I think that my family buys too much fruit. I’m not anti fruit, but there are like 30 apples in my fridge. My grandpa always complains about how he has to throw away so much fruit, but he's the one who buys way too much. Fruit is impotent to a diet but I don't need to eat like 10 oranges a day. My grandpa is very into stuff with nutrient. I don't think that we need that much food just to waste it. Another thing I think we have too much of is cookies. I don't eat that many cookies but my dad does. He eats them for breakfast, and he's getting kind of fat from the cookies. I really like cookies but I don't think we need 4 packs of cookies. Ice cream is another thing we don't need much of. My dad always buys some, but he's almost the only one who eats it. Soda is the same as it and again my dad is the only one who drinks/eats it. He's told me that I’m chubby before but he's the one eating all that junk. I think I buy too many socks. It weird but I but a pack like every month, but I have almost like 50 pairs. I kind of feel bad when I use money that I don't need to use. So mostly food and socks is what my family buys too much of. That's kind of weird. Me buying socks is a habit though, so that might change yet. But my father is the one who buys and eats most of the sweet things. I think my grandpa is buying less fruit already. So maybe we will buy less of everything in the future. Or not.

Person That Changed the World

The person that I believe changed the world would be Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi. I think that he proved that conflict can be solved we peace. Instead of killing he did thing like going on hunger strikes. He helped India get its indpendence in 1947. That was a huge change in the world. You can see how India has grown since then. He made a big change in the world. Some people relized that conflicts can be handled with peace.
Not only did he help India gain its independence, but he also went to college in London for law. I think that was a big thing back in those days since India was under control by the british. The british even arrested him before too. He was arrested because the british found out about him trying to help India gain independece when he was in South Africa.
He even solved more problems. Hindus and Muslims started fighting. At his age of 78 he fast(hunger strike) so that the bloodshed between the two grouops would stop. 5 days later the pledge to stop and he broke his fast. But 12 days later he was killed by a Hindu fanatic. It's hard to believe some one kill such a peaceful.
I think Ghandi really changed the world. It obvious that the big thing he did was help India. But he also cared for the people like when they walked to the ocean to gather freash salt. He was a good person. Its really inspiring when you see there were people like him. I believe many people have taken his ways by soving problems with peace. There are people though who don't like Ghandi and the way he was.

Thoughts on Video Leason

I think that the video was an easier way to learn because you could go back to it. Like some videos are hard to learn from because they're on one screen, but this one was nice because it was one were it could be on eveyones screen and they could go back to cartain parts of the video if they need help. I think one problem is, though, if the volume or something on someones computer isn't working the video wouldn't really work out. I think it was also nice because you couold take your time with itinstead of trying to figure out what the teacher did before. So I think it was nice, it helped me get through the photo shop stuff.

Reflection on "The Butterfly Circus"

Well I thing "The Butterfly Circus" was a nice clip. I think it has meaning to it. I think the ending was meant to be a touching part, and it was. He had no arms and no legs and he was able to swim. So when that little boy who had those walker things was inspired by him. The little boy was probably happy to see he isn’t the only one, and that someone in that condition can do things. Another good thing about the clip was that the one circus leader guy was willing to accept him to their circus. That is an achievement for that one guy because he went from a side show to actually being in a circus. I also liked the part where the people of the circus went to where those poor families were, and they gave that little boy money. It’s also nice to see that the circus took in people that had a hard past. Like that lady who was kicked out of her home when she was pregnant. I actually really liked that movie. It has its heart in the right places. It is always nice to see movies that have good meaning and end happily. I think it is kind of amazing that, that one guy feel into the lake and didn’t drown but instead found out he has the ability to swim. I think this can inspire people that are missing a limb, or don’t have the ability to use all there limbs. In the beginning people laughed at him, but at the end people cheered for him. Being in the side show I think made him think that he isn’t normal and made him feel bad. I think that’s why he spit in the one circus leaders eye, because he called him magnificent and he probably didn’t believe that. H probably thought he was a freak. When he left and the Butterfly Circus accepted him, he didn’t have a part. That was until he founded something he could do in the circus. This movie was definitely a nice movie to watch. I believe it can be inspiring to some people. It has the ability to get to some people and give them a happy feeling because they watched as he went from being in a side show to actually being in the circus. I enjoyed watching “The Butterfly Circus.”

