Ladies First.

"This is a man's world, this is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl".                -James Brown.


       This is a man's world? The famous lyric from James Brown that has always had me thinking since i was a child. Now, hold that thought, dont erase it. Lets do some quick math.

 A women is loyal, holds many things, as in her apprearence or personality. A women brings life from her womb to the light of this world we live in. She loves and cares for her child, guides her child , loves her child,and nurters her child so they can grow up to the ability of knowledge. Just like birds first flight.

Women are the blessings that god sent to man. No, not women and women nor man to man. Adam and Eve! The ones who have all our lives in the world chained together as mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. This world isn't entirely of man. The women blessed the world with children who lead us today in our good and bad times. Ladies First.

A.L Brown Cheerleading Meeting.

 "We have over 150 girls trying out for this year 2012-2013 A.L Brown cheerleading team, and i already see such intellegence in this gym. Remember, times change, traditions remain" Mrs. Newell said as we all sit in a gym pact with other girls who are determined to get on the team as well.

I ( Lexus ) am actually one of them.

I'm finally here, the moment I've been waiting for all of my life. Literally! Since i was little I've dreamed of a friday night game, thousands of fans in the stands, and me as a cheerleader, cheering to help motivate my team.

People think of cheerleaders as girls with long legs, long hair and eyelashes. But deffinitely not, a cheerleader is a leader of the school, someone who will lead the school in motivation. <--- Just wanted yall to know that. But as girls came in the gym, stares go across the way, people smiled,sneered their noses, laughed, whispered in others ears. Typical girl drama. already people are asking or telling if that girl over here or there is going to make the team by either the way she dressed, or by the way she walked in. My mother , who was sitting above me, whispered in my ear and said  "Thats why you always have to look at yourself, girls talking about the way people are appearing in the gym like they know them, you want something, act and dress like you do". Yes ma'am i replied to her.

The coaches talked on how things aren't going to be like middle school cheerleading. Each teacher has each of your class and encore classes email addresses, and if the need information on our behavior or grades, its just a click away. I prayed and i asked god, remember the day i got a attitude with that teacher over something stupid? yeah i apologize about that, it wasn't called for. My mother bumped me and said "don't play with the lord like that." Around the end of the meeting, the told all of us that camps are starting in the summer right after tryouts and you'll need to have everything ready by then, A.L Brown awaits you ladies. I was freakisly scared because im finally here, against 150 girls. I believe my heart has enough courage to make this team as a rising freshman. Keeping god on my side will help me lead the way to a victory.

And the rest is still unwritten...

Movie Review On The Hunger Games.

This week, our language arts teacher took us to go see the big box office movie hit The Hunger Games. We as a class read the book back in the fall of the start of my 8th grade year and we have talked on the subject ever since. As the movie started, you would think that it was like a concentration camp setting, wires, wrecked sheds that were made for houses, people covered in dirt or run down clothes and the soldiers from the other district was the nazi's. Anyway, the story started off showing how Katniss , her sister Prim and mother live knowing that the reaping is coming up very soon. Prim is frightend with nightmares dreaming she is going to be the first one picked, but Katniss didn't pay any mind because it was Prim's first year. The reaping comes and every child in the city is lined up in order and the call shouts Primrose Everdeen, not thinking the dream would actually become reality, Katniss instead took her sisters place and became the district 12 first volunteer & brave one to take on this accomplishment.

 Everyone in the theatre was very concentrated on what was going to happen next, the movie really showed how courages these people were. The acting in the movie was perfect. You could tell that they put heart into the storyline. Example wise ; Rue and Katniss. Rue was a district 7 and she became friends with Katniss, but not knowing that Katniss would only have a few days with her, she finds Rue tied in a net from a another district and was killed by a bow and arrow. Katniss looked as if she looked to Rue as Prim, and seeing her gone made her heart drop so she had to win this game for her sister and Rue. The movie deserves a perfect 10 in my eyes. There was happy scenes, love scenes, sad scenes and some you had to look closely to understand. I would tell anyone to check out this movie because it will have you thinking on different parts of the story and once you get the scene, you would want to watch it again to put all the puzzle peices together.

Hunger Games is a HIT!!!!!

RX.

The chapter that i am on is about the drup called Rithalin. Most people if they actually use it causes you to pay WAY more attention and not drift off. Well, this story is of highschool students and how they are getting introduced to different things they have never exsperienced. Tyme, the main character in the story is actually really cool and also funny, but is starting to use the drug because she has described herself as having ADHD. A test is coming up for her and she was very bummed out because she hadn't studied at all , so she was just going to quit. Thoughts came and went until she thought about how Rithalin has helped her focus. Using her head ( Sarcasticly ) starts using the drugs and makes a A average on her quiz. Tyme is so happy and she starts to think on how her averages and SAT's and GPA's averages could sky rocket if she keeps using these drugs. But, using all these drugs may turn into something unexspected. We will find out later on in the book.

