Christine+Kim+(HJ)



Entry 51 Reflect on your final project. I thought the final project was easy to do. I just had to choose the topic and format I was most used to, and I knew that I could write an acceptable piece using poetry and the theme I instantly thought of. I'm glad this project didn't force us to do a certain format like essay, cause there are people who excel in writing essays and there are those who don't. I'm glad I didn't procrastinate either, cause I can have study hall at the last block of creative writing. I am glad that in this final I really had an idea in where I wanted to go. Most of the time, like short stories, I don't know where I'm heading and TADA! comes the product.

Entry 50

Write about someone you would love to see put in jail.

Oh. I have a lot of people I want to see in jail. Or WANTED to see in jail. Well, for one thing, I really wanted Lady GaGa to go to jail after her hilarious and slightly inappropriate content. Maybe she should go to the mental hospital instead of jail, then. Maybe. I wanted to shove Bush in jail(the irony of it), and I wanted to put some kids along with him in the process. But as sad as it is, I work hard not to let the anger go on and on about for like five years... so, no I don’t really have a person I would LOVE to put in jail. I’ll let you know when I do.

Journal Entry 49 Write about a task, job, or chore you dislike. Since I was little, I had the tendency to... digress. I still do. For example when we went to places, lets say, Las Vegas. Instead of pointing my chubby fingers to the beautiful buildings, I would be looking down at the sidewalk searching for ants. Yup, that was the kind of little girl I was. My parents are frustrated because I NEVER remember anything about family vacations. Except, well, for the little ant. For I was overly curious in things most children weren't curious about, I always wondered about where all the, um, "things" that came out of people went, being a toddler, and around that time, we saw the neighboring truck that took all the.. stuff. And all the while I was thinking, "Whoa. That's a lot poo and pee........" And yeah, it rank of it. So, I really wonder why people would want to do that. I guess I'll never know, like how I never know why people want to be the FBI and meet terrorists and all those kinds of... unpleasant meetings. I'll really never know. One thing is for sure, though. I will never go driving around a poo truck..

Journal entry 48 Of all the people you know, who is the person you respect most of all? Why? What has the person done to earn your respect?

 I am surrounded by people I respect. I do not know if they respect me because I don’t have supernatural powers to peer into one’s mind, and they might not know I respect them because my way is... unique. Most people would say one of their family members, most likely a parent is the person they respect the most. Of course I respect my parents in different ways(respect out of fear, love,etc), but I always took it as granted, and you have to be honest and show what you really think in writing. So, the person I respect the most (till now) isn’t my parent. There was a girl who truly impressed me last summer. She clearly impressed everybody else too, because she got an award for “the most caring, and thoughtful girl”. I knew camp friends, with all that “I’ll never forget you, we’ll always be best friends and we’ll meet each other” was just a show or a wish made. It never happens. I should know because I’m in Korea and majority of the friends I made are scattered in America. So it was just a kind of summer friend fling you have an you quickly forget about. But I still can’t forget what little act of kindness she did. It was on sunday, and we were all sleeping soundly. We were exhausted by the end of the week, with the humid, hot weather, and excessive work outs. Everyone had bags under their eyes. Everyone. She had the darkest bags of us all, because not only was she caring and thoughtful, she was hardworking. We all knew because she was always in the practice room, practicing until her voice became inaudible. Despite all of this, she woke up at 6am and went to the cafeteria alone. The cafeteria closed at 6:30 and lunch was at 2:00. By the time we woke up, we smelled bagel with cheese, fruits, and salad. She was only about four feet five and she heaved it all to the cabin. She was afraid that we would starve breakfast, she didn’t want to wake us up, so she went alone. I think a person who you respect is a person who you are inspired by. And I was inspired by her.

Journal entry 47 Use the all of the following words in a story: Plastic Bottle, Baseball, Dirty Handkerchief, Crumpled note, unhinged door. I fell into an unhinged door, my dirty handkerchief flying as I stumbled, and the crumpled note I held so tightly rolled out of my brown pockets. I heaved myself up and rubbed my hands together. "I have to watch the baseball game! My friend told me that its airing today! AHA!" But all that was left in the room with one window was my plastic water bottle.

Journal entry 46 Writing Prompt (Reflection)

I did not find this project hard at all, because it was a great way to express the sad feelings I had felt at the time and just... well, let it explode. My pride (stupid one, that) wouldn't let me cry in front of people cause I was afraid they would go like, "You're crying over a RABBIT? Not even a dog? pshawwww." But this was a way to express how depressed I was at the time without being overdramatic with words. What I liked about my topic was that not a lot of words had to spoken, which was one of the important values in this project. The sadness I felt for Hachi was heartfelt, and majority should know the loss of losing someone or something you really love, so more than words, short images finished the story. Also, it was easy to find pictures because they were taken over many months, not just one night. It was bothersome picking out what I wanted to use, but once picked and set, it was easy to filter the pics out. If Hachi HAD died as the doctors warned me, then I wouldn't be so bubbly and write a whole paragraph on how great this project was. This project would just be "a eulogy for Hachi the rabbit." I am glad it ended up as "I know how important Hachi is."

