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We've been together for...what? Approximately 12 weeks or so, right? So, I think we have reached that point where we can really start to do some introspective reflection. So, although I cannot make you do this, I would like you to minimize all distractions while you think about this blog. Exercise your right to have "You" time, put away your iPods, cell phones and Wii remotes and for the sake of all that's holy--close Facebook!
Every day, you wake up, go through your morning rituals, come to school, do your thing(s), go home, go through your evening rituals and then go to bed. There are obviously some variations to this routine from time to time, and I am not trying to downplay your life in any way by making it sound mundane; that is not the idea here. What I am saying is, that through all of this, these daily activities, rituals and routines people interact with you. They talk to you, refer to you, question you, yell at you, soothe you, talk about you, defer to you or, in some cases, though hopefully not many, ignore you completely. The point is, they KNOW who you are, at least enough to do one or more of the previous things. But, when you stop to think about it, do they really know? And, more importantly, do YOU?
Beyond names, job titles or academic accomplishments, beyond labels given by yourself or by others, beyond traits and hobbies and virtues... who are you? Who are you inside? If you had to write your name, and then your definition, what would it say?(substantive response/50pts)
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From 2 weeks ago to this blog, I have been thinking about who I am and what I am doing every day with my life, because 2 weeks ago was my injury. Since then I have been thinking? Who am I, what am I doing and many more. I might be a little off topic with this blog but in the same area of it. I think since this injury has changed me as a player and as a person. As a player I will come back stronger but as a person, a little different. I mean by that as in any day it could be over. I am glad just this year, but I have been thinking about what about next year with football or this year with lacrosse. I see myself now playing every play like it is my last and every word like it is my last as well. That is what I think of myself now when I look into the mirror. That today could be my last day on this earth or last day ever playing sports. So I see myself as a hard working person and willing to go that extra mile to be happy or make someone else happy.
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents just had their 50th anniversary. 50 years being with the same person and I know my grandparents gave it their all every single day. Watching them this weekend made me think about life and how great it is when living it to the fullest and I know they have another 50 in the both of them. So if means I have to do something I know I don’t what to I am going to do it anyway because I know in the end I did that to the fullest. All of this is how I am looking at life now and for a long time.
I Larissa strive to make everyday different, I get up everyday at different times, sometimes I brush my hair sometimes brush my teeth depends on how I feel, I’m gross I know I don’t care what people think about me, after I’m done debating doing my hair or brushing my hair obviously I get dress duh, I pullout the plug of my light cause its pretty much been on all night, I open my door I turn on the hall way light, I walk down the hallway stairs, I grab my book bag from my computer chair which is useless because I pretty much don’t have a computer, I grab my shoes from the bottom of the stairs, put them on, and walk out the front door. I close the door behind me and proceed to walk to the bus, that’s my morning routine how bout that?
ReplyDeleteLARISSA the girl that never ceases to amaze you, that turns from upside down but only if I like you, I'm very hard to please but easy to amuse, I get annoyed easily and I'm not very emotional, cold hearted and paranoid, I pity the weak, yet I’m weak myself, I like to make people laugh when it is really really quiet, even if I by myself, if try too hard once I fail I give up and you'll never see effort out of me again, I miss sophomore year and I can never stay focused, I really don’t talk to anyone in my house so on Monday after a weekend I have to train myself to talk coherently again, I have low self-esteem, yet I always carry myself with great confidence, the light inside me that my former principle Mr. Johnson said I had deemed or maybe it just broke I don't know, But for the last year I’ve been very, very sad, so the smile you see every day is fake, How's that for emotional?
Never the less I like to think of myself as the life of the party and as the only person who is cheerful, chipper, perky, and hyper at 6:32 in the morning whether its all a fasod ( I love that word) well that’s Larissa for you take me as I am =D.
This took me way longer than 15 minutes thank god for t9!
I am a lot different from what I was last year. Ever since I injured my wrist last year at football, my lifestyle has never been the same. Other people know that I haven’t been the same since and sometimes they let me know. I have been forced to quit doing the things I love the most because of my injury. One thing that I miss the most is football. I broke my wrist in football at the beginning of last season and I played the whole rest of that year. I know, that was stupid of me. Now I am paying the price, I couldn’t play at all this season and after the next surgery I have next month, I will be lucky to play at all next season. This has changed the way I act greatly because it is giving up many things I love. I cannot do any contact, sports, or basically anything that I use left hand for that matter. Before my injury I felt that I was John, the kid who was not amazing at sports but I was okay to just John. I notice people do look at me differently now that I cannot play football but I don’t let that bother me because I know the people that do that aren’t true friends.
ReplyDeleteAll right well it’s hard just to answer this question and i've been staring at this screen for about 25 minutes, trying to think of what to say.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think ive got it
Joseph Michael McGarvey:
Hmmmm, who is Joe?
I am Joe.
I am mixed up in emotions of good and bad, trying to tackle my goals.
I get very caught up in music and I sometimes forget i'm in class or doing something important when ill just start taping or thinking off a new guitar riff. I hate people who dig down deep into me just to find what’s bothering me, I hate psychiatrists, doctors, and any one who has M.D. or a Doctrine in they’re profession. They think to much. I try at what I love, and I strive to do good. As a junior I’m starting to realize what school is for. Its hard sometimes to just push yourself out of bed and getting dressed. I try to live, I try to breathe, I try to be happy, I try to smile, and I try to love. I love people that are dear to me. I need them to exist, to be Joe. I tried….
Geraldine: Even though I can’t find all the words to describe myself I’ll try, because there is no definition of me, I’m just me. I am very, very, I mean seriously very sweet, I’m always giving kisses (cheek) and hugs to people, I don’t know why I’m like that, but I just love to give love to everybody. Love is an essential part of my life, I can’t live without love, and I’m not just talking about the love of my boyfriend, I’m talking about everyone I care for. Well everything is not good about me, of course like everyone else I have imperfections. I get mad for stupid things and I argued about everything, I‘m very complicated, I’m not patient at all, I hate waiting, I mean who likes waiting?, if things or people don’t come to me, I go to them. Is so difficult for me to trust others, and once you betray me, I won’t look at you the same. I forgive people, because I believe everyone deserves a second chance, but I don’t forget, everything I go through stays on my mind and I won’t erase it. I LOVE children and babies, they are so innocent, little and cute. I can’t control my emotions, I’m very emotional and is very easy for me to cry, my heart is like a new cotton, very soft and at the same time clean ,because I don’t hate anyone, the word HATE does not exist in my life, lets call it “dislike”. I love laughing, and being happy with what God gives me. Sometimes He takes away from me things that were part of my life, but gives me something better than before, that’s why I always have hope and faith. I like partying and having fun with my friends, I don’t like to stay home and watch television the whole day, no, that’s not me. I don’t like school, and homework, I am very lazy, but I’m very responsible, if I have to do something, well I have to do it. I’m very competitive, and I hate loosing in whatever I’m doing, it does not matter if it is not important, I always like to be the winner, I get mad when I loose. I love to help people even if I don’t know them. I get frustrated when things don’t come out the way I want to, but in the other hand, I don’t like perfection, yes, that’s weird, but I think being perfect makes life boring. Some people love me, others don’t like me at all, but that’s the way I am, I am Geraldine Perez and if I try to please others, I will be changing myself for other person that I’m not, I want to be myself. Well this is just a small part of who I am, I always have my doors open to everybody, if you like what you see stay, if you don’t, then you can leave.
ReplyDeletethats crazy because i think about this all the time
ReplyDeleteEleniMarie Foga Kuddar:i am a semi pretty girl i think i for the most part i am nice i believe that because of my past i am someone who has a brick wall up and is afraid to let anyone in even the person or people who love and care most without a doubt i am someone who doesnt trust easy or love easy for that fact i believe i am a very honest and trust worthy person but i also believe that i can hurt your feelings really bad i am someone who stays quiet because i care what my peers think and say about me even tho i say i dont and they dont no me i have a huge heart thats been shattered so many times its cold i am some one who would text you the most random thing jus so you will talk to me i am someone who believes everything happens for a reson but also i am someone who will freak out why did this happen to me im a shy timid person kinda like an abused puppy and i believe that everyone is the way they are for a reson and i believe that i deserve a chance
i am elenimarie and up untill this summer i didnt no my other alf i did not have any idea who the father side of my family was and now that i do i understand why i am such a short tempered outgoing person why i dont like people untill givin a reson to
i am elenimarie foga kuddar i am different
These are some good questions..and nobody has ever asked me them before.Well there's alot that i can say about myself.Me..i'm Erica Nichole Matthews.The daughter of Cathy Matthews and Gregory Martinez.I'm just a teenager that likes to have fun, some people say that I have too much fun.But there's a serious side of me that not that many people see.Wow this question is really making me think.Honestly, i'm just me.A fun loving and caring person.The person that I am today is because of my foster mom,LuLu B Flamer.I am a reflection of her,a strong and independent women.I am the type of person that think family and friends are importan, and that some people wouldnt be where they are without the help of them.Who am I inside?I dont really know.I have to think about that.Inside..I keep all my feelings deep inside and people rarely see them.Some people think that I have no type of affection at all.But then again i dont care about what people think about me.When I go to school, everyone sees the fun side of me and hardly ever takes me seriously.Im not going to lie,but i'm a kid at heart.if i could tell anybody how I feel,then my life would be a littler easier.Even thought I dont care what people think of me,I would still like to know what my friends don't like about me.Some of the things they say,I agree with.You know,like my temper.Honastly,it gets the best of me sometimes.Then I apologize to that person later.I also hate it when people are mad at me because,then im thinking about tring to not make them mad at me anymore,instead of things that really need my attention like school work.If I had to write my name and a definition,I dont know what I would put for a definition.That's going to take more thought.
ReplyDeleteI’m glad that you brought this up. This has been on my head for a while now. Ever since my freshman year I’ve been asking myself this question. There is not one person in this face of the earth that knows me the better than I know myself. I can say that I’m in my own little bubble. I don’t really like expressing my personal life with anyone. Its just I believe no one will ever understand the way I feel about life. Who I think I am inside is you can say is a little emotional kid. I think of my emotions every day. There has not been a day where I haven’t. ACHIEVING, SENSITIVENESS, CARING, STRONG, AND NEEDINESS, are the words that would describe myself.
ReplyDeleteI’m sorry Ms. Bungie, you told us to put away our ipods, to tell you the truth, I couldn’t. It was the only way I could have thought about myself. Without music I don’t think I could have done this blog. Music is one of my needs and my life as you can tell. When ever I listen to music it feels like I’m on top of the world. Without music I don’t think I would be the person I am today.
onyx t'shaka williams thats my name i am a nice person contrary to the way i may seem or act i have a huge heart i like to comfort people that's who i am i make people feel up when their down make them smile when they frown i can also be very racist or ignorant. its not the way i should act but i cant help the things my brain thinks but then again i dont have to say them all even though i do.
ReplyDeleteEvery day I wake up get out of bed and do my daily rutene get out of bed get my clothes and set them on the chair in my bathroom hop in the shower get out dry off and put on my deoderant clothes and brush my teeth then I say by to my mom and go on my way to school where I get my education and walk around like a lifeless body but that’s not what makes me who I am school is just a jail cell for me where I feel I am forced to go and do labor all day the place that defines me is the second I get off that bus its like a switch goes off in my head and I can really be me the person that I really am and love so much which is me nick meredith haha but what defines me most is the time that I spend with my friends and family the momments that I will have to remember for ever the nights driving around with chris and sean going to chris’s uncles or chilling and having dinner at seans and making jokes with his dad or down stairs lifting and making fun or each other that’s what really defines me the time I spend with my friends because if I didn’t have my friends or family that you wouldn’t get the nick meredtih that iam today or maby its those long hours waiting at the county jail with my mom to go see my brother and the moment that I see him and my heart jumps out my chest and crack a smile I don’t know what it is that truly makes me who I am but im positive of who I am and im proud of who I am a man who is friendly caring and would die/ and kill for those around me and I wouldn’t want to change me for anything in the world
ReplyDeleteRich Mower- a smart hard working well put together man who has a lot of love to give but nothing but pain to show for it/ will not let people suffer in the pleasure of another/ a family man who will kill for his sister and fight for his brothrs/ ia a liar only to the cops not to others/ will do anything if asked is not a saint nor a demon believes in violence only when needed.
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