horse which I fell in love with,because of its majestic loyalty and power</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I learned that dolphins are a sign of glory and intelligence </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve heard the crying of a baby when my little brother cried for the first time</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve held my little sister,she felt soft and warm;full of love</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I tell you sincerely I’ve tried very hard in school; I made and effort</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twice I have fell, but i got right back up again</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And only once I have been disappointed in myself</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I once screamed when my little brother jumped out of the closet with a mask on </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I swear to you that if we were friends I would be loyal and faithful to you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve had some moments where I wanted to give up and scream but I overcame it</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have stories about my childhood that will make you want to laugh</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve heard lesson’s from my parents which taught me life long tasks </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I saw a big tree fall on top of a car;it was scary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The smell of rose’s brings back the memories when it was only me and you together;just me and you,no one else</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I bought Michelle a friendship ring that represents how much we care and love each other</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I once screamed when my friend Junior came behind me and scared me </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve had some experiences where I've given up, then tried harder</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have shopped with my best friend Michelle at the mall</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And only once her and I got into a fight</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I learned that life is a beautiful melody only if you make it that way</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I tell you sincerely I wish I was in kinder garden again</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The smell of Usher drives me crazy and makes me want to start to dance</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I saw my best friend cry one time,which broke my heart into tiny microscopic pieces</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I tell you sincerely I love writing poems, stories and lyrics to songs about my lifetime experiences</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have one true best friend and her name is Michelle </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I tell you sincerely I hate making speeches in front of a big group of people but I’m trying to overcome it</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
smell of the cold winter nights makes me think of the days I spent with
you together not knowing that we had a time when we finally had to say
goodbye</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’ve
had to realize that life isn’t based on a beautiful lullaby but on a
melody that makes your heart beat to the rhythm of the drums. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-4813501223924857042013-01-24T10:27:00.002-08:002013-01-24T10:27:18.536-08:00Emotion poem <div dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.9882218700315454" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotion list poem</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I love the way guys make me laugh and put a smile on my face</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I hate it when people think life is based on them</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m brave when it comes to sticking up to people especially my family,friends and people who are being bullied</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I am afraid of loosing the people and things I love most</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m unimpressed when guys try to be cool or show off in front of me</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m envious when someone tells me that I am meaningful in their life</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I laugh at the things that guys tell me to make me want to smile again</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I weep every month that represents the death of my real dad </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I smile when he’s around to cheer me up </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I frown at the violence people take instead of talking it out</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I respect Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi for being gorgeously tan</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I condemn the people who crashed into my dad the day he passed away</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think Lindsey Lohan should get a life </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I know that I am honest and loyal to my friends and relatives </span>TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-73584550508703686512012-12-06T11:59:00.001-08:002012-12-11T22:26:15.380-08:00of Plymouth plantation essay <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford we see that the struggle to survive and the thrive to complete their mission has many obstacles. In the Plymouth plantation the issue of survival is discussed through the hardships and struggles the Puritans had to overcome. For example, in this story, we will see the issues they faced from the prosecution from the church, lack of food, attacks from Indians, harsh winters and being away from people. They went onto the mayflower thinking they were going to have a wonderful life and beautiful discoveries. Little did they know that they were sailing in the pit of their misery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The impact of god can be seen in <u>Of Plymouth Plantation</u>, because that is all the Puritans believed in. The Puritans overcame many obstacles because they believed that it was god who was helping them. In the quote, "<span style="background-color: white;">Being thus arrived in good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries</span><span style="background-color: white;"> there of, again</span><span style="background-color: white;"> to set their feet on the firm and stable </span><span style="background-color: white;">earth..." This quote shows how the puritans looked up to god to overcome all the things they went through. People believed that everything that happened was because god wanted it that way. Since they based everything off of god, it made it easier for the puritans to accept everything that happened to them. According to the puritans, god affected everyone in many ways. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The Puritans making it to Cape Harbor safely after the horrible storm was the first time that they believed god was helping them get through the tough situations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A key idea in the story is when John Howland was thrown overboard and he survived. <span style="background-color: white;">"..but it pleased God that he caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length.</span><span style="background-color: white;">" This is significant because since the puritans believed everything happened because god wanted it to happen, in this case, John Howland survived because that is what god wanted. Howland thought that since he grabbed the rope, god wanted him to survive therefore, that made god happy. This is why Howland became very religious and god was one of the reason why this happened. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Later on, we discover that when everyone was sick and the sailors did not help at all, William Bradford stated, <span style="background-color: white;">"..if they die, let them die..." Meaning, if people died they should be left that way because god wanted them to die. They were not worthy of living in gods land because god did not want them to continue in it. That is why god wanted them to die and that is why they were left for dead. The ones who took care of the sick were safe and unharmed because god saved them.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The sailors that were selfish and did not take care of the sick became sick themselves and eventually died. It was believed that anyone who helped the ones in need would get blessings from god. The puritans believed that god was their savior and he would keep them safe. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Of Plymouth Plantation clearly illustrates that everything that happened to people was because god wanted it that way. As identified earlier, believing in god will save you from harmful situations. John Howland grabbing the rope because that is they way god wanted things is one example of how god was everything to the Puritans. Another example is when everyone was sick and the sailors did not help, they ended up dieing. They were selfish and did not help the people that helped them when they were sick. After this happened the puritans believed that since they were selfish, god was punishing them for their selfish acts. The puritans went through several challenges on land and sea but their faith towards god remained the same. While reading about the puritans you can see that all the obstacles they faced and how god was involved in everything that happened to them leads to us having the "American dream." </span></span><br />
<br />TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-79617166563608168512012-11-26T11:22:00.004-08:002012-12-06T11:35:53.506-08:00 Overrated summer activities.. <span style="font-size: large;"><b> Overrated summer activities..</b></span> <br />
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1. Camping, because it seems like everyone goes camping every summer. Not only in the summer do people camp, but they camp in the winter, spring, autumn and any other season there might be in the world. People will even camp on Christmas which is a cold day where in my opinion people should stay in cuddle and be with their family pigging out. <br />
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2. Hanging out with friends is overrated. First of all, don't most people already do that pretty much everyday of their lives? I mean unless you don't have friends then that sucks for you, but for others that do have friends; don't you seem them if not everyday, every other day? Yeah, you can make amazing memories with friends but summer is about exploring new things not just being with the people you already see at school, work or in your neighborhood. <br />
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3. Staying home- I know a lot of people might not have the money to go on a nice vacation maybe to California, Florida or any other nice place there might be in this world. Instead of staying home all summer go out on a walk or something. There are many public parks that one could go to. Maybe to play soccer, basketball, or anything instead of staying home. <br />
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4. Watching TV- The typical American spends thousands of hours sitting like a bum in front of the TV. What could one possibly be watching that is so interesting that you could sit in front of the TV for hours without blinking. TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-33709068313975581282012-11-26T11:22:00.000-08:002012-11-26T11:22:08.123-08:00traditions for holidays What holiday traditions (food, music, movies/tv, activities) do you follow?<br />
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2. Rudolf<br />
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1. Mariah Carey- all i want for christmas<br />
2. Cindy Lu Who- where are you christmas<br />
3. Jingle bells<br />
4. Justin Bieber - Mistletoe<br />
5. Justin Bieber's christmas album<br />
6. santa clause is coming to town<br />
7. This Christmas- Chris brown<br />
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1. Snowball fights ( when it actually snows in Oregon)<br />
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4. pie<br />
5. cake<br />
