Oh my god, it was the first day of Grade 12!! Do you know what that means?? It means that I will never have a first day of school again, well except university but still!!
I so hope this year is going to be EPIC!! I've got my great friends, and I have some great courses plus my sports teams, how could it be anything but??
Except the day didn't end epically like it should. My day ended on a sour note. Alizhay stalked off after drama, wouldn't even wait for me. I get that we didn't sit together and I was with Brice, Sarah and Paige, but that's because of the Variety show Mr. Z asked us to arrange for our drama 30 project. It's a BIG deal, yet Alizhay acted like I'd ignored her on purpose.
She's probably still upset about my taking off last night after she mentioned that William was coming for coffee too. Well I don't have to explain it to you guys, I mean you've read my blogs, and Mari said she'd told her what had happened so why she's acting like I'm being unreasonable is flabbergasting.
Oh well, it will pass much like bad weather. Stormy and hard to navigate at first, but then the calm will come in and things will go back to what they used to be.
Best part of today, aside from Drama which Reese has next semester we are in every class together!! It's going to be like grade 9 all over again, our teachers are in for a big surprise!!
Gotta run, homework is already calling and so is my mom!!
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
With a Broken Heart Tacia Larsen
With A Broken Heart
I made the call tonight
I told you we were through
My gut told me to do it
but my heart told me not to
I went with my gut,
School was ending
Freedom called
I don't know if you know
I cried and cried and cried
Too much hurt from past relationships
I couldn't get past
It's cliche
but it's me not you
Honesty called
the only worry I had was
maybe it was you and not me
maybe my suspicions were true
I needed time to think
I needed time to breath
in breath out, just breath
Love called
Freedom, Honesty and Love
I answered each
I have freedom
to be me
Honesty to
accept who I am
I have love
to give fully to myself
I called with a broken heart
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Dear Ex Boyfriend
Sometimes we live through different experiences and my one character of my first novel has this is a retrospective letter that she would write to her high school boyfriend that broke her heart after she broke up with him.
Dear Ex,
I know when we broke up things were tense!! So VERY tense, you were mad and I was heartbroken ( I just didn't know it yet). But a lot of time has past, I have come to some realizations and I wanted to share them with you.
When we broke up (read I broke up with you) I was heartbroken and didn't know it at the moment. You were so angry, asking me how I could be doing this to you. You told me it wasn't fair, that you'd even bought me a ring. Which the whole ring, in hindsight, seems extreme we were in high school just to be fair. I was tempted to change my mind, you must have been serious to buy to ring, but something told me not to. I stuck to my conviction, I just knew deep down that something wasn't right with our relationship. I was so sad, SO SAD!! I loved you and I didn't know what was wrong, I couldn't put my finger on it, I just knew something was wrong.
You left for your summer holidays and I stayed in town...part of me thought I'd done you a great favour your weren't forced to stay loyal to me over the summer you could get a summer girlfriend. Meet a girl on the beach, flirt away with twenty of them, it was like getting a hall pass. GO have your fun, I'll have fun here while you're gone but we will never speak about our adventures. I didn't understand at the time that you just wanted me, because I just NEEDED out.
I had two weeks of my summer where I hung out with our friends, your guy friends, who were not happy with me, but they were dating my friends so I was someone they had to accept. I wasn't happy though, something was missing. My 16 year old heart was yearning for someone and surprise surprise I wasn't finding that someone in any summer fling. I thought I'd found one, but the distance was too much and he was starting to get into things I wanted nothing to do with.
So I stayed in town and I knew I'd made a mistake. Everything I did made me think of you, everything. I wanted to call you, to write you, to send you a message, but I never did, because I knew you'd be back home soon. I could only hope that you would be willing to listen to me, to hear my apology, I'd no reason other than a gut feeling to break up with you. There was no proof, no evidence just speculation and suspicion. Then I had a conversation with a Little Birdie.
I had told said Bird that I was considering asking you to go out with me again when you returned home. I missed you so MUCH! I felt I made a terrible mistake, I wanted my best friend back, the person I could count on to make me smile, the person who knew about all my insecurities and loved me anyways. The little Bird then confirmed my suspicions, you'd been unfaithful, you'd stepped out on me and you'd done so with the Little Bird more than one time. For many times over the last couple of months. Times when I knew you were together, but you swore you were just friends. I didn't believe her at first, I thought this was some ploy, then two more people confirmed it.
