Tuesday, November 30, 2010

I Wanna Laptop!

Dear Mommy and Daddy,

    I promise I will get good grades on my report card, if you just get me this one thing for Christmas. A Laptop. It's all I really want. I don't even need anything else. Right now I can only imagine what I could do with my laptop, but I wouldn't have to imagine if I had it. I'd be able to actually watch new episodes of my T.V shows while doing homework! Since most of my homework is on the computer. I could surf the internet, if I have to do a major project I need to do research on, without even having to leave my comfy bed. Most importantly I wouldn't have to go on the computer on and off while trying to watch T.V, because I know that really bugs you.
      All you really need to do, is get the money and I could pick which one out, and the colour! No hassle!! Im thinking maybe a beautiful, sparkly, navy blue, that goes with my white walls in my room. It would look amazing on my wood desk.
     Trust me, you wouldn't have to hassle me about doing my homework, when my favourite show is on, because I would already be working on it. Life would be problem free, if only I had my laptop.  

You know you love me!                                
Alana

P.S. I know what really happened to Moms favourite sweater. Your not off the hook yet, Dad. (:

Friday, November 26, 2010

The Nerdy Boy Next Door.

Finding your soul mate is never easy. Maybe he’s the one you have most common with, or maybe he’s the cute next door neighbor you always thought was such a nerd. Either way sooner or later you will end up meeting him.
                Waking up for school has always been a hard problem for me. I just don’t seem to have as much “Chemistry” in school, than I do at the mall. But yet every morning I wake up, just for the ride to school.
                My eyes fluttered open as my radio alarm clock played “Waking up to love”. How Ironic is that? Walking down the stairs I heard voices by the door. Ryan was in the doorway facing my parents. I guess I’m more of a heavy sleeper than I thought.
“Oh my gosh! Ryan I’ll be quick, I promise!” I was very surprised, at how late I slept in. What I wasn’t surprised at, was the fact Ryan didn’t care that I looked like such a mess when I ran back upstairs. I browsed through my freakishly messy closet, found my favourite pair of black skin tight jeans, and threw on a soccer jersey, I bought at the Seasonal game. Looking through my make-up I found my black, sparkly, liquid eyeliner and applied it quickly but efficiently, applied some gloss then headed back downstairs. Ryan was still waiting at the door, as I grabbed some coco puffs, put them in a plastic baggy, ran to the front door closet and put on my Green converse shoes.  Finally when I was done, Ryan took my hand and led me to his shiny Blue sports car.
“I’m so sorry I overslept…” I started rambling on, but Ryan interrupted me.
“Don’t worry about it Mia. Oh and by the way, even if you did it quickly…I think you look beautiful.”
I was surprised at his compliment. We weren’t together, but we have always been best friends. “Oh… well thanks Ryan” I smiled the rest of the way to school. Even the smallest of compliment had made my day.
                The rest of the school day, I found myself daydreaming at things I never had before. I started writing hearts in my notebooks, and the letter R inside the hearts. That’s when I realized all these years I was dating guys I never cared about, while I hurt the one I actually loved. I could only imagine how agonizing it was to watch me with other guys, but always “Just the friend”. Well all that is going to change after school when I find Ryan by my locker.
“Hey Mia! How was your day today?” Ryan had a gleam in his bright baby-blue eyes.
“Wonderful Ryan…I have something I want to talk to you about on the car ride back to my house.” I couldn’t help but blush a bit.
“Okay sure, anything. Hahaha and why are you blushing?” His amazing smile, complimented his dark brown hair. His hair is short, but covers part of his eye. He is fairly tall, about 6”4, and I have always thought of him as “Just a friend”. Now I think different.
“Oh no reason, let’s just head to the car” I smiled a playful smile, took his hand, and led him towards his car.
Most of the car ride was silent. I couldn’t bring up the courage to tell him how I feel. Finally Ryan broke the silence, as he took a big intake of air and said “So, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?”
“Oh yeah…that. I don’t really know how to say this…” What was I supposed to say?! Should I come right out and say it? Or take the weenie route, lie, and tell him about something else.
“Yes….?” Ryan urged, looking at me cautiously.
“Okay truth is, I think I maybe, sort of, possibly love you.” *phew* It’s over. Weight lifted off my chest, but how would he react?
Ryan looked at me skeptically then asked cautiously “Are you lying to me? Did you have to do this for a dare? Or is this some twisted way of telling me to back off?” As Ryan rambled on other reasons for why I said it, I held his hand on the steering wheel, looked him in the eyes for only a moment, then whispered “Ryan, I honestly love you. May have taken me this long, but it is pure“.  I’m sure Ryan was waiting for me to laugh and say “Happy April Fools” But I didn’t. I felt the way I did, and if he didn’t feel the same, oh well. A Long silence went by till I finally spoke.
“If you don’t feel the same way, don’t worry about it.” I tried to sound as if I didn’t care how he felt, but anyone could see through my voice.
“Mia, I’ve felt the same way about you since the 2nd grade. I’ve watched others ask you out, and then hurt you. I sat on my bed wondering how many tears you cried, and debated with myself many times if I should beat those guys up. It’s you who I’ve cared about ever since that day.” We stopped at a red light, shared a moment of looking into each other’s eyes. I couldn’t help but shed one single tear as the light turned green. I know Ryan saw that tear run down my face, so I reassured him.
“Don’t worry Hun, they are happy tears. I’ve never heard anything as sweet as what you just said. I can’t believe I missed my prince charming, even though he was right in front of my eyes.” 1 Single tear, turned into 3, as I thought about all the times I passed Ryan on a way to a date.
“You’ve never called me Hun before, I like it. Do you maybe want to have a picnic instead of going to your house? You won’t have to worry about telling your parents, I’ll do it. I’ve memorized your house number.”
“I’d love to have a picnic. More than anything in the world”
For our picnic, Ryan bought us smoothies to drink, while walking along the beach. Finally we sat on the white, comfy sand, and just talked. Talked about how different this new relationship will be, if we even want it to happen, and all the times we’ve missed out. Every hour was going by quickly. Soon it was Sunset. We watched birds fly across the lake, sun gleaming off the blue water, as it slowly went down. Just as we were leaving, I stopped at the beach shoreline, turned to Ryan, and told him what was on my mind.
"I want to feel loved, and protected."
Ryan stuttered than whispered "Well, I’m loved, and I’m protected"
Confused I mumbled "Yes, but I was talking about me..."
He placed that amazing smile on, and said "Mia, don’t worry. I truly believe we are soul mates. We are almost one person, just being with each other. As long as you are with me, you don't have to worry about anything. I love you"
I blushed as he leaned into me, so close I could smell the heavenly scent of his cologne, and kissed me. We walked off towards the sunset, holding hands. The whole time those 3 words echoed through my head. "I love you"

