Thursday, April 29, 2010
Pictures of Hollis Woods-Book Review
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff is a wonderful book. Hollis, 12 years old is an orphan child who moves from foster family to foster family. She never has a real home. She's met no one who loved and cared for her very much. Until, she goes to the Regans, her summer family home. She feels different at this house. She's met Izzy, the Old Man, and Steven, the son. She draws pictures to help her remember her past. But, now she's at another foster family. Her foster mother, Josie loves Hollis, and nothing can separate them. As the days go by, Josie keeps on forgetting things. But, why did Hollis leave the summer family home that she loved so much? They loved her too. Izzy, Steven's mom tells Hollis one day that she's always wanted a daughter. Hollis could have stayed at the Regans. But why did she leave? Well, you'll have to read this book and find out. I definitely recommend it.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Acronyms ~ Seasons
Sun shining
Umbrellas away
Melodious music
Morning happiness
Everlasting fun
Running outside
Singing birds
Pretty flowers
Rabbits hopping
Ice melting
No snow
Getting warmer
Wet grass
Icy grounds
No sun
Temperature decreasing
Early darkness
Rough weather
Falling leaves
Always chilly
Lovely colors
Leaves changing
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Blog Maintenance: MYSO Audition
Have you ever felt pressured or nervous or maybe even scared about auditioning for something? Well, that's exactly how I feel. I am auditioning for the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) on Saturday April 24th. I'll be playing the flute. For my audition, I will have to play some scales, play my own solo piece, and do some sight reading. If I qualify, then I can continue in a special program called Flute Chorale. If I do not qualify, then I can always try again next year. Anyway, this is a BIG big thing for me. Since, I take private flute lessons, my private lesson teacher recommended me for the MYSO. So, wish me luck!!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Creative Piece: Everyday Life
There he was lying on the road dead. He had died at 7:30 p.m. with Evan Banks lying next to him. He had died. He was just laying there with Evan, and in Evan's hands lay the script of "Everyday Life". Bye Aaron Johnson. Bye Evan Banks.
Aaron Johnson, a bachelor, 24 years old. Lived in an apartment, supposedly haunted, but he doesn't really mind. He had dark brown hair, and light blue eyes, and going to the hospital was one of his pet peeves. Just remember that, ok ?
Anyway, it was 7:30 p.m. nad it was the first day of the new TV show, "Everyday Life". Aaron was excited. So, the show started and it's just a regular morning and a man, 24 years old, a bachelor named Evan Banks was sitting in his living room watching TV. Hmmmm.............
"That's very awkward", gasped Aaron.
After half an hour, the show ended and Aaron was very scared.
"Wow", he said. "That man is just like me". "He has the same personality as me". "Whoa !"
About 3 years later, when Aaron was 27, he met this beautiful girl at work. Her name was Amanda Fitell. She had light brown hair and olive green eyes.
Well I guess that relationship worked ! Because about 1 and 1/2 years later, they got married.
So, the TV show went on., and the bachelor Evan Banks had also gotten married about 2 hours before Aaron had gotten married. Aaron had gotten married on April 6th 2004 at 4:15 p.m., and Evan had gotten married on the same day at exactly 2:15 p.m.
"Oh man", yelled Aaron.
"That's wrong, honey?", asked Amanda.
"It's the TV show, everything that's happening to that character, Evan Banks, is happening to me".
"Ok", said Amanda.
"It's true", gasped Aaron.
At 5:45 p.m., the phone rang in the TV show. The person on the phone told Evan Banks that he was fired.
"Harsh", exclaimed Amanda.
Then two minutes later, the phone rang in Aaron's apartment.
"Oh my gosh", yelled Amanda, "it is true".
So, Aaron picked up the phone, talked to the person on the phone, put down the phone and was in a major shock.
"Aaron, is everything okay?", who was that on the phone?", asked Amanda.
"My boss", said Aaron.
"What did he say", asked Amanda.
"He told me that I'm fired", said Aaron, in complete shock.
This terrified both Aaron and Amanda deeply.
