September 27, 2004

My dearest mother and father, I regret to inform you that I have failed an important English test last Friday.  I did not have the time or will power to muse my strength together after the football game last Thursday.  I took a shot to the head and it was very hard to concentrate on anything let alone the test itself.  I hope that you do not disown me and I hope you still love me, your son.  I love you.

Mr. Cecil, I am very disappointed in my performance in you Electronic College Preparatory English 2 Class last Friday.  The effort that I put out was unacceptable and I could have done much better then the result shows.  Your class is a challenge to me and the curriculum is somewhat hard to learn and remember.  I will try harder to not let you down and hope that my grade will show my new effort.  Thank you.

Alex, I have just failed a test for my English 2 class.  I would like it, if you are available, to help me to better understand and gain a greater knowledge of the magnificent art that is English.  You seem to understand the curriculum very well, and are much stronger, as your grade can tell, then I am in this class.  Please find the time out of your busy schedule to make sometime for me, your best friend.  Please.

October 5, 2004

Pride is the feeling after you score the winning touchdown on homecoming night.  A feeling in which you are on the top of the world, and you aren’t afraid to admit it.  Walking with you chest out with you letterman’s jacket flirting with the cheerleaders.  Usually you don’t even know that you are acting prideful unless a friend or an ordinary person, to you they seem like a no one, brings you back down with a crash to earth.  Most people are left humiliated and embarrassed that they would every act that way and vow to never let it happen again.  Others strength relies solely on the pride they receive.  They become addicted to it and need more of it in everything they do.  Pride is what you want and you only want it to be.

October 6, 2004

A person can be beautiful in any way they think or want to.  Some say that to be beautiful you have to have the perfect hair, the perfect make up, gorgeous eyes, a fit body, and many other things.  Other people say that when a person thinks they are beautiful, they are beautiful.  People also think that to be beautiful someone else has to think you’re beautiful.  Beauty is sometimes measured in good looks, and also in wealth.  Beauty is whatever you want it to be.

October 7, 2004

The bubonic plague is like a clock in that you cannot hide from either of them.  The plague, like a clock, moved slowly but surely through all of Europe.  The plague didn’t not infect and kill the rich and powerful, just like time doesn’t stop for them either.  The plague took no prisoners, and killed many people.  How the plague got spread was also like a clock.  It started at the top, with the infection.  The rats were then infected and spread the disease to the people.  This kept going on and on like a circle of a clock goes on and on too.  There was no preventing the plague, just like you cannot prevent time from going on just as it has before.

October 12, 2004

If I had a time machine, I would like to visit some ancient civilizations.  The Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations would be interesting to visit I feel.  The middle ages would also interest me.  The Native American cultures would definitely be another place I would stop at.  I would like to visit these cultures and times to better understand how they lived and what they did to get by.  Most of the Southern American rich culture was lost when the Spanish Conquistadors came and took over the Americas.  The middle ages have always interested me.  The whole concept of a knight in shinning armor, ridding a horse to go on a God given quest, is very intriguing.  I have always also wanted to have a good old fashion sword fight.  The Native American cultures are also very rich, and to see how hard it was when we came and kicked them out of the lands in their perspective would change me.

October 19, 2004

Memories are like a river, in that they are different.  Sometimes they flood back into your mind like a river during a storm, or you sit there thinking like a river during a drought.  The memories will always be there, no matter how long it has been since you have pondered upon this memory.  Try as you might, the memories have been bared inside of you mind forever, just like the pathway of a river, weather it is dry or not.

November 3, 2004

On the pathway to adulthood, there are many specific dates that hold significance.  A few of them are getting your license, getting your first real job, getting your first girlfriend, and so on.  Probably the biggest one is graduating high school.  This marks the beginning of your pathway down adulthood.  You, hopefully, will be moved out, living by yourself, and trying to find a way to meet you needs.  You gain a greater responsibility and need to uphold this.  For me, the major sign of adulthood would be serving my mission for my church.  Until that time comes on my 19 birthday, I cannot consider myself a full adult.  While until then I may gain and already posses many of the traits needed to become an adult, in my mind I am not quite there.  Becoming an adult though is in the eye of the beholder.  People posses many different beliefs, but one thing still holds.  When you think you are an adult, you need to act like an adult.

November 17, 2004

When I was 8 years old, my father and I were at Wild Rivers for the first time.  We were going on just about every ride and having a great time.  With only a few minutes left in our day’s adventure, we decided to go on the biggest ride there.  The Edge and The Ledge, which at the moment, seemed like just another ride.  Some time after I lost count of the stairs, fear kicked in.  When we finally were at the top, I could feel my knees shaking inside of me, though I had a composed look on the outside.  Not wanting to let my father down, I hoped in the slide next to him and prepared for my death I thought.  After a lifetime of darkness, I finally emerged out of the tube and into the light.  After I pulled out my wedgie, I was relieved to find out that I was alive and still intact.  That day I overcame a fear of mine.

November 22, 2004

When making a bowl of cereal, you need to have the proper ingredients.  First off, you need a bowl, spoon, milk, and cereal.  You then need to open the box at the top of the cereal.  After that, cut the top of the bag of cereal so that the cereal can be poured out.  Place the bowl on a flat surface, a table is recommended.  Take the bag of cereal, with the hole in the top, and pour it in the bowl until it is about ¾ of the way full.  Pour in milk after until it is almost full.  Place the spoon in the bowl of cereal and enjoy.

December 2, 2004

A hero isn’t made, a hero is born.  Noble birth has nothing to do with a hero.  There is an inner quality that motivates a hero to act courageously.  You could say that it is his/her destiny to be a hero.  Some heroes are heroes at a very young age, while some wait for the opportune moment to rise up to a challenge.  A hero has to be motivated and set in what they are going to do.  They cannot be prideful and boast about all the great things they’ve done and all the people they’ve saved.  A hero needs to be down to earth.

January 3, 2005

My New Years Resolutions aren’t too special.  Get good grades, work hard in school, become spiritually stronger, and excel in sports.  I would really like to run sub 50 second 400 meter and sub 40 second 300 Intermediate Hurdle times.  I would like to go to the Masters level and hopefully farther this year too.  I want to start to prepare myself for the times ahead.  College is close at hand, and I need to prepare mentally and financially for that.  I really want to work hard in track and get noticed by a college, hopefully BYU, and be eligible for a scholarship of some kind.