Entry 45 FINALS FINALS FINALS! I was just there, like riding on an endless train that never ends. That was how it felt. I was sooooo wrong. Just around the corner, finals were there. They were THERE! Two weeks before finals. As one of the teachers I knew said, it is hard to actually start working. After that its easy, he said. No.. he underestimated the reality of starting. Sigh sigh sigh. God help me.

Journal 44 List 12 things you can buy with your last W20000 - rabbit food - 4 comic books - a ring I really wanted - cards(birthday, thank you, goodbye, Magic cards) - shoe laces - 6 loose leaf - going for a check up at the dentist - church money - toys for my future dog - textbooks needed for the future - I could remodel my ugly pencil case - a present for friends.

Journal 43 "yipes," said the zebra. "I've lost my stripes." Continue the paragraph, using as many words as you possibly can that rhyme with Yipes. The pipes have gone loose?! Yipes, I shouldn't have lost my stripes in the first place! My friend knows how to type with his hoof, so I will ask him. Oh, no! I lost my stripes AND got stung by spikes. I learned that the porcupine actually bites. Oh, and did I tell you? My zebra friend has a Skype so feel free to join.

Journal 42 In the midst of winter, where the originally green slopes of the intimidating mountain was painted white and gray. Dull brown scraps of the yellow flowers that flourished in the summer dwindled. A dwarf dwelled in his dark cave for he was swindled by his next door neighbor. Why? he cried. WHY?

Journal 41

List 10-15 things worth saving then choose one to write about. - My rabbit - Books - Money - Key card - Accessories - Mac book - Family - Shoes - Glasses - Ipod - Shoes - Pictures (photo album) - Stuffed animals

My books are definitely worth saving because to me, they were like a sanctuary when I felt down or happy. I have books signed by some authors and there are some books that inspired me very much. I love the hardcover Alice in Wonderland since it was read to me since I was young, and I remember reading Anne of Green Gables. Books, of course can be brought, but each of the books I have carry stories and my memories. Not all books are precious, but there are always those books that frame your mind.

Journal 40 Take two people who dislike each other and stick them in the backseat of a cab. What happens? Tom and Jerry was stuck in the back of the cab. They obviously did not enjoy each other’s company, and Tom was feeling exceptionally hungry. Jerry glared at Tom and waved his contractable needle in the air, threatening to poke Tom’s eyes out. Smiling, Tom took out his claws sheathed in his soft paws, wagging it in the air. Jerry smiled in return and took out a hammer. Well, lets leave it at that.

Journal 39 We will be entering ninth grade, and we should have a pretty clear mind in what we want to do when we grow up. I mean, it IS high school. But I can't find anything that REALLY interests me, a job that I would want to do for LIFE. I don't want to be a doctor, lawyer, or professor. Nothing really seems to inspire me anymore. I wanted to be a police woman when I was young, but seeing CSI? Nah, I gave up on it. I think the most important "thing" for me this year is to be inspired. Yes, that is what I will do until the end of the year.

Journal Entry 38 Recall an uplifting experience and write about it. The most recent uplifting experience was my mom telling me that she will give thought in buying or adopting a dog. That was pretty much what I talked about the whole day and she got annoyed and kind of seemed to regret saying it. I wanted a Welsh Corgi and she wanted a small dog that doesn't shed. That's almost like saying she doesn't want a dog AT ALL. Well there are those nude cats, but they're ugly to the boot. If a dog has no fur, what's the point in even buying one?! Nude dog. Hmmm. It seems as if her ideal dog has to be genetically engineered. A small dog that isn't aggressive. All small dogs are aggressive. A dog that doesn't shed. She wants a nude dog? Ugh. Di-sg-us-ting. A cheap dog. That's easy enough. Just take in a dog out in the streets, full of rabies and germs, or a mutant dog that nobody wants. A dog that isn't fat? Simple. Starve one. Dear god, why is it harder to buy a dog than looking after your obnoxious six year old cousin?

Journal Entry 37 Write about a time you hid from someone, or a time you disguised who you really were. So, at summer camp, we played a lame but fun game (I forgot the name) where we knocked on the door of random cabins and cowardly run away. If you got caught by the beefy counselors, well, you were screwed and probably have a long speech and lecture about being responsible and cordial, blah blah blah. Anyhow, if you were caught, game OVER and after you received the long speech you would have to go on a dare. And dares, were in fact, NOT PLEASANT. Unfortunately my friend was caught, screwed, and came back, shivering in fear of the dare we would condemn her with. The dare was not an easy one, if my memory serves correctly. She had to go to main camp(well its called main camp cause everything there is... not surrounded by plants and have fatty foods) and hug a high schooler. Preferably male. Maybe, if the plan went as it was supposed to and we chose a different girl to carry out the dare, new love would've blossomed. I mean, it was the perfect excuse to run up to a high schooler(male) and sweetly smile and say "it was a dare". Well, my lying friend had her cousin who was a senior and that was the end.

