Haikus

FREEWAY LIFE
Driving by hick land
Lots of onions everywhere
Rednecks drinking beer

FOOD
Cows eating dead grass,
Crows eating skunky roadkill,
John eating twinkies

Angry Kitty- Part 1 //Poem

I am angry~ These freaks won't leave me alone. A baby is chasing me down. I try to find somewhere to hide. There's nowhere... They pick me up. Squeeze me. I think I'm going to die. They pass me on to the baby. He holds me by my tail. I feel touched. I'm abused... help me. I get my claws ready. I scratch the baby. The parents grab me and throw me outside. I'M FREE!!! I run away~...

Five years later Im back for my revenge to the baby. I've been living with an old couple that left our house and never came back again. I waited. Too long. So now Im walking across the street to my old home. The baby still lives there. I darted across and climed through the window. There he is. My enemy. I ran as fast as I could with my old legs. I can see the scars on his face I left before. The baby is a lot bigger now. I jump up onto the boy and kick him with my clawed back feet thinking "This is fo getting me thrown out of the house!!". Im being chased... by a dog. These idiots got a pitbull instead of worring about finding me!!! I run around the house being chased by the gigantor beast. Old cat vs. Pitbull. I speeded out the back door through the nighttime forest. There's the road! If I can get across I'll be fine! As I was still being chased, I ran out into the road but when I did, I looked to my right. I see a really bright light. And I feel a thud... I am dead

~John Milender

Poem THing

Once there was a blessing by a gypsy that made a pyramid a prophet. An infidel, the sheep, was smoking from the sacred hookah when he heard the news he was pissed. Many people thought it was an omen. The sheep bought a crystal from a farmer that turned out to be fake so the sheep became a non believer that day. That's why hes an infidel. And that's the legend of the alien merchant...

thE joHn milEnDeR

I am a "quiet" guy who likes hip hop
I wonder what will happen in 2012
I hear my name being announced
I see myself in a big house
I want coke
I am a "quiet" guy who likes hip hop

I pretend I'm famous
I feel pain
I touch things I want to touch
I worry about worrying
I cry when my dad doesn't take me to McDonald's
I am a "quiet" guy who likes hip hop

I understand why I get in trouble...sometimes
I say sorry even when I don't mean it
I dream weird dreams
I try to forget them
I hope I don't EVER dream a dream like that one again
I do
I am a "quiet" guy who likes hip hop

Pain....

30mph along the long flat road in Crescent City. I was looking good. I'm pretty sure I was in either 1st or second place in the crescent city triathlon. We were speeding by everyone on the side of the roads and up a hill a mile after. At the top of the hill was a neighborhood with a lot of turns but I was being pretty stupid that day so I stayed at about 30mph by the houses. Less than a mile to the transition area to run a 5k. Turn 1, I slowed down a little, went by okay. Turn 2, pretty good. After the turn I speed up a little more because I thought it was a while until the next turn... but it wasn't. I see a woman point to the right and I was going way too fast to make the turn... I turned anyway and slammed on the back brake of the bike making me skid toward the curb. I let go of the brake and hit the curb making me fly off the bike. I don't really remember HOW I fell off, over the handlebars, or off the side, but i know I hit my head on the side of a brick wall on the sidewalk. I tried to get up but fell down when I did. the woman came to me and told me to stay on the ground but i said i was going to finish the race. she said "I don't think you want to do that" and I looked down at my body (I wasn't wearing a shirt, I was showing off my tats) and I was bleeding a LOT. Then another woman came over and she was hOttt. So I decided to stay. They called the paramedics over because I was bleeding on my head too and they didn't know what to do. The hospital people did there tests to see if I was paralyzed... I wasn't. then my dad came and they did a lot of paperwork and we went back to the start line. I learned that day that going around 30mph around a 90 degree turn on a bike isn't a good idea...

Toyota to replace oil hoses on 933,800 vehicles

Toyota to Replace Oil hoses on 933,800 Vehicles

Company not issuing recall, says that defect isn't a safety issue

By Reuters 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35650004/ns/business-autos/#storyContinued

Monday, March 1, 2010

Business/Autos

This article is about Toyota vehicles, most likely the Camry, Avalon, Rav4, and Lexus vehicles, having problems with the Oil hoses in the engine. The holes in the hoses that get caused can cause another problem with the vehicle, engine failure. The Toyota spokesman  Brian Lyons said that this isn't a safety issue like the other problems with the cars, and the vehicles will not be recalled. He said that the way you will notice that there is a leakage is when there is an oil puddle beneath the car. The cars that will be fixed are the, "2007-2010 model year Camry, 2005-2009 Avalon, 2006-2009 Rav4, 2007-2008 Lexus ES 350 and 2007-2009 RX 350 vehicles.". All the vehicles will be fixed at any Toyota dealership for no price at all and the fixing date will end on March 31, 2013.

    Toyota better fix the cars for free or else a lot of Toyota car owners would not be happy one bit. If i owned the cars and they make me pay the expansive price that it normally would be, which l'm not old enough to do, i probably would tell a lot of people how bad Toyota cars are. Its Toyota's mistake on putting bad hoses in cars so they should fix it themself's. I wonder why the hoses leak anyway? Did they use the wrong material in making them? What do you think? What would you do if you mad to pay for the repairs? What would you do if you never even knew about the problems? Do you think this is a safety issue?

Romeo and Juliet

John Milender

     The first to is the two families for all the deaths. If the two weren't hating each other and fighting then nothing would have happened. If they weren't enemy's then Romeo and Juliet's love wouldn't have been a problem and so secret from everyone. Why are the Montague's and Capulet's enemies? Since they are the two most wealthy and powerful families in Verona then they should be friends   

    The next person to opposition is Romeo. If he wouldn't be so immature and obsess over his true love Juliet, then the two wouldn't have died. If the family that she comes from doesn't like him then he needs to just get over it and find another teen to love. There are plenty more than just Juliet. 

    The next person to slur  for any of this is Capulet. If he wasn't so strict about who Juliet could marry, and just let her love who she wants to love, a Montague, then she wouldn't have died.  He shouldn't force his daughter to marry a man she doesn't love, County Paris. 

    Second to last to disfavor is the man stated above, Mr. County Paris. If Juliet doesn't want to marry him then he should stop forcing her to love him. Paris should have stayed away from Romeo's woman if he wanted to live.

    Even though he didn't really expect anything bad to happen and was trying to help, next to blame is Friar Lawrence. The reason he is to blame because he is the person to give Juliet the sleeping potion.  He expected something good to happen, but he still had a part in this. 

    Lastly, to castigate is the Apothecary... she had no clue what was going on, but she killed Romeo with her little poison. What else does she think Romeo's gonna do with it?  Wouldn't she would know that he would kill someone or himself with it? 

    EVERYONE had something to do with all the hate and killing... almost everyone. 

 
 
 

  

      

    

    

 

 

    

not your r+j thesis...mine

Romeo and Juliet

John Milender

     The first to is the two families for all the deaths. If the two weren't hating each other and fighting then nothing would have happened. If they weren't enemy's then Romeo and Juliet's love wouldn't have been a problem and so secret from everyone. Why are the Montague's and Capulet's enemies? Since they are the two most wealthy and powerful families in Verona then they should be friends   

    The next person to opposition is Romeo. If he wouldn't be so immature and obsess over his true love Juliet, then the two wouldn't have died. If the family that she comes from doesn't like him then he needs to just get over it and find another teen to love. There are plenty more than just Juliet. 

    The next person to slur  for any of this is Capulet. If he wasn't so strict about who Juliet could marry, and just let her love who she wants to love, a Montague, then she wouldn't have died.  He shouldn't force his daughter to marry a man she doesn't love, County Paris. 

    Second to last to disfavor is the man stated above, Mr. County Paris. If Juliet doesn't want to marry him then he should stop forcing her to love him. Paris should have stayed away from Romeo's woman if he wanted to live.

    Even though he didn't really expect anything bad to happen and was trying to help, next to blame is Friar Lawrence. The reason he is to blame because he is the person to give Juliet the sleeping potion.  He expected something good to happen, but he still had a part in this. 

    Lastly, to castigate is the Apothecary... she had no clue what was going on, but she killed Romeo with her little poison. What else does she think Romeo's gonna do with it?  Wouldn't she would know that he would kill someone or himself with it? 

    EVERYONE had something to do with all the hate and killing... almost everyone. 

 
 
 

  

      

    

    

 

 

    

November 30, 1621 ~ My father was tal...

November 30, 1621 ~ My father was talking to my mother about something called quakers. They said that, "Those quakers are really getting on my nerves. I'll bet that they will burn in hell when they die". I'm guessing that quakers have to do with religion becuase mother and father said hell... They also said, "They need to believe what everyone else believes". My definition of a quaker that I think based on evidence is, "A man or woman who doesnt believe in the same religion as someone else..." My brother Love says that a quaker is someone who doesnt believe that you need a minister to be religious. They all believe that they all have equal power and all have an inner light. They also call themselfes "friends".

December 5, 1621 ~ One of the first days of the second winter... God Bless Everyone....

November 26, 1621 ~ Today is the day ...

November 26, 1621 ~ Today is the day of our big feast! Right now I am writing while looking at the table with all the foods . It all looks really good. The food I cant wait to eat is the turkey and eel. That would be cool if we ate this dinner every year...

Wrestling Brewster's Journal ~ John Milender

I would like to start out by introducing myself. My name is Wrestling Brewster. I was born in 1614 in Leiden, Holland. I am a male gentleman. I have five brothers and sisters. Their names are Patience, Fear, Jonathan, Love, and Child. My kind fathers name is William and my mothers name is Mary. My father, William, was a very knowledgeable man. He was the Elder of the congregation, and in Leiden was an English teacher and published books on religion and theology.

I have never been married. Many people may think that I am dead but I am actually not. My story goes like this;

My family told me that I was on my deathbed ready to die. Then I had took my last breath and died. A few seconds later, (my family had told me) I woke up taking a really deep breath. I had survived and still lived on today.

I "died" at the age of 30 but survived like my story above said. That date that I died was 1644, which is the same year my father did.




September 15, 1620 ~ Today my mother, father, my brother Love, and I get to go on the big ship, The Mayflower. We are going to set sail on it to go to the new world. My father said that we are leaving England because he and mother don't like what the Church is doing or saying ... Me being a 6 year old kid and all, I don't really understand what they mean. It's too complicated.

My father also said that our trip to the new world will take around 60 to 70 days to get there.



September 16, 1620 ~ We have set sail off to the New World.



September 29, 1620 ~ It isn't as much fun as i thought it would be on the Mayflower. I have thrown up a few times since we left... I guess I get seasick. It can get boring on this ship sometimes. I cant wait till' we get there. My father said that there was a man that went to the new world before us and made a map on his way. He said that our captain is using the same map as the man, John Smith, did.



November 20, 1620 ~ We are here finally! It looks a lot different than England. There are strange plants here in the new world. There's some pretty cool trees too. I think I'm going to like it here. Being on the Mayflower sailing was fun. I never really got to go on the deck. I had to stay in the cabin because sometimes when there was a storm it was really dangerous.



Unknown Date, 1620 to 1621 ~ I don't know what date it is. I lost track but I actually don't like it here. I think its winter because there's snow. So i know it's between the years of 1620 and 1621. More than half the people here have died. It's scary because I don't want to die. What if my mother and father die? God Bless Me!



November 25, 1621 ~ I haven't written since I guess what my father says is either December or January, but its been almost a year now. The people from England have made peace with those browned skinned Indian people. I have been busy is why I haven't been writing but what has happened is that me and Love got some Indian friends that we have been playing with. I don't even know what they are saying sometimes but they still just show us some "Indian" games that they know of. The Indian boys I guess haven't been taught how to talk like they are supposed to but mother says that they speak their tribal language. I don't know what a tribe is but I am guessing that it has to do with the way they walk... Love and I have also taught them how to play some of our games like hopscotch and London bridge. I don't think they like it because sometimes they don't participate.

Tomorrow all of us English MEN are going to have a big feast with the Indians. We are going to share our food with them and they are going to share their food with us. It is going to be really tasty. I cant wait!

