Christmas

Christmas used to be the best day of the year when I was younger. I looked forward to playing with all of my toys or my new game systems. I would stay up playing with the gifts that I got for Christmas. I would ask for absolutely anything and I would get it. My family used to put up a Christmas tree and place wrapped presents underneath the tree. There was a movie that I watched on TBS called A Christmas Story. It came on every Christmas for 24 hours straight. I was able to watch this because I had cable. I also was not obligated to give anyone any presents because I was so young. But now, everything is different. I no longer have cable so I can no longer continue the tradition of watching A Christmas Story. This year for Christmas, I'm getting 300 dollars. With this money, I have to buy my mom a gift, my two sisters a gift and myself a gift. There is not going to be any joy on Christmas day. I won't be opening any wrapped gifts. There is no Christmas tree to light up. My mom also used to cook on Christmas. But, that's over too. So, this year Christmas is just going to be a ordinary day. I think it's because I'm getting older. Getting older sucks. 

Zolar

I have a class called contemporary global issues with Mr.Zolar. It's an elective class where we just talk about certain issues we may face in today's society. I don't really like it because it's with a bunch of 10th graders I think, and it's 1st period. However, I do like how in class all we do is have discussions about life. We talk about certain situations that would assist us after high school life which is really rare in school these days. So at the same time, I really like the class. BUT, we have to do a two paragraph analysis every week based off different articles. That is really annoying, BUT, we watched the movie World War Z and it was pretty good. The ending was horrible though. The main character infected himself with a random disease to be camoflauged with the zombies because they only go after healthy blood. I don't see how you infect yourself with a disease, and then move on with your life. Then, other people around the world infected themselves with something, and this was there solution to the problem. There was no explanation to what they were infecting themselves with, but whatever. Anyways, Mr.Zolar hasn't been here for the past three days. I'm excited about that because I don't really like him. Hopefully he is ok though because he is human tooo. He's been giving me 70's since 9th grade, even though I'm doing all of my work. It's cool though, he makes me laugh every morning talking about his cousins, and random conspiracies. I have mixed feelings about this class.b

Nintendo World

Yesterday, I went downtown with a couple of friends to eat and hang out. We went to five guys to eat and the burgers and fries were delicious as usual. We also got free drinks because we're cool like that. Anyways, after eating, we went to Nintendo World to play Just Dance. We played 5 games and it was really fun. I won all 5 games. One of my friends was jealous because they can't dance as good as I can. Before we started dancing he was talking so much smack saying that he could beat me. After the 3rd loss he didn't want to leave Nintendo World until he won 1 game. So I continued to play and continued to beat him time after time. Then he wanted to play Mario Kart which I never played before. However, he plays it at home all the time. And he beat me twice so now he is holding that against me. Anyways, Just Dance is a really fun game. It is also a very good work out. The first time I played Just Dance I realized that I was out of shape. But it is really fun when you see that you are dancing better than people. Finally, Just Dance is very fun, exciting and look forward to playing it again someday. 

Today's Class

Today in class, the students had to present and break down a certain chunk from the book "Fahrenheit 451". Though my group did not get to present today, I found this assignment to be difficult. It was hard for me to break down my assigned chunk with my group. By the end of the class, the group knew and could summarize the chunk we were given. But, I was frustrated that I couldn't do it on my own. And I know that I wasn't the only one struggling because some of the groups that presented didn't do so well. I hope mine does well tomorrow even though my only job will be reading the text and making the annotations on the computer. The entire lesson was about annotating the text and breaking it down so you know what is going on. I struggled with this which was a wake up call for me. Even though I am considered college ready, I don't believe I am ready for college since I can't break down a high school text independently. I'm not worried though, I'll manage. Hopefully by next year, I'll be able to break down difficult texts on my own. 

The gym

Today was the first day that I went to the gym. I've never felt so much pain in a long time. I was struggling to do everything. I mean that was the reason that I was at the gym. I need and want to become stronger. But my god, I know it's difficult, but I was doing the easiest things and was still struggling. After lifting weights I couldn't even put my arms straight. I still can't put my arms straight this very moment. And today was just arms and chest day. Tomorrow is leg day... I was told that hurts even more. I might not be able to walk after tomorrow. I always knew that I was weak and skinny. But after seeing what other people can do, and seeing what I can do, I have to make a change. People have been making jokes for too long about me being skinny. Hopefully it'll all be worth it when I look even better then I do now in multiple months. And I look pretty good now so... I'm gonna be just gorgeous. The only thing bad about trying to work out, is that I have to watch what I eat. And I love to eat so this might be a problem. But it's whatever, I'm looking forward to feeling the pain tomorrow.. I guess

School

My name is Devonte and I am a 17 year old male who lives in Harlem. I am not going to share much information about myself because I am not comfortable with that. Anyways, I'm not very excited about this school year. I don't see why people are so hype about being a senior. All I see it as is another year of high school. It's another year of being told to do things you don't want do. School just takes up so much of your time especially as a senior. As addition to school work you have to write college essays, study for sat's, apply to colleges, financial aid and scholarships.This very moment, I could be trying to sleep, but instead, I have to write a blog about myself so I can get a grade. I hate school, and not just because of the work, but because of some people. But I won't get into that because I think students can read this blog also. I just want to chill with my real friends, and play/listen to my music in peace. I can't do that in school because a lot of students just scream all day and do stupid things. It's annoying, and it's frustrating that I have to go through it so I can do what I want to do in life. I'm tired of this... But I have to deal with it.