Keepsake

To give you the background of my most valuable keepsake it is from my grandmother, who I am named after. I have always had a close bond with all my grandparents, but with her it is a very different type of bond. Needless to say, she has thirteen grandchildren all together and I am the only one that has gotten anything with so much meaning. As I have gotten older she has started to give me pieces of jewelry that mean something to her. She gave me a gold bracelet right before graduation ,with Charlotte written on it, that she received when she was about to graduate high school as well. My most valuable keepsake would be the rings my she gave me, which were her mothers engagement ring and wedding band. The wedding band is engraved with her parents initials and the year in which they were married. I wore them as a necklace because they were a little big and didn't want to loose them. I wear them daily and could never let anything happen to them because I know how much they mean to her and now what they mean to me.

favorite food

I would have to say that my favorite food is chicken. I am a very picky eater and am not outgoing when it comes to trying new foods, cause who wants to buy something that they aren't sure they are going to like. I eat chicken about four or five times a week, whether it be by itself or mixed in a casserole. All my family and friends know that if I am coming over and they are cooking chicken, pretty much any way, I will be happy. I've loved chicken ever since I can remember. I want to say my obsession started with McDonald's and has just progressed over the years.

Things that annoy me

1. People that drive slow in the fast lane
2.  People that drag their feet
3.  People that smack or chew with their mouth open
4.  Restaurants that charge extra for substitutes
5. People that interrupt a conversation
6. Children who are disrespectful or don't have manners
7. Adults that show no respect to kids/teens but expect to receive it
8. When people say they are going to do one thing and then don't or do the complete opposite (people that lie)
9.  People who cheat in relationships
10. laying in bed about to go to sleep and remember you have to get up and do something


Out of the many thing that annoy me I would have to say one thing that bothers me the most is when people cheat. Most of the time you are with them because they make you happy not just to be with them, if there is a point when they aren't making you happy then you should just end it right then and there. Many people use the excuse I was drunk, which from my point of view their is no excuse for it, but when people use that excuse it is bull. When you are drinking you know exactly what you are doing and you know what situation you are putting yourself into, you may not care, but you still understand what is going on. I just think it is disrespectful and insulting to the person you are cheating on. You should care about them enough or have enough decency to let them know how you are felling and if you don't you probably should have never been with them in the first place. I have a lot of pet peeves but cheating is just a big one that really bothers me no matter the person that it is happening to .

My Hometown

I have lived in the same town all of my life and only lived in two different houses throughout out my life. It is a small town called Slapout, Alabama better known as Holtville or Deatsville. Slapout got its name because a long time back there was only one store and if people would come and ask if they had something the owner would say "We are slap out of it". There are no red lights but there are two flashing lights in the main part of town where all the stores are located. We have  had two gas, diner, pizza place, and a pharmacy about all my life. The older I get the bigger and bigger it gets although it still isn't that big. We have recently gotten a Subway and Dollar General. One of the gas stations in which we call "The Boy's Store" has became a Piggly Wiggly, the other gas station is the hangout for most teens around town. There is one school which is Holtville Elementary, Middle, and High which are considered the best in Elmore County school systems in regards to test grades and passing all accredations. Many people don't like the small town but I love the quietness and the open fields. I wouldn't change where I grew up if I could, yeah maybe living somewhere big is cool but I have had many great experiences and can survive on my own if I had to.

The time I hide from someone

Sometimes when friends would invite me to come stay the night and I really did not want to I would find different excuses not to go. One excuse I would use was that my mom wouldn't let me, she would always go along with it if my friends ever asked or said anything to her about it. I would tell them I was in trouble or had to do something to help her out around the house. Other times I would tell them that I didn't feel good and felt like staying in my bed but they were more than welcome to come to my house. Many times I would tell them I had to babysit my niece, who lives with me, and she was asleep so I wasn't going to wake her up and get her out because then she would be cranky. I can normally always find an excuse not to do something without hurting the persons feelings that is asking. If it is a close friend or someone like that I would just tell them truth because I know they would understand. I usually only use this technique of getting out of things when it is someone I am not sure how they will react or I don't want to listen to them complaining.

The Way Our Justice System Works

Our justice system these days are way to sympathetic and messed up. For example in my small town an innocent 20 year old girl was killed by her best friend's ex boyfriend simply because she had told her friend not to date him. He hide outside her house in a ditch two different times before he actually went through with his plan. He got his friend to drop him off Friday with a mask,gas tank, and a gun, Monday with a gas tank and a gun, and Wednesday just with a gun at around 6 am before he went to work. Her mom was home and had just ran to the store for somethings. Meanwhile, he went up to the house and she let him in because she knew who he was and didn't know he was any danger. He shot her three times once in the back and they said it looked as if he drug her back into the kitchen because she was trying to get away. He then shot her in the shoulder and then the back of the head, blowing her face to pieces. He then got in her car, drove to Wetumpka Winn Dixie to leave her car, and then continued to call his mom from McDonald's saying his car was broken down. After the news began to spread he called a few people telling them how sorry he was about the news, changed his profile picture to him and her, and so forth. He finally got caught and brought in for questioning admitting to committing the murder and while saying he didn't regret it. He has been charged with capital murder for this case because yes she let him in but she didn't know that he was any harm. He has gotten his sister to pay an inmate to try to smuggle pieces of a hacksaw into the prison so he could try to escape. After she was caught for that she made bail and went back to the prison gate trying to tell him where the doors and windows were. He is trying to plea not guilty for reason of insanity, he is insane as in crazy but he deserves everything that should be given to him. They think he will get insanity though because of the way our justice system is ran when clearly he knew exactly what he was doing enough to try to escape.

Interent

My opinion on the Internet is I think that some people abuse it and post some very personal things that do not need to be known by the world on there. It was made to help make it easier to better communicate with people and help you research things easier than having to use dictionaries or encyclopedias. I use things such as Facebook, email, google, and now blackboard. Many people do not understand the concept of what Facebook was intended to do. It was made to be able to find people that you haven't seen in years or to keep in touch with those that are moving off. On these social networks many people post very personal things that just shouldn't be shared to people they do not know. Such as: phone numbers, addresses, etc. because this is how people can find you without knowing you. Google is a good thing that will help you many questions you may have but then again there is a lot of false information on the Internet that people just make up or change the story just a little bit so always be careful and pay attention to where you are getting your information from. Blackboard is what many of colleges are using now to communicate with their students so they don't have to print everything out for the students. In my opinion this is a great advancement because it makes it so much easier if you misplace something or just need further guidance on it. So the way I look at the Internet I feel it has its good sides and bad.