The Summer I was 13…
Was the summer I went to China,
walked on the Great Wall,
saw Mao Zedong and got yelled at by
a Chinese guy for talking in the chapel.
It was the summer I ate food that looked like worms,
touched the Yangtze River and started to love the English language.
It was the summer I walked the Tiger Leaping Gorge
hiking tour and arrived late at night after walking 12 hours.
It was the summer I listened to
“Anything but Ordinary”
While thinking about whether or not
I was too old to play with Lego Scala.
It was the summer I started overusing
“I love you” because I didn’t know what
else to say. I was too scared to say anything else.
I’m over that now.
It was the summer I started pushing people away because
I wanted them to pull me closer. The summer I was 13
Was the summer everything changed.
It was the summer I starting growing up.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
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Stormy World, Wind was thin whisper, drowned in the rain:
A little girl ran away from her family on a rainy Sunday. She ran to the forrest trying to get away from the stormy world she lived in. She was crying but no one heard her. Or maybe they weren't listening. She threw herself on the ground, hopeless and heartbroken. She didn't want to be in this world anymore. As she was laying on the ground she listened. The wind was a thin whisper, the trees seemed to sing to her. She felt like she was in heaven. The police found her next morning. The little girl had drowned in the rain.
A little girl ran away from her family on a rainy Sunday. She ran to the forrest trying to get away from the stormy world she lived in. She was crying but no one heard her. Or maybe they weren't listening. She threw herself on the ground, hopeless and heartbroken. She didn't want to be in this world anymore. As she was laying on the ground she listened. The wind was a thin whisper, the trees seemed to sing to her. She felt like she was in heaven. The police found her next morning. The little girl had drowned in the rain.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Life right now
Hi Everyone (:
Hope you're enjoying the rain. Sorry, that was very negative. I just found out that we get out of school two days earlier, on the day my parents are coming so unless they are able to get another planeticket they won't get to see the school and everything!! aaarg! Okay I need to calm down. Thanks Amanda. Anyways, life has been just about perfect lately. I joined the tennisteam and I've had lot of fun with that. The weather is getting better (exept for today where it's raining) and the sun makes everyone happy. School is good. I'm not excited for when all the seniors leave and I'll be alone in 4 of my classes but right now its all good. Other than that, I enjoy hanging out with friends and family. Yesterday we had our first tennismatch on a perfect day with sun and no wind (: We won, 6-2, 6-2. Yay. It was a lot of fun. After that it was time for the bball banquet and that was a great time too. We ate, all the coaches gave speeches so did the seniors (yes i was shaking while doing it) and awards were given out. I got the most impoved player and the coaches award. Totally took me by surpise. It made me really happy though. So did what coaches and everyone said about us. I have a little bit more than 90 days left in America and it took me a while to get used to that fact. The months since Christmas has gone by so fast. I mean, it's almost my birthday. AND PROM! After my bday, the year is almost over. That's weird. I can't really put it into words.
Oh well, I'm happy right now and more in balance than ever before so that's really good.
See ya, have to write about my favorite summer. Hmm... So many good ones.
Hope you're enjoying the rain. Sorry, that was very negative. I just found out that we get out of school two days earlier, on the day my parents are coming so unless they are able to get another planeticket they won't get to see the school and everything!! aaarg! Okay I need to calm down. Thanks Amanda. Anyways, life has been just about perfect lately. I joined the tennisteam and I've had lot of fun with that. The weather is getting better (exept for today where it's raining) and the sun makes everyone happy. School is good. I'm not excited for when all the seniors leave and I'll be alone in 4 of my classes but right now its all good. Other than that, I enjoy hanging out with friends and family. Yesterday we had our first tennismatch on a perfect day with sun and no wind (: We won, 6-2, 6-2. Yay. It was a lot of fun. After that it was time for the bball banquet and that was a great time too. We ate, all the coaches gave speeches so did the seniors (yes i was shaking while doing it) and awards were given out. I got the most impoved player and the coaches award. Totally took me by surpise. It made me really happy though. So did what coaches and everyone said about us. I have a little bit more than 90 days left in America and it took me a while to get used to that fact. The months since Christmas has gone by so fast. I mean, it's almost my birthday. AND PROM! After my bday, the year is almost over. That's weird. I can't really put it into words.
