Article posted May 10, 2012 at 02:17 PM GMT-5 •
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Early November
Dear Diary,
After leaving Sunshine Pass so many things have happened. These might be the very last words I say. . . .My baby girl Katrina is only two months old, and she might have to live without her mother or even die young. Poor baby girl. She is the only thing I hope to live for. . . .After what happened to Michael. . . .Oh, Michael, you were so young! Well, besides that, Clarence’s dog got bitten by a rabid coyote! Poor dog, had to get his little leg cutoff. . . .I don’t think I would ever be able to bear the pain of seeing by own dog's leg cut off.
Well, now we're heading around Snow Pass. (I never agreed to that, but I’m a nice person so I’m going to let it go.) I am so weak right now. I don’t even have enough strength to finish this diary entry. . . .But the nerve of Minnie to want my 9 year old son Matthew! I mean, my little Matthew! I would never give up my own baby child! (Even though he’s no longer my baby.) Even though she lost her son, she can’t have mine!
Now I have used up all my energy on how mad I was so now I must end my diary entry. I hope I don’t die. I hope my family thinks of me when I’m gone. My goodness, I hope I live to see my family.
Love and Best Wishes
Marie Colloni ♥
Article posted May 10, 2012 at 02:17 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted March 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM GMT-5 •
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Mercury
There are many planets out in the universe, and Mercury is the plant I’m going to tell you about.
Mercury’s orbit takes 59 earth days to rotate a year, and it takes 88 earth days to orbit around the sun. Mercury is the fastest planet to ever orbit the sun!
Mercury’s surface is much like the moon. It reflects 6% of sunlight. When the sun rises around Mercury, it can get about 215 degrees, and when the sun is not facing Mercury it can get about 206 degrees below zero.
Mercury doesn’t have enough atmosphere to stop an asteroid which creates craters in the surface. They can be very deep or very shallow. Mercury is very barren and almost airless.
Mercury is a very strange planet. It resembles the moon.We don’t know much about the planet, but it’s worth the research.
Article posted February 28, 2012 at 02:33 PM GMT-5 •
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Return to the Moon
Buehler Challenger and ScienceCenter is a training center dedicated to the astronauts that died in a mission called the Challenger mission. Then a man named Beuhler donated the most money to a Challenger center in New Jersey.
I was a part of the medical team. My responsibilities were to check the crewmembers’ blood pressure, eye sight, temperatures, and reaction time. The most important part of my job was to see if the crew members were exposed to radiation, and to check if the are healthy or not. If they’re not healthy, it could jeopardize the whole mission.
The most difficult part of my job was doing the math to find out the average of each test. It involved confusing decimal division and fractions.
If I had a second chance to fly, I would work more quickly and try to ignore all distractions.
Article posted February 28, 2012 at 02:33 PM GMT-5 •
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Article posted January 23, 2012 at 10:09 AM GMT-5 •
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Magic Card Trick
(We walk in.We sit down. Magician pops up. We scream.)
Girl1: Awh, the horror! Oh, wait a minute! It’s just you! Hahah, hah, ha, hoo. . . .
Magian: Do you wanna' see a magic trick?
Girl2: Umm…sure….
Magician: Pick a card, any card.
(Girl1 picks card and shows card.Girl1 puts card back in deck. Magician shuffles. Girl1 blows on deck. Magician taps deck three times and picks a card up.
Magician: Is this your card?
Girl1: Yeah, so what? Do I get a prize?
Magician: Uhhh…noo.
Girl1: Fine, then you just wasted my time!
Girl2: When is it gonna be my turn?! I gotta' go to Burger King. I got an extra large soda with my name on it!
Magician: OK, then, hold your horses! You’ll get your soda in a minute. Gosh!
(whispering) People these days. . . .
Girl2: I HEARD THAT! You know what?! I'm just gonna' call for a delivery.
Burger King Delivery: Hello? You have reached Burger King Delivery. How may I take your order?
Girl2: Yeah, I want to order an extra large soda with my name on it!
Burger King Delivery: OK, we're on our way!
5 Minutes Later
Burger King Delivery: Umm, we have an extra large soda with my name on it?
Girl2: Oh, come on! I ordered a soda with MY name on it! Not a soda with a tag that says "With my name on it"!
Burger King Delivery: Ohhh, sorry, sir, we had a mix up. Do you want a refund?
Girl2: Never mind, I’ll just drink my soda in peace!
Magician: Anyways. . .back to the magic card trick….
Girl1: FINALLY! IT'S BEEN FOREVER!
