Advice #28

Dear Abby,
I have a big problem that I need help with because I don’t know what to do. About a week ago my friend told me she was talking to this guy on the internet. At first I thought she was just kidding but then she told me she wasn’t, I thought it was okay at first because she had a friend but then I found out he was older then she was. I really want to be a good friend and just say that its cool but I know there are a lot of nasty perverts out there who may seem nice online but they really aren’t. Ever since both my friend and I got a Facebook we are on the computer almost everyday, but I think my friend is on it a little too much and I’m afraid that she is going to start talking more to her “friend” online. I don’t think its wrong to talk to people online if they are your friends or to add them on Facebook, but if you really don’t know the person and they add you just say no because you don’t know what you could be getting yourself into.
I told my friend what I thought about the entire situation and she just started laughing and said I sound like a mother talking to their child. I don’t want to sound like a mother. but I know that there are dangers out there that sometimes as teenagers we don’t pay attention to or want to deny there is any danger in what we are doing. I prefer to sound like a crazy mother worrying about her child, instead of my friend getting hurt by some stranger. Nothing has ever happened to me or my family because we chat online, but we don’t talk to strangers online. I’ve heard stories on the news about girls who talk to guys on the internet and get kidnapped or even killed because they met with the guy they were talking to online. I’m not saying that’s going to happen to my friend but you can never be too safe about people out there. Abby please help me!! Should I keep bugging my friend and tell her to stop talking to that guy? Or should I just leave her alone and forget that she is talking to a guy online?

Advice No. 8

I need help with a small problem. I am busy all the time and I get distracted really easily so I can never just sit down and do my homework, and what I need to get done. I think I waste too much time with just being distracted and doing nothing. I play a sport, so I do that four days of the week, so sometimes that takes up a lot of my time, but not always. Even when I am not busy with something like sports or family things, I still get distracted so easily! For example, if someone is watching TV or a movie or anything, I always sit down for a minute and watch, and next thing you know its two hours later and the movie is over and I was supposed to be doing homework. I also get really distracted sometimes when I am talking to people and I just keep on talking to them. Another part of the problem is I always forget what I am doing after I get distracted. Like sometimes I just will be walking around my house not knowing what I was going to do or I go to grab something and don’t remember why.
Sometimes I also just can’t sit still long enough to get anything done, or what I am doing is just so boring. So, I get on the computer and chat with friends or watch TV while I am doing homework, so then it takes forever to get anything done. I also text a lot and that is really distracting. Every time I text someone I forget what I am doing. Sometimes even when I know I have a lot to get done I will go hang out with a friend or ride my bike or go to the movies, ect. I just put everything off the last minute and then I end up staying up late or just not doing it. There are so many things that I would just rather do and I am a huge procrastinator. When I have big assignments I always leave them to the night before they are due, and do something more fun instead. I especially have this problem on the weekends. I leave everything until Sunday night. I need to manage my time better and get less distracted so I can do more important things, like school, first before the less important things. Help me!

Advice No: 18

Hey, I need help with something. There is this boy. I love him. I really do! I have been with him on and off for ten months now and we are broken up again. I am so confused. He says he loves me and likes me and stuff, he just doesnt want a relationship. What is that supposed to mean? some one should really tell me because i am so lost it isnt funny. I am confused, lost and everything else related. I want to stay but i dont want to just keep coming back. This kid means so much to me and I always want him to be a part of my life. I am just afraid he wont stay there. I love him I really do someone please tell me what to do!


Stagefright: My BIGGEST fear. I will fail classes, not turn projects in and even not participate just so I dont have to be in front of people. Just so I Dont have to stand up and say a few things. This is ridiculous! I am Failing classes just for this. What am I supposed to do? I feel Like I am Going to throw up every time I get up there. It is just so scary! I dont get how people can do it! but high fives for you. If yopu are one of those people you should give some advice on how to calm doen. It would really help. It would help allot actually. I want to be able to stand up and do it. I just cant. . .

Advice #24

I really miss my brother he has been gone for about 8 months but it feels like forever. I'm trying to be happy and supportive of what he is doing since he is going to be gone for another 16 months but I need advice on a way to try to remember him without making me sad. He is my best friend the person that I tell everything too and its really hard to tell him stuff when hes away in LA and I'm not allowed to see him and I can email him one time a week. How do I get over missing him so much?



My dad was diagnosed with bipolar over a year ago. He has been extremely depressed for about 10 years so most of my life. At first he was really angry at us thinking everyone else is wrong and that he was perfect. With him thinking that way he refused to take any medication because he felt indestructible. That feeling is part of the illness and my family had to move out. Now he is realizing all the wrong things he did but is still not thinking clearly. He is extremely depressed and has thought of suicide. This feeling is also part of the illness. I feel like I don't want to be with him because seeing him down makes me feel guilty. Is it wrong of me to almost hate my dad for all the things hes done. I don't really hate my dad I just hate the illness that has taken over his mind and has made him someone else. How do I get over this fear of seeing him and maybe going to my old house and finding him dead. I need to move on with my life but I don't know how

family folk by jeremy winters

once upon a time to my trip to florida. when we were flying there then we were so scared because it was my first time going on a plane and you never know if you are going to crash or not so that was the scariest part of the hole trip and when we got there then we went to this one hotel that i can not remeber the name to. when we all walk in the hotel then we all thought that it was so nice it looked nicer then the hotels in california. they were so nice and when you walk in then it felt like you were in paradise even when you just walk in the hotel. and when you go and see you nice room then that is the nicest part because every thing is all fancy in every corner even in all of the bathrooms. and then after we got un packed then we went out side and went on all of the rides like the ride called the incredible hulk that was so cool and scary at the same time it felt like we were going TO FALL OFF OF THE ROLAR COASTER it was so cool and you could realy hear the hulk screaming like he was comeing right at you and it sounded like he was mad lol.
after that then we all went to this one place called universal studios and they had rides of the terminator in there and they had this movie of him that was 3d. and when ever he would move then it would look like he was going to come and kill or hert you but it was only a movie and movies do not kill. then we went on this ride that was called the terminator rise of the machines. you were in a car and some of the places that you would go then some times then all of the machines would come out and scar you to death lol but they all were way scary. and on some of the rides then my little brother was screaming so hard that it would hert your ears when you heard him it felt like they were going to bread our ears.

we went to the beach and the sand was so hot that i felt like it was going to give us blisters on our feet. so we all ran to the frezing cold water because we thought that it was not going to be that cold we thought that it was not ever going to be as cold as it was. so we all got use to the water and when swimming for about 2 hours then we went to one of the stores down there and we bought bunches and bunches of clothes. then after that big day then we all went home fell on our beds because we were so beat from playing all day long in the sun

Getting To Know You By Gabriel Velazquez

My favorite type of music is Chicano Rap. I Like This type of music because I am a Chicano myself. My favorite song is a Chicano song and it is called Neighborhood Music by a Chicano Rapper that goes by the name of Lil Rob. This song makes me feel good and Relaxed, It makes all my troubles go away. My favorite phras in this song is "I’m a good man with good intentions though I leave bad impressions" that is my favorite phrase of this song because people just judge other people because of how they look or how they dress. Like the guy in the picture people would say he is a trouble maker because of how he looks. I like to listen to this song in the morning, This song gets my day started and it puts me in a good mood.

My partner was Gustavo Meza, and his favorite type of music is Rock. His favorite song is called Molinos De Viento. He likes the song because it gets him pumped up and makes him want to jump off something. His favorite part of the song is the chorus "Bebe, canta, sueñaSiente que el vientoHa sido hecho para tiVive, escucha y hablaUsando para elloel corazónSiente que la lluviaBesa tu caraCuando haces el amorGrita con el almaGrita tan altoQue de tu vida, tú seasAmigo el único actor". When my partner listens to this song he pictures the wildernes. My partner likes to listen to this song in the morning because it gets him energized and gets his day startesd

Music means a lot to me. If I am feeling stressed it gets me relaxed. If I'm mad it could calm me down. Music answers all my problems. Music could get me relaxed, calm, energized, and all those other feelings.

Advice number 4

Dear Abby,

I really need your help with some of my problems. There is this one person that I know loves me but sometimes I feel like this certain person doesn’t. I feel like this because he never shows it. Yes he supports my family and everything and he is amazing. But he has a huge problem and a disease that is killing him. This certain person has an alcohol problem. Its hurting me inside to know that he is killing himself. He has put my family through hell by everything that he is doing to himself and us. I have no idea what to do anymore. I love this person with all my heart but with him doing this to us is really hard to deal with. This disease is taking over his body. He is so addicted that he can’t stop. He always tries to stop and he ALWAYS promises he will stop. But it has been over 14 years he has been promising us. I can’t even trust him anymore. He is always telling us that he is supporting us and getting us everything we need but that’s not all I need. I need love. I would rather be a homeless and have a family that spends time together. That actually takes his time to spend time with his family. He is always telling us that he loves us but he never shows it to us because he is always out drinking or starting a fight. Or even leaving us. Family time means something to my sisters, mother, and I but we never get a chance to actually have REAL family time. Family time is everybody in your family. Dad, Mom, Sisters, brothers, pets. Usually in my house, the family time is with my sisters, mom and I.

No matter how many problems a family has, a child should never be put on the spot of choosing between one parent and another. An adult choosing to be a parent means that they need to actually care about the child, listen to their problems, and give them advice. I don’t get any of those by this certain person because he is never home for me to talk to. And if he is he is either drunk starting a fight with my mom and my sisters get involved with the wrong situations or else he is sleeping. I need help by knowing what to do. Its either my mom gets a divorce with my father or we stay at home and have a life that is worthless. I believe that right now everybody in the whole world is in hell. Once we all are in heaven or hell that is when life will begin for me because I know I will go to Heaven and I know my family will to. Even though people make mistakes doesn’t mean they are bad people. I know my father isn’t a bad person. And that is when my life will begin. I am a 14 year old girl that is stressed out and scared to even be in my own house. I can’t take it anymore. He knows we all love him but he has lost all his trust for me. I can’t trust him anymore because he has promised us our whole lives he will get help and he still hasn’t. I don’t know what to do anymore. I will love him forever but I don’t know if I can take it anymore. I am sick of life and everything. Is there anything that I can do to help him? Is there anything we can do to show him what he is putting us through? I don’t know what to do anymore. I just need some good advice. PLEASE!!

Anonymous/
Advice Number 4

Family Folklore By: Kylee Kieffer

My entire family went to the homestead on the hottest week that summer. The house we stayed in was as big as the Titanic. first thing we did when we got there was unpack the millions of bags out of the cars. We sat down and were relived the drive was over. Our sitting was short we had no time to spare. Their was so much too do in the week. This week was the shortest week of summer, or so it felt. I was pumped and ready to have fun. the first thing we did was swim! I had so much fun! My baby cousins came with us and we swam for hours. Usually I never swim but this time I1 did, I swam until I looked All pruned and gross. After that we went and got some fudge. This fudge was the yummiest fudge I have ever had! It melted in your mouth. It must have been made with the best chocolate in the world. I almost died because of how yummy it was. My uncle bought us some fudge and we carried on toward the house. When we got to the house every one was just hanging around. My sister screamed " lets get the party started." Every one started laughing. It was so funny. The rest of the day we hung out and had a blast. My uncle made the most delicious steak ever cooked in the world. I ate so much! I was so fat! After that I went to bed, I was tired and full. The Next morning we woke up to go horse back riding. My sister had never gone before so she was scared but I had and I was exited.I love horse back riding it's one of my favorite things to do. The two horses we were going to Ride were completely different in size. I had to ride the big horse because Kelsey was scared. We rode up all through the mountains and down through the fields. When we are almost back Kelsey's horse saw a snake and took off running. Kelsey was as scared as she had ever been in her life. We Finally got kelsey back and went back to the house. It was So fun! But the next day the week was over.! I was so sad! We hadd to go back home. but over all I had a fun family trip and did as much as possible. It was the best thing of my life! The week was over and I had to go home! I was So sad! I had a good time though, It was the best week ever!

Advice #2

Advice #2
The problem I have been having is with this kid who has really been bothering and annoying me lately. He is really annoying to be around and he never stops bugging the hell out of me. I just want to be left alone so I can do my school work in peace without having to hear his annoying voice. All I am asking for is some peace and quiet.

I dont like to start fights or anything because i dont want to get violent. Because i will proably get expelled. I hate switching schools so i cant really hit this person. But it seem's like there is no other option to this problem i have no idea what to do.

Advice~19

I have been having problems at school with my grades getting a lot lower then they were this whole year and it is weird because I got the best grades for this hole year so far last semester. And like right know then they are just so low. I don’t know what to do about it, there are some things that might be the whole reason that my grades are going so low, but I will tell you later in this thing that I am righting. Well, like even in some of my classes then I have everything turned in and I still have a C I am used to getting like A’s and B’s but never C’s and I have way to many C’s D’s or F’s. I am really scared what if I do bad on the CRT and my grades go even more down. My parents would get so mad.

Ok like I said I am going to tell you some of the reasons it might know why my grades are going down. One of the reasons could be just because it is almost summer and I am looking so forward to it and like the warm blazing sun and just like going swimming a lot. I love going swimming. Another reason might just be because my stuff could be getting harder, it think that my homework is getting harder than it used to be. I do know how to do the stuff I just have a lot more of the stuff to do and its stupid cause I always wait the last minute to do my homework. On the weekends I usually end up doing all of my homework for that weekend really late at night of Sunday. Except if my mom says I have to do it on Saturday, but I guess that only happened once.
No. 19

advie number 5

i would want to know how to ceep all af my grades up so that i can be a strait a student so that i can do more with my life so that i can live my life whith a job. instead of sitting on the side of the rhode asking and begging other people do give me ther money and give me a ride to other places of town. i would rather be smart and get a job and buy a car and beable to have money so that i dont have to sit on the side of the free way begging for money. i want to know how to get good grades while i am in shool. instead of getting the grades that i am getting now so i want to know how to get good grades and i some times need help with my gpa and i need to know how to get all of the home work that is assined done and ready to be turned in the next day so that i can be as succes full as posible so that i can make my mom be proud of what i have achived while i was in shool. instead of then yalling at me and tell ing me that it was a waist of money to even send me to shool.
i want then to think something of me when i am older insead of think that i am stupid.

i know what you can do you can try harder in school so that you can be succesfull and you can live your life with a nice car and a nice house that you can go hame and live in. instead of going home to a dumpster and makeing that your home. and in the dumpster is going to be cold. so if you want to be a succes then you can be smart and get a good paying job so that you can buy your house and your car when it is time for you to make your move. so i think that you should do the best that you can while you still have the chance instead of whaiting until you are older. and have nothing to do.

Advice No. 27

Q: I love my friends, but lately they have been telling racist jokes and resenting people who are different then them. Not all of them do it, but a few of them do. They used to rarely do it but now they do it all the time.

It makes me feel uncomfortable and mad when they do these things, because it is disrespectful and mean. Plus I know that they are better than this. When they do this I tell them to stop it or try to change the subject, but they still do it. How do I make them stop?

Advice~No.16

My Parents have been divorced since I was 2 years old, and all these years I have lived with my mom most of the time, only seeing my dad every other weekend and certain holidays. Well in November my Mom and my step dad decided to move to St George, I had a problem with this. I didn’t want to leave all my friends and my Dad; I would be like 300 miles away. That’s way too far for me. I already had trouble not being able to see my Dad that much every month. So when I found out that my Mom had found a house I refused to go. So therefore I moved in with my dad here in Murray.

When we got together and talked about what was going to happen, My parent told me that I had to decided weather I stay with my dad next year or move to St. George with my Mom. They told me I had to decide by the end of summer. Since summer is getting close, they keep asking me if I have thought about it. And of course I have, but it’s hard. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings and I feel way too much pressure. I don’t know who to pick. I love them both. Mom or Dad? Murray or St.George? What do I tell them? What if I do hurt one of them? I just don’t know what to do.

~16 :)

Advice 22

Hello my name is number 22 and I have a problem with my former best friend. I have been noticing a change in him. He is getting more and more detached with me and my other friends. I am worried if my friend is doing drugs, or hurting Himself.

I try to talk to my friend but he doesn't want to open up. All my other friends try to talk to him to but he just hides it. My friends don't want him in the group anymore but I just keep defending him and I am getting tired of defending him over and over. Can anbody please give me any advice. I care about my friend and I dont want my friend to hurt himself.

Advice No. 1

The problem that grinds my gears is that I just recently got a job working as an elementary party cleaner upper. For some incoherent reason my dad says it is embarrassing to have a kid work by cleaning up. It pays me well and I get free shoes. The reason why I took this job is because I will feel a lot more independent if I can get my own stuff. I feel like I can do stuff without my parents telling where to go and what to do some advise is nice but too much is just horrible.

The other thing that I don’t get is why it would be embarrassing to have a kid work. One reason why I want to work now is that I can save up and be successful. I would much rather learn now then later, and also my brother listened to my dad and did not get a job now he has no job and he is about to get married and his dad has to support him. To me that is embarrassing.

advice #15

hey what up its 15 i am going Thur a hard time right now i don't know what to don't know what to do any more i cant do this i feel like i just want to ........................die. i hate feeling like this i miss how i used to be not a worry in the world but its like now all i do is worry i don't like it.
so u probably want to k ow what happend huh? well there was this girl and she was my best friend we did every thing to gether every thing abd because of this guy its all messed up we dont talk any more and i hate it i miss her my life is so boring now theres nothing to do any more.

I cant belave this really happen i let a guy split us up and now all there is in my life any more is drama. all her freinds hate me because of this. I just dont want to live any more. But i do at the same time , idont want to leave my daddy i love him so much i f it wasnt for him things would have already been over.
so i dont know what to do any more what would you do?

Advice No.11

I have a problem with alot of things. I have good grades but my GPA is low because of my citizenship grade. The reason i worry about this is because i'm on probation, and my Probation Officer might not let me move back to California. My Probation Officer is a really cool guy but he checks my grades at the end of the year.
He might want me to stay on Probation for another year. I don't want to get in anymore trouble with the law. I'm very young and already have a bad record. My Probation Officer already knows i'm doing better. I just have mixed feelings about this subject. Can you please give me some advice? Thank you very much.

BY: No. 11

Advice NO. 21

My problem is that I like two guys and they both like me and I would go out with either of them but I hardly ever see both of them. One is my neighbor who visits his dad (my neighbor) on some weekends. I have known him for the longest. The other lives in Springville and goes to school where my sister teaches. I have known him since spring break. They are both fifteen and I really like both. And neither answers emails. And neither have phones so we like never talk. Which one should I go out with?

If I had to I would go out with the one that is sometimes next-door, because I have known him the longest. But the other guy has almost the same personality… and I like him just as much. And we are so much alike we like all the same music, bands, he’s a gamer and I’m a gamer. Everything! While my neighbor is a sporty kind of guy and I don’t really like sports that much. But I have liked my neighbor for so much longer. What should I do???

Advice No: 18

Hey, I need help with something. There is this boy. I love him. I really do! I have been with him on and off for ten months now and we are broken up again. I am so confused. He says he loves me and likes me and stuff, he just doesnt want a relationship. What is that supposed to mean? some one should really tell me because i am so lost it isnt funny. I am confused, lost and everything else related. I want to stay but i dont want to just keep coming back. This kid means so much to me and I always want him to be a part of my life. I am just afraid he wont stay there. I love him I really do someone please tell me what to do!

Stagefright: My BIGGEST fear. I will fail classes, not turn projects in and even not participate just so I dont have to be in front of people. Just so I Dont have to stand up and say a few things. This is ridiculous! I am Failing classes just for this. What am I supposed to do? I feel Like I am Going to throw up every time I get up there. It is just so scary! I dont get how people can do it! but high fives for you. If yopu are one of those people you should give some advice on how to calm doen. It would really help. It would help allot actually. I want to be able to stand up and do it. I just cant. . .

advice 26

Well my problem is that I have talent but I don’t want to actually get in front of an adiance because its scary it’s always something I’ve wanted to do. I want to sing but I don’t have enough courage to get up and sing .I no that people may say to not waste what potential you have but im just scared what people would think.

Im not a very shy person once you get to no me but im just shy when it comes to singing in front of people and I don’t even sing in front of my own family and you have to be able to sing in front of anyone and be confident and do your best. what do I do??

Advice #12

I love my best friend to death but sometimes she just does things that irritate me. It’s like she always has to be right, like if I tell her something interesting but maybe I mention something that was incorrect, she will be sure to correct me. It could be in a nice way but it just ends up me feeling stupid. It’s hard to explain but I don’t really want to be around someone who makes me feel that way. I don’t want to stop completely being her friend but I want some things to change.

Other than that, she’s also very opinionated. I know that everyone has their opinion and should be free to say it, but with her sometimes it just gets to the point where it’s annoying. I mean if we think different things about something, she’ll just keep fighting until everyone else agrees with her, and if they don’t she’ll pout or something. It’s kind of obnoxious. I know it’s hard to understand but I can’t stand this! I hate it when I can’t state my own opinion without being totally judged for it. I don’t want to make her sound like a total horrible person, cause she’s not. I would tell her about it but I don't want her to be offended! I just need some advice for what to do with this situation!

Sincerely,
#12

Advice

One of my best friends and I are currently in a fight, and this is not the first time. It’s for a stupid but important reason, she is a very abusive friend. I finally got the guts to tell someone. She of coarse found out and he shoved me into the wall, and was extremely mad at me and I’m getting scared to be around me. She is an amazing friend, so I don’t want to stop being friends with her but I don’t like getting hurt every time we get in a fight. I need to find a way to solve this.

We both have season passes to Lagoon and I have to go, but unless this all works out I really can’t. It’s just so hard because we used to be best friends and we so many plans for the summer and future. If we don’t solve this soon I will lose a lot of money, and more importantly my best friend. We have forgiven each other multiple, but every time it just starts up again. I’m really confused and I don’t know what to do, can you help me?

~ Number 9

advice no. 7

I’m worried about my boyfriend and I breaking up. Sense we got together it seems like he doesn’t want to be with me. Whenever we hang out at his house he acts like he really cares. Giving me the pillow or the good blanket, but when we are at school if we see each other he just miles or winks. We never hug or kiss in public, like he doesn’t want to be seen with me. Just the other day after school I hugged him and he said “you have to go.” I said “not tell you hug me back.” Then he said “okay then I guess your coming home with me.” It’s like he is ashamed of me.
It seems like the only reason we are going out is so he can say he has a girlfriend not because he really wants me to be in his life. When we are talking I will be mid-sentence and he will walk away to his friends like I wasn’t even there. And now he wont even say I love you and if he does it’s a quick love you so no one notices. I just feel so used. But he’s one of those guys that if you look at just once, you can’t forget. I love him so much and I try so hard not to lose him but now I am to the point where I just don’t know what to do to keep his love with me and not someone else. I feel like I need him in my life, more than anything but what am I supposed to do? What do I say? How do I cat? Like myself? Will I get anywhere? I just. I don’t know anymore.

-7

Advice No. 10

Hello there, I am the kind of person that doesn't like to start drama but ALWAYS gets drama. There is this rumor going around about me and telling you guys this is probably going to give my identity away, but anyways some of my old friends are spreading around that I have had sex, and I am really sick of hearing about this, because its not true. If it was i wouldn't lie about it because that's just stupid. Back to the issue, but they are saying that and I lost the most amazing guy in my life because of that rumor. He doesn't believe me and I wish he would! So if anyone has advice for me please give it to me. I would really love some help.

Second issue, I have been having trouble finding my true friends. Like I have some that are way cool and haven't said anything about me, but I am really scared that they are going to screw me over:// So yeah I really don't have a clue what I should do. I want to trust them, but I don't know what is going to happen to me if I do. Because when i trust someone with EVERYTHING they go and tell other people. And it's just ridiculous now! I don't want two-faced friends anymore! And I am really tired of how I test them. I always have to think of a new way to test them. So if you got anything help me out guys thanks<33

Advice No. 20

Hello there sunshine, this is how I feel. I am a person that is going through a hard time with my weight and my body. I feel like i am an out cast when I go around my best friend, she goes to kick boxing and works out and now she has a nice body, before she did to. I feel like I need to lose like 20 pounds to make look pretty. I am not one of those girls that are stupid and anorexic, no thats not me. I rather try hard to lose weight then making me be sick and un healthy. I just need help to beleive that I am pretty with out being skinny but I just can't. Even how much muy friends tell me that I am pretty and they tell me the truth. In my eyes I just cant see that my body is a good body. If I around someone that has a nice body it makes me look invisable.

Someone just give me advice to make me feel that I am pretty. When I think about it AI really don't beleive that I am really ugly as I say I am but my body is pretty ugly I dont like it very much. I want my mind to tell me I am pretty with a ugly body. I feel like I am complaining about everything but this is how I feel. I want to think that I am young to worry about this how can I make this feeling stop affecting me. I want to be able to wear cute swimming suits and I want to be pretty. Some one help me please.

- Raven Rivera

Advice No. 6

Dear advisor,

Getting my homework done has never really been that big of a deal for me before, but now things have changed. I always have something going on after school and rarely have time for anything, especially homework. In a couple of my classes it has really began to show. Most people would say that cutting back on what I'm doing after school would be the key, but that's not an option.

Mandatory means you have to be there and thats what's labeled on my after school activities meaning there's no way out. Next I'm waiting for my parents to say something to me about my grades and maybe even my teachers. I've always been top of my class and now starting to slide down that hill..

What do I do?

getting to know you by jeremy winters

getting to know you by jeremy winters. my favorite song is lets go by trick daddy and the reason this is my favorite song is because i like the sound of what the beat is. and i like to listen to it when i am walking down the street or when i am going some where in the car. and some times i forget to bring so i dont have any thing to do when i am in the car so that is why i have it with me at all times so that when i dont have anty thing to do then i can listen to my ipod. and i like to listen to it when i am sad because it makes me happy when i am sad and it is the best song ever. but there are other cool songs that i like besides that one but that is just my favorite song in the world. and some times i like to sing with it when i am in the mood to. i only do when i am in the mood to list en to my music.when i have nothing to do. this song reminds me of all of the good times that i had in my life.

my partner is jospph vera his favorite song is betta dayz by to pac and he likes this song because he said that it makes him look at the better way of life. it makes him feel happy when ever he listens to. and it makes him think that you should use your life instead of ruin it use it to the fullest while you still can. and dont do any crimes or you will just ruin your life sitting in jail the rest of you life.and live your life to the fullest and stay out of trouble. and have funn whith your life in stead of whaisting it

Advice 14

My problem is that I have no friends. I keep wanting to talk to this one person but i just can't get the courage to do it. At lunch I sit alone after everybody is done eating. I have been at this school for two months and i still cant find anyone who talks to me. I think it might be because of my various body odors.

I have met one person here but when his other friends come he just abandons me and I feel more lonely than before. Can anyone help me with my problem?

Family Folkfore-Raven rivera

Here is my family Folk fore. It was a day to skate with my friend Brooke. And a day to have fun in the sun. The sun was as hot as if I was working in Africa. I was skateboarding and I decide to go down this hill that was seriously as big as the Mount Everest. So I decided to go down it and when I got at the top of the hill I began to gang a hair ball out, because I was scared to go the hill. So I get on my skateboard and I begin to go down it.

I begin to go down it and it was going all smooth and slow until I go f the middle of the hill I was going like 150mph that’s how it felt. And at the bottom of the hill I begin to wobble because my knees locked like I don’t want to move, because I was so scared. And next thing later BAMB!!! I fall off my skateboard it felt as if I was falling off a giant horse going about 50 mph.

I fall and it was like a flash past in my eyes and I don’t remember something. I start to laugh as hard as a baby’s cry. And I look up and I see Brooke in shocked like why am I crying. She ran down the hill like as fast as she can she ran like as fast as a cheetah. She just sat there and didn’t know what to do she had a brain as a monkey because she didn’t know what to do.

So after I went down a hill similar to Mount Everest, Brooke picked me up and got my skate and began to take me home like I was a baby. We got home finally got home and we tell everyone when we got in the house, and then I started to my friends and tell them. I actually told like the whole world.

When my knee got better and everyone stopped saying my knee looked ugly because I wear my pants I fell off my skateboard I finally got to run as fast as a cheetah! I loved how I can bend my knee and when my scab fell off it felt like my arm was getting tarred off it hurt so badly. When my scab was of my knee looked like a whole really deep whole.

Finally when my knee was feeling better and I didn’t have any scab on my knee, we talked about it and thought it was the funniest thing ever. And made jokes like no one ever does. We made jokes like, wow raven is so stupid, hey guys lets go skate off a hill. Ha ha it was so funny I was laughing as hard as a chimpanzee. It was the greatest moment I just want to cry, haha just joshen you!

“Always had elbow and knee pads on at all times!”

Family Folklore by Natalie Sefilian

My fantabulous family trip we went on was fantabulous. Last summer my family and I decided to drive down to Bear Lake for the weekend. It was super duper fun except being in a car with two sisters and one dog was most likely the worst part. I was sitting down for 2 or 3 hours straight that my butt was practically glued down. The car was so hot it felt like we were walking on the sun. The whole drive there was really noisy. I felt bad for my parents. Alice, Marina, and I were watching Ratrace and we could not stop laughing. Our laughter was louder than me singing in the shower. We kept getting yelled at by my dad until he finally realized what movie we were watching. After the awesomest car ride ever, we finally made it to Bear Lake.

The only reason we went to Bear Lake was to go boating/tubing/fishing. So we got to the lake and we were off in the wonderfully beautiful bluish greenish water. While my dad was driving I was holding on so tight because I didn’t want to fly off the boat and land in the water. My father, mother, sisters, doggy and I were having a time of our lives. We put our sunscreen on and we were lying out and tanning. All of a sudden my dad was like whose first for the tubing and of course I always having to be first was the first one to go tubing. I love tubing more than I love spending time with the Fabulous 5. Okay that’s so not true because I love the Fabulous 5 but any who I was off in the water while everybody else was still on the boat. I was kind of freaking out because I really hate water with fishes in them because I always thought the fish would bite my toes. Yes weird and childish but so true and I still am afraid. My dad started up the boat and I was off going like 7000 miles per second in the water. My dad did a HUGE turn and there was a HUGE bump that I flew off the tube and into the water. And that’s when I was freaking out because of the fishes in the water. I swam as fast as a cheetah to get back to the boat. UNTIL I finally reached it. It was super fun though. I had never realized that I could swim that fast. But I guess I could.

The day went by with my family and I have a blast. We all swam and went tubing. My dad fished. My mom, sisters, and I tanned. It was all so fun. My dog even had a great time because he was practically asleep half the time. By the time we got back to shore and where my dad hooks our boat to the car we all were so tired. We got in the car and we just went straight to our cabin which is also in Bear Lake and we unpacked everything and went to bed. I fell asleep in less than 1 minute. Once my head touched my pillow I was already sleeping. That was such a fun weekend. I love my family and I loved our boating trip.

Family Folklore~Ashlyn Stackhouse

My Family Folklore

Once Upon a time on a cool morning in July the Stackhouse families were on there way to the airport at 4 A.M. I was so tired I could sleep for the rest of my life, but I also couldn’t wait to get to Virginia Beach, Virginia. The car ride to the air port felt like 5 million years, I almost died of boredom. All I could think about is how excited I was to walk on the beach, lay out in the sun, stay in a beach house, and swim in the nice cold ocean. I was so excided I could already feel the sand between my toes. We finally arrived at the airport and unloaded our luggage. Our luggage was so heavy it could have weighed down the world! My dad was much stressed, afraid we would miss our flight or something worse. Once I saw my cousins we ran to each other and gave each other the biggest hugs in the world. We all got our tickets and told each other what we are going to do once we get there. When we got to our gate, there were a lot of people there; the whole world could be there! After waiting 30 minutes, my cousin Cyd and I were hungry so we went to go to get cinnamon buns, which by the way were the BEST cinnamon buns ever! We got back to the gate and found out that the plane had been delayed 2 hours! What was I going to do? I could go all the way around the world and still make it in time for my plane ride! Again for the second time today, I was going to die of boredom.

After waiting the long 2 hours it was finally time to get on the huge plane. I got to sit by Cyd, so I was really happy about that. The whole way to Atlanta, Cyd and I listened to our IPods and played and drew things on a notebook. When we got to Atlanta we found out that we missed our connection to Virginia. So our whole family had to wait in The Crown room, The Crown room is a club for members only. Since my grandpas company paid for this membership, we all got to go in and enjoy.

After 5 long, boring hours we could finally get on our connection to Virginia. Finally! After what seemed like forever, we are finally going to be in Virginia! The warm sun, cold water, hot sand! I was so happy that my smile wouldn’t fit my face. We got onto the plane and settled down. After a hour and a half flight, we, the Stackhouse’s were finally in Virginia beach. We were hoping that nothing else would go wrong, but we didn’t get our wish. It turns out that our car rentals were all messed up and we needed to get it worked out. When we got our cars it was time for the 45 minute drive to the beach house.

When I stepped out of the car and felt that warm sun, cool breeze and saw the deep blue ocean I knew that it was worth the long day.

Funny Story by Joseph Vera

One of my family stories is when. I went out to a party when I lived in California. My homie Penut was having a party, he told me to come and kick it. So I decided to tell my grandma I was staying with my homie P-yo it was about 10:30pm once P-yo and I left to his house. I got there and started to have a good time, we all were dancing and just having a good time. Then my pocket started to vibrate, I looked at my phone and it was my grandma calling me. I didn’t pick up because I knew that she knew what was going on.
It was like 1 am when the party was over. We ended up walking to the desert and starting little fire and chilling around them. I guess someone from the apartments called the cops and told them what we were doing. We had no clue the cops were coming. We called our homie Leroy and told him that we were all kicking it in the desert. He knew that we were on a big hill called Shelby’s peak. We told him to come down and bring food. He said that he is going to leave in ten minutes.
So as all of were waiting we were talking about school and other things. As like 5 minutes passed I seen a car driving down the dirt path. We all thought I was him in this dad’s truck. His dad had a work truck that looks trashed so we decided to throw mud clots at the moving truck. Once we hit it a few times we herd the sound of a cop car. Lights started flashing and we all knew it was a cop. My homie Penut yelled “Run” we all started to run up and down hills. We ran about 200 yards in the desert until we reached the apartments. We all were looking back at the desert and we didn’t see the cop anywhere. So we jumped the fence and walked passed all the cars. We had to walk in the front of the apartments to get to Penut’s house. We walked right to the front and we seen the cop, we didn’t think he saw us because he was parked. We ran to a wall that is next to the cars and sat there for like 2 minutes. We felt like he was gone so just Penut and I went to go look and he was gone so we went and got them and told them to come inside. We walked in the house and went into in the front room and put music on. I called Leroy and told him to just walk down here and stay the night at Penuts. Leroy only lived like two blocks away. So he was there in a matter of minutes. Once Leroy got there he said why weren’t ya’ll out there. So we told him the story. He said that he is lucky he didn’t go because he would have got busted with his dad’s truck. I ended up telling my grandma and she said next time I go party to tell her.

Familly Folklore by Jamal Al-ani

One day when the sun was glazing on my neck, I felt like I was a pot of boiling water on a stove set on high. I was so thirsty I could drink the Atlantic Ocean. As I was walking down the street my brother and I walked into burger king and we ordered some food. My brother and I were waiting for our food; it felt like we were waiting for our dead grandma to get the food herself. I was so hungry I could have eaten my brother. At last we received our food I was so happy I felt like kissing the waiter. When we got our food I drank ice cold water it was colder Russia. As I swallowed the water down I felt the water go down my throat and end up in my stomach. When I bit into those juicy, tender, and zesty chicken nuggets my eyes lit up with enjoyment. The fries were ridiculously amazing not to salty not to unsalted when I was eating them I was mare happier than James Madison when the constitutional convention finally agreed on something to make for a strong and just government. After that astonishing meal I went to play on the play place I ran faster than a cheetah trying to catch his prey to feed his family of ten. The first thing that caught my eye was a big red pole I was more attracted to that pole than a deer attracted to a huntsman in bright orange. I tried to climb the pole and as soon as I got to the top my brother said we have to go home and he pulled me down. My hands were so sweaty I I could not grip the pole my head speeding down to the ground Then bam! My head was bleeding more than Victoria Falls. I past out all I heard was my brother on the phone talking to my mom and the ambulance coming for me then I hear my mom in the ambulance truck crying so loud that my ears were ringing. Then I remember me in the room and the doctor sewing me up and I was not even in any pain then when I was done my mom ran to me super fast I thought she was going to tackle me but she just gave me the biggest hug I thought she would have broke my back. Then we went to eat ice cream. And I lived happily ever after.

FAMILY FLKORE by:maygon robinson

Family folklore
Well my family folklore is on this one time when me and m older brother were out side at the rec center playing basketball and what happened was suppose to be the rebound and when ever he made a basket I would throw him the ball back and so I wasn’t paying a attention I was texting and all of a sudden the ball hits me right in the face and it hurt so back I was so mad it was like the worst pain I have ever had I was so mad at him for a long time so I thought I would try and get him back.
So about a month later we were in the house and we were playing football and I was acting like I was going to throw it to him but I threw it right at his face as he was walking out of the kitchen I didn’t notice that he spilled a whole glass of fruit punch it spilled all over the Flore not even one drop fell on him but anyway I got in trouble for it because I didn’t notice that my dad seen the whole thing so I ended up having to clean the punch out of the Flore.
My brother just laughed because every time I try to get him back I am the one getting in trouble. But one day I finally got him back for throwing the ball at my face (on accsadent) so we were playing football a week later but this time we were out side and. I wanted to get him back so bad because every time I tried I was the one getting in trouble. so we were playing catch for awhile then I had the ball and he wasn’t paying attention so I thought it was the perfect time to get him back .so I took the football and threw it right in his face it was very very funny because he had no clue that I was going to throw it really hard at his face. He was very mad at me but I didn’t care I was just so happy that I got him back. So now we were equal and that’s what I wanted.

Family Folklore by Michaela Allen

Last summer, my family went to Flaming Gorge. Not just my immediate family, all my cousins and aunts and uncles on my dad’s side of the family. When we were there one of the days we went cliff jumping. The place we wanted to cliff jump was not by where we were camping. We had to drive in the boat for so long it felt like it took all day! As we were driving in the boats, we came to a place where you had to drive really slowly because it was narrow and close to the shore, and because there are a lot of boats around there. We had to drive slowly enough that the boat wouldn’t have a wake. We were going so slow it was like we weren’t even moving at all. It took like a million hours to get to a part where could drive at a normal speed. Once we were at normal speed again it didn’t take so long to get to our destination.
We jumped off the boats and the water was so cold our toes started turning blue. We swam to the huge rocks that were so high that it hurt my neck to look up at them. We started climbing up the side of the rocky cliff things and it was really steep and slippery to climb up that we could fall off as easily as an apple could fall out of a tree. Two of my cousins and I did not want to jump off the really really high part because it was extremely high. So we jumped off into a lower spot, but even that spot was taller than a four story house. Once we were where we wanted to jump, I couldn’t get myself to jump. I was so scared I thought I would die a painful death if I went. Both my cousins had to go before I was convinced to jump down into the lake. It hurt a little when I hit the water and I was soon surrounded by icy cold blue-green water. We swam back up, and jumped a few more times, each time less scary than the next.
We swam back to the boat, which felt really far away to swim, and got on a boat to watch other people jump. The braver, older people, like my older cousins and uncles, went up much higher to jump. There was a rope they grabbed onto and swung off. It was so scary just to watch. I do not regret not trying it at all because a couple people got hurt, but not seriously. My sister got caught on the rope and so she was later letting go of the rope and everyone was screaming at her to let go. She was fine besides that she got a really bad rope burn. The rope burn was so red it was the color of a ripe tomato. As we sat on the boat we were freezing and shivering from the cold water that we’d been in. When we started driving again, it got even colder from the wind whipping at us.
We kept driving through the lake until we found a good beach to eat lunch. It felt like it took even longer to get anywhere then the first time, because this time I was cold, wet, and hungry. It was much warmer by the time we got to the beach because we were dryer and the sun was out. I was so hungry that I could’ve eaten an elephant, a tiger, and three snakes and still be hungry for desert. We sat on big rocks and ate lunch in the sun. After we ate we walked around on the smooth, sandy beach and waded out in the lake. It was the best day ever, of the best vacation ever, and there was still so much more of the day for more exciting fun back at the campsite.

Family Folklore~Laura Isaacson

Family Folklore
My Family Folklore is going to be about one of my brothers, his name is Jaden and right now he is six, but at the time he was two years old. It is taking place at Jourdenale in Park City.
It was a very hot boiling sunny day we had decided to take a trip to Jourdenale and go jets skiing with all of our family and friends. I’ve been waiting for this trip four a few weeks and it felt more like a year. Well, the day finally came it was July 17, and it was really early in the morning; we got up so early, around five-thirty in the morning. I was so tired I just laid there because I couldn’t get up, It was impossible for how tired I was. After a while I finally got out and up off of my bed. I helped my mom put everything in the van for the day.
We had to bring a lot of stuff because like it was a huge family trip and my cousins were coming, my aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, friends, and some of my family’s friends and just a lot of people. The whole world was going; we got there and unloaded the van; it was a lot warmer in sandy than it was in Park city. Well, it wasn’t that cold it was just a little windy there which made just a little breeze in the air. I and it looked like everyone else their was having the best day of there life, when it suddenly started getting really windy and cold.
It was the hardest wind ever; I was playing in the water when it started getting windier every second. I decided to go in the car where it was warm and so I could change. I was in the car with my friends when I looked down in the water and my brother Jaden was in there in a tube without a life jacket, I was so scared. I saw my cousin Jason (he was 16 at the time) go in the water to get Jaden, but every time he would even get close to grabbing the tube in would blow more into the ocean.
Finally he caught the tube and was trying to pull it back, but the wind was to strong it was pulling him and Jaden in farther. My Uncle Jake and Sister Jill were going to go get Jaden and Jason on a jet ski because they were stuck out there. They finally found them and were trying to grab them, but the wind just knocked the Jet Ski over.
Some people that we didn’t know came and got them on there boat that they were using and were coming to the shore, but it was really hard four the boat to go to shore while that wild wind was going on. They finally got to shore with everyone worrying, my brother looked frozen. I was so scared and I would tell more about the story, but i think i already did enough.

Family Folklure by Lucy

It was going to be the best day ever! On a plane going to California then to Universal Studios!
As we got to Universal Studios it was crowded like a like a concert! What were we going to do? My sister Dixie and I went off on our own. First we went on the tour bus. The man said that we were going to see how they do floods in the movies, Oh No! The water was so high it was over the bus, we were soaking wet! The bus moved on, we saw scenery and, what? The stunt cars from The Fast and The Furious! I love that movie! WOW! We got to see how they make the cars blow up! I could feel the fire like it was right next to me not so far away! It was as hot as the oven when my mom bakes cookies! Then we saw the building where they film cities and towns. The man told us where famous people had been filmed and how they walked down the same street we were on!!
After the ride on the most amazing bus in the world we decided it was time for some rides! To get to the rides we had to walk down almost one thousand stairs. Their was so many stairs that they had a radio thing on that we listened to that was like a quiz one question was “what is this theme song from?” they played part of the song from the show Friends and part of the song from Seinfield. When we finally got down all of the stairs we felt like we were one hundred years old! But all those stairs were worth it when we went on the Mummy ride! It was so cool! First their was no line at all so we walked right up and got on the ride. Then when we started moving we went so fast it was like we were going one hundred miles an hour. Then we came to this wall and stopped with a jerk. And all of a sudden these bugs came running down the wall so fast and we felt them at our feet, nasty! Me and my sister started saying how the wall was going to open then out of the blue, we flew backwards! We were still going so fast that my head flew forward! When the ride was over and we got to the start again the lady running the ride asked if we wanted to go again and without thought we both yelled yes!
So we went again. Up and down. Screaming at the top of our lungs the whole time! I had never been so happy in my life. My sister and I couldn’t believe how much fun we had just had! We rode the ride over and over tell we couldn’t take it any longer! Then it was time to move on to the next ride for more and more California fun!

Snapshot~Ashlyn Stackhouse

Summer. Hot, fun and full of events. I had just come to Salt Lake for 2 weeks to spend with my Dad, and I couldn’t wait to see my family. It was a perfect day to go camping, warm but not too hot. My cousins had just come over from Virginia and I hadn’t seen them in a year, but it felt like a billion years! Driving up Little Cottonwood Canyon filled my stomach with butterflies as my favorite song filled my ears. The scenery was splashed with green, Gray, and White; the snow had not melted all the way. I stepped out of the car and felt the hot sun and smelt the burning wood from the camp fires. Seeing my cousins, I ran over to them and attacked them with a hug. We laughed and started talking and walking over to my Dad and Grandpa who had started to grill the hamburgers. Stealing some of the food and ran over into the woods, deciding to go down to where the river was. Walking slowly down the trails, taking in every bit of the fresh air we could. Once we got down to the river that was full of rushing water, we decided to make plant boats and race them down the river. Looking for the right leaf for my boat made me want to wonder off for a second. Walking though all the green with some sunlight sneaking through the trees. Finding the perfect leaf I went back to where my cousins were hanging out. They had already started to make their boats but I had to find a stick still. Picking up a random stick I jammed it into the leaf and went to the side of the river. “1, 2, 3…..GO!” my cousin yelled, we let go of the boats and watched them head down the river. Some getting destroyed by the strong currents, including mine. We all laughed and joked around, cupping our hands and having a water fight with the cold river water.

When we walked back up from the river and found one of my other cousins, who just gotten there, was dancing on the picnic table to a disco song. I just shook my head and thought how was I related to these people. Dinner was ready and smelt like heaven. Hamburgers, salad, chips, hotdogs, coke and anything else that you can think of was sitting at the table. We all started to dig in, makings big hamburgers with everything on them. I started to make fun of my cousin for putting chips on his hamburger, I told him that chips are a side and not suppose to be on his hamburger, he just shook me off and continued with his weird idea.

Once we were done eating it started to get dark, but we still wanted to play around. There was all these rocks and boulders in a huge pile so Cydney, Emily, Maddie and Me wanted to go lay on the rocks or just hang out on them. We were talking about how much we love camping, the smell, the colors of the trees and the look of the mountains. Our Grandma came over with a camera and wanted a picture of us. When she told us to smile we all did a silly face but our grandma wanted s nice picture so she told us to be serious, but right when she took the picture we all made silly faces again. After that she was mad at us, but we had fun.

Family Folklore By Jessica Quiroz

When I was going to Las Vegas last summer with my family we woke up so early in the morning that we couldn’t even see. Since my dad is always saying that we should wake up early we did, and since I take a million years to pack I did not have time to eat breakfast. Because I didn’t eat breakfast by the time we were in Cedar City I was so hungry that I wanted to eat everything that was on the menu at Denny’s. After about two years of waiting, our food finally came! The food so looked delicious and since I was hungry I finished my food like one minute after it got to the table.
It took us about an hour to finish eating and ten minutes to go get gas at a gas station because there were hundreds of cars in long lines. It was like noon when we were at the gas station so it was really hot! I felt like I was baking in an oven alive. We finally got back on the road and my sister and I were so bored out of our minds we felt like old people who just sit there and do nothing. My sister brought her iPod along but both of us wanted to listen to it without sharing, which would leave one of us really bored because without music life is so boring and dull. So my sister decided to have a staring contest and whoever won would get to listen to the iPod until we got to Las Vegas! So I agreed to play even though the chance of me winning was one in a million but I still didn’t care. I was so happy that I did play though because I won! But at the same time I regretted it because after we played my eyes were stinging so bad it felt like I had just stared at the sun for two hours.
Since I was listening to my iPod, time went by so fast it felt like we got to Las Vegas in ten minutes. It had been like two years since we had last gone to Vegas, but to me it felt like a decade. Everything looked so different and almost all the hotels had been remodeled it felt like it was my first time there. We checked into our hotel which was the Flamingo and it looked way better from when we last went there. I loved the Flamingo because there was a lot of pink stuff in our hotel room of course, and I just love the color pink. Both my sister and I think the best part though is the swimming pools, as soon as we got to the hotel we just wanted to head out the door and go swimming. But of course my mom said no because we had to eat, but as soon as we were done we were done we could go swimming. My sister and I knew we were not going to go swimming after we ate because my dad takes five hours to eat so by the time he was done the pools would be close. As usual we were right, so the next day we finally went swimming!! It was extremely hot in Vegas so we figured the water was going to be very warm. Boy were we wrong, the water was freezing cold we thought we were going to get die of hypothermia. After awhile both of us got used to the water and had so much fun on their waterslides we did not want to go back to the hotel, but we had to. I had so much fun last year in Vegas that I was really sad when we left. I still haven’t forgotten how much fun I had, that every time I talk about the trip it feels as if I was there yesterday.

Family Folklore by Chelsee Robertson

Family folklore.
On day last summer some time me and my uncle bud, my grandpa, Colten, Ethen and my mom were out on the boat on a lake that is a 1,000 miles long. We were coming back from the pipe line and we were trolling which is were you let the poles stay in the water for a while and you are moving while they are in there. And it was hot like a fire burning on you and my cousin colten decides to lean over the side of the boat and put his vest in the water to cool it of and a fish grabbed it and tries to pull it in the water and then my cousin tries to pull it in with the fish on it and the fish pulls colten in to the water. All of a sudden we all hear a loud splash like thunder striking. And he is screaming out for help and just keeps screaming out like bloody murder. And we are just trying to pull him back in the boat with the fish. And the fish is just like 250 feet long when we pull it in the boat and my cousin is just like ha ha ha I caught the biggest fish so far to all of u people.
And then we just decide to go to a cove to go eat lunch and go bat fishing in on of the coves near by the pipe line the pipe line is all red and white and it is really long and it is really cool to look at from a far distance. The pipe line is the best place to fish in for the good fish but you have to troll there and I don’t like to troll I think that it is just a chance for me to drive the huge boat that is like 100 feet long and it has all the house hold items in it. And it is really hard to get it in the water to drive but it also goes very fast like a street race car would. And the time that my uncle Bud let colten my cousin drive the boat he just about crashed the boat into a wall that is like a 1,000 feet high and then I turned and saw that he was going to do that and that I turned the boat away from the wall and it was very hard to turn the boat away from something like that.
And that he probably wont be able to drive the boat again tell he is older then he was then he was only 10 years old and I was only 13 years old and that I may seem scary to drive a boat but it is actually fun to drive the boat. I get to drive the boat when we are trolling so that they all can fish and you have to keep a different amount of a distance away from the wall and the other boats there and the depth to the distance you have to stay away is at least 100 feet or so I think.

Family Folklore~Madie Marsh

Family Folklore

Today is the day; I have been waiting for this day my entire life! We had finally arrived at the most beautiful place on earth, Jackson Lake. The sun was shining brighter than I had ever seen it, which meant we would be getting a nice tan. The second we got out of the car we dumped on gallons of sunscreen, threw on our swimsuits, and ran faster than lighting into the lake. We could’ve swum until our funerals if our stomachs could help it, but of coarse they couldn’t. Starved, we leaped out of the lake and we went to the best restaurant on the planet. Jackson Pizzeria.

In order to get to Jackson Pizzeria you have to take a simple short boat ride, or at least that’s what we thought. We went on a boat ride that was longer the plane ride to china! Not to mention the waves where bigger than big foot’s house, which meant no one felt 100 percent. At last we had arrived and we entered heaven! After spending all the money in the world on food, we waited for the boat to ride. We waited longer than a year, and the boat still wasn’t there! So we decided to improvise and did all sorts of stuff. I had so much energy I felt like I could do a million back flips! Looking over to my right I saw my sisters doing a piggy back ride. With my mischievous mind I jumped on her back like a frog, and might I say the picture was the funnier than watching Saturday night live for three hours.

After laughing our heads off, the boat finally arrived. We all felt like we were going to burst because we ate so much, but that didn’t stop us from getting the classic ice cream sundae. This sundae was bigger than three of Mount Everest’s stacked on top of each other. We ate and ate until we really were going to explode, which is when we decided to walk back to the cabin. My family and I saw billions of animals, it was so much fun! Until it of coarse started pouring. There were buckets and buckets of rain, so we started to sprint. We had run five marathons until we finally reached the cabin. We all looked like we just jumped into a pool, so we changed into warm clothes and played the funniest and most enjoyable game on this earth, signs.

You wouldn’t think we could laugh anymore after how much we had laughed that day, but we did. We were louder than a rock concert, which upset the neighbors. We got a worried call and knew that is was time to go to bed. The parents went in their cabin and the kids went in theirs. We were all more tired than a baby with no sleep, but there was no way we were going to bed just yet! We talked and talked until our voices were gone, then we finally crashed. Our parents walked in, in the morning and they said we all looked dead. I hope they never find out we were up all night long having the time of our lives.

Family Folklore by Jason A Boss

I am not going to tell ya a family folklore but a folklore from my family tribe the Bannock witch is the same thing as Shoshone as most of you will know it by their just north and south Any way this is my folklore bull lake, on the wind river Indian reservation has a Shoshone name that means buffalo bellowing lake or the lake that roars the lake is situated in a deep canyon and when the wind rushes through the canyon it makes a sound like buffalo bellowing at times some people were afraid to pass the lake or even go near It but medicine men would sometimes spend the night there it hopes of receiving

have been told of this herd was led by an enormous white bull the Indian people believed that a white buffalo had special spiritual significances and they revered this animal they also believed was any man who could kill a white buffalo was super-human. The Shoshones hunted this herd often with some of the hunters hoping to kill a white leader. The buffalo always escaped but one time the hunters were luckier that usual and were able to kill some of the herd. The buffalo became fearful and desperate and in their
effort to get away from the hunters they tried to cross the frozen lake .The ice was not strong enough to support the heavy animals fell through the ice and sank to their death with a great plunging and roaring above all the other bellows could be heard the roar of the white leader as he sank in the icy water to this day a roar often comes up from the depths of the lake .it is thought to come from the spirit of the huge white bull, roaring on and on for ever in protest of the fate that befell him and his herd.

And that is my not so family folklore family folklore/ Native American Shoshone/Bannock. And yet again it not 500 words I know I know I am sorry but that the legend/folklore.

Family Folkore by Callie Johnson

It was such a hot day, hotter than an oven! It was a perfect day to go to Lagoon. Emily McBride and I swiped our passes and ran into the center of the water fountain. The water was colder than ice but it felt so good! It sun pounded on our backs and we ran to the other side of the park, fast as lightning! Dodging the incoming people flying towards us, we got into the line for the White Rollercoaster. The line was forever long; we’d be waiting there for a year! Luckily, time went by fast and before I knew it we were first in line. No! The only spot left for us was the very last cart. We wanted the front, but all was left was the back. No way were we going to wait in line again! We decided we’d just sit in the back, it couldn’t be that bad. Of course we’d thought it’d be slower than a turtle walking in the desert! We jumped in the car, fastened the bar and sat impatiently. The rollercoaster turned the corner and slowly headed up the hill.

We made it to the top of the rollercoaster and it started heading downhill. It headed down the hill faster than a cheetah running in the forest! I grasped my seat and screamed louder than a trumpet! The coaster trailed up and down and getting faster every time! The back was the BEST! We were laughing then our smiles we’re smeared of instantly the second our cart flew 50 feet in the air! We screamed so loud the people turned around and glared at us! We were so high in the air, we exchanged looks and laughed. It was so amazing the feeling of flying in the air. After all, the rollercoaster was built in 1921. The ride slowly stopped in and it was ended. Our faces we’re blank and our hair was practically glued back. We jumped out of the seats and shoved through everyone to get back in line! Fast as lightning we were already on it again! And again, and again and again! Until we were tired of that rollercoaster, we decided to take a break. I was so tired I could drop over and fall asleep!

We thought it’d be best if we went on a new ride. We walked around the park for a year! We finally chose a ride, The Cliffhanger! WE got in line with butterflies racing around our stomachs; we jumped in our seats and clipped our seatbelts on. I was so excited I could scream! Before we knew it the ride was going, the seats were already wet, and before the hot sun could pound on us, a big splash of water sprays ALL over us! We were 1OO% completely soaked! We screamed of relief from the water reducing the heat from the sun. Our chair was swinging and going crazy! I swear we were going 209230 miles per hour! Before we had time to acknowledge it, the ride was STUCK! Luckily we were right side up, unlike the people above us! Since we were stuck there for 40 hours, we talked to a dude above us, asking him how it was to be upside down, he said it was fun. Whatever! We eventually got of the ride and it was the best and more fun day at Lagoon EVER!!

Family Folklore by: Camille Brantly

FAMILY FOLKLORE
By: Camille Brantly

As a child I loved to climb. Even though I was just three I would go to my backyard, that was an Amazon jungle, and climb all day long. When I ever I got the chance I would climb every tree in the park. My Mom always had to keep a close eye on me at the park after she told me this story.

When I was little kid I wasn’t very tall the trees were like sky scrapers. They touched the sky. I always liked climbing the really big tall ones. The park was covered in kids playing pee wee soccer trying their best to make it into the goal and not fall on their faces. All the parents were screaming supporting the kids to play as hard as they could! My mom and grandma were sitting and talking while I played around on the giant monkey bars. My feet dangled 6 feet off the ground because they were so tall. The whole park was covered in trees. At first I tried a big white one that touched the sky with its dangly down leaves. Then I tried a short stubby tree that had a branch you could bounce to the moon and back on. Next I saw all the many pine trees they were all to not interesting for me I was looking for a big adventure. That’s the reason I climb. I want to feel like I’m flying and get as close to the sky as I can.

I looked over and saw the biggest pine tree I had ever seen it must have been bigger the Paul Bunyan. I ran over there and swung into one of its long thick branches. Pine sap rubbed all over me making it easier to stick to the tree. Branch by branch I climbed to the tippy top. I found the perfect spot to sit and then I just waited. After like an hour my mom and grandma realized I was gone worried sick they searched everywhere for me. Both of them felt like they were going to throw up. After searching for 4 hours they finally decided maybe to call the cops. Deciding maybe to call my name one more time just to be sure I was lost. With a loud call they listened very close. For what felt like forever they didn’t hear anything then they heard a little giggle coming from the top of one of the trees. Not knowing how I high I could climb they looked up every tree. There I was just sitting after the very top waving to them. At first my mom started to cry but then she grew very angry. Even the fiercest bull would run away in fear because she was so mad. I knew I was in big trouble so it took me a very long time to climb down. She put me in time out and wouldn’t let me come out for forever. I learned to always tell her where I’m going.

Snapshot moment~Laura Isaacson

The people in my photograph is my big sister Kelly, she is sixteen years old and already goes to college at the community college on Redwood Road. I took the photograph for my sister, It was Winter, but a very warm day. Kelly, my best friend Mary, and I decide to go to the park one Sunday after noon. We went and played tag with us three and four of my cousins, (It was really fun) after about two hours we left to go home. Like I said it was a very warm day so if you played tag you would probably get really hot so we decided to walk to seven eleven and get a slurpee.
It took along time, as we walked home with no coats or jackets and a slurpee in our hand. It started to get really cold. My fingers began to freeze up and my face started to turn red. I was really like way cold. I looked at my sister and she was like frozen she was like purple and she looked even colder then I did, I kept wishing so much that we just brought our coats. I felt like I was going to freeze and I didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want to throw my slurpee away because I just bought it and I love them.
I started to wonder if ii should just throw it away, I was thinking for a really long time and right as I was about ready to just go throw it away, I looked ahead of me and I was just three houses away from my house. I was really happy and decided I should just keep it and knot throw it away. Then I looked at my Friend Mary and she didn’t look cold at all, I looked at her slurpee and she didn’t eat any of it and she had paper tall’s around her slurpee. I thought oh I wish I thought of that (Mary always has good Ideas on just about anything) We finally got home.
I got my moms camera and started playing with it. I walked in my sister’s room and her tongue was red from the slurpee she got. I told her and she was like “Oh my heck, Its so cute, I love colorful tongues” So she took the camera and started taking like a million photos of her red tongue that she loved. After like an hour she was still talking all about her red tongue. She even described exactly how it felt to have a red tongue.
She showed me her tongue and I was like WOW! It was as Red as a tomato I looked at mine and it was even better then hers. So I kept eating my slurpee and it was getting redder every time, then I started eating a different color of slurpee and it started turning black. It looked awesome, I loved it. At the end I was so glad that I didn’t throw it away because then we wouldn’t have this Awesome! Picture.

Family Folklore By:Kylee Kieffer

My entire family went to the homestead on the hottest week that summer. The house we stayed in was as big as the Titanic. first thing we did when we got there was unpack the millions of bags out of the cars. We sat down and were relived the drive was over. Our sitting was short we had no time to spare. Their was so much too do in the week. This week was the shortest week of summer, or so it felt. I was pumped and ready to have fun. the first thing we did was swim! I had so much fun! My baby cousins came with us and we swam for hours. Usually I never swim but this time I1 did, I swam until I looked All pruned and gross. After that we went and got some fudge. This fudge was the yummiest fudge I have ever had! It melted in your mouth. It must have been made with the best chocolate in the world. I almost died because of how yummy it was. My uncle bought us some fudge and we carried on toward the house. When we got to the house every one was just hanging around. My sister screamed " lets get the party started." Every one started laughing. It was so funny. The rest of the day we hung out and had a blast. My uncle made the most delicious steak ever cooked in the world. I ate so much! I was so fat! After that I went to bed, I was tired and full. The Next morning we woke up to go horse back riding. My sister had never gone before so she was scared but I had and I was exited.I love horse back riding it's one of my favorite things to do. The two horses we were going to Ride were completely different in size. I had to ride the big horse because Kelsey was scared. We rode up all through the mountains and down through the fields. When we are almost back Kelsey's horse saw a snake and took off running. Kelsey was as scared as she had ever been in her life. We Finally got kelsey back and went back to the house. It was So fun! But the next day the week was over.! I was so sad! We hadd to go back home. but over all I had a fun family trip and did as much as possible. It was the best thing of my life! The week was over and I had to go home! I was So sad! I had a good time though, It was the best week ever!

Family folklore- Aubrie P.

  This story starts out with me, my sister, my mom and her stupid stupid husband! It all happened one day on a camping trip! A horrifying story! Here's how the story goes...

  One day we went fishing, which was the happiest day of my life! We were having so much fun! My mom and sister were out shopping and i was with my step-father. We were camping out in the Uinta Mountains, and we were going to our boat to go fishing when all of us met up together. There was this creepy man following us. He looked like my real father... And we just thought oh it's no big deal, that's not Aubrie's dad. That's just a man. We all thought that he was still in prison, and as far as we were concerned we could careless! As we were walking to the boat my step-dad left his sandals on the dock where our boat was, and we went over their they were gone! It seems like they just got up and walked away! We asked people if they saw anyone by our boat and they said they didn't see anyone at all! This scared the holy crap out of me! Like i was so scared and shocked i couldn't talk or anything! But then we just ignored it, and went and got him new sandals. After that we went fishing and there again was that man! He was on this old boat that looked like it has been around since cavemen times! As i was casting out my line i saw a piece of paper floating in the ocean, and i picked it up out of their. It was a picture of me and my dad! Its like it fell from the sky! We looked over at that man again, but he just disappeared like mist. We were scared out of our minds! 

  After that scare we went back to our campsite, we acted like nothing happened (which was not a good idea!) When we ended up there i was in my tent changing it to some pj's.  All my clothes were gone... They disappeared like that man did! Like they evaporated or something! I told my mom and step-dad and they were really mad! Like i could see steam coming from their ears! Craziest thing i have ever seen! So we moved campsites and everything was good... For a short period of time! I heard someone outside of my tent calling my name, telling me to go to him. I did not know what to do! I was confused and scared! That's the scaredest i have ever been in my life! Nothing has ever scared me more then that experience! I started to breathe really hard and crying. He told me everything was okay and that he wasn't going to hurt me. I asked who he was, and can you guess what he said? Well his words were "I'm your dad, and i want to take you home were you belong!" I started screaming at the top of my lungs! I made every one's ears ring like a million huge bells! My step-dad got up and started swinging at him with his fists like there was no tomorrow! My mom got in the car and took me and my sister and drove to get the police. I could not breathe, sleep, eat  or anything at all! I was crying like my life was over.

  That night/morning (2:00a.m.) he got taken off to jail, and turns out he was still on probation. He got arrested and he is in prison until I'm seventeen! Woot Woot! Hurray! 

Family Folklore by Meghan Dow

That Thursday was definitely the hottest day ever. That Thursday everything went right. That Thursday, I had the biggest surprise of my life!

It all started that Thursday morning. It seemed as normal as any other day except that my dad was acting stranger than ever. But I had to go to school and payed no attention to his weird behavior. Everything went perfectly that day, I got 100% on my test, did a perfect cartwheel, and I found a $10 bill on the sidewalk! Everything went perfectly, that is until 2:30 that afternoon I was randomly called down to office.

I wasn't expecting it, and usually somebody tells what it's for before I get called down. The most horrible reasons popped into my head for why I was called down. Soon I was sweating waterfalls, I was so nervous, and the hallway had to be at least a mile long. It seemed like years had passed before I got down to the office. Who knew it could take so long?! When I arrived at the office I say my mom and I braced myself for the bad news. Ellie, my sister, was standing behind her and she seemed fine so I told myself to chill. My mom signed the paper to check us out of the school and as we walked out Ellie asked her, "Why did you check us out?" WHAT!? I thought she knew what was going on! I became more nervous than ever. I started hyperventilating. "Calm down Meghan." My mom said cooler than an ice cube, "We are just going to the dentist." I sighed a sigh of relief so big that I'm sure China could feel its wind. We hopped in the car and my mom began to explain that we were going to a new dentist. "His name is Dr. Gunnar and he has green eyes. His breath is a little stinky, funny you would think that a dentist would have nice smelling breath, and he doesn't talk much." I was surprised at how much my mom knew about the dentist, but didn't give it another thought. We pulled into the parking lot of the Cottonwood Mall and I asked my mom what we were doing here. "He works here," she replied. Suddenly I felt very suspicious.

As we approached the door I noticed a sign that was smaller than an ant that said, "Furburbia" suddenly I remembered the note that my sisters and I wrote to my parents asking for a dog. I inhaled so hard that I must of sounded like a pterodactyl. As we opened the door a thick smell of wet dog and pet food drowned us. But I had no time to take in the smell before a smiling beagle jumped on me. His muddy paw prints stuck out against my white shirt more than a black cat in a snow covered field, but he was the cutest dog ever! I hoped that he was going to be mine but I told myself not to get my hopes up. Just then my dad walked in a said, "Do you like him?" "Yeah!" I shouted. "Good because he's your-," he didn't even have time to finish his sentence before I practically suffocated him with a hug. Then I went over to the dog and covered him with kisses. "What's his name dad?" I asked. "Gunnar." he replied.