Journal Entry 36
Is there a cause you care about a lot? How far would you go to stand up for what you believe?

I believe that people(especially Japanese) should stop killing whales and dolphins for meat. They themselves do not know how violent whale hunting is, and yet they eat it. Eating dogs are slightly understandable, for the numbers of dogs don't seem to be decreasing anytime soon, but whale numbers are decreasing drastically. Not only hunted for meat, they are hit by many boats and ships. If I had the time, I would hold posters up about whale hunting and urge people and myself to set NGOs specifically defending whales and dolphins. The harper seal hunted for their fur is a similar case to this.

Rewrite the fairy tale, Snow White from the point of view of one of the seven dwarves. Sneezy: -organized and methodical, - strong sense of duty - loyal, honest and respectful - coughing, sneezing, blowing his nose, red nose and eyes, - interrupts with complaints about environment (hot, cold, drafty) - "yes, but.." - tries to sabotage the leadership in guise of being honest or faithful - things should be done according to procedures - problem saying "no" - sneezing during the dance - "The old queen got her!" Riding deer - Climbing the cliff to catch the queen - Lightning struck and she fell - All crying they thought she died and glass and gold coffin - snow white awakens
 * Sneezy**

Journal Entry 35
Write from the point of view of a freshly scrubbed floor. Oooohhhhh! I was scrubbed against my will, I say. Where is my freedom of speech? I will be dirty anyway, so why bother to scrub? I do not like this at all, not at all! It is unfamiliar for me, being slippery and spotless. Why, customers at your shop frown when they slip and fall! So why would you want to scrub me so vigorously, owner? There is no point; I'll be stepped on anyway for that is what a floor is for!

Journal #34
You can tell a lot about a person by what he or she says. Here are some things Grandma Dorothy always says

“You can never be to dressed up”

“A woman should never ask a man to dance”

“He is quite a snappy dresser”

Based on these sentences imagine what kind of person Grandma Dorothy is. Write a paragraph describing her. Fee l free to use any or all of her quotations.

Grandma Dorothy seems to be strict and clear about her opinion. She uses words such as never and snappy which signifies she is not current. She seems to believe in the importance of modesty judging by the first quote. The second quote is quite old fashioned saying that she believes that a woman asking is not proper.

Journal 33
Henry VIII was enjoying himself thoroughly on the so-called subway. He did not enjoy the fact that he, the King of England, was stranded in the middle of nowhere. But he did enjoy the fact that he was surrounded by beautiful attractive women without gloves or skirts that cover their ankles. Why, his last mistress had an extra finger and he didn’t know! If she had lived here, Henry thought, I am sure she would have been burned like all witches are. Henry was grinning stupidly, a fat smirk plastered on his face, and he was staring intently at the woman sitting next to him. She, of course, was spooked and changed seats. After a while, Henry noticed that most people were looking at him like a hobo and eyeing him dirtily. He just wanted to go home. To England where every body worships him and wants him. HOME, I SAY!

Journal 32
Reflect on the group work portion of your commercial project. How did you measure up? Do you believe that you contributed to the group as much as others? What was you role? Did you learn anything new about yourself and how you work in groups during this project? I am pretty satisfied with the product and contribution wise, I believe that I contributed enough, heaving my sickly body out of cozy home on a cold saturday. Usually I am the idea person and the workaholic in projects, but in this one, I was a bit laid back. I had a feeling we digressed a lot because we were friends. This group project made me think about the pros and cons of having friends in groups. My role was voicing over or supporting. I learned that working on a project with friends is different than working with people selected randomly.

Journal 31
Write in the voice of a rope about to snap. At least one paragraph 5-8 sentences. OOHHHHH you! touch me again and you won't get that hand back. I will grip on you and fasten my teeth on the hand like a viper, and never let go until your hand turns blue. Touch me again, and I swear on my sweet strands that I will and a rope never breaks its word. I am fierce, I am vile, but if you leave me alone I will not be either. NONO! don't you dare try to cut me with that!

Journal 30
Math tests. Oh, how I dread them. And for a good reason too, because I fail(figure of speech) most of them. It doesn't help that Ms. Lee's class average is a C. I have a math test today and because I was sick and ate the medication that makes you sleepier than usual, I slept. Not a lot of studying. I had to take my bunny to the hospital because she was sick, too. Owner and pet alike. Sigh. I wish I would either be REALLY sick or NOT SICK AT ALL. The worst is just being sick right in the middle, just enough to come to school. Yes. If I didn't come to school today, I wouldn't have to take the math test. If I hadn't come to school today.... and a long list of things are occupying my mind, I would just be able to work at home and pay the bunny's hospital fees. GAWD! Please make me sick or not sick at ALL!!!!!

