break.....

well as for this small x-mas break i will read "keeping the moon" by sarah dessen.

reading journal #13

Last week i was reading masquerade by Melissa DE la Cruz ,its a blue bloods series book,its about vampires......that left me wanting to read the third book but unfortunately when i went to borders ,they didn't have it.(it was out of stock) and so on Friday (that same day)i bought this book called "someone like you" by Sarah Dessen.She writes like really really good.All her books are so good. the last time i read one of her books was not so long ago,it was called "the Truth about forever" and it was an amazing book,i think on planning on buying all of her books ,there aren't that many if you are wondering ,just like 10 probably.So like i need to buy 7 more.And so i finished "someone like you this morning and it was truly ah-mazing.i like it so much.
read it!
(i know that on all of my journals i say read it!,like READ IT!,i really mean it.)
Sooooooooo
READ IT!!!

Every color of the rainbow is an energy source?!

What? Are you kidding me!!
When i was little i loved rainbows and used to think that God made them when it rained..........Turns out i was dead wrong.Well then.Question is how are they made??or created or whatever you want to call it.This may shock some rainbow lovers out there,so if you are one of them then i suggest to read no further more.i seriously dont want to hurt anybodys feelings or anything to what i am about to say.
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Fact is our precious rainbows are frequencies or energy levels of the sunlight.Yeah!.Our solar panel converts some portion of sun light into energy for our use.
The thing i dont get though is how the colors of the rainbows are different and how we can see them if they are "frequencies"?
WEIRD>>>>>>
but anyways,that's all the news for today ......

reading journal #12.

I need a trip to Borders.I finished the book of blue bloods and i want the second one,hopefully ill get it tomorrow.So in the meantime i was looking through my bookshelf,and i found out there are a lot of books that i have never read and are just there with the other books.So i decided on reading "Anne Frank:The diary of a young girl.".I remember buying this book when i went to the Holocaust museum last year at the store and i never even read a page!
i am starting the book and i am on page 34.The way she describes her life is really interesting and funny at the same time.But this is just the beginning,some people say that it gets sad at the middle of the book.who knows?
Well,i guess i will have to find out!

Girls!!Attention...............i just found out.

Okay.First of all you have to be a girl to be reading this .If you are a guy and you are just curious what this is about(don't worry its just about books,not gossip)then you will just get bored.

Girls ,pay close attention to what i am about to say.

Have any of you read Twilight before?if yes.Did you like it or more like loved it?

For those of you who haven't ,Twilight is a romantic story between a mortal girl named Bella and a vampire who is Edward.I promise you that you will fall in love with Edward too.

Everyone who read the book did.But sadly so,there are girls who love that stinking Jacob.

But anyways this is not why I'm writing this,see,my cousin let me borrow one of her books that is called "Blue Bloods" and its about vampires too!it has almost the same characteristics as Twilight.You will know what i mean when you read it.trust me,you will love this book,not as much as Twilight,but you will.You will.

Its a twisted love story ,that gives you many surprises(it gave me many),gets you mad,gets you all happy,and there is disappointment in it.

SO I SUGGEST YOU YOU ALL TO READ IT!!!

reading journal # 11.

Remember i told you i was going to read "make lemonade",yes?.well,i started reading it but it sort of got boring,so i stoped reading it and choosed another book called "blue bloods" by Melissa De la Cruz.the cover grabbed my attention right away.i usually pick my books by their covers and i always end up liking them.And yes i know,you cant judge a book by its cover but i do it anyways.so the book is about vampires!.
Which i cant stop thinking about the twilight movie that is coming in 2 weeks!!!!
i reaalllly want to see the movie on Thursday the 20 at midnight.yes,i know.its a brilliant idea.but there is school on Friday.so i am thinking about it.
Back to the book.its really good,i started reading it yesterday and i am like almost done reading it!.i couldn't stop reading it.its so good.so read it.

reading journal # 10

First things first.I am so not in the mood for typing right now,so i will try to make it quick and simple.
I read Glass by Hellen Hopkins,as you may have read before (or not) some of my other journals on her books.They are all so good,so how could i not?
Anyways ,remember how i wrote a reading journal on crank? yeahh,well Glass is a sequel to it.Its like the second part to how life goes on for Kristina with her baby and how glass (ice ,meth,whatever you call it) makes her fall down hard.
I read the book in 2 days ,so i am done with it.the book is so good.In some ways i think its better than the first one.And shockingly gives you so many surprises you wouldn't even think of.I would suggest that you read it!.
You will love her books,trust me on this one.
You will.
And i am starting a new book that is called make lemonade by i don't remember who,and so i guess that will be my next journal .
bye.

my perppective about the the idea of 'the good life"

What exactly does it mean to live well?
does it have to do with money?health?or just plain living ?
well,probably many people would agree on living well means the dream house everyone wants,having a bunch of money,and partying.Was there something i missed?if so , oh well!.
Anyways others would say that living is all about making the right choices,staying fit,having a great job,and a family of their own.
I'm kinda in the middle right now.
what would be your choice?
While your thinking your choice ,i am thinking mine too.You just don't know it.
.........................................?
(2 minutes later)
Okay.i think i have my choice of living well.
My opinion on living the good life would definitely have to be on having a glass house near a beach were no hurricanes or whatever natural disasters would come,having a good job and at the same time having my own business someday,being healthy and like die till I'm near 100 something .Oh!and having my own personal chef.............that would be awesome.I mean eating whatever you want at any time.
what else?
of course.
Having a family of my own someday.
Preferably after in my thirties.
Because i see my mom ,she is 32,and she goes out with her Friends almost 3 times a week and see her having a a great time ,wishing i could be like that ,but at 25,and after.
You know what?now that i am thinking about it,my moms life rocks.
she is like a teenager,although she is really 32.
And i wish i can be like her.
that is my idea of the great life.
i think.

reading journal # 9.

Okay,so Caitlin let me borrow one of her books that is called "burned " by Hellen Hopkins and she is the same author of the sequel to crank.
this book is so personal and intense that at the end of finishing it you would be like "wow".
so lets start.Pattyn has a strict mean dad and a mother that she doesnt even deserve her childern to call her mom because she doesnt do anything for them.Pattyn has 6 other sisters to take care of,because her mom is too busy pleasuring her husband and making the size of the family bigger.Now,how would you fell about that? well ,as for me i have 3 brothers who i sometimes take care of when my mom goes out with her friends.I dont have to do much because my mom puts them to sleep before leaving,so thats a good thing.But on other times when she leaves during the day,whoa!,they get all crazy on me,there is no force that cant stop them.And this is why,one is 3 ,the second one is 6 and the third one is 8.Combined all together ,they are a nightmare of any big sister. and yes i do love them ,they are my brothers!.Well, in any case i dont know how Pattyn can take care of her 6 sisters all by herself!soon to take care of one more.that is just too much ,i mean what are parents for? Arent they to take care of their children ,love them and give them all a child needs of them!Clearly ,they dont know what a parent is.Said by who?Me,of course.
Let me just warn you right now,that i think this is going to be one long journal............
and i am serious. Oh,god! i forgot to tell you.Oh well.She is a mormon.And she goes to a holy school.
When she begins to have dreams about boys,she feels confused if she should be having them or not.She cant go tell her dad,no way!.he would kill her.So she does this instead.she tells the priest! i woulnt do that,no,no.Who would do such a thing?
I guess its her responsiblity to tell the priest when something like that is happening to her? i dont really know.But still,that would be so ,so embarrasing.
Anyways,the priest is no help to her.He tells her that she is possesed by the devil.Ugh!
I was starting to not like that so called priest.bla ,bla , bla.So she meets this guiy while she is point shooting in the desert,and he begins to talk to her ,and so on,until he kisses her.She doesnt even know the guy and she lets him.So they begin to date and everything ,until the day comes that her dad found out!.She was so busted .Her dad threats the guy with the gun that he had with him to not come near her daughter anymore or else .I didnt really believe the dad when he said that,because he could go to jail.but the next day after school ,the guy,whats his name ?
um........i cant remember.i think i have short-term memory.jk.but i cant remember his name!
okay,whatever.he tells her that they are done.I thought that she was going to start crying and run away from him and he was going to go after her.None of that happened though.Instead of doing what i thought she would do ,she cursed at him,screamed at him,and then she ran away from him.You know what he did??