Devastation befell me, my broken heart broke again, shattering into thousands of pieces. I cried and I got angry, and then I got even. I found a summer boyfriend, he was older, much more mature than you and I was going to live my life without you. SCREW YOU!! I screamed in my head and maybe out loud a time or two. I maybe should have been suspicious about the timing of the revelations, Bird just didn't want us back together because she wanted you. But I guess she screwed us both and herself over because you never took her as a girlfriend (thank you).
What a tumultuous time that was!! There were accusations, and lies and parents getting involved and then silence. And then we didn't talk, we'd pass each other in the hallways and not a word was spoken. The frigidness between us could have solved Global warming and brought in a new Ice Age. It eventually subsided, we each found happiness else where.
Then we each experienced heart breaks of our own. Who knew Karma could be such a BITCH!! And that girl cheating on you, (even though part of me was glad you were on the receiving end) made me so mad for you!! You were, are a great guy! It was fun reconnecting, and there was no pressure, It was easy falling back into a friendship with you.
I know you saw me do things, and I never chose you. I couldn't choose you for a lot of it you were with that girl, then you weren't but I was with that boy. It was serious, we'd been together for ever, but he was so bad for me, bad, bad, bad and he only got worse, but I don't know I guess my self esteem was non existent. I felt I deserved the treatment he gave me, because all my boyfriends before me had cheated, so maybe that's what I was supposed to end up with. What a horrible fate I must have earned and yet I had no idea why I'd earned it. I started making bad decisions, partying every night, random hook ups, you saw it all. You know more than I am sure you ever let on. Maybe that period of our story is why our story is this way, why we never tried to co-write another chapter together, who knows what might have been.
Then we had some more encounters over the years, but you were with someone or I was or we were both single but never ventured past friendship again. You were my friend again and I was so HAPPY, and maybe just having you back as a friend was enough and not something I was willing to gamble with, I'm just not 100% sure.
I know I thought about it, I wondered what it would be like to give you a second chance. I wondered what it would be like to kiss you again, to feel your fingers entwined with mine as we strolled through a hallway. I wondered what we would fight about, or if we would fight at all. How it would feel to have you pick me up at the door to go on a first date again?
I loved you and I still think very fondly of you! I think you are an amazing person, one of my fondest memories from high school regardless of how it ended in high school.
Girls are such romantics, and I always wonder if boys think the same way? Did you think about dating me again? How did you see our break up? Do I ever cross your mind? We stayed in touch but it's not like we ever talk like this, it's not like we ever could. Missed opportunities, or maybe a missed disaster?
At the end of the day it warms my heart to see how happy you are with your family!! I would never want anything to come between you and your true happiness. I've found mine, and I wouldn't trade it for anything, but that doesn't mean I can't wonder. I don't write this make things complicated, I write this to explain, to put to words some strange feelings I am having. I write this to put to rest those strange feelings, but to open a door should you ever want to chat about old times to clear up the picture. I'm glad you are happy! I'm glad you are getting what you want out of life! I hope in time our stories intersect again and our significant others can meet and we can be that weird group of couples that hang out and nothing is actually weird about it!!
Love
your high school ex girlfriend
Dear Ex,
I know when we broke up things were tense!! So VERY tense, you were mad and I was heartbroken ( I just didn't know it yet). But a lot of time has past, I have come to some realizations and I wanted to share them with you.
When we broke up (read I broke up with you) I was heartbroken and didn't know it at the moment. You were so angry, asking me how I could be doing this to you. You told me it wasn't fair, that you'd even bought me a ring. Which the whole ring, in hindsight, seems extreme we were in high school just to be fair. I was tempted to change my mind, you must have been serious to buy to ring, but something told me not to. I stuck to my conviction, I just knew deep down that something wasn't right with our relationship. I was so sad, SO SAD!! I loved you and I didn't know what was wrong, I couldn't put my finger on it, I just knew something was wrong.
You left for your summer holidays and I stayed in town...part of me thought I'd done you a great favour your weren't forced to stay loyal to me over the summer you could get a summer girlfriend. Meet a girl on the beach, flirt away with twenty of them, it was like getting a hall pass. GO have your fun, I'll have fun here while you're gone but we will never speak about our adventures. I didn't understand at the time that you just wanted me, because I just NEEDED out.
