Under the Rainbow

I feel so old

2010-05-19T18:10:00.000-07:00

When looking for a different document, I came across a story that I wrote 5 years ago. I find it very interesting . . . [sorry if there is typos]

Gerald the Ducky
By
Jessica Foster

Once upon a time there was a duck named Gerald. He would waddle down Main Street every day and pick up a jar of peaches for lunch. Gerald never ate the jar of peaches though he gave them to the Quack Land king. the king was a selfish and greedy duck. He picked on the less powerful ducks and made them give or do something for him every day. Gerald was picked to take a jar of peaches to the king for his lunch. Every day, 365 days a year and 366 days in a leap year Gerald took that jar of peaches 3 miles to the king. During those three miles he would always complain and grumble and grunt for he was tired of taking those peaches day after day after day.
One gloomy, cloud filled day after picking up the jar of peaches at the local store, Gerald decided it was time he took a stand against the king. He threw the jar of peaches at a rock and they broke into a million pieces.
When King Ducky of the Quack Lands asked for the jar of peaches, Gerald told the king that he didn’t have them and he would never have them again. The king was even more furious than before when Gerald said that he hated peaches. King ducky ordered for him to be put into the dungeon and fed jar after jar of peaches till he loved them.
Gerald thought that bring peaches to the king every day was better than this punishment. He saw a that he was in the tallest room of the tallest tower and that he had a window. After his first jar of peaches, he heard the fat, lazy king coming up the elevator that he was only allowed to used because he was so selfish and fat not to mention lazy that he couldn’t get up the stairs. When the king entered the room, Gerald ran to the window and broke with his knife. Then Gerald jumped out the window into a mote like pool of peaches. HE screamed when he found himself back in the same dungeon getting fed jars of peaches.
Gerald died unhappy, after 80 years of eating only jars of peaches, in the same dungeon and after trying to jump out the window 573 more times. He was buried by the rock which he broke the jar of peaches and with all the empty jars he had eaten out of, along with 700 new jars of peaches. The End

Its been a really, really long time.

2010-03-14T20:23:00.000-07:00

Wow. Its been almost a year since my last post. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if this is my last post, because I don't see a point.

Changes in my life in the past year:

My older brother, AJ, started college and moved to CWU
I started my first year as a running start student at SPSCC.
I turned 17. wow. I feel old.
I served my first term as SHS Key Club president and was re-elected for a second year.

I have always enjoyed leading or organizing things, people events etc. and I feel like Key club has challenged and stretched my leadership abilities. In the past year, God put an incredible dedication and love for Key Club in my heart, and I know for a fact, this is where He wants me to be serving. At the beginning of my term as president, I contemplated quitting, but God totally changed that, and now, I love Key Club and think it has been one of the best opportunities ever given to me, and I cannot even think about leaving. In a couple of weeks, a few Key Club members and I are attending District Convention, where we can meet other clubs in the Pacific Northwest and receive more training for our officers.

I have been attending SPSCC for two quarters so far and I have recieved 30 college credits toward my Associates in Science. I hope to graduate with my AA. I am really enjoying taking college chemistry, however, its leaving me hungry for more. So far I have taken Math 140 and 141, Chem 161 and 162 [general chemistry], Intro to Middle Eastern Studies, and History 147. I am also taking one class at my high school.

I turned seventeen last november, and since then, all I can think about is how old I feel compared to when I was 10 or 12. I can't believe that I am going to be graduating in a year. Its kinda daunting to be approaching adulthood.

That's all for now, folks.

Save A Life! Donate Blood!

2009-05-02T10:47:00.000-07:00

Fellow Sheltonites!

Save up to 3 people's lives! Donate Blood on Monday, May 4, from 1pm - 7pm at the SHS MiniDome!

Everybody that weighs 110 lbs or more and are 16 years or older [students 16 -17 need to have a parent sign the permission form] are welcome. Blood donors cannot have any tatoos or self piercings within the last year to donate.

If you plan on donating blood, be sure to drink lots of fluids and eat a good meal before you donate.

SHS Key Club is sponsoring the event and hope to have at least 200 people donate.

Youth Belles Camping [part 1]

2009-04-20T16:43:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, the girls from my youth group and i headed out to dosewallips to spend the weekend camping in platform tents. I had no idea what to expect. We left at about 4.15pm on friday and arrived at the campground at about 5.30. The trip up was a lot of fun, we ate sunchips, and goldfish and chatted the hour away.

I was stoked when i first saw our campsite. We were surrounded by a forest of a variety of trees and other plantlife. it was beautiful. The tent was warm, dry and clean. The beds were comfy. the outhouse was close. the showers were a short walk away, as well as the river.

dinner[night one]: roasting hot dogs was on the menu. Breanna, Arielle, Gen and I set off into the woods behind our tent to search for the perfect raosting stick. I was the last to find mine. when we got back to camp, Bambi told us the rules and gave each of us an awesome bag, made out of duck tape, filled with a t-shirt, a placemat w/ spoon and fork, a journal w/ a pen, bowl, cup, and plate. then we grabbed our hot dogs and started roasting. my stick, or branch as some like to call it, was too big for the hot dog, and mine fell into the fire. On my second try, my hot dog broke in half, and one half fell into the fire. But it was still good. Chips, and water complimented the hot dog.

