Looking at colleges, The Joy of being in high school!

     One of the many joys of being in high school is looking forward to college life. But first you have to decide what college to go to. When it comes to selecting a college you should first decide what you want to do for a living and/or what your going to major in. Once you have decided what your going to major in then start looking at schools with the best departments and programs for your field of study. Then look at the other things that are important to you, such as band programs, sports, nearby places and other things that you would like to go do while in college.

     As an example I will use myself. I want to be an astrophysicist so I would double major in physics and mathematics and minor in astronomy. Some of the best colleges for astrophysics are MIT, California Institute of Technology (CIT), Princeton, Stanford, Cambridge, Harvard and University of California (Berkeley and Santa Barbara). But personally I don't want to be on the east coast. So I will narrow down my choices to CIT, Stanford, University of California, University of Washington, or possibly Univeristy of Oregon (for chemistry and physics programs). But to make my college years most enjoyable I have 5 things that are a must.

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 1) The school must have a strong football team. But not because of the football games. Because schools with great football teams usually have a great marching band program. Marching band is one of my most favorite things I have ever done. 2) There must have many nearby places to go see local bands. Nothing is better than a good local band. 3) Must be within a 10 hour drive of a ski resort so that if an epic storm is coming in a I can head out and go skiing for a couple days. 4) Local coffee shops. Personally, I can do homework the best with a giant drink and being in a public place. Already when I am extremely stuck on an assignment or working on a large project I go to a coffee shop. 5) Not in the middle of nowhere. Preferably I would be able to get around either by bus, bike, or walking and with many places to go to away from school.

      So this is the joy of being in high school. Stressing about your future, dreaming about getting away from the house and starting your own life. But when looking at the big picture we have 3 more years until all of us freshmen will be going off to college and leave all of our friends and family. That is really scary, exciting and a little sad at the same. But I don't you but I am looking forward to college!!    

The Good, The Bad and The Improving.

My own pic. This is Brighton! I love this place!

So a couple weeks ago I wrote a 6 page essay on arranged marriage in Japan for my Honors English class. By the end of the paper I finally was able to spell 'arranged' correctly without the help of spellcheck! Let me tell you guys something, I am not a good writer. I am decent and I can get my work done plus I can articulate what I want to say and thats the important part. My spelling has been horrendous as long as I can remember and English class has always been my worst subject and I would normally much rather be doing Math or working on a science project than do an english project. By the way it might sound like I am hating on myself right now but I am not. All of us have something we are good at and something that we could improve on.
     Every single one of us in this world has something that we are extremely good at and love to do. For me that is skiing. We all also have something to work on. But the worst thing any of us could ever do would be is to stop improving. We all can improve at everything that we do, that is one of the joys of being human. For example I began to learn how to ski when I was two years old and when I was 6 I hit a wall in my improvement. I couldn't become any better, so to fix that and surpass my wall I joined Brighton Race Team. After 6 years of racing I hit a wall once more. So I started to free ski and train myself and this year I have started teaching skiing at Brighton. I am still improving at skiing and at english. No matter what you are working on you can always improve at everything you do.  
   

Procrastination!! Here we come!

     We all know what Youtube is right? That magical place that seems to suck hours away from the day. Youtube can be a place to find new music, watch shows, get the latest laugh or get recent news. Youtube for me is a magical and dangerous realm in which time flies like a hummerbird! (I know that was a strange simile.)  It is one of the many places where you will find the magical beast called procrastination.

       I am a procrastinator! And i'm not quite sure if thats something to proud about. But I consider myself to be master at this not so good art. I am going to to give you the top 3 ways to procrastinate so that you can avoid these places when you have an assignment  to work on or feel like there is something else proactive you could be doing. So here we go!

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3.   Google"How not to procrastinate". This is one of my favorites because it is just so perfect! By trying to learn how to procrastinate you are only procrastination. Go Procrastination! 

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2. Netflix! When I snap my fingers you shall spend hours watching stuff that you don't even want to on netflix. *SNAP* You are now hypnotized by My Little Pony or Breaking Bad. You have begun to waste hours on episode after episode of Once Upon a Time. Congratulations you are a level 2 Procrastinator!   

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1. Magical Youtube! I absolutely love Youtube! I listen to almost all of my music on Youtube, I'm always watching fail vines and wasting my time to no end! Youtube is the best time waster out there. You go to Youtube to watch one clip about how to make a cake, and before you know it you are watching a video about giraffes falling down and 3 hours have passed. 

I keep saying "Go procrastination" but I created this list so you can be aware of when you are about to procrastinate and stop yourself! But still all of these thing are still fun! So go to the link below for more on procrastination!  Have Fun!!

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3f9hiWiCI    

Shhhhhh! Here is a little secret!

We all have a little something that we don't let many people know about. Sometimes we hide our secret because we are embarrassed, scared that people will think differently about us, or will that others judge us. I know that everyone has something like this, myself included.
 
   So I have three things that I could tell you all but I'm only going to tell you about one. This secret is something that a lot of people misjudge so I am a little nervous. Ok, Ready? I love Anime. For those of you out there that don't know what anime is, anime is an Asian animated show. In America we would call them cartoons, but that really doesn't give anime justice.
 

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   In places like Japan and China anime is just as popular as "Once Upon a Time" or "The Walking Dead" are in America. Every major television channel has at least one anime and is usually on primetime T.V (The time of day when the most popular of shows are aired.) Anime is a very broad term it is like saying 'Books'. There are many different genres but Sci-Fi is by far the most popular.
     We have all heard of Pokemon right? Well Pokemon is an Japanese anime geared towards children. Most animes are meant for adults to teenagers and include more mature subjects. Don't Judge!

