Re-Wrire: Week 11 Theme

Loving
Caring
Hoping
Wondering
That's what happens when I think of you

Hitting
Hurting
Crying
Wondering
That's what I do when you walk away

Why do you love me and then when things go bad you walk away? We love each other like siblings love their parents, but as soon as things go astray you walk away.

Love me
Hate me
Let me go

Love me
Hate me
Let me go

Week 9 Theme (re-write)

I just walked past him today and was wondering to myself, why he would sunbath in that disgusting, nasty, gross pond? but whatever- I don’t judge. The next day I had to run into town to do a little shopping and run a few errands. On my way back, I noticed that it was the same guy in the pond as yesterday. Today I stopped and asked him why he’s sunbathing in this pond. He said to him it’s just a pond. One thing led to another and I stayed talking to this guy for like 3½ hrs. He asked me out and I accepted.
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As I got ready to head out that afternoon, the phone rang. I normally don’t answer it when on the way out the door but something told me I should. “Hello” I said. “Hi, it’s me” the familiar vice of my best friend said into the phone. Have you heard of that new guy that has come into town? As I matter of fact I saw him yesterday by the pond at the end of Maple Street. My friend says “why do you think he’s here?” I don’t know but I was just going into town to do so thing s and then if I see him stop and ask. Talk with you later. Out the door I went to see if the pond was guy-free.

Week 11 Theme

I could not have seen the position of that meadow, with its flourish of green grass; birds circling in the air like vultures; a lonely girl that sits astray on meadow floors; a fire-engine red mustang that waits the unruffled rain; street signs all around with the bearing okay; blue sky eliminates the clouds of gray; a smidgen piece of rubber holds the handle tight; reaching for the key to unlock the fright; opening the shrill of a door there is no life except that friendless gold fish squaring off with that portly image of itself in that dusty old aged mirror.

Week 10 Theme

Saying the ending of my vows with the precious “I do”, I started to feel my heart race and my palms sweat. Tears are bountiful all around. She leaned in and kissed him. That brought back the memory of their first kiss.
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(flashback)I had just fallen off of the swing-set and skinned my knee. I had tears running down my cheeks. This wonderful shadow cast all around me indicated that there was another soul lurking in the distance, I looked up with swollen eyes that were red and puffy. He knelt beside me and wiped away my tears. Children were all around us playing, but all I could do was stare into his eyes. He was saying something or asking me a question but all I did was turn and kiss him.
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When I got done kissing this wonderful man that I now call my husband. I feel very happy and uplifting. This man has brought me so much joy and constant memories since I met him when I was 8 (eight). He is my life and family now. Just like he was when we first meet on that playground 12 years ago, when he wiped my tears away.

Week 9 Theme: Vignette

As I was walking home one day on my way home, I noticed something strange. I walk past this pond everyday, every year, and every season. Its summertime out now and the pond usually have fish, bugs, and animals hanging around it. Today, however, it had a person in it. This person was sunbathing in the sun, while lounging on an inflatable inner tube.
I just walked past him today and was wondering to myself, why he would sunbath in that disgusting, nasty, gross pond?, but whatever- I don’t judge. The next day I had to run into town to do a little shopping and run a few errands. On my way back, I noticed that it was the same guy in the pond as yesterday. Today I stopped and asked him why he’s sunbathing in this pond. He said to him it’s just a pond. One thing led to another and I stayed talking to this guy for like 3½ hrs. He asked me out and I accepted.
We went to the park and had a picnic dinner. It consisted of his families secret recipe for marinade that he made and grilled the steak in it, he also cooked mashed potatoes, corn, and for dessert I baked a many layered fruit dessert- with cool-whip on top! Days past and I ended up in that pond with him. It took him those days to convince me to get in the pond. I still today don’t know how I did it. We had a lazy day and decided to just SUNBATH. I was having these very strong feelings for this guy and I when I leaned in and kissed this wonderful guy, I instantly fell in………

