A Vivid Dream

Brought in by a sandstorm I appeared in the middle of the desert looking out to see what might be there, and to my suprise a table sat in the near distance made of oak and with a red checkered table cloth sheathed over its entirity. There it sat precariously with cards stacked on its top and two chairs pulled out as to call me over to play a game. I sat in the chair looking down at the table and the chairs and even the cards on the table as if were all too familiar for me, a wrinkly hand came over the cards and looking up in amazement there across from me in that other oh so familiar chair sat my Nana. I talked to her asking how it was possibble she was here and she just looked at me smiling dealing out the cards face down to play "match", a game we always used to play. I never got to play that game of cards with her, I was too facinated at why and how she was possibly there and why we were in the desert of all places. I never even got to really talk to her either, she told me to tell everyone that she loved them and told me to tell my Papa not to worry anymore and that she was fine now, and with a smile and the swift breeze of the sand my Nana was gone just as quick as she appeared and I awoke from my dream. You see, about a week before I had the dream my Nana had died in her house from Leukemia in her sleep, she was creamated and her ashes were spread where we spread all of the family ashes, in the Borrego desert. So for me my vivid dream was my Nana contacting me for one last time and telling me to tell everyone she loved them and telling me to tell my Papa, her son, that he didn't need to worry anymore. The whole thing was so surreal to me it's almost as if it had actually happened. dream or not, I'm glad I got to see my Nana for one last time.

My Best Quality

My best quality is probably also my worst. My smartness is my best quality but it can also be my worst when people don't want to hear smart comments, then it is looked negatively upon and I am seen as a smart aleck. When it is my best quality my smartness can help me and the others around me with swift problem solving and deductive reasoning to solve many problems and concerns that we may have.

My Two Adjectives

My two adjectives are most likely clever and witty, at least my two most positive adjectives are. It seems a bit cocky to call yourself clever or witty but I do really believe that is the best I have to offer.I am witty when I need to be, but called a smart-ass when witty is what they do not need. I am clever when I need to be, but called a smart-mouth when I'm clever when I shouldn't be.

The "Dis" in Discrimination

 Discrimination is a fairly obvious word that everyone knows the meaning to. It's a fairly easy word to break down too, which helps it to be understood by the masses. The prefix "dis" is understood as a negative connotation of a word that can mean to look down upon something. The "crimi" in the middle of the word can be easily related to the word criminal, and criminals do things in a negative or bad manner. Then the suffix "nation" is a common word that is easily understood and a grouping of people also related to nationality or race. You can put all of these meanings together to configure the meaning of discrimination which is to look down upon something in a negative/bad way in this case nation allows us to understand that they are talking about a certain nationality of a person or the region from where they came. It is a negative thing to be and unfortunately present amoung our society all over the place, some forms of it are small and mild where other more serious are large and direct.

The Animal Inside

Everyone knows that incased in themselves deep inside is an animal waiting pounce, you don't know where, or when, or even why, you just know it's there and that it's always ready even in its dormancy. I'd like to think that the animal inside of me is my allie, always there to help me if need. The sad truth is that the animal inside of me and the animal inside of everyone else is not there as your allie, but rather as an enemy waiting for the perfect time to take vengence on you, whatever you did to piss it off is beyond you, or anybody else for that matter. I saw the animal inside me once, a rare occurace. Usually the animal inside of everyone lurks in the deep catacombs of the hidden caves that incase the entire regions of your mind and soul, but on occasion you will get lucky(or unlucky) and get to see the animal inside of you firsthand. More often than not when you are face to face staring down the animal inside of you it is not a lucky or even pleasent occasion. The animal inside is a force that is only comparable to the Hall of Mirrors illusion, whereas you know which one of the faces presented to you is real, others only see the many faces presented to them and make assumptions as to which one you really are. However the animal inside is a false reflection of ones self and can only be described as an unstudied impulse that one acts on, with no regard to the actions it takes or the consequences that follow them. It lunges forth and them retreats back to those hidden catacombs where it lies dormant and leaves you to suffer the consequences of its undoing.

The Best Advice

 The best advice that I ever got, I probably should have listen to, or I wouldn't be here at all I still would be at my old school and possibly already graduated early. The best advice I ever got and never listened to wad to quit smoking pot. It is the best advice I ever got and I probably should have listened to it, now because of pot I am on probation and got forcibly transfered to a different school, I also had to pay restitution fee's and go to both a drug awareness class that I had to pay for and I had to go to Narcotics Anonymous.

Saving Money During The Holidays

The holidays and spending money go hand in hand. This holiday I will try and save some of that money by being a smarter consumer. By shopping around for deals and useing the internet to do some copmparative online shopping, I will be able to assess the lowest or most reasonable prices for my holiday budget. This holiday I'm hoping to be able to budget my gift money out to spread more love throughout my family. The more money, the more gifts, the more gifts, the better the Christmas tree and Christmas day will be for everyone. So I'm hoping to stretch every penny I have this holiday.