Milk and Honey

The book I read is called Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. This book is a poetry collection. The book is split into four sections. Each section is based off a part of the author's life. The first section is "The Hurting". The hurting talks more about her childhood and all the things she's been through and how it made her feel. The next section is the "The Loving". This chapter talks about how she falls in love and how happy he makes her feel. Then it's the section called "The Hurting" which is personally my favorite section. It talks abut how heartbroken she is when her and her boyfriend break up or when they ague. The last section is called "Th Healing". This section is also my favorite part. It talks about how she is healing from everything bad that has happened in her life. Milk and Honey has a lot of imagery that will make you wanna cry or smile. I will put picture of some of my favorite quotes from this book at the bottom.

Dinner Dance

Last night, May 25, was my school's 8th grade dinner dance. I had so much fun. My friends and I were all singing, dancing, and laughing together all night. We were all fancied up with our makeup and hair done. Then after the dinner dance my friend had a party bus and it was super fun too. We all got into our feelings and sang our hearts out. I made so many amazing memories. It was definitely a night to remember.
All though I had lots of fun with my friends, I couldn't help feeling sad. I was sad because exactly a week from yesterday I will be graduating. I am going to a different high school then all of my friends. I have been with these people for years and now I have to start all over again in high school. It's just going to be hard to not be able to see my friends as often but I'm also excited to start this new chapter in my life. Hardships like this are what help us develop into young adults.

People Come & Go

In our lifetime we have a lot of people exit and enter our lives. Everyone in your life has a purpose. They can be a blessing and be placed in your life to love you. Usually these people are your family or best friends. These people will love you and make life so much better for you. If they're not a blessing then they're a lesson. This are the people that usually exit your life. Maybe it's a boyfriend/girlfriend or an ex-friend. Whenever they exit your life or do something to hurt you, you always learn something from it. It's different for everyone and for each situation. But no matter how many people exit your life, always remember that the right ones always stay. So to be concise, people come and go. Don't be dwell over someone for so long because everything happens for a reason.

Don't Up With Those Who Are Reckless With You're Heart

You shouldn't put up with people who are reckless with your heart. If they can lie straight to your face like i's was nothing, don't put up with them. A relationship is built on trust and if they keep lying to you time after time, there's just no point. If they can break your heart time after time after you keep forgiving them, don't put up them. Protect your heart, don't give it someone who doesn't deserve it. At this point they are just taking your kindness for granted.  People take advantage of those with a good heart, and that's what makes the good turn into bad. It's like a whole cycle. Someone, either it's a boy or girl, hurts someone else. Then that person hurts someone else. This isn't always the case but it's sad how it actually does happen now a days.
You are worth so much more than letting a person you don't need walk all over you. One, because it makes you look foolish. Two, it's just a waste of your time. And three, the more you go back to those who are reckless with your heart the more you end up hurting yourself.  Each time you go back you will lose a piece of yourself, as cliche as that sounds it's true. If you keep forging and taking back this person this will never earn that what they are doing is wrong. So they will keeping doing it to you and others. Trust me, I know it's hard to let go of those we claim we love but you can do it. Save yourself the heart ache and never be the reckless one.

Lord of the Flies

     The book I read is Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This book is a novel and it's genre is fiction. In this book a planed carrying only schoolboys crashed on a deserted island. The pilot died but many of the schoolboys survived the crashed. They started their own form of government. They named a leader. Everything was going well until one of the kids started having nightmares about a beast on the island. Everyone said that it wasn't true until others stated saying that they heard or saw the beast.
       Personally I did like this book. I liked all the adventure and suspense it had in it. At first I thought the beginning of the book was very boring but towards the middle the book started to get even better. It started to catch my attention more. One of my favorite quotes from the book is "Fear can't hurt you anymore than a dream." I rally like this quote because it's so true. Fear always drags a person down because they're scared of getting hurt but fear is just something in your head. It can't physically hurt you.
      I suggest this book to people who like adventure books. It's also a quick read; it's not that long of a book. You have to have a bit of patience at the beginning of the book because it does go slower. The book also has a good sense of humor.

