Week 4A - Looking Forward

This summer, my family and I are going to Florida. Something I am definitely looking forward to. Unfortunately my brother is bringing along two of his friends, while I'm not bringing any. However, I've decided to spend most of my time relaxing at the beach or by the pool reading books. I'm excited to get caught up on my reading. The first book on my list is The Last Song. I've heard it's really good, and I'm excited to see it. This summer, Toy Story 3 is coming out in theaters. I've been an avid Toy Story fan since the very beginning. Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight Saga is also coming out in theaters just a few days after we get back from Florida. Even though I already know what happens, I'm still very excited to see it.

Week 3A - Snopes

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved watching The Wizard of Oz. There was just something about all the characters that made it special. But as I grew older I heard stories about the legendary movie. One being that the people who played the munchkins partied the entire time they were there. Another one was that a munchkin committed suicide while the Tin man, Dorothy, and the Scarecrow are dancing down the Yellow Brick Road. In the background, through the trees, you can see movement. At first, it looks like somebody who hanged themselves, but if you look closer it's a bird. On the set, they brought in birds to give it more of a jungle feel, and munchkins weren't even at the studio filming this part of the movie.

Week 2A - Top Ten

The Top 10 Questions I Would Ask God if I Saw Him Walking Down the Street:

Ten—Will I ever learn to play more than three songs on the guitar?

Nine—Were there once dinosaurs?

Eight—Why did You create certain bugs?

Seven—Why did people live a lot longer back in biblical times?

Six—What is my future job?

Five—Will I ever have kids?

Four—If so, how many?

Three—Will I ever get married?

Two—If so, who will he be?

One—Why did You create the universe?

Week 1A - TV Adaptations

Nowadays, Scrubs is all abut the interns, but i liked it better when J.D., Elliot, and Turk ruled the hospital. Who doesn't miss seeing the 'guy love' between J.D. and Turk? That's why i would make Scrubs into a movie. I would keep all of the same actors. The main focus would be around the original gang. In the series now, J.D. and Elliot are married, and are having a baby, but are on the show rarely. Carla is never on the show, but Turk is. Dr. Cox is still there, too, but Jordan isn't. Dr. Kelso comes around the hospital every now and then to work at the hospital for extra money. And as for the Janitor...he left after hearing that J.D. took a job at another hospital. This movie would be about the 'now lives' of the original cast.

Week Eight - A Wrinkle in Time

If I could re-do anything from my past, it would be my car accident. That may seem impossible, but there are a few ways that I could change it, or stop it from happening all together. First of all, I would turn left instead of right. If I took another route, I am pretty sure the car wouldn’t be totaled. On the other route there aren’t any trees to run into. The most I probably would’ve done was gone into a ditch. That’s not as a bad being knocked from tree to tree, doing a 360, and stopping in a ditch on the other side of the road. But to stop the car accident from happening all together, I could’ve road the bus. I knew I was exhausted from the long day at school, but instead of riding the bus like I was supposed to, I missed it on purpose just to get the keys from my mom. Riding the bus would’ve been the best decision. My mom would still have her car, and I wouldn’t be petrified to drive.

Week Seven - Baking Bread, Clean Sheets

The smell of my dad’s garage always sends me back in time. When I was little, my dad would spend hours at a time in the garage fixing up his old beat up Chevy pick up. Sometimes I would go in there right after he finished priming his truck. My dad paints cars, so he was always bringing home different cars to paint. I loved to go in there after he finished painting cars because the smell of the paint fumes reminded me of going to his work when I was younger. Even to this day, I love the smell of my dad’s garage.

Week Five - Beloved Toy

When I was little I had this toy dog. He didn’t have four legs and crawled on all fours, but he sat up like a teddy bear. My brother and cousin had dogs just like him, but they looked different. Mine was brown. Both of theirs were black and white, but my cousin’s had a red bow tie, while my brother’s had a black patch around his eye. All of our dogs had names. My dog’s name was Junior, my brother’s was T-Bone, and my cousin’s was Spot. All of us would set up a little concert in our basement or sometimes my parents’ bed and we’d have them play music. My brother had these little fake guitars that we draped over their shoulders. Sometimes we’d set up a little keyboard or drum set. My brother would have all the music planned out, and then we would put on a concert for my parents. Just a few weeks ago, I found a drawing of Junior and T-Bone in a huge concert setting that my brother drew. It’s now hanging up on our fridge.

Week Four - My Odd Habbit

This may not be considered a funny habit, but every time I get a new pair of Chucks, I have the urge to name them. All together, I have five pairs of Chucks, and each shoe has its own name. The first pair started out dark gray, but ended up fading to brown. In middle school, I painted a pink heart on the tip of one. Ever since then that has been known as Steve and Barry because the pink color reminds me of a berry. About a year later, my dad bought me pink Chucks. I named them Lucy and Ethel because they’re pink. During the summer before sophomore year, I got a plaid pair of Chucks. I thought it would be appropriate to name them Irish/Scottish names, therefore I named them Liam and Finn. The next time around I decided to go classic, and get black Chucks. I named them Lennon and McCartney. My most recent pair are red…my favorite color. Their names are a little random, but it’s an inside joke between a friend and I. Alonzo and Thaddeus are their names. I wonder what my next Chucks will be named…?

Week Three - Fear

Driving on a bridge, off of a cliff, into a pit of squirrels.

Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, it is, but it has always been my worst fear. When I was a kid, my family and I would go to Colorado. We would go high up into the mountains to a place called Trail Ridge. The ride was unbearable, just feet away from the edge. At any moment an animal could prance out in front of you. You swerve, and the next thing you know you’re barreling hundreds of feet down the mountainside. That never happened, but it was a possibility. Ever since I was little I loathed the idea of driving. So that just seems natural that it’s a part of my worst fear. I’ve also always despised bridges, no matter what kind. It could be going over another road, or water, I hated it just the same. Squirrels may seem a little odd, but they really creep me out. My friend Faith is to blame for this fear. One day we decided to take a walk through my town, and she started talking to a squirrel. The squirrel was sitting up on a tree branch, staring at her, flapping its tail around. I was completely freaked out already, but when that squirrel jumped off the tree and started running towards us, I screamed in horror. Ever since then, I’ve hated squirrels.

I know that my fear might sound irrational, but it truly is my worst fear.

Week Two - I Hate My Job

Dishwashing.

That’s what I’ve been doing for the past fifty years. Doesn’t sound like fun, right? Well, it isn’t. Scrubbing filthy plates all day long was not what I expected doing my whole life. The soggy bread and salad drenched in dressing is the worst. Every time I smell that grotesque scent looming out of the sink, I condemn my life’s choices. What had I gotten myself into? I always think. Only if I would’ve completed college, my entire life would have turned out completely different. Now I’m stuck at this dreadful job…for the rest of my life.

Week One - Dear Kiddo

Dear Future Child,

Right now I am 17 years old, and a junior in high school. I’m very much a homebody, and I don’t have a problem with that because I never get into too much trouble. Even though a few months back I did total my mom’s car. But it’s okay because she got a new car out of it, and my parents bought me one.

I don’t know who you are, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love you any less. I hope that you do your best in everything that you do. Do everything to the best of your ability.