The Disaster-John Milender

 The Disaster

~John Milender~

 

    There I was, wearing only skins from the last animal I killed, a sabertooth tiger, hunting a woolly mammoth with all the brave men from my village in pretty warm weather. We had been waiting in a popular area for the mammoths. After awhile we started to head back to the village because it was starting to get dark and we hadn't eaten since last night. On our way back we had unexpectedly ran into one at the spring. All of us had stone spears that we  threw at the mammoth while some of us  had set up a trap of a very strong net made out of rope that we tied to two trees. The men who threw the spears chased the beast into the rope net to make it trip. The mammoth had ran right through it and broke it. The hunters that had tied the ropes  didn't throw their spears as the others did but when the beast  had broken the trap, they threw, right at the ankles. When they did the big woolly  mammoth had fallen to the ground. We killed it while it was down. All of us ran to the village to tell about the great news but when we got there, our village was destroyed. Many people were dead and many injured. A pack of more mammoths had stampeeded the village while all the men were gone....

~~~THE END~~~

 

August 3, 1492

My Journal

^Christopher Columbus^

 

 

August 3, 1492 ~ We have left the docks of Palos in my boat, The Santa Maria, looking for a great land and proving to everyone that indeed, the world is not flat. My crew of about 30 men and I will make our discovery and become even more wealthy. We will first stop at the Canary Island for supplies and then sail off into the unknown ocean hoping for luck.

 

September 5, 1492 ~ My crew, The Santa Maria and I have arrived at the Canary islands for our supplies. I have my two most needed things with me, my compass and astrolobe. My astrolobe is important because it will keep me going on a straight course to my destination.

 

September 6, 1492 ~ We have set sail.

 

September 19, 1492 ~ We have sailed into what seems like a thick meadow of grass, sea grass. We have never seen anything like it. It is amazing. We are worried we could get tangled in the green sea grass but soon after we drifted right out of it continuing our adventure.

 

October 9, 1492 ~ My crew and the other sailors are not happy. They say the sea feels endless. I don't think so. I feel that we are close to discovering something. I beg that the men will sail with me for three more days. If we find nothing we will head back home. I have also made an agreement. If we don't find land in the extra time that was given to me, i have told them they may cut off my head and sail home.

 

October 12, 1942 ~ LAND! We have found land! Indie Land!

 

October 13, 1942 ~ The Indies are actually Taino Indians. They are very nice. They have fed us and taken care of us. We have found amazing things. Pearls and Gold! Enough to bring back samples to the king and queen. We are going to be even richer than before!

 

October 14, 1942 ~ We have set sail home.

 

~Christopher Columbus

/John Milender

 

The 7th & 8th Grade

The 7th & 8th Grade Backpacking Trip

  Snapshot 1

 The main thing I remember the most was crossing the first river. I remember attempting to keep dry until the other side of the rapid sort of thing. I kept slipping on rocks and getting my hiking shoes soaked. When I got to the spot I realized I made a bad decision to go there and I took another route back. On that "route" I got stuck on two small rocks and couldn't go any further unless I get more wet. I just wanted to get back and get my stuff. It wasn't far back just about 50 meters but it took me FOREVER because I kept trying to keep my balance on the rocks. I had finally gotten back and was ready to eat my banana.

     Crossing the rapids again I tried to be "smart" and wore my water shoes.~~~~~

 

 

 

 

Misfits Book Review

The Misfits, A Suspenseful Comedy

    The fictional novel, The Misfits, written by James Howe, is about four junior high students named Bobby, Skeezie, Addie, and Joe who deal with being misfits in a big school and get called many names. They all call themselves the "Gang of Five", but there are only four of them.

    They all have issues; Bobby Goodspeed is fat, Skeezie Tookis is an outcast, Addie Carle is freakishly tall and a know it all, and Joe Bunch is gay. All of them are trying to get through the 7th grade without getting abused and called names. In the story Addie refused to say the pledge because she didn't believe anything in it. Because she refused the school started getting into politics and decided to have an election for student council president. There were only two parties. Addie wanted to make another party that would stop name calling because her and her friends were always called names. They called it the No-Name Party.

    I really enjoyed this book because it was funny and interesting. In some parts is get really suspenseful. For example when all the parties get to make a speech I really wanted to know what Bobby would say because I thought he would mess up. However, he didn't mess up and made a great speech and spoke from his heart. This book has made me feel different for people who are "misfits".  I think it would be hard to be one of them because having people bully me really wouldn't be fun and everyone shouldn't be called names, only if you are joking around in a friendly way.

    In conclusion, I recommend this book to anyone looking for a great book. I guarantee this book will make you think different about people that are different.