After dinner we played pictionary. we made our own clues. I was told, over and over again : ), that my clues were to hard becuase they were sentences or phrase or whatever. My clues were 1] going to the dentist
2] visiting a petting zoo

After pictionary, we had an intro to the theme of the weekend, "guarding your heart." the leaders did a skit for us and we listened to some songs. The message of the night was very good and hit home.

At about 10.30, my tent decided to get ready for bed. we climbed into our beds at about 10.45 and talked and laughed until the conversation died at about midnight.

I couldn't fall asleep until about one or two am, which sucked, and i kept waking up periodically. I was fully awake at about 4.30ish. at about 5, i heard a woodpecker and i was stoked. I love waking up to the sounds of nature. it was awesome. at 7 am, everybody else woke up to breanna's alarm going off to the theme song of Fresh Prince of Belair.

that's all i got time for today, so stay tuned for part two.

counting down the days

2008-10-23T16:23:00.001-07:00

counting the days till my 16th birthday [15days]

counting the days till thanksgiving [34 days]

counting the days till i can drive [19 days]

counting the days till my dad comes home [tomorrow, less than 24 hours]

couting the days till the cell phone comes home [tomorrow, less than 24 hours]

Homecoming . . . .

2008-10-09T20:37:00.001-07:00

Pictures

2008-09-25T16:39:00.002-07:00

Here are some pictures that i have taken and/or edited in photography class:

The Body Alphabet [ thanks corey!]

Photo Poem with my favorite picture from Hawaii

Mr. Bill

Scanner Photos

igoogle quotes...

2008-09-19T18:19:00.000-07:00

Random Quotes for today:

I didn't really say everything I said. - Yogi Berra

Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness. - Woody Allen

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln [ i had to have a quote from good ol abe.]

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead. - Arthur Honegger

Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits. - Stephen Leacock

Do the puyallup....

2008-09-18T17:28:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, Me, my brother, ben, my parents, my uncle tim and my cousin kathy and her daughter went to the puyallup fair.we had a great day! : ) thankfully, it was really nice

out. . .

i really do miss the old Puyallup Fair slogan..... " you can do it at a trot,.... you can do it at a gallop..." the new slogan is lame-o.

Shaw Island Sheep Herding

2008-09-05T14:46:00.000-07:00

My brother took this video while we were herding the sheep back to its home.

Shaw Island

2008-08-25T20:35:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, I went to to a monastery called Ladies of the Rock on Shaw Island. It was a fantastic trip. i thought we were going to stay in dirty old cabins, without bathrooms and kitchens and stuff, but we ended up getting two houses [one with two bedrooms and a bathroom for me and heidi and the bigger one with living room and kitchen for the boys]. The food was awesome. I was grossed out by the thought of drinking fresh milk. But all the other fresh foods delighted me. We started our trip on friday at 5:30am in the morning. I had a hot fudge sunday at mcdonalds for breakfast. We came back sunday at about 7:05pm after being stuck in horrible traffic and rain. We were able to go to a chapel service in latin while we were there. A peacock slept at the door to the house i slept in. From my bedroom window i could see cows, alpacas, llamas, sheep, turkeys, chickens, and peacocks which i really enjoyed. I was able to spend time around many many animals. We moved hay for the nuns, it was an easy and enjoyable task. We also loaded and unloaded wooden fence pieces. We spent the majority of saturday at Friday Harbor.

Here are some pictures:

[the peacock that sat at our doorstep]

[ part of the view from my window]
[Friday Harbor]

[The Beach at Shaw Island]

[My brother ben, took this picture]
[Ben and I]

[Irish Highlander Cows]

[The sheep]

Some other stuff from the trip:

All the animals, it was awesome to have several different animals within walking distance
having to take ferries everywhere got old fast
Meeting several nuns was pretty cool
the food was great
billions of games of phase ten, and a pathetic game of hearts
My team won Malarky! with 8 points to zip.
story time with ian...[?]
it was decided that it should be pick on jessica weekend. : ) and i really did see the hairy monkey-man.... okay. and my cat isn't fat.
the llama limo...
the church van smelled disgusting. it is absolutely disgusting when you can smell the van's stench while standing outside.
i hate the fact that i allowed myself to be ripped off by the ferry people by having to pay $2 for a bottle of dr. pepper.
i am glad it didn't rain while we were at shaw island.
the bathroom that heidi and i shared didn't have a shower, but had a old stand-alone bathtub instead.
the long trip home was very exhausting and frustrating and boring, but it was nice to be back home.
i found a cute little baby alpaca/llama that i loved. it was shaved except around his neck.
i actually considering their internship program.
i was very very disappointed that i couldn't get my picture taken with a nun. : (
The nuns had a very very beautilful chocolate lab. perfect conformation, healthy coat and body. instantly fell in love with that dog.

