FAREWELL

Today was the last day of my English 1A class and i couldn't be happier. The spring term is close to an end and summer is jus about to begin. the one thing that worries me is my grade that i will get for the class. i'm not sure if my portfolio is to tara's liking so i cant truly be happy until i know i passed the class. i'm really going to miss mandy and cooper. i had a great time getting to know them and i hope everything works out for the best for both of them. now all i have to look forward to is summer and getting rid of the donuts i brought home from class. so farewell friends that i have made, farewell to my tara, classmates, and farewell to this blog.

PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT

there are a lot of achievements that i am proud of, from making captain of the soccer team to being the first in my family to graduate high school, but the one achievement i am proud of the most is graduating my senior year with a 4.0. since i was captain of the girls soccer team i had to be at every practice to lead the girls in daily stretches and drills. this meant i had to be the first one on the field and the last one on the field. right after soccer practice i had to go to work where i would be until the store closed. since i was a key person i always had to close on the weekdays and open on the weekends. I'm not sure how i was able to get all my homework and weekly presentations done when i was doing soccer during the week and working during the week as well as the weekends. what made my senior year even more difficult was that i became homeless and had to live with my sister and her boyfriend that i don't get along with. living with my sister wasn't something that i was very happy with. her boyfriend and i didn't get along and he tried to boss me around with rules that i wasn't use to having. i soon became late to school almost ever day since she lived pretty far from the school and it took her forever to drop me off. after school i would have to catch two buses just to get back, but luckily my friend would give me a ride to my sister's house when i got off work. being captain of the girls soccer team and graduating high school are all fine achievements, but it doesn't compare to graduating with a 4.0. through that experience i grew stronger and i grew as a person, so that is why graduating my senior year with a 4.0 is my proudest achievement.

Nothin but Worries

I would have to say i get all my worries from school. I'm worried about whether or not I'm going to pass all my classes this semester. I'm not too sure if i am because I'm like failing all my classes except my communications class. I'm pretty much struggling in every class, mostly English, but I'm trying my hardest to get all my work done. I'm also worried about my project for my communications class. i have to write a seven page essay and present it to my class. i hate presenting in front of the class. i get so nervous and i tend to forget things. luckily i have a partner, but I'm still worried. I'm also worried about my English portfolio. my professor wants us to be creative, but i don't know if i plan on being creative. i have an other project to focus on as well as passing my other classes so creativity is going to have to be put on hold. I'm just glad that this semester is almost over because this semester has been nothing but worries.

What Pisses Me Off

I get pissed off quite easily about little things that dont matter (part of that Irish temper i have), but never really lasts. The thing that really irritates me though is guys! Im not one of the radical lesbians or anything they just irritate me sometimes. One example inparticular is when guys dont think i can do something because i'm small and because im a girl. They think i can do it cuz im to small and fragile to. News flash its the 20th century and i can take care of my self. I'm a pritty strond individual and i can speak for myself (like telling the other guy whos hitting on me to back off) as well as do things for myself(like pick up that big creat of watter bottles). Then when i acctually really need help(i cant reach that box of cereal on the top shelf) they dont give it to me. I like it when guys offer to do things for you because they are being polite and just want to help but when they are doing it becuse they flat out think you cant then its just irritating..... well that was my rant on guys treating me like i cant do things thats all i reall hd to say thanks for listening talk to you next time.


Love Mandy

Harry Potter

So I am a total Harry Potter Nerd!!! I love the books they are amazing, and when they started making the movies it was just another way for me to geek out over Harry Potter! Usually movies ruin books for me because i get so excited about them and then they dont include enough of the story into the movie or they focus way to much on certain important points of the movie but not others, however i think that the first Harry Potter Movie did the book justice. The first time i watched it i was dissapointed in what was missing but i realize that they cant make it a 5 hour movie so they had to cut stuf out. I think that the story for Harry Potter is really good, it kinda allows you to not have to participate in your own reality but you can escape to Harrys world were whatevers going on in your own life doesnt exsist. When i sat down to watch the first Harry Potter Movie again it was like taking a break from life and getting to just relax. I loved it all over again watching it for the umpteenth time! and thats it really talk to ya next time.


