Week 8- Getting Chased by a Chainsaw

We didn't really go trick or treating. Normally we would stay at home when we were younger. A few times my sisters and I would go with our friends but I think we did that a total of 3 times. I had to be creative with my costumes. My mom told us to grab something from the dress up box, and whatever we grabbed was our costume. The costume I remember was a red dress that was too big for me. It was one of my mom's old prom dresses. That year I wasn't planning on going trick or treating but at the last minute I decided to go along. I grabbed the red dress and said that I was a princess. It was definatly not the best costume ever, but it beat the white sheet with holes in it.
As I got older I walked around with Randi on Halloween. Two years ago I went over to her house on Halloween. We went trick or treating with Shelby Hawkins and Sara Shifflet. All of us were dressed up as gothics, except Sara who was a witch. We didn't really go for the Most Creative Costume award. We were walking around town and as we were passing a house, this guy comes out from behind it. He started chasing us, the scary part was that he had a chainsaw. So we all take off running as fast as we can. After a block or two he stopped chasing us. Randi and I fell on the ground laughing. We realized we looked like idiots. The four of us kept on walking the rest of the night but we didn't go back by that house. It was a really fun night though. I always remember that and laugh at all of us.

Week 7- A Nature Retreat

The rainforest would be my place to go and stay. The rainforest has so many different species of animals and plants. There are going to be thousands of animals but I expect frogs, spider monkeys, jaguars, a variety of birds and snakes, Bengal tigers and many others, too. I would go to the rainforest because it is such a beautiful place. A rainforest has such a variety of everything. There are hundreds of species of trees, thousands of animals and even more of plants. It would be difficult because of the temperature, the rainforest being very hot during the day and very cold at night. The amount of rain would also be a downside. Since there are so many different things, I would learn to appreciate individuality more. I know I wouldn't stay out in the rainforest for very long. I would figure out what I needed to and then leave. I agree with Thoreau, there are other things in life that need to be done. It doesn't all have to be in nature.