K = Krispy Kreme Donuts

Krispy Kreme Donuts is the restaurant the I chose. Krispy Kreme is a very good place to eat because you can go through the drive though if you are in a hurry, or you can go inside and sit down to relax. The highlight of Krispy Kreme Donuts is the making of the donuts. You get to see how they make them! Instead of a solid wall put up to guard the working area, there is glass. You actually get to see how they are baked, and glazed, and frosted. That's enough to make anyone drool! I don't really have any complaints about this restaurant. All of the times I have went there I had a fantastic experience. The only problem is the Krispy Kreme that was located near Guilderland moved. When I found this out, it was a very sad moment for my whole family. Krispy Kreme does not just sell donuts, they sell donuts that taste like heaven! If you are ever out of town and happen to pass by a Krispy Kreme Donuts restaurant, I would highly recommend that your turn around and buy some donuts!

The book that changed my life

The book that changed my life was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. This is possibly one of the first books that I learned to read. I still remember sitting at my grandmothers house and reaching up on top of the old dusty book shelf to get to this book. My brother and I would sit and read it together. This book taught me how much fun reading can be. This book taught me to love reading. Also one of the more important thing that this book taught me was the magic of rhyming. Rhyming has a certain effect on me. It draws me and and really gets wedged in my brain and put in my memory. If I had to, I could recite most of that Green Eggs and Ham book. I learned what words rhyme and how it sounds when you read the rhymes out loud. It just rolls off the tongue so easily, much easier then reading a text book about World War I. This book taught me so much and by teaching me, it changed my life in a huge way.

Bucket List

1. Jump a course bareback- I love ridding bareback and I love jumping. I think it would be so fun to combine those two things and jump a course bareback (without getting hurt).

2. Save a horse from the Camelot meet market- The horse that I am currently in love with, Guinevere, came from the Camelot meet market. When I am older I would love to buy my own horse from there and save them from being put down. I would love to train them and make them into good ridding horses and bring out their full potential.

3. Live in "the country"- I have lived right next to people my whole life and when I am older I want to live out in a field. I want to be able to look outside and just see grass and trees (and my horses roaming around). I think that would be very peaceful and I would really enjoy it.

4. Ride in a equestrian team during collage- I want to go to collage and I would want to ride on a equestrian team. I think that I would really enjoy learning new ridding techniques and getting to have very knowledgeable trainers. I think I would really be able to benefit from ridding on a equestrian team.

5. Learn how to do cross country jumping- Cross country jumping is pretty much jumping over obstacles on a trail on in a field. I think that this is very exciting and I have a goal of learning how to do this. I would love jumping into a pool of water or over a roll top in a field with my horse. I think both me and the horse would enjoy it.

6. Train my dog to become a therapy dog- I would love my dog to become a therapy dog because then I could take him to see sick kids in the hospital or to a retirement home and hopefully cheer some people up. I have been working on getting my dog, Gus, certified but it is a very long process. He is already a KGC and now the final step is to take the official therapy dog test. I hope that I will be able to get him prepared for this so he will pass. I really want to take Gus to brighten up someones day. 

7. Teach someone how to ride horses- I love ridding, but I also loved my trainer. She has had a  big impact on me. She not only taught me how to ride, she taught me how to love horses. I know how hard it is to find a trainer, and I would really want to become a good trainer and help kids learn to ride. I know how much I love riding and if I could help someone love ridding as much as I do it will make me feel really good.

8. Volunteer and an animal shelter- Sense I discovered my love for animals, I have always wanted to help them out. I have wanted to volunteer at an animal shelter sense I was little. Unfortunately I have not gotten around to actually going to a shelter, but I have a big goal to someday find a shelter to volunteer at.

9. Be in television- This is something very simple, but I hope to get on television someday. I hope to get on television for good reasons. I think that would be so fun!

10. Go to Hawaii- I don't travel much, and I am not a big fan of traveling, but I would someday hope to go to Hawaii. I want to travel there and go to a beach all day and just be able to relax and clear my head.

The language of song

Julieta Venegas- Limon Y Sal 

Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIpzfs5tBJU

Lyrics:http://songlations.livejournal.com/24906.html

"Once upon a time..." The story I was reading began with. It's late at night and I really want to start reading my new book I bought. I yawn and decide that I can just rest my eyes for a little bit. My eye lids close, and then I open them and jump when there is a wolf sitting in my chair across the room! "Ahhhhhhhhh! Help!" I start to scream. The wolf gets up and sits on my bed while I scream he hold out his hand and gives me a rose. I stop screaming and sit quiet. 

