First, some holiday humor!
What do you call an elf who is afraid of Santa Claus?
CLAUStrophobic!!!! :) Tee heeeeeee :)
Ok, onward and upward.
So, as we all know, the holiday season is upon us. Theoretically, we know it is a time to bring tidings of great joy and all that, but you don't have to be Scrooge to recognize that Christmas & Hanukkah & holidays in general really, tend to get more commercialized and commerce-driven each year. There is an entire DAY dedicated to the notion of spending money on holiday gifts. Crazy, right?
So, this week, let's do something different and instead of focusing on THINGS we would give to people as holiday gifts, let's instead talk about abstract concepts, feelings or ideas we would like to bestow (look it up) on another person--or, in this case, on 5 other people in our Lang fam.
Here is the idea: choose five people across all three sections (you cannot pick more than 3 people from your own class), and talk about what you would like to "theoretically give" them as gifts. I will give you an example of something I thought of earlier:
For Heather I would give the power of healing laughter--both the ability to pass on to others, AND to fully appreciate its remedial nature. I would want her to call upon this power in her darkest of days when she is caring for Dom and when she is emotionally recovering from the trauma of caring for Dom. Healing laughter would soothe Dom's spirits and allow Heather the time necessary to build herself back up. Healing laughter would bring the shine back to Heather's eyes, and her smiles would be real again.
You've got some time for this task-today is Wednesday and this blog isn't due until next Wednesday the 23rd, so naturally that means I expect you will have put some thought into this. By thought I mean supporting details, varied syntax, and impassioned diction. Comprende?
Have fun with it--spread the joy. Who knows? Maybe AP Lang can save Christmas and we'll get a movie made!
AHHHHH I POSTED BEFORE BRYAN!! Maybe because there’s no way around this blog, but whatever. HAHAHA have fun being a genuine person, Bryan.
ReplyDeleteFor Big Boy Bryan I want to give you genuine love. Maybe I’m wrong, (probably not, when does that happen?) but I feel like you will lack the love you need to maybe open up to people or care about people. Actually, I take that back. I know you care about people. But I feel like loving people and caring about people openly has always been hard for you because you don’t have the love and support you need. I, also, know you are at home on your computer reading this and laughing or thinking of clever scientific logical remarks to make me look stupid. But, don’t. Just accept my love you idiot. I hope I post this first, just to bother you more. Love you.
For Teagen I would like to wrap a huge box of selfishness. Of course in many ways everyone is selfish all the time, but I mean true selfishness. She often does things because she loves helping others and that is great. But, she never ever does things for herself. Time after time, she is hurting for other people and feels incomplete because she never considers herself a whole. Teagen just needs the selfishness to care and love herself before she can fully love and care about others. Teagen deserves the selfishness to not worry about hurting or disappointing other people, but herself. She needs to put time in herself to figure out where the hell she is and love that spot.
Let me wrap a big box of confidence for my girl Kayla Hamler. I always notice how you make fun of yourself before other people can or how you often feel attacked. Listen, you don’t have to live up to anyone standards. Giving you confidence will help make you feel worth it, make you feel like you don’t have to live up to anyone else’s standards but your own, make you feel like you don’t have to stress over all the work you have to do because you are content with yourself. I often want to punch your face in because you say some of the most craziest things when it comes to yourself. You never feel good enough. I hope my gift of confidence makes you happy. You deserve it.
There are so many people I want to gift freedom to; I feel as high schoolers we often aren’t given enough and then are thrown in a world where we take advantage of the amount of freedom we have. But, I want to grant Janet some freedom. You deserve the freedom to not be stuck in your house doing homework or knitting or thinking about your future or doing so freaking well on your damn SATs. You deserve the freedom to go drive and leave and experience being young. I’m so glad my parents are never home sometimes because I was given the chance to choose my freedom and be independent and you need that. You shouldn’t have to deal with being tossed into too much freedom in the future. It’s not like you’ve done something to show that you don’t deserve it. I hope the freedom I give you lets you experience your youth and life a little more.
I want to grant Dan the Man Patel the power to live in the now a little bit. I guess this could apply to a couple of people, but you were the first I thought of. I know we aren’t friends. Ok but listen. I’m sick and tired of you constantly scared and worried about a future and thinking every mistake you make will be detrimental. It is okay to fail, it is okay not to get a 100, it is okay get a B. Maybe it is the stupid ranking thing, and trust me, in a heartbeat I’d give you my number. You deserve the power to live in the now and not have to worry about putting on big boy pants for your future. Trust me when I say, you have a future and it will be great.
I realized I wrote this all in 2nd person but Teagen’s and I don’t think I was supposed to. Sorry. oops.
Firstly, for Hanouka, I would like to grant Taylor Van Dove-sensitive-skin-unscented soap. That is the kind my mother used to use when choking the profanities out of her children. I try not to curse. Hell, I rarely curse at all, but, Taylor, you could use some work. My siblings do not like the taste of Dove-sensitive-skin-unscented soap, but it did end the cussing, at least while my mother is around. The world is full of many colorful words that are longer than four letters and there are many alternatives to taking our lord’s name in vain and, Taylor, I think you could become a wonderful person if you learn these alternatives.
ReplyDeleteSecond, for Ms. Bunje, a member of “our Lang fam”, I would like to grant duller taste buds. I will say this once, “Ms. Bunje, you would never have gotten salmonella if you only ate ice, like me.” Taste is overrated. If you get bored of the dullness of senses, do not seek out tasty food to quench your thirst; seek out exotic scents. For example, many different types of body wash have the smells of exotic vegetables, and those scents cannot poison you, yet they can fill your life with meaning and color and take the place of any foods. Ice will do, and varying the shampoo and body wash can make all the difference.
Also secondly, for Lucie Pham and Kayla Hamler, I would grant an F on a major assessment. I am sure we all know the horrors of failing quizzes, but it seems we forget how important a “big” F is to our development. (This is something I would like to grant myself, too.) An F teaches one to accept failure and laugh at one’s mistakes—and the lower the F, the Funnier it is! Also, if a student gets an F, it lowers that student’s parent’s expectations and can make life less stressful. Next time you take a test, think about getting a couple of them wrong and you will be very satisfied.
Thirdly, I would like to grant Dhwanil Patel the power of clairvoyance (the power to predict the future). The world is going to end in (as of the time of this writing): three years, four months, twelve days, eight hours, twenty-four minutes, and about ten seconds (plus or minus four seconds). If you can look into the future and see this, like I can, then you can realize that the future does not matter. Moreover, you would be able to use the power of clairvoyance to make a living off of fortune telling, thus eliminating the need to succeed in school because you will already have a career ready. Also, you will be able to bet on every sports-ball game and win lots of money and be able to donate all of that money to the Smithsonian Institute so that they may expand their many wonderful exhibits and make trips to D.C. much better (please expand the aerospace museum).
Additionally, and also thirdly, I would like to grant Joe Fraone the beautiful, flowing, golden hair of Tim Anthony. We can work on the height thing later, but it seems that every true track star has to have hair the flows. If you had long hair, you could stay warm in the winter and could store just about anything you want in it during the summer when you are wearing clothing without many pockets. If it ever got long enough, you could even put a hair tie in it; how awesome is that!
Fourthly, I would like to grant Altea Parlapiano an acute sense of hearing. My grandmother is just about deaf, and she yells just about everything she says because she cannot hear herself. So, I was thinking, if someone had super-hearing, that person would talk so quietly that no one would be able to hear that person. Being quiet is a good thing: you make many friends (not really), you do not lose your voice, and when you actually do talk, everyone is shocked and listens to everything you have to say. I do not know why, but it seems to me that you want people to listen to what you have to say, so I think an acute sense of hearing could work well for you.
In addition, number four on the list of people “receiving” a present is Caitlyn Beck. I would like to grant her the ability to beat people up, scream, and curse people out. To be honest, I would really just like to see Caitlyn beat someone up in the hallway, stomp all over that person, and leave the fight in cold blood with a scowl spread across her face while stepping through the puddle of blood flowing down the hallway. Being nice all the time probably gets boring, so it might be a good “change in scenery”, so-to-speak, for you to glower at people and provoke them to fight.
DeleteFinally, number five. I would like to grant Janet Lam the ability to deliver a full-hearted compliment. (I struggle with this too.) I am not talking about the compliment, “Wow, Bryan, your hair looks a lot better today than it did yesterday.” That compliment does not make me happy. However, I do not think I have room to talk because it seems like whenever I deliver a compliment to anyone, I do it with a sarcastic tone, which is actually, usually, unintentional. But being able to compliment someone without also insulting them is a very good skill that should be learned.
In conclusion, the fifth gift I would give would be to myself. I realize that I failed this blog post because I picked more than three people from my own class. Hopefully, this is counted as a major grade because I am in need of an F. Thus, my gift to myself is the ability to stop typing my response to this blog and
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DeleteI used to only like getting gifts for christmas because I was a spoiled brat and always demanded for every present under the sun. I still am a brat and kind of spoiled but I have grown to realize that I would way rather give gifts than receive them, especially to my fav people, my lang family. I really wish I could give these to you guys but I can’t so here I go anyway.
ReplyDeleteFor my dearest friend, Haley Florence Crispell, I would just love to give you some rhythm, some dance skills, a way for you to be able to dance without looking like one of those cheese stick looking people things they put in front of stores when they open that flop around, yeah that. But for real girl you really need some help, the last time you tried to twerk you pulled a muscle and that's a problem. This christmas I’m going to sneak into your house and put some dancing skills under your tree and hopefully you can twerk with me and kayla by New Years :-).
Today is day 20 of 25 days of Kayla and for those of you who have been watching, you know that kayla has dance skills so she doesn't need anymore of that. But, what I would like to give you is some confidence in what you do. Every time you do something you spend more time stressing about it than actually doing it. The thing about that is, if you stopped stressing for just about two seconds you would realize how amazing your work is. Everything you do is poppin, from your school work, to how you put together your outfits, to your daily videos on my twitter. You even have found a way to start stressing about these videos which makes no sense, you always say “what if people don't find it funny?” and then it ends up getting 37 retweets and 76 favorites, or “likes” whatever. So I just hope for christmas you can get some damn confidence in you for you to realize how great you are, New Year, new you!!!!!
For my facebook wife since about 2005, Taylor Van, I would like to give you the ability to speak without sarcasm. Any question I ever ask is usually answered with the complete opposite of what I asked. For example, if I asked her, “Taylor what are you eating for dinner?” she would probably reply with, “I think I’m going to make Toby soup”, Toby is her dog. Even in serious times she just replies with the most inappropriate things, but that’s what makes her the greatest facebook wife ever. Every night I usually call her on facetime just to talk about whatever and sometimes I’m lowkey sad for no reason but then she ends up making me laugh so I forget about why I was in my feelings. Although, sometimes it would be cool if you could give me a straight up answer about things, without sarcasm. Like when I asked “What do you want for christmas?” and you said “More dogs” so you could eat them like you ate Toby. (Before you all freak out, Toby is in good care at the Van household and will never be consumed or harmed)
As the fourth gift, I would like to give Teagenaniqua Frances Hay a nicely wrapped box of normalness. Teagen is probably the weirdest person I know and sometimes I just think she should stop what she's doing and realize that “mia” is probably the weirdest thing anyone has ever heard of. Some of you probably have no idea who mia is, but you don't want to know. Everything you do is pretty crazy and not normal at all. Knowing every single word to every single hannah montana song, the constant “hissing” at people, and all of Mia’s friends, it’s all pretty crazy and I honestly do not know why you do this. Although, it is really funny 99% of the time. Sometimes it is okay to be normal, especially in public places where you want to hiss at people and bring Mia on a leash.
DeleteMy last gift is for my bff, my husband, my A1 since Day 1, Bryan <3. Since you wrote about me I decided that It was only right if I wrote about you. I would love to give you some emotion so you can express your love for me because we're getting married but you have yet to even let me get anywhere near your personal bubble. Every time I express my love to you, you just pick up your desk and try to move to the other side of the move, literally. I know it must be hard to keep all of your emotions for me all bottled up so I can’t wait till christmas so you wake up to the huge box of emotions under your tree. You will be able to come back to school from break and finally show me that you excited about our wedding. Love you lots Bryguy.
I love giving gifts on Christmas. So to the five people who I am giving these “gifts” to just know that all of these gifts come from a good place in my heart.
ReplyDeleteTo my little Lammy: In the nicest most heartfelt way, I am bestowing upon you a filter for your mouth. You are honestly a really good person and even if you may be a little awkward in some social situations, you always mean the best. But, sometimes when you try to get your thoughts across, they may seem a teeny bit rude. At least to those who don’t know you as well as some of us. With the gift of a filter, you, my friend, will be able to voice your opinions in a less blunt and direct manner that will not only get your message across but also let your thoughts be spoken in a gentler way that reflects your wonderful personality that everyone may not be able to see.
To my good ole friend Larry Mensah: My gift to you this holiday season is the ability to say “NO!” (And this is coming from the girl who, herself, has trouble saying “No” to others.) Larry, you are one of the most genuinely kind and loving people I know and you do anything to make sure you don’t hurt anyone or their feelings. And because of that, I know that it is hard for you to tell others “No” when they ask you for a favor. But this Christmas, that is exactly what I want you to be able to do! To not worry about thinking that you’re hurting someone’s feelings by stating your reluctance to do something for them. Because one day, someone you care about will ask you to do something that you really don’t want to do, and you will need to accept the fact that you will have to tell them “No!” Also, while on the topic of you being a big sweetheart, I have another gift for you. And that my friend is to stop repeatedly apologizing to someone whom you’ve accidently hurt and who has accepted your apologies already, knowing that it was unintentional. Yes, this has to do with when you nailed me in the head during handball. You constantly told me sorry from right after the accident through the whole way to the nurse and even afterward. I accepted your apology because I knew you didn’t mean to do it, so there is no need to keep apologizing! Nor is there a need to offer me something to make me feel better! Larry, my dear friend, I as well as everyone who knows you, knows that you will never intentionally physically hurt someone, and with this gift maybe you’ll be able to save your “sorry”’s for a time when you do hurt someone deeply (and I hope that it will be unintentional).
To Taylor Van: Although we may not be close friends, my gift to you is the ability to connect with your feelings. Remember, this gift comes from a good place because I would never want to intentional insult you! I know that you care deeply for your friends and will do anything for them, especially those who have been there with you for years and years, but I think that you have a hard time expressing your emotions seriously and showing them how much you care in a serious manner. You have a hard time tell your friends how much you love them in ways other than jokes and playful insults. And in serious conversations that have to do with emotions, you can be a little blunt and unemotionally connected (at least from what I can see), so my hopes is for you to realize and connect with your own emotions in order to be able to understand how other’s are feeling in a more empathic way. But don’t get me wrong, I know that you try to help. I honestly do! And I’m not trying to tell you that you need to try to change who you are! But with the gift of connecting with your feelings, maybe, just maybe, you can explore your own self and see yourself in a more different and beautiful way.
CHRISTMAS IS HERE.
ReplyDeleteBRINGING GOOD CHEER.
TO YOUNG AND OLD…..
(Sorry I just had to!)
These gifts come from the heart. I swear I only mean well! Sorry if I offend anyone of you!
To my cross country buddy, Kayla Hamler: I give to you, the gift of relaxation. I feel like a proud mom when I say this (and i’m pretty sure i’ve said this to you numerous times before), but I am so amazed at all the hard work you do. Whether its running, or school work, or even your Christmas videos-- you always give it your all. And because of that, you get stressed-- sorry, overly stressed. And to be honest, you worry me sometimes. You stay up late to finish school work. You overwork yourself in running and get shin splints. Even if you have a group project, you end up doing ALL of the work. Kayla, I love you, but you have to stop focusing on the things around you and focus on yourself. You are a great student and a great athlete. But you need to stop worrying about the future when, my friend, you’re only in the present. If I was rich, I would give you an all-expense paid trip to Hawaii….
To my stock buddy, Christian: my gift to you is the ability to speak more clearly (lol). Not trying to point out your flaw and make you insecure or anything, but you tend to mumble A LOT. And it annoys me so much because whenever I ask you for help in Stock, and you tell me, I can never hear! And because you seem so focused, I just nod along and act like I listened to every single word you said. This may seem like its only benefitting me, but I swear, its not. With this amazing gift, people will actually hear what you have to say-- your opinions, your needs, your ideas. You won’t be hiding in the shadows anymore! I know if this were Magic, you wouldn’t want to be in the shadows.
