Running For Senator!

Hey it's me again! Sorry I haven't posted in a while..
But anyway,
There's this campaign going on at school. People are running for 8th grade Senator. I am running, too! But I'm running against 12 people. And about 5 of them are my good friends. I'm not worried about who I'm voting for, but who's going to be voting for me. Honestly, this is like a popularity contest. And I'd have to say I'm not that popular. Or not at least compared to some other candidates. I just hope the odds are ever in my favor.. if that means I win; I just stole that quote from The Hunger Games :) 

Debate

Tomorrow I have to debate in class. Well either tomorrow or Monday. I really don't want to do this inf front of the whole class, and against another team. We don't even know whether were opposing or proposition! I am really nervous. I have to think fast and find evidence in my debate cards to try to have an opposing argument. This isn't going to be an easy task, so wish me luck!

My Favorite Ice Cream Flavor :)

OMG! I LOVE ICE CREAM!
Well, who doesn't? Crazy people don't. Haha, no offence to crazy people!
*** My Favorite Ice Cream Flavor(s) Are:

1. Mint Chocolate Chip
2. Coffee :)

Haha that's it!!! But I love them! I just thought I had to share that with you. Especially since I'm eating some Coffee ice cream. It's super duper good, but it makes my face cold...
Haha (:

Don't Be Insecure

This is sort of an attachment to the last blog post. I know I said sometimes I'm insecure. But I don't want to be. And I don't want you to be either.
Love life, cause it's the only one you got.
Life is like a coin, you can only spend it once, you can only spend it one way.
Be yourself. It's boring if you try to be someone else, or live in some one's shadow.
Don't be jealous of someone else, they have just enough of a right to be jealous of you!!

Don't waste your life wishing you were someone else. You are amazing just the way you are :)

You are different, but that's not bad. Everyone is different, in their own way. Theres something different about everyone, which is what makes they their own person, which makes them unique and special in their own way. It's what makes you, YOU!


Some of my favorite quotes:

In the end it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Everything I'm not makes me everything I am.

Sometimes I'm Insecure

I wouldn't consider myself popular. I am known, not by all, but by many. Sometimes I just wish I was super popular, and everyone wasted to be friends with me. There are people like that at school. There is Lizzy Golden, Kennedy Long, Paige Wagner, Makena Allen, and Mariah Quigley. But those are just a few. The sad part is that like Kennedy and Paige probably don't even know my name, yet I know there's, cause they're popular!!!
They are so pretty, and are friends with everyone. And everyone loves them. And everyone knows who they are. But I don't get what makes them different from everyone else?! Why are they so popular?
Sometimes it makes me angry to just think about it. Sometimes it makes me feel terrible. I mean, people like Lizzy and Kennedy have like 900 friends on facebook. I wish someday I could just sit down with one of them and ask these questions. I bet some of them don't even realise that they are any different from us.
But the people who are popular only hang around other populars. They don't even care to talk to people like me.
What even makes me more sad is that they get all the guys. Crime Against Nature!! ;)

Girls are like a box of crayons. The reds and blues are the populars everyone wants to use. The whites are beautiful but no one ever uses them so they don't think they're beautiful.
Only a special guy comes around and uses a black piece of paper <3

I wish popularity didn't exist and everyone saw each other as equals. I want us to still be individuals, but no one is better than someone else.
As one of my friend said too; she hates the cliques and wish they didn't exist. Sometimes they can be mean, and I've seen it before too. Oh wells.. I guess that's all!
Bye, and Thanks!!

My Poems (and a little more)

In language arts/social studies I have this project, where I have to make a poetry notebook. I've always had an interest in poetry, for as long as I can remember. I just wanted to share some of the poems I've written for my notebook! Hope you enjoy! :)


~This poem is a narrative, which tells a story.

The Witch's Wand



To her parents, she was born a witch,

Who grew tall and intelligent,

Learning every spell ever known.

Her misty, green eyes, like dew upon a fallen leaf.                                        

Her light brown hair,

Blowing in the breeze, and wand at the ready...

With the flick of her wrist,

The world came crashing down before her.

And all was in silence.

~This poem is a ballad, which consists of four lines and the tone is often tragic.

My Pencil Brother

Those people, with their hard, cold eyes, as they picked him up.

He was the only one I knew, my only pencil brother.

Sighing and crying as he was reaching his fate, the... sharpener.

How sad, he never knew her, our pencil mother.

These are completely made up poems. Rest assured, no pencils, or worlds, were hurt while writing these poems!! I hope you like them!!

Oh and I have some new info relating school, and the guy I like. So my friend Sydnie likes this guy, and I like this guy (not the same person). So we made a deal, if she got up the guts to ask "him" to the next school dance, I will ask the guy I like (who was mentioned in an earlier blog post) to the dance, too! I just hope he wouldn't turn me down. And there's no good time to ask him!! Sigh...