Oh well, I'm happy right now and more in balance than ever before so that's really good.
See ya, have to write about my favorite summer. Hmm... So many good ones.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Would you ever poem
Please Don’t Ever Leave Me
If my best friend would ever leave me
to live life without her by my side
I would go through the seven stages of grief
Denial; I would taste a strawberry milkshake
And begin to dial your number to tell you all about it.
Pain; I would listen to Gun N’ Roses and cry until
My cheeks turn to sand.
Anger; I would take each page of her diary
And put them up all over our small town.
You always said you could die from embarrassment
So here you are!
I would take your favorite $600 black leather jacket
And put invisible ink on it saying “HOW DARE YOU”
That’ll be a nice surprise when you’re slow dancing
with HIM at the school dance on Friday.
I would sneak into your house at night and cut your hair
boyish short like the nightmare you told me about
last summer and I would dye your eyebrows black as your
$1500 Gucci purse. Oh and speaking of; I would cut that up
and put it on a poster and replace the Chinese painting
I gave you three years ago with that!
I remember when you called me to tell me about that purse.
I laughed and told you I hope it would be worth it!
Was it?
Depression; I would go through the motions everyday and laugh
With tears in my eyes. Tears only you can see. I would get up
10 min. before I have to leave in the morning because I just
Don’t care about ANYTHING.
Move forward; I would smile at our memories as I miss you
In my daily life. I would go grocery shopping when I knew you
Were working just to see if you had tears between your eyes.
Just to see if you were hurting at all.
Acceptance; I would smile and laugh and live life and know
That as the years go by, you are always in my heart.
But would you ever make me go through all that?
I beg you not to.
If my best friend would ever leave me
to live life without her by my side
I would go through the seven stages of grief
Denial; I would taste a strawberry milkshake
And begin to dial your number to tell you all about it.
Pain; I would listen to Gun N’ Roses and cry until
My cheeks turn to sand.
Anger; I would take each page of her diary
And put them up all over our small town.
You always said you could die from embarrassment
So here you are!
I would take your favorite $600 black leather jacket
And put invisible ink on it saying “HOW DARE YOU”
That’ll be a nice surprise when you’re slow dancing
with HIM at the school dance on Friday.
I would sneak into your house at night and cut your hair
boyish short like the nightmare you told me about
last summer and I would dye your eyebrows black as your
$1500 Gucci purse. Oh and speaking of; I would cut that up
and put it on a poster and replace the Chinese painting
I gave you three years ago with that!
I remember when you called me to tell me about that purse.
I laughed and told you I hope it would be worth it!
Was it?
Depression; I would go through the motions everyday and laugh
With tears in my eyes. Tears only you can see. I would get up
10 min. before I have to leave in the morning because I just
Don’t care about ANYTHING.
Move forward; I would smile at our memories as I miss you
In my daily life. I would go grocery shopping when I knew you
Were working just to see if you had tears between your eyes.
Just to see if you were hurting at all.
Acceptance; I would smile and laugh and live life and know
That as the years go by, you are always in my heart.
But would you ever make me go through all that?
I beg you not to.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Confession poem
It has been six years
but I can still remember the shame
the embarrassment, the lies and
the fear of getting caught.
Jalousy made me do it.
Lame right?
Everyone else had one
I felt left out. Again.
I called him Thomas
like the cute boy from the team
Pretend phonecalls, lying about him moving
How could people not see through it?
I don't remember when I stopped
but I remember the day I confessed
to my two best friends.
I was so ashamed.
No we laugh about it
but I still remember how lonely I felt
the shock the first time I lied about you.
My fake boyfriend.
but I can still remember the shame
the embarrassment, the lies and
the fear of getting caught.