6. tamales<br />
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1. fireworks<br />
TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-75177332721502903072012-11-26T11:21:00.000-08:002012-11-26T11:21:21.126-08:00election <br />
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In all honesty, I was extremely happy that Obama won. We got to keep a lot of the bills and laws he passed, such as the DACA program. I believe that if this time Obama keeps his promises that he made since last year and the ones he made this year, we could look at this in a positive manner. If he does not keep his promises from last year and the ones he made this year, then some of us might regret voting for Obama and look at it in a negative way. If we look at all the positive things Obama did you can see that he did not just waste four years in the white house. He brought our troops back from war and I believe made peace treaties with the countries we were in war with. He helped out with food stamps and created a better program for the ones in need of food and financial assistance. He did lower taxes in certain areas and he also bumped up the taxes in others. Although, with our country being in debt as it was handed to Obama because of President Bush. We know that four years is not nearly enough time for Obama to make a great impact in our country. That is why this year of 2012 America decided to give Obama a second shot at it. If he fails to serve our country in a positive way and hopefully keep the countries debt low, we will all look at his second term as a negative thing. TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-10984876848027181012012-11-09T22:26:00.000-08:002012-11-09T22:26:38.257-08:00Today I read an article: " <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/unusual-suspects-abducted-groceries-video_n_1908588.html">Unusual Suspects; Little girl abducted on her way to pick up groceries</a>."<br />
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After reading this article it got me thinking that there is a dangerous world out there. In this article a nasty man raped and killed a little eight year old girl after she was coming back from the grocery store. This man was a COP; a person of authority who is supposed to be protecting our society, instead he went around raping girls and then killing them. We live in a messed up society, how can I walk in the streets now a days knowing that there might be a cop out there that could be the same as this man in this article. This article shows that you can trully trust NO ONE. TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-12428220699646122272012-11-09T22:25:00.001-08:002012-11-09T22:25:51.536-08:00western conference preview.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Western conference to me is the most exciting part of the NBA. James Harden originally from Thunder was traded to the Rockets over the lockout weekend. They kept Serge Ibaka but the public questions this move because they are not sure if he will fall short and lead them to the high ends of the play offs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The nuggets have been dealing with Carmelo Anthony drama for the last couple years. As a result of this, Wilson Chandler and Kosta Koufos will now be playing for the nuggets since they have always been benched. </span></div>
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TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-31811241177988964692012-11-09T22:16:00.004-08:002012-11-09T22:16:53.347-08:00Four Preseason Surprises.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Chris Copeland, New York Knicks</strong> Shockingly, the oldest roster in the league has overcame many injuries in the preseason. Marcus Camby, Amar’e Stoudemire, J.R. Smith, Rasheed Wallace, and Ronnie Brewer have all been put on hold. Because of this, Chris Copeland, is now the star of this team. Copeland proved to be a deft finisher on the pick and roll and displaying a touch from outside. He averaged 15.5 points on 51.7 percent shooting. Copeland has became a player the Knicks are relying on to provide size and scoring during the season.<br /><span id="more-22350"></span><br /></span></div>
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TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-82342300412088314852012-11-09T22:11:00.005-08:002012-11-09T22:11:45.121-08:00Eastern Conference Preview.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Deron Williams stayed and Joe Johnson as well and they keep several other small players, they wanted to keep it simple so it would not cost them as much money, for the next seasons coming up. </div>
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The Knicks let go of Jeremy Lin from Stanford university and Laundry Fields was also let go by the Knicks. The Knicks only signed players from the 90's.</div>
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The 76ers got Andrew Bynum which is considered a dominant leader and Raptors persuaded Jonas Valanciunas to sign with them. Which the NBA hopes that Toronto will become a more interesting team after this trade. </div>
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Celtics will take advantage of Kevin Garnett's last few years in the NBA. Ray Allen was traded for a younger version of him, Jason Terry. </div>
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TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-84348829162317503242012-11-09T22:00:00.002-08:002012-11-09T22:00:48.709-08:00Haunted story <div style="text-align: center;">
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La Llorona is a legendary story that originated in Mexico. According to everyone around the city the story of the Llorona is based on a true story. Before I tell the story there are some things you have to know. This story contains very emotional and disturbing descriptions of what a mother will do to her children when she is not happy. If you are a person that really loves children and get easily upset when something bad happens to a child please DO NOT continue reading.... </div>
