Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
My Menu
Kendra's Favorites
Welcome to Kendra's Favorites! In this restaurant Kendra handpicks all the meals. She makes sure to pick only the best and freshest ingredients to make sure that you have a great dining experience! Today's specials are as follows!
Appetizer: Bacon Wrapped Dates
Mouthwatering bacon wrapped around sweet, juicy dates. The perfect combination!
Salad: Chef Salad
Fresh, crunchy lettuce mixed in with delectable ham, cheese, veggies and a dressing of your choice!
Entree:
Away
There was screaming. There was always screaming when she was drunk. I just wish that Mom wouldn't take her problems out on Katrina. Katrina couldn't do anything about it. Things always got out of hand. That's when I had to scream at Mom to tell her to calm down; that just led to more screaming. Two nights ago I finally had enough. Something had just snapped. I waited until Mom was passed out, then I told Katrina to pack her bags. "Where are we going, Kenny?" I didn't know. "Anywhere away from her." She nodded in agreement.
Half an hour later we were headed out the front door. Mom was still asleep on the couch. We made our way out into the street. The street lights lined the way. "Where are we going?" I had to think. "Grandpa's house." Grandpa was way better than Mom. He actually cared about us. The only bad thing was that he lived a couple states away. I thought about this as we walked down the street to the bus stop. It would take a lot of cash to get us there. Oh well. I took all of the money from Moms secret money stash that she saves for alcohol. There was over a thousand dollars in there. That could probably get us there. Anyway, we still had a long way to go.
Half an hour later we were headed out the front door. Mom was still asleep on the couch. We made our way out into the street. The street lights lined the way. "Where are we going?" I had to think. "Grandpa's house." Grandpa was way better than Mom. He actually cared about us. The only bad thing was that he lived a couple states away. I thought about this as we walked down the street to the bus stop. It would take a lot of cash to get us there. Oh well. I took all of the money from Moms secret money stash that she saves for alcohol. There was over a thousand dollars in there. That could probably get us there. Anyway, we still had a long way to go.
Stargirl
Stargirl could be a variety of characters in other stories. She is wacky, fun loving, and just plain weird. To me, she kinda seems like the Mad Hatter. She has a unique personality and she seems like she's off her rocker. Stargirl and the Mad Hatter both have a signature thingamabob. She has her ukulele and he has his hat. They both do wild things that no one in their right mind would ever do. She even made one of the popular kids a little mad. Well, probably more than a little. Stargirl isn't afraid to be herself. That's what makes her such an enjoyable character, even though she's just a little crazier than the hatter.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
If I could fly
If I could fly, things would be very different. In my free time, I would fly somewhere nice and ignore everyone else, doing whatever I wanted. I would still do what i usually do in a day, like school and everything else. I would just spend the rest of it elsewhere. I would have vacations almost every weekend. I would LOVE to go to Honolulu, or somewhere with beaches. I would travel the world! I wouldn't be good or evil. I would be neutral. I would help out if I could but that's not my main focus. I'd just have a good time. That's how I would live my life if I could fly.
Friday, May 3, 2013
My name is Ruby. I am fifteen. I don't know exactly where I am. All I know is that this bright white facility is somewhere in California. I don't know what I'm here for. I have all kinds of wires and tubes connected to me. Heart monitors, brain wave monitors, you name it, all there. The men in the white lab coats told me to go into that room over there, the room at the end of the hallway. They said to choose one of the items on the table and describe everything into the microphone. What items? They wouldn't tell me anything else.
I walked toward the lonely door down the hallway that seemed to go on forever. Maybe that was just me, because it felt like forever although it was seemingly short. I turned the silver doorknob. It led into a white room. What's with all the white? White lab coats, white halls, white rooms; no imagination whatsoever. The room smelled horrible, like one of those dentist offices. I absolutely hated that smell.
Ignoring the odor, I sat down at the lonely chair next to the lonely table. I wondered what it would be like to be the chair, just be sitting there in a boring room with a boring companion forever. I didn't like that thought. Why would I be imagining that I'm a chair? It seemed strange to do that.
Turning my attention back to the table I saw that there were four things. There was an ugly old ring with some of the red stones missing. I didn't like it. A hearing aid was next to the ring. I thought about it. Didn't seem that useful where I was right now. A cookie. I picked it up. Eugh. Raisin. I immediately threw it down. The cookie was in bits. I looked right. A glass. I picked it up. It smelled like cat vomit. There was no way I was going to drink that.
I've always had a little trouble hearing so I chose the hearing aid. "It feels normal." No response from the microphone. I put it in my ear. "Nothing is happening. Perfectly normal. I can't even hear better. It's like absolutely nothing happened." It stayed the same for another 30 seconds. Then it happened. For about five seconds the hearing aid went all glitchy. I heard an ear splitting BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. "Okay, so, the thing went all weird on me and my eardrums REALLY FREAKING HURT!!" A deep voice on the intercom went up. "Can you hear anything unusual?" Yes I could, I could hear that voice about five times at once. There was something else too, It sounded like the faintest of whispers. Okay, now I'm going crazy. How could there be whispers? The nearest people were about 30 feet away. It's not from the intercom, I know that. I lied. "Nope, nothing weird." I wanted to know more.
