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Wednesday, March 30, 2005
So today we are back to school - it wasnt as bad as i thought that it would be and it went surprisingly fast. So the 2 books that i am going to read for the English assignment are Ordinary People by Judith Guest and The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. I already read Ordinary People and i just started The Catcher in the Rye. So far both the books are really good.
Another assignment that we got in English was that we had to write our own Epitaph in poem format. I am really excited - so far mine is working out really good - i am going to post it as the poem of the day when i am finished with it.
So- not much up with me. I am staying busy with the play that i am in and drumline and then i am in the honors band in the area and our big concert is on friday - so i am doing some major practicing cause i need it!! Things are going pretty great. I did get into NHS and so i am happy about that and guess what? ONLY 15 DAYS TILL I GO TO NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!
I am kind of looking forward to it - just a little... totally alot!
Well thats it for now
Thanks
Katie
Poem of the Day
Affection
The earth that made the rose,
She also is thy mother, and not I.
The flame wherewith thy maiden spirit glows
Was lighted at no hearth that I sit by.
I am as far below as heaven above thee.
Were I thine angel, more I could not love thee.
Bid me defend thee!
Thy danger over-human strength shall lend me,
A hand of iron and a heart of steel,
To strike, to wound, to slay, and not to feel.
But if you chide me,
I am a weak, defenceless child beside thee.
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
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Monday, March 28, 2005
It's been a pretty busy day - i dont know if ill have time to write much - just to say hope your day was great and post a poem!
thanks
Katie
Poem of the Day
1914 I: Peace
Now, God be thanked Who has watched us with His hour,
And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping,
With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power,
To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping,
Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary,
Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move,
And half-men, and their dirty songs and dreary,
And all the little emptiness of love!
Oh! we, who have known shame, we have found release there,
Where there's no ill, no grief, but sleep has mending,
Naught broken save this body, lost but breath;
Nothing to shake the laughing heart's long peace there
But only agony, and that has ending;
And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.
Rupert Brooke
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Sunday, March 27, 2005
Today is Easter.
I am a pretty religious person so it is a holiday filled with church and family. Not that that is a bad thing - the family can get annoying - but i love them and we usually have a good time - that is until my mom gets mad at us for not helping out and all the hormones in the turkey make us lazy so that we feel like not doing anything. And then my dog is always trying to sneak a treat from the garbage. and it jus turnsi nto one day filled with chaos and laziness.
Anyway - I think I ate way too much and i think that we should not make Easter into a thanksgiving holiday like we did - cause there is so much good food I eat so much that I feel like i am going to throw up - and then they bring out the Pie!! how am i supposed to survive if I am eating all the time?
well all in all things are going great - except for the fact that i can barely move - I ate so much.
I do hate the fact that this 5 day weekend is past the half way point cause it seems like it just started it - anyway.
That is our Easter.
Thanks
Katie
Poem of the Day
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The joy of Easter comes to us slowly,
Rousing us from winter's death and cold,
Causing our eyes to lift and notice
Budding trees and nodding snowdrops,
Bearing us on wind and shower
To the sunshine bursting
Through our souls. Can this age old story rouse us
From depths of trouble, pain and sorrow,
To realize the promise of a future
Born from Gethsemane, Calvary and tomb,
Unlikely sources of such overflowing love,
Selfless and shining like a shaft of light
Piercing our souls. Children, little heeding cross and shame,
Love the time of flowers and giving.
Know the happiness - so warming -
Of days of freedom, play and laughter
Unaware of deeper meanings,
They shout and cry, fight and strive,
Bless their souls. Bowing heads and closing eyes
May we, O Lord, give time and quiet
To think, in fellowship, of our Lord Jesus,
To pause and feel that power and strength
Of sacrifice that gives us hope
To turn our Easter day of prayer
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Saturday, March 26, 2005
So this weekend thing is going pretty good. I am just hating the morning that i will actually have to get up early and go to school.
Saturday:
I think we are going to my grandmas today and thats usually fun. Old people can be pretty cool sometimes. As far as I know the only other important thing for today is that we have to go to our church and set up for the Easter breakfast which the youth usually serves on Easter. So thats about it for today - just hanging out.
No one is guessing the what is it? -so again i am going to remind you guys that you should guess it!!!! it really isn't that hard and i suppose that i could give a hint.... just ask and you will receive.
I think that is all that i have to say today...
Thanks
Katie
Poem of the Day
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Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
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Friday, March 25, 2005
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Its friday and no school!!!!!!
A five day weekend!!! Something i need so much! i really do need to catch up on my sleep. So I slept in this morning and boy - was it nice! and today is just going to be a lazy day. I do need to get somethings done - but nothing too major.
I asked my English teacher about books that i could read for this assignment that i have and she gave me - Ordinary People. I have started it and i hate putting it down. The cover of the book wasn't that apealing and the discription on the back was meager so i just started reading a few pages, and I was hooked. Judith Guest's writing just gets me so involved in her book. I dont know what it is - but her writing just really catches my intrest. So I am already half done with the book and the assignment that goes with the 2 books we are supposed to be reading isn't due for a long time... but its so good!
Any way... I cant wait to sleep in and just veg for today... read a little, maybe attempt homework... who knows maybe i will actually get something done.
Thanks so much
Katie
Poem of the Day
Let Me...
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Let me add meaning to your day; Let me add a smile;
Let me add warmth to take away your pain.
Let me give you a meaning for today; Let me give you a smile;
Let me give you strength to go on one more day.
One more day to laugh; One more day to cherish;
One more day to feel the love you give.
One more day to hear; One more day to see;
One more day to feel the love you give.
Let me give you one more day of laughter;
Let me give you one more day of hugs;
Let me give you one more day of Love.
Let me be your arms when you cannot reach;
Let me be your legs when you cannot go on;
Let me be your pillow when you get tired of today.
Let me help to make your miracles come true;
One day at a time, let me help you go on, One More Day.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2005
So the day has gone well so far. I am having some trouble finding 2 books to read for English. They have to be by American Authors and have to be related by author or genre. If you have any suggestions post them up here. I started Ordinary People by Judith Guest, and so far it is a really good book. If i read another one to go with it - i may read The Catcher in the Rye, but i dont really know what thats about. I looked i up on amazon.com and it looks pretty good. Any way - if any one has any suggestions just post it up or email me.
If you didn't know - I love to read - and not just poems either. I have read almost every type of book out there and i am always willing to read something new-though i may not finish it as some of my friends might know. My favorite type of books would definetly have to be Fantasy. and good fantasy too... when it comes to those type of books i can get really picky!
Thanks for taking the time to check out my site and read about my boring life-
Katie
Poem of the Day
Your Arms
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Your arms always wrap arond me
Your arms always protect me
You arms are what keeps me sane
You arms are what remind me
I'm perfect to you still
The clothes I wear
And the music I listen to don't define me
And you understand that still
It wouldn't matter how sad or ugly I got
I know you arms would still wrap around me,
Ever tightly still
Because of this I know that:
Your arms will always wrap around me
Your arms will always protect me
Your arms will keep me sane
Your arms will always remind me
I'm perfect to you still
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Monday, March 21, 2005
Future and making a difference
For once, I may actaully get some sleep tonight. Now that I am done with that stupid Huck Finn book, I know longer have to worry about reading ten chapters at a time and doing that stupid study guide. And so, I only have a little homework which wont take me to long to do.
Right now I just got home from play practice and i am just hanging out, doing my homework early so that i can get to bed before 10 hopefully. Lately i haven't been in bed before 12 and i think that if i keep going to bed so late i might get sick or just totally worn out.
Due to my last score on my AP Bio test, I am determined to do really well on the next one, so I brought my Bio home and i may actaully take it out and work on it. We will see...
So not many people have been guessing my WHAT IS IT? Even if you have no clue or you think you know but your guess just sounds so weird... guess anyway you can't lose either way. I am willing to give hints - but you will have to ask nicely.
I dont have much else to say. My life seems pretty good right now... busy, but good.
When ever I just want to think or write something -- I some how always wind up thinking about my future. What do I want to be? Where do I want to go to college? Where do I want to live? So many things that I don't know seem so uncertain to me and I kind of feel lost. High School is fun, but whats after that? It is getting to that time where i have to make decisions and not just any decision like-what do i want to eat? but a decision that will affect the rest of my life... Money is an issue, working, living its all just one big mass of responsiblity that i feel i am not ready for.
Anyway that is something that i always feel is on my mind....
Thanks
Katie
Poem of the Day
I really like this poem:
Know That I Am Only One Person
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I know that I am only one person
But I can make a difference
People will try to push you aside
And bring about hinderance
That is when you take control
And rise above all matters
Then you will show them how strong-hearted you are
And that way, your world would not be shattered
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Sunday, March 20, 2005
So far today has been pretty good. I got up and taught sunday school, which is usually not bad, today it went pretty well. We just got a new pastor at my church, he seems like a pretty good guy, and I feel so bad cause i am really tired and end up falling asleep during the sermon and then waking up and then drifting off again. I should really get some sleep on Saturday nights, cause I am trying really hard to stay awake and i really do want to hear what he is going to say.