To my dear friend, Josh: I bestow upon you, the gift of rudeness. You are one of the nicest people I know. I remember, I jokingly told you to make me cookies, and then the next day, you showed up with a plate of cookies. If that’s not pure niceness, then I don’t know what is. I’m afraid to say this, but some people can use that niceness to their advantage. I don’t want to see you get hurt (lol even though I’m in the same boat as you). I know you mean well, but you need a ninja turtle’s shell. You need that hard exterior to protect you from all the villains of the world. It’s already hard enough being someone’s guinea pig; It’s hard watching someone be someone’s guinea pig. If you don’t want to make cookies, you go tell them you don’t want to make cookies!
To my good pal, Lindsey: I give to you, confidence. I probably said this to you once already, but I have no problem saying it again: You, Lindsey Parks, are smart. You know the answer, you really do. But you doubt yourself because I didn’t get the same answer as you, or Taylor didn’t, or Donna. You don’t realize how amazingly talented you are. All because you got a low grade on a quiz (lol and you know which one I’m talking about), doesn’t make you “dumb”. One grade does not determine your future. You got this, Linds. You just need to believe in yourself. It may be a stereotypical thing to say that all Asians are smart, but If my opinion means anything to you, I would like to voice the truth and say that I think you’re smarter than me.
DeleteMy last gift is to our lovely teacher, Ms. Bunje. I don’t know If i’m allowed to do this, or if you even count as one of my five, but who cares! Its Christmas, and to be honest, you deserve one! Bunj, my gift to you is selfishness. I know, so original. How unique of me. But for the past four months, you have shown nothing but kindness. I’ve never met you, nor have I ever heard of you prior to this year. Clark may have told me little bits here and there, and I believe I saw you one time at stage crew, but that was it. I knew nothing about you. But Bunj, I’ve never seen someone care so much about their students as much as you do. Room 204 is literally everyone’s second home. You stay after every single day. You provide free SAT prep for anyone who needs it. You take the time to help a student understand something they don’t understand. You lend a shoulder to cry on. You’re like Dumbledore, the greatest wizard of all time! And that’s why I give to you the gift of selfishness, so you can focus more on yourself and less on others. Its okay to do you, Bunj!
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DeleteFirst off for this Christmas themed blog post, I would like to give Kayla Hamler the gift of self-awareness. Kayla, you are so smart and you should never doubt that for even a second. Also, don’t let others tell you you’re not. I want to give you the gift of self-awareness because I want you to be aware of how intelligent you are. I know it’s easy to second- guess yourself, but be confident with your intelligence and be confident with your results, because most of the time, you’re right anyway! Therefore, I hope in the future you realize your intelligence and your accomplishments, because all of those accomplishments occurred because of how smart you are.
ReplyDeleteMy next gift is for Altea. I want to give Altea the gift of relief for anywhere she sees fit. For example, I know recently you’ve come upon some excruciating back pain and problems. Therefore, I want to give you the gift of relief, so you don’t have to live with that pain anymore, especially during the holiday season. Also, my gift of relief is not just for your back, but for anywhere that causes you pain, because no one should ever feel pain. Therefore, even if you have the slightest of headache pains, I would like for you to use my gift of relief, so you wouldn’t even have to feel that.
Next, I would like to give Justin Phommathep the gift of speaking confidently. I want to give this gift to you because I know you are really smart, I just want whatever you to say to come out sounding confidently. Therefore, I hope my gift makes you more confident wherever you are because I know what you are thinking is logical and intelligent, but you shouldn’t second guess yourself when trying to present your ideas or thoughts, therefore be confident!
For my fourth gift, I would like to give it to Alfonso. My gift for Alfonso is the gift of never ending happiness and laughter. I am giving this gift to you because of how funny you are wherever you go and how much laughter you bring to people when you are joking around. I want to give this gift to you so you continue to make people laugh and smile throughout your life. For example, every morning in Italian you are so funny in that class because of all of the things you do, such as dancing in front of the class to Christmas songs, or telling Mrs. M lies just to make her and the class laugh. That is why I hope you use my gift to continue making people happy and smile.
My last and final gift is for one of my best friends, Jasmine Tran. I want to give you the gift of relaxation because you have been through a lot. The gift of relaxation would comfort and soothe you for maximum tranquility. Whenever the feeling of stress or anxiousness comes upon you, my gift of relaxation will encounter you to reduce your stress levels and bring you to ease. I hope my gift of relaxation will comfort you this holiday season because you are one person who deserves to enjoy it the most.
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ReplyDeleteFor the past couple years, I found myself enjoying giving my close friends and family presents more than receiving them. I heard this is how it's supposed to be, because it means you are selfless. I wouldn't call myself selfless though. It makes me really happy when a person really like the gift and I feel validated in that friendship. It's not really selfless if I'm benefiting, is it? Anyway, since these are metaphorical gifts, I don't have to worry about what would make a person most excited. It's just what would make their life better.
ReplyDeleteTo the lovely Erynn Heggan: I wish to give you the ability to forgive fully, and then move on. I often hear you recount tales of skirmishes with your sisters, or bickering with your stepdad, and so on. You get ticked off quickly talking about these situations. As the horoscope guy on my mom’s telenovela channel says, “Let it go, let it go, let it go!” Staying angry or just annoyed only hurts you. It keeps you from enjoying the present. Erynn, I will always be there to listen to your rants, but I wish you didn't have to rant so much for your sake. I want you to be your goofy self without worrying about disagreements you may have with people. I love you girl, and I know there a lot of people out there that do. We all want you to enjoy your life to the max! Forget about the haters, and just “ let it go, let it go, let it go!”
To the radiant Dina Patel: I wish to give you the ability to confidently speak in front of large groups of people for an extended period of time. You have been fighting public speaking for a long time, but it is not going away. Dina, you hold so many magnificent ideas in that brilliant brain of yours, but the world will never know if you don't share. I want to see you give a presentation with ease, and tell heart-warming speeches that will cause some tears. I saw you struggle before each big presentation these past few years, and I always want to help, but I just don't know how. The world is ready to hear all that you have to say. When you're ready, I’ll already be in the front row cheering you on.
To the magnificent Lucie Pham: I wish to give you the ability to pause time, although sometimes I suspect you already hold alien powers. I simply do not believe you ace all those crazy demanding classes and participate in extracurriculars with still some time for yourself. Luce, take a break and just let yourself do some mindless binge watching or whatever you want to do to relax. Also, sleep. I hope you sleep a lot over this break. Although it's amusing when you doze off in Weisback’s, I bet he's going to catch on soon, if he hasn't noticed already. Please let yourself sleep and relax and do non-productive things because I heard that's what teenagers usually do.
To the charming Kassia Doukhnai: I wish to give you another voice. I remember you telling me one time you wished you had two voices so you could sing alto and soprano. I always thought that would be a fantastic idea. You could be the two leads in a musical in one person technically. That would be awesome. I would definitely see your one-woman show.
Last but not least, to the dazzling Elena Castillo: I wish to give you the ability to teleport. It is a well-known fact that you aren’t exactly punctual. I could count between my two hands how many times you made it to the bus stop this year. You probably just stopped trying, but still. It would be easier catching the bus or walking into the choir room before the bell if you could teleport. It could be really handy.
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DeleteI love you so much.
And I just realized that you also quoted FROZEN, so I must take a quick dance/ song break. Brb.
Back!
And you're so perf I couldn't find a gift for you... Literally, there is like nothing I could give you!
You are so talented, and just so admirable. Love you girl, have fun in NYC for me!11!!
For Bryan Marengo: I would love to give you all the things on your wish list, but I unfortunately cannot control the vote of the Democratic party. Also, I think it’s kind of racist that you want to be the supreme ruler of a small African country and further, I don’t have enough cocaine to make you a snowman. But what I CAN give you, at least through this blog post, is the power to leave, with no consequences. You can leave Mays Landing, New Jersey, The United States, The North American continent, Earth, The Milky Way Galaxy, if you want. Wherever you want to go, I hope you can go there. Not because I hate having you around (that’s only sometimes) but because you always want to know more, and while books and the internet allow you to know more, there’s nothing better than knowing more by being there, wherever “there” is.
ReplyDeleteFor Rachel Statile: I want to give you assurance. I think you deserve to have what you want in life. No matter what you get on your SATs, or what college you go to, you’re going to become a bomb ass feminist lawyer and you will someday meet your dad, Bernie Sanders. And then after you meet good ‘ol Poppa Bernie, you can go hunt down Donald Trump and drag him down into the depths of hell. If you need help dragging him because his head is too big, feel free to call me. After all, what else are 2 for $20’s for? And as a double whammy, I also want to give you motivation. Not because you’re lazy, but because I think we all need it. It’s probably the #1 gift to give to any junior. Oh! And then you’ll have the motivation to finish Harry Potter!
For Jasmine Tran: I want to give you magic. Like, stupefy, expecto patronum, wingardium leviosa type magic. I can picture it now: Jasmine Tran, “expelliarmus-ing” the heck out of nose-less, soulless Voldemort. I hope this magic opens up possibilities for you; you can become a star Quidditch player, or headmaster of Hogwarts, or something else incredibly cool. I know you don’t care too much for our small town, so I hope that this magic, since it’s bigger than Mays Landing, can take you wherever you want to go. You have the biggest heart, so now you have magic, which can help you spread all of your love and kindness to everyone in the world! Wizarding, and muggle.
For Dhwanil Patel: I want to give you the gift of time. I feel like you worry a lot about not having enough minutes in a day to do all of the things you either need to do, or want to do. Maybe if you had more time on your hands, you would never have to be stressed. Time is such a precious thing, and while some say that it’s a manmade construct, I think that either way, we can never ask for more of it. So I’m metaphorically wrapping it up, and giving it to you! Plus, with more time, you can finally join the tennis team!
For Timothy Anthony: I want to give you the gift of time management. You, similarly to Dhwanil, have very little time to do everything you need to do, or want to do. For you, it’s because your body crashes at 10PM. For Dhwanil, it’s because his family physically will not allow him to stay up past 12AM. So I hope my gift of time management helps you stay awake a little longer so you can spend extra time studying for calc, or APUSH, or whatever you want to study for. And also, I hope you can learn to use your time more wisely and find a balance between finding derivatives and beating Christian at Magic. Or is it the other way around…?
I will start by giving Manny the gift of timing. As they say "timing is everything", and Manny needs better timing. For example Manny recently bought a team on FIFA while the players prices were at their peak. This is not the right time to buy players because if he would have waited two weeks; he could have gotten his team and still had money left over. I hate to say "I told ya so," but I did tell Manny that the prices would drop so he should have sold all of his players rather than buying them. I guess that I could also give him the gift of listening, but I think he will find that one on his own.
ReplyDeleteMy second gift is the ability to tell a story without laughing after every word. If you haven't guessed, this gift is going to Joe. Every time Joe tries to tell a funny story he laughs hysterically throughout the entire thing. I can't tell you how many times Alfonso had to tell one of Joes stories because he struggled to. My favorite is when he tries to tell stories involving CCD and Ms. Stanly and he is unable. I do admit that there are pretty funny experiences there but this ability will help the audience laugh along with Joe instead of at his story telling.
As for Christian Dennis, I would give him the gift of calves. As you may know, many people make jokes about Christians calves simply because they are nonexistent. I feel like his life would be a little better with some muscular calves. Calves will help Christian jump higher, run faster, and obviously be better with the ladies. I know you've been curved a couple times buddy but that will all change this Christmas. You will no longer have those taped on calves that Joe made you. You will become stud with these calves of steel.
Number four goes out to my teammate John. The only other guy in Lang that understands the pain of the erg room. Honestly, it's more of a closet than a room. Anyway, I would give John the gift of height. John isn't a small guy but my gift would make him 6 foot 3 inches. This height isn't as tall as most of the St. Joes prep guys or any of the Gonzaga boys, but it would be enough to compete with them. John already has the heart and determination to make it rowing, but with a couple more inches he would be outstanding. Wess always says that crew is a tall person sport and adding height onto his positive attitude during hour pieces and 2k's will make him real competition if he wants to row in college.
Number five goes out to the one and only Bryan Merango. I would give Bryan the passion to row crew. This 6 foot 4 inch stud muffin would be a force to be reckoned with on the water if he had this passion. Believe it or not, Bryan is actually a really strong man. I had the honor to go bowling with him one time and I thought the pins were going to shatter every time his bowling ball hit. The group that went wanted Bryan to try the punching bag game but he wouldn't. I bet it was because he didn't want to break the machine. Because of Bryans' height, his strength, and his other manly attributes, he would be amazing at crew if he had the passion for it.
Christmas is always the greatest time of the year. Mostly because we get gifts during Christmas and we bring joy to others too. So for a very special Langy Christmas, I would like to gift the following people presents.
ReplyDeleteWell the first one of course is going to be Bryan Marengo. For Bryan, I would like to gift him a huge smile. Sometimes Bryan, I feel like you just need to loosen up. You are always so tense. Like maybe if you walk around the hallways with a smile on your face, you won’t scare away the little freshmen and sophomores. No offense but that resting bitch face you have when you walk through the hallways, makes you seem like you will punch whoever talks to you. Plus when you walk through the hallways, you waddle like a little penguin. Well okay I take that back, maybe you are not “little.” But still, a penguin plus bitch face= no no. So for this special Christmas, I’m gonna gift you a huge smile.
Next of course is Lucie Pham. How can I forget Lucie Pham? For Lucie, I would like to gift her the power to teleport people. Lucie gets annoyed whenever people do not move through the hallways. They create a wall barrier that is unbreakable therefore making her walk slower and causing Lucie to be late for gym. So for Lucie, I give you the gift to teleport so you can just move people without cursing them out. Use this power to create a walkable path for yourself in the hallways. Maybe you can teleport people to another universe so they won’t annoy the crap out you.
My next gift is for D Ice. For Dhwanil, I would like to gift him the power to stop time. I feel like you worry about school too much. Maybe if you have the power to stop time, you would not feel so stressed about school. If you stop time, maybe you will have time to have rest and feel refreshed. Maybe you need to be like Bryan sometimes, forget about grades sometimes. You are always stressed about everything little detail in life. Just loosen up sometimes you know. So for Christmas, I’ll gift you the power to stop time so you can actually enjoy life.
Next in line is Jasmine Tran. For Jasmine, I would like to gift her the power to be mean to someone. You are the nicest person in the world. I feel like you need to have a side of you that can fend off those annoying kids in school. I can never imagine you being mean to someone, you are just too nice. Being nice is good but some people may take advantage of that. Not everyone is trustworthy in this world.
Last but not least is Haley Crispell. Even though I may not know Haley really well, I will like to gift her a huge hat. Haley is a really smart women and she has great ideas. Like Ms. Bunje said, maybe a hat would contain the ideas. So, I would like to gift Haley a huge hat so she can contain all her crazy and cool ideas.
To Andrea, I give my constant appreciation and friendship. Dre I want you to know that in the coming years ahead I will always be here. No matter what it's for. To lend a hand, to pick you up from the Rowan police station, or to just watch movies on a rainy night I'm your girl. There's not a mountain I won't climb to be at your side. I will forever cherish the memories we have made together and look forward to many more. You are the big sister I never got. Truthfully I never knew I wanted one until I found you. My appreciation of our friendship goes beyond what I am show able you. But this year I want to give you the comfort of me always being here. No matter what obstacles we face you will always be my best friend and my
ReplyDeleteBig sister. I think having a rock in your life is important. In a world full of people we never really know and things we will never understand we all need someone to lean on. We all need a go to. And I'm promising you I'll always be yours. You can kick me out of the Lang chair and I'll still let you use my gym shoes don't worry. I'm looking forward to the future memories we will make and all the trouble we will get into because it has a way of following us. I love you and I'll always be here.
I want to give heather the courage to "decorate her own soul". Life has a funny way of beating you down when you're at your weakest. I know times have been rough and it's not easy. Everyone should be able to look at themselves as a masterpiece. Self love is a hard thing. People are not very good at it and they will always need help along the way. I know for a fact that self love is difficult to obtain and even harder to keep, especially when someone steals it form you. No matter the issue I want you to always stand back up and dust yourself off. Re plant your flowers re paint your walls. You are beautiful, you always have been and you always will be. Nothing will ever change your kind hearted soul and I can only hope you will continue to discover just how magnificent you truly are.
