Dear All of You,
Lets go back a few years. I was new to all of this; and for all of you, it wasn't your first time. I had my friends, my own safety zone. We always looked up to you and wondered if we would ever be anything in the future. There was one difference between us and that may have been what kept us apart for that first year. You grew up faster and sooner than I did. Being only a little middle schooler, it was normal to be shy and awkward while you were all out finding yourselves and becoming the people that you would be for the rest of your lives up in the big intimidating high school. I couldn't help but to be thankful to meet you, look up to you, and use you as motivation when I also began to do the same a year later. Come to find out how similar we all were, it was an exciting moment and soon enough our friendships thrived.The moments we shared and the memories we created will never be forgotten. Waking up early, the tight ponytails with so much hairspray that you thought it would never come out, the crazy clown makeup, the butterflies as we approached the mats. Every thing we did seemed to be "the last one". Uncomprehendable, yet bittersweet and still exciting, we continued to repeat this process throughout the nine months we continuously spent together everyday. Our relationship felt like home to me. You were like the sisters I never had- keeping my secrets, giving me advice, helping me to make my life choices whether you were right or wrong, you were always there for me. The day came. With our suitcases packed, uniforms and confidence being our number one priority on our packing last, we boarded the plane; once again "for the last time". It seemed unreal as we went through each day, walking the beach, shopping and buying souvenirs, taking pictures to capture each and every moment we had left with each other. Then it was time, we put on our uniforms one last time, hair-sprayed our hair one last time, tied in that big gold sparkly bow one last time, and set off for the reason we were all here. As the butterflies set in, the motivational speeches were given, and off we went to the blue mats that never before seemed to be so welcoming before. Two minutes and thirty seconds later it was all over. The end has arrived and there was nothing that any of us could do about it. The hard work entailed in that almost three minutes had never felt so worth it. No matter how much we didn't want to let go of everything we've gained together over the past years, it was now time and saying goodbye may be harder than ever before. Even though, its not necessarily a goodbye. It's a "see you later", because although our relationship may become distant, you will always be in the back of my mind and never be forgotten, because a breakup doesn't always have to end bad.
Love always,
Liz
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Revenge
Anyone and everyone, at one point in their lives, has had thoughts or even carried out plans of revenge. Don't deny it, you have too. Revenge is everywhere, even if it only exists in your head. When i hear revenge, I think payback, or karma or anything along the lines of getting back at someone for something they have done to you. As far as I believe, it's just human nature to have that feeling of wanting to get back at someone who has upset you or caused problems for you in your life. So even if you'd like to say that you've never wanted revenge on someone, I'm sure that you have at least seen it occur from an outside point of view either in books, T.V shows, or watching others carry out their revenge. One example that is very popular especially most teenage girls is the television show Pretty Little Liars, and another is the famous playwright of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Pretty_Little_Liars_Puzzle_Hunt_Get_Your_Next_Clue_Here/28583923
In Pretty Little Liars, five high school girls were all best friends until one night one of them, Alison, went missing and and was later found dead. For the next few years, the other four girls continue to seek the killer and find new things and details about the murder every day. They discover a team of people who were against Alison, and do the best that they can to get more information and plan a revenge on making their lives miserable and stressful. Someone, or multiple people, that go by "A" have constantly been antagonizing the girls and everyone else in the town, and trying to place the blame of the murder on other people. The girls want nothing more than to get revenge on this person/people and will do whatever they can to try and achieve that, even if it means making sacrifices and losing friendships or relationships in their lives. However, before Alison's death, she constantly took advantage of others, manipulated people, and bullied anyone who she thought had a lower social status than she did. The "A Team" is still trying to get revenge on Alison, but doing it by torturing her friends and putting them in dangerous and mysterious situations. This T.V show has a twisted plot line, with a ton of revenge included and displayed throughout the episodes as the series goes on. In multiple of the episodes, Alison's ghost makes appearances in her friends lives at random times and tries to communicate and tell them things such as to hints or clues of information that could be useful.
Creepy, but still interestingly, Pretty Little Liars isn't the only media that has a ghost return and make interactions with the characters. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the ghost of Hamlet's father appears, and reveals that it was Hamlet's own uncle, Claudius, who has killed him and he must seek revenge.Claudius, soon after his brother's death, marries Hamlet's mother and makes Hamlet go mad with his planning of revenge. During his struggles to get back at his uncle, he accidentally kills the father of Laertes, Polonius, causing more problems to come his way. Now not only King Claudius wants to also get revenge on Hamlet, but Laertes does also. This play is filled with revenge around every corner of every page, and that is what helps us readers to find the reading to be enjoyable and exciting, because revenge creates an interesting story, making it easier for people like me to actually get into the story and feel more involved and curious to what is going to happen next.
http://www.examiner.com/article/shakespeare-fest-presents-hamlet-st-louis
http://publicvigil.blogspot.com/2010/10/hidden-catholic-meaning-of-hamlet.html
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Pretty_Little_Liars_Puzzle_Hunt_Get_Your_Next_Clue_Here/28583923
In Pretty Little Liars, five high school girls were all best friends until one night one of them, Alison, went missing and and was later found dead. For the next few years, the other four girls continue to seek the killer and find new things and details about the murder every day. They discover a team of people who were against Alison, and do the best that they can to get more information and plan a revenge on making their lives miserable and stressful. Someone, or multiple people, that go by "A" have constantly been antagonizing the girls and everyone else in the town, and trying to place the blame of the murder on other people. The girls want nothing more than to get revenge on this person/people and will do whatever they can to try and achieve that, even if it means making sacrifices and losing friendships or relationships in their lives. However, before Alison's death, she constantly took advantage of others, manipulated people, and bullied anyone who she thought had a lower social status than she did. The "A Team" is still trying to get revenge on Alison, but doing it by torturing her friends and putting them in dangerous and mysterious situations. This T.V show has a twisted plot line, with a ton of revenge included and displayed throughout the episodes as the series goes on. In multiple of the episodes, Alison's ghost makes appearances in her friends lives at random times and tries to communicate and tell them things such as to hints or clues of information that could be useful.
Creepy, but still interestingly, Pretty Little Liars isn't the only media that has a ghost return and make interactions with the characters. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the ghost of Hamlet's father appears, and reveals that it was Hamlet's own uncle, Claudius, who has killed him and he must seek revenge.Claudius, soon after his brother's death, marries Hamlet's mother and makes Hamlet go mad with his planning of revenge. During his struggles to get back at his uncle, he accidentally kills the father of Laertes, Polonius, causing more problems to come his way. Now not only King Claudius wants to also get revenge on Hamlet, but Laertes does also. This play is filled with revenge around every corner of every page, and that is what helps us readers to find the reading to be enjoyable and exciting, because revenge creates an interesting story, making it easier for people like me to actually get into the story and feel more involved and curious to what is going to happen next.
http://www.examiner.com/article/shakespeare-fest-presents-hamlet-st-louis
http://publicvigil.blogspot.com/2010/10/hidden-catholic-meaning-of-hamlet.html
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