I had two weeks of my summer where I hung out with our friends, your guy friends, who were not happy with me, but they were dating my friends so I was someone they had to accept. I wasn't happy though, something was missing. My 16 year old heart was yearning for someone and surprise surprise I wasn't finding that someone in any summer fling. I thought I'd found one, but the distance was too much and he was starting to get into things I wanted nothing to do with.
So I stayed in town and I knew I'd made a mistake. Everything I did made me think of you, everything. I wanted to call you, to write you, to send you a message, but I never did, because I knew you'd be back home soon. I could only hope that you would be willing to listen to me, to hear my apology, I'd no reason other than a gut feeling to break up with you. There was no proof, no evidence just speculation and suspicion. Then I had a conversation with a Little Birdie.
I had told said Bird that I was considering asking you to go out with me again when you returned home. I missed you so MUCH! I felt I made a terrible mistake, I wanted my best friend back, the person I could count on to make me smile, the person who knew about all my insecurities and loved me anyways. The little Bird then confirmed my suspicions, you'd been unfaithful, you'd stepped out on me and you'd done so with the Little Bird more than one time. For many times over the last couple of months. Times when I knew you were together, but you swore you were just friends. I didn't believe her at first, I thought this was some ploy, then two more people confirmed it.
Devastation befell me, my broken heart broke again, shattering into thousands of pieces. I cried and I got angry, and then I got even. I found a summer boyfriend, he was older, much more mature than you and I was going to live my life without you. SCREW YOU!! I screamed in my head and maybe out loud a time or two. I maybe should have been suspicious about the timing of the revelations, Bird just didn't want us back together because she wanted you. But I guess she screwed us both and herself over because you never took her as a girlfriend (thank you).
What a tumultuous time that was!! There were accusations, and lies and parents getting involved and then silence. And then we didn't talk, we'd pass each other in the hallways and not a word was spoken. The frigidness between us could have solved Global warming and brought in a new Ice Age. It eventually subsided, we each found happiness else where.
Then we each experienced heart breaks of our own. Who knew Karma could be such a BITCH!! And that girl cheating on you, (even though part of me was glad you were on the receiving end) made me so mad for you!! You were, are a great guy! It was fun reconnecting, and there was no pressure, It was easy falling back into a friendship with you.
I know you saw me do things, and I never chose you. I couldn't choose you for a lot of it you were with that girl, then you weren't but I was with that boy. It was serious, we'd been together for ever, but he was so bad for me, bad, bad, bad and he only got worse, but I don't know I guess my self esteem was non existent. I felt I deserved the treatment he gave me, because all my boyfriends before me had cheated, so maybe that's what I was supposed to end up with. What a horrible fate I must have earned and yet I had no idea why I'd earned it. I started making bad decisions, partying every night, random hook ups, you saw it all. You know more than I am sure you ever let on. Maybe that period of our story is why our story is this way, why we never tried to co-write another chapter together, who knows what might have been.
Then we had some more encounters over the years, but you were with someone or I was or we were both single but never ventured past friendship again. You were my friend again and I was so HAPPY, and maybe just having you back as a friend was enough and not something I was willing to gamble with, I'm just not 100% sure.
I know I thought about it, I wondered what it would be like to give you a second chance. I wondered what it would be like to kiss you again, to feel your fingers entwined with mine as we strolled through a hallway. I wondered what we would fight about, or if we would fight at all. How it would feel to have you pick me up at the door to go on a first date again?
I loved you and I still think very fondly of you! I think you are an amazing person, one of my fondest memories from high school regardless of how it ended in high school.
Girls are such romantics, and I always wonder if boys think the same way? Did you think about dating me again? How did you see our break up? Do I ever cross your mind? We stayed in touch but it's not like we ever talk like this, it's not like we ever could. Missed opportunities, or maybe a missed disaster?
At the end of the day it warms my heart to see how happy you are with your family!! I would never want anything to come between you and your true happiness. I've found mine, and I wouldn't trade it for anything, but that doesn't mean I can't wonder. I don't write this make things complicated, I write this to explain, to put to words some strange feelings I am having. I write this to put to rest those strange feelings, but to open a door should you ever want to chat about old times to clear up the picture. I'm glad you are happy! I'm glad you are getting what you want out of life! I hope in time our stories intersect again and our significant others can meet and we can be that weird group of couples that hang out and nothing is actually weird about it!!