"I herd about you and wanted to give you this. They have said that your name is red ridding hood, is that rite?" 

I sit still and then ask "who has told you about me?" I wonder what people have been talking to this thing about me and why.  

"I overheard people talking. They said that a beautiful girl lived in the old cabin in the woods. All I wanted to do is introduce yourself. I will gt going now." He rises from the edge of my bed and walks to my door. I look back down at the deep red rose,

"Wait, I didn't get your name!" The creature has already left the house by now though. I get up fast from the bed and run outside, "Wait wait!" I continue to yell. I go in to the woods to try and find the wolf to ask him his name. "Hello? Are you in here!" I say as I look around trees and bushes. I hear a rustling in the leaves and I move slowly. "Is that you?" I say in a conscientious tone. I take another step and two pigs dressed in suits pop out of the bushes. "oh! hello! have you seen a wolf near by?" Both of the pigs look at each other and point to the left. I thank them and continue to walk left. After many minutes of walking though thick weeds I finally see a big black shadow. "There you are!" I say with excitement. "I never got your name. Whats your name?" There is no response the only sound is a deep heavy breathing. "Hello?" I put my hand out and touch the fluffy mass. "Gurrrr!" I hear as it stands up. I suddenly realize that this is not the same wolf as the one I have met earlier. The one I met before had soft brown eyes, this wolfs is a bright harsh red. "Oh, sorry..." I say as he stands up and starts coming towards me. I turn and run as fast as I can. The wolf chases after me and I can hear him starting to grunt as he starts moving faster. I take a step and then trip on a root and fall to the ground. I turn over and see the wolf jump to get me. I hold my breath and close my eyes and when I open them I am back on my bed safe at home. "Oh it was just a dream!" I pick my book up from the side of the bed and out it on the ground. "Well that's enough reading for one night." I say as I turn off my light and close my eyes to have a good nights sleep. 

Lucky Blog

I take after my dad with shoes. He wares his sneakers until they are falling apart. Then he will still hold on to them and out them in the back of his closet. He has more then one or two pairs of old worn out shoes in his closet. When my mom tells him to throw them out he looks said and says "but what if I need them again? I can't get rid of them they are my shoes," and I see ware he's coming from. I have a pair of converse that are really falling apart. The soles are falling off, the laces are about to break in the middle, and the seams are coming undone. Even though they are in such bad shape I still have them in my closet because well "what if I need to ware them again?" They have been with me sense the middle school. They traveled the middle school and high school halls with me. They went on bike rides and walks with me. They make people take a double glance at them because they have right and left written on them (done by my friend at religion class), yes they have personality. How could you throw out something that has been experiencing almost everything with you for three tears? I admit, even though they are in really bad shape, and probably considered a fashion disaster, I still ware them at times. I still ware them to school or on walks. They are a one of a kind pair of shoes, and one of my little lucky charms.

TU Tuesday- CRIME

My Question: What exactly is a trial? Why do people bother having them? What exactly goes on during a trial?

http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Man-convicted-in-sex-assault-case-in-northern-Iowa-3403317.php
http://courts.alaska.gov/shctrial.htm
http://www.thepilot.com/news/2011/sep/04/why-bother-with-a-trial-anyway/

The Times Union article that I read was about a "man convicted in [a] sex assault case in northern Iowa." The man sexually assaulted a women who was unconscious because of drinking to much. The next day the women was found dead in a house. The cause of her death is still unknown. One person, among many involved in this crime, was found guilty. Another person named Zachary Patterson has his trial on march 20th. Assuming that Patterson will be coming up with a trial brief, which "states the facts, evidence and legal arguments that you plan to present at your trial... to support your case," Patterson will be very busy until the day of his trial. Patterson's trial will give him a chance to state "facts best supporting his side of the case," and "how the facts can be proven." Patterson will need to prepare a good opening and closing statement also. People do trials because "the U.S constitution says so." The only exception to this is when it's a "really bad crime" and when "the defendants that everyone knows are guilty." Patterson is lucky to have been able to have a trial. If he prepares and performs properly he may get his punishment lowered.