Love Mandy

That Ticks Me Off

there are a lot of things that really get to me and my nerves, but the one thing that really gets to me is when i'm having a problem and i try to talk to my friend about it and she ends up just talking about herself and her problems. it's like she's nodding her head and giving me some feedback like you would usually do if your listening to someones' problem, but it feels like she's jus wondering when i'm going to be finished. As soon as there is pause she'll throw her problems into the conversation and jus start talkin away. Sometimes she'll try to find a common factor with my problem and hers jus so can talk about her problems, for example if i talked about how i had a bad day at work she would jump in saying how she went to these interviews and how the people like her. She's just one of those girls who thinks everything revolves around her. she's becoming really annoying and she really ticks me off.

HARRY POTTER

First i would like to say that Harry Potter is totally kick ass! My older brother and i get so excited when a new Harry Potter movie comes out. When he comes over to visit the first thing out of his mouth is: "Did you see the preview for the new Harry Potter movie?". We have this thing where every time a new Harry Potter movie comes out i treat him to it. When i re-watched the first Harry Potter i had my older brother watch it with me because i knew he wouldn't mind. We both believe that the Sorcerer Stone is a great movie and stays true to the book like a good movie that is based from the book should. We also agree that it wasn't under or overdone, but perfect. We liked the movie and all the other Harry Potter movies because it allows us to escape this reality to one where nothing is impossible.

Spring Break

So for Spring Break i went to back to my hometown which is Visalia. I went back home with my two best friends, Brian and Mia. I we stayed with my dad for three days. My dad took us to Pismo Beach and to Morro Bay. It was to chilly to go swimming so we just walked on the sand and took pictures. I had so much fun out there with my dad and two best friends. I don't see my dad a whole lot so this was the best part of my spring break. I can't wait for the summer time to come so we can go back.

Spring Break

My Spring break was bomb diggity. I got to go down to San Jose with my 5 best friends and see Billy Talent and My Chemical Romance in concert, it was so tight. The trip was more drama filled than I would have wished, as was most of spring break, but there isnt much I can do about that. I also got to hang out at my buddies house the entire rest of break and just screw around and do nothing. Plus I met the coolest girl ever, which is never a bad thing.

Spring Break!

Spring break was last week and i feel like i need a vacation to recover from my break. The first part of the week i spent working, which is always fun. Then on wednesday me and a bunch of friends drove up to san jose to see a My Chemical Romance and Billy Talent concert, which ended up being amazing. Both bands were so good i couldnt believe it, and we were super close to the stage which was also awesome. The next day we did alot of sleeping had some breakfast and drove home. Then on Friday me and my mom drove to san fran, to go shopping at Forever 21 and have lunch at Bubba Gumps. When we got there we got lost for like an hour and couldnt find the shopping area we usually go to. Once we found it we shopped for 4 or 5 hours and went to lunch and then to Ghiradellis squar on the warf to pick up some chocolate, salt water tafffy, and hot chocolate for the ride home. Then it was time to go home and we got lost coming out of san fran and endded up going the wrong way on the freeway and we had to turn around. It was a super long drive home. Saturday I worked my last saturday at my job and it was kinda sad cuz i had to say good buy to everybody. On sunday i cleanded my house did some homework and looked for a new swim suit for my swim class casue i ripped the other one, ( i found one but it didnt fit right so i had to use my bikini for the class on monday.) It was a very good spring break i really enjoyed it. It just wasnt very relaxing. But thats really its so i guess i will talk to you later.


Love Mandy

The New Kind Of Writing

Writing a school paper or note to a friend with pen and pencil is sooo yesterday. For those who are stuck in yesterday, you need to bump it up to today where we use something called technology to write. instead of writing a paper or taking notes with pens and pencils you can simply just type your paper or your notes on your laptop. why write a letter or note to a friend when you can just text them? writing with technology is so much better than writing with a pen or a pencil because you don't have to worry about your pencil being sharpened or your pen having ink. Instead of writing letters to a friend or family member who lives a distance you can email them and hear from them sooner than you would by letter. using technology to write is less of a hassle and can be done by everyone. So for those in the world of yesterday, put down the pen and step into the world of today where we use the new kind of writing.

