Coke, no really.

People would always joke around that coca cola used to the drug cocaine. I always laughed at them and told them they were wrong. The coca cola company never would do that, its illegal. Well, I was wrong. When I read that coca cola used to have cocaine in it I was shocked. I had heard rumors that it was in the pop but I never actually believed them. I figured out that the cocaine used to be what gave the drinker the buzz. But when the company found out the addictive properties they took it out of the drink. Now the substitute for the cocaine is caffeine. Not nearly as harmful as cocaine.

Briggsy Awards

Most Interesting Part of This Class: Watching Brigs read people's answers to the idioms on Midweek Mechanics. If the person's handwriting isn't up to par we end up with something like Noah's velocial raptors.


Most Boring/Useless Part of This Class: I'm not a fan of all the sentences on Midweek Mechanics.


Hardest I Laughed in This Class: Reading Noah's top ten blog about the numbers.


Thing That I Learned That Will Be Most Useful to Know in the Real World: Leads and suspense in writing shorts stories. Also, learning how to take a simple picture or image and make it into something poetic and interesting.


Best Thing About Brigs as a Teacher: He isn't boring. He is just like a big kid teaching the class but at the same time still actually teaches really neat stuff. Brigs makes the class fun.


Thing Brigs Could do to Make This Class Better For Future Classes: Have a short story that isn't humanly possible. It can be about anything, science fiction or fantasy. Just make it an interesting story like that.

Counting the Days

This month the thing I have to be looking forward to the most is summer. I can't wait to sleep in on weekdays, go swimming and vacations. To not have to worry about homework or school would be amazing. It is even worse this year because the seniors get out 2 weeks before us. That two weeks is going to take forever. I can't wait for the summer after I graduate. My sister and I are going to Italy, it is my senior gift from her. Italy is the one place I have to go and I'm excited that we are going there. I'm not counting down the days yet but I imagine I will be when there's a month left of my high school career.

Top Ten TV Shows

1. Psych: It is a show on USA and if you don't watch it now then you should start. It it the best show ever.
2. House: I love this show, especially the character House, he is so funny to watch. The actual show is pretty interesting too.
3. Bones: Similar to House. It is one of the crime scene drama shows but I adore those.
4. The Simpsons: I have been watching this show forever and love every episode even if I've seen it 5 times.
5. That 70's Show: Always have loved this show and watch it almost every day.
6. The Office: Hilarious show, the characters are great. Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute are my two favorite.
7. Monk: Crime show but it is also a comedy. Monk is hilarious to watch because of his OCD.
8. America's Next Top Model: I know, lame that I love this show but what can I say. I addicted to it.
9. Gilmore Girls: Started watching this show this winter and rushed home after school to watch it every day.
10. Mythbusters: What they test on that show is actually pretty cool. It is also neat when they blow stuff up.

Internal Conflict

Lately I've had a friend of mine follow me around more than necessary. Actually a lot. I didn't know what to say to her because I didn't want to hurt her feelings. It had been going on for a while and I was past the point of getting fed up with it. Finally, I just sat down with her and explained my situation to her. The entire time I felt like the biggest jerk in the world but to keep my insanity I had to deal with it. The last thing I wanted to do is hurt her feelings, I acually did end up doing that, but I needed my own space. Most of the time I put other people before me but now was not one of those times. I needed to put myself first.

The Perfect Boyfriend

My idea of a perfect boyfriend would be something like this: he has midnight black hair and the most amazing green eyes. He is 6'2" and weighs about 145 lbs. He isn't too built because I've got to wrap my arms around him and give him a big hug. I have to be able to pick him up since we will take turns giving each other piggy back rides. Like a typical guy he loves cars and other manly stuff. But I'd want him to like to read and every once in a while agree to go to a chick flick with me. He loves to run and play basketball. He isn't good enough to be on the basketball team but he likes to play anyways. He has to suck at tennis, that way I can always beat him whenever we play and then tease him afterwards. He fixes up cars as a hobby. He loves to be outside doing stuff, mainly sports. He is a whiffleball star and I always have him on my team whenever my family has a cookout. His pet peeves are shopping, the movie The Notebook and the show America's Next Top Model. He hates it when I watch that. I could care less about what ethnicity they are. It doesn't make a difference on who the person is. He is a nice guy but the thing he needs is to have a great sense of humor. Surprise surprise, his name would be James because that is my favorite name in the world and it is just a coincidence that I am already dating someone named James. That would be my idea of a perfect boyfriend.

My Movie

In the story of my life the important characters would have to be the people I am with the most. That would be two of my sisters, my parents and my boyfriend. The actors that play each of those people would be my sisters, Danielle would be played by Amanda Bynes, Christine by Hayden Patteniere, my mom played by Julia Roberts, my dad by Richard Gere, James played by Zach Braff and myself by Rachel Adams. The plot of the movie go something like this, I'd be an ordinary high school girl who goes through her everyday life. It is in the summer of my junior year and I was on a family trip to the Grand Canyon. About 10 minutes into the movie though the plot would have a twist. As the result of a practice test for nuclear warfare, a renegade bomb turns lose and is lost in northern Arizona. It made worldwide news. While on a hike in the Grand Canyon my sister, Christine, notices something caught in the rocks. Turns out it is the nuclear bomb. We didn't know it at first because we had no idea what it looked like. But when we show it to my dad he figures it out and rushes us out of there. He tries to call 911 but our phone network does not work out in the middle of the grand canyon. We get ready to leave the Grand Canyon but someone's missing. Danielle is still down there. I immediately run down to get her. I trip over some rocks and they roll down the side. One of them hits the nuclear bomb. A timer in the bomb begans. Countdown from 2 hours. The ending of the movie is that I figure out how to disable the bomb and in result, save the world. That would be my story with an interesting twist.