Nothing.
He just walked away.
What a man!
NO WAIT!guess what Pattyn saw the next day at school?
He was in the arms of another girl,holding her close to him.
What a liar!way to go!......
What was wrong with him!?
Because of what she saw,she of course,got soo furious.she went to the girl when she was alone.
she just wanted to tell her he wasnt worth it.the other girl in defense told Pattyn that he only used her to pleasure himself,and that she wasnt even worth it ether.
Pattyn got really mad.
And punched her right in the nose!
Dont want to go in too much detail.Pattyn got suspended and her dad got do mad at her,he beat her when they where in their home.

Remembering reading this part,im getting so mad.

Its like i want to be in the story and go to the police and then he would go to jail for the rest of his life,because this is not the first time he hits her.
but im not in the story.
the thing that got me so pissed off ,is that not even the priest believes Pattyn that her dad hits her and her sisters,he still says that she is possesed and that she shoulnt be lying in the name of the father.

Like he is a good priest! yeah right.

So her mom and dad decide to send her to her aunt j's house for the summer because her dad doesnt want her in his house while her mom is pregnant.yeah,i know what you are thinking.
i was hinking that too,when reading the book.

Okay..............so on their way to their aunt j's house they stop at a market and Pattyn sees this cute man and while the man is walking he sees her too and gives her a smile wich in her case is a "drop to your kness gourgeous smile" or something like that.And so all the way to her aunts house she is still thinking about him.Finally when they arrive to the house she begins to regret going there.who woulnt?i would.defenetly.I men to feel that they dont care or love you at home and come to the extremes of sending you away with someone you barely know.

I felt bad for her.And sad.
but not for long!!
After a week being there she learns how to:

-Drive:defenition of her dad is that no women should learn how to drive unless her husband wants her to.He should teach her how to.
Good thing i dont have a father like that!

-Ride a horse: that sounded like fun

-Something about planting things:sounded boring to me.

But thats not what i meant .

In that same week , she begins to like that guy from the market place.your question would be "but how?",well so happens to be that her aunt j knows him and his family.

Weird.
Information,information,she learns a few thins of him from her aunt j.
1.He is a college freshman.
2.He is a good man.
3.He has a sick mother.
4.His name is Ethan.

Now,considering that she herself is junior in high school and he is a freshman in college,thats not so bad is it?
i cant decide on that,yet.

O.........................kay.So they begin to know eachother,then date .After all of that they are officially in love.I dint go in detail this time because they did a lot of stuff together and then i would start typing all those moments and my opinions and so it would just make it more longer than necessary.Wow!my hand its starting to hurt.In those weeks she discovers love ,and acceptance and most importantly she discovers how valuable she is.that is sometimes hard for someone to do.

oh!dont worry i think im almost done.
im gettind sadder by the minute.You will find out why.
Her time is up,one mornig she is told that her father wants her back at home.
Ethan comes to the last reunion they will have and gives her a compromise ring,wich has 3 diamonds.
1 for her,1 for him,1 for both.that was so sweet!
And a golden locket wich he had given her for her birthday that had a pictiure of him.
He wanted her to always carry him with her in her heart.
i wanted to cry,but i coulnt.
The last good thing that they had was that he was going to be able to drive her home.A long,long way home.
so they had time to be together.
He promised to keep in touch,to vist when he could and to always love her.(awwww)
that was real love.they say that if you are lucky it will come to you.
soooo, back to where we were,she went home .
You know what the first thing her dad told her??
Get me a bowl of ice cream.
Yeahhh.
I know.
i thought he would change,appereantly i was wrong ,so wrong.
weeks passed by,bla bla bla (more hitting )
school was well school.
sometimes she would be in the bathroom talking on the phone with Ethan.
On one of those days she confessed to him that she was pregnant!and some girls heard that.word spread out,and she knew she better do something quick before her dad found out.
he said he would find a way to work things out.
the first thing that popped into my head was marrige.
GUESS WHAT??
i was so right.
he said that she knew he loved her ,and he would love the baby too and he would take care of both of them.(i was almost ready to cry by then)
but she was only 17 and they needed permission of her parents.THERE WAS NO WAY HER DAD WOULD LET HER.
so they decided on waiting till Pattyn was 18 so they could make a faimly of their own.
He was going to pick her up on thursday of the same week and make their escape.
On thursday,when she saw him for the first time in weeks she felt happy and nothing mattered to her anymore,because she was with the love of her life.
the thing she didnt see was one of the students writing down the license plate number!.

When they were on the road,they saw some red and blue lights behind them.At this point i was so mad.How could he?!
he had called the cops.
Pattyn however told Ethan not to stop.
He did as she said.
But when they turned onto the curve,the speed was to high.
And the last thing she heard of Ethan say to her was "Hold on!".
i knew what was going to happen then.And that was when finally the tears started spilling out.
Pattyn woke up in the hospital screaming Ethans name.
Nobody would answer her.
It was too late.
He didnt make it.
I stared to cry even more.I coulnt believe it.
It was suposed to be a happy ending!
i was wrong,again.
you know what the most sad part was?
SHE LOST THE LAST PART THAT SHE HAD OF ETHAN .THEIR BABY.
so sad,yes i know.
And on top of that ,her dad kicked her out of the house.
she had no where to go.Except for her aunt j's house.
but who would take her?
She had nobody.
i wa shocked by her last decision.

She decided on hiding on the dessert with a gun that Ethan once gave her for protection against her dad and have revenge aginst all those people that interwind with her future with Ethan and her baby.

Shocked??

I WAS.

And that is the end.

Im sorry ms.kay.i know that you didnt want a summary of the book.but for some strange reasion i wanted to share this story to everyone else.

thanx for reading!

reading journal # 8!

I'm not reading a book right now.
And the reason is because Caitlin has the burned book which is a sequel to crank (i think i wrote a journal about it)and she is going to let me borrow it.
(hope she brings it tomorrow)
But i did read some magazine that is called "vision magazine" and the title "Halloween:a holiday of transformation" grabbed my attention right away.
And as i read , it said that Halloween was named in the 7th century!
can you believe it??
It started with All-hallows meaning saint day and they dressed up as their favorites saints and spirits,then it was known as Halloween.
Cool ,huh?
so yes,it was an interesting article to read,and so yeah, that's pretty much it.
bye!

reading journal #7!

oh god!
this book almost made me cry.
I just finished reading dry by Augusten Burroughs and it was a great book!
It was a sad ,heartbreaking story told by the perspective of an alcoholic man in his early 20's.
He explains his love life as a gay guy.
his struggles with alcoholism and his work and with guys.
It truly amazed me that a gay person could have the courage to write something this beautiful and be soo open with everybody!
this is my first time reading something from the perspective of someone with the preference of someone their same sex,and it was truly Ah-ma-zzingggg....
i couldn't stop reading ,it was so captivating.
my mom would come into my room without knocking and ask me to do a favor for her,i would go mad and give her the look of "cant you see I'm busy right now!"right when i was almost done with the book.
seriously,i hate it when people come barging into my room and i am reading,and they ask me to to something,right when I'm reading!!(ugh.....cant have any privacy people?)
anyways,good,good book.
And so funny too.
well,i think that is it for now,oh and for my next reading journal i think i will start the impulse book that i bought at sdsu,the day of the field trip.
soo yeah......bye.
And thanx for reading.

reading journal # 6

I am reading this book called "DRY" by Augusten Burroughs,and its written by a man (which is a thing i almost don't do).
It explains how his life was as an advertiser for almost anything.Its really interesting because it describes his struggles and his accomplishments doing his work,and surprisingly he indicates some pointers in graphic design ,which i love it.
And then he explains his life as an alcoholic and how it starts to ruin his career.
Its a very intense memoir.I haven't gotten that far in the book ,so that is why I'm not writing much.But I'm beginning to like it.

eclipse.Reading journal #5 (do not read if you havent read all of the books)

Lets start with twilight.And yeah,they are making a movie out of it.go see it on November 21st!.
that was the most amazing book Ive ever read in my entire life!.
i just love it.whats not to like?
Stephenie Meyer is like my own personal hero.
The second book .new moon.yeah.i didn't like it that much.
i mean what Edward did to Bella was inexcusable!!! (but i still like him)
Then Jacob comes along....................ugh!don't even want to think about it.or talk about it.
that book made me cry....well just a little.She is still a good writer though.
Third book.eclipse.the one i was reading.
love it.love it.love it.
She makes her books so realistic....its like I'm there.
i read this book in 2 days.this is the second time i read this book.
my aunt gave it to me last Christmas and that was my first time reading it.
after that i began to read the other books ,and so i was all bored and then i saw it and decided to read it.again.
okay so if you haven't read this book i wont spoil it!
nor the others either.
And last but not least.breaking dawn.the last book of the saga.
i suggest that you buy it!!!!(so badly :( .......)
I'm serious.
i guarantee that you will like it soo much!!
so go the store right now.
buy the other books (twilight,new moon,eclipse,and breaking dawn)
and read them!.
oh!one more thing,Stephenie Meyer is working on Midnight Sun,twilight book but in Edwards perspective!.if you want to take a look on the first 12 chapters ,go to Stephenie's page at
www.stepheniemeyer.com an then you have to download the draft.
itsss......awesome.
read it.

reading journal # 4!!!

So I'm reading this book called the uglies.
The first 3 chapters were so boring........the weird thing is that i knew that they were boring but i kept on reading.well i kinda hoped that there was coming an interesting part.but!!!!!....................
no.they were still boring.i was going to stop reading that book because there wasn't anything that could get my attention.i didn't though.i keeeeept on reading.
And when i was in like half of the book i started to like it.it got my whole attention and i couldn't stop reading.it was really interesting.
it talked about how they separated the uglies from the pretties and then the old ones ,young ones and how they used to make a lot of trouble.i don't remember how many times i laughed .but it was a lot oftimes.
maybe the thing that got me bored was that the author gave out too much detail on the places that they went and not that much of the dialogue between the characters.
well maybe he did.but he still gave out too much detail.
more than necessary.
the thing that got me more interested was that every person on their 16 birthday they had to get a surgery to make them all pretty,etc...
and the main character tally had to go find her missing friend and betray her in order to become pretty or else she would stay the same as ever.
she did run away.she went to find her friend.
when she did,she found out the ways they lived.
she had t get used to it.
but she didn't want to betray her friend.
the end was so shocking!!
i coulnt believe what she did!
soooo sad.
truly sad.
and well i finished the book.it got me wishing that i had the second book .
maybe i will.lets just hope that the author doesn't give too much detail. :)

Crank

Well so i just finished reading Crank by Hellen Hopkins.
And so i liked it! a........................lot.
I think im gonna buy the second book of it,i dont remember the name very well,i think its called glass or something like that.
Anyways,the book is clearly great.
When i was like almost done with it ,i was like,"okay stop" but i coulnt.I wanted to save some for tomorrow but i dindt succeed so im doen with the book ...
it was amazing.
A really piece of work.
Im just writing this because i dont have anything else to do.sooooo.....yeah!
Im bored.so bored.

reading journal # 2

Well,so i just started reading this book called Crank by Hellen Hopkins.
Its pretty intense.
And so its about this girl named Kristina whom she calls herself Bree,for no specific reason.
And she is like in this stage of adolescence that she begins to like boys......trying new drugs,etc...
And i think its a hard life she is living right now.I mean her dad is an alcoholic,and doesn't work most of the time.what life is he teaching her daughter???, who is staying with him for three weeks,i think.
Anyways ,its interesting to me because Ive never lived that kind of life,nor i wish to ,either.
But to read their point of view (perspective) its a whole new point.
you get to experience their feelings about things that is going on.
I don't know how to explain what you fell when your reading what she is saying to us .(readers)
I think i will enjoy this book a lot.

"where im from"

I am from a chocolate cereal box ,

from choco crispis and milk.

I am from the nearby trees in front of our porch.

(green,tall with a smell of herbs).

I am from the plant in the corner,

the lilies,the lemon trees,

the little plant,white roses,and the juiciness of fresh lemons.

I'm from family reunions of Mexican-Americans

from Susana and Santiago.

I'm from the party poppers and food maniacs.





From the monster inside my closet

and from the ghosts who are coming for me .

I'm from a catholic church

the house of God.

I'm from Scrips hospital and the Bonilla's Family Tree,

cane asada and burritos.

From the motorcycle accident my uncle had and had surgery

the eye surgery my aunt had to keep her vision.

In my closet was a big old box

keeping family childhood pictures

safe with loving memories.

I'm from those memories-

that i will carry on with me

for the rest of my life.

breaking through journal....#1

Well,first of all i just wanted to say that this book is pretty interesting .
One of my favorite scenes was when Francisco is singing in front of his classmates!! and they are all laughing and cheering ..... but then the teacher tells him to start all over again and he is feeling shy and nervous but he makes a good performance. It was funny! It reminded me at the time when i was in fifth grade in Tijuana (Mexico) that i had to sing with a partner for music class in front off the whole school!!! i wanted to die when i was onstage....!when the music started i felt nervous, I could not breath, i was so scared to sing, my mind went blank and i couldn't even remember the words.!So i had to start again and that time i felt more calm than ever. I don't know why i just did. That was the first and last time i ever sang in front of people, after that i no longer took music class because they were going to keep asking to perform, since it was a requirement to grade you.
One of the parts i didn't like so much was, that Francisco had to miss school because he had to work!
i mean......come on! he is barely on the eight grade and he is working as he was a man! he works too much. It upsets me because he didn't get the same chances as the other kids in school ,he couldn't even have fun for Gods sake! (except for when his parents weren't around.)when they came back his dad was really hard on him, he made him work,work,work and the only time he asked him to go out to dance, he was punished for talking back to his dad. I was relieved when he got the chance to go back to school.....
so i just gave my opinion on the book and i enjoyed reading it.
i think i might like it.

hi ! im itzel and here is a little story about myself !

Well,first of all i was boned here in the U.S on November 29 1993.
Ive lived in Tijuana till i was 12,and went to a private catholic school since kindergarten.!
yeah believe it or not,it was fun , i mean it was so different than going to a public school where people were so mean to everybody.back in Tijuana the nuns would keep discipline no matter what !!so it was a more stable place to be and comfortable too.And well after turning 12 my family and I came here to the U.S for us to come to school here. At first i was so mad ! and sad .I mean i couldn't leave my friends whom Ive been with all my life ! right??.
And so my opinion didn't count.As always."IT WAS FOR MY BEST". That's what they would always say. UGH!.AND SO ON.After a year living here i made new friends in the seventh grade and everything. I got used to the rules and policies,,etc..
i had good grades on every report card and my parents would be so proud of me,it sometimes made me think :"why would they care so much about my grades in school ? when there was other students that had bad grades and their parents wouldn't even care!!
i mean seriously .
when i got to the eight grade,everything changed.
how i thought was the mainly one.
and powerful too.
and i had my ups and downs with my way of thinking....
Especially when reading!
When i got the twilight series books ,i went nuts about them!
i started reading more and more until eventually i liked reading.and then loving it.!
so i would just read ,read,read and READ.
Then i have the tendency that when I'm reading i have to be listening to music,ALWAYS.no exceptions!.
so that's soo weird.......yeah i know.
but anyways i like going with my girl cousins everywhere ,they are the best!
they know and understand when I'm mad,sad,hungry,happy,lazy,etc...
They are like my sisters.Which in fact i don't even have any.
I'm the only girl in the family except for my mom of course!
But she is a woman. I have 3 brothers which are sometimes really annoying or sometimes really funny,the smallest one is Diego and he is 3,then theres the middle one who is Saul and is 6 years old,and last but not least theres Santiago who is 8 years old.my mom and dad are the best !
even though they can be pretty embarrassing all the time,they know how to make the best of the time when we are together.mostly laugh our butts off.....but yeah.
So i am pretty much grateful and lucky to have them! : )
And now you now a little or a lot .whatever your thinking.ABOUT ME.OR SHOULD I SAY MY LIFE.WHICHEVER!
BYE and thanks for listening.......
wait! i mean reading!!