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This semester is almost over.  After that, I'm done with English until next year.  I won't have a class to blog in.  Next year, I'm contemplating taking English Comp, but I'm not a fan of writing research papers.  I hate citing my sources!  Other than that, the Power Journals, the writing just for the heck of it sounds amazing.  I love to write!  It's on my list of favorite things to do.  I'm also thinking of taking the 'Short Stories' class.
Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
If you try to fail and you succeed, which have you done?

What Are You Thankful For?

There's many things I'm thankful for this year.  It's been eleven long months.  I've had friends come into my life, and walk out.  I'm thankful for those that have stuck with me.  My soccer team is one of the things I'm most thankful for.  Even though soccer is over,  There's a few girls that have become my best friends.  They're here for me when I need them, and they understand a lot of what I have to say.  I'm pretty sure if I needed them to cover for me, most of them would do it. 
I've fallen in love this year.  I'm still thankful for it, even though it ended terribly.  I had an experience like no other.  I experienced something few people get to.  I fell in love with a boy who loved me back.  A boy that cared for me, and still does.  I care for him too, but I've learned my lesson.  Don't fight with fire, you'll only get burnt! 
Working at Hardee's has given me a sense of responsiblility, and the ability to deal with impossible customers.  For that, I'm thankful.  Life skills, taught in fast food, who would have known?
I am also very thankful for my family.  My Grandma is my hero.  She's always there when you need her, and she gives great advice.  She doesn't judge my decisions and she respects me for who I am.  Although my sister and I have had our differences, she's also one of those in my family that is there for me.  She sticks up for me when my backs against the wall, and she tries to reason with others when they start stuff.  My Aunt Heather is also someone I'm very thankful for.  I can tell her anything.  She has been in a lot of the same situations as me, and she gets it.  She's  very trustworthy, and she gives her honest opinion.

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This is my Thanksgiving Thankful-ness.(:

Bloggggggggingg.

Ohhh, Blogpost.  This one is an assignment.  I love to blog, but it seems as though I never have time anymore.  It's almost Thanksgiving!  I love Thanksgiving.  There's so much food, and yummy things.  Our Thanksgiving party will be a blast, for sure.  My Thanksgivings usually consist of going over to my Grandma's around noon and helping her cook.  I love to cook, mainly because of the amazing aromas that are given off by the variety of foods.

My stories about my driving skill are probably the most epic events in my life.  On Saturday night, Morgan and I were driving to Washington, with Dana, Krystal, Chelsey, and Trevor driving behind us... I was behind a burgandy truck, that was going very slow.  I was kind of tail-gaiting, but not really.  He started break checking, and this angered me.. I didn't have a chance to pass yet, so I swerved all over the road behind him, I was very mad. he was honking, and so was I.  Finally, I pass him, and he lays on his horn, so I stick my hand out the window and flip him off...  Well, he starts riding my butt, and I just decide to drive faster, I went around a 90 degree turn at 40, and then stopped at shell to wait for my friends... Well, he pulled into shell trying to block me in... He failed... He gets out of his truck and starts screaming at me... I told him he was a creeper and he needed to leave.  He goes on to tell me that if I leave he's calling the cops.. My friends were there at this point and they were sitting in their car.  I wasn't really mad at this point, just kind of laughing at the guy.  As I go to leave, he says hit my truck, do it!  I miss it anyways, and he starts screaming "YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL!"  I get to the exit of shell, and all of the sudden get very angry.. I shut my car off, drop my phone, throw my keys at Dana's car and start walking towards the dude.  I'm screaming for him to get out of his truck, honestly I dont know what I was thinking.. He continues to drive away, phone in hand, and I'm screaming after him "Sir, get out of your truck."  I think I was going to kill him.... Haha, I was so angry. At this point everybody is screaming for me to get into my car, and that we need to leave town... So, we left.(:
Oh, and it didn't help that I was still in my halloween costume, a very short dress.... I looked pretty racy

My Own little Island.