Anyway, now it is around noon and The homework is going to be taken out soon cause there sure is alot of it. In all my classes except band and chem I have homework.... and quite a lot of it.
So today is a dedicated homework day and tomarrow is school once agian---this weekend is definetly not long enough!!! Next weekend should be better with a 5 day weekend!! I will fianlly get some sleep!!
Life isn't too bad - In fact it is pretty good!
Thanks
Katie
Poem of the Day
Lost
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In life I lose my way, no flashlight will do
The darkness engulfs me, I’m caged in a zoo
No one to help, no one to call
I am locked right between the walls
No one cares, no one hears
I sit there crying out all my tears
Life is short, make it the best
Or waste it like all of the rest
Love is a tranquilizer, to some of the pain
Love can be good, or evil like cane
My life is like, that fork in the road
I don’t know which way, to my humble abode
If I continue to walk, in a direct way
I may figure out, where I’m going one day.
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Saturday, March 19, 2005
busy cant write
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Friday, March 18, 2005
So I have tons of homework and Life is flying by so just going to post a poem and then go to bed!
Thanks
Katie
Poem of the Day
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The days keep going by
Time waits on no one
I stop and wonder why
While I am looking at the sun
People continue to suffer each day
That is so bad, unfortunately
Things are standing in their way
Living in a state of uncertainty
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I try so hard to make things perfect and no matter how much i strive for perfection, my human nature screws something up and life is no longer the way it was.
Random Quote:
"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."
- Henry Louis Mencken
"Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research."
- Wilson Mizner
"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact." - George Eliot
ME:
Katie
I spend my life in my house
and with 2 brothers and 2 sisters
me the 2nd youngest with a younger sister
I love my dog--a miniture wiener dog
and though i have cats--they get annoying
My lil sister has a dog--a boston terrier--UGLY
Music is the revolver of my life
I play instruments of many types
I like to paint my life
and draw my friends
art is fun
sewing is great
i am attempting to quilt
Writing is something my soul demands
and my mind always tells me that i am hungry
especiall when i am bored
I sit waiting for someone to answer my unasked question
the world keeps turning
and i keep awake all the time
while
the
breeze
swoshes
past
my
hair
Thanks
- email me at Shortykate11@aol.com
or I/M me on aim or yahoo! at Shortykate11
and check out my book club at www.booksrcool.blogdrive.com What is it?
Through generations and generations it lives on. Time has weathered it, yet it is its best friend. Though it weeps and pines for attention it lives content on it’s own. It makes the children laugh and the old cry with fond memory, yet it lives to make a difference in people’s lives. Through the generations it does change. From birth to death it changes constantly on an environmental clock that takes it through the fresh smell of spring, to the cold loneliness of winter. It’s a home for the homeless that roam free throughout the land. At it’s death it may still be used to house those that cannot live so off the land. The creation that it was, will never be again, and the one that was there, is gone forever. Though others alike will come, there is no twin. What is it 2?
As it comes alive, you think of the miracle and forget that this small beautiful creature not only gets life and breath but it will also go through the pains of living and the last breath of death. But at the moment all you see is the struggle for a first breath of something so small and so precious that you feel overwhelmed with love and affection. All you want to do is chase all the thought of pain and death from your mind, from your body, from the whole entire earth, until all you feel is this love. Shaking and moving, the life wants to spring from it, yet it’s contained in it’s jail, trying to break loose and become apart of the world like you or I. The funny thing is, it has been kept alive by the one thing that is trapping it. It’s a mystery. What’s inside? It’s like Christmas, you just want to rip it open and see what mystery God is hiding inside this gift to the Earth. The cycle that it is brought into will evolve and once again we will come across this point. And again we will wonder at the mystery and miracle of something so small compared to the world it lives in.
What is it 3?
It is the source of much life. Laying in wait for its food, it has the potential to be dangerous, yet without it, we would suffer. It's open-holed eyes stare out at us and, when there, its mouth gapes open, asking for the out put it so wishes to distribute. Sometimes we torture it - stuffing and gorging it until it cries out is hot, sparkling tears. And then, by our own stupidity, we regret it.
What Is it?
If you think you know email me at Shortykate11@aol.com or Contact me at the bottom.
You are an earth Dragon! You have a knack for
Nature or animals, and are peaceful, careful,
chariming, and optimistic. You can throw a
tantrum now or then, but who doesnt? You value
simple things in life, such as friends,
familly, and Nature.
What elemental dragon are you?
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