A Strange Story Full of Vocab Words

I'm just going to apologize for this before you even read it....

One day, after taking a slew of tests, I walked along the road on the way to the inception of a friend of mine. Although she had reckless tendencies, she was accepted into a sorority. On the way, I met a wandering rogue who desperately craved some excitement, for he too had just taken a large haul of tests. I conceded that I would rather go do something fun than go to a dull inception, so I canceled my rendezvous with my friend (which caused a great deal of strife between us).
We sauntered along until we saw a funny little man soliciting sky diving sessions. We recklessly went and did it. Halfway through the sky, I discovered that my parachute was faux! What a grievance. I was certainly in jeopardy. Did they not know that selling faux parachutes was prohibited?
Luckily, the rogue saved me. When we landed, we went on a crusade against the man that gave me the faux chute. We indicted him of attempted murder, and that resulted in the seizure of his license to sell parachutes, and his incarceration.

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Mak: Whatever this is
Caroline:ATDPTI

ATDPTI

The kindness of this human race never ceases to amaze me. I feel like with the news and the media and everything else, we focus on the bad people too much.

Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian captures this kindness when his new friends at Reardan help him out. Penelope shows true empathy in several spots, and even defies her own father's hatred of Indians.

Even when everyone else around her is being racist, she still pulls through for Junior. That thought has stuck with me throughout all of this book.

Research

What I have learned about research through this project is mainly credibility of sources. I have determined that sources I once considered trustworthy may not be, and that certain sources I considered untrustworthy may be usable after all. Apparently, wikipedia is actually useful if I check the "references" and "bibliography" sections. I can look at those sources and get my information from them.
I also learned that my notecards weren't necessarily going to be even. Out of seven sources, I'm not going to have exactly 5 cards per source. I will probably have 10 for one and 3 for another and that's okay. Some of my sources were light in information but nevertheless were crucial to my paper.
So, in short, I learned to lighten up a bit. Lightening up allowed me to be less tense and to do my best.

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Sydney: Wednesday
James: Free Post

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Something I am unable to comprehend about this world is the obsession we have with scented candles, pluggable scents, and straight up febreze. Honestly. If you think your house smells bad, why don't you use a neutralizer instead of making your house smell like a garden? I, personally, am allergic to most scents, so when people do that I'm stuck over here feeling like I have the flu while everyone else is saying, "wow! It smells nice in here!" 

The teachers at Episcopal are very understanding of this, and Dr. Fenske will unplug her lavender thing and Dr. D will blow out her candles(very appreciated), but it's very rare. My own grandmother keeps the things in every outlet in her house, and every time I go up there I get sick. She always forgets. My aunt always forgets and douses herself in perfume to the point where if I'm in the same room as her I have sneezing/coughing fits every 5 minutes. And even my best friend's mother forgets sometimes (but it's very rare; she usually remembers) and tries to give me some of that "essential oil" stuff.

I don't get offended by it, because I know that it's truly a rare allergy. "Allergic to Febreze? Give me a break." But sometimes I can't help but wonder: is it necessary? Does it really smell that badly in here?

Response to ATDPTI

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is really good. I tried to think of some better word to describe it, but that was all I could come up with. It's just...good. It captures some real world problems while still capturing the teen spirit. (not the deodorant or the song. the abstract concept of what it means to be a teen). It's good because it's inspiring, funny, and well-written. 

Although I'm not sure about some of the innuendos in this book, I suppose that they are necessary. This book can be very dismal at some points, and some of those references just make me giggle a little. It's part of what I appreciate about this book. Even when it seems like nothing can go right for him, there's a joke thrown in there that will at least make me chuckle.