VeRtIcAl EndEvOrS

All day today both EA classes went rock climbing in the cities at a place called Vertical Endevors. once we got there we put our harnesses on and sat down to listen to the rules. There was 3 different kinds of climbing. Belaying with a person.. the automatic suspension belays (which are hooked up to hydrolics). and then there was the free climb. I mainly stuck to the suspension. It made it easier when you were falling. We all began climbing and right away everyones forearms killed. then went our hands. blisters covered them.. while climbing up the walls there were different colored tape by the rocks to show the difficulty. we got so sore. there was this one where you had to climb on the side of the face and eventually we started a competition, to see who could climb it the fastest. my personal best was 22 seconds. a couple other girls averaged at 30 seconds. Nate armstrong was the beast of the day with 11.09 seconds. there were lots of guys close to 13. then there was this guy who did a vertical climb onto the ceiling. it was awesome. but probably the most exciting thing we did all day was the relay. we had 2 teams of about 13. we had to climb the wall, drop daown, pass one of our shoes through the entire line and then procede with the next climber. the other team was cheating off the batt but we still beat them. mr, sammy was the last one in our line and he beasted it. i am sore.. but im ready to do it again!!

DaRkNeSs ReMaInS

I cannot see the truth in the world...

real things do not remain...

life is an illusion...

filling you with thoughts of normality

what happens when your whole life falls..

and you have nothing left?

I wallow in this sadness...

forever kept by its darkening glory...

I fight the compelling reason..

in the end all that remains is pain..

for now i know how darkness feels..

and with that feeling, it forever remains..

photo credited to: http://www.fairiesvampires.com/profile/AlastairCree

MuD!

Last friday our EA class decided to go to Spring Valley to go spelunking. For those of you that do know what Spelunking is, its just a fancy way of saying to explore caves. I have to say it was one of the funnest things i have ever done. We divided the class into 2 groups and my group was the first to go. We had some rules. that we couldnt touch any current formations in the cave. and we had to wear a hard hat with a light on it. we also had to wear gloves. at first it didnt seem all that muddy once we were in the dark caves, but after our shoes starting sliding and making mucky sounds as we walked, we came apon a challenge. to crawl through a opening no bigger than that of a tube slide at a park. the hole widened to about 4 feet in width, but it shrank in height, to a foot, maybe a foot and a half. as we are crawling on our stomachs, we are scraping our elbows and knees on all the sharp points. it got so narrow to the point where we actually had to tilt our heads to the side while crawling. i got so muddy. we also did some exciting suspension above rock formations. i have to say that the best part of the whole trip was crawling in those tight spaces and how we all helped on another if there was a problem or someone was scared. The color of mud never looked so good :)

StOrM

The rain consumes me..

I feel it all around me.

I look to the sky.

cool drops pelt my face.

i close my eyes..

i breathe.

I look to the horizon and see the storm about to come..

The dark sky emerging out of the blue haze...

i see the bright yellow flash and it contorts my vision.

i wait in anticipation for the sound of redemption. it comes.

The rain falls faster.

my hair soaked in its glory.

i let the rain consume me...

nothing else matters..

(photo credited to:

http://www.code4lib.org/files/lightning.jpg)

DaNdEliOnS

the grass turns green,
filling the earth.
the sky shines blue,
letting the sun shine through.
the dandelions shoot through the earth,
multiplying as the days go by.

Children break out their shorts,
to pair with their old flip flops.
grabbing a dandelions from their roots,
giving the beautiful weed to their mommy.
Parents start the grills,
to cook the delicious burgers.

Sprinklers are heard in the distance,
wetting their perimeter.
dogs run in the open,
barking as dogs walks by.


The grass then gets covered with dew,
becoming slippery with the night.
the sky turns black,
letting the moon have its turn.
and the dandelions wait.
They wait for morning

bRiTtNi

A few days ago my step sister, Brittni, got asked to prom. She is a senior at Pine Island High. Her boyfriend is Donovan from here. I set them up. Anyway, they have been together for about 2 months and he decided to ask her to prom. He asked me if she liked popping balloons and I said yes, forgetting to mention that she loves to pop them but hates the sound. So one day I was Brit and we were on our way back to her house and i just randomly asked donovan what he was up to and then he said he was blowing balloons to ask Bee to prom. She i told him he needed to get out of there. He did right as we got there and Brit didnt see him leaving. So we got upstairs to her room and there was a sign on the door that read, "pop the balloons to find the question". She opened the door and started laughing. There were hundreds of colored balloons. I told her good luck considering there were about 200 balloons there. We got what we needed and then went back to my house. She didnt actually pop all the balloons until later that night before donovan was going to come over. But she did. She put ear plugs in and poped away. :)

EvAnEsCeNcE

Not many people have stumbled upon the music of Amy Lee. She is, in my opinion, one of the greatest singers ever. Her group called Evanescence has a dark feel to it. Her voice sounds like a mysterious lullaby. If your not familiar with her music, it is very dark. It is usually very sad and touches topics not many want to explore.

This may sound strange, but her music is what gets me through all the toughtimes in my life.When my parents fight and blood is shed everywhere, i listen to "my immortal ". And when the molesting used to occur i would listen to "sweet sacrifice". then when it came to broken hearts it was "going under". Most people listen to happy, upbeat music to cheer them up. I however found comfort in her words and her voice and sang my heart out with her. Not many know what Amy Lee looks like.

She has that natural beauty that most would kill for. And when she wears her dark eye makeup and pasty foundation, she looks beautiful. She glows through her darkness.

The color of her eyes are also gorgeous. They are pale blue where they almost look white. Her look is intense!

pAiNtBaLl

My spring break started off pretty intense. A bunch of friends and myself decided to get together and hang out. We were at Ryan's house bored out of our minds. Aubrie and I said it would be okay to play paintball with Ryan and thane. So we go outside in sweatpants and sweatshirts. I pulled my hair back in a pony tail at the base of my neck. And i wore safety goggles. Thane and Ryan decided they only wanted to shoot us. For some odd reason Aubrie and I were fine with just being shot at. Anyway, we get outside and we are barefoot. Ryan takes the gun and aims at Aubrie's leg and says we have 5 seconds to run....5...4....3...then he shot her. I ran as fast as i could across the yard. Then I felt the piercing pain. It was in my right thigh. I continued to run as i watched the ball roll away unbroken. I found shelter and grabbed my leg and laughed a little. Aubrie got pelted with 3 balls splattering her colthing with bright orange paint. We called time out to check our hits. i rolled my pants up and saw the welt. it stung. i sucked it up and round 2 came. This time Thane took the gun. He aimed it at me this time. i turned and ran. Before i could even make it 10 feet from my start, i got hit in the butt. That didnt bring me down until i got hit right in the back of the neck. My hair became saturated in the thick orange paint. I fell to the ground laughing at the pain. After that we called it quits. I got hit 3 times total. Aubrie- 7. it was the funnest thing ever!