Week 8 Theme: The Vignette

Today is a bright blue sun-shining day and the breeze is consistent with the weather. I’m sitting at an outside picnic table trying like hell to finish a big project on the Highlights of Basketball. I was in the zone and this couple sits down on the other side of the table and starts yelling at one another. I look up and stare at them.
The guy notices me and makes an apologetic face and returns his attention to his lady friend. She is still yelling and starts to dis him. All of a sudden I start to hear a crying. I look up and neither adult is crying, and then the women picks up a baby from the baby carrier. She puts the baby up to her shoulder all while yelling at the guy.
I tried my hardest to concentrate. But could not so I started to pack up my stuff. The guy starts talking to me saying that “Don’t leave on our account, we’ll go somewhere else”. The women picks up the baby bottle and throw it at him as he was talking to me. He threw it back at her and so on. I felt bad for the baby that has to grow up in this environment. I grabbed my stuff and left.

Week Seven Theme: Character

It takes me only 15 minutes to get from my house to her house. I take a couple left turns and a couple right turns (not all in that order), as I turn down on her road off of the main road I can see her house. I pull into the driveway and stare at this beautiful two-story white house. I get out of my car and when I shut the door I hear these voices getting louder. The two younger boys were playing outside. They come running over to me when they spotted me. I got two very large hugs and two wet kisses. I go up the steps and open the door.
I step inside the house and am greeted by this wonderful, bright, smart, and lively blonde headed women. She is in her late 30’s and has four kids and an amazing husband. I have been involved in her life since I meet her only daughter before we entered Kindergarten. I may not be her biological child but she thinks of me as one of her children. I think of her as my second mother. I can go to her for anything and everything.
One weekend I had been saying there. Her daughter (which is my best friend) and I were sitting on the couch, talking about the gossip that we had heard the past week. The two younger boys were playing outside. My second mom was surfing the Internet and listing in on our conversation. She would put in her two cents every once in a while or would tell us something that we haven’t heard yet. It was a great afternoon to share with my second mom and best friend.
The older of the two younger boys had done something to the youngest and the youngest came crying into the house. The mom asked what had happened and he told her in between sobbing breaths. She made him feel better by taking his mind off of his boo-boo. She kissed his boo-boo and told him to go back outside. She is always thinking on her feet and keeping the peace between the boys.
A couple of hours went by and the older boy had hit the younger boy with a rock (didn’t do damage, just stung the younger boy). The younger boy came running into the house screaming and crying. He was holding his right arm where the rock had hit him. The mom had asked what was wrong and the little boy told her. My best friend and I were standing behind her and heard what happened. She told me to go grab the older boy and told my best friend to grab an ice pack and towel.
I went outside to grab the older boy and he ran away from me. I chase him around the yard, but where I’m older than him I out smarted him and caught him by the side of the house. I toss him over my shoulder and took him inside. When I entered the house the younger boy was on the couch with his ice pack, my best friend was sitting with him selecting a TV show for him to watch. The mom was standing by the island in their house and was waiting for him. He didn’t want to go near her, so I gave him a little but of a push towards her. When he was seated she asked him “Why did you throw a rock at your little brother?” He didn’t answer her back. She asked the question again. When he refused to answer her, she had him stand up and she spanked his butt (no lightly either). He laughed at her and told her “it didn’t hurt me mom!” That just made her even madder. She though for a minute, and then moved toward the refrigerator.
She grabbed something off of the top of it and hit it behind her back. She came back over to where he was sitting and decided to give him one more chance to explain why he hit is brother with a rock. When he didn’t answer she showed him the bottle of Tabasco Sauce. He said, “No, no, no.” She said she didn’t care anymore because she gave him three chances to confess and he didn’t. She grabbed his jaw, made him stick out his tongue, and then she placed a medium sized amount of the sauce on his tongue. He swallowed it and made a weird face. He ran to the kitchen and grabbed a cup of water to drink. His mother was right behind him and when he was done drinking, she spanked hit butt again. She yelled at him about not hitting his brother or anyone in this family (including me) and that he was being sent to his room for the remainder of the night. He could come down for dinner but that’s it.After he went upstairs and slammed his bedroom door, the mom checked on the younger brother. When he said he was fine, she went back on the computer and acted like nothing had happened at all. Told the father what had happened and then later that night pretended that nothing had happened when my best friends younger brother to her but older than the two younger boys asked why his brother was in his room crying.

