Final!!!!!

Before this year started, I really sucked at writing. Name any style of writing and I’ll most likely say that I sucked. But I think this has all changed after being in Mr.Sutherlands class. I used to believe that all writing should be planned, but now I see that sometimes you need to write from the soul. If you write copying sentence starters off a page and don’t involve any feelings at all, your writing gets boring. No ones going to want to read it. Now I write what I remember the feeling I had towards something or the feelings I feel currently.

My favorite blog post is the one about when my brother left to Arizona.
I wrote about him because I was feeling down at the moment and I found blogging this would bring me some sort of relief. It’s my favorite because I didn’t take time to plan or think about what was going on there. I just let my fingers type and do all the talking. I missed my brother so much, I wasn’t used to him not being around. With him gone, I didn’t have anyone to talk to about all my problems, or laugh with when I was bored or down. I got so used to him that sometimes I would ignore him and take advantage of him being at my house. When he left to Arizona I realized that without him at home and in my life, I would be incomplete. Hopefully, I’ll work up the courage to show him this post, but he’ll probably call me a weenie. I think he’s going to call me a weenie because he told me numerous times that he was going to come back home, but not permanently. He would only visit in the summer and on holidays.My mom was also very sad and past her worries and concerns on to me. She would talk about how he might get arrested, he needs to watch out, he might get shot, or he might get into drugs. She cried all night which got me real upset. My little brother stayed talking about how he missed him and its not as fun as when my brother was at home. Everyone noticed how different the house was and how much we missed him.

I love having a blog because it gets me thinking in different ways both positive and negative. Before I had a blog, I always thought that my point of view was right and everyone elses was incorrect. Before I hated reading other peoples blogs because sometimes the things they thought or said pist me off. But now I can go through everything with an open mind and leave with positive thoughts. I love reading the different ideas people have to say. I think blogging has made me a better person and way more respectful.These transformations in me and in my writing began with a small blog discussion I had with another peer and as I read through others post. Eventhough at the beginning I wasn’t and it took me a while to get there, I still got there. I remember when I blogged about Justin Bieber and some people went against what I said and said a bunch of mean things I really disagreed with. I argued with one of my peers. Now that I look at it, I made a mistake because it was simply just her opinion. There is nothing wrong with voicing your opinion. At the moment I thought it was wrong because I was completely hooked on Justin Bieber and was willing to defend him but it wasn’t worth it because she did nothing wrong, I can’t change someones opinion. But I also saw that although the tone in the post seemed very angry filled and rude, but that wasn’t correct of me to just take it the way I read it and start being rude myself. I understand now that the way people think their writing may seem different to the people reading it. You may write something funny and happy but another person might take it offensive and pessimistic. There are a lot of ways that the true feelings of writings can be confused. They changed my mind about arguing and being impulsive by telling me what they actually meant in their post and redirecting me to read it with open eyes. One example of that was,”As for the claim that I specifically don't like Beiber, may I direct you to this statement of mine?I don't have an opinion on Justin Beiber...but I'm not a "hater" either. I find it extremely interesting that there is no middle ground, only the fans and the "haters".”


As you can see, I feel like I’ve grown and learned a lot this year. Hopefully next year, I will do way more post that I’ll feel real proud of. I love Mr.Sutherland’s way of teaching and the genuine concern he shows for us. He is a great teacher and I appreciate all he has done for us this year. I also appreciate my peers for providing great blogs and truly expressing their feelings in their writing. I love this year and feel proud to know that I’m leaving with a lot of knowledge.

Identical

Karen Chavez :)

Identical

The book Identical by Ellen Hopkins is really intense and hooks the reader. I am currently reading another book of hers and I just love her style of writing ! The way she describes her characters is so vivid and clear. This book made me feel like I was actually present on what and where these things happened. This book made me feel shocked,disgusted,and a whole bunch of other feelings. Her description and story telling of the characters was just so great,I just had to write and compare them.

