Cousin

Little cousin,
I wish you saw your own talent
and potential and opportunity
the world is a pretty great place
for all that you will want to do.

Little cousin,
Don't give up on yourself
you're fantastic
and still so young.

Little cousin,
The world will be tough on you,
I have no doubt
but I know you'll be okay
because you're strong
whether or not you realize it.

Last day to live

If I had unlimited resources on my last day to live, I would do a lot of things. I would probably spend a big chunk of my day with my sister and a couple of my best friends. I'd go buy them anything they want and help them pay off any debt they have. I'd want to die knowing people around me are happy. Then, I'd go skydiving, four wheeling, tubing, and a lot of other things I either haven't gotten the chance to do, or like doing. Then I'd go to a sports game (Twins or Wild) with those people and make sure we have really great seats and just have a lot of fun. Then, after the game I might tell them what's going on and try to let as many people as I can know that I am thankful for them being in my life. At the end of the day, I would rent out a huge space and invite all my family (even fly them into town earlier if necessary) to a huge dinner party so that I'm the happiest when I have to die at the end of that day.

Memories & accomplishments.

• Being a role model for my cousin.
• Getting into all the colleges I've applied to so far.
• Getting my drivers license
• Working toward my boating license
• Road trips
• Helping my sister move in and out of her old apartment.
• West Coast family barbeques
• Summers
• Grad parties
• Fourth of July
• Backpacking 110km in Spain

Beach

waves
creep up
in between
my toes and rush
back down farther than
they were before, the tides
rush in and out, in and out
people stroll slowly down the beach
as if they have nowhere else to go
another calm day at the sunny beach

How ridiculous was I?

How ridiculous was I as an octopus for halloween when I was eight. My goofy costume kept twisting itself up as I marched up to doors as I was trick or treating. I'm guessing I looked totally silly. I would walk around and pretend I was about to drench someone by slapping water my tentacles. All the people who passed out candy stared out in amazement and applauded my mom for her creativity. It was clearly a hand sewn and stuffed costume. The blue and purple dyed sheets suggested that even halloween costumes could be semi-realistic. While most of the other kids were Pokemon or ghosts, I was flailing about in my creative octopus costume.

Acrostic Poem

Allie
Loves
Life
In between fun, challenges, and chances.
Even though
More
Often than not it is hard
Or seems impossible
Reedeming qualities of living and opportunity make
Everything work out in the end.

Changin' the world.

There are a lot of things I would do to change the world. First, I would make sure that there were multiple ways for EVERYONE to get the news in an unbiased way. News stations, newspapers, and basically everything we have is biased in some way. It'd be nice if we just had at least one source that laid it all out there so we could form our own opinions. This would make people a lot less ignorant. I realize that there's not a lot that can be done to reform the government so that there aren't so many power struggles between the houses, but I'd certainly try to figure out a way where everyone could more easily come to a decision. Then, I would fix the fact that so many extra things get tacked on to bills. Bills should be more straight to the point so that we have more getting either passed or failed without a bunch of "fine print" reading. Moving onto international affairs, I'd probably try to make people think more like John Lennon in the song Imagine. People should start thinking in terms of the human race instead of money, power, and personal goals. What's the point of having other people around if we aren't looking out for each other in the larger scheme of things? I think that would save us a ton of money because we wouldn't be spending so much money on war and defense and we could actually get to the root of the real problems. If we stopped kicking brick walls all the time, then we could actually help people get their needs met.