I don't have any classes with him this year, or lunch. So the only time I see him is before or after school. But that's the time when everyone is with their friends. So I would have to like pull him away from his friends (I have no idea how, though) and then ask him to the dance. All of that would probably be really awkward!!

But the most awkward part would be if he turns me down. Last year I might have asked him to the dance, but I never saw him at one.. so I didn't ask. But just at the last dance i saw him. He was getting in a line with other people to do the wave thingy with your arms. I was about to take his hand when Raphael took it... and Raphael probably has like no idea even what my name is.

Oh but near the end of the dance I was walking to the snack machine and he walked passed me, and bumped into my shoulder on purpose! I was about to hug him and say something like "Hey! I haven't seen you in a while!". But my body took over my mind and so I smiled and kept on walking. Really Wish I didn't!!!

What's even crazier is that I'm starting to like this other guy now. But I'm not going to reveal his name, in case someone I know is reading this! But he's super nice and cute! :)

I hung out with him alot at the dance. I made him hold onto my phone most of the dance cause I didn't want to, haha! He is so funny sometimes! At the dance when I gave him my phone he lifted it up to his face and then started stroking his face.. I know what you're thinking.. WEIRD! But actually it's kinda cute! :)

We're good friends, but I think that's all we are. Honestly I don't mind if we just stay friends, but I don't mind if it goes farther than that either.

Why do boys and relationships and love have to be so complicated? I wish that if a boy likes you, he would just come out and say it to your face, instead of making you wish and wonder!! It would be so easier than, and I bet it would make it easier for girls to come out and say it, too!!

SNOW!!

       Today was a snow day! Nope, no school! Ruby and I played in the snow for about an hour and a half. And that was tons of fun! Our whole yard is covered in snow. The snow is almost a foot deep!! I also heard that this is suppose to be the biggest snow storm since 1940 (in Lake Stevens, WA).  But the part that sucks is that my friend told me for every (1) day of school we miss, we have to make up (2) in the summer!!

       I love our house, because we have an actual fireplace (not built into the wall). So it gives you that warm holiday feeling once you come back inside from the cold weather. That is one of my favorite places to be.. all snuggled up, close to the fireplace, sipping some hot chocolate with tons of marshmallows!! Sounds cozy, huh? Well it is :)

      Today when we went out into the snow, I took my sisters camera. I just love taking pictures! One of the things I want to be when I grow up is a photographer. Some of my favorite pictures that I took are below.. Don't be afraid to comment and share your opinion!

 ^^^ This is just a post from my fence ^^^

^^^ This is a frosty tree right next to my house ^^^

^^^ My dog Hooch. Ruby threw snow all over his back!! ^^^ 

It's My Birthday (Party)!! :)

My actual birthday was January 3rd, but I had my party January 7th. Now those were good times!! :)

I had tons of friends from school over. And I even let Ruby have a friend over. I just turned 13 so I didn't think there should be many games. But actually we ended up not playing any games, haha! We just hung out and danced to Adele :)
Well, somewhere in between that and eating cake, we had a balloon fight! Everyone ran around the house whacking whoever got in their way! That was pretty fun, considering my friend Lizzy and I got stuck on the couch while people came over beating us with balloons.

Then sometime after that, we were in my bedroom just talking. But it was kind of an awkward talk. About girl stuff.. but I really don't want to get into more detail than that, haha :)

This is a group photo my mom took :)

Left to Right: Maggie, Amanda, Kimmie, Ruby (my sister), (I'm on the top in pink), Sam (right below me), Kyrstin (Ruby's friend), Carissa, Sydnie, Mari

Me and my sister!

My Christmas Time

Our family tradition for Christmas is that we go to our Grandpa's house on Christmas Eve and we have dinner, then open all of the presents! I had such a great time this year! I just wish the whole family came! This year, and the last, my aunt didn't come. And this year my other aunt didn't come either (I have three aunts). But we still have a big family. I have so many cousins/2nd cousins!
When it comes to that time when we are getting ready to open presents, Ruby (my sister) and I like to organize them into piles. That's another one of our family traditions; the kids organize the presents into piles for everyone there! I love to do that - getting on your hands and knees and moving all of the presents around the room.

I know it's not about receiving, it's about giving, but that doesn't mean you can't be excited about your presents, does it? Well, I love the presents I got for Christmas!! I got some slippers, candy canes, a moose (stuffed), perfume.. and my favorite present of all... a KINDLE FIRE :)
I couldn't believe my grandpa got it for me!! So amazing!! I just love him (and not cause of the presents).
~Thanks Grandpa For Everything!! I Love You!!