So.. Whats the point?

Pretty Right? Yeah.. They look cool

But If its your first time wearing them...

Your up a creek with out a paddle...

 

Yeah, these gorgeous things you attach literally to your eyelashes and eyelid are pretty cute. But if this is your first time wearing them, prepare for major annoyance. These little suckers poke, sting, and do all the annoying things that you wouldnt want to go through. My mother told me that I'll get used to them, but this is the only time I plan on wearing them. For Halloween I am dressed up as the Mad Hatter, girl version of course and yes I know, it may look unappropriate but I am in fact wearing a cheshire cat shirt underneath and shorts. So its all good. Though I am upset that I cannot wear my hat; due to the fact that it says 420/69 on it as the price tag. Gross right?  But anyways, my mom got me these rainbow colored eyelashes that were really cute (not my style) but I told her to put them on. And instantly I yelled, "MOM!! THESE THINGS ARE ANNOYING. But i guess Ill wear them.. " and walked out of the house. Yeah a little angry, but I didnt think about the consequences I was going to endure when I wore them. The glue started chipping and getting into my eye, the eyelashes bent in a way so that wearing my glasses was annoying as well, and the clue and eyelash part that you glue to your eyelid and eyelash was poking my eye so bad that I went to the bathroom at least 13 times in 30 minutes. 

 

 

 

Im so pretty, Oh so pretty!

Im so pretty and witty and..

GET THESE THINGS OFF MY EYELIDS!

So I complain alot, and sure I hear from alot people either "Your just a wuss." Or "Yeah I know right?" but after a few hours Ive gotten used to them, and they are in fact pretty if only I wasnt blind and didnt need to wear glasses but who'd a thunk it right? 

Home's Nothing But A Tomb

WOULD I CALL THIS A HOUSE?

OR A TOMB

ROTTING HERE EVERYDAY AND NIGHT,

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

DO YOU LIKE IT HERE?

LOCKED TIGHT AND ALONE,

WITH NO ONE TO HEAR YOU

WEEP AND MOAN.

DO YOU WANT COMPANY NOW?

SINCE YOU'RE CRYING AND COLD,

WANDERING IN YOUR DARK MANSION

WITH NO ONE TO HOLD


 

WOULD YOU WANT ME HERE?

DEAD TO THE WORLD TOO

CAN YOU HEAR ME TALKING?

DO YOU WANT ME TO STAY WITH YOU?

IF NOT TELL ME TO GO,

AND ILL LEAVE WITH EASE.

THINK IF YOU'D RATHER BE ALONE, 

OR BE WITH ME.

FOX SAYS:  I wrote this poem after getting into an argument with my mother. Its not really about her, but it gave me a sense of my mom. Its saying "would I call this a house or a tomb" I meant it as would you rather stay here forever or travel, take company or stay here and not do anything worth doing. "Rotting here every day and night" Meaning that why would you want to stay  here forever, drinking, watching TV instead of living life? "Do you like it here..." I meant that as, Do you like seeing yourself through a foggy mirror? Do you enjoy crying every night with no one to hear you? The same as wanting company with no one to hold you as you cry, wandering your home alone. Your tomb. "Do you want me here?" When I put that in the poem I meant to ask, would you want me here? The one you supposedly love, the one who hates watching you be and cry alone. If not tell me to go, I'll leave and never come back but think, Do you want to be alone the rest of your life... or be with me?

Skellingtons, Vampires, and Pumpkins

Halloween, day where demons come out and 

when you can dress up and be something your not.

Eat loads of candy and get scared. Heh.

 

So Halloween is the best holiday of the year, and I know you agree with me. Its the time where you can dress up and be whatever you'd like with out worrying about someone else's input on what you look like. The day where eating a load of candy, having fun, screaming, laughing, partying, and tricking thousands of people that just walk on by without getting in trouble.  When it comes down to it, just being able to celebrate a holiday in such a way is exciting. I mean come on, you get to walk around town in a costume, knowing that some might not recognize you and you can scare the living crap out of people. But be aware that you might get beat up if your scary enough. Candy, the sugary goodness  and the best invention in the world. Its amazing how candy is made, I recently watched a show on Food Network that explained how gummy worms, chocolate, snickers, and other candies were made! Did you know that Pop Rocks were an accident? The original maker was only trying to make a soda! Cool huh! 