College

2008-08-12T16:08:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about college for a while now, and here are a few of my thoughts:

my first choice has always been WSU. Their vet school is outstanding; easily one of the best in the country. and it would be in state, so it would be cheaper.

on the other hand, i want to be a farm vet, so why not learn from the best farmers in the country; Iowa State University. I love Iowa and wish my family hadn't have move away. But it would be about 10,000 dollars more for tuition a year. But if i get a better scholarship for ISU, then there is a major possibility that i will go there. the downside is i hate tornadoes and i don't want to have to face them. : (

The Beach!

2008-08-11T16:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I went to the beach with my family and the elbow.

Here are a few pictures:

July 2008

2008-08-04T15:24:00.000-07:00

The major things i did last month [july]:

Hope Island

My cousin, Colt coming to stay awhile with us

getting stopped in the middle of the road [on the way to camp Fircroft] by a lone cow.

Ben named it gracie.

And of course, Camp Fircroft

Taking naps with my cat, Pumpkin [the orange one]

Kids Alive!

Yesterday's Accomplishment

2008-08-04T15:18:00.000-07:00

i set it up and i am quite proud that it is still standing...

2008-08-03T13:26:00.000-07:00

hardest lost quiz....

2008-08-02T18:35:00.001-07:00

The Hardest Lost Quiz Ever!

Hope Island...

2008-08-01T18:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday through this morning, i went camping with my youth group at Hope Island. Here are some pictures that i took:

hope island's view this morning:

Entrance to the camp sites and trails:
Hope Island

younger girls having trouble setting up there tent:

over all, good trip. i thought that having to take a boat to the island was really cool. the island was really cool. a little smaller than i thought but.. the trails were in good condition... the food was good. it rained but it was okay because the tent i was sleeping in stayed dry. it was kinda cool being "stranded" on the island. i say stranded because cell phones worked on the island and the ranger lady had a boat.

[negative points]

* didn't sleep very well

* hardly any water

* after i came home and took a shower i realized i had cut my feet pretty bad [probably on barnacles or something]

*rain

like i said, overall, it was a good trip and i am glad i went...

I want one!

2008-07-30T10:03:00.000-07:00

it is dentist day

2008-07-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

one of my deepest fears is the dentist.

i despise dentists....

[my ode to the dentist]

they seriously creep me out...

other than elevators.... dentist are my deepest fear...

they make my life miserable....

Some stories to go with the pictures..

2008-07-17T18:41:00.000-07:00

My cousin, Kaden, me and my brother ben...
the whole group.....
One day when it was over 100 hundred degrees, the camp decided to take an optional trip to the river... but ben and i declined and decided to fend for ourselves at the camp with a few other stagglers.. We decided to play cards, our new found friend scott* [purple hair], one of my cabin mates called megan** [black beanie, front right] and one of the staff people, rich... decided to play with us... we started playing Balloons! [bs] then we moved onto phase 10, wow good times..

* Ben, my mom, my grandma, my aunt nancy, my cousin Kaden, his cousin riley and i went a day early to camp, we didn't think anybody else would be there, but there ended up that some kitchen staff, the dean, some other dishwasher staff and a guy with purple hair and his grandma were all there. Well Ben, Kaden, Riley and I got bored so we decided to play cards at like 9:30 that night and i say purple hair walking around all lonely like, so i asked him to play with us. It turned out his name was Scott and he was the person ben and i both spent the most time around. he was kinda a loner too, so we made sorta a loner triangle...that is one of the things i will remember about camp...

** Megan was one of my cabin mates. [ in my cabin there was me, megan, my counseler Judy, leta, jamie, paula, kara, kalin, Heather and one of the dishwashers named cheryl] she slept about 5 feet across the room from me. She dresses in what some might refer to as goth.. she's not the most "ladylike" person i have ever known, and my opinion of her at first was not very nice. One thought that came to mind was " she is in my cabin, what if she still my stuff or hits me in the head during the night" I was very unnecessarily judgemental and down right mean. I never expressed these thoughts or whatever but still.... during one specific cabin time, she shared her story and her struggles and challenges, it got to me for two reasons 1] she was totally honest, even with a total stranger in the midst [she had been in the same cabin as the other girls for over 9 years, so she had no problem telling them her woes], i was shocked, i would never EVER leave myself to be that vulnerable or open to most of my friends and people i have known for years little lone a person i met a few short days ago and 2] her story totally shocked me, i may not totally remember it now, but the tragedy and sadness and hurt and struggles ...... it was like wow.... now i understand why she dresses and acts like she does... now when i see different looking people on the streets i don't look at them with looks of superiority, i look at them with empathy and understanding, because with everything they go through they are more couragous and stronger than i .....

it ended up that almost every chapel i sat with megan... and we just hung out in the cabin and talked and stuff...

the game is called carpet pool. i rocked the socks off this game..
The girl in the blue sweatshirt was Leta [ one of my fellow cabinmates] and the other is a girl named Jesse.....

Once she realized ben and i were brother and sister she flipped out, she was so excited. she thought we were twins and that we looked exactly alike. She named me Rhaberta and Ben was named Edward and we called her Henrietta. She was awesome.... she is a person i will not soon forget....

maybe some more stories and pictures some other time...

Camp Fircroft...