Article posted January 23, 2012 at 10:09 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted January 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM GMT-5 •
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Friends Will Always Be There For You!
The story “The Other Side” was all about a girl named Clover who lived on the other side of a fence that separates the blacks from the whites. One day a girl named Annie sat on top of the fence and watched Annie and her friends play jump rope. Annie asked if she could play, but Clover’s friend Sandra said no. But then a few days later Annie came back and asked to play, and Clover said yes and so did Sandra. They all sat on top of the fence and became good friends.
When I reread “The Other Side” and thought more about it, I realized it was all about FREINDSHIP. No matter what the girls did, Annie just sat on the fence and watched Clover and her friends play because that’s how badly Annie wanted a friend. Even when it was raining, Annie was always somewhere near the fence just watching, maybe hoping that someone would come out and play with her. When Clover, Annie. and Sandra were all tired of playing jump rope, they all sat on the fence and watched the whole wide world around them because they had become such good friends. So “The Other Side” is really all about friendship.
When I reread “The Other Side and thought about it more, I made a connection. When I had a best friend named Lily, her parents wouldn’t let us be friends anymore. But we still remained friends no matter what happened.
No matter what happens in life, friends will always be there for you!
Article posted January 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted November 22, 2011 at 09:58 AM GMT-5 •
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Christmas Surprise
I was skillfully climbing up the snow covered pine tree. My feet were shivering from my thin sole shoes. Crunching branches and slippery snow pounded and pricked my crimpled fingers. The it happened! I slipped! I was falling 40 ft! My body rushing through the think, winter air! It all happened so fast! My life flashed before my very eyes. Everything I could imagine clouded up my head. Fear and worry filled my head with darkness and dread. It was all a big lump of wonder. I wished I would make it out alive. But let’s go back to the beginning when it all happened, when my life changed forever.
It was early in the morning around 8:00. The sun was still creeping from behind the midnight clouds. It was Christmas morning. I was traveling to Yorktown to visit my friends for Christmas. M friends were Jazmine, Stephanie, and Janayh. Me and Jazmine went to Janayh’s house for Christmas.
“I wonder what Janayh got for Christmas? Like we don’t already know,” Jazmine asked.
“It’s probably more expensive jewelry,” I said.
“Yeah, she always gets stuff like that.”
After the long conversation about what we all got for Christmas we both arrived at Janayh’shouse, and we both ran up to the door.
“Hold on girls. What’s the big hurry?” my mom asked.
“We haven’t seen Janayh in two years. We miss her a lot after she went to South Africa for Christmas. We don’t know what she was thinking when she had that idea to move half way around the world to have a sweaty Christmas! ” answered Jazmine.
“Okay, then. . . .But when Janayh answers the door don’t trample her over! Or crush her face!” my mom joked.
Me and Jazmine banged on the door franticly and ran the door bell in frustration to get Janayh’s attention when finally she answered the door!
“What’s with all the noise. It’s 8:00 in the morning! Keep it down or I’ll call the cops!” Janayh yelled.
“Janayh!!!” we both yelled.
“We missed you so much!” I yelled.
“Well, I missed you guys too! But I’m about to unfriend you if y’all don’t keep it down out here!” Janayh answered.
We all walked in and dropped our stuff in her living room.
“Check out the 24 caret diamond bracelet I got for Christmas!”
“Yeah, we figured,” we both said.
“Where’s Stephanie?” I asked.
“Oh, she’s already here she’s out by the driveway.”
“Awesome! Lets go outside!” Jazmine said. So we all followed Janyah outside to the driveway.
“Hey, what took you guys so long?” Stephanie asked.
“Traffic,” answered Jazmine.
“Oh, Okay then.” Stephanie said.
“CHECK OUT MY 24 CARROT DIAMOND BRACELET!” Janayh screamed.
“Not so loud! do you want someone to rob you!’ I yelled.
“Well, are you jealous?”
“NO.” I snapped.
“Whatever” Stephanie groaned .“Let’s just have fun on Christmas, okay?”
“Fine.” we all said. So we all just started playing Capture the Flag. . .when it happened.
“Hey, pass the flag!”Janyah yelled. She caught the flag and her bracelet flew in the air.
“O.M.G! My diamond 24 caret bracelet! It’s up in that tree! Someone go get it before it gets stuck in the filter!”Janyah screamed.
“Okay, don’t go crazy. We’ll find someone to go up and get it.” I said.
“Perfect, you can go gets it.” Janyah said.
“You say what now?!”