4th Quarter Goals

Umm my big goal for the 4th quarter is to pass I guess. I barely pass math each qaurter, so I guess my goal would be to get a grade higher than a D. I also would like to get another A for geography for this qaurter. So I believe I will have to try "harder" this year. I space a lot in math (the class is super boring) so I guess I can try to stop that. So I got 3 A's on my repot card so I really would like that again. My only class I have problems with id Math. So this qaurter I want to try to at least get a C. At least Im passing. I also have to do a little better in Spanish. The thing is I can read spanish and understand it, but I can't hear it and translate it. I have to work on that, so this qaurter I will try and get better at that. I think I would also like to stop doing homework at the last minute. I think that would help me be less stressed or something like that. Yep, I really don't know what to say. I really don't know how long this suppose to be. I really have no more goals besides just doing better and getting better grades.

Opinion on testing

My opinion on testing is mixed. It seems like test in classes are good so the teacher knows you've learned. But things like CSAP are just kind of not needed. Maybe if it wasn't like 6 tests per booklet with would be better. I guess some of the stuff is fine, but seriously 3 hours of testing? Also on CSAP they only let you read. I felt like I was going to freak out because the room was so quite and I don't know I just felt like I was going to freak out. The other thing about CSAPS is how much money it costs just to make them. If schools are in budget cuts why do we waste money on something nobody likes? It’s just a complicated test. I don't do much to prepare for it. I do try and study sometimes for regular class test though. I think CSAPS can make some students really stressed. Oh well. Regular test are nice because they have less questions and don't take up to 3 hours. Also they don't give you question that you've never heard of before. I really don't like those test. 8 years of it can make someone go crazy. This last test I took we didn't get to get a break. At least it’s over. Until next year. But sadly everyone has to deal with many tests in their life. After Csaps I now appreciate regular test. Well I don't know how long this is supposed to be. I don't know what else to write. So yea. By the way, I’m not scared of test. I just don’t love them.

Free Write 3/3/10

In Spanish class we had some project on foods from certain countries. My friends and I had Ecuador. It's very very boring. We didn't do a good job. Everything had to be in Spanish, but luckily dictionary.com has a translator. Anyways I don't know what to say. Oh my gosh the weather today is so nice. It was nice yesterday too. I actually walked my dog yesterday. I usually don't because I have a stalker and he's freaking annoying. Seriously he called me 40 times in one hour. But I have decided to ignore him, and if he ever tries to talk to me I'm going to pretend he's not there. Wait he's coming to this school next year. Grrrrrrr. Yesterday with CSAPS I think I actually did well. Since I don't have a 2nd hour I got to go home early. It was nice. One thing that made me like crazy happy was the math test I had. I studied so much, and I've never passed a test in math this year. But I knew a whole bunch of things on it. Going on a different subject, you know how everyone tells us to stay in school? Even the president says it. How can we stay in school if there are being budget cuts and teachers are getting fires? Up until this year I never really cared about government stuff. Now it just makes me mad. Seriously how can the president tell students to stay in school with the classes of 30+ kids? Of course no one really cares about a teenager’s opinion. I'm not even old enough to vote. Speaking of being a teenager, when I was walking my dog we walked past some lady in her car and she quickly locked her door. I think that was more than rude. What the heck does she think I was going to do? Open the door and attack her? Oh well. I'm done ranting now so yea.

