Gratitude

What am I thankful for? There are a lot of things. My family for one, I have an amazing family. I can call whenever I need something, they're there for me, they're supportive, and they love me no questions asked. I could definitely say my friends are the same way. They don't care about the small things they just love being together. That's really my favorite art of the holidays, spending time with my mom and my friends.

My Hero.

So I'm supposed to write about a hero in our life, and The first person who popped into my head is Barbara Urban. Barb was my friend Alex's mom. She died of cancer in 2007. She was a good friend of mine and she was an amazing and strong woman. She was my youth group leader for a couple of months before she got really sick. She went into Hospice and died a couple months later. She struggled with her cancer for almost two years and I admire her and look up to her for how strong and positive she was throughout her sickness.

I-Movie..

Well, From my I-Movie I didn't really learn much about my artist because I studied him when I was a sophomore. I learned the he moved to China when he was one year old. I also learned about where he went to school but other than that I already knew about him. However, I did learn how to use I-Movie which I didn't know before. I learned how to make movies on I-Movie and I also learned that you can make different transitions just like on powerpoint. And I aslo learned that you can add music but i learned how to do that after I presented mine.

hard times.

The economy has caused a lot of stress in my family. My mom has been a stay at home mom for four years so we rely heavily on my step-dad's income. He works for a construction company so for the past couple of months he's been home because he doesn't have jobs. He had to go to Nebraska for a month just to do odd jobs for his family because there was nothing here. I've had to get a job but most of my money goes to my mom's gas or for cheerleading. My pay checks are spent before I even get them. And this year i can't even get excited for Christmas because all i can think about is how expensive it's going to be. My mom had a job for about two weeks at a doctors office but they realized they could afford to pay her so now she's back at home. I honestly don't think people our age should have to experience stress to this extent.

And the most evil Macbeth character is....

I would definitely have to say Macbeth. Macbeth is the most evil because number one he killed Duncan, someone who was good to him, and number two he killed his friend Banquo. How could not think he's evil? Lady Macbeth, as we all know, was the person who told Macbeth to kill Duncan so he could become king but he didn't have to listen to her. Plenty of people have told me to do something stupid and I say "yeah, no thanks." And though Lady Macbeth told Macbeth to kill Duncan she never told him to kill Banquo or Fleance. Macbeth made evil decisions on his own. Plus Lady Macbeth didn't commit the murders it was Macbeth!

30 lines of...

I've been going back and forth in my head trying to figure out what to write about. Since I'm not very original I've tried looking up topics to write about with no avail. So I think I'm going to write about what it's like to almost lose your best friend. It's kind of morbid but it's the only thing i really know a lot about. Rachel, she's been my best friend for almost eleven years and is constantly extremely ill. Last year she got sicker than I've ever seen her and probably than she's ever been. I knew Rachel was always sick so I kind of just pushed it to the back of my mind. I remember the Wednesday that her sister called me after school balling. I couldn't understand her and my first thought was that her boyfriend has broken up with her but that wasn't the case. She was calling me to tell me that Rachel was in Tampa General Hospital being preped to be air lifted to Shands Hospital in Gainesville. That's not even the worst part, Rachel was in a stage 5 comma and I was told there was a high chance she wouldn't make it. I've have never felt so sick in my life. That night we drove to Gainesville despite the fact that I had school the next day and cheerleading practice that night. When we got to the hospital I was told I couldn't even see her unless I was immediate family. Rachel was so bad she had to be into intensive care. So the whole night i stayed up and cried and prayed and begged to see her. At about seven a.m. the next morning they told me then would let me see her. I almost regret going into her room. I didn't realize how bad she was until I was at her bed side talking to her and not getting a response. I left within ten minutes because I couldn't handle different and dead she looked. Rachel's parents told me that because Rachel has a disease called Crones she's constantly in pain and to help her pain she takes Tylenol. Rachel had gotten sick Sunday afternoon and had taken tylenol like she would any other time. Because couldn't hold anything down she didn't eat or drink anything that day but she continued to take the Tylenol. By the end of the day she had taken close to the whole bottle. Her lack of food or drink caused her kidney's to shut down because the Tylenol was never flushed out. Rachel was in line to be put on a donor list but by Thursday morning she was in a stage 3 comma and she ended up coming home the following Sunday. Almost losing Rachel really really changed my life. Before that I took so much for granted. I enjoy my time with her so much more now because everytime I hang out with I think if what it would be like if she hadn't made it through. I try to explain it to people but I honestly think no one understands what it's like unless they experience it for themselves.

Macbeth...

When i think of the horrible things Macbeth has or is planning on doing he kind of reminds me of Adolf Hitler, mainly because Hitler caused many people to die and Macbeth is planning on killing more people than just Duncan. Macbeth wants to be king at any cost and Hitler want Jews gone at any cost. Neither one of them has considered the people they've killed. They have both done what they think is necessary to get where they want to be with no consideration of the consequences or the guilt they will feel. Both Hitler and Macbeth were incredibly selfish in the the things they did. Granted, Hitler killed way more people than Macbeth and Hilter's conscience did not get to him like Macbeth's has but the truth of the matter is they are both murderers, and they have both unnecessarily killed people.