Not Making the Best Decisions: By Jacob Adams.

While trying to think about what my final post should be able I decided I should write able something I do well. Which is doing dumb stuff. Some may call it dumb but I call it having fun, and life is too short  not to have fun. No one wants to be on their deathbed and look back on life, and realize they never did anything that could have killed them a lot sooner. My bad decision making started at a young age, as noted in a early post when little me got his head stuck in a training seat. How could I forget the good ol' climbing a tree just to fall out of it. Not on purpose of course things just happen. Than there was jumping too close to the trampoline net opening and falling off it. At about the age of five you think it's a great idea to jump on the bed, well its fun and all until you fall off and hit your head on the floor, or see how high you can jump only to have the ceiling fan blade let you know you jumped too high. As I grew older you would think I learned my lesson and quit doing silly things but I didn't. If anything it got worse. I was a it of trouble maker and didn't like to listen, in preschool I once put myself in timeout to avoid cleanup. I was just too smart for preschool. There was this time in kindergarten this kid was using the bathroom and I turned off the bathroom light and ran away. I got busted for running. Many of my more dumb school choices were in sixth grade, the dumbest happen early one morning, everyday me and Chase had to go get ice because the teachers were lazy. Anyway it was a very stormy morning lots of lightning, and we have metal ice scoops. What could go wrong? So at this time we thought it would be smart to hold them straight up in the air, no risk at all. I could on, and on but this is my last post and I'm finished.

The Fine City of Hardy: By Jacob Adams

Hardy is one of the finest cities in all of Arkansas, there's water, there's woods, there's people of all shapes and sizes. My Grandpa has a lot on the river so I get to go quite a bit over the summer, so I've seen just about every type of person you can there. You have drunk neighbors who like fireworks, you have drunk boaters who I guess like boats, you have the guy across the river with a boom box you just never know who you'll find, this includes the guy that talks to himself in McDonalds. Remarkable isn't it? If you go up at the right time of the year Cave city has a watermelon festival, I'm sure its great if your in to that kind of stuff. Which I'm not. I like seeing the country, and woods, and what not. What's more peaceful than sitting next to a river I know I would much rather be doing that than sitting in a classroom tomorrow that's for sure. Just talking about Hardy has me missing it almost as much as I miss not having to type these dumb post. I could have done then sooner but that's beside the point it isn't important. Now that I think about all the great things about Hardy I am reminded of the bad things. I am not a fan of ticks but Hardy has plenty of them, so you gonna need some bugs spray. On top of ticks you also have plenty of weird looking bugs you won't see anywhere else so I try to avoid them at all cost. If one likes bugs and ticks it would be Heaven for them I guess. Speaking of the river it's right there but I don't get to do anything in it, I'm not to strong a swimmer so end in disaster, so best to avoid. Floods too which is bad. I'm just tying to get done so I'm gonna stop here.

BLOG 11 CARSON SMITH

Wowwww I almost forgot to do my LAST BLOG WHATS UP. SUMMER IS OVERRRR BROS. Retweet if you just cried a little. It's crazy how fast the summer goes by and how slooowww the school year goes buy, but cheers to jr. year. Lol that kinda rhymed. Well I don't even know what to right about. I'm just going to tell y'all some funny story's. So one time I was riding my little red four wheeler when I was like 6 and I went under his tree right. Well the Tree had a limb hanging down really low so I decided to close my eyes so they didn't get scratched out. Next think I new I ran up the tree and flipped it over. It was kinda scary but fun at the same time hahah. Oh and I have Bailey her very first nose bleed at Mallory's house oops. I also broke Havens foot. We were putting down and trailor ramp and I let go and dropped it on her foot. On the 4th of July when I was like 4 apparently I was holding a sparkler and thought it was pretty so I stuck it to my brothers arm. I just realized all those stories involve me hurting people oops. Which is what I'm going to do to anyone that talks to me in the morning :-) I have to be at the school tomorrow at 7 am and I am so so so very excited I just can't wait I wish I could leave right now so I can get a head start because I really love school and basketball and wow yes I'm so ready can't wait. I hate sarcastic people. Oh wait. Anyways. My favorite part if he summer--- probably just the little things. Staying in lake city with my friends and doing dumb stuff!! You don't have to have a big vacation to have fun:) I hope everyone had a great summer and is done with their summer assignment. Wouldn't want to let Ms. Long down!!! Prayers we have a lit year. DONE


     Carson Smith

Why you should never trespass without a parents permission: By Jacob Adams

As you can tell by the title I am going to tell you all the dangers of trespassing. Trespassing can be very dangerous and no one should do it, I know from personal experience that a No Trespassing sign can be very tempting, but when you see one you should turn the other way and walk away. you may think trespassing is cool, and just fun and games. well is getting shot by an angry property owner cool? Is it a game? No. I have a story, it wasn't exactly trespassing but, you weren't supposed to be there. It was this ditch and it had this pipe that let water run into it. Anyway me and my cousin where there and we thought it would be a good idea to walk across the pipe. What could go wrong? Well you could like I did and take two steps before falling off into the water below. So here I am soak and wet about a mile from my grandma's house which is where we left from. So ol' Jacob has to walk across town wet, all because he went somewhere he shouldn't have. Let that be a cautionary tale  to you all. Even I'm not brave or dumb enough to pass the sign that says NO TRESPASSING violators will be prosecuted. And I hope after reading this none of you will either. I have many instances of being somewhere I shouldn't be but I don't remember them all and, I'm only writing about trespassing because summer is over and I can't think of anything else to write about, and it just popped into my head. So anyway trespassing is bad don't do or you'll get in trouble and nobody wants to be in trouble do they? I know I don't. so if you get nothing else out of this bottom line is don't trespass especially with water close.