Journal 29
Write about a moment when you and another person(sibling, friend, parent, etc.) bonded. Well, there are a lot of times when you can "bond". As weird as it sounds, I bond with my dad cause we pretty much have the same idea in what we want to eat while our mom doesn't. Its like telepathy. Most of the time, we don't even talk with each other that much, but when it comes to eating, we are like... like... partners for life. In food.

An overall review of happenings last week I'm annoyed and happy that people are dropping like flies because of the weird sickness that creeps and seeps into one's health. Firstly, they don't have to come to school. Secondly, they don't have to do the work..... now. Here's the problem. If the school shuts down like the swine flue thing or the snow day thing, we have to make up. Like when we were all exhausted after spring break and we had to go to school for snow make up day. I thought I was going to die because the schedule that day was hell itself. ABCDEFG. I wonder if they are going to make Z block someday... or their goal is to go through all the alphabets like what they're doing with the dozen and still uselessly expanding buses. Well, Ms. Mccord thinks that this make up day thing is useless. I think so too, my friends think so, and my classmates thinks so. Our parents think its, dunno, a golden opportunity? I wonder if its stupid of me to be praying to God when I didn't go to church for three years hoping to make tomorrow snow. In April. Highly impossible, buy hey, you don't know what to expect when global warming is on its trail!
 * Journal Entry 28

Journal Entry-27 Write a four line song or poem about mayonnaise Mayonnaise White, dripping on the red carpet you are greasy, a rival to peanut butter you are salty, an enemy to kimchi you are sour, and enemy to skittles oh, gosh I think I I kind of hate you. I would definitely choose ranch over you.

Journal Entry-26 A person's choice of a dog is said to express something about his or her personality. Choose five individuals whose names are well-known internationally. What kind of dog would you choose for each. Why? Explain. Simon Cowell-German Shepherd(The American Idol judge sticks to what he likes, and intelligent but nasal comments fly out of his mouth busily. Easily, he sticks to those he like loyally) Einstein -Border Collie (the workaholic of the dog world and ranked #1 in intelligence) Mel Gibson-bulldog(not the brightest of the bunch, and Mel Gilbson wasn't exactly smart cursing on national live interview, but he's successful an people adore him. ) Marilyn Monroe- Papillon(very smart, knows it's ABCs. Cute and fox like face reminds me of Marilyn....) Tiger Woods- Bloodhound(because Tiger Woods is not exactly smart but is good at sports... bloodhounds are very hard to train and considered dumb)

Journal Entry #25** Reflect on the process of writing a short tory. What did you enjoy about it? What was difficult? How would you approach it differently if you did it again? I enjoyed that I could develop a story of my own as much as I wanted and many forms of writing and humor I attempted to include. I especially enjoyed that one of the criteria was purpose; and with animal abuse increasing by year, I thought responsibility was a good theme. Slightly humorous and suspenseful was my theme. I highly doubt that I would approach it differently, but if I would, I would probably start on the very first day it was given then on the last day. I would have had more time if I did that during spring break but I couldn't work on it as much as I wanted because we went to Hong Kong during spring break.

I wonder everybody experienced that feeling where there lives are spinning in a dizzy circle like a Roulette, where it is unpredictable and frustrating. My life is like a Roulette. So many things going on this year, me being forced to do somethings that I prefer not to do, but when people around you push you and say it is for your own good. Like maybe taking Pop quizzes every week or not having enough time to sleep, or extreme tests. My head throbs and hurts more than it did in seventh grade where I really didn't have to worry about GPAs. Unfortunately, this year I got strict teachers that give out tests, quizzes, and projects almost every week. Or maybe being forced to do impossible feats. Like running up and down a mountain nonstop finishing an essay in one day. But I guess thats eighth grade for you!
 * Journal Entry #24**

People often say, "If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to.." Complete the sentence five different ways. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to become angels If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to talk to dogs. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to ace the SATs. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can perform back bend without difficulty. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can all be composed individuals.
 * Journal Entry #23**

Blurp! Slosh! Snort! Write a paragraph incorporating at least ten onomatopoetic words. Onomatopoetic words are words that sound like what they mean. With a swoosh the witch zoomed out of her house and explored the starry night. However, while she was landing, she landed with a crack and her eyes went wide with a pop. Rawr! She screamed. OWW!! That hurts! The witch lost her balance once again and landed on the ground head first, with a splat. Poor witch. She began to cry. Drip, drip. Blurp. She vomited.
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 * Journal Entry 21**

For spring break we went to Macao and Hongkong. In my opinion, Hong kong is better than Macao. Macao is a city for smokers and gamblers. People

