Grandma:)

Well you've been passed a while,
and I still miss that smile.
I miss your laugh and your pranks
But I don't miss your pair of spanks.
I miss those antique adventures.
I especially miss those funny dentures.
I wish you were here,
To stop the tears,
Each and everyday
I know your not far away
But I still miss you.
Love Whit.

Paris

The air smells like fresh yeast bread and delicious pastries.
The people say good morning and kiss each other on each cheek.
The blue sky shines like a star alone in the darkness of night.
People pass smelling like roses and fresh linens,
and the Children laugh and whine about not getting a cupcake.
It's almost relaxing here in the world of Paris.
It's strange and almost alien to me.
The family stay together and people get up early and are helpful.
They even tell you the best places to see.
They even invite you over; you, a complete stranger.
This is the grand city of Paris

Senses

The sea shines like glass from the Moons light.
It shows every flaw, like the rocks by the bay,
Or the sand bar near the coral.
The wind blows gently against my skin like a angels kiss,
Subtle but noticeable. The dolphins jump like hyper children from a long car ride.
Each one showing it's pearl white stomach.
The ocean never ceases to amaze my senses.
From the smell of salt to the chilly breezes on my skin.
This is the Ocean.

The Daily Life of Me

Shower
               Make Up
                                   Hair Brushed and Blow Dryed
                                                                                        Clothes Finally On
Toast with Butter and Cinnamon
                                                       And a Drink of Orange Juice
                       School Then Home

                               Chores
A Small Dinner

                                       Then A Long Bath to End the Day
                                                                                                                 Bed Time

                        Good  Night Routine Boringness I'll See You Again Tomorrow
                                                          
                        
                             

This Crazy Love of Ours

Yesterday we had a water fight
We were soaking wet and covered in soap.
We laughed and giggled then you kissed my lips.
Only you would kiss a girl covered in soap.
You carried me to the porch and threw me a towel,
Only for me to drop it and you have to pick it up again.
Sometimes we act like small children,
Other times we act like we'd never be happy without each other.
Our love is crazy, and very different.
We fight, laugh, argue, and sometimes even yell.
But I can't imagine it any other way,
Because this is Our Love.

Bullying: Our Worlds Greatest Fault

          I read an article called "Fighting Back Against Bullies" based on the movie "Bullied: A Student, a School, and a Case that Made History". It tells of a high schooler, Jamie Nabozny, and his horried experiences with bullying. It is just outrageously inhumane to have to plan your days at school out, to wonder if your gonna be harrassed, to even be scared to go to the bathroom for fear of being beat. It is horrid and scary that this happens on a daily basis to young lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders(LGBT). This article told me things that truely horrified me. It showed me that abuse and harrassment can happen in many different ways, and that scares me. It also informed me on how crude some individuals are when it comes to being homosexual. It's sad when a student has to go to a different school and attend court just for a school to take consideration on a bullying policy. I am apalled by this event and I'm a disappointed in the fact that a school wouldn't protect it's own students from constant harrassment.     

Character Changes: Tyler

           Tyler has changed throughout this novel in many ways. But one major way is he changed his feelings about Bethany. He always referred to her as the "Queen Bee". He had very strong feelings for her he even as quoted, " After that I performed superhuman feats of speed to make it to her fourth-  and eighth- period classes so I could accidentally be standing close by in case she decided to smile again." He raced to her classes just to see her smile, he even blushed and stuttered at her presence like he did at his car when she said hello, and all he could say is, "Ha.. Hey- ya." But throughout the plot Tyler begins to spend more time with her, like at the football game. They go together and even sit by one another. They eat lunch together, and etc. Then a party comes up. It will have alcohol, and tons of people. Plus it'll be at a home where no parents will be. Bethany gets totally "shit-faced" from all the booze, and expects Tyler to sleep with her. She pulls him upstairs, and attempts to have her way but he says no. She freaks out and goes downstairs to only grab another man from the party. He eventually looses her and sadly she got her "desire". In the end she is running to him while he enters the school he is screming for him and all he does is smile and shut the door. This causes him to change drastically by not just turning her away but by being able to say no to the girl he yurned for.
       Another way he changes is in how he gets a relationship with his father. Tyler always referred to him as, "Corporate Tool." and how he'd always been a, "...hardass, but since his latest promotiwon, he'd dialed it up." His father in his eyes was a crabby, irratable monster. Always locked away in his den of eternal work. His father to prve this notion made Tyler and his sister stay home from the homecoming game. So Tyler could cut the grass and her stay at home so they all could have "family time".  And eventually his father has just a complete come apart. He sscreams bloody murdeer throughout the house. The family has always ignored this but finally Tyler stands up to him. He takes a bat and goes downstairs to face the "monster". Eventually Tylers' dad kicked him out so Tyler leaves to Yoda's house to stay for the night. Eventually Tyler walks towards his home to see his father on the porch. They talk and his father says, " My father beat me with his belt a couple times a week for my entire childhood, that's why I swore I'd never ghit you or your sister. And I never did," and he goes on to say, " But it wasn't enough." Eventually him and Tyler eat breakfast and talk and work it out. Tyler changed from hating his dad with a burning passion to loving him more than ever. These are a few ways Tyler changed from the many conflicts in this book.