Jalousy made me do it.
Lame right?
Everyone else had one
I felt left out. Again.
I called him Thomas
like the cute boy from the team
Pretend phonecalls, lying about him moving
How could people not see through it?
I don't remember when I stopped
but I remember the day I confessed
to my two best friends.
I was so ashamed.
No we laugh about it
but I still remember how lonely I felt
the shock the first time I lied about you.
My fake boyfriend.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Picture Poem
My Friend
For as long as I can remember
You were always there.
Skiing in Norway and France
New Years Eve,
Weekends in Sweden,
Just hanging out.
Being yourself,
Just having a good time
The curling song, cooking with the guys
Music, videos, Van Diesel
Last one to say goodbye
I’ll see you when the sun shines
Once again
For more fun
An hour spent with you
Is an hour I’ll always remember
My friend, you are.
For as long as I can remember
You were always there.
Skiing in Norway and France
New Years Eve,
Weekends in Sweden,
Just hanging out.
Being yourself,
Just having a good time
The curling song, cooking with the guys
Music, videos, Van Diesel
Last one to say goodbye
I’ll see you when the sun shines
Once again
For more fun
An hour spent with you
Is an hour I’ll always remember
My friend, you are.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
How to live poem
How to live
“I don’t want to know how to live”
By Eva Hertz
Cry to Titanic and Dawson’s Creek. Wear pink and
yellow, you won’t regret it. Climb Mt. Everest or rent
the how-to movie. It costs $60.000 dollars and
you die. Be passionate, but don’t be obsessed. That’s
just creepy. Don’t learn Latin, it’s a dead language.
Go backpacking through Europe
and eat baguettes in front of the Eiffel Tower. Listen to
Eagles, Beatles and Spice Girls. Read Harry Potter and
pretend you’re in it. The world would be cool if you could say
lumos and then there would be light. Don’t get a pet unless
you love them, they are annoying but if you get one, treat
them right. Watch the news every day so you know
what’s going on. Don’t be the person who asks who Osama Bin
Laden is or who bombed Pearl Harbor. Kiss like stars on TV and
love like crazy. Be a Buddhist, a Christian or a Muslim if it makes
your life better. Cry when Troy and Gabriella graduate from East
High. Don’t be embarrassed about something that has a place in
your heart. Be spontaneous, don’t plan your life. Don’t go
tanning. The result is orange skin and cancer. Do sports,
drama or Student Government. Don’t cheat. It’s not nice and it
will bite you in the ankles one day. Skip school once in the
spring to walk around in the sun with your best friend. Play
“Would you rather” while eating Ben and Jerry’s. Don’t over-use
“I love you” Go ice-skating when the first ice comes out
and fall through the thin places. Laugh about
it a day later. It’s not funny when it happens.
Be nice to your parents and siblings. They are
always on your side. Be a dreamer. Give out
advices, but don’t be the “I’m-better-than-you-and-know-it-all”
friend. Don’t say “I told you so.” Do the 10 min. AB
work-out on Exercise TV on Demand.
Eat salmon, broccoli and chocolate and
Morelli’s on Sundays. Buy a product from
the TV shop. Laugh 10 min. every day. Go swimming
in the lake on New Year’s Day. Cuddle with your
best friend. Give someone you love a hug every day
just because. Make a map of your new school because
you can’t find your classes. Memorize the lines from
“Friends” and freak people out. Be yourself. Talk to the
characters on TV, it’s fun. Dance so you can feel it
the next day. Laugh until you cry. By pizza at
your local pizzeria with stage makeup on. Don’t sing Christmas
songs until DECEMBER. And no, Christmas doesn’t last from
Thanksgiving to Easter. See the Great Wall, Taj Mahal and the
Khufu pyramid. Be generous, but don’t let people use you. Rem-
ember all the things your parents told you when you were little.
They are still true even though you are older.