Creative Contest II Blog

See what happens when you get a big head...Don't get to full of yourself! 

http://www.creativity-portal.com/becreative/activities/writethestory.html

SCRUPLES

9. You find a wallet containing $300. By the address, you can tell that the owner is wealthy. Do you keep the money?
This is a tough question, especially because I need some extra money for a equine camp I want to do this summer. I would really want to keep the money, it would be so tempting to just take it...Although I know I wouldn't be able to. I have such a guilty conscious I know that I would never get a good night sleep again if I took someones money. I would be up all night tossing and turing because I would feel so bad. I would never be able to get over the fact that I stole money from someone who worked really hard to get it. Even though the person may be pretty wealthy and 300 dollars probably isn't that much to the owner, they still need to work hard to earn money. Plus I know how I would feel if I lost my wallet with that much money in it. I would be so nervous and upset! I would just hope that someone would return the wallet with the money in it. I believe that you should treat others the way you want to be treated, so I would return the wallet to the person with all of the money in it because thats what I would want someone to do for me.  So no, I would not keep the money.

My Blog Idea

Where do you see yourself in ten years? What goals do you have for the future? Include things like your job you would want, what your hobbies will be, what you would still be working towards. Explain in detail.
In ten years I hope to have my own horses! I want to continue to ride and go to major competitions. I have a big goal of becoming a great rider. I hope to be able to place in jumping competitions. I would like to graduate from the collage Suny Cobleskill and become a vet tech. I have always wanted to get a job working with animals and I decided that my goal for the future is to become a veterinary technician. I came to this decision because school for becoming a vet is way to long, and the technicians don't have as harsh hours. Also I would want to continue my passion or ridding and pass that onto other people. I would want to start a training business. In ten years I hope to be able to become a good trainer for beginners to advanced riders. I have many goals for the future but I think that is important. I think that it is good to have strong goals because that's what keeps you going everyday.

Revisions

Invisible
Once a day I wish I could
transform into something unseen
Something that could hide so easily
I guess you would call that invisible
Yes, I wish that I could be invisible
I could hide when you look at me
I could be gone when you mention me
Could you imagine you wouldn't need to deal with me
Lets say I could be invisible, what would I do?
Would I disappear when I was scared?
Would I hide when I didn't know what to say?
Yes, I think I would. You see
I wouldn't use this power for bad
No,  not at all I would use it to hide me
When everything gone wrong

Hanging On
I hate this life so deeply, almost as deeply as I love it
Everything that makes me numb
All those things line up one by one
They try to knock me down until I'm done
My emotions take over
Just when I think I'm done
When I think that the pain has won
Someone must have a plan
Because suddenly I understand
Things can only get better
There is no more room for failure
So I must succeed
Sooner or later
So I just keep hanging in there
Even when life seems unfair
Because someday there will actually be someone who will care

Morgan - very heartfelt work - I would work on adding imagery and sensory language to fill out these poems to their full potential.  You also had a good sense of rhythm and rhyme and these would be good lyrics as well.



Invisible
Once a day I wish I could
transform into something unseen
Something transparent and clear 
It would be like I'm not even there Something that could hide so easily
I guess you would call that invisible
Yes, I wish that I could be invisible
I could hide when you look at me
I could be gone when you mention me
Could you imagine you wouldn't need to deal with me
You could feel me go past your skin
but when you look to see who it is all you see is the empty space in the room
I could go away to be alone 
I wouldn't use this power for bad
No,  not at all I would use it to hide me
When everything has gone wrong

Hanging On
I hate this life so deeply, almost as deeply as I love it
Everything that makes me numb

Watching people walk away,

Listening to the beet of their foot steps fade away

When you notice you are in a room alone with none to care for you

When you notice its just you and your old dull, worn out blanket

All those things line up one by one
They try to knock me down until I'm done
My emotions take over

I look into the darkness and see nothing but fear, sadness, lonelyness

My tears fall one by one

They drip down my cheek to the dark floor

The rooms so quiet I can hear the splash when they hit the floor

Just when I think I'm done
When I think that the pain has won
Someone must have a plan
Because suddenly I understand
Things can only get better
There is no more room for failure
So I must succeed
Sooner or later
So I just keep hanging in there
Even when life seems unfair
Because someday there will actually be someone who will care

I think that the revised poems are better. I think that they are better because I used more imagery and now you can really tell what I'm trying to say.by adding more imagery the poems have more detail and seem more personal. I like how just by adding imagery, your poems can change so much.