Twisted Word Mosaic

Intro:
     This word mosaic represents when Tyler had "strong feelings" of lust towards Bethany. He has always had these feelings and they play a large role in the book as a conflict. While Bethany is talking to Tyler he can smell the cinnamon scent ascending from her "gorgeous" body. He repeats the words in the mosaic to the right to himself, to remind himself to not touch her in any way, shape, or form. It ref;ects his personality very well since this girl and these urges play a large role in his life and how he acts.

I really like the color since it is about lust and about a girl and her "features", plus since it is shaped as an individual it perfectly represents how it's inside him. He is thinking this to himself, not aloud, and shows how he is keeping it "bottled" up.

Is "Skanky" Clothing The Best Choice?

      As a freshman class we are reading "Twisted" by Laurie Anderson, and during Chapter 22 Tyler, the main character, discusses how it was "clothing optional day". The girls were dressed were very promiscuous and very much provoked sexual thoughts and comments. In the real world you have women dressing like this all the time. Each girl showing more skin than the next. The girls these days are dressing as "hussys". Although it is there choice and don't deserve rude behavior towards them, it is there own fault. I'm not saying horrid actions should be done towards them but if they want to dress like strippers then they should except the sexual comments and thoughts towards them, because in the end it is there own fault. A women has a choice in what her clothing is, and if she chooses the more skin revealing option she should know fully well what men or other women will think. Although it is wrong to make assumptions towards another human being we do it, every single day. As teenagers we do it every day even without realising it. We poke fun at the girls thong hanging out, or the girl whos shirt reveals her bra to the entire school system. We do this, whether it is nice or not. So as a teenager, especially as high school students should realise the more you show the more rumors that will be spread, the more boys will look and laugh or stare, and the more people will make the wrong assumption about you. So it is truely fair? No but yes in way because if you choose to dress like a street walker you know the consequences and it's your fault what thoughts, etc are made about you and your character.
       Now that were on the subject of sexual actions. Let's go straight towards sexual harrassment. This is a horrid thing but women and or men either are poor victims or have caused this problem for themselves. For example, the girl who wears t-shirts 24/7 due to her well anormous breasts. She is stared at even when not revealing but it isn't her fault, but the girl who has the low cut shirt who needs a cami and doesn't wear one and then is poked fun at or is sexually harrassed has brought it upon herself by dressing innappropriatly. Honestly it's wrong to do it to any person but the girl dressing as a well "avaliable sexy female" has a choice to cover up and doesn't. So I believe she has more reason to have sexual harrassment issues. But could stop them by covering up her "assets" and focusing on other things
    So girls take this as your heads up, if you don't want to be viewed as the "Girl Next Door" or another "hook up" then cover yourself, and think to yourself if you walked into a church would you be frowned upon? If so then change and cover those "assets" for another occassion, like the shower.

Spoiler Alert: *DO NOT READ IF YOUR NOT DONE WITH Twisted* Topic: Sexting

      Earlier this week my school was introduced to an educational speaker named Josh Gunderson. He gave us a talk about a variety of subjects but one that peaked my interest was sexting. Sexting is when you send a naked photo of yourself, others, etc by a cell phone and or other media devices. In his speech he noted how when caught and under 18 it is called child pornography. There are serious consequences for this. Also if caught and under the age of 18 you are labled a sex offender and you have to register this with any town you live in. It's a record you can not erase. I have read articles and watched videos of the consequences of sexting and not just the criminal consequences either. I read an article about a girl named Jessica Logan. She sent a nude photo to her boyfriend at the time. When they broke up he sent them to the fellow girl students at her school. This girls harrassed her and attacked her on many occasions. It got to the point Jessica was skipping school to avoid the constant harrassment of these girls. Even when her mother attempted to let her stay home she persisted to stay strong through school and even talk on the Cincinnati televison station to tell her story to prevent others from reaching her fate. She then graduated but was still harrassed constantly. She then got the idea in her head that she needed to end it all. She hanged herself in her closet where her mother, Cynthia Logan, found her. This is just a gruesome fate and she was only 18. She had a full life to live but it was cut short from the horrid harrassment of these terrible girls. Even when her mother came to the school to stop this, they did nothing. A officer saw a 16 year old with this photo of Jessica and only said to delete it and leave her alone. This is just another example of the consequences of sexting and the rude, harsh reality of young teenagers cruelty.
           This terrible tradegy made me think of the book my school required us to read; it is called "Twisted" by Laurie Halse Anderson. It includes a similar situation to the topic of sexting. The character Bethany undergoes the same thing and has a naked photo of her passed around from when she was wasted at a party. She had no idea what was going on and was to  wasted to say no. Sexting is not just a crime but a sad reality to our teenage society. People do it and it has major consequences not just criminally but socially as well.

The link of Jessicas story: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29546030/ns/today-parenting_and_family/t/her-teen-committed-suicide-over-sexting/