Wow. Final blog post. I never though this day would come. But anyway... I'm just going to get started.
* Is writing online different than in a notebook? In what ways?
Writing online can be very different from writing in a notebook. First of all, you're not using pen/pencil and paper. You are using a laptop or something like that. It makes the overall feel of writing different. And you don't see the person's handwriting, which can show a little bit about the person writing the words. So in a way you are a little more distant from everyone when writing online.
* In what ways can writing online be liberating? Limiting?
It can be liberating because you can say what you want. You feel like you have a little bit more of a sense of freedom when you write. Plus, if you have bad handwriting, people will be able to read what you write so you don't have to re-write things over and over. Writing online can also be a little bit limiting, too. You can't really see people's handwriting, which shows you a little about them, so everyone will seem more distant. And if you want to draw a picture to show what you mean, you can't really do that on a computer.
* Do you think that people are more real online or do we create online personalities that project the best of ourselves? Or something else?
No, I don't think people are more real online, especially in blogs. When people write, they often do it in a different style then they speak in, which makes them sort or fake. I know that this sometimes happens to me, I mean seriously, I don't talk like this. And writing in a different way that we speak does create a online personality for us. We use different language, write in different ways, and just aren't the same. But sometimes we don't create a totally new personality, sometimes we just show a different part of our personalities.
So that is it for my blog. The last one of the year. So... bye!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Another post on Wintergirls
In this blog post I'm going to talk about the book Wintergirls... again. It's about a girl named Lia, an anorexic girl. Her best friend recently died, and now she has to deal with her death, and her anorexia. People have tried to help her before. but she had always slipped back into her old habits.
Lia has been anorexic for years. She has been sent to a facility twice before where they made her eat, made her gain weight. They'd release her and she'd eat for a few days, then become anorexic again. So should her parents try to help her again?
Yes, I think they should try to help their daughter. If she keeps up her anorexia she will die. If they can help her then she has a chance of getting better, or fighting the battle and winning. She can survive. What if she doen't want to be helped? Then what? Should her parents still try and help her? And should someone be helped even if they don't want it? It depends on the situation. If it's life or death, like it is fro Lia, then yes! help her! She could die! But if someone doesn't want help with their homework then I don't really see why anyone should help them.
Another thing, can you help someone who doesn't want help? i don't really think so. People tried to help Lia twice, but she didn't want help. She didn't want to change or get better. And the help she got didn't work. No one can be helped until they are willingto be helped. If they aren't, then they can resist. They don't have to listen. Nothing is really stoping them from not listening. No one can force you to do anything, not even if they believe it would benefit you.
Lia has been anorexic for years. She has been sent to a facility twice before where they made her eat, made her gain weight. They'd release her and she'd eat for a few days, then become anorexic again. So should her parents try to help her again?
Yes, I think they should try to help their daughter. If she keeps up her anorexia she will die. If they can help her then she has a chance of getting better, or fighting the battle and winning. She can survive. What if she doen't want to be helped? Then what? Should her parents still try and help her? And should someone be helped even if they don't want it? It depends on the situation. If it's life or death, like it is fro Lia, then yes! help her! She could die! But if someone doesn't want help with their homework then I don't really see why anyone should help them.
Another thing, can you help someone who doesn't want help? i don't really think so. People tried to help Lia twice, but she didn't want help. She didn't want to change or get better. And the help she got didn't work. No one can be helped until they are willingto be helped. If they aren't, then they can resist. They don't have to listen. Nothing is really stoping them from not listening. No one can force you to do anything, not even if they believe it would benefit you.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
* DANGER! SPOILERS AHEAD*
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a pretty good book written by Mary E. Pearson. It's main character is a girl named Jenna Fox. Jenna got into a horrible car accident and faced severe injuries. Then she fell into a coma for a year. When she wakes up, she is in a new place, doesn't remember enything, and has to start all over again. Jenna wasn't supposed to survive the accident, but she did.
To save Jenna, her parents replaced her limbs and many organs with bio-gel, a substance that her father invented. Bio-gel mimics tissues and limbs and looks like them to, at least from the outside. But to save Jenna they had to inject her with a lot of bio-gel. In fact, so much that she is illegal. The legal amount of bio-gel a person could have is 20%. Jenna is 80%. 60% over the limit. No one can find out about her.
But was it right for Jenna's parents to do what they did to save her? It is, sort of. Her parents wanted to save their only child. They loved her and wanted her to live, to be okay. They were so willing to do anything to save her that they broke the rules and laws. No one can know about Jenna, or else they will all face the consequences. But was it worth it? To them it was, and I guess that's the most important thing.