My Recipe For

My Recipe for life consists of many things, I think. It involves a lot of emotion. Everyone goes through many of them. The one your need the most is Happiness, but you need sadness to level it out. Not everyone can be happy 24/7. You have to add friends in your life, or you'll be incredibly lonely. In which you also need bad friends. This will allow you to know who your real friends are. Knowledge in one thing that everyone needs. Logical and common sense can help you do everyday things. A big thing included in this recipe is change. Everyone changes and you can't do anything about it, sorry. You'll probably changed or will. Your friends and family members probably have too. In this life recipe you'll have hellos and goodbyes. You will lose friends and meet new. One thing you will have to deal with is negative comments toward you. Some one will definitely not like you and say bad things. Some one might tell you you'll never be able to do something you really want to. That will lead to the next thing which is motivation. People need it to keep moving on. Everyone has to deal with hard times. You need to learn how to move on from it though. You might include being optimistic some of your days. Others you may be pessimistic. You will lie a couple times or a lot, as will others lie to you. You’ll live through it and come out stronger. The last thing you need to remember is that going from life through death, you learn something everyday. Sometimes one day might be the most depressing, while the other is the greatest. But you'll live through many days and the recipe will be completed by the end of each day.

What Sport I'd Do in the Winter Olympics

If I ever did any kind of sport in the winter Olympics I think I would do some kind of skiing thing. Maybe cross country or something like that. Even though I can't even do half the stuff though. I think I would do it because all fast and stuff, and it kind of looks fun. Plus some of the other sports are really boring, especially curling. When you see people going down the hill of snow they go all fast and stuff, and that looks kind of fun. I guess it looks as if they were getting a rush from it. Maybe I'm crazy but I would want to roll down the hill of snow. Sure it can hurt and all that, but besides from that tumbling down looks kind of fun. I really can't imagine myself skiing though, well I can but I would just look plain silly. I don't when you see people like Lindsey Vonn; she makes it look like a really rad sport. Going down a hill of snow really fast an all that. If you're not good at it though it's kind of impossible to do. You're going down a hill like super fast trying to keep balanced. You also have to go towards those pull things. It seems like really hard to be going down really fast and trying to move. For some reason to me figure skating just seems more painful because you're on ice with these boots that have blade things on the bottom. If you have a partner and you're up in the air and the person doesn't catch you, which will be painful. So skiing looks like an okay sport and not as painful looking (even though it probably is. I'll never do that skiing stuff though, but it's fun to watch.

Free Write 2/19/10

Ummmm I don't know what to write. Well today is Friday at least. I found out that you have to pass physical education 1 to take any other physical education class, now I kind of regret switching that class. Seriously you need 1.5 credits in PE to graduate, and each class is 0.5. Also PE1 is only for 9th and 10th graders which means I have to take it no matter what next year. I think I'll be fine as long as I don't have that one teacher I had for the last class. Really though, none of the elective sophomore classes look that fun. I thought I was going to join ceramics 2, but than I realized I only liked ceramics 1 because of my friends that were in there. So I put photography1 and this "Physical Education1" as you humans call it. Then that alternative class thing, I put Public Speaking because some day I would actually like being able to speak in public. It sounds weird but I really wish I had a smiley face on my hand right now. The last free write I had one on my hand. I'm like really hungry because I burnt my waffles this morning and at lunch the lady gave me a skinny slice of pizza. Today seems like it's taking forever to end. Back when I had ceramics odd days used to be my favorite, but now even days are. That’s because I don't like my English and Spanish class I have on odd days. There are just a lot of rude people in there. Anyways this school isn't as bad as I thought it would be. My dad went here the first year it opened. Then 4 of my uncles, 2 aunts, and 3 cousins. Also 6 of my mom's friends. A lot of my family have gone to this school. Well I think that’s all I have to say.