The First Day of School: By Jacob Adams

The first day of School in my opinion is the best day of the school year. Personally I think my opinion matters so I'm gonna tell you all why its the best day of the year. When you walk in at the beginning of the day your a little nervous don't know what to expect, you just hope for the best. when the first bell rings and you walk into first period and see you have a lot of friends in there is the best feeling in the world. Spending times with people you don't like is a terrible school year in my opinion, so the more friends the better. Speaking of friends what's better than seeing all of your friends again? Getting to catch up with them, and gossip if your into that. Everyone's happy your with friends, its a new year everything's perfect. As the day progresses you start feeling good about the year, the confidence is just building, but then you get a class you didn't sign up for, don't like it so much. I said it was the best day of the year buts it not perfect. Anyway you end up in a class you don't like, keep telling yourself "I'm switching out." and then you go to switch out and the alternatives aren't better, so your stuck. Happened to me twice last year, so I know how it feels. Once the new year feeling wears off you start thinking about how the school year goes on, and on, and on. This feeling could drag you down a ruin your whole year, so just don't think. Push it aside. While some of us may be nervous tomorrow, no day will be as scary as the first day of seventh grade, it was terrifying, but I hid it well. didn't want to look like a baby. That turned out to be my favorite year, because you go to a different building, different city for some of us, you meet new people and make new friends. I don't think any year will top it, and I don't think any first day will be as scary. I'm ready for tomorrow, and what it holds.  

The Life Of Jacob: By the boy himself

While thinking of something to write about, I noticed a comment on one of my previous post about elementary. In that Comment Abby gave me the perfect idea, and most importantly something I know plenty about. My life. She told me I should someday write a book about my life. This definitely won't be a book, but hey a post is a post. So here it is. My Life began on August 16, 2000, I am the middle and best looking of three children, at least that is what I believe. For reasons such as being a baby I don't have many early memories, mostly playing in the backyard, and having a baby gate blocking my access to the kitchen. I was a chubby baby and in most pictures from the time period seen wearing my overalls with little ducks on them. Can't find any my size now. One of my earliest memories is a little foggy, however I am reminded of it every time our childhood is brought up. I was maybe two possibly not even that old, and my Mom was working early in the mornings so either my Grandma or Aunt would watch us kids. This particular day my Aunt have the task of keeping us and thanks to me this normal day would become unforgettable. So this day is probably as normal as any day could be, everyone is just doing their thing. Then I walk into the bathroom, and  little kids do weird things, I was no exception. I walk in and sitting there is my brand new baby toilet seat, to prevent me from falling in or something. I pick that bad boy up and..... put it on my head. weird but I was two, two year olds don't think things through. when I have had my fun I go to take it off, it doesn't budge. I'm stuck. I don't remember well but I'm probably freaking out big time, at this time my two biggest fears wear being stuck and the bathtub drain. so I dart out of the bathroom and right away my aunt picks up on the fact this probably isn't right, the baby shouldn't have this on his head. but he does. At this time she is about our age, so a 16 year old kid has to figure out how to resolve this situation. sometime and half a bottle of lotion later I was free. I would love to say this wasn't true but I am reminded of it often. A few years down the road me and my brother, who shared a room a the time got bunk beds and five year old me thought this was the coolest thing ever. Being younger I had the bottom bunk, and was okay with it, what I wasn't okay with is my brother would lay on my bunk and watch TV. Being a little kid if you don't like something you get mad and cry. Typical kid stuff. The only other memories I have of these beds is falling off the top when we would climb on it. Never got hurt, the basket I fell on did however. When I was around seven my parents decided to move my Dad wanted to build a house where he grew up. At the time it was sad because that was the only home I had known, I didn't want to leave. Plus we had nowhere to stay. At this time our church didn't have a preacher, so we asked if we could live in the parsonage, since it was currently unoccupied. they said we could, but if another preacher came we had to go. We wouldn't need it too long just while our house was being built. I hated that house, it smelled musty, had mice, and there were two doors to the bathroom. It wasn't ideal but had to do. Outside wasn't bad our Great Grandma owned the fields around the church so we could explore them. I was old enough but I really don't remember much about living there, it was less then a year and sandwiched between two homes we have lived in a while. what I do remember is dad being gone all day working on the other house, and feeling guilty if you weren't at church considering you lived fifty feet from it. the house is no longer there, it was very moldy and was torn down a few years after we left. After this we moved into our current home. I didn't miss it at all, I loved our new home because, you know it was new. We moved in January of 2009, and I guess things have been good since. this has been my life, and fascinating stories in a nutshell.

Final Blog - Tatum Tornkvist

Final blog woohoo! I'm finally wrapping this all up, I didn't think I would do this just before school. That's sorta a good and bad thing but at least I've got it done. I wouldn't wanna be kicked out of English class the first day I enter. From the looks of it all, the class will be a small class. Meaning more focusing and less things to do, and silence. I like that, the idea of sitting in a quiet classroom and getting work done daily would be a breeze. I just read some posts and some of them made me laugh. (Jacob keep preaching about procrastination please.) But specifically I've been just laying around and realizing that tomorrow school starts all over again and the year of being almost a senior begins. Hopefully this year won't be so bad. Politics so far have been stressing me out, I wish good ol' trump would not jump the gun and just take a moment to chill. I have a feeling Korea is just poking the bear to start a war on purpose. That's just my opinion but this whole 'stand by' scares getting to me. I'm gonna stay away from it for a while. Why can't we all just get along and put aside our differences and take a look at the real problems like keeping the world nice and healthy. Maybe things would have been better if we all did get along. That's just not how life works though, which is a bummer. Wow this movie has a lot of yelling in it. Two more weeks until the San Antonio trip!! I'm so excited! Hopefully that goes well too! I hope everyone has a great first day of school tomorrow, school won't be as hard as it seems over time and I hope we'll make it through it all again to the final year of highschool. Who knows, maybe this will be a good year and nothing bad will happen due to outside forces beyond school. Hope everyones having a good day. I also hope my politics rant didn't get to anybody! - Tatum Tornkvist

 So I wrote my 11th blog, and posted it already. But it didn't show up and hasn't for the past few days. So now I have to rewrite it. I hate these summer assignments they are pointless honestly. If we are going into a AP class why do we have to do work during the summer? I think the other kids who are doing the easier classes should have to do them. I mean the people on AP do more work why give us work to do during the summer too? Why do we need to do summer work to get in the class? Why can't it be determined if we can or can't be in the class by our previous years grade?

I think it would work better. Summer BREAK is for a break, not for more work that we shouldn't even have to do. Most schools around us don't do summer assignments to get into a class. BUT of course Riverside thinks that we need to.  Dumb. Just dumb. Oh by the way I just bull crapped this whole thing just so I could turn something in, but hey some of that bull crap is true.

