Assignment 22: Fictional Character, Fictional Life

Out of all of the books, all of the movies, and all of the television shows you have watched, consider your favorite characters. Then, answer the following:

If you could be any fictional character, who would you be and why?

Minimum of 150 words - due Sunday, March 20th at 11:59 pm

(Last day to submit Blogs 21-23 is April 3rd)

Holden Huffman Blog Post #21

Somewhere in the universe right now, just about everything is happening.  Right now, someone is dying.  Right now, someone is entering this world.  Right now, someone is having the time of their life.  Right now, someone is going through a tough time. Right now, someone is doing their blog post for their AP class at Henry Clay High School. This idea is something that always interests me to think about.  Just imagine, almost anything you can think of, chances are it's happening at this very moment somewhere in the world.  That's crazy..... Right now, someone is trying to write a blog post but can't think of anything else to say so is just trying to get to that mark of 150 words.  Hopefully that person suceeds....

Assignment 21: Right Now

At this very moment, somewhere in the universe...

Minimum of 150 words - due Sunday, March 6th at 11:59 pm

(Last day to submit posts 21-23 will be April 3)

Tabbi Coffman #19 why is this called plastics??

Embarrassment and shame are two emotions that can really screw you over.

Have you ever done something, or messed up royally and needed help but were too embarrassed to ask?

Or have you ever been failing a class and needed to switch out or get more help, but just couldn't bear to?

Or have you ever been too much of a weenie to own up to your mistakes, so that instead of asking for help your plans just crash and burn?

Same.

However, it's not often that I put myself in these types of situations because my mom gave me the best piece of advice ever, a "golden rule" if you will...

"THE FIRST RULE OF SUCCESS IS TO ASK"

When I first heard this beautiful saying all I could think was "ha, yeah right". But my mom is old and wise and pretty darn cool and that weirdo was right.

There have been so many times where that rule has saved my ass. Not necessarily on big things, but just being able to not be scared to ask for things that you need is very liberating.

In fact, I'm not scared to ask for what I want either. And that's freaking awesome because I'm not scared of getting what I want.

Just trust me on this, the next time you're in a situation where you have to ask, just ask.

If you don't ask the answer will always be no, but if you do ask you're likely to get exactly what you want.

Tabbi Coffman #20 How to

Alright, it's not like I'm untalented and I don't know how to do anything, it's more like I don't kmow what to teach.

So here's two fun(ish?) things that you can now know how to do:

How to give someone a great birthday gift (for a girl!)

1) Obviously you're friends or at least acquainted with this person so you probably have some idea of what to get them. (If you are not even acquainted with this person then you should not give them a birthday gift because then they'll think you're weird)

2) The next step is to figure out what to give them,  you can do in two different ways. The first way is to subtly bring up stuff they might like, like make-up, food, scents, artists, etc. In fact you could even ask their other friends about what that may want so what you get them will be a total surprise. Or the other way is to get a list of things that they like. I personally like to use the second method.

Here's what I usually ask:
-what's your favorite candy/snack?
-what make-up can you not live without?
-is there anything on your make-up wish list?
-do you like earrings? Like scale of 1-10
-what are your favorite scents?
-okay top three things you're obsessed with, go

3) It is now time to make a trip to your local pharmacy (walgreens, cvc, rite-aid). That's the beauty of these gifts, you can literally get everything you need to give your friend a good gift for like 30$. So go pick out a bag of their favorite candy or snack, and some new make-up.

*optional step*
If you want ro make this present extra special without paying a lot or having to make something all heartfelt or whatever you can go get them a t-shirt, or some jewelry, or a candle. It costs a little more but it'll just make your friends happier.

4) Alright, if you aren't someone who subscribes to ipsy or any other monthly make-ul service then you might want to invest in some small, stylish, and inexpensive make-up bags. I have, like, 30 or something.

5) Now you're ready to put your present together. I always open the make-up and put it in a make-up bag I think that the person would like (ex: I gave Tori a chic black one and Aditi a cute white one with blue anchors). Then you can put their make-up bag and their snack in a mini present bag and put some tissue paper on top. If you got them a t-shirt or a candle or anything like that make sure it's on the bottom so no snacks are harmed.

6) Go give your awesome present to the birthday girl and treat yourself to extra cake.

*optional step part two*
Remember when I said making a present that's heart felt? Well I think that the best heart felt present is cookies or art. And obviously the former is easier. So to make freaking delicious cookies, chocolate chip or otherwise, look up "Hershey's Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies". This recipe not only makes delicious cookies but is also extremely reliable. Happy baking.

Aditi Lohe Blog #17

Mockingjay Part 2 review
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/id/973509293/

19- Annie Deitz

Unfortunately I procrastinated (what a surprise, I know) and cannot put as much effort in this post. :/

When I read the assignment, two different pieces of advice came to mind. Well really, one piece of advice and a compilation of similar pieces of advice. But I'm going to ignore the singular piece of advice for sake of time, and considering it's religious context it might be best to avoid anyways.

Many of you may have noticed that I care very little about my appearance. Well, I care about my appearance, but I don't dress "nicely" frequently and I sleep in the mornings and spend five minutes getting ready instead of spending a lot of time making myself look decent. (Not that I judge you if you care about your appearance and enjoy dressing up and looking nice- I just genuinely possess little interest in that area)

I've never thought it was a big deal. I dress up for church and fancy meetings. I understand that some people might judge me for wearing the same t-shirts and jeans every week and always looking like I popped out of bed (which is so true by the way), but I've never really cared, I don't think it should be a big deal.

BUT APPARENTLY- IT IS SUCH A BIG DEAL

"Annie you would be so pretty if you wore more make up"
"How are people going to take you seriously if you're dressed like that"
"No boy is going to be interested in you if you don't look nice"
"You could totally have a boyfriend if you tried a little harder"

It sounds fake. Why should people have interest in my lack of interest in my appearance? Why does it matter? Who even cares? Why am I talking about this? Are there better pieces of advice that I could discuss (yes)?

Now that I'm writing this, it seems really pointless and dumb. I guess my main points are (1) I really do not care at all that people judge me or think of me as less attractive because I choose not to put effort in my daily appearance. (2) You are wasting your time by telling me this. (3) if you think that people, females in particular, look nice in order to look hot for dudes, you're sexist and that comment was demeaning.

So yeah, that's all.

20 YKK

How to: pack for life

Disclaimer: I’m not actually good at this.