“I don’t want to know how to live”
By Eva Hertz
Cry to Titanic and Dawson’s Creek. Wear pink and
yellow, you won’t regret it. Climb Mt. Everest or rent
the how-to movie. It costs $60.000 dollars and
you die. Be passionate, but don’t be obsessed. That’s
just creepy. Don’t learn Latin, it’s a dead language.
Go backpacking through Europe
and eat baguettes in front of the Eiffel Tower. Listen to
Eagles, Beatles and Spice Girls. Read Harry Potter and
pretend you’re in it. The world would be cool if you could say
lumos and then there would be light. Don’t get a pet unless
you love them, they are annoying but if you get one, treat
them right. Watch the news every day so you know
what’s going on. Don’t be the person who asks who Osama Bin
Laden is or who bombed Pearl Harbor. Kiss like stars on TV and
love like crazy. Be a Buddhist, a Christian or a Muslim if it makes
your life better. Cry when Troy and Gabriella graduate from East
High. Don’t be embarrassed about something that has a place in
your heart. Be spontaneous, don’t plan your life. Don’t go
tanning. The result is orange skin and cancer. Do sports,
drama or Student Government. Don’t cheat. It’s not nice and it
will bite you in the ankles one day. Skip school once in the
spring to walk around in the sun with your best friend. Play
“Would you rather” while eating Ben and Jerry’s. Don’t over-use
“I love you” Go ice-skating when the first ice comes out
and fall through the thin places. Laugh about
it a day later. It’s not funny when it happens.
Be nice to your parents and siblings. They are
always on your side. Be a dreamer. Give out
advices, but don’t be the “I’m-better-than-you-and-know-it-all”
friend. Don’t say “I told you so.” Do the 10 min. AB
work-out on Exercise TV on Demand.
Eat salmon, broccoli and chocolate and
Morelli’s on Sundays. Buy a product from
the TV shop. Laugh 10 min. every day. Go swimming
in the lake on New Year’s Day. Cuddle with your
best friend. Give someone you love a hug every day
just because. Make a map of your new school because
you can’t find your classes. Memorize the lines from
“Friends” and freak people out. Be yourself. Talk to the
characters on TV, it’s fun. Dance so you can feel it
the next day. Laugh until you cry. By pizza at
your local pizzeria with stage makeup on. Don’t sing Christmas
songs until DECEMBER. And no, Christmas doesn’t last from
Thanksgiving to Easter. See the Great Wall, Taj Mahal and the
Khufu pyramid. Be generous, but don’t let people use you. Rem-
ember all the things your parents told you when you were little.
They are still true even though you are older.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Our real names version 2
My real name is Eva
it used to be Evs, Putte and Ella.
In my heart it's hopeful searching girl
In my heart my name is possibilities.
Dreamer.
Tomorrow it's undefined.
who knows what the future holds.
My names is: I'm ready!
Our real names version 1
A name is just a name
Define it yourself.
Make it mean something.
To you and others.
My real name is Eva
meaning life
mother of the earth
one who gives life.
Once it was lonely and scared
now it's strong!
Strong and full of hope.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Landscape # 2
This makes me think of my last trip with my parents. We went hiking in Scotland this summer before I left and it was an amazing vacation. The landscape is so beautiful and fresh in a way and the air is so pure. I felt so far away from eveything. I was nice. The sky is very abstract and reminds me of art class in 4,5 and 6th grade where my art-teacher and I got in a fight every single hour and I got kicked out of class once. If they gave out grades in those classes I would've failed that's for sure. The trees are like the ones from Lord of the Rings!! You know, in those scenes where you see the landscape from above and the fast music and playing and you can totally feel the fear in Frodo's eyes. Yes, I like the Lord of the Rings movies. I like how there are so many different colors in the picture. The sky looks like a mask from a masquerade-party like the ones in Romeo and Juliet. In the danish theatergroup i'm in we did a play inspired by William Shakespeare's Romea and Juliet and we did these huge scenes with masqerade parties. I loved them.