Free write for 3 minutes on this cliche "ice running through her veins". Ice was running through her veins when she saw the dark shadow reappear. Her attacker had humor; he liked to send terror running through his prey's hearts. She knew she was one of them. She was the prey, him the predator. Ice was running through her veins, stopping her heart, her breathing, and her thinking. She was in trance, gripped tightly by the beauty and terror the shadow chose to show.
 * Journal #20**

List ten things you usually do on a rainy day. Pick one from your list and free write for five minutes
 * Journal Entry #19**

1. Watch some form of entertainment 2. Read a book 3. Sleep 4. Stress about life 5. plan things ahead 6. Playing with the rabbit 7. Really just in trance 8. sitting still 9. eat 10. Being all gloomy and making the person next to me gloomy.

I usually am a pretty happy person. But at home on a rainy day, i just watch TV and well, lie down on a bed like an old man with the remote control in one hand and a bowl full of nachos in the other. I would just munch on it all day, find some movies to watch, chat with my friends and refuse to wash until its ten o'clock in the morning. And occasionally be caught by my mom sleeping and drooling with the TV on. Sometimes when I get tired watching TV, I count the money I earned or have in my purse, write my plans in where I'm going to spend it, and feel the warm satisfying feeling linger in my heart. It seems awfully dreary, but actually this is very fun and time passes by quickly then taking a forty five minute math test. I hope it will rain today.

Journal Entry #18
Write a 150 word profile of someone named "Margaret Mallory" or one of the characters for your short story. Trish Fish is a very attractive goldfish. Her scales glint brightly in the sunlight like orange light ups decorated on christmas trees, and she knows it. From head to toe is she orange, a bit of a creamy white color on her stomach, and she has bright intelligent-for-a-fish eyes. She thought of her owner as just, well, as an owner. Just until her seventeen friends started to die out in two weeks, boyfriend included. Ex-boyfriend. Her hatred for Logan grew every time she thought of her friends flushed heartlessly down the toilet with no respect. In fact, Trish hated him more than Oscar, the Burmese cat always tracking her with those freaky murky yellow eyes and stalking about the tank like a panther trying to get to his caged prey. Which was, in this case, the exact same situation. Trish is friends with Alfonzo, the Rex rabbit who is preyed on by Oscar as well.

Journal Entry #17
Describe in detail a person who leaves no stone unturned. I scrambled, screamed, and stomped my foot in frustration, waving my hands idiotically like a chimpanzee, knocking everything over, hoping to find it in a heap of pile. Just to find the ipod. Then my mom barges in, shouting, telling me to clean this mess. I forget what i was looking for.

Journal Entry #16
Write a rhyme paragraph. Each sentence must begin and end with the words that rhyme with each other. And example: Spring is a wonderful thing. Flowers start to sprout with the help of rain showers. Clowns make adults frown. Smile in the world of clowns and be ready to run a mile, down the aisle, and into the crocodile. For I am a clown, and you are a child, be ready to do your chore! A Forest painted by an artist. This isn't nearly as much fun as going to Swiss! Kiss is a bliss? Kiss is an abyss.

=Journal entry #15 3/4= Electricity is recent discovery. Think of 12 things to do when there is no power. Light a candle and possibly burn the house down walk up and down the stairs(curious to see hoe many times i'll fall down) use echolocation to know the location of objects go to the bathroom in a tub(most likely) bomb the telephone to make light wait for sunlight night and day go to the moon and take a piece of the moon use glasses to catch sunlight stay in a coffin if I was desperate I would put my rabbit's poop on fire (waste is flammable) Take a tub (another tub) full of water Or use the cheesy rub the wood together and make fire Go get lava and put it in a tank made of lava rock

Journal entry #14 3/2
= = What kind of cartoon show might appeal to the overage 65 audience? Imagine the show. Then, in 100 words or less, describe the show and its main character.

A cartoon show targeting older people should have comedy and should talk about the difference in ideas of teenagers nowadays and their days. Cartoons would have to have situations all old people are struggling with and how to overcome the problem. There is an old grandmother called Grumpy Betty. She is famous for shooting nasal, mean words to people. This is the main reason why she lives alone. One day her daughter experiences a car crash, leaving five year old Tobi and twelve year old Maddy behind. Without any choice, Grumpy Betty takes them in. At first, Grumpy Betty shouts and snaps at the two children, but later she develops a soft heart for them while watching them grow up. In between these children deal with conflicts in not having parents and conflicts in growing up and school. Because Betty is ninety five years old, she doesn't understand prom, fashion, and ideas of teenagers. Every episode she finds everything to complain about, but in the inside, she is a warm caring grandmother just like any other. = = = = =Journal #13 2/26= Write and eight sentence paragraph on a topic of your choice. Make sure you vary the length of each sentence.