2008-07-17T18:31:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of my time at camp fircroft, [most were taken by my aunt Nancy] [and i will add the rest as time comes for it....] [the blonde guy you will be seeing in most of the pictures is my cousin and the smaller blonde guy (that you won't see as often) is my cousin's cousin...]

here you go: enjoy

be sure to check back every once and awhile becuase i will add pictures, as i said before.

and you can check out the camp's website for more pictures [they haven't updated the pictures as of yet, but they should soon]

Why do you like tall ships?

2008-07-05T11:33:00.000-07:00

On the news yesterday, was this

the question:

Why do you like the tall ships?

answer:

they're tall... [then the laugh] .....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[I thought it was funny... : ) ]

I love this show....... [america's got talent]

2008-06-18T12:43:00.001-07:00

Last year's favorite:

This year's favorite

this year's runner up....

[these were the the only few auditons that i watched....]

but i really do enjoy this show....

My take on macbeth.....

2008-06-14T20:37:00.001-07:00

I wrote this essay for my english final. [in case you can't figure it out, this essay is about one of Shakespeare's plays: Macbeth. I tried to make it as reader friendly as possible, so someone who hasn't read the play can understand the essay.]

here goes: [ italic words are quotes and their references from the book ]

Fair is Foul & Foul is Fair
A Soldier’s Innocent Regicide Against His King

“I go and it is done. The bell invites me./ Hear it not Duncan, for it is a knell/ that summons thee to heaven or to hell” (I.ii.62-64). With those simple words, the world flipped upside down and became the very image of “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (I.I.11). Good and evil switched roles. Horses began to chase their riders and proceed to eat them, and all because that soldier’s small metal dagger pierced King Duncan’s heart. But maybe Macbeth, the regicidal soldier, isn’t really to blame for the madness.

The gradual tragedy of Macbeth begins with the three weird sisters, or witches. The witches enter the stage surrounded by thunder, lightning and the makings of a severe storm. The three tricky witches decide that their next victim would be the unsuspecting Macbeth. The witches then vanish in preparation for their upcoming trick on Macbeth. King Duncan enters the stage, settling a problem with a traitor the only way a good king could. After declaring the death of the traitor, King Duncan proclaims that the traitor’s estate and belongings should be given to the victorious general and Thane of Glamis, Macbeth. Before Macbeth could learn of his new fortune, the three witches pranced on the opportunity to trick Macbeth, and cause evil. They greeted Macbeth and a fellow general, Banquo, with the three statements, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!/ All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!/ All Hail, Macbeth, that shalt be King hereafter!” (I.iii.49-51) Macbeth knew the first statement was true, but he didn’t know the second was about to come true. After Macbeth starting sorting out the true statements from the false ones, the king’s men come to inform him that he is now the Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth’s confused stupor soon wore off and his mind began rolling towards natural human thoughts and desires. His logic says that if two are true then the third should be true too.

Two truths are told,/ As happy prologues to the swelling act/ Of the imperial theme.--I thank you, gentlemen./ Cannot be ill, cannot be good: if ill,/ Why hath it given me earnest of success,/ Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor:/ If good, why do I yield to that suggestion/ Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair/ And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,/ Against the use of nature? Present fears/ Are less than horrible imaginings:/ My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,/ Shakes so my single state of man that function/ Is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is/ But what is not. (I.iii.127-141)

Macbeth soon finds his thoughts drawn to the fact that he cannot become king, because there is already a king on the throne. He realizes that to become king, King Duncan would have to die. And for Duncan to die, Macbeth would have to kill the king, because King Duncan was fairly young and of good health. The messengers also tell Macbeth that the King invited himself over to Glamis, Macbeth’s estate, to celebrate his newfound glory. At this, Macbeth formulated a plan to make the witches’ third statement true. Macbeth would kill Duncan while he was sound asleep that night. But before Macbeth went into Duncan’s sleeping chamber, while he was debating whether to go through with the plan or not, he saw a dagger.

Is this a dagger which I see before me,/ The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee./ I have thee not, and yet I see thee still./ Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible/ To feeling as to sight? or art thou but/ A dagger of the mind, a false creation,/ Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?/ I see thee yet, in form as palpable/ As this which now I draw./ Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going;/ And such an instrument I was to use./ Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses,/ Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still,/ And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood,/ Which was not so before. There's no such thing:/ It is the bloody business which informs/ Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one half world/ Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse/ The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates/ Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder,/ Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf,/ Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace./ With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design/ Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth,/ Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear/ Thy very stones prate of my whereabout,/ And take the present horror from the time,/ Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives:/ Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives./ [A bell rings]/ I go, and it is done; the bell invites me./ Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell/ That summons thee to heaven or to hell. (II.I.34-64)

And with those words, “I go and it is done; the bell invites me./ hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell/ that summons thee to heaven or to hell” (II.I.62-64), The world turned to chaos. Even the Duncan’s horses exhibited a high level of chaos by running after their keepers and eating their own kind.

And Duncan's horses--a thing most strange and certain--/ Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,/ Turn'd wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,/ Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would make/ War with mankind. (II.iv.14-18)

This story, if taken at face-value, blames the death of Duncan, and the surrounding chaos and cruelty, all on Macbeth. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, may also be considered guilty. But if examined on a deeper level, you can see that Macbeth and his wife are not to blame for murder and chaos, the witches are.

The witches, although only present in four scenes, have their thumb in every scene, in every act and in every action. They start the play off by deciding on their next victim to bother. The witches’ driving goal is to create chaos and grief by using evil and wicked tricks and riddles. They delight in the grief of others.

Where hast thou been, sister?/ Killing swine./ Sister, where thou?/ A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap,/ And munch'd, and munch'd, and munch'd:--'Give me,' quoth I:/ 'Aroint thee, witch!' the rump-fed ronyon cries./ Her husband's to Aleppo gone, master o' the Tiger:/ But in a sieve I'll thither sail,/ And, like a rat without a tail,/ I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do. (I.iii.1-10)
The witches knew the path of the human mind and how it is easily tempted to do evil, even when it doesn’t want to. The witches knew that when given a temptation, it would be far more easier and more natural to give into the temptations than to defy them. The witches had lying and trickery down to an art. They knew that greeting Macbeth with those three statements would cause a reaction and thought-buildup in his mind. Macbeth saw wealth, wisdom and a kingdom that were prophesied as his. The saying, “the grass is always greener on the other side” could be used to describe Macbeth’s actions, feelings and thoughts.The weird sisters knew that once Macbeth was hooked, they would have a few weeks full of evil and wickedness, which brought them delight.

Once they had Macbeth convinced that he would be king, the witches only had to nudge him in the right direction a few more times. Once in the form of a dagger and another time in the form of apparitions. The witches could see that Macbeth was debating whether or not he should murder Duncan, and they didn’t want their wicked fun to stop. So, they came together in the form of the dagger that haunts Macbeth. The witches saw this as another way to influence Macbeth towards their wicked bidding. “With the handle toward my hand,” (I.ii.35) Macbeth was pressured by the witches to draw his own dagger and stab the very heart of Duncan. In a sense, the witches had control of Macbeth’s actions and pressured him to murder the King. When Duncan’s heart stopped beating the world turned into chaos. That is exactly the reaction that the three Weird Sisters delighted in.

The tragic story of Macbeth, taken at face-value, can be blamed on Macbeth’s own actions and thoughts. But a deeper look reveals that the witches delight in chaos. The Weird Sisters pressured Macbeth into killing Duncan and they pressured him into expanding his murderous boundaries to Duncan’s sons and friends. So maybe, just maybe, Macbeth, the regicidal soldier, isn’t as responsible for the murder of Duncan, and the chaos and cruelty surrounding it as once thought.

[this essay isn't the greatest...i know]

If i were a superhero....

2008-06-13T21:44:00.000-07:00

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman		65%
Green Lantern		60%
Robin		53%
Wonder Woman		52%
Iron Man		50%
Hulk		45%
Spider-Man		40%
Batman		40%
Catwoman		35%
Supergirl		32%
The Flash		25%

You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

does anybody else need some more hakuna matata?

2008-06-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

What's a-motto with you?

on a lighter note....

2008-06-07T15:35:00.001-07:00

i love farside comics

the school year in review

2008-06-07T15:09:00.000-07:00

I remember, last summer, after boating on Island Lake, sitting around the fire with my brother, Aj, Justin, molly, Nathan, Breanna and a few other people. We just sat around talking for awhile, sometimes we were silent, but most of the time we talked about random things.

one of the topics that came up had to do with serving/witnessing. We talked about ways to do that, etc, and then everybody was asked to come up with two people for the upcoming school year that they could love and be a friend to. Everybody came up with their two people, but i couldn't think of anybody that i knew that was not a christian that i could love.

So I was encouraged to get out of my box, which homeschooling/church/christian school had put me in, and mingle with the tougher crowd. in other words, 1] get out of my christian circles that i have been accustomed to and 2] get out of my comfort zone.

Well, i went away thinking about that. i couldn't come up with any ways to get out of my "box". I prayed for ways for me to open myself up.... I got frustrated and didn't think anything of it for a long time. UNtil that is about a month ago.

[ between those two times, i went being a freshman and working on online school, in the comfort of my own home and my old christian school, to switching grades and schools to become a sophmore at one of the toughest, most un-christian places i have ever been in my life.]

So now i am finishing up a semester at a place filled with oppurtunties that i prayed for, but i didn't realize it until about a month ago. This past semester, I have been in many situations, many places, many oppurtunities for me to be a silent* light for Christ. i was put in many situations where i wasn't in my comfort zone. Every day I walk through a place that i am not comfortable with, but have become accustomed to. Every day i walk by hundreds of people that i could be loving and being nice to. but i am ashamed to say that i haven't done a thing for others since i started at good old SHS. I walk through every day watching out for and thinking only for myself. My main thought is always I can make through this day, i don't want to be here, but i can make it. but you know what i want that to change, i am not saying that it will, but i will try.

*silent being i don't go around shoving bible verses down people's throats or screaming "Jesus Loves You" in their ear, but showing the love and grace of our savior by loving them and being a friend to them.

I was TAGGED!

2008-06-01T07:35:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by GEN for 6 random things about myself.

The Tagging Rules:
a. Link to the person who tagged you.
b. Post the rules on your blog.
c. Write six random things about yourself.
d. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
e. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment at their blog.
f. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

Random things about me:
1) my favorite fruit is raspberries.
2) i don't see the point in walking just to walk, there has to be a purpose.
3) i HATE snakes
4) my pet peeve is when people talk during movies.
5) i have a cactus from san diego.
6) at some point in my life, i would like to be an on-call vet for the Belmont Stakes and the Kentucky Derby

And I tag:
1) A.J.
2) Kayla
3) Corey
4) Ben
5) Kyle
6) Rachel

NEW BLOG!

2008-05-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

I noticed that i seemed to post a lot on "media" type of items, so i have to decided to start a blog for all my reviews, including my scattered LOST reviews. click here

Then, i told Ben and he wanted to join, so he will be posting his reviews too....

LOST: Cabin Fever

2008-05-09T19:33:00.000-07:00

best scene of LOST yet. hilarious. [anybody else here the mysterious whispers?]

I loved it : )

here is the some of the scenes before and after,

compromise.

2008-05-09T19:21:00.000-07:00

compromise.

{begin rant}

I see a lot of it at the High School.

i am ashamed to say that i don't do anything about it, in fact i am part of the compromisers.

it makes me sad to think of all the compromising i do all day,

not because i want to, but because i feel i have to.

stuff such as:

listening to conversations about inappropriate things, ideas, actions etc.

covering up the fact that i am christian.

pretending not to be bothered by people's actions, mindsets etc.

laughing or smiling/supporting somebody's action/ ideas that you know are not right just so that they don;t think you are a goody-goody or a "church" person or something else of that nature.

{example}: person number 1. i had such a good time this weekend, i got high and got drunk (or something to this affect). it was awesome.

person number 2. NIIIICE!

i hear all day long.

and i am tired of it. tired of it.

absolutely, positively sick of it.

so i am going to try not to compromise anymore.

{end rant}

long overdue.

2008-05-09T19:01:00.000-07:00

peace,

God wants me to get some of it.

this much has been apparent to me for the past 9 months of my life.

He has been trying to get me to grasp this concept, this way of life, for a long time, and i guess you could say I like to ignore it.

i know i need peace, but i know that i would have to give up a part of myself in return, and i don;t want to give that part of me up just yet, if ever. the part of me being a sinful, unChristlike, side. i don't like that i do have a sinful part of me, but i don't want to give it up either. i know the right thing to do, but......i don;t know.....

anyway peace, God knows the future and all HIS plans are not to harm you but for your good. i see proof of that all the time.

Starting about 9 months ago, God starting pressing this idea of peace into my brain,

and now looking back, i could have used that peace in the last 6 months of my life.

God knew exactly what i needed. and He tried to give it to me, but i am a bonehead and didn't quite grasp the fact that it would help me, not harm me.

this is probably a jumbled mess. but at least it is a post that has some thought put into it. : )

something nice back home

2008-05-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

this will most likely come out jumbled and not make any sense. and it is really short, but hopefully i will add to it when i have time.

I'm lost : )

LOST's last episode was good, but it seemed to be filling a "slot" so to speak.

It didn't seem like anything really important happened. We all know Jack didn't wouldn;t die or get seriously ill because:

#1 he started the show, he has been the "main" character and can't really be taken off the show. it would kill it. In the 1st through 3rd seasons Jack was definitely the leading character, but in the fourth season he seems to fade away [even though he is still involved and important ] and Ben seems to have risen to the occasion.

#2 Jack is one of the Oceanic 6. He can't die on the island. Unless the writers stoop so low as to have a huge "time" change between the "real" world and the island. [more on this matter later]

But something about Jack's illness is interesting:

the conversation between Rose and Bernard about Jack's illness and illness in general on the island is interesting.

[taken from lostpedia] While washing down a table for the surgery, Bernard sees that Rose looks unsettled. The couple discuss why Jack got sick; Bernard chalks up Jack's illness to bad luck, but Rose thinks that it isn't a coincidence that Jack is ill because "people do not get sick on the island".

i wasn't surprised that Jack and Kate ended up together. I guessed it a long time ago. Jack's proposal seemed forced and bitter.

Back to the island: What is up with Sawyer and his new protective and nice self? What happened to the uncaring, rude and crude Sawyer that was has been a crucial part of LOST for the past three seasons? I like the new Sawyer better. But for whatever reason Sawyer had the personality change, it is bound to become part of LOST.

I figured that Sawyer would choose to stay on the island. In the episode played on valentines day, sawyer expressed his feelings toward leaving the island. He wanted to stay, and wanted Kate to stay too. He suggested they play "house."

Miles definetly knows something about what happens to Claire and Aaron. He gives her weird looks and asks to take the baby. He even gets a restraining order from Sawyer to stay away from Claire and Aaron.

I thought is was ridiculous that the soldier guy didn't find miles, sawyer, claire and squaky aaron hiding behind the bush. i don't want anything to happen to sawyer or claire or aaron but they definetly should have been found. i am pretty sure they soldier dude knows they were hiding there and will come after them.