Condensing your life into the plane allowance of baggage usually makes you face your priorities, but for some reason I never got the hang of that. So if you're like me...(And I also just love packing. I love fitting everything together. Things never stay in place for long but it’s the monotony and the sheer mindless pleasure that you get from accomplishing a terribly hard but rather unimportant feat that keeps me invested in packing. Packing can be all sorts of things, but it’s usually a puzzle, a challenge - 3D tetris. suitcases, overhead airplane storage bin things (extraordinarily satisfying -experienced it twice and I will never forget), desks, bookcases. It’s maximizing space. Making the best out of everything.)

Okay, okay, I’ll stop.

packing a suitcase for your life: for the priority-challenged (this coming from the girl who once upon a time insisted upon toting around all the free socks/toothpastes/earbuds she received from various airliners).

1. collections of things (if it happens to be fragile and made up of small pieces, wrap them in socks. Socks are useful for everything)
2. instruments - you have to be dedicated though. They are really space-consuming and you might want to tuck extra clothes if you have room in the case.
3. things people have given you (even if it’s a yellow hawaiian hello kitty shirt that your best friend gave you when you were in 4th grade, keep it). If you are a forgetful person like me, then you might be really attached to all of these random things that people gave you because you’re very very afraid that you’ll forget them if you don’t bring them along. So just bring all of it.
4. also, clothes.
5. books (really depends. extremely heavy, will probably give you temporary back problems while moving, but…I couldn't resist. I did make them #5!)

- Next, try to fit everything into your suitcases. Steal some space from your younger brother, because he has less stuff than you
- Realize belatedly that you absolutely cannot fit all of your stuff in luggage even with that extra space unless you sacrifice your mom’s steel pots and pans and of course she doesn't
- Take out everything to repack again
- Wince as you set aside a couple more Percy Jackson volumes and boxes of older collections. Remember, the smallest weight/size trumps all!

- Repeat. Cry. Get over yourself. Forget about it promptly, because honestly that tea box was only worth what you made it. Sleep. It turns out most of your stuff was useless anyway...

Nathan Dutch Assignmetn 20

Even though I suck at this, I while explain how to run a basketball practice for young children (below the age of 8.)
1.) As they begin arriving, give each of them a ball and tell them to shoot while you wait for everyone to get there. They will always want a larger ball, but be insistent that the smaller balls are "better." As they shoot, remember to tell them to keep using the backboard. They will likely ignore you but do this anyway.
2.)When you finally decide there are enough to start practice begin with something that kind of warms them up (Maybe just shooting layups in a line or simple dribbling exercises.) Do this for about 5 minutes.
3.) Now move on to teaching them fundamentals. It's important to realize that they are too young to learn many important skills, so keep it simple. I think the best way to get them to learn is to focus on one part of the game at a time. Let's taking passing for example. Start out by having a 5 minute session that just practices the specific skill. For passing have them lineup with a partner, show them how to do chest and bounce passes, and then have them practice just passing the ball back and forth. Then do a 5 minute game that somehow involves that skill (So like keep away or monkey in the middle.)
4.) Repeat step 3 for rebounding.
5.) Repeat step 3 for dribbling.
6.) Repeat step 3 for defense.
7.) The next you should do is something for 10 minutes that uses the skills you just worked in a game situation but allows you to be constantly critiquing their form or decisions. What I like to do is play a coaches vs. players game. You should adjust what you do to reward/punish good or bad decision . For example, a player plays what you decide is good defense. Force up a ridiculously bad shot. A player wont pass and is selfish. Steal the ball or block their shot. This creates a system of conditioning where good actions are rewarded and bad actions are punished that is more direct than the rewards/punishments that occur in a game.
8.) Have them scrimmage for the last 20 minutes or so of practice. This is fun and allows to use what you ahve taught them.

BLOG 20- Annie Deitz

How To Organize your Bookshelf
There are multiple ways to organize your bookshelf. In this short-ish blog post, I'll guide you through the two basic approaches used by masters today. From here you can decide to use one of my techniques or build upon them and create your own. Organizing a bookshelf is a fun, unique experience for every partaker. However, keep in mind that organizing a bookshelf IS NOT for everyone, and it is not an easy thing to do. ANYWAyssss....

• The Basic Approach.

The basic approach is great for beginners, and provides you with an sensible bookshelf with easily accessible books. It works for all types of bookshelves. It can also work for different types of sorting!! Movies, cd's, you name it!!!

1.) Pull out all of your books. Ensure that you have ample space

2.) Begin sorting your books into twenty six piles, depending on the first letter of the author's last name. Some amateurs sort them using the first letter of the author's FIRST name. DO NOT DO THIS!!! You will  be the laughingstock of all of your friends and family.

3.) Once you've completed this preliminary sorting, alphabetize each pile.

4.) After alphabetizing all of the piles, begin putting them in your bookshelf, starting with A from the right side of the top row, ending with Z at the left end of the bottom shelf.

5.) Congrats! You have organized your bookshelf and are well on your way to becoming an expert bookshelf organizer!!!

 

• The Aesthetically Pleasing Approach

If the basic approach seems a little dull to you, or you're concerned with the negative aura that a strangely colored bookshelf could bring to your room, this is the approach for you!!!!
1.) Again, pull out all of your books, ensuring that there is ample space in the room.
2.) This time, however, create only seven piles- a red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Sort books based on the color of their book cover. If a cover is a derivation of another color, put it into that pile (ex. Pink into red)
3.) You may have noticed that I skipped a pile in step two. If so, wow! You really are a bookshelving wiz! If not, don't worry. So pile seven is composed of the random colors- brown, white, black, etc. These require a special sorting style.
4.) Check to see if the brown covers could fit into another categories- sometimes a lighter brown could fit into yellow.
5.) If not, you'll put them in at the end.
6.) Sort white, black, and gray books in order from lightest to darkest. Put them into the bookshelf first.
7.) Now place all of your books in your bookshelf, in rainbow order (Remember: ROYGBV!!!)
8.) Finally, put those brown books in, completing your bookshelf organization!

Post 20- Thomas Winterton

How to B.S. any situation in 150 words or less.
Give the other person involved full attention and eye contact.
Periodically nod.
Mumble things that sound like yes while you nod.
Act like you are getting an important call.
Bring up Robert Miles at all costs.
Use sentences that are very complex and extremely long for no definite reason adding in extra words for more length.
QUOTE YODA AT ALL COSTS,
If you know this person political affiliation, kiss up to it, as most people are so blinded by political views they could care less if you were talking completely jibberish.
Talk jibberish with high brow vocabulary sprinkled in.
Bring up extracommunal astro-encrustations, works every time.
derail conversation with awkward, dry humored joke. Anyone who laughs is now your friend due to shared sense of humor.
refer to self in third person.
Once you are bored simply molly wopper your keister out of there.