Well a character that really interested me was Reanne. She is so twisted and messed up in the head. She loves messing with faith and pushing her luck around tough situations. She has nasty and crazy thoughts about guys... She is also a tough chick who will persuade people to do as she says and she isn't afraid to defend herself.
Reanne is like that for a reason. She yearns for her mother's and father's affection. She is jelous of her sister Kaeleigh because her father pays attention to her more, but not in a good way. Even though she has every single material thing necessary and she's spoiled she lives a difficult life. Her dad always gets drunk and does drug abuse. Her mom has no feelings towards them after they had a car accident. Reanne had to witness her sister getting raped and sexually molested ever since they were 9 . Her dad doesn't allow them to eat because she doesn't want them to hit double digit numbers on their jeans. Since she hasn't received much love then she does anything to feel that warmth once again. She does drugs and sometimes sneaks her dad's drugs and alcohol for herself. She is a true bad ass! She is into numerous amount of men and isn't satisfied with just one. She doesn't really believe in love. She has also have had a lot of intercourse with men that aren't good with her. She's a little psycho because she gets real mad and jelous when her dad rapes her sister she wishes it was her instead of Kaelaigh.
She might be crazy or whatever but shes what makes this book so BOMB!!!!!!

This time I'll be talking about her other side ("sister") you'll know what I mean as soon as you read the book.
Well Kaeleigh is the total opposite of Reanne. She is a good girl. She listens to everything her father instructs her because she doesn't want to take any risk getting in trouble.
"He's there,okay daring me not to admit the lie. I know better.Yes, that's right."pg160
This quote shows how her father easily intimidates Kaeleigh and how she knows what her father is capable of doing. She always comes home on time and doesn't dare have a boyfriend or interact with a guy in any form. She always eats healthy so her father won't be disappointed in her. She went to the hospital once because she took a pill overdose and her father was trying to make her shake it off, he told her she's okay and shouldn't complain. Another time he did something mean was when she puked and cut herself he said go clean it up your fine. Kaeleigh was raped by her father and is still being raped that's why she's afraid of men.

As you can see, these characters are so great that when you read this book you can’t let go of it.

Identical NUMBER 2

8. Ok well I just recently finished reading this book and the ending is just plain insane. On my previous post, I wrote about crazy,bad ass Reanne. But this time I'll be talking about her other side ("sister") you'll know what I mean as soon as you read the book.
Well Kaeleigh is the total opposite of Reanne. She is a good girl. She listens to everything her father instructs her because she doesn't want to take any risk getting in trouble.

"He's there,okay daring me not to admit the lie. I know better.Yes, that's right."pg160

This quote shows how her father easily intimidates Kaeleigh and how she knows what her father is capable of doing. She always comes home on time and doesn't dare have a boyfriend or interact with a guy in any form. She always eats healthy so her father won't be disappointed in her. She went to the hospital once because she took a pill overdose and her father was trying to make her shake it off, he told her she's okay and shouldn't complain. Another time he did something mean was when she puked and cut herself he said go clean it up your fine. Kaeleigh was raped by her father and is still being raped that's why she's afraid of nen.

