• Aug. 24, 2007
Sorry.... *grin*
Okay. I'm determined to post here regularly! I feel bad for not posting since...... March 3rd. LOL
I'm not quite sure how I'm gonna use this blog. Or, really, how I want to use it. I could post stories... but I like keeping the things I write more private, you know? I'm not sure why; it's not like I write anything bad... I just don't want to post a story right now.
Hey! I know! I'm doing Learn to Write the Novel Way for school! I could post lessons from that on here.
I'll see if I can get people to read this much neglected blog again, then I'll post. :-)
Love,
Becca
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• Jan. 21, 2007
Saturday, 1-21-07
If you would like an actual entry, go to my other blog. If you just want a short little thing, then stay here. LOL
Just like last Saturday, I will be posting quiz results.
Yesterday we went to the movies and saw Flushed Away. I liked it a lot! We also went to Target; I bought a locket, very cool socks, (I love weird socks!!), and a wide black headband.
No huge news since last Saturday. Mama found out that she's a week farther along than she thought. The baby is now an inch long. :-)
| You Are 100% Pure |
You're so innocent, it's almost like you're not human. |
Well, yeah. Duh, if the questions mainly focus on drinking and such, then I'll get 100%.
| You Are a Chocolate Chip Cookie |
You're friendly and easy to get to know. This makes you very popular - without even trying! |
| Your Dominant Thinking Style: Exploring |
You are a challenger. You tend to challenge common assumptions and beliefs. An expert inventor and problem solver, you approach everything from new angles. You show people how to question their models of the world. |
| You Are a Dreaming Soul |
So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all... But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you. Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses. Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others. Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life. |
| You Should Rule Saturn |
You are perfect to rule Saturn because like its rings, you don't always follow the rules of nature. And like Saturn, to really be able to understand you, someone delve beyond your appearance. You are not an easy person to befriend. However, once you enter a friendship, you'll be a friend for life. You think slowly but deeply. You only gain great understanding after a situation has past. |
| You Belong in Spring |
You can truly appreciate the blooming nature of spring. Whether you're planting flowers or dyeing Easter eggs, spring is definitely your season! |
| Your Mood Ring is Blue |
At ease Calm Lovable |
Okay, that's it. I'll try to update more than once a week.
XOXOXO,
Becca
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• Jan. 13, 2007
Quiz Results
I have dubbed Saturday as quiz results day. *grin*
| You Should Drive a Saturn Sky |
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| Your Attitude is Better than 85% of the Population |
| Your Hair Should Be Purple |
You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights. |
(I didn't like the pics on these two.)
| Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 55% General American English |
| 20% Yankee |
| 15% Dixie |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Midwestern |
| Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence |
An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly. You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view. A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary. You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator. |
| You Are a Mermaid |
You are a total daydreamer. While your head is often in the clouds, you'll always come back to earth to help someone in need. |
XOXOXO,
Becca
P.S. I got all of these from www.blogthings.com
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• Jan. 12, 2007
The Latest Studies........ugh
I read this thing a magazine that said "The latest studies show that a teen's brain is not devoloped enough to understand the consequences of his actions until he's well into his 20s." That's the complete quote. I'm sorry, but that, to me, just seems like some excuse a parent would use for explaining their kid's bad behavior. Every teen has a conscience, and unless they've completely deadened it, they know something is wrong before they do it! Drinking, drugs, sleeping around, dressing in a revealing way, "fun" pranks, I don't care what it is. A teen must get even the slightest "This is wrong!!" message.
So many adults excuse their teen's behavior because "He/she's just a teenager. Let them have their fun." Yet in reality, they're doing their kid no favor. They're harming their child by letting them go to the parties, encouraging dating at a young age, and buying the clothes, posters and CDs. But I think they harm them the most by not being involved in their child's life, by not asking how their day went, how their friends are doing, etc. Especially if they don't homeschool, and aren't around their kids alot.
I'm not saying tha being homeschooled means a guy or girl is an innocent. I was, (let me stress was), friends with a girl who was homeschooled. She was just a 11-12 year old kid. But she started to change, her clothes became very revealing, she listened to trashy music, she had a subsripction to Teen People, for crying out loud. She was twelve! She stopped talking to me. (I guess because we no longer had much in common; I mean I don't like Ashlee Simpson, can't stand her sister, and I think Mean Girls was a stupid and trashy movie.) Her sudden lack of communication was a blessing; it got me out of a bad situation. I don't like to admit it, but I wasn't really that satisfied with being me anymore. I wanted to be a size two, wear high heels, a full face of makeup, and have my headphones on my ears most of the time. I think my self confidence started to twindle. Bad company!!!
But, like I said, her family stopped talking to mine, (There's more reasons, but I won't mention them.), and they kinda had a blow up with everyone in the HS group. My self confidence is way higher now and I'm not afraid to be me. I realize that having my headphones all the time will make me deaf by age 30, and although I still wouldn't mind being a size two for a little while, I've become a stronger person, and am less afraid to speak up.
I got off track, I know. Sorry. *grin* I guess what I'm saying is that it's my feeling that parents should be very involved in their kids' lives, otherwise, there's a lot of room for that kid to mess up and have no guidance.
And that thing about teens' brains? Yeah, I know we're still growing, but I fully understand that if I drink, do drugs, sleep with someone, dress in a bad way, anything like that, there will be consequences!!!!
XOXOXO,
Becca
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• Jan. 9, 2007
"You Say It Best When You Say Nothing At All"
Today we went to the park, (Mama and I walked the track thing 3 times), piano lessons, the feed lot and then to our friends' house. I had a good day. :-)
Tomorrow we're going to town; grocery shopping and somewhere else. After that, I'll probably become a bit anti-social, and want to stay home. LOL I get like that sometimes; I don't wanna go anywhere.
I'm ordering Masquerade and From Italy With Love from a Christian book website. I considered getting Chaotic Resolve, Plumb's newest CD, but I'm not going to. I don't think. LOL
You all need to check out this site: www.fanfiction.com They have stories based on just about every movie out there, and lots of book-based stories too. There are ratings on each story, so look for those. The ratings are nice for me, because I know what to stay away from!
I'm cold. My hair's still wet from my shower, and the office is pretty much the coldest room in the house. I guess it's better than having to have the air conditioner blasting because it's 100* outside!!
Okay, I need to go.
Hugs,
Becca
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• Jan. 8, 2007
The Storm and An Update
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• Dec. 25, 2006
Merry Christmas!!!
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Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!
I've had a great day so far! I got some awesome pirate gifts.
Last night I got:
A POTC DVD game from Uncle Todd and Aunt Moni, which looks so incredibly awesome!!! Thomas and I are gonna play it today! A box of cordial cherries and pirate kerchief, (dark blue with white skulls......total pirate! LOL), from Grammy and Pappy. Oh, they also gave me a $100. LOL I wanted to say it that way........it's so I can pick out something I really want. Like a stereo! :-) And Kool-Aid lip gloss from Uncle Wayne and Auntie Nina
This morning, I recieved:
A black POTC shirt.......I LOVE IT!!!!!! It has the POTC skull and crossed torches, with the Black Pearl in the background, along with the Deadman's Chest key. Everything except the flames on the torches is a blue-ish gray. The flames look like, well, flames. I'm wearing it right now! POTC 2 with the Pirate Songs CD. We are so watching that movie today! Hair clips and Garnier Fructis hair styling gels. Most fantabulous!!! What A Girl Wants DVD (That movie is so awesome. She's the Man was funny......but they could've left out a couple parts. Would've made my movie watching expierience nicer.) A Jelly cover notebook with "r" on it. A lighted touch mirror. It's brushed nickel, I think, and it looks perfect sitting on my desk! A mushroom chair! Yippee!! It's in my room right now, and it looks really nice! Hershey's Peanut Butter Filled Kisses :-) A keychain with a cat picture from Thomas Socks from Nanny and Mary - Nanny's have penguins on them, and Mary's have presents Toe socks with a Holstein cow on the front........they're awesome! (I betcha I'm the only person who got those socks and knows what breed the cow is) And some other small things - candy, Silly Putty, (I love that stuff), and such.
As family gifts, we got Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Spider-Man 2 and National Treasure. There's more, you know, gifts other people got, etc., but I'm not gonna list it all. LOL
Overall, an awesome Christmas!!
