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10 Things To Do When You're Bored

10. Surf the web. You'll always find something new and...interesting.
9. Throw a surprise party for yourself. Don't forget to act surprised!
8. Try to swallow your tongue.
7. Dig through your neighbours trash. You never know what you'll find!
6. Write a short story using alphabet soup.
5. Make prank phone calls. This can keep you entertained for a looong time. Trust me.
4. Label everything in your house. And everything outside of your house..
3. Take things apart..then try putting them back together.
2. Glue money to the ground and watch people try to pick it up.
1. Make a list of things to do when you're bored.

Poetic Novels

"My Heroin

My Heroin.She always saves the day. Numbs my mind and kills the pain away.My Heroin.She wraps me in bliss. My veins pulsate to the sting of her sweet kiss.My Heroin.She lets me believe that i'm someone else. Someone good. Someone not myself.My Heroin.She frees my soul.My life shattered and broken.She makes me whole.My Heroin. She never stays for too long.Her love fades away.My body screams when she is gone.My Heroin.She will be my death.She will be the end.I can't let her go.She's my greatest friend. "

I chose this poem because it relates very well to the novel Candy. Not only does it describe Candy's addiction to heroin, it describes Joe's love (or addiction to) Candy. Candy can't live without heroin, and Joe can't live without Candy."My body screams when she is gone" This line really describes the agony they both go through when they can't have what they want. "She lets me believe that i'm someone else. Someone good." This line relates to what Candy says in the story, about heroin numbing the pain of her past, and allowing her to live the life of a prostitute without really feeling the pain. This poem really captures the up's and down's of Joe's fight to save Candy, and Candy's fight to save herself.

Movie Review

The movie I chose to review is 'Reign Over Me' because I saw it recently. I thought it was a very moving and inspirational, and it was also probably the saddest movie i've ever seen. It is about a man who looses his entire family in the plane crash on september 11th and he refuses to think about it or get himself any help. Then a very inspirational character (the main characters old college roomate) comes along and does anything he can to help the man. This was a very touching movie and i thought it was really good. I would definately recomend it.

Girl's Story

"In order to have true beauty there must be at least a minor flaw"

I agree with this statement because people who are truly beautiful are not completely perfect. They have flaws, just like everyone else. This also helps less beautiful people feel better about themselves because they realize that no one is perfect. And when they decide to get surgery to correct those flaws, they lose their uniqueness and usually end up looking fake and uglier then they did before. People should embrace their flaws as characteristics that make them unique from everyone else. Beauty is not perfection, it is accepting your imperfections and individuality.

Superpower!

If I could have any super power it would be the ability to transport myself anywhere in the world at any given moment. I chose this power because there are so many times throughout my day that i say something like "man...I wish I was in Hawaii right now" or "I wish i was at home in bed right now". Also, one of my goals in life is to travel around the world, because i loove traveling and seeing new places. So i think it would be really cool if instead of going through all the trouble of saving up money, packing, and getting on a plane or bus, it would be really awesome if I could just be anywhere in the world anytime I want.

What to blog about??

I think you already have some pretty good ideas, with the music and movie reviews and commenting on stories that we read. There really isn't much else to blog about... People in the class can also give ideas as we go, as new events happen around the world that we can comment on. And as far as marking, I think that as long as we complete the blog and write a logical, thoughtful response, we should just get full marks :)

Ignorance is Bliss

Everybody reacts differently when they hear about something bad that has happened or is happening. Some people choose to ignore it and not do anything about it because they believe it doesn't affect them. Others become very upset about it, and do eveything in their power to make others aware of the problem and try to fix it. I can't really put myself in either of these categories because it depends on what the problem is. If it is something that has been happening for years, and is happening very far away (like the starving people in Africa) i know that everyone is already aware of it, and there really isn't much that I alone can do to help, so I usually don't really do anything about it. But if it is a new problem, that not many people are aware of and I think it's very serious, I will tell everyone I know about it, and do whatever I can to help.