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Gossip Folks.

You know what i mean? Yeah, yeah, i know i started this story off really awkward but i just want to get your attention or feel on the title of my writing. GOSSIP FOLKS! Mm, even sound bad when you hear it. Some people who can't keep their mouths closed about other people life issues is basically their deffinition, so they go tell other people so it can be a big laugh in their eyes. You heard me. Everyone done heard about your buisness so you try to clean it up, but its so far out there in other peoples mouth it ends up a big mess and your feelings are hurt. Now, we all have had our times of embarassment, or foolishness towards someone else, so we can't exclude ourselves from the pact, unless you were "Supposebly" brought up that way. Gossip Folks are like bad superheroes, they'll do the job of hearing and listening to your issues, then they will fly off and go tell about your deepest darkest secrets that no one knows about. The feeling to know that they have no type of respect for your personal and deepest darkest secrets that is TIP TOP SECRECT!! ( GASP) ( reading without breathing then had to catch a breath.) Ashame is the word. People who you thought were your real friends are caught in the act of it, and your left with no one to turn to except for family, which your blessed to have during times of need. My mother always told me that people are going to talk about you till the day they lay you to rest, its only a part of life so you minus well go with the flow. But for right now its a living kaos because were only in the middle school or highschool, were you want alot of friends and to be known. Life as you could say sucks if you make it that way by letting people get their way in your head. The dramatic turn in the story in shown because of maturity. You should be ready for things like this to happen in life because once things get better for a person people sometimes end up with jealousy. Things may swirl around in your head on who to turn to next or who is talking about them behind their backs and they could feel like their is no one at all. Well, im hear to tell you straight up, people are going to talk about you till the day you die. You minus well turn and face reality before it hits you with a bang. Gossip Folks will always be around, and you'll have to face some hard times. But, as you look onto a new day, maturity will lead to your success. Let the Gossip be your motivater and not your enemy. Because one day you'll make it, and the Gossip Folks, Ehhhh i guess you can say they will still be there, but see you as a inspiration to what they wished they could have been.

Showing That I Have Leaped Frog Past The First LillyPad.

From the start of 8th grade, Yeah, you can say i have improved alot on my writing skills. My writing has always had alot of details, but sometimes i would just smoosh all of thos things together and end up with a pages full of information that really didn't go with the topic of my story. Organization is the key word once you want to start a really good story. Everything needs to be in it's right place before you plan on have a #1 peice of writing. The Litte Princess That I Loved. was one of those emotional writings that i wrote in my journal that i didn't know if i could handle speaking to my whole class on. But i had to actually realize that if you hold in things that hurt you the most, it going to affect you in the long run. So i let out my emotions and told my class about the feeling i had on the day she was born till the day God called her home. I never really told anybody about that peice of writing except for the people who actually took the time to read it, and i got alot of warm-hearted comments back on it. 


My Life ( Shrugs ) was about how i grew up to realize that everything happens for a reason and that God always has a way or a plan, you just have to be patient. This story took me the longest to write, but the shortest to think about because somethings that i have went through has made me who i am today as a person and as i writer. I like to tell people my life story, it interesting to let other people come to you and they actually feel comfortable sharing their own life story because of how much you made them feel so warm hearted because of how much the both of us have in common. As i think about my life, i get excited about the feeling i have on it and ask myself  "Is this what you want to do in life"? Its always that question because of how much i want to get to know people and their stories and how they look up to the sun on life. Something like that is special to me and that shows writing has became a part of me because of new things i want to accomplish or do in life according to other peoples needs.

My Character Traits. I enjoyed this peice of writing because it was basically all about me and how i am in my eyes. I want people to know how i am on a daily bases, not just what they read on a peice a paper or see in the hallways of school. Alot of people put effort into that writing because you could say anything about your writing without any corrections having to be made because it's coming from the person who wrote it life's story.  Those are the best writings i can do because i put my feelings into it and not try to put things other people potray you as. Thats what i find unique in myself. It's just Me. :)

The Little Princess I Loved.

“Lets go play!” said the little boy with the blue eyes “ You could come with me to the place were there is no more lies, and the darkness is light. There will be no more pain or sickness, and we could be the best of friends. You must come, trust me, if you leave were you are now, you could enjoy happiness and live the rest of your life free and cured.. And we will be together forever. Please?”