This year I think T Van deserves a sense of love. The way you love things is very strange. You're very similar to a cat your way of showing love is pushing someone's favorite mug off the table then walking away. Only you laugh a lot. And cats well...they don't find things funny. Tay you have a heart of gold we all know it, but you bury it deep within your soul so sometimes it's hard to find. I think you deserve the chance to love, to put yourself out there. You are so bold in every other aspect of life, your voice rings with joy and everyone can hear you...for miles...literally. Never really letting anyone in puts you in a bubble there's nobody you can go to when you're hurting. If you open yourself up to love and find the ability to love someone else you're life will be ten times as exciting as it is now. You need feelings Tayla.
I would like to give my little midget friend Altea settled nerves. Altea girl, you are insane. Sometimes I can't handle the insanity you're always going 100 miles and hour and I can not keep up. From your Christmas spirit to your anger about your homework you never settle down. You're always doing 10000 things at once and yelling through ALL of it. I'm surprised you still even have a voice box, I'd expect you to have worn it out by now. I love your enthusiastic behavior but in small doses. Once in a while it's good to "be chillin" as Mrs.M says. This year I hope your Christmas is relaxed and easy going. But don't ever get rid of the insanity I do love that a bit sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI want to give Teagen the ability to smile through any situation because #wedontlovethesehoes. Seriously we don't love them. Keep your chin up and smile through it all because I promise it will kill them every time. You need to know that there are many people who love you, including me I love you so much. You're sunshiny attitude makes anyone's day and your weird laugh puts a smile on anyone's face. But you have to put a smile on your own face too. I know you're trying and I know it's rough but we all have your back. Things get hard sometimes and people thrown things at you as if they don't mean anything, but everything someone says to you teaches you who they really are. No matter what happens Teag you have to smile and laugh it off, it's the best form of revenge.
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ReplyDeleteMy first gift is to Sierrah, I would like to give you the power to realize how dedicated and determined of a person you are. Honestly, it is amazing to me how many things you juggle in a day, from school work, to choir, cheer or track, and any other clubs you attend. You seem to always get it done somehow someway, I don’t know how you do it. I see you panic almost everyday about what your day brings and how you can’t accomplish all of it. Then you get mad when I say, “sierrah shut up” but it is only because I know you can and will do it. I notice however that you barely ever realize how much you can do, so I hope my gift to you will help you with that and help your days of stress go by smoother.
ReplyDeleteFor Larry, I would like to give time management. I understand you have after school activities but I honestly get scared for you when something is due and you are starting it the period before. Although, I am surprised to see how well you work under pressure or with little time. There has been many times I saw you in the library with your head stuck to the screen and your fingers typing frantically. Or times when your blogs post at 11:59 pm. I don’t know if you are just a procrastinator like most, just have no time, or work better like this. Just know, the gift of time management is something this will help you greatly especially since you are planning on attending college.
For Rachel, my gift to you is to embrace who you are more. When I see you you are always quiet. To me, I feel like there is way more to you that me and many others I am sure would like to see. Other than that you are a very intelligent girl and you have a very bright future ! I hope you take my gift to use and enjoy what it brings.
My next gift is to Kayla Hamler, I want you to start appreciating everything you accomplish.Since we met you have always been this amazing role model student, great study habits, bomb grades, and just being dedicated to everything you do. You have never changed, you are still the Kayla that stresses and worries about EVERYTHING. There is no doubt at all that you will not succeed and accomplish all the goals you have set for yourself. I understand you live under very strict rules(I met the Hamler’s (; ), and feel like you have to be a certain way to make others around you happy or proud, but I believe that is making you not actually satisfied and impressed with what you do. I feel like you think you can always do better should be above where you are. Not saying that it is not good to push yourself, but I think a person like you should be more proud. I hope my gift to you helps you with that and hopefully eases your days of stress.
My last gift is for Ryan, I would like to give you the power to realize your capabilities. I always overhear you say how much you are not smart or what you can’t do. For one, I am sure you can do well more than you think. For two, when you say that you are only bringing yourself down more, then it will really be hard to believe in yourself. You are great at sports and I am almost positive you do well in school. You need to start realizing what you actually can do rather than focusing on things you're not. I hope my gift to you helps you with that.
My first gift will go to Bryan. He is such a thoughtful person, he even talked about me in his blog. Though I do think he is mistaken when he said, “every true track star has to have hair that flows.” I think you have been watching too much women’s track. But for your gift, I grant you the power to overcome your fear of your bathroom. Bryan you desperately need this power, and with the power to overcome your bathroom, there is nothing that can stop you. You will be able to walk in the bathroom, see the pee on the floor, and the hair in the sink and still be able to whip out your sniper and use the bathroom. I truly hope you appreciate my gift Bryan.
ReplyDeleteAs for my good friend Tim I will give shortness. You always have some unique short joke, so now it can be my turn. You will see the world at my eye level. As a bonus to this gift, I will actually give you a step stool, because you will definitely need one. Yes being short does have some benefits, but you will only see the drawbacks. You will be the short friend and I will be the one hanging the stars… (Evil laugh). This will change your attitude toward everything. Next time you get in the car don’t forget your couch cushion so you can see over the steering wheel.
My next gift will be patience. This will go to Enrique. Whenever we hang out, everyone plays some type of board game while you sit back on your phone. I’m tired of you being a bum, so now you will have the patience to play with us. You will be able to play for a whole hour instead of a whole minute. If anyone has ever tried to play a game with Enrique you will know exactly what I am talking about. I love you man, but I need to give you some patience.
This next one is slightly weird. Manny will be gifted the ability to lie. Not mean or hurtful lies, but small, insignificant, white lies. You need to be able to lie so you don’t hurt people’s feelings, you are just too straight forward. Yesterday I was actually trying to get out of class during a party and I told the teacher that Manny and I needed to go finish work for another teacher. Then Manny came over and said he just wanted to leave and that I was lying. Then the teacher felt bad. So, Manny this will help with not making Mrs. Keninosh sad.
And finally, the most expected gift, I will give to Christian. You may ask, but Joe I have everything a man needs and more. Cool hair, a nice face, and even facial hair. But you are missing one thing. Christian I will give you the gift of…calf muscles. These calf muscles will be true, sheer strength muscles, not like Andy’s week toothpick calves. You will be able to finally run with the big boys with these muscles. You will be able to pick up a pair of binoculars and make fun of other people’s calves. If I could only give one gift and it would be anything in the world, this is the gift I would give.
To all of the people listed above….This one’s for you:
ReplyDeleteBased on the song: All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey
You don’t need a lot for Christmas
There’s just a few special things you need
When you open up your present(s)
Picture me whipping so perfectly
I don’t want you to be offended
but here are a few gifts I feel you need
(and I) I love each and every one of you
sooooooo ooh ooh dearrr- earr-lllyy
All you need for christmas
is a special gift
frooooooooooommm meeeeeeeee
(drops my dogs and whips)
So my first gift goes to lammie98@gmail.com (Also know as Janet Lam). Janet is by far the cutest,creativest, funniest, stylishest, and sweetest(well sometimes), girl I have ever met. (I am pretty sure I made up at least half of those words. I tried to add “est” at the end of every word to show you all how AMAZING Janet Lam actually is). Anyways, on this very special day, Janet, I would like to grant you social skills. The only people who view Janet this way, are her closest friends. Everyone else, on the other hand, thinks of Janet as “some little antisocial asian girl.” She is way more than just “ some little antisocial asian girl”, but no one would know that until they actually met her. I’ve watched Janet struggle to interact with new people, and believe me when I tell ya, it was a disaster. When I watched her sit awkwardly in front of the class, the Janet I knew disappeared, and “some little antisocial asian girl” took her place. It broke my heart to see her struggle, because no one knew the real Janet Lam, and they never would. To be honest, I don’t even remember how Janet ever managed to open up to me. I’m sure it took time, but it worked! Janet has a total of FIVE friends, which isn’t that much, but y’all know how that o’l saying goes “less is more”. It is true, but Janet also shouldn’t limit herself to those five friends. In fact, she needs to gain a few associates. For example, I have my original bestfriends, my school friends, my track and field friends, friends from different clubs and activities, and other associates. Anyways, I feel like my gift will transform Janet into a social butterfly, and people will finally see Janet for the real her. I Love you lammie!!! Hope you enjoy my gift to you!
My next gift goes to my main bish T-Van. I would like to grant Taylor Van with the ability to express more than one emotion. The only emotion she ever publicly expresses is anger. She is a raging you know what at least 90%, nope, at least 95% of the time. She is filled with so much anger, but no one, except for her closest friends, understands why. In the past three years, I’ve only seen Taylor cry once, and that was because she finally reached her breaking point. She tries to bottle in all of her emotions, and that only makes matters worse. Her emotions boil up inside of her and spill out of her as anger. I want to reassure Taylor that it is okay to express other emotions. No one will judge you! In fact, more people would be willing to help you if you came to them and told them in a nicer tone. But let me tell ya suga foot, you can’t go around yelling and being mean to people all day, otherwise no one will take the time to understand what is actually going on with you. I understand what you mean, because I am used to it by now. However, other people don’t, and you should be a little bit more considerate of that. Anyways, I love you a lot, and I hope you actually use my present. Otherwise, I’ll have to hit your ungrateful ass with a couple body shots(punches).
DeleteMy third gift goes to my identical twin sister, Titty(also know as Altea). Sis let me tell ya, ever since I started wearing heels to school, it is like seeing a whole new world. I went from looking at people’s kneecaps to looking at the tops of their heads. Everything, is so nice up here, and I would really like it if you joined me on my journey to 5’5. So that is why I chose to grant you height. It’s all mom’s fault that we’re short. I mean really who told her to be 4’6! I honestly hate being pushed around in the hallways, or having to climb on top of things because I can’t reach, or being overlooked, or getting lost in large crowds, or being spiked on in gym volleyball. I feel your pain sis, it’s not just you. We will get through this Journey together, and we will no longer have to suffer!
My fourth gift goes to my favorite young man, Kennedy Hawkins (also know as Petunia, Suga Foot, or Ken Ken). On that very special day, when you open up your presents, you should expect to see the same bottle of Japanese Cherry Blossom you were going to give Nicole Hawkins. I switched them last night, but shhh don’t tell anyone. It’s a surprise. Lol, I’m just kidding. I would like to grant you with a box of dancing skills, because sir, you most certainly need it, especially after what I witnessed at the Semi-formal dance. Someone please explain to me why Kennedy Hawkins cannot step side to side on beat. It really isn’t that damn hard. Someone, also please explain to me why last week, Ken asked me how to hit the “fox”. Yes, she said the fox. Not the folks, but the fox. Ohhh, this poor child! I want you to take this gift, and run with it! I expect to see you twerking, hittin the folks, dabbin, pin droppin, crankin that solja boy, jerkin, nae naeing, d-low shufflin, and jersey clubbin by the New Year. Please do not fail me Petunia. Or else, I might have to break your legs, and put you in a full body cast. Love you though! Keep grinding and shining on em man! The grind never stops and Remember what I said!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteMy final gift goes to my son seed, Alfonso. Over the past years, I have noticed that you cannot color coordinate for shit. Please excuse my language, but it’s true. You come to school wearing 50 shades of wtf, like come on Alf wtf. You should never mix brown and black and orange. That’s just not a good mix. You also should not wear 32 different shades of blue. I know you think blue is blue, but that is a fashion NO NO! Now listen, I’m not saying you can’t dress, because I know for a fact that you can, but sometimes I really wonder about you. I wonder if you get dressed in the dark. I wonder what goes on in that little head of yours. I would also like to give you the ability to READ directions. I learned this the hard way. Directions are there for a reason bud. They are there to guide/help/direct us. Maybe if I give you directions on how to color coordinate, you can kill two birds with one stone. I love you Alfie pooh, and I hope you love my gift!
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DeleteLexi: I would give Lexi the ability to put her foot down. She is constantly put in unwanted situations, but she just takes it. I know she tries to do this, but it's not always easy for her. She gets sucked back into the situation she thought she was out of. With this ability, she will be able to take charge of situations that she is put in. You don't always have to stick around someone if they are upsetting you consistently. I know it's hard to get out of the situation you are in, but sometimes it's for the better.
ReplyDeleteJennie: I would give Jennie the ability to say no. She is a very smart girl, but sometimes she makes dumb decisions (I love you, Jennie). I feel like these situations come from peer pressure or once she's in the situation, she forgets her morals. Whenever you come to school and tell me something that you did, I want to kick your ass. Not everyone deserves you and some especially don't deserve you. With this ability, she will be able to say no to people who don't deserve a yes. Don't take this the wrong way because I mean it from the bottom of my heart!
Angela: I would give Angela the ability to relax. I feel like she's always worried about school or her sports and she never gets a break from either. Worry isn't always a bad thing, but she it is constant for her. "I don't think I did the Lang homework right". "I'm going to fail this quiz". She is always on edge about her school work, but she's very smart. I'm not sure how she is still passing all her classes with her constant crew practice, but I admire her for it.
Dina: I would Give Dina the ability to be mean. Mostly because I would just love to see that... but also because it seems like you can't be mean at all. I have never once seen you without a smile on your face and that's an amazing thing, but are you really happy all the time? That's awesome if you are, but how is that human?? I want to see you be angry at least one time. I won't die happy until I do.
Rachel: I would give Rachel the ability to recognize her intelligence. Whenever we work on a project together in history, she talks about quizzes, essays or papers as if she did bad on them. Believe me, you didn't. You are crazy smart and you should never believe that you're not. I read one paragraph from one of your essays and I was completely blown away. Personally, I don't think of it as being conceited. There is nothing wrong with knowing that you're smart.
For my Jennie Lynn, I am giving you the gift of thinking before you do something. I know from the very bottom of my heart, to the very tippy top, you are a very smart lady. Yes, everyone makes mistakes and regrets some of them, but I want you to start thinking of how one decision can either make your life flourish or turn it into hell. I hate seeing you get hurt. I wish I can knock some damn sense into your pretty head, but sometimes I can’t. And that’s okay. I want you to learn from your mistakes and your decisions. Even if it’s buying an ice cream cone at 9:30 in the morning. Is it worth it? Hell yeah. But, think before you do it, because breakfast is the most important meal of the day and who wants a brain freeze that early? Please, Jennie Lynn, think before you do. I love you, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteFor my Savannah Paige Dunn- Gibbs, I am giving you the gift of patience. Especially with our math teacher. Even though it’s kinda funny looking over at you and doing that weird head movement when you’re losing your mind and patience. But, as I was saying, have more patience with people. I know deep down you can find the switch in your body that turns on “patience”, it’s the process of finding it, that makes it even harder to listen to what people have to say and how much of their crap you can handle during a sitting with them. Try breathing techniques, that helps me with my little sister. That, or just blocking her out because she cries most of the time. Please, have patience. I love you, darling.
For my Rachel Statile, I am giving you the gift of stupidity, because you are too damn smart. You’re like my twin sister, but you got the smarts and I got the boring things. When Bunje said you got a 100 during the first vocab test, I thought “Jesus, we all bombed it, and she got a 100.” But, don’t get me wrong, embrace your smarts. Who knows you could be the first female president. That would be cool. 1 for feminism, 0 for maninism? Idk if that is a real word, but I’m going to use it. So, all in all, embrace your intelligence, but throw in some stupidity, y’know, “blonde stupidity.” Merry Christmas, lovely.
For my Dina Patel, I am giving you the gift of paying yourself. You are so caught up in school work, activities, sports. Take a timeout and focus on you. Take yourself out to dinner, out to a movie. Leave all your stress, all your school work at home and focus on you and focus on something stress free. You deserve to pamper yourself. Happy Holidays, sunshine.
For my Jasmine Newsome, I am giving you the gift of confidence. You have very smart brain, I want you to put it to its full potential and not be afraid of getting the answers wrong. Who cares if you do, that’s how humans learn. I want you to have the confidence to shout the answer you’re thinking, not caring if it is right or wrong. If it;s right, you could brag about it. If it’s wrong, then hey, you just learned something new. It is a win win. Have confidence in yourself, believe in yourself. You are very smart. Happy New Year, love.
Here goes nothing! Let the gift giving begin!
ReplyDeleteDana S- If I could give you any gift it would to be able to recognize the quality and sophistication of writing. The past two years (freshman and sophomore) you have came to me eagerly asking me and others to re read your essays/responses as if we could improve them! They always were amazing and full of personality. Sadly you never gave yourself enough credit. So by the end of this year I hope you finally understand and appreciate your own writing.
