Blog #7

English 20-1 was probably one of the better years of English for myself.  Normally I find English is really boring and we never really do anything interesting.  This year was different then the last two years where I had McNab as my English teacher for those two years, making this different.  This year was a bit different than others, some of the things that I like were The Road, the Poetry Anthology, also laughing with Brianna pretty much every day this year.  Personally I liked the film project the most, even though I do not like presenting in front of a large group of people.  Being able to work with a partner of our choose, getting to miss a day of classes to watch movies, and some much more made this project the highlight of the year for me.  I really like movies so this by far was the best thing that we did this year in my opinion.  My least favorite part of this year would have been when we watch The King’s Speech.  I missed a day of watching the movie and I was pretty confused on what exactly was going on.  I also do not like movie that are in the genre, to me they are un interesting and I tend to zone out when I am un interested therefore that also made me more confused while watching it.  Even though I do not like reading Shakespeare this year I did not mind reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I liked how we stopped to explain what we were reading during class.  I would say having more fun projects like the one we had would have made this unit better, we were able to work in groups being with our friends.  I do not really have anything that could make English class better because it was a pretty enjoyable year this year.

Blog #6

Everybody loves thinking about spring break, whether it is just to get away from school or you have a big trip planned.  My favorite part of spring break would be being able to go to new places while the weather is good, because in winter the weather is cold in most places and in summer the weather is too hot limiting where you are able to go.   My favorite spring break memory would be when I went to Palm Springs for the first time, because it was a new experience for me.  I remember it like it was yesterday, my grandpa, grandma, cousin and I flew into Los Angeles because at the time the Palm Springs airport did not have flights to and from Calgary.  I remember feeling really excited to get to Palm Springs that I did not even feel bored as drove for two hours, just looking out the window taking in the beautiful scenery that was passing by as we drove.  Once we finally got to my grandparents’ house the feeling of excitement grew more because we were finally there, I walked through the house with bewilderment written on my face because it looked so much cooler then what the pictures I had seen of the house.  We did so much stuff while we were there for two weeks, we went to Disneyland for the second time in my life, we shopped on El Paso in Palm Desert (an outdoor mall kind of thing but it was a street), we went to dinner almost every night, and so much more.  While we were at Disneyland I remember being so excited to be going again, because the last time that I had went I was I grade one and I did not remember exactly what it was like since it had been so long before.  

Blog #5

New Year’s resolutions have been a big part of the New Year’s since people can remember.  Personally I believe that New Year’s resolutions are not that important, people just give them up before January is even over.  People think that it is such a good idea before they even think about if they will truly go through with these plans.  Some people actually do.  However most people tend to just give them up because they are too much for them to handle with their busy schedules.  I believe that people should start off with simple plans like not going on your phone as much, spending more time with your family, excreta.  This year I have decided that I am going to spend less time on my phone, iPod, and any other technology that distracts me because I have realized that I am dependent on knowing what other people are doing even if I do not know them.  People say that it is easy to give up internet but, some people do not think that.  Truthfully I start to feel anxious when I am not connected because I am scared that I am going to miss something big.  I made this resolution out of a sense that I unknowing reached for the phone even when I really didn’t need to.  I do this all while I am out with family and friends always wondering if I have a text or notification even if I don’t feel it vibrate in my pocket.  It was my friends that pointed that out to me one day before Christmas break making me think about it during the winter break.  In the end I agreed with them seeing how dependent I was on my phone and decided that I was going to make that my New Year’s resolution for 2015. 

Blog #4

This one day through the winter stood out beyond any other that I had ever experienced.  The bright sun glistened on the snow making it shimmer like a thousands of petite diamonds; the suns heat was almost nonexistent as the unfriendly wind blew making me shiver, even though I had on a cozy winter jacket, a wool hat, a pair of water prof mittens, a scarf, snow pants that match my jacket, and lastly winter boots.  The cold was not bothering my eight year old self, as I was jumping with excitement as I was going sledding for the first time in the 2006 winter.  I looked out to the hill to see children having fun playing and laughing as they slid down the hill, I look over to my grandpa who was to my right and looked up at him with excitement.  “Can we go sledding now,” I ask as I grab his hand wanting to go sledding really badly.  “Yes we can,” he says laughing as I let go of his hand and start running over to the hill, “you have to wait for us.”  Once I go over the slight hill that leads to the top of the massive hill that is on the other side.  I look back and wait anxiously for the rest of my family which includes my grandma, grandpa, and my grandpa’s kids, Lisa who is the oldest, Scott who is the middle one and Emily who is only a couple years older than I am.  After what felt like a million years they all got to the top of the hill were I waited for them, I quickly turned around and sat down on the crazy carpet that my grandpa gave me when we got out of the car and pushed myself a little.  If I were to say that I went done the hill fast would be an understatement, it felt like I was down the hill in seconds.  I quickly get off the sled, pick it up and start to run up the hill, about half way up the hill I have to stop and take a breath because the hill was so tall.  The rest of the day goes like this until it is time for us to go.  When we got back to my grandparents place we all decided that it is a good idea to have some hot chocolate.  After hot chocolate we all go to bed.  

Blog #3

#385 That One House That on Your Street That Gets Really, Really into Halloween 

People really like to decorate for things like Halloween and Christmas, but most people believe that when you decorate for Halloween it is more exiting and I couldn’t agree more.  When I was younger and I went out trick or treating this one house would always go all out with their decorations.  I remember this house because it was always decorated because they loved Halloween so much.  When I would see this house from down the street all you could see was the fog that was coming from the fog machines that they had put all over their front yard.  As you got closer to the house you could hear the scary music that they would play that any other day would scare you.  You could also make out the cob webs that were hung form the trees and the house with lights so that you could see them in the dark.  Once I was in front of the house you could see everything that was on the outside of the house.  There was skeletons that had red glowing eyes, open coffins with mummies in them, pumpkins with scary faces carved into them, spiders that hung from the trees, and grave stones that were dug out.  As I walked up the walk way to the front door the spiders would start to swing and get in the way of where you would walk, the empty graves would have skeletons popped out at you, and when you got to the front door you would hear a witches voice cackling.  As I knocked on the door it slowly opened revealing the man and the woman dressed in different costumes every year but this year in particular they were dressed up as Frankenstein and his wife.  They would hold out the bowl of candy and I would go and grab something but before I got my hand fully in the bowl a hand out pop out and grab my hand.  By the time I was done at this house I would be so scared that I would want to stop but I never did. I always remember this house because of how awesome it was.