Amanda spoke, "But if this is supposedly telling you what's going to happen to you, isn't that good. I mean your are prepared for whatever's going to happen, right?"
"Yeah, it might be good, but it's creepy and I'm really scared", said Aaron.
About a week later, this TV show was on again and Evan Banks' wife had been pregnant and was rushed to the hospital for immediate care. Of course, this happened over a period of days, but they showed it in one episode.
Both Aaron and Amanda were watching this, and started panicking.
"Oh my gosh, is this really going to happen to me?", screamed Amanda.
Aaron said, "I think ........".
Before you know it, over the next 2 weeks, Amanda was at the hospital.
The TV show had been postponed to 8 months later. So, the show stopped. But, before it had stopped, they showed Evan's new baby girl.
At the HOSPITAL ..........
It was May 28th, 2005, at the hospital, and a baby girl had been born. Her name was Allison.
It was now 8 months later, and the showhad come back on. Evan Banks, now has a wife and a daughter. His daughter's name was Allison. Go figure !
It was a week later, and the show was on again. This time, Evan and his family were driving to a place to eat. It's normal - right ? Well, think again. They were driving back from the restaurant and they crashed into a tree. No one was killed, but Allison, who was just 4 months old, broke her arm, and had to undergo surgery.
Well, about 2 weeks later, the exact same thing happened to Aaron and his family.
Remember how I said that one of Aaron's pet peeves was going to the hospital ?
30 minutes after the accident, they had been been at the hospital again. Allison had gotten surgery.
"She's fine", said the doctor.
"Are you sure ?", asked Amanda.
"Yes", replied the doctor, "she is".
After they got home, Amanda asked Aaron a question.
"Aaron, let's recap".
"Ok", replied Aaron.
"So, there's this new TV show, called "Everyday Life". And, everything that happens to the man, happens to you. For example, he has the same personality as you, same age, same characteristics, and he gets married, and you get married, then he gets a kid, a daughter, and you get a daughter. But, worst of all, he's in a car crash, and his daughter is hurt and gets surgery, and the same exact things happen to you".
"This is crazy !", yelled Amanda."You have to do something about this.
Well that ended that, there was nothing that they could do.
It was summer of 2006, and "Everyday Life" had still been going on. Nothing much happened. It was just normal things that kept happening to them until ........ September 13th, 2006. It was so sudden. It was horrible, the worst thing of all.
Amanda had cancer. But, wait, it didn't happen to Evan's wife. Well apparently, Aaron had missed that episode. So, no warning this time ! Allison, the poor girl started to cry. She wouldn't stop. Aaron was in shock. They went to the doctor and he said that there was no cure. No cure at all.
It was October 11th.
Amanda couldn't bare the pain. She was finally admitted to the hospital. They tried everything. Aaron and Allison were sitting outside. The doctor came outside. He walked upto Aaron and said, "I'm sorry".
"What ?", screamed Aaron.
"She's gone, I'm deeply sorry", replied the doctor.
Aaron collapsed.
Allison wailed and cried.
"Mommy", she screamed.
It was October 17th, and the same day as Amanda's funeral.
"Everyday Life" continued, Evan was now only living with his daughter and so was Aaron.
It was now January 31st and Aaron and his daughter were watching "Everyday Life". The phone rang on TV, and the phone rang in Aaron's house. He didn't pick it up. It was nothing new, it was actually getting very old. But, Aaron still did care.
One day, he got so frustrated, that he took his daughter and went down to the studio, where they filmed the show. He walked to the director, the producer and the main actor, Evan Banks.
"Hi", said the director.
"Hi ?, you are saying hi to me , after you ruined my life ?"
"Huh", said the producer.
"Huh, what do mean, huh ?"
"Because of you, I'm fired from my job, my daughter had surgery, and my wife died. Is this some kind of joke ?"
15 minutes later .............
They were still arguing. Finally, it ended.
"Ok", said the director. "But, we are not stopping the show".
"Ok, but something bad better not happen to me again", replied Aaron.
