The weekend!

Over the weekend, I went to Rhiannon and Alexa's birthday party! We went lazer tagging and then had a sleepover at Alexa's boat house! Everyone had so much fun! Then on Friday I babysat all day. Saturday and Sunday I played volleyball outside and rested. Now Monday was the most fun day of all! Annie slept over and then we went to the beach in the morning and saw some friends! We started going in the water and I almost fell in! Then Annie invited us to go on her boat! It was a blast! We swam in the lake and it was freezing! I couldn't believe how cold it was!But we did have a lot of fun and I can't wait to do it again! I love four day weekends!

Gimmeacall by Sarah Mylnowski

Imagine if you got a call from yourself 4 years later. What would you do? What would you say? Wouldn't it be so weird you were frightened? This is exactly what happened to Devorah Banks when she was a freshman. Gimmecall by Sarah Mylnowski fits in with the symbolism and plotline of a comedy but one characteristic is more of a romance than a comedy.

The symbolism really shows that the story is a comedy. It is always bright and sunny all the time! I don’t remember once when it was raining. There was always white clouds in the sky and you always here them talking about the nature outside. Something that I always heard about in the book that there was birds in the sky chirping! It reminded me of the time when I woke up in the morning due to birds chirping outside my window. Another thing that I found interesting was that after ever sentence Devorah would say no? It caught my attention because no one else in the book did that.

Even though the symbolism clearly fits right in with the story, the plotline matches it completely! At first they are both living their normal everyday life, but then Devorah drops her phone into the fountain and calls herself! My mom would kill me if I dropped my phone into a fountain! But that was just a minor problem at the time. Then they start figuring out whatever herself four years earlier ,Frosh, did it changed her life! The conflict was realized and they needed to figure out how to fix it! If something like that every happened in my life, I wouldn't know what to do! Frosh keeps doing things that keep changing Devorah's life! Then, something happens. Devorah's phone dies and its dead forever. Oddly enough that was the resolution because things only changed in Devorah's life when Frosh and her were talking. So then they were back to normal, everyday life.

Although the plot line is perfect for the story, the characteristics are a very interesting mix of romance and comedy. One of the characteristics of a comedy is that the main character is in control. The main character, Frosh, is obviously in control because whatever she does, effects Devorah's or her friends life! Another characteristic is that it is realistic. This story is not really realistic but more of unrealistic. It couldn't actually happen, which confused me because the story fit right in with everything else.

Even though the characteristics didn't fit right in with Gimmeacall, some characteristics, the plotline and symbolism of a comedy all did. This book really reminded me of other stories that I read explaining the struggle of high school.I thought the lesson of the story really spoke to me. Remember to always listen to yourself and not someone else because you'll never know where you'll end up.

Hairstyles

There is all different kinds of hairstyles in the world! You can do so many different things with your hair, well with a girl of course. My favorite casual hairstyle would probably be side swept bangs with layers in the back about collarbone length. I really would like my hair to be like that, but I guess I'll just have to wait. My favorite fun hairstyle would be a bow! One day when I was at my friends house she tried to make a bow out of my hair! It failed but she could do it with her hair! It looked so cool! A hairstyle I'm not a big fan of is a braid. I like doing them and taking them out to make your hair curly, but just a simple braid is boring! It looks to plain to me. I think  some boys would be kind of sad because they can't do everything girls can do with their hair.Only if they have long enough hair they could. Something I really love is getting my haircut or combed or anything with another person. It just feels so soothing to me. I used to love when my mom would brush my long hair when I was very little. Anyway hairstyles are very fun! They can get you closer to your friends or make you look great! What would the world be like without hairstyles?

The closet...

 Author's Note: This is an object monologue. In drama class we had to write a piece of writing as we are something and then memorize it and present it. I choose mine as a pillow. This was very fun to write and speak!