Life is Beautiful

      The movie, Life is Beautiful, is a really good movie. It is about the life of a Jewish man and his family before, after, and during the Holocaust. I think this was a really touching movie because the dad always gave some type of hope. He was always trying to be positive and he has such a creative imagination. His imagination made the experience of the Holocaust so much better for his son. He makes it seem like it's all one big game, and that if they win they'all get to go back to their normal lives. He sacrificed his life so that his son could stay alive.
      There were a lot of things you could compare between the movie and the and the real life Hlolocaust. The movie shows at people in concentration camps actually went through. For example, Jews were put into gas chambers in the movie and in real life. The way they were treated by the Nazis is the same, they were treated very poorly.
      The mood/tone of Life is Beautiful is hopeful. I think hopeful is mood and tone because again of the dad. He always found a way to make the experience of the concentration camps easier for his son and wife. He would lighten the mood with his humor.

Favorite Quotes

I thought that for this blog I would share some of my favorite quotes. These are just some quotes that I think are motivational, relatable, or even just cute. I will explain why I like these quote and what they mean to me but like my blog buddy Abby once said, everyone has their own interpretation of these quotes.

I like this quote because I believe it's better to attempt something and fail then to be stick where I am longer then I have to be. I hope that a year from now, I am not stuck on the same things that are dragging me down now. I am determined to keep trying until I don't fail anymore.

I think this quote is so important. People think that just because others don't want the same thing or see things the same, that they're wrong. Everyone has different goals in their life and different ways of getting there. No one has the same mind set. Just because it's not your way of thinking, doesn't mean it's wrong.

Right now, I feel like I can really relate to this quote. Sometimes a person just means so much to you that you think to yourself maybe it's worth them constantly hurting you. They don't deserve your forgiveness yet you care about them so much that you give it to them anyways.

Nowadays, looks are so important to people but there is so much more to that. I'm not gonna lie, looks are a big part but it shouldn't be the main focus. The person should make you laugh and treat you right.

I think this is my favorite quote. I love the metaphor this quote used, it was a really cute way of getting the message apart. This quote means that before you succeed, you fail. You have to go through a lot of obstacles before you get to where you really want to be.

Beginnings and Endings...

We are currently in the month of May, which means this is the last month of school, which means my last month of middle school. This makes me feel kind of sad. Sad because I'm going to a different high school then most of my friends. I have made so many amazing memories with a lot of people at my school. I have my best friends in this school, some that I have been with for 10 years now. I'm scared that I'm going to fade away from those I love. But if it's a true friendship, it will never die out. It's kind of hard to comprehend that suddenly everything is going to change. Besides that, I'm happy to finally get out of middle school and start a new chapter of my life. Beginnings usually make me feel really anxious. Anxious because you never know what to expect. Beginnings are also exciting because beginnings bring a lot of new good stuff. I this case, high school is bring new friends and so much more freedom. What I mean by freedom is to go out to hang out with my friends more, maybe stay out a little later. I found a quote that I feel connects to this blog. It is by Matthew E. Fryer, it says, "With every roadblock, a detour is built. With every ending, a new beginning is defined. Embracing a challenge make life interesting, nut overcoming it makes life meaningful." This quote says that every beginning has something hard about it but getting past those hardships is what makes it so special.

Shawn Mendes

One of my all time favorite singers is Shawn Mendez. I love how slow yet upbeat his songs are. Also, his voice is so smooth and beautiful. I cannot emphasize enough how much his music means to me. I started to listen to Shawn back when he was in Magcon, since then I've been hooked on him. Whenever I'm upset or I need something to relax to, I always turns to Shawn's music. In the rest of the blog I am going to show you 5 Shawn Mendes songs that I like.

5. Life of the Party

This song is Shawn's very first EP. Before this song, Shawn was always only doing covers on YouTube. I was so proud of him for this song, it was a great first original. I  love this song because the background music is just so great. It starts off slow and steady and then get more upbeat but yet  it stays slow.

4. Imagination 

I love this song because the mixture of his voice and the guitar go perfectly together. His voice sounds so lovely in this song. It surprises me how high his voice can go. Also, for some reason I feel like I can relate to this song. At this age, it's hard to explain to someone your feelings for them. But this song just seems to explain it perfectly.

3. A Little Too Much

I feel like everyone can relate to this song at one point in their lives. The lyrics basically say that even though life can be a handful sometimes everything will eventually get heart. The lyrics are just really positive and up lifting. Plus, his voice sounds so heavenly in this song.