Love
your high school ex girlfriend
Monday, November 17, 2014
story prompt
A character is pulled over by the police for speeding. There’s a crying baby in the car. It’s 3pm and a weekday. Lots of traffic on the road. Your character doesn’t have any ID.
"This day can't get any worse," Teddy groaned. His wife had to go into work, and he was responsible for getting the baby to the Pediatrician for his one year immunizations. The baby was not happy to be travelling in the car and wailed to let his displeasure know.
Ted accelerated to pass the slow moving cement truck on the back street he'd taken hoping to save time. Travelling with a baby was next to impossible to ever leave the house without being late, but this appointment was very important especially since they were leaving on holidays in two weeks. Glancing around Teddy didn't see anyone else so he continued at his current speed which was 10 over the speed limit.
Around the next corner the radar was waiting. Teddy didn't see it until he knew it was too late. It was at that point as well that he realized he was speeding through a school zone and it was 3pm. The day just officially got worse.
Teddy pulled over glancing at the clock, they had 15 minutes to make the appointment. "Ok TJ just settle down while Daddy talks to this police officer," Teddy told the baby, which sent the baby into new waves of screaming.
Teddy banged his head on the steering wheel, as the police officer knocked on the roof of his car. Teddy turned his head and wondered if he broke down crying if the police officer would take pity on him.
"Do you know how fast you were going?" the police officer opened, flipping his ticket book open, "License and registration."
Teddy reached for his registration, kept in the mirror of the drivers side sun shade, then he reached for his wallet, but found his pockets to be disturbingly empty. He handed the registration over and continued to look in the consoles and glove compartment for his wallet. He distinctly remembered having his wallet in his hand when he was getting TJ ready to go out.
"Sir your license?" the officer prompted.
Teddy was tempted to turn the water works on, it couldn't be that hard, TJ was doing it. Teddy felt between the seats, under the seats in the diaper bag his wife insisted went everywhere with the baby, but it was not there. Closing his eyes he tried to retrace his last steps in the house, but he remembered having the wallet with him as he was getting the baby into the car. Had he put it on the roof to buckle the baby in?
"It seems I can't find my wallet officer," Teddy shared. "I had it with me when I left the house to get in the car, but now it seems to have disappeared, I may have drove off with it on my roof."
"Is this your child sir?"
"Yes he's my child!"
"He seems to be very agitated right now like he's not comfortable with you."
"hush TJ," Teddy tried to soothe the baby by reaching back and patting his head. "Come on TJ, Daddy can't think."
"Sir, could you please turn the car off, if you have no idea then I'm going to need to call someone who can verify that you are supposed to be with this child."
"Officer that would be fine but we have to get to the immunization clinic, I had one job to do from my wife today, I can't mess this up, the baby is mine, he just missed his nap, could you write the ticket so I can get going."
"Sir please turn off the car and remove the baby from the carseat."
"Are you for real? This is a joke right, my wife put you up to this?"
"No sir, she didn't now please exit the vehicle, we've had an amber alert for a one year old boy and a male driver in an SUV, we are just checking every angle."
"Ok, ok, i'm getting out, and I'll get TJ, my son, who's named after me out as well." Teddy exited the front door and opened the back door to extricate his son, from his car seat. TJ lowered the volume of his cries but continued crying until he was outside of the vehicle.
Teddy glanced at his watch, it was now 3:10, he was never going to make it and his wife was going to be upset, because she would have to go to the walk in and that could take all morning. When he was shifting TJ he glanced into the backseat, into TJ's carseat and saw his wallet.
"Wahoo!!!" Teddy yelped, "Officer, I have my wallet!! it was under the baby, that must have been why he was crying," Teddy reached into the car, grabbed his wallet and took out his ID and TJ's health card to hand to the officer.
After handing the cards to the officer Teddy put TJ back into his carseat and accepted his ticket, he still had time and if the clinic was running behind it might be ok if he arrived 5 minutes late. Right now that's all he had left was hope. The officer waved him off and went back to stopping speeding traffic in the school zone. Teddy was very conscious of his speed as he drove away, not wanting to get pulled over twice in the same day.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Meet Alizhay MacIntire
What is your full name?
Alice Holland MacIntire
Do you have any nicknames?
Yes Alizhay, and most people think
that’s my real name, so let’s not tell anyone ok?