Blog 10 Carson Smith

So I'm thinking about saving me 11th blog until right before Ms. Long's class tomorrow! Haha jk this is a summer assignment and if I did that then I wouldn't have finished it in the summer. SUMMER IS OVER. I am not crying in the club rn. Read the first sentence where I said me instead of my. I'm going to leave it because it sounds funny. Anyways, I'm not dreading school as bad since I'm basically done with my summer assignment. I'm only dreading getting up early in the morning, and that mile I'm going to have to run in basketball. Maybe it will rain ;). I've had a pretty good summer I have to say. I wish I would have gone to the lake more, but I have my whole life for that. Well what is everyone doing the last day of summer? I'm in a car on my way home from St. Louis. We had a pretty good little trip. I'm glad I got to spend dads birthday with him. I know this family trip meant a lot to him. The Cards won btw. Dad was a little upset. Now I have to go home and get my things ready for school. YAY. I KNOW U MISS ME MS. LONG. I'm just ready for Labor Day weekend. Our last official Sumer weekend at the lake. So sad. Cannons starting college in a week or two. He's grown up so much 😢 Although he looks like he's 25. I also decided this weekend that I'm going to marry and MLB player. That's my new life goal. I'm not even kidding i have to. I think this year I'm going to Mexico spring break with my mom and cailey and her mom. I hope it plays out because I can't wait. OH I remember what I was going to talk about. I just finished Riverdale!! It's so good. I love shows with mystery and I had to watch all 12 episodes in two days because I wanted to know who killed Jason Blossom. Every episode made you think it was someone different. Everyone should go watch it. You know you wanna know who wanted to kill the little red headed boy;). I'll see you all tomorrow!!!

     Carson Smith

Why High School Isn't so Bad Part 2: By Jacob Adams

As I said Early on I see a lot of people hating on high school and I just can't figure out why. Sure lunch is over terrible, but what can you expect from food deliver by a dirty truck? And our motto of "who needs a sub when you have a cafeteria" is down right awful, when one pushes all the negatives aside they can find one maybe two great things about school. You get to spent seven hours of your time around all of your best friends, I mean what could be better than that? Personally I cant think of anything. Bonus you also spend time with people you can't stand, which in return prepares you for the real world where you work along side people you hate daily. School really does have the children's future in mind. As mentioned early school at least does have lunch that's a plus I guess, even if at times an inmate would say its worse than what they eat. What can you say its a school not a five star restaurant you eat your refried beans an like it. Guess the teachers are alright too they teach you what you need to know, and then some. Even though math is lost cause for me the people who have tried to teach it at lest get a pat on the back. Point is high school has teachers who care. Even better than the days being seven hours is that the year is ten months, so that means for ten months, seven hours a day you do the same thing over, and over, and over. Fantastic is the one word that comes to mind, just fantastic. So if you have a class full of people you don't like, you have the privilege and honor of spending almost a year with them. I'm bored with this one so I'm just gonna quit moral is school is pretty awful after a few months.   

Elementary: By Jacob Adams

Thinking about Jr year has me reminiscing about my entire school career, and I can help but remember the worst seven years (did kindergarten twice)  of my life. Besides recess and nap time what did elementary have going for it? Not a thing, the days seemed longer, the work was dumb and heck we were all pretty dumb back then. I started my long journey with elementary in 2005, I was younger then pretty much everyone and had no friends. It may be hard to believe but back then I was a shy quiet kid, haven't always been the Jacob you all know and hate today. So little ol' me started school shy, no friends, I was five so I was probably pretty dumb. So elementary started great. My first memory is my Grandma making my brother do stuff with me at recess, because as said earlier had no friends. he was whiny at first but he got over and watched me go down slides and such. second memory is when I did start kind of making friends we were on the playground and it had rained the day before or something, and I'm running around out there with some kids probably wearing jean shorts and lite up sketchers, having a great time. Well we decide to go down the slide, and if you don't know going down a slide with water under it is a no, no. so go down still having fun until I hear " HEY!!! you boys know not to do that! Go stand against that wall!" said the very agitated teacher. I don't know what standing against the wall did I guess give the other kids a chance to look at us in disgust. So the bell rings and we go inside, I thought it was over.... but the teacher lines us up, and little me is scared because this was before kids were little wimps who can't be paddled. All she did was frown at us individually and say "Go" with all the disgust in her tone one person could muster. The years go on and I do kindergarten again, which is fine because that's why I'm with all of you good people. Anyhow the years go by and I come out of my shell, I had enough of being called Jordan, wanted teachers to never make that mistake again. That's when I became the Jacob you know now. Riverside made me hate Disney movies for showing them so many times on rainy days. One thing that's funny about watching movies in Elementary is you'll be watching High School Musical or something and some kid yells " That's me!" And of course us all being seven some other kid yells " No huh I'm him!" this goes on for a while until someone yells "No one is anybody!" then we shut up and watch our movie. Another funny thing about elementary is all the legends and rumors, such as Elvis died on the toilet, or the gym was haunted. I think even the bus shop had a ghost or two. In sixth grade Riverside being Riverside tells us if we ever have a code red outside run in a zig zag to the gym, and we squeeze into one room. Okay so if someone wants to harm us we have to run like it's the alcoholics 100 meter dash, and then for extra safety we all hind in one room. That was when I knew I had been in elementary too long.   This is getting a little long so I'll wrap it up. Elementary was terrible and I try to forget most of it everyday.

procrastination: By Jacob Adams

procrastination- The action of delaying or postponing something. this is the definition of procrastination according to our good friend Google, and if you can't tell by how little I've done on here, I am a procrastinating champion. This of course is not good and is something I need to work on. This is why I'm going to tell you all the dangers of procrastinating. When you think about doing your summer assignment you may think you can just keep putting it off until tomorrow, well eventually you start running out of tomorrows and that's the boat I'm in. I don't want to be some bum getting kicked out of English class first day, that would be embarrassing. From the looks of this blog or whatever it is this will be a somewhat small class. I like small classes. Well guess what if you keep procrastinating you miss out on your small classes. I don't know about  you guys but just the thought is freighting to me. procrastination is at an all time high when the school year is full  swing, when you get that assignment that's due two week from now, you do it that very day get it over with like any reasonable person would. Being honest I am very guilty of getting said assignment done three weeks later, however with work I believe this minor flaw can be fixed. when you have a job can you put off something you boss told you to do for a week? NO you can't, so why do it in school? Start good habits today so you don't find yourself ten years down the road asking for spare change outside of a KFC in Montana. If the don't procrastinate you'll be making the big bucks, instead of fighting a raccoon in a dumpster for half a sandwich and some stale Pringles. Whatever you do don't go down the road of procrastination, because that road leads to disaster. Avoid being like myself and other kids (Chandler) and put your summer assignment off until the last minute. Everyone have a great day and think long and hard about how to stay clear of that dirty word Procrastination.  