Seems like it's been 4ever since u've bin gone

Jose Duran, why did you leave me stuck at home with nobody to talk to? With nobody to laugh with? With nobody to post it with? With nobody to make my frown upside down? With no one to fight with? With nobody to kick it with the homies on 28th or 25th or 22nd? With no one to buy chips or a monster for at corner liquor store? With no one to share my pain and anger? With no one to give me there shoulder to cry on? With no one to take me to any destination I please? To motivate me to do better? With no one to annoy me at my room? With no one to feel like I need to prove them freaking haters wrong? With no one to give me a speech to just do me? With no one to give me advice? With no one to tell me to put them foos in check? With no one to dance your favorite songs? With no one to show me there new art or tagging pieces? With no one to back up when their in problems? With no one to hug when I feel regret after being mean or rude? With no one to give attitude? With no one to argue or prove wrong? With no one to give this empty slot full of love in my heart to?
When you told me you were going to Arizona, I didn't believe you. I thought it was just another one of your jokes or lies, (at the back of my mind I was kind of wishing it was).
When you packed your bags and got in the car my heart shattered into millions and billions of irreparable pieces. I wanted to just hop into your suitcase so you can take me with you but I knew that, that was impossible. You have no idea how much I'm missing you. I always run down to your room believing your still there but when I see that empty room I feel like an idiot. Because I keep tricking myself. The house isn't the same without my sunshine crackin jokes and hugging me. I've cried so many times I can't even count the number of times. Before you left you saw me cry and gave me a great big bear hug and wiped my tears away. I stared at that car driving away not thinking about how my big brother was out on his own and growing up. When I got into my room, I then reacted. Is this how it's going to feel after you leave permanently? Am I going to feel this empty? Are you going to visit? Or just completely erase me off your mind because you need to focus on your career? Females? Parties? I don't know if your feeling as sad as me but I just can't take it. I cry each night, grasping hold of every word and phrase you've said. I paint a picture in my mind of all your sad,mad,happy, depressing,panicky any feeling you have showed. I clutch hold with all my strength that pure silver coin you left for me and your black hoodie. I hope your having a blast in Arizona and that everyone loves and respects you there because you deserve that. I hope that I'll be able to bottle up all my emotions until you get back home. You don't know how much I need to talk to you! I love you although you probably won't read this I hope that you juss know that I can't live without you and I would take a bullet for you anyday and I'll chunk it with any female who doesn't treat you like prince charming. Anyways I'll be waiting for you at home with open arms and some presents! I wish you the best and hope nothing bad goes down in Arizona (you know what I mean by that though)
With Love and sadness, Your sister Karen Chavez. </3

Identical is the bomb diggity!!!

I chose number 8 :) !

Well a character that really interested me was Reanne. She is so twisted and messed up in the head. She loves messing with faith and pushing her luck around tough situations. She has nasty and crazy thoughts about guys... She is also a tough chick who will persuade people to do as she says and she isn't afraid to defend herself.
Reanne is like that for a reason. She yearns for her mother's and father's affection. She is jelous of her sister kaeleigh because her father pays attention to her more, but not in a good way. Eventhough she has every single material thing necessary and she's spoiled she lives a difficult life. Her dad always gets drunk and does drug abuse. Her mom has no feelings towards them after they had a car accident.Reanne had to witness her sister getting raped and sexually molested ever since they were 9 . Her dad doesn't allow them to eat because she doesn't want them to hit double digit numbers on their jeans. Since she hasn't received much love then she does anything to feel that warmth once again. Shee does drugs and sometimes sneaks her dad's drugs and alcohol for herself. She is a true badass! She is into numerous amount of men and isn't satisfied with just one. She doesn't really belive in love. She has also have had alot of intercourse with men that aren't good with her. She's a little phsycho because she gets real mad and jelous when her dad rapes her sister she wishes it was her instead of kaelaigh.
She might be crazy or whatever but shes what makes this book so BOMB!!!!!!

My name is blah!!!!

Karen Chavez,UGH! What a plain boring name. I hate my name couldn't I have at least gotten a middle name to spice things up? My full name including all of my last names is Karen Dominguez Chavez Hernandez. That makes it a bit better, but I wouldn't write all of that on my homework or classwork daily. That would just be annoying.
I really want a creative name and I also want it to have some sentimental value behind it. But sadly I don't and never will. I'm stuck with this name for the rest of my life. I'm jelous of Rokhsor's name it's so beautifull and unique it just rolls off the tounge so smoothly. Or like Karisa, I've never heard anyone else with that gorgeous name not even on tv. Or Shannon theres not so many Shannon's in the world and the ones I've seen are so pretty. Or Ebone I love that name it's so cute and sounds all sassy.
I asked my mom why she had given me that boring name Karen(no offense to other Karen's) and she said no particular reason. I asked if she planned it, she responded with no. I was kind of shocked and questioned myself did she think of that last minute because if she did I'm going to be pist! She said that she named me off of her nurse at the moment, she didn;t know or couldn't focus on any other names and she liked how american Karen sounded. I mean I guess I should be glad that she gave me a name and that there is a story behind it, even if it's not what I expected.

