Mermaids (Nymphs of the Sea)

Mermaids; there are so many stories about the mysterious creatures. Are they real? Do they still swin around us? Or are they just make believe things of childrens' imagination? I'm sure many people would like to think so but facts have shown that there is a humongous chance that these aren't just fairy tales. Well why not? We have already discovered so many things that we believed impossible! Anything is possible! Honestly, do you always have to see it to believe? Can you just trust what other people have claimed to see? Don't be afraid to believe in 'magical creatures.'

Sure you might get teased and all but in the grand scheme of things it might work out for the best. Who knows, you might be the first person to talk to a Mermaid!

Now I should probably tell you before you go off on an expedition to find Mermaids that not all kinds of Mermaids are freindly. 'They are dark and mysterious creatures in touch with all things magical' as the Peter Pan movie puts it and it speaks the truth. From the books I've read I have been lead to believe that fresh water Mermaids are far more friendly than salt water Mermaids. I suggest you avoid this lot or you may find yourself in a watery grave.

Well I believe I have said enough about these creatures.

Sincerely your fellow Mermaid explorer,

~Indigo

ThInGs AbOuT lIfE tHaT aReN't RiGhT (aT aLl!!!!!((I'm SeRiOuS!!!!!!!)))

I'm sure that everyone thinks that if they were Queen or King of the World they would change a few things, right? Well I know I got more then just a few, I got a whole list. But since (unfortunately I'm not Queen of the World (can you believe it?) I will just state what I would change here, and who knows, maybe someone else will agree with my beliefs and ideas and maybe if they ever become King or Queen of the World will change these things for me (anf if you happen to be that person and you are reading this please except my most sincerest thanks). For starters why on earth did we give Galileo the credit for inventing the telescope? Huh? He stole that idea from an Italian guy and the he took the credit for inventing the 'first telescope.' He was totally stealing and lying and we let him get away with it! Shouldn't we be ashamed of ourselves? So I say that tomorrow March 18th will forever be known as Telescope Day. A day in which we honour the Italian dude who so long ago was robbed of credit of being the first person to invent the telescope. For my second thing I would make it so that all private, christian and public schools held recess for 5 to 17 year olds for 1 hour everyday except on Friday which has recess for 1 and 30 minutes. Thirdly Evolution would not be allowed to be taught in schools anymore and to replace it there will be a class called 'The Hodgy-Podgy Class of Everything Necessary.' And I don't mean 'necessary' like how to change a baby's diaper or anything like that, I mean necessary stuff like how to make fireworks or how to play a ukulele or how to eat fire, or ride the unicycle, or how to make potions and which mushrooms are nonpoisonous, stuff like that. I would also make it so that people who weren't born in America can still run for president. I would also have the Cottingly Gardens opened back up for the public. Well I think that's enough for now,

Sincerely,

Indigo

P.S. See? This is why we need a kid to rule!

Funny Story

Ok, I heard the funniest story yesterday (except for the people in it) and I just have to share it with you:
This girl walks up to her boyfriend at school and just starts telling him how much she loves him and stuff like that, and the boy looks at the girl and says "lover without the 'l' spells over." Well the girl starts bawling and sputtering and the guy just stands there acting all cool while he sips his Mountain Dew. Well the girl's best friend had seen the WHOLE thing and she was outraged. And boys you can mess with your girlfriend but you don't ever EVER want to mess with your girlfriend's bff. So the bff of the girl walks over to the boy and gets right up in his face and says "how dare you do that to my bff!" and the boy just stands there sipping his Mountain Dew which makes the bff really mad so she says "if I was your girlfriend I would poison your Mountain Dew!" and the boy looks at her and says "girl, if you were my girlfriend I would drink it." and saying that he walked off.
See? Wasn't that hilarious? (Except for the girl)

Sincerely,

Indigo

Clover and 'Normal'

I have to admit it, sometimes I wish I was just a little more like everyone else, just a little more 'normal'. We all do. But what is normal? Nobody can define 'normal' becuase there is no such thing as 'normal'. We are all extremely different, just some of us can hide it better than others. They are the ones who we think are 'normal'. But it is impossible to be 'normal' because we don't know what it is. So they are few who are brave and decide to break away and make themselves up instead of having these 'normal' people do it. Yes, they do get teased and sometimes their lives are miserable. But at least they are being true to themselves and are fulfilling their dreams, and they are happy, very happy, because they are free from the term of 'normal'. Even though sometimes I do wish I was more 'normal' it is very rare. I'm am very glad of who I am, I wouldn't want to be any different. And the truth is, when you step away from the 'normal' crowd people start noticing you, yeah a lot of it is mean attention but you also get noticed by wonderful people because you've finally stepped away and they're seeing you for the first time. What I use as an example is clover. They are almost all the same, but once in awhile you find one that is different, a four leaf clover. Have you ever noticed how out numbered the four leaf clovers are? There are trillions of three leafed clovers but there are only thousands of four leaf clovers. I have yet to find one. But also, have you ever noticed that the four leaf clovers are the lucky ones, because they are so very and extremely rare. And whenever I start to wish that I was just maybe a little bit more 'normal' I just think of myself as a four leaf clover that is bringing luck to whoever takes the time to discover me (now I know that sounds kinda cheesy, but sometimes you just have to go for the cheese!). There are billions upon gazillions of unique people around you, you just have to look and I'm sure you'll find one. But if you try to become friends with someone who is 'normal' you won't be able to pick one out because they are all the same, tiny pieces of sand in the vast desert known as our world. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my ramblings!

Sincerely,

Indigo

My Year

I know that 2007 has been over for awhile now but I never wrote anything about the whole picture of what that year was to me. I would definitely say that it and last year have been the best two years of my entire life. Even though a lot of sad and horribe things happened to me I think they helped me see how wonderful a year it had really been, it helped me appreciate it a whole lot more. For example my two Step-Granfathers died which was a very sad thing to the whole family, I loved them both very much. We also had lice for three months and it was the grossest thing that had ever happened to me, I wouldn't even wish it on my worst enemy. But a million wonderful things happened to me that year that I could never dreamed of! So even to ya'lls dismay they were really personal so I'm not going to share right now. That year, I think changed me more than I had ever been changed in one time before. I learned so many new things and felt so many new and wonderful/strange/jump-out-of-your-pants-scary, but I have to admit it, it was very worth it. I don't believe I've ever had such a good year and I know that I probably will never have one like it again. I am so glad for that year and all the things I saw and all the awesome and enchanting people I met. And even though that year was very tough and I was thrown in a lot of nightmarish and uncomfortable situations and I had a lot of burdens, I'm glad I went through them because they were (and this is very confusing to say) brought me the bestest year ever.

Sincerely,

Indigo

P.S. I can only hope that 2008 will be just as good.

Swaziland

Swaziland

Dear Blog...yesterday we got back from Africa. The trip was amazing! I can't even begin to describe how life changing it was to go to a third world country. I'm still not sure about everything but I do know that I am going back and that I am going to find a way to help the people I met.
I will never be able to forget that trip or the places I went, the things I saw and heard and the people I met. I know that this trip has changed me somehow but I don't know how yet.
Sincerely,
~Indigo

Spelling Story

Spelling Story


Okay, so in my certain Spelling curriculum everytime I get a word wrong it makes me say the word, look at the word, say the word again then spell the word with my eyes closed, spell out the word in the air with my finger, then spell it again, and then write a sentence using the word. How boring. So I've come up with thi story that I use my words in. Instead of writing one sentence using that word I now write a whole paragraph that holds all of my words in it. So here is the words I have so far missed in th past week or so:

principal
analyze
fundamental
noticeable
parallel
dormitories
assemblies
friendliest
and obituaries
And here is the story I have made using them:
Part I
Notes and Red Beards
"This will be a great fundamental experience for us all." Ms. Vonhorghts or Ms. Vonworts (which is what my friend and I call her) said with a little too-big-for-comfort fake smie. I exchanged anxious and worried looks with my friend Prosper who sat parallel to me. I quickly scribbled on a paste-it-note and held it up for him to see. It read: "Her fake grin is too noticeable, she's up to something." Prosper nodded. But unfortunatley our exchange was spotted by the tattle-taler-her-perfectfullness Miss Carmelita Spats and her hooligans. She quickly raised her hand and at the same time flashed Prosper and me a malicious grin, I groaned.
Ms. Vonworts smied when she saw Carmelita's hand raised. "Yes Miss Spats?" She asked while she smiled her creepy grin.
Carmelita stood up pure innocence masking her hideou face. "Ms. Knightley," (that's me) "has a note ma'am." She smiled her wicked grin showing her rows of a little too white pearly teeth (oh how those bug me) at me and haughtily sat down.
Ms. Vonworts gave me the haneous smile that she gives her students before they are sent to Principal Ernesto Barbarossa (the fat red dyed bearded pig). "Ms. Knightley, would you like to share anything with the class?"
End of part I
October 24 Level I Group 32
Words I missed:
dormitories
Part II
Well after I shared my note with the class I was given a free ticket to Principal Ernesto Barbarossa's office. There, once again I was given the 'how I should be grateful that they took me and that if I didn't do better they would have no choice but to send me to the dormitories and classrooms of the Charity Retraining Academy for Orphans' for the umpteenth time of my life since I began my life here. Only a few children from our Orphanage had ever been sent there. We all call it Nightmare Academy ad boy is it just that. I'm sure that I will be sent there since I am such a trouble maker, but I can't help it, it's in my soul. Nightmare Academy was given it's name beause a long time ago a girl actually escaped. She came here because she had no other home (I think that was rather stupid of her). She was sent back immediatley after she was found, but unfortunately for the teachers she had already been able to tell the truth about Charity Retraining Academy for Orphans.
Oops, Igotta go. I'll finish the story later.

Always in a hurry,
~Indigo