Claire was woken in the middle of the night by the christian shepard sitting around the camp fire holding aaron. what is up with that. Claire responds with "dad?"

sawyer wakes up and wants to know where claire is. Miles saw Christian and heard claire call him dad, and obviously saw her leave. Then we hear baby aaron crying and sawyer goes on a mad hunt looking for him and claire. we find aaron laying in a bush. with no claire in sight.

* i find it funny how at the beginning of LOST, sawyer wanted nothing to with claire and her baby, he looked awkward when holding aaron and know he really cares and is worried about claire and aaron. he seems more confident in holding aaron.

where the heck is claire and why did she willingly/unwillingly leave aaron? [i am voting for willingly] where the heck is she. i believe this is the start of claire's separation from aaron. i have no theories on why or how, but this is the beginning. i am pretty sure.

before this little event, the group stumbled upon danielle and carl's bodies [i can't believe they actually killed her off]

[taken from lostpedia] Sawyer, Claire, and Miles are walking through the jungle when they reach a clearing. Claire tells Sawyer she's feeling much better, but that she still has a headache. "At least I'm not seeing things anymore," she says. Miles asks her what she used to see, but Sawyer puts a stop to that conversation. Suddenly, Miles looks uneasy as whispers swirl about. He stops walking, listens, and asks, "Who's Danielle and Karl?". He starts digging in the dirt to find both of their bodies in shallow graves. Sawyer asks Miles how he knew about the two but Miles gives no reply. Sawyer accuses Miles' team of killing them, but he denies that he is on the same team with Keamy and his men. Miles seems upset to discover the bodies as he "didn't sign up for this". Claire just wants to leave and Sawyer escorts her away, promising that everything will be fine once they make it back to the beach.

that is all i got for now.

Amazing Grace.

2008-05-03T14:00:00.000-07:00

great movie. one of my favorites.

antoher great movie is:

Enchanted.

happy birthday ode to ben and my mom : )

2008-05-02T15:13:00.000-07:00

happy birthday.

Running Start

2008-04-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

Today, I greeted upon my arrival at school by hardly any students, and over four police cars and about 5 or six police men.

shooting rumor.

i had no idea until this morning.

there was only 6 people in my first period class [including me].

so i got picked up early and went to SPSCC to take the ACCUPLACER.

and guess what......

I PASSED! I am able to go to Running Start! Whoo Hoo!

I passed with flying colors, except for college math, I am going to take it again, probably this friday.

I am so happy. It would have be a big disappointment to get rejected.

my biggest fear: failure

my happiest moment: perfection.

so anyway,

It looks like i will be starting college at SPSSCC in fall as a 15 year old. : )

I think there is a reason to be excited : )

[i was going to say something else, something substantial and informative that has been on my mind for awhile, but i forgot it]

Yesterday, our church [FBC] had two services for both Spanish and English speakers. The second one [in spanish but translated in english] was very enjoyable, unlike the first which was very very boring.

The second service was very exciting the fact that spanish speakers and English speakers were able to worship and fellowship together in a laid back sort of fashion. I think it partially changed my view of spanish speakers. I don't mind spanish speakers, [i'm not racist or anything], i just have a renewed sense of respect for them. I came to terms with the fact that they are people with the same rights and beliefs as me. It was also very good to see the language barriers didn't cause a problem, that we were able to communicate with each other even though we speak different languages. i thought it was a good service. [sidenote: i also thought it was cool to hear both spanish and english singing. ]

My Favorite Pictures

2008-04-11T17:03:00.000-07:00

The following are my favorite pictures that i have collected over the years. I still have to add a lot, so be patient. : )

You can also view this slideshow any time under my profile. :)

my present life:

2008-04-11T15:56:00.000-07:00

First:

Welcome Back A.J. : ) [last sunday]

and Happy 20th Anniversary to my parents [wednesday April 9th]

boo hoo to the math/sci wasl next tuesday-friday.

i have an eye doctor appointment on monday to get better glasses. it has been over three years, since i have been for an eye check up. He told me to come back after one year.

to tide you over [ til i get my review finished]

2008-03-28T17:35:00.000-07:00

i predicted the future [ just kidding] : )

2008-03-28T17:28:00.000-07:00

Can I hear a HIP HIP HOORAY!!!! for snow !?! : )

i took this photo around Christmas last year.

What I want to do

2008-03-24T19:18:00.000-07:00

i want to wake up by 6.00am.

i want to find a place to view the sunrise.

i want a good secluded spot, that allows me to move around freely, to take many pictures of the sunset.

i want to go back to the same place at about 7.oopm.

i want to take photos of the sunset at the same spots i took photos of the sunrise.

the next morning I want to take pictures of the sunrise and sunset in my own backyard and compare all four photos.

[maybe this will happen when i can drive by myself.....or maybe not]

Lost review is still coming........ It is long. I am going to review the last two episodes. Although I can't remember what happened last week. it was like i didn't watch the episode, but i knew I did. I remember that it was about Michael and that Rouseaous [?how the heck do spell this?] and Carl were shot.

an update on my life:

i am sick. [or was.] but i am getting better. : )

my childhood dreams of becoming a vet seem so close. The plans are firming up, the details becoming clearer and i can't wait, but at the same time i hold back.

where i want to be.

