Describe Your All-Time Best Experience With Either Preparing Or Consuming Food.

I remember when I went to the “Grand Lux Café” for the first time; they had some of the best food I’ve tasted in a long time. I ordered a well done steak with a bake potato and a molten chocolate cake with a strawberry daiquiri. When I started to cut my steak it was so tender that the knife slid right through it and it fell right off the bone. When I finally took a bite it was so good I felt like it was perfectly made just for me. It had all the right seasoning, it wasn’t too hot or too cold when they brought it to me and it was so juicy and had such a good after taste that I didn’t even need A1 sauce. When I was done with my delicious steak I had dessert. For dessert I ordered a molten chocolate cake which was great as well. Chocolate cake is my favorite and I was at a new restaurant so I was skeptical about getting it but I was glad I did. When they brought it to me it was so pretty, they decorated it like it was my birthday which made me even more eager to eat it. When I took a bite of it-it was so delicious I started to eat slow so I could savor the moment I even ordered another piece to go because it was too good to just eat one day. After eating my dinner and desert I topped it off with a strawberry daiquiri which was also good and I went home with a full belly and a satisfied smile and til’ this day I will never forget that time and I can’t wait to go back.

Where Would You Most Like To Go Today If You Could?

If I could go anywhere for just today I would go to the spa, even though the week has not ended yet it’s been a very long week for me. School has me stressed out, searching for colleges are a burden, babysitting my sisters is a handful and I’m still trying to keep up my social life. It’s hard trying to manage more than one thing in your life without dropping one. I can’t drop school because my mom would kill me. I can’t stop looking for the right college because I need to start somewhere or I’ll just graduate and still be at home. I can’t stop babysitting my sisters because there’s no one else to do it but me. I definitely can’t drop my social life because I would lose myself I get a few hours of enjoyment out of my week so if I lose that I’ll have nothing. So a spa day would feel like heaven to me, I’m sure that it would be peaceful and relaxing. I just want to be pampered; I want to have someone cater to me instead of me caring for everyone. Having just one day at the spa would be one of the best days of my life. There would be no stress from school, no searching for colleges, no babysitting, and no social life just me, myself and I.

How Have You Changed Since Last Year?

A way I’ve changed since last year is being more social. Last year I kept to myself a lot, instead of staying with my friends after school I would go straight home to do nothing and when people invited me places I never went. I was so anti-social because at some point I didn’t think I would fit in. I waited all the way until my fourth year in high school to notice I had good friends that accepted me and wanted to be around me. I also feel that I started to have more school spirit this year. I joined the cheerleading team, went to the homecoming game and also represented Curie at pep rally. In my previous years I was a “nobody” in school my teachers couldn’t even remember who I was because I was so quiet and I just went with the flow. This year I could walk in the hallway and see my teachers and they’re always smiling and saying hello. A lot of people are saying I finally came out of my shell and I think it’s because I have so many people around me that appreciate me and I just had to start noticing it myself.

How Are You Friendly or Unfriendly? What Seems To Make The Difference In The Way You Act?

I’m friendly when I’m around positive people. I believe that when the people around you are positive it makes you want to be positive. I’m also friendly around goofy people because I can be really goofy at times. I like to have fun so I like people who like to have fun. I attract interesting people that are friendly and like to do fun things without negative energy. When I have food I’m friendly too because I love to eat. If you give me good food I’ll become your best friend because food is like the key to my heart. The only time that I become unfriendly is when I’m around people that are negative or have attitudes all the time. I know that everyone has bad days but you shouldn’t let everyday be a bad one. I live by the philosophy that life is too short so you might as well live it. I must admit that I do have a attitude problem though. It could be the littlest thing that just turns my on button off because I have a short temper and low tolerance for some people. I could be the nicest person but if you do something that I feel is wrong I turn into a different person. The main things that make me change my whole demeanor is when someone tells a lie or dislikes me for no reason.  Throughout my life I’ve had to deal with that so many times that I have no tolerance for it. I feel that a liar is a cheater and a cheater is a thief and I just don’t like people like that in my presence. I also hate when a person dislikes me for no reason. I don’t understand how someone could dislike another person when they haven’t even got a chance to actually know the person but that happens frequently in my life.

What Are You Working Toward This Year?

This year I’m working towards getting straight A’s, graduating from high school, going to a decent college and moving out of my mom’s house. The thing that I’m working towards the most is moving out of my mom’s house because I feel that it’s nothing like having your own space, your own rules and being able to just worry about yourself for once. I know living on my own would be harder than living with my mom because I’ll have more responsibilities but I’m willing to work for it. I feel that my mom has worked hard for seventeen years so it’s my turn to take responsibility for myself. I’m working towards getting all A’s because I haven’t had straight A’s since 6^th grade and that was 6 years ago, so I think this year will be my year to shine again. I’m working towards graduating from high school because I’ve been here four years too long. My freshmen year I was so excited to be here now I feel that I have out grown Curie. I think that when I graduate I won’t miss or reminisce because these four years have been dreadful. I’m also working towards going to a decent college, preferably a four year college. Even though I am tired of school I have big dreams that I want to turn into reality so I know college is my only way. Hopefully all of the things I’m working towards get accomplished because right now all they are-are goals that I’m working on changing.

