Today I will be writing about one of my favorite place I've ever been. And this place I'm talking about is California. I was in the sixth grade when I went. I have been to Anaheim and Los Angeles. I remember Los Angeles being very polluted and crowded. We stayed there for awhile to do some looking around (by "we" I mean me and my family). Then, we went on and took a bus to Anaheim. That's where we did most of our stuff. I don't remember much of it. I remember going to Disney Land for a little bit then doing a lot of browsing around. We stayed down there for about 3 days and then had to leave because of a flood warning.

10/29/09

Dear Rebekah,

I would like to learn how to pass the test so I can move on with my GED. Another thing I would also like to learn is to become more fluent. One last thing I would like to learn is preparation for the test so I can feel ready once the actual exam arrives.

Sincerely, Brice

The poem is about a wife who has cancer and is trying to overcome it by taking chemotherapy. The husband is pacing around the hospital room concerned about her. I don't like or dislike the poem. I think it's Okay. I prefer poems that have more humor.

Roses are yellow
Violets are brown
You made this poem frown
You will now never be able to go to town
Bushes are green
Cement is gray
But only when it's not the season of may
I will poke you
Careful for the monster not to choke you
I'm a poet
And I don't even know it

For this weekend, I won't be doing anything eventful. My parents don't like to get out much in the fall and winter time. The only thing that comes to mind that will be somewhat eventful is a couple weeks away. It will be Halloween. I will probably do the usual and hand out the candy since there's no big party planned this year and I'm a little too old to trick-or-treat. We get about no more than ten trick-or-treaters a year. Halloween is nothing special in my opinion. November, December, and January are my favorite holidays and I always look forward to them.

This will be a blog
This blog will be on blogger
There will be eggnog

Dogs

Friendly
Soft
Energetic
Playful
Fast
Antsy
Hungry
Thirsty
Happy
Aggressive
Loving

Song Lyrics

A song I really enjoy is "I Don't Wanna Stop" by Ozzy Osbourne. The song is about him not wanting to stop what he's doing. Judging from the lyrics, he had said he's always been at the top and he doesn't wanna stop his drugs and rock and rolling and wants to continue forever. There's not much else to it. That's about it.

Poetry

I think people write poetry as both a hobby and a necessity, but mostly a necessity. An example would be to use it to pursue themselves in a career in the music industry for lyrics. Without poetry, songs would sound out of line; mostly rap since the genre is pretty much poetry itself. There are other careers that include poetry, but that was just an example. Without poetry, lots of music wouldn't exist.

Family Tradition

We're not much of the traditional type on both my mom's and dad's side of the family. We have one tradition I can recall and I think it's somewhat enjoyable. Depends what goes down. It's on my dad's side of the family and it's a family reunion. We have these once every five years and our people all across the world gather at one place. Usually here somewhere in Salem since most of our members live here. I don't much remember the last one I went to. All I recall is lots of food and a bunch of hiking since we were out in the country. I met very nice people there who were from other places such as Arizona and Tennessee. I don't know when the next reunion will be, but I'll probably be going.

Emergency

An emergency I had to almost deal with once was about 5 years ago, maybe longer. Our landlord came into the duplex (place I used to live at), and he was fixing something below the house. Can't quite recall what it was. I was the only one home at the time when he had done it. Anyways, the thing he fixed released a load of toxic feums (the ones you can't really notice). The carbon monoxide detector was reacting to it, but was making no noise to aware me since the battery was kind of dead. Luckily, someone came home before something bad happened. Think it was my dad and he looked at the thing and said the feums were sky high. I could have ended up in the hospital if lasted in there any longer. So we evacuated the house for a few hours and let it air out. These days, I would probably be more aware of my surroundings since I'm older, but this is certainly something other parents out there should take note of; silent but deadly.

A place I would never like to go back to is my middle school. I don't know about now, but when I went there, people weren't very kind and couldn't keep things to themselves that well. At times it was hard to contain yourself from lashing out on someone. Grade 6 or 7 weren't that bad, it was mainly 8th grade. It is definitely a grade I wouldn't want to revisit.

Home

Somewhere, for me, that's considered home is probably home itself (the place I'm living in right now). I've lived in Salem/Keizer all my life and don't plan on moving this place ever, or at least the state of Oregon. I'm sure it would be different if I have visited more areas in my life time, but it has been limited mainly because my parents don't like to travel much. I've been to Washington, California, and Nevada. That's all I recall. Say if Oregon were to get destroyed and was nonexistent anymore, my secondary home would probably be Las Vegas. Only problem with that, though, is that it's hard to afford.

September 11th

I was in the 4th grade when 9/11 happened. I remember it being the first thing we talked about in class the day it happened. Since it was long ago, I don't remember much of it. I'm sure it affected people who live in New York City a whole lot more (esp. the victims and witnesses)
I do, however, believe it was an inside job; but that's my own personal opinion. But inside job or not, it's still a tragedy that all of those people lost their lives that day. It's something that will not soon nor never be forgotten.

Outside the United States

Choosing any particular place is difficult. Country-wise, I would go to Europe. I choose this country because it's where most of my ancestors originate from, but main the United Kingdom and Italy. Those would probably be my main places to visit. Other countries would include: Germany, France, and others around that area. From other peoples' prospectives, they say it's pretty entertaining down there and plenty to explore. I guess maybe one of these days, I can find out myself.

Ideal Day

An ideal day for me would probably be somewhere out of where I live; at more of a paradise-like place. Maybe going back to Las Vegas. Or perhaps to Hawaii. Where ever there's a bigger city since I'm more of an urban person. Any city is fine except New York City! Living in such a congested area is even a nightmare thinking about it. Other cities such as, Chicago, Philadelphia, Huston, and maybe Los Angeles, but I am still iffy on that one since of all its crime. I would save up as much money as possible so I could do a lot of stuff. I probably wouldn't bring that many people with me. Some family members, and a couple friends is all it would most likely come down to.