the end.

hi guys.
i just wanted to let you know that i will no longer be posting on this blog.
or blogging at all or that matter. its just become a hassle. 
so thats the end.
BYEEE

Ancestor Story

When I was in sixth grade we studied African culture. One of our assigments was to write a story. I recently found this and thought you might enjoy it.

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess from Africa. Her name was Adaeze, a name which was passed down from generation to generation. She was born with all the necessary blessings, and she was perfect, but the ancestors were not happy with the king so they sent a messenger to capture his beloved daughter. This messenger must have the stealth of a wildcat but also the speed of a gazelle. The council of head ancestors decided to send Abeeku, the fastest and stealthiest member of the council.

In the dead of night Abeeku crept out of the spirit world and into the living world through the cave of whispering souls, which was where all the unready spirits were caught. Children and babies’ spirits were kept there for eternity. As they floated through the cave their loose bodies got caught on the walls and they could not escape to the realm of ancestors.

As Abeeku floated through he thought of his past in the cave of whispering souls, he was the only spirit that had managed to escape. Abeeku wasn’t really an ancestor since he had died as a teenager and ancestors had to be an elder, but he was a respected member of the council for making it out of the cave. As he made his way out of the cave he started to feel human again and he realized that until he got back to the cave he would be human.

Abeeku walked to the castle and snuck through a crack in the gate. He made his way over to Princess Adaeze’s room and with a sudden burst of speed he snatched the baby and ran all the way back to cave, but when they reached the cave Adaeze started bawling and that is when Abeeku realized her spirit was being taken out of her, so he rushed her to a farmhouse and left the baby there with a note that said: Take care of Adaeze.

After Princess Adaeze was captured the king realized why she had been taken. The ancestors were not happy with the keeping of their shrine. Immediately the king gave orders to make the shrine more beautiful. It was tended to everyday in hope that the ancestors would be pleased and return Princess Adaeze. The king hired a shaman to tend to it and give the ancestors everything they wanted.  

Fifteen years later…

            Abeeku kept a constant watch on Adaeze as she grew up as a farm girl. She grew tall and slim and was very beautiful, her adoptive parents, who had been childless, took her as a blessing from the ancestors.

Abeeku was getting tired of the spirit world. It was so plain and dull. All black and white and just marshes and little abodes. What had happened to the legend that said heaven was of pleasant breezes? Abeeku felt like going back to the living world for a little bit. Since ancestors have total power over their living relatives he asked his good friend to make his grandson take a vacation so he could use the house.

Abeeku moved into the house a week later and started making it more homey. When he went to the market he saw a sign announcing that the prince was ready to marry and any girls between the ages 14 and 17 should attend a party. There the prince would choose his new wife. Quickly, Abeeku ran back to the spirit world and told the council that he planned on revealing Adaeze’s true identity the night of the party. The council decided the king had suffered enough for the crime of not taking care of their shrine for many years, and since he had been taking such good care of it since the princess’s capture they agreed to put Abeeku’s plan into action.

Abeeku walked (he had done a lot of running and was tired) all the way back to the living world and knocked on Adaeze’s door. He explained to her that she must go to the party, so she agreed to it. On the night of the party Adaeze walked to the palace. Soon it was obvious the prince would choose her as his wife. The king’s ancestors made him think of his daughter and her birth mark on her ear. It was a strange place for a birth mark so she could be recognized by it. He also thought of her face, and he just had to take a peek at his son’s selection. As soon as the king saw Adaeze he knew she was his daughter. He took her aside and asked if she had any birth marks. She replied yes and showed him the one on her ear. The king dragged her to the stage and announced in an almost yell, “My daughter has been found!”

Adaeze didn’t see how this connected to her until she recalled that the lost princess’s name was Adaeze and that is when she realized she was the princess. Immediately the queen ran up to her and hugged her, and the king lifted her high in the air. The prince was disappointed that he couldn’t marry her, but he was happy she was his sister and would be his child’s aunt.

