Writing About A Boy

I did get into my dream school but it happens, I wish it didn't, but that's life, isn't it?
I poured mt heart and soul into one thing and it did not work out. I try not to think about too much but the day I found out I didn't get in was honestly one of worst days I had in a long time. I was so public about wanting to go to USC and so many people were rooting for me. So many people helped me and me really just felt like I let them down.

I knew going into the application process that it was going to be hard. USC has an average acceptance rate of 16%  so the odds were stacked against me. But I was hopeful and so many people told me I was going to get in, including my sister who goes to USC. I really wanted it I wanted to be in LA so bad but I guess it was not meant to be.

The night before I could not fall asleep and would keep having dreams of getting and not getting in. It was at 9 am when my mom told me I did not get in. I decided I was not going to dwell and try to move on but it kept nagging at me because I would see friends I had made for a summer before getting in. I felt dumb, I felt silly for even think I could get in. The hardest part of the whole thing was telling people I did not get in. They would give me a sad look and tell me it was just not in Gods plan. Hearing people say that made me mad because I am in charge of my own future I get to pick what happens in my life.

I am going to Mizzou now and at first, I did even really want to go to college anymore but I am excited I went up there this weekend and really liked it. I still really want to go to USC and I am trying to transfer after my freshman year but who know what will happen.

101 Things

1. My name is Gabi Frerking
2. I am 17 years old
3. My birthday is June 28 1999
4. I have two sisters
5. I am the middle sister
6. My oldest sister is named Natalie
7. Natalie is 2 years older than me
8. My younger sister is named Mia
9. Mia is 3 years younger than me
10. I am a senior at Kickapoo high school
11. Mia is a freshman at Central high school
12. Natalie is a sophomore at USC
13. My moms name is Sarah
14. My dads name is Michael
15. They have been married for 22 years
16. There anniversary is June 26
17. Mia's birthday is June 24
18. I have two cats
19. Their names are Bacon and Julie
20. I have lived in the same house my whole life
21. I am a cheerleader for Kickapoo
22. I have been cheering for 7 years
23. I am going to Mizzou next year to study journalism
24. I have dark blonde hair but I dye it to be bright blonde
25. I have dark blue eyes
26. My whole family has blue eyes
27. I love reading
28. My favorite books are Percy Jackson and Harry Potter
29. My favorite author is Sarah J. Mass
30. I love music
31. I mostly listen to alternative music
32. I also love score music
33. My favorite TV shows are Game of Throne, Stranger Things and Gossip Girl
34. I also love comedy specials
35. my favorite comedians John Mulany and Louie C.K  
36. I love to use twitter and Tumblr
37. I love laughing
38. My zodiac sign is cancer
39. My favorite color is green
40. I also love Blue and Black
41. I love to travel
42. I really want live in Europe in the English country side
43. I love bread
44. My diet mainly consist of grilled cheese and soup
45. I really want to travel and make a difference in peoples lives
46. I not really sure on a career but I want to tell peoples stories \
47. I love learning
48. I am extremely lazy
49. I also procrastinate all the time
50. I am scared of clowns
51. I am afraid of failure
52. I also like to plan for the future
53. I love the dark
54. I cannot sleep unless it is completely dark
55. I also stay up really late
56. I love to take naps
57.I want to right my own book
58. I also want to right a series of books
59. I love fantasy
60. I love movies
61. I am really good at quoting movies
62. I love to go out and have fun
63. Some days I am an extrovert and other days I am Introvert
64. I am vert quite unless you know me then I am the loudest person in the room
65, I love LA and I hope to live there soon
66. I love rain
67. I love rainy summer days
68. I like being alone
69. But I don't like being lonely
70. I really like corgis
71. I also love dogs but I am allergic to them
72. I am also Allergic to about everything in nature well at least in spring
73. I am a lifeguard
74. I love reading with music
75. I make playlist for the books I read almost like soundtracks
76. I love going to the lake
77. Tubing is my favorite thing to do at the lake
78. I am graduating on may 12th
79. I really love California
80. I want to live in LA
81. I really like the rain and like to go on nature walks when it rains
82. I love love love to take naps
83. I love to go out
84. I have a pinked hearted blanket I sleep with every night
85. Summer is my favorite season
86. Winter is my least favorite
87. I can't stand the cold
88. I am  hopeless romantic
89. I believe strongly in women's rights
90. I know some spanish but I want to learn more
91. I had to wait till I was 12 to get my ears pierced
92. I have no idea what I want to do with my life
93. I wish I had magic sometimes
94. I think my most beautiful quality is my blue eyes
95. My favorite number 17
96. I am very blunt
97. I don't like  fake people
98. I try my best to be my best
99. When I get irritated I start to sneeze
100. I like almost every green vegetable
101. I want everything to turn out ok