    Halloween, is of Celtic, and other practices. Halloween was long thought of to be the day where the dead can come back to life and wander around the earth spooking people. Which is why Celtic customs say that people lighted bonfires and wore costumes around to scare away the wandering ghosts. Around the 19th- century, Halloween began to loose its connotation and turned into a normal childrens holiday. What I believe is the most fun about Halloween is the fact that you can dress up, eat candy, and spook your friends and family. The scariest thing that I have done on Halloween is walk through a corn-field in Oregon and get chased by people dressed up as scarecrows. Ooooeeeooo. Some people say that they would rather buy their own candy, and sit home watching television instead of go outside and enjoy peoples scary costumes, I would much rather party and scare people. Whats better then trick-or-treating? Absolutely nothing. Or is there?

I happened to do a survey at school asking people questions about Halloween such as, Whats your input on slutty costumes? Do you like them or not? What do you see the most out of costumes? What do you like about them? Do you enjoy trick or treating? Whats fun about it? what would you prefer doing on Halloween other then trick-or-treating? And what is the most scariest thing you've done on Halloween? Now, 46.6% of people love slutty costumes because of the fact that you can be what you want and if someone wants to dress slutty they can, along with making girls look hot its all that matters; but the other 20% doesn't like slutty costumes because its inappropriate for people under 16 to wear them and the other 34% are undecided. When the question, what do you see the most out of costumes and what do you like about costumes, came along I got many different answers. Alot of people were seeing slutty costumes, princesses witches, vampires, pirates, actors, actresses and spiderman. When it came to liking the way costumes were around it all came down to enjoying that you can be anything or anyone you like without being judged and being able to show your creativity. 

  Trick or treating was an easy question for everyone, it was all 'Yeah! I love getting free candy' or 'Whats better then eating candy all night?' So that one went well and if I do say so myself, free candy is a plus. Everyone would much rather do something else other then trick-or-treating due to the fact that most of them would rather party, hand out the candy, do nothing, watching scary movies, and fighting people. It varied for the last question, What was the most scariest thing you've done on Halloween, all of them were weird like 'watching my cat get eatin', 'nothing', Haunted ships and houses, the Texas Chainsaw Massacure, flashing cops, egging some ones house, running across the street in 7in heels, and going to the cemetery late at night. Not the most excitingly scary things to do or witness but its alright for what I thought they'd say.

Do you like Halloween? I bet you do, Go spook a pal, go spook your family. Drink some blood, and you'll be just like me. Haha. 

Have a Happy Halloween.. May the spirits be with you!!

Surroundings

See the sun as it shines

The one who lights the earth

Spilling joy along the sky

As happy as giving birth

See the moon, watch it glow

Letting shadows dance around

Sending calm feelings to our minds

We're listening to every sound 

See the ocean drift around

Like a never-ending flame

Shimmering like a precious diamond

With each and every wave

See the clouds float on by

Like a cat sneaking through

Leaving paw prints here and there

While keeping an eye on you

See the mountains standing there

Elegant with every height

Look at all the beauty around us

What an amazing sight

I happened to choose this poem I wrote, to express what I see in the world. The beauty and elegance of what mother nature has created for us to see, for us to believe in her. Mother nature. Sounds hippy-like right? Ha ha, I Know but its not everyday that people get to live in Alaska or anywhere else thats beautiful and be able to have it right in your back yard. Ya know? The pictures are not my own, though I believe I can take some shots the same style as the photographers who took these. Pictures help with my poetry, and so does understanding. :)

My Passion, My Life

Above: Not Taken By Me, Found on Google. Action shot, ten photos in one. Cool huh?

.::Photography::.