Ow! Ow! Eh. Ow!!! Stop it!!! Yeah okay, I would really appreciate it if you got ur gross, little, sweaty head off of me. I mean would you want ME laying on you all night? I don't think so. Why do I have to be a pillow? All you do is have people lay on you all night. What fun is the fun in that? Nothing! Ugh why can't I just go in the closet? At least I wouldn’t get hurt every night! OH no…she's picking me up. I hope we don’t have to go on another trip again.  I remember one time when we went to Wisconsin. Ugh, longest and worst trip I have ever been on! Wait, wait no! Not the closet! Please! Ill do anything! Nooooo!!

Summer Haiku!

Summer is so fun!
With pools and beaches for days!
Great time to make friends!

The Phone Call

                "Stay where you are and no one will get hurt." Muttered a voice on the phone. Angela just got a phone call and decided to answer it because she didn't know who it was. "Who are you? You can't tell me what to do!" Angela screamed. "Oh yes I can. Just watch." All of a sudden every window in her apartment were blocked by black shades. Angela screamed in terror and ran into her bedroom closet. Footsteps were close near by. She hid under blankets in the closet and prayed he would not find her. The front door slammed shut and there was silence. Angela waited a whole ten minutes until she crawled out of the closet. She didn't know why this man was trying to contact her or what he planned to do. There was nothing else she could do so she laid on her bed and cried.
                   Angela woke up to the phone ringing. She was shaking and thought what if it is the same man again. Angela picked up the phone. "Hello Angela, you might have got away with it this time, but now I know your whole schedule and your work hours. You can't hide from me." The phone dropped to the ground with a crash. Angela packed a bag of everything she needed and headed out the back door. She got in her car and drove down her street, glancing at everything she saw to make sure the man was not here. Angela didn't see the stop sign and slammed on her brakes.

                  The next thing she knew she was in the hospital with tubes all on her and machines all around her. "What happened?" She questioned herself,but someone else answered. "You hit a pickup truck when u ran the stop sign but luckily you only broke your arm, but no one else got hurt." She looked at her arm and shrugged. It'll heal she thought. "Who did I hit? Oh great, more bills I have to pay for." A tall old man walked in the room. "You hit me." She almost fainted. She recognized that voice. It was the guy that was on the phone.

                "Don't be afraid, I did that call to scare you so you would stay in the house, but that didn't work." She shuddered at the thought of that phone call. "Who are you then?" The man sighs. "Your father."

                "No! You can't be!" Angela screamed so loud, that some doctors looked at her to make sure shes okay. "Angela, yes I am. I know everything about you. I know I left when you were young. But I had to leave because of my job and your kids were so happy where you were, I just left one day. I'm sorry, I should have never done that." She couldn't believe it was really him. "Then why did you keep calling me?" He breathed a heavy sigh. "Well I thought maybe you would stay where you were and we could talk. I'm so sorry, this is all my fault." She looked into her eyes and believed him. Those were his eyes she remembered sparkling every night when he tucked her in to go to sleep." I'll be fine. I'm just glad your back."

Author's Note: This is a picture post. We get a picture and we write about it. I am writing as I am the woman in the picture.

I stood there, staring at what I had done. I'd gotten out of control and I ruined it for everyone. I knew I couldn't stay here otherwise the police would arrest me for life. My decision was made, I had to leave. I packed my stuff up and started to walk away from the disaster that I caused and looked back.My home town was ruined. I didn't mean for the fire to happen. It just happened. I couldn't believe that I had started that fire and destroyed the town. Why did I do it? Why? All my memories of my childhood was lost. And so was I.

Summer!

Summer is the time when we can have so much fun and enjoy a break from school. Without summer, we would have no break to enjoy ourselves or to hang out with friends or to take trips. We need summer! I love summer because you get to do so many unique activities. Some of my favorite activities is to play beach volleyball, swim in the beach and hang out with friends, anywhere really! I really want to hang out with people that I haven't really hung out with a lot and try to become better friends! That's what summers all about! Something else I would really like to do is go on a trip. Maybe Georgia or Florida. Since my birthday is in August we actually might this summer! Another thing that I found out that all my family on my mom's side is going to Disney World next year! I can't wait to go with my family and have a fabulous time! I can't wait till summer.(: