"Mirrors"

"I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.

What ever you see I swallow immediately

Just as it is,

unmisted by love or dislike .

I am not cruel, only truthful---"

-Sylvia Path

I was looking through the internet tonight to try and find some personifications online, because I couldn't think of any. So there was a headline in capital letters that said "MIRROR" and I was like "huh? why is this here for 'personifications'?????"

so of course I let my curiosity get a hold of me and I clicked on it....

I found this poem talking about a mirror and how this poem demonstrates personification....

Well I wanted to see what the poem actually said so I read it through....

and you must be wondering why this was so important that I blogged about it,

WELL!!!

on the last line of the poem it says

"I am not cruel, only truthful"

and if you have ever been around when someone says...

"OH MY GOSH JESSI!! YOU ARE SO MEAN!!"

*cough cough* Jason!! *cough cough*

I just say right back to them

"I am not mean, I am just truthful!"

so when I read this poem and saw that line I was like "WOW!! I say that!"

so it made me feel a little special today seeing that in a poem I have never seen before.....

so thank you for reading this.....

and tell me what you think.....

by the way: the whole poem is online but that's all I saw in the personification thing...

and the end of that poem is a bit disturbing if it's supposed to be taken literallly...o_O

Jessi <3

oh how long has it been??

Well, it has been quite a while since my last post....well lets see. for those of you who don't see me that often I will tell you what has been goin on.

Well colorguard is doing GREAT!! We have just finished with our rutine and now all we need to do is perfect it! For those of you who don't already know I am the captain of the flag line at my school and that is pretty tough. Considering i am a HUGE procrastinator, there are some things that need to be worked out a head of time and i don't like that at all!! Hehehe...

Well in other news my school grades are doing fine. I don't have any C's this quarter and I was really happy! :) In my english class, I am having a lot of fun! My teacher is awesome! But man, I CAN'T STAND (alex..) verbs!
enough about that though, my science class is BORING! its the least fun things out of my day! And my history class is also really fun! and my favorite period of the day: LUNCH!! way fun! in math I am continuing to progress and I was informed that i am going to geometry next year! (i should be in algebra for my grade level). In PE we are doing a fitness unit and it STINKS but my mile times are improving greatly so I am happy! And in spainish i have an A+!!! I was so happy! That is my first one EVER!!

Well lets see what else is there?? OH!! Guess how old I am turning on the 15th??................14!!! I know I couldn't believe it either...and another thing that is quite significant that is happening soon is highschool.....wow. This year has gone by so fast for me and highschool is only a few months away!
I am planning on going onto the yearbook committee as a photographer :) I also want to learn french so I am going to take that next year also. And Vanden Highschool's colorguard is just callin' my name!!! We have already tried out and I made flags! I can't wait for HIGHSCHOOL!!

Well I guess thats all I have to say for right now and thanks for readin'! I hope to see all of you soon!!

I DROVE!!!!

OMG!! i am so excited!! i drove a car for the first time today and i had my first lesson on an actual rode (well it was dirt but who cares) !!!! i am so happy right now! You know if you have never driven before, it is harder than it looks! like i was very friendly with the brakes! hahahaha! yeah well i am just happy that i am driving!! i was so nervous today. my mom took a pic of me and i look like i just got something that i have longed for which i kind of have longed for this since forever basically...so yeah......well i guess that is all i wanted to say... well see ya later!!

Color Guard is Starting!!!

Its that time of year again and I am so siked! I am so happy that its starting up again. This year I am gonna try out for Sabre (sword) but if i don't make that I will most likely be the captain of flag. For those of you that don't know what Colorguard is then it is when there are the people who march in front of the marching band and spin things such as I.D. (letters that spell out Mustangs), Flags, Sabres, and Riffles. I was on the team last year if you din't know and it was so much fun. Some people think that it is just fun and games but it isn't. This sport is very serious and requires a lot of hard work and dedication. At the same time though you can have so much fun! The people I spun with last year were like my sisters. I would spend my saturdays with them because those were the days that we had our extra practices, and we hung out at school and we laughed with each other got mad at each other it was really nice.