Music and Writing

1. I have certain playlist for certain times in my life like summer of last year or maybe a movies playlist for when I am working on something. I also have playlist for books they act as background music. When I listen to playlist that are from certain times I remember those times and how I felt. Like some playlist bring up sad memories and I always feel nostalgic when I listen to old music.

2. My favorite song of all time is Riptide by Vance Joy. This has been my favorite song since freshman year. I reminds me of high school and I connect the song with happy memories. That song never fails to make me feel better.

3. My music taste has definitely changed over time. I used to be really one sided and only liked one type music but I really opened it up my music taste my freshman year. I really like any type of music and I don't know where I would be with out it.

12. I love music in movies. I will probably love the movie if i enjoy the music. Music is able show so much emotion and they really add to the movie.

5. I don't really share my music with anyone but my sisters. I am very private about music. I feel like music is able to say a lot about a person and show you someones true feelings. I will only share my music with someone I truly trust. I also feel like people judge people on the music taste a lot so I am always worried when i show someone a song they won't like it.

7. Without music I really think my life would be nothing. I listen to music everyday, I associate so many positive and negative memories with music that my music is almost like a diary, a diary not of words but sounds that remind me old and new memories. I will forever be grateful
for music.

Food For Thought

When I think of Saturdays I think of food. Every Saturday I start off the day by waking up around ten am and will sit in my parent's bed with them and we will watch a movie. At around 11 my mom and I will go to the kitchen and she will make bacon and I will start on the pancakes. The house fills with the aroma of pancakes and Bacon. I feel happy as my family and I  eat around the table and watch cartoons. After we eat me or my sister will call my grandpa and ask him if he wants to meet us for lunch at 1. Every Saturday my family eats the same place at the same time. It is a small deli and pasta place near the mall and it is one of my favorite places to eat . After we all eat together we will all go home and take a nap. at around 5 my parents will go out and see a movie and me and my little sister will go get food at Panera or Steak n Shake. When I always think of Saturday I always think of the food I eat Saturday.

Children Story First Draft

Molly the Mallard's first Migration to Hawaii

Page 1: Molly the Mallard lived by the water with her loving mother and father.

Page 2: would splash splash slash the day away in the lake with her fish friends that always liked to play.

Page 3: She would fly high in the forest trees always saying hi to the bees.

Page 4: And when the sun went down at the end of the day, after a long day of play.
Molly would curl up in the nest and listen to the owls who's that put her to rest.

Page 5: Molly loved the lake where she lived but one day the air began to chill and the lake went still.

Page 6:Molly was sad the lake froze over but her mother and father were happy it was much colder.
"Don't frown Molly, Don't let the cold weather get you down." Her mother told her.

Page 7: "It's time for a migration vacation. Hurry let's pack our bags its time to go!" her father yelled.  "Whoopee off to Hawaii we go!"


Page 8: They flew far and wide, until they came across 8 island with a very high tide. Hawaii had bright blue water and weather that was a lot hotter.

Page 9: Molly's first day in Hawaii she spent on land playing with her new crap friends in the sand.

Page 10: The next day Molly decided to test the water. She made friends with a very friendly otter.

Page 11: The next day she while she was slashing in the sea she met a dolphin who asked her if she was brave and wanted to ride the wave?

Page 12: And after every long day of fun and play Molly would snuggle up by the sand and watch the sunset with a coconut in hand.

Page 13: After a while of water, sand and fun there time in Hawaii was done. And with a big ole sigh and a tear in her eye Molly had to say goodbye.

Page 14: "Don't worry little one we will be back next year for lots more fun and sun." her mother said.

Page 15: They flew back quick and fast back to the lake that was unfroze at last!

Page 16: Molly was so happy to see the bees in the trees. She was happy to splash in the lake all day with her fish friends that liked to play.

Page 17: And at the end of the day just before she went to sleep she remembered Hawaii and all the fun memories she would keep.

Children's Story Feedback for Friends

Chad Myers 

Wally Goes to Hawaii
Page 1
There once was a town called FrostBerg, located on an iceberg somewhere between the North and South Pole. It is a beautiful Winter day there. 
Page 2
The penguins are outside skating. Polar bears are enjoying their ICEEs and narwhales are skiing down the various slopes.
Page 3
There is only one animal not joining in on their Winter fun: Wally the Walrus.
Page 4
Wally has never liked the cold. He prefers to go home to his igloo and relax in his bundle of blankets reading a good book.
Part 5
He enjoyed being able to water plants in his green house. The ice and snow just wasn't the life for him, trust me, he tried.
Page 6
Sledding was never really his thing.
Page 7
Peppermint mochas just burned his tongue.
Page 8
Snow kept getting caught in his mustache, and his lips got cold.
Page 9
Eventually, the animals of Frostberg stopped inviting him to play. He just couldn't be part of their Winter fun.
Page 10
One day, he meet with Morris the Moose, Frostberg's local travel agent. Wally meet with him to discuss where he would like to go this year.
Page 11
"Where would you like to travel?" Morris the Moose asked.
"Where can I go?" 
"Anywhere, from the highest peaks to the lowest of trenches. Anything particular in mind?"
"Just someplace warm." Wally replied. He hates the Winter weather of his hometown. 
Page 12
"I think I have just the place in mind." the agent replied with a smile.
Page 13
When Wally stepped off the plane, it was like an whole new world was opened up to him. There were palm trees and beaches everywhere.
Page 14
He went to his new hut on the beach, and laid in his hammock sunbathing. He pulled out his map, and decided to explore the island.
Page 16
He took a walk on one of the trials, and found that Hawaii had plants he had never gotten to see in the Artic! The entire island was covered in the brightly colored tropical fruits.
Page 17
At the end of the trial were several shops that scattered the beach. One vendor offered him a mango-pineapple smoothie. He didn't really know what either of those things were, but he was open to trying anything (but peppermint mochas, those are gross).
Page 18
He was surprised to find that he liked it! It was very sweet, and was different from anything that he had tried at home.
Page 19
He went up to the local surf shop, and bought a surfboard. He ended up getting to try some free surfinglessons. At first, he stumbled, but he quickly improved.
Page 20
Eventually, he was surfing like one of the pros. He shredded some sick waves until the sun went down.
Page 21
There was a luau on the beach that night. The place was lit up with hundreds of lights, and he could hear music all the way from the ocean. (say what kind of music). 
Page 22
He decided to join them. Apparently, Wally is quiet the life of the party, and he is crazy good at ( put the instead of at) limbo. 
Page 23
Once the night was done, Wally came back to his hut and got some much needed rest. (capitalize he) He had such a busy day, and he was looking forward to the rest of his trip.
Page 24
Before Wally knew it, his stay in Hawaii was over. He had to say goodbye to his newfound friends, but it was time for him to go home.
Page 25
Wally realized where his(Add a space)home was, and realized he'd be back sooner than he thought.

THE END

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His parents were immigrants from Miko which is northeast Slovakia. His father worked in a coal mine and his mother stayed home. he had two older brothers Pavol and Jan. He went to Schenley high school and graduated in 1945.  He then attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology.

in the 1950's, the beginning of his career, he was dedicated to commercial and advertising art. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), and the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966). 

He is now a well known artist and is very famous. Someone once paid 105 millions dollars for one of his paintings. He died February 22, 1987. He also started a the pop art movement.  

Author Bio

Gabi Frerking currently lives in Springfield Missouri with her mom, dad, sisters and two cats, Bacon and Julie. Gabi is a Kickapoo high school senior and graduates may 12th 2017. She is then going to the University of Missouri in the fall of 2017. She will be majoring in journalism and is very excited to move to a new place. She loves to binge watch Netflix, eat bread, and loves to read, more than anything. She has never written a children book before but she has written a few short stories.

Inspired by Hopper

The night was quite as she slipped into the diner the bell rang and the bar tender gave her a small smile. She walked slowly to the counter, heals clicking on the marble floor, to where a man with a golden face and hazel eyes sat. He wore a blue suite and a gray hat covering his dusty brown hair. He smiled wide to her.
"You're early." She said coldly to him.
"Never late for a pretty girl." He said smiling ignoring her cold tone. They sat in silence for a little bit, waiting. The man in Blue ordered them 2 coffees.
"So how as your day?" He he said to her drawing out the so.
"It was good, I guess." she told him scanning the outside of the bar.
"Well your really talkative today."  he mumbled into his coffee as he took a sip. wincing at the taste.
"Is it bad?" she had not yet taken a drink from her coffee yet, waiting.  
"Ehh it just taste a little weird." he said.
"Strange." She said eyes on the door.

The bell rang at the door and black shadow appeared. He was a tall man clothed in all black. His hair was black  his hat was black everything black expect his pale skin and two very dark blue eyes that almost looked violet. he sat at the other side of the bar directly across the woman.
"Strange is right." the man in blue said looking at the man in black. The dark mans eyes lifted to the women's. he scanned her. taking in her hair golden, curled very finely and her bright red dress. He eyes landed on her ruby red lips.
The man in blue noticed his staring, "Hey man, keep your eyes to yourself." the blue man said to the guy across the bar. The man and black eyes stop right to the man and blue and he instantly sat down, taking another sip of his coffee. The mans eyes watched him as he took a drink.
"Whats going on?" he said as he slid out of his chair collapsing on the floor. The women in red next to him got up ignoring him and walked over to the man in black eyes never leaving his face. "Hey. HEY! where are you going help!" the man in blue said as he sprawled unable to movie on the ground. The man in black got up and took the woman in red's arm. He flip a coin to bartender, who was also staring directly in the mans eyes, unable to hear the man in blue on the floor. The man in black with the woman in red on his arm left the bar arm in arm. Leaving in silence as the man lay screaming as they left.

Books for kids

Yertle the Turtle takes place in a pond and Yertle is the king of the turtles. Yertle is not very nice to the other turtles and makes them climb on top of each other and he stands on top of them and makes them carry him around. The age I would recommend this too is 7 and above because it is pretty long and some words are kind of hard to read. I did love this book as a kid and would defiantly
recommend this to other parents and their kids.  
 

Childhood Questions

31. I was 6 when I learned how to ride a bike. My dad taught me, I had a little pink Barbie bike with streamers hanging off of the handles. To learn how to ride my dad would first teach me to balance on the bike. were would sit in the grass and he would hold me on the bike. Then I would ride through the grass then, we would go to the tennis courts and I would ride around there. Once I was able I go on Saturday bike rides with my dad and my older sister. The first time I ever went biking with them I went to fast down a hill, lost control of the bike and was flung off into the pavement. I scraped myself up pretty badly and my dad had to carry me home on his shoulders. I was balling with bloody keens and and bruised elbows. I have scars on my keens from where i was hit.

35. A dream I remember I had as a kids was when I was 5. I was on a water ride with all of my kindergarten classmates and one of the girls I had in my class, I can't remember her name, pushed me off the ride and I fell into a ocean. Once I was in the ocean a shark came up and bit the tip of my finger and i woke up crying.

36. Something I don't like about my childhood is how shy I was. I was so shy I would never ask for help and as a result of that I did not do very well in elementary school. I wish that I was able to make more friends and wasn't so scared of people.

34. The people who taught me to believe in myself were my mom and dad. Like I said I was not very good at school so I had lots of tutors. I would always get frustrated and give up and the tutors never really helped me. When I started to get frustrated I would start to hit myself and call myself  dumb while crying into my math book. After this would happen my mom and dad would sit me down and tell me that I was a smart girl and that I could do anything I put my mind too.

Window Poem

Looking out my window I see a bus stop.
To the left, there is a man, old with dark circles around his eyes and a smile looking down at a picture in his old frail hands.
Today there is something different, there is no woman standing next to him.
The woman was alway standing next to him, until today.
In the distance, the bus is coming.
The old man boards the bus alone.

Campbell Tomato Soup

It was a snowy Wednesday and Timmy was on his way home from school.
he was riding his bike which he always took to school.
It was black and blue and had brakes in the front and even a bell.
His dad had given it to him for his 8th birthday and it had been his prized possession ever since.  
Before he left for school that morning the sidewalks were clear and there was not a cloud in the sky.
As he was leaving for school his mother told him not to take his bike because it was going to snow that day.
Timmy didn't listen and took it anyways and when school got out early because of the snow Timmy didn't think it would be a problem getting home.
Timmy was struggling to pedal through the snow and could barely see where he was going.
He caught speed as he went flying down a hill and crashed breaking his new bike and hurting himself.
Timmy cried all the way home pulling his broken bike behind him.
When he got home and saw his mom he broke out in tears.
"It's going to be ok we will get you a new bike. Come I've made soup for you." his mother said to him.
They patched up his wounds and settled down by the fire with a bowl of his favorite Campbell's Tomato Soup.
Timmy soon forgot all about his broken bike and decided to go out and enjoy the snow.

Three Lost Hikers Lucky to be Found

"Can you please hurry." Abby said shivering looking around frantically.
"Maybe if you actually helped it would be faster." Tom said to Abby harshly.
"No,no,no I am not touching thing." she said with disgust.
" I knew you would end up doing thing, you always do." Tom said to himself quietly.
"I do not! I handle the driving and I will help you after you finish with-with that." she flicked her hands at the dark mishap-in object Tom was handling. "Plus I am usually gone for this but you made me come with you."
"I made you come with me because John could not-be here." Tom said with a little bit of question of where John might have been.
"How long does this usually take?" she asked moving on to the next topic, not wanting to focus on what they were doing.
"Not long I have been doing this a while." he said with a smirk of accomplishment.

They went about the deed they were doing and were able to finish in about an hour.
"Where are we?" Abby asked sounding not at all concerned on where they actually were.
" Deep into the woods now its okay.  I've been down here multiple time." Tom smiled at Abby they walked in silence until they heard yelling from the other parts of the wood.

"Lizzy! Lizzy! Are you here Lizzy?"

"What is that!" Abby whispered harshly to Tom
"I don't know? I have never seen anyone over here." He said with a nervous tone

"Lizzy?, Lizzy are you hear?" The voice calling out getting closer and closer.

"What do we do?" Abby said frantically and fast looking back and forth from where the voice was.
" All right we will just say we were lost and we were hiking for the day." Tom told her calmly but with slight an edge to him voice.
"Who's there, Lizzy is that you?" said the voice now closes enough they could see it was an old man coming their way.

"Help! over here! Oh thank god. Were over here." Tom said changing his mood from calm to scared.
"Who are you? Do you know where Lizzy is?" the old man said looking between Tom and Abby.
"We were hiking but we got lost. Thank god you found us, we thought we were never going to be found." Abby said acting like she was really lost.
"Oh well I'm glad I found you, somebody named Lizzy has gone missing and I was a part of a search party."
"I don't know anything about that." Abby said a little to fast. Tom gave her a look that said "shut up."

"Well the search party is near by I can take you there then we can help you find your way home." The old man said a little skeptical.
"Thank you so much." Tom said.

They found the search party and Tom and Abby were able to find their way home.
"Thank you for all your help." Abby said right before her and Tom were about to leave."
"Glad we could help." the old man said.

All of a sudden a man came running out of the woods.
"There was a body there- I saw one."
"Where"
"By the lake."

Tom and Abby looked at each other. Tom gave her the look and they started moving towards their car.
"Wait." the old man said to the Tom and Abby. They stopped to their tracks. "Weren't you two just by the lake?"

Six Memoirs

Constantly wanting more in my life.

Tired mornings, Sleepless nights, Mind Running.
 
We're all alone in the end.

Memorable Passage

“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”  

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 

This is one of my all time favorite quotes ever. It really speaks to me because I love to make up things in my head and I love reading and imagining stories in my head. It is a way to escape into another world and I love that.  Dumbledore's words are very comforting to Harry and in a sense he is talking directly to the reader.  He reassures  that while it maybe all be a story it is still very real to the reader.  

Writers as Readers

1. I can read almost anywhere. I always have to be listening to music when I read though. I make playlist that go along with the books I'm reading. When I do read I like to read in my bed where I can lay down.  It is sometimes hard to read like that because the book can sometimes fall out of my hand and fall on my face, which hurts a lot.  I like reading on my phone in total darkness.

4. one of my favorite memories associated with reading is when I was rereading Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, the first book in the very long series. My family went to Colorado for Christmas my freshman year and we had to take a small van down from the mountain. There was a really big snow storm so it took about 3 hours longer than expected to get down the mountain. We missed our plan home and at 2 in the morning we were checked into a hotel near by the airport. We did not have a car and we needed to eat so we ran to a Ruby Tuesday's right by the Hotel and ate there really early in the morning. I read the book the whole way down the mountain and I was just at the part in the book were the characters eat at a restaurant quite like Ruby Tuesday's late at night after traveling a long time. I felt like I was almost in the book.

7. The first book I remember being able to read on my own was Harry the Dirty Dog.  The book was about a dog that gets so dirty his family can't recognize him.  My dad would read me that book before bed every might until I was able to read on my own. I still love that book to this day.

8. Overall I have two favorite book series Harry Potter an Percy Jackson. I think I love these books because they are amazing and I associate  them with my family.  My dad would read me and my sisters Harry Potter every night and it is a very family thing. Percy Jackson I relate to my sisters. My sisters would and can still go on for hours about those books.

10. Growing up Harry Potter was a very big part of my life but I know kids that were not allowed to read or watch Harry Potter. I always think that was dumb and I feel bad for them because they really missed out. I do think that books give power. Books provide a lot of knowledge and knowledge is power. I do not think that by reading Harry Potter you are participating in a cult.

Keeping it real (like Dan)

21. Dan has very large family gatherings and that is something I related to most in the movie. My mom has three other siblings, two brothers and a sister. She is the youngest and her family lives in Texas. We all get together for Christmas and our gatherings look a lot like Dan's. We play games and get really involved into each others personal lives.

13. Marie is very well traveled and I do think people who are more well traveled are more interesting. They have so many stories to tell and seem to be more open to change. Also like Marie people who are well traveled seem to be more of a free spirit and really one with themselves.

14. Dan is widowed and then falls for Marie and the question is if people can have more than one soul mate and I really don't believe in soulmates. The concept is cute but only having one soulmate does not make any sense. You can have a soulmate not just in romantic love but in friendship or a pet. I don't believe people only get one soulmate so yes I do think you can have more than one "soulmate".

5. I do not like putting age on things. I don't think you are ever to young or old to feel love. I do think Dan's daughter is a dramatic and passionate person when it come to love. I do not think she is really in love Marty but I do think that her feelings towards him are valid and Dan should not have told her that her feeling for Marty were not true.

6.One of my favorite lines from Dan in Real Life was "life is full of disappointment". I do think that line is true life can be disappointing sometimes. We have really big dreams and sometimes those do not follow through. It is how you deal with disappointment that really makes your life disappointing or not. You have to move past the negative things and look to the positive future.

11. When I was little me and my sisters would go over to my grandmas house every Sunday afternoon. We would usually watch some Barbie movie with popcorn then after the movie was over we would would play a game of hide in seek. There was this small cabinet in her house that was a really good hiding place. Me and my older sister would fight over who got to hid in there. It could only fit one of us but sometimes we would both squeeze inside the small cabinet. My grandma died in 2011 and now that small cabinet is in my mothers office at home. Sometimes still think I could fit inside.

30. No I am so bad at bowling. I hate going and always loose when I go. I am great at bowling on the Wii though, I am a pro bowler on the Wii.

"Reel" Life Quotes

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?” 

― Dead Poets Society 

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows  


“Walter Mitty: To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” 

― The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

"So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them."

― The Breakfast Club

"Reel" Life

I don’t really have a favorite movie, I've seen too many good ones. Some of my favorites are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Kung Fu Panda, yes you read that right Kung Fu Panda and Midnight in Paris. I love all these movies for different reasons. I love the art in Midnight in Paris, I love the silliness Kung FU Panda and how moving Walter Mitty is and how it always makes me feel good. I have many other favorites but I cannot think of them all.   
I usually don’t like horror movies. I don’t like the idea of being scared. I don’t like being scared. The only horror movie I can watch is the shining. 
My family loves movies. My dad can go on spewing out random information about movies for hours. I usually watch a movie about once a week. I go to the movies about 2 times a month. When I go to the movies my family gets a large popcorn then I get Twizzlers and share them with my sister. 
The survey told me that I watch movies for pure enjoyment. Which I believe is true because I don’t feel think there is any other need to watch a movie. It also told me that I enjoy watching movies with other people. It told me that I like artistic movies, which i think is true. Since my family is really into movies we also watch indie movies which don’t typically making it to the big box offices. It also told me that I don’t like horror movies or action movies. I do like action movies but to a certain point. One superhero movie is good every once in awhile but I cannot watch them over and over again. It also told me that I like to rewatch movie for nostalgia purposes. I love watching old movies that remind me of my childhood. I especially love watching them with my family.    
If my life was a movie I would have AnnaSophia Robb play me because I think she looks like me and I really like her acting skills. I would include my growing up and then me graduating high school. I would show my college years and then the beginning of my career. I would want my movie to be a feel good movie. I love the movies that make me cry because the movie is just so beautiful. I would want my movie to be aesthetically pleasing. I would have Wes Anderson direct my movie because I love his style of cinematography. 

This Is...

This is a little girl. The little girl's name is Anna and the man whose lap she is sitting on is her father Joe. Joe is currently waiting for the bus that will come pick him up and take him away from Anna.  From his family. The men behind Joe and Anna are also waiting for the bus. They too are saying goodbye to their families. What you see in the picture is a moment of happiness.

This is Anna mother behind the camera. You cannot see the tears rolling down her face or the smudged red lipstick on her chin. Lily met Joe when they were just 17. They were married a year after that and they had Anna just 6 months after their wedding. Now, 4 years later she never thought that she would be saying goodbye. Joe did not know, Anna did not know but Lily knew that this would be that last time Anna and Lily would see Joe.

This is Anna kissing her father goodbye and telling him she loved him one last time.

Flea Market Photos

This picture is of all the butlers that worked at 

the Kensington house hold in 1935. The house has had a total of 85 butlers come and go through out the house but there are only 11 still alive when this picture was taken. William James is the curtain butler at the Kensington house he is the one on the far left fist row. He has been working at the Kensington house for only 6 months. He invited all the butlers from the past to come to a lunch hosted by the Kensington family. The Kensington family consists of Stephen Kensington and his two young daughters Elle and June. Elle is 12 years old and June is 10. They both joined the lunch in and were able to see some of their old butlers. It was actually Elle’s idea to take the photo of all the butlers and was able to get them all to take a photo together.  At the lunch in all the butlers were able to exchange stories and talk with one another about serving the Kensington’s.  Some of the butlers were able to tell Elle and June stories about their mother who dies when Ella was 8 and June was 6. They were able to tell stories of their mother’s childhood because they had served her when she was young.  The girl’s faces were pure joy being able to her about their mother. Their father, Stephen, was there at the lunch in too. He kept to himself mostly. Letting the butlers get to connect and share their stories. He loved getting to here stories about his wife. The Kensington’s have never had such a lovely lunch in.