Best Of '14

During a class today we were discussing ideas of what we should put into the magazine and one of the questions was 'what was the best thing that happened to you in the year of 2014?' I know my story wont be put into the magazine so i decided to share it on here. Well, once upon a time i didn't have very much friends to hang out with. My daily routine was coming home, sleep, eat, homework, and practice music. My mom wasn't home very often and still isn't home very often. I was alone and felt like i was stuck being alone. Until someone came along, actually no, a few people came along. A friend at the time(now best friend, who new?) asked me if i'd like to go out and have a bon fire with friends and I can play guitar. The bon fire was fantastic, we all started hanging out more and i wasn't home alone as much as i was. That friend group that i connected with change me and changed my life. I have never hung out with anyone as much as i did with them. And i think the connection we all had was just incredible. That to me was the best thing that happened to me in 2014 aside from meeting way many other people. Thank  you for taking the time to read this and i hope you all share your stories.

What are we talking about?

Hmm.. I know people don't all talk about the same thing unless its about relationships, whats happening with the economy, or just plain old boring, annoying, and hardworking thing we all call school. But we all don't talk about this stuff with everyone because not everyone agrees with you and it would piss us off. That is just why nowadays we have 'groups' yes, group of friends that we have an only talk to unless we are forced to talk to these other people. To actually get people to get meaning and understanding in one place without getting annoyed is by not arguing with what they think! Yes you do think a different way but that doesn't mean other people cant. We learn things a bit better that way. Don't just disagree and not listen to any other word they say but get in there shoes and listen to there perspective, don't be like a religious person saying you need to pray to god everyday and always pay attention to him and always trying to get other people to do that. Our daily interactions with each other can always teach us even the smallest things.

Vocab: list #7

Pratfall- a fall onto someones buttocks
Bewilderingly- be wilder ed manner
Titillation- a tingling feeling or excitement( as from teasing or tickling)
Theremin- an electric musical instrument
Tabloids- a newspaper having pages half the size of those of a standard newspaper, typically popular in style and dominated by photographs
Centrifuge- a machine with a rapidly rotating container that applies centrifugal forces to its contents, typically to separate fluids of different or liquids to solids
Haltingly- in a halting manner
Probing- physically or explore or examine(something) with the hands or and instrument
Stagnant- (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell
Cacophony- a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

Vocab: Fall list #5

Adroit- clever or skillful in using hands or mind
Amicable- having a spirit of friendliness
Adverse- preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable
Belligerent- hostile and aggressive
Benevolent- well meaning and kindly
Cursory- hasty and therefore not through or detailed
Duplicity- Deceitfulness; double dealing
Extol- praise enthusiastically
Feasible- possible to do easily or conveniently
Grimace- an ugly, twisted expression on a persons face
Holocaust- destruction or slaughter on a amass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war
Impervious- not allowing fluid to pass through
Impetus- the force or energy with which a body moves
Jeopardy- danger or loss, harm, or failure
Meticulous- showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
Nostalgia- a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past
Retrogress- go back to an earlier state, typically a worst one
Sensitize- examine or inspect close and thoroughly
Tepid- (especially of a liquid) on a slightly warm

Vocab: Fall list #4

Melancholy- a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolong
Exemplary- worthy of imitation; commendable
Pecula
Dread- to be in terror of
Bough- a tree branch, especially large or main branch
Pious- religious reference
Communion- act of instance or sharing, as of thoughts or feelings
Auditor- hears or listens
Multitude- a great, indefinite number
Eloquence- Persuasive or powerful discourse
Despair- to separate
Hoary- gray or white with or as if with age

Vocab: Fall list #3

Coherent- logically connected
Belabor- to explain in great detail
Eschew- to shun, avoid
Acquisitive- Acquire money or material
Emulate- to imitate with effort to equal or surpass
Banal- devoid or freshness
Excoriation- to denounce severely
Congeal- change from a soft state to a solid state
Carping- characterized by petulant faultfinding
Substantiate- to establish by proof
Temporize- to be indecisive or evasive to change time
Largesse- the general bestowal for gifts, favor, or money
Tenable- capable or being defended, against attack
Insatiable- Incapable of being satisfied or appease
Reconnaissance- To inspect, observe
Germane- closely or significantly related
Ramify- spread out into branches
Intransigent- refusing to agree
Taciturn- inclined to silence,speaking little

Vocab: Fall list #2

Intercede-to interfere on behalf of
Hackneyed-lacking significance due to over usage
Approbation-approval  or praise
Innuendo- a remark or hint that is given, typically suggested
Coalition-A temporary alliance to combine forces
Elicit-to evoke an answer from a person in response  ones own actions
Hiatus- a pause or a gap
Assuage- to make an unpleasant feeling less intense
Decadence-luxurious self indulgence
Expostulate-To express strong disapproval
Simulate- to imitate the experience of
Jaded- tired or bored
Umbrage- offense or annoyance
Prerogative- right reserved for one exclusive class
Lurid- very vivid color
Transcend- to go beyond limits
Provincial- Concerning a province of an empire
Petulant- childish or sulky
Unctuous- Excessively oily
Meritorious- deserving reward or praise

Vocab: Fall list #1

adumbrate-report or represent in outline
apotheosis- The highest point in the development of something
ascetic-characterized by or suggesting the practicing of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
bauble- a small,show trinket or decoration
beguile-a charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way
burgeon-begin to grow or increase rapidly, flourish
complement-A thing that completes or brings to perfection
contumacious-stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority
curmudgeon-A bad tempered or surly person
didactic-intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

FAHRENHEIT 451

On the Wikipedia page of Fahrenheit 451 one of the things I think will be very important to reading the book will be, Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature it gets to to burn a book? That is interesting. And this was written in the McCarthy era? When the United States had threats of book burning. And i think maybe another thing is it was written in the year 1953 so maybe part of this book will be boring! And lastly Ray Bradbury has one a lot of awards after this so maybe it just wont be that bad.

FAHRENHEIT 451 FIRST IMPRESSIONS

From what i think and see in the cover of Fahrenheit 451, i think the fireman Guy Montag burns stuff for a living but then finds a turning point that he didn't think would ever occur. I think the main message or theme of the story will be, maybe you thought things were just going to be the same from there on, things wouldn't turn away because you say to yourself,"well maybe this is all it is.... all its gonna be." You never know what will come your way in the future.