Technology In Writing

So Technology in writing has become a huge part of people lives. E-mail, IM, Texting some of the most popular ways to write using tech. I personally love it. I have an on going e-mail chain with my best friend from high school, that we send back and forth once a day. It lets me know all the things that are going on in his life when they happen. It's also easy to send a quick e-mail about your day to someone then to try and find time when you can both sit and talk on the phone or in person. I also really like texting. I'm an addict I'm always texting with someone. it quick and easy and i can do while I'm doing something else. The one thing that I don't like about writing with tech. is that you cant see or hear emotion or tone so you could write something to mean one thing and someone else could read it and think it means something totally different. You can add things like :) or :O to show and emotion or say lol or jk sometimes it can still be hard to tell. Idk but i really like technology in writing and think its a great way to communicate with friends especially when they live far away.

Love Mandy

Convincing the Public

In the United States every fifteen minutes an innocent teenagers life is taken from a drunk driver. That means every fifteen minutes a sister, son, cousin, or grandchild's life is gone because someone didn't know how to drink and be responsible. Teenagers' lives are being taking with a blink of an eye and no one is doing anything about it. How many young lives have to be taken before something is done about it? We need to take charge within our communities and fight against drinking and driving. We need to get together as a community and convince people to join the fight against drinking and driving. Teenagers are our future, isn't it time we help them live long enough to have a future of their own?

Analyzing the movie Across the Universe

This weekend I finally watched a movie, Across the Universe, that got a lot of media attention and was nominated for an Oscar in costume design. The film takes place during the Vietnam War and follows the lives of young people and how they dealt with the clash of cultures that was undeniabley present in the United States. The movie uses songs by The Beatles and incorporates them into the movie (needless to say, it helps that the two main characters are named Jude and Lucy).
Jude, the male lead, moves from Liverpool to the United States, initially, to find his father. When he arrives at Princeton he befriends a student, Max, who brings him home to his family. Later, Max decides he wasn't cut out for school and drops out. As the story continues Lucy, Max's sister comes to live with them. For a while they are all enjoying living their slightly off beat lives untill max gets drafted. After this, Lucy becomes extremely politically charged and they begin to speak out against the war.
Overall, I thought the movie was very entertaining and was well made. I am a big Bealtes fan and enjoyed how the songs were used in the move. I also liked how the plot showed a familiar story from a different point of view.

Analyzing Big Brother

I watch this show called Big Brother. Its a reality TV show where they put a bunch of people in a house together and have them play games to see who get s to stay in the house. The last person in the house wins $500,000 and second place gets $50,000. The game is based on scheming, lieing, and manipulation of the other house guests. You never really know whats going to happen, and the theme of the show is expect the unexpected and it drives me crazy. This week two people i really like got put on the block (place were you are when you might get voted out) but my favorite was able to get off. Because she took herself off the block the head of the house (the person who is in charge for the week) has to put someone knew on the block. It was totally decided that this guy Mattie was going up on the block and going home, when all of the sudden the head of house decided to put up a different guy that no one expected instead. I guess it makes sense because it turned the house upside down and divided one of the biggest partnerships. So as a game plan i guess it works but it really irritated me because i really like this guy who went up. Oh well its on again tomorrow and I will get to find out if my guy goes home or not. We shall see.

Talk to you next time
Love Mandy

analyzin a confusing guy

so i'm sittin here soo confused. i can't stop thinkin bout the textin that had jus taken place between me and joe. what did he mean he got the drift and he isn't dumb? apparently he didn't get the drift that i like him cuz his answer to my question was totally wack. i'm guess either he is dumb and doesnt get it or he jus doesn't see me that way. it seems like he does when he talks to me, but after that text i'm questionin every word that has come out of his mouth. maybe i should jus get over it and over him. next time we text i won't be droppin any hints his way. what really confused me was when he asked if i got the dog i wanted. i didn't even tell him i was getting one, but some how he knew. and then when i asked him how he knew he didn't text back. man he is sooo sneaky. he plays way too much games and i don't get why. well two can play this game and best believe he won't be the winner at the end.

Civic writing

Hey, so when I decided to come to sac state i was totally excited for everything about it except one thing. Sacromento state does not have a water polo team. They onve once had a club water polo team but most of the people who ran it have graduated. I was so dissipointed and i wondered if I could find any one else who would be interested in restarting a club team. To do so i made flyers to put up around the school. Just looking for some imput on what you think of it!

WATER POLO

Interested in participating in a fun and challenging sport

Want somthing to do where you can have a good time and get a good work out at the same time

Water Polo is the sport for you

There is something for everyone in this sport

There is no experiance needed to join just a willing ness to work hard

My names Mandy and if your interested please contact me at (xxx)xxx-xxxx

Just another post...

