2/11/16: Quick write
If I can't have you then I don't want anybody else. That's what I thought with my first elementary crush. I check out with a zipable bag of bite size twix. Her favorite candy. I hope she would be enthusiastic about it, even though a relationship with her is never going to work, I still love to see her happy. I'd do anything for her to be happy, dammit. I have my groceries placed in a bag; the Twix and a drink, for me of course. It isn't a drink I should keep buying, I need to rely on myself to relax before a stress myself broke. I debated on a stuffed animal, it's Vons though there wouldn't any perfect bear to give her, it was only wonky disney characters and nothing to show that I really want it to mean something. I twist open the alien shape cap of this sci-fi drink. It might have turned into a mindset of being stressed, yes it might as well feel normal and it keep me on the edge. But today it's going to slur my speech and for my train of thought. I hope it doesn't.
2/5/16: Quick write
By the time she was finished talking she was already looking down at me. I enjoy looking at her and anything relating to being around her. I just know that I haven't seen this coming. I took a second to take in what I saw, I know I would look back at this moment and grin any time it comes to mind. I decided to meet her at the top; I walked up a couple of stairs, getting closer to her as she migrated to the same side that I was on. I noticed she was looking at her friends in the classroom, there wouldn't be any other reason to be outside of this room anyways. I had to try to do anything, something while I was still alone with her. I made my way to the top, time to stop being a coward. I finished the small flight of stairs and I feel maybe three times taller that I would normally be, given that my shoes is an extra five percent of my height. Now I'm in the canopy, I see her leaning on the rails of the structure barely built for two, she made a small gap where I can barely fit in and jerked her head over giving me a sign for me to make my way to her, our shoulders are at hugging point now.
"You can see so much of the metal beams and artwork hung from up here." She muttered, I didn't have anything to say at this point, being brain dead and drop dead nervous, there wasn't a living soul to make any decent conversation in my chest. I never really enjoyed this part of the school. I saw all the old art hung from the steel beams and all of that, I took it in quickly then decide to space off to looking at her again. I'd hate to admit it, as much as I been resisting, I think I'm in love. I tilted my head slightly but I averted my eyes. Dammit she's gorgeous, her gorgeous grin, her perfect skin, face shape and amazing brown eyes that can see straight through..... WAIT. It took me a second to realize she caught me. Heat rose in me as I darted my face away. In my peripherals I might have saw a grin from her as she walked down the stairs.
"You can see so much of the metal beams and artwork hung from up here." She muttered, I didn't have anything to say at this point, being brain dead and drop dead nervous, there wasn't a living soul to make any decent conversation in my chest. I never really enjoyed this part of the school. I saw all the old art hung from the steel beams and all of that, I took it in quickly then decide to space off to looking at her again. I'd hate to admit it, as much as I been resisting, I think I'm in love. I tilted my head slightly but I averted my eyes. Dammit she's gorgeous, her gorgeous grin, her perfect skin, face shape and amazing brown eyes that can see straight through..... WAIT. It took me a second to realize she caught me. Heat rose in me as I darted my face away. In my peripherals I might have saw a grin from her as she walked down the stairs.
1/31/16: Quick write
I pick up my coat, laid out like Anderson Cooper would have. I spray one puff of cologne to my chest, put on my clue and black plaid and layer it with my smooth, stiff sports jacket.
"It looks great on you, does it fit?" There is no forgetting that voice, it hasn't been able to rupture my heart since the day she slept with me. I glance at the door frame, buttoning one out of the two on my coat.I couldn't help it but smile. I tried to come up with a smart/funny remark but by then she was already fiddling with my colar. I glance down at her eyes.
"Green eyes." I tried to sound masculine but not fake it. She chuckles in disbelief, her grin turned into a smile f, from dimple to dimple. She headbutts me in the center of ym bone collar, hitting like a pillow marksman. Jaunting my coat foward. It's would make anybody else lose their breath.
"They're hazel dude, plus that song is so cheesy stop bringing it up" her voice dropped at the end like valley girl, she muffled it in m chest. Her head picks up, finally taking the moment to look at me . I can honestly agree it's hazel, it's a brighter shade of brown than mine. I slways took her side on everything, and so she always took mine. I decide to change the topic and ask about why we got out of bed at this hour. "What time will your parents be at the cancake house?"