Everyone was happy that night. The ancestors where happy and the royal family was happy. Princess Adaeze ran home to tell her adoptive parents that she was moving to the palace and that she would ask if they could move in too.

Two years later…

“Umm, father?” said Adaeze.

“Yes, darling.”

“Umm, I have found the man who I would like to be my husband.”

“Wonderful! Who is he?”

“Umm, Jelani, the tax collector’s son.”

“Brilliant, just the right kind of man. I will arrange the wedding immediately, oh and, make sure your adoptive parents know. Okay?”

“I already told them and they approve.”

“Great!”

One Month Later…

Jelani and Adaeze were married in the palace gardens. Even though tradition stated that Adaeze should live in Jelani’s house the king made an exception, so Jelani and his family moved in the palace and everyone, including the ancestors and Abeeku, lived happily ever after.

The End

summer is boring.

Wow. It’s been almost a month. And I haven’t updated once.  It’s not like I’ve been away and couldn’t update, I’ve been sitting here at home being bored to tears. Wow, I really am a terrible blogger. I wonder if I blogged just once a month my posts would be better. Anyway so much has happened I don’t know where to start.

First things first…

 HARRY POTTER. I’ve now seen the movie 3 times. It’s epic. And I don’t use that word lightly.

CREW CAMP. I was supposed to do two weeks but I was sick for the first so I didn't go. But when I finally did go the second week I had an amazing time. Unfortunately there was a heat wave during that one week so for Thursday and Friday we weren’t allowed to go out and row. Instead of crewing on Thursday we saw Harry Potter (it was my second time), and on Friday we did the most intensive work out I’ve done in my life. It was awful. We each sprinted 500 m on the urgs, and let me tell you I have never felt worse in my life. I felt like I was about to pass out, I was literally soaking wet from sweat, and the room was extremely crowded and not air conditioned well. Two kids actually threw up. Other than that it was awesome.

RIHANNA. I went to my first concert ever!! We saw Rihanna and she was great.

BRITNEY SPEARS/NICKI MINAJ. My second concert ever. Both Brit and Nicki were phenomenal.

Other than that nothing has really happened. It’s been a boring summer.

ttfn

Summer Colds Suck

Hi,
The reason I haven't posted in like forever is because I've been sick. I had a fever which lasted two days, which has now become a cold. A very bad cold. My voice sounds like that of adolescent boys, whom my Chorus teacher refers to as "Crackers". 
But I decided to take advantage of this time and have been watching Glee for the past week. I finished season one and decided to re-watch season two. Unfortunately only the first half of season two has been released so now i have to wait :(
Also on a sour note i have yet another swim meet today. And i am swimming fly -- TWICE. I think i may die. 
Also I replaced Aliki's Top Tens with Aliki's Top 40 so check that out or give suggestions. 
Okay Bye.

My rant on teenage literature

You know what really grinds my gears? Have you ever taken a look at the young adult section in borders? And did you notice that more than half the books there are about teens who end up in mental hospitals? No joke. I was there the other day, browsing around, and I read the back of, oh, maybe 20 books, and all of them were like:

Hi. I’m a depressed teenage girl. I’m in a mental hospital. Yay me!!

Or

Hi. I have a huge crush on this guy. But he’s kind of weird. He likes to suck people’s blood. Yay me!!

Or

Hi. I have a huge crush on this guy. But he’s kind of weird. He turns into a giant dog at night. Yay me!!

WTF

 What is this world coming to? I’m seriously concerned about teenage literature. All anyone seems to read about are:

a.    Vampires

b.    Werewolves

c.    Creepy relationships between normal people and not normal people (vampires and werewolves)

d.    Depressed teens

What is this world coming to?

Our summer reading books aren’t much better.

A Separate Peace by John Knowles?

If you haven’t read it **SPOILER ALERT**(kind of, I'm just repeating what Wikipedia told me)

He kills Phineas by pushing him off a tree. AND HE’S NOT EVEN THAT SAD ABOUT IT. WTF.

