Sparkle Words

1. Fun - Amusing, Witty, Lively
2. Pretty - Appealing, Charming, Elegant
3. Cool - Keen, Uninterested, Reserved
4. Paper - Card, Sheet, Tissue
5. Said - Narrated, Unwritten, Sounded
6. Look - Gaze, Glance, Peek
7. Talk - Encounter, Negotiate, Lecture
8. Quiet - Soft, Silent, Quiescent
9. Hear - Attend, Devour, Follow
10. Smell - Fragrance, Stench, Flavor
11. See - Gape, Notice, Glare
12. Touch - Impact, Push, Embrace
13. Call - Signal, Excuse, Alarm
14. Text - Manual, Scripture, Passage
15. Beautiful - Alluring, Angelic, Bewitching
16. Homework - Mission, Practice, Duty
17. Do - Arrange, Move, Undertake
18. Really - Actually, Absolutely, Easily
19. Nice - Fair, Lovely, Kind
20. Enjoy - Appreciate, Relish, Savor
21. Funny - Comical, Humorous, Hysterical
22. Alarm - Anxiety, Distress, Stress
23. Things - Stuff, Piece, Item
24. Food - Meal, Refreshment, Snack
25. Eat - Gorge, Digest, Pork out
26. Dinner - Main meal, Regale, Supper
27. Computer - Contraption, Instrument, Robot
28. Library - Reference center, Athenaeum, Bibliotheca
29. Math - Algebraic, Computative, Analytical
30. Biology - Morphology, Physics, Chemistry
31. Idea - Notion, Scheme, Solution
32. Think - Regard, Presume, Surmise
33. Procrastinate - Hesitate, Linger, Tarry
34. Problem - Dilemma, Predicament, Issue
35. Cook - Execute, Transort, Maneuver
36. Write - Engross, Formulate, Transcribe
37. Type -  Emblem, Symbol, Figure
38. Game - Distraction, Enterprise, Business
39. Share - Contribution, Fragment, Allowance
40. Shy - Demure, Modest, Introverted
41. Sweet - Honeyed, Clean, Savory
42. Salty - Alkaline, Brackish, Briny
43. Great - Ample, Immense, Tremendous
44. Nothing - Extinction, Oblivion, Void
45. First - Primordial, Rudimentary, Pristine
46. Shoe - Zori, Clog, Wing-tip
47. Clothes - Costume, Invest, Apparel
48. Shirt - Pullover, Tunic, Sark
49. Stop - Desistance, Control, Termination
50. Talk - Allocution, Declamation, Screed
51. List - Agenda, Census, Manifest
52. Clean - Faultless, Delicate, Hygienic
53. Restroom - Lavatory, Powder room, Throne
54. Watch - Contemplate, Scrutinize, Stare
55. Class - Estate, Club, Clique
56. Attention - Absorption, Debate, Intentness
57. Hard - Stiff, Adamantine, Indurated
58. Easy - Mere, Child's play, Accessible
59. No - Repudiation, Disclaimer, Antithesis
60. Yes - Indubitably, Granted, Definitely
61. Too - Additionally, Furthermore, Simultaneously
62. Face - Physiognomy, Simulacrum, Frontispiece
63. Comment - Gloss, Animadversion, Annotation
64. More - Expanded, Bounteous, Aggrandized
65. Less - Minor, Deficient, Diminished
66. Number - Prime, Googol, Folio
67. Shut - Imprision, Secure, Confine
68. Car - Hatchback, Conveyance, Bucket
69. Work - Opus, Travail, Moil
70. Internet - Hyperspace, Infobahn, ARPANET
71. Time - Stretch, Continuance, Chronology
72. Play - Idle away,Cavort, Disport
73. Start - Exit, Embarkation, Alpha
74. Read - Peruse, Unravel, Construe
75. Find - Attain, Obtain, Bonanza
76. Part - Branch, Meed, Moiety
77. Page - Side, Surface, Verso
78. Hope - Paradise, Castle in air, Utopia
79. Manage - Conduct, Preside, Captain
80. Right - Merited, Scrupulous, Virtuous
81. Left - Sinister, Forsaken, Larboard
82. Tomorrow - Millennium, Offing, Posterity
83. Today - Newfangled, Voguish, Contempo
84. Home - Roost, Sanctuary, Territory
85. Bus - Transport, Roadster, Wheels
86. Anything - Cipher, Zilch, Everything
87. With - Amidst, Betwixt, in dispersion through
88. Walk - Carriage, Promenade, Traipse
89. Please - Titillate, Tickle pink, Gratify
90. Joke - Antic, Tomfoolery, Vagary
91. Tired - Enervated, Narcoleptic, Broken down
92. Different - Incommensurable, Discrepant, Peculiar
93. New - Neoteric, Ultramodern, Spick-and-span
94. Wait - Interim, Anticipate, Tarry
95. All - Utter, Entire, Perfect
96. Want - Demand, Thirst, Hankering
97. Need - Urgency, Requisite, Exigency
98. Favorite - Especial, Cherished, Revered
99. Color - Hue, Chromism, Pigmentation
100. Lost - Astrayed, Forfeited, Irrevocable
101. Old - Enfeebled, Hoary, Superannuated

Childhood Book: The Giving Tree. By: Shel Silverstein

The opening line of this story is: Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.