Railroad # 1
The first thought I had was of an old movie where a young couple has to be separated because of war. Of that episode from Beverly Hills 90210 where Donna and David are looking at old pictures and then the episode is about how the guy has to leave and right when they have to say goodbye she tells him that she's pregnant. My basic thought is "leaving" and I can hear music like from "Gone with the wind" playing. It's all very 50s. Or maybe 40s. I don't know. I learned about railroads in U.S History a couple of weeks ago and how chinese people immigrated to America and got jobs at railroads because they would work for much less than americans because the conditions and pay was much worse where they came from. Its interesting how standards of living can be so different from country to country. Things we find not good enough can be like a dream for others. I was travelling a couple of years ago with my parents and well right now I can't really remember where to. Oh well. Bu we went on this train for a couple of days instead of taking a plane or driving so we could see the landscapes and it's just a different way of seeing the world.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
8) Write about leaving
People always talk about leaving as a negative word. To me, it's 50 - 50. When you leave something behind, you approach something else. Something new comes into your life. I left my whole world; my family, my friends, my garden, my gigantic speakers, my favorite chair and my lovely bed on August 27th 2009. Wow. It seems like such a long time ago. Sometimes I find myself wondering how I could do it? How I can live without them. Everything I left will stil be there when I come home (at least I hope so) but if I hadn't left I wouldn't be who I am now. I wouldn't know all the things I know, I wouldn't have grown. I would've never met all my friends here and my hostfamily. I would've never had the chance to play Little Red in the school play or practice every day with the basketball team, have ugly laughs with my new sisters, hang out at bonfires, have endless hot-tub parties, go to football games with more than 5 people cheering them on, been to homecoming, experience an American christmas, go shopping at 10 pm, wear yellow purple and pink, make friends for life and test all my limits.
So.. What I'm trying to say is that with a "goodbye" you say hello to new things. Things you never knew could be so good. Things you never knew could make you so happy. And new things are what makes life worth living and makes your heart beat a little faster just because you feel so alive.
So.. What I'm trying to say is that with a "goodbye" you say hello to new things. Things you never knew could be so good. Things you never knew could make you so happy. And new things are what makes life worth living and makes your heart beat a little faster just because you feel so alive.
7) Visualize a place that you really love.
I have always loved the ocean. Any ocean. Any kind of water really. I'm a big fan of waterfalls too. A small island called Bornholm (a part of Denmark) is where my family's beachhouse i located. From there you can see the ocean and I always go there to think, dream or just feel. I love the feeling of the wind against my cheeks and the sounds the ocean makes. Whenever I feel something big I like to be by the water. The rocks surrounding everything, the trees and flowers, the light house where me and my dad run to in the morning fills me with peace and gives me the tools to process something or figure things out. Or just be myself. Some people hate being my themselves, they don't know what to do. I love having some "me-time" to just think about everything and how my life is. I'm so busy all the time so I use my "me-time" to make sure I don't loose myself in school, work, friends, family, homework and everything else. By the ocean is a bench where you can sit and enjoy the view, the never-ending view. The horizon that moves and the sun that is shown in the water makes the whole place magical. That place, to me, is where magic happens.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Comments
Comment to Kaila Franquist
Wow.
I really like this Kaila. I love how you used the seasons thoughout your poem.
The ending is great and powerful.
Good job!
<3 from EVA
Comment to Britany:
I like this poem! Especially the second line with "my name today most people will forget"
Good job!
Comment to Dan:
I love your poem! It has a good flow.
Good job.
Comment to Kaila:
It's cute and moving. I like it a lot Kaila (:
Nice job getting the number "10" in it.
<3Eva
Comment to Ally:
Very real! I like the line about missing it years from now and not taking youth for granted.
I haven't known you very long, but I know I'll look back and think of you years from now and smile.
Comment to Rachael:
Very beautiful poem.
And so true. Home will always be home.
Good job!
Wow.
I really like this Kaila. I love how you used the seasons thoughout your poem.
The ending is great and powerful.
Good job!