How to perform a Deadlift of 600+ lbs:Ben Edition

How to perform a Deadlift of 600+ lbs

1. Stretch (specifically calves and glutes).

2. Assemble weights to lift.

3. Lift your leg up behind you.

4. Spin around for about 1 second.

5. Double take 3 times.

6. Pelvic thrust.

7. Stomp your right foot onto the ground after about 3 seconds after the above step.

8. Spin your torso in a circle around the air (also known in several parts of Europe as the "bring it around town").

9. Jump around for about 6 seconds.

10. Squat deep.

11. Seriously, you're gonna want to have your cheeks about 3ft in the ground.

12. Inhale loudly.

13. Exhale loudly.

14. Repeat steps 12 and 13 until a sufficient amount of bystanders are now observing.

15. (Optional) Have a smaller, yet still just a muscular man off to the side repeating the mantra "Let's get it" in a provocative voice

16. prepare to lift with back, and not your legs. Since you never run, your back is much stronger than your legs. 

17. ???

18. profit

Post 19- Thomas Winterton

If you have an issue, if there is something you can do about it, handle it. If not and issues are out of your grasp there is no reason to continue stressing. deal with the consequences however you can.

This by no means warrants irresponsibility, bought has given me the means to handle life's many curb balls in an efficient fashion. 

Sometimes I apply it to simple things like if I do bad on a test and I stress about it, its in the past and I just get over it, and do better on the next one. Or I contemplate the crappy Halo 5 story and I get over it because I cannot control it whatsoever.

Or on a serious note I use this philosophy to apply to my relationship with my father, while it is crappy and the situation used to bother me. But I have since come to understand that the situation is out of my hands for now and it does bring me relax me regarding the situation.

Plastics: Ben Edition

Exactly how do you mean? I don't quite understand the prompt. Ah well, at least I'm not being seduced again.

Moving on, one piece of advice I've learned throughout the years is one that has saved my life in many occasions.

Let me set the scene for you.

There I am, breathing my last breaths after being stranded in the deadly and vast forests of Oklahoma. It had been 3 weeks since that hot-air balloon jousting idea had gone awry and I was all out of stagnant water to drink (Survival Fact: Stagnant water, rather than moving water, is safe to drink as bacteria are like sharks and cannot survive if they stop moving, and they cannot move in water that is not moving). Then, as my life flashed before my eyes, I remember from my past something that 83% of it was dedicated to-Spongebob. I remembered his advice, and that is why I sit here today. the words still resonate in my head-"It's not just a boulder...It's a rock!" The rock before me was beautiful, barely been used. another fun fact-pioneers used to ride these babies for miles! and there you are, with some helpful advice to stay with you for the rest of your life. 

Buckets and Buckets: Ben Edition

My number one on my bucket list before I finish high school is a physical aspect-get a consistent mile time below 6 minutes. cardio has always been an issue for me, probably because I'd rather lift heavy objects than vomit my guts out. I've been working on it, and I'm consistently around 6:40 now. My number one on my bucket list before I finish college isn't as specific-I simply want to know what the hell I'm gonna do in the Army. I know I want to be an Officer, I know I want to be in Airborne, but that's all I got. if I never figure out what I want to do, the Army gets the joy of deciding. My number uno on my bucket list before I stop living (or die) is probably to find someone to spend the rest of my life with. sounds cheesy, yes, but before you juxtapose it to someone's jumping out of a plane or giving a successful speech in front of a crowd, it's not the only thing I want to do. It's just the first. I'm young and have got a lot of time, I'm gonna exploit the hell outta it.   

Holden Huffman Blog Post #20

Something I'm good at: Having fun with my siblings

Step 1: See what each one of them is doing.  A lot of the time my older brother is at school or work and my younger brother is playing xbox so it comes down to me and my younger sister. 

Step 2: Know what each one of them likes to do.  All 3 of them are always up to playing some basketball or some NBA 2K16 (even my sister...she LOVES John Wall and has highlight reels of her basketball games).  My sister loves Mario Kart and watching movies, so we do those a lot.

Step 3: Decide what you're going to do.  You could play basketball with all of them, play Xbox with one of them, play some Mario Kart with them or watch a movie (we watched Fat Albert and Puss in Boots today-solid movies, 10/10). 

Step 4: Enjoy.  Spending time with family is very important to me and I try not to take it for granted.  Having fun with them is awesome and even though it can be agitating some times, I love every second of it.

Post 18- Thomas Winterton

High school- Become recruited for lacrosse on a collegiate level.

I know that seems like a "basic" goal for the average high school athlete but in all honestly I am not average. At least not in the sport. My freshman year before I suffered two crippling knee injuries and surgeries among with other health issues that had arose between then and now, I was receiving letters from colleges regarding lacrosse. I had a great freshman year and then I missed my sophomore year to injury. Since then I have spent weeks worth of hours in pursuit of repairing my newly replaced ligaments (I cant help but to snicker while reading that for an unknown reason.) I owe it to myself to perform up to my potential after so much time has been spent in the chase of athletic excellence. 

College- Pass the M-CAT. I want to go to medical school and as such this is a requirement to do so. this will take a lot of effort but it is an obstacle to my future and I intend to hurdle it.

Life- I wish to open my own orthopedic medical practice and help people and athletes alike who are going through circumstances similar to my own. I feel like I could relate and offer a superior service to them. 

Hooray for Hollywood: Ben Edition

The 2 movies I decided to view once more for this post was Star Wars Episode III and Star Wars Episode IV. I can honestly without a doubt say, Star War 3 is by far not only the best Star War, but the best movie to date. What could rival the harrowing plot? What character can replace the lovable Jar-Jar Binks? What scene can provide better comic relief that Anakin murdering the young Jedi kids? Nothing, I tell you. Not that crappy Star War 4 for sure. What can we thank that for? the propulsion of the career of a knock-off of all crappy 80's action movie, Harrison Ford? The childish and stupid way it describes the Force when the obviously better description is midi-chlorians? No sir, I tell you, NO sir. It just goes to prove that the third is always the best, a point already supported by the Godfather franchise.  

