Essays

These are some hillarious analogies from real high school essays. Enjoy!

These are actual analogies and metaphors found in high
school essays.

- John and Mary had never met. They were like two
hummingbirds who had also never met.

- He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she
was the East River.

- Even in his last years, grandpappy had a mind like a steel
trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted
shut.

- Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.

- The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But
unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

- The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from
not eating for a while.

- He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck,
either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from
stepping on a landmine or something.

- The Ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one
slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

- It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids
with power tools.

- He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard
bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.

- Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten
to put in any pH cleanser.

- She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing
legs.

- Her voice had that tense grating quality, like a
generation thermal paper fax machine that needed a band
tightening.

- It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally
staple it to the wall.

Busy Busy Busy!!!!

We get to read all kinds of literature in my AP English III class, but we are currently working on Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It's a neat, well written book about truth and illusion. On the surface it's a humorous poke at society and religion, but it goes deeper. Of course i'm not sure exactly how it goes deeper since I haven't finished reading it yet... :)
It's about a made up religion and the main chatracter's interactions with the guy who invented the atom bomb, the guy's kids, some Hoosiers, native island people, and some really weird ice.

It is a good book though, so if anyone is looking for some reading material, I would suggest Cat's Cradle.

Finally, A post!

Hi! Long time, no blog. All that pesky school stuff, you know? :) I'm sooo excited, next week I'm going to visit the college I want to go to. I haven't even seen the campus yet, but I've heard great things and I'm really looking foward to going there. I'm only a junior, but I have my entire college career planned out. Gee, I even know which dorm I want to stay in! (I have serious planning ahead issues) Not only are my shelves full of books on how to survive college, I've also started looking at books about what to do once you graduate and get into the real world. ;)

In other news, I'm getting into candle making. I just ordered my first batch of supplies this afternoon after weeks of careful deliberation. I'm starting out with small votive candles and I'll see how that goes over. I'm going to try selling them to cover some of my costs. Anyone interested!? Once I actually make some sucessfully, I'll put pictures on here so you can see how it's going.

Sorry I don't have more pictures on my blog. I don't have an easy way to get them onto my comp. I'm still working on that. . .

Well, that's all for now folks!!!

2007

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!

It's the first day in 2007! Yea! 2006 was a great year, hopefully 2007 will be the same. I don't have any new years resolutions as of right now, but I may think of some along the way. Kinda defeats the purpose, but oh well. :)

I've been enjoying my time off of school, celebrating Christmas, building rockets with my dad, visiting my grandparents at their christmas tree farm, yep, it's been a good vacation. However, all good things must come to an end, and alas I must return to school on Wednesday. *sniff* It will be fine though, because my awful geography class is finally over!!! In it's place I'm taking pre-calculus, which I am very excited about. (No, really :)) I'm switching out PSAT with Genetics, which should also be cool. Last but not least, my Trigonometry class is being replaced with Theater II. I like Trig, I like Theater, it all evens out, just don't think too hard about it.

Well, that's my first rambling post of 2007, maybe it helped you get that much needed nap. :)

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!