Slice of Life #2

Trip to Mexico, 2007
The day started out well. The cool waves flowed up the sand, and then slowly rolled back down. Our family used to visit Mexico for winter break. "Come on Hannah, you have to jump over the waves." I said. 1, "hop" 2, "hop" 3, "hop" "Oh look! Here comes a big one!" The wave towered over us threatening to consume. We started to run, but it was too late. I tried to stand up, but was pinned down underwater. Panic started to rush in. As my breath rapidly started to escape, I could here the muffled crying of my sister. It turns out the water was only 3 inches deep, but I couldn't get up because my sister was sitting on my head.

One For The Murphys

This book is by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. I choose this book originally looking for a book that would take me the week to read, but ended up finishing it in two hours. I was glued to this book, even though it was sad. This book is about a 12 year old girl named Carley, who is sent to live with the Murphy family as a foster child for a little while. Carley didn't have a great life, but she didn't realize it until she saw a real, happy family. She goes through a lot trying to discover who she is, and that isn't very easy when you are someone in her situation. I love the plot twist at the end, but it was a sad ending for me. I would recommend this book to anyone in our class, or in AS.

Slice of Life

"Dad can I open this gift from Grandma now?" "No, I am saving that one to be opened after you open a different one." He said as he hinted towards the largest gift. "I think I'll open the biggest one." I said. My dad didn't say anything, he just smiled. As I tore off the thin blue and silver wrapping paper and opened the box, there was a smaller box inside. Confused, I opened that box to find a smaller one. Now very confused, I opened box after box after box, each one about 2 to 6 inches smaller than the previous one. As I opened that next box that was about 4 by 6 inches long I discovered a small but heavy rectangle in blue and silver wrapping paper. Once the I ripped off the paper, I felt the excitement surge within me.

Limerick Poems

There once was a student from Logan
who came straight from Hoboken.
When he learned he's incurrent
for not reading Divergent,
he left lunch chokin'.

There once was a man who skied,
the bunny hill he did need.
As he missed all the cones,
and broke all his bones,
he became a polar bear's feed.

There once was a man named William
who had a head full of helium.
He once forgot to do his work
so now he is considered a jerk
now he takes bananas and peels um'.

Ocean Trash

100 feet beneath the shinning sun
Exploring searching and learning
Colors in waves shift and disappear,
With the rolling current.
Sharp spines and colorful sponges
Lined with silver.
Shining gracefully, not gracefully.
Hidden for years, quietly lost in the waves.
Waiting for the discovery
Of the three arrows.

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men
John Steinback

This book is very quick read and has 108 pages. Though it is short, it is very well written. This book is about two friends named George and Lennie who are traveling to find a job eventually working toward buying their own land. They make friends and enemies, and go through thick and thin together. This book was very well written, but kind of confusing. For one, this book doesn't have very much of a plot line, it is more of a story. When I was reading this, I thought is was going to go in a logical direction, but then made a major "plot" twist at the end. I would recommend this book to anyone in AS, and anyone who enjoys a quick but sweet story.

Object Poem

I am not going to say what it is about, so you everyone can think it is about a different object.

Looking out and back. Back to yourself and forward in front of you, back into your mind. Discovering yourself who you are, who you want to be, and who you were. Forward into the dark future lit by the fires of innocent lives. When will it end, no one knows. Snow covered branches, bare, reach and stretch across the land looking, searching but never finding. The other slip away, gone with the shrieking wind. Curling into every corner, every place. There is no escape. When will it end, no one knows. Looking back and forward right now. What can be seen? Is it a reflection of life, or a moment of realization. A moment of change. Change what you see on the other side, change what you see on both sides. Past, present, and future all on the same plane flying over trying to escape. Escaping the cold fingers of the past crawling to seek revenge. Crawling into every mind not resting. When will it end, no one knows. Finally everything over head is gone with everything already lost. Lost in our maze of life and knowledge, finding the way out, there is no going back. Back and forth like a snake gone mad. There is no way out from the place we have created. A place lit by the fires of innocent lives. When will it end, no one knows. Human nature gone with everything that will be lost, past, present and future. Gone with the wind, the plane of time, and gone with the maze created.

Irish Curse Poem

Why you tiny wench

You gossip and sneer

May you melt off earth like snow off a ditch

You steal, but act innocent like a deer

May you have an awful itch, you conniving snitch

I know you can hear me crystal clear,

So may you be rejected like a businessman's first pitch

I wonder why you don't have one real peer, 

So you have nowhere to go like an unwanted finch

I guess I will let you have one last tear