Two weeks ago i got a job at Johns Incredible Pizza Company. After working there for the last two weeks i can say its not that great of a job. My manager Fernando is really cool, i talk to him alot when the place is semi empty. He is like fluant in spanish and can speak a little japanese. My schedualing manager Marvin however is evil. I think he is already looking for an excuss to fier me, we have had several loud yelliing matches with each other over what hours i would work(long story). Other then that thoght the people are all really cool.

On my first week i learned how to work the prize table which is really easy but really stressful. There are like 6-10 people behind the counter at a time on busy days and theres alot of stumbling, falling, and running into eachother. Also to scan the cards that have the kids tickets on them we have to use our computer register, which we only have two of so its pretty inefficiant. there are always huge lines behind the counter to take tickets off of cards and a huge line in front of the counter to put money on the cards. Its really irritating.

But this last week i got trained to do rides. We have Bumper cars, a train roller coaster, one of those rides that brings you up to the top and dropps you called the frog hooper, and a ride that spins really fast and lifts up in the air, called the Twister. Running the rides is less strassful but not much more fun. The twister makes this big wind blow when its going and whenever i run that ride i get reall really cold. The train is hard to run for a long time because you have to hold this button down with your thumb the whole time its running and you have to stop it a jsut the right time. Bummper cars is my favrite because all you do is push a botton and let them go.

I think im pretty good at my job and i enjoy the people. I want to stay but i dont know if Marvin is going to want me to. Oh well we shall see.

Love Mandy

This is my writing to inform about rules that must be followed in the professional area.

This letter is in regard to the new staff members:

Congratulations for becoming the newest memeber of Sony Inc. We are glad to have you be apart of the team. Here at Sony Inc. we try to do our best to assist the customers and aid in thier need after all this is what customer service is all about. In order to keep every employee of Sony Inc. on track and to make the working environment comfortable we have three basic guidelines that must be followed: 1) We ask that you maintain to the dress code which is basic business atire. Only on casual fridays are you allowed to wear jeans. 2) No unprofessoinal language will be tolerated to either another coworker or especially the customer. If unprofessional language is used you will automatically be suspended without pay. Suspension is only the warning the second time will result in termination. 3) Finally we ask that you keep your personal life and business life seperate. We ask that you come to work to work and to set your personal life aside. Personal matters can distract employees and cause them to be unhelpful to the customers.

By following these three simple guidelines we are sure that you will be a success here at Sony Inc. Best of luck and welcome to the Sony Inc. family.



If you have any questions please contact your division manager in the contact sheet.

Academic Writing

I have to say that academic writing may be the most difficult writing styles for me. Although i have been going to school for thirteen years now, I still don't like my writing. Academic writing is hard for me because I tend to use words over and over again and It frustrates me because in my mind it makes me feel unintelligent for not knowing more. Even the most basic words used in college i tend to forget what it means like "coherent." In my experience, I think the reason I don't know more is because I try to learn all new words at once. When I went to summer school last year for college courses, I would write down any words that my instructor said which didn't understand and after class I would go home and review them write their definitions and try to memorize the definitions all in one day and through my experience, I now realized that that was a bad idea to do and not strain my brain so much. Now I know that learning takes time and if I would have broken the words down like trying to learn two or three words a day, I think that my vocabulary would be more open than it is right now. I learned from my mistake and now I know not to try to take EVERYTHING in one day and just gradually learn and you will get it.

Personal Writing

I have to say I am very shy and the way I express myself is through writing. I have been writing personally for years in the form of a poem or lyrics. I didnt know how creative I was until I started writing. I couldn't believe what i came up with. Now I write about three times a week and I love writing Personal. I talked with my cousin yesterday and we just talked about how to express ourselves and we kept talking about just writing it down. Now i Have written numerous poems in which I lost most of them but I am very glad and excited of what I wrote. I never in a million years thought I could be that deep or expressive. I have shared some with my classmates and teachers and family members and they say that I am a very good writer and poet. I wouldn't know what to do without writing. Writing for some is just a way to be creative. For others it is sort of a way of life. People who are very depressed, they use writing as a way out as a way to express themselves. Most people, it is a way to leave their emotions there and never look back. Writing is a way of life and gives hope to a lot of people.