"11:30, they don't get out of bed untill like lunchtime." She gets my neck into her grip, her left then right arms go behind me, then easily swoop back to grab her elbows. I notice a slight wobble, she always has to get on the balls of her feet to hug, being shorter than I am. There isn't a boit of glimmer or shine on her forehead or her nose, I can tell she already showered.
"How long have you been up?"
"Like seven"
"Honey it's sunday."
"so what, I wanted to surprise you, You didn't roll into bed until like one."
"It looks great on you, does it fit?" There is no forgetting that voice, it hasn't been able to rupture my heart since the day she slept with me. I glance at the door frame, buttoning one out of the two on my coat.I couldn't help it but smile. I tried to come up with a smart/funny remark but by then she was already fiddling with my colar. I glance down at her eyes.
"Green eyes." I tried to sound masculine but not fake it. She chuckles in disbelief, her grin turned into a smile f, from dimple to dimple. She headbutts me in the center of ym bone collar, hitting like a pillow marksman. Jaunting my coat foward. It's would make anybody else lose their breath.
"They're hazel dude, plus that song is so cheesy stop bringing it up" her voice dropped at the end like valley girl, she muffled it in m chest. Her head picks up, finally taking the moment to look at me . I can honestly agree it's hazel, it's a brighter shade of brown than mine. I slways took her side on everything, and so she always took mine. I decide to change the topic and ask about why we got out of bed at this hour. "What time will your parents be at the cancake house?"
"11:30, they don't get out of bed untill like lunchtime." She gets my neck into her grip, her left then right arms go behind me, then easily swoop back to grab her elbows. I notice a slight wobble, she always has to get on the balls of her feet to hug, being shorter than I am. There isn't a boit of glimmer or shine on her forehead or her nose, I can tell she already showered.
"How long have you been up?"
"Like seven"
"Honey it's sunday."
"so what, I wanted to surprise you, You didn't roll into bed until like one."
9/25
This week we read, annotated and had a seminar about another article. The article was about "Do we own ourselves." The article talked about if the government owns us or we own ourselves with the idea of libertarianism and what the government provides us. My opinion is that the government owns a little bit of us while we own ourselves because the government takes up part of our time with having to pay taxes.
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End of the week 9/18
This week we did more readings, one was about "Utilitarianism" and the other is about sports and leisure. We had one Socratic seminar about the utilitarianism, there were four people stranded on a boat, one of them decided to drink water and he got very ill. The other three crew members decided to eat them too survive, later when they made it back to civilization, the courtroom was deciding to send them to jail. So we talked about like why or why not the crew members should go to jail. We also talked about how morality can or could have had influence to this too.
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Week two Reflection
This week we had more Aristotle texts to read and annotate, the article to the left was about who deserved what, a cheerleader being discriminated off of a team because of her disability and what flute player should get the better flute. The second paper was about how sport shaped society and society shaping sports. How sports were used to prepare for was with Teddy Roosevelt and how a man playing playing his heart out on the football field shaped society around him from their initial thoughts about him.
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First Weekly Reflection
In this week we read and annotated two text about Aristotle and sports, I learned about the history of sports and Aristotle's reasoning about it. We had to write about our point's on what role sport's play in the 21st century. I thought that sports played the role of preparing for war; there were examples from the Indians, to the Southern period and slavery. I also made a magazine cover replicating the Sports Illustrated magazine cover but I put a picture of me in it. I am proud of my effort that I put into my work this week, I was able to persevere through the first week and get myself acclimated to the harsh conditions of 10th grade and I feel like I should continue to do well and get better each week. I collaborated well with my peers, I think I have reached out to my peers and I feel comfortable communicating with everyone in class. My goal for next week is to manage my time more wisely with deadlines, I struggled to complete my essay about Aristotle and had to stay up late to finish. I need to make sure I can plan what I am going to complete and not just say that I can finish it but push it off.
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I chose this picture when I was making the magazine cover because I was very passionate about soccer at the time. I was played soccer from kindergarten to 7th grade and had a lot of fun doing it. I really enjoyed the adrenaline on the field and the competition, playing to be the best against people striving for the same goal, to be the best. In this picture I probably felt really into the game, it was a corner kick, I don't we got the point getting the soccer ball this close to scoring always gets tense. |