Assignment 20 Thomas Werner

How to write a blog post

Ok now this is a pretty tough venture, but it is doable. I know it doesn’t seem fair how easy I make it look, but maybe one day you can reach my level. Now the biggest thing you have to keep in mind is the word requirement, being 150 words. This is your end goal. It does not matter how you get there, as long as it’s coherent and makes enough sense.

So first off, you can make a pretty full introduction, repeating the prompt and summarizing what you are about to say. This will probably already take up 2/3 of the word requirement, so by now the actual content only has to be a few sentences long. And if you want, you can make it even easier by adding some filler like “wow, isn’t this beginning to seem pretty simple? Soon you will be a master of blog posts!”

Now you just have to write what you actually want to say.

Post 17- Thomas Winterton

Dead-pool vs X-Men Origins- Wolverine (Sci-Fi/ Action)
While these movies share one character that need not be named, they both have their own renditions of said character, and they were produced by the same company. Dead-pool, a fantastic anti-hero story of our friendly neighborhood merc-with-a-mouth, (yes that is a spider-man catch phrase but if you read the comics you'll know its appropriate.) He dazzles the audience from start to finish with fantastic wit and quite honestly raunchy humor which the fandom and I are perfectly fine with. From the snickers to outright laughter, the audience became invested in this awesome character. Which is more than can be said for X-Men Origins- Wolverine where we are shown a younger Logan Howlett, AKA Wolverine. We are given many character some old and new, re-imagined and classic portrayals of such characters. None of which were very pleasing and while some performances were good, the lackluster script held this movie back from being worth its hype. I will forgo the obvious connection between movies as that horrid mistake has been beat dead by thousands of critics. While both of these movies were created by the same studio, they obviously had different philosophies in regard to how these were going to be crafted. Fan service and source material vs. Creative freedom. We all know which won out in this argument.

Assignment 19 Thomas Werner

“You’ve spent an infinity years not being born yet and you will spend another infinity years being dead.

Finish your cereal and go outside.” –K. Steele from ‘Stress’ (Ice T’s favorite comic)

This is something that really stuck with me. It sort of puts life into perspective. It shows how even though it seems we have a lot of time to do things we want to (and should) do, but when put in the context that that ‘time’ is sandwiched between two infinities it’s really not that much.  So we gotta ‘finish our cereal and go outside.’ I’m not really sure why, but the way that’s said instills something in me. Sort of like, ‘come on now, turn off Netflix and go climb a tree. Get something done.’ Ever since I read that, I’ve pretty much stopped playing video games altogether, and put my youtube, Netflix. Reddit, and twitter apps into a folder labelled “You can find something better to do.” I do have to say, it’s had quite a positive impact.

Thomas Werner Post 18

There are a lot of things I want to do before high school ends, and it’s tough to pinpoint one paramount thing. But gun to my head if I absolutely had to pick one thing it would have to be hitting a 1000 lbs total in the gym. This means that my maxes for bench, deadlift, and squat add up to a total of 1000 pounds.

By the end of college I want to have attended the Bonnaroo and Electric Forest festivals. Everyone I’ve spoken to who has gone (including our family friend who is in her forties and went two years ago) has only good to say about their experiences. The musical lineups are always full of artists I am huge fans of, and I think such festivals will be one of the greatest ways to experience their music

Now for what I want to do before I die is a much bigger venture. I guess what my main goal would be that I want to change the world in some way.

Tori- post 20

How to... Find a new thing to enjoy (movie, book, show, music etc)

- start looking through quotes of which ever media outlet you'd like to endulge, and find quotes you think are funny, or meaningful. This works best with music or books, but movies and shows apply to this too.

-do some research. Find out where the quote comes from, and look into it a little. Read the about section, research the author, the director, the cast, and see if anything/ anyone piques your interest.

- experience the thing. Decide if you enjoy that one experience. If it's a movie, watch the first five minutes. If it's a TV show, watch the pilot. A song, just listen to the whole thing. A book, first chapter.

-if you like it, read all of it, watch all of it, listen to more of the band's music, watch eight seasons of it on Netflix.

-just go ahead and cry because you love it so much.

Tori- post 19

Just keep swimming.

Seriously, Disney is every thing I live by. Buy for this I'll choose the Dory quote. When I get a bad grade, or I'm just pissed off in general, I can hear this and be fine. All those days ive thought were the end of the world, and felt like I'd never be happy, I'd never be able to be okay. I was. And I'm here. And I'm actually pretty happy. There have been worse days, and there will be worse days ahead. But it's all worth it. If I just keep swimming, if I just push through, something amazing could happen.

So I will just keep swimming.

Aditi Lohe Bog #18

1. What is the number one item on your bucket list before you finish high school?
-learn how to speak up and be confident: The pressures of high school are honestly just really annoying. The amount of judging and insecurity that happens in these years is so extensive, but none of it matters out side of high school. I want to learn to be confident in my own skin and to not let the opinion's of others stop me from doing whatever it is I want to pursue.

2. What is the number one item on your bucket list before you finish college?
-To experience all of the typical and cliche college experiences and to create relationships that will last: I want to be able to look back on all of my experiences from college. I don't want to only remember being focused on studies, but to also have enjoyed my life and met new people. I want to live my life to the fullest because college is the time when your best memories and friendships are created.

3. What is the number one item on your bucket list before you finish living?
-Go backpacking across Europe with someone I love: I want to be able to travel across many different countries with someone I care for. To be able to visit and see all of the history and monuments, and to experience all of the different cultures with someone I love is something I can't wait to do.

Tori- post 18

Okay, bucket lists.

High school
- I will take more risks, make more memories
- I will ride that stupid drop tower thing even though it scares the hell out of me
- I will do more things than just watching Netflix
- I will read at least half of my to read list

College
- I will go to Harry Potter world and back to Disney world
- I will travel and see all of the places I want to
- I will enjoy outside

Life
- I will see the ball drop in times square
- I will go to the Met and the Louve.
- I will swim with dolphins
- I will write a novel
- I will find a happy moment in everyday

High school- I will read at least half of the to read list. I want to be a more rounded person, and be able to discuss books when they come up.

College- I will go on that road trip I've been planning for three years. Cross country. Every where. And I will take thousands of pictures and make so many memories.

Life- find a happy moment. I don't really need to be rich, or have the world at my hands. But if I can die knowing I didn't let the crap in life bring me down, I can die in peace.

Tori- Post 17

I'll do my movie review on Frank Durabont since he's a pretty cool dude. Frank Durabont does a lot of work with Stephen King, like Shawshank Redemption and the Green Mile, and the Mist. I've seen all three, but I've only read the Mist.