Before you ask, the actual performance is in May/June so they wont be anytime soon, but yes anyone can come! The other thing is that they aren't anywhere near here they are all like in Vallejo, and in Alemeta. The only one that is in Vacaville is at Fiesta Days Parade so if you can't make the others than I would sugjust seeing that one! Well I hope you guys can make it to the performances! It would mean a lot to me!

Well the actual tri-outs for sabre is on tuesday and thursday so please pray that I don't mess up during those two days! Thank you!

Jessi :)

Rain...

Ah, how I love the rain. It can be so peaceful and yet it can be so harsh. I love to sit by my window and watch it for while on a rainy day. In some ways I am glad that it is the rainy season, because I like to walk outside and just let it fall on me and be amazed at how God even came up with the idea to let water fall from the sky. Be amazed at how he has once again out done himself and created something that is so beautiful. Some people think that it is a horrible thing but I love it. I love to fall asleep to the sound of rain on the roof and hearing every drop. I find rain soothing and peaceful and exciting when it is coming down hard. I have had some great times in the rain and some bad, but not too many. I love the rain and I hope it continues soon.

Time Flies When Your Having Fun...

Wow....I haven't posted in a long time and there has been a alot of stuff happenning. For one thing I got a Bunny!!! His name is Iggy Ibanez Helton! he is so cute and I will put pictures up later for those of you who haven't seen him yet. Anyway, I have also recently been in kara's Quinnsinerra ( I think thats how you spell it) as one of her Damas (close girl friends). It was so beautiful! Another thing is that cross-country is done and over with and I am happy that I don't have to run all the time now! Even though I was getting really good exercise, and it was fun hanging out with all my friends there. Wow, I guess time really does fly because there is so much to say.......well not really but so much has happened since the last time I was on. Well I guess I will see you all later!

Jessi

Friends...

Have you ever had a friend that you could tell anything too?? Well, I have a lot of them and they are all so good to me! But, have you ever had someone that used to be your friend until somehing happened and you can't even remember what it was but it happened and now you can't stand each other?? Well, I also have one of those. I mean its not like we go and fight all the time, but we just glare at each other when we pass by each other. Well, my friend Gabby and I have this one girl that just ticks us off and we even have a code name for her and its "UGH!!!!" but no one even knows what we are talking about and it is really cool. Anyway, my friend Gabby is my best friend and we can talk about anything! She knows like everything about me and I know like everything about her. Its a really good relationship and I love it! I have a lot of best friends though. She's just the one I spend most of my school time with so she popped into my head first. I can't really be like, "I have my top best friend and a second best friend" because I don't. If you know me you will here me talking about my friends morre than I talk about myself. If you took away my friends I would literally crie my eyes out and than die of loneliness.
So I guess what I am trying to say is that my friends are a big part of my life and I have been realizing that a lot lately. Well, I guess I'll see you guys later!!

Jessi

Cross Country...

Cross Country....all I can say about it for right now is OWWWW!! My legs hurt soooo bad. My thighs are like throbbing after I run each day for four days a week!! The upside to this is that I get a gatorade everyday when my Mom or Mr. Rich picks me and alex up from school. JK, we're also getting mucle in our legs now. Me and Alex were in a store the other day after practice and we were comparing leg mucle. It was pretty funny. My coach is pretty nice but he is very brutal. He wants us to do a maximum of 25 miles a week! When he said that everybody except the returning people were shocked just by the words 25 MILES.

You know how there is alway one kid who THINKS he can beat anyone in racing well I have one on the cross country team. Before we started our mile on the first day he told practically everyone there that he was gonna beat them on the mile including me. So there are three major groups that run together. There are the really fast people, the average people, and the slows who are most likely walking the whole way. And guess who came in the third group....that guy! I'm an average runner so I came in the second group and I am fine with that. But he was practicly last! It was so funny!

Our first track meet is on September 26th, so I am kinda excited about that. Well, see ya!!!

Jessi