You can say that its my passion, the very thing that sends me flying over clouds made of sugar and spice with everything nice. But your probably thinking, 'Everyone's passion is photography'; Well if you want to know the difference between me and this everybody your talking of, you may find it hard to believe but every one's picture taking abilities differ in style, focus, and care. Shocking I know!!  I love looking through the lens of my camera. Its like taking a good hard look at everything and realizing everything changes. You see the beauty in things you normally wouldn't. Its like a new pair of eyes, a new sense. Holding my camera or any camera of shape or size, or whether it sucks or not, just taking a few good pictures makes me happy and excited. When I'm upset I run to my camera and snap pictures of the world or my depressing view of the world. Whatever my mood, it shows in my work, and if that's something everyone loves then I'm happy to be apart of it. Happy to get the taste of it all. 

 Above: A Near- Infrared photo, not taken by me. Found on Google.

 The way to seeing life differently..

Not everyone can be a photographer, and often I get people telling me that. And its true, just because you love taking pictures and you think they are cool, doesn't mean your a photographer. You'll learn some of you ain't quite good at accepting criticism. But me, I love it, it gives me the urge to be better. Someone telling me the contrast could be darker or lighter or that the picture would look better in sepia, or black and white, or vibrant colors; just churns my stomach and I go retake the pictures even if I have 403 shots already of the exact same thing with different ways to view it.  Its the willing to be better, I throw a little piece of me into the photo and send it on its way to being critiqued and then to make it better!! 

    To me, photography helps me cope with the stuff I go through everyday. It makes me view it and turn it into any type of shot. I could have my friends sit in the photo somewhere just to add a little flare. Its just something that made me, me. And I cant wait till I get into a collage that teaches photography so perhaps I can make myself better then I already am. Get a Masters Degree in photography and then its off to job hunting or traveling the world and taking pictures as I go. Sounds fun doesn't it. Yeah.. I think so too.. Aha.. Well, If you like photography, work at it, no ones ever 'great' at photography the first time they take a picture. Know that ANYONE could take the picture but its your job to make it your creation, throw something into the picture, make it dark, make it light, view it differently then keep going till you come up with something you like and that you'd think every one would enjoy staring at.

 

Where's The Book? Outta Town...

Have a book that you just read? 

Of course theres going to be a second one after that..

But its not anywhere to be found? 

Sucks Right?

Yeah, It just plain sucks don't it? Its a tease really, why do library's only get a certain amount of books. Like the whole volumes thing is completely pointless here in Ketchikan. Why get one book by an author that creates only a few books that involve the same character of the book you just read. It makes people angry, well at least it makes me angry considering I think me and only a few other kids in this town even read at all. Its upsetting. Plus the library is huge so it seems like the book you'd want to read would be there. 

       Its a big set up, darn Librarians. Ive got this habit where I read and read and read and If I don't get the book that's after the one I just read, I get pissed at this town and flip out on my mom. Which in her case isn't something that pleases her. Like today, I finished a book called 'The Secret Under My Skin', and of course Ill get all happy go lucky and be like, "I want to read the second one." Ill look it up, you know that whole searching for the book on the library website, and it wasn't there. I got pissed, Kept looking and typed in different things you know the publisher, the author, and the title like at least ten times each. "I hate this town" is all I said and I gave up. But whats cool about this town is if none of the libraries have it, they will order it for you so you can read it. Like my principal here at Revilla High school, He said "yeah, we can order it for ya. No problem!" And BOOM BAM! I'm happy all over again. 

      The only thing I have to focus on is being patient. And of course, being the anxious reader that I am, Ill probably check with my principal and be like "Is it here yet?, Did you order it? Huh huh huhhhhhH?!?!?!" and then Id end up mentally beating my butt because its already enough asking if he could order it for me. 

I don't know its that little thing about reading books that really disappoints me. I bet it makes those who are also readers, very upset due to the fact that where ever you live, your library just sucks. It makes kids like us just want to go the largest library there is on this frigg'n planet and , live there. Ya know? 

     Maybe its just me, I don't know. But soon you all will feel my pain when you start reading a book for once, then you'll get interested and be like Yeah! Now I'm going to get the next book! and you know what will happen? It wont be there. Then you'll be all angry and give up reading just for that reason. Sounds logical no? So good luck, and wish me luck on my order!!! 