Love and Merry Christmas!!! Becca |
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• Dec. 24, 2006
Merry Christmas Eve!!!
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• Dec. 23, 2006
Question
Like it?? The new look, I mean. I'm not done yet......more stuff to add. So I'm off to do that!
Merry Christmas Eve Eve!!!!
Luv,
Becca
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• Dec. 23, 2006
IQ Test Results
I finally took that IQ test.....here's my results:
Your IQ score is 111

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• Dec. 22, 2006
Nothing much......
So yeah. I'm changing the BG to something a bit more.......dramatic and "notice me!" LOL Probably with a black and white color scheme. I don't know.
Hugs,
Becca
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• Dec. 17, 2006
A Note and The First Post of WBB: Abortion
I've made a kinda tough decision......I'm dropping the story. It's not fair to have it, but never update it, and I don't devote enough time to it. Then I post about other things and feel sort of guilty because I didn't posted Chapter Seven or whatever. So yeah. I'll let it rest, then when I get a sudden burst of creativity, I'll finish it in a couple days, and post the whole thing. Or e-mail it if you want it or something. I'll still post short stories, Fan Fic, Book Reviews, etc. Just nothing about Ian, Jeremy and Raina.
So that's my big news. LOL Now onto my actual post....
This blog is gonna be where I post more indepth stuff. On GiftedGirl, I sometimes post that. But here I'll post it more. Plus, I had a brilliant idea. I'll write a book called What's Bugging Becca. Like the title? Catchy, eh? LOL So here I'll get my practice.
First post for WBB, (What's Bugging Becca), will focus on a topic that's been bothering me lately:
The non-respect people have for human life. Abortion is the greatest example of this. It is the murder of an innocent person, yet it is practiced every day all around the world. What happens to, say, some guy who kills a child? If all goes correctly, he is put in jail. What happens to the doctor who kills an unborn babe? Nothing. Both he and the mother of that child go free and clear, despite the fact that they have just commited murder.
I don't care if the mother did not want to get pregnant. Why should she "get rid of" her innocent child, who is nothing but the result of another's cruelty? If anything, she should carry the baby full term, and feel sympathy and love for a person who was just as helpless as herself.
I don't agree with the choices of the teen mothers, the ones who knew full well what they were doing. But I do commend them, because even though the world's pressure to abort the baby must've been strong, she didn't.
What really gets me is the difference in people's attitudes: Some cannot have children, but desperately want them. Others can have children, but do everything to not have babies.
America is the land of the free. Everyone has a free choice. Furthermore, God gave us each a free will. So I understand that I cannot stop all abortions, I cannot convince some to not support such practices. Despite a baby's inability to choose for themself, I can point out that abortion, although the mother may want it, is a direct infringement on the child's rights. Some of the politians and doctors are so fired up about the woman's rights, and how abortion should be available to her. Yet they cut off another persons rights, they effectively and permanently silence a voice that hasn't even had a chance to speak yet. Where's the freedom in that?? To be killed before you have chance to see the world, before you can fully experience that freedom that America is known for, is an absolute horror.
Regardless of what others say, I will always defend the rights of the ones who cannot speak up for themselves.
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• Dec. 13, 2006
Anne Frank
I enjoyed reading Anne Frank's diary, but several things jumped out at me that I found rather annoying and showed me just how unlike her I am.
Her diary reveals that she had a major obsession with guys, yet had little regard for their feelings. She writes several entries that mention Harry Goldberg, a 16 year old boy who liked her. But right after that, she mentions Peter Wessel, (Peter Number One), and says that she was pleased, because he'd talked to her for the first time in ages. Yet just before, she'd been saying how wonderful Harry was! Then she goes and "falls in love" with Peter van Pels, (Peter Number Two) Before, she described him as "frightfully touchy and lazy", a "rather soft, shy, gawky youth", despite his being 3 years older than her. His attempts to be friendly only irritated her, and to me, it almost seems hypocritical of her to suddenly like him. I understand that she wanted to have a closeness with someone, and her strained, distant relationship with her mother, (More on that in the next paragraph), meant she couldn't confide in her. I also understand that Anne having the personality that she did -- she could be a bold flirt who greatly enjoyed the attention of boys -- meant that she must miss the company of young guys, and so turned to the only one there.
