second chance

If I had the chance to do something over again, I would have to say that it would be to no be as quiet and distant from everybody in my younger grades. From the 4th grade to the 9th grade I was very quiet and I never really talk to anybody. I was pretty much invisible. It wasn't until middle on 9th grade that I started to introduce myself to more people and start going out and hanging out with friends. I also wish I tried a little bit harder in school.

hello world

After reading the lyrics to the song "Hello World" by Lady Antebellum I realized that the song and the music video were very much alike. The song writers painted a very good image in your mind about what was going on in the song. I think in some cases, song should be played out. its nice to listen to music, but it also nice to watch it as well. On that note, I think that a song should only be played out if the music video goes well with the song. I hate when you listen to the song and then you go and watch the music video and it has nothing to do with the song what so ever. By the end of the video, your left disappointed and confused. If the producers are going to through all that work and spending all that money to make a video... at least make it so it makes sense.

Spring Break

During this spring break, I went to Waikiki Honolulu, Oahu with my vollyball team. After months of fundraising we finally made it. We did some pretty strange fundraisers to get to Hawaii. Including car washes, raking leaves and planting garlic. In the end, it was all worth it.

I had such a great time there, with all the activities that we were doing. Snorkeling, hiking to the top of diamond head. Hiking to Manoa Falls. Going to a Luau (party). It was so amazing, there were dancers and music everywhere, we all got up on stage and learned how to do the Hula Dance. We also went to Pearl Harbor where Marina, Sarah and I went inside the USS Bowfin Submarine. It was so small and hot inside there, I would feel scared to live in there. We also went and saw the sunken USS Arizona, which was pretty sad. We saw all the names of all the women and men who died in there and still remained in there. We also met the last three survivors of WWII.

Of course, on the vollyball trip, we did play vollyball. The girls in Hawaii were very good. We met a lot of new people and I hope one day we will be able to meet up and keep in touch with them.

loss of language?

Is the English language really being lost? I highly doubt it. The world as we know it, is changing every day. Evolution is happening every day. At one time people would phrase a question to be "art thou shall not" when really all that could be said was "I should not," or even "I shouldn't" The english language isn't being lost. Its being simplified, making our world a little easier. The only reason that I would ever use "short-speak" or "teen speak" was because my phone only allowed 200 characters in a text message, so I simply make a few words shorter to make everything fit instead of sending more then one message. Otherwise if I'm on MSN or Facebook or Twitter I hardly ever use "teen-speak" because there really is no point in doing so. As for the people who use "teen-speak" all the time, its mostly talking to their friends, there not writing a University level essay. If you have the chance to do something simpler, than take it! There is no reason to make things more difficult then it really need to be. Even if people talk in "teen-speak" its not like there going to start pronouncing those words. ex. BRB, people are not going to walk around says "burb" or ROFL "roffel" people use simplified words only when they are on a social network.

A study from a few years ago has discovered that people do not need to know the whole word to know what it says, they simply need the first and last letter in the correct place in order to understand it. Another study found that lowercase letters are easier to read then CAPITAL LETTERS. The mind is a very challenging thing to figure out, but wether you speak "old-speak, new-speak, or teen-speak" the mind is capable of figuring out out.

After highschool

After graduating from high school, I am going to take a year or so off from school and work and finish my Apprenticeship Program as JR. Chef at Campo Marina. I plan to get a vehicle and travel with my Aunt and Uncle down to there vacation home in Arizona for three months. Afterwards leaving with them to go to Africa for six months. Later when returning to Canada I haven't decided if i should move down to vancouver and go to Art Institute of Vancouver where I have been accepted or to go to the east coast to the navy and study my culinary schooling while cooking on a navy ship traveling around the world. As for the moment I am just taking life as it come to me. I am not sure where I will end up, for now that is a mystery.

Award Winners

In my opinion I believe that Eminem should have won because he himself is an amazing artist. Unlike other artists that make only three or so albums and then run out of stuff to sing about, Eminem keeps coming back with new music and new albums. Each album has its own tone for the songs. No album is the same, which is pretty amazing because thats not exactly an easy thing to do. Eminem doesn't just sing about the typical things such as "girls or drugs" he sings about real things like abuse or his childhood and how he doesn't want that life for his daughter. Many of his songs are him singing about his daughter Haley and how she is everything to him.

Eminem has a very versatile voice that makes him suitable with many other artists such as Pink, Rhianna, Dido, 50-cent, many other large rapers or even artists like Taylor Swift, which was auto tuned but still sounded amazing.

These reasons is why I think Eminem should have won the Album of the Year Award.

Doritoes

Just at the floor starts to shake and the ceiling crumbles to the ground both men stand in fear waiting to hear the winner from the woman with the pink hair.

The woman rises into the air. Wind blowing around her, a storm forming just outside.

Looking down at the two men, first at one, then the other.

"THE WINNER IS..." yelling at the top of her lungs.

Anxiously the men wait to her there chip declared the winner.

"BUFFALO WINGS AND RANCH!"

The man holding the onion ring and ketchup chip falls to the ground in dismay.

Crying on the his knees, the floor drops from underneath him. Getting rid of him and the onion ring and ketchup chips all together.

THE END.

This is a picture of "Immaculate Conception Basilica", in Mazatlan Mexico. It is one of the oldest and most beautiful chapels in Mazatlan.

During Christmas break, when my two friends, Jamie and Mike, and myself went down to Mexico, we decided to go into the old town. Right in the center of town was this big, beautiful chapel. There were many people around it observing it's beauty just like us. We walked up the front stairs and toward the door. Walking in to the chapel there was colorful painting on the walls and ceiling and semi-large windows near the roof letting in light. There were many people sitting on the benches and a priest up at the front saying a prayer. We all sat down and decided to listen to the priest speak soft words in spanish.

I looked down the isle to see the front of the church I noticed a casket just below the priest. In awe, I nudged Jamie on the arm and pointed to the front of the building. I knew exactly when he saw the casket because his eyes widened. "Ohmigod! Kayla, we are not supposed to be in here"

I started to laugh and new he was right, but it was anything but the right time to leave. Just as the the priest said "take a moment in silence" Jamie stood up and the bench made a loud creaky noise. At this point I was really starting to laugh so I knew I had to get out of there as well. Standing up I grabbed Mike by his shirt and said that we needed to go. Mike, not knowing what was going on, followed us out the door.

Outside Jamie and I explained that it was a funeral. Mike in disbelief kept saying "no it wasn't!" while Jamie and I laughed.

Walking down the stairs from the church, we saw the herse that was there for the funeral. Jamie and I both looked at Mike only to here him say "WHAT THE HELL!!! we were just in a mexican funeral!".