Journal 3-30-11

The clocked winked and it was midnight, my curfew. Around 8 I left my house and went over to a friends house with a few people. We were watching some movies and just talking. When I was walking out the door my dad yelled, "Be home by midnight!" and I said, "Alright." So as the night went all I got super tired. I ended up falling asleep at my friends house while we were watching a movie. All of a sudden I woke up and nobody was there and I looked at my phone and it said 12:00. I knew that I was going to be in really big trouble! So i ran out to my car as fast as I could and sped all the way home! I got home at 12:13 and my dad was sitting on the couch waiting for me to walk in. The only words he said to me were, "Good you're home, we'll talk about this in the morning. Goodnight." So I went and layed up in bed and didn't want the morning to come. I barely slept because I was think about what my punishment would be and what my parents would say to me.

Spring Break

Over Spring break I didn't really do that much. Every single day my mom had a "kids" cleaning list, so that took up most of my day. That list consisted of cleaning my bedroom, my bathroom, doing homework, cleaning up all my "messes" in the living room and the kitchen. Also cleaning up after my dog outside and cleaning the litter box from my cat. So that was really exciting for me.... Then Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday night I had volleyball practice for 4 hours. On Saturday I hung out with some friends at night but during the day I had volleyball from 7 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. We had a power league which is like a little tournament. We ended up winning the first two matches but losing the third match to Northern Lights 17-1. We took them to three games and lost in the third game 15-13. That was really tough on my team and me because it was the last power league and the last chance to play that team. On Sunday I just relaxed and basically did a little bit of homework and watched a lot of TV and just layed around all day. That was the only day I really didn't have to do much so that was really nice!

Journal 3-28-11

Well I am a spoon sitting in the dishwasher I feel all dirty. A little girl just used me to eat her pudding and the mother didn't even wash me off. All the pudding is still crusty and it's sticking to me! The dishwasher door opens the mother throws in a soap packet and starts the dishwasher. All of a sudden I am flying all over in the dishwasher from the water and the soap. A few seconds later everything just stops, I have a huge headache now. All the dishes are still wet but we all just sit there. After a couple hours I'm all dry and the door opens. We are all put back into our regular spots in the kitchen. That was an experience I never want to have again.

Journal 3-18-11

If i could invent one thing to help mankind it would be something to solve terrorism. Because right now we have "tighter" security in airports but somehow people still find ways to get the stuff they need past security all the time. So our country is only a little bit more safe but not as safe as it could be in this situation. I feel like if we had less terrorism then people would be nicer and more respectful to each other.

Journal 3-17-11

I once dreamed about falling off of a cliff. I was riding on my bike with a few friends during the Summer in Montana. In Montana there is a "M" on top of the mountain and a zig-zag trail leading up to it. My friends and I decided to climb up to it. It took us about an hour to get to the top, but once we got to the top we looked on the other side of the mountain and it was a drop-off. All you could see was the ground at the bottom. So we were joking around about what would happen if we fell off. After that me and my friend got in a little argument and she pushed me off the side of the mountain. Soon after that I jumped up in bed and realized it was a dream.

Pre-Writing

Setting- During the day in the Summer at a park on the baseball field in 2111.

Plot- I'm going to write about an alien falling in love with a human. At first he is trying to take over the worlds and then he meets this girl named Sally and falls in love with her. All of his plans change.

Characters- The alien-Jimmy, Sally, Sally's mom-Barb, and Sally's dad- Herold.

Theme- Love has no limits. You can fall in love with anyone and it doesn't matter who it is.

Point of View- I will be telling the story in first person as Sally.

Conflict- The alien really wants to take over the world but doesn't want to lose Sally because he loves her.

Journal 3-16-11

I wish someone had told me that my cousin was adopted. I found out that my cousin was adopted a few years ago when I was 14 and he's now 20. When my mom told me at first that he was adopted I didn't believe her because my cousin looks just like my uncle! I'm closest to this cousin more than my other cousins. That's another reason why I didn't believe that he was adopted. I was really confused when they told me and I was mad. I looked at my cousin differently after that because he was adopted but I soon got over it and we're really close again. He's the closest cousin to my age so we can relate to a lot in our life. He always tells me what to look forward to in college and what to watch out for. He's basically like my older brother that I don't have.

Story Ideas

• An alien falls in love with a human
• Animals can talk to humans
• The world is ending

Journal 3-15-11

This is really weird. I have never seen someone driving the road in a shoe car. I wonder how he made it. If I was him driving down the road I would be totally embarrassed of being in it. Or if that was my brother driving down the road I would also be embarrassed. If i was related to him in any way I would be embarrassed. I wonder how people even think of these random ideas of things to invent? I wonder if he is embarrassed or anxious to be driving down the street in a shoe or if he is just happy because he's probably the only person in the world to have a shoe car.

My journey on a Pirate Ship

My family took a family vacation on a Pirate ship. We all pretended that we were pirates for a weekend. So we rented this Pirate Ship at the dock for the weekend. So when we first got on the ship we thought it was a little weird pretending to be Pirates but after awhile it got kind of fun. Throughout the weekend we were just joking around on deck and pretending to be the best Pirates we could. The weekend was almost over but living on this Pirate ship for the weekend was so much fun and nobody wanted to leave. So we ended up living on this Pirate ship the rest of our lives. To me and my family this was like a dream come true! We never in a million years thought that we would be living on a Pirate Ship. We just sailed around on the ocean for many years and had the best time of our lives.

