March 2001

Entry 3 3069, I wish I knew your name. Then, I could call you by it. Maybe you'd wake up if I called your name. Maybe it'd help you remember. A teacher once told me, "there's nothing quite so musical to one's ear as their own being called to them". Sounded corny at the time, but--now--I sometimes whisper my own name in the dark. I'll play this game where I disguise my voice and pretend that it's someone else. Sometimes, I see Pluto in here. My dog. I guess it's a hallucination of some sort--or

Xion emerged from the dark portal into an alley. 'It's super quiet...' Wasking out of the alley, she found day that the main square outside of the Collisuem was empty. 'Where is everyone?' She wondered. She decided to stroll around out in the open, searching for anything that seemed out of place in the ancient world, though her mind was elsewhere. 'Xemnas didn't really explain what an absent silhouette was. I know a silhouette is like a shadow, so the absence of a shadow? What could that look like

Elaina, I don’t even know where to begin. Lets just start out with me saying that I am going to miss you so much. I can’t even explain how much it’s going to hurt me when you leave. I’m beyond glad that you became such a big part of my life this year. You’ve constantly been there for me and I couldn’t ask for a better friend. Okay, so let me just talk about how much of a kind, loving, “well mannered”, and beautiful girl you are. You are always there when I need someone to talk to or someone

The Meaning of Jacob Jacob, a simple name, is easy to say, easy to spell, and easy to remember. Jacob comes from the Hebrew origin, “Supplanter”. Supplanter means one who follows another’s heel. My name fits me. To me, Jacob means someone who is smart, funny, and outgoing. I am very smart, at least I think so. In real life, I am not that funny, but some people think that I am funny. I am sometimes outgoing because if I really want to be someone’s friend I just go up and ask. But I love my name.

To the younger generation, The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do it. Young man, Young woman, I say to you, my friend, you are a world changer, a difference maker, and a leader. Set the bar high, set it so high that your peers around you think that you will never succeed in your dreams, because I did it. Nobody thinks I could possibly manage to change the world , nobody sees me being the next Billy Graham or Clayton Jennings. Everything is impossible

Francis Bacon once said, “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” This shows that you truly cannot have or see a good thing without also knowing what bad looks like. There are billions of people in this world, the best and brightest people are those people who have overcome that darkness. Those people know what darkness is and have experienced it first hand, therefore they shine so much brighter. These people who have seen darkness and who shine so bright because

The passage of time is something humans can not control, yet time still goes on. Sometimes, people live in the past, or sometimes people can forget the past, but time touches everyone. People also go through loss. Whether it be loss of a person, tradition or perhaps even memory. Both texts, “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins and “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White both deal with the themes of the passing of time and loss. Through their writing, these two authors show their meanings of these themes

This piece of writing is a monologue of the letter Fred (main character) wrote to Mary in the night just before the death of his friend, Ken. After his death, Fred changes and decides to confess his love since he has been crushing on her for a while. Fred has always felt lots of jealously towards Ken because he [Ken] was and had everything he [Fred] wanted like a good education, good looks, and wealth. Ken was basically considered the ideal male in the society of the short story. It is based on the

When Leah was seven years old, her cousin pushed her into the lake. She remembers the shock, quickly followed by the sharp slap of the water, and the water enveloping her, pulling her closer to the bottom. The falling feels longer every time she thinks of it. In reality it could only have been a few seconds at longest before she started flailing, pulling herself closer to the sky, breaking the surface of the water to yell at her cousin. “You needed to learn how to swim,” her cousin says later, pulling

Through all the years of my life as a wolf, I have learned the important fact that a wolf must never eat too much. On a Saturday morning, I woke up feeling hungry; like a wolf. Since the last time I had food was two days ago, I had to find food quickly. So, as usual, I started walking out of my house and wondered around the forest. However, something special caught my eyes. On the far end of the eastern part of the forest, smoke rose into the clouds. “That’s new,” I said to my self as I started heading