2008-03-17T20:03:00.000-07:00

Here is where I want to be.

This is my favorite picture this is where i want to be right now.

I really REALLY want one of these.

Happy now Corey? [i posted]

Lost Review to come soon :)

i love to chuckle. : )

2008-03-12T17:02:00.000-07:00

and my personal favorite:

deer heart dissection video to follow?

WSU vet school... HERE I COME!

2008-03-08T19:52:00.000-08:00

some photos:

Thanks to Aunt Susie and Uncle Kenny for providing the heart : )

Michael! Come out! Come out, Wherever you are!

2008-03-07T09:14:00.000-08:00

Last Night's Episode of LOST: wow. way to go writers. This episode, "the other woman" was one of the best written episode in season 4. [the runner up is the Constant] The Constant also receives the award for the best acting in season 4, so far. the LOST writers just pulled out to great episodes, which are redeeming them from the disastrous season opener.

I will start with a brief overview of season 4 so far:

"Beginning of the End" Losties had to figure out whether they wanted to believe Charlie's message [not penny's boat] or not. Most of the Losties voted in favor of poor dead Charlie. They went with Locke to the supposed barracks. Only Jack and Kate were left [beside the Losties still at the beach]Daniel Faraday, from the supposed rescue freighter, is introduced into the script. The flash forwards for this episode are about Hurley.

"Confirmed Dead" At the beginning of the episode we find out that a replica of Flight 815 is at the bottom of the ocean, complete with wax bodies [except for the pilot wasn't wearing his wedding ring]. [i think that the replica was planted by the none other then Mr. Widmore] Then we see Daniel Faraday crying when he sees a news clip on Flight 815. A lady in the background tries to comfort him, maybe a wife, girlfriend, sister? the flash backs go on to tell about each of the passengers on the helicopter, including Naomi. we find out that miles is a creepy ghost buster.

"The Economist" wow. Sayid pretty much says he would rather sell his soul, than trust Ben, but Sayid ends up being a killer for Ben! good job writers. On the island, Sayid, goes of on a mission [with Kate (going on behalf of Jack) and miles in tow] to make a deal with Locke to get Charlotte. They end up getting caught in Othersville, miles off to the boathouse, sayid in the standard pool table room with ben, and kate being kept in Ben's bedroom by Sawyer. Sayid cuts a deal with Locke, and Charlotte goes to back to the helicopter with sayid. This episode gets the award for best scene. Sayid going up in the helipcopter with Desmond and Frank was just beautiful. well done writers/filmers. well done.

"Eggtown" Kate starts off the episode stepping out of her car like a celebrity. But instead of Hollywood we see a courtroom. Jack tells a lie about what happened on the island. She gets off with only community service and she has to stay put. Back at the island, Kate has second thoughts about holding Claire's baby Aaron. This scene proves to be ironic in the sense that Kate adopts Aaron when she gets off the island. my theories: #1 Claire couldn't get off the island for whatever reason, such as she wanted to stay on the island. Claire realized Aaron would have a better life of the island and gave him to the one girl she could trust: Kate. #2 something happens to Claire [and Kate] on the island that makes her want to give up Aaron. #3 [similar to #2] Claire dies or becomes very ill, insane, crazy...etc. #4 Claire is one of the oceanic six, but something happens along the way home. #5 it was either her or Aaron that could go off the island.

"The Constant" all about the time jumpers. wow. too much to say about this episode but WOW. great job filming it! Desmond gets an aberration. As the helicopter landed, Desmond didn't remember why he was on the helicopter and who were the people sitting next to him. we find out from Daniel that people who have been exposed to high levels of radiation or electromagnetism [the blown-up hatch in Des' case] tend to contract this problem go to or from the island. The problem is time jumper. The victim randomly switches between times. We also know, from Minkowski, that a time changer will eventually get stuck between times and die. Desmond is reliving the time when he was in the military. Daniel tells Desmond over the phone to come find him at Oxford university during his next time change. He also gives Des a couple of numbers and a name to give to Daniel's younger self. Desmond goes to the university and Daniel seems to be annoyed with his presence. But he finally releases the information of the constant to Des. The Constant is the only way a time changer could be normal again. The Constant has to be in both "times", it had to be something you cared deeply about, and i could be anything. Desmond's constant was Penny. He called her from the freighter and he was back to normal. In the last seconds of the episode we see Daniel Faraday reading his journal on the beach. A close up view of the pages, reveal this message circled in red: if anything should go wrong, Desmond Hume will be my constant. Which leaves me to believe that Daniel is a time changer, or a possible time changer because of his 20 times a day radiation rat experiments. So if he is a time changer, and Desmond was his constant and Desmond is cured, where does that leave him?

Finally,

"The Other Woman"
Lost is back to its normal self. Problems introduced into one episode and solved many episodes later or not at all. Jack is back to being the leader. He can't help it. He also goes back into the role of doctor as seen when Kate gets hit in the head by Charlotte. He still