Her relationship with her mother was, like I said, strained and distant. They never really got while she's in hiding. But she does not like him till they've been hiding for over a year. along, and after moving into the Secret Annex, their fights became worse. She identified better with her father. Who was a good man, yes. A good father, I guess. But his relationship with his wife does not seem to have been the perfectly-ever-after type, the sweep-her-off-her-feet kind of romance. More of a satisfy society, have a friendly and polite marriage, but never have that love that every girl wants someday. I feel sorry for Otto and Edith Frank.
All in all, I feel that although Anne's diary is touching, tragic and incredibly real, I have trouble identifying myself with her. She seems to have been very opinionated and quite immature in some of her thoughts and feelings.
I love learning and reading about WW I and II. Her diary is one of the greatest insights to that time. But I also think that her diary should be read with the understanding that she isn't exactly someone to be idolized, if you will.
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• Dec. 13, 2006
Update.....
Hopefully, some of you who read my GiftedGirl blog will read this. :-) I'm gonna see if Angel, (Angelfire94), can log into my account on her computer. If she can, then she can post an update for me on the GiftedGirl blog.
I can't log into my account; it says my password or username is invalid. Hopefully they'll get it all fixed!!!
Anyways, I'll post more of the story in a bit.
Hugs,
Becca
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• Dec. 3, 2006
~Chapter Six~
With the hustle, bustle and confusion at the airport, Ian didn't get to leave as soon as he'd like. Instead, he got stuck in the cafeteria-style eating area, along with Jeremy, and the girl from the plane. He now knew her name was Raina, and they were carrying on an in depth conversation. Turned out, Raina was going to her aunt's house, in the suburbs of Fort Peters. Having been gone so long, Ian didn't know who Cora Longford was, but Raina knew Nicole. Ian's breath nearly stopped. His mother. Immediately, the anger he felt toward Charlotte St. Peters was overwhelming and all consuming. He had to turn his head, so Raina and Jeremy wouldn't see the flames of rage in his bright green eyes. He wanted to get out the letter he'd found in Charlotte's nightstand, the letter that had made everything clear to him. The kidnapping, the fake names, the reason why Charlotte had drug him from place to place under the pretense that they "needed to see new sights". It made him realize just how crafty and sly Charlotte was. Leaving without her knowing he was headed to Dawson had been hard.
Jeremy pulled at the straw in his root beer, and picked at the salt on his pretzel. Should've gotten that giant chocolate chip cookie, he thought. His sneakered foot hit his duffel bag sittng underneath the table, and caused Raina's L.L. Bean bag to move.
"Oops. Sorry."
Raina smiled at him, and said, "That's okay. So...where're you headed?"
"I'm not sure. I left home because I was tired of being told how to live my life, and how I need to choose a college, and how I need to stop "playing around". I needed some freedom, some time to think. But now.....now I'm too free. I have no clue where to go or what to do. I have money but...."
"I understand. I want to do something important, but I don't know what."
Silence came over the table, and the three teens, as they each tried to contemplate their next move. Ian was just bored; when would that taxi get here? Raina was dreading her stay with her aunt. And Jeremy was becoming homesick.
At long last, the taxi arrived; Jeremy saw it from the window he was sitting next to. Ian gave him an awkward hug, and waved to Raina. Then he walked out the door, to go see his parents for the first time in what seemed like forever.
Which left Raina and Jeremy sitting in the airport.
"I really should go", Raina started, "but I don't really want to."
"Tell you what. You show me to the nicest hotel in Fort Peters."
"Deal."
They grabbed their bags, and headed for the door.
Note: So how is it so far? LOL
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• Nov. 21, 2006
~Chapter Five~ FINALLY!!!!
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• Oct. 19, 2006
~Chapter Four~
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• Oct. 15, 2006
~Chapter Three~
Note: Be sure to re-read the Prologue, Ch. One and Ch. Two.
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• Oct. 13, 2006
~Chapter Two~
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• Oct. 11, 2006
~Chapter One~
~Chapter One~
Soooo.....how was that?
~Bec~