Bunny

This is the biggest bunny I have ever seen. When I first looked at it I thought it was a dog but I guess I was wrong. This bunny looks bigger than my dog! I wonder how it got that big? What did his owner feed him to make him grow that big?

ToonDoo

Person Losing Valuable Item

My name is Bella and I lost my best friend, Edward. I was in love with Edward. I remember the first time I met Edward. We were sitting in biology class together and he seemed kind of strange to me. I noticed that his eyes were all black and I didn't understand why. The next day he was gone from class and two weeks after that. When he came back his eyes weren't black anymore they were more of a golden color. I asked him why he was acting so weird but he didn't understand what I meant. I found out that he was a vampire and that's why his eyes changed color like that. I accepted him for it. Soon after that we started hanging out a lot and getting to know each other. But he told me he had to leave me because his family was moving. Edward then left with his family, and that was the last time I would see him.

Stack of Paper by the Shredder

If I was a stack of papers by the shredder I would try and slide the other way. Not one piece of paper that I know would want to be shredded so they would probably be thinking the same thing. I would pretend that the "wind" blew me the other way but we're in an office with no windows so that's a little unrealistic, but hey it might work. If that didn't work I would try and slide a centimeter at a time away from the shredder. I feel like that would be a better plan. If that didn't work, then I have no more ideas left. I would be shredded.

Journal 3-7-11

Marian Bartsch and Joey Catsalgi met on his first day of work. Marian was already working for this company long before Joey came along. They work for Target Corporation in the business department. Marian introduced himself to Joey when he noticed that he was new at the job. He asked him if he wanted to go out for lunch to get to know each other better. So when their lunch break came around they went out to a sub shop on Broadway Blvd. They got their sandwiches and sat down and started talking. Marian started to ask about Joey's child hood and Joey didn't have much to say about that. Joey told Marian that he didn't have a great child hood. He was living in a poor family and they were very short on money and were running out of ways to survive. Joey's dad manage to find a job that paid well enough to get them through the next couple months. Soon after that Joey found this Target job and is helping his family out a lot.

Free Poem

Processing different types
Of poems and poetry
Everyday writing a new one
Trying to stay focused
Reading the rules for each poem
Yawning towards the end of class

Journal 3-4-11

If I found out that I was going to die tomorrow and I got all the money I wanted I would go to Valleyfair, get a tattoo that I've always wanted, and do many other fun things. I would want to go to Valleyfair because I love going there and every time I go I have so much fun. I would want to get a tattoo because I've always wanted one, and now that I'm 18 I can get one! I would want to fly to some place really warm and lay on the beach and go swimming in the ocean. I would bring my family and all my friends with me! I love going to warm places but I never want to come back to Minnesota. I wouldn't know what else I would have time for, but I'm sure I would find some other fun things to do!

Vinanelle

There was a black cat
He was sitting on a hill
Next to him was a hat

He was laying on a mat
With his owner Bill
That is where they sat

He said he saw a bat
But it was a wind mill
The cat was very fat

They went to meet Pat
Away from the hill
Flying around was a nat

Then the black cat
Ran from the window sill
Down to the hat

He saw the bat
Flying towards the hill
Right where the hat
And right whee he sat

10 Most Important Moments

• Getting a full-ride scholarship to play volleyball at the University of Montana
• Being the MVP on varsity my junior year
• Receiving All-Conference junior & senior year
• Getting 2ND at Nationals for club season
• Traveling over to Europe for 2 weeks to play volleyball
• Moving here in 6Th grade
• Signing the letter of intent for college
• Getting my license when I turned 16
• Family vacation to Glacier National Park
• Going cliff diving with some teammates in Europe

Etheree

The freezing cold breeze against my body
Trying to keep myself warm somehow
Getting warmed up by the fire
Staying bundled in blankets
The mountains are freezing
Trying to stay alive
Remembering
Memories
Lonely
Lost

Daily Journal 3-2-11

How ridiculous I was as a child. I was always being goofy and silly all the time. I had a favorite stuffed animal and it was an octopus and his name was Charles. My little sister would always twist his legs around and be mean to him and I didn't like that. One day I was playing outside with one of my friends and it was about to rain. So I dropped everything and ran inside. About an hour later I realized I left Charles outside. My dad ran and got him for me and when he came back in he was drenched from the pouring rain. I felt really bad for my dad but I was glad he went and got it for me.

Acrostic Poem

Killing it on the court
Everybody is watching
Laughing and having fun
Setting up the hitters
Energy filling the gym
Yelling and cheering

Scrappy and aggressive
Communicating on the court
Having fun with my team
If you didn't catch it, I
Love playing volleyball
Enjoying it everyday

Change the World

Well I don't really know what to say about how to change the government. I don't know many things about the government so I can't really say how I would try and change it. But one thing I would change in the world would be to tell people to be nice to one another and to open up to them and make other people feel comfortable to be around other people. Instead of avoiding people and ignoring them like some people I know do to other people. Also, I would try and get people to help other people. If you see someone with a flat tire and your driving, you should stop and help them or at least offer to help them change it not just drive by and pretend like you didn't see them. Or if someone is stuck in the snow, which seems to happen a lot in Minnesota, offer to push them out or to shovel them out. I feel like if everyone helps each other out this world would be a much better place.