Green mile was amazing, the casting was on point, the delivery was in point. It wasn't necessarily a movie that made your heart race with adventure, but it made me cry. Just a little though.

With the Mist, honestly the written story was horrible. The ending was boring, the story was boring. It was just not my favourite. So when I watched the movie and they had this haunting ending, and all kinds of scary moments, it was friggin awesome.

I'm not sure how to compare and contrast these. Green mile hit you right in the feels, because it's this guy on death row who really shouldn't be on death row. The Mist is about aliens and monsters and how people react in those situations, it made me really think about how I would react if I was stuck in a supermarket with a giant squid monster outside.

I think the Mist had more artistic liberties than green mile did, because they changed the ending and they made it more interesting. Green mile was more of a moral issue than the Mist, because it was a guy sympathising with a death row inmate.

Wow this was a crappy post, sorry Logsdon.

How to Procrastinate by Allie Gregory

Step 1: The first step of procrastination is realizing that it is entirely a mental ability. A skill yes, but one that you master with your mind rather than with your muscles. It is a game, one you play with your self. Because the trick to procrastination is convincing yourself with vehement assurance that you aren't doing anything of the sort. 

Step 2: Recognize what you would like to accomplish (i.e. "I have math homework, a Spanish project, and a test to study for") then drastically skew time expectations (i.e. "That shouldn't take long at all.") Lie to yourself all it takes. Procrastination isn't about honesty, or being a good person; it's about not getting things done. Once you've established that you don't have much to do, and you've convinced yourself you have free time, you now feel open to the possibility of say reading a chapter of a book before you start. (Never read just a chapter. Your chapter ends in a cliffhanger and you must continue -- you have no choice. You'll never be able to focus if you don't. Besides, you have time.)

Step 3: Get out your intended work. This is essential as a complete lack of productivity would awaken you from your denial, and we can't have that. Tell yourself that you are about to work, but what your doing doesn't really require your full concentration. Once you've reached this point, you can finally make use of the true secret weapon of procrastination: Netflix. This step is easy. Turn on a show, preferably one that you're very into, and set it aside as "background while you do your work." Begin examining your work to keep with pretenses, but slowly turn your attention instead to the television show. Flit your eyes back and forth on occasion, being careful to stay completely distracted.

Step 4: Ignore that encroaching feeling of guilt. Eventually how little you've accomplished will begin to come to attention (usually around the third or fourth episode you "didn't mean" to keep watching -- See "How to Binge Watch a Television Show," another proud skill of mine) but you can't let it get to you. You have to bury it deep, avoiding complete awareness of the feeling. Push it from your mind and lock the doors tight behind it. Maybe stop watching Netflix for a short wjhile to make this process easier. 

Step 5: Once you have successfully accomplished step 4, feel free to move on to other distractions. Convince yourself you need a break. You can do anything from returning "briefly" to your book or else maybe taking a shower, a really long one. If you have other projects to attend to, maybe ones that you don't actually have to do or that aren't due for a long time but you'd prefer to work on them, definitely work on them. They are always accompanied with a sense of productivity, empty as it may be when it's not what needs done. Food is also an excellent distraction. Meal time or not, it should be when you need another break. Make it happen.

Step 6: Repeat as necessary. Steps three and five will be very useful here, with an increasing need for step 4 as time progresses. Once you reach this stage, you have accomplished your goal of procrastination, meaning you have accomplished absolutely nothing! I congratulate you on your success.

Note: This process can last as long as you need it to, but you must work at it. Depending on how long you intend to procrastinate, you must time it differently to fit your own individual needs. Also, modify the process to suit your interests. Video games or even artwork can easily be substituted for the reading period and movies or YouTube both work excellently in the place of a show. It is important when procrastinating to do things you enjoy.

Blog 20: Ahmed

So I considered writing something on baking cakes or grilling some steaks, but I've found that several people have already written on some form of cooking. So, instead I'm going to write about something that I have mastered through hundreds of failures. The art of choosing a book by it's cover. I know, I know this is something that we're told never to do ever since we were wee little children; but it is something that you must know how to do. This is something that I have perfected throughout years of reading and choosing books.

How to Choose a book by it's cover,
By Ahmed Hamad

Step 1- Walk into a library of your choosing

Step 2- Decide on a genre

Step 3- Choose a book shelf

Step 4- Start scanning until a book's cover catches your eye

Step 5- Snag that book!

Step 6- Read the back cover of the book

Step 7- Open the book and read the inner front cover

Step 8- Open to a random page in the first 4 chapters

Step 9- Analyse the writers style

Step 10- Stand and contemplate the book

Step 11- Either add the book to your stack, or start a new stack

Step 12- Rinse and Repeat


*Optional Step* If a book appears unappealing than place it back exactly where you found it, and return to Step 4.

Blog 17: Ahmed

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/id/973497182/

Blog 19: Ahmed

"Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." That is a piece of advice I heard a while back, it resonated with me because it showed me just how much I followed this advice before hearing it. As in the likelihood of me changing my mind after I had made a decision was hilariously low. I was, and still am, quite stubborn sometimes. Though the difference now is that I will make an effort to consider if I should change my argument or position after some new thought popped into my head.
Another important part about this was the"Be sure your feet are in the right place" part. This was a part that I admittedly missed a lot, I'm mildly certain that I make mostly good judgements now-a-days.
On the other hand this pointed out just how important me considering this made me a little more indecisive which is never a good thing in my eyes.

Blog 18: Ahmed

1. I used to want a beard before I graduated from high school, recently(for this assignment) I have adjusted my goals to be more reasonable. I want to have a job and a car before I graduate high school. For anyone that knows my parents you may understand that getting a car before graduating will be a feast to be proud of.

2. Before graduating from College I plan on going on a road trip with just me and my friends. I want to go driving and have no specific endpoint in mind. It seems to be an eye opener. Of course this isn't something that will probably take till the end of college to do, but I want it done.

3. I want to survive till January 1st, 2100. The reason for this is so I can say, "I was born in the 20th century, lived in the 21st century, and died in the 22nd century." If I make it that long, my life will be complete.