2. Memories

This song is one of my favorite Shawn Mendes songs. It's about him missing this one person and realizing everything they had are now memories. Even though this is a love song, I look at it as me missing a family member that passed away. This family member was very close to me and all I have left of them is memories. The beat of the song is also really good, especially at the chorus.

1. Roses

This is my all time favorite Shawn Mendes song. This song is a little more upbeat than the rest of the songs I have listed. But I really love the beat to this, and his voice is incredible. I know I've said that a lot through out this blog, but it's true.

Earth Day

This year on Earth Day I participated in Earth Day Pick Up Day. What Pick Up Day basically is when people come together to clean up their community. For example, they can pick trash in parks, they can help plant a tree, or help on the community garden. What me and my friends did was we vististed two different parks, Proksa and Sunshine Park. We cleaned up any trash at the park and on our way to the park.
Earth Day is important to me because once this planet is gone it's gone. What I mean by this, once our Earth is polluted and filled with trash there is nothing we can do. Every year  the environment is getting worse and worse. Due to global warming, pollution, and littering. So it's important for us to do everything we can to keep our Earth clean and healthy.
It's important for it to be celebrated because then it gets more attention from the people. The more people know about Earth Day and why it's important to the environment, the more they'll be inspired to help. Earth Day is kinda of an advertisement on how people should take care of the environment, and how they shouldn't litter.
Some things we could do to honor Earth Day in the future I suggest we have more events like Pick Up Day but instead of only students it should be everyone. Everyone should come out and help clean up the community. It actually is really fun, especially when you're friends and family.

Butterfly Project

Regret

Something I regret doing is quitting every sport or activity  I've ever joined. When I was little I was in a lot of things. Soccer, swimming, balle, and so many other things. If I would have never quit any of those sports I could've been so great at them right now. Also, high schools and colleges look at sports a lot so that could've helped me get into a good high school. I makes me feel mad because maybe I could've have been more athletic. If I could go back and change it I would have stayed in those sports. I think the reason I gave up on the spots was because they were hard. I should preserved through it. So if I could undo quitting sports, I would
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Propaganda

Propaganda is information., especially of a biased or misleading, used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view. This piece of propaganda shows how they're forcing teachers to teach students about the Nazi ways. They were doing this because they thought that anything that is not from the Nazis' religions is from the devil. It's tried to alter ones perspective by being biased so it's convinces people that's they ar right. The intended audience are the young people, since they are easier to persuade. It is effective because many kids started believe that the Nazi way was the only right ways.

Day Out With a Celebrity

 If could meet any celebrity I would meet Selena. Selena is a singer, actress, spokesperson, and fashion designer. Selena's full name is Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. She is sadly no longer with us. She died March 21, 1995. At the age of 21. She was shot by Yolanda Saldívar, she was the manager of her fan club. Yolanda stole money and financial papers from Selena. When Selena confronted her on this Yolanda pulled out a gun and shot her in lower right shoulder. I obviously wasn't born when she died. But my mom was, she said she remembered exactly what she was doing when she found out she foun out the news. My mom and dad loved her music so I basically grew up listening to her.

If I could meet Selena, the first thing I would do is tell her how much I live her music. I would say how much me and my family appreciate her. Then, I would ask her to teach me how to dance. She was such a great dancer, while me on the other hand., need a little more help. She could dance batchata, cumbia, and other Mexican dances. I would also go on a shopping spree with her. Sh had an amazing taste of style. She was very subjective when a came to the way she dressed. This is what I would like to do if I could meet Selena.

Perseverance

Peservence is not giving up. It's to keep trying and to keep pushing through,whatever pure going through, no matter how hard it is.
A time I persevered is in math class. Math is not my strongest area in school. I preserve when taking a test, when doing homework, or just to keep up in class. Instead of giving up in math a I kept trying to figure out how to do it. I kept trying and trying until I got the right answer over and over again. I persevered because if I gave up then I would never understand it and then I'll never get better at it. If I don't get better then there's a chance that it affects my grades. Some quality traits that you might need to have perseverance are hard working, patience, and understanding.

Character traits:
- Intergrity
- Belieiving in yourself
- Self-respect
- Dont give in to peer pressure
- Avoid drugs
- Be yourself
- Self -confidence
- Courage
- Humility
- Teamwork
- Good Sportsmanship
- Academics

Happiness Is....