"Fine", agreed the director. "But, you should know one thing".
"What ?", asked Aaron.
"Well, your daughter is going to die soon", said the director.
"Huh", yelled Aaron.
"Yeah, it's true", replied the director. "You guys will be driving through the highway at midnight, and, just watch the show and you will know what happens next".
"What !, you want me to watch your show to figure out how my daughter gets killed ? No way", yelled Aaron.
"Well, she's going to die somehow, one way or the other", said the director.
Well, that was that and Aaron and his daughter walked out of the studio. He went back home, and it was 7:30 p.m. He turned on the TV to "Everyday Life". It showed Evan driving with his daughter to the store, and there was a drunk driver behind them. He had been drinking so much that he hit Evan's car and his daughter was thrown out of the car. She hit a tree and was killed instantly.
Evan screamed and cried.
Aaron saw this and yelled. He refused to go to the store, just to keep his daughter alive. Well, he thought to himself, what the director had said, "she will die one way or the other, and I will not let that happen".
Well, it did happen.
He took Allison to the doctor for a monthly check-up and while he was driving, it happened. Allison was now dead too.
Aaron screamed and cried, "no, you were the only family, I had."
He went home, furious and extremely depressed.
It was a Wednesday evening and the TV was turned on to "Everyday Life".
Evan wasn't there. There was another guy. Where was Evan ? What had happened to him ? Is he dead ? All these questions ran through Aaron's mind at once.
They announced something on the show. "Excuse me", said the announcer, "the person who played Evan Banks in our show, has umm... retired from the show business".
"What ? retired, no way. He can't be dead, can he ? No", shouted Aaron.
Anyways, he watched the show and the 'other Evan Banks' told viewers watching their show that we will lose two people tonight. Two people, who are very alike.This frightened Aaron. He thought that he was going to die along with Evan Banks. Apparently, the show ended. The screen turned black !!!!
Aaron was panicking.
He wanted to go to the hospital or meet the doctor or something, due to the news he had heard about him dying. Despite his pet peeves of going to the hospital, he did. While on the highway, he saw someone lying on the road, dead, with lot of blood flowing from his forehead.
"It's EVAN !", yelled Aaron.
Aaron immediately stopped the car and got out of the car. Was he going to die too ? Would he be laying there next to Evan ? Well, the answer is yes. While Aaron was sitting there next to Evan, having a flashback about everything that had happened, tears were flowing from his eyes...... He then realised that there was a script in Evan's hands. A script from "Everyday Life". The script was opened to the last page, where the last words were, "and he dies on the road after being hit by a drunk driver". Four seconds passed, there was a flash of bright light, and in a matter of moments, Aaron was laying on the road right next to Evan. Aaron was dead too. His last words were "Allison......."
There he was lying on the road dead. He had died at 7.30 p.m. with Evan Banks lying next to him. He had died. He was just laying there with Evan, and in Evan's hands lay the script of "Everyday Life" opened to that very page. Bye Aaron Johnson. Bye Evan Banks.
Aaron Johnson, a bachelor, 24 years old. Lived in an apartment, supposedly haunted, but he doesn't really mind. He had dark brown hair, and light blue eyes, and going to the hospital was one of his pet peeves. Just remember that, ok ?
Anyway, it was 7:30 p.m. nad it was the first day of the new TV show, "Everyday Life". Aaron was excited. So, the show started and it's just a regular morning and a man, 24 years old, a bachelor named Evan Banks was sitting in his living room watching TV. Hmmmm.............
"That's very awkward", gasped Aaron.
After half an hour, the show ended and Aaron was very scared.
"Wow", he said. "That man is just like me". "He has the same personality as me". "Whoa !"
About 3 years later, when Aaron was 27, he met this beautiful girl at work. Her name was Amanda Fitell. She had light brown hair and olive green eyes.
Well I guess that relationship worked ! Because about 1 and 1/2 years later, they got married.