Response Vignette!

I am responding to Sam Everret's and Ebone Quall's post.
As I read through these two blogs. I noticed that they both dedicated a small vignette to their urge of graduating and attending Asti. They had similar reasons for leaving their schools. One of them was the fact that they just really couldn't take some of the people. Another was not being able to be who they are without being judged.
One quote that I came across from Sam's vignette was

"I was so tired of trying to blend in and be unsuccessful, it was time to do something that would set me apart."

This quote tells me that at his school he couldn't truly bring out his inner Sam and show his true intellectual. He would rather fit in among his peers then excel at school I'm guessing. He was excited to join asti because he probably knew that right there, he wouldn't have to worry about being judged for acting like himself and doing his work. At asti everyone is a nerd and very tolerant and open-minded.

A quote that I got from Ebone's vignette was

"...somehow made it through hell in 7th and 8th, and got accepted into the school
of my dreams. I had done it, ASTI here I come and you best as hell get
ready for me."

This quote shows how she didn't like her 7th and 8th grade experience at all and was anxious to leave. She probably thought that asti was more of her enviroment because she knew more people there and she probably thought that the people there would be more friendly. She was completely correct because we love her and accept her through the thick and thin.
Well that's one pattern I noticed between those two vignettes. I noticed that they both wanted to be in asti and I hope that they don't regret attending here and that there mind-set about it, is still the same as before.

According to the vignettes we read, Sandra Cisneros thinks that boys and girls should be raised the same. I say this because throughout the book it's obvious that she wants girls to be raised the same in order to be raised the same independence and equal treatment. She thinks that if girls were raised like boys they would be much more successful.
There are plenty of quotes that indicate the way she feels about how girls should be raised. One quote is,"Since you always get to look beautiful...and take you to live in a big house far away."Pg26
This quote shows that since girls are raised differently their future is basically chosen for them.
Another quote is,"Sally make them stop. I couldn't make them go away...Please don't make me tell it all."pg100. This one shows how Esperanza cannot defeat boys power in society because she was raised to be weak and frail. It also shows how in their culture women are made to be weak.
This quote shows how Sandra really wants independence. "And no one could yell at you...and no one could call that crazy."pg83 This quote implicates that Sally should have more independence. She is very understanding of Sally's situation.
My last quote is,"What matters,Marin says,is for the boys to see us and for us to see them."Pg27
This tells us that physical attraction is way more important than personality to them. Boys and girls were taught that appearance is the main thing in a person.

As you can see Sandra Cisneros believes that both boys and girls should be treated equally. She thinks that because girls would become more powerful and independent.

Table of Contents:

1.The House On Mitchell Street
2.Chechito is so Dreamy
3.We Out to the Liquor
4.Bang,Bang!
5.Unscrew the Water Hydrant


The House On Mitchell Street
I lived on Mitchell Street all my life. When my dad found out I was on the way he rented a bigger house and bought a new car. I don't remember much because I was merely still an infant. But I do remember when I was about 5 years old I used to go play outside 24/7. I love my house I was had someone to play with, I feel safe, it's near the liquor store, and it is perfect for childs play. I remember all the stray cats going into my garage. I liked it because when no one was at home from school, I would pet them and feel a certain bond with them. They would speak to me and tell me stories of loneliness and coldness. They would purrrr to let there stress go and curl up next to me to feel safe. This house was just meant for me, it was the one, the only one.