Channy's Journals #1

I've changed my mind. I am not finishing the story as I've gotten bored with all the characters. Like I said, it's a curse. Hi, my name is Chandler Stone. Welcome to my last journal entry. In this entry, you might find long words, such as disestablishmentarianism, short words like monk, or even medium sized words like banana. I don'rt really know why I'd mentioned bananas as I do not like them one bit. They taste weird and the feel even weirder. There are plenty of weirder things but that is up there on the weird scale. I am fairly hungry at the moment so I am trying to get these done as soon as possible so I can take a break and eat something. After that well deserved break, I will come back and do the five comments that I have to do. I hope no one comments on this post. School starts Monday and I have no idea what to wear. I was thinking jeans and a tee shirt but I really do not know yet. That was a joke, because that is exactly what I'm going to wear. I've been thinking about wearing sweatpants the first day back, because everyone else will be all dressed up and I'll be the odd man out. I probably won't be allowed to do that so I have not been thinking about it as much. I can't wait for school to start back so I can tell everyone how bad my summer was in person. Like I said in a previous post, the only redeeming factors were McKenna and Bella. Everything else was steaming garbage. Steaming, like really hot garbage. It was too hot outside to enjoy it so I just stayed inside and moped around all day. That's actually probably what I would have done anyways. I didn't play baseball this summer because I can't drive. There is so much I've missed out on because I was scared of driving when I was younger. I can't wait to be able to drive now that I'm older so I can do whatever, whenever and not have to have someone drive me there. That will be fun and this will be the last time any of you hear from me until Monday. Ciao.

Channy's Journals #2

School starts in approximately two days, and I more ready than I ever have been for anything. (Besides fifty cent corn dog days at Sonic) Anyway, I probably should have been doing these all summer, but I decided to put them off until the very last moment because past me hates future me. I actually hate corn dogs. I like to write though. I wrote the beginning to a short story about a boy with dirty blonde hair, who has Hispanic, and blonde best friends. I'll wrap that up in my last post as I have no idea where  I'm going to go with it after where I ended. I set it up to where the group goes on a big adventure and something bad happens so that is probably what will end up happening. I just don't really know the specifics yet. I'm going to try and let it come to me because that is what I did in the set up stage. I tried to make it as detailed as I possibly could without getting bored. I get bored easily when writing and I just end up not finishing the story. It really is a curse. So many good stories have been lost due to my inability to keep my mind on one thing at a time. Usually, I have to take breaks when I am writing so I can keep interest in whatever it is I am writing about. This often times leads to continuity errors in my writing, which I hate. There is just so much to write about with such little time. I keep saying write but I obviously mean type, because my penmanship is akin to a pile of manure. It's really bad, and I do not know how to fix it. It's been relatively the same since elementary. Every once in a while, I get a little glimpse of what could be in an alternate reality. I write a letter amazingly and it looks beautiful and I get as happy as a little school girl. Then I have to erase it and all the happiness gets released from my head. I also hate when people don't finish their

Channy's Journals #3

I didn't pass my permit test until extremely recently. I had taken it twice before and failed both times because I didn't study whatsoever. The time I actually studied, I passed. It must have been a coincidence. I found four online practice tests and I studied those for a few days. Then the day, I was supposed to go, I could find my birth certificate. I called the place where you take it and this load woman told me I didn't even need it and that all I needed was a note from the school. That was relieving as I couldn't find it for the life of me. I emailed Mr. Matt and asked if could get me one. He said yes and that it would be on his desk. I went to the school, got the paper, returned my Chromebook that I never turned in (because I'm the baddest boy in town) and I thought I was all set. Lo and behold, I needed my birth certificate after all and the roaring lady was yanking my chain. A fat guy with a gross mustache implied that i was lying to him and that no booming female told me that I didn't need it. There wasn't really anything I could do as the certificate that was given to my parents when I came into the world, was lost in space and time forever. My parents had to order a new one so I could take my stupid driver's test. I passed the third time I took it all because I studied. I had received a book from a certain police officer but I couldn't bring myself to read it. I went online and then found those four tests I mentioned and took them all until I got a one hundred on all of them. I went in a few weeks later, strolled up to the desk, plopped my birth certificate right on top and said, "Yo, fat boy, let me one of those machines over there!" He was trembling with fear and beads of sweat were rolling down his plump face. "Y-y-y-yes sir, right away sir." Those were the last words I heard before I passed my test two years late.

Tenth Blog - Tatum Tornkvist

I finally finished the writing portion of my summer assignment with a breeze! Soon I'll be done with typing my blogs and posting my comments before this entire assignment is done. In honesty I didn't think that I would finish just before school but what do you know? Life had other plans. Just as school literally just came and smacked me in the face, I've been feeling the stress rise again. I'm already hating it. But hey what can you do? All I've been doing to sate my stress is just eating cookies and watching Voltron until the final day of summer break has come. What makes me less stressed though about this whole thing is that there's about two more weeks until I finally get to go to a con in San Antonio Texas. I finally get to meet a friend for the first time, I've known them for three years and we've been contacting daily every second. Even now I've been waiting on them to come online so we can talk again. I'll get to hang out with them and go to a formal masquerade with them! Ah! I'm so excited it's making me squeal in my seat!! Anyways, I've been wanting to say that now I realize how great school is. In a way, it's still very, very stressful. Just the work and all, I have two science classes and such and I'm excited for the challenge. Kind of ironic that I hate the work and stress but I'm up for a challenge. Makes me laugh now at how weird I am. Everything is ready, I got paints the other day for art class which I'm itching to use at this very moment because they're professional brushes. I've gotten some practice with painting this summer, the power of Bob Ross is with me these days. I'm thinking of writing something, or making a comic when I get off my procrastination to practice making comics. Maybe that should be a goal this year. Anyways I hope everyone's having a good day.

