Inspired by Edward Hopper:

     He was alone at the gas station waiting for customers to arrive, its been a rather slow day for the business. The sun is setting faster than normally, something doesn't feel right to him. Off in the distance he heard some rustling sounds coming from the woods behind him, it catches him off guard because its always so peaceful out there.  Suddenly he hears a women's voice screaming out for help. He is unsure on what he should do, he does not want to leave the gas station unattended in case anyone shows up. He decides to lock the door to the gas station and take the keys along with a gun and a flash light with him. He left a note on the door in case anyone shows up and wrote if he never shows up to call 911.
    He started off cautiously walking in the direction of the screams, as he got closer and closer he started to hear a second voice. The man kept yelling at her to shut up or he was going to kill her right then and there. Without even thinking about it the gas station owner shot at the other man. He was still in shock how a person could do so much harm to others.

Window Poem:
Out my kitchen window, I see a forest behind my backyard filled with animals, mostly deer and occasionally coyotes. 
To my left is my living room, but today there are no animals, gradually they all stopped coming near the woods  behind my house.  I question myself whether it was the dogs that scared them off or if it was because they started building more houses in that area. 
I always stop by and look out that window to see if I see any critters roaming around in the woods. 
I still see endless trees and a huge field, to this day I still want to explore the other side of the fence. 
Spring is the time you would see all the animals emerge from hibernation.
Off in the distance I see more trees and hay rolls that seem to never move. 

My Favorites from M.C. Escher

     He deeply stares at his own reflection through the small stainless steel ball questioning himself if he is content with his life. He has everything he could ever want but still can not reach happiness. He feels extremely lonely and empty on the inside but does not know what is missing.
     One day walking home from his office, a little puppy started following him all the way there. He was a very well trained but did not have any tags or anything on him. Everyday the puppy followed him home and they started to bond. The puppy had found a home and he had filled the man's heart with happiness.

The group of girls walked in to the loud store, everything was so cool and filled with color. There was tapestry hanging on each wall but one really caught her eye. It had two chameleons in a geometric shape in space, she thought about how good it would look in her room. Her friends said it was weird but she fell in love with it. It was on the pricier side but when she finally put it up in her room it looked so great. 

Artist Profile: M.C. Escher

     Maurits Cornelis Escher was born June 17, 1898 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. M.C.'s father was a civil engineer named George Arnold Escher and his mother was Sara Gleichman. Growing up he was not the best at school, he didn't get good grades and even failed second grade. M.C. still continued  with school and went on to the technical college of Delft, after that he went to Harlem school of architecture and decorative arts where he became a graphic artist. He moved to Italy where he met wife Jetta Umiker, but had to relocate because of World War II. There where a lot of huge events that happened in his life time such as The Spanish American War, southern state passed laws to not franchise blacks, the wright brothers had their first flight and McKinley was assassinated.  
     M.C. Escher worked with wood engravings, drawing, sketches and more different mediums. He was associated with Modern Art. His most famous works are Relativity, Waterfall, and Drawing Hands but personally my all time favorite is Stars which is two chameleons in a polyhedral cage with starts in the background. I was just really drawn to it, another one I really liked was called Hands with reflecting sphere the title describes it but its really cool. 
 1. Waterfall and 2. is Relativity

Writers as Readers:

13. I have considered writing a book about my life. So many interesting things have happened and I feel like people would enjoy reading about my experiences and what I've gone through so far. The people I know, my family and their back stories, all the Mexican parties, working from a young age, owning a restaurant, my accomplishments and more. I would like for it to start off from my dad and moms points of view then mine. The about me would not be that important considering the whole book would be about my life. 

12. I love to read but I don't think I am a strong writer. I'm a creative person when I want with my writing but I have to put more effort in to it than other artistic things. I absolutely love to read though, except school books, anything but that. Im very blunt when it comes to writing for school most of the time. I agree that we pick up vocabulary from others whether its vocal or visual. 