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Mr. Lepri Chaun, The Rainbow Cleaner

        Skipping along the path of golden stones and oak trees, I never imagined I would make a living by cleaning rainbows. But yet here I am, using multicoloured sponges to clean this wonderful rainbow.
        Being the small lad that I am. I always seem to have the most luck. When I was in school I got teased because of how short I am. But my shortness always made the teachers love me more. Once I got out of school, I had already made enough friends to help me through the years. I have this one friend that works at a clothing store, which gets me discounts on my favourite type of green overalls that I always wear. Though I have many different pairs of the same coloured overalls, of course. I have dark brown hair, that I get cut at the Barber shop down the street where my other friend works.
         I have had very many jobs through the years such as working at a soup bistro, pizza palace, and I was always the short guy in many different plays. Working at these many jobs, I have managed to finally get enough pay to buy a cabin beside the lake. The cabin, is fairly out in the open, with few trees down the sides. Has a Neon Green roof, and is rainbow coloured. Flowers are planted in a garden at the front of the cabin, there are stairs coming from 2 different ways from the main deck into the house, and there is also another deck on the top floor from the master bedroom. I've had my eye on this cabin for quite some time, thinking there was something special about it. When I finally moved, I could spot right away what was so special. As you sit on the bright blue couch, against the white walls, and look through the window, you could spot a beautiful rainbow. The perfect time to spot this rainbow, is only 2 hours after sunrise.
        I woke up early one morning to the melody of the house phone. I sleepily reached over to the bedside table, picked up the cordless phone, and groggily answered with a long "hheelloo?" Of course, on a Saturday morning it had to be my landlord. But to my surprise he wasn't talking about the rent, he was talking about a job.
"How would you Mr.Chaun like to start a new job, as my rainbow cleaner?" The cheery voice asked.
"A job to clean the house? Wouldn't I already be doing so by owning the place?" I grumbled confused. Since my house is rainbow coloured, I figured thats what he was talking about. My house Stands out very much, which is why I love it so much.
"No, no, no, not a job to clean the house! Okay lets start from the beginning. Do you know the rainbow outside your window in the morning?"
Of course I knew the rainbow outside my window, I look at it every single morning. "Yes" I stated
"Well good, that is the rainbow I would like you to clean. You can collect money by going to the end of the rainbow, and grabbing the pot of gold. Fills up every month, for your monthly pay."

