Their Imperious Actions

How many deaths happen in a year? 55.3 million world wide. How about people who commit suicide each year? 1 million world wide . That's a lot of people. And it's not as much as 55.3 million but if you think about it, 1 million is still a lot.

About 4,400 of them are young people. According to research, bully victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to commit suicide than non-victims. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people. That's pretty big if you think about it. Out of all the young people (18 and younger) who live in this world and suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death. Kind of mind-blowing right?

Take Destiny for example, one day she went home hoping to talk to her friends around the world on the internet. Except when she did, she wasn't expecting something so vile on her accounts. She received many threats and had been bullied over the internet. As time grew, she couldn't deal with it anymore. So as a result, she shut down all her accounts and lost contact with her best friends around the world. She later became depressed. She became more of an introvert and then after a while, she cut herself.

Many teens are depressed due to bullying. And they tend not to tell anyone because they're scared. Ms. Schwartz, a school counselor at HMS stated, "Some students have expressed they don't want to be known as a snitch, and others have feared the bullying may get worse." She also stated, "I have worked here for 16 years, so probably 100s [Of people that have reported bullying they've witnessed/experienced]" So out of the thousands and thousands of students from 6th to 8th grade at HMS throughout the 16 years, only 100s have reported bullying. This is a problem that should be solved. When victims of bullying don't report these incidents it can lead them to hurt themselves and/or commit suicide.

Suicide and cutting aren't the only way out of bullying. It might seem as if shutting yourself out and being an introvert is the only way to deal with this. It's not. Many people suggest trying to talk to a councilor about it. Or tell a teacher about who's bullying you. And if it's over the internet, block and report them.

✨🔱The Recognition of Them🔱✨

I am grateful for many things in life. For one I am grateful for my best friends who supported me. Well...there's only 3. Mya, Kailyn, and Audrey. Im so glad I have them in my life because I know that no matter what they'll be there for me and they'll support me no matter what. Another thing im grateful for is my little brother. Whenever I'm down he tends to cheer me up and make my day. And although he is annoying at times, I still love him. And when things get hard for me and I'm really close to giving up, I think about him and how he looks up to me. I think about how he sometimes dreams of becoming as "smart" as me when he grows up. I know that becuase I used to look up to my siblings like that. Anyways there's one last thing im grateful for. Im grateful for being me. When I was little I tried so hard to be like other people. To become as "great" as them and become the popular kid (I guess) and eventually I stopped trying and became me. It's stupid now that I think about it and I don't really know why I wanted to do that because I never really liked it. But I eventually stopped and just be who I want to be. A lot of people like me for who I am, even though I'm such a weirdo, but it's nice to stop trying and just express who I am. You know? Anyways those were the things I'm grateful for in life. 💙💚

The Joyful Butterfly

So my name is Vanessa D. And I don't really know why my parents chose this name for me but it's whatever. Usually they're very meticulous on what they name their children but then I guess they were just like "Hey, we don't know what to name this goddess child but let's just name her Vanessa because it's nice." And poof! A walking goddess. Anyways I looked up my name online and it means "Butterfly". And my last name means slender, joyful, and delightful. So I guess that mixes into a joyful, slender, butterfly. I tried to include my middle but when I searched it up, I couldn't find any deeper meaning. It just said that it was a shortened version of another name. And that's all it said. So I just stuck with not including my middle name. I kind of got interested in what my moms last name meant (because I took my dads last name) and I searched it up. It meant "stone-breaker". It's a derivative of marro, aka hammer. So yea. My name is Joyful Butterfly. And if I took my moms last name it would be Joyful Stone-Breaker or Joyful Hammer. It's pretty cool if you actually think about it.

Twisted Inside Twisted

⚠️Alert on the Book⚠️

If you're sensitive to certain topics like suicide then I probably wouldn't recommend this book due to the mention of someone considering suicide. 