It's also not okay though. Why should Jenna get to live while other people with less severe accidents than Jenna die every day. And besides, she's an illegal creation. Her parents broke the rules. Why is that right? It's not.
What makes something right? If you think that it;s the right thing to do, then yea, I guess it could be right. At least for you it could be. It might not benefit other people but it's what you believe is the best decision. I guess that's what Jenna's parents did when they used the bio-gel on her. It might not be the right thing to do from someone else's point of view, but in their point of view, it was.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a pretty good book written by Mary E. Pearson. It's main character is a girl named Jenna Fox. Jenna got into a horrible car accident and faced severe injuries. Then she fell into a coma for a year. When she wakes up, she is in a new place, doesn't remember enything, and has to start all over again. Jenna wasn't supposed to survive the accident, but she did.
To save Jenna, her parents replaced her limbs and many organs with bio-gel, a substance that her father invented. Bio-gel mimics tissues and limbs and looks like them to, at least from the outside. But to save Jenna they had to inject her with a lot of bio-gel. In fact, so much that she is illegal. The legal amount of bio-gel a person could have is 20%. Jenna is 80%. 60% over the limit. No one can find out about her.
But was it right for Jenna's parents to do what they did to save her? It is, sort of. Her parents wanted to save their only child. They loved her and wanted her to live, to be okay. They were so willing to do anything to save her that they broke the rules and laws. No one can know about Jenna, or else they will all face the consequences. But was it worth it? To them it was, and I guess that's the most important thing.
It's also not okay though. Why should Jenna get to live while other people with less severe accidents than Jenna die every day. And besides, she's an illegal creation. Her parents broke the rules. Why is that right? It's not.
What makes something right? If you think that it;s the right thing to do, then yea, I guess it could be right. At least for you it could be. It might not benefit other people but it's what you believe is the best decision. I guess that's what Jenna's parents did when they used the bio-gel on her. It might not be the right thing to do from someone else's point of view, but in their point of view, it was.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Pretty Little Liars #5
I just finished reading the book Wicked by Sara Shepard a couple of hours ago so before i forget what happened, let me write the summary. In this book Hanna's stepsister Kate moves in along with her father and his wife. Together they befriend to girls and rule the school. Spencer has a hunch about why her amily always favored her sister, Melissa, over her. Emily get a new boyfriend after telling her parents that she's gay. And Aria's mom's boyfriend keeps hitting on her. And she might like him back a tiny bit. "A" is dead and they have no more stalker to worry about, so everything will be fine. Think again.
In this book I've noticed a lot of secrets. In fact every single girl has a secret, or someone they're close to has a secret. Spencer's parents have a secret. A big one that may explain why they like Melissa more than her. Aria has a secret invloving her mom's new boyfriend. Emily has a secret that she's hid from her parents. A secret that shows that she might not be gay after all. And Hanna's new stepsister's secret is that she might be trying to destroy her. And that Kate apologizing to Hanna was just part of a master plan to ruin her. And those are only the some of tthe big secrets in this book.
Everyone has something to hide. In the books and in real life. No one tells people everything. At least I know I don't. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's the type of person I am, or the way i was raised. Because it my family, we are sort of like Spencer's family. Each one of us sticks to ourselves, does our work, minds our own business. The things that we talk about the most are how well me and my brother did at our last track meet. Or how my brother scored a goal at his soccer game earlier that game. Or how I did on my lst test. Basically that's how we are. No one tries to get into each other's business. We just keep stuff to ourselves. We make everything our secrets. We don't try to. That's just how things work
And a lot of times that's what happens, we don't start out making in intentional to make thesethings our secrets. It just happens to go in that way, into that little spot in the back of our mind that says, don't tell. It doesn't even have to be that important for your brain to tell you not to say anything. But after a while, it might. You might convince yourself that you just absolutly can't tell anyone. And that is why some of the people in the books have so many secrets that they can't tell. Their brains tell them not to. Does that make any sense? I don't know.
In this book I've noticed a lot of secrets. In fact every single girl has a secret, or someone they're close to has a secret. Spencer's parents have a secret. A big one that may explain why they like Melissa more than her. Aria has a secret invloving her mom's new boyfriend. Emily has a secret that she's hid from her parents. A secret that shows that she might not be gay after all. And Hanna's new stepsister's secret is that she might be trying to destroy her. And that Kate apologizing to Hanna was just part of a master plan to ruin her. And those are only the some of tthe big secrets in this book.