Insecurity, The Enemy In Me

You make me hide
Behind my fear
Of being so inadequate.
You work your silent
Magic to
Destroy all my relationships.
You find my weakness,
Bring it forward,
Displayed for me to see.
And in my fear,
I'm paranoid
That others see and flee.
I could have love
And friendships true,
But you cast doubt on those.
You show me all
My cons that aren't,
And hide me from my pros.
I think that I
Am who's at fault;
That I can never be
As good as what
I think I should.
You're the enemy in me!
But just like with
Any war,
Winning half the fight
Is knowing who
And knowing where
Your enemy hides in night.
I recognize
Just what you are
And how your lies affect me,
And I will not
Give in today
To you, my adversary!
I am above
Your petty lies
And falsehoods which you show me.
I am human.
Mistakes are human,
So go and let me be!
I, in myself,
Am good enough
For love and happiness.
I can make
Others happy
And rise above all this!
I am satisfied
With me and
Others will be too,
And you can't lay
Your hand on me,
So go hide in the loo!
Oh, destroyer of
Close relationships,
Wall that shrinks from love,
Starter of
All arguments,
Of wars, and push and shove,
Be gone from me,
And don't come back,
So wily and so witty!
You no longer
Rule my life,
Foul Insecurity!

-Davide Young

• The poem "Insecurity, The Enemy In Me" , is about a person trying to fight their insecurities. It states how their insecurities has caused them to miss out on so many things in life because they are so worried about what the next person might think of them. The writer is also stating how their insecurites make them believe that if they show the real side of them then they won't be accepted by others
• The thing that caught my eye in this poem is when the writer says "You show me all my cons that aren't and hide me from my pros" this caught my attention because I feel that this is a very strong quote. A lot of people focus on their flaws so much that it starts to ruin them and thats all because of insecurities. Insecurities play a big role in a person's life because having insecurites about yourself could make you have false accusations about the people around you.
• I can relate to this because I had a lot of insecurites and I couldn't let them go until I begin to lose people I really cared about. Just like the writer in the poem I got to the point where I had to just let my insecurites go and no longer let it take control of my life.

Waiting For You

I don't mean to be unhappy, I yearn for joy in my life, too.
But when your heart is bleeding, how can the sky seem blue?

Despite my jaded heart, I am human, and I know that I need love, too.
But you see, my soul is different from all the rest,
and through it all, I taught myself to never settle for less.
Even if that means a lifetime of loneliness,
I know I deserve nothing but the best.

Still, I have to wonder if I am saving myself from heartache
by denying that I have any emotions?
Or am I spiraling down a path of self-destruction and deprivation?

Longing for love, but too afraid to feel it...
Aching to be touched, but unwilling to show it...

All I want is someone real to come and set my soul free.
I need someone who can intrigue me,
and that's not about playing games,
cause, frankly, that's not my style.So if you think you are the one, then stick around for a while.
I have a lot to offer, so many things to bring to the table.
And when I find that special person,
I will be more than willing, and, oh, so able
to fulfill all your deepest desires, and make you feel like a King,
as long as you see me through this dark tunnel of numbness,
and treat me like your Queen...

-Jessika Joy Janusak

• This poem "Waiting For You" is about a woman wanting to be loved but refusing to settle for anything that comes her way. She describes her flaws but wants someone who will accept them. In the poem she describes the man she wants and how grateful she would be if she ever finds this "dream guy".
• The thing that caught my attention in the poem is when she says "Even if that means a lifetime of loneliness I know I deserve the best". This caught my attention because a lot of people look for love not caring what kind of love it is but I feel just like the writer. I wouldn't settle for something just because I want it, I'd rather wait and have someone that is made for me than to rush something and end up unhappy.
• I can relate to this poem because I feel that I am a very reasonable person but I'm different from everyone else. I believe and soulmates and I feel that its someone for everyone but you have to be willing to be patient.

Husbands and Wives

Two broken hearts lonely looking houses

Where nobody lives

Two people each having so much pride inside

Neither side forgives

Angry words spoken in haste

Such a waste of two lives

Its my belief

Pride is the chief cause in the decline

In the number of husbands and wives

A woman and a man

A man and a woman

Some can and some can't and some can't…

-Neil Diamond

• The poem "Husbands and Wives" is about a couple being in a troubled relationship. It explains how people could be so caught up in trying to be right that they dont try to make the situation better. It also states how a person could have some much pride that they lose themselves and lose each other and in the end its a lose-lose situation.
•  The thing that caught my attention in this poem is when the writer says "two people with so much pride inside, neither side forgives". This caught my attention because it is so true. So many people focus so much on the bad things in a relationship insted of cherishing the good moments.
• I can relate to this poem because I'm in a relationship now where we argue and half the time the argument could've been prevented but we're so caught up in being the right one instead of the reasonable one or the one thats willing to be wrong to make things right. In my relationship pride plays a big part and its the evil part of our relationship that we cant get rid of. Like my relationship there are some people that can overcome pride then there are some who let it ruin them.