Sounds in my day

The sound of an alarm clock
The sound of a light switch
The sound of running water
The sound of a closing door
The sound of footsteps
The sound of keys
The sound of a car starting
The sound of a car door shutting
The sound of birds
The sound of a school bell
The sound of teenagers talking
The sound of unzipping a backpack
The sound of teachers
The sound of writing
The sound of students in a parking lot
The sound of home
The sound of doing homework
The sound of people
The sound of cars
The sound of dogs barking
The sound of people getting ready for bed
The sound of sleep

Haiku

Here's a good poem:

Haikus are easy
They do not have to make sense
Refrigerator

My Favorite Movie

My favorite movie has to be "Dances with Wolves." It tells the story of a soldier who chooses to be stationed at a post in the middle of the country where there are no settlements. He does this because he wants to see the "frontier" before he dies. As he lives in the country he eventually meets up with an Indian tribe and becomes one of them. One of my favorite quotes from this movie:

"The strangeness of this life cannot be measured: in trying to produce my own death, I was elevated to the status of a living hero."

The Red Wheelbarrow

The Red Wheelbarrow
By William Carlos Williams


so much depends
upon a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.

I don't know why I like this poem but I do, it's simple and short. So it makes it easy to read.

Jealousy

"How do you know if you are going to die?"
I begged my mother.
We had been traveling for days.
With strange confidence she answered,
"When you can no longer make a fist"

-Making a fist, by Naomi Shihab Nye

This poem makes me jealous, I wish I could write like that, I wish I could express in words how this writer did.

My passion

My passion is the outdoors. My favorite thing to do is to go backpacking. In my spare time I'm always planning for the next trip. I try to go as often as I can. I just can't get enough of the high altittude and the fresh air. There's something awesome about being able to carry all the stuff you need for a weekend on your back. I guess that feeling is independence. Independence from other people, from society, from the world.
In the wilderness you have time to yourself, away from the noise of the world. There's time to just sit and think. And that's what I love about it.

Sleep, and my unconcious

There are two parts of the mind: The conscious, and the unconscious. It's easy to recognize my conscious thoughts. But my unconscious is different. It's hard to understand your really deep desired and such. In the old days, therapists would analyze your unconscious by learning about your dreams. I don't believe that there is any relationship between my desires and my dreams. But some dreams I wake up from and am dissapointed that I have to go through the day. I wish I could sleep all day.