Aditi Lohe blog #19

Be present. Everything is temporary.
This is something  that comes from one of my closest friends. Life goes on, and we cant afford to waste it. No matter what, time doesn't stop and things are still happening. Many people try to avoid certain situations in life to get out of doing something, or they let go of an amazing experience without a blink of an eye. This is the part that is messed up. Life is messy and brutal, but you can't take it for granted and try to ignore it. Pay attention to whats going on around you. Know that everything that happens is only temporary. I know that many find themselves in a dark place when they are at a rough spot in life, but the one thing everyone should take away from all situations is that your problems are only temporary, and that each one you overcome makes you a stronger person. It's not worth hurting yourself or beating yourself up about a short lived problem. Things might really suck, but if you pull your head up and get through it, the problem will disappear. Pay attention to whats happening around you because our lives are short and we need to make the most of them. You might be stressed out about some situation in a particular moment, but just remember that if you pull yourself through it and stay strong, you'll look back on it and be proud. We have a limited amount of time on this earth, so we need to embrace all of it, the good and the bad.

Andrew Reese Assignment 20

Has Mr. Logsdon asked a bunch of children to define good and evil? Does the prompt ask about something you have no experience with? Do you just not care about the subject enough to have formed an opinion? Well, thanks to me, you can finally have a slightly easier time doing an already pretty easy assignment.

1. Interpret the prompt as loosely as needed. Do you think I consider writing blog posts a talent? If so, well, no. But it is something I can do, which means it's good enough. Some of us just don't have enough life experience to answer the question the way it was meant to, so just do what you need to. If you try to answer a prompt about your favorite pirate when you didn't even think pirates were real until reading the prompt ten minutes ago, you can't write all that much. So just stretch the definition of "pirate", "favorite" or "your" until you can!

2. Don't let the fear of making a mediocre post paralyze you. If you can't make a thoughtful yet engaging remark on the nature of morality, don't worry. Almost nobody can. You need to look inside yourself and ask "What am I capable of?" Sometimes the answer is "not very much, but I need to do something."

3. When all else fails, make something up. You probably don't want to do this, but what's the alternative? Just take a zero? I think all of us would prefer not to live in that timeline. Besides, worst case scenario, Mr. Logsdon thinks something about you that is not actually true.

Aditi Lohe Blog #20

How to: Make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich

I'm not really the best cook, but the one thing I can do for sure is make a pretty mean grilled cheese sandwich. Here are the steps, and if you follow them, you're all set.

Ingredients:
- Bread
- Butter
- Tomatoes
- Pepper and Salt
- A pan
- A stove
- A kitchen
- Cheese

Steps:
1) Turn the stove on and start heating the pan.
2) Take two pieces of bread out and set it on a plate.
3) Spread a layer of butter on to only one of the two sides of each of the bread slices.
4) Put cheese on to the opposite side on which you put butter on of one piece of bread. Use one and a half slices of cheese to completely cover the piece of bread all the way to the edges.
5) Cut the tomato into thin slices and then place five pieces onto the other piece of bread (again: on the opposite side from which you spread butter on).
6) Sprinkle a slight amount of pepper and salt onto the tomatoes.
7) Put the two halves of the sandwich together and place on the heated pan with the buttered-sides out.
8) Let the sandwich cook until its a medium to dark golden-brown color. Be very careful to not over or under cook the sandwich.
9) Flip the sandwich to the other side and repeat step 8.
10) Carefully lift the sandwich from the pan and place onto a plate.
11) Cut the sandwich diagonally across the middle to create two triangles. Triangles taste better.
12) Savor the taste.

I hope you can master my recipe because if you do, it'll probably carry you through college.

Andrew Reese Assignment 19

Monty Oum's death hit me hard. For those who don't know, he got internet famous for 3-D animated shorts with amazing fight choreography with little help from anyone else. By far his most impressive project is the web series RWBY, which consistently blows me away with its incredible fights.
I'm telling you this so that you know why this advice meant so much to me. The advice in question was this post from Arin Hanson-rapper, let's player, and former animator:

"If you’re an artist and you’re struggling with the thought that you’re not good enough to pull off what you want, don’t wait. Just do it. Do it now. Make time for it. Nobody cares that you got 8 hours of sleep instead of 6 when you’re gone. Nobody cares that you kept up to date on your Facebook feed every day when you’re gone. What transcends you is your work and the impression you left behind."

 I know it wasn't diercted to me specifically, but still had a huge impact. My search for direction started with this quote, Since then, I've though a lot about what I want to do with my life. These words drive me to do more with myself. I won't live forever, and I want this life to count for something. Then maybe, I can be a fraction as incredible as Monty Oum.

17 YKK

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/id/973471517
*under movie reviews if it doesn't pop up

19 YKK

We either idolize or we love.
This comes from my dad, who dishes out wry and bitter wisdom by the pitcher (cup? bowlful? there’s a real idiom there but my head is to muddled to figure it out). Relationships - of any sort - are built on love. Friends love each other, lovers love each other, parents love their children, and so on. But it’s easy for people to get attached to other people and then to define themselves by their relationships to these people. And that usually ends up with a feeling like what Prometheus must have experienced chained to the rock. Not good. People aren’t perfect and guess what? It’s not because they want to intentionally hurt us, but they will. After that a lot of people separate themselves from their connections and relationships because it seems hopeless. Do you like pain? I know I don’t. So it’s important to give your time, ears, consideration, smiles, laughter, love people, build relationships (because they’re one of few meaningful things) but never to define yourself by someone else, because you don't want to tie all your self worth on a flawed being. I guess it’s sort of related to peer pressure: if you idolize the people you hang out with, then you’ll define yourself by what they think of you. This piece of advice (I think) is super applicable and I wish I had the concept down, but I don’t.

Assignment 20- Hannah Price

How to make .... Banana Pudding

Ingredients:

• Vanilla Pudding Mix
• Whip Cream
• Vanilla wafers
• Bananas 
• Milk

Instructions:

Follow the each of the steps on the Vanilla Pudding mix box. After you follow the instructions on the vanilla pudding box,  you should make sure to put it in the fridge over night or at least a couple of hours so it can be chilled.

The next day take a big container and then start layering your ingredients. Before you should make sure to chop bananas. Then, alternate between putting on the pudding, putting on vanilla wafers, and putting on the bananas. Once your finished you can place whip cream on. Then for extra decoration you can crush up the extra vanilla wafers and sprinkle them on top. Place the container back into the fridge and the whole thing will be chilled in about 2 hrs. Then one it's cooled your finished.

