Angie’s English Blog

 

 Today in class we did the questions on the back of the poem “Constantly Risking Absurdity”. I learned how annotating the text can help a lot when it comes to the time to answer the questions. I liked this lesson because it wasn’t quite hard for me considering that I was prepared the day before. In all honesty I plan to use an extended metaphor in some of writings now that I have a feel for what it means. Id also like to add how amazing i’m feeling today because it is HALLOWEEN 🎃.

 I think getting old doesn’t get better. Being grown as a child seems so fun and exotic. Now that I am a teenager from what i’ve seen aging isn’t really all what it seems to be. Getting old comes with back problems, diseases, cancers, that you problably never had when you were younger, that you developed overtime. Same thing with healing, as you get older healing will take longer and many more cons. So as much as being older is enticed it just doesn’t get better health wise. 

 

 A question that i wish I asked all day and everyday throughout life has never changed. It would be very chaotic if I asked this question out-loud and i wouldn’t really want being “messy” or “crazy” tied to my name. Instead of causing havoc I say it in my head but there are times where I wish I actually asked this question. “Who do you think you are?”. That question is really a good one and responses may vary but depending on the situation it could also be a bad thing to say.  

 A person that I once knew that I often remember that I forgot about would have to be my uncle. Usually it is always easy to forgot relatives that you don’t quite see everyday. My uncle name is Smurf, I chose him because he looks exactly like my dad but with hazel eyes. It’s really surprising that Smurf is someone I forgot about occasionally because he looks exactly like my father and I don’t forget about him. I don’t  really feel bad though because i’m pretty sure he forgets about me too. 

 A time that I knew something was over was when i got caught sneaking out. What was over was the trust that my parents had for me. I knew that I would have to really work hard in order to get the trust back as well. Another thing that was over was being able to hang out without my parents looking over my shoulder every five seconds. Now, I am older and til this day things from my past still effect how I move around today. 

 A time I remember not having no fun at all would have to be living with my dad’s mom. She was so sweet and always tried to make sure I was happy. But I just missed my home. Going to the movies and etc was just not fun to me because i was not happy at all. And that wraps up the time I had no fun. 

 One thing that I have been certain of for a couple years now is the loyalty of my sister. Growing up me and Mani have always been close but now that we have gotten older and grew up with each other. Experiences and many more it is for sure certain that her loyalty is deeper than anything I have ever experienced in my life. I’m so blessed to have a sister because that is blood. Most have blood that crosses them or that they can’t trust but i am certain of my sisters loyalty no doubt. 

 I just want to thank myself for being so strong. Ever since you were a little girl you’ve had challenges thrown at you. But you didn’t let that break you, you learned. So I want to thank you for staying so strong because your strength has helped me out now in present day. If I would’ve gave up and gave in I would not be as I am today so thank you for being strong. The battle might not be over yet but you are still fighting so i’m thanking you for not giving up.

 My stepbrother has been into music ever since we were kids. He had a battle of the bands so i wanted to do something nice for him, he liked hibiscus flowers. I went around looking for the flowers, I got them. The battle ended and I was finally able to greet him, the flowers behind my back I said “Congratulations!”. He was embarrassed, so he pushed me back and told me to get into the car. I couldn’t believe I’ve him i just spent all day looking for the flowers and he brushed me off like that and didn’t even say thank you.

 Something that I used to know how to do but slowly lost over time was rap. I used to hang out with my friends and they used to freestyle all the time. How I got into rapping was sort of peer pressure because everyone used to tell me to hop on the best but I never would. Eventually a couple of months later I finally built enough courage to make a freestyle and i rapped it out to all of my partners. That started my mini rap career that eventually ended because I started putting my focus somewhere else so I lost the ability. 

 Something I dont exactly remember would be my toddler years. I see pictures of it in my granny photo book but i don’t actually remember those events. Sometimes I get random memories like sitting on the couch eating cookies but that’s it. Something else I don’t quite remember from being younger would have to be preschool. I don’t think I ever went actually. 

 A time I knew I was in trouble was on Christmas a couple of years ago when i was younger. The reason I got in trouble was because I opened everyone’s presents. I was really excited plus none of them had names so I opened all of them to see which ones could be mine. My mom came downstairs and the look on her face i just knew it was over with. Moral of the story I got a whipping but I also got the correct christmas presents because my mom sorted them out. 

 Something that I have too much of at the moment would have to be clothes. I won’t admit it to anybody but if you walk into my room it’s very obviously I am lacking space for anymore clothes. I also fight to admit this to myself because I remember times where i didn’t have enough. Therefore now I feel like it’s wrong to admit that I have too much. Currently I am holding off on shopping because I will be moving soon so that is a good excuse to hold off on clothes at the moment. 

 Something that I can’t deny is gifts. I chose gifts because when someone gifts you something they either put thought into it or just thought to give you something. Whether it was meaningful or not it is still nice that someone offered me something so I wouldn’t dare deny it. I may not like it but they don’t have to know that (laugh out loud). Me not being able to deny such things as gifts has made me become a gift giver, i literally can never go to a birthday function without a present. 

 I don’t remember when my first sister was born because i didn’t exist yet, but I have been given the luxury of my mother having another daughter so I am able to experience such a little life developing first hand. I remember my mom telling me she was pregnant and i couldn’t even believe it, nine months later Aja was born. That was October 25th, 2022. She will be turning one in a couple of days now and i have watched her learn how to crawl, yell, and walk. She still has many more years to go but it is such an honor watching the life of someone from being just born to developing into a little toddler. 

 Today we continued our individual assignment called Literature Circle Roles. I am the Word Wizard, so I learned several definitions for the words that I chose. This actually helped me get a better understanding of words and how differently they can be used. Like the word desire means to strongly want and the author Robert Frost used it figurative “From what I’ve tasted of desire”. I plan to add these words to my vocabulary. I like how we are working in groups because that gives everyone an equal amount of work. 

 Today I analyzed a poem. Even though it was just analyzation i still feel like I basically just wrote an essay. I also think that practicing these things can help me better right essays in the future. 

 

 Today in class we basically laid out the information we are going to need to start creating our argumentative essays. This assignment was actually very fun and really interactive. I also learned about so many different unknowns there are in life. 

 Hey everybody so today in class we did a prep for out information essay on illuminate. I feel like i did a really good job in fixing my information together and i am going to have a really smooth time in creating this essay. I also learned how much college students actually go through when it coke to student debt, i just couldn’t imagine having to spen $552 every month on school instead of clothes lol. 

 Today in class i finished up the worksheet on finding claims and writing them down. I felt like these two passages were very thrilling to read because they both had really good arguments and good evidence to support their claims. I also noticed that many authors use the same format in order to structure their argument.