Get to Work

The funny thing about this blog is that I was actually thinking of this last night. Anyways I don't know if I have many characteristics that make me employable. I guess one thing is being able to learn from mistakes. At least little ones. This can help because, for example, if you’re a computer programmer, and you make some kind of little mistake and the head people tell you about it, you can learn and try to not make that mistake again. I think I can do that. Another possible one is being able to keep to myself. What I mean is that I won’t go tell everyone about everything of a certain company and such. That way other employers and I can have trust in each other. I think I can also be honest and admit if I did something wrong or anything else. That way I can tell someone if I messed up on something I did. I think I'm also not afraid to ask for help if I need it. This can help me because I can go to someone and ask for help with something, and that way I can have a less chance of screwing it up. One thing I'm trying to do is be able to speak up more so that way I can also become a better employer. I guess I also have the ability to be optimistic, so if there is like something wrong or I did something wrong, I won’t mope about it but instead try to take from it and learn from it. I might also have a nice personality so that way it will show that I won’t be all mean and such. It would also let people know they can approach me. I might have other characteristics but I'm really not sure what they are.

Young at Heart

I don't remember much of what I did when I was a child. But I do remember what has happened to me from 3rd grade and up. I use to go to a terrible school where I didn't have any friends. My most terrible memory from that school was when I threw up at lunch. After that people started to shun me. I really hated that school. Luckily after that I went to a better school called Kunsberg. This school only had 60 kids K-8. I really liked that school a lot. It was my favorite school. That's where I met all my best friends. I have to say when I was 9 years old I was a really corny kid. My friends and I came up with this club called the "Animal Club", and we would pretend to be animals that talked. I was a tiger named Gabby and my friend Riccardo, who I actually new from that other school, was a leopard named speedy and we where brother and sister. It was really corny. One of my favorite things I use to do at that school was the winter/spring programs. Once again Riccardo and I were two elves that worked for Santa one year. It was really fun because I slipped on stage. Looking back at some of the stuff I use to do makes me cringe, but laugh at the same time because they were pretty funny. Like me and my friend Tori use to say we were going to be "Rebels for life" and "Tomboys forever." I’m glad that I did not really stay that way. One funny thing me and my friend Tori did was when we snuck out of her room through the window, and when we came back I fell on this metal pull that was attached to her bed. After that I had a round bruise that was in the shape of a circle. There are many memories that I have from that school. I really miss it, because I really miss being with my best friends. I went there for almost 6 years. I wish I still went there kind of.

My Weekend

This past weekend was an ok one. The biggest thing that made it an ok weekend was on Friday for the FBLA district thing. It kind of mad me disappointed because I didn't get anything, like even 10th. It was really sad because I worked really hard on it all week. Apparently mine and my friend Destiny’s speech were similar. Destiny got 9th. I knew they were when she read it to me. So it's like they heard Destiny's and then when I read mine its like they heard the same thing. I’m not saying that Destiny copied mine because she's my good friend(I wrote mine before hers), but just knowing that my speech and I weren’t as good as I thought kind of made me disappointed, it's all good though. But Saturday I went to the place that I love so much. The Colorado Mills mall. It's such an awesome place. I was really happy because I got a Hello Kitty charm bracelets ( Hello Kitty is awesome!) Anyways that mall is just so much better than all the other malls in Colorado. After the mall, I got my things I purchased online back on January 25th. I was surprised that they came so early because one is from Japan and the other is from South Korea. They’re cd's that I couldn't download because they are only available in the monsoon Asia part of the world. Sunday i saw The Book of Eli. I already saw almost everything they already had in theaters. Well that movie was a very touching movie. Also on Sunday, I got a whole bunch of craft things to do so I tried to make bracelets for my friends. I think they turned out ok. So my weekend was ok, not the greatest but it was still good.

1. The characteristics of a dangerous screen name would probably say something prvertic or something that deals with violence. It could also have things like racsim and an extrem hate towards something. Also if you use your whole name. Or if you put your phone number in it.
2. The characteristics of a SAFE screen name would be like using only your first name, or even your nickname. Also not using personal info. For example instead of putting my full name, mine would be something like Natasha or my nickname Tatasha.
3. Meeting someone online is super dangerous. It could be some lonley 40 year old man talking to you, saying he is a 15 year girl.
4. You shouldn't reply and block the person.