Week 6 Theme: Place

What can anyone do on a nice summer afternoon when they are not busy? A number of things come to mind like, going swimming, hiking, taking a wilderness walk, and lots more. One of the most popular things to do on a summer day is to go to the park. The park is one of those places that tends to see miracles unfold. I sit in the park today, on my white blanket reading a book. I turn to lay on my side and decide to put my book down and watch the others in the park. I lay on my stomach now and this is what I see:
A beautiful and peaceful afternoon surrounded by sunshine and aromas that filled the bright blue sky. The grass underneath us all was a plush green, with little yellow flowers sprouting all around. I turn my head to the right and see this couple of teenagers making out on a black blanket listening to this heavy metal crap they call music. Behind them a little ways is a couple in there 20’s pulling items from a picnic basket. They were pulling out this plate of chicken wings, two champange glasses, a litter of soda, a blanded colored dessert (my guess: cheesecake), and a plate of french fries. They set everything up around them and as they eat they are snuggled into one another. Further from this addoring couple, is a coulple of kids playing baseball in there field they made for themselves. One of the boys gets up to hit the ball and when it comes right down the middle (looking like a strike from where I lay) he smashes the ball and it flies out of there pretend park and lands in the middle of someone’s food. The teenage girls that were tanning in the park had some food on a picnic table and that’s were the boys ball landed. Luckly to there surprise the girls didn’t notice so the boys snatched it real fast and queitly.
I look more to my left know and notice a beatiful thing: a mother, a father, and a child maybe 1½ yrs old playing. The parents were laughing and giggling along with this child. They were involved in there childs life and cared about what happens (to my surprise I watched them the longest, because I wanted to feel that sence of emotion that this child is receiving. I never got that from my dad- so even though I have two parents, I only feel that my mom is the only parent I have: my dad doesn’t care). As I finally turn my head to other parts of the park: I see animals and there owners playing and eating together, couples of people ranging in ages roaming the park or eating/ or just being with one another. I see families out today enjoying time with one another and older couples enjoying their grandchildren.I decided to lay on my back now and observe the clouds for a while as I still listen to the activities around me. I lay there watching the clouds and realize that I’m tuning out the others and listening to my inner self. I start to get a sence that someone is calling my name and I tune back in to whats going on around me and I do hear my name. I look up and to my surprise I see this gorgeous man walking towards me and hes dressed in uniform. My boyfriend is now standing in front of me, he has just returned home from combat and kisses me on the lips. After several minutes, we strech out on my white blanket and talk about everything. Then this girl walks by us and watches how we interact with one another and she also observes the others. Now I’m part of this park with a partner and not just a girl observing the park!