Academic

After reading the story i would have to say that America is far from a melting pot. As a young woman I feel as though i am different from everyone else including people who share the same ethnicity as me. I understand that being different is a good thing because it allows you to show off your individuality, but when it comes to certain things like speaking or dressing i can tell that being different from my American brothers and sisters isn't always smiled upon. If America was a melting pot i should be able to speak in my own way to everyone i hold a conversation to whether it may be a teacher, boss, or even my closests friend. I shouldn't have to worry about using proper language or using slang terms. i should be able to dress in my own unique style and not be judged for the clothes that i have on my back. We shouldn't have to stick to our groups because that's where we feel the most comfortable, we should be able to feel comfortable around everyone and not have to worry about things like speaking well and dressing a certain way. If America was truely a melting pot we would be able to understand where each and everyone of us is coming from and wouldn't have to worry about being ourselves no matter what setting we are in.

Personal Writing 2

So I just started an accounting class and it’s totally confusing. I feel like I am being taught really simple math but in a totally different language. Everything goes right over my head. I really don’t know what I’m going to. It’s kinda like being told 1+1=2 in Russian. Everything about it is foreign and it doesn’t help that I am not very good at math in general. Its never been one of my stronger areas.
Lucky for me the professor really doesn’t seem to mind a lot of questions. Somthing I will be taking full advantage of. He seems like one of those guys who really wants you to talk in class and ask questions. That should help a little and if not I know a ton of people who are really gooda at math. I’m taking the class with one of my best friends and he is super good at math. I think he might be an accountant some day, he would be really good at it. i know he would be more then willing to help me in or out of class. Then there is always my boyfriend whos good at like everything, but esspesialy good at math. I can always go to my boyfriend for help, and i know he will always put up with any dumb questions. And last but not least is my insanely cool cousin. He is my age and a really awesome accounting major. He’s won a ton of awards for accounting during high school and he enjoys doing it.
I think I have my bases pretty well covered or at least i hope so! thankfully if i pass this class then this will be my last math class ever seeing as I'm an English major and i dont believe that i will ever use math again.We will jsut have to see wont we!!

Personal Writing

Ok, so yest my friend showed me this band called 'Ra'. They are tight. Their song 'Do you call my name' is now one of my favs, i even put it as my myspace song. Its rly addicting to listen to, i havent been able to get it out of my head since i heard it. I keep singing it around my other friends and they are tired of hearing it. Either that or it keeps getting stuck back in their head from me singing it and they get 'mad' at me for it lol. I was watching their video for it on youtube.com and the lead singer is really creepy looking. I think he kinda looks like fps doug on crack. I havent heard much of their other songs, but even if 'Do you call my name' is their only good one, they still rock imo.

Professional Writing

To Whom it May Concern,

I am writing today to share a little about myself and why I believe I am a suitable match for your company. Firstly, I have always admired the quality of work set forth by Company Inc., and feel that I could become an asset to the company.
My knowledge of business, english, retail, and mathematics are vital skills needed in this profession. I also consider myself to be a quick learner and can easily adapt to the routines of a new job. These are just a few of my qualities that I could offer my future employers. Also, my pervious employers have commended me for my ability to cater to the client. I always take it upon myself to ensure that the clientele are treated with the utmost care. The fact that I am also bilingual in Spanish and have taken over four years of French gives me the versatility to communicate with a broad spectrum of customers. The demand for this particular skill being high in areas such as Sacramento with quite an ethnically diverse population. Please do not hesitate to contact any of my previous employers, whose numbers I have attached on my resume.
I would like to sincerely thank you for your time and consideration.

Carmen Pelham

Civic Writing

Some say that America is a melting pot, others argue that it isnt. I say that it is a bunch of isolated indgredients going with the familiar. Sometimes you have to go outside comfort zone to do something positive. Many people now are so preoccupied of what others think of them than what they, or the people important to them, think of them. I admit I was like that before. Not anymore. Sometimes it gets to me but then I think of the people whose opinion mean the world to me. People are so caught up now that a little negative remark from a stranger depresses them. You just got to learn to live how to fight the negative so that it becomes a positive and maintain the positive within you. As they say, "Change the things you can and accept the things you cannot." My point is to experience new things like getting to know people who are different. Every generation is getting closer to ending segregation. All our generation has to do is one small thing and it could change the whole course of future generations.

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