What is your gender?
Female
How old are you?
I’m 16
What is your birth date?
May 30
What is your relationship
status?
Single but looking and I think I’ll
be dating this one guy in no time.
How would you describe your
hair colour?
I blonde straight hair, it’s like
spun gold
How would you describe your
eye colour?
I’ve blue eyes, like light sky blue none
of this ocean or water blue colour.
What is your orgin?
Canadian
Do you speak any other
languages?
English and I have a good
understanding of French and some Japanese
How tall are you?
I’m 5’6”.
What is your weight?
I’m 100lbs.
Describe for the readers your
body structure and physical faults.
I don’t’ like my ears, they really
annoy me, people say they don’t notice but I do and I am getting them changed
at Christmas.
I’m slim and always have been and I
don’t gain weight like ever.
How is your health, Physical
and Mental?
I’m really healthy and I don’t have
any mental health issues that’s Marisal.
What ethnicity are you?
English, Scottish and Iroquois.
What would you say is your
personal style?
I’m pretty trendy with my fashion but
I always put my own spin on it, I also like to dress like a girl, skirts, heels
and tops, I don’t think I own a pair of jeans at all.
What can you tell the readers
about your family?
Well it’s a bit of a shit show. My parents are divorced, mom got
remarried and step dad is a douche.
I have four siblings that live with my mom and step dad but I left home
three years ago and moved in with my dad.
I’m his only kid and he travels a lot for business so he’s not home that
often. He has a new girlfriend that has a kid, but it’s not his so I didn’t
want to live there anymore because she was always trying to mother me and I’m
like I left my mother for doing that back off. So I got my own apartment and Dad is helping with it but
since I moved out of a place that was provided for me I had to help pay my own
rent. But he did give me this
sweet car!
What can you tell us about
your circle of friends?
I would say Marisal is my best friend
and Tacia and I are good friends.
I met Marisal first and when we met her and Tacia were in some sort of
fight and I didn’t meet Tacia for a bit, but I heard a lot so I keep Tacia at
an arms length sometimes. I also
have other friends from back home but I don’t see them very often so I guess
that’s my circle. There are some work friends and we may get close but who
knows.
Do you have any enemies?
Yeah I don’t think this girl Paige
likes me at all, I don’t know what her problem with me is, but she’s always
glaring at me.
What are your religious
spiritual beliefs/ values?
I am spiritual, like I believe in pagan
gods and stuff like that. I also
love Tarot cards and those type of things. I think organized religion is the
biggest farce in the world.
What are your life goals?
I’m going to start my own business
and become rich that or marry a rich man.
What is your dream job or
dream for your life?
My dream job is to organize charity
events and social events with other rich people.
What is your favourite phrase
to use?
No Way
What are your hobbies?
I like reading, partying, dancing,
and if you tell anyone this I’ll deny, deny, deny but I like to knit.
What do you like?
Socializing, fashion shows, spas,
nature the beach
What are your dislikes?
I
dislike neediness, I dislike not getting my own way, I dislike beer
What do you loathe?
I loathe not getting my own way actually,
I loathe being challenged.
What are your fears?
I’m scared of heights, I’m scared of
public embarrassment
What are your strengths?
Do people know how to answer this? I
am really good at math, I am aware of how not to be awkward in social
situations, I am very confident. I’m intelligent.
What are your weaknesses?
I am loyal to a fault and I hate
change. I like things to stay the same so maybe that’s why even though Tacia
and I aren’t that close we are still friends because she knows me and if she wasn’t
around I might have to make new friends.
Talk about what you believe
are your good qualities.
I’m loyal, absolutely loyal to my
friends. I’m also determined to
get what I want and I work very diligently to achieve my goals. I’m goal oriented and I am not easily
distracted from what I want.
What are your bad habits?
I don’t always listen to others, I
sort of decide what the story is and let that be my truth and it’s not always
been exactly what I make it to be so that gets me in trouble.
Turn ons:
Tall dark and handsome. Money also is
pretty alluring to me
Turn offs:
Poorness, extra pounds
Natural talents:
I can play the piano and I’ve only
ever had three lessons
Temperament:
I could say I don’t have a temper,
but I do, it’s bad. I had to see a counselor when I was little for my anger
issues. I don’t think it’s that
bad now but I’ve worked at it for many years. But when I get mad I get mad and it takes me a long time to
stop being mad. I have a hard time
letting things go.