Week 5 Theme: Narrative a.k.a Story

It’s 4:30am on a Saturday morning and I could not sleep the night before. Why, could I not sleep? That’s an easy question: I couldn’t sleep because today is the Cheerleading State Championships at the Bangor Auditorium. Today is an exciting and sad day, as this is my last cheerleading competition as it’s my senior year.
It’s now 5:00am and I’m still not awake. I get into my car and still have my leopard print pj bottoms and white tank-top on. I put the car into drive and pull out of the driveway. I’m on my way to pick up my friend and fellow cheerleader. I get to her house and she’s still in her pj’s as well. Her mom hands us each a bag that is filled to there rims with breakfast munchies and drinks. She tells us good luck and that she will see us later that day. We get into my car and head to a cheerleaders house where we are meeting our coach to get our hair and make-up done.
It’s now 6:30am and all the girls have shown up and most of the parents. As we take turns getting our hair done, the rest of us either do our make-up or play with the two-year old that is running around. As the time is drawing near we all jump in our cars and head to the high school were we await our bus to take us to the auditorium. When we arrive at the high school the principle is there to let us in and give us all a pep speech. When he’s done with his speech he asks the four seniors to come stand with him. As we do he tells us that he is proud of the work that we have accomplished and that we should be very proud of the efforts that has brought our team this far. When he is done with that speech he hands us seniors a red rose and gives us a hug.
We arrive at the auditorium and sign in. The officials take us to a room and give us extensive instructions on what to do. We finish putting our uniforms on and fix our make-up. We put last minute touches to fix our hair and one last round of hair spray. We all file into a line and walk into the auditorium gym, where we place our bags on our designated bleacher space. We were instructed by our coach to either sit on the bleacher or go see the trainer if needed. When the announcer came over the P.A system letting us know that we can strech and start warming up our stunts, our coach gave us the thumbs up.
The competition started shortly after and all the teams got to perform. Some teams were better than others, our team did average. After the last team perform, we were instructed by one of the judges to stay in the gymnasium and the judges will be back shortly to give us the awards. All the cheerleaders in today’s competition gathered on the mats and played some cheering games. The music was blasting and we were all laughing. After a little while our coach gathered us in a hudle and gave us a speech of her own. She told us she was proud of us either way. She was also grateful to have awonderful squad and that she was going to miss us seniors. When we were hugging our coach the P.A system came on and the judge told everyone to have a seat. The awards were handed out and we unfourtently did not receive an award. We all said goodbye to our families and headed to our room to gather our stuff.
When in our room, a official came to our room and asked that all senior cheerleaders of todays competition please report to the auditorium. When we got there we were instructed to take a look around and remember what cheerleading was all about for us. Then we took a group shot and individual team shoots to put on a banner. Then we signed a blank banner that they would hang in the auditorium. We left on the bus and headed back to Bucksport. When there we were greeted by parents and the principle and was applauded. I got in my car and headed home, where I will cheerish that day forever. What a great day in the history of my senior year!

Week 4 Theme. Truth...or Consequences. Playing with truth, facts, and the area just beyond them

1. As I drive down the dusty road towards the stop sign, the country song I was listening to ends. A new song starts and I’m not in the mood for it so I hit the black next button on my silver CD player. I come to the stop sign and put on my orange left blinker. Once I have checked that the road is clear of oncoming vehicles, I pull out and head to the left. I’m jammin’ out to my country music heading down the road. I pull onto the road that leads up to my friend’s house. As I pull into her driveway, I notice that a fresh layer of white paint has been added to the whole house. Her little brother comes running out of the house and leaps into my arms- giving me a gigantic kiss. I take him inside with me and greet the rest of my friend’s family members. I put my black Adidas bag on the floor, and tell my friend about the prom meeting that is taking place tomorrow at school. Then we get into our own details about our prom night. The rest of the day I play with her little brothers and her and I talk about school drama and upcoming sports events.
2. As I drive down the filthy road towards the red stop sign, the country song I was listening to ends. A new song starts and I’m not feeling the right vibes for it so I hit the blue next button on my gray CD player. I come to the stop sign and put on my yellow right blinker. Once I have checked that the road is clear of oncoming motorists, I pull out and head to the right. I’m jammin’ out to my country music heading down the road. I pull on top of the road that leads up to my friend’s house. As I pull into her parking spot, I notice that a fresh layer of pink paint has been added to the whole house. Her little sister comes running out of the house and leaps onto my leg- giving me a gigantic hug. I take her inside with me and greet the rest of my friend’s family members. I put my purple bag on the floor, and tell my friend about the annual formal meeting that is taking place tomorrow at school. Then we get into our own details about our night. The rest of the day I engage in recreation with her brother/sister, then her and I talk about education drama and upcoming games.
3. As I swim down the filthy & dirty windy road towards the square green sign that has yellow words that spell “POTS”, the pot banging song I was listening to ends. A new song roars into my radiator and I’m not in the mood for it so I hit the black next weed on my silver CD skipper. I come to the green sign and put my legs down to POTS. Once I have checked that the road is clear of oncoming stingrays, I push out and glide to the left. I’m jammin’ out to my pot banging music gliding through the road. I push onto the road that leads up to my friend’s cardboard box. As I push into her triangular area, I notice that a fresh fabric of polka-dot strawberries have been added to the whole box. Her little couch sibling comes running out of the box and leaps into my flippers- giving me a massive jab. I take him inside with me and greet the rest of my friend’s couch members. I put my orange/black zigzag striped purse on the floor, and tell my friend about the hoedown meeting that is taking place tomorrow at the “Weedie Palace”. Then we get into our own details about our swimming tube dare. The rest of the day I play with her little couch siblings and her and I talk about vehicle drama and upcoming mammal arena derbies.