I am tired of drama.  I am tired of people making big deals of things that are insignificant.  I am not a people person, not anymore anyways... There are so many people out there who die everyday, every minute, just because of someone thinks they're all big and bad... So, what makes you all big and bad?  Pulling a trigger, and taking someone's child, or someone's parent away from them?  In my opinion, that makes you sick and sadistic. I don't understand why violence seems to be the only answer these days.  Crime is at an all time high, and when I hear my friends talking about who they hate, all I hear is "I'm going to beat him/her up" or "I just wanna kill her/him!"  Why there's so much drama and so much violence is beyond me.  I would love to live in a peaceful country, where there isn't any violence.  If I ever become so rich I don't even know what to do with, I would buy an island, out in the middle of the ocean, where nobody could get to it without a boat.  The laws on this island would be simple, SHUT UP, and GET ALONG.... It'd be pretty amazing dontcha think?(:

Persuasive Speech Techniques

The persuasive technique I would choose for my speech, is to appeal to the audience's emotions.  My topic is dogfighting, which I'm strongly against.  If I show my audience the effects of dog-fighting, and make them aware of the rewards, possibly it could help them decide not to do it, or maybe even turn someone in that does do it.  Dog-fighting is very serious, and animals are harmed because of it.  I could relate their pets with the pets that are being pinned against each other in these sadistic events.  Photos would also be a great way to appeal to the audience's emotions.  The HSUS has some great pictures of dogs that just look so depressed.

Goals, Stress, Soccer.

Junior..When I was little, this sounded like it would be such an accomplishment... Yet, now it seems like just another small goal.  Next year I'll be a senior.. I've been through a lot in my years of school.  There's so many things that I've learned, there's things that have made me a stronger, better person.  I love being able to say "I'm almost done!"  That statement is false though.  After highschool, I still have years of college to go through.There's so many things left to do in life, it's like a never-ending to-do list. I'm ready for college, yes, but that doesn't mean I'm not nervous!  There's many things in my life that make me nervous... Snakes, airplanes, chickens (when they aren't cooked), math problems, essays, and incredibly complicated things!  I want to scream somedays!  There's just some things in this world that I wish I could hide from.  Like graduating? I'm scared! That's the final step of my high-school career! I really shouldn't stress as much as I do right about now, but I do.
Anyways
Last night, I did amazing during our game, I don't mean to be all conceited and whatnot, but I was.  I've never been so proud.  I loved it(=
The only things I have time for these days would be school, soccer, work, chores and other clubs... If I'm not doing one of these things, then I'm doing something else.  I barely have time to sleep these days.  I go to bed around eleven, and then wake up at 7! I can't wait for socce to be over to be honest, that way I have more time to do other things!

It may not be my Birthday but...

I'm hoping for a win tonight.  Going into a game with no idea the skill or talent of the other team? That might just help our team win tonight.  I'm so stoked! We just need to go in there like our bottoms are on fire, and then maybe we won't be so cold!  It's FREEZING!!! I do not understand why it must  get so gosh darn cold outside.  Danielle says it's perfect soccer playing weather, I beg to differ.  It's more like perfect campfire weather.  Campfires... That sounds amazing right about now.  I would love to go to a bonfire!  The soccer team was talking about  having one, but we just aren't completely sure about it yet.  I love marshmallows, and I love campfire foods!  I just don't like the cold part.  I hate when I move away from the fire because I got to hot, and then I freeze my bottom off! Really?!  Does it have to be this cold!!!!!!
Anyways, Winning this game would be a perfect LATE birthday present for Danielle, Kendall, Morgan and me.  Kendalls' was a couple days before, Danielle's was yesterday, Morgan's is the nineteenth and mine was Friday.  Oh, how I love birthdays.!!!
-Stephhh!

My birthdayy(=

Today's my birthday.  I'm in a pretty decent mood, but then again, I'm still not completely happy about the break-up, yes he deserves it with having a side-girlfriend and all, but I'm just not all there right yet.  I like this new boy.  I've known him for a while, but never really talked to him before this year.  He's prety cool, and he's a decently nice person.  He isn't like most of the boys at this school.  He actually cares about stuff, not just (insert 3 letter word), and things that relate  to it. It's a secret who he is...for now(;