 

Assignment 19- Hannah Price

One piece of advice I have been given, especially by my mom, is when you have a lot of work or alot of anything start early and do a little at a time. This has helped me when I just know I'm going to have a bunch of quizzes, tests, or homework. This actually has been especially helpful in dealing with the ACT. Just breaking it up and doing a little each day, you'll gradually start to improve. Basically the advice is to never procrastinate and if you start early and span it out over time it will seem and be a whole lot easier for you. Another piece of advice I was given, but still have a hard time doing, is asking for help when you need it. Sometimes you have to lean that asking for help when your stressed or overwhelmed can be so helpful. I know this seems like easy advice that most follow, but I think a lot of people don't it unknowingly,

Assignment 18- Hannah Price

High-school Goals:

My main goal for High-school is just getting good grades and getting my needed score on my ACT.
I want to keep volunteering/tutoring. The main priority is maintaining my grades and the ACT because it effects where I'm getting into college, which in turn effects my college goals.

College Goals:

My college goals are to join a sorority, maintain good grades, and do well on the MCATs. The MCAT is the most important because this is a step to becoming what i ultimately want to become in life, which is a doctor. MCATs and grades in college are imperative to getting into medical school. I still would like to be volunteering or helping inner city kids.


Life Goals:

My life goals are to travel all over the world, get married, and have children. This is a priority because i want to be able to experience all sorts of different cultures and understand the world.

18 YKK

High school?
1. Figure out who I am, before I start college, before I start a different life-era. Yeah, I’ve tried personality tests and all that but they don’t really help when you can’t answer the questions that directly ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY.

It gets exasperating.

But life is already confusing enough without understanding yourself, the things you do, like, think…and I’d just like knowing what I really really want to do before I dive into decisions recklessly. It's definitely possible for you to have ulterior motives for your own actions. I feel like you should know everything about yourself because you are yourself, but it turns out most people don’t know what they’re doing either, or think/pretend they do but actually don’t.

This is also the reason why I slightly obsess over handwriting. For some reason my fingers/brain/eyes keep on changing my handwriting style. Somewhere, having established handwriting correlates with knowing thyself. And this is all rambling but…I like rambling. Finally.

College?
2. finish finish finish for real my book
3. Graduate from a school I love in a major that I love and want to pursue in a career (precisely why #1 is important - I mean, if you don’t know who you are you can’t have a major or even a bucket list that’s meaningful…so is this right now meaningful? I don’t think it matters)
4. Learn how to dance, play guitar
5. Travel. everywhere. Jupiter, other dimensions, inside minds, back to Israel, Peru so that I can surf one of those giant tsunamis
6. Get a Pensieve so that I remember all my travels. Heck, so I remember life. My memory’s wacky and I’d like to meet little me
7. Meaningful relationships - also meet everyone from previous life-eras, God

Life?
8. Actually fall in love with someone. marry him. Live joyfully ever after. For some reason the idea of actually loving someone who loves you back is very foreign but I hope it does happen.
9. go skiing!!!
10. Accompany NatGeo photographer/writer. Wherever they go it seems to be absolutely gorgeous.
11. Vacation to a remote island, for at least a month
12. Knit a scarf (with that free time. scarves are very time-consuming)
13. Fly a plane! I think it would be cool to actually be flying, without the sense of vertigo and fear of heights.
14. Write write write read read read read read read write sing (badly)
15. Be an ambassador and do something for world peace - and if it involves fast action adventures in a foreign country, even better.

I told you I liked rambling.

Some of these are just random goals from off the top of my head that wanted to be included. It could never be three goals.

blog post 20: Isabel Bandoroff

How to make a pretty dank omelet:
This may just be one of those things I do well, but can't explain how I do it. I'll try my best though.

Step 1: Gather all the ingredients:

• non-stick pan or regular pan with Pam 
• 2+ eggs depending on how hungry you are
• A bowl, fork, and a spatula
• milk if you like it but I make mine without
• Salt & pepper
• Toppings/fillings!! My go to's are cheese, spinach, bacon, and tomato. I've also made one with sausage that was very good. (Pics below)

Step 2: Crack eggs into a bowl and whisk with a fork. Add salt and pepper. (milk at this time if you want)

Step 3: Prepare the ingredients. Dice the tomato, cut the spinach, cook the bacon. Whatever you need to do.

Step 4: Put the pan on the stove on medium heat. You should adjust the heat as you see fit throughout the cooking.

Step 5: Pour the eggs into the pan. When the edges begin to cook, push them in with the spatula and tilt the pan so the runny parts take their place and begin to cook.

Step 6: Sprinkle the ingredients evenly al over the flat egg. Once the cheese begins to melt and the egg is cooked, put the spatula under half of the omelet and flip it onto the other so it is folded like a hotdog style piece of paper.

Step 7: Enjoy!! Pair with more salt and pepper, cheese, or green pepper tabasco sauce. Juice to drink.

 This one isn't an omelet really but
still very good.

Robert Hancock Blog 19

"Never Start a fight, but always be ready to end one."
My fathers advice that has always stuck with me, a "fight" isn't always physical. My father would often say this to me and it wasn't until I was older that I grasped my fathers meaning behind this phrase, I used to take it at face value as advice on an actual hand to face fight. But now I know it is advice on how to deal with almost any adversary. I should never actively seek conflict of any nature, verbal, physical, or other. But instead be ready to cope with the situation and put an end to the problem quickly and soundly. My father was teaching me what it was to be a man, to never be the ruckus but be the one who snuffs out the ruckus.

Robert Hancock Blog 18

1. High School Bucket List Priority
Spending time with friends:
this is a pretty lame priority I know, but an important one non the less. The likely hood that I will know any of my high school friends in a couple of years is slim. I don't have forever with them and soon the tides of life will bring us apart. The time we have now is likely the last we will have together. Spending time together even if it is just a Friday night of video games, is incredibly important, make the best out of my current relationships, they don't last forever.
2. College Bucket List Priority
Become Independent:
I want to become my own person, a sentiment shared by most high schoolers i know but It is what I want most out of College. I want to begin my life on my own to feet. Live in my own house and make my own decisions on who I will marry and where I will work. Independence from my parents is a priority above all in my college years, I want only to become the successful independent person they hope for me to be( I realize wanting to become independent partially to please your parents seems ironic but it still is an aspiration)  
3. Before I Die
Travel the world:
Once I have made myself the stable independent person I want nothing more to travel the world and sea the beauties of the world. Europe to the Far East, I want to see it. I want to visit holy sites in the Middle East, see the Cathedrals and castles of Europe, Historical sights of Asia and visit major battle grounds too. Traveling the world at the end of a nice stable life seems peaceful and pleasant, and that's exactly what I want.

