We are the writers

We are the writers
Scrawling
Typing
Clickety-clacking
Creating a whole new world for ourselves

We’re like God, creating brand new people we wish to be
We’re the places we wish to go and the places that we still remember
We’re the situations that we want to find ourselves in (or not)
We’re all the words that flow from our fingers down onto the page

We’re the informers and the sane lunatics of the world

We’ve been writing our stories since the beginning of time before we finally finish
But most often than not, we throw in the towel
Tired often bored with our piece of work
Or frustrated because of the villain who lives next door
Who often causes us to simply not know what will happen next

We’re the poets in your head
We’re the novelists writing stories we want to read
We’re the essayists informing the world of important matters in five paragraphs
We’re the bloggers bragging about our life
We’re the journalists telling the world’s stories
We’re the screenwriters, the songwriters, and yes even the playwrights
But most of all, we are the writers wanting to be heard

~ Stacy N.

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A month full of puns.

What have I been doing lately (note this is not in chronological order):

As you can tell, I'm a very organized student. 

- Read The Awakening by Kate Chopin for school.
- Make ice cream in science class, and wish that it had some chocolate in it.
- Say aww as I watch the cute, little, white, fluffy kitty charm everyone in calculus class yesterday. And groan and smile a bit at the names my friend came up for it, like Catniss or Major Furball.
- Be amused at some of the carols the American Sign Language students have signed so far.

- Decorate the Christmas tree
- Go onto a shopping trip after school one day to get some Christmas lights.
- Go Christmas shopping and get some treats for myself along the way.
- Listen to Christmas music, only to get them stuck in my head the next morning.

Taken with my lovely phone.

- Go to the Festival of Trees and eat at a pub afterwards. (No, I did not get any alcohol).
- Get some ice cream and then see Monster’s University on a school night with my two beautiful sisters.
- Go shopping for new coats and scarves and boots on Black Friday.
- Sleep, and disrupt my sleeping cycle.

Books featured above: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Emma by Jane Austen, and You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker

- Go ice skating with a friend of mine one day.
- Get bored and feel bad about the fact that he kept on falling down a lot. So I suggested we explore the downtown area of the city.
- End up at the bookstore across the street. And explore nearly the whole expanse of it, feeling a bit creeped out about the dark, wet, and very still basement.
- End up walking towards a nearby mall afterwards, stopping by an Apple store before getting a bite to eat.
- Go to the winter formal with said friend, and have an incredible time. Even though, I felt sore and a bit sick the next day.

Music:

Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey

Counting Stars by OneRepublic 

Story of my Life by One Direction

~ Stacy N.

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Lifescouts badge #23: Edible baked goods

I don’t bake that often, and whenever I do it’s either for school, for someone coming home from a trip somewhere, or for fun. And the desserts would range from brownies to cookies. The brownies a majority of the times come out of a box. While, I would often make the cookies from scratch. It may seem weird, but in the end they yield the same results: yummy desserts that usually end up in someone’s stomach at some point or another.

 

~ Stacy N.

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Lifescouts badge #22: Ice Cream soda pop, cherry on top

It began in the fourth grade when I finally forced myself to learn how to jump rope. It was slow at first but eventually I found myself jumping. Along the way, I also learned how to do little tricks, such as hopping on one foot, criss-crossing while attempting to not get tangled, doing it backwards, and skipping with a partner. It was much fun as those little jumping rope songs got stuck in my head, during those elementary school days.

~ Stacy N.

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Lifescouts badge #21: Yo-yoing

Whenever boredom hits and if a yo-yo was nearby, I would usually play with it. Granted, I can’t do many tricks with it. And I liked standing up on a chair while playing with it because it irritated me whenever the yo-yo touched the ground.  

~ Stacy N.

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