Week 3 Theme: scene-setting and dialogue

As I lay here under his satin sheets of his king-size bed, I’m thinking to myself “What am I doing here?”. As I lay here thinking, I can hear his movements behind this closed door that seperates us. I get up and wrap myself in his woodsy smelling robe and walk to the closed door and open it.

From the doorway I say “Gage”
“I’m in here”
I walk into the kitchen and I’m speechless.
“Alicia, I know that I was a major jerk-face last night. So, with that said I was hoping that you would forgive me and have breakfast with me?”
“Yes, you were a jerk-face last night, Gage, but I would love to have breakfast with you.”
He walks over to me and without realizing what was happening he kisses me.
“What was that for, Gage?”
“It’s for being my best friend, my family, and my soul mate.”
“Gage, that is so sweet. I hope you know that I love you.”
“I was hoping you would say that because…” as he says that he gets down on one knee and pulls out a black velvet box and says… “Alicia, would you do me the honor and be my wife?”
“Oh my god!…. Yes, of course I will.”

Week 2 Theme: you and the big world--you don't have to be old to do week 2!

The 1990’s were a decade to change all. At this point in time I was just born. January 1990. When I was growing up I was told that my generation was the generation of the baby boomers. The beginning of the 1990’s are most of a blur to me as I was a little kid. The stories that I heard growing up have stuck with me and I remember some things.
In 1990 the major thing that happened this year was the Gulf War. The Gulf War started August 2, 1990 and ended February 28, 1991. George H. W. Bush was the president at the time. The coalition came of victorious.
Collape of the Soviet Union ended in 1991. On April 10th a South Alantic tropical cyclone was the first to be documented. Know all kinds of tropical storms/hurricanes are documented today in 2010.
1992 was the year that my brother was born and now I don’t have to just share my things with my twin sister but know a brother.
Operation Desert Storm is still commonly heard of today even in 2010. It was officially recorded in the record books that it ended November 30, 1995. This was also the year that I attend public school as a kindergartener.
The year 2000 was the year that most everybody thought the world would end. Y2K was a term that had most people scrunching for food, water, and supplies. Of course since I am writing this piece, the world did not end. There are reports that in 2012 the world will end again, but it’s just a big hoxe.
2001 was a year that my generation will carry with us for the rest of our lives. On September 11, 2001, our nation took a turn that nobody expected. This event in time marks how all we hear about in the media is Terrorism. I was 12 yrs old and in 6th grade. I remember being in music class and the teacher hearing the announcement over the intercom and turning the TV on to the media were a newscaster was filming the event of the planes hitting the towers. Sad day in time.
I jump to 2004 wear I become a freshmen in high school. It was a day that I will not forget as I was a part of the 2004 State Championship Football Game that Bucksport won. We were and still are a big community on sports.
2008 I graduate and here I sit writing this English piece. Now it is 2010 and a decade later there are reports that this decade will be another generation of the baby boomers.

Theme Week One: a journal of daily life and living (continued)

Friday, January 22, 2010- Today started like most of the others, I got up at around 9:30-10:00am. I went downstairs and talked with my dad to see if he had got my car fixed, which he was in the process of that. Then I checked the table to see what I had to do today: nothing much. I have to sweep the floors and water the plants. So I did that and then watched t.v till about 12:00 noon. At that point I went to the kitchen to grab something for lunch. Once that was done I went up stairs to my room to grab some laundry to put in the washer. Once that was done I watched a little bit more of t.v till 2:00pm. At 2:00pm I need to start getting ready for work. I left my house at 3:00pm and arrived at work around 3:45pm. Got out at 9:00pm and drove home. Once at home talked with my mother and then went to bed around 11:00pm.