“Yeah, it was your idea for someone to go get it so you should go up and get the bracelet.”
“No, No, that was just an idea. I’m not really going up there!”
“Pleaseeeeeeee!”
“NO WAY, NO HOW, NO NEVER!”
“Come onnnnn=http://”
“I said no, and that’s final!”
“O.K then I guess I have to tell your mom that you stole that hose from the Jefferson’s house!”
“Fine.” I started climbing up the 40ft tree pine tree, slipping through the thick, snowing winter air and stepping on the crunching black branches.
“Are you guys sure about this. The branch is starting to break!” I yelled.
“Don’t be such a baby. Do you see the bracelet?”
“Yes but…! Then everything stopped. The last thing I heard was the crunch of branch and the splash of water My life flashed before my very eyes. Fear and worry filled my head with darkness and dread. It was all a big lump of wonder. I wished I would make it out alive. I heard screams, yelling. I saw blood, a lot. The big thing that was pasted in my head was, "Will I make it out alive? Will I ever see my family." Then I hand reached out my mouth, opened it, but nothing came out. My arm was slit from my thumb to my elbow.
“Did you get the bracelet?” I heard.
“Yes,” I said. Everyone cheered. I only had a couple of big cuts and a couple of bruses.
“You fell out of a 40ft tree into an ice covered pool with only a two big cuts and a couple of bruses! You're amazing!” Stephanie said.
“Thanks, but whatever you do, don’t tell my parents!” I said.
“Cross our hearts. By the way, thank you for. . .umm. . . getting my bracelet.” Janyah said.
Then we all hugged and opened our presents.
Article posted November 22, 2011 at 09:58 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted October 27, 2011 at 10:30 AM GMT-5 •
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Christmas Surprise
I was climbing up the snow covered pine tree when it happened. I slipped. I was falling fourty feet, my body rushing through the thick winter air. It all happened so fast. My life flashed before my very eyes. Fear and worry filled my head with darkness and dread. It was all a big lump of wonder. I wished I would make it out alive.
But let’s go back to the beginning when it all happened, when my life changed forever.
It was early in the morning around 8:00. It was Christmas morning. I was traveling to Yorktown to visit my friends for Christmas. My friends were Jazmine, Stephanie, and Janayh. Me and Jazmine went to Janayh’s house for Christmas.
“I wonder what Janayh got for Christmas?” Jazmine asked.
“It’s probably more expensive jewelry.” I said.
“Yeah, she always gets stuff like that.”
After the long conversation about what we all got for Christmas, we both arrived at Janayh’shouse, and we both ran up to the door.
“Hold on girls. What’s the big hurry?” my mom asked.
“We haven’t seen Janayh in two years. We miss her a lot after she went to South Africa for Christmas.” answered Jazmine.
“Okay then, but when Janayh answers the door don’t trample her over!” my mom joked.
Me and Jazmine banged on the door franticly and rang the door bell in frustration to get Janayh’s attention when finally she answered the door!
“What’s with all the noise?! It’s 8:00 in the morning. Keep it down!” Janayh yelled.
“Janayh!” we both yelled
“We missed you so much!” I yelled.
“Well, I missed you guys too!” Janayh answered.
We all walked in and dropped our stuff in her living room.
“Check out the diamond bracelet I got for Christmas!”
“Yeah, we figured.” we both said.
“Where’s Stephanie?” I asked.
“Oh, she’s already here. She’s out by the driveway.”
“Awesome! Lets go outside!” Jazmine said. So we all followed Janyah outside to the driveway.
“Hey, what took you guys so long?” Stephanie asked.
“Traffic.” answered Jazmine.
“Oh, Okay then.” Stephanie said.
“Check out my DAIMOND BRACELET!” Janyah screamed.
“Not so loud! Do you want someone to rob you!’ I yelled.
“Well, are you jealous?”
“NO.” I snapped.
“Whatever,” Stephanie groaned.
“Let’s just has fun on Christmas, okay?”
“Fine.” We all said. So we all just started playing "Capture the Flag" when it happened.
“Hey, pass the flag!”Janyah yelled. She caught the flag and her bracelet flew in the air.
“O.M.G! My bracelet! It’s up in that tree! Someone go get it before it gets stuck in the filter!”Janyah screamed.
“Okay, doen’t go crazy. We’ll find someone to go up and get it.” I said.
“Perfect. You can go gets it.” Janyah said
“You say what now?!”
“Yeah, it was your idea for someone to go get it so you should go up and get the bracelet.”
