Fall Break

      During this past weekend it was our schools fall break. We got 4 days off of school and it felt awesome. Wednesday was our last day of school and that night I went to the school football game with a few of my friends. It was really fun. We laughed and cheered and had a really good time and then that night we spent the night at one of our friends houses. She lives out in the country so it was really fun because we got to be really loud and run around. We stayed up late watching scary movies and talked about random stuff.
      On Thursday we all went paint balling in Austin. It was a blast. We were there the whole day and by the time we got home we were covered in paint. When we were there we got put on teams and then they put you out in this course and you had to try to shoot the other teams members until everyone else but your team was out. It kinda hurt when you got hit from close up. I have bruises from it but I didn't get it nearly as bad as some other people. But overall it was really fun and I cant wait to go again.
     On Friday I just stayed home and chilled. I watched TV, cleaned my room, did homework. All that fun stuff. But On Saturday it was my moms birthday. She turned 54. So we went out to eat with my sisters and my aunts and uncles to the Green Mill. I was bored but my mom had fun.
     So that is what I did this weekend. It was fun. I was glad we had a break because we needed one so badly. It felt really nice to just sit home and recuperate after working so hard in school.

A Nice Day in October.

     Lately the weather has been very nice out considering that it is October. It hasn't been really all that cold for the most of it. My family just went on our annual leaf run where we drive over to Wisconsin and go to this one restaurant where they have the best fish and then we go to this apple orchard and go on horse rides then afterwards we stop at a pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins. My grandpa said that we have been doing this for over 60 years.  He used to go with his parents and then when he had his own family they went and now that there are grand kids we all go. There is so many of us that we take up half the restaurant and somebody has to call ahead to the apple place and reserve horses and other stuff.
     A big part of the leaf run too the older people like my grandparents and my aunts and uncles is that they look at the land and admire it. But another thing is that my grandma really likes bittersweet so if we see some we stop and one of my uncles climbs a tree to get it for her. But as for me and my cousins we just hang out in the back of whoever car is the biggest and talk and laugh. Because we don't care about the color of the leaves but it is still really fun.
    But out of all the years that we have this has been the nicest year for how nice it was outside. And that is why it was a nice day in October.

Freedom.

        I think freedom is an awesome thing. I am so glad that I was born in a country where everybody is free. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to live in a country where you weren't allowed to express your beliefs or say what you think. There are some countries where its citizens do not have the freedom of speech or the freedom of press. And I think that would be hard to live like that.
     In America we are born free. Yes we have laws that we abide by but they are just there to keep everyone safe. And we have the luxury of being able to say what we want without worrying that we might go to jail for it. We also have to freedom to speak up against political persons but in some countries you could get killed for speaking up to or insulting a political icon. That is why freedom means so much to me.

Justice and Fairness

       Personally I think Justice is Fairness. To me if someone kills someone else and they get the death penalty or life in prison that is justice and that is fair to whoever they hurt and their family members. But sometimes life doesn't work like that. Sometimes there is a mess up in the judicial process or the arresting officer forgot to read the killer their Miranda warning and they walk with a minor charge, that's not fair and I don't think that is justice. But in this country everyone is Innocent until proven guilty and the key word there is proven. If you just know that this person killed your the victim but you can not find anyway to prove it they just get to go free. That is not fair at all and it makes you doubt the system.
       Even when we were little and we hit someone or said something mean to someone else either your teacher would make you stay inside while the rest of your class was at recess or you would get yelled at by your parents and even though at the time it didn't seem fair to you it was fair to the other person because you hurt them and you had to pay the consequences for what you did. That is only fair and that is justice.
        So that is what justice and fairness means to me.

I want a doberman!

      So my family and I are thinking about getting a new dog. We used to have a lab named Dusty but we had to put him to sleep two summers ago. He lived to be 14 years old. We also have a Maltese named Evanna and she is 3. But I have been telling my parents about how much I want a big dog that I can take for walks around the lake and play fetch with. Yeah I can take Evanna for walks but she gets tired so quick and her little legs can't keep up with my walking pace so she is like running and then I feel bad. So we are considering getting a bigger dog.
     My dad wants a golden retriever and my mom wants another lab but I on the other hand want a Doberman. My parents think that I am absolutely bonkers for wanting that kind of a dog but I think that they are awesome. everything about them intrigues me. The way the present themselves they seem so scary and mean but that just makes me want one more. For some reason I want a dog that looks scary and mean and will make people who don't know it a little timid of it but once they get to know it they realise that it is one of the nicest dogs that they will ever meet.
      I have done some research on Dobermans and they are a very loving and protective dog and that is exactly what I want. I want a dog that will protect me. I am also excited because if we do get a Doberman the first thing that I am going to do is get a chainlinked collar like you see in all the movies like the stereotypical Doberman.
     I am very excited about this decision about getting a new dog.

    

my favorite poem

My favorite poem is Sick by Shel Silverstein. It has been my favorite poem since 2nd grade. My teacher Mrs. Schumaker would read us a poem from his book Where the Sidewalk Ends everyday and as soon as I heard that I liked it. I own the book now and every once in a while I will read it.Here is the poem.


"I cannot go to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay,
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash, and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And look there's one more--that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue--
It might be Instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke--
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb,
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is--what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is---Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"


I think the reason why I like this poem so much is because almost every kid can relate to it. When I was little I used to beg my mom to let me stay home and I would always make up excuses so that I could stay home and sleep. So I think one of the reasons why i like this poem so much is because every time I hear it I think about all the silly excuses that I would use to get to stay home. Also because everytime I read it, it makes me laugh. That is why this is my favorite poem.

Noise or silence.

     If I were to pick which one I like better noise or silence I would have to say that I like noise better. I think that silence is awkward. When I am with my friends it is hardly ever silent, and when I am by myself I almost always have music playing or the TV on. The only time I prefer silence over noise is when I am studying or trying to learn something.
    When I am with people I prefer noise because you build good social skills when you are talking. But at the same time the noise can really get overwhelming.So here are some things that I like noise for...

• laughter of friends
• talking with friends
• anything involving people
• listening to music as we clip the lake
• watching movies
• running
• exercising
• cheering of people at tennis matches
• joking around with friends
• waiting in elevators
• singing in the car

Those are all the reasons why I think noise is better than silence.