WayneVille Day 3

Today was my grandmother’s birthday. We celebrated her birthday and the start a wonderful time, spring. This is the time when everything flourishes. Our home looks most beautiful in the spring when the flowers are blooming and the animals are running free. I cooked my famous beans and rice today since there was nothing else I could give her. I think she enjoyed it since she finished the whole thing. My mother had spent months making this pretty turquoise necklace. It had very pretty beads and tread. Ai came to celebrate with us and she brought more food. Our celebration turned into a feast, which wasn’t a bad thing for us.

Ren and I went to his hut to look the gifts he got for his coming of age ceremony. He got a lot of things more than his older brother. Ryuu who is Ren’s older brother got really jealous, but Ren and I laughed at the fact that he didn’t get as much. We believe that all gifts should be handmade because that means it came from the heart and that means more than any gift ever could.

I never realized that the only time we celebrate our lives and health is on our birthday. Why can’t that be everyday, I’m not saying that we have to have big feast and stuff but why not say what we are thankful for at dinner. It’s the least we can do is give thanks to the gods. It’s because of them we have what we have.

WayneVille Day 2

My father and I woke up at the sun’s raising to go hunting. On our way to the river we saw this huge beast that was black and white. I didn’t know what it was and surprisingly neither did my father. My father’s a very smart man. It had the cutest ears I’d ever seen. I wasn’t scared with my father by my side, but I was in shock because I’ve never seen a creature that big in these woods before. We gazed at the creature while it gazed back. It wasn’t frightened and continued to do his business which happened to be urination. I started to giggle but my father stopped me.

Today mother had my little brother. I’m so happy he’s finally here. I love my family so much. We spend a lot of time together, doing just about everything. Me and my father go fishing and hunting for food and supplies. I help my mother with the cooking; she says I cook great beans and rice, so good that I should cook for the chief but I don’t know about that. My brother looks just like my father. Masculine and calm at the same time my mother and father named him Shouhei, everyone in my family has a name that starts with a S. My mother’s name is Sakua, my father’s name is Shouta, and my name is Saika.

I’ve never seen a baby being born until my little brother. I was magical but I thought about the time my father helped birth this cattle. I helped the mother push and gave her a place to sleep. I think about the food supply sometimes and about what would happen if we ever ran out. I think this most when a new person is added to the civilization. But I doubt this would take any food out of my family’s mouth so I guess adding another person’s not so bad.

WayneVille Report day 1

Our day was pretty normal. A usual day for us is tending to the animals, cooking, cleaning the cloths. Everyday my friend Ai and I go to the river for a swim. Ai's my best friend and we do everything together. The river is one of the best places to be, the river is so calm and peaceful. There's tons of shade and the fish are healthy and swimming around. I remember the time me and Ai went swimming and she picked up a fish right out of the water.



Our mothers are best friends too; they've been friends since they were five years old. My mother always tells me of the time she went through the foot binding ritual. That of course I will have to go through also. She tells me it was very painful and drastic, but worth it to say you accomplished something. I just keep telling myself it'll be worth it but I'm not so sure. I’m truly dreading this day when I become a woman.



The last time somethign happen to my home my mother was a little girl. She says it was so bad that people didn't even want to live anymore. It was a earthqauke. I thinks its all my mother remembers about her childhood. She says she was so scared and could only hold onto my grandmother. I don't know what I would do if that ever happened while I was livving here. I would latch onto my mother, father, and Ai and probably cry until I couldn't cry anymore.

Satire

Satire is like making fun of someone or something in way that even makes that person being made fun of laugh. It’s a way a making fun of someone without being mean about it. With satire you can compare someone to something else (it’s its true and not mean it’s funny and if they laugh) I don’t think A Modest Proposal counts because it doesn’t real poke fun it’s just Proposal being himself, which is stupid. Proposal is just really not a bright person and it shows and there’s nothing funny about that.

Social & Health Issues in Ireland

The Irish are facing a lot of issues such as not being able to have the rights they used to. They were being overthrown by foreigners who are technically people they elected and trusted. But the Americans turned out to be very conniving. The Irish suffered because they trusted people and that’s sad to say that Americans can’t be trusted because we take such pride in our country but they did people so dirty. The Americans told the Irish they couldn’t buy real estate, run for office, or get educated; they took a lot of freedom from the Irish which made life even harder than it already was. The issue that’s being examined in A Modest Proposal is that things in certain countries aren’t fair. In Irony he talked about how he couldn’t get a job and know they can’t do certain things like by real estate. Proposal is talking about the unfairness that goes on in the world.

Irony

Irony is contradicting yourself basically. You might say something that you feel is wrong but then you’ll compare that same thing to something else. So it doesn’t really make sense, their sort of on both sides of the argument and they seem a little confused about what their trying to say. There is really no difference between Proposal and Swift. Yes, I find irony in what Swift is saying. He said that the Irish wanted work. But then he said that even if they got work they wouldn’t be able to keep it because they would be physically weak and not able.

The Big Question??

Of course I'm talking from experience and my experience with guys....yea there not that good.I find myself talking about what I wish I had and I think alot of girls do that. I know that for myself its hard to see one of my friends with their boy friend and I don't have one. So at that point I'm on third- wheel status and thats the worst. I hate to say this but sometimes it gets annoying to see a couple always making out in front of your face. Soemtimes I feel like why can't I have somebody special like my friends. But I think about to things...one thing is that in time I'll find that person...and a wise women told me that as women we never pick the best person for ourself. I think lust sometimes blinds us. I know people who would just get intoa relationship becuase they just feel like htye need a man to be whole and thats not true becuase women in general are very strong when it comes to a lot but relationships is a whole different thing.

Lead with your heart or your mind?

Recently I've been in such a bad place becuase of guys in my life. Sometimes I think being ina realtionship is the best thing, but at other times I see that I can't be in a relationship until I'm totally cool with myself and who I am. I remember someone aying that " If you don't love yourself then how are you gonna love someone else". It just doesn't work if you don't have faith in each other. I've been in a situation where you like/love each other but it gets complicated. I'm learning that sometimes we lead with our hearts but other times we lead with our minds. I still don't which one to use at certain times because a part of me wants to give all my heart when I'm with a special person but they don't seem to appreciate what I give them. Sometimes as girls we feel like guys use us and they don't always feel like they need us but the truth is they might need you as much as you need them.

Chubby Chasers( A.k.a DW)

People always make fun of people who are bigger then them but I think that everyone deserves to be loved no matter what your size is. You know the saying " Big girls need love too", well it's true. I don't think that it's right that people discriminate against different body types. But this is a huge issue within our society. For example, I have this friend and he likes big girls but epople are always making comments about him. My opinion is that's fine you like what you like and just do you but that's nobody else's bussiness about the girls that he likes. I love how thats not a problem when a girl dates a bigguy though because thats just normal. I think that people just really need to get over themselves!