Tuesday - 3/29

I think the person who wants to be a school counselor will most likely succeed because he has the reasons to become a school counselor. I think the person who wants to become an actress will not succeed because that line of work is very hard to get into. The person who wants to become a marijuana baker is very deluded. In ten years I hope to be a pharmacist.


Daniel Cates is a self made millionaire at the age of 21 because of playing online poker. He spend most of time online playing poker. He even has multiple games going on at ounce on multiple computers. During his childhood he spent a lot of time by himself “I was figuring out that my interests were different than the other kids’ at school. I was never into fashion or politics or sports. So I began to spend most of my time by myself.” He spent the time he was alone playing video games. When he first started playing poker he was not good at it and so he lost money and had to get a job at McDonald's “I knew that if I just kept working at poker, my game would vastly improve.” His game did improve and he started winning against the best poker players in the county and making a lot of money. I think he needs to get more balance in life and not depend on online poker because he could lose everything because he is addicted to it. He needs to have more of a life outside of poker. He should consider going to college because he is smart, and he should have a steady income that doesn't depend on the luck of the poker game. Because he could lose everything a job will make sure that he can still have money. Also a job will help him not depend on poker. It will help him experience life and have better human interactions. But at least he is not spending all of his money he has won. He still lives in an apartment with a few of his poker friends.

Shadowland Pages 204-216

Druing these pages the twins decide to call the cat Luna whcih is moon in latin. Ever also show the tiwns the book of shadows and they say that it is very poewful and they want to use is to get back to summerland. But Dmaon said that they cannot use it becasue it is too power and too dark.

I agree with Damon that the twins should not mess with the book because they are so desperate to get back to Summerland that they will use any means necessary, even if it is dark magic.

Shadowland Pages 162-203

Damon and Ever decide to go to a muesem of art after it has closed becaused they are looking for something to do. Ever tries to convince Damon to start painting agian, and he decides to paint a picture fo Ever in the muesam and leave it there. After Damon is done painting the alarms go off becasue they forgot about them, but they get out just in time. Then Ever has to go to Haven's cat's funeral. There seh finds out that Haven's boyfriend got her a kitten but she does not want it and so Ever agrees that the twins can have the cat.

Nothing much happend during these pages, but we do see a bit of th eold Damon. Also the twins get a kitten.

Shadowland Pages 127-161

Damon and Ever test to see if Ramon is telling the truth about the DNA, and they find out that Ramon is telling the truth that Damon will die if Him and Ever exchange DNA. Then Haven shows up at Ever's with a cat that is abut to die, and she tells Ever that her parents are fighting, and they do not know that she is keeping the cat in her room. She asks Ever to keep the cat for the day because her mom is redecorating her room. She also tells Ever that she thinks she will have to move. Also she tells Ever that Ramon has been helping her get a job. This worry's Ever because she knows that Ramon is bad. Then Ever goes to her fist day on the job, and discovers a really old book, and while she is looking through it Haven comes into the store.

I wonder if Haven came to the store in order to save the cat because the store sells magic type items. I also hope that Haven will be okay hanging around with Ramon and that he will not do anything to hurt her.

My reading

My reading over the past quarter has mostly been pop-fiction. I normally do read a lot and so it is usually no problem for me to read 150 pages each quarter. I discovered a new series The Immortals by Alyson Noel. I will most likely finish this series during the 4th quarter. I also plan to read City of Fallen Angles by Cassandra Clare which is coming out in a few weeks. i also plan on reading the final book in the Alpha series by Lisi Harrison. I can't wait to read them both.

Favorite Poem

"Cramming for Finals," Philip Appleman

End of term, will a six-pack do us
while we speed-read Upton Sinclair Lewis?
So far behind, can we possibly ever
catch up on E. A. Robinson Jeffers?
Who said it was going to be multiple choice
on the later work of O. Henry James Joyce?
What's the plot of The Rise of Silas Marner? Who
remembers the Swiss Family Robinson Cru-
soe? Midnight—late. One A.M.—tardy.
Was Laurence Sterne? Was Thomas Hardy?
And hey—was John Gay?
Oh, let's take a break and all get mellow,
take our chances on Henry Wordsworth Longfellow,
and maybe later give a lick and a promise
to the earlier lyrics of Bob Dylan Thomas.