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On a dark rainy and windy night, a young lady walks down the foggy street on her way home. She sees an old crusty looking man walking right behind her. He was been following her for the past thirty minutes while she was walking towards her destination. Every time she turns her head around she sees him just a couple feet behind. On the last time she turns around she sees no one....She turns her head to start walking forward again and suddenly his face is right in front of her. His face had a bloody scar right through the middle with a scruffy mustache and beard to accompany it. He picks her up with all his force and drags her by her hair towards a dark misty dirty ally. Her heard racing a thousand beats per second, wanting to pop out of her chest and run away. He starts grabbing her legs and feeling her up, and as you can predict she was raped. He left her there lying like an old used rag in the middle of the ally. Months passed and she never returned home she just wondered the streets asking for money and food. She was a lost little girl not knowing what to do. People noticed her stomach was getting bigger every month. Until one day, on the ninth month she had a miracle baby. She hated the baby so much that she drowned the baby in the river. For the next 30 years she had been raped multiple times and she did the same to the other babies. She drowned a total of fourteen little babies, and killed four. When it was her turn to die, she went up to heaven and knocked on gods door. God opened the door and she asked if she could come in. Go said, " if you ever want to come into my kingdom, you must go in the river and find all the bones of all the children you drowned." She went back down to earth and started looking in the river, she found nothing but dirt, sand, and other river particles. She remembered god had told her she could not come back to heaven if she did not kind the baby bones. Till this day the legend says that she has been roaming around at night crying, " My babies, where are my babies?!?!?" Her spirit roams around the streets in Mexico haunting all the people that are walking around at night. </div>
TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-80199799536619864952012-11-09T21:54:00.000-08:002012-11-09T21:54:01.540-08:00snickers vs. 3 mustkateers <br />
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In my strong objective opinion..I believe that three muskateers is better than snickers. Why? Simply because I do not like peanuts. I think peanuts are very gross and nasty looking. They are the only type of nuts that I don't like. I do not really like the combination of peanuts with chocolate and caramel. I feel like it is to much sweetness added to the candy bar. Yes, I know it is candy and candy is supposed to be sweet. But too much sweetness is just not so sweet at the time when you have to go to the bathroom...if you know what I mean. The reason why I prefer Three Mustakeers rather then Snickers is because they are simply amazing. I love how every time I take a bite out of the candy bar it is like it almost melts in my mouth. I love how it is chewy and the perfect combination of the softness on the inside and the hard milk chocolate on the outside. TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-41205974527248329492012-11-09T21:52:00.000-08:002012-11-09T21:52:36.248-08:00who i am ..<b> I am from..........</b><br />
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<b> I am from arriving at my house from school to my mothers cuisine hugging the air. I am from a family of seven, me being the oldest and having to take responsibility for everything that happens at my house. I am from losing my biological father at a young age to gaining a fantastic step father that gave me that father figure. I am from coming home everyday to the yelling, screaming, stressful household that I call a "home." Being forced with responsibilities such as taking care of my little sibilings. I am from not wanting to do my homework and being lazy at home. I am from being yelled at for not doing my chores or making my bed when I wake up each morning.</b>TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-14948608530002844862012-11-09T20:45:00.003-08:002012-11-09T20:45:59.800-08:00A Trade Molded to Stern’s Design.<div style="text-align: center;">
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The lockout was a couple weeks ago and let me tell you it was one of the best lockouts I have ever encountered! This year the main goal of the lockout was to lower cost and competitive balance between the players. One of the trades that really impacted me was the trade of James Harden. James The coaches stated that if James Harden stayed in the thunders there would be "luxury penalties" in the future.I believe they made a hug mistake in taking him out of OKC but later on in the season we will see.<br />
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TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-90476002382208143312012-11-09T20:44:00.000-08:002012-11-09T20:44:31.653-08:00competative, but not supermen <div style="text-align: center;">
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In this article it talks about players in the NBA. Mostly stating players from Miami Heat and The Los Angeles Lakers. The article talks a little bit about Lebron James and his achievements in the NBA and in the 2012 Olympics. Lebron James became more then "just a star," he lead the Miami Heats to the championship season winners and also won the Olympic gold metal for the United states. They talked about the controversial statement of him "overshadowing" Kobe Bryant from the Lakers.<br />
The lakers decided that Dwight Howard will play with Steve Nash, Bryant and Pau Gasol. With Dwayne wade and Chris Bosh as Lebrons partners in Miami Heat, the top seven superstars are now on both teams. Everyone has there eye out on the Lakers and Miami Heat. Even though the LA lakers and the Miami heat are ranked two of the best teams in the NBA they still have competition. The second place team last season in the finals Oklahoma city thunder is coming back and it is coming back strong. They plan on making it to the finals and this time hopefully take the trophy home. OKC is not the only team that wants that trophy though, Indianapolis and Denver will try to take it home as well. This is about to be an interesting season. <br />