Chechito is so dreamy!
He lives next door to us. He also goes to my school. I started noticing him, ever since my mom started taking care of him and his little brother. His name is Chechito, his real name is Jesus. I thought he was so perfect and hotter than fire. I loved it when we got recess, it gave me a chance to play with him without my mom thinking anything of it. I had the best day ever, he hugged me today! He said he "hearts" me alot. I wanted to jump out of my skin all the joy and excitedeness. When I got home, my brother asked, "Ay foo why so happy?" I told him, "Chechito is just so damn dreamy." "What? That kid is in the second grade. He's too old for you," he said. "So? Does that matter? It doesn't change the fact that he's so dreamy." "Bruh you hella dumb, that's my patna right there. Don't even think bout it." You can't stop me :P" "whatever"

We out to the liquor!
When my friends,my brother, and I got bored of playing indoors and on the streets, my brother always said,"We out to the liquor." My mom and dad always gave me money whenever I asked them that's why my brother always made me go to the store with him. When I would agree he would say," Go tell mom or dad you want to go and that you need cash." I would run and tell my mom and dad," Ama y Apa me dan dinero para la tienda por favor." They would give me $5 I would always got juiced. My brother would only let me grab certain things but it was ok as long as I got to go somewhere with my big brother. Whenever we went with the block kids they would be really grubby, I would think to myself can't you get your own cash? But at the end of it all what mattered was that we were all together and had each others backs.

Bang Bang!
Chills went down my back as I got out of the house and witnessed the blood outside my house. I asked my mom what had occurred, she told me if I didn't hear the gun shots. I said no. But she said she didn't know who or why they got shot just that someone got shot. The neighbors were as quiet as a mouse that day, they didn't come out. I was in the kitchen listening to the the news, when I heard something that stopped me in my steps. It said that a pregnant woman's husband was shot on mitchell street as he helped an innocent elderly man stand up from the drive-by. As he helped the old man up, they came back and shot at him. My neighbor was married to him and she was also expecting soon. I could imagine her pain.

Unscrew the Water Hydrant
Everyone felt as if they were chickens roasted in an oven. Our mouths yearned for water and our bodies lusted for something icy. We popped cold Bolis into our mouth as we layed lazily in the couch. We wanted to be anywhere else but there. We looked up at the sun and stared at it as it mocked and tortured us. We ready to give up and just blank out,but then we heard a sign that gave us hope. It was Luis from around the corner! He had the screw, we all knew what the meant. He approached the fire hydrant and started unscrewing it slowly. Jose, Chechito, Tweety, Bianca, Stephanie, Arthuro, and I all ran to go change into our shorts. We were so juiced. As I got outside, I couldn't help,but smile I felt a refreshing,cool mist flow through me. I approached the water slowly and den just dove into it. We had a blast.

You're Bad Ass
"Hey you stop",I heard a deep voice say. I turn around and see my teacher. My facial expression changed from smug to mad and scared. He caught us red handed. I thought we were slicker than that. "You were such a smart,good kid, What happened? Why do you let them influence you Karen?" I just gave him a blank expression, to hide my actual scared look. I didn't want my mom finding out about this, she's going to get mad. After my mom finds out and does her worst, I couldn't help to think what about my dad. What is he going to think, what is he going to do? Patricia, Erika, and I waited patiently for our punishment. We got caught tagging in the girls bathroom. I didn't want to vandalize school property, I just wanted future generations to know I was here. Patricia starts whispering," Dammit! Ma mom is fina trip on me hella badly when she get home from work. She said one more strike and I'm getting whooped." I didn't respond because I was scared still. My teacher left me off with a warning because he said he knows Im a good kid.

Eyez

My families eyes are really different and unique. My dad’s are shaped like an almond and light brown which tell a story of a hard-working and tired man. My mom’s eyes are round like a circle and light brown too but her eyes yell out I want to be Independent! My big brothers eyes are shaped like Yen’s and are darker than night, his eyes lock away secrets and keep you away from getting to know him. My little brothers eyes are as big as a lemurs and are the lightest brown I have ever seen but his eyes give you hints of him wanting someone to play with and love him. My eyes on the other hand are really small and are just plain brown and don’t say nothing about me.As you can see everyones eyes has something different to tell about them and sometimes people can read them.

