Personal Addition 12

I decided to post this photo of Paris, because tomorrow that is where I am headed too. I thought I'd blog about my excitment and where I am going for spring break because it is what is the most current topic in my life right now. I am going for eight solid days, where I will be seeing everything you could image seeing in Paris. Everything from the Effiel Tower, to Euro Disneyworld, which is a Europe version of Disneyworld. Many pictures will be posted following this post!

Writing Reflection 4

My "Moment"

I really enjoyed the assignment we had where we had to write about a moment in our lives that either changes us, or made a big effect on our lives. The moment I chose was the time where I had fallen off of a cliff, and almost died. It sounds extremely horrible, though it was a jumping cliff where there was water at the bottom, that idea makes it sound a lot less dramatic, though it was still highly dangerous. The method that we wrote this is where we were able to leave the classroom and go write somewhere in the halls alone, by ourselves really helped. I'm usually someone who can concentrate on their work where ever, even if there are loud people around me. Of course being along with my thoughts worked easier to right this assignments. It is always a lot easier to write by yourself, then with a crowd full of people, whether you are a good writer or not. I have now learned about myself that "Solitary Confinement" is my most favourite was to write.

My Blog

I feel like things are going extremely good when it comes to blogging for me. I have noticed that more and more people are commenting on my posts, and not only my teacher. The more I blog, the more people seem interested in my posts, which is a good thing. I am not the greatest and commenting on other peoples blogs yet, only because I'm not quite sure on what to say, or if they will enjoy my comments. Though I love the idea of posting all of our assignments on here, instead of physically to our teachers.

Reading Reflection 4

Book- The Burn Journals
Author- Brent Runyo
Pages read- 164- 211


Questions:

1. What was the Ronald Mcdonald house?

During the pages that I had read last friday, Brent mentions the "Ronal Mcdonald house" which I could not figure out what exactly he was referring too. My first idea might have been something such as Mcdonalds, considering Ronald Mcdonald the clown related to Mcdonald's. Though if I though about it correctly, not a single thing in this story can relate to something even remotely close to Mcdonald's. I still have not figured out what Brent is referring too, perhaps I had missed something that was said that I did not cross in the book.

Comments:

1. A comment I had during the reading on friday was when Brent talks about the idea of bottling everything up that is bothering him inside, and not telling a single sole about how he is feeling. My comment towards that was that everyone who has mentioned something like this has been told that it is very unhealthy. Almost dangerous, like your torturing yourself with bad thoughts. Reviling what is bothering you can almost refresh you. Make you feel good, almost like it's taking what is bad inside of you and throwing it away.

2. When Brent is in counseling with his parents, talking about everything that has happened, and the effects that it had upon his family, it must have gave Brent a huge feeling of guilt, it would for me at least. How trying to commit suicide not only had a new effect on himself, but it had an effect upon his parents, his friends, his school, the nurses and doctors that he had met, everything. That type of guilt almost isn't worth the task that he was trying to succeed, killing himself. Some people don't think about how much things will change once you try to commit suicide, how much your life will change. I wonder if Brent really thought about all the consequences and effects that he would lead too.

3. When Brent's parents come across a piece of paper with the word death written on it, including the knife they found, they of course come up to think of the worse scenario's possible of why they found that. This situation of course has no other explanation but a bad one. Though with other situations where parents find something and think worse of it then it actually is, happens to my parents and me quite a lot. For an example, if they get a call from my school, before listening to the voice mail they left, they will come to think the worse of what the school is informing them about. Or when they find a lighter in my room, they come to think I'm a smoker and such, when really it is just my friends. I can relate to Brent on how his parents come to think of the worse scenario's possible, though in his situation, it is very understandable.

Predictions:

After getting to where I currently am in the book now, where Brent has finally made it home, back to normal, I'm starting to think things will almost get back together. The only change in his life now is the fact that his mom has to rub cream on his back everyday, as well as he gets a different feeling, or vibe once he walks into the bathroom that he had once tried to commit suicide in. He has not gone to school yet, but from what I have learned while reading, I feel like things will be good at school. He may not like passing the locker that he had set on fire, and people may be more concerned about him, always keeping an eye on him, but eventually, his life will become good again.