True colors

For the true colors quiz the color I got was blue. One of the things it stated was "You are sensitive to subtlety and you create roles in life’s drama", which isn't really true about me because I’m not really sensitive. "Although they make up only 12% of the population" is flattering even though looking at a lot of peoples color there is a lot of blue. One thing it did say that possibly might be true about me is "Blue represents calm." I'm calm in like class, but when I’m with people I know really well I’m not so calm. I guess that trait is good if I'm ever at a bank while it's getting robbed. I guess it’s also good since I'm learning to drive; I can maybe be calm while driving. The professional things they have listed for the colors do sound promising also, especially the actor one, or maybe even a tour guide (as long as it’s not for something boring like a museum.)There is NO way I could be a flight attend though. I think I also like harmony like blue. I don't think I have a spiritual connecting with nature though. I do think I work hard however. One thing I do definitely agree on is when it says that blues lose interest when things become a routine, which I do unless its, like, for TV. I'm actually not surprised that I got blue. Reading over the other colors I'm most like blue, but not exactly. I think I could be a mixture of all the colors in the quiz. I wish it would have had more colors like pink or purple. But then again it is only a quiz. I’m okay with color I got and I’m also happy with it. I think I’m also loyal, like the quiz said. This is out there but I’m a dog on the Chinese year thingy and that also states that I’m loyal. I believe I am because I don’t do anything to hurt my friends and I make sure I don’t hurt their feelings. So like I said I'm only kind of like blue. Blue is a very nice color and I like that color more than the others. It is a nice calming color and it’s very pretty. I’m glad I didn’t get green or anything (no offence to them.) So peace be with you, like blue.

Internet Safety

Online people are exposed to many things. Some people use this as a good thing, but some use it as a way to make fun of or say hurtful things to people. Some things people say drive people to suicide. In my opinion(not to sound mean) I don't think that is the greatest option ever. I kind of think that suicide is selfish. I say this because you have the gift of live, and you just waste it on something like words. A couple weeks ago I got a message on MySpace from some person I don't know calling me a freak, but it didn't hurt me at all. I understand that what people say is hurtful, but it's not a reason to hurt yourself. If someone kills them self for the news report after it, what’s the point if you're dead? Plus I don't think social networks were made for people to go on and talk trash about people. Telling someone on line seems like it's ok but it's not. Why would you talk trash to some one online if you can't do it in person. I think if a person has time to go on and write something hurtful to someone they need a life. Seriously don't they have something better to do? For someone to read something like "We'd be better off if you weren’t around" isn't needed. Also I've notice people are saying stuff like "No more MySpace", but while I was watching the video shouldn't people try to get rid of the how to committee suicide and the other ones. I think I learned that you can go on the internet and have fun, but you should be careful who you talk to. I don’t think parents should always be checking your accounts, but maybe once and a while they should so they know that their child is safe. I've also learned that people should be careful of the pictures they post. Some creepy person could have saved it to their hard rive and just do stuff with it. I think it is smart for some kids to wait until they're 13 or 14 to create an account to some internet place. Being on the internet is fun, but not when you put yourself in danger or anything else. I think that parents shouldn’t have to worry as much as they do and they should learn to trust their children, and I think the children need to be more careful and make sure they don’t get into any bad situations.

Free Write.....