Saturday, January 23, 2010- Today I have the day off and was up at 8:00pm because my body was telling me something I guess. Help my mom around the house making sure that it was clean. Once that had been accomplished, I grabbed some lunch and got ready to head out. By 2:00pm I was in my car headed for my best friends house where I was going to hang with her for the afternoon. Once there I talked with her and her mom for a while, and interacted/played with her two younger brothers and before I knew it, it was time for me to head home for dinner. When I got home I ate dinner and went upstairs to finish my math homework. After that was completed I watched t.v till I went to bed around 1:00am.

Sunday, January 24, 2010- Nothing really happened today except I had to work 12-7. When I got out of work all the employees that I work with went over to the Olive Garden in Bangor and had our company after season party. Had a grewat time and great food. Ended up with most of us throwing mint wrappers and food! Always great times when we all get together...

Theme Week One: a journal of daily life and living

* I don't know if I'm doing this right, but here goes *
** To me a journal is a record of the shining moments that happened that day or week **


Sunday, January 17, 2010: Today I was up at 8:00am to be ready to leave my house by 9:00am. At 9:00am I jumped in the car and was off to Bangor to go to work. I arrive at Toys R Us (work) by 9:45am and head inside. My work day is sheduled for 10-6. I was left by myself to run as a cashier and run the service desk which I do both of. When the assistance manager came in (which he is my boss) he told me that if we stayed this slow I could leave at 5:00pm, which is what happened. When I got home I ate dinner and was in my room till I fell asleep around 1:00am.


Monday, January 18, 2010: Today was the same as yesterday, except I got up at 9:00am to leave at 10:00am. I had to work at 11-6 today. I went to work and ran the service desk for a good portion of the day. The other point I did odd jobs around the front of the store as we were not that busy. I got to leave at around 4:30pm that afternoon because of us being that slow. After work I made a stop a Best Buy and then headed home. When I got home I made myself something to eat, took a shower, and went upstaris till 8:00pm. At 8:00pm I went came downstaris to watch my weekly t.v show with my twin sister. At 9:00pm when it was over I went upstaris till I went to bed around 12:30-1:00am.


Tuesday, January 19, 2010: Today is the first day of 2nd semester classes and I have the pleasure of not having any classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Firdays (yeah me). Today I did no much of anything. I did some little things around the house, cleaned some of my room, and made a few phone calls. The rest of the day I watched some movies, old family movies, and watched some DVD's. When my mother got home we talked about our days and I told her about the past couple of days since we were both busy. I made dinner that night which I had not done in a while. Played a game on the Xbox 360 with my brother and went to my room to read my book and played on the computer till I fell asleep at 11:30pm.


Wednesday, January 20, 2010: Today I was up at 10:00am and grabbed a shower. Had something to eat for lunch and got dressed. I made sure that I had all of my work stuff ready. I grabbed a frozen dinner and left it with my work clothes. At 12:00 noon, I grabbed everything and headed out the door for Bangor. When I got to the campus I went to Maine Hall and headed for my classroom. When I got there I set my stuff sown and then went to go get my math book. When I came back to the classroom the whole room was filled up. Out of the 18 students, 17 of them were boys. I'm the only female in the class besides the teacher. At 2:15pm I got out of class and headed straight for work. I finished out my day at work at 9:00pm. When I got home at 10:00pm I went straight to my room and crashed by 1:30am.


Thursday, January 21, 2010: Today I got up at 10:30am with the sound of my father on the roof scraping away the snow. Once he realized that I was up, he asked me to help with a couple of things. When I was done helping him I grabbed lunch and watched t.v. At 3:00pm I got ready for school. At 3:30pm I went out to start my car and realized that it would not start (been having that problem lately). So my father got his stuff ready for him night at work and took me to school. The school that I went to was located in Bucksport, Me. It is for my ITV class that I'm taking. When that class ended at 6:30pm I went home and grabbed dinner. Then grabbed a shower and went upstairs to help my sister out with her hair. Then when I was done I surffed the internet and then came to hear to do my assignment. Heading for bed soon and will be back tomorrow. Night! -Alicia-