“No, no, that was just an idea. I’m not really going up there!”
“Pleaseeeeeeee!”
“Fine.” So I started climbing up the 40ft tree pine tree, slipping through the thick, snowing, winter air and stepping on the crunching black branches.
“Are you guys sure about this? The branch is starting to break!” I yelled.
“Don’t be such a baby. Do you see the bracelet?”
“Yes, but….” Then everything stopped. The last thing I heard was the crunch of branches and the splash of water. My life flashed before my very eyes. Fear and worry filled my head with darkness and dread. It was all a big lump of wonder. I wished I would make it out alive. I heard screams and yelling. I saw blood, a lot. The big thing that was pasted in my head was, "Will I make it out alive? Will I ever see my family?" Then my hand reached out. My mouth opened, but nothing came out. My arm was slit from my thumb to my elbow.
“Did you get the bracelet?” I heard.
“Yes,” I said. Everyone cheered. I only had two big cut and a couple of bruises.
“You fell out of a 40ft tree into an ice covered pool with only two big cuts and a couple of bruises. You're amazing!” Stephanie said.
“Thanks, but whatever you do, don’t tell my parents!” I said.
“Cross our hearts. By the way, thank you for, umm. . .getting my bracelet.” Janyah said.
Then we all hugged and opened our presents.
Article posted October 27, 2011 at 10:30 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted October 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM GMT-5 •
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Halloween
On Halloween night, my best friendJanyah and I went to the pumpkin sale to buy a pumpkin tofinish our scarecrow for the town’s county fair. We went inside to put the scarecrow in the finishing touches to the haunted house.
Then me and Janyah went back to my apartment to put on our costumes and then back to the haunted house to open the doors and have fun at the fair for Halloween!
“SinisterBunny, do you want to go to the Jefferson’s haunted house?”
“Sure, the Jefferson’s have a really scary theme.”
So me and Janyah went to the Jefferson’s haunted house. We walked into the pumpkin shaped haunted house, and walked through the sparkling black sparkling curtains.
“I’m sorta creeped out of this place,” said Janyah.
After awhile we came out with fake blood all over our costume and a bucket filled with candy.
“Aww, come on! I got blood all over my bee costume!”
“You’re lucky because I look like Little Red Riding Hood the murderer!”
After, we went to every stand in the whole fair. We ate candy 'till we got fat.
Article posted October 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM GMT-5 •
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Article posted September 23, 2011 at 09:44 AM GMT-5 •
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It was a bright, summer day on August 14. I was playing around in my room. I was 8 years old. My friend Jasmine was over my house for a sleepover when the phone rang and my dad screamed.
"Oh, MY GOD!”
Jasmine and I were scared.
“Jasmine, stay here. Let me see what's with my dad.”
I went into the living room, and I saw my dad's head buried in his hands.
“What's wrong daddy?”
“Your brother John was in a car accident on his way to his college. His mother Violet was driving (John is my half brother) and Natasha and Galando were also in the car.”
“Is John okay?”
“I’m afraid John might not make it.”
“What!?! Can I visit him?”
“No you have school.”
“Not until September 3rd.”
“Well, sorry sweetie, you will have nowhere to sleep because I will stay in John’s hospital room until he gets better.”
“Awh.”
For the nxt five days my Dad was traveling to Albany and back from the local bus tour in White Plains.
Then one Day my mom got a phone call from the Albany emergency room that my dad had been taken to the emergency room for having severe blood clots in his heart. So me, my mom, my cousin, his grandma, and his mother piled into my car and drove four hours to Albany emergency. My cousin Louie was playing his D.S and chewing on a churro. Four hours later we arrived at the hotel and put our stuff away and went across the street to the hospital. We visited my dad first. He was very energetic for someone with blood clots.
“Daddy, are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine but I won’t be able to go with you on the first day of school.”
I was very upset, but we had to leave because he needed his vaccine. Me and my mom went to my brother’s room. He was so still, and it seemed like he was dead. I gave him a card and something I made in art class. I left the hospital room and went to the park with my cousin and my friends Crystal and Daniel. We also went to the train station and went back to the hotel but this time we got checked in to a smaller hotel.
“Mommy, this isn’t our hotel this is way smaller.”
“Violet changed our hotel.”
“Why?”
“We don’t know.”
So later that night we all went back to the hospital and checked out my father and went back to the hotel for dinner.
In the morning we took home my brother and my dad I will never forget that day ever again!
Article posted September 23, 2011 at 09:44 AM GMT-5 •
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