I wanted a digital camera last year for Christmas so that I could capture senior memiors of my last year at Apollo High School. My dad got it for me and I love it and use it all the time. Me and Meghann, who loves to take pictures, are always posing for the camera.

Christmas is approaching as well as finals. School lets out soon, which unfortunately means more time to work. Although over the break I will be working I'm sure it will be entertaining and exciting and also well deserved. School hasnt been to terrible this year, and it has gone by rather fast. I'm extremely excited and nervous about the upcoming school year with starting college at Western, but I know I will miss High School. College should be fun and enjoyable, but it will differ from the classes and people here at Apollo. I'm glad that college life is different because life right now seems to be getting somewhat redudant, with a few exceptions. I hope to find more of a purpose in College than High School, and be able to find something that I'm good at and that I like to do. All things can be obtained through determination.

For Christmas I would like to have rockband, but I didn't ask for it because it's to expensive. I'm getting money which is another thing that I wanted. I'm saving up to buy a car and a new wardrobe and with Christmas here I am spending my money on people's gifts so the money I recieve for Christmas will replace what I spent over the Holiday. I didn't make a list or ask for anything this Christmas because I'm not sure If we are getting presents this year, but if we do it won't be a whole lot, but I'm excited and can't wait.

My hair gets messed up when it rains, but despite this negative effect I enjoy the rain. The sound of rain relaxes me and calms me down and helps me think better. It also makes me tired and want to sleep a lot, and the overcast sky covered with gray rain clouds blocks out the sun from disturbing my sleep. I don't like the way it makes the ground wet and walking becomes a hastle to have to worry about puddles, but the smell of rain when its warm outside is one of my favorite scents to encounter.

Christmas seems fairly far off, but it seems to be an occassion that is arriving sooner than i expected it to. Christmas is one of my favorite time of years because it puts everyone in a good mood, and the decorations make everything more breautiful. I love going around looking at all of the different lights that people put up, and walking around parks viewing the decorations. I also love the Christmas Parade, and getting woken up on Christmas morning, by my younger sister to open presents. The snow is something else that makes Christmas better, covering the ground with a fresh blanket of snow on Christmas Eve so that Christmas day the ground is covered with an even layer of snow.

Working didn't seem to be so bad, but school has been hectic lately and I've been bogged down with homework, projects, and studying for tests. I'm extremely tired and wish that Thanksgiving Break would hurry up and arrive or at least the weekend, but mostly I wish that I didn't have to work. Hopefully things will slow down soon and I'll be able to keep up them for now.

On Halloween the cool air brushes my face as walk ouside and the wind whips through my hair. The smell of fall is still in the air, but the chill in the temperature tells me winter is approaching. I see kids dressed in costumes going from house to house to collect candy. I can hear them saying trick or treat and thank you, and then talking amongst themselves about the different treats they got. I can taste all of the different candy as I eat it. I hear the rustling of leaves on the ground and footsteps of children as well as knocks doors are recieving and the ringing of doorbells. I hear giggling and screaming of people near me. I feel all of the different candy as I reach for a piece. Halloween is almost here and I can't wait.

Halloween approaches
it gets nearer by the day,
and somehow I'm still unsure of what costume I'll display.
Should I be a skeleton, a mummy, or princess;
perhaps I'll be a pirate, or a teacher in distress.
No matter what I am I'll be sure to roam the streets,
I'll go from house to house and collect delicious treats.
Halloween is finally here,a shriek has peirced my ear.
Could this shriek be caused by my costume choice this year.
It wasn't very scary, or at least that's what I thought,
I was dressed as Paris Hilton because I thought she was hot.

When I was little I used to watch scary movies all the time and wasn't afraid of a whole lot. Once i reached a certain age I began to hate scary movies and I became afraid of the dark. I am still terrified of scary movies and am afraid of the dark. I don't know why the role reversal played in, but life seems to be scarier in a way.

I agree that you don't find out if you truely like someone until you've traveled with them. When traveling with people you find out a lot about them, and get to know them well. you may come to find that you grew tired of them more quickly than exprected you would, but riding somewhere together, especially for any good amount of distance can make you more on edge. The smallest thing may annoy. On the other hand, you may come to find out that you enjoy the person's company you are traveling with. However, I do believe that taking a trip with someone will decide if you truely like them or not.

Fall is here. Fall is my favorite season and im thrilled that it has finally arrived. I love waking up in the morning and going outside to have the cool crisp air present. Leaves will soon begin to change color and make everything prettier to look at. With fall here sadie hawkins and Halloween are right around the corner, which means more time I'm going to be able to hangout with my friends. Also with fall comes a new clothes, which is always great. This fall is going to be great and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

The unkown is something that is feared by some and thought to be exciting by others. Some people like not knowing what is instore for them, or what lies ahead. They enjoy surprises and knowing what they are up against at the last minute. Others like to be planned out and hate surprises. These are the people that hate not knowing what is ahead of them, not knowing what's around the courner drives them insane. Their reasons for wanting to know may differ, some may want to be able to prepare themselves for what is coming, where as others don't want to worry about it until they have to. Both ways are acceptable ones to handle situations it is all about your personal preference.