Josh S: My gift to you would be the gift of getting to your point. You are a very intelligent man; no doubt about it, but often your main ideas and arguments become clouded within an attempt of bombastic language. You do not need to use million dollar words in every one of your points, you would get a more effective outcome to some of your statements if you kept it “real” or how I like to say…short sweet and to the point. Overall you are too smart, for lack of better words, to allow people to misunderstand what you are trying to say…who knows it just might matter in life.
Cait Beck- I have to start by saying you are truly a sweetheart! BUT and I say it with love, sometimes anger is a necessity. I know we aren’t very close so I may be wrong but girlieee you are way too nice!!! It’s a pleasure to know that there are still people like that around, but my gift to you is awareness. I hope you NEVER let ANYONE walk all over you or take advantage of you. Sometimes people see someone as sweet s yourself and think they can control or use you. Chose your friends wisely and always know your worth, assertion is key.
Dina- I have known you since 8th grade and my gift to you is voice. Dina you are low key one of the smartest people I know and for that reason girrrrrlllllll you need to speak your mind. Maybe I’m crazy but I feel like you hold back on certain things while you know damn well you’re right! Explain your view with confidence because your view on something is just as important as anyone else’s! You are too hard working a determined to be silenced, so with that being said let it rip!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS Y’ALL!!!
Claire
ReplyDeleteMy first gift goes out to the girl who's somewhat close to me. I love this girl to the brink of death, which she drives me to constantly. My soccer buddy, my "bear"-mate, and my friend. Claire Angelique Bustos.
Many of my AP Langers may not know this but Claire is not funny. Whatsoever. She can piggy back off of other people's jokes but she can't actually make her own jokes. I recently noticed this before homecoming this year. Alyssa, Claire, and I got ready for the dance at Claire's house. We're listening to Halsey's album Badlands when I hear Claire utter some words followed by a short chuckle. These words weaved into a sentence made me question the hilarity expressed by its creator. After long deliberation of the joke and what I assumed was misinterpretation, I stopped thinking about it…until this bitch's (excuse this vulgarity she made me) next joke. She started cracking up laughing again and I didn't understand. For some reason, I thought back to all of her previous jokes. They made sense, but none of them were ever funny. I even asked someone else and they agreed. No matter how hard she tries, Claire-bear isn't funny. I'm not saying I am, but I give her the gift of being humorous. This way everyone can join in on the laughter. :D
Jasmine Chiao
You are one of the best all around people I know. You are kind, smart, athletic, and a great friend. But, you are not aware of these things. You express your discouragement when you get a bad grade or even what you consider a "bad" score on the SAT's and somehow assume you aren't as smart as everyone who got higher. You are smart, book smart and street smart, which is more than I can say for myself. You claim you aren't good at sports like Tennis and Softball because there are people that have more years of experience than you. We both compare ourselves to other people instead of judging ourselves on our own strengths. I hope you will accept my gift of awareness. You are amazing and there are so many people that can and do agree with me on that.
Manny
Supposedly, I am mean to him. This is false. I simply retaliate when he "comes at my neck". Manny sits in my front of me in math class first period. At 7:35 in the morning, I am always extremely tired therefore easily agitated. To make matters worse, I suck at math. So when he comments "What kind of book bag is that?" for the 22 time this month, I retaliate with my quick wit or in his words "come at him". Then some period later, usually in my second period class, Manny pops out of nowhere and tells people that I'm mean to him. Manny, my gift to you is understanding. At 7 in the morning, I do not need to hear how you did not do your homework, or how you naturally understand the math problems, or how I am Fly-guy Ry…actually I'm okay with the last one. You expect me to bring you food in the mornings even though you don't reciprocate. You shouldn't even be telling me that my book bag does not qualify as a book bag because of its diminutive size, but you have a drawstring bag as your book bag. Please just understand that I am NOT a morning person and sadly you will get the brunt of it.
Dina
DeleteWe aren't very close. But when I thought of people to write about, your gift popped easily into my mind. Since we only see each other once a day, it's obvious that your gift relates to the period we have together. Gym. I give you the gift of athleticism. I know you play tennis, but I'm talking about a specific sport. Volleyball. We are on the same volleyball team and we all occasionally mess up. You're perfectly fine at bumping and setting, but you're volleyball reactions contradict your skills. Like the other day you were about to bump the ball but instead caught it. You have the latest reactions in the world lol.
Alyssa
I give you the gift of joy. Lately, you haven't been very happy. You've been in your feels a lot and I don't know what to do to get you out of it. I just really want to you to be happy again. You used to laugh 24/7 and now I rarely hear it. I really hope you get your smile back. If not by this blog post, hopefully you will by next year which is in like a week. I really hope there's still hope somewhere in you and I really hope that it shines through soon.
To Lucie Pham (my 2 for $20) I give a chill pill. Scratch that, a bottle of chill pills. Think a Costco-sized bottle of Advil- that’s how many chill pills I’d give you. You stress about anything and everything, from SATs to tennis. You’re the only person I know who would write a 2 page, MLA formatted essay to a gym teacher arguing in full detail why you deserve to receive full credit in participation. Petty probably thinks you need a chill pill too after that, since it was an accident when he entered the ‘97’ into genesis instead of a ‘100’. You constantly doubt yourself, but everything always turns out okay regardless. If you just took a second to breathe, you would realize that you’re Lucie fuckin Pham, slayer of AP classes and ignorant privileged white boys. You kill every single task given to you and make it look easy; you don’t need to worry.
ReplyDeleteTo Savannah Gibbs, I give confidence. The first day I met you, I could tell that you were a really shy person. You seemed hesitant to talk in class and I could tell that you became nervous whenever Weisback called on you. As I got to know you, I realized that you’re actually really funny and just an overall genuine person. Then I learned about your social anxiety, and your shyness made sense. I know social anxiety doesn’t just go away, and I know it may seem to you that everyone is constantly judging you. But let me tell you that I can’t think of one person who has anything negative to say about you. This gift would help you recognize your own worth and give you the confidence to speak up more without fearing what others might think.
To Jennie Chalakee, I give many gifts. The first is quiz awareness. This is for all the times you forgot about a lang quiz and ended up just winging it. This quiz awareness would alert you as to when each quiz is, and it would repeatedly remind you every hour on the hour in the 24 hours leading up to the quiz. It would also tell you the exact chapter to study for vocab, since you may or may not have studied the wrong chapter in the past. I additionally give to you everlasting Polaroid film because that stuff is annoyingly expensive and it’s nothing short of tragic when you take a picture and someone blinked. Lastly, I give you a target franchise because I understand your love for target like no other. It’s like a high-end Walmart where you can buy frozen fruit and a cute shirt all in one shopping destination. Since you would own the franchise, you’d probably get hella discounts so you are welcome.
To Kiley Arroyo, I give dabbing knowledge. Like me, you had no idea what a dab was when we posed for that picture in Bunje’s class. After a few awkward attempts, we finally got the hang of it (not really). Nevertheless, this experience came to mind when deciding what theoretical gift to give you. Since you are now obviously well versed in the art of dabbing, this gift would bestow upon you the knowledge of any social phenomenon, such as unfamiliar slang or a new dance craze. Upon hearing about a social phenomenon that confuses you, your brain would immediately inform you of its nature and origin, and in what socially acceptable context it could be applied. It’s like an urban dictionary, but in your head. Not only would you gain this information, but you would also be granted the ability to perfectly execute the dance move you are confused about. I hope this comes in handy next time you have to dab in public.
ReplyDeleteAnd last but not least, to Alexis I give sweatpants. You dress so nice every single day and I honestly don’t know how you do it. Even your hair looks perfect all of the time and I’m lowkey jealous that you can do a Dutch braid on YOURSELF. This ceases to amaze me because I can hardly do a normal braid on someone else’s hair, let alone execute a complicated braid on the back of my own head without even looking at what I’m doing. Don’t your arms get tired?? I get winded just by putting my hair in a ponytail, so I truly find this ability of yours fascinating. Anyway, sweatpants would give you the opportunity to look like a bum for once in your life while giving you a day of rest because you must be exhausted from looking flawless all the time. Actually who am I kidding you’d probably look good in a sack.
Well, it’s this time of the year again, the time to talk presents. Even though I am completely incapable of finding the perfect gift for people I will make an attempt to give some gifts to my fellow classmates.
ReplyDeleteFirst person, someone who is rarely wrong and always has something intelligent to say. So the first gift I will give will be to the man who is in my contacts as Pole Dancer B, aka Bryan Marengo. The gift I wish to give you is social intercourse, simply because you’re very quiet. This gift would give you the ability to share the many ideas you have with others, even though I do not support some of your opinions I do support the reasoning that stands behind them. I feel this ability to communicate with others in an easier way would simply allow others to understand you on a more personal level. When you speak you always manage to get your point across but you really don’t speak because of your own will very often. Also, this would allow others to hear the barely audible comedic comments you say in class.
The second person is the person who I sit next to in Latin, Lucie. I would give you something that I love to talk about, a mirror. Just not any mirror though one that would simply allow you to see yourself in the way that your friends see you. That way you wouldn’t allow the little things of life to hurt bother you and focus on the positivity rather than the negativity. I’ve thought of this gift for a while but I still really can’t explain it in my own words. I can say that each mirror holds two reflections one that is true and the other created by ourselves.
The third person is my stock partner Jasmine Tran. The gift I would give is the ability to be mean to others. I honestly don’t think you possess that ability, being that I make it my job to annoy you in stocks and you’ve never yelled at me. I’ve never seen you be mean to anyone ever and I think that I’ve had a class with you every year since freshman year. Being nice is a good thing but every now and then you just have to be mean. I honestly don’t know how you can brag about beating me in stocks class, the gift of being mean would allow you to just keep reminding me how bad I am at investing.
The fourth person is my good friend Joe. I wish to give him the ability to anticipate. This would allow him to think about the consequences on doing something before actually doing them. If he had this ability we wouldn’t have any funny stories such as the hand sanitizer one. Before races he would know what moment would be the best moment to make his move for first, making him win more races in track. This would also help him in magic whenever he plays against me, allowing him to forfeit before I beat him.
Last but not least a person who I love to annoy, Dina. I would give her super strength so that way if anyone bothers her she could throw them into the next city. She’s would be so nice but also possess the ability to punt anyone like a football. This would also prevent her from being mean to Tim and me in gym class whenever we play hacky sack considering she always takes the sack away from us. Then when we ask for it back she tends to throw it at me or him, super strength would hopefully make her think twice about throwing the hacky sack at me or Tim because she might end up hurting us. Plus I also think it would be funny seeing Dina lift more than every one in Weight room.
Once again I am not good at picking out presents for people and I hope I was clear enough on the benefits it present would give to each person.
My first metaphorical Christmas present will go to one of my closest friends and fellow ex-blind mouse: Erynn (rynnbear).
ReplyDeleteThere has been many a time when a planned sleepover or movie night get postponed. It’s not necessarily anyone’s fault or wrongdoing. The reason for the cancellation is predominantly important. My gift to you, Rynn, is the ability to persuade. Altercations with parents aren’t fun at all and we’ve all been through them. I’ve created my own strategies on how to deal with my sisters, my Mom, or my Dad. I know your parents can be strict at times and I’m definitely not suggesting for you to manipulate them. I think it would be beneficial if you learned to be composed and confident when approaching your parents. Just act like you know what you’re doing and things will most likely end up going your way!
To the best musician around and the other ex-blind mouse: Elena.
Laine, I would give you: certainty. More specifically, certainty about your future occupation and schooling for it. I know you love music and it is your life, quite literally. But at the same time, it’s true that music majors usually don’t find great jobs and if they are successful, like Tinsley, they have to work very hard at what they do. I know you don’t know what path you want to take, but I want you to be certain that when you get to college, you’ll be sure that you are headed in the right direction, even if it is to be in music.
To my new “tennis-friend”: Rachel Statile. I remember reading in one of your blog posts that you miss your old home, friends, and school. In these times, I want you to focus on the happy memories. When I miss being at gymnastics, I try to remember the good times. Examples include: being in shape year-round, knowing how to do really cool flips off of anything, and having large bleeding holes on your hands (oh wait...not that one!). I really do miss being a gymnast and the only way to be positive is looking at the bright side of it all.
To my older “tennis-friend”: Dina Patel.
I want to give you the ability to let loose and have some fun. I remember how afraid you used to be of speaking in front of the class. It makes me so happy to see you standing in front those Powerpoints because it means that you’ve outgrown the nerves. Although you seem to be fearless in this area, I want to give you some freedom. My older brother told me that 20 years after high school, almost none of the people in our class will still be in touch. It may be a sad truth, but it is the truth. This being said, it is okay to sing loudly at any point of the day or to dance your heart out at homecoming (even when you don’t know a good half of the songs). Although it’s hard not to be shy, I try to remember that no one will remember the small details in the long run.
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ReplyDeleteKassia: One gift I would give to myself is a credit card (I know it technically is a material present but it’s imaginary so it counts). Not for a huge shopping spree at a fancy store, but for donations. At this time of the year especially I feel the need to give. I watch this YouTube channel called “ItsJudysLife”, in which the parents of three young girls film their lives and make them into daily vlogs, and they do an annual Christmastime charity called Dancember. I watched their videos of meetings with an organization called Convoy of Hope and with the children that would benefit from it. There was so much proof in front of me that this was not a fraud. The family stayed up for 24 hours in a row and because they did, they raised over two-hundred THOUSAND dollars. Unfortunately, my parents don’t believe in charities or fundraising. They were raised with the belief that there are bad people everywhere that could steal your credit card information and leave you to suffer. It’s true! Things like that do happen. I guess I just want to help someone who really needs it. With this fantasy credit card, I would donate to the charity and be happy with myself. I love giving much much more than I enjoy receiving things so being able to give my allowance away would mean the world to me.
Here is a little something extra because I think it’s important as a human being. To Bunje: Google states that “the fear of babies and young children” is called Paedophobia. My wish is for the riddance of this fear. Just remember that we were all babies and at one point you were a small potato-looking being that was also very close to death.
And on that cheerful note, Happy Holidays!
For Abby Silver, I would like to give her 8 Hanukkah gifts.
ReplyDeleteFor the first night of Hanukkah I want to give you an appreciation for math. I know that you may never use tangent, cosine or sine outside of school but, it is somewhat important to understand. It’s okay if math isn’t your favorite subject but, I would like to make math more meaningful and purposeful to you.
For the second night of Hanukkah, I would like to give you the gift of feeling beautiful, even when you’re dressed down. Every time you come to school “dressed down”, you always say that you’re setting yourself up for a bad day. I hate that you feel ugly when your hair is up or when you don’t match perfectly. Despite what you’re wearing, I want to give you the gift of feeling beautiful because you truly are.
For the third night, I would like to give you 100% hearing. I know that you’re scared to lose your hearing because of singing and I hope you never see that day.
For the fourth night, I want to give you more confidence in soccer. I don’t think you realize how great you are. You underestimate yourself a lot and I hope that you can learn to believe in yourself to the fullest.
For the fifth night, I want to give you the courage to reach out and engage in more singing opportunities. Even though you know your singing ability, I want you to show it off. I know you’ve mentioned joining choir or singing in a musical but, you never seem to do it. I hope you know that you’re totally capable and I want to give you that strive.
On the sixth night of Hanukkah, I want to give you a cure to all of your health problems. Your health really takes a toll on your life and it would be my pleasure to end these problems for you.
Since you hate using the right form of “your” or “you’re”, for the seventh night, I want to cure your reluctance.
For the eighth and final night of Hanukkah, I want to give you the ability to remember a full rap song.
This holiday season I want to give Manny Rodriguez better concentration. Manny, everyday in study hall you always find a way to distract everyone at our table. You easily lose focus of what you’re doing and you always venture from topic to topic. Even though you are so fun to be around and study hall is the highlight of my day, I think some better concentration would do you some good.
For Crispell, I would like to give you the belief in love. Haley, I know your parents divorce gave you a lot of disbelief in love. It sucks that your first impression on love came to an end but, I know that you will eventually find love yourself. In the meantime, I want to give you the belief in love because whether you realize it or not, love surrounds you. It may not be romantic love but, love is real and love will find you.
My next gift is for Breana Lauren Stringer. Bre, I want to give you some more falcon pride. Even though you claim you love Oakcrest, your overwhelming support of Cedar Creek concerns many falcons. Even though it’s acceptable to have pirate friends, I worry that you will become a whole-hearted pirate as time goes on. So for Christmas, I want to give you more falcon pride just to confirm your Oak love and to ensure that you won’t conform to a pirate.
Lastly, I want to give Kennedy Hawkins a better immunity to stys. Stys are the most painful and irritating things ever. They impair your daily life and make a simple task like blinking so difficult. How is one supposed to stop blinking? It is truly torturous. Since I feel your pain Ken, I would love to give you more immunity to stys.
My first gift goes to Angela. Angela you are such an amazing and smart person but you never believe that you can do the work. This is why I am giving you confidence. I want you to not be afraid of getting answers wrong and be glad you got them wrong so you can learn from it. Most of the time, your answers are right but you do not have enough confidence to say it. You are a smart person and I do not know why you think you are not. You are in Bunje’s class for a reason and it is not just, because you were recommended for it. I hope you take this gift into consideration Ang.
ReplyDeleteMy next gift goes to Kayla Hamler. This is the gift of relaxation. You’re always so stressed it’s crazy. You’re always worried about school work and sports and never let yourself rest. You never give yourself a break from anything and I honestly don’t know how you do it. If I was ever that stressed, I would probably cry. Anyway, take this gift and relax over the break. No more stressing about school for these next 10 days or more.
Jasmine N will be getting the gift of patience. I never really paid this any attention until we became best friends. You have no patience what so ever. If your mom tells you that you guys are going to the store, you’ll ask her 1,000 times when you guys are leaving or if someone wants to come over and take forever to get to your house, you’ll tell them to hurry 100 times. Sometimes you just need to wait patiently especially for someone waiting to give you the world. Oh and when you want to use the computer but Zay is on it so you try to rush him off. Just wait until he’s done. You’re such an amazing and outstanding person but being impatience is annoying. Love you! Take is gift and use it so you don’t annoy mom, dad, and Zay.
Nia, the gift I am giving you is the appreciation of our friendship. It might be cheesy but I do appreciate it. The arguments we use to have and always annoying each other never stopped us from being friends. I appreciate the 8 years we have dealt with each other so far even though every day we annoy each other. I asking the same questions every day and you telling me to shut up about schoolwork because is a usual routine for us. I appreciate everything you do for me and for always having me laughing in French nonstop. It’s crazy to think about how long we’ve been friends for and that our friendship still exists. I hope you take this gift and appreciate how much I appreciate you.
I don’t know if I can do this but since in in a Lang class, I am going to give myself the ability to say no. I barely every say no to anyone and its so annoying. It’s a struggle for me to say no and if I do that just means im not in the best mood. I want to be able to say no but I feel like if I do, I will be considered mean and I don’t want that. The other part of me feels like people take advantage of me because I cant say no. I mean I try but its hard. I don’t want to be considered the person that always says no and everyone talks about how mean and rude I am but sometimes I should be able to stand my ground. I hope that over break this ability will finally takes place and I can come back saying no when I need to.
To prevent the hurting of others' feelings, some of my gifts will lack the names of their recipients.
ReplyDeleteFor one of my dear friends, I'll give you humility. That's not a terrible thing and I don't know if you have it, but I have yet to see it. We know that you're good at what you do and we applaud you for it, but there is a difference between confidence and cockiness.
Xoxo, Breyoncé
To my dear friend, Alyssa, I would like to give you strength. You have the ability to preserve and see things that no one else sees. You are thoughtful and you can get through every struggle that is in front of you and I believe in you.
Xoxo, Breyoncé
To my dear friend, Teagen, I would like to give you the ability to change what you can, accept what you can't, and know the difference between the two. You are a very good girl with a very good head on your shoulders. You've got a bright future. Look at what is in your hands and let it become everything it's supposed to be. Be strong my dear girl.
Xoxo, Breyoncé
To my dear friend, Kayla Hamler, I'd like to give you the power of relaxation. Take deep breath and throw all of your homework out of the window. Tell jenee and cliff that you're gonna do what you want and that you will take the Chinets out the window. Do what you want. Unwind Xoxo, Breyoncé
To my dear friend, Ms. Bunje, as you continue to invest in the lives of some of the most ridiculous bottom feeders of the world, aka high school students, I'd like to give you the gift of confidence. There is so much to love about you, my lovely teacher. And while I cannot list them all because blogger does not allow such a large amount if characters, but just know there are multiple things to admire about Cassandra Bunje.
Xoxo, Breyoncé
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DeleteI would like to give my first gift and biggest gift I could give to Teagen. Teagen I am giving you selfishness. Why would you want selfishness? How is that gift? It is a gift because Teagen you are the type of person everyone loves, one of the nicest people I know. You try to make everyone around you happy and constantly put your friends and family first. However, you never put yourself first. You never fully do what you want because you are just that person who wants to make everyone happy. But you need to put yourself first once in awhile. Be more selfish and don’t listen to other people. You are such an amazing person and I know you will always make the right decisions as long as it is what you want.
ReplyDeleteMy next gift I would like to give to Jess Ketschek my curly-haired twin. I would like to give you the gift of acceptance and forgiveness. Jess you have probably the best morals and determination to stay true to yourself. You know exactly how you should be treated and anyone who crosses that line, they know they are done. This is so great that you have the self control and ability to not let anyone do you wrong. Not that I think you should change any of that, I just hope that one day you will find forgiveness and accept the people who have done you wrong.
My third gift goes to Haley, my crazy blonde bff. Haley I would like to give you the ability to believe in love. I know that love is a weird thing for you and that it is not something you believe in. I wish you did believe in it and realize that you will find love someday. No matter what I know you will and the second that happens your beliefs will change for the better.
My fourth gift I would like to give to Taylor. I want to give you ,Taylor, the gift of emotion and to let people in. I know that sounds kind of funny, but anyone who truly knows you, knows you do not show much emotion. It is not necessarily a bad thing at all. It keeps you happy and always smiling. However, you do not let people in either. One day you will and one day you will be vulnerable to someone and will fully show your emotion I hope.
My final gift will be given to Heather. Heather I know you are probably one of the strongest people in the world, but I would like to give you the power to stay strong and move on. You already go through so much and the fact that a stupid boy cannot see how great you are is just so upsetting. So I would like to give you the power to move on because someday you will find someone who treats you right and loves you.
I hope you all take all of this in a good way. I don’t mean any harm to others.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I would like to give Lucie the gift of believing in herself. She often calls herself stupid and thinks that she can’t do a task. I feel like others believe in her more than she believes in herself. Lucie, we all know that you will become a great person one day with a successful job and a family to love. Stop thinking that you are of no worth because you worth a lot to many of us. I would also like to give you the ability to not take words for granted. Every time anyone brings up Neil Philip, you always talk about how at Brain Brawl concessions he called you “competent”. I don’t know why, but you took it to heart as an insult and started disliking him. It might seem like I am advocating his side, but I am not. I am telling you this for your own good. Whenever anyone insults me to my face or behind my back, I ignore it because getting mad over such a petty thing is not worth losing my dignity.
For my third gift, I would give Alfonso the magic to become the Commander of laughter who has the ability to summon laughter tokens every turn. With his power, he would enchant his allies around him with laughter. By sacrificing his laughter tokens, he will trample onto the sadness of the opponent. The opponent’s sadness might attempt sorcery on him, but his instant moves will prevent it from happening. His assistant, Planeswalker, will be able to reach and defend against all the incoming sadness. He would be victorious when he rescues and revives the artifact of happiness from the foreign land of sadness.
Finally, I would like to give Br’Yan the ability to venture into the space without a spacesuit ignoring any or all scientific forces that are stopping him from doing so. This is kind of like a package. The package includes: the ability to breathe in space, the ability to fly in space to wherever he wants, resistance from all harmful planetary or asteroidal effects, the ability to go to a black hole without getting sucked in, and many more. Now he will be able to understand every single aspect of space that is still unknown to humans. This gift is not permanent though (sorry Br’Yan). Before his gift expires though, he will have a chance to send any orange-haired billionaire into the space for eternity.
My third gift is to Jasmine Tran. No, I would not like to give her the ability to be mean or foul mouth. (Why would anyone do that?) I would give her the ability to make everyone’s day better with her niceness. Everyone knows that you, Jasmine, are one of the nicest people at Oakcrest. I have known you for two years now (not counting the week I was in Mrs. Haddock’s homeroom), and in those two years, I have not seen you be mean. NOT EVEN ONCE. You are always nice to people whether it be at letting me go before you in Hangman last year during lunch or just in general conversations. You can use your niceness to heal people of their stress, melancholy, or cholericness.
My last gift would be to Manny. I would like to gift him the force. Manny, I would like to gift you that because few days ago, you told to yourself that one day you will convince Bryan into saying that his day went great. Bryan’s philosophy of “every day is worse than the previous one” always bums you down. Using the force, you will be able to convince him to say that his day went great, finally completing your mission. Force only works on the weak-minded, and even though Bryan is not weak-minded, he is still just an earthling who cannot comprehend the capabilities of something from far, far away. Good luck with your mission!
ReplyDeleteMy first gift goes to my annoying friend Sierrah Thomas. I would like to give you the gift of confidence. You are a very beautiful and smart young women and I don’t think you realize that about yourself. I remember you always telling me that “you’ll never get a boyfriend”, and I think that's one of the most stupidest things I’ve heard because any boy would more than lucky to call you his queen. This christmas I want you to be proud of who you are and realize how truly blessed you are as a person. You even made cheer captain this year, like you popping shawty! So if you're reading this, i just want you to know your beautiful and that you don't have to live up to anyone’s standards.
My second gift goes to John. I want to give you the gift of reassurance because you need to know that everything is going to be okay. In calc class whenever you get a test back and the grade isn't to your standard you become so hard on yourself and that isn’t really necessary. You need to know that everything will be okay and one bad grade isn’t going to be the end of the world. You're an intelligent boy and those rare bad grades that you get won’t define you as a person. So next time your grades aren’t where you want them to be, dont stress and remember that everything's going to be fine.
My third gift goes to Ryan Terry. I would like to give you the gift of the ability to “act black”. I remember last year me and you would always try and do the new dances that came out and we would try to talk black if that's even a thing and that never worked. But for christmas I just want you to be able to spit bars and be able to do every dance you ever wanted to do with ease. You can thank me later.
My fourth gift goes to Bryan Marengo and I want to give him the gift to love. Now even though Bryan says he doesn't love anyone, I know he lowkey cares for certain people. But I want him to be able to show affection to people and actually maybe even let people touch him without him cringing or running away. You know what , for christmas I’m going to send him a girlfriend and see how he reacts to that one. I just want him to experience life for at least a week, being the complete opposite of how he acts right now. This would include eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner and actually showing affection and being able to love.
And my fifth gift goes to Lucie Pham. I would like to give to you the gift of being dumb just for one day to see how I feel. I think Lucie is the smartest person I know and I wish I had the motivation and time to study as much as she does but I just don’t. I know you're not perfect and you get bad grades to sometimes but the majority of your grades are superb. And i just think if you had one day of being dumb, you would realize what people like me go through everyday. lol. This gift kind of just turned into me complimenting you on how smart you are. But the main point is, I think it would be a funny and good gift for you to see how it feels to be dumb just for one day.
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ReplyDeleteFor Ryan The Girl (aka RyeBread), I big-heartedly would love to give her true happiness. If you're not in per. 2 lang, then you haven't heard her depressing OP. Basically she's says that she puts on an act of happiness. Its sad to hear that bc I used to always think she was happy at times. But the outside doesn't always seem like what's on the inside, right? You’ll catch me with Ryan in school like 24/7 bc we have like almost every class together. Since we’re always together, I've come to notice that she sometimes focuses among certain people in the school that she wishes to somewhat live like. I also find myself to do the same. But it's sad that we think like that. So as a second gift, I would also like to give her the gift of being satisfied. I want her to be happily satisfied with her life and everyone in it. @Ry: Just do you girl;)
ReplyDeleteFor my dear Alyssa, I her the gift of relief. There always seems to be a lot on her mind; thoughts that make her stress or get emotional from things she need to get done. Sometimes she looks like a chicken running around with her head chopped off. Alyssa is the person that procrastinates, so I also give her the gift of time management so you she doesn't have to face the amount of stress at the deadline of the assignment. From these gifts, I hope she is able to accomplish those things, be able to clear her mind and take the deep breath that she needs.
For Haley, I nicely wrapped her a gift of love. From hearing her first OP about her parent's marriage history and her thoughts on love, I think she deserves to love and feel loved by
someone, anyone rather. She has a big heart and cares for anyone around her. It’s sad to hear that her hopes on love is ruined. I hope this gift will uplift her and be filled with it.
For ground beef head Larry, I'm giving you a big 'ol gift of intelligence. Larry, you're one funny dude. I laugh at the things you say, however, most of them are not not the smartest. I’ve realized though that at least you try (like answering questions that Bunje asks in class and hoping its right). There’s no shame in that. I still feel bad that Mr. Dunn didn't recommend you for APUSH but f*** that. Utilize my gift to be one of the smartest people in all your classes and answer as many questions you want knowing it will be right.
For Manny, I'm genuinely giving you the gift of silence. You my friend are so talkative. It’s funny actually. But it seems that for Ryan, it's too much for her to handle and it might be for other people too especially in the morning. That’s why Ryan bullies you. With this gift, lessen the word amount projecting out of your mouth because it might be the best for you(..to not be bullied by Ryan).
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DeleteMerry Christmas ya filthy animals:)))
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ReplyDeleteNote: All of my Christmas presents are wrapped with a bow
ReplyDeleteIf you don’t celebrate Christmas. Happy Holidays. Bryan I’m sorry we have a 10 day break.
My first gift is to the very unpredictable Alfonso Roque who begins and ends each day making others smile even before he allows himself to be happy. I honestly don’t know how you do it, be so calm all the time yet concerned but never on a freaked degree. Whatever it is I grant you the ability to keep your view of the world around you exactly the same for years to come. Of course grow, learn and change but don’t change how you deal with situations and your views on right and wrong. I think I realized somehow underneath your ridiculous exterior your kind of a great person. This happened when, I’m not even sure if this is accurate… maybe I’m making things up but I guess you were late and made your parents wait for like an hour in the parking lot when the whole phone stealing week phenomenon was occurring. And you said something like how you accepted your punishment because you saw it was your fault. And considering all day every day in halls of Oakcrest people are cursing their parents out I don’t know I grant you the ability to keep your morals and way of life intact no matter what life throws at you.
My second gift is going to the person I finally heard speak for the first time in ninth grade as we sat awkwardly next to each other on the bleachers, silently judging our insane gym class. Although I know what you really want is to understand calculus or the ability to read minds. And even though you’re really quiet I won’t grant you a voice either because you don’t always get what you want especially after saying you wanted to fight me in gym. By the way I would totally win and we all know it. Just kidding! You’re like 8 feet tall!! Anyway I give you the ability to stay up past nine even though your eyes are bloodshot every morning you do. In that case I wish that if you were to stay up, in the morning you can still look like a normal human being. I honestly don’t know how you come home from crew at 6 and still get to bed earlier than me. Your homework blog, IR and everything else is ALWAYS done, where do you find this time? So even if the extra time isn’t for homework purposed maybe you can use the extra couple of hours to start a TV show or watch a movie better yet learn French so you can read my stories.
I wonder sometimes if Trae wasn’t in my life in ninth grade would I have started talking to you in tenth. I wonder if your complicated life with its twist and turns didn’t happen exactly how it did would you be living down the street across from him, would you have moved to our school. Kiley your my 3rd gift. I grant you peace. Your life is filled with endless noise that you try to block out with the sound of laughter. And I commend you on that but I wouldn’t want your past life to change one bit. That might be harsh but if it weren’t for all the little things, you wouldn’t be you more importantly you wouldn’t be where you’re needed, picking up the mess Clark leaves behind. But further down the road I wish for simplicity and peace in every situation you encounter. You’ve seen enough to deserve at least that. I wish for your life to fall into a line just the way you plan it. Or don’t plan, live spontaneously, as long as it’s your own way.
ReplyDeleteFourthly I bestow Justin, a cliché overused abstract gift, the gift of confidence. You’ve got lots to say that gets lost in translations. I’ve literally known you forever. So I know you won’t take it any other way expect meaningful and sincere. I wish for your words to roll smoothly off your tongue because alone you’re fine. And I have the same problem so don’t worry I’ll be sure to take the same advice too. Justin you’ve got a whole life to perfect who want to be and I want others to see how great of a person you already are. I’ll be here, we can work on it together because no one will understand it unless they live through it. For Christmas I want to give you self-assurance, be brave and assertive in everything you say because I know you always have a point to make. So get it across, maybe others will have the same view. Just keep in mind no matter what you deserve to be confident. Or as Bunje says “Fake it until you are it” and sometimes that’s all it takes. Maybe just fake confidence and just maybe you’ll see you had it all along. In that case my gift is worthless, you already have it deep down what I’m trying to give you.
Okay so believe me when I say I tried to avoid gifting Bryan in this blog post. Partially because I know he probably hates the entirety of Christmas and presents, mostly holidays in general. I could only imagine what was going through his mind seeing everyone wear pajamas today. So my new goal is to not gift him a heart only because I know everyone will give him one. But I think he has one, maybe not as deep as others think. It may be cynical at times but it’s there. Otherwise he wouldn’t laugh or make fun of others when something offends him and twists his feelings. Yes Bryan laughs, it’s very quiet and unexpected. But like with all animals if you’re quiet and patient enough you’ll hear it. So instead my gift to Bryan is for just one day because for anything longer I know he would go insane, is to answer absolutely every question no matter the depth or how personal , truthfully and to its full extent. I gift this to Bryan for my own selfish reasons. And that to truly understand what he tries to hide daily with point blank stares and witty comebacks all while nonchalantly, uncaringly succeeding academically. Bryan, not for Christmas or your birthday or any holiday (because you disapprove of all it) but just because on no special day I want the truth, maybe it’s just to me or the whole world, speak your mind. And I mean ALL of it.
To Sierrah Thomas: I bestow upon you the gift of confidence. You always tell me in physics class that you don’t understand the material and you call yourself dumb. But in reality, you are a very smart and great person. You have the ability to be a smart person and you already have it inside of you. You’re going todo great things one day, I can see it.
ReplyDeleteTo my cousin Justin Phommathep: Waddup cous!! Justin, I give you the gift of hard work. Now this doesn’t pertain to Lang, but more to tennis. When you and I started playing our freshman year, we were little kids with a racquet in one hand and small green fuzzy balls in the other. And from the two years we’ve played together I’ve seen great improvement from both of us. But because this gift is for you, I want you to prepare for this season and be ready to kick some ass out there.
To Angela Constantino: I want you to have the gift of optimism. From our conversations, I’ve come to learn more about you and see how amazing of a person you are. I’m not going to expose our conversation, but I know life can get rough sometimes and you feel you’re in between a rock and a hard place. But always remember there're people here you can talk to, and that there’s always a bright side to every dark situation. Always see the cup half full and not half empty.
To Kennedy Hawkins: I give you the gift of prolonged happiness. Even though everything for you is going well right now, I want that feeling to extend all the way until you’re old and wrinkly. From your new relationship to all your friends and family.
And to Bunje: I want to give you the gift of prolonged happiness also. These four months of getting to know you has been great. Sure I’ve been doing your assignments in the gym, but that’ll be one of my new year’s resolutions to stop doing that. I want you to have happiness for the rest of your life Bunje, everyone deserves it, especially you. Go treat yourself to a ted talk(that’s what I would do anyway) or attend the famous competition of orators called the Toastmasters International. Anything that makes you happy, go do it. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Bunje, thanks for being one of the best teachers I’ve had.
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DeleteI was walking on this lovely yellow brick road and I came across five people. The first had no courage. The second wanted everything to happen in an instant. The third couldn't see their own worth. The forth had no voice. And the last and possibly the most important person I met on my walk was seemingly losing the most important things in her life.
ReplyDeleteFor the beautiful Savannah I give you the gift of courage. You are so incredibly smart and everyone deserves to hear the beautiful things that happen in your mind. You love and understand but never speak up for yourself or share your opinions. If you spoke your mind as often as I wanted you to the world would be a much better place. You talk a lot you really do but not to many people get to hear the things you plan to do. Please do not be afraid to stand up for yourself and do or say the things you want to.
For Brenna Noelle: patience. You want everything to happen in an instant and you expect people to understand things as quickly as you do. You can not do this. I love you so damn much and you know this but it annoys me when I see you impatiently waiting for something to happen. You must let the chips fall where they may and just "move with the motion of the ocean," you told me that one time and I didn't take it seriously but I do now. I know you want everything to happen all at once and you want everyone to be able to understand things the way you do but not everyone is as smart as you are. You must allow people the time to understand and adapt at their own time, be patient young one.
For Ken Ken I give you the gift of sight. Obviously you can see but I want you to see more, I want you to be able to see just how important you are to everyone and everything you come across. We all tell you that you're amazing and we all gas you all the time but I don't know if you really take us all seriously. But, Kennedy you are important and you impact more lives than you think. Everyone is inspired by your bravery and your ability to be yourself, i admire this about you and I hope you can see that.
For John I give you a voice. I feel as though you have a lot to say but I never get to hear your thoughts. Don't be afraid to speak your mind and just say whatever you want, people will listen.
Lastly, Cassie Bunje I give you the gift of having. That sounds weird I know but you always give and I want you to have. I want you to be able to see your children forever, to see where we go and what we do and how we grow. Its one thing to hear about it in the future but its another to see to see it and experience it for yourself. I don't want you to ever feel as though you are losing your babies because you're not and you never will. I want you to have the most important people in your life forever and never lose them or never feel like you're losing them.
I took those five lost travelers with me and we went to emerald city...
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DeleteSEASON GREETINGS EVERYONE!
ReplyDeleteLet’s start my first gift giving to Kayla Hamler. To Kayla Hamler, I give her the ability to relax. Since the day I met Kayla, when we worked on a project together sophomore year, I knew she was a hard working person. But what I didn’t know was that she’s crazy. EVERYONE knows how much she stresses out about things and I’ve witnessed all her stressed out moments. When she says she’s relaxed and she’s not stress, deep down she really is. But she knows we’ll yell at her if she says she’s stressed. I want her to be able to just not worry about anything. I want her to just relax and not think too hard about our homework, a test, or anything. She’s a hardworking girl and I don’t understand what she worries about so much.
Next up is Alf. To Alf, I give him true love. After today in gym, I decided to really give you this gift for many reasons. One is because you seemed really upset and in your feels about not having a girlfriend. Two because you are a hopeless romantic and it’s sad to see you try so hard and not get a girl (tbt to last year). And finally, because you’re honestly a great guy. I’m not trying to gas you or steal you away from Taylor, but you’re honestly a nice guy and you deserve a girlfriend. I mean you don’t have to have one to be happy but after seeing you upset about it today, maybe you would be happier. Maybe your future girlfriend just isn’t at Oakcrest. Maybe you’ll meet her in college. Maybe it’ll be Taylor, we never know. Hopefully you’ll be happy with her
My third gift is to Titty (aka Altea). To Titty, I want to give her health. My gift seems kind of weird but if you know how many health problems this girl has, you know why I’m giving her health. I never knew how many she had until she described them all to me and all I can say is that she’s so strong. She faces her problems everyday with a smile on her face and it seems like nothing is wrong. I can’t imagine how she can still be the loud and smiling Titty that we all know and love even though she’s facing these problems. But I shouldn’t assume that she’s completely happy with it. I’d be upset too if I had her health problems. That’s why I want to give her health, so that
she can happy and not worry about her problems.
Next up is Janet. Oh Janet, I grant you freedom. I still think it’s crazy that your mom doesn’t let you sleep over people's’ houses. Like when she picked you up at 2 am because she didn’t want you to sleep over. It’s crazy and what is she going to do once you move out for college? I just wished you could be there whenever we have sleepovers. I also feel like you just don’t have enough freedom. It’s not like your mom shelters you or anything but I want to give me you more freedom. Janet you need to start convincing your mom to let you sleep over because we only have a year and a half of high school left. This summer you need to be sleep over my house.
My final gift is to Joe. Poor Joe, it’s not all his fault that he has no rhythm. Therefore, I am giving Joe rhythm. The reason is because during back to school night, Joe, Kayla, Alfonso, and me were playing around in the auditorium and trying to make a beat. We were trying because Joe could not stay on beat. For some reason the multiple beats confused him and he could not keep up. He tried so hard yet could not do it. Alfonso made fun of him and Kayla and me laughed. Eventually we took a break and Joe went off to the side, grabbed his gatorade, and chugged it down. It was too intense for him so he had to get a drink. He’s gotten better the last time we did it but he has a long way to go.
Of course I am probably one of the last people to vote, but I actually had to think hard with this blog. I love every single one of you and I wish I could give everyone a present. For the people that have been there for me through this time, thank you. And thank you bunje for the example- Dom and I cried until we laughed again today. If that makes any sense.
ReplyDeleteI would give Samantha the gift of freedom just because of the jail time she's been serving. Sam deserved a consequence for her actions but not to this extent. So, sam, if I have to break you out of jail I will do that. Just let me know when the time is right. I feel as if this prison time has just been tearing you apart and you look drained all the time, so I hope freedom soon comes your way, because you deserve it.
Kayla Hamler I am grating you with a break. Every time I see you or get the chance to talk to you, you're out of breathe from running around so much. You have so much on your plate and add more than you need which is not good. I think you need at least an hour of relaxation a day because from the looks of it you never sit still. Remember, time to yourself is important too!
Linds parks, you deserve confidence. Considering we grew up together we know each other pretty well and I know sometimes you get insecure. You are a beautiful and smart girl so there is no need for that, but I understand why it happens. I believe in you with everything you do and I hope there comes a time where you constantly believe in yourself.
T van, you are receiving the gift of giving back from me! You do so much for other people and it's time that you get that in return! When people try to do for you, you tend to shut it out so that is why I am giving you this gift. Allow others to pamper you, allow others to love you, allow your feelings to shine through. Love you
My first best friend, Jessica. No one else can make me laugh the way you do, now & then. I know you as the happy and cheerful girl, filled with sunshine. I am giving you the gift of never ending happiness. I never want anyone to come into your life and taking that smile off your face, I'm telling you a lot of people love it.
This blog is so cutie and funny at the same time. Love all of you Happy Holidays<3333
ReplyDeleteFirst I would like to give Rachel the sense of feeling like she's at home. I can’t imagine moving my junior year to not only a new school but a whole different lifestyle. North Jersey is basically a different state then south so shout out to you. I’ve never moved from good ol ML but you’re fitting so perfectly. Even though you probably miss home sososo much, I know we all love you and your perfect writing skills here in 204 and around Oakcrest. I hope you like it here and you’re adjusting well, but if not we’re all always here :)
Dos, I would love to give Angela Marie Constantino the ability to love and believe in herself. Ang is by far one of most loving people I know and she always wants to improve herself each and every day. There wasn’t a practice or game at hockey she didn’t ask me or others what she was doing wrong and I’m pretty sure we all would respond, “Nothing!!”. Ang, you are so talented and more beautiful then you see yourself as. You are such a bright sunshine in not only my life but so many. We’re not bffs but I know I can count on you for a good heart to heart or a laugh. Stay smiling sweetie <3
My third gift I would LOVE to give to my friend, Christian Dennis. Christian, you are so giving to so many but I remember you telling me last year that you feel like people only talk to you because of your endless gum or peanut butter cookies, which isn’t true. Yes, we ALL love them but you have to say no sometimes. You are so nice, but you shouldn't feel like that. Not gonna lie, I will do anything to get your peanut butter cookies but if you told me “no” just once, I would be so happy because I’ve never seen you say no to anyone at all. But other than you being super nice, I also wish you the best of luck this track season. #TRACKNATION.
SAM ROCAP!! Where do I start?? I feel like I could give you endless things but I’m just gonna give you my left hand(right hands are overrated). You are definitely one of the craziest people I know. From you falling off your roof and wee hours of the morning and your snappy attitude that will win in any situation. You are so strong Sam. When I read this blog I really did think about you because you deserve so much more than you are given. You are so beautiful inside and out and seeing you ever sad gets me upset :( I’m giving you my left hand because I promise I’ll ALWAYS be there for you, even if we aren't glued to each other period 1,2,3,⅘ like last year, our locker visits replace all those times. I love you sweetie, just remember what you deserve.
Last but so not least, I would like to give Heather support. I know we aren’t close but I admire you and all your friends so much right now. It must be so hard to go through what you’re going through all round in your life. I always see your tweets and just want to give you a hug or something to show you that you’re so strong. Seeing for dye for hair for Dom, and constantly helping her is so amazing. I really do pray everything turns out brighter than the day before for all of you and Dom. Keep smiling & keep pushing. I’m here if you ever need it :)
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ReplyDeleteThe first person I would like to give a gift to would be Elena. ❤️
ReplyDeleteWho would’ve thought that I would’ve given Elena an abstract gift?! Anyway, the concept I would bestow upon her would be the ability to stick up for herself. Constantly, she complains of bad friends in her life, and always my advice is, “Either tell ‘em or give ‘em the boot, girl,” which I happen to think is 100% correct (don’t argue with me I’m a woman lol). Nevertheless, these people who are part of your life and take up your time should know if they’re doing something that bothers you. She could use this ability to tell them how she really feels, and perhaps get rid of some bad influences in her life.
❤️ YOU LAINE!
The next person I would like to gift a concept to, would be my lovely twin sis, Kassia (she’ll tell you we are, I’ll tell you we aren’t lol). I would give her the idea of confidence. I don’t know how much I tell her this, but Kassia really is a talented musician, dancer, athlete, actor, pianist, and just about everything else in the freaking world. I mean seriously, is there anything that this girl DOESN’T do? She’s so hardworking too. And then she’ll say something down on herself and say she’s being “realistic”. No no no, aim higher! Aim the highest you can shoot! Probably one of my favorite quotes (and probably the most popular among everyone else lol) is:
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” — Norman Vincent Peale
With that go-getter attitude, man, there wouldn’t be anything Kassia couldn’t do.
The third person I want to give a theoretical gift to would be Kayla (Hamler). I’ve known Kayla ever since middle school, but in high school was when she was in most of my classes. I know that she stresses A LOT. I remember her and Lucie talking and going back and forth with the amount of work that had due in Geometry class. I hear stories from Bunje all of the time about how much she stresses out about school lol. That being said, I would give Kayla a sound mind, away from school and all of her troubles. It’s tough, especially with parents who expect so much, and then to be involved in activities after-school, that’s even harder. In the words of Dory, “Just keep swimming!” :)
The fourth Langer I would like to bestow a present upon would be Heather. I know Bunje already used her as an example in the original blog post, but Heather’s OP really spoke to me. I have an Aunt who had breast cancer. It was really hard for us, because we never knew what was going to happen. But we just kept strong and kept with the chemo and prayed. Now she is in remission. Cancer is a scary thing, and I am so sorry that one of her best friends has it. Not to mention that she is so young. I want to give Heather strength. The strength to push on and to be with Dom during this tough time, even though it might break her heart to see her so sick. It’s so upsetting to have this situation so early in your life, stay strong Heather. May your holidays be ever so bright ❤️
The final person I would like to give a gift to would be Kylie. Kylie is one of THE nicest people I’ve ever met. But I think Kylie needs to know when enough is enough. She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named in an also unnamed class kind of treats everyone, and Kylie like dirt. That’s why I want to give Kylie the gift of being blunt. Out with it! Say what you feel! If someone is bothering you, then tell them. If you think another person needs to hear the honest truth, then tell them. Be a tough cookie lol
By the way, Happy Holidays to everyone! It’s not just about getting and receiving gifts; heck, this time of the year isn’t even all about Christmas. This time of the year is about getting together with friends, family, and loved ones and holding them close. ❤️:)
Love you Lang Fam,
Peace out ✌🏼
~Erynn :)
Erynn you crack me up :D
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ReplyDeleteI genuinely love giving, whether the occasion is Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or nothing at all. I always put way too much thought into gifts, often leading me to lose my train of thought all together. Thus, of course I wish I could give certain people theoretical, physically invisible gifts. Though, I suppose they would not be so invisible should they be fully adopted by those who receive them.
First, of course, I’ll give John the ability to live in the moment (occasionally, at least). John aspires towards his future and focuses on achieving his goals. He earns good grades, improves his above-average intelligence every day, and thinks about things in assorted perspectives. Sometimes, I can tell that he holds himself back from certain things that require living in the moment. John loses some of the blisses of childhood (though we are far beyond children) in rushing towards adulthood. I hope he learns to embrace the present because I think he’ll regret constantly looking towards the future. There will always be a future to look forward too, but these passing moments are each unique and missing one in its entirety might lead him to lose sight of himself. If anyone, John deserves to block out the stress of basing every present decision on future visions with the ability to occasionally live in the moment.