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TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-14426838691028367102012-10-24T11:44:00.005-07:002012-11-26T11:48:57.602-08:00Narrative essay <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>My wonderful father</u></span></span></div>
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My name is Emily and I go to a school that I am not allowed to say the name, but let's just say it's a school where everyone gets very ecstatic about football games. I am a dreamer, someone who loves to picture perfect moments in her head and make them come to life. A dancer, photographer, film maker and someone who has a passion for anything that involves making music. I decided to interview my father Ivan Martinez, because I love him to death. Also, he is a role model for me. The way he handles things and interacts with people inspires me to be just like him as I grow up and make big decisions.<br />
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Ivan Martinez was born on January 12th, 19776 in Guererro, Mexico. He is an only child, but grew up with a cousin that he treated like a younger sister. His life has not been all that cookie cutter easy. At the age of six he had to go to school. He came home and help his grandfather chop down banana trees to sell. His grandmother, sold food at the corner of "El Mercado." El Mercado is a little market in Mexico where everyone goes and buys organic local foods. It is kind of like Fred Meyer, but a more poor being you could say. He would go into the kitchen and help her cut out all the vegetables and fruits and everything she was going to sell the next day. Something that he always hated doing is killing pigs for the pork meat she sold at the market. He stated" Odio matar a los puercos, pero lo tenia que hacer para poder recivir dinero para poder comer el proximo dia." In English this is translated to, " I hate killing pigs but I had to do it in order to get money to be able to have a meal to eat the next day." This was Ivans routine everyday until the age of eighteen when he finally immigrated to the United states.<br />
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Family to Ivan is really important. Although he is not my biological father, I have so much respect for him as a person and as a father. His family when he was young was not all that supportive of anything he wanted to do. His grandfather was one of the biggest influences he had in his young life. Until one day, he went into his grandfather's bedroom and he saw that his grandpa was not awake yet. He tried moving him but he was not breathing. Ivan said that was on of the worst days of his life. Since Ivans father was never around, not even as a young kid, his grandfather was his father figure. So when his grandfather died he felt like he lost his dad and a big part of himself. <br />
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As a teenager he was what we call today a "player." In one of millions of stories he tells us he told us one story that I still remember till this day. He said that he loved women in every way. So he thought to himself," why should just one women be loved by me? Why can't I love multiple women at the same time?" So he decided to get a couple girlfriends. By a couple I mean, about seven or eight. He was a very bad player, so he got caught in a matter of three months. He said that one day he was in the commons of where he lived hanging out with one of his many girlfriends that came to visit him from a different city. All of a sudden, he is kissing the girl and his other girlfriend that lived in the same city passed by. She started screaming and throwing a fit in front of everyone, In a matter of days all the girls in the city knew my Ivan was "playing" them so they all decided to have one of those "girl meetings." They all invited him to a place to hangout and when he got there all eight women were standing there waiting for him. They called him out and yelled at him then beat him up. He luckily got away, but as he was running away they started to throw rocks, shoes, and pretty much anything they could find at him. This story was one of the most memorable stories he has told me yet. <br />
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Yes, half of the things he says have mostly humor in it. He is a very joyful happy person, well at least that is what he shows everyone else. Something I learned about him is how he can take a totally unhappy situation and try and make something positive come out of it after a couple of days. Something I have always known about Ivan is his passion for music. Music helped him survive throughout many unhappy moments and situations he encountered. He has been playing the drums since he was five years old. Yes, he is a professional drummer and not just that, he can also play the electric and acoustic guitar and he can play the bass. He loves to compose music on his spare time when he is not dealing with our problems and screams. When he needs to calm down, I have learned that sometimes he locks himself in his room and the next thing I heard is a beautiful melody coming out oh his room. After a couple hours ( after all his stress is gone) he comes out with a stunning smile that is more radiant than the sun. His passion for music has inspired me to continue with my passion for the arts of music. <br />
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It did not take me that long to get personal information out of him, because me and Ivan have a very close father-daughter relationship. I learned many things about his life, family, friends and of course his "player" ways. He has overcome a lot of obstacles and people that have always put him down. Still to this day, he is still standing and working hard to give my brothers, sisters, and myself a better quality life. I admire him for the way he lives life and the way he handles problems and situations that normal people would probably give up or wouldn't want to continue in life.<br />
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<br />TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-44349688173749838822012-10-22T11:53:00.001-07:002012-10-22T11:53:02.148-07:00second paragraph for essay This is my second paragraph for my narrative essay.<br />
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Ivan Martinez was born on January 12th, 19776 in Guererro, Mexico. He