      What was I supposed to do? Say no to my landlord? After all I do need a job, and how hard is it to clean a rainbow? I soon found out later that morning after accepting the job.
        I tried to get to sleep after that weird phone call, but I couldn't. So I got up, grabbed a cup of hot chocolate, sat on the couch, and waited for the rainbow to come. As the sun has not yet rised, there were shadows from the trees and crows that hid in the darkness.  Sitting on the couch waiting for the rainbow felt like an eternity, so I went upstairs to my bedroom, and started writing on my whiteboard, planning how my schedule will look like. My whiteboard glows in the dark and stays on the bedroom wall for when I need to plan.
        By the time I finished planning and went downstairs, the rainbow was there. I went outside, stood on the deck, and tried to find out where the beginning of the rainbow was. I saw a path, that I don't remember was ever there. The path went from the deck stairs towards the rainbow, so I figured I should follow it. Lines of flowers followed the path and each time I walked a short distance, the path would grow longer and longer, as if by magic! Then finally I reached the rainbow which was on a grassy, green hill. I saw a bucket of water and different coloured sponges. There was one sponge for every colour of the rainbow, Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Although I figured this would be easy, I couldn't figure out how I stand on the rainbow. It always looks see-through when I look at it from afar. But then I saw the instructions. It gave me a head-ache thinking where the instructions might have come from, but I ignored the throbbing pain and read them: 1st Grab the red sponge, dip it in water, and begin cleaning the red stripe of the rainbow. You will see it's a solid stripe when something touches the surface. Therefore you will be able to walk on the rainbow and clean the rest. Do the same with all stripes each a little bit at a time, till you finish the whole rainbow.
         Once I was done reading the instructions I got to work. As I worked, I hummed the bars to "Wizard of Oz" to pass the time away. About an hour and a half later I was done, and followed the flower lined path to the cabin. When I got inside the cabin I checked my phone "No calls". Then went up to my red-walled bedroom to do some more planning. I stepped through the doorway only to see a bare wall. It was gone! My whiteboard was gone! It's not really something you lose, and besides it had my name on it: Lepri Chaun. What if someone stole it!!
          I searched the house high and low. It was nowhere to be found. I rushed to the darkness outside, to hear only crows in the distance. Then I saw it. The glow radiating off someones windows. Not afraid of where I might end up, I walked a quick, steady pace to the glowing. Walked up someones porch steps and saw my glow in the dark whiteboard in their house. I rapped hard on the door, wondering if frightening people lived inside. When the door opened I saw shock, but an eager smile.

"I told you the leprechaun would come out, if we took one of his prized possessions." The older gentlemen gloated to his wife and kids.
"Uhm, excuse me? I'm not a leprechaun, I just bought that cabin a few days ago actually. After I was done cleaning the rainbow and went back to my cabin, I realised my whiteboard was gone. I didn't lock the doors because I figured I wouldn't be gone a long while. Anyway, may I have it back?" I was very confused as to why they might have thought I was a leprechaun.
As if reading my thoughts the man stated "You wear green overalls, you clean a rainbow for work, you are a mighty short little fella, you picked the rainbow cabin even though there were others, your name is Lepri Chaun. (Saw it on the back of the whiteboard), you get much luck by getting very good pay at a job that seems so easy, and you always seem to be humming some sort of tune. I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure you are a leprechaun."
I didn't know what to say. It hit me like a ton of bricks. My parents are also short, they named me Lepri Chaun, and I've always have a fancy for rainbow things. I gasped then yelled "I'm a leprechaun!!"
The man stood in the doorway nodded his head up and down and asked very politely "Would you like to join us for a cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate? We will give you back your whiteboard, we are sorry we took it."
"I would love to join you, and I appreciate that you helped me realise the true me. I've always wondered why I was so different, and now I know. Hot Chocolate would be wonderful thank you. Us leprechauns love our chocolate." I smiled a huge smile as I walked through the doorway and sat on their plain old green couch.
      The rest of the night we talked about my life, how I have gone through the years being short, the things the family I just met does for a living, and how long we think we'll be living in these cabins. Because as long as we both live in the cabins we have decided to be friends.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

3 Years and Counting

June, 17

I am in Paris right now and let me tell you it is beautiful! You know those postcards you see of the Eiffel Tower? Up close is way better! I have traveled most of the world. Soon I will be able to cross "Travel the World" off my list. If you didn't get to hear the story you can now.