A couple of minutes passed. The whispers grew louder and I could start to understand them. "How could this not work?" "I don't know! It wasn't my job to program it. Ask Jerry!" "I-I don't understand i-it should have worked."Well figure out what's wrong with it!" That was the voice from the intercom. "She should be able to hear what's in the room next to her. It doesn't make sense." "I'm sorry! I may have done a slight miscalculation."
I had two questions. 1) How could I hear them? They were rooms away! 2) What was in the other room? I tried to concentrate. I focused to sounds closer to me. I heard it. There was a high pitched beep that sounded right next to me. Was that what they wanted me to hear? I dismissed the noise that was probably computer generated. "What is this supposed to do?" I asked. No response. I waited in that room for about five more minutes until the door opened. It was a scientist I hadn't seen yet. "I'm sorry for wasting your time, Ruby. It seems that there may have been a slight miscalculation on our part. Are You sure that you can't hear anything unusual, abnormal?" 'No, I can't even hear any better," I lied. He looked disappointed. "I'll take the headpiece and then you can go home. I'm sorry to waste your time."
A few minutes later I was ready to leave. I could see the earpiece lying on a table. The people in lab coats were talking quietly. I was intrigued by the earpiece, I didn't want to leave it. I quickly picked it up and put it into my jean pocket. They didn't notice. They said I could leave, so I did. About a block away I put the earpiece back in. The scientists were wondering where it went. They thought I stole it. I ran.
To be continued...
I walked toward the lonely door down the hallway that seemed to go on forever. Maybe that was just me, because it felt like forever although it was seemingly short. I turned the silver doorknob. It led into a white room. What's with all the white? White lab coats, white halls, white rooms; no imagination whatsoever. The room smelled horrible, like one of those dentist offices. I absolutely hated that smell.
Ignoring the odor, I sat down at the lonely chair next to the lonely table. I wondered what it would be like to be the chair, just be sitting there in a boring room with a boring companion forever. I didn't like that thought. Why would I be imagining that I'm a chair? It seemed strange to do that.
Turning my attention back to the table I saw that there were four things. There was an ugly old ring with some of the red stones missing. I didn't like it. A hearing aid was next to the ring. I thought about it. Didn't seem that useful where I was right now. A cookie. I picked it up. Eugh. Raisin. I immediately threw it down. The cookie was in bits. I looked right. A glass. I picked it up. It smelled like cat vomit. There was no way I was going to drink that.
I've always had a little trouble hearing so I chose the hearing aid. "It feels normal." No response from the microphone. I put it in my ear. "Nothing is happening. Perfectly normal. I can't even hear better. It's like absolutely nothing happened." It stayed the same for another 30 seconds. Then it happened. For about five seconds the hearing aid went all glitchy. I heard an ear splitting BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. "Okay, so, the thing went all weird on me and my eardrums REALLY FREAKING HURT!!" A deep voice on the intercom went up. "Can you hear anything unusual?" Yes I could, I could hear that voice about five times at once. There was something else too, It sounded like the faintest of whispers. Okay, now I'm going crazy. How could there be whispers? The nearest people were about 30 feet away. It's not from the intercom, I know that. I lied. "Nope, nothing weird." I wanted to know more.
A couple of minutes passed. The whispers grew louder and I could start to understand them. "How could this not work?" "I don't know! It wasn't my job to program it. Ask Jerry!" "I-I don't understand i-it should have worked."Well figure out what's wrong with it!" That was the voice from the intercom. "She should be able to hear what's in the room next to her. It doesn't make sense." "I'm sorry! I may have done a slight miscalculation."
I had two questions. 1) How could I hear them? They were rooms away! 2) What was in the other room? I tried to concentrate. I focused to sounds closer to me. I heard it. There was a high pitched beep that sounded right next to me. Was that what they wanted me to hear? I dismissed the noise that was probably computer generated. "What is this supposed to do?" I asked. No response. I waited in that room for about five more minutes until the door opened. It was a scientist I hadn't seen yet. "I'm sorry for wasting your time, Ruby. It seems that there may have been a slight miscalculation on our part. Are You sure that you can't hear anything unusual, abnormal?" 'No, I can't even hear any better," I lied. He looked disappointed. "I'll take the headpiece and then you can go home. I'm sorry to waste your time."
A few minutes later I was ready to leave. I could see the earpiece lying on a table. The people in lab coats were talking quietly. I was intrigued by the earpiece, I didn't want to leave it. I quickly picked it up and put it into my jean pocket. They didn't notice. They said I could leave, so I did. About a block away I put the earpiece back in. The scientists were wondering where it went. They thought I stole it. I ran.
To be continued...
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