Background:
I just moved to Berry Creek when I
was 14. I had to get out of my mother’s house, it wasn’t a good environment for
me and I wanted to live with my father.
He’s not home most of the time so I got my solitude. Now I live on my own because my father
ruined my solitude by inviting his girlfriend and her kid to live with us, but
it’s actually working out pretty well, I’ve my own place which is more than any
of my friends can say. This town
is just somewhere I’m stopping in for a short time, then I am off to bigger and
better.
Happiest Moment:
I don’t think it’s happened yet but
possibly getting my own place.
Saddest Moment:
When my grandfather died, he showed me what unconditional love
was and I miss him
Friday, November 7, 2014
Meet Marisal Blanke
What is your full name?
Marisal Margeaux Blanke
Do you have any nicknames?
No I like to be called Marisal,
shortened names are so uncouth
What is your gender?
I’m female, was that ever really in
question?
How old are you?
I’m 16, going on 17 in two months
What is your birth date?
October 22
What is your relationship
status?
I’m currently single, but I’m always
on the look out for the one guy
How would you describe your
hair colour?
I have chestnut brown hair. It’s naturally curly too
How would you describe your
eye colour?
I’ve large inviting brown eyes.
What is your orgin?
I’m French and Chillean. My father is from Chili and my mother
was born in Canada to a very French family. We can trace our roots all the way
back to the French Revolution!!
Do you speak any other
languages?
No, I’ve tried but so far it’s just
English
How tall are you?
I’m 5’7”. It’s a decent height, I’m
not taller than most guys and can still wear heels, but I’ve got this really
small frame so I it works out.
What is your weight?
Oh I don’t know maybe 105 lbs, but
only because I wasn’t as active as I usually am in the summer.
Describe for the readers your
body structure and physical faults.
I’m very small in frame, but sorta
tall. I think I could be a run way
model, but no modeling agencies ever come here. I’m into dance and gymnastics so I have a typical body for
someone who does those sports, not that I do them anymore.
As for faults, I’m pretty perfect,
sometimes I tell my dad that my curly hair is a curse because it takes so much for
me to do it, but I’ve figured it out and now it’s not so bad. I’ve also got a
small chest, but I’m thinking of getting implants when I’m 18.
How is your health, Physical
and Mental?
I’m really healthy, I eat healthy and
stay healthy.
What ethnicity are you?
French and English and Chillean.
What would you say is your
personal style?
Oh I am so trendy, I love all the
fashion magazines!! I always by the latest trend and try all the make up and
hair styles as well.
What can you tell the readers
about your family?
My family used to live in Chile, but
then we moved to Canada before I was born. My mom and dad took a break for awhile when I was 7 but
recently they got back together.
So I’ve got a pretty perfect family. Sometimes it’s hard here though
because it’s not like this area has a lot of Chilean people.
What can you tell us about
your circle of friends?
Oh Alizhay is my BFF, she is just so
cool and she looks to me for guidance.
It’s really great, and then I am also really close with Tacia, she and I
have been friends since middle school.
We had a lot in common but, I’ve noticed lately that her interests
aren’t always the same as mine.
Sometimes she seems more philanthropic then she needs to be, sort of
like she’s faking it and no one is buying it. It’s like she’s lost her
genuineness.
Do you have any enemies?
I don’t think so, I’m pretty popular,
and people that don’t like me are just jealous of me.
What are your religious
spiritual beliefs/ values?
I don’t know, I was raised Catholic
so I guess that’s my beliefs.
What are your life goals?
I’m going to be a make up artist or
model. I just have to get out of this town.
What is your dream job or
dream for your life?
My dream for my life is to be a well
known artist, and to be sought out by others to help them foster their craft.
What is your favourite phrase
to use?
I don’t know. I guess I use Get out a lot.
What are your hobbies?
I like reading anything to do with
fashion, fashion is my passion. I
also like dance, reading, and cooking
What do you like?
I like beautiful things, I like art,
I like reading, I like paintings.
What are your dislikes?
Oh
well I dislike confrontation, I don’t like to fight and I’d like to avoid it at
all costs.
What do you loathe?
I loathe being lied to, I loathe when
people aren’t accountable and I loath when people don’t just own what they want
and they try to cover it up or pretend like it’s no big deal.