Even though we never talk, I’ll give Savannah confidence. Savannah writes beautifully and, beneath her shy demeanor, has a lot to say. I can only tell that she lacks confidence because i do as well and i know exactly how it feels and how it looks on the surface. With confidence, she could better express her eccentricity and own her originality and style. There are no standards worth meeting when they require you to shut up, sit down, and be afraid. Keep your head high and love yourself.
My girl Jess needs better luck (and so do I). You deserve so much better than what you get a majority of the time. Don't let anyone take advantage of your forgiving and welcoming personality. Even if you don't believe it, or know it, you deserve the world. Don't settle for anything less.
Cynthia I'd give you confidence. You're so accepting and humble and I wish I could say the same about myself. You're beautiful and really smart. You don't need to lower your standards of beauty to societies standards or your peers standards. You are the only person you have to impress. And that should be easy. Stay unique, don't ever change.
Anonymous? I'd give you the ability to see the world as a world and not just your world.
Not everything around you is worth taking seriously, but that doesn't mean that nothing should be taken seriously. Especially others feelings, your friends feelings, your feelings. You deserve more than to limit yourself to the people around you and to dim your emotions just to prove a point.
I love this blog and everything about it because I can just picture Bunje typing it with such a big smile. Literally the only reason it feels like Christmas is because of her spirit. Love you Bunje and all of 204:)
ReplyDeleteMy first gift goes to my bff Jessica Lynn Ketschek. Jess is one of the strongest girls I know. For xmas I want to give her forgiveness. Jess is such an inspiration when it comes to loving herself and not letting anyone treat her wrong. She shows my friends and I everyday how to love and stand up for ourselves. I know no matter what I can go to her and she will tell me the right thing to do. Jess is really good at holding grudges especially when the person she is holding a grudge against treated her poorly. I know that Jess has one of the biggest hearts and loves the hardest but for Christmas I am sneaking by Maggie and leaving a little present under her tree. :)
Larry. For the best mom ever Larry I want to give you, self-love. Larry is one of the most loving person I have ever met. We just became friends a few months ago and honestly it has felt like I have known him my entire life. Larry is always there to listen to all the nonsense my friends and I talk about and I have watched him comfort my friends and I when we have needed it the most. Larry is so good at loving others and I hope he is just as good at loving himself and making time for himself. Larry goes out of his way to make sure you are doing okay and is great at getting people gifts so for Christmas I hope he gets so much because he deserves it all.
For my other bff Abigail I will be giving you the ability to “block the haterz.” Abby has one of the hardest and strongest shell and I am so happy she does. Abby does not celebrate Christmas and because of that people refer to her by her religion which she does not like so much. Abby gets picked on for wacked out reasons but overall she is the strongest person I have ever met for being bigger than the people that say stuff to her. Abby is always the bigger person when it comes to people saying rude things to her. Although Abby has such a hard shell I want to give her the ability to ignore these people so it is not so hard at always having to be nice to them and keep her mouth shut. Shout out to you Abby I love you always. <33333
For my next bff brey0nce I want to give her both confidence in herself and school spirit:-) I love bre to pieces and am inspired by her every day. Everyday especially at field hockey practice bre put her heart and soul into every drill and every shot on goal. Bre is so amazing at what she does and what she put her mind to I want her to have confidence in herself and where she is going. Secondly probably a little gift everyone wants to give our favorite pirate is a little school spirit. I love bre with all my heart and joke with her almost every day about how she is a pirate. Bre is such a loving and caring person that the creek has noticed and taken our falcon onto their pirate ship so occasionally you will see her cheering them on so this Christmas I will give you so falcon spirit. (even though I know you have loads of it:))
My last gift goes out to my especially wacked out friend Teagen Frances Hay. I want to give her a large, large, large, large present that includes the ability to hold a grudge, tell baby lies, love yourself and normalness. Teagen although the beautiful and perfect human being she is sucks at holding a grudge to anyone in the world so get ready because after xmas I hope she will be able to be mean, just a lil and hold a grudge to those who do not treat her the way she deserves to be treated. Next I hope to give Teagen the ability to tell a lie or just a plain baby joke. No matter how serious or complete weird the joke or lie is Teagen cannot for her life tell it. If it is a lie you know it is because she just bursts out laughing and if it is a joke you do not get to hear it because right before she gets to the funny part she starts to laugh and cannot stop. Teagen deserves the ability to love herself because she is one of the best students, athlete and best friend someone could ask for. No matter the time Teagen is always there to help me, Jess, Abby or literally anyone. There is not a day that goes by that Teagen is not cheering someone up or giving them A1 advice so for xmas she gets to love herself because she is the best bff I could ever ask for. The last present which Teagen may need the most is normalness. People know Teagen is wacky because of the weird shit she does in public but if you really, really get the chance to know Teagen you know she is completely wacky. Teagen has a fake pet that she has named which is basically famous. This fake pet which you probably heard of is named Mia and has other fake friends named Gia, Papa Pia, and a few others. She also refers everything to “bunghole,” when it is hot just know Teagen is screaming, “OMG it is hot as bunghole out here.” Overall I love my best friend and all of her wackiness.
DeleteI hope everyone gets what they want for Christmas and Hanukkah (@my bff) because you all deserve it especially the best teacher ever, Bunje<3333333
First, I would like to bestow the gift of storytelling to my good friend Joseph Gabriel Fraone. As many people know, Joe, since birth, has been living the difficult life of a struggling storyteller. He has scarcely told a story properly without missing important details or without laughing before it’s done. A song starts playing*(Through the eyes of an angel…) If you would like to donate to the “HELP Joseph Fraone fund”, please dial: 1-800-412-1138.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I would like to bestow the gift of not being needy to Donna Tran. Everyday, I have to pack extra lunch because of her and Janet always mooching on my food. Nothing is my property when Donna is in the vicinity. Deep within her subconscious lies the policy, “What’s mine is yours,” and it applies itself to everything. Everything.
Third, a nice gift, I would like to give Kayla Hamler the ability to stop overworking herself. It's so illogical and unnecessary. To support this claim, one example come to mind. When a teacher asks for an explanation/description of a topic, the average sane person would simply write the answer in a concise yet effective way. However, on the paper of Kayla Hamler, one would discover an elaborate chart or a very decorated graph. Why she does this, the world will never know.
Four, I would like to give Josh the realization to always stay the way he is. As weird as josh is, especially when it comes to social confrontations, it's his weirdness that makes us all love his company. Whenever he’s around he turns the atmosphere into an awkward one. That may sound horrible, but for some reason everyone laughs and finds the situation entertaining.
Five, last but not least I would like to give Haley Crispell the ability to dance. Unfortunately, Haley was born with a terminal yet common condition that the kids nowadays call,” White People Problems.” This condition includes dancing off beat, and the inability to twerk. Haley, ever since she watched Miley Cyrus accomplish the feat, wanted to do the same. She has dedicated most of her life since then to perfecting her technique, but her days of labor have produced no twerk fruits.
I would like to start of with the pale man named Manny Rodriguez. You will receive the gift of common sense from me weather you like it or not so take that “short” :). Half the time we exchange words with each other I have absolutely no clue where you're going with the conversation. Remember at study hall you were talking about how dark I am. You should have basic common sense to know that I know how dark I am. Makes absolutely no sense sir. Then I would come crazy at you and you'd try to rebuttal my argument. I'm your darkest friend and you're my most palest Latino friend love you Manny.
ReplyDeleteSecond gift I would like to give would have to be confidence, to John Kurtanidze. Everytime we're about to take a vocab test in Lang you're never confident that you’ll get the grade you want. I mean the whole class can probably relate but whatever. Knowing that you did your best to accomplish something is always a good thing no matter the result. I still remember Vocab test 10 you gave me your paper after it being handed out saying “Is it a bad grade”. Not gonna expose your grade but you should’ve just should’ve had confidence in whatever grade you received. You do crew, the effort you put in practice will be the results in your races. Same goes with studying. You enjoy your Christmas now sir.
The gift of kindness would most definitely have to go to the gal Taylor Van. Its all jokes relax I understand. Remember when you bumped into me in the hallway because you thought I wasn’t there. Oh wait what color sweater was I wearing ? Pretty sure it was black ha. Can’t wait until the next time we have another confrontation in the hallway again :). I'll be sure to run over the illest most dopest Van in the CAL. You the best ling-ling enjoy your Christmas.
My fourth gift will be going out to Bryan Marengo. The gift of friendship because you never want to be be my friend :(. First day of school I saw you, the first time since sophomore year. I went to give you a hug and you ran away. You still bro Bryan you just don’t know that yet. At least you have more common.sense than Manny at least. We can be the best of buds Bryan have a jolly Christmas sir.
The final gift I would like to give out would have to be the power of growth to Altea Parlapiano :) The first time we met I almost ran you over because I didn’t see you. But it's cool because you’ll come back to school 4 inches taller. If you ever need a “lift somewhere” you can hop on my shoulders. You get it ? Because your short ha. You have a jolly Christmas as well and keep Mia of the social sites.
“Can you not stand so close, you’re making me claustrophobic”
ReplyDelete“What does claustrophobic mean?”
“It means he’s afraid of Santa Claus”
“HO! HO! HO! heeheehee”
“Stop it Patrick you’re scaring him”
Just one of my favorite Spongebob conversations that Bunje’s fantastic joke at the start of the blog made me think of. Now on topic. This is actually a pretty good blog post for me because at this time of the year, funds are at all time low and my mans’ over at Chuck E. Cheese haven’t hit me back about my application yet, so I can’t buy things for people. That’s actually kind of irrelevant considering the people who buy everybody gifts still have to do this blog, but I felt like saying it. I ramble a lot, maybe I need the gift of silence. @Claire
My gifts to my fellow Langers,
To my mans Larry, we got hella close at the end of last year, and you were really cool. but it seems the closer and closer we get the more I hate you. I could go all day rambling about how you need manners, common sense, intelligence etc. and I would have a lot of valid evidence to back it up. I will keep this to about a paragraph, brushing over a couple gifts I would like to bestow upon you. I’m gonna give you some manners. When I’m looking around the cafeteria and maybe I look at you for a split second before continuing my gaze, there is no need to say, “Can I f***ing help you” Either simply say nothing because there's nothing wrong with what I did, or say could you not look at me please, it’s not hard, just be a little respectful. Or when I am speaking in history or at an assembly, there’s no need to say, “Shut the f up, or Manny! Shut! Up!” Either simply say nothing because I know damn well you speak almost as much as me when you aren’t supposed to, or say could you please stop talking I’m trying to work, or I’m trying to pay attention could you be quiet. I may be breaking the rules a little here but I’m going to give Larry another gift, the ability to think before you speak. As many friends, or acquaintances, of Larry already know, he says some really stupid stuff. Most of which can be avoided if he just really thought about what he was going to say before he said it. For example, a few weeks ago, we were watching a video in history resembling trench warfare in World War I. (Trench Warfare in World War I keep that in mind, also keep in mind the video was in color and pretty good quality, on top of that keep in mind there were multiple camera angles most from in the middle of gunfire.) So I decide to try to be funny and say, If Larry were here he would ask if this was real video from war. (Larry was absent that day.) There were laughs, we continued watching. The next day Hearn decided to make us watch the same video. (why? who knows.) About a minute into the video Larry says, really loud so the whole class hears him, “Is this real?” The whole class laughed and he just sat there trying to justify his question. Now if he just thought about a couple of the many reasons it was obvious this video was not real, he would have not asked that question and saved himself embarrassment. Now I realize I’ve only gotten one person done and my blog is already longer than most of my previous blogs, but I had ton justify my points.
To Joe, I would give him the power to grow. Not as a person, not his muscles even though he could use some of that, but his height. He’s grown a lot in the past few years and I’m proud of him for it, I believe he’s about 4’6” 4’7” now, but he could use some more growth. I think he’s somewhat at a disadvantage down there, life is a lot easier when you’re up high. I’m not 6’5” beast, but I can say I enjoy it up here, and I wanna share it with my Italian brethren. I don’t want his kids and wife to have to reach for things on the top shelf for him, so I give him the gift of growth.
still cracking up about the trench warfare video
DeleteTo Teagen, I give the gift of meanness. That’s not exactly an SAT Vocab word, but it did the job and there’s no red squiggly line under it. But as I was saying, Teagen must learn to be mean to people. I have seen Teagen mistreated and her get upset about it and do nothing, and I hate to see that, from anybody. Nobody should be treated poorly and just sulk. My dear daughter Teagen, when you are mistreated, mistreat back. I believe in the golden rule “Treat others how you would like to be treated,” but I also believe in enforcing it. If someone mistreats another, they do not deserve to be acted nice upon, they should be treated how they treat people and that’s what Teagen needs to learn. Now, I’m not saying you should argue with anyone who says a rude remark, but instead of getting upset about the remarks and meanness shown towards you, maybe just ignore and do not even give that person a second look. If someone does not treat you kindly, they do not deserve to associate his or herself with you. Take this gift Teagen and use it.
ReplyDeleteTo another one of my daughters, young Abbert, I give the gift of open mindedness. I’m sure by now between everyone I’ve shown and the references I hear Bunje makes about it throughout all of her classes, everybody is aware of my first OP, What if My Blue is Not Your Blue? If for whatever reason you’re not aware, here's a one sentence rundown. I go over my self made conspiracy theory about whether the colors we all see are the same through everyone’s eyes. You see, Abbert did not agree with my OP, and she thinks it’s stupid. “Well then you’re colorblind.” No Abbert, you are not color blind YOU just have a closed mind and you don’t want to admit that everything isn’t how it’s perceived to be. So as a late Hanukkah gift, mostly so she can agree with my OP, I give Abbert some open mindedness.
My last gift is to my man Dhwanil. (those of you who call him Dan I’ve spoken to him and he prefers Dhwanil as long as you pronounce it correctly) I give him the ability to care a little less about school. My dude, school is not as important or hard as you make it out to be. Very important yes, somewhat hard depending on the class and how much you pay attention, yes, but chill out. Your life revolves way too much around school. I noticed this when we had our blog post about regret. You said your biggest regret was not switching from AP Chem to AP Bio or the other way around, I forget. Nevertheless, the point is, you shouldn’t care so much about a small decision like that. There are over 12 years of schooling in America, and that is not including College or whatever type of schooling you decide to do after high school. A small decision you made that takes a few months of schooling away from you should not bother you as much as to call it your biggest regret. Life is a lot better when you take a little of your focus off of school and put in on something else more enjoyable. And if this is not your choice and something else is stopping you from doing this, then that is my gift, whatever it takes make Dhwanil able to care less about school, live life.
I would love to give Kassia the gift of selfishness. No longer will she hate receiving gifts from her parents. No longer will she ask herself if her friends want some of her snacks before she thinks about how much she wants! In the hall she shall be a juggernaut, destroying all in her path. When Erynn asks for her daily piece of gum she will say no to make the pack last longer for herself. When people give her presents Kassia will realize that she deserves all of it.
ReplyDeleteI give Erynn the gift of time management. Erynn is always late but she doesn't like to be told that she is. (In fact Erynn will probably send me an angry text the moment she reads this.) However, I can recall multiple occasions when she was late to important events. For example, when her, kassia, and I were singing the national anthem for the football game she showed up seconds before we had to sing. Im sure she had a reasonable excuse but it could have been prevented. Either way we sounded great in the end anyway.
I want to give Sierrah even more confidence. With those bright pair of uggs, popping dance moves, and beautiful voice she owns the Oak Halls. But I'm not entirely sure she knows. I hope she takes this confidence and shows the world what she's got because she has so much to offer.
I want to give Lindsey an everlasting smile. Honestly, it seems like she already has one, but on the those rare days where she can't find her smile she can use the extra set I gave her. Everyday in class she comes in like a ray of sunshine, like she has no care in the world. I only dream to be that way. Keep smiling!
Lastly, I want to give Abby a steady mind. Every time I see her in class she is stressing about something. I cannot imagine her thought process, but I know its probably insane. Junior year is not easy and I think a steady mind would be handy for everyone this year.