- Tatum Tornkvist

Blog 9 Carson Smith

GOOD MORNING!!! It really is. Well I finished my notes on chapters 1 & 2 of our book. That means after this one I only have two blogs left. I guess that's good because tomorrow is the last day:( I'm in St. Louis today. It's my dads birthday so we decided to come up for a cardinals game. We're all wearing Cardinals gear except for him. He's an rave fan;). We came up last night, went to eat, to see the stadium, and back to the hotel where o finished my summer assignment. We're on our way to an outlet mall right now. Big cities are so crazy. There's so much traffic and so many people. The game starts at 6:00 pm so we have plenty of time to get some shopping in. I woke up at 9:15. That's really early for me. Waking up for school is going to be rough!! Ecoecially when I have to be there at 6:45 am for basketball. I'm so ready for season! I hope we have a great year, and I'm sure I've said that in these about well 9 times. I'm not sure why my dad still wants a braves hat. They lost 8-6 or something like that last night, and they're going to lose tonight. This is the first time in a while we've done something just the four of us. It's a little strange. Being in the same hotel room is funny. The boys are always yelling at me and mom because "we take too long" hahah oops. I was kind of scared to do something the last weekend of summer because of my summer assignment, but it looks like I'll have plenty of time. It's nice to have a change of scenery right before you have to go back to school and be stuck in Lake City for a while:/ Well were about here so I will see you guys MONDAY! Peace

     Carson Smith

Channy's Journals #5

Brock was an average kid with an average build. He was about six feet tall and on the scrawnier side. When you think of the name Brock, you thing of a hulking, meathead type of guy. Brock Wallace did not live up to this description at all. He was actually quite the opposite. He wasn't intimidating in the least and more often than not, he was the smartest kid in any given class at Midland High. This isn't as impressive as you'd assume at first, as Midland High is in the middle of one the smallest cities in all of Texas. There wasn't a lot of brain power being tossed around in the halls, and there were more D's in that school than there are in the entire composition of Doo Wah Diddy Diddy by Manfred Mann. The local colleges saw Midland as a metaphorical wasteland, as there was absolutely no recruiting potential for the school. Their athletics were in pitiful condition as well. Now, their basketball scores weren't as bad as their academic scores but they were still relatively abysmal when compared to other school in the area. Brock only went to this school because his parents couldn't afford to move anywhere else. His dad worked at the local factory, often times coming home later than was expected, and his mother has no job. Brock's mother recently had another child, so she has to stay home and take care of Brock's little sister while her husband, Brock's dad worked extra hours at the town's steel mill. The transition from being an only child to getting hardly any attention at all has sent waves and waves of jealousy and anger over Brock. He tries to ignore them the best he can and go along with whatever his day-to-day life consists of, but there's only so much of that he can do. He has found that the only way to cope with this sudden change in his home life is to focus on his social life. He has found solace in his friends at school and nothing has helped him quite as much as that.

Why I Hate Summer Assignments: By Jacob Adams

If you couldn't tell by the title.... I don't like summer assignments. There always at the back of your mind and make you feel guilty every time you put it off one more day. I know I could have got going sooner but hey what can I do about it now? Nothing that's what. Now have to convince myself that I'm clutch and do better under pressure, even though I'm still kind of dragging my feet. Now the main reason I just can't stand summer assignments is that can I be having fun somewhere, start thinking about summer, and how schools coming up and BOOM!!! It hits " you have to do your summer assignment." ruins my day. then when I do get started I get distracted, mind wonders, my ten minute post takes an hour. I have to step it up or I'll be joining Griff on the outside looking in. he's a bad influence as we all know so I'll get to going over the weekend. Another thing I hate about these is the books we have to read, Lord of The Flies in particular it was bad, the book last year was alright, and this years book makes me want to cry. It's a book full of stuff Ms. Long would  tell us , but some guy named Alfred wrote it. that's pretty wild guys. Along with hating the book I also hate taking notes over it, I mean everything I have to say good ol' Al already said it in his book. doesn't make any sense. Well I guess I I'll get it done because I don't want Ms. Long and my fellow students to be disappointed in me. Moral of the story is this. I don't like summer assignments. Not sure if this is 350 words my math is a little rusty and I have nothing more to say.

Channy's Journals #6

This is entry number six, and this is also my sixth entry. That was a confusing sentence. I've been numbering these backward to create an illusion of a countdown for myself. Right now, I am sitting at my dining room table, clicking illuminated keys in the middle of a storm. We have a room completely made of windows. I can hear every rain drop on the glass. I can hear every thump and splash of water. It's a dreary day and I picked the wrong day to write these because of how awful it is outside. I just found out we aren't going after all which makes my attitude infinitely better. It is hard to believe that it is still raining outside. This is the most rain we've gotten probably all summer. I thought that these would be difficult to do but I have been proven wrong so far. I've gotten through most of these with relative ease. This one will probably be my last journal entry of the day as I only have five more entries and also five more comments. I will get those done tomorrow and I can't wait to be done with these. I will probably write a story spanning those last five posts. Anyway, today has been a roller coaster. I was happy this morning, then the news of Six Flags upset me. Now we aren't going to Six Flags and I don't have to pay for my Chromebook. I don't have any money and frankly, I never really wanted to pay for it anyway. So for my birthday, I'm having my parents pay for it. I can't wait to get my Chromebook this year actually. It'll be exciting signing into my new email on the new computer for the first time. I've already signed into my new school email and changed the password and the profile picture. I haven't done anything but sit in this chair all day and type on this computer keyboard. I am more than sick of it today. It has stopped raining, and I don't think there will be a tornado today.

Channy's Journals #7

So apparently, we're going to Six Flags again this weekend. We're leaving tonight, it seems. This completely came out of nowhere and I was not prepared for it at all. Not a single cell in my body wants to go to anywhere, especially not Six Flags, with anyone in my family. Not now, not ever. Anyway, I guess I have to get these all done today. I wasn't prepared for that either really. I don't really think I enjoy anyone in my family's presence, other than any of our pets'. I don't know why we're going all weekend. That just doesn't make any sense. If no one had a good time the last time you went somewhere, why would you want to go again with even more people? I have trouble understanding mostly anything anyone does anymore. I've kind of reached a disconnect with everyone in my social circle in certain aspects. I truly am the most cynical and unaccepting person I know. I would be happy just staying at home, never going anywhere and never doing anything but going wherever I have to that day. I think that comes with my ADHD. One of the symptoms is isolationistic behavior. This weekend is going to be awful, and I can already tell that it will be based on my previous experiences with these kind of trips. I can't wait for school to start so I won't have to deal with any of this garbage anymore. Summer has literally become my least favorite time of the year because of all the nonsense that has gone on this time around. School cannot come soon enough in my eyes. If anyone can give me some insight as to why they enjoy summer, that would be appreciated. Now, with that being said, I would be perfectly fine with it if we were going to Branson. I love that place more than almost anything on this planet. The overall joy I find in that heavenly place would be enough to mask the stupidity of everyone attending our trip this weekend. It's still raining, and I really hope there is a tornado now.