Everyone has a little Cheshire Cat

"You see, a dog growls when he is angry and wags his tail when hes pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore, Im mad"

 

The cat that remains remarkable in the book of Alice In Wonderland, is The Cheshire Cat. You see, the cat is the only character in the entire story that really listens to Alice. Cheshire is mainly teaching Alice, the rules of Wonderland (Underland) and with his remarks, he is indeed doing his job. The cat of the duchess he is, but what is he really based off of? Perhaps its the paintings of an artist whom created pictures of lions grinning, or perhaps it was based off of a carving in the Croft church.Croft Church has a sedile - a seat for the clergy built into the wall - at one end of which is a carved stone face of a cat or lion. Seen from a pew it has a wide smile. But if you stand up, the grin seems to disappear, just as it eventually does in "Alice in Wonderland". No one quite knows. 

 

    I indeed love the Cheshire Cat, it was like fate for me to love the heck out of him. When I first watched the original movie, I seemed to have an addiction to the way 'Chessur' talked and the way he helped out Alice. I believe everyone has a little Cheshire watching over them and guiding them through the rules of life let alone Wonderland. While Cheshire seems infinite in my life, he teaches me the rules of life. My conscious you can call him, and perhaps that's what he was in Alice In Wonderland, Im not sure though. 

 

Cheshire can disappear and reappear, and grin largely. But if you ever really pay attention, when he leaves or disappears he tends to leave his smile behind. I adore that. Why? Because its like a sense of hope, a sense that hes still there and that Alice isnt alone. Understand? If you realized, Carroll's favorite saying was, "To Grin Like a Cheshire Cat" I tend to use it often when someone I know doesn't feel quite well and often at times I use it when talking to my mother. You never quite know what to expect when you realize that the Cheshire Cat appeared and might do something 'mad'. 

 

Cheshire Cat: I went to a hunting party once, I didn't like it. Terrible people. They all started hunting me!

Alice: Life must be hard for you.

Cheshire Cat: But I grin and bear it!

   

The Obvious..

Nightmares.. Ever have them?

You know, Those dark areas you appear within your mind, and the scary creatures; the demons that seem to crash land their way into your head. The people you care about either in a load of trouble or on the first class trip  to getting eatin' alive. Well I've bet you've had many, I know I have. You see, nightmares to me, are like a vision of hell. The place where evil resides and where everyone you love just seems to get tortured in the beyond. But then again, its your mind, your thoughts that seem to create nightmares. You see, these 'dreams' are supposedly said to be worked off the stress you build during the day, or because you stuffed your face with ice cream, which so happens to be fully loaded with sugar. Is it a fact or a myth? Well they both seem to be correct among stages as nightmares that are created by stress is related to post-traumatic stress disorder, while nightmares being built off of sugar is also true. But is this really the reason we get nightmares? What if we hardly ever get stressed, or eat sugar? I mean, demons, people dying, parents enduring loads of torture, you fall or you die which ends up sending a jolt to the rest of your body making you wake up. The insanity that creeps into our heads like a disease and eats at all the bad memories in the past, just doesn't seem to be created off of that sugary goodness or the stress that builds up about getting good grades or living.

Tragedies in the past..

Ever dream of whats happened to you long ago? The past happenings that eat at your heart while your sleeping, the digital effects of what happened recreated in your mind. Everyone has, whether it was bad or not, the complexity of your mind when its in its dark hour. The moment you wake up screaming, crying, and calling out for someone to comfort you. Or perhaps you wake up in shock and cant quite fall back asleep because your afraid if it appears again. The vision of what you went through, the faces, the details, the pain all relived in your mind. And yet you still cant find a way to escape from it, the nightmare alone scares you so you cannot leave. You cant wake up. The suffocating feeling while your sleeping, and the cries for help which wakes your mother and sends her running into your room to comfort you, to wake you up.  Its that type of dream you've yet to tell your mother about, and yet you lie and just have her lay still with you and hold you so you can cry yourself to sleep. 

 The nightmare that makes your mother worry and stay in your room and watch you, listen to your 

breathing, and wake you if you cry out.  

The power of mind

Its the sort of power that scares you towards craving more and more of it. The nightmare that tells you who you are and can use all your weaknesses against you. Its the dreams that make you stop doing something, that show you what you've become and what you will turn into, the dream that tears your flesh from your body and shows you what hides beneath and how you are never going to be perfect.  Ive had these nightmares a lot, and whats scary is that I still do. Instead of the dreams scaring me, they each tell me something. Something dark, and something that makes me, Me. If you get scared of your nightmares, dont be. Its your mind telling you something, your mind that's trying to 'help', I guess you can say. In its own way of course. Ha ha. 

    The nightmares that send you quivering, crying, and holding tight to your pillow with fright. The dreams that scare you into believing something that your mind created. The refreshing shower of blood, the lovely scare of demons and other scary monsters, the laughing crowd without faces, the koala's chasing you down wearing lampshades as hats and having the audacity to have a clown painted faces and try to kill you with spoons. The people you love that endure pain, and suffering, the animals you've had in your past huge and abusive, and the vision of hell you've created. Its all your mind, its your thoughts, its you. Dont be afraid of it, or it will control you. Your all very strong, just believe in something better, being hugged to death by your teddy bear. Ha ha. 

 

Oh My!! Run for your lives!!! 

Heh..

Thanks for reading!!

 

 

C h o i c e s

By: Mariah Deanda

We forget about our limits

By swimming in the ocean 

To being buried in the sand

We forget about our rules

Plain and simple

We could terrorize and abuse

Or can comfort and lead

We forget our conscience

The mood it controls

Choosing to go with senses

Or with what we know

We ignore our voice

Ways that it leads

The power of minds' stronger

If the world's to succeed

We forget about our limits

The voice and rules

Boundaries and consciousness

But never 'you'

 

What Fox says about the poem::

    FOX: This poem I wrote is based on what we, human beings, choose from or at least CAN choose from. Right or wrong. People don't quite realize what they could possibly choose from because they forget things, they forget their limits, their rules that seem to keep them inside walls. Mental walls that say to them whether they can or cannot do something. I explain that in the poem, the many things they can choose from and the way they think about doing things. Its sort of like, telling people that they CAN choose to be buried in the sand or have fun in the water. They CAN choose to either hurt people or lead them in a positive way. But people cant quite be like, 'Yeah I totally understand' cause not everyone does. Or they think they do but its not quite what I am explaining in this poem. Its telling people to figure it out on your own and see if your life is that way. You can always choose.. Its your right. 

 

What about emotions..?

 

Above: An Emotion Fractal

Emotion.
What is it about emotion that controls the way we see things?
The difference in color that changes our mood?
Emotion, I believe is a complicated thing, misinterpreted by many and abused by all. You may think, 'Hey, I never abused anyone's emotions.' But you, my reader, are wrong. You fail because your giving yourself the sense of hope. The positive emote that wins over the worrying emote, which says 'Uh yeah, Ive hurt plenty of peoples emotions.' And that truth wants to come out but you refuse to look like an idiot, in the process of looking like one when you attempt at lying. No one is perfect, and by the looks of all you, who refuse to tell the truth or do because you enjoy putting people down, are trying your best to be perfect. Well darling, that crap doesnt work.

Above: An Emotional Color Wheel

Color.

The window to emotion

The viewing

The experimentation of emotional color.

Red is supposedly supposed to mean anger, how is it that blue cant be anger? Perhaps its because your face doesnt turn blue when your angry like it does turn red. But no one knows. Perhaps blue doesnt mean sadness it means happy, but then that just wouldnt make sense now would it? Your probably thinking, 'Yeah, cause skies are blue and they make me happy.' Well thats just it. Color is not the best thing to describe emotion seeming as how many colors mean many things. As you can see above there is two sides to every color. But how we see it is way different as every human being thinks differently than everyone else. Its like saying that numbers explain emotions. Lets take one for instance, its the loneliest number and its alone for millions of years Then theres ten who has an even amount of friends and never gets lonely. To you one might be the saddest, or mean lonely, then two would mean normal-ish, then on and on to ten. Ten must mean extremely happy right?  Well wait, that doesnt help explain mad, sad, bored, or any other emotions now does it? So we mark off Color and Numbers. But what else explains emotion? Got anything? Oh yeah! Style.

 

You may be thinking, 'What? I dont get it...' Well if my math teacher understands so can you. Style, the door to being yourself, and being proud of it. You may feel sad one day then what would you wear on that very same day? Clothes you either dont care about or you dress LIKE you dont care. Or if you'd wear some dark clothes, perhaps some black pants and shirt then you'd be out of the house and heading to school. Or if you feel spectacular on another day you choose to go all out with colorful clothes, doing your hair, and make up. I gues you can say that style sort of explains emotions comfortably but not quite smoothly. Sure you can wear what suits your mood, but what would be the reason for doing that? When Im upset I just get up and throw clothes on and just head out to school. When I feel great during the day I would straighten my hair, perhaps wear makeup and THEN head out to school. But other then those three things; Color, Numbers, and Style, What else is there?

 

People. Emotion is best understood with people. They can control emotion, can mix color with emotion, and can dress their emotion You may not realize it but you and I both choose clothes, things to do, and or faces that fit our emotion. You do when you look in your closet and either randomly pick something or take time to put an outfit together. You do it when you look in the mirror and do your hair and make up. You can either just throw your hair into a position and wear a little make up or you can spend time on both!

   Emotion is feeling, its the tingly feeling people get in their fingertips, the butterflies that roam in bellies, its the heartbeat you hear in your head and feel in your throat, its the shiverly chill running down your back and its the dizzy feeling of love. Emotion can be described in different ways and only a few really know how to describe it. And emotion is life, if you cannot explain your emotions, then life will forever mean nothing to you.

About a girl..

Today, I interviewed Ava Cattlett. The one whom I call my best friend and a bit of a fat head. She knows it too. ;) I interviewed her so that maybe I could learn something that I didnt already know. But that crashed and burned. Ava is my best friend and I know theres nothing she wouldnt tell me. So heres her interview!

So Ava, Where were you born and what was it like living there?

Ava: The North pole dude! It was awesome, I loved it cause Santa lived right down the street and he would let me pet his reindeer!!

Where did you really grow up?

Ava: I grew up here in K-town! Its cold and wet but there's a lot of good people. 

As a child Ava, did you have pets? Were any special to you?

Ava: A cat named Mytie, she had 6 batches of kittens before my dads friend broke her neck for peeing on his bed.

What did you enjoy doing as a child? What was your favorite outdoor activity?

Ava: Slinging Crack!! Ha ha, Naw. Sledding! I was always looking for the biggest hill and the fastest sled. Im a thrill seeker!! Ha ha ha

Did you attend any church or religious services? If so what were your earliest memories?

Ava: Well, um, pooping in my diaper while everyone was singing but I was like 3 so, I didnt really care all that much. Heh..

How would you describe your parents??

Ava: Crazy! My mom drank and worked everyday as an NA at the hospital. My dad told me he didnt want me because I was a girl and told me I was never going to make it anywhere in life and I havent really seen him since...

Where did your father work?

Ava: My dad was an underwater welder, he made serious bank dude! My father wasnt around much for me to remember but my earliest memory of him was when I turned 3, when he got me a little cake and right after I blew out the candles he sat me in the cake thinking it would be funny. Turns out, I got some bad burns from the candle wax.

Ava has been through some harsh stuff during her life time, Im really proud of her that she is strong and can hold it together for both her and her brothers and sisters. She knows how to act and knows what to do, Ava is a great person.

Did your mother have a job to take care of the family?

Ava: My mom was a Nurse Assistant, and to be honest, I cant really think of a time in my life that I ever thought good of her so... no good memories.

Talk to me about your grandparents, what did you enjoy the most about them?

Ava: My grandpa, Randi Bonzie, own a huge trash company in California, Medesto. So he had a lot of money, when he passed away he left my grandma with 48 million and with the money she ended up buying a nice 3 story house with an indoor and outdoor pool, hot tub, and sauna. I love her very much and she understands me more then my own mother.... 

Who were some of your friends going up and did your parents ever like them being around?

Ava: Junior Skultca, Kerie Chandler, Ricky Hill, Shaun Stockly and Mariah Deanda. Some were off and on all along the way! My mom didnt really like me to have friends at all so.. no not really.

Did your friends ever get you in trouble when you were younger?

Ava: Yes, me an these two girls Randa and Ivy broke into a car and robbed it when we were 7 and 8. We are no longer friends.. They smelt bad haha..

What were some of your chores and did your mom ever give you money for doing so?

Ava: Never got an allowance. My mom worked everyday but for some reason she never had money for me. Ive always had the same chores, walk the dog, wash the dishes, and clean the bathroom.

How old were you when you went on your first date eh? Where did you go?

Ava: Ha ha! Me and Shaun Stockly went to lunch with his mom when we were 7. He told his mom he was in love with me Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

What were some of your first jobs? 

Ava: Never had a job till now.. And I work at Jacks Alley.

What did you like to do in your free time? And what do you do now?

Ava: I loved to sing!! It was something I always ended up doing! But now, I write poetry and short stories and music!!

What were some of the crazy fads you or your friends went through?

Ava: Shutter shades!! They suck so bad!! I never wore them but all my friends did. Oh and hurting ourselves. My friend West loved to make people laugh and when he got hurt we would always laugh so he'd be in the Nurses office everyday after lunch. haha!! Good times..

Did you admire a famous person?

Ava: Nope, their actors, thats what they do. Act. So how would you ever know how they really are? Cause I never really seen them as real people..

What mischievous prank did you pull on someone and how did it affect you?

Ava: Ha! Me and my older brother Ronnie thought it would be funny to fill up water balloons and throw them at my moms car when she got home from work. The balloons were really stretchy so they wouldnt break when we threw them so we just filled one up as big as we could and it was like 40 pounds. We filled it with the hose on the porch that my mom parks next to so when she came home we rolled it off right on her window shield and busted it into hundreds of pieces. My mom was so pissed but I was only like 8, Ronnie was the one in trouble haha!

What were your family finances like growing up Ava?

Ava: Not good, I had no friends cause they thought I was poor. Haha! Now everyone loves me cause Im awesome!

What are some favorites? ( Such as color, food, ice cream, book, movie, song, sport etc?)

Ava: I love the colors purple and lime green, fully loaded peanut butter cup ice cream, all of Ellen Hopkins books, the movie Treasure Planet, Perfect by Simple plan is my favorite song, and for my favorite spot its footy ball. Ha.

Is there something you wish you could do over again?

Ava: I wish I could have loved my dad back when he wanted to be in my life again. Instead of pushing him away like he did to me when I was 4. That is one of my few regrets..

What things do you find yourself doing that you said you'd "never" Do?

Ava: Swearing, partying, and fighting alot!! I told myself Id never be like my mom but unfortunately I'm on my way.

Tell me about a memorable moment in your life, A time you'll never forget?

Ava: When my dad tried to kidnap my brother from my mom. I told him to take me too but he said I wasnt his, and that he didnt want to waste his time with a  girl...

What are some of the changes in our society that you have seen in your lifetime?

Ava: 9/11, oil spills, pollution and global warming. You know, all the bad stuff. Holy crap our presidents black!! When did THAT happen?!

What great historical events have you experienced in your lifetime?

Ava: Deaths in the family, people dying in earth quakes and floods. Sad things that no other person normally goes through till their older...

What is something that you are really proud of and why??

Ava: Making it as far as I have. Ive made it further then my mom, sister and brother in school!!

What are the goals you are still working towards??

Ava: Becoming a licensed tattoo artist, piercer and cosmetologist!! Oh yeah babe!

When people look back at your life, how do you want to be remembered Ava?

Ava: That rockstar who didnt take crap from no one, who lived her life to the fullest and had few regrets. That girl with the crazy hair, the crazy friend and crazy personality! The girl who wasnt afraid to tell you how you make her feel and never backed down from a fight..

And Ava sure is that person, shes loving, she cares for those who care about her and she happens to be one girl that rocks this town till the sun comes up.. Ava Cattlett, is surely one girl who will reach her goals in life, who I know will surely catch a star and head some where were she can truly and honestly be who she wants to be. 

 Ava, the one girl, who WILL make a difference in this world.