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Snape, Snape, Severus Snape….

 * contains spoilers!

DUMBLEDORE!! Well, that’s what you would expect to hear from anyone HP fan when you sing the song, but in this case…no.
Alright. Oddly enough, my life is beginning to revolve around Harry Potter once more. So the other day I had this really fascinating dream about, of course, Harry Potter. But this one involved me, Professor Snape, Professor Dumbledore, and Voldemort. Im not going to explain the dream because…well its sorta a personal thing….ok not really,….but it made me realize something I should have realized from the start. All in all, it really changed me. Its silly to think a dream can change you, but if  a dream makes you see what a person is really like, I say listen to it. Alright- lets just say because of this dream, I changed my opinion about Snape. From the start I agreed with Harry and Ron that he was a jerk, especially when he *spoiler* killed Dumbledore * GASP, tear* in Half Blood Prince. Even when in Deathly Hallows he actually turned out to be one of the nicest, bravest person in the book, I still sort of hated him. I really couldn’t get over how he killed Dumbledore, even though Dumbledore asked him to (WHICH WE DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL BOOK 7, THANK YOU Rowling!) Yes, my opinion did change, but not terribly. After this dream, It completely changed me. Alright- so getting to what I was supposed to be talking about….The day when I woke up from the dream, I finally got my violin!! I’ve been wanting one, and it finally came! Its a very pretty, sleek, black, mysterious violin, and that’s why I named it Snape. for those who don’t know, Snape is obviously very mysterious, and he has long greasy black hair, and deep, cold black eyes. I don’t know what came over me when I named it, but from the moment I saw it, it had its name. So basically, this post is really only about my violin, but knowing me it turned into much more than that, haha. So, enough of me talking, leave comments! Do you have a violin? Have any of you other strange people like me have random dreams about Harry Potter? Always remember, “After all, death is but the next greatest adventure!” 

All Hallows Eve

So my question for you is this:What is your fovorite holiday and what are some traditions you have?

My Favorite holiday is definitely Halloween. This is the one night where we can dress up as the most random things and people can’t do anything about it. Plus, we get candy! Every year when I was younger, I would always go around my neighborhood with my sister and we would have costumes that went with each other. For example, one year I went as Mario and she went as Luigi because we love playing Mario. For recent years, I have always been going out with a bunch of my friends. Last year, we all went as Harry Potter characters. I was Tonks, and my friends were Luna, Hermione, and Cho. That was a year to remember. I love dressing up as people and having a great time with my friends while getting candy.

So my question for you is this:What is your fovorite holiday and what are some traditions you have?

What I Do….

Short and quick blog tonight!

Question-
List 3 activities are you involved in after school?
Which one is your favourite? and why?

1) Acting/Theater/Drama (Whichever you feel like calling it)

2) Mentoring Kids with disabilities (Such as Down Syndrome….) 

3) Reading. I loooove to read….although most kids dont….then again im not like most kids….

My Favorite? Thats actually a tough question because I absolutely love doing all of these.  I would have to say……acting. I love to act, it is my life. A bunch of my close friends act also and we all love being wacky on stage and love hearing the applause at the end of every show. 

I Dream of Pumpkins….

Do you ever have one of those dreams, that you really don’t know what it means until you remember or think about something, then your mind goes “Ahhhh I get it!” Well, I was recently asked what the most precious item in my life was, and well, I had this dream about it. -Enter DreamLand…….- *Plays flashback music*
I was sitting at my computer desk writing this very blog post about what the most precious thing in my life was. Strangely, the only thing I can remember from the dream is that I wrote about a pumpkin, and had a picture of a pumpkin on the post. -Exit DreamLand- Alright, so I have been thinking all day on what this could mean. Of course, I could be seeing into the future and see me writing this very same blog about a pumpkin dream, or the pumpkin could be representing something bigger. I thought, and I thought, and I thought, and finally came up with what that pumpkin could be representing. It must be representing my sister. No, she’s not orange or can be found in a pumpkin patch, but every year, I would always go pumpkin picking with her in the fall, carve out the pumpkins with her, and go trick-or-treating with her. When I think about it, I don’t know how I could live without my sister, therefore she must be the most precious thing in my life. Yeah, its kinda corny but when you really think about it, I don’t know what I would do without her. She’s always been there for me no matter what, supported me with whatever I did, and gave me advice when I was in trouble. We’ve been on wild adventures, done crazy things, think alike, and were just nuts. I’d have to blame her for really getting me into the obsessiveness of Harry Potter, but we kinda got each other into it. I don’t see her that often since she is now in college, but I talk, text, and chat online with her almost every week. Our conversations are always so random, but it’s actually quite normal to us. I don’t know what I would do without my sister, she really is the most precious thing in my life I cannot live without. Shes my sister, my pumpkin.

How Is CT So Great? Well…

 We were recently asked to answer some questions about where we live.

1) What is the best thing about where you live?

I think the best thing about living in CT is that we probably have the best weather anyone can ask for. We have all 4 seasons and nothing is ever so severe. Of course, temperatures in the summer reach some all time highs, but nothing so bad. Fall is great because all the leaves are changing colors and the temperature is starting to drop. Winter is a lot of fun with all the snow we get, but we haven’t gotten a blizzard in years thanks to global warming (thanks) . Then spring comes around. Leaves start to grow back on the trees, flowers grow, and the weather has perfect temperature and beautiful days. The weather here is absolutely amazing, and I think by-far the best in the country. Spring is the best season in my opinion because its not so cold like winter, and not too warm like summer. Fall is kind of like Spring, but I think its colder.

