Halloween is Near

Halloween is just around the corner and everyone is getting excited about dressing up, trick or treating and hanging out with friends. My friends think its lame to go trick or treating because we are in high school now. HA yeah right trick or treating is the best part of the fall season. I am going to be the person who goes trick or treating until they are an adult, and then has kids so they can go trick or treating with them. I love dressing up. I am being a witch this year, which isn’t original at all. I have a black poncho type thing with silver spider webs on it and a big spider on the shoulder. I am going to wear fish net stockings and black shirt with black shoes. It has a silver hat to match, with black feathers and silver streamers. Every year I try to be something different. But this year I didn’t have enough time to plan out my costume.

The candy you get at Halloween is so good. It lasts me almost a whole year, so I have a supply of candy (that was free) for a whole year. I hate candy that has Carmel in it. Carmel is the worst type of sugar there is. Anything with Carmel in it I refuse to eat. My brother and I go trick or treating with different groups of people, but at the end of the night we dump out our bags of candy and then trade, so that we get only the candy we like. I love candy with peanut butter and chocolate. M&M’s with peanuts are the best.

The cutest part of Halloween is the tiny children dressed up because they always look so adorable. They always look so cozy if their big puffy outfits, and by time they grow up they will look back and think they looked like retards. When I am handing out candy I always give them extra pieces because they are super cute, even though they probably don’t need it.

My friend is having a party on Halloween for the people who aren’t trick or treating. My friend and I don’t want to miss out because you only get to trick or treat one time a year, so we are going to go trick or treating and then head over to her party. Everyone there is going to be dressed up, just like the Halloween parties we used to have in elementary school. I am excited to go trick or treating this year!

Sprit Week

Spirit week is one of my favorite times of the year. It gets everyone riled up and everyone shows so much school spirit. In middle school I participated in every single day of spirit week, and in high school i participated in almost every day.


The week before spirit week I was really excited and I was already planning my out fits. I didn't know how much everyone was going to be dressed up so I was leery about going all out. I picked out my clothes for country club Monday. I wore plaid Capri's and polo, because I thought it was very country clubbish. I walked in to school worried about who was going to be dressed up. As I entered the school at first I saw no one in anything that looked country clubbish. I was quite worried. My friend came up to me and asked, "Why are you dressed up?", "Because I have school spirit," I said. As I walked further into the school I was relived. There were many people dressed in plaid, and golf gear. I spent the rest of the day observing all the sweet outfits everyone puts together. They were all so creative.


Tuesday I really wanted to dress up because dressing up for country club Monday was such a blast. But I couldn't because I had picture retakes. I hate the perfect tie die shirt I was going to wear. It was black purple and green and I just made it. It was from a color guard sleep over. And the whole guard was planning on wearing these shirts. I was the only one that didn't wear them and I felt left out and I felt bad. I really wanted to participate in tie die Tuesday. Everyone was also dressed up for this day. I felt like I was back in the seventies. More people were dressed up for tie die Tuesday then they did for country club Monday.


Friday is Super Spirited Spartan day! I am planning on going all out for this day. I will be more dressed up then I have been for the rest of the week. Everything I will be wearing will be either blue or white, because I want to be quite spirited!


Next year I will defiantly try to participate in more spirit days because they are super fun. You get to be yourself and go crazy. Next year no matter what the theme is for the day I will go all out and be super spirited!

New Winner Should be Announced for the Nobel Peace Prize

On Friday October ninth President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for his efforts to strengthen international relations. I think that there are better options for this award then President Obama. Although, Obama has made large efforts to change international relations, he has not made a significant enough change in the world yet. Obama has only been in office for a year, which is barely enough time to plan out what he is going to do in the future. But improving international relations is in his job description. If he didn't try to improve international relations then most countries would end up hating our country, putting us in danger. If Obama didn't try to stop the building of nuclear weapons in Iran, then he would also put the whole nation in danger. In an official statement, Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said, “The real question Americans are asking is, ‘What has President Obama actually accomplished?" (New York Times) Really what has he done? While he has been in office he has been mostly committed to turning our economy around and writing a new Health Care Bill. But nearly none of his focus was on international relations and the nuclear weapons. But, he was only concerned with these issues so he could keep our country safe.

I think that Obama should decline the Nobel Peace Prize so he can give another person, just as eligible as him, a chance. Unless he can actually stop the building of nuclear weapons, or improve international relations by one hundred percent.

Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize puts more pressure on not only Obama but also our nation. The other nations around the world will be expecting Obama to stop the building of nuclear weapons in Iran. If he is not able to stop this then it will cause controversy with other nations. And Obama needs to improve our relations with other nations so that we can try to rebuild our economy.

Obama hasn't really done anything. He has just said in the future he will accomplish tasks. Whether he will or not is undetermined. But, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee thinks that he still deserves it. So in my eyes this means in order to win a Nobel Peace Prize you don't have to do anything, you just have to think you are going to do something to change the world.

Pretty Big Mistake

The large Stevenson marching band marched through the gates of the Franklin High School football field. The band continued marching to the other side of the field, and the color guard remained by the gates. "Now entering the field," the announcer said, "from the other side of I-96, Livonia Stevenson." I, along with the rest of the color guard, grabbed our flags and set them on the side lines. We were all in a rush, so we could get on the field on time.
The conductor counted off and the show started. I lifted my flag and proceeded to go through all the moves. Counting in my head and trying to stay in step with everyone. The first part was over and I was already out of breath. I stood still for until the conductor counted off again, signaling for part two to start. I took a deep breath and moved my flag in front of my face, and yet again went through the movements.
I went to the sideline to switch my flag. I carefully placed the large purple flag on the ground and picked up another flag that was lying in front of me. I moved back from the sideline and look up at my flag. Something's different, I thought to myself. I looked around at everyone else's flags. Theirs were all purple, where as mine was bright green.
I began to freak out, like any person would. I didn't know what to do. I was already too far away from the sideline to change my flag to the purple one. Just keep going, I thought to myself, everything will be alright. I continued to march back still shaking because of my mistake. I had to still march the whole show. Part two ended and everyone stood still. I was breathing exceptionally hard because I was so nervous.
I marched to the sideline again, but this time I didn't have to swicth the flag because I already had the green one. Everyone lifted up a green flag, and I also had a green flag. I felt relieved that the show was going back to normal. The show came to a close, and I just began to laugh because of the stupid mistake I made.
As we were marching off everyone felt the need to tell me that I had the wrong flag the whole second part (not like I didn't already know). I felt really embarrassed, but soon got over it because there was nothing I could do about it.