Life.

Sometimes life throws curve balls at you. and you just have to be prepared to hit them.

Right now, my heart is broken. I just wish I could go back to the way things used to be. When I was crazy in love, when I used to look at him and i would feel pure happiness and bliss. I wish I could feel something like I used to. I wish things were different and that my heart wouldn't hurt the way it does now. I want to be happy and i wanna feel something again. but i'm scared of letting go. I'm scared of not finding that special spark i had with him. I'm scared of falling in love again and giving my heart to someone else. It hurts so much. It also doesn't help that i will not be seeing him for a while. This distance will kill me and will only bring us further apart. So for right now we have to see where things go. Maybe this is what is meant to be. Maybe someone has something better planned for us. But right now i need him. and i need him more than i need anyone else. My heart has never hurt this bad. I just have to wait...

Challenge Check-in #3

After completing the challenge, my enhancement of the gothic has improved. I now understand what defines the gothic with in Cinderella. During the writing process I had some trouble putting my thoughts onto paper. Especially when it came to comparing and contrasting the film and the literature piece of Cinderella.

Blog Post #4 My Agent

My journey in discovering books began in elementary school. In 5^th grade I decided to take a class which involved being on the morning announcements therefore working in the library. When I got to school first thing I would do was rush to the library sign in and grab a stack full of books on the cart. I was in charge of putting the books away and I absolutely loved it. By the end of my rounds I would have about three or four books in my hand that I wanted to check out. That was the privilege of working there; I was always surrounded by books. And I would every so often come across one that caught my attention. If it wasn't for my outstanding librarian I would have never gotten this opportunity. Only ten students had been chosen from about 30 who had applied from the 5^th grade class. The fact that I worked there really taught me discipline and the discovery of the Goosebumps series. She doesn't know it but Ms. Cabrera taught me that books were a way into the mind and soul. Sometimes she would catch me opening the books and reading snippets instead of putting them away. She would give me this look but then would smile and I knew she was kinda happy that she gave me this opportunity to explore the wide range of books there. So for the opportunity she gave me I must thank her, where ever she is nowadays. 

Problem Statement

In The Walking Dead, survivors are constantly out running the disease ridden zombies as to prevent themselves from being infected. However, throughout the course of this show little has been done in order to eliminate this zombie apocalypse; including attempting to find a cure but not actually going through with it. With this problem, the fan base will soon begin to drop as views begin to realize that nothing is being done to solve the zombie disease. The unknown disease within the zombies continues to spread uncontrollably and dangerously. The zombies in The Walking Dead are a problem because they are continuously dropping the human population through the spread of the disease and deaths. Unfortunately, there is an unknown event that has led to the origin of the disease. The only ones involved in this situation are survivors who are trying not to become zombies themselves. This problem in The Walking Dead has, so far, only occurred in Georgia.

          This problem has had a variety of effects in The Walking Dead. There has been two specific ways the zombie apocalypse has effected the problem they are: directly and indirectly. As a result of this problem what directly has happened is the continuous spread of the disease also causing deaths of survivors. Survivors have also had to seek shelter and safety from the zombies in order not to become zombies; they have directly lost their regular lives. Indirectly the problem has resulted in low amount of food resources because of the low population in humans. There is also no electricity or any retail places also because survivors are in hiding from the disease. Zombies have taken over and have left absolutely no room for the humans.

          Solving this problem will definitely bring positive impacts to The Waling Dead. This problem needs to be solved in order to being humanity back. It needs to be solved in order to bring normality back into survivor’s lives and have them live in fear of this disease any more. It also needs to be solved because the zombies have been around for long enough causing the survivors to live with constant trauma and violence in their lives. This problem needs to come to an end as soon as possible. Currently, the only thing being done is having the characters move from place to place in order to avoid the more dangerous parts of the state of Georgia. However, here and there they do fight for their lives killing zombies. But most of the time they are hiding trying to solve other problems rather than solve the bigger problem. In order to solve this problem a large amount of survivors will need to come together to help find the most practical way of eliminating the zombies. Possible with just killing them all of as well as quarantine all survivors in order to help them start a new life. This will help the humans recreate the world they once knew by keeping the threat of what haunts them, away.

          The best way to go about solving this problem is being practical. That is just killing all the zombies off. Survivors can come together to form a group those goes up against these zombies daily. 

Proposal

Problem Statement:

• The spread of the unknown zombie disease in The Walking Dead continues to uncontrollably spread. Because of this uncontrollable disease many people are becoming infected and dying out. Many survivors have found a way to stick together to overcome this apocalypse.

Practical/Policy:

• A practical solution would be to find a way to easily eliminate the zombies potentially just killing them. Survivors can find a way to slowly kill them off using their weapons and defenses.

Research:

• A research solution would be to skillfully have scientists study their genes and DNA. As well as trace the way this disease began and how it advances over time in order to lead them to a cure for the disease.

Media: 

• People can begin a group that helps eliminate these zombies. The group can advertise themselves by putting up hand written signs to meet in one specific place in order to come together to find a solution.

Challenge Check-In #2

To: Mikayla Beaudrie

From: Nicole Acosta

Date: July 27th 2014

Subject: Challenge Check-In #2

I am in the process of reading Cinderella by the Grimm Brothers.

Blog #3

The Notebook for me has always created this set of emotions that I have never been able to understand. From anger to passion to all other emotions imaginable. This movie for has touched me in so many ways possible.The scene I've decided to choose is from my favorite movie The Notebook. This is one of my favorite scenes too. In this scene Allie has decided that spending the weekend was wring with Noah while getting in her car before leaving his house Noah beings to ask her what she wants. And she responds that its not as simple as it seems in this scene Noah tells her to stop thinking about what other people what and to think about what she wants and how she wants to be happy. All he wants form her is to be happy. Then he recites my favorite quote from the movie/book, "So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.” Because he wants nothing else than to spend the rest of his life like those weekends they had.

In this scene I remember feeling my heart swell at that beautiful moment that Noah confessed what he wanted even if it took hard work and dedication. I felt the love that radiated through them. The pull towards eachother that they could never deny. This scene made me feel like love is possible. Finding that special someone that fit with you like a puzzle piece is real. It also made me realize that even when you lose someone if they come back then it was meant to be because that magnetic pull towards one another is fate. I also learned from this scene that when you want something you must strive for it and dive in it like if it was your life and to never give up on what you want. Noah fought for Alli becaseu he wanted her to be his. This movie has touched me in so many way but this scene particularly did it for me.