Degrassi

Degrassi is the absolute best show on television, and anyone who disagrees clearly hasn't seen what I have seen while watching. It shows every part of teenage life, including geeks, nerds, drug addicts, jocks, devout religious followers , homosexuals, preps, handicapped, diseased, addicted, snobby, sleezy, backstabbing, and beautiful. With over 30 characters, no personality is missed. Each character reaches his or her nadir at one point or another, which makes their drama filled recovery all the more entertaining.

At any saturnine moment in my life, as lame as it sounds, this show has been there to make me happy and help me "deal." I will not say I am obsessed with the show, but I am ADDICTED! I mean, it's really not a big deal that I am friends with a lot of them on Facebook or that I wish them Happy Birthdays... :(). I think the show is like no other teen drama, and it's the original. I strongly dislike all of these knockoff shows who try to recreate the groundbreaking things Degrassi did. *cough Secret Life cough*

Besides that, no other show has as large a cachet in my heart as Degrassi does, in fact, Degrassi's cast are the people that I would choose to meet immediately if given the choice. It's almost as if Degrassi and I have formed into a coalescence, I even speak with a Canadian accent at times to mimic the actors... uhh (awkward). I think, being completely straight forward, that Canada should abrogate the laws that set the borders, and then the cast of Degrassi can come and visit me. We can hang out all the time and be best friends. Is that too much to ask for? You can be the judge.

Los Padres

My burgeoning punishments are grating against my nerves. It seems as though everything that I do, my parents excoriate even the most menial things. For instance, at Winter Ball, which was SO fun, my mother called me about... 8 times. Not only that, but she also texted me twice. I was at the dance, and yet my mother expects me to sit by the phone waiting for her to call. She always thinks I am trying to pull some sort of ruse on her, which is extremely irritating. I'm a good kid, yet almost every weekend I am forced to stay home for some rather stupid reason. These groundings add up, turning what is initially an ephemeral lasting problem into a much larger one. I think that my parents need to focus on more salient problems rather than focusing on meager issues that don't really make a difference. I am sick of the frustration.

Debate

I for one love debate. Although I can classify myself as a "newb," I still love it. My partner is JJ, and we have only won 1 debate so far.. out of 4. But all of that is okay, because we have actually gotten a lot better and have put a lot of effort into it. The main problem is merely our speaking. We do well to convey our plan to the negative team, but then they refute it with rather invidious claims. One comment that the judges and the negative often argue against our plan are the "what ifs." Due to this, sometimes I go off on a tangent during my rebuttal, deriding the negative team's listening. Clearly they mustn't have listened or they would have heard me state how the "what ifs" are taken care of. Nine out of ten times, my rebuttal allays all of the negative team's suspicions of our plans effectiveness and solidity, so I am confident that we are okay on that part.

But affirmative is not where our main problem lies. It's the speaking in the negative debates that are treacherous. Without any recourses except a few books, it is difficult to improvise and argument in five minutes. A lot of the time my arguments are plain improv. It's almost like tawdry jewelry. It's appealing at first, but is all just for initial show. At times, my arguments lack substantial evidence, but they spark an attitude from the other team, much of the time flustering them. My partner gets very riled up and almost hectors the other team, which is good... too an extent. We don't want to be the bullying team, because that will most certainly not help up to victory. But he and I definitely need to practice a lot more because we have the potential to be great. More speaking clinics Mrs. O! We can do it. :D

Her Name is Ashley...

From the day I met Ashley I felt very much allured by her volleyball skills. Her ethereal grace on the court is unmatched by anybody else in our gym class. I used to equivocate my jealous feelings about her overbearing skills, but now I must succumb to her expertise. I cannot censor how much better at volleyball she is at me, for her implacable talent overcomes all else on the court. I talk very garrulously when Ashley brings up the situation because I do not like to admit her talent. When she hits the volleyball it flies over the net with such finesse. So I have come to the conclusion that Ashley is indeed an amazing volleyball player.

P.S. I love Ashley. :D That's Ashley's eraser because she wouldn't be in the picture.