is an only child, but grew up with a cousin that he treated like a
younger sister. His life has not been all that cookie cutter easy. At
the age of six he had to go to school, come home and help his
grandfather chop down banana trees to sell and get money. After he was
done helping his grandfather at around seven o'clock at night he had to go
help his grandmother out in the kitchen. His grandmother sold food at
the corner of "El Mercado." El Mercado is a little market in Mexico
where everyone goes and buys organic local foods. It is kind of like a
Fred Meyer but a more poor being you could say. He would go into the
kitchen and help her cut out all the vegetables and fruits and
everything she was going to sell the next day. Something that he always
hated doing is killing pigs for the pork meat she sold at the market. He
stated" Odio matar a los puercos, pero lo tenia que hacer para poder
recivir dinero para poder comer el proximo dia." In English this is
translated to, " I hate killing pigs but I had to do it in order to
recieve money to be able to have a meal to eat the next day." This was
Ivans routine everyday until the age of eighteen when he finally
immigrated to the United states.<br />
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What should I talk about next in my other paragraphs? TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-79830993691826869232012-10-12T17:55:00.002-07:002012-10-12T17:55:50.689-07:00<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"> One of the lowest points of my life.. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: small;"> Have you ever encountered a life or death situation? A time in your life where you didn't know if you were going to live or die? Well I have.. it's a funny story actually. A story where it all began as a joke but almost ended up in a tragedy. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> It all began at the age of 11; I was watching my favorite show the power puff girls, we all know bubbles is the best. So I'm sitting down on the coach and I realized my vision wasn't okay. I was seeing double; crazy huh? At first when I told my mom she laughed and called me four eyed Emily. It was a joke then at that moment but I guess she realized that it might be something serious. She took me to the doctor and the doctor looked with a microscope behind my brain and realized it was swollen. A brain swollen?!?! What the heck?!?! At that time it seemed impossible because I was only 11 years old. I didn't understand how at that age I could possible have some sort of disease that made my brain swell up. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Next thing I know, I'm sitting in the moms care driving to Emmanuel Childrens Hospital. Inside my heart was pounding wanting to jump out of my chest. I went into the emergency entrance and right away they already knew who I was. I kind of felt famous that day, it wasn't the good kind of famous. It was the kind of famous where you just want to run out and hide from everything and everyone so they could leave you alone. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> Right off the bat they started taking me into examinations. I felt like I was a lab rat being examined from left to right. I've never been the confident kind of person and the situations I was put in at this moment dropped my confidence a big notch down. A pretty young nurse with curls that bounced with every step. She had dark as night black hair, her smile was astonishing with pretty pink glossy lip gloss. She was the nicest nurse I had ever encountered. Until....she pulled out that big needle that looked as thick as a mountains peek. I felt my heart sank deep into the bottom of my stomach when I saw it. All I remember after that is that I thought I had seen that light everyone talks about before dying. But I think it was my exaggeration of how afraid I was of needles. She stuck that thing deep into my vain and that pretty young nurse became the devil in disguise. I hated her. I hated her for putting me through the pain; she wasn't even experianced. She took out what seemed gallons of blood, but was only a couple tubes for testing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> Three long days which seemed like weeks passed, I was still in the hospital. I had no idea why I was there besides the fact that my brain was swollen. I asked doctors and nurses everytime they came in if they knew what was wrong. Obviously they knew, they just didn't want to worry me. They also thought I wouldn't be able to understand their doctor talk. On a sunny morning three doctors came in and started talking in a language that I called "Doctor language." I couldn't understand anything that was coming out of their mental mouths. I took a piece of paper, pen and started writing all the words I could remember them saying. I was a lucky patient, I had the computer rooms right next to my room. I got out of my uncomfortable bed that felt like sharp rocks and walked my behind to the computer room. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> As I googled searched all the words I came to realize that I had "Thrombosis." Thrombosis is when blood clots form into your blood vessels and blocks blood from going to the places it's supposed to be going. My stomach felt as it was going to coming out of my body, I had never felt so sick in my life. I guess finding out what I had affected me my health even more. In that very moment I wished I wasn't so stubborn and I wish I had never googled searched what was wrong with me. I started growing resentment towards my parents, the doctors and everyone who knew what was wrong with me. Why would they hide something so serious as my condition? Why would they hide a life or death situation from me? At that point I knew they wanted to protect me but something so serious like that shouldn't be hidden from someone. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> Weeks passed by and I just felt like my body was consuming my own self. I felt as sick as I have never been. My arms felt like brittle noodles, my legs felt like they were going to break into million pieces like glass. My head hurt so much that I wanted to chop the whole thing off. Yeah I know that sounds gross, maybe some exaggeration but at that very moment it didn't matter to me. I just wanted all the pain and misery to go away. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> I went through about 13 cat scans, 6 back punctures to minimize the fluid going from my brain to my spine, and I could have sworen they took so many pints of blood from my body.Everytime I walked i felt like a mummy on it's two feet. Every night that passed by I thought to myslef why me? What did I do wrong to deserve being in here for so long. I saw my roomates come and go, I was at the hospital for so long that I went through 5 different roomates. I was always left behind. I saw them happy to leave and I, just stayed in that hell hole by myself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> The doctor came in one rainy morning, he was telling my mom I was going to be taken in to surgery immidiatley. He explained to her that the risk was if i survived through the surgery I might end up in a coma. Or I might not even wake up, I could die. But either way if I didn't have the surgery I would have died anyways. My mom put her faith in god and she quickly told him to take me in as soon as possible and to do everthing he could to save me. Next thing I know, nurses, doctors, specialist started coming in and out of my room. Taking my temperature, helping me out of my bed and they all took me to the ER to start my surgery. All I could remember after that is they put a gask mask with some watermelon flavored and I passed out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;"> After that I remember I stayed in the hospital for 4 more days and I finally got to go home. As I stepped into my house I breathed a breath of fresh air. After two months in that horrible place I learned to appreciate life more and not take anything for granted. </span><br />
TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-65268464102802245902012-10-11T19:13:00.001-07:002012-10-11T19:13:41.456-07:00<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Sentence analysis from shame. </span><br />
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<b>1.</b> I never learned hate at home, or shame.”<br />
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The sentence pattern being used is sentence pattern number 4 but incorrectly punctuated because SHAME isn't an independent clause. The sentence focuses on hate and shame; The effect is it makes you take a pause in the middle of the sentence the comma plus shame shows more effect on shame. I think he made that decision to make the sentence flow to the follow sentence; it's also a sentence of foreshadowing where the character will live a a hate or shame situation. <br />
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<b> 2.</b> “She’d walk down my street, and my brothers and sisters would yell, ‘Here comes Helene,” and I’d rub my tennis sneakers on the back of my pants and wish my hair wasn’t so nappy and the white folks’ shirt fit me better.”<br />
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The sentence pattern being used is pattern number 5. The effect it makes is that since it is a run on sentence it makes you take a pause and catch your breathe in between. He made that sentence that way because it was too long so he had to add the extra pauses.<br />
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<b>3.</b> “And she had a daddy, and he had a good job.<br />
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The sentence patter is pattern number 4. The effect is that he wanted to make his point clear in this sentence. He made this sentence that way because once again he wanted to get his point across and make you make a pause so you could understand what he was trying to communicate with you. <br />
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<b>4.</b> “The idiot’s seat, the troublemaker’s seat.”<br />
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The sentence pattern being used for this sentence is number 6 because it's a dependent clause and then an independent clause. The effect is he wanted to make a statement about the seat and then he wanted to say why he thought the seat was the "idiot's seat." I think he chose to do this like this because t made it unclear made you think and then it gave you an idea of why he made that first statement.<br />
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Five sentence pattern 1 from SHAME...<br />
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1. "You can't really make a meal out of paste."<br />
2. "The teacher thought I was a trouble maker."<br />
3. "The eagle always flew on Friday."<br />
4. "The teacher opened her book and started calling out names alphabetically."<br />
5. "I was about seven years old when I got my first big lesson." <br />
<br />TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860095099106073198.post-60206417723579532082012-10-10T11:48:00.001-07:002012-10-10T11:48:01.987-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The oldest person in my family that I could remember... </b></span><br />
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The oldest person in my family that I could remember is my grandfather
from my biological father's side. His name is Jose and he is currently
living in Tijuana, California. He is a short, dark skinned male with
hair so white that it almost looked like puffy snow. He wore his pants
almost up to half his stomach, which now that I look at it, was very
hilarious. He had big round glasses that looked like the bottom of a
soda can. You could say he dressed like a typical nerd, but he wasn't
all that bright. He sat on the couch all day, since he was too old to
work. He sat there like a dead vegetable watching soccer or the news all
day. When he wasn't watching TV he was either sleeping or at the
kitchen table eating. I remember him always being serious he really had
no sense of humor, he was a bitter old man. I never really got along
with him, he never held me tight like a grandpa should. I never really
felt loved or cared for by him. I always remember him screaming and
getting into stupid little fights with my grandma, which I don't get
along with her either. He wasn't really the lovey dovey type of guy, he
was more like," You do as I say and we won't have issues, if you disobey
me, we will have lots of problems." It was his way or no way.TheGirl. http://www.blogger.com/profile/10212138362136777894noreply@blogger.com0