So Excited!

Tomorrow’s Mt. Olympus Yay. I got a new suit, and I am very ready. I wonder what group I’m in?? Why can’t he just tell us today? I want to know. Can we hang out with other people that aren’t in our group? How about the other class? Such good Questions.

Six Days

Wow, only six days. I’ll miss you all when we leave, even those of you I may have hard feelings,or don’t really talk to. I’ll remember all and hope to see you at least once more after graduation.

Love Letter to Japan

I have this song Love Letter To Japan stuck in my head. It’s pretty awesome. The video is about amateur DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) that ends up becoming a mater. Love IT.

What I’ll miss when I graduate from Burdick school

What Will I miss the most? I will miss the friends I’ve had since I was Youngster that I might not see again. I’ll miss the teachers and friends that have helped me through my tears and nosebleeds and frustration. I’ll miss the Forensics meets that I’ve had so many memories at, and the group of people that were like family. I’ll miss having a computer at our desk and being able use it all day. I will miss the building I have been going to everyday from September to June for nine years. I will miss the privileges we get in Mr. Skonecki’s class. I’ll miss the teachers I’ve known since I was an infant. Most of all I’ll miss the moments at Burdick that I will never forget.

Brewers!

Our neighbor gave us tickets to 3 brewers games at Miller Park. My dad was supposed to go with my mom and I, but he got sick. Well, my mom let me bring a friend, so I brought miranda. It was a really long wait just for parking and we had to walk far to get to Miller Park, and on the way there it smelled Nasty! Well, when we got there we we started of in the second inning with 1 run, so I thought we might do well. I was dead wrong. So since the game was boring and we were losing pretty badly, we decided to walk around. We took pictures with the sausages and in the big mitt, and with the garbage can. Then we got hungry so we bought cheese fires that came in a small helmet, Awesome right. We also had good seats. Also balloons and prizes were thrown in our section. It was pretty sweet, except for the whole losing the game.

Toxic Personalities to Avoid

Here are the worst of the toxic personalities out there and how to spot them:

1. Manipulative Mary: These individuals are experts at manipulation tactics. Is a matter of fact, you may not even realize you have been manipulated until it is too late. These individuals figure out what your ‘buttons’ are, and push them to get what they want.

Why they are toxic: These people have a way of eating away at your belief system and self-esteem. They find ways to make you do things that you don’t necessarily want to do and before you know it, you lose your sense of identity, your personal priorities and your ability to see the reality of the situation. The world all of a sudden becomes centered around their needs and their priorities.
2. Narcissistic Nancy: These people have an extreme sense of self-importance and believe that the world revolves around them. They are often not as sly as the Manipulative Marys of the world, but instead, tend to be a bit overt about getting their needs met. You often want to say to them “It isn’t always about you.”

Why they are toxic: They are solely focused on their needs, leaving your needs in the dust. You are left disappointed and unfulfilled. Further, they zap your energy by getting you to focus so much on them, that you have nothing left for yourself.
3. Debbie Downers: These people can’t appreciate the positive in life. If you tell them that it is a beautiful day, they will tell you about the impending dreary forecast. If you tell them you aced a mid-term, they’ll tell you about how difficult the final is going to be.

Why they are toxic: They take the joy out of everything. Your rosy outlook on life continues to get squashed with negativity. Before you know it, their negativity consumes you and you start looking at things with gray colored glasses yourself.
4. Judgmental Jims: When you see things as cute and quirky, they see things as strange and unattractive. If you find people’s unique perspectives refreshing, they find them ‘wrong’. If you like someone’s eclectic taste, they find it ‘disturbing’ or ‘bad’.

Why they are toxic: Judgmental people are much like Debbie Downers. In a world where freedom rings, judgment is sooo over. If the world was a homogeneous place, life would be pretty boring. Spending a lot of time with these types can inadvertently convert you into a judgmental person as well.

5. Dream Killing Keiths: Every time you have an idea, these people tell you why you can’t do it. As you achieve, they try to pull you down. As you dream, they are the first to tell you it is impossible.

Why they are toxic: These people are stuck in what is instead of what could be. Further, these individuals eat away at your self-esteem and your belief in yourself. Progress and change can only occur from doing new things and innovating, dreaming the impossible and reaching for the stars.
6. Insincere Illissas: You never quite feel that these people are being sincere. You tell a funny story, they give you a polite laugh. You feel depressed and sad and they give you a ‘there, there’ type response. You tell them you are excited about something and you get a very ho-hum response.

Why they are toxic: People who aren’t sincere or genuine build relationships on superficial criteria. This breeds shallow, meaningless relationships. When you are really in need of a friend, they won’t be there. When you really need constructive criticism, they would rather tell you that you are great the way you are. When you need support, they would rather see you fail or make a fool of yourself.
7. Disrespectful Dannys: These people will say or do things at the most inappropriate times and in the most inappropriate ways. In essence, they are more subtle, grown up bullies. Maybe this person is a friend who you confided in and uses your secret against you. Maybe it is a family member who puts their busy-body nose into your affairs when it is none of their business. Or maybe, it is a colleague who says demeaning things to you.

Why they are toxic: These people have no sense of boundaries and don’t respect your feelings or, for that matter, your privacy. These people will cause you to feel frustrated and disrespected.
8. Never Enough Nellies: You can never give enough to these people to make them happy. They take you for granted and have unrealistic expectations of you. They find ways to continually fault you and never take responsibility for anything themselves.

Why they are toxic: You will spend so much time trying to please them, that you will end up losing yourself in the process. They will require all of your time and energy, leaving you worn out and your own needs sacrificed.

PICTURES!!

Please, Please! Bring in your baby pictures and pictures while you were at burdick. You can also send me pictures on email.

Why…

Do people tend to exclude others? Who gives them authority to tell a person they don’t belong. That’s one of my biggest pet peeves is one someone excludes others. Oh, it makes me so Angry. It doesn’t feel good to be left out. Even if you might think they’re annoying or stinky, or nerdy, or dorky, that doesn’t give you a reason to exclude someone. If I can find the bright side in someone, so can everyone else. So why don’t give everyone a chance to fit in these last 3 weeks?

I Love…

1. Food
2. Biking
3. Dessert
4. Nature
5. Tulips
6. Music
7. Love
8. The snow
9. Christmas
10. Family
11. My Friends and Buddies
12. Humor and hilarity
13. softball
14. Memories
15. Exploring
16. COLOR
17. Walking
18. Singing silly songs with my friends
19. The Country
20. Long Lake and Dundee

I am sure

that when graduation comes I will not cry at the ceremony. I will see most of my friends at high school and I am not too sad to leave Burdick. After all I have been here since kindergarten, I’m ready for a change.