Everyone has something to hide. In the books and in real life. No one tells people everything. At least I know I don't. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's the type of person I am, or the way i was raised. Because it my family, we are sort of like Spencer's family. Each one of us sticks to ourselves, does our work, minds our own business. The things that we talk about the most are how well me and my brother did at our last track meet. Or how my brother scored a goal at his soccer game earlier that game. Or how I did on my lst test. Basically that's how we are. No one tries to get into each other's business. We just keep stuff to ourselves. We make everything our secrets. We don't try to. That's just how things work
And a lot of times that's what happens, we don't start out making in intentional to make thesethings our secrets. It just happens to go in that way, into that little spot in the back of our mind that says, don't tell. It doesn't even have to be that important for your brain to tell you not to say anything. But after a while, it might. You might convince yourself that you just absolutly can't tell anyone. And that is why some of the people in the books have so many secrets that they can't tell. Their brains tell them not to. Does that make any sense? I don't know.
Pretty Little Liars #3
I recently read the book Perfect by Sara Shepard, which is the 3rd book in the Pretty Little Liars series. And let me tell you, I love these books. But anyway in this book, evreyone finds out about Emily, Hanna and Mona's frienship is on the rocks, Spencer is a labeled a cheater by her family, and Aria is kicked out of her mother's house. Basically, everyones lives are in shambles. I'm not going to say anymore because I don't want to spoil anything for anyone.
One thing that I've noticed a lot in this series is that everyone has something that they lie about and something to hide. Aria hides the fact that her english teacher, Mr.Fitz is basically her secret boyfriend. She lies to her "public" boyfriend, I guess that's what you could call it, by saying how she loves them and how nothing was going on between her and Mr.Fitz. And that no, she would never cheat on them. And when he texts her she lies to her parents and says that it was just a friend, or nobody. She was hiding something, and she was lying.
But I don't think that she just does those things because she thinks that they're right. I think that she did those things because she leatned from her father. She caught her father cheating on his wife with a student named Meridith. Sound familiar? I sure think so. Except this time Aria is the student Mr.Fitz is the teacher. And the student is the one cheating on someone. And she knows it's not the right thing to do, but it's sort of okay if your parents do it, right? WRONG. Not everythings okay if your parents do it, sorry!
But anyway, in real life to everyone has secrets and tells lies. Lying can have a better outcome then telling the truth, well sometimes. Like in Aria's case, lying to her boyfriends and parents about Mr.Fitz made it better for her and made it so Mr.Fitz couldn't get in trouble. But what she was lying about was wrong. So I wonder if the lies were wrong to, even if they protected 2 people. Maybe, maybe not. It really depends on how you look at it.
One thing that I've noticed a lot in this series is that everyone has something that they lie about and something to hide. Aria hides the fact that her english teacher, Mr.Fitz is basically her secret boyfriend. She lies to her "public" boyfriend, I guess that's what you could call it, by saying how she loves them and how nothing was going on between her and Mr.Fitz. And that no, she would never cheat on them. And when he texts her she lies to her parents and says that it was just a friend, or nobody. She was hiding something, and she was lying.
But I don't think that she just does those things because she thinks that they're right. I think that she did those things because she leatned from her father. She caught her father cheating on his wife with a student named Meridith. Sound familiar? I sure think so. Except this time Aria is the student Mr.Fitz is the teacher. And the student is the one cheating on someone. And she knows it's not the right thing to do, but it's sort of okay if your parents do it, right? WRONG. Not everythings okay if your parents do it, sorry!
But anyway, in real life to everyone has secrets and tells lies. Lying can have a better outcome then telling the truth, well sometimes. Like in Aria's case, lying to her boyfriends and parents about Mr.Fitz made it better for her and made it so Mr.Fitz couldn't get in trouble. But what she was lying about was wrong. So I wonder if the lies were wrong to, even if they protected 2 people. Maybe, maybe not. It really depends on how you look at it.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Clique #4
I read the book Invasion of the Boy Snatchers by Lisi Harrison the other day and started to think about it. But before I get into that, let me just tell you a summary of the book. In this book Alicia's cousin Nina visits from Spain and threatens the Cliques friendahip's with each other. But she threatens more than that. She threatens Massie's Alpha status. And to Massie, that is completly un-acceptable. In this book it sort of shows what happens when you put to alphas together. They compete. Sort of like animals fighting over their territories.