Channy's Journals #8

Looking back on it, the beach was actually extremely fun and relaxing. The waves, the sun, all the fat people. It really was a grand old time. There were more ripples there than in a bag of wavy Lays. Anyway, open house was yesterday. I couldn't be bothered to go to that so I just had Mallory send my schedule to me. I'm in four classes I didn't sign up for. Last year was the only year I turned my schedule into Mrs. Shey and somehow its the worst schedule I've ever had. I need to switch out of concepts of fitness because there's no chance I'm having Lambchop twice every day. I would only have him the first semester, and I would have Driver's Ed second semester. Which really doesn't make sense because I'll be able to drive by the time I take that class. I'll be switching out of these classes and moving into basketball third period hopefully. I say hopefully even though I don't see any reason why not.  I'll have one more rotational class period this year. Fifth period, I'll have Arkansas History and Health. I signed up for Arkansas History, which I believe I will enjoy because I like learning about history, and with this class being about Arkansas, where I live, I think it'll be an interesting class to say the least. I have to have half a year of health, so I'm taking that second semester. The class I'm most worried about is CBA. I have no idea what that class is or who will be in it. At the moment, I would love to switch out of it and into a more desirable class, but depending on what the class is and who is in it, I might stick around. I am still just as excited for this school year as I was last week. Maybe a little bit less but it won't matter when school actually starts and I hate it. Anyway, I'll cut this entry off here as I've got several more to write today. It's raining outside, I hope there's a tornado.

Ninth Blog - Tatum Tornkvist

New Vent. So I've been dealing with a lot lately, my dad got back from the hospital but I'm still worried sick about him. Now my aunt has been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. So far this year has been holding a lot of medical issues and I hope that no one else experiences any. Although only god knows what's in store. The other day my Anxiety got up along with obsessive thoughts of things I've done in the past. What I could have done, and what I should have done differently. I'm a realist, I usually keep to myself and just think constantly. To me, my choices matter I believe in the butterfly effect after all. Basically it's the belief that each choice leads to consequences and more choices in the future. I take a 10 mg dosage of Anxiety medication but I thought it worked faster and took three and got sick. I had to talk to Misty and Dad the rest of the day because they were worried about me. I'm actually getting sick and tired of anxiety and ocd bringing me down. I can't talk to people without getting nervous. I can't give people money without getting nervous. I can't speak my mind or interact right or even stand in a crowd without the nagging feeling that everyone's staring and judging my every being. Yes I have counseling, so there's not too much to worry about. I just hate it. I want to feel normal and be comfortable with doing things like socializing. But I feel like if I say the wrong thing or do something different everyone's going to chew me up and spit me out the moment I talk. It's like the choking feeling that you're in a tiny lifeboat filled with the people you know. Having the feeling that if you wear or say the wrong thing. They'll throw you over the side so all you can do is hug your knees and keep to yourself. I'm not saying that Riverside isn't a very nice place. Of course Riverside is a good place, and I enjoy being around people I know and the kids are actually nice. I just  hate the feeling so much that I want to cry. I manage to push through though and I've been learning that everyone's not so bad and judgmental as I think they are. Well, that's my vent for tonight. I hope everyone's having a good night.  - Tatum Tornkvist

Channy's Journals #9

These blog posts are tedious and kinda hard for me to do, as I've not been doing anything this summer. I've really done nothing but clean all summer and take care of a dog. I'd like to just write short stories for the rest of these. I haven't cut my hair in over a year, and I probably wont for a little bit longer. So it's extremely long and very thick so it'll be fun to have in the winter. I'll never need a hood or a head covering thing because for my head will always be warm. One of the reasons I don't want to cut my hair is the dilemma I have with not knowing what haircut I'm going to get. I'm just going to keep it long as long as possible so I won't have to worry about that problem. There's not really anything going on right now and I'm just going to try and get through this one journal entry. I am definitely going to try and write short stories for the rest of these, because I really don't have anything to write about. I might write one about my experience at the beach. There were a lot of Trump stickers and surf shops. There was a bad jellyfish accident. Every time I recount the accident, I call them stingrays for some reason. The only other place I went this summer was to Six Flags St. Louis. That was as unenjoyable as it sounds. Tons of walking up hills on the way to equally as unenjoyable rides. All the roller coasters were shaky and didn't last long enough. There were actually three rides I really enjoyed out of both the amusement park and the water park. Mr. Freeze, Screamin' Eagle, and whatever the one about King Arthur were actually really fun. On Mr. Freeze, you are just shot out of a building backwards, you go up backwards, then you go down backwards. Then it turns around and it goes in reverse. That's pretty much it. The only other thing I like about that park is the fact that they have Warheads in one of their shops. Anyway, more writing to come soon.

Channy's Journals #10

Alright, this is my second entry. If you are confused by the title, you should probably read my first entry titled “Channy’s Journals #11.” Confusing, I know. It’s okay though, I’m sure whoever is reading this won’t mind much. Nonexistent people don’t usually have feelings. It’s been a minute or two since the last time I wrote one of these. The reason for this is because I have been extremely busy with the other part of the summer assignment, which I am now finished with. It really wasn't relatively hard, which makes me worry that I may have done the assignment wrong or something. Anyway, I'm just going to leave it like  it is and hope for the best. What I did was take each subheading and I tried to write at least three bullet points for each. Sometime the section in which I was writing over did not have enough material for three bullet points and some had way more than was needed. I copied most of them by just typing them straight out of the book and then formatting them in a way that was aesthetically pleasing. Some of them, I had to summarize and shorten to where it made sense in the format in which I wrote them in. I think I did a pretty good job on it and can't to hear how everyone else did on theirs. I am still just as excited to go back to school as I was a few days ago. This summer has been dreadful, the only enjoyable moments being with my girlfriend and the people at church. I can't wait to get back to school so I can see all my friends and ask them how they've been . I also, can't wait to get back into the routine of waking up early every morning and going to school. My favorite part of school is either lunchtime, or getting out eighth period and going home. One of, if not my favorite holidays happens during school as well. I can't wait for holiday season as it is my favorite time of the year. Black Friday has always been fun for me as I have always appreciated the chaos of it all. It occurs during the school year so that is part of the reason why I miss school so much.