So, the TV show went on., and the bachelor Evan Banks had also gotten married about 2 hours before Aaron had gotten married. Aaron had gotten married on April 6th 2004 at 4:15 p.m., and Evan had gotten married on the same day at exactly 2:15 p.m.
"Oh man", yelled Aaron.
"That's wrong, honey?", asked Amanda.
"It's the TV show, everything that's happening to that character, Evan Banks, is happening to me".
"Ok", said Amanda.
"It's true", gasped Aaron.
At 5:45 p.m., the phone rang in the TV show. The person on the phone told Evan Banks that he was fired.
"Harsh", exclaimed Amanda.
Then two minutes later, the phone rang in Aaron's apartment.
"Oh my gosh", yelled Amanda, "it is true".
So, Aaron picked up the phone, talked to the person on the phone, put down the phone and was in a major shock.
"Aaron, is everything okay?", who was that on the phone?", asked Amanda.
"My boss", said Aaron.
"What did he say", asked Amanda.
"He told me that I'm fired", said Aaron, in complete shock.
This terrified both Aaron and Amanda deeply.
Amanda spoke, "But if this is supposedly telling you what's going to happen to you, isn't that good. I mean your are prepared for whatever's going to happen, right?"
"Yeah, it might be good, but it's creepy and I'm really scared", said Aaron.
About a week later, this TV show was on again and Evan Banks' wife had been pregnant and was rushed to the hospital for immediate care. Of course, this happened over a period of days, but they showed it in one episode.
Both Aaron and Amanda were watching this, and started panicking.
"Oh my gosh, is this really going to happen to me?", screamed Amanda.
Aaron said, "I think ........".
Before you know it, over the next 2 weeks, Amanda was at the hospital.
The TV show had been postponed to 8 months later. So, the show stopped. But, before it had stopped, they showed Evan's new baby girl.
At the HOSPITAL ..........
It was May 28th, 2005, at the hospital, and a baby girl had been born. Her name was Allison.
It was now 8 months later, and the showhad come back on. Evan Banks, now has a wife and a daughter. His daughter's name was Allison. Go figure !
It was a week later, and the show was on again. This time, Evan and his family were driving to a place to eat. It's normal - right ? Well, think again. They were driving back from the restaurant and they crashed into a tree. No one was killed, but Allison, who was just 4 months old, broke her arm, and had to undergo surgery.
Well, about 2 weeks later, the exact same thing happened to Aaron and his family.
Remember how I said that one of Aaron's pet peeves was going to the hospital ?
30 minutes after the accident, they had been been at the hospital again. Allison had gotten surgery.
"She's fine", said the doctor.
"Are you sure ?", asked Amanda.
"Yes", replied the doctor, "she is".
After they got home, Amanda asked Aaron a question.
"Aaron, let's recap".
"Ok", replied Aaron.
"So, there's this new TV show, called "Everyday Life". And, everything that happens to the man, happens to you. For example, he has the same personality as you, same age, same characteristics, and he gets married, and you get married, then he gets a kid, a daughter, and you get a daughter. But, worst of all, he's in a car crash, and his daughter is hurt and gets surgery, and the same exact things happen to you".
"This is crazy !", yelled Amanda."You have to do something about this.
Well that ended that, there was nothing that they could do.
It was summer of 2006, and "Everyday Life" had still been going on. Nothing much happened. It was just normal things that kept happening to them until ........ September 13th, 2006. It was so sudden. It was horrible, the worst thing of all.
Amanda had cancer. But, wait, it didn't happen to Evan's wife. Well apparently, Aaron had missed that episode. So, no warning this time ! Allison, the poor girl started to cry. She wouldn't stop. Aaron was in shock. They went to the doctor and he said that there was no cure. No cure at all.
It was October 11th.
Amanda couldn't bare the pain. She was finally admitted to the hospital. They tried everything. Aaron and Allison were sitting outside. The doctor came outside. He walked upto Aaron and said, "I'm sorry".
"What ?", screamed Aaron.
"She's gone, I'm deeply sorry", replied the doctor.
Aaron collapsed.
