Friday, March 15, 2013

Journal

3/15/13
JOURNAL  JJ

          Twenty years from now will people bother getting married at all?  What reasons will there be?



            Life will be a lot different in 20 years and beliefs will change, like they have throughout all of the years. Marriage is something that people question a lot of times. I personally believe that people will be getting married and want to get married 20 years from now. There will be some people that will not want to get married, but I believe that most people will want to get married. Love is the main reason. Marriage is something that connects two people for the rest of their lives, and when married you as a spouse are able to do more things and are allowed to have the information about your spouse in important times. As of now, not every state allows gay couples to get married. I believe that in 20 years every state will allow gay marriage. People will finally realize that they are people too and their love should be no different than everyone else’s. I feel like in 20 years life as in marriage life will be not much different, but I do also believe that there will be more positives to marriage than there is now. There will be many couples that do not believe in marriage, and everyone should let them be. I believe it is a personal choice and that everyone can do what they want and be perfectly fine with it. Marriage to me is something that I for sure believe in. When I get older I want to get married, but I will respect whatever happens in the future.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Free write poem

People walking everywhere
You can hear the music from everywhere
Bright lights and sparkles are surrounding you

5 pounds of makeup on your face
Hair gelled back
Red lips
Silver diamonds jewelry

Performance time
Your one shot
Walk up onto the stage
Smiling from ear to ear

Time to go back to the dressing room
Start it all over again, only difference is the costume

Monday, February 18, 2013

excerpt form short story


“Doesn’t it suck when you’re not the best?” Jenna said to Katie

“Presentation is starting!” the boss yells as everyone rushes into the office

“Thanks for the idea.” Jenna said as she walks into the meeting room. Jenna walks away and goes to Nick’s house.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Point of View

First Person
                BANG! I shoot out of my bed wondering what in the world that noise was. It almost sounded like a gun shot to me, so I freaked out. My heart starts pounding as if It is about to pop outside of my body. The more it is pounding, the harder it is to breathe. To figure out where that noise came from, I quickly rushed over to my window searching around my neighborhood as to where the loud noise came from. I look over towards my neighbor’s; Mr. Somers house and I see Mr. Somers standing right over his dog, as if he is the most powerful man in the world. The dog lay limp and lifeless on the ground, dead. What kind of man would do this? I glance over at Mr. Somer’s face, and surprisingly, I see on his face was an almost smirk.  What a sick man, I thought. This man has to be crazy if he actually enjoyed killing his dog. When I think that it could not get any worse, Mr. Somers grabs his dog by the legs. I watch as Mr. Somers drag his dog into the garage. When I watch this, I can feel my heart sinking inside my chest. There is a trail of blood that shows the dog’s path into the garage. I watch as the garage door shuts slowly shutting. As I watch the poor dog gets trapped in the garage, I start to almost get teary eyed. My heart goes out to the dog, hoping that he lives a better life away from his cruel owner, Mr. Somers.
Third Person omniscient
                BANG! There was a loud gunshot type noise outside of John’s window. He shot up out of his bed like a sling shot and yelled down to his mom.
                “What was that?” John shouted down the stairs in a panic voice to his mom. His mom, already awake, was also confused by the gunshot like noise. She looks out of the kitchen window towards Mr. Somer’s house across the street. She sees Mr. Somers standing powerfully with a gun in his left hand and his dog, Chester, lying limp on his driveway.
                “Just forget about it!” lied John’s mom. She did not want John to be worried or feel sad. She knew he was passionate about animals, and especially his own dog.
                “But did you figure out what it was?” john said confused.
                “No I think it might have been some hunters in the woods, just get ready for school.” said his mom. John takes his time getting ready because he dreaded going to school. John finally, comes down the stairs, running late, and quickly grabs his backpack and lunch and rushes to his bus stop. As he walks to his bus stop, he sees a trail of blood on Mr. Somer’s driveway. This gets john thinking and wondering what was going on. He decides to call his mom to see what really happened. She finally told John the truth and told him that Mr. Somer’s had killed his dog, and must have dragged the dog into the garage. Hearing what had happened made John feel sick. Even though John had a bad feeling, he knew it could not let it upset him, so he tried his best to cheer up and go to school happily like he usually does. On the bus ride to school, John gets thinking about his own dog. The events that had occurred in the morning had made John realize that he needs to spend even more time with his dog because John will never know if something soon will happen to his dog.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Cortney Chelmo
Hour. 1
One chilly winter afternoon, along the Appalachian Trail, I was surrounded by giant, forest green trees. My view consisted of tall mountains and small puddles of water. I could hear the sounds of birds and other woodland creatures through the distance of the trees. I quickly glance towards my feet; I saw something glimmering in the dirt and rocky trail. There was a small stone that was not like any other. There was something about this rock that set it apart from all others. I gently pick up the rock, and I noticed that the rock was smooth with little sharp edges.
The stone had a shiny aquamarine color that was just beautiful, and while staring at the stone, my thoughts started roaming. The stone made me think about the ocean. The most enjoyable times I had were when I was by the bright blue and open ocean. I could feel the ocean breeze fly through my hair, making my hair flow. I could feel the warm sand underneath my feet as I walk toward the ocean. I was imagining the waves crashing against each other. The thoughts of the beach made my entire day even though I was already having a great day hiking.
The sun was shining down right on the stone as it lay in my hand. I had so come up with a decision so I could move on with my hike, so I contemplated whether to keep the stone or leave it for someone else to discover. I knew that if someone else was to discover it, it sure would bring some sort of feeling to them. As much as I wanted to keep the stone, I knew that it would not bring another special moment like I had now. I knew it would be better to just move on and drop the stone back onto the dirt trail, so I gently dropped the stone back onto the trail, and I slowly walked away to continue my hike with a smile on my face.