Not to mention Lord of the Flies or as I prefer to call it The Pig Book. **SPOILER ALERT** (once again this is just what Wikipedia has told me)

The boys eat each other. CANABALISM MUCH???

Ugh. Writers nowadays sicken me.

ttfn

50 things to do before summer ends

Hello,

Summer is supposed to be the best time of our lives, right? Think again. Summer is so boring. Like really boring. I have absolutely nothing to do until mid-July. Then I have camp for two weeks. But then I have the rest of July and August. And swim team ends in July. Which means August will be the most boring month ever. At least now I go to swim practice and meets. So I googled 101 things to do during the summer. And I looked through the lists and some of the things were really stupid:

“ask random people to give you piggyback rides.”

WTF

So I decided to compile all the things I thought were worth doing and I added a few things to make my own list of 101 things to do this summer. So here goes:

1. Learn how to ride a bike with no hands

2. Prank call your friends

3. Go to the beach and chill

4. Bake and decorate a cake

5. Eat the cake

6. Submit an FML

7. Make videos 

8. Organize your room

9. Start a lemonade stand

1 how to make a Hostess Twinkie at home on

http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/home.asp

11. Travel

12. Read

13. Memorize Pi

14. Create your own recipe

15. Read the dictionary cover to cover

16. Have a water fight

17. Two words: diet-coke and mentos

18. Babysit

19. Roast marshmallows over a candle and make s’mores

20. Go for a bike ride every day

21. Buy an ICEE at Wawa

22. Make a five course meal

23. Get a sugar high

24. Go to an amusement park

25. Watch the first season of glee

26. Go to a concert

27. Have a picnic

28. Use a reusable water bottle 

29. Go paintballing

30. Go get a makeover at the mall

31. Make breakfast

32. Go have a fun time at a playground

33. Go out for pizza

34. Look through old yearbooks

35. Go bowling

36. Apply for a summer job

37. Buy a dream book and discover what your dreams mean

38. Blow bubbles

39. Make cookies

40. Create a playlist that includes all the songs that would play if a movie was made of your life

41. Try on clothes you can’t afford

42. Do your hair and makeup for fun

43. Write a story

44. Make ice cream

45. Go to the movies once a week

46. Blog everyday

47. Read 10 books

49. Give yourself the:

Lady Gaga look

Ke$ha look

Drag Queen look etc…

50. Try to make yourself unrecognizable

Okay I could only think of 50 things but I really only need to think of 50 things because if I do one thing a day then I will be set until the end of August. I’ll try to blog about everything I do.

ttfn

Swim Team

Hello there,

Well I just got back from England. It was fun. Like really fun. But I don’t wanna bore you out by talking about how much fun I had. Because usually when people do that it gets boring. So I’ll talk about swim team. It’s something I do every summer. I hate swim meets. I am the worst person in my age group. Swim practice is horrible. But I love swim team. I could never go a summer without doing it. It’s one of those things that no matter how much you hate it, if you take a step back you realize you love it. Also I think if I quit my team mates would come to my house and murder me in my sleep. But I still love ‘em. I’ve had the greatest and the worst memories as a result of being on the team. I’ve been embarrassed, cheered on, laughed at, laughed with, and everything you could ever ask of from an unforgettable experience. My summer pretty much revolves around swim team this since I'm only doing two weeks of camp and the rest of the time I’ve basically got nothing to do. Unfortunately I haven’t been to one practice this year, and I have a swim meet tonight. And I'm swimming FOUR events. 50 free (individual), 50 back (individual), 50 free (relay), 50 back (relay). Since freestyle is my stroke I don’t mind doing it, but backstroke is… well… I need to practice it. A lot. And it doesn’t help that our swim meet an away meet at a new team, so I don’t even know what the pool is like. Oh well, this too shall pass. Wish me luck.

ttfn