Barbie is a very obnoxious dog. She roams around the neighborhood biting every other dog she sees. Quite an irony because her name is Barbie. She snarls and growls, showing her sharp yellow teeth. Barbie attacks them, and painful yelps come back as an answer. However Barbie is a three kg dog that is the size of an rabbit. Yet she still seems to enjoy attacking retrievers. Dumb Barbie is scared of the simplest things. She's afraid of shichus when she attacks dogs the size of greyhounds. = = = = =Journal #12 2/21= I keep wondering why spring hasn't come yet. My rabbit is starting to shed its fur, and spring clothes are coming out in clothes shops. I am confused because I don't see a hint of green anywhere! Spring is my favorite season, and I am devastated spring is coming so late. I think its time for me to really think about Global Warming. I want spring to come year after year, and I hope in the future, our children will have the chance to see and feel the beauty of spring. = = = = =Journal #11 2/18= Use the following words in a story: little boy, torn page, market, cart.

The little boy with pale white blond hair grasped his mother's hand tightly, shaking with excitement. It was his first time at a market, and it was a very new experience for he was only three years old. The market was full of colorful fruits and vegetables. His mother smiled, knowing that he was excited, and set him on the cart seat for toddlers. Then, she gave him a useless torn page of newspaper to play with. The boy was giggling with delight tearing the newspaper away.

Journal #10 2/13
Snowflakes, everywhere, landing gracefully on my hand, and quickly, like magic, vanishing away. The snowflakes are not white, but blue, yellow, green, orange, and purple, looking like jewels in the weak winter sunlight. They quickly form tears on my hand and drip to the sides of my palm. Snowflakes leave tears everywhere because they cannot leave their mark in the world.

Journal #9 2/12
Describe what you feel right now using your sense of smell. If you feel frustrated, write about what your frustration smells like. Use vivid words. Don't skimp on adjectives. I feel the honey sweet almonds rolling in my mouth from the hershey nuggets I ate this morning. The rich, dark chocolate melts in my mouth into a sticky gooey substance. In minutes, the chocolate disappeared and my pleasure evaporated, thinking of the aftermath of gaining weight. A growing discomfort replaces the sweetness I felt before.

=Prima Ballerina 1876 - Edgar Degas=

Journal Entry 8 2/10
Write a paragraph about a cat attacking something, but don’t use the words hiss, scratch, pounce.

With a wicked glint in the yellow eyes that turned into little slits, the cat yowled and clawed at the stuffed animal. The cat leapt gracefully in the air, as if time has frozen, and then landed on the rabbit with a heavy thud, tearing the sparkling black onyx buttons from the head of the stuffed bear. Joyfully tearing away the stuffed animal, the cat meowed in triumph after viciously shaking the stuffed bear around side to side.

Descriptive Essay
Thesis Statement: The summer of my life where we had to wear red scratchy knee high socks in a eighty-two year old sweat smelling dull brown log-cabin with a toilet that needs constant plunging next to a sparkling sky blue lake full of swimmers itch, parasites that lay eggs in your pores.

Journal Entry 7 2/8
Fatima is a very spoiled teenage girl. Show that she is spoiled, by describing what happens when she doesn't get a car for her birthday.

Fatima turned purple in rage. She screamed her head off and almost blew the roof of the palace away. She went around pushing everybody, shoving and glaring at anyone who got in her way. After three hours, her rage calmly descended, and she came up with an idea. She told her parents. "If I can't have a car, you HAVE to give me a limo. You absolutely have to or I swear, I'll NEVER speak to either of you again." Her parents answered, pleadingly, "But dear, we just told you, we can't have ANY kind of car..." "But a limo ISN'T a car! Hello? That's why a limo is called a LIMO in the first place, not a CAR! Are you sure you are my parents? Are you sure you guys are my parents? Last time I checked, I get to have ANYTHING I want for my birthday. " "We just can't, honey." "Fine, then let's compromise. I'll go easy on my good-for-nothing parents who can't even buy their daughter a simple little birthday gift. Buy me my private jet, with a bartender. I want the jet to have two floors so my friends can have a sleepover when we're going to Las Vegas." "I'm sorry, but we can't do that." "Fine then! I'll take YOUR car for my birthday gift!" Fatima snatched the key out of her mother's hand and takes it to the driveway where their eighteen BMWs and Volvos were.

Journal Entry 6 2/4
Describe your bedroom the way you want it to be.

I wish my bedroom will not have a country look in it, all color coordinated. My bedroom is too boring. If I choose a curtain color that doesn't fit the color of my chair, my mom shows her strong distaste, because she carries herself with pride in art(including furniture, sheets, curtains, covers, EVEN PILLOWS!!).I wish my bed was black, or I can sleep in a coffin like this TV show I watched, but my mom would definitely take me to the hospital. I hope my room isn't decorated by barbie doll pink or sparkly glitter. However, I do wish my room to have those glow in the dark star stickers. One of the reasons I like Michigan(my hometown) better than Seoul is because you can't see the stars in the night sky. Of course, the impressive apartments and buildings that glint are a treat to look at, but I want to watch the stars that remind me of the home I can't return to until six years later.