I like this poem because it reminds of how it is studying for finals every year.

Shadowland Pages 102-126

Ever finds out she has to get a job for the summer because her Aunt does not want her hanging out with Damon the whole summer. She goes to the place where Ava used to work and discovers the owners grandson is running the store for awhile while she is off on a retreat. While there she discovers that they need a palm reader. She displays her talent to Jude, the grandson. He hires her. Then when she gets home Damon is waiting for her and suggests that they raise the twins in order for them to live there life.

I am happy for Ever because she got a job, but I am also worried that she is going to fall in love with Jude because of the whole problem with Damon.

Shadowland Pages 44- 101

During these pages Damon decides to find a way to prevent Ever from going to Shadowland which is the opposite of summerland. Ever is going to find a cure for the antidote. While doing so she goes to see Ramon against Damon’s wishes but he still will not give her the antidote. After Ever left his house she went to Ava’s and finds that the twins from Summerland are there and they can’t leave, and she tell them she will find a way to get them back, and in the mean time they can stay at Damon’s.
Ever has a lot of problems she has to fix and I don’t think she can fix them all

Shadowland Pages 1-43

Shadowland is the third book in The Immortals series by Alyson Noël. In the last book Ramon poisoned Damon and the cure he gave him made it impossible for Damon and Ever to exchange DNA, because if they do Damon will die. So far in this book Ever has told Damon the consequences of the cure, and Damon believes that it is because of Karma. He thinks that since he has been living this extravagant life he is getting punished for it. As a result he gets rid of his house, car and his expensive clothes. Now he rides the bus, lives in a smaller house, and wears cheap clothes. Ramon still is going to the school because he wants Ever, and because he has the antidote. Ever has promised Damon she will not try to kill him.
I don’t think Ever will be able to not kill Ramon because of what he has done, and I don’t think Ramon has the antidote because he has lied about things before.

A Tale of Two Pretties Pages 180-203

I have just finished reading A Tale of Two Pretties by Lisi Harrison. The ending was great. Massie’s parents changed their minds, and told Massie she could stay with Claire until the school year is over. But she decides to move to England because if she stayed she would be clinging on to the past while everyone else moved on. In the Epilogue Massie is flying to England when she meets a boy named James who is also going to the same school as her.
It was a great ending to a wonderful series. All the books led up to this one perfectly. Even though Massie is in England they will all stay good friends.

Country Boys

Country Boys is about two boys Chris and Cody growing up in David, Kentucky. They are very similar and different form each other in their styles of diction. They both have low elevation, because they have not been very educated throughout their life. They are both considered failures and are predicted to not go very far in life. Chris’s father is a drunk and Cody’s killed himself when he was 12 years old. Basically they both don’t have a father figure but for different reasons. They are also different because Chris lives in poverty while Cody does not. Chris lives in a rundown trailer with his father, mother, and Sister Amy. Cody lives in a nice house with his grandmother who cares for him deeply. But, they are very similar in the education department; they both are struggling in school. Chris has about a 7th grade education and Cody doesn’t even know what grade he is in. Chris takes care of his sister a lot because his mom works to pay for food and clothing. Cody doesn’t have a job but he is in a Goth band that plays heavy metal. He is also the lead guitarist in the church band. Cody also has a girlfriend. They both want to make their life better, but it is hard in the situation they are in. They both are very literal when expressing what they want to do, because they know they have to do it in order to be successful in life. They are very concrete because these are real issue they are dealing with first hand.