Mallory Felton 10th blog

Hey guys, it's my 10th blog!!!! Almost donee!!! Yay! Super happy to be almost done! Anyway I got a funny story to tell you guys! A few weeks ago cara and klo came to my house to spend the night, crazy night you guys. We mad slime, Cara's car died 1,000 times, had just dance competitions and played bowling. They played volley ball together. Well you know how I say we made slime? Yeahhh bad choice? I totally forgot about it and it's been in my bedside night stand for a while now. But my little sister thought it'd be a good idea to get out. So of course she got it out when no one was around. The slime was melted kinda and the ingredients kinda separated, but of course she didn't know that it would make a mess! She got it everywhere. Her ,the floor, the dog, the couch, the sinks (all of them), her hair, EVERYWHERE!!!!!!! She also got mad because she couldn't clean it up because it was already all over her and couldn't even get it up of the floor without messing up something else. When my mom got home she took pics of her, MADE HER SOOOO MAD! Need I mention that she can have some anger issues. She threw a tantrum and took off to her room (NOT CLEANED UP YET!) she storms off gets the slim on the bed, the carpet. When I say my mom was furious.. I mean it. There needs to be a whole new word made up to describe her anger. But it was fun for me to watch them run around chasing each other and trying to clean. UNTIL I got introuble for making it. Not let's be honest I had it put up for a reason, but ya know my family snoops... wasn't my fault!

Mallory Felton 9th blog

Here goes my 9th blog, it currently 12:30 am. As you can tell I'm defiantly not working on school sleep routine. I totally should be but I'm still spending my nights up late watching Netflix, or working on blogs of course. I'm ready for school because I want to see everyone and be around people agin, haven't seen many people besides my baksetbnal teammates. I always see them. Not a bad thing... sometimes is but not usually. Speaking of school and basketball, I'm so happy to see what's in store for me and my teammates this year. For every sport. I of course want state titles in every sports but that won't happen. My best chance at getting a ring is in basketball, we have been working so hard and I'm happy with what we have accomplished in past years but we all want more, the best, and the most we can get!!! This year we are hungry, so every team has it coming. This is my first year of tennis so I dont expect anything to happen there at all. This year will be a joke for me. Intrack I know I won't be able to do much with the way my knees act now, especially after softball season! They are always acting up then. And as for softball I want to go as far a possible. May. It be far but I just want it to feel like everyone is trying their hardest and going for the same goal i am. I haven't felt that at all since I played highschool ball. Maybe this year can be different! And hopefully it is! My love for sports is the greatest thing ever. I love playing, I love people coming to watch, the cheering, the aptmosphere, the people, and most defiantly the feeling of doing what I love the most. And sports is defiantly what I love most. It's my stress reliever, my happy place, and my get away from this cruel world. Just can't wait for the year to begin and to see where I go and how far it'll be.

Blog 8 Carson Smith

Here goes my 8ty blog. It's 12:14 and I'm up watching One Tree Hill... again. Quinton just got shot. Sorry for the spoiler. It made me realize how fast people can be gone. One minute a person can be perfectly fine and gone the next. It doesn't matter what kind of person you are. Bad things happen to good people too. Man this show really puts me in my feels. On another hand, I started doing my notes on our book. I'm already almost done with the first chapter. School is really gonna kick my butt with waking up early, homework, basketball, etc., but being done with this summer assignment would make me dread it less. I have student council events Thursday. I'm going to be at the school all day. As President, I hope student council really steps up this year. Outside of schoolwork now, I'm also excited for basketball season. Coach Hoffman has pushed us so hard this summer and we've spent most of our summer in a gym. The whole team has worked so hard and I think it's finally going to be our year. Haven, Hattie, Brittney, and whit are going to be seniors. Some of them want to play basketball in college so I hope we do big things so they can achieve their dreams. We play all these games, but the big picture is to be STATE CHAMPS. we deserve it and I'm ready to see how it plays out. It's also tennis season. We have practice 4 days a week for about 3 hours a day. It's rough but I've gotten better. Bailey and I are a doubles team. We aren't as good as Abby and Hattie, but we have a shot to do pretty good this year. Maybe we could also get a state title in tennis. I mean we can only hope;) I know everyone is dreading school, but school brings some of my favorite things, so it may not me so bad after all. :-) btw now it's 12:18


     Carson Smith

Eigth Blog - Tatum Tornkvist

So last Thursday my dad woke us up at 3 to take him to the hospital. He had shortness of breath and his left arm was heavy, he said he took some medication in case he was going to have a seizure but it didn't get better so he decided to get us to take him. We rushed through the night over 80 miles and made it to the VA and they eventually emitted him. They said he had a low heart rate and they were going to watch his heart. It was really scary and I actually was afraid that he was going to die. But he reassured us about it and told us that he was going to be okay. When I got home I decided to stay since I wanted to calm down for a little while. It got really lonely, I thought he was still home at times well, I hoped he was but he wasn't home. Mom kept me up to date with what was going on. They said he had some clogged arteries and that they were going to empty them. They gave him a lot of other tests too just in case he didn't have cancer or something but his blood tests were normal and they told him that he had to stop smoking. On Friday they gave him stints in his arteries to clear them out. His heart rate was starting to go back to normal since before it was at 40. Saturday he came back home, we took all his cigarettes and gave them to Misty, my biological mother, and she took them home with her. I have my Incense to burn so I took his lighters so I can use them on the incense. He can't drive or use his let hand currently. I'm just glad he's home and okay in honesty. I'd rather have him come home and be checked on now than this happening a few years later and he ends up in there again because of his smoking. So I have been doing a little better currently, I'm just wrapping up this whole assignment as a whole in the next few days. I hope everyone's had a good summer.