Write and See 2/3
= = I believe the photo is a angry rabbit, representing animal cruelty regarding issues of fur. This photo seems to be taken professionally with some edit tool. Eunice believes that this looks like man with a sunglass on, representing the ignorance of people in life. She believes it is taken professionally. Fiona also believes it is taken professionally, and she describes this as a couch potato with sunglasses on, representing the hypocricy of life. Sarah has a similar idea, saying that the picture is of a couch, telling people not to be lazy. = = =Journal Entry #5 2/3=

Silly is a middle-aged man who combs his remaining limp strands of hair into a elaborate swirl over his bald spot, gluing them in place with ahir spray and hoping no one will notice. Silly is a golden retreiver who slinks sheepishly off the sofa whenever his owner comes home, hoping despite the piles of hair all over the cushion that she won’t notice he’s keeping there.

What else is silly?
Silly is a evil birthday cake with three inches of frosting icing, and whip cream. that tastes absolutely awful on what is supposed to be the happiest day of a person’s life. Silly is a obnoxious second grader that throws up on the bus on purpose making the whole bus smell like barf. The odor is unbearable! Silly is a nosy seventh grade student who gets caught by Mr. Bray for doing Facebook and watching videos (inappropriate content) at school.

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• Imagine that you are an onion that is about to be sliced onto a hamburger.
I understand (partially) the temptation of slicing me and stuffing me in between those disturbing looking hamburgers. I am flattered by your... need of eating me, but I certainly am not happy about the fact. So please, please, PLEASE don't chop me into itty bits. I know I taste better than any of the other veggies, sweet and crisp, but I swear, I will make you cry like a baby if you chop me in the most unfashionable way.

=Journal #4 2/1= Close your eyes briefly. Think of one object that's in the room and focus on it without opening your eyes. Recall as much detail as you can about it. After three minutes or so, open your eyes and write about that object without looking at it.

The object is shiny, polished like a tiger eye, only carved in and out into many different little shapes everywhere like when glass is shattered. The color consists of midnight black and white coming off of the polished material, plastic, in my guess. The object consists of polygonal shapes and when touched, would feel smooth.

=Journal #3 1/27=

When I tried to quit the swim team, my mom freaked out and told me that I was entering the world of quitters by doing so. She was mad at me the whole day. She was going on non stop about "high-school sport activities" or "college swim team" or "medals". The truth is, I don't really care about all the glory in it. The reason why I started swimming since I was seven was because its fun. I didn't start swimming to use it as a tool in getting into perfect Ivy League colleges. I started swimming on my own will, college or not. I didn't even know about college when I was in first grade! The whole reason I wanted to quit the team was because the team wasn't fun anymore, and I quickly lost interest. When a person loses interest, it usually means they aren't going to try their best. Rather than wasting my time swimming half-heartedly, I would do other activities like basketball. She talked about my attitude in not trying anything until the end. People change. For example, two years ago I loved clam and chowder. Now I like chicken soup way better. There are things in life that just aren't your cup of tea. I really wanted to try basketball again this year. Last year I tried out for basketball and I couldn't continue the season because I was injured. All was going well until this gigantic girl pushed me and ripped two of my three tendons that held the ankle bone in place. My mom and most people think that dangerous things aren't worth the risk. Better safe than sorry. Getting a surgery is a no go. On the other hand, I think every person should try again if they still have regrets. They should try until they have no regrets, actually. I just wish that I have more choices. Basketball isn't that important in my life so I let it go. However, I wonder at times; if I find a goal that I am willing to take risks for, would my mom stop me? What should I do then? Of course, this is all in my point of view. I can't imagine myself in my mom's shoes, but this is what I think.

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=**IDEAS FOR WRITING** 1/27=


 *  Ants, Jewels, dew, life, bugs, cold, careful,Night to Day, unstable, waiting, time, bugs, eggs, preys and predators, food chain, refreshing, chilly, rain, rough surface, dirt, wood, forest, a spark of life

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=Night to Day=

Wet, heavy glass like droplets form on the rough edges of the leaf

the dew sparkles nonstop in the peaceful night

The forest hints of mint, lemon, and the slightly musky smell of wood

The dew jumps a tickle and a trickle as it gracefully lands and shatters

like a never ending song, the night sings joyously and sadly

And at time, they pause for that is when it is time to go

And a flash of orange and yellow glowing like a lamplight enters the world yet again.

