Ginger Cat

 Acknowledgment As senior year approaches the end, we will be on the new journey of starting adult life in a few days.  I can't believe that exactly 7 years ago I was sitting in the kitchen in Ukraine finding out that i was moving to America. The young me who didn't know what to expect from a big country and new language.  I want to acknowledge my fifth-grade teacher of my first American elementary school, Mrs Secor (i need to learn how to spell her name the memory needs to be clarified. I want to thank her for making me feel welcome in her classroom even though it was for a short amount of time, I want to thank every classmate of mine who wrote me a letter about each of them so when I came to the school I was more familiar with them. I want to thank my old neighbors who spoke the same language as me and never made me feel alone. I want to thank my parents at that time who made me read alot of books and translate them over and over until I could speak fluently.  As w...

 Things I wish I learned earlier about myself.  Things that I wish I had known earlier and wish I had done before to prevent where I am right now.  You have the feeling that you are stuck and you don't know what you want, you don't know what you are made for, well this is the feeling I have had for now a while. I know this blog should be like Oh wow look what I have learned and stuff like that, but the thing I only learned one thing, I don't know what I want.  I am very confused all I know is that I have learned math physics and everything and it's been great. I also have learned something about myself. I have learned that I love pottery it's very relaxing I enjoy putting my phone down and just relaxing while trying to make a shape out of clay, It is a very relaxing process it's like meditation you don't have to worry about social media or anything else. For 1 straight hour, you just work with clay, and it's a great way to think about something else that...

 books  10 Books I want to read in the next decade :) Some books are mostly thrillers and horror stories. I am also very excited because some of the books I am waiting to read and now I have a goal for the next 10 years to read something new, most also are fictional stories.  1. So this book caught my attention when I was googling "top ten thriller books of 2023".  The Butterfly  Garden by Dot Hutchison caught my attention with its interesting cover and description, it's a thriller and mystery, about how the FBI agents uncover this garden with interesting "specimens" in it, and how the story uncovers as they explore more. I like these types of books because they keep me on edge and I always like to watch these types of books now I want to be able to read this and imagine the situation. Overall I really hope to read it soon.  2. The book The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer caught my attention  with its description and the setting of the story, its ...

 Experiencing poetry  Never thought that anyone would catch me saying that I would enjoy experiencing poerty at the beginning of each English class. But I do.  It's such a unique way to feel the poem anew. It's different from reading it on your own where your own little ways decide where to boom and where to quiet down, where to add apostrophes and where to not, whether the poem has a deeper meaning or I am just interpreting it incorrectly. It is easier when you can see someone actually perform the poem talk about it put emotions in it, It definitely hits how powerful the poems can be, how strong and mighty the words can feel, and the expressions of the speaker can give me goosebumps. I enjoyed the analysis of the poems and listening to how the person finds the meaning and relates to it, even though his voice is too calm sometimes he opens my eyes and my brain to a new meaning of the poem. I never thought that poetry could be animated, or cartoonish, I always thought of i...

 Look into my eyes - by me The idea behind this poem was to not just experience poems but also show how people can miss something  Look into my eyes See them from the angle  from different points of you  They are deep, and they can speak They speak the truth we try to hide  So blue just like we are inside  My eyes are blue just like the ocean   The deepest creatures lurk beneath with Hidden Soul of secrets trapped from you to see As I Smile my eyes glisten to remind you of the ocean you are missing  But before you walk away unbothered  look into my eyes again  Explanation  We all have something that we don't show. We all have different struggles, experiences, and ways to hide secrets. The poem depicts that sometimes looking at people's eyes you can tell that the person may have lost their spark or something is happening and sometimes you can't see that unless you really look at someone's eyes. Sometimes people want people to lo...

 Woohoo second semester!! Woohoo 114 days left of being a senior... It feels like it was just yesterday that I started my final year in high school, yet after each day passes we are getting closer and closer to graduation.  In just a few months I will turn 18 and teenage life will creep into adulthood as college gets closer.  That thought has been sitting at the back of my mind and every time it pops up I realize how close that idea is to becoming my new reality. It's scary. I don't blame anyone anxious to start their life anew.  The truth is that we are not the same people we were at the beginning of the year, i am even saying we are not even the same as 4 years ago. In the time that has passed, I will focus on the changes that have been made during the first semester of this year. The beginning of the first semester was stressful. Letter of recomandiotns and letters that you have to complete before the first deadline. It's hard really to focus on other things like ...

 Why I don't like Tragedy.  I can with ease say that I don't like tragedy.  In any way.  Perhaps I might elaborate that i don't like Shakespeare's tragedies.  English class after English class, play after play, I more and more realize that tragedies are not for me. After reading Romeo and Juliet I realized that if all play was based on both delulu people who in the end die because of the lack of communication then I dont want to read it. But every year we revisit the world of Shakespeare and his wonderful tragedies to analyze people like the tragedy of  Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and many more.  So, what exactly I do not like about these plays.  Why are they all based on love? Who broke Shakespeare's heart and made him a monster who would kill couples brutally. One choked his wife because of his honor and then proceeded to stab himself, and two delulu teenagers drank poison because they were so in love. But every play we read was based on the love...

 Help me!!! I have two voices in my head. There are two points of view in my brain. Many of us have voices in our brains. I hope so because I am not trying to win a ticket to the mental institution.   For me, at least, I have commentary in my brain: one narrates everything from the first point of view, and the second describes everything from the second point of view. Let me explain.   Let us say there is a hypothetical situation. I am in Paris, walking somewhere, and in my head, I say, "I need to get to this cafe." I am narrating the first point because I need to do it. It's like an unimportant goal, just like a reminder. But then, for example, I would have friends in that cafe. Now, my narration would be, "YOU need to get to the cafe on time, or else they will see YOU as irresponsible and incapable of managing YOUr time." Now, the narration of that second point is more stressful and aggressive.  Sometimes, my second point of view is stronger than my first poin...

 Koda the complex character of a dog  Dogs are the most prominent companions of humankind. They can be fluffy, short-furred, long-furred, curly-furred, big, small, pricked up ears hanging ears, long legs, short legs, long fluffy tails, skinny tails, different color dogs. A particular dog that I am talking about is Koda. She is a cream-white, short-furred dog with a grey-black nose and paws. She is only a couple of months old. For a surface-level cute puppy, what many people do not realize is that dogs will improve lives. Yes, you heard me right: the puppy will enhance someone's life by helping them with coordination if they are visually impaired. On a surface level, a fun puppy that sleeps goofy on her back and paws up will occasionally lightly bite you because of her teething. Sometimes, She will approach you and put her head in a way so you can pet her. The same puppy will lead the person in need, behind the cuteness, the loyal companion that will help their owner in need. B...

 Face it we all didn't meet the reading goal.  Or maybe it's just me.  Throughout the week we have talked about meeting our goal to read at least 2 hours a week. But let's just face it, most of us are either near the end or not only halfway done with the book.  Personally, I am going to rat myself out on this one but I am halfway finished with my book, don't get me wrong I absolutely love the book and I love the author who wrote the book, but I just haven't had time to sit down and enjoy the book as much as I want to. I don't like rushing through the book so when I found out about the deadline I was kinda iffy about being able to finish the book. I could either finish the book by spending all night reading or b read another new book parallelly to what I am reading now, but that would require me to go to the library and check the book again. Overall reading a book 2 hours a day seemed like an easy task, but that was not the case. I found myself to be exhausted to...

 Why festival rides do make me think of books? This thought came to me when I was hanging upside down on the famous fireball ride at Troy Daze.  When I went to Troy Daze (on Saturday aka yesterday) I was very nervous and scared because I hadn't yet written my blog and had no idea what to write. So as I was standing in line for this ride called Fireball, it was not exactly a rollercoaster but it was close to it. The ride process is going in a big circle that speeds up and goes in a loop and backward and then forward and it keeps repeating in that same pattern. So why exactly did this ride make me think of books and English. Well, the process to be exact. You see when you read you go through five stages of grief and happiness just like with rides.  Stage one: You choose a ride. Like you choose a book. You choose by how the ride looks, the appeals of it like the lights and what people are saying about it, what are the emotions of people who went. Just like with the book you ...

 Catch up day Wohoo SO... Yay, we are back to blogging, I missed this so much. Anyways, let's talk. "Know my name" is a book that I am currently reading. The reason I chose this book is because of my curiosity about the American court system and how society really is.  When I was reading this book I experienced sadness, anger, and concern for how society so hypocritically reacts and blames blindly without actually knowing the reason. In the book, the main character gets sexually assaulted by a college student. Chanel miller was unconscious when that happened, when the police report was posted on social media, many of us would believe that after this awful event people would support Chanel. But, not everything is rainbows and sunshine, in fact, it was quite the opposite, the people were defending the assaulter, yeah, you heard me right they WERE TAKING HIS SIDE like I don't understand sometimes, all the evidence was pointing out that this dude who doesn't even dese...

  Dear Cynthia  Shit…It has been so long since we have seen each other.  Let's just say that the way we left things was harsh and not right. That's why I took a big breath and maybe a shot or two to write you this.  Ever since the company collapsed  I have been spending my last 8 years obsessing over any money like  five dollars to get my kick…funny right… Before you think that I am writing to you for the money. I want you to read this carefully. I want you to understand that I want to apologize, and I know,  I know,  you would probably think “Tracey? Apologize?” “No fucking way”  and yes I am also suprised since I dont know how to “let go” my grudges. After a long time of loneliness and drugs I have had so many thoughts.  I kept thinking to myself about my views that I had. It has stroked me that I have been wrong my entire life.  My actions : about our job and about the situation.  My reactions to everything collapsing coming...

 The "human cost" of deindustrialization in sweat  From 2000 - 2008 something horrible happened in the United states' economy the "great recession" which is a play on the words for "great depression". "Sweat" the play is taking place during the  deindustrialization.  The story surrounds itself with a group of people that work in the same industry.  Each of them had experienced some kind of unfairness during their years in the company. Stan, for example, has worked on the floor with machines, one unfortunate time he injured his leg leaving him "cippled" and the company hasn't fixed the machine until some later years.  None of them have moved from the floor they worked on for more than 20 years.  It wasn't until Cynthia moved from the floor to management, at the same time Tracy found out that the company is planning to cut people off and hire new workers.  Sometime later Cynthia tells her friends that the magn]ment wants to sh...

Women were written by biases How does Fitzgerald show his biases in his book Throughout history, women have been viewed as objects. Women were obeying the "perfect" stereotypes of men.  For example, women weren't allowed to work the same job as men, they need "women" jobs that are usually low paying. Women weren't allowed to do "men" jobs due to thinking that women are weak and can't work. Also, women were much needed around the house, taking care of the kids, cooking, and staying quiet even if their husbands came home from late nights from "work" or drunk. Women needed to be pretty. If you are widowed people would not even look at you, if you are not in beauty standards people gonna look, if your husband is sleeping around you are the problem. Even when the new age became popular, women started to be more scandalous and try to break the stereotype.  Unfortunately, some of the books that were written to display new-age women have fail...