Robert Hancock blog 17

Peter Jackson is well known for both the Lord of the Rings Saga and The Hobit saga, one of which I love to watch(the other is the Hobit) but there are some key differences in these two movies that really stood out to me. The Lord of the Rings is a gritty medieval fantasy land that doesn't shy to away from blood, depicting mass slaughter and dismemberment without a second thought. Every desperate struggle left us breathless and silently praying our heroes will make it through the battles and conflicts. The setting was fantastical but the characters where still grounded in reality. They still moved like people would and the fights were intense but realistic. In the Hobit the characters seemed more cartoon like and would straight up defy physics if Jackson wanted them to(That river and barrel scene comes to mind). And I think the reason this changed from these movies was that Jackson seemed to rely more on CGI in the Hobit and it consequently ended up looking quite bad. In the LotR saga, CGI was used sparsely and wasn't so obviously in your face that it could often fade out behind the cast and the amazing practical effects. The Hobit's liberal use of CGI gave the movie a very childish appearance and I often forgot that this was a movie targeted at people 20 and up, the people who would have remembered the originals and maybe even the book. But instead it played out with the movie seemingly meant to appeal to a demographic of 12 and below. I love the LotR movies and was quite disappointed by the Hobit movies and I think it goes to show how some directors can become lazy and leave the beauty of practical effects and acting for cheap computer digitized garbage.

Assignment 20: How to...

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
--Benjamin Franklin

Ben makes a good point. For this week, put your gifts and skills on display by developing a "how-to."Choose something that you have a level of expertise in and explain step by step how it is done.

No repeats though! If two people are both really talented at making ice and one beats the other to the post on "How to make ice..." then, second person - you need to reflect upon your other talents.

So, stop standing in the shade and astound us!

Minimum of 150 words - due Sunday, February 21st at 11:59 pm

(Last day to make up posts 17-20)

Blog #19 - Allie Gregory

          As I sat down to answer this prompt, I decided to ask my family, "Hey, what's the best advice you've ever given me?" This managed to leave both of my parents rather flustered, my father answering, "Well it must not have been very good if you can't remember it on your own." My ten-year-old little brother piped in, "I have some advice for you. Don't die." Understand, he thinks he's hilarious.
          So deeming them all useless, I returned to my computer screen and thought about it some more. And though a variety of things did eventually come to mind, I decided to go with one that I could give specific and more importantly interesting examples for. It's something my dad has preached for years, but I have recently learned to be very true: "the cool head prevails." It sounds rather lame, but over the years it has certainly become part of who I am. And I can think of multiple instances that make this a fortunate occurrence.
          To begin my example, I need provide some rather interesting background information. In eighth grade, my brother and I both began taking classes at the Y to become Scuba certified. We practiced all the necessary skills in the calm, controlled environment of the YMCA pool and as such encountered virtually no problems. However, then we had to go on our certification trip, the dive that in essence was our final. It was a test and it would determine whether or not we would become licensed. And it went, all in all, rather flawlessly. Which was wonderful. But as we began to explore the spring in which we were diving, finally a problem ensued. We were not deep, maybe 20 feet under and just inside the lip of a great cavern. My excited little brother enthusiastically swam past me, which would have been fine had he any sense for where his giant fins were and what they were doing. When he kicked the hose at my side, I felt it instantly, the regulator allowing me to breath being yanked from my mouth. And an undeniable wave of fear swept over me. It was dark, I could no longer see my brother, and quite obviously, I had the slight problem of not being able to breath. But I knew better than to panic, because panicing does not fix a situation. It took several horrifying seconds, but I did as I had been taught. As calmly as I could, I swung my arm in a complete circle, beginning at my knee and revolving over my head. Sure enough, the regulator cord latched to my arm, floating somewhere in the vicinity of my swing, and I groped for it, shoving it back in my mouth. Worse even was the moment when I remembered that it was now filled with water, but again I followed procedure, purging my mouth piece of salt water and finally regaining my air supply.
          I recognize perfectly well that there were multiple ways to have remedied the situation; had I been unable to find my regulator, I had enough air in my lungs to return me to the surface either way. But the point of the matter stands that someone who panicked in that situation would not have had the sense to do either. As such, I appreciate the upbringing that keeps me level-headed in a stressful situation. I have other examples and can think of a multitude of ways this advice applies to life, but I'm pretty sure no one cares at this point. So I'll leave it with my few seconds underwater that taught me the value of a cool head.

Nathan Dutch Assignment 19

The best piece of advice I got from someone wasn't actually a piece of advice; and I didn't receive it, but rather I discovered it. It was an account by former President Jimmy Carter about his interview with Admiral Rickover from the U.S. Navy for a position aboard a nuclear submarine. The interview went fine until Rickover asked Carter a simple question, "Did you do you best?" Initially Carter responded, "Yes sir," but couldn't keep the truth from spilling out. "No, sir I didn't always do my best." Rickover simply questioned, "Why not?" Just like that, Carter slowly eased out of his seat and walked out. So whenever I do anything, I give a whole-hearted effort, no half-assing. Sometimes it's hard, and my best changes from day to day. Sometimes my best isn't even good enough. But some time down the road when I get asked, "Did you do your best," I want to look the questioner in the eye and say, "Yes sir."

Blog Post 19: Isabel Bandoroff

The best advice I have ever received isn't advice at all, it's a quote. I honestly have no idea where I heard this and I've been google searching it for years so if you know, please comment. The quote is: "You cannot be brave if you are not afraid". I think this quote hits the nail right on the head, and bravery is immensely misunderstood. Being brave isn't being fearless. Having courage is not knowing what will happen, or knowing that you're risking it all, but taking the first step anyway. It is not blindly and foolishly carrying on in the dark. This quote has stuck with me when I'm anxious or afraid. Rather than getting down on myself for being scared, I recognize you can't have courage if you're not afraid of anything. That's just being stupid and reckless. I repurpose my fear into bravery and whalla no more problems.

Blog Post 18: Isabel Bandoroff

1. Hmm high school... it feels like you're kinda stuck. All of these cool things you want to do but it's kind of hard to do them. You're just not old enough or there isn't enough time.  Something fairly realistic I want to do before I finish high school would have to be to revisit Haiti and continue to do mission work there. I'd also love to keep running the Haiti Ministry Team, start a food club w CVT, and be the VP of Young Republicans.
2. Skydiving. Easiest question of my life. If I go to Sewanee I'll be super close to a place that does it and posts a video on youtube so you can check me out *sunglasses emoji*
3. I want to travel to every continent. So far I've been to 3 of the 7. But I basically want to travel everywhere and multiple times. yeahhh life