I was anxious to hear the results but very excited to find out what was wrong with me. As the doctor came in he was smiling. I didn't understand why, so I simply just asked. He said it was because I was going to die in 3 years, but why was he happy about that? It turns out they thought I was going to die sooner. I still didn't get what was wrong with me, but when I asked they said it was because of a very rare disease no one has ever heard of. When I asked them what it was called it was so hard to pronounce they had to sound it out. As I was walking home I made a list of what I was going to do before I died: Learn every language, travel the world, be famous for a day, have tons of money, skydive and scuba dive, run a marathon, own a pet pig and crocodile, eat a pickle, and lastly spend time with family and friends.

When I got home my mom was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said "Because you are going to die in 3 years" I told her this and I quote "Don't worry mom. I'm not worried. I just want to do all the things I've always wanted to do before I die. I've already done 2 things so I can cross them off my list." If you are wondering, the 2 things are "Travel around the world" and "learn every language" I learnt every language just by traveling the world so it helps a lot! Well I caught you up on my story back to real life.

September, 20

I am in Australia now. A kangaroo just passed me what a beautiful sight. I've already been here for 2 weeks and I think I saw everything I wanted to in Australia. That was the last place I had to go to. Next on my list is "Skydive and Scuba dive" I'll go skydiving tomorrow. It's time for bed good night!

September, 21

I think I literally peed my pants! I don't know if it was because I was laughing so hard because it was so much fun or because I was free falling from a plane. When I jumped out all I could think about was me and the sky, good thing I caught myself at the last minute otherwise I would've gone splat and never been alive for the rest of my 2 years. I pulled the parachute when I saw the other guy land, boy that was close. I also went scuba diving today it was really nice to see all the coral, the fish, and the weird signs under the water. Literally there were signs saying like "go this way to see the pink coral" It was so cool to see the different fish. Luckily there weren't any sharks otherwise I would've been dead ha ha. There are many dangers in the world I never even knew about, I could have died at any minute!

February, 14

Life as a superstar is great! One song at a karaoke club and you are famous for a day! I sang "These boots were made for walkin" I rocked It and made tons of money! I finally got to feel what it was like to have paparazzi following you for your autograph or picture. It sucks! But on the bright side that's 2 more things to cross off my list. So far I have done 5 out of 9 things on my list Catch me tomorrow to find out how this ends or at least tomorrow's day!

February, 19

Running is hard work! I have always, ALWAYS, hated running. I wanted to run in a marathon just like Terry Fox did but I am determined to go farther than him. Ha ha that will never happen because I do indeed hate running but I will still try and run in a mini marathon. I finished in 2nd last place but I never gave up. I guess that's what matters the most instead of winning. Well maybe winning counts a little :). I only have 1 year and 10 months left to go. I'm trying to be brave and not worry too much but I do care a lot that I could die any minute in 3 years well now only 1 year and 10 months. I still have to do 3 things left and the last one is the most important one of all. "Own a pet pig and crocodile, Eat a pickle, and my favourite, spend time with family and friends."

April, 6

For my breakfast I decided to eat a pickle so I can cross it off my list. It was very tasty, and now I am just about to go to the farm to find a pig and a crocodile. "That pig is $250 and the crocodile is $300." said the farmer. A little pricey but I can spend all my money I don't care that when I die no one gets my bill. It's nice. I built a fence when I got home, so Dudley (pig) and Cracker (crocodile) could have a good home. I got special mud. Well the dude said it was special but I don't think it was, and I also got a pond for Cracker. Who will look after them though when I'm gone? I guess my sister can or maybe my best friend Marney. Either way they will have a good home.

August, 20

My last thing on my list. I am with them right now. Friends and Family. I think at the moment I could care less about dying because I am with them. I realized I had drifted asleep and when I woke up everyone was looking at me. Even paramedics. I heard one say "she's dead." Is it true? am I really dead? I never knew how peaceful it was to die you get a really tingly feeling. It tickles. I don't know how I am writing this when I am dead but I hope you take this story to heart and live your days wisely.


If you are wondering what I did between those days I was simply at school at the University because school is important!



-Not best work. Made it when I was sort of rushed, couldn't think too much about it. But I put it on here because I needed another post. Not 24 hours, but 3 years.