Allison wailed and cried.
"Mommy", she screamed.
It was October 17th, and the same day as Amanda's funeral.
"Everyday Life" continued, Evan was now only living with his daughter and so was Aaron.
It was now January 31st and Aaron and his daughter were watching "Everyday Life". The phone rang on TV, and the phone rang in Aaron's house. He didn't pick it up. It was nothing new, it was actually getting very old. But, Aaron still did care.
One day, he got so frustrated, that he took his daughter and went down to the studio, where they filmed the show. He walked to the director, the producer and the main actor, Evan Banks.
"Hi", said the director.
"Hi ?, you are saying hi to me , after you ruined my life ?"
"Huh", said the producer.
"Huh, what do mean, huh ?"
"Because of you, I'm fired from my job, my daughter had surgery, and my wife died. Is this some kind of joke ?"
15 minutes later .............
They were still arguing. Finally, it ended.
"Ok", said the director. "But, we are not stopping the show".
"Ok, but something bad better not happen to me again", replied Aaron.
"Fine", agreed the director. "But, you should know one thing".
"What ?", asked Aaron.
"Well, your daughter is going to die soon", said the director.
"Huh", yelled Aaron.
"Yeah, it's true", replied the director. "You guys will be driving through the highway at midnight, and, just watch the show and you will know what happens next".
"What !, you want me to watch your show to figure out how my daughter gets killed ? No way", yelled Aaron.
"Well, she's going to die somehow, one way or the other", said the director.
Well, that was that and Aaron and his daughter walked out of the studio. He went back home, and it was 7:30 p.m. He turned on the TV to "Everyday Life". It showed Evan driving with his daughter to the store, and there was a drunk driver behind them. He had been drinking so much that he hit Evan's car and his daughter was thrown out of the car. She hit a tree and was killed instantly.
Evan screamed and cried.
Aaron saw this and yelled. He refused to go to the store, just to keep his daughter alive. Well, he thought to himself, what the director had said, "she will die one way or the other, and I will not let that happen".
Well, it did happen.
He took Allison to the doctor for a monthly check-up and while he was driving, it happened. Allison was now dead too.
Aaron screamed and cried, "no, you were the only family, I had."
He went home, furious and extremely depressed.
It was a Wednesday evening and the TV was turned on to "Everyday Life".
Evan wasn't there. There was another guy. Where was Evan ? What had happened to him ? Is he dead ? All these questions ran through Aaron's mind at once.
They announced something on the show. "Excuse me", said the announcer, "the person who played Evan Banks in our show, has umm... retired from the show business".
"What ? retired, no way. He can't be dead, can he ? No", shouted Aaron.
Anyways, he watched the show and the 'other Evan Banks' told viewers watching their show that we will lose two people tonight. Two people, who are very alike.This frightened Aaron. He thought that he was going to die along with Evan Banks. Apparently, the show ended. The screen turned black !!!!
Aaron was panicking.
He wanted to go to the hospital or meet the doctor or something, due to the news he had heard about him dying. Despite his pet peeves of going to the hospital, he did. While on the highway, he saw someone lying on the road, dead, with lot of blood flowing from his forehead.
"It's EVAN !", yelled Aaron.
Aaron immediately stopped the car and got out of the car. Was he going to die too ? Would he be laying there next to Evan ? Well, the answer is yes. While Aaron was sitting there next to Evan, having a flashback about everything that had happened, tears were flowing from his eyes...... He then realised that there was a script in Evan's hands. A script from "Everyday Life". The script was opened to the last page, where the last words were, "and he dies on the road after being hit by a drunk driver". Four seconds passed, there was a flash of bright light, and in a matter of moments, Aaron was laying on the road right next to Evan. Aaron was dead too. His last words were "Allison......."
There he was lying on the road dead. He had died at 7.30 p.m. with Evan Banks lying next to him. He had died. He was just laying there with Evan, and in Evan's hands lay the script of "Everyday Life" opened to that very page. Bye Aaron Johnson. Bye Evan Banks.
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