=Compare & Contrast=

Compare: 1. Both pictures have life(plants) 2. Both have liquids in the picture 3. Both clearly include the topic "nature"
 * [[image:야ㅑㅑㅑㅑㅑㅑ.png width="266" height="172" caption="Picture 1"]][[image:ㅉㅉ.jpg width="285" height="215" caption="Picture 2"]]

Contrast: 1. Picture #2 is colored 2. Picture #1 is a picture taken at close-up 3. Picture #2 is taken at a wider range 4. Picture #2 shows mountains, lakes, and some weird wildlife plants in the water.**

=Close up= The dog has wet eyes and nose, furry wrinkles coming down the face like waves, the muzzle seems to be set in a pout, and the fur is like silk, and the dog smells like a Cesar dog food(chicken flavored). The color of the dog's fur is light brown and a tint of gray. The earsplitting barking turns me barking mad (and the neighbors). The muzzles looks like it would twitch at the slightest touch, and the wet brown eyes are set in the slightly large head. White hairy, delicate whiskers shoot up right about the mouth of the dog. = = =Socrates quote=

"Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf." In my opinion, Socrates is implying to the fact that a dew is always unstable and will roll off because of a slight movement. Therefore, a man's life is as unstable as the dew on a leaf and might lose balance and fall. Also, the leaf is bigger than the dew and the dew is not a independent variable that determines the outcome of its fate, so this means that we live in a huge world that nobody can control.

=Journal #2 1/27=

Write a paragraph about a girl named Dot, but use no letters with (i,j)

Dot had a rather unpleasant appearance before she had surgery. She wore gray glasses, and she wore red, blue, and green braces. Dot was constantly a target to tease at school. Dot could not take the harassment anymore, and she chose to have a face surgery. When Dot went to see the doctor, the doctor saw her face and gasped. Dot's pleas to make her pretty encouraged the doctor to reform her face. Numbness took over Dot while she was in the process of doing the surgery. She never woke up, and at the tender age of seventeen, she entered the other world.

=Journal Entry #1=

20 things that annoy ME 1/25= 1. When we are given a pop quiz 2. When I see stupid dogs that bite everyone(and bark) 3. When I listen to Barbie girl by Aqua 4. When I have to buy a new eraser because I lost it 5. When we are given group projects and NO ONE can stay afterschool 6. When it rains and I don't have an umbrella 7. Reading People magazine........ not fun cause everyday in hollywood is always drug, divorce, and money. 8. When the school cafeteria has disgusting food for lunch and expects us to pay over 3000 won 9. People who don't respect other people's opinions and totally ignores that it even EXISTS 10. Shaking their legs when they are sitting next to me on a subway 11. When I'm SANDWICHED by smelly men ON the SUBWAY 12. When my phone battery dies when I really need it 13. When I gain weight(?) 14. Listening to second graders talking about twilight pointlessly for thirty minutes and all they come up is asking if Bella felt the pain when she was having a baby(don't all mothers do?) 15. People who are always willing to go along with stereotypes when they didn't meet EVERYONE(ex: Asian eyes are ALWAYS smalll...) 16. When it is thursday wishing it was Friday 17. Having to do your Homework at the last moment...but its what you didn't want to do before. 18. Not being able to go to Tokyo and watch Nodame Cantabile, Gokusen, and Bandage. 19. Arashi does not = Kat-tun (not the same!) 20. When I get annoyed easily by things and later I realize that its abnormal for me to be annoyed by situations most people ignore.

On the bus, two second graders, one girl and one boy, were talking about the ever so famous Twilight series. They were bragging about reading the whole series and, also pretending to suck blood, as disgusting as it sounds. Well, when you are a second grader, you always have to have a quiz, I realized. Everything is about games and quizzes. I remember answering these little questions thrown by my friends like "Do you know what another way to say crap is?". While babbling for about twenty minutes about the make-out scene(strictly not for lower elementry grades), the girl came up with a very clever question. In a high pitched you-so-stupid-cause-you-are-a-boy way, the girl asked the boy a very clever question. "Did Bella feel pain when she was having the vampire baby?" The boy answered smartly, wiping off his nerdy blue green glasses. "Yes, She did!! It hurt so much, she cried!" "Oh you really did read the series." the girl solemnly nodded. I cracked up every time I thought about that conversation. It was as if these second graders formed a special V.I.P club about Twilight. Plus, the last time I checked, all mothers found having a baby rather painful.

1/25 HW
What does the word creative mean? "marked by the power to create : given to creating " [|__http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creative|__http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creative__]

Use a reliable dictionary, Webster's and Oxford English are two examples, and look up the word. How many definitions are there? There are a total of two in the Webster dictionary.

Do the definitions match what you believe creative means?

The definition of creative in the dictionaries does overlap my definition of creative in some places, but it is not the exact match. In your own words write a definition for the word creative. The word "creative" in my opinion, is the ability to imagine or discover something that is out of ordinary. It is an way to express and distinguish oneself from another. creative=unique