Personal Additions 11

Eight more days!

Personal Additions 10

No more can anyone say to some up the quote on this picture. It is one of the most meaningful quotes that I have ever read, as well as powerful.

Personal Additions 9

This is my dog, Riley. I decided to blog about him because at some points, he's my favourite thing to be around, over everyone else. It does sound somewhat depressing, but he can always bring a smile to my face.

Personal Additions 8

Mac Miller could honestly be listed as one of my favourite artists out there currently. He recently had a concert here in Winnipeg that I unfortunately missed. I really regret not buying tickets, though now it is too late. All the more hope to seeing him live in concert sometime soon!

Personal Additions 7

I decided to blog about this photo because the saying on it really relates to high school drama. I can't say enough how much this saying is worth gold to any adolescents going through highschool currently, which was why I decided to blog this.

Personal Additions 6

This is a movie that I feel everyone has seen except for me. This is the one movie that I am desperate to see at the current moment. Some peopl have said they think it's really funny, and entertaining, others have said it was a horrible movie, with no story line too it. I'm hoping to finally see it soon before agreeing on which side to side with.

Personal Additions 5

I thought I'd post Winnipeg's upcoming weather because it extremely excites me that winter is pretty much over from here on now. Everything is better in the summer, much more joyful. Hopefully it only gets better from here on!

Brent's IPhone

This could represent an example of what Brent from the story that I'm readings iPhone could possible look like. Once reading the book you call tell it has a lot to do with fire, burn care, and hospitals. Which is why all the apps on this IPhone are similar to thoughs topics.

Personal Additions 4

This quote also reminds me of myself. I'm the type to over think everything. Almost over think things so much, that I end up creating myself a situation that is worse then it actually is in reality just because of constantly over thinking it. The quote itself is a classic Cheyenne move, which was why I decided to post this picture on my blog.

Personal Additions 3

My reasoning for posting a situation like the one on this picture is because not only is that something I do, all the time, but because it can truly represent how unaware or distracted I can be sometimes. The saying it's self just reminds me of myself completely. As well as it can be somewhat ironic to how many people actually do non-thinking actions like this.

Kony 2012

I feel like this whole idea of making Kony noticed around the world is a great advantage to using the publicity in a real, and important matter, considering some take advantage of the fact, fame. It would be hard to disagree with what this campaigns goal is set for, considering this man is like the Hitler of our generation. I personally would enjoy helping this protest, though ordering a package deal may be a longer wait then the actual date that this takes action on. Though I wish this campaign best of luck!

1) A concern that I may have with this idea of stopping Kony is the idea of not many people protesting on the day that this takes action, making it hard to follow through with great results. Though I wonder why they need so much publicity for this one man? Instead of wasting there time making posters about him, they could be busy trying to find Kony, which was what this whole Campaign was intended for. Though all steps for the progress are appropriate for what they are trying to accomplish.

2) I feel like this whole idea is to make a concern around the world for these "invisible children." Finding Kony and rescuing the children come hand in hand, where one will still make an enormous difference in the world. Which is why yes, I do believe that the "invisible children" address these concern.

3) With these concerns in mind, I feel like us as a class should spread the word as much as possible. Which is what the point of making the video was in the first place. The more we talk about it, the more we think about it, the more we will take part in it. We could post status's on Facebook about Kony, Twitter, Tumblr, talk about it with friends who haven't heard, or even blog about it like I currently am. Us spreading the word could take a huge part in what this campaign was trying to succeed.

Six Word Memoirs- Me

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=blonde+hair&m=text#page=0

Writer's Note:
I feel like this photo that I have found over Flickr really relates to my quote, not only because it shows the blonde hair, considering my quotes about that topic, but it shows the meaning of why I decided that quote relates to me. I have always wanted a shade light of a hair colour. Even though I am already blonde I've always wanted to be more blonde, without having to die my hair. The reason I decide to choose this idea as a fact about myself was because this would be one of my wants, one of my wishes.