The Color Purple

In the Color Purple, there are a lot of sad,crazy,complicated twist and turns. The main characters that are separated and lead two very different lives. Celie's life was really difficult, but made her a stronger,better person. Nettie's life was difficult as well but in a different way, she too became a strong and better person. They both ended up with very good lives and were re-united with each other in this book. One thing that made their lives different were gender equality.
Celie has been physically and mentally abused various times which makes her unattraction for men understandable. The following quote shows us how her dad would beat her for non-valid reasons. "He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church."(page 5) This next quote demonstrates how her dad would threaten her and force her to do things.

"You better never tell nobody,but god it'd kill your mammy...He never had a kine word to say to me. Just say you gonna do what your mammy wouldn't. First he put his thing up against my hip and sort of wiggle it around. Then he grab hold my titties. Then he push his thing inside my pussy. When that hurt, I cry he start to choke me, saying you better shut up and git used to it."(page 1)

Now that quote was really graphic and gruesome, I have to stop and say something about it. I mean everything her father has done is unforgivable,but this one is super messed up! If I were her I would have told my mom because my own father doing such a cruel thing would leave me scarred. No wonder she hates men.Another cruel thing her father committed was give away her children. "He took my other little baby, a boy this time, But I don't think he kilt it. I think he sold it to a man an his wife over monticello."(page 3) Her father also constantly reminds her that she's ugly and just puts her down. "She the oldest anyway. She ought to marry first. She ain't fresh tho, but I spect you know that. She spoiled twice. But you don''t need fresh women no how...she ugly."(page 7) That's really harsh and a self-esteem decreaser. These abuses that were commited drove her away from men into the arms of women, the women in this case is Shug Avery. They didn't quite get along in the beginning but later on they started developing feelings for each other. "She say, I Love You, Miss Celie. And then she haul off and kiss me on the mouth. Um, She say, like she surprise. I kiss her back, say,um, too. Us kiss and kiss till us can't hardly kiss no more." Im glad Celie found love with Shug :)
Nettie was more fortunate than Celie when it came to men only because Celie would protect her and she was smart. " I keep hoping he fine somebody to marry. I see him looking at my little sister. She scared. But I say I'll take care of you with god help."(Page 3) Celie doesn't want her sister Nettie to go through what she had to go through. In this next quote it shows us how Nettie was smart about things and passed on some wise advice to her sister Celie. "Don't let them run over you, Nettie say. you got to let them know who got the upper hand."(page 17) She's no fool, She know how to put them men in place. She was never verbally abused by anyone because she was considered "pretty". "That's a real pretty dress you got on, he say to Nettie. She say, Thank you.Them shoes look just right. She say, Thank you."(page 17) Mr_, Celies husband, complimented her each day when she stayed at their house instead of complimenting his own wife. Since Nettie didn't go through anything as bad as Celie, she was able to marry a man. His name is Samuel.
As you can see Celie and Nettie led two tottaly different lives which lead to different things but at the end their lives shaped up to be pretty decent.

Thats crazy!

The fact that parents nowadays can and want to modify the way their children is just plain dumb! Shouldn't they be proud of the gift from above they created? Your supposed to love your children no matter what,looks don't matter at all. Why can't they invent something useful like a machine that ends war and poverty?
I honestly would not donate a single penny to changing the DNA of children because most people want to make their children "beautiful" or whatever but beauty only last for a little bit,beauty comes from within. Also a lot of people define beauty differently. If we were meant to do this than this world would be pretty dam boring because there would be nothing unique anymore. What are people so worried about? I mean not everyone is going to like your child even if there super sexy that doesn't guarantee that he,she is going to be liked.
For people who want to do this,put yourself in that predicament. What if your parents modified you? Wouldn't you feel ashamed at the fact that they were ashamed or scared of how you would have looked if you were done the natural way? Because you best believe I would. This world is shallow and crazy. This Dna thing is so unnecessary,we don't "NEED" this. What we do need is cures for cancer,Hiv,Poverty,war,equallness,and way more. But is anyone spending billions of dollars and spending time on this? I don't think so.

