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Cake, powerpoint presentations, and the promise that you shall attain some prominence in later life and buy them a petite scuba shop/free clinic as reimbursement for the years of expensive melodrama.

My immune system fails at life... that is all.

His name was Bryce and I was head over heels the first day I met him.  We were three, at the Caring Center and loving every moment of our friendship. At least I was.  I had my first kiss with him, in fact.  It was the end of our play date (the phrase seems so fitting now), but I couldn't just leave, so I kissed him.  Nothing too risque, just on the cheek.  I was a toddler at the time, but it felt amazing.  I rode home with "Won't you marry me, Bryce?" playing in my head. 

Senior year, a complete pain. Seriously

Sometimes when I am on the blogger, I read some of my classmates stories. I read Tajh's and saw that him and Dyamond are going on prom. I am not sure why I never suggested this when I knew the prom situation was becoming frustrating to both of them. Now that I know they are both happy about prom, I really can't wait. It's going to be so much fun!

With so much work with benchmarks, classwork, scholarships and family, it's nice to know that I have a relaxing fun weekend ahead. I promised myself to not let anything get in the way of that. If Tajh comes I hope his money is safe and stored away in his wallet, so he cant blame me for it falling out of his pocket.

My first talent show as when i was in the 8th grade before i was going into the hospital. I was singing mariah carey " shake it off " cause i had recently gotten her CD and it happened to be my favorite song on there well the favorite song (whose notes i could actually hit.) i practice everyday and eventually the time came around i wore a red shirt and flared jeans and i was the first person to go on stage. i stepped onto the stage and my palms started sweating and i froze until the music started playing and i sung, and it was really fun and felt good to be applauded and have that rush from dancing around on a stage. From that moment i knew what i wanted to be when i got older

Six word story:

I was in a coma...like sleep

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/present/view?id=df9hmpm3_08hst4xg9

I made macaroni with Alex, Freda, and Christine in school today. We used a hot water boiler to boil water obviously and then we added in the macaroni and let it boil for 7 minutes. However after 3 minutes the thing started overflowing and water got everywhere. i was running around like a headless chicken while Christine and Alex were yelling. We discovered that taking off the lid fixed this problem and settled down. four minutes later our macaroni was done. We added milk to the cheese mix and poured it over our cups of macaroni. It was delicious. I haven't had mac and cheese in forever. I miss it.

Just as the umpires arrived in the lead up to the first pitch of the 2011 baseball season the sun disappeared, the wind picked up and the sky was blanketed by ominous clouds. None of these things seemed to impact the energy as SLA ignored the elements and kept their side of the field warm by posting six runs in the first. Aggressive on the base paths and focused at the plate, the Rockets were patient, fundamental and took advantage of Comm Tech's starting pitcher who struggled to find the strike zone early on. After Jeff Schwartz lined a run-scoring single, Brandon Williams really opened it up with a bases loaded single to right, which scored two to make it 4-0. He would eventually add three more RBIs on two hits in a fourteen-run third inning to cap off his day with five ribbies. Read the full story.

Given the bizarre start to the day, SLA squared off against Gratz in what turned into a classic tit-for-tat grudge match. SLA scratched out three runs in the first off of timely hitting and heads-up base running, but Gratz responded with two of their own against Jeff Schwartz, who got the start after an impressive relief appearance against Comm Tech. When Gratz's pitcher, Lopez, ripped a double and stole third it seemed as if they would tie it up and potentially take the lead, but Schwartz induced their six-hitter to pop up and strand the runner. Read the full story

• I chose Australia and The Netherlands because they are both very well developed industrious countries. It was interesting to see the prevalence of certain factors within each country. My 5 point frame work was pretty straightforward, I just researched how well developed or underdeveloped each country was in each section. If I could change something I would add more information to the economic categories. 
  

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SHIT.
I just realized I didn't post yesterday.
I was doing so well.
Well, right now I'm in Econ and I'm still raising money so if anyone has any donations please!
Help out(:

Thanks<3.

The countries I selected for this project were Haiti and Madagascar. My current region is Central America and the Caribbean, where Haiti is and my previous region was Sub-Saharan Africa, where Madagascar is. Both of these countries are developing island nations. I chose these nations because I thought they were similar enough to compare together, yet different enough to have different environmental problems affect them. For each of the 5 point framework, including, Environmental Damage, Climate Change, Hostile Neighbors, Friendly Trade Partners, and their Response to Environmental Damage, each of the countries chosen had a different level of difficulty to find the information needed for each of these points. For example: finding the response to environmental damage for Haiti was much easier than finding it for Madagascar, because they are still recovering from a disaster. If I could change one thing about my project, I would change the countries I chose, I probably would not pick Madagascar as a country again because it was very difficult to find information about it. 

As of 30 minutes ago, I now have Dyamond for a new prom date. For the past month I was suppose to be taking my friend Vanessa on prom. Vanessa and I aren't dating, but we're friends. Ever since we agreed to go on prom together, I have been asking her about her dress and if she has found something that she liked. For the past couple of weeks, I did not want too seem like that I was bugging her, but time is running out I and needed to know whether she found a dress. Plus, the down payment for prom is due tomorrow and I wasn't going to pay for her ticket because I felt as though she became disinterested in attending. Every time I would text her about prom and ask her about her dress, she wouldn't respond. Last Saturday I received a text from Dyamond asking if I wanted to be her prom because she didn't have anybody to go with. I told her that I would check on Vanessa to see if she still wanted to go during the week and I'll let her know. Tuesday night arrived and I was texting Vanessa. We were texting for a good hour or so. That's when I asked her if she found a dress or not. As expected, I didn't get a response back for the rest of the night. That's when I decided that I would just ask Dyamond if she wanted to go on prom with me. Fast forward to last period, I asked Vanessa one more time if she wanted to go on my prom and if she had a dress yet. Of course, I didn't get a response. So i texted her back and just told her that I was going to take my friend Dyamond instead. This is what she texted back, "Alright Tajh, I meant to tell u that my mom said that she not gonna be able to afford it." When I read that I wanted to cuss her out badly, but I decided to be an adult about it and not cuss her out. I just simply texted back "You could have told me that earlier but it's cool." Now she keeps apologizing and I just don't really care no more to tell you the truth. At least at the end of the day, I have a date and I'm happy with the person I'm taking because Dyamond is a good friend of mines. 

I am dead tired I can't wait until tomorrow because I just want this week to be over. I had two benchmarks that was due back to back so I'm really tired. That's why I can't wait until Friday so I can get a good rest... see you until than. :(

My benchmark is not looking so hot right now. I'm working on it. It's a lot more difficult than I thought it would be to get the characters the way that I want them and to figure out how much time to build and where to put things and I really need to get working.​

My benchmark is not looking so hot right now. I'm working on it. It's a lot more difficult than I thought it would be to get the characters the way that I want them and to figure out how much time to build and where to put things and I really need to get working.

"Dear Rachel:

I am very pleased to inform you of your recommendation to continue the interview process for the 2011-2012 City Year Greater Philadelphia corps year.  You have been selected to complete the second interview.

As tutors, mentors and role models, these diverse young leaders help children stay in school and on track, and transform schools and communities across the United States, as well as through international affiliates in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. Just as important, during your year of service corps members develop civic leadership skills they can use throughout a lifetime of community service.​"

Yayyy! I scheduled my second interview with City Year for today at 4pm!  I am so excited!  I haven't actually wanted anything this bad in a while.  A part of me is nervous but I am so overwhelmed with happiness that it doesn't even matter! :D