#never put other bloggers on pedestal or think they know (better) and always question anyone claiming to be an expert here

[sapphyreopal5]

I think would be a great idea for you to make a video talking about Gen and Danneel doing black magic. I think people would be interested in your conversation with the psychic guy by your guys messaging each other. After I did read of screenshots from your last post. I am hooked and hungry for want know more information about it, plus I want your opinion about Gen too.

By the way, did the psychic guy message you again? Because I am dying to know what he said more about Danneel and Jensen.

Hello Anon, thank you for the ask. So he and I have been talking some. Some of the same stuff has been said by him multiple but also by me in different words in multiple posts. For a point of reference, this is the first of these screenshots I posted regarding Danneel and Gen's black magic. I have a few more messages I will share below as well. He and I did talk about Hilarie Burton. I know quite a few anti Danneel folks here don't like Hilarie as well, some have said she comes across as fake and such. Interesting fact about Hilarie, she is actually not an incarnated demon like Danneel is but is instead an incarnated dark Faye. Hmmm, does Danneel in fact have a brunette lover or did she just hang out with a brunette? Some people might think she is in fact talking about Steve, which a lot of fellow anti Danneel bloggers here would know about ha ha. The psychic guy did tell a little more about Danneel's said illnesses and a couple more things.

I just might make a video Anon if there's enough demand for it since it takes time to do research, put together screenshots like this, make the video, edit as needed, etc.

As for my opinion on Gen, now that is something I didn't really elaborate on but it can be implied by more recent posts of mine, I don't exactly hold her on a pedestal. Before I elaborate on my opinions of Gen, I wanted to take a chance to address something I recently saw. Namely, a post someone sent me where it seems an Anon was talking about my Hooters post and where the answer talked about how normal that is going to places like that and how this is crucifying him or perhaps holding him to impossible standards. Now come on, I am no Jared hater and in fact overall like him a lot. No one escapes my observations for better or for worse, Jared and Gen included. I do however just about always defend my friends and family, even if I end up telling them they are wrong in private. I never embarrass my friends or family on purpose and wouldn't do this my partner if I had one unlike Gen ha ha.

Because of the fact I am a personality theories nerd, if anyone is familiar with the MBTI I'm big time ENTP. Of course, labels don't describe everything and we are more than just certain things but I am mentioning this because I question EVERYTHING and EVERYONE, it's what I do. Some people just need to get over this.... anyways onto the real topic, just wanted to share that fun fact about myself and a tidbit of my general personality with you all.

I decided to take this opportunity to share screenshots from a Reddit thread on others' opinions on men who frequently go to places like Hooters, Tilted Kilt, Coyote Ugly, and then the other ones mentioned in the screenshots below. I will say especially this comment in my opinion, 'cause it is extremely relevant for why I question this whole Hooters frequenting of Jared's in my book (and notably without Gen being there for the more recent times in recent years): "Depends on context. Once in a while for a birthday party or guy’s night is fine. Routinely/regularly on his own? That’s weird." I like people getting multiple perspectives thrown into one, 'cause I can. That's just how I roll, kids! But hey, if you want to see some other sites that talk about this, you can also check out this Quora question, this Askmen thread (where of course a lot of the guys who answered said it's merely a woman being insecure), another Reddit thread where her husband keeps lying about going to places like this, this girlsaskguys thread, you guys get the idea at this point, don't cha?!

And I am pretty sure this is exactly what all these "crazy, insecure women" are thinking these Hooters waitresses and such are thinking, summarized in a catchy song "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls. 🎶I'd probably be just as crazy about you if you were my own man🎶

Nah but man for real, I found it funny how the same day Coyote Ugly photos came out, Gen's hair stylist or something posted this. Was this to validate herself or just her position in her cushy lifestyle. Oops, I meant as Jared's loving wife and mother of 3 children... or did I? Here I answered someone earlier today about Jared going from wanting to retire to being a producer and then ended up being both the lead character and the Executive Producer on his Show "Walker". I provided plenty of direct quotes to show what is being officially said about why he changed his mind on staying in acting. Note that I said officially there being the keyword in the last sentence. My real opinion? I think that Jared started to realize that because he spent so much time away from home that he in a way feels like an outsider, an issue that might've been exasperated by the COVID lockdowns. I can't for the life of me find where that interview was originally from, so if someone wants to chime in I'll gladly give credit :D

Now I'm going to bring up a couple of quotes directly from this video that was from their Walker Interview on "The Talk" from April 2021 after the midseason finale of Walker. Again coming straight out of Jared and Gen's mouths.

9:48 What has it been like to to get to work together and live together again? Jared: "Uhh it's been pretty magical I think I think I'll kind of echo something that Gen said earlier which is it's really nice you know. I think as it happens often times mothers will umm put their passions and their talents aside uh when having kids. And annoying so below, 10:12 Um more often than not it's because the fathers are useless. I know I can say that as far as I go, and so she kind of stepped aside from acting for about nine years to make sure that our kids didn't perish so thank god but now seeing her work again in her elements. You know she had gone to school and acted she had her own TV show and then we had met on the TV, she had done movies and this and that and so to be able to show her off you know during COVID times. Con't. 10:55 During COVID times my kids can't come to set because we're all tested regularly. You have to be part of a certain uh grouping tha tyou can only talk with people that you work with, we're all wearing masks and we're all distancesd and so I can't bring friends or family or my kids to set but I can have my wife there because she's on show as well. 11:03 to 11:12: It's date day. So there have been I'll admit there have been a few times where we've been on set and it'll be like 5pm and we're both wrapped. We're like well if we wait a couple hours then the kids will be asleep by the time we get home. Gen starts laughing and says (I think) don't admit that. 11:16 to 11:26: They won't see it, they won't know until a couple more years. (Gen briefly says "catch dinner") Yeah we're gonna be like pretending, let's pretend we're still filming. Uh, let's tell the babysitter we're still filming and let's go get some sushi or something" 11:36 onward And of course, Gen takes a moment to talk about her pet project TOWWN here. Is this about the show Walker or is this about the Jared and Gen show?

Well Jared she certainly made her stance clear in this interview with Dave Hollis (partial transcript included in my post here) how she really felt about you coming home to live with her. Just saying...

"This is the first time I lived with my husband. I know that sounds really crazy but my husband had been filming a TV show for 15 years in Vancouver so when all of this started you know he came down here. He had 2 episodes left and then that was the completion of the series. Personally, it meant that I had to live with him and deal with coparenting which was really stressful like the thought of it. And to make that work, and it was crazy because we were always in this tight bubble with just us and our kids and it really was simplifying. It was you know like the layers are gone. The interference is gone, drama is kinda out the window in a way, and we got to really simplify basic needs. It's so weird how much unlayering we had to do and that's what I'm finding through all of this is a lot of unlayering to get to the core". "I was just talking to someone about this that my favorite relationship with him is a work relationship. Sometimes it's hard to be married to him because he's like, Jared is so interesting because he's so analytical. I mean my husband, I'm going to toot his horn because he's literally one of the smartest human beings I've ever met in my life and it's annoying because he will correct you on words you think he didn't even know. I have a book of SAT words just because I'm like I am going to get him. And so I'll just casually talk about something and use a crazy word in a sentence and he'll be like well you pronounced it incorrectly. It's so frustrating. Also in our marriage he's very giving and emotional and supportive. He's supportive in everything that I've done and I feel really lucky and grateful. I think even more so when it comes to work he is your biggest cheerleader and it's going to be a lot of time together. But funny enough, I think we'll be better at work than sometimes we are at home. Because I'm like, this is how the kids are, this is how I like them, this is the order that I like things in. And it's hard for me to let go I think, at home. but at work, it's just a really nice exchange and I feel really lucky, and he'll sit there too. If he's not working, he'll take it, pull up a chair and talk on the phone and watch at me and I can hear him bragging about me and whether he's doing it for my benefit I don't know but it makes me feel good and I feel really lucky that he does stuff like that."

Cute how they bring the kids to the set of Walker at times like they did in the promos last week, ain't it? However, being the questioner I am I wondered after a friend brought up a great point: "why didn't she and Jared celebrate watching the Total Solar Eclipse together on April 8, 2024, which was yesterday?" Not like COVID is preventing Gen from bringing the kids on the set CLEARLY. AND why was she NOT taking this amazing chance to advertise the cool Walker Eclipse glasses (therefore advertising HER and HER HUSBAND'S show) but instead chose to advertise yet another company in her IG story? Another affiliate partnership that's probably gonna rake in less dollars than you know, her husband's show (I meant the "family project")? Dunno you all decide...

I mean also funny how in the post below she was seen wearing one of these "less cool" types of Eclipse glasses during the 2017 Solar eclipse, which I'm saying 'cause they're not as snazzy or sunglasses like. So, not buying the whole "it's because it's more fashionable" type of logic or "she can do whatever she wants". Sure she can but she's in the public eye so her actions and such are free game to criticism. Bite me!

Point is, Gen is just a walking advertisement. She is fake, she's clearly all about her cushy lifestyle she didn't truly earn (looking at you, black magic!), and frankly I'm pleased that she's got a long ass sentence in "hell" ahead of her (which is funnily enough way longer than Danneel's actually). Also, is it just me or is there something weird about this page excerpt she selected from the book and then comparing it to the attire she chose for the Mom2Summit event this weekend in Nashville, TN? As if the following book excerpt isn't somehow telling about how she REALLY feels without actually saying how she feels...

Notice the color of her pants in that post Charlie made has her in turquoise pants. And then go read the above. It starts with: "When we're married, I want us to work together. We'll be a team, and I won't leave you out of matters the way my dad did my mom. She wishes Harv hadn't told her all of this. If he was only using her to prop up his family name, it would be easier to leave him. But he wants a true partnership, one where he would welcome her opinions and thoughts." Another part says towards the end of the page "She pictures Ko Lipe from her poster, the inviting turquoise waves. Her dress flutters around her legs as she heaves one leg over the railing, then the other. On her tiptoes, she surveys the water below her. It's no Thai island but it'll do. She jumps." Also note where she underlined: "Too many expectations. Too many people in her ear saying they're not asking for too much. She gives and gives but still it's not enough."

Not sure how much she's giving here because she's been handed everything on a silver platter and fed by a silver spoon her entire life but what do I know? Turns out she even walked away during this summit towards the end to "take a phone call". From who, your husband who once said was ignoring you in a video and said "come on pick up" in? Feeling a bit petty right now XD

My bottomline view of Gen is, she tries to portray herself as this homestead type of crunchy Earth hippy mom but then when you look at her closely enough she is a much bigger liar than Danneel is and is much more fake. She is not this great, super supportive wife that Jared for some dumb ass reason keeps trying to make her out to be. For example, I find it funny how just last week she was all about promoting Walker, even including filming Jared with Odette and Shep. Cute right? Until I realized that they didn't even share the moment of the Total Eclipse yesterday, let alone Gen advertised yet another affiliate product instead of her own husband's show. I honestly don't believe the whole oh we can't bring the kids on set rule during COVID. If y'all are the bosses (oh sorry, there's really only 1 and that's Jared NOT Gen) you can make exceptions. What is the CDC gonna do, arrest you for bringing your kids to work? They could've made them stay stuck to their iPads or something, not that hard to social distance unless they're unruly. But then again being the wittle rebel I can be at times, I just think outside the box a lot. Heck, I brought my kid to work with me to my job during COVID and when he did them online schooling sessions and all that on iPad, ain't it so nice being able to work for family? ♥

#divination #psychic #anti genevieve #anti influencers #anti jarevieve #pada marriage is a mess #psychic messages #black magic

[goodgreycious]

CAN I GET A HOT TUB?!

Or maybe an in-depth analysis of Moana? The perfect fanfiction about my OTPs? Some sanity?! A JOB?! But most importantly… a hot tub. Because I clearly have my priorities sorted.

I’m just kidding. There’s not enough room for a hot tub in my apartment yet. But let’s get down to business (TO DEFEAT) (…THE HUNS…)! A few weeks ago, for my very first blog post, I have to say I was utterly blown away by the reactions and love it was shown. If you are ever in the position that I was in, the feeling of getting that kind of reaction is unparalleled. So thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Just as I hope my Tumblr family will grow, so shall my commitment to being the best blogger I can be for anyone who finds their way to my humble little abode. I want everyone to feel just as “at-home” here as I do. Which, sadly, should not be an excuse to not keep to my goals of posting here once a week, but that’s been my reality over the past weeks and I apologize. In moving forward with my big-girl-full-time job search, just as many have and will go through, there’s an overwhelming amount of things to think about. And, as you can guess, these thoughts manifest themselves in vastly different forms. Sometimes, they blindside you because you’ve never thought of them before. For me personally, things are unfolding in a different way. I have had the great fortune of being in a position where people who know have their live together surround me at all times. I’m hoping that if I stick around long enough that I’ll be able to pick up that ability through osmosis. These people are much adult-ier than me and have seen fit to bestow on me the wisdom that only seems to come when you’re over the age of “older than me.”

Don’t get me wrong, I will never turn my nose up at my dad offering to coach me through the interview process. He has put me in contact with hiring managers, friends, and colleagues that have been truly kind enough to offer me the advice of how to go about getting a job. I have put together a stellar resume for someone with no professional job experience outside of a Target. I have been sent emails with links upon links of information about how to secure a job after college. It has been drilled into me how important the interview process is. Yet, there is one thing that I cannot get over and it presents itself like this in an interview: “So, tell me about yourself!” When my dad was taking me through the steps of an interview and giving me a mock one, this question came up. Job interviews are basically about marketing yourself to whomever you’re talking to so you can convince them that they ought to give you money to do things instead of anyone else. The resume, cover letter, and references are the Key Masters, but the interview… that’s the Gate Keeper. But, when this question came up, I just open and shut my mouth a few times and hoped that would suffice as an answer. In reality, it is just like any other interview question that needs to meet the same end as mentioned above. It’s really not supposed to be personal in the heat of the moment, but holy shit. I’m only 21. Questions like that do NOT compute. So, I thought: what better topic to talk about in my blog than being ok with yourself, and ultimately, self-love? And, I thought that I’d share my approach to how to answer that question THROUGH SONG. (It’s Moana, in case you were wondering).

I have crossed the horizon to find you…

My struggle with self-discovery has been just that, and still very much ongoing. I thought I knew from a pretty young age who I was. Besides being a fangirl, which is a huge chunk of my life, there are more dimensions than that. But it wasn’t until recently that I came to a real turning point in that ongoing war: I became the person in college that studied abroad. For the spring semester of my junior year I, more or less, threw a dart at a map and decided that I was going to study wherever it landed. To this day I’ll maintain that it was, sincerely, the most selfish thing I’ve ever done. This decision was life changing and the best thing I could have ever done for myself. I was not a spontaneous person. I was still am an introvert and a creature of habit. But this was different. At the time, I was at a really weird place in my life. I was in the middle of my first fall semester at the school I transferred to and I felt caged. I was itching to see something other than the four walls of a 12-seater conference room that was supposed to hold 20 kids in it for an hour and fifteen-minute class. So, with three weeks left to the application deadline for studying abroad that next spring, I got my shit together. I will also maintain that those three weeks were the only time I ever had my life together. I didn’t just want to study abroad, I craved it. I needed it. Ireland was a revelation. I never thought that I would love it as much as I did. I was there this time last year, as I post this entry. Ireland showed me a compassion and acceptance that I had never experienced before. I became the best version of myself while I was there. I got to prove things to myself that I really didn’t realize I had to prove. I could write pages upon pages about my five months there, but I’ve already said how much it meant to me. Coming back was harder than I thought it would be as everything fell back into the old pattern. But, I had just experienced this amazing thing! I was different! I was better! Didn’t anyone want to listen? They did, but the truth was they could move on and I couldn’t. I got frustrated because things were changing so rapidly now that I was home, I had changed and it really seemed like no one had cared, and there was so much I had to do now that I was back and such a short amount of time to do it and all I wanted was for people to see me. The point of it all, I came to realize, was that Ireland and all the experiences I had there was something that I did for me. I didn’t go there just to come home with stories. I didn’t go there to show anyone I wasn’t who he or she thought I was. Ireland was my own little corner of the world that I now protect and cherish with everything in me. It helped shape me into the person I am. It wasn’t about showing that to anyone else. That’s why it is the most selfish thing I ever did. For the first time in forever I made a decision to do something for me. I came to understand that being “selfish” is the only way to help yourself sometimes. And that fact is perfectly okay. You’re allowed to splurge and adventure to figure out who you are. Your boundaries have to be pushed in order for that to happen. Even if it only makes you realize that you were happy where you were, it’s still very much worth the risk.

I know your name…

However, I am not going to sit here and yell that Ireland and “studying abroad” was the only reason I discovered who I am, because it isn’t that simple. It just helped me put everything else into perspective. When I said it was an ongoing struggle, I meant it. There is a dichotomy that has been in conflict inside me for as long as I’ve comprehended the concept of “self.” The hardest thing for me in my short 21 years of life is balancing what I thought I knew about myself versus knowing that I still have a lot of life left to live and figure out. It is naïve of me to think that where I am in my life right now is going to define me ten years from now. If my circumstances aren’t any different, I plan on making them different. Yet, throughout my life, I really only ever have been one way. I’m always the mom of the friend group, an introvert, a creature of habit, hating change, a fangirl, a loyal friend, kind-hearted, and always positive. The problem with balancing this is sometime it is so easy to get lost in the grey area of the two points-of-view. When it gets to that point, it is so easy to throw up my arms and wave them in frustration and fall into the habit of thinking I don’t know who I am. Because that is right and wrong. At this very moment, I have a pretty good handle on who I am, but the future is exciting and fucking scary as all get out. I think that it’s a healthy fear to have. I’m always going to be learning, growing, and adapting. So when I, or you, do get lost in that grey sea, we should take a moment to remember where we are in our lives. There is only ever going to be one of you and that person is just as important as any other. Do whatever you have to do to make sure you are taken care of, first and foremost. And if that means being a little selfish sometimes, like I said, that is perfectly okay too. 

They have stolen the heart from inside you…

The Unlikely Candidates had this amazing song called Follow My Feet and there is one lyric that strikes me every single time I hear it (if I could put the whole song here I would because wow): “The high road’s steady and steep, and the low road’s easy and deep.” All my life, I have tried to be a positive person. I would rather lose myself in wonder than bathe myself in fear or cynicism. Don’t get me wrong, a little dose of reality is much needed every now and again, but I’ve never wanted to let that turn me into someone who sees the world through a negative lens. I have put my whole heart and soul into making sure I am optimistic and loving in a world where I feel like those two things are certainly lacking. I love to take care of others and let them know they are loved. I like being that source of light. But that, by no means, excuses me from all the other emotions out there. There are definitely some cons to being as positive as I am all the time. I think it put me on a small pedestal without me even realizing it. My family was surprised that I was bullied in high school because I never let them see how it affected me. Sometimes when I think I may feel a bit more depressed than usual, they laugh sometimes and tell me that it isn’t physically possible for me to be depressed. I feel like they think I don’t have it in me to be as sad as I am positive. And that hurts. A lot. It causes me to bottle up all those negative thoughts and feelings until one night I’m up at 3 AM, ugly crying my eyes out, while also trying to cry as silently as possible so my wails don’t wake up my neighbors. I may be defined to most by my positivity, but I am susceptible to darker emotions just like anyone else. So, while not getting lost in the grey area is something to be aware of, not everything is black and white either. Everyone is capable of being more than one thing. Don’t think you have everyone and everything figured out. Someone could be going through something you don’t even know about. That icy or happy exterior could be masking something painful. To take the high road is a lofty battle and one that is undertaken everyday. But if anyone, or I, falls down that path of hate, it gets harder and harder to remember that there is light and goodness in the world. 

But this does not define you…

But it is out there, I promise. We fall into the trap of thinking we have to be defined by one thing. The world isn’t so simple and neither are you. There is so much in the world to see, hear, and taste. There is so much more out there to feel. Human beings are defined by the emotions that they feel because emotions are what make us human.  I think emotions are one of the most beautiful things this world has to offer. There is something so amazing about feeling so happy you can walk amongst the stars. Or being so moved by something that tears spring to your eyes. Or being so angry you feel like you could lift 10 eighteen-wheelers if they decided to get in your way. It seems so uniquely human. I want to feel those emotions to every extent I can so I learn from them, not drown in them. Don’t stop yourself from feeling those emotions. What you do with those feelings is ultimately your decision but don’t ever stop feeling. You are a fucking human being and not weak for feeling things. There is something out there that says: “Get so angry, make people regret ever wronging you. Be happy, smile so bright, that even the sun gets jealous. Feel sad, crack, crumble, and cry until your heart is no longer heavy. The world will convince you that feelings will make you weak but fuck that. Never let this cruel world steal your spark.”

This is not who you are…

At the end of the day, I am the only person that has to look in the mirror and live with what I see. There are decisions that I have to leave on my shoulders or shrug off. There are feelings that could consume me and feelings that could overwhelm me if I let them. Sometimes, I get so caught up in what other people will think of the decisions that I make that, most of the time don’t have anything to do with what I’m worried about. That is my greatest weakness and something I battle against 24/7. Self-love and being confident are two things that are, most assuredly, not in my wheelhouse. I don’t really think it is anyone’s. I operate by a code that I have spent my whole life crafting. If I can’t live with myself at the end of the day, then it isn’t worth doing. Does that sometimes translate to self-love? Well, I’m working on it.

You know who you are…

I’m not going to sit here and say that the path to discovering all of this was easy. I’m not going to tell you that after writing this, everything suddenly became clear. I’m not going to tell you that things get easier or harder. All I know for certain is how all of this pertains to my life and my growth process. And sure, somebody who is interviewing me doesn’t need to know my whole life story and how much I hate the question they’re asking. But, that question is still important. I want to be able to answer it as honestly as I can, for myself more than anyone else. At this point in my life, I like where I’m at. That may change tomorrow if someone says something to piss me off or make me sad. That will happen. The whole point of all this is that while it is perfectly fine to know who you are, it is just as okay to not know. If you need to do something that you're scared of or want to do if it will help you have some peace of mind… DO IT. The only people anyone has to answer to at the end of the day are themselves. People can hurl insult after insult and make you feel smaller than an atom and more insignificant than a speck of dust. But here’s the thing: atoms make up our whole entire universe. There is nothing in this world that isn’t made of atoms. And that speck of dust? That could have been from a wooly mammoth from the ice age, or part of a piece of armor from one of Caesar’s soldiers in the Gallic Wars. There is nothing in this world that is insignificant, just like you are not insignificant. You can do whatever you want as long as you have the guts to do it. Don’t lie to yourself either. You’ll get that from so many people in your life as you go through it, do not lie to yourself. There is nobody in this world that can be you, so please, be a gift to the world and let it know that it is damn lucky to have you. I know I am. 

A huge thank you to everyone that stuck with me to the end of this blog post. I love you more than I love Captain America. As my career as a student comes to a close and I begin a new chapter of my life, I promise there won’t be as much time in between blog posts. I love all my little birds to infinity and beyond! And remember: Here, you will always be encouraged. Here, I promise to help you in whatever way I can. Here, you are safe. And here, above all, you are seen and you are loved.

#my stuff #grey writes

[masonbellringer]

My Blog: Semester 1

A Very Interesting Beginning Sophomore Semester 1

 11/18/2019

Character Traits: The Main Premise

           When it comes to character traits the main thing to realize is that Vocab is the biggest thing. Every passage evokes a certain feeling in a person but the hard thing is putting that feeling into a certain word or words. So, in order to avoid this problem people, expand their vocabulary through reading comprehension. Also, there are so many traits that can be used its easier when you are familiar with them so to use the words more effectively and accurately.  

    11/6/2019

Staring at the pedestal: How I perceive myself

           The world is an interesting place filled with many challenges, one of the many challenges includes being liked, loved and so on. People who believe in the words of others aren’t foolish but can be misguided. I myself and on misguided path one where the world says one thing but my brain says another. I don’t hold myself on a pedestal and crush others under me instead I do quite the opposite, I hold others on a pedestal and strive to be where they are rather than be where I need to be. I put others so high above me and make the expectations that I set for myself so great that I can never even hope to reach it, it’s impossible. I also know in the back of my head that it’s impossible yet I still do it. The cycle is vicious and no matter how hard I try to get out of it, no matter how hard I try to exit the cycle and forge my own path it never works. I fear that I will forever be caught in forever feeling tied to others ideals, beliefs, and perceptions. The world is a very challenging place and I myself have to deal like any other person the challenges that I am dealt.  

   10/24/2019

The Beauty and Benefits: ELA in High School

           ELA stands for English Language Arts it is a class set to enhance a reader understanding of text using the English language and also to develop techniques that are used in the language. Language arts though sometimes felling pointless and mundane, I will admit that sitting in front of the computer for hours can really stink but it can help us achieve higher levels of performance and literacy. When you practice the language, you get better at the language. In order to achieve higher level, you must be taught how to, leaving you alone to figure it out on your own would just be sad. So, in short practice makes perfect. Also taking more classes means you can deep dive into finer points of ELA such as literature (AP lit) or the overarching language aspects of English (AP Lang). These classes give us the opportunity to become better through always evolving curriculum and texts.  

  10/21/2019

An Achievement to be Reached: SMART Goal

           I currently have and will to try to maintain an A in the class, this can be done through work being turned in on time and putting forth the best effort when doing assignments. Also, it can be achieved through no late work and making up assignments with could be missing or have a poor grade. Maintaining an A is possible with work and effort put forth by me, the easiest way to fail is not trying and I refuse to not try. When I seis to try I am basically saying “school you’re too hard for me,” or “eh there’s always next time,” when I give in to the desire to give up and take the easy way out, I give up on my own abilities to accomplish something.  

    10/10/2019

ELA: A Love Letter

           ELA or English Language Arts is a class taken by all students from the early years of Elementary School into Collage, or in other words you can never escape the bottomless pit that is language development, but the truth for me at least is that I really don’t care. Language and the tasks that come with it such as essay’s and presentations are things that come east to me. I have never particularly had a major struggle with the idea. I can bang out an essay in a few hours and public speaking is easy if not fun for me. I understand fully why people don’t like the subject, sometimes I don’t feel in the mood to type a 1500-word essay in one night but the thing is it benefits us. If we stopped English when we were in the 5th grade we would talk and think as if we were a bunch of 5th graders. With like as every other word and not understanding what the word inconceivable meant, but because of English we are developing our vocab and writing to go out in to the world and be successful later on in life. You can’t succeed if you don’t know how to as the kids say these days English.

   10/7/2019

Bloggers: The Tips and Tricks

           A blog is an opinionated column usually in print that seems conversational and is written by a person or a small group of people. The blog itself can be a diary style context and is playful with the audience, it can sometimes be formal but majority informal due to its dairy style. Blogs are usually published online and are open for people to read. Does this mean that blogs are useful source of information with hard hitting commentary on the human experience well no. Blogs or the video version know as a vlog are sometimes just fun to read or watch, they are loaded with jokes and stupid antics that can give anyone regardless of their mood a good time.  

    9/30/2019

The Spanish Community of The Catalans

           Dante’s goes to Mercedes house, he finds her with her cousin named Fernand Mondego who has a deep love for Mercedes. Danglars suspects that they have been having some kind of relation but this assumption is proved to be false and Mercedes has denied Fernand’s proposals before and denies him again. Mercedes claims that her heart belongs to another and gives Dante’s a warm embrace when they meet eye to eye. Mercedes is poor due to the death of her parents and had to live off charity in order to survive. This does not matter to either Dante’s or Fernand.

    9/23/2019

Writing in France: Alexandre Damas

           Some of the strengths in the exposition of The Count of Monte Cristo is its ability to keep the reader engaged throughout the chapter with dialogue and character descriptions. Much like the book series Harry Potter dialogue is the driving action behind the story, instead of having lengthy paragraphs about facial structure, deep inner thoughts, and the world around them. The author instead reveals this all through conversations between the characters, killing two birds with one stone by also showing the reader character traits along with likes and dislikes. The author also builds background to the setting of the story based on how the characters speak and act, also the mention of well-known locations such as Paris and the use of the word monsieur throughout gives the reader hints to where they are in the world. The exposition in general does its job it establishes the key elements of the story all while keeping the reader engaged.

    9/19/2019

The Place I will Go

           The place that I hopefully see myself in, in 2022 is graduating ERHS and going on to USC or some other high-level collage, where I will get a top-notch education. I will hopefully go into the world with a sense of calm and collectedness or I will cry my eyes out because I don’t fell prepared enough. The worst fear that I have in relation to this subject is that I’m not good enough to get into a great collage, I will never succeed in life and end up being a drifter in the street, as irrational as it sounds this is something that I fear quite often. In reality the only place that I want to see myself going in 2022 is up. To better education, higher levels of success and happiness. I also want a strong friend group around this time because a strong support system is very vital to one’s wellbeing.  

  9/16/2019

The Shoes I walk In

           If my life where a book I think that it would be about my own struggle against social conformity, along with the search for a purpose. The issue with today’s world in my opinion is everyone acts to much on emotion and feeling. This doesn’t leave room for thought-out well-planned decisions. I want to have a purpose that lasts more than just one day or year. To follow this, I have never been one to follow any of the viral trends or fads that are created by social media and the like, I personally find it unoriginal and kind of nonsensical. It’s almost like saying, “I’m going to take this popular thing, not do it as well as the original but continue to do it because its popular.” There would be some comedy and really unneeded drama sprinkled in there along the way but for the most part it would be a relatable story about life and the struggles that come with forming an opinion all your own. As the great president JFK once said, “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”  

    9/9/2019

The Six Standards

Standards are set in pace by the education system and are made as a goal for students to achieve in order to be proficient in literature. The one that I am most confused on is fallacious reasoning, upon researching this topic I found that it is stated to appear better than it really is. What does this really mean? How can a passage appear to be better than it actually is? Isn’t a paragraph or an idea based on content and not the look of it? So, is it possible for an idea to look or seem better than it is, I guess I am confused on how to interpret the standard itself, I need more guidance on how to do it properly?  

    8/26/2019

Annotations: How, What, Why

           When it comes to annotating, I have a few strategies, in regards to what you are actually to annotate, figure out what really sticks out to you as the reader. Ask yourself the questions of what is the author trying to convey? How does this phrase relate to the overall message of the story? Finally, what is the reason or purpose that the author included this in the book? Once you have figured out what you want to annotate you can write in the margin or on a sticky note. The annotation itself does not have to be grand or a long thought out paragraph, it can simply be a few words relating two parts of the book together or a phrase of how it relates to the overall message of the book. The main thing to avoid in annotating is, annotating for the sake of annotating. Make sure that your annotations are useful to you as the reader.

   8/22/2019

What I’ve Learned and want to Learn: ELA

           Based on what we have learned so far, I believe that the strategies and concepts covered have improved my writing for the better. Grammar has always been an issue with my writing though it’s something that I am still working on, the ideas in the group task and through the teachings of Ms. Coello have been very beneficial. An example of this teaching is when learning Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, and Spelling. There are many ways to write an essay but each way has a certain structure and development; essay structure can be chronological or in order of importance.  When making a PowerPoint you need to follow the 8 by 8 rule, I still want to learn more about writing structure and Grammar because that would be the best way to improve my writing.  

      8/19/2019

Santiago: The Dreamer

           Santiago is a young boy who comes from humble beginnings to become something great. He uses his intuition and pure intelligence to overcome the challenges he faces on his journey to achieve his personal legend. As the story continues the reader finds that Santiago can give up easy but with the right persuasion and drive, he always finds his way back on track. Santiago and I share a few similar characteristics one is our drive. I am a very driven person to both finish the task and do it to the best of my abilities. I along with Santiago can get easily sidetracked or come to the conclusion that we can’t do it because of the world around us but we soon overcome that lie and regain confidence.

    8/15/2019

School: Strengths and Weaknesses

One thing I am really good at is writing. This year, I will use this to my advantage in this class and subject. I have always seemed to be more inclined in writing informative, argumentative, and Narrative essays. I can put in music, tune out the world around me and just write. Weather this is writing for school or just recreation it always seemed to just come natural to me. I have worked and continue to work on how to better my writing. While grammar still seems to be a somewhat of a challenge its nothing that I can’t overcome with the right practice and instruction. As I continue to write I will hope that someday I can be published author. Weather this is stories about my life or an epic telling the adventures of a daring adventure I will hope to write something that people have a genuine interest in reading.

  8/12/2019

Quotes: A Map to Life

“No one can ever take your memories from you-each day is a new beginning; make good memories every day.” -Catharine Pulsifer

           This quote is trying to express that every day is a new opportunity to live your own dream, regardless of the struggles and trails of yesterday. We must live with the consequence of our actions both good and bad, but we can also brush off the faults and look forward to a new beginning. With the new school year just starting its essentially a clean slate. Weather we didn’t do such a great job in a class or didn’t live up to the expectations set by ourselves or our parents. Striving to be better than we were and facing the trails of this year head on. It’s essential that we remain steadfast in our goals and try to make this year the best year of our lives.  

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10 Secrets To Keeping The Love Strong And Your Relationship From Going Under

10 Secrets To Keeping The Love Strong And Your Relationship From Going Under

I thought I had it all figured out. I created my future in an imaginary crystal ball, and I was ready to ride off into the sunset into all my happily-ever-after, fairytale bliss.

The only problem with all of this is that I typically shared my unsolicited advice while single, avoiding love like the plague, or in a terribly toxic relationship.

I created unrealistic expectations in my mind that only set me up for one failed relationship after another, which I immediately justified as “one door closing so another could open” or promising my heart that “there are far greater things ahead than any we leave behind.”

As I’ve continued to grow and develop as a woman, a writer and a lover, I have learned a few things about true love and how skewed my perception of what it meant used to be.

I am fortune enough to be surrounded by so many amazing (absolutely imperfect) relationships that have allowed me to piece together a few secrets that no one (especially the self-righteous, naïve, advice-soliciting blogger I used to be) would dare tell you.

1. Love is not a feeling; it is a choice

I used to believe that when I found my perfect love, it would suddenly make everything else in my life perfect as well. I believed that love conquered all, and that one day I would meet someone who would change everything I felt, saw and believed.

This is simply not the way that it works. Being in love does not mean you won’t have days when you feel as though the world is ending and your life is over. Being in love does not mean you won’t be moody, grouchy, analytical of every detail and even question aspects of your relationship that self-affirming blogger girl would tell you marks a giant red flag.

Choosing to love someone in spite of these fleeting feelings is a constant, conscious, daily decision.

2. Lust fades, love stays

Butterflies, magic, stardust and rainbows are all great, but they all go away. Lust is present in the beginning of nearly all relationships, as it is what attracts you to someone in the first place.

Before you know it, butterflies in your stomach become taking care of him after one too many shots of whiskey, and getting dolled up for a dinner date becomes good morning kisses while sipping coffee on the patio with no makeup on. We are conditioned to believe that the former is better than the latter, but I believe the opposite.

Lust, chemistry and primal attraction are wonderful feelings, but they are just that: feelings. Love remains long after the clock strikes midnight and the magic fades away. Love is the ability to see beyond the shell in which someone is contained, and love them for the qualities they possess that would still be present if the whole world were blind.

3. Just because you don’t like someone doesn’t mean you don’t love them

There are going to be times where you don’t really like your partner very much, but you still love him or her. In fact, love gives us the ability to see past all of the many annoying things that someone does on a daily basis.

Want to know the best part? This also means that someone loves you enough to put up with you even when they don’t like you at the moment.

No one is perfect; we all have our moods and our pet peeves and the things that make us unique. There will be times when you will look at your partner and think, “Why in the world do I love this person so dang much?”

When this question presents itself, stop and think about your life without him or her, and you will inevitably discover the answer.

4. Letting go of unrealistic expectations is the healthiest thing you can do for love

This is a really big one for me. I still struggle sometimes with wanting a storybook romance that makes all of the fairytales jealous. I set love on such a pedestal that I don’t think anyone stood a chance measuring up.

I still believe in love with all of my heart, but I am learning to accept the fact that I don’t get to determine the parameters for which love comes into my life.

It isn’t “settling” to accept the fact that true love takes work every single day, requires sacrifice and effort and does not involve finding someone who can read your mind and make every single one of your wishes come true.

Letting go of unrealistic expectations I had created for love allowed me to open my heart up to imperfect, jagged, pieces of love that filled spaces I didn’t even know were missing.

5. You are not your friend’s (or your sister’s/mom’s/neighbor’s) relationship

It is human nature to seek advice and consolation from loved ones when facing both highs and lows, but it’s imperative to remember that your relationship is not the same as any of the relationships around you.

I adopted trust issues after my best friend was cheated on, became a phone snooper when a girlfriend snooped and found exactly what she was looking for and I’ve convinced myself on a coffee date that all men must be the same.

Relationships have enough problems, struggles and limitations independently; don’t borrow problems from those around you. Along the same lines, everyone around you will always have the answer/advice/solution no matter what kind of situation your current relationship is facing.

Take these words of wisdom with a grain of salt. Follow your heart, but take your head with you, too. You are not him or her; he or she is not you and nobody really understands all of the intricate details of a relationship from the outside.

6. Love needs to be watered in order to grow

Just as much as loving someone is a choice, relationships must be watered and nurtured in order to grow into their purest, fullest, happiest form. Relationships, like anything else worth having in life, take work. This does not mean that you should be bending over backward and causing riffs in all other aspects of your life in order to make a relationship work.

Working on a relationship and making a relationship work are two completely different concepts. Life is way too short to spend it with someone you are simply “making it work” with. At the same time, it’s imperative to remember that you must protect and nurture your relationship if you want it to thrive.

Take time to reconnect, show appreciation and grow together. All too often I see people living parallel lives; merely coexisting with their significant other.

While it’s important to continue to grow and develop individually, it is just as important to grow together and strengthen the bonds that brought you together in the first place. The grass is greener where you water it, and love grows fullest when watered on a daily basis.

7. Dirty laundry does not belong anywhere other than a laundry basket

Social media makes this concept very difficult, as many people are conditioned to turn directly to a tweet, status or hashtag to declare their feelings and emotions at any given moment.

I had a wonderful conversation with an older couple in which the woman told me that she had a conversation with her daughter when she was having marriage issues. “I just don’t get it; you and dad have never been in a fight in your 40 years of marriage, yet we seem to fight all the time. What’s your secret?”

The woman replied, “Honey, dad and I fight when he leaves the milk lid unscrewed, swears in front of the grandkids and forgets to turn the AC off before leaving the house. We’ve spent the past 40 years fighting. The secret to our marriage is the fact that the fight starts and ends exactly where it belongs: between us.”

I love this concept. Life is not always going to be rainbows and butterflies, and relationships will inevitably face rough waters and bumpy roads. A disagreement between two people is much easier resolved than a disagreement that involves social media and screen shots of conversations.

It’s easy to want to declare your emotions and anger to the world when you are feeling hurt or vulnerable, but learning to turn to one another and to work on discovering the root of the problem will lead to a much more healthy resolve. Plus, it’s no fun having to defend a mended relationship that you just got done slandering via social media.

Keep your dirty laundry in your laundry basket and learn how to sift through it together.

8. Sometimes you don’t “just know” and that’s okay

This is another concept I continue to struggle with. I always believed that I would meet someone and instantly know he was my soul mate. I have heard people say, “when you are with the right person, you will know,”more times than I can even count, and I spent a lot of time letting people pass me by because I would meet them without having an instant connection.

I know that part of my heart will always be a hopeless romantic, and I am okay with that, but I am also learning that sometimes falling in love isn’t fireworks and ringing bells and jumping from airplanes without looking below.

Sometimes love is a quiet wave, slowly kissing the shore and sneaking back into the vast blue ocean. Sometimes love is friendship caught fire, a well-deserved second chance and a resting place for your heart when you find yourself caught in a storm. Sometimes love has been right under your nose all along.

I still believe that when I find my perfect love, I will “know” in a sense, but I am learning that for everything I know, there’s a parallel that I don’t know and that’s okay. Sometimes love isn’t having everything figured out, but, rather, finding peace in knowing that you have someone by your side that you enjoy discovering the answers with.

9. Your life is not a movie

There are two outcomes in life: the way we think it should go and the way it actually ends up going. Movies, social media, online articles and Hollywood dramas set a precedence that does not align with reality in any sense.

When we encounter struggles or hardships, it’s almost human nature to think of the ultra-romantic way our significant other SHOULD handle it. Don’t let your relationship “should all over itself. Your relationship may not make a very good screenplay, but life has enough ups and downs and sometimes a relationship is best when served on solid ground.

Allow your relationship to grow and develop without expectations set by others. Keep in mind that even the most romantic and sexy movies end (usually in 90 minutes or less). Your relationship has the potential to be a lifetime of sweet moments dipped in a heavy dose of reality. Treating your relationship with movie-worthy expectations with inevitably result in a not-so-happy-ending while the credits roll.

10. Love takes time

Last, but certainly not least, please remember this: love takes time. We live in a world where we want something, and we want it now. I’ve learned that the faster something catches fire, the faster it is likely to burn out.

Be patient with your heart. Be patient with the hearts around you. If you see potential in someone, allow it to transpire naturally, without forcing expectations and timestamps all over it.

Men often take longer than women to open up, and it can be frustrating to feel like you are progressing much quicker than your partner. Please remember that just because someone doesn’t love the SAME way you do, it doesn’t mean they don’t love with all that they have.

Patience is a characteristic that I feel many of us neglect in so many aspects of our lives. It’s important to not only be patient with our loved ones’ hearts, but patient with the heart beating within our own chest.

We have all loved and lost, been hurt and scared, and we are all choosing to put one foot in front of the other in an attempt to love again. Be patient with your feelings, be patient with your emotions and be patient when giving your love.

Let yourself give love. Let yourself be loved

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