9. When I finished The Program, I was sad because everything that happens in the book is heart breaking. I literally cried so much reading that book. I loved it but not the whole bawling part. It really triggers your emotions to another level well at least mine. It just made me reminisce on old memories with friends and even though I don't relate to the suicide part (no one close to me has ever died) it was still a good time. I wish I could go back and relive some days but Im happy where I am in life.

8. My favorite book series is The Selection series which normally I don't like reading super girly books, but I enjoyed reading that whole series. Some parts are predictable but most aren't.

5.  Yes I do pick up books and get excited to read the next page, with books like that I will literally not do anything till I finish reading it. When I was younger I would get grounded from reading because I would get obsessed until I read the whole thing.

Six Word Memoirs:
More than just a feisty Latina.
Huge, loud and crazy, Mexican family.
Hard decisions, many struggles, still successful.
Tall buildings and yummy food, Chicago.
Love my culture, love my people.
Late nights and glistening city lights.

 

Memorable Passage
“You should never hate anyone, not even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You had to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.” -The Glass Castle

My parents raised me the same way, to not have hate in your heart because all it does is damage you, no one else. I agree that someone has at least something good about them but only to an extent because there are awful people out in the world who live off doing a lot of harm to others. It goes both ways in my opinion. 

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. – Ferris, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love. – from The Notebook

 “Remember, kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you’ll never go wrong.” – The Sandlot

 The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that’s what you’ve given me. That’s what I’d hoped to give you forever.” – Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

My two great loves.  One taught me to be ready to face life.  The other taught me to face life without being ready.  Now together they’re teaching me to face life without them. - Instructions not included 

Dan in Real Life questions

2. Three tips I can give to Parents of teenagers are:

First of all, to not be so controlling, we need freedom to do our own stuff. When it comes down to real life we are so sheltered from so much stuff that some react really badly when they are finally on their own. It just goes down hill from there.

Second is to let them become their own individual, if they like a certain style or hobby don´t hate on it all the time, let them be themselves, they have different interest than you and that is perfectly fine. My dad struggled a lot when I told him sports just are not for me. 

Third is to be there for them and care, even if you don´t understand them, try and put yourself in their shoes instead of being rude and blowing it off. Communication is key, remember that. 

4. Parents have to be fair, fair treatment with all their kids, no favoritism and fair with their actions. It´s really hypocritical when they tell you to not do something and they do it, that makes me really mad. So the ¨do as I say, not as I do¨ really makes no sense because we learn from what they do. Also my parents got married after only knowing each other for a year and I have been with my boyfriend for two years and they limit us on EVERYTHING. It goes back to the three tips, give your kids some freedom to go out with friends and have fun and not just be so strict with everything. 

7. I truly don´t think you can fall in love in three days, freshman year I made the mistake of dating someone after only knowing him three days but I was not in love. We dated for a year and it was fun but not worth my time. You don't even really know them in three days, and of course everything is going to be all sweet at first but it doesn't stay like that. Relationships are difficult, there are many arguments, and its not easy. I feel as you do learn a lot from previous relationships, you make mistakes and the outcome reminds you to not do that in the future.

23. Many of my friends have gone after my ex boyfriends, I'm not sure why I have that luck, but I think its pretty funny how the tables turn. They go from taking pictures of you two together to wanting to be with them.  It depends on the situation and what had happened before when I decide to cut people like that out of my life. In one situation, my first boyfriend cheated on me with one of my close friends, I obviously wasn't friends with her or with him after that. Till this day, THREE YEARS after we broke up he still tries to talk to me which I find hysterical. Boys can be extremely dumb. In a different situation, I was not dating this guy yet and I cut things off with him after two weeks but now hes talking to one of my best friends. I was mad at her at first but then I let it go because I was the one that ended that relationship with him and he was definitely not the guy for me. He might be for her though, so if they are happy and I'm happy with my relationship, everything is fine. I still think that is against girl code and real friends wouldn't do that.