Nothing interesting has happened in my life recently. Except my cat,Cheeseburger, has given me another scar. That makes it 7 now. I have two really noticeable one on my right wrist. I think one came from when he thought i was going to throw him at a wall (which I wasn't). The other one is from when I gave him a bath and he attacked me. Talking about scars from cats isn't really interesting. My live would be much more funner if I still went to my old school. That's where most of my really good friends were. Now at Gateway, I don't have many good friends. At my old school, on Friday we got out of school at 12:00, but no Gateways not like that. It's all good though. We'll I guess I'm really thankful that I got put into Computer Apps, because i was in gym before and just in one day I already hated it. I think I'm only writing about this because I have nothing else to write about. This is off topic but in Spanish class we watched some video that had a hamster in it. I bring this up because I really hate hamsters. They are so evil. Like they hide in hay stuff and when you try to find them they bite you! I can't stand those little monsters. I mean seriously they are disgusting little rats! Actually, they're worse than rats. The only hamster I like is the one on a shirt I have. That is the only exception. To think i actually wanted one badly when I was little disgusts me. I think the only thing more worse than hamsters would be the feeling of velvet. Anyways, I just went on a raging rampage about hamsters, which can only mean one thing, I have nothing to talk about. The last movie I saw was Sherlock Homes. It was better than i thought it would've been. Speaking of movies, I see movies like every week so I started collection of movie tickets. So far I have two bags full. I started this because a lot of people I know collect stuff so I wanted to. I didn't know what to, until I found a whole bunch of tickets in my room. I'm really not a good blogger, but I like reading other peoples blogs. Computer Apps is easier to listen to music. In ceramics you'd have wet clay all over your hand, thus making it hard to change the song. I actually think that my Ipod has water damage from it. I've notice that in every class I get to listen to music in, I always listen to Lady Gaga for some reason. I really don't know why buy like back in ceramics it's basically all i listened to. I'm like really bored right now, and I have a smiley face on my hand that is really distracting. I don't even know where it came from. I think my friend put it on my hand earlier today.

2010 School Wishes

For 2010, my wish would be to be able to pass all my classes. Since this is my freshman year, i hope i can start off with a good start. So far it has been good. I have most of mt classes from the begining; English,Geography, Geometry, Physical Science, and Spanish. One of my new classes this semester is Computer Apps. I orignally had gym, but I dropped it because the teacher was mean. I hope that this class will be as good as my last semester class which was ceramics. Ceramics was fun and I was sadden when the class ended. I think this new year is a new start kind of. My new years resolution was to better at school. This is because last quater i almost failed geometry. I hope that this year I will start understanding my classes better, because i have a problem with dazing out which cuases me to not understad certain things. My goal is to at least get a B average at all my classes. So far this year has turned out nice. Since I made the change from gym to Computer Apps, I hope that i will do good in this class. I was extremly estatic when I got the change so I'm hoping for the best. I hope that my classes go the way they are now for the rest of the year. So far i have done well i n my classes. Like I have already got an A on a pop quiz. Some times I have trouble in math, but i'm trying to stop dazing out so that i will understand the material. Since my Sophmore year will also be in 2010, my biggest wish is that i will get classes I want. Lats year when I came to get my classes, the only class open was ceramics, but that was one of those things where you think it will be bad, but it turns out good. That's also when i got my gym class, which i am indeed terrible at. One of my prblems at this school is that i don't have many friends. At my old school there were only 60 kids k-8. I had many friends there but we all live in different school districts. I am greatful for the friends I have at this school though, even if I don't have many. I have at least befriended some one in each of my classes. I even thave a friend in Computer Apps. So at least I know at least one person in alll my classes. I'm hoping for the best this year, for me and everyone else at Gateway. My biggest wish is to be a better student in which I am trying.

BioPoem

Natasha
Who is optimistic, independent, and positive
Who is the sister of Andrew
Who loves giraffes, cupcakes, and sleep
Who feels joyful, blissful, and healthy
Who needs oxygen, water, and living space
Who gives joyful laughter, love, honest friendship
Who fears time, losing friends and loved ones, certain people
Who would like to see more giraffes eating cupcakes one day
Who share happiness and laughter with friends
Who is a resident of Aurora
Thornton