What are your fears?
I’m scared people will find out my
faults. Not that I have any but
what if I did?
What are your strengths?
I’m cunning and can talk myself out
of a lot of hard situations.
What are your weaknesses?
I don’t have any, I’m pretty perfect
can’t you tell?
Talk about what you believe
are your good qualities.
I’m a great person, people like me
and want to help me out. I give
what I get and I can empathize with others. I think I’m intelligent and genuine and if people don’t like
me that’s their problem.
What are your bad habits?
I not always great at staying on
task, for things like school. I
tend to procrastinate
Turn ons:
Tall guys, blue eyes, blond hair,
funny
Turn offs:
Short guys, insensitivity, unathletic
Natural talents:
Everything I do is a talent
Temperament:
I don’t get mad easily, but when I do
get mad at someone I tend to hold a grudge and then I will often not tell you
I’m mad. I don’t like confrontation so I don’t deal with the issue, I either
leave it be until I’m over it or until I don’t have to talk to that person
again.
Background:
I’ve lived here my whole life, my mom’s
family has been here for almost a 100 years now, ok maybe 50, but it’s been
since my great grandparents moved here.
My dad is an orphan from Chile and so we have no family there, his
family died in some mudslide or earthquake, I’m not sure he doesn’t talk about
it much. My parents separated when
I was 6 and my dad moved to the coast and I would go visit him out there. When my parents were getting back
together I hoped we would move to the coast and leave this town behind but for
some reason my dad said it was a bad idea and now we never talk about that time. I’m an only child and that’s the best
thing ever!!
Happiest Moment:
When my parents got back together
Saddest Moment:
When my parents got back
together
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Berry Creek
Welcome to Berry Creek!!! Where your neighbours are your friends. Or that's what the sign says on the way into town. The sign also says this is the location of the best Berry Pies this side of the rockies. Every Summer there is a pie baking, pie eating and pie throwing contest. The area is ripe with wild berries and you pick farms. It's one of the main staples for entertainment.
Berry Creek was founded when explorers got blown off course from the main river in the fall. They came across a Native American encampment, they were welcomed to share the fire. They also shared fresh picked berries and bannock that night. Because the creek is on the larger side, some of the explorers asked to stay and began setting up homesteads. Within 2 years there was a prosperous community living along the creek. They had good relations with the neighbouring Natives, but as the land had never been claimed by one band or another the residence were not bothered by the natives in the area. At least to begin with.
Fast forward ahead one hundred and ten years to present day. Berry Creek is still a prosperous community though it's growth has slowed somewhat in the past few years. They have expanded their industry to include a Saw Mill and Pulp and Paper mill to the North, Potash Mines to the south, and there are a few federal and provinicial prisons in the area. Berry Creek's population has grown and continues to grow, there are about 45,000 citizens in this fair city.
The city has trees and hills and is divided into 6 sections. There is central Valley, South hill, West Valley, East Valley, West Hill and East Plains. Each section has multiple elementary schools and there are three high schools in the city, a public one, a catholic one and an alternative high school. There is also a college located in East Valley that works as a feeder to the provinicial universities. The affluent areas include the West Hill and East Plains with East Valley and South Hill being fairly middle class. Central Valley is mostly commericial developments though there are a few older homes which vary is price range. The West Valley is mostly low socio-economic, there are more incidents of crime and gangs in that area, but for the size of the city the crime rate was a little higher than someone would like it to be, meaning most of the citizens in Berry Creek.
The Public High School was a comprehensive High School. It was named after the founder of the first school in Berry Creek, Mrs. Vylma Meiers, Meiers Comprehensive High School. The school usually had a population of 3500 students at any given time. In the 80s the school had gone under a revamping to include different programs for all the students. It boasted one of the most varied program offerings in the province. The sports team were known as the Meier Mauraders. There colours were blue, silver and white. They even had a drama club known as the Meier Masquaraders which would often put on variety shows and compete in national drama competitions. The last 5 years they had won nationals and were even given the opportunity to showcase some of their skits on the Comedy Network.
The Catholic High School, which provides MCHS with it's greatest competition, is Sacred Heart High School. It started some 20 years after the public school and has a population of 2000 students at any given time. It is currently undergoing an upgrade so that it can offer more programs and increase their sports program. Their sports team are the Sacred Heart Saints and their colours are Black, red and yellow. Their Drama deptartment will sometimes pair up with MCHS and put on public musicals or larger productions although this is becoming less frequent as the school's population increases.