The definition of happiness is the mental or emotional state of a well-being defined by positive or pleaseant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Happiness makes you smile, it makes you laugh. It's the complete opposite of sadness. It's bright, shiny, and fun. Here are a few things of what I think happiness is.

1. Happiness is when you realize it's finally Friday.
2. Happiness is walking downtown at night.
3. Happiness is talking a warm shower after a long day.
4. Happiness is singing from the top of your lungs to all your favorite song, with your friends.
5. Happiness is not setting up an alarm for the next day.
6. Happiness is laughing so hard you can't breathe.
7: Happiness is having friends who are just has crazy and weird as you are.
8. Happiness is knowing I make my family proud.
9. Happiness is being snuggled up in blankets watching Netflix.
10. Happiness is getting a good grade without studying.
11. Happiness is the sense of relief you feel when you finish all your homework.
12. Happiness is playing volleyball at the park on a warm sunny day.
13. Happiness is staying up passed midnight on the phone with someone you love.
14. Happiness is diving into the water of the pool to start your laps.
15. Happiness is laughing to the your favorite cliche movie scenes with your friends.

A Few Words of Wisdom

In my short life span, I have been given lots of advice. My several different people. My mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, and so many more. But one piece of advice that has really stuck with me is a quote my mom always tells me. The quote goes, "follow your heart but take your brain with you." My mom is always telling with that the older I get the more freedom I get. She said I always have to be wise about the choices I make and the people I hang out with. That I can do what I want but she suggest I be smart about it.

Best Super Bowl Competition

Every year the super bowl has really great commercials.Some are funny, serious, and impactful. But one of the most impactful super bowl commercial I saw this year was the Airnb Super Bowl Commercial - "We Accept."  I totally recommend that you watch the commercial. I will leave it at the bottom of this blog. The message of this commercial is that we should accept and love everyone no matter where they come from. That we should accept them no matter they're religion, ethnicity, or who they love. This message is important because, especially right now with our new president, there's a lot a discrimination towards a lot a of people. People aren't accepting other people for who they are. Everyone needs to support everyone. Instead, people are constantly judging and looking down on others. This message goes to anyone discriminating others. Hopefully, this commercials helps them think a little more before they say something rude to others. I also hope this commercials shows that everyone should be treated equally. This message also goes to those being discriminated against. For them to see that there are others in this world who think discrimination is wrong.

Worst Arguement

I have gotten to several arguments with people in my life. Most of them small but there was a couple big ones. One of the biggest arguments I have gotten into, that impacted me a lot, was between me and the person who was my best friend at the moment. The arugunment started out of no where. I thought everything was going fine in our friendship. Me and her never really had a big argument before. She texted me one night and wrote me a whole paragraph on how she said I changed. She said  that I was acting differently now and that she didn't want to be friends with me anymore. I found it so weird because I didn't see myself changing. I couldn't recall a moment where I ever treated her bad. I was always there for her no matter what. For a really long time I tried to save our friendship and I tried apologizing for whatever I did wrong. But it never went back to the way to was. Sooner or later me and her stopped talking. This arguenment made me realize who my friends are. Even if I did change like she said I did, I have had friends who have stayed with me through it all. Not caring if I changed or not. But, suprisingly a couple weeks ago, the girl I got into an argument with texted me. She apologized for everything and me and her are okay no. But our friendship will never really be the same. This is one of the biggest arguments I have ever gotten into with someone.

Fake It Until You Become It

Some aspects about myself that I'm good at is my school work. I usually can keep up in school very well. I do my homework on time, most of the times. Some areas that I need to approve are my presentation/talking in front of a crowd skills. When it comes to this I get very nervous and I don't do my best. I sometimes talk to fast or I stutter. Sometimes I will move a lot and others I might totally forget what I'm suppose to say. One way I can fake it until I become is to act like I'm good at presenting. This could give me the confidence to do better in the future. So that one day I won't stutter or forget my words. I'll will talk in front of everyone as if it was the easiest thing to do.

Kindness Over the Holidays

One kind thing I did over winter break is I helped my mom help set up dinner on Christmas Day. Every year our Christmas Dinner is hosted at my house. My mom always get super stressed about this. She does all the cooking and the cleaning. To be honest I've never really thought about helping her out before. I usually just chill in my room until the guests arrive. But this time I went downstairs to see if she needed any help with anything. I ended up setting up the table and washing some dishes. It wasn't a lot but it took a little pressure of my mom's shoulders.