Thursday, January 22, 2009

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       Camp By: Joanna Howell

        A couple of  summers ago i went to my aunts camp its on a lake and is about a 2 hour drive from Atkinson. I remember siting on the dock dangling my feet into the water waves created by distant boats splashing up on the wooden dock. it was in the afternoon and I had just got done eating a cheese burger cooked by my uncle Tom. My dad came up behind me and asked me if i wanted to jump off chunk o' pork. I remember thinking that Chunk o' Pork was the weirdest name for a land mark. Chunk o' Pork is a huge rock that stands off shore in deep water. Many people from other camps would go to the huge rock and jump off into the water. Chunk o' Pork is 15 feet high and has a ladder built into the short side for people to climb up. also boats would be parked on the side of the rock. I said “yes” to my dad and we all hopped into the boat. Samantha, my dad, Ann, Tom, Brie, Brett, Linda, Caramel, and I.
        The warm breeze blew against my face as we made our way to the rock you could barely see the people jumping off the rock in to the lake. As we got closer i saw that there was 3 small girls and 2 teenage boys jumping off. Me my dad, Linda, Brie, Brett, and my sister jumped out of the boat and swam closer to the ladder. By the time I got on top of the rock Brie and Brett had already jumped off. I knew why they had jumped off so quick to it was freezing up on top. My dad asked me, Linda, and samantha if we wanted life preservers before jumping off. We all nodded and he dived off the rock and swam back toward the boat. I watched tom hand him three and he began his way to Chunk o' Pork.
         I couldn't wait any longer though my teeth were chattering and i was shaking it was way to cold. Without looking back at Linda or Samantha I ran to the high edge of the rock plugging my nose and jumped. It happened so quick that I didn't even have time to scream it felt like my stomach was going to come through my throat. Then  there was a slash and warmth quickly began returning to my body.  I waited under the water until I floated to the surface. I opened my eyes and saw Brie giving my a thumbs up and Brett was laughing. I swam out of the way as a few strangers jumped.  When I got back on top of the rock my dad handed me my life preserver

“You couldn't wait a couple more minutes?” He asked.
“No I was freezing” I replied. Samantha and Linda were waiting at the edge of the rock.
“This time we are going to jump off at the same time” Linda said.
        We jumped off about 10 more times then we got back in the boat and headed back to camp. When we were back we decided to hook the tube onto the back of the wave runner. I got on first it was really fun being pulled around on the back of a wave runner. The tube I was sitting in was triangular shaped and really big. As my aunt Ann turned sharp corners the tube swung side to side flinging me in different directions. Drops of water Splattered against my face. Then the tube slowly came to a stop and I bailed out. Then Samantha jumped into the tube and they took off. About 10 or 15 minutes later I saw them coming back to the dock and my dad got into the tube.
         I couldn't wait to go again I thought as I my eyes followed where the tube was going. Then I saw in the distance as the wave runner turned a sharp corner my dad being flung out of the tube there was a big splash. A few seconds later a head broke through the water and I saw the wave runner slowly making its way toward him. He climbed up onto the wave runner and they headed back.
“Your dad broke the tube” Said Ann.
I laughed “How did you manage to do that” I asked. He shrugged. Then we headed toward the camp. That was pretty much all of the fun stuff we had done at camp that day but I had a great time.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Twilight my fav



TWILIGHT


By:Stephenie
Meyers


Joanna
Howell


Don't
let fear get in the way is the theme in the book Twilight by:
Stephenie Meyers. This fantasy book is about the main character
Isabella Swan forced to almost kill herself trying to rescue her
mother from the blood thirsty vampire James. After getting the call
from James she began to panic but held her self together knowing what
she had to do even though she was scared out of her mind she would
never let James kill her mom even if she was risking her own life. If
Isabella did not go then her mother was going to die she said over
and over in her head as she pulled into the parking lot of where her
mother was being held captive.





The
reason that Isabella is hiding is because a vampire is hunting her
down and she doesn't want any of her friends or family to get hurt
because of her. So she leaves Forks and goes to Phoenix with the
Cullen family. Thats when James call's Isabella and tells her he has
her mother and will kill her if he doesn't not see her in the next
couple hour's. Isabella (panicking) sneaks away from the people who
are trying to save her and directs herself to the place where she
herself knew her life could end and runs in to rescue her mom who
could possibly already be dead. Isabella Swan is hiding with her
friends Alice and Jasper who are vegetarian vampires. She left the
state knowing that James would follow her ready to kill she did this
to lead him away from her Charlie and her friends feeling safe with
Alice and Jasper. But after receiving the call from James she feels
scared and is panicking. But Bella is determined not to let her fear
take over.





If
my mom was in trouble or if any one of my friends and family were in
a situation that could cause death or injury I would risk my life to
save theirs no matter how scared I might be I wouldn't let my
emotions rule my life I would at least put an effort to saving them.
Just like Bella I would be determined just thinking of a life with
out my friends or my family members is worth the risk even if I
didn't save them at least I would know that I wouldn't have to live
with that guilt all my life. And if I did save them then I would be
happy even if I died when saving that person who ever that may be
then I would be happy. The point is no matter how scared you may be
you can't let fear control your life for you or you will miss out on
a lot of cool or fun stuff or you will miss someone you love because
of something that maybe you could have stopped.





Don't
let fear control your decisions. I think the book Twilight is a very
good book in fact its my Twilight by:Stephenie Meyers is my favorite
book and I give it 5 stars *****. I like that this book has lots of
description and it explains exactly how she is feeling throughout the
book. I also liked that Bella was considered clumsy helping hide
stuff that was caused by vampires. I think that learning to ignore
your fear and focus on the more important things is a good lesson to
learn because if you let fear make you decisions for you then you
would miss a lot of things in life and when you look back you will
feel guilty and think what if i did save them or at least gave an
effort or what if i did do that and it was fun but i missed out.
Ignoring fear will make your life a lot better and much more
interesting and you will feel great about your self. If you don't
learn that lesson now than you will most likely regret it later.















joanna howell bpw

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