It is strange how life works in its complex yet simplistic cycle. Everyone colliding with each other in a way, but not always getting to know one another personally. In some cases we meet people and stick with them, and in others we grow apart. We are always growing and changing and leaving and bringing people with us throughout our life. There are those people who have always been in our lives and will continue to be in them forever, and there are also those people who are in our life now, but will not remain in it, then there are the people who have yet to enter our life. Since our lives are constantly changing so are the people around us. We are unaware of how many people's lives we have affected, but we will never forget those that have affected our lives. It's hard to imagine your best friend right now not knowing you when you are older, but you will make a new best friend and you will always have the memory of your old one. It's difficult to imagine life different from how it is now, being surrounded by different people, but there will always be a group you fit into and people to surround you.

Life can be overwhelming at points, and i'm sure this feeling comes over us all at some point or another. The feeling that you need to escape some place if only for a while. Go somewhere new and different with no worries and all the time in the world to do whatever you want to. Time is a mysterious thing. The more you want it to pass the more it appears to drag on, and the more slowly you wish it to tick by the faster it seems to vanish from your grasp. Time is something we have no control over; it passes whether we want it to or not, at the same constant pace. Being that time cannot be controlled it is easy to become overwhelmed. People go away for peace and quiet; to escape their normal lives and have an adventure; to create new experiences for themselves; but most of all they go away before time runs out. They leave to try and relieve stress from their lives, but you don't have to go away for that, you just need time. We aren't searching for a place to go because in all reality it doesn't matter where we are at our true search is the one for time.

The thought of Spring brings several things to my mind. One of them being transitioning to warmer weather after a cold winter season. Flowers beginning to bloom and the smell of warm rain showers come to my mind. Spring represents a new beginning, starting over.

My life without potatoes swould be horrendous. Potatoes are one of my favorite foods, and having to imagine my life without them is horrific. Potatoes, or any food for that matter, is something that I think about often, but I never pictured my life without a specific food, and therefore, I never knew how much I took it for granted. It is strange to think of a life without something that I have grown used to and been exposed to my entire life, but it is even stranger that I take it for granted.

"Love is Blind." I find this phrase to be true. Im not an expert in this subject, but then again who is when it comes to love. This overwhelming emotion can be hard to find for some and appear rather quickly for others. You can't prepare yourself for it, nor can you see it coming. In this sense it is blind, but not only is love blind, but the effect love has on people sometimes tends to make them blind as well. Once you have obtained love, quite often it takes control of your actions. The simplicity and complexity of it makes it one of the most unique emotions, and somehow one in which people search for in hopes of finding.

Laughter unifies us by being contagious. If I see someone laughing I usually join in for whatever reason. It is something that i enjoy doing as well as something i do often. My favorite mood to be in is one where I am slap happy. When I am in one of these moods, which isn't to often I can't contain myself and I laugh constantly for no reason. I'm not sure why I get into these moods, but I love them because I am out of control, which is unusual for me and everything seems funny. Being in this mood gives me a break from thinking and worrying about things and allows me to just have fun.

What makes a good leader? Some qualities that make a leader are someone who is determined, understanding, able to make smart choices, and honest. All of these characteristics when combined result in a good leader if they are used properly. Being desicive and setting goals are other important factors that a leader needs to have. Determination helps someone be recognized as a good leader because with determination they are able to carry out their ideas and follow through with them. Being understanding and able to make smart decisions allows a leader to have an idea of what the people want and need and what needs to be done to successfully achieve it. A leader can be classified as good, or even great, but in order to do so will need to apply these qualities listed. I'm certain that there are other qualtites that would be excellent ones for a leader to obtain, but these are just a few that can contribute to people benefitting from a good leader.

"Friendship Doubles Joy and Halves Grief." I believe this is true. I take it mean that when you are with your friends you have twice as much fun as you would if you weren't with them. They make you feel better when your sad and comfort you when you need it. My friends keep me on the right track and I'm always open to their advice. They are able to read my moods and make it easy for me to talk to them. My friends will always be there me and they know that I'm here for them as well.

Family means everything to me. I have a large family and we are all close to each other. Since we are such a large family we tend to be loud for the most part. When I'm around them I am outgoing and talkative, as opposed to my semi-shyness when we aren't togther. They seem to bring out my true self and I'm comfortable enough around them to where I can speak my mind and show what they would call my wit and humor. I'm not sure what my role is in the family, I guess it could be described as the comic relief. I'm usually known to lighten the mood with my sarcasm and witty remarks. Our family is big on teasing one another and joking around alot. We usually can be described as a humorous family and if you were around us it is likely you would feel as if you were stuck in a comedy movie and each family member would be a different characrter. It wouldn't take long for you to be around us for someone to do something stupid or funny for you to laugh at, but despite all of the lightheartedness there have been hard times that we have managed to help each other work through. My family is crazy and embarassing, but I love them.

Blogging

I'm new to this whole blogging thing and im not sure if i'm going to like it that much. I dont have any ideas about what to write, and i'm not very good at writing. Its gona take me a while to get used to this and think about things to write. I guess if you start to blog regularly you will get better at writing and it will come easier, at least that's what i'm hoping.