oh facebook ...

Okay so EVERYONE has facebook, or has had facebook. I personally deleted it for 6 months last year... but I'm back!  I decided to delete facebook because it is such an immature program. Yes it gives one the ability to communicate with peers, broadcast pictures, and say your feelings... but these opportunities are taken so far that facebook is just annoying. So here it goes!


1. Write on your friends walls, but don't you notice that almost every single post you read is a rude, or a chirping post?  What is it that makes people feel so empowering that they can chirp another over the internet. If you really have something to say that is hurtful, either say it to their face, or don't say it at all.. you make yourself look bad when you say hurtful things over facebook.
2. What is with the inappropriate pictures, or the constant change of pictures? If you have someone as your friend on facebook I think they know what you look like. So why do people insist on taking pictures of themselves from the perfect angle with all the touch ups? Do you really need people to comment on your pictures and tell you how gorgeous they think you are? Plus creeps all over the world could totally be checking you out... creepy eh! So ease up on the pictures boys and girls.
3. Status update.. status update... status update... WHO CARES? The status update is the most useless part of facebook. Yeah sure, express your feelings, la de da... but we don't need to know what you are doing every second. No one really cares, and you must not have a life. There is no need to express your love and hate for people over facebook. It is a place of communication, not a therapeutic website. If you have a problem, figure it out, don't post it on facebook so that the whole world can read it.. My personal favourite is "Bad mood.. don't text."  that is a keeper ;)
4. Last but not least. If someone does all these annoying things on facebook, DELETE THEM! There is no need for you to keep them as a friend, and constantly chirp how annoying they are and blah blah blah.. just delete them, or keep your mouth shut. If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all!

March Break

• I will be on my first plane
• I will be in a hot sunny country for the first time
• I will be on a week trip without any parents

Tomorrow, I will be catching my plane at 6:20am (Friday March 11). I will be taking a four hour flight to Cayo Coco, Cuba! It is a graduating trip, and about 40 students from my school are attending. The resort will be full of grade twelve students all over Canada. From Friday March 11th to Friday March 18th I will be staying at Tryp Cayo Coco!! Each night there are different parties that the students can attend. The organizers have set up: Toga Night, Safari Night, Tight N Bright, Hawaiian Luau, Graffiti Night, and Mardi Gr as. We are also there for St. Patrick's Day! As well, we have the opportunity to purchase excursions. Deep Sea Fishing, Catamaran, and Party Packages are available for the students to experience while on their trip.

I leave in 21 hours ! :) My bags are packed, I'm all ready to hit the beach .. and vacation begins !

TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY

Summary:
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.


      This novel was so powerful, and so touching that I have read it multiple times. I will continue to read it over and over again for the rest of my life. The message that Asher gets across is so deep, and so legitimate that the book makes you feel as though you have experience it personally. The process that the main character, Hannah goes through is so horrible. She moves to a new town, and immediately gets categorized. No one gave her the chance to show who she was. Although she came off like none of the problems she experienced bothered her, she for some reason chose to commit suicide.
      The book is inspiring, and personally I feel that it should become part of high schools curriculum. This book sends out a very insightful message to all of those who read it. Bullying is a huge problem in this book, and in Hannah's case, it forces her to end her life.
      I think that if this book were to be read by high school students then they may come to understand the result of bullying. Hannah was bullied from the first day she attend that school, and till the day she committed suicide. Because she left tapes behind to let everyone who influenced her to end her life know what they did, it showed those people how what they thought was a joke, wasn't a joke to Hannah.

      This book really gives the readers the message that everything one person says, may mean something totally different to another person. You may be saying something as a "joke" but the person on the other end of the joke may take offense to it. Who knows, you may be the person who told the joke that took away someone's last bit of hope.

     Thirteen Reasons Why has such a touching impact that I would recommend it to anyone. Asher's writing makes it impossible to put the book down. It always leaving you wondering what will come next. What will that next tape say? Who will be the person on the next tape? Overall it is a must read, and I recommend you go out and read it RIGHT NOW!!!