Turn your Inkblot into a Butterfly

I missed my foul shot during a basketball game
I made us loose the game
           which was a huge mistake



It made me want to work twice as hard

So Instead of feeling sorry for myself I tried to turn something good out of something bad

I practiced basketball every day

Until I could make most of my foul shots

I worked on my form and balance and my technique

I took lessons from people
             I grew wings like a butterly and believed that I could make anything
                               And that I was ready

The next year the same thing happened to me

But because I prcaticed I was ready this time

I bent my knees and jumped into the air

My confidence was so high

And I made the basket

Making us win

The mistake helped me beacuse we won the Championship

It made we work harder in succeeding my goals.

Music is Life

Footprints in the Sand by Leona Lewis

You walked with me
When I was all alone
With so much unknown
Along the way
Then I heard you say

(Chorus)
I promise you
I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow
And despair
I'll carry you
When you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

I see my life
Flash across the sky
So many times have I
Been so afraid

And just when I
Have thought I'd lost my way
You gave me strength to carry on
Thats when I heard you say

(Chorus)
I promise you
I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow
And despair
I'll carry you
When you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

When I'm weary
Well, I know you've been there
And I can feel you when you say

I promise you (you)
I'm always there
When your heart is filled with sadness (when your heart)
And despair (and despair)
I'll carry you
When you need a friend (need a friend)
You'll find my footprints in the sand

(I promise you)
(I'm always there)
When your heart is full of sadness (sadness)
And despair (And despair)
I'll carry you (I'll carry you)
When you need a friend
You'll find my footprints in the sand

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/girl-walking-in-beach-and-footprints-on-sand-royalty-free-image/137053106

I chose this song because it reminds me of family. WhenI was little I used to see footprints and think people were following me. My grandmother passed away and I always thought it was her. This song has a lot of meaning to me and that's why I chose it. I chose the picture above because it reminds me of myself when I was little and the footprints I saw. The song represents that love is everywhere and it follows you in my opinion.  When your sad and you need someone there will always be someone following you thats there for you. My family is who would be following me.

Behind the Masterpieces

(Cafe Terrace At Night by Vincent Van Gogh)

This is my painting The Cafe Terrace At Night. What inspired me to paint this was this cafe in France. It's my favorite cafe in all of France and I think the colors and the livliness of it at night are just beautiful and amazing. To capture the presence of the cafe at night I drew the dark sky and stars and all of the streets of France with lights out. But I wanted the cafe to pop out when you see the painting so I made the cafe full of life and energy by using alot of bright colors. I wanted the name to be very simple and get my point across. I named my painting The Cafe Terrace At Night because that's exactly what it is. This is one of my well known pieces of art. It's known for its character and bright colors and how I show everything coming to life at the cafe at night.

Guest Speaker

Barbara seems like a unique writer and ive never seen any poems like hers before. I feel as if her poems are just journal entries with a pazaz. She just talks about her everyday activities and the problems she faces on a daily basis. She exlpains what shes doing for the day in a poem, "There's so many interesting ways to spend my time. Like washing last night's dishes, cleaning the toilet bowl or going to the dentist." She also writes her problems, "My poem is stuck in the Mac.  And I can't get it out." Barbara has a different writing style too. In her doll story she named her doll Rita Hayworth who is a dancer/ actress who is known for her vibrant red glossy locks that helped her find many roles in films. I don't know how old Barbara is but maybe when she was young she saw Rita and looked up to her or something. Barbara's story about the doll is very interesting and makes you think a little. Was this a story that actually happened? Or is the doll a symbol for something? But whatever it is, the story had a point/message. In thye end Barbara says, "I’m disappointed that there was no big doll hospital as I had imagined.  Just one man who fixed broken dolls. I guess that was enough." I think what she's trying to say is that a little bit can go a long way and sometimes less is more.

My questions for Barbara are: What poets are your favorite? Or, What poets did you look up to?
Are you working on any stories or broadway pieces currently?
What is your favorite broadway show?
My comments:
I like how you include problems in your poems and make them relatable
I like how in your poems you write about your daily routine and the things that happen to you on a daily basis but you convert it into a poem and make it a very interesting type of poem.

10 things I would do if I won the lottery

10 things I would do if I won the lottery

Well It depends how much I won but if I won the Mega Millions then I would:

1. Buy a car for myself. I'm getting my permit and license soon so a new car would be great.
2. I would go to Atlantis. I have always wanted to go to Atlantis but couldn't afford it. It has been on my bucket list for such a long time.
3. Take my parents on a trip. If I won the lottery I would take them on a cruise or a trip to show them I am thankful for all they do.
4. I would pay for my college tuition and help my parents pay off bills and our house.
5. I would get a mega closet with everything I could think of inside. I mean who doesn't want a mega closet? It would be awesome.
6. I would buy a koala bar because I'm obsessed with them. They are my favorite animal in the world and if I could buy one that would literally make me cry.
7. I would donate some money to a charity to give to those that don't have alot and are living in harsh conditions.
8. I would buy tickets to go to a concert of my choice. Im not sure what concert but it would be cool to go to one and have front row seats and the whole package.
9.I would use that money to help me move to California because I want to live there when im older
10. Buy a house. I think it would be cool to be independent and when im older buy a house for myself.

TU Tuesday - P of S

http://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Pregnant-pause-3427804.php
My words are:
Writer and Pregnant

Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech
(e.g Writer, wrote, writing, pregnant, pregnancy, impregnate)

My article was about a writer named Lauren Groff who talked about her third book coming out. Lauren explained how she got the inspiration and ideas for her story. While writing her book, "The Monsters of Templeton," she explained how being pregnant helped change her view of our world. Once Lauren got impregnated her and her husband were a couple that represented a kind of utopian relationship which is where she got the ideas for her book. During her pregnancy, Lauren faced hormonal changes. She says, "I felt like there was a lot of passivity and cynicism, and I didn't feel as if anybody was doing anything to change it. So the book started out from a sense of sadness and a sense that I needed to find hope and idealism." Lauren wrote about "a 5-year-old boy living with his parents in a utopian community called Arcadia in western New York. When Bit is 14, the commune begins to fall apart, and he must grapple with facing "the real world" outside."In the article Groff does a Q&A about being pregnant and writing her book which has gotten alot of good critisism and reviews.

Movies Can Do More Than Entertain

I have a netfliz accout (which I do not recommend getting) and have seen the movie The Crazies recently. The crazies is an american horror film where people who live in Iowa are infected with the "Trixie" virus. I am a huge horror film fan and I love a good scary movie. The crazies had alot of action in it. The main charcters were nomadic to stay away from the infected who turn into crazy killers, hence the name of the movie. There are multiple times where they go to houses and gas stations with infected people inside. When watching this movie I was sitting on the edge of my seat as the camera showed the clueless main characters walking into a building that seemed to me like a death trap. The director does a fantastic job and shoots the characters face and a infected in the background ready to kill. This movie is intense and packed with drama. I do not recommend this movie to poeple who don't like blood or people being killed. This movie wasn't really that scary though. My herat didn't race as it played it was just intense with a lot of drama. If I had to rate this movie 1-10 I would give it an 8. They did a great job!