Once there was a tree…and she loved a little boy. The little tree lived deep in the forest near a little village where the boy lived. Unlike the other little trees, she secretly loved a human and often did childish things to get the little boy’s attention. The tree loved the little boy’s gray eyes and the way the little boy’s light blond hair always seems to be messy and covered in mud. She loved how the little boy was always happy and smiling whenever he found something interesting to play with whenever he looks around the forest floor. The little tree wished she could be with the little boy and play with him because he was always enjoying himself. But all the little tree could do was rustle her leafs when the boy was in the other direction or when the boy was close she would drop a couple of her leafs on top of the boy. She would watch the little boy brush the leaf away and stare at her for a couple of minutes and smile. But the days after that the little boy stopped turning towards her direction and no matter what the little tree did, the boy did not look. She continued her efforts year after year until one day the boy stopped coming. The tree wanted to get up from her spot and find the little boy but she was rooted to the ground and instead she prayed that the boy would come back or let her become a human to find the little boy. The boy never came back and years went by without a single trace of him. The tree stopped praying. It was the usual year for the tree, Fall would come and change the color of her leafs, Winter was always mean to her and take away all her leafs, while Spring would encourage and mend her leafs. The tree was no longer the hopeful and playful tree she once was and stood in the hot summer sun thinking about rain. While thinking, the tree did not notice that a human had taken shelter in her shades. She was startled when something had leaned against her trunk and surprised to find that it was a human sleeping on her trunk. The tree did not know what to do. Should she wait for the human to wake up or do something to wake the human. She stood there contemplating which choice she should choose and decided to just leave the human alone. She just wanted to observe the human because she knew that she would not see another human ever again and if the human woke up, she would be alone again. It was when the sun was red, in the sky, when the human had awakened from his slumber and was preparing to leave. She saw for the first time the color of the human's eyes. Gray eyes, the tree thought. She looked at the boy's hair and it was a more defined dark blond color and a bit more cleaned compare to the little boy years ago.

'It's him' the tree thought.

She was not excited but she was not disappointed either...she was just shocked. She felt like she should be happy but at the same time she was a little angry. After so many years the boy had changed in appearance and she was not able to see the change throughout those years. Her thought was interrupted when the human searched the items he brought along with him and pulled out a small bell and hung it by the little branches above his head.

“I’ll come back tomorrow.” The human said leaving the tree behind

The tree was not sure if the human would really come the next day or he meant a couple more years until he returns. The tree fell asleep and decided to wait for the next day. The human did come as promised and he brought a little creature with him. The tree was happy to see the human but she was curious what and who his companion was since it was following him around.

“Buster, this is the tree that I told you about, don’t you think she pretty?”

His little companion gave a loud response to the human’s words and the tree was startled by the noise. Why was the little creature responding so loudly to the human’s words. The human turned towards the tree and introduced the creature to her.

“Hey, this is my dog, Buster, he is my special friend and I wanted to show you to him.”

She watched as the dog walked around her trunk and circled around on one part of the ground and slept. The human laughed calling the dog a silly creature. The human went over to Buster and kissed the dog on the head. He looked up at the tree and smiled. He whispered something to her. She did not hear what he said and wished she could talk to tell him to repeat it again but she had no mouth and was kept silent. The human woke the little creature and hung another bell onto one of her smaller branches. Then the human left the tree again. After that it seemed that every day was the same routine to the human and the tree. He would come back to her bringing along his little companion or sometimes without him but always leaving a small bell on one of her branches without fail. She was content with the presence of the human. She looked forward to every day and grew to love the human once again. The tree wanted to show the human that she loved him but she could not and it frustrated her. She could only watch as the human smiled at her and visit her. The summer was over and even though she could not tell the human she loved him, she was happy that things were the same way it used to be.

New Year's Anti Resolutions

1. I will not eat wasabi.
I do not like eating it with sushi and I do not appreciate it when someone tries to tell me to taste it when I already know the taste of it due to my brother putting a lot of it on the sushi he makes.

2. I will not eat any dessert that is fat free.
The taste is weird because sometimes its too sweet or its not sweet at all and it just taste bland.

3. I will not respond to sarcism.
I do and will respond to joking sarcism by smiling but any other sarcism other than joking would be ignored.

4. I will not order any other drink other than water in restaurants if they do not have sweet tea.
I just find the taste of the other drinks in restaurants weird and I'm just not in the mood for any other drinks other than water and sweet tea.

5. I will not go to any parties unless it is necessary for school or family.
I do not find any party fun or exciting and would prefer to stay home but if it is necessary for school and family events I would drag myself to the party and hope for the night to be over for that day.

6. I will not eat anything in IHOP.
My first experience in IHOP would be a memorable one which is also the reason why I strongly dislike ever going to that restaurant again.

7. I will not go bowling with anyone unless I cannot avoid it.
There are many reasons why I do not like bowling and I will only mention three reasons.
1. I have a horrible time rolling the ball in the right way.
2. I tend to get a lot of gutters.
3. There always a lot of people at the bowling rink which makes me nervous and tense.

8. I will not comment on any social network.
The reason why I will not comment is because I only log in for five minutes to check on a game then I log off.

9. I will not text anyone on the phone other than family members and close friends.
I tend to forget to text back and wouldn't want anyone to get mad at me if they expected a quick response.

10. I will not listen to any songs involving the little pony.Over the Christmas break I had to listen to my cousin replay the little pony song repetitively.