August 13, 2001 , A beautiful little girl named Briana Edwards was born. She lightened her mother and father eyes. She was simply lovely. She grew up to be a very hype, peppy little girl who always



wanted to have fun and be interactive. We use to hang-out and play dolls, or fairytale (Princesses) that lived in magical places. Everything felt like life was so perfect, until one day, we couldn’t play fairytale anymore. Snapping back to reality, we found out out a terrible uncurable disease called cancer had gotten into her system.We both did not know what it was. We both were very young. She was only three years old at the time and i was 6. Only thing we knew about was germs and runny noses. This sickness shocked all of us. But we always made it through.


As days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months,  a year rolled around and she was still here and alive. But i started to realize her hair was starting to get really thin. That was different to see because she was a girl with such beautiful hair and now to just see it gone and  to see her cry because of it broke my heart the most. She was starting kimo-therapy. I felt as if my prayers were not being answered at some points, most of all i would ask myself if Jesus Christ could actually hear me? Because by my eyes i didn’t see a result of healing coming from her standards. In the middle of the year, we get a call from my older cousin which is little Briana’s mother, and she told us of how scared she is at this time, which freaked us out because we thought something happened to Briana. But nothing was wrong?  She told us of a dream that she has been having for the past few days. She told us that Briana woke her up from her sleep to tell her a dream of a boy with blue eyes named Sam came in her dreams asking her to come play in this world that looked better than the one she was in, where there is less sickness and more fun. Briana had told the little boy that she was scared and that she didn’t want to but he never stopped asking every night in each one of her dreams. No one had ever heard of something like this ever happening in any of my days, so i didn’t know how to take this in. We went to the hospital as usual to visit her, and we walked in as the doctor was talking to her. He was telling us of how little kids get cancer at such a young age. Tears filled his eyes as he talked about his son names “Sam” who died a few years back from it. My mother said it was unbelievable. After adding every thing up, we assumed the little boy in the dream was the son of the Doctor. Astonished, i could only put my hand across head and close my eyes. I mean , words couldn’t explain or even come out of my mouth. The tears explained them the most. I wondered for the past few nights of if this day or the next day would she make it through alright or have a hard time trying. I wished she didn’t have to suffer this as a child. Still i Prayed.


As years went by , she would one day be well, then one day be really sick. Some days she would feel like playing, and some days not feel like doing anything at all. But One Night, she wasn’t doing well at all. All the family was called to the house to keep comfort or come and pray for her which we all did. Just to see her there in the condition with no smile that she always loved to show hurt the most. I couldn’t bare seeing her like that so i had to leave the room. Tears filled my eyes as i tried to think of a happy thought, GOD? Where are you Lord? I would ask myself under my breath so my mother wouldn’t hear these words i cried. My mother decided to take me home so i could rest because i actually had a big game the next day. Not knowing that this would be my last time telling her goodbye. Next Day, I won my game and was so happy. I couldn’t wait to go tell Briana, i skipped to car yelling for my mother to hurry so we can get here on time but my mother walked with her head held low. Whats Wrong? i asked. She held me close and said “I’m sorry to tell you this baby but Briana died last night”. …..... Tears came running down my face like the rain on the car window blowing in the wind. I felt as if everything failed her. I couldn’t take the news as i thought i could handle so i walked away and cried hidden tears hat no one knew. The funeral a few weeks later was heartbreaking, she was dressed as a princess in a beautiful gown. The preacher preached on how god put Briana through a test, she was in a baseball game battling cancer, the disease threw a ball and she hit it through the field. She passed 2 base onto third but cancer striked her, But, the preacher stopped and said cancer may have gotten Briana, but Cancer didn’t catch her soul. After you think about it you can actually understand why he said that. It took me a while to understand but now i finally do. God heard me all along, he never tuned me out. I asked for him to let her get through this and be happy, and he did exactly that. He called her home from a place where she was suffering the most. Now she is free from pain and disease. Thank You. For Letting Me Know You’ll Always Hear Me, Even If Your Silent.

Never Monkey See , Monkey Do

I was around 4 years old when all i wanted to do was be like the big kids. Ride a bike without helmet and look cool, or play video games instead of dolls because that was for “babies”. I always wanted it to be my way or no go for this little Mrs. ( That’s what my dad called me .) But anyway, one summer day i was chilling around the house with my older brother and cousins until my brother thought we all should go find something to do that involves us outside. Everyone was so excited, we dashed for our shoes and a quick drink before we left the house. “Oooo” “ I wanna come too you guys” i said to them. Uhmm? “Don’t you think your a little to small to hang with us”? My brother said to me. No! I can keep up with you guys, i promise i will! Pretty Please? I begged. As i stared into their eyes , my mother came up behind and told the boys, “ She can join you all. This isn’t fair to her and it wouldn’t be fair to you, so you all are in charge of keeping watch of Lexus” ! “Mama”? Everyone said in a sob voice. YES! I Screamed out joyfully. I could guarantee this was going to be the happiest day of my life.