Massie needs to realize that she can't be the best and most popular girls in the school all the time. At some point she is gonna realize that she isn't the best. Like now, al least not with Nina in the picture. If Massie is going to be the best, then she's really got to work at defeating Nina. Nina also thinks that she is the best and the most popular. She has really got to work to defeat Massie. They both are similar in that way. They think that they're the best, but they're going against each other.
When two people like that are put in the same room it could cause some trouble. Before you know it they will be fighting to prove that they are the best. Nina and Massie seem to be doing this alot. Massie's style is basically cruel remarkes. Nina seems to prefer trying to out do her by saying something else or getting everyone on her side. I think that this situation could happen in real life.
I have two friends that both think they are the best (I won't mention any names incase you two read this). You don't even wan't to be near them when they are next two each other. They will fight and yell and say nasty things to each other so that one of them feels wounded and backs down. That is pretty much how they decide who is the best, for the moment, that is. They, for sure will be doing it again the next time they get near each other. Massie and Nina are the same way. They just keep going at it until one of them falls. And it's hard to make them back down.
For them, it is like the name of that show. Make it or break it.
Massie needs to realize that she can't be the best and most popular girls in the school all the time. At some point she is gonna realize that she isn't the best. Like now, al least not with Nina in the picture. If Massie is going to be the best, then she's really got to work at defeating Nina. Nina also thinks that she is the best and the most popular. She has really got to work to defeat Massie. They both are similar in that way. They think that they're the best, but they're going against each other.
When two people like that are put in the same room it could cause some trouble. Before you know it they will be fighting to prove that they are the best. Nina and Massie seem to be doing this alot. Massie's style is basically cruel remarkes. Nina seems to prefer trying to out do her by saying something else or getting everyone on her side. I think that this situation could happen in real life.
I have two friends that both think they are the best (I won't mention any names incase you two read this). You don't even wan't to be near them when they are next two each other. They will fight and yell and say nasty things to each other so that one of them feels wounded and backs down. That is pretty much how they decide who is the best, for the moment, that is. They, for sure will be doing it again the next time they get near each other. Massie and Nina are the same way. They just keep going at it until one of them falls. And it's hard to make them back down.
For them, it is like the name of that show. Make it or break it.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Sky is Everywhere
Im currently reading the book The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson. It's about a girl named Lennie and her life after her sister died. But now she has a crush on her sister's old boyfriend, Toby. A boy who helps her remember Bailey, who helps her make Bailey's death a little more bearable. And she also has a crush on the new kid in band class, Joe. This boy helps her forget. He makes her not feel any grief, just happiness. So which boy should she choose. The one who helps her remember, or the one.
If she chooses Toby, then she will remember her sister more. She will be with someone who knew her sister well. Some one who Lennie could laugh at Bailey's memory with. He could help her deal with her greif. But what would Bailey say if she was looking down on them from heaven or something? If Lennie and Toby start dating, then won't she feel guilty? She sort of stole her sister's boyfriend. But then, there is always Joe.
If Lennie chooses Joe, then she will be able to forget. After all, hanging on to a memory for too long can be un-healthy. Joe makes her happy, she is always happy and laughing when she is around him. That's good for her. She needs to be cheered up. Joe will play the clarinet with her. Have her listen to the music. Calm her down. That is something she needs sometimes.
But I also wonder if liking these two boys just fills up a hole in her heart. A hole where Bailey used to be, because she wasn't interested in Toby and a bunch of other boys until the funeral. Sorrt of like when I'm bored and I just start eating. I fill up the hole that I caused by not doing something by eating half a box of cereal. Honestly I just think that she is trying to fill that hole with boys. And I don't think it's going to work for very long.
If she chooses Toby, then she will remember her sister more. She will be with someone who knew her sister well. Some one who Lennie could laugh at Bailey's memory with. He could help her deal with her greif. But what would Bailey say if she was looking down on them from heaven or something? If Lennie and Toby start dating, then won't she feel guilty? She sort of stole her sister's boyfriend. But then, there is always Joe.
If Lennie chooses Joe, then she will be able to forget. After all, hanging on to a memory for too long can be un-healthy. Joe makes her happy, she is always happy and laughing when she is around him. That's good for her. She needs to be cheered up. Joe will play the clarinet with her. Have her listen to the music. Calm her down. That is something she needs sometimes.
But I also wonder if liking these two boys just fills up a hole in her heart. A hole where Bailey used to be, because she wasn't interested in Toby and a bunch of other boys until the funeral. Sorrt of like when I'm bored and I just start eating. I fill up the hole that I caused by not doing something by eating half a box of cereal. Honestly I just think that she is trying to fill that hole with boys. And I don't think it's going to work for very long.
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