Open Letter to Old People

Dear Old People who still drive,

Things have changed since you were a kid. People these days no longer ride in carriages pulled by a horse/horses, nor have to travel at horse and buggy speed. When you are driving on a 45 miles/hour road, you do not drive 15 miles/hour. When you are driving on a 45 miles/hour road you drive 45 miles/hour or faster. That being said, cars themselves are a lot faster than horse and buggies. When you are pulling out of a neighbor hood onto a main road, such as mine onto county road 101, you do not have to wait for a car that is 100 yards away. If you pull out going 10 miles/hour you will not be hit--although I am not giving you permission to go that slow. Believe it or not, there are other people who may be behind you that actually need to be some place.

I am not suggesting that you drive faster, for I know your seeing and hearing and depth perception is poor and I do not hope that you endanger the general public by mistaking a human for a dust cloud--which were more common in your “glory days” because dirt roads were the casual. I am not asking you to stop visiting grandchildren for their golden birthdays or visiting the doctor to check if the Grim Reaper will be coming to your door step soon, for I know these are important.  I am asking rather that you take a taxi or higher a personal driver. You would not have to miss out on your eventful life, and I would not have to be late to every event that I attend. If not for your own sake, at least for mine so I will not have to kill myself.

Sincerely,

Car in a Loft, who will drive over the edge if necessary.

So, I am following a new blog. I hope this one is okay!

http://nicetype.blogspot.com/

Dangling Natures Accreditation: DNA

I do think writing has changed the way I look at the world. To an extent. I have always sort of "written" my life in my head. Now I feel urged to put it in a permanent form as it happens, although that is not always the case. I find other writers more interesting and can now differentiate between writers' tones. I have a lot of writers in my extended family and I wonder if the ability to be a strong writer is partly genetic. I have a step-grandmother who has been working on a novel about her dog for the last decade, shedding flesh and bone to be successful but unfortunately has not. Maybe genetics have cursed her.
 I recently started reading a blog written by my mothers-cousins-wife. She is a writer who has published a few books and I find her tips intriguing, they kind of give insight to the workings of her brain. She knew going into college that she wanted to write and began as a Creative writing major, however, it was not really her thing. "I took a writing workshop class and hated it–there I was, stuck in a room with a bunch of other kids my age, reading each other’s mediocre, melodramatic teenage scribblings.  What was the point?  I didn’t see a lot of learning opportunity there.  Just a lot of backscratching."So, she changed to an English major and now uses books as her main tool for writing when she is stuck, "When I’m feeling at my most frustrated with my own writing–”Why isn’t this clearer?  Why does this part feel boring?  Why can’t I find a better way to say this?”–I pick out a favorite old book, something that’s kept me entranced through countless readings and I read it again and it’s like taking a quick class in How to Make A Book Good." 
There are so many great authors--and so many bad--yet each authors success is accredited to a different experience, exposure and up bringing, (parents?). I don't know if in the future we will ever truly know what makes a great writer, but for not it will just stay a mystery.

I was going to title this, "I did it" until it felt to Dora-ish.

I just finished PSEO this semester at Normandale! I no longer am in Photography, Sociology, and Macroeconomics. The only classes I have until the end of high school's first semester are T.V Production, Yearbook and (obviously) AP Composition. I can now have a life. Maybe I should start volunteering at the Interfaith Outreach center that is a few blocks away from my house. I wanted to do that since it had opened... I just have not had the time... but now! Yeah! I feel so free! Usually right now I would be doing Macro homework. I would read the chapter which would range from 20-30 pages, then do the homework which was 20 multiple choice questions; then take a quiz, which was 10 multiple choice questions; and then answer two discussion questions, one that was based on a video clip and the other on a reading segment in the Macro book. It actually does not seem too bad for one week worth of homework, but it was not fun when every week you procrastinated unitl Sunday to start. I guess Mo Pro kids were not the only ones procrastinating! But I am no longer on that boat. Sucks for Mo Proers. They will be finishing their part three this week. My word to them; have fun.

Why I'm Hispanic.

1. My grandma is from Mexico
2. I call my grandma abueleta
3. I greet people with an "hola" more often than a "hello"
4. My skin is considered tan
5. I eat black beans
6. I have taken three years of Spanish at school
7. I spoke Spanish with foreigners on multiple accounts
8. I know how to make myself tacos
9. My mom speaks fluent Spanish
10. I vacation to Mexico more often than any other country (except the U.S)
11. I have conversations with my abueleta is Spanish
12. I subscribe to Spanish podcasts
13. I made a video in Spanish
14. I listen to Spanish music
15. I go to Chipotle on pretty much a weekly basis
16. I am Facebook friends with someone named Pilo
17. I am Facebook friends with someone named Carlota
18. My sisters name means "mine" in Spanish
19. I have had three foreign exchange students from Mexico
20. My favorite food is a toastada
21. I befriended a girl from Spain
22. I will live in a Spanish speaking country for at least a year at one point in my life
23. I like the warmth
24. I have brown eyes and darker hair
25. I look "ethnic"
26. I dance to Salsa music
27. I can roll my r's
28. I own jewelry from multiple Spanish speaking countries
29. I want to learn how to latin dance
30. The only accent I can sort of perfect is a Spanish one.