2) Our school is unique because we are the only school in our area that has the use of technology in schools. We are the only bloggers that blog on a weekly basis, and the only school that has a wiki that is so popular around the world. Thanks to Mr. B, this is why we are doing this right now. I would have never have thought of using technology in school. Our team is so unique in many different ways, mostly thanks to Mr. B. He is very unique in his own way and makes his class so interesting so we aren’t bored and actually learn instead of just sitting in a classroom taking notes from the board and having a quiz next class. I mean, thats so boring.It’s always a new surprise when you walk into Mr. B’s classroom every day.

When You Hear ‘US’…..

“”Contact a student from another country from our blogging buddies list. Leave a comment on their latest post asking them the what do they think of when they hear the words “United States.” What are some symbols they would use to represent the United States. In your post please include the address of the blog you left a comment on, and then include the answer when they reply.”"

I have contacted a student from New Zealand, Naveen, about what she thinks of when she hears the words ‘US’, or ‘America’. I jsut comment today, so I have not yet gotten a response, but I look forward to see what she has to say!

High School, You Should Try It!

That time is near, and its coming around the corner faster than you think. Don’t you remember just going in for 6th grade orientation? Now its time for 9th Grade orientation. Doesn’t matter which school you go to, the change is the same for everyone. New school, new friends, new teachers, new classes, new everything. Everything changes, whether you want it to or not.
For most of us, we’re probably going to the high school across the street, others might be going off to some foreign school in the middle of nowwhere, and some might be going across town. I remember ever since 5th grade I wanted to go to the school across the street, mainly because my sister went there. In 6th grade, my mother bought home one of those Magnet School booklets. I threw it right away, I didn’t want to go to one of those at all. Then this year comes, I get the booklet, and I actually read it. Before I new it i was at one of the orientations and my mum had called the school and set up a Shadow appoinment for me. I’m really not sure what to do. If I go to that Magnet School, I’ll be going into something I really love doing, but no one I know is going there. If I go the school across the street, I’ll be with all my friends be able to do the thing I love, and do a lot of other things they offer, but it wont be the same as actually learning about something you love. At the Magnet school, 1/4 of your day is dedicated to the field you go into. Thats pretty good. They still teach to core subjects, too, but you learn about a field you want to do. for me, I applied for the Acting field. The school is a Performance Arts school, and those who know me no I do nothing else but always something in the performance arts. I’m really into acting, and hope to take it further. It was a really hard desicion, though. You could onyl apply to one of the fields, and I was torn between acting and singing. Took me forever to decide to go for acting. I’m in love with both of the things, but I would still be able to sing in a chorus, just focus on acting. This High School is really great, and I’m glad I applied, but Im still nto sure if im going, if I even get in, that is. Thats the only thing Im scared about. Where am I going to go! If I dont get in, im deffinetly going to the school across from us…but theres this feeling inside that reallys wants me to get accepted into the Magnet School…

In The End….

    “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

On Monday, January 21, we have no school to honor a great man. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, one of the greatest men in American History. He stood up for his rights, and fought until the very end. Schools should be closed on this day so students realize the importance that this man did, and why he did it. I think I can go either way if we should have school or not. If we did, then we can focus more on it and learn more about him and what he did…and students wouldn’t think of having no school as an excuse not to do anything on this day. But if there isn’t school, kids can remember why we dont have school, but some think of it as a fun day not to go to school. Some people really dont get the idea of Martin Luther King Day. Kids just think ‘Yay day off from school’, parents just think ‘Yay day off from work.’ or  ‘What day did you say it was?’ We should use this day to teach and learn about him, his life, and why he did what he did. Really, the point of this day is remember this good man. Remember that he fought and never give up. Remember that he lead others to what is right. Remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and why we have this Monday off.

Ahhhh Help! New Technology!

In the video, Book Help-Desk, it shows how you can make the simplest new thing into something hard. This one person is trying to figure out how to read this book, but he seems to be having trouble. Honestly, it not that hard, but he’s not getting the concept of it. Apparently, this is all new to him, and he is having trouble even opening it. So, he calls in a person from ‘The Help-Desk’ to help him do it. The helper understands it completely, since its only a book, so he tries to teach the other person how to use it. After explaining it to him, the person seems to get it finally, but before the helper leave, the person wants to make sure he gets it. He goes to open it, but it doesn’t open. He tries and tries but it wont work. The helper explains that you need to turn the book around in order for it to open!

The point of this video, in my opinion, is that even the simplest things can be turned into the most complicated tasks, how to read a book/get the book to open, for example. If you look into something too hard, you will not figure out what to do. You must first try little simple tasks, dont go straight into difficult ones.

You Know We Love Each Other

“Outside of parents, who has influenced your life more than anyone else; who had an impact on your life and what was it about that person that meant something to you?”

This person is really close to me, and she is called a sister. My sister. She has always been there for me, taught me many things(What to do, and what not to do… ) She shares mostly the same interests. Including Harry Potter, Singing, Drama,Mussicals, WRock, and most of all not caring what other people say. Her and her friends could care less about what people say about them, I guess. No, they aren’t goth/emo or whatever, they are mostly…well…random allll the time. Do random things and say things that have nothing to do with anything. She has taught me to not care about what people think of you, and to just be yourself. I get my ‘differentness’ from her, I guess you can say. Own style, own ways, looking at the world differently from other people. She means everything to me. Yes, of course we have and have our bad times, but hey, its in the sibling rule book. It cleary states “Siblings must not show they actually care about each other.” So, yea of course we love each other, but maaaaybe we don’t always show it. She has had a major influence on me, and I thank thee for it. <3