What I Would Like to Do

           For the rest of English, I would like to maybe watch videos and movies and look at the plot and what it is about. Another thing is maybe to play the game Scene It. I think that would be fun because you have to think about what the movie is about and the game asks trivia questions. It really challenges your brain.

Gade Eight Memories

     My spring break was pretty boring at first, then my friends birthday party came along. That's probably my most memorable time from my Spring Break, maybe it has something to do with falling down the stairs because that was pretty funny and everyone got a good laugh out of it. It's unbelievable that there's only 11 weeks left of school! This year definitley has gone by quickly. I'm not looking forward to the final exams, but I am looking forward to summer and grade 9. I would like to keep my grades up and get more involved in sports even if it's just at lunch. I'm not sure how I'm going to make these last few weeks of grade eight memorable. I think it just being my first year up at the high school is good enough for me, but friends will definitley be part of it.

Music

   When I chose my song I knew there was depth and meaning to the lyrics because I could tell how the person who wrote it felt and what they were going through at the time due to the lyrics. What makes a good song in my opinion is either having a good beat, or having powerful lyrics. I love when you can relate to a song because then it just makes it that much more personal. I've noticed that some individuals will listen to a song, but not really pay attention to the moral, the lyrics, or the mood that the song is supposed to create. I've noticed that some artists are starting to create meaningful songs, but others are just creating good dancing and partying songs that don't really have a meaning. There are also some songs that have almost no words, and absolutely no meaning, but that's just their genre. I prefer songs that have a meaning to them and that are relatable for me, but I definitely don't mind songs that are just meant to make you dance. There are a lot of songs that I listen to, but here are my top five at this moment:

1. Wish You Were Here-Avril Lavigne

2. Everybody Hurts-Avirl Lavigne

3. F**kin' Perfect-P!nk

4. The Only Exception-Paramore

5. Come Home-OneRepublic

  The songs that I just named have meaning to me because I can relate to them all in some different way. The reason behind having "Wish You Were Here" by Avril Lavigne for number one is because I just recently started listening to it, but I do like it a lot. I have a huge connection with"The Only Exception" even though it's number four. One song that's not on this list that I have the most connection with is "River Flows in You" by Yiruma. It doesn't have any lyrics, it's just a piano, but I have such a connection with it because it's the song that I listened to while writing my speech for my grandma's funeral and so did my two other sisters and we didn't know until after. So I listen to that song everyday and it reminds me of all the good times I had with her. To me, music is life.

Creativity

I thought the video was kind of creative, but I have seen better. Such as the sand art we watched in class. I didn't think this video was too creative because all they were doing was turning what looked like a flower, into different animals, but I did like the race car at the end. On a scale of one to ten, I give the video a six and a half. On a scale of one to ten on my creative abilities, I give myself about a nine.

My Favourite Memory of 2010

One of my favourite memories from 2010 is my birthday. I had two friends stay the night. We had a lot of fun. We made pancakes at 12:00 in the morning, and let me tell you, they were probably the best pancakes of my life. We didn't want them to be boring so we decided to use food colouring and dye them blue. They had chocolate chips and were done to perfection. Even though they were deformed. But as we were making them, We decided to dye our tongues with the food colouring. It tasted gross but was definitely worth it. Our tongues were blue for about an hour or so. We had a blast and I'm surprised we didn't wake up my parents. We chose not to sleep that night so at 4 in the morning we went for a walk to 7 Eleven and got Slurpee's. The people there gave us a look like we were crazy, but we didn't care. After we were done there, we walked to the beach, sat down to drink our Slurpee's, then decided to chase the geese that were sitting so nicely. All in all, it was a fantastic birthday and a night I will never forget.

My Family

I live with my mom and dad. I have a pretty big family overall. I have two sisters, and 3 brothers. My oldest sister's name is Kristy, but truly she's only my half sister due to the fact that we have different dads. My other sister's name is Shaylynne, she's my full sister. None of my brothers are my full brothers. Their names are Shane, Levi, and Jose. Shane is my half brother, him and Kristy have the same dad. Levi is my soon-to-be brother-in-law, he's marrying Kristy this September :). And Jose is my adoptive brother. He's from Brazil and he used to be an exchange student, but he loved Canada so much that he wanted to stay here and go to school, so my parents decided to adopt him. I love my family very much and wouldn't trade them for the world, even if we don't always get along, which is rare, we still love each other no matter what and always decide to see past all the disputes and look at who we truly are, which is one big happy family. Which brings me to one of my favourite quotes, "Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind, or forgotten."- Lilo and Stitch.