<3 from EVA
Comment to Britany:
I like this poem! Especially the second line with "my name today most people will forget"
Good job!
Comment to Dan:
I love your poem! It has a good flow.
Good job.
Comment to Kaila:
It's cute and moving. I like it a lot Kaila (:
Nice job getting the number "10" in it.
<3Eva
Comment to Ally:
Very real! I like the line about missing it years from now and not taking youth for granted.
I haven't known you very long, but I know I'll look back and think of you years from now and smile.
Comment to Rachael:
Very beautiful poem.
And so true. Home will always be home.
Good job!
Full moon me poem
“Let me be the sun”
I am a warm red
a passionate purple
in a house with many rooms,
room for everything.
I am a wiggle filled with life,
flying as a bird with my fellow mates.
A clear “ding”,
once “Reflections”
I am never number 1.
I want to be,
Hope to be
yours,
Somebody’s,
anybody’s number 1.
I want to be a shining,
old but still in shape
dark green Gran Torino,
sweaping people off their feet,
riding off into the sunset,
the whole world in front of me.
I am a room with walls
Comforting, welcoming
Feels like home.
Always there to lean on
I am a fresh pomegranate,
Hard and soft
Filled with life.
I am a guitar
Gathering people together
Making memories
I am a beach at sunset,
Passionate, romantic, sensitive
Full of hope,
dreams.
I want to be a waterfall
Beautiful and powerful
Breathtaking and energetic,
Never in the same place
Surrounded by weeping willows,
Emotional and huggable.
I am afraid
of never finding peace
never finding love.
Passionate love.
With the word hope,
Always on my mind
I will overcome
my fears
I’ll be a stronger person.
I am like a leaf
Blowing from place to place
Seeing new things,
adventurous
I am a lamp
Glowing in the dark
For you.
I am all four season
Mixed into a proteinshake
Hints of grape
In search of
Love&happiness
More insiteful
Strong
Breakable
Than ever.
I never want to be like ice
Frozen, cold
Let me be the sun.
I am the sun.
Hope to be the sun.
Always.
I am a warm red
a passionate purple
in a house with many rooms,
room for everything.
I am a wiggle filled with life,
flying as a bird with my fellow mates.
A clear “ding”,
once “Reflections”
I am never number 1.
I want to be,
Hope to be
yours,
Somebody’s,
anybody’s number 1.
I want to be a shining,
old but still in shape
dark green Gran Torino,
sweaping people off their feet,
riding off into the sunset,
the whole world in front of me.
I am a room with walls
Comforting, welcoming
Feels like home.
Always there to lean on
I am a fresh pomegranate,
Hard and soft
Filled with life.
I am a guitar
Gathering people together
Making memories
I am a beach at sunset,
Passionate, romantic, sensitive
Full of hope,
dreams.
I want to be a waterfall
Beautiful and powerful
Breathtaking and energetic,
Never in the same place
Surrounded by weeping willows,
Emotional and huggable.
I am afraid
of never finding peace
never finding love.
Passionate love.
With the word hope,
Always on my mind
I will overcome
my fears
I’ll be a stronger person.
I am like a leaf
Blowing from place to place
Seeing new things,
adventurous
I am a lamp
Glowing in the dark
For you.
I am all four season
Mixed into a proteinshake
Hints of grape
In search of
Love&happiness
More insiteful
Strong
Breakable
Than ever.
I never want to be like ice
Frozen, cold
Let me be the sun.
I am the sun.
Hope to be the sun.
Always.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Words and definitions - 2-8-10
Nouns:
Soreness = causing pain/painfully sensitive.
Melancholia = a mental condition especially a manic-depressive condition. Extreme depression.
Truckle = to act in a subservient manner.
Spectroscopy = the process of using a spectrometer.
Scribbler = one that scribbles/an unsignificant author.
Verbs:
Arrogate = to claim or seize without justification.
Expropriated = to deprive of possession.
Catalyzing = to bring about the catalysis of (a chemical reaction)
Abrogated = to abolish by authoritative action
Disembody = to divest of a body, of corporeal existence, or of reality
Adjectives:
Codified = to reduce to a code
Egotistical = the practice of talking about oneself too much
Phonemic = of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a phoneme
Disenchanting = to free from illusion
Ductile = capable of being drawn out into wire or thread
Soreness = causing pain/painfully sensitive.
Melancholia = a mental condition especially a manic-depressive condition. Extreme depression.
Truckle = to act in a subservient manner.
Spectroscopy = the process of using a spectrometer.
Scribbler = one that scribbles/an unsignificant author.
Verbs:
Arrogate = to claim or seize without justification.
Expropriated = to deprive of possession.
Catalyzing = to bring about the catalysis of (a chemical reaction)
Abrogated = to abolish by authoritative action
Disembody = to divest of a body, of corporeal existence, or of reality
Adjectives:
Codified = to reduce to a code
Egotistical = the practice of talking about oneself too much
Phonemic = of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a phoneme
Disenchanting = to free from illusion
Ductile = capable of being drawn out into wire or thread
Hope is the thing with feathers - 2-8-10
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
By: Emily Dickinson
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea,
Yet never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
I chose a poem about hope because it's one of the strongest words and I believe that it can change everything. This poem is about how hope keeps people warm and never stops and that hope is everywhere - if you know how to look. My favorite lines are:
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That kept so many warm
I've heard it in the chillest land and on the strangest sea.
:)
By: Emily Dickinson
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea,
Yet never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
I chose a poem about hope because it's one of the strongest words and I believe that it can change everything. This poem is about how hope keeps people warm and never stops and that hope is everywhere - if you know how to look. My favorite lines are:
"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That kept so many warm
I've heard it in the chillest land and on the strangest sea.
:)
Friday, February 5, 2010
Life in general
Well well.. This is kind of of weird. I'm not used to writing about my thoughts online. I apologize in advance for any spelling mistakes - I reserve the right to use my foreign excuse.
Well I've been here 159 days or 5 month and a week and I'm loving it. I love my friends, my hostfamily, the school, drama, basketball and well the food of course. The best thing is how different everything is. I was so nervous when I had to leave. I thought I was going to pass out at the airport but with the words "See you later aligator" I was off to the biggest adventure og my life so far. I know it was the right thing for me to be an exchange student and I wouldn't have it any other way.
My parents are coming over here in June so meet everybody and to see where I've been ect. and to take me home of course. We're going to Canada and DC before flying home to my sweet little country. I' m really excited to show them everything because the hardest thing about being away is that I can't share everything I'm experiencing with them.
Here is a list of things I like in the U.S - FOOD&DRINKS!:
Subway
Mike and Ikes
Fruitsnacks
Gatorade
Arnold Palmer
Zoocrackers
(:
I want to end this post with two quotes I really like:
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.
- Albert Camus
People tend to complicate their own lives
as if living weren't already complicated enough.
- The Shadow of the Wind
Well I've been here 159 days or 5 month and a week and I'm loving it. I love my friends, my hostfamily, the school, drama, basketball and well the food of course. The best thing is how different everything is. I was so nervous when I had to leave. I thought I was going to pass out at the airport but with the words "See you later aligator" I was off to the biggest adventure og my life so far. I know it was the right thing for me to be an exchange student and I wouldn't have it any other way.
My parents are coming over here in June so meet everybody and to see where I've been ect. and to take me home of course. We're going to Canada and DC before flying home to my sweet little country. I' m really excited to show them everything because the hardest thing about being away is that I can't share everything I'm experiencing with them.
Here is a list of things I like in the U.S - FOOD&DRINKS!:
Subway
Mike and Ikes
Fruitsnacks
Gatorade
Arnold Palmer
Zoocrackers
(:
I want to end this post with two quotes I really like:
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Just walk beside me and be my friend.
- Albert Camus
People tend to complicate their own lives
as if living weren't already complicated enough.
- The Shadow of the Wind
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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