So what I am trying to say is that we all have things that we don't want people to know that we like or do. But these things are also a part of who we are so let the world know who you are!! Feel free to coment about what you love to do that most probably won't know! We don't judge here!

My Job!

As a 15 year old this is the time of lives when we begin to think about jobs and money and being more independent.  I have started my first job recently, at the end of november. I am Peer instructor at Brighton Ski Resort. Basicly I teach skiing to kids age 4-7 with an older instructor. I have a lot of fun but it is also hard work and very tiring job.  

This is a picture of the view from Brighton's main restaurant. My own pic! 

My workday starts by waking up at 6:30am to get ready and get all my gear together and leave my house by 7:20. (It takes me about 20 minutes just to get out of bed!)
I catch the city bus at the mouth of Big CottonWood Canyon at 7:50. I arrive at Brighton at 8:30, now my day actually starts! At 9:00 I have just enough time for about 3-5 runs before I have to actually work. 10:10 morning classes start. Morning classes end at 12:30 Afternoon classes begin at 1:10 and end at 4:00. Then I get home about 6:00. That is my work day!
       So there are 6 levels that we teach (this is for skiing classes. Boarding classes are different). Level 1 are 'Never-Evers' These kids have never skied before. Level 2 have skied before, our goal with these kids are to get them out of tip-clamps. Tip-clamps are little clamps that attach to the tip of each of ski to get the kids to make a wedge (a.k.a snowplow, pizza, A-shape).  We have most of our classes in these two levels. Level 3 is learn to turn, these kids can don't need tip clamps to stop or control their speed. Level 4 is turning and getting out of wedges and learn how to parallel skiing.  Level 5 and 6 are our top most classes and are usually combined because these kids skill level are very close to eachother.
       I love my job! That is teaching at Brighton in a nutshell!! Thanks for reading!

Winter is here!

So winter is finally here! It's cold and icy with fluffy snow! Some of the best things come with winter: skiing, great food, Christmas, New Year and so much more!
   
      Winter has to be one of my favorite times of year. Soft fluffy snow, air so cold you can see your breath. This time of year has to be the most wonderful!
   

      Last night I went to see the lights at one of the mormon temple! (I am not mormon, sorry if I made a mistake) The lights were so pretty!  As you can see! Two of my best friend were with me, Courtney and Jack! We had a great time talking, admiring the lights, singing christmas songs and eating donuts.                                        
     Another reason winter is great is because of all of the great food! I love making pies, cookies, peppermint brownie and mousse tiers! But thats just the some of the sweets! You can forget the mash potatoes, roasts and homemade bread! Food has to be one of the best things ever!! (I might be addicted to bread!)

     Last but definitely not least would have to be all of the music and festivities!   Everything from "JingleBell Rock" to "White Christmas" and feasts to dances!  I love going to christmas parties and hanging out with bunch of amazing people, seeing family and friends that I haven't seen in years agian! The social aspect of winter is absolutely great!
   
      Winter is one of my favorite times of year! All of the music and food, friends and lights, snow and cold weather! This is the best time of year!

Quotes, Sayings and Little Blurbs!

Quotes, sayings and little blurbs have a way of helping me out of my sad times, calm me with I feel like im going to burst. This is a list of my top 7 quotes, sayings and little blurbs and the reasons why these became my favorites! In no particular order.

7.

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In my life it feels like my parents are always not letting going to someone's house or trying to get in to my business. I know that they do this because they love me but when you have no siblings and four parents (Mom, Dad, Step-Mom, Step-Dad) this can get very stressful and like they don't trust you completely (Which I have issues with people not trusting it me.) It's very hard to deal with so this "blurb" is very easy to understand.



6.

Picture Credited to nattstadcdnThis one once again plays on to the parent thing.

"Abby, Clean your room!" 
I have a VERY messy room and sorry but I don't enjoy cleaning.

"I'm going to change the internet password if you don't get off the computer right now!" 
Listening to music and watching shows online are two very large parts of my life that keep me getting up in the morning. So being online is a big thing for me.

"Who you texting? Is it a boy? Let me read." 
No. It's my life. It's not like there's bad stuff on my phone it's just I like my privacy. So what if it's a boy. It's not like we're dating. He is just a friend.  No, I don't like him like that.

And yes I am crazy about one guy and I know that there is no way he feeling even remotely the same. But thats not going to stop me.


5.

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People make excuses for when they make a mistake or at least when they think that they made a mistake, myself included! So when it read this it reminds me to be honest to myself and there are no excuses when it comes to what I did because I was just being myself. Myself may not be perfect but this is who I am.









4.


Im a lot of things and I am a likable person to most people. But some people really don't like me. So this reminds that I can't be liked by everyone so not to act like someone else just to please them.















3.

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It's true "Only in the darkness can you see the stars." ~Martin Luther King Jr. There will be dark days ahead but though the darkness I'll be able to see what truly matters if I don't already see it now.


















2.



It's true I do want to be your favorite hello and your hardest goodbye.  I want to find this person in my life who I will never forget and who will never forget me. Is that to much to ask?












1.

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When I read this for the first time I cried. At that time I was about to "hopefully" give up on something that I had held close to my heart for years and had forced myself to keep trying to let it go over and over agian, but I never could completely. So I cried because I felt like for the first time in my life I had permission to chase after this "something" that I had tried so hard to throw away and forget about.  I love this 'blurb' so much because it gave me something that I could have never thought possible. Im still chasing after this "something" and I won't give up. I love this "something" very much.



So these 'blurbs' have giving me little pieces of my sanity back to me, when I didn't even know that I had lost them.  So what helps you?