A Tale of Two Pretties Pages150-179

It is New Year’s Eve now and everyone is at Dylan’s house because her mom throws a huge party every year to celebrate the holiday and to reveal the first episode of the reality T.V. series. Then all the secrets come out and everyone knows what everyone else has been hiding. Then Massie asks her parents if she can stay at Claire the rest of the year and they said no, and so her life is basically ruined. Then when Massie tells her friends Alicia suggest that they see the fortune teller to predict their future again, because she predicted that they will become friends. The fortune teller tells them that they will all be fine and that Massie will meet a new boy named James.
Massie really is moving away, and the other girls are going to have to learn how do live life without her. Alicia will become a leader after all.

A Tale of Two Pretties Pages 123-149

During these pages Massie tries to see if she could live at Alicia’s house. But, she discovers that she dances a majority of her free time and that you can hear her tap shoes throughout the whole house. Next she tried Kristen’s Apartment, and she discovered that She get up every day except Friday to run with her mom. Then Massie decides that she will stay with Claire. Then it is Claire’s moving day and Massie helps her with rearranging her room at the new house and they talk about decorating it because Massie will apparently be living with her for awhile.
I kind of figured that Massie will choose Claire because she can be more herself around her and they are kind of like family. Massie still has not told her parents about her moving in with Claire’s family. Hopefully everything will turn out okay.

A Tale of Two Pretties Pages 105-122

Massie tells everyone that she is rich again, but not about the fact that she is moving. Later though she tells Claire she is moving and as a result Claire told her she was also moving. Then Claire comes up with an idea that Massie should stay at a friend’s house until her dad gets a new job, and moves back that way she won’t have to leave. Massie liked the plan and she decided that she will spend one night at each house and decide which one is better. But, when she goes to Dylan’s she finds out about the reality T.V. show, and she can tell everyone else because she didn’t sign a contract.
Massie now has to choose a house that she can stay at until her dad gets a new job, but she still hasn’t told her parents about her plan. Her parents might not want her to stay because then they will miss her, but then again Massie usually gets what she wants.

"Let Kids Rule The School" New York Times Article

This article talks about how a group of students in high school chose their own curriculum for a semester. They learned whatever they wanted too. It turned out that they learned more on their own then with a school set curriculum. They learned subjects that interested them, and so they learned more. I don't think it would work well for everybody, because some students wouldn't take it seriously, but it would work great for students who are motivated and hard working.

A Tale of Two Pretties Pages 86-104

The clothes auction was a success everybody enjoyed it and Massie got enough money to buy new clothes. Then Massie gets some good and bad news. Her dad got a job, a better paying one, but they are still moving to England.
Alicia’s fortune might come true because Massie is going to move away, and she will become Alpha. It’s sad to know that Massie will move away because she enjoys her life with her friends and she doesn’t want to lose them.

A Tale of Two Pretties Pages 61-85

Alicia came up with a great idea for Massie to get money for some new clothes. She decided to auction off all her clothes from last year. But, Massie put her in charge of the event and it is worrying Alicia because of what the fortune teller told her. Next, Claire and Kristen try to take Massie bargain shopping because she can’t afford all the expensive clothes she has bought in the past. It goes pretty well because she actually did buy something. Next we see Dylan and how the reality T.V. Show is not really about reality. They make up scenes for them to do to make it more interesting. Dylan is pinned as the rebel daughter.

Massie is starting to get used to the idea of being poor with the help of her friends. She beginning to understand that they are true friends.

A Tale of Two Pretties pages 40-60

Massie has stated pack her things because she is moving in with Claire. While doing so Dylan calls and asks her if she ever had a huge secret that you couldn’t tell. When Massie herd that she hung up because she thought Dylan knew about her being poor. Then Massie’s mom walks in with a real estate person and tells her that they are going to sell the house. Next Dylan tries calling Alicia to tell her about her big secret but Alicia hangs up because she is afraid that this problem is for an Alpha. Then Claire is telling Massie that her friends will like her even if she was poor and so she sets up a meeting to tell them. And Claire was right and her friends still want to be friends with her.
Massie’s friends are true friends because they did not abandon her when they found out she was poor. Also everybody should tell their secret because it is creating confusion and it is better to tell them yourself than somebody else tell them.