The Alternative High School is staffed as a cooperative by the public and Separate division. They offer courses at alternate times and in such away that young adults who would like to finish their education but have to work as well can attend school at night or in block chunks meaning they would only take one class in the morning or afternoon but they would only take that course for 4 weeks.
The rest of the city was pretty much like any other small city across the country. There were regular restaurants, fast food restaurants, chain restaurants, two malls one was better than the other, box stores were beginning to pop up everywhere and the housing development had recently gone on the rise.
Outside of Berry Creek are some wonderful natural places to experience. They have lakes and parks within a hour driving distance, there are historical sites that are marked as places to visit but also there are some sites that aren't but the teens love to go there and have for years. Just don't tell the teens that their parents used to hang out there too!!!
In future blogs I will go into more detail in the schools, the hang outs and some other important venues of this little town with so many loveable characters.
Berry Creek was founded when explorers got blown off course from the main river in the fall. They came across a Native American encampment, they were welcomed to share the fire. They also shared fresh picked berries and bannock that night. Because the creek is on the larger side, some of the explorers asked to stay and began setting up homesteads. Within 2 years there was a prosperous community living along the creek. They had good relations with the neighbouring Natives, but as the land had never been claimed by one band or another the residence were not bothered by the natives in the area. At least to begin with.
Fast forward ahead one hundred and ten years to present day. Berry Creek is still a prosperous community though it's growth has slowed somewhat in the past few years. They have expanded their industry to include a Saw Mill and Pulp and Paper mill to the North, Potash Mines to the south, and there are a few federal and provinicial prisons in the area. Berry Creek's population has grown and continues to grow, there are about 45,000 citizens in this fair city.
The city has trees and hills and is divided into 6 sections. There is central Valley, South hill, West Valley, East Valley, West Hill and East Plains. Each section has multiple elementary schools and there are three high schools in the city, a public one, a catholic one and an alternative high school. There is also a college located in East Valley that works as a feeder to the provinicial universities. The affluent areas include the West Hill and East Plains with East Valley and South Hill being fairly middle class. Central Valley is mostly commericial developments though there are a few older homes which vary is price range. The West Valley is mostly low socio-economic, there are more incidents of crime and gangs in that area, but for the size of the city the crime rate was a little higher than someone would like it to be, meaning most of the citizens in Berry Creek.
The Public High School was a comprehensive High School. It was named after the founder of the first school in Berry Creek, Mrs. Vylma Meiers, Meiers Comprehensive High School. The school usually had a population of 3500 students at any given time. In the 80s the school had gone under a revamping to include different programs for all the students. It boasted one of the most varied program offerings in the province. The sports team were known as the Meier Mauraders. There colours were blue, silver and white. They even had a drama club known as the Meier Masquaraders which would often put on variety shows and compete in national drama competitions. The last 5 years they had won nationals and were even given the opportunity to showcase some of their skits on the Comedy Network.
The Catholic High School, which provides MCHS with it's greatest competition, is Sacred Heart High School. It started some 20 years after the public school and has a population of 2000 students at any given time. It is currently undergoing an upgrade so that it can offer more programs and increase their sports program. Their sports team are the Sacred Heart Saints and their colours are Black, red and yellow. Their Drama deptartment will sometimes pair up with MCHS and put on public musicals or larger productions although this is becoming less frequent as the school's population increases.
The Alternative High School is staffed as a cooperative by the public and Separate division. They offer courses at alternate times and in such away that young adults who would like to finish their education but have to work as well can attend school at night or in block chunks meaning they would only take one class in the morning or afternoon but they would only take that course for 4 weeks.
The rest of the city was pretty much like any other small city across the country. There were regular restaurants, fast food restaurants, chain restaurants, two malls one was better than the other, box stores were beginning to pop up everywhere and the housing development had recently gone on the rise.
Outside of Berry Creek are some wonderful natural places to experience. They have lakes and parks within a hour driving distance, there are historical sites that are marked as places to visit but also there are some sites that aren't but the teens love to go there and have for years. Just don't tell the teens that their parents used to hang out there too!!!
In future blogs I will go into more detail in the schools, the hang outs and some other important venues of this little town with so many loveable characters.
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