Once everyone gets outside, we decide to ride our bikes down to the park. But, it took me a while to actually get ready on my bike. While the boys didn’t have to wear helmets anymore. I was stuck with my helmet and knee pads and training wheels. “Hurry Up”!! They would call or “ We are going to leave you home”. I felt so as you say “not cool” , but watch as i change their minds. I was going to let them know i can roll around with the big dogs. As we get to the park, everyone is ready to play around, as i parked my bike my brother calls out who ever can jump and that monkey bar and hang up side down wins. That was to big of a challenge for me, but i didn’t want to be a baby about it so i put myself up for the challenge. It seemed so easy for them to do, they were playing and goofing around while hanging there like monkeys. I bit my nails wondering if i’ll fit in like they did, so next it was my turn. My brother lifted me up so i could grasp the monkey bars and then he let go and it was all eyes on me. My heart was beating fast and i started to lift my feet up onto the bar and as soon as my right leg went through, my left hand slipped and and i fall to the ground head first. I screamed so loud, my brother and cousins came speeding up to me as i layed on the ground with a bloody knee and elbow. But , how about some nerve they all started to laugh. I felt so bad, but atleast i made one foot over the bar. I thought i could keep up with those guys, but when i went home my mother and father laughed at me too. I was completely confused. Now after i grew up a little , i finally figured out, they were laughing because i was being a Monkey See Monkey Do. Lol ( :

My Life ( Shrugs )

 Everyday felt like heaven to me. The love my parents would give to my brother and i was such a blessing, in my eyes we were the happiest family ever known. I grew a few years in a neighborhood called StoneWick. Its actually right beside my school i attend now. But anyway, so many memories are still surfaced around that there everytime i think about it. I havent been there in so long. Its like a happy memory i go to everytime i feel as if i need a good thought to think about when im down about something in my day. Like Building my first snowman , and getting lost in my own backyard, and most definetly the bad snow storm in 2003. Woaaah - that left alot of people without power and transportation. To a little girl like me , seeing this action take place was like seeing a winter wonderland. Gosssh , you should have seen the look on my brother and my faces when the snow fell peice by piece to the ground and started to add color of white to the street. Ohh' how we cheered. We couldn't wait to get outside and play with some of the neighborhood kids and challenge some of our friends to a good ole' game of snow ball fight. Memories like that carry in my head forever.

Sooner or later , summer came around the corner , and school was finally out. That meant more time for playing games and watching movies and junkfood. Summer for me was perfect.. but not as i exspected. One day i came home from school with my brother , and we walked in on a arguement with my parents. We were so young , we didnt know what was going on. We sat and watched as tears rolled down my mothers face and anger rage on my fathers. They didnt even notice to see we were standing in the room, so we both walked away hope'n the would stop and notice that we didn't like when Mommy & Daddy fight. For a few days i blamed myself for why my dad was leaving. I never even knew what divorce meant? My father is a firefighter , i thought he was leaving for work with his clothes and bags. I can remember so many boxes sitting in the living room stacked on top of each other. My father caught me staring at them. He looked down at me like he was going to tell me something, but i saw water feel his eyes like cloudy skies above, and he walked away. That day, my father left. He kissed my brother and i on the top of the head, and whispered to my brother to watch after my mother and i because he was the man of the house now. He nodded and went on his way.

As days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, i started to get the picture that things have changed. My mother would sit in silence sometimes in her room. The feeling of your mom laying on your shoulder asking for help is a feeling alot of people dont have in their lives you know? This is actually the first time i am expressing my feelings about this memory i kept locked away in my heart, but something happend. One bright day i woke up and told myself you need to forgive and forget in order to move on right? I told my mother about how i felt and she smiled and told me to call my brother into the living room. We all talked for hours, she told us never let someone still your joy from your life. "You Got That"? She said to us sternly, we nodded our head and said Yes Mama. After that day, there was no more sad faces, or moods. We actually smiled and laughed again. We realized that life has trials and tribulations that everyone has to go through, and that one was one God gave to us to get through.

As my brother and i grew up, we realized that God has everything happen for a reason, and we are always going to make it. you just have to keep your head up you know? Thats what makes me such a strong person today, and why i am always smiling, if you haven't noticed. Lol, Im so blessed in my life. I might not see it as cleary as other, but its turning into a clearer vesion. Im just glad i have life , family and joy in my days. Im living my life to the fullest and not turning back to relive the past that i already accomplished to get by. Thats just my thought on life.

Thats just me... Lexus Sy'mone Miller.