My Weekend...(=

I hate Mondays. They are NOT for me, and I would love to just sit there and sleep.  My weekend was STRESSFUL! I worked the entire time.  Friday night, I worked until ten. Saturday, I had practice early in the morning, 7am, that ended around 8:30 I believe. After practice, Morgan, Lauren, and I went to Jasper.  Lauren's sister Marie, who is one of my best friends that now attends the Indiana Academey... Yeahh, I miss her, was in town getting her hair done.  We went and surprised her.  Her hair was going to take about another half hour, so we went to Walmart, while we waited on her.  We got Halloween costumes, and such.  After Walmart, she still wasn't done, and I was starving, so I ate, and so did Morgan... Lauren waited... lol, but after awhile Rie got done, so we ate again...  I ended up getting home around 12:30, and I was SO tired.  I still had to get chores done, I had to leave at 3 for work...  Around 1 they call me and say, "come in early." they didn't even ask!  I went in around 2, and got off work around 9.  That night, I stayed at Morgans, and we had our Halloween fun, her brother Mav woke us up around 2am, and we didn't completely wake up until 2:30 because Morgan is IMPOSSIBLE to wake up!  We went and tp'd and ceram wrapped Ricky, a boy from Italy, that could possibly move back at the end of October.  Pretty sad huh?  Anyways, We got done with that, and got back around 4am.  We CRASHED!  I woke up at 10:30, and drove home... I got a shower, and got ready for work.  I had to go in at 1, because they called me in early AGAIN!  I didn't get off work until 10:30.  I was so sleepy.  I got home around 11, and went to sleep.  Needless to say, I am VERY sleepy.  I won't be able to sleep until after practice tonight, which kind of sucks. 

Speech say what?!

If by chance my blog becomes famous someday, I would love to make a special thanks to Mrs. Sims, and Mrs. Smith, for saying "You have to have a blog!"I enjoy my speech class, it's just stressful. I mean I have random thoughts, and don't always remember the order I write them in.  My first speech went HORRIBLE! I mean I did okay, but for my present part, I got all jumbled.  I was SO nervous.  Right before the speech I was thinking 'Hey, this won't be so bad, I know these kids, it'll be a doozy.' When I walked up to the podium, I lost it all! Rather tragic if you ask me... I'm glad it's done and over with the be honest.  I'm excited for my next few speeches sure, but hopefully it'll get easier as I go along.


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 --Stephh

What irks you?

I hate when people brake-check me. I mean I absolutely despise it. It aggravates me to the point where I want to commit murder. What brings this up? Well, last night Morgan and I were coming back from Jasper, and this car in front of me decided he wanted to go really slow, so of course I was riding his bottom. Anyways, he brake-checked me, and so I started to attempt to pass him. This car decided he wanted to race at this point, so I floored it, and so did he. We were up to speeds of about 100mph when I finally passed him, and I'm pretty sure he wanted to be a big baby about it because he turned on his brights and tried to tail gate me. I was going about 70, trying to get away from this psycho, but he would just pass whoever I would. I pulled into Pike Central to drop Morgan off, and he followed me. He got out of his car screaming telling me he was going to beat my butt. I of course, unable to back down from a fight, went straight ghetto. Haha, he didn't back down either. He said he was going to kill me, and at that point I was pretty scared. I told him I was going to call the cops and his scary girlfriend got out of the car. I was really about to just get out of my car and go thug... but I figured putting Morgan's life in danger wasn't smart. After a lot of threats, by him of course, and a lot of "dude, just shut up's" by me, he eventually left, and Morgan and I just busted out laughing.(:, Do NOT brake-check me.

A New Blog

On Tuesday, I made this blog.  I wasn't exactly completely excited about it, because I've never blogged before.  The whole idea sounded foolish, yet it also sounded like it could be a blast.  I loved the idea of sharing stories I'm "forced" to write in creative writing.  I enjoy that class.  It gives me a chance to get my thought out and whatnot.  I love English, as many with blogs probably do.  I would be amazed if one day my opinions become famous one day, like Perez Hilton, or some other evil blogging person.  I think blogs were invented to get people out there, to get them to share their life stories, and to share their cultures, and opinions.  I love to give my opinion, but it has to stay school appropriate.   I just found spell check on here, and also just realized that I probably won't be the best at blogs because I can't keep my thoughts in a straight line.