Into Thin Air

So I'm reading Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer for English for AR. My brother read the book a few years ago and liked it, so I figured I'd give it a try. It's an amazing book.

Here's one thing I've decided through the course of reading this book: I'm never climbing Mt. Everest.

The book is written by a real-life journalist who is given the opportunity to climb Everest in order to write a feature story for a big outdoorsy magazine.He was an avid climber before becoming a journalist, so the project is right up his alley. The writing style is very interesting to me personally due to the fact that the author is a professional journalist. It's very evident that he has worked for a magazine or newspaper simply through the way he writes. 

Right from the first pages, it is easy to tell that the book will be sad. On the cover it says "A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster." There's even a picture diagram in the first few pages showing different locations where bodies were found or missing people were last seen. 

I can see why some people may find the mystery and thrill of being on top of the world exciting, but as for me, I'll just stay where my oxygen is plenty and frostbite is no immediate possibility. 

Senior year

Senior year is sooo different than every other year. I wasn't expecting it. For some reason, getting out at 12:15 everyday changes the experience. I feel like I borrow the school because I'm only here for a few classes and I don't really see my friends anymore. Well, at school. Don't get me wrong, getting out at 12:15 is pretty awesome, but I am doing two sports at once, so I have to actually use that time to work. Also, the pressure of applying to colleges is such an enormous weight, I just can't wait until its over.

comments for Juli

well I can't comment like a normal person so here ya go Juli! 

to Caitlin Payne: lines is the most stressful job ever! especially if it's an important match! 

to Juli: a party is always nice:) M5 does it well!

to Caitlin payne(rallies) - we came so close to a win! our class looks really good this year! 

Lines for varsity

    Players feel the nerves when they are playing but imagine what the refs feel. I called the lines for the Rocklin vs El Camino varsity volleyball games. Balls were flying at me. People were booing while I stood on the in/out line calling what I saw. Musky scared me when I called what I saw and he saw it differently. As we went through the games I was standing there thinking I want varsity to win but I also wanna go home. The struggle. Eventually varsity fought back. While I was being fair but I prayed that whenever they hit that it is either so far in or out that it was obvious. Most of the time they were but there were those moments where I wanted to run out of the gym crying cause I don't want to mess up. This game probably aged me about ten years because of the stress a worry I felt.

Kids these days

My little brother invited his friend, let's call this friend Bryan, over for the weekend. Normally, when kids go over for a sleepover, they are nice to those hosting the sleepover. No, this kid was just flat out rude. I love kids and all, but Bryan aggravated me so badly, I nearly cried tears of  joy when he left.
First, he tried too destroy our furniture and all things that we value. Seriously, who does that? He tried to throw my rain stick that I made in ceramics down the stairs. No way that was happening! That thing took me so freaking long to make freshman year.
Then, he pushed my two year old sister down and tried to run over her in her own toy car (you know, the one's kids can drive in). Thank goodness for him, my mother did not see, but my dad did. My dad took my brother and Bryan to the movies to keep him away from my little sisters.
When they came back to go to bed, Bryan was scared. I felt kind of bad for him. He told my mother he wanted to sleep on the couch upstairs (instead of a bed) with my brother and that he wanted her to sleep on the floor near them. She did, but once she laid down, Bryan started telling her to leave and that he couldn't sleep with her there and that she was so rude. Wtf? I was in the room next to the loft just listening. I was tempted to tell him that there was a ghost in the loft or something, but even if I wanted to, I could never intentionally scare a ten year old, no matter how bratty they are.
Is it just boys or are kids getting ruder and ruder with each generation? My sister's friends do not act like that, but it seems that most of they boys my brother invites over have no boundaries.

Stanford

   I have been going to Stanford football games for years now!!! I always look forward to fun people great food and a fantastic time!!! Laughter is the best medicine and I get my fill just in one day to last me a whole life time. Stanford's campus is beautiful I love just walking around examining the different architecture and paintings.It never seizes to amaze me! Besides the beauty that surrounds we have food fit for a king. I always feel as though a new dish comes out, I'm already full, but it looks so good I just keep eating. The people with us are basically apart of my family they seen me grow up and mature every year, every football game. We are all connect through Stanford and football. My dad was roommates with a few of them and also played football over 20 years ago. Each of them went their separate ways but each year once football season starts its like a family reunion. I love this family and am so happy I am apart of it.

Two Faced, Three Faced, Four Faced, Five!

This blog isn't about gossiping about someone. Haha, sorry if you thought that. Anyways, I think peoples' views on me are a little bit skewed. A lot of people see different sides of me. That doesn't mean I'm fake, it's just that they bring out a different part of my personality than others. Take Megan, for example. I think Megan thinks I'm an angsty seventeen year old that is pretty much just lazy and will do anything to escape work. Yes, the second half is true, but say someone else, like Leilah or Sabrina, will see a different side of me at Track. I'm loud, abrasive, and am busy a lot of the time. I make more jokes around Liz because she questions my sanity at times. When I'm near Alina, I'm usually sleepy and not energetic
. Rhiannon sees the business-y side of me.

If you ask me which side is the "real" Juli, I'd say all. It's just me, I can't really explain it, but I'm just so not one-dimensional. There are lots of things that even my best friend doesn't know that other really good friends will see as a key part of my personality and lifestyle. It's simply because they bring it out of me. I'm not keeping it a secret, but I thought this puzzled me.

I wonder if I treated everybody the same, what would they see me as? Would they accept part of me or the whole me? They might see me as a whole different person altogether. It's just a little food for thought. Do you guys do the same thing? Or is it just me?

As for the picture, I thought it was cool. So yea.