Marching Band

This week I have marching band practice Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These are the first practices since November. It feels kind of nice to be doing marching band again(: We are preparing to be in the Memorial Day parade. Our new section leader is my good friend Jacy. We have 4 new people in our section. One of them is named Harold and has a fro, I am excited about this. The eighth graders are so awkward and tiny lol. They all seem pretty nice, except for one that thinks they're the shit... We are only playing 2 easy songs which is good. We are also having a picnic after the parade to get to know people. So I am very happy for the parade and hope some of my friends come.

Netflix and Skins

I just got Netflix last Saturday and I am obsessed! But whenever iI get something new, I get obsessed with it and burn myself out on it then stop caring about it after a week or two. So as I was looking through movies and shows to put in my instant queue, I found Skins. As you may know, America has done its own version of he show on MTV. But the one I found was the original UK version. I have seen the American version, and its definitely not as good as the UK version. So I watched the whole first season in 2 days and I fell in love with the show. Its not like any other show we have here, it is way better than the American version. My favorite thing about the show is the variety of characters, dark humor and the cultural differences. There is a lot of drug use in the show, but its entertaining. My favorite character in the first season is Sid. He is the push over friend that always gets screwed over. But he is the nicest person on the show. He is really nerdy, awkward and cute. I am also almost done with the second season which is also great. I strongly recommend this show!

Kira Keck

Kira Keck is a junior at Linworth and Kilbourne. Her passions are art (fibers,comics), women's rights, literature (sci-fi, The Enchantress from the Stars, Abarat) and Star Trek. Her interests are Plushies (stuffed animals), 1960s American history, art, comics and Japanese culture. She is inspired by people who make comics because they are self-publishing and ambitious. For Walkabout, she wants to go abroad (possibly England) for one of them and stay here for the other. For the one here, she may want to work with a textile designer or go to Afailble  Light Theatre. Her favorite things about Linworth are the classes because of the variety and the discussion. She also likes the smallness of the school. Her plans after high school are going to a liberal arts or art school. She is considering Hampshire College or SCAD.  She favors depressing music,hipster music and 80s new wave music. She likes Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab for Cutie, Vampire Weekend, Simon and Garfunkle. Her favorite colors are purple because its "lovely" and grey. You may see her eating Indian or Vietnamese food. Or she may be eating Amul India or Jeni's Ice Cream. She enjoys watching TV shows such as Dexter, Star Trek and Project Runway. An interesting fact about Kira is as a child is that her parents only let her watch cartoons on PBS or video tape because of the commercials on regular TV. She also watched Montey Python as a kid.

DREAM Act

I think the DREAM Act is a great idea. I think that this will better our country in some ways and help undocumented immigrants coming to the country. The act states that they have to either have 2 years in military or in a college. The college is good because we will have more educated people and this will help the people that are coming over, especially if their home country doesn't have good schools. But it is good that they have the military option. Because some people may not be able to afford college or they may just not want to go. The military also gives them benefits and would pay for their college. So I think that the DREAM act is a wonderful idea and should be legalized.

Westboro at Kilbourne

Yeserday, May 10, the Kansas based Westboro Church was invited to speak at WKHS. WKHS said they invited them for educational value."I am very proud of my district for having the fortitude to invite these folks in to allow them to express their views but also to educate the children on why these views aren't correct," said Worthington Board of Education member David Bressman. He then talked about how this was a good thing to invite them because later on the students and teachers on why these people are nuts. I seriously think this is complete bull shit. This the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I happen to have a gay mother and find everything these people preach very offending and enraging. I know a lot of gays/bisexuals at Kilbourne and they had to have appalled by these visitors. I don't care about the bull shit reasons they have for inviting them, it is wrong in every way. I am so glad I wasn't there for these speakers.  Educating children about these bad people is great, but it is not the school's place to do it. 

Countdown till summer

I love going to Linworth everyday, but I am counting down each day till summer. I am really excited for this summer. Im going to LA again in July and I have a really big, fun party to go to the week before that. And since I have a lot more friends than I did last year, my days will hopefully consist of more things besides watch Spongebob with my dog. Then in August, band camp starts all over again. Most people would not look forward to 8 and 12 hour days in the blazing August sun and hanging out with the same people everyday. But I am excited for it! I think I will like marching band a lot more now that I know what Im doing. Im also happy I don't have to go to summer school this summer. I am also anticipating a possible Las Vegas trip with my dad this summer. Another thing I'm looking forward to is getting my temps in August. There are so many events and things I'm looking forward to this summer.

Osama Bin Landen

As we all know Osama has been killed by US Navy Seals. The fact people are celebrating a death is understandable but kinda barbaric. I think that the people who are celebrating they see it more as a symbolic thing instead of literal. I think they are celebrating that the leader of Al Qaeda is gone rather than a human life has been taken.
I think the fact that people think that his death will decrease terrorist attacks is stupid. There is no doubt that he has people lined up for when he dies. He is hated by alot of people, it would be stupid for him not to have a back up plan for if he gets killed. I also think that this will just make them angrier and more hostile. I mean, what are going to do? Kill every leader of the Al Qaeda forever?
I feel like they should release evidence of Osama being dead. Because whenever something big like this happens, some people automatically have doubts. I think this will help people that have doubts or don't believe he is dead. I personally would feel a lot better if evidence was released.