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Twisted By Laurie Halse Anderson is a really great book. The way the main character, Tyler, thinks and the way he acts throughout the story is very "twisted." His family life at home with his sister, Hannah, and his parents. The way his dad is violent but his mom seems too scared to do anything about it. But that's not the point here. The point is how Tyler does something you probably wouldn't expect him to do.
In the beginning he did something illegal to the school building. And after that problem his consequences build up more and more and he has all these different kinds of thoughts on what to do about it. In the end he figures out what the real problem is and he tries to solve it. Of course all problems has difficulties included and Tyler seems to have many of them.
Meanwhile, his best friend, Yoda (That's his nickname) tries to help him out with Bethany Milbur, a crush of Tyler's. Things start to escalate as Tyler is seen as a suspect of an incident that occurred with Bethany at a party. After the word spreads around school, Bethany's brother, Chip, and his gang is at Tyler's throat.

(I apologize if the summary of the book sounds a bit confusing)

💙The Best and Most Fabulous Days Ever!!💚

One of the best days ever was when I met my friends, Kailyn and Mya. I remember meeting Kailyn in the summer around July. I remember asking if I could talk to her because I had no one to talk to. At first I can tell she wasn't really comfortable with it but she did it anyways. Then we started getting more and more comftorble with telling each other personal things. Soon we became the best of friends.
We Skype each other almost all the time. She likes to talk a lot and I don't really mind it because I'm more of an introverted person. Although sometimes she has lazy days in which she persuades me into doing all the talking and I do it. Anyways one day we were talking about our crushes and our friends and who we really trust and she mentioned a girl named Mya. She said she really trusted her and that she thinks we would like each other, and that we'd end up being good friends.
I spoke with Mya after that and we, surprisingly, had a lot in common. We both loved drawing and we had much passion in it. She got bullied at times by other people but me and Kailyn helped her out on that and made her feel better. Sometimes, rarely though, all three of us go in a Skype call and talk endlessly about who we like and what we like and sometimes we go weird and off-topic. Example: one time we were talking about what our crushes did and what we should do (You know, the usual) and then, I don't remember who specifically but, someone mentioned cookies and so we started talking about different kinds of cookies and what kind we did or didn't like.
We are all so very weird and interesting but I love them for that. I can trust them with anything and I think they feel the same as well. Whenever one of us are troubled the others help. It's a nice, calm, collective group of nice friends. I'm glad that I met them.
Anyways those (separate but amazing) days were the best days ever to me.

The Mystery Thief

"I couldn't believe it!" Stated an irritated 8th grader at Heritage Middle School. On the morning of October 20th many of the 8th grade students were angry because "majority of the money for the 8th grade Springfield trip was stolen." As stated by Ms.Hauer. It was also stated that the students could not attend the trip because of this incident. Many students seemed bitter, irritated and disappointed with this. One 8th grade student stated "It was upsetting to hear that we all paid 80$ just to have it stolen." No one knows why the thief did it but they do know that they cannot have a refund on their trip that they paid for.

When these students received this distressing message, it caused many people to worry. One witness reported that they saw and heard students accusing others of stealing the money. As the day went by students were starting to worry more, that is until the end of the school day came. When many 8th graders were in their last class of the day their teachers announced that the stolen money was false, and that it was only stated to prove that 8th graders blame each other for things they didn't do and that it shouldn't happen again. Many 8th graders were furious that the teachers used the field trip as an "example for this"

In the end the school just wanted to prove that pointing fingers was wrong and that people should get facts before they blame others. This is the perspicuous story on what happened on the breezy day of October 20th.