My oh this is hard, so I'm just going to get straight to the point so here we go:
ReplyDeleteMy first present I would give to Justin P, I do not know why but he is the first person that popped into my head when I heard about this assignment. I would give Justin the gift of friendship. I absolutely guarantee that Justin will hate this gift featuring the fact he hates me. But it's a love hate type of relationship. If Justin accepts the gift of my friendship that would be a miracle. It's more like a gift of a truce stating that I will no longer bully him in school and maybe we can be civil, maybe. Every time I see him I always say something kind of mean, so this is a rare gift that might only be offered this one time. So accept it while you still can Justin.
My second gift well this one will go to one of my best friends Dina. If anyone reading this knows Dina you would know school and her future are always on her mind. Every time I ask her what she is doing I swear she always answers “studying for the sats” .Literally if that girl does not get into the college she wants I might as well give up on my future now. So, the gift I want her to have is relaxation. Whether it is one hour or one day that girl just needs a break, a chance to breathe and the opportunity to have some fun.
My next present goes to Rachel. I would give Rachel the ability to express herself more vocally. I know Rachel is an amazing writer and she expresses herself on paper all the time, but girlie you are so cute. Adjusting to a school can be hard enough let alone adjusting to a whole new township, so I think she’s doing great at that I just wish she would speak more (like outloud in class or the halls). I know Rachel is just full of intelligence, so I hope she receives the gift to express herself vocally because it surely would benefit everyone.
This next gift goes to Cait Beck. Cait’s just a ray of sunshine, like she is always so positive. Cait is super smart, kind, and athletic. Knowing Cait loves sports and that she has back issues I give her the gift of fast healing. Now I know she has been cleared but she still has to take it easy, and I feel as if Cait is one of those go hard or go home type of people. Since she is so kind and is always willing to do so much for other I hope she gets this one thing, she is needed out on the field.
My final gift goes to Claire. I would like to grant her the gift of an amazing 2k time. We have been on the same crew boat for the last two years and since we were on the second varsity last year I want to see her move up. I know Claire has a ton of potential and loves the sport, I am pretty sure she is even dedicating her winter to winter training instead of basketball that I know she loves. To see all of my crew friends in great boats this year's winning medals would be great. So, Claire kill your 2k tests this year and get on that boat!
This post was harder than I expected it. Well, here it goes.
ReplyDeleteFirst up, my good friend, Dan. I want to give Dan the gift of being outgoing. I knew Dan for a few years. A cool guy to talk with and probably one of the most intelligent friends I have known (tied with Bryan). I see him act quiet and shy most of the time. I feel that if he becomes more outgoing, he would gain more confident and be able to express his thoughts more to the public. His OP and bits of advice on dealing with procrastination really help me out. I feel that his advice get overlooked and people just ignore it. I want him to stand out and to show that he can be helpful and not be ignored.
Next up, my amazing friend, Dina. We knew each other for a long time. After all our history, I want to give her the gift of relaxation. I see her worrying when she messed up or she start doubting herself. It makes me worry and she would start to stress out. Dina, I want you to relax and take it one at a time. With stress and worrying, you won’t be able to express your point across and it could lead to some miscommunication. If you need help, I will be here since we both experiences it. Relaxing and taking a break is one of the best things from Christmas. So let's take advantage of it and chill until the next years where we both would be working hard to achieve our goals.
My third gift goes to Caitlyn, one of my best friends. Almost every day, she brightens my days somehow and I enjoy it. I give her the gift of joy. The reason being that I want to complete her arsenal of happy things so that she can brighten almost anyone’s day. Things like joy, happiness, cheerful, and delighted can help brighten a person’s day or mood and Caitlyn just the master at it. I want Caitlyn to cheer anyone up and brighten their day like how she brighten my days.
My fourth gift goes John. I give him the gift of more knowledge. I feel that John already is smart and intelligent, but I want to give him a little more. With more knowledge, he can accomplish almost everything. John has the attitude and mindset to do almost anything and I would love to see that. His explanations on some things like driving and life are really fascinating and he can get you to see something on another view.
My final gift goes to my dear cousin, Josh. I would give him the gift of leadership. It kind of relates to tennis than Lang. I see Josh as a leader and someone who can guide people. He shows some characteristics of a leader. During practices, He motivates other people to never give up and expresses it in his matches. He always think about the positives and never about the negatives. He gives out pieces of advice to players on improving their swing position. Also, he giving his best performance in his matches. With my gift, he gets the full package of leadership and be able to guide people towards their goal.
I want to give Altea good health. I recently learned about all of your health issues and I’m so shocked. You are always so bubbly and happy that I never realized what you go through everyday. There are so many issues with your body that you constantly have to be conscious of and worry about, and I just want you to relax. More specifically, I want to give you the gift of eating food stress-free. It’s crazy that you have so many restrictions on what you can eat or even that you have to worry about falling asleep right after you eat. I want you to be able to eat whatever your heart desires and not have to worry about whether or not you will throw up later.
ReplyDeleteI’m giving Cynthia a beautiful singing voice. When we were watching the auditions to Cabaret night, we talked about wanting the ability to sing and how we should take voice lessons over the summer to learn. That’s probably never going to happen so with my gift, you won’t have to! I want you to be able to confidently sing around people and jam out to your favorite songs.
I want to give self confidence to Lucie. You are smart and talented and everybody believes in your abilities...except for you. I’m not that close with you, so maybe I’m wrong, but it seems like
you always need reassurance for everything that you do. Whenever you talk about yourself or something that you did, there’s always a “...but” that indicates that you aren't confident with what you say. I never hear you say anything absolute. There is a lot of “I hope” and “I will try”, but you don’t really say “I am positive” or anything to that extent. Just trust and believe in yourself, Luce. You don’t need to indicate the slight chance that you could be wrong because, for the most part, you always have the right answers. Even if you are wrong, nobody will be disappointed in you. One mistake won’t discredit your abilities, so stop hiding behind your words. Be proud of yourself and everything that you do.
I would give Kayla the ability to press down on her pencil. With everything that she writes, it’s really hard to read because her pencil marks are so faint. This is fine if she wants her pencil to last a really long time, but it gives her more trouble than anything. For instance, while we were in the library, Kayla and I checked and compared our SAT results online. Kayla noticed that she omitted quite a few problems in her Reading section, maybe around ten. It’s pretty normal to leave some questions blank, however Kayla didn’t remember omitting that many questions. We figured that her writing was so faint that the scantron machine didn’t pick it up and registered her answers as blank. Think about all the missed points she could have earned! It’s so crazy that I honestly wouldn’t believe that it could happen to anyone but Kayla. She can only write clearly with a pen, so maybe I’ll just make it simple and gift her a basket full of pens because she is always borrowing mine.
My last gift is to Bunje. I want to give you the ability to do what you and have it be ok with the school. It seems like you’re always getting into trouble with the school administrators over what you do and believe is right. I wish school could be more like 204. Everybody cares for each other because we are a family. The atmosphere in 204 is like no other, and I think it is because you don’t strictly adhere to school rules. If something is wrong or ridiculous, you come up with your own creative solution. You do so much for us, and I want to give you more freedom to do what you want in class instead of figuring out ways to circumscribe the school rules.
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DeleteThe older we get, the less presents are under the tree. The vibe of the Christmas spirit we all once had seems to fade along with the money in our wallets. Giving theoretical gifts, I think, are much better. Saves us paper, money, and gift wrap.
ReplyDeleteDear Ryan the Girl, you my dear are one creative, funny gal. You, 97% of the time, never fail to put a smile on my face. Know that I love you from the bottom of my heart, but sweetie your dance moves are not so hot. My gift to you is the ability to dance nicely. I wish you the best rhythm and hopefully you'll be then able to whip and hit the quan correctly.
Dear Jas Tran, Cait Beck, and Cyn Cheng, we are all in our Princess emoji group chat (with now an addition of Manny). And within this chat, NO ONE SEEMS TO RESPOND TO ME! I don’t know what it is but I get no reply no matter what. But when Jasmine Tran texts, EVERYONE REPLIES! Ill let it go for now tho since my gift to you lovely three is the ability to text back. Funny right?! HA. Everyone knows that I am not afraid to double text, so I’d very much appreciate to get at least one :-) I love you all so much. I’m currently at Cynthia’s house typing on her laptop, on the couch. Such a fun time.
Dear Alfie, oooohhhhhh boy where do I start? You are very smart, athletic, musical, attractive, have a great personality, is there anything you can't do? Alfonso, you’re the type to win the ‘Best All Around’ superlative. You're goals. I mention this to you several times, and you give me the same eye roll and smirk/smile(whatever you wanna call it) without fail. Alright, let me stop gassin’. Anyways, my gift to you is the ability to be imperfect. Pretty self explanatory. I'm lowkey jealous of how nice you are at EVERYTHING so my gift will counteract with it and make you a normal human being like the rest of us :-)
Dear Zach, you are a “berry nice prend” and I love you lots. You’re a tennis/badminton/archery God, and you currently are working on being a ukulele God. We have still yet to play together, but that time will soon come. I forgot to bring it today on the last day before break, but it’s all good. My gift to you is awesome ukulele skills! Woohooooo. It’s tough learning new skills but as long as you keep practicing then my gift will come in handy. I figured you’d want this because I know how you always procrastinate with your uke when you do homework haha
Dear KHAWK, you my friend have suffered a lot this Christmas season. I remember you had to leave class to go to the doctors to remove the cotton in your ear. I also remember the days you wore sunglasses inside all day to cover up some styes. WELL THAT WILL ALL GO AWAY WHEN I GIVE YOU MY GIFT OF A “STYE-LESS CHRISTMAS”! Get it? Hahah. Anyways, I feel bad because I know how annoying styes can get considering many of my friends had them. I want the best for you and you definitely shouldn't be suffering with a stye this Christmas. I love you Ken, feel better❤️
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DeleteIt's taken me a while to see who my five people would be, or just let alone what I'll give these five people. And when I say any of this, I mean it in the nicest way possible.
ReplyDelete1. Sierrah. I would give you confidence. You always underestimate yourself, or degrade yourself. Or I can just tell when you're in certain situations, you aren't nearly as confident as you should be. You're beautiful, you're strong, you're smart, you're freaking captain of the varsity basketball cheer team!! Don't belittle yourself because you're afraid of judgement, or you don't feel good enough, because you ARE good enough. Love you si, stay confident.
2. Savannah. I want to give you baby girl the ability to go out in front of people and not be so shy, and just kick ass in front of anyone. I completely understand why you get nervous reading in front of anyone, because I do too. In fact my tongue becomes tied. I'm not sure why you're so afraid or get such anxiety, but I want to help you. Because you shouldn't feel that way, and you just need to let loose, not stress so much, and kick ass when presenting anything.
3. Andrea. I want to give you the ability to know when to be selfish. You're probably one of the most selfless people that I know. I'm so grateful that if I needed anything you would be there for me in a hot second, because it would be vice versa. But I think sometimes you need some time for yourself, and not always helping. (Which helping is great, but treat yourself once in a while too jerba :)
4. Bryan. Bryan I don't really know you that well, and I just started getting to really know you this year. But for you I would give you the ability to not be so arrogant and to give you more love and passion to your life. Trust me, you're probably the smartest person I know and I could listen to you talk all day. I don't know I just feel like your knowledge sometimes holds you back? I'm not sure if that really makes sense. But I think you need passion and love in your life. I know you do have love in you, and for your family. And I do understand you're not a people person. But you need to be more open to other people and allow them to love you. I think you're a love able person Bryan, let someone do that for you. Love can be a good thing, sometimes. :)
5. Heather. I wouldn't give you strength, because you have already mastered that. But I would give you happiness. You have such a big heart, it's crazy. I just think you need/deserve to be happy. You love making others happy, and doing anything possible for anyone. I know you're getting over someone who broke your heart, but just me there is and will be light at the end of what seems to be an everlasting tunnel. So you dear, I would give you an abundance of happiness.
First off, before I begin throwing gifts at people's faces, I just want to say that I would like to give this one present to everyone. The gift to become friends with oneself. Becoming friends with yourself means to accept who you are and what you are or are not capable of. Accepting oneself is equivalent to coming to peace with the world, because there is a different world for each individual person (meaning that everyone views and experiences this world in different ways). Anyway, let me get into this "gift giving." (Pretty sure that was a very intelligent quote).
ReplyDeleteMy first gift will go to Dana. Dana is on the crew team, like myself, but I never really noticed her my freshman year, and I bet it was the same with her. But last year she became a coxswain on the guy's team and since then we have been friends. Anyway, I originally wanted to say how she overreacts and becomes irritated about some very simple things and starts saying things like "people are so *curse word* stupid," but I addressed her about this a few days back and told her that this was what I wanted to write about her and then she gave me a better explanation of it. She told me that she is overly emotional, meaning that simple things have a greater effect on her than they should (she's probably going to beat me up for this explanation). Anyway, I would like to give her a rhetorical pill of chilling. I want her to be able to control her emotions more so that she can direct them as necessary and as she finds fit. She's a loving person, but she's also very freighting, so I'd like to see more of that loving side of her. (Please Dana... Please...).
On the other hand, I want to give Emily W. the gift to be mean. Personally, I never see this girl be ACTUALLY mad. Maybe I am missing out in life, but that is just my perspective that she is nice all the time. She looks at every situation with a positive attitude, even though it does not deserve it, and deals with it so. I want to see her be mean for once. I am not saying that I want her to completely change her personality, but just, once, to see her reject niceness and beat up someone who deserves it. I would say that if she was not such a nice person, then I would be dead by now. Even though it was part of my joke and did not really mean it, I have called her the big B word. So... yeah... I should be dead by now...
My third gift will go to Tim! I want to give him the ability to clone himself (to multiple, in a sense). We need more beautiful people with long, golden hair like him in this world. We need people like Tim all around the globe. WE NEED THE BEAUTY! But, no, really. Tim is truly a handsome dude and physically very talented. He is exceptional in soccer, from what I know, and last year, as a neophyte rower, he was the second strongest rower on the team and it did not take him long for him to learn how to row with good technique. Also, even if he struggles in calculus, he is also a smart guy. One reason I say that is because he is a quiet man and, as it is known, quite people are usually smart because they stay quite and listen to other people. Through listening to others, they observe and learn. I am confident that Tim is like that (and if I'm wrong, Tim, you can hit me with an oar). Another reason why I want more people like Tim in this world is because, again, he is a handsome dude and I reckon many girls “dig” him, but I do not see him be arrogant about it. I see many physically gifted dudes take advantage of their genetics and become condescending “cool kids?” Yeah… Something like that. And Tim is not like that and that is to be appreciated.
My fourth gift is the gift of confidence and I present this present (you see what I did there?) to the girl who keeps saying “I freaking love John” while she laughs at my stupidity: Angela. I notice this, especially during practice, that she doubts herself and doubts what she is capable of. For example, on a 2k test, a test that determines one's physical and mental strength while erging two thousand meters on the ergometer, she is not confident that she will be able to get the times that she wants. Second to Gi (Giana Johnson), Angela is the strongest girl on the team (along with this other girl Emi). I do not blame her for worrying about her strength and capabilities, but when she actually does not succeed at getting the right times, she somewhat “breaks down.” Why? Because one 2k test, or some other piece, did not go according to plan? I do not want her to feel down about something like this. She is more than capable of achieving her desired times and one bad day at practice does not determine her strength. I am looking at this from a crew standpoint, but even in academics I notice this negative quality of hers, this doubt, surface and take the form of stress. Maybe I am completely wrong, but I feel as though this stress comes from her lack of confidence in that she will complete her assignments and get the right grade. But I want her to never doubt herself because everything turns out well if a person keeps pushing for success, and she is one of those people who keeps pushing. This also ties up with what I mentioned in my introduction pretty well. Maybe she is not capable to do one thing so well, but I want Angela to accept that about herself, but also not give up on it. I want her to accept what she cannot do, but work to improve it.
DeleteFor my fifth victim I want to present Mr. Larry. I've known Larry since freshman year when he transferred into my English and World History class and, even though I have never talked to the guy that much, I always assumed that he was a “class clown” ilk of a guy. I liked that about him because I considered myself a class clown as well, even though I was a less confident and shy student than he was. I like Larry. He is a funny dude, but #tbh I would give him a little seriousness and talent for persuasion as a gift. I see him in Lang trying to answer a question, but he never knows how to properly word his thoughts, so he mixes in some of his silly personality and his answers turn out silly as well. But I would like to give the same gift to myself because, again, I am similar to Larry in that sense and I really need help with speaking my mind to the fullest.
Have a Happy Hanukkah people! #fistbump
For wherever I said "rhetorical gift" I meant to say "theoretical." Just #btw
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