- Tatum Tornkvist

Mallory Felton 8th blog

So today I've done a lot of thinking... well more so tonight than today. That's usually when I think. And it all started when I was watching one of my Netflix shows and it was about this group of first that have been together their whole lives, done everything for each other, and were the best of friends.   But they got into highschool and drama, boys, and OTHER GIRLS tore than apart. And it made me realize how often this happens to people. In elementary we didn't even really have "groups" everyone just ran around on the play ground. Well unless some girls.. they had groups but mainly because they were rich or the parents were friends so the kids were too. But I'm highschool it's nothing but groups. But groups don't last long in highschool, at all. Usually one person gets mad and it's break it up. A boy separates them. Or even drama from other girls outside the group. I just don't understand how everyone can get torn apart so easy. I don't understand why other girls get so jealous and tear other ones down or groups apart. I can easily say I've never had a group or been apart of one. And it's great in some ways but upsetting in others. I feel like I've never been satisfied with friends. I've never really fit in with the populates or the "cool" kids. Mainly because I don't have money or because their parents don't like mine. But I talk to them, I talk to everyone. I make friends with everyone. And not to say I'm the best person in the world but I'm happy with the person I am because I can make friends with anyone... well expect a few that won't accept me 😂 But i love being the person that anyone can approach. I love being able to k ow what it's like to be on both ends of the stick. I love being able to understand other people. And I love being looked up to, but not because I have money, or a good body. But because i love being around other people. And I hope everyone this years knows that because I'm here for everyone. Expect for the ones that have ran over and that I've always tried to be nice to but don't accept me. You k ow who you are.😜😜

Blog 7 Carson Smith

MALLORY FELTON 7th blog

This blog will be a boring one, but I have nothing to write about honestly. All I'm basically going to tell you is how my week has gone so far.sunday night I had weights with Garrett weaver and the rest of them people that normally go. We need mainly did upper body, which wasn't to bad. Until the next the next day when I had my first tennis practice. My arms hurt sooo bad, but luckily afterwards the soreness was worked out of my arms. Ties day we had tennis again, and I've never played tennis before, but I'm actually not terrible according to Scott. After tennis we had weights again and we did legs that day.... the worst day ever!!!!! It's friday today and I'm still felling the soreness! But Wednesday it hurt the worst at tennis, could barley walk with out my legs twitching. Thursday was the same but not as bad, had weights again on Thursday and we really didn't do much which was great honestly!!! After I got home I took a shower and my dad took me out to eat at kimono, a pretty great treat after a busy week! Today I woke up early to run a mile and hopefully get the rest of the soreness out and work on my time so that when school starts back I can beat my time like coach hoffman wants us to then Igor my shots in for basketball. Tomorrow I plan on running another mile and coming back home to re-do my room. I plan on painting and rearranging... it'll take more than one day obviously but I'll have all day Saturday to put a dent into my work.  The. Sunday it'll start all over again with tennis and weights! Let's just hope I don't end up sunburnt like I was this week, t didn't last long but defiantly don't want it happening again.

Blog 6 Carson Smith

 So I just got home from Jonesboro. I went to eat with my best friend Jenny and a friend that wasn't so close, but used to be, Sydney. Jenny, Sydney, and I got really close about a year ago. We did everything together and spent as much time as possible together. We had a group message we text forever in and we told each other everything. Then Sydney got a boyfriend. She spent a lot of time with him and didn't ever have time for us. Me and Jenny then grew really close. We have been mad at Sydney for a few weeks now and avoiding her (maybe deleted her off Snapchat) She sent us a message trying to apologize, but we told her how we felt and it only made it worse. We haven't talked in a while until today. It's the end of summer and I want to start the school year right and be on good terms with my long time friends. I'm telling all of you... if you're holding a grudge, stop. It feels so much better to forgive. You don't have to love everyone, but hating someone is so much harder than dealing with them. Don't waste so much time hating someone because it's not worth it. It bothers me so bad when I think someone has a problem with me, but not everyone is going to like you and you have to accept that too. I really hates girls, though. Girls will understand. Some are nice, but others.... why do we have to be so rude 😂 I wish there was more niceness in the world, and less envy. I challenge everyone to text that one person that you don't like and make it right. You WILL feel a lot better. I learned that today and I'm happy with my friends and my life and I'm ready to see what this school year holds!!


     Carson Smith

FINAL Blog Post Of The Summer - Dezarea Jones

Hey guys! How is everyone feeling about school starting in 13 days!? I know, bummer right!:/ I have actually enjoyed my summer and writing these blog post. At first I thought it would be hard, but it has been fairly easy! Anyway, if you haven’t notice this is my FINAL blog post! I’m happy to be done with them, but I will miss reading all of ya’lls post. I’ll fill ya’ll in on my life real quick then talk about random stuff! So my grandma gets to come home on August 11th. I will not be staying with her though. She will have in home health care at her house. Tomorrow I take the Accuplacer test at 8:30 in the morning!:/ I hope I pass if not then I have to go back when Ms. Shey takes some people. I was going to take it again on August 9th, but they are booked solid! I guess everyone waits last minute or that test is really hard. I’m kind of nervous about taking it because I don’t know if anyone I know will be there. Wish me luck!:) I have been very distracted lately. My dog Wade has been acting strange and lately it’s worse. It started a couple days ago, but yesterday it was worse. Yesterday I had to have my neighbor come over and pick him up to put him back in the house because he couldn’t get up the steps to the door. It literally breaks my heart to see him in pain. Today, he was trying to follow me down the hallway and his back legs kept giving out. When he walks he kind of slides everywhere. I don’t know what to do with him. We don’t have money to take him to the vet so we just have to give him Tylenol to help with pain. I hope it’s nothing serious cause I have no clue what I’d do without my dog. This may sound pretty lame, but I love my dog like he is my kid. We have been through a lot and he is always there for me. If I’m upset he knows it and won’t leave my side. It isn’t looking to good right now. I know it’s going to crush me when that times come. I just hope he gets better.  Anyway someone in my family is expecting a baby!! So looks like we are getting another baby in our big family! Also Squirtle ,one of the turtles at my house, laid 2 eggs! So I have 2 turtles eggs to try and keep alive! I’m just ready to have cute baby turtles! So it’s currently 10:42 p.m. and this is over 350 words. The only thing I have left to do for this summer assignment is to finish the book and do 3 bullet points over each section! Anyway, I’m going to end this post now so I can go take practice test for the Accuplacer. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer! See ya’ll later!

-Dezi