Throwback to Her Weird Memories

One of my favorite shows I loved to watch, growing up, was Wonder Pets. Not many people remember it, but I do. I remember sitting in front of the T.V. flipping through the channels and waiting to see them on the screen. I also remember how Tuck the Turtle was my favorite. Ling the Guinea Pig was my brothers favorite, and Ming-Ming the Duckling was my sisters favorite. They didn't understand why i liked Tuck, but I did. My siblings thought he was too clumsy but somehow tiny me could relate to him. I know it sounds a tad bit weird, but that was 7 or 8 years ago.
Some of my other favorite shows as a kid were The Teletubbies and Blue's Clues. Especially Blue's Clues though. It was a popular show, so many people knew what it was. Magenta was my favorite character. He only came up in a few episodes but when he did I was so hyped. Blue is my second favorite. But she was the main character in the show, which is why she didn't interest me as much as Magenta did. Anyways enough talking about those shows. Lets get into the books.
One of my favorite books of all time, as a child, was "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". I loved that book and read it almost every day. When my younger brother was 3 and i was 5, or so, I read him the book over and over again. He enjoyed it. And when we got older I re-read it to him and he played as the mouse and I ran around the house with the cookie. (It was actually an Oreo) Then my older sister introduced me into some chapter books like "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and such. I didnt really love it as much as the mouse with the cookie but I knew that i had to be a "big girl" and start reading bigger books so i could grow up to be smart like my other brother. But now I read bigger books like "WinterGirls" and "Speak". I plan on reading even BIGGER books, but thats for the future.
Anyways those were my WeIrD MeMoRiEs as a kid. Hope you enjoyed it. =3

Those Blogging Tips =)

The 2 blogging tips I'm going to work on is "Just Try It" and the "Use Images" tips.

          The reason why I chose to work on the "Just Try It" tip is because I tend to be afraid of what others think when I write these blogs. So I think I just need to work on that so I can boost my confidence on being more outgoing and write more on these blogs. But this doesn't mean I don't like to be criticized, because I love being criticized. It helps me understand what I need to fix in my blogs and/or writing. I sometimes make grammar or spelling mistakes and people correct me on them, which leads me to thinking how I can write it better than before. Critizing helps me learn more about how to be a good blogger, so criticize if you want to.
          I also want to work on my "Use Images" tip because I think that if I use images in my blogs it'll help the reader better understand what I'm trying to explain or express. It might also create a better perspective of the reader. Maybe it'll improve my perspective as well. But for all I know is that if I just try my best and include pictures it'll improve my blogging. So I'll try my best to improve on those two tips. 

The Heart-Shaped Island (Tavarua)

I would LOVE to go to Tavarua. I saw a picture of the island over the internet, but I only knew that it was located in Fiji, and I didn't know the name of it til last year. Last year, in 7th grade, we did this project thing where we had to pick a country and do a presentation on it. I picked Fiji because I heard a bunch of great things about it. I searched up of what it was about. I searched up about the government, the waterfalls, the different islands, etc. Since it was my chance in finiding the island name, I searched up "Heart-Shaped Island in Fiji" and the Tavarua website popped up! I read more about it and fell in love with the thought of going to that place. It's so interesting on so many levels and it gets me hyped every time I get on the thought that there's a possible chance in going to the island. There's this tradition over there where if a newcomer comes on the island the islanders have to dig up a hole up to about 3ft (I think). Then they put a bunch of raw food in it and cook it up for an hour. After that they have this HUGE feast for the celebration of new souls on their island. I think that's how it goes anyways. They cook up a bunch of food everywhere and it seems like they have great drinks as well. My favorite thing about Tavarua is that it's heart-shaped, and it's so gorgeous. I would totally recommend you would visit it. 💙💚

Looking 10 Years Into The Future

   My personal goal is to be myself and be able to pass high school and go to college. I want to be better at art and technology so I might attend some colleges related to those for a bit then move on to another college in which I get a job to help out people. I have a lot of choices to pick but I guess I'll end up somewhere where I'm helping someone.
          In 10 years I can see myself as a surgeon or a psychiatrist or maybe even be a part of the military. Whatever the job is, I hope I'll be helping someone out. Maybe in the 10 years I'd find my significant other. We would have a happy life together and I would want to enjoy my career. I wouldn't want my career to be too stressing or too complicated. I just want it to be simple. As goes for my life I don't want it to be too lonely or too full of people.
          I may be undecided on specific jobs because I have my heart set on helping people out but there are different jobs/ways on helping them so it's difficult to decide on which way I'm going to help them. In addition to my specific goals, maybe owning a bakery shop with my sister can be a side hobby of some sort. It was our dream to own a shop together, so I guess that's a nice addition.
          So that was how I see myself in 10 years. :)