thanksgiving sol

Music...I love you. I sit with my back against the wall of the restaurant look out at the lake. I hum to my music and look out on the lake. Avoiding relatives can be so relaxing. Well less of avoiding more of taking a break from my relatives. I love my family but I feel like they take a lot of energy. I close my eyes and start to drift off into a food coma when...

"RAAAAAAAA"

"AAAHH"

I got tumbling down the hill screaming my head off. I finally stop and look up. 

My cousin Heston sits at the top laughing like a hyena.

"I got you" He says and continues laughing

I get up dust myself off. My mom is going to kill my for the grass stains but I'll get over it. I walk but up the hill in search for a missing shoe and earring. Heston still is bent over laughing. I roll my eyes, pick up my shoe, and push him over and keep searching for my earring. I hope I find it before we leave.

rock in the river part 2

I liked this book. It was clever, had an nice perspective an was well written. The story takes place in the late 60s and is about a thirteen year old boy named Sam. Sam's father is a civil rights activist, and his brother is discovered by his family to be a member of the Black Panther party. Sam's world is slowly crumbling to pieces and realizes everything is not what is seems.I would recommend this book to most people in this class.

sol 3

"Well be leaving in just a minute let me just go say goodbye too...oh hey you I haven't seen you in..." 

I sat in the corner waiting to leave. I have always felt awkward at weddings. You have relatives squeezing your cheeks talking about how much you've grown and how cute of a baby you where. Then after the wave of old people you and all the other children are pushed together and forced to socialize. I look at the empty table around me trying to resist the temptation to pull out my book. 

I walk outside. Its nice out, its warm with a slight breeze and very sunny. I walk down the steps and go sit by the edge of the fountain. I look around to see if anyone is nearby, nobody is so I pop open my book and start reading. 

I dive into the world of detective Michel Bennant whom is trying to catch a killer while keep his hectic family from spinning out of control. I stay here until (an hour later) we finally leave.

sol 2 (because I accidentally deleted it)

"Sloan are you sure"

I look her strait in the eye. I knew this wasn't something she was going to let go easily, but it was battle to fight so I would. 

" No I don't even know what your alarm looks like"

I didn't dislike my aunt I just felt like I was very different from her. She liked lattes, I drank coffee. I watch Saw while she watches The Notebook. I wear Leather she wears Lace. The contrast is so great its hard for us to get along. So when her alarm starts going off in the middle of the night for no reason guess who is suspect #1. You guessed it me.

" Ok Well go along then" 

I walk away from her. I know that she is staring daggers into my back and frankly I don't care. She doesn't have to like me as long as I don't have to like her. I sit down on the couch and pop open my book and read until dinner.

1984 (part 2)

I generally enjoyed this book. It had difficult language but after awhile it got easier.  The story is about a man named Winston. Winston decides to rebel against Big brother. Big brother is basically a group of people who monitor everyone to make sure nobody does anything disapproved of or illegal. The group's ultimate goal is to rid the world of emotion or individuality. If anybody shows any emotion or individuality they will arrested, tortured, and killed. I think the main power of this book is the idea of Big brother. Basically the idea that privacy would be taken away and self expression wouldn't be aloud. It is a very interesting concept and is hard to think about. I liked this book although the ending was unsatisfying. I recommend this to the majority of people in the class.

1984

I like this book. The language is difficult but once you get into the groove of things it becomes easier. It has a clever story, a lot of symbolism, and beautiful language. The story is about a man named Winston. Winston decides to rebel against Big brother. Big brother is a man, but also is somewhat of a system. Big brother (well technically the minions of big brother) watches everyone and everything. Emotions and ideas that stray from the norm are prohibited, punishable by death. Big brother controls you, the world around you, and your thoughts. I think that this book is clever well written and very interesting, even for people who are not interested in science fiction. I would recommend this book to most people in this class but ask that they keep in mind the difficulty of the language.

slice of life 1

I collapse on to my bed. Normal friday routine I guess. Collapse on my bed for 30 minutes, finally get up and go downstairs get on the treadmill until dinner. I cocoon myself in the warmth of my comforter and curl up in a ball. The first snow was a few weeks ago. I wasn't ready for it to get cold yet, my mind was still clinging to the memories of summer even thought we were coming to the end of fall.

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I realized I had my finger had started tapping again. I had learned morse code over the summer and although the alphabet had begun to fade from my memory I could still remember the numbers clearly. I would always find myself tapping thirteen. I find it somewhat fitting. Me and the number thirteen had always seemed to be entangled. My birthday was on the thirteenth, My favorite book was Thirteen Reasons Why, thirteen is my lucky number, the list seems to never stop growing. 

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I hear the piano start to play downstairs. I would often wonder why but right now I am not in the mood to investigate. I start to hear the soft tune of Annie's song by John Denver I know that it is most likely my mom. She has always loved that song and I don't blame her. It is beautiful. 

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I close my eyes and let the soft familiarity of the music lull my to sleep.

rock in the river

I really enjoyed this book. It was clever, gripping and nicely paced. The story takes place in the late 60s and is about a thirteen year old boy named Sam. Sam's father is a civil rights activist, and his brother is discovered by his family to be a member of the Black Panther party. Sam's world is slowly crumbling to pieces and realizes everything is not what is seems. I don't really know the words to describe this book. It is clever and brings up some interesting themes and ideas. I would recommend this book to just about anyone in this class especially if you enjoy historical fiction