Color purple

After reading Celie's letters to god,they tell me that she has a bad life and she is wishing to hav a different life. She also aches to have better clothes and look different. Although she isn't necessarily praying to god about what she wants him to change on her life,she probably feels less stressed out or as if she has a friend to tell her daily life basically a diary.

I am fourteen years old. I have always been a good girl. maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me.

You can tell that she has a lot of hope and she wants to be helped or saved by someone.

He beat me today cause he say I winked a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but didn't wink. I don't even look at mens.

This quote tells me that she is scared and traumatized of men. I say this because she's afraid of looking at men.

RE: EBONE :)

Well Ebone most things like the Facebook shutting down is a total rumor and the zodiac sign thing is just a bunch of unecessary nonsense. But the Justin Bieber thang is soo true!

And last but not least, Justin Bieber. I forgot who I heard this from, probably one of my Bieber fever friends, but apparently he is coming out with a movie. What it could possibly be about, I do not know. But I believe Never Say Never is the title of it. I know one thing, I will NOT be seeing it because that is just making someone only like 2 years older than me 100 times richer than me. So no, you can expect me to not be in the theatre watching that. But supposedly, for now, it's just a rumor.

Ummm yes its called never say never!And it's about how his life,how he made it big. And what struggles he had to go through in order to be on top. Pshhh Gurl you are so coming to watch it even if I have to tie you up and drive you while your locked in the car trunk. Yeah you heard me your going with me Ivan Shannon Karisa and Rokhsor ok?
Well I think this movie will inspire us to Never give up and put ourselves down when it comes to our future and telling us that anything can be accomplished if you are persistent and keep your hope alive. His movie isn't actually going to be the usual things like Miley Cyrus book.But then again why would she write a book in the first place? No one likes her and she just popped out of nowhere,nobody knew her.But yeah I can't wait to go see it im really juiced! I encourage people to go to support his dream and give yourself inspiration. And ohh yeah Ivan if your reading this buy a bieber shirt because me and shannon are getting some :) well anyways JB is a cutie and he's so sweet k byeeeeee!

college things (-_-)

Well I wouldn't say this is the best persuasive college debate,but it made a whole lot of sense to me.It's called Merit and Race.He basically explained that we(minorities) should especially join elite colleges/universities because if we go out and apply for job it would look great on our resume because sadly theres still a lot of racial profiling and racism in this world. If theres a choice between a Mexican who knows 2 languages and went to laney and a white person who also speaks two languages too and went to stanford they are most likely to choose the white person. But in other cases jobs pick you for the wrong reasons not because your good at what you do but because they want to show off to the world that there are people of color here and they want to attract them.You need to have something on your resume that sets you aside from the rest of the people who are also applying and I think an Elite school is definitely it.
I lightweight disagree with "Graduate School Matters More" because he's just spreading non-sense. I don't think that if you know exactly what you want to be it will get you into school more easily. You can say you know but that can change very easily within time. That's why you go to these schools to explore what you want to become. Also,i get that money can be an issue but you can get loans and as they say you got to spend money to make money.

I hate most cops

I really dislike cops more and more each day the reason for this is because most of them are really unfair. I don't say this out of nowhere because of watching t.v,it's because my mom and brother have told me about it or i've experienced it first hand. One time my mom and auntie went to pick up my cousins from jail as they walked into court,they saw a young man about seventeen or so and he was saying his last goodbyes to his mom and girlfriend. He hugged his girlfriend with such a passion and then all of a sudden the cop killed it and said that he had to go already. But the guy said politely,"Can you wait one more minute please I haven't said bye to my mom yet." But the cop didn't care he told him that it was time and started nudging him to his jail cell. He wouldn't budge so the cops took that as "Resisting" so they pushed him to the ground and started beating him mercilessly. It was horrible my mom said she cried.The guy got life in jail though.
Another time I noticed a cops unfairness was the Oscar Grant supposed "incident".I hate that people claim it's an accident like uuhh no honey that was not no damn accident.So if I murdered someone right now and claimed it was an accident would I get off the hook that easily? I don't think so! How is you not going to know the difference between a taser gun and a regular gun? You can clearly feel the difference between them. And to add onto his b.s excuse he didn't need to use it at that moment because on the captured evidence Oscar was not resisting or struggling to move at all. It's straight up B.S that the cop just got 2 years in jail that infuriates me!!! He deserved to rot in that freakin jail cell or at least get a death sentence.I guess he got off the hook because hes a cop but that still ain't right.I feel really bad for his family because he was taken away from Earth at such a young age and you just can't put this murderer in jail for 2 years he took someones life for god sake!
One time, my friends boyfriend got arrested while he was walking down broadway for no reason. They said he looked suspicious and like a possible threat(he's African American) I'm like you can't do that wtf? Unless someone reports something you can't go around arresting people out the cuts.
I freaking hate Arizona cops.They are so racist and closed minded. Who would vote on such a unfair law to deport immigrants. They don't know ho much immigrants contribute to this world and they have as much as right to be here like them.They don't know how many families are being affected when one of their beloveds get deported. It's so sad to know that this is happening. Racial profiling gets me heated! Without immigrant in the U.S then the U.S would not be complete.
I just wish cops were more fair and didn't base things on their own personal beliefs or racial closed mindedness

Rokhsor go!

In Rokhsor's post she made plenty of good points. Here is one good point she made:

If you take scene so seriously, then why won't you let it spread so that everyone can get to know these types of people and know that it is a beautiful thing to be? Why are you not allowing for other people to try and achieve this look because I say that if it is what they want to look like, then they should go for it. However, I know how you feel because I understand how part of this is about biters and you best believe I would slap a biter because they piss me off. So why can't people just be scene but attempt to be original while achieving this look?

I really agree with this because it would be nice to have more scene/emo people in our comunity. I personally wouldn't want to really call anyone out by calling them a "poser" because every scene/emo person has to start somewhere. I understand that if someone just straight up wants to copy you then you can call them a "poser". But isn't that basically a compliment if someone likes your look so much that they feel like they must have it? Anyways it's not like a scene/emo person was born with teased hair,eyeliner,and ripped jeans and band tees on.On Rokhsors last sentence she talks about originality,How can someone be original when they classify a specific look for you that plenty of others have? If you wear for example regular skinny jeans,white flats,and a purple shirt but you have the hair and make up,some people dont classify you as scene/emo because emos wear dark colors like black and grey and scene people wear vans,flats,converse,etc. and ripped jeans/fishnets and bright neon colors. How can u be expected to be original when people tell you what to wear or have?

I came across a quote that I respectfully kind of disagree with from Lhadze's post:

Most real scene kids wear Gloomy Bear, Hello Kitty, Invader Grim, Metal band shirts. They wear anything from skirts, shorts and fishnets to skinnes or just leggings ripped. Emo on the other hand is all black and mainly basic clothing with studs, and rips kind of like scene.They tend to try out the newest fashion, and add their own style to it to own what they wear.

Ok umm most scene kids do wear that but yous forgetting that scene is also about your own independent taste and style. I understand that you said you wear the newest fashion and add your own style to it but your also saying how a scene kid should dress. Not everyone wears those things listed above but yet their still considered scene. If everyone wore those things then scene would not be unique anymore,it would just be another clique in which they look like clones.I say just let them be,it's not necessarily bothering anyone.No one is insulting you by calling themselves scene/emo,unless they come up to you and say im way scener than you there is a problem but at the moment I don't see a problem with it.If you wanna stop this then I think you should help them out so they can be a "professional scene".Me personally I don't mind new comers because it's nice to see the world become a scene nation ^.^ lol.I also understand that you take scene very seriously and want to represent but maybe they want to represent to.

So yeah I think people can choose whatever they want to be and look like. At the end of the day it's no ones business but theirs. So I encourage people to be whoever they want to be no matter who is against it,they can't change you (: