wilderness adventures

This weekend I went camping, and when I say I went camping I really went camping I mean out in the middle of nowhere without any electricity or bathrooms or anything. And let me tell yah it was fun and all but not as much as I thought it would be, but I would for sure do it again. You have those people that love the outdoors and camping but then you have the complete opposite that love the indoors and absolutely hate camping. I am one of the in-between both of those people. I love being outdoors but I also love all the indoor luxuries. When I go camping I either love it or I hate it, this past weekend I loved it except the temperature it could have been a bit warmer.

            I sure do love having things done for me, things that I don’t really think about like air conditioning, clean running water, and a furness. All of these items I go everyday with but I don’t really think about. When I’m camping though I sure do miss them, oh I almost forgot the most important of them all, a toilet (: when you’re out in the middle of nowhere you tend to realize what all you really do need on a daily basis. First, comes the tent which is my least favorite thing to do, because I tend not to be able to set them up very well and always end up needing help, but later that night when I want to sleep and get away from all the bugs I enjoy it. The fire is a main necessity to stay warm and cook food, this past weekend it probably got down to the low 50’s and it was extremely cold, I have no idea what I would have done without that fire. Water, I never realized how much water I use until it is no longer there for me to use, this past weekend I think I went through like 4 water bottles for cleaning my hands or washing something, not having it would be terrible.

            In a small way I feel that camping makes me think more and I like that, I become more aware of what I use every day. Everyone should go camping at, at least one point in their lifetime; it’s almost like a life lesson. (395)

Its the little things

Pet peeves… we all have them. Those things that when we hear or see them we instantly become annoyed and want to punch the person that’s doing them in the face (I know punching is bad but we don’t really do it we just really want to do it). Some might be pretty strange and some just ordinary things. I am one of those people that have quite a few, in reality I get annoyed a lot.

a.)   Now eating has got to be my 1# pet peeve, when I was brought up, my dad had strict rules on table manners, don’t eat or talk with your mouth open, don’t bite down on your fork and or spoon, don’t stab your plate, and don’t be messy. Now being raised with polite table manners is a good thing, but when you have to eat with others that don’t have such great table manners it’s really not that fun and fantastic. I am that person that if I eat with you and you bite down on your fork or crunch every bit of your food with your mouth open, I will gladly call you out on it. I know it’s kind of harsh but come on have some manners it’s loud and obnoxious.

b.)   Tapping, that constant sound of tap, tap, tap, ughhh. It has got to be the worst, especially when you are trying to do homework or maybe actually pay attention in class. The horrible thing is that you can tap pretty much anything, your hand, foot, pencil, nails, water bottle, leg, and etcetera. Honestly I can say I do it which makes me kind of a hypocrite, but when I do I try to be polite about it and do it when it’s okay.

c.)   We all have those days that something goes wrong and all you do is talk about it right? Right? Well then we have those people that just like to have something wrong ALL THE TIME. Complaining and complaining and yes more complaining. I mean yah I’m sorry but move on with your life everything will work out in the end it’s not something to freak out about and try and make everyone feel so sorry for you, just to tell the truth, yah maybe we care a little but not a ton, SORRY.

d.)   School hallways. People like to get to classes during passing time or their locker, we all have a place to be when the bell rings, so when you’re walking and you just feel like stopping it’s actually a pretty rude thing to do. Oh and yes when you do that people will push you out of the way, that’ just how things work at Kennedy bud.

Okay so now that I’m done venting… (Sorry about that). We all have a pet peeve some more than others. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and move on though. But seriously move on. (492)

puppy love

         

                A man’s best friend…. Sorry but it’s more like a women’s best friend in my world. My dog Phoenix (a chocolate lab) is for sure one of my best friends, sense she lives at my house, I tend to spend a lot of time with her. I honestly don’t know what I would do without her sleeping on my bed at night.        

My family adopted her when she was about 1 and I at the time was probably 8 or 9 at the time, she is now about 8 years old and yet she still acts like she is 2. That’s what I love about her though you give her a tennis ball and she just will not give up on it being thrown until you put it up, which sometimes can get super annoying.

All in all she is a great dog; my dad trained her so she knows how to sit and shake and all that fun stuff. She loves her walks and is entitled to them at least 3 times a week. She isn’t too fond of kids though because when she gets around them you can tell that she becomes super paranoid that something bad will happen so she stays extremely close to them, she isn’t very fond of other dogs either because she is our only dog and she gets jealous pretty easily.

When I go off to college it will be hard because whenever I leave I tell her goodbye and I always tell her hello when I’m home and when I’m gone for a long period of time she gets anxious as my mom would say but when I arrive back at home she goes back to playful ol Phoenix. We are very close because I have spent so much time with her half of my life and that’s why I love her so much.

Yes, she is very spoiled but we all know it could be 10 x worse, At least I don’t dress her up, that’s kind of a false statement because I would dress her up but she isn’t to happy when I do so, so I moved on from that stage. But I don’t take her everywhere I go I give us space.

Okay I know I sound crazy with this whole blog but she is a big part of my life, and no, I’m not a crazy dog lady if Phoenix wasn’t around 24/7 I think I would be alright, but she’s still my whittle pup in my heart.(421)

glitzz

          We all know that mom, that trys to fit in with her teenage daughter and wear the cool clothes and walk the walk. In some moms life’s they feel the need to put either their infant daughter and or son or teenage daughter and or son in beauty pageants and when I say beauty pageants I don’t mean put on a nice dress and answer questions about random things, I mean full out glitz. Now some of you have absolutely no idea what “glitz” is, glitz basically means the whole package you make your child look at least 10 years older with heavy makeup, dark skin, nails looking stunning, fake teeth that make your teeth look perfect and white, and huge hair. Some mothers go to the complete extreme having their daughters get spray tans, fake nails, and even dying their hair and don’t forget these children are young. It is complete craziness. I have no idea what these parents think when they do these things.         

          No offence to these moms at all, but some of them are crazy. They take these pageants to a whole other level. Making them top notch events and putting every second of their lives into these things let alone the amount it cost to enter and all the dresses and accessories. With some of the mothers you see, you can tell the child wants nothing to do with it, but they make them do it, almost like living their dreams through their child, sometimes they scream and yell at the child to make them which I think is pretty sad.

          I must admit when I watch this show I laugh at least once, either because the moms or so crazy or the fact that the children look 10 years older. The before and after pictures are crazy, they look like a completely different person. 

          A few good things I have noticed about the show is that the child learns to be very friendly and super outgoing. With the child only being between 1-16 it really helps them with their confidence level and capability of speaking in front of large groups. Also they memorize routines and that helps them in the future as well.

          The show has its ups and downs, in the pageant world it’s a crazy place to be and you compete to get to the top. I love the show and I always do the signature pose for people with my lips all puckered and my hand on my chin bobbing my head up and down and I have to say its pretty hilariarious! (433)

crappy lunch oh sorry i mean healthy lunch

Everyone knows that school lunch is usually the worst lunch. Even though you have those few people that think very highly about school lunch. Like me I personally don’t hate school lunch but I am still far from loving it. Now I come to school every day and by lunch I am pretty hungry, everyone is.           

 With being a junior I can now leave during lunch, so I can go get fast food or Hy-Vee or maybe even go home, bad food like that. Well now with the 2012 school lunch changes, lunch sucks. I mean a few years ago they took away pop, and candy. I know a lot of people were not happy about that, but I understood that yah it’s really not that healthy for you and you really should only have it in moderation. But now school lunch is what people see on cartoons, the gross sloppy food, that no one enjoys eating.

We are going so healthy this year that our noodles are whole grain, basically everything they put in our mouth is whole grain. We have to take a vegetable this year also or we will be charged more? That doesn’t make sense to me. Oh and let me tell yah NO desserts either, only every other Friday!?

Why exactly are they making these changes, because the children of America are becoming extremely fat, and yes that is true but not all of us are overweight? Why make all of us change our eating habits for the few that should? Okay okay I know I am blabbering on as the young teenager that I am but it just makes me mad.

            Now, for lunch I go out almost every day so I can actually enjoy my food. This also costs money that I really should not have to spend on food. Some people may say to just suck it up and move on and that’s exactly what I’m going to do. I guess if I have to suck it up I will. Healthy food is not all bad some is actually really good, and at the same time good for you. Now that I have finished this blog I feel extremely fat for complaining about the food choice at school, sorry, oh gosh. (380)

ahhhh ZOMBIESS

             This past weekend I started watching season 2 of The Walking Dead, now I don’t know exactly why I am so fascinated by the whole idea of zombies coming alive and the whole population wiping out, but I am. The overview of the whole series is basically the whole word comes down with a zombie apocalypse and if you are bitten by a zombie you then become one. In the story of the series there are a group of people fighting to survive theses flesh eating zombies. I can honestly say I am addicted!       

The bad thing is that I’m addicted to any movie or book or even TV show about things even among zombies, like vampires, and mainly the world coming to an end. I have no idea why it is so interesting to me, but in reality think about it? What if something terrible came among us people? What would you do? How would you do it? What would you feel?  I feel like if you were a survivor among it you would most likely try to survive, or maybe not, maybe you wouldn’t want to be any part of it and “opt” out. There are just so many “what if’s” or “maybes”. I know I’m not the only one addicted to these series and movies.              

Movies, movies, and more movies. The movies are the things that make me think, have you ever seen “2012”, “War of the Worlds”, or “The Knowing”. In all of these movies the world almost or does come to an end. Now that makes me almost scared that something could happen to the world, but then again isn’t it all just a bunch of crap? 2012 has been brought up numerous times in my life and the closer and closer I get to it I tell myself it isn’t true but what if it is?   

I could go on and on about this stuff for days, but I will end on this note. What if? (332)

Yahh this whole about me thing?

         

In my life of living I have found that there are many nicknames for the name Samantha, some good and some not so much. I mean you have the basics like Sam, Sammy and Samuel, but then you have the book theme ones like Sam I Am, and then you have the farfetched ones like Sammalammajamma, Sambolina, Samison. If you haven’t already figured out my name is Samantha(:

I’m a little "cray cray" as some people might say. I’m usually the girl in the classroom that won’t shut up; talking has never been a hard task for me.

“HAHAHAHAHAH” yah that’s just me laughing, I LOVE to laugh and be funny. Jokes are the best… okay here’s one “Knock Knock” my voice , “Who’s there” in your voice, “Knock Knock” my voice, “Who’s there?” in your voice, and the last time “Oops I did it again” in my voice singing like Brittany Spears. Makes me laugh every time. Don’t glare at the computer; trust me I know you think it’s funny.               

Alrighty then next topic. Shopping, shopping has always been something I love, and yes I’m a little addicted. It’s just one of those things I can do to relax and get away from reality, I love everything about it. 

Let’s get a little personal now, I love hanging out with friends and family. I have two siblings that I am very close with and I have no idea what I would do without them. Let’s not forget about my dog though, I love my dog and she loves me and we always just have such a great time together(:          

          All in all I would say I’m your average highschooler, I mean I try to always get my work done, I hangout with my friends, I have a job, and I am new at driving. Oh wait sorry I forgot I only have my permit. Awkwarddddd. I don’t really know what it is about driving but it’s just not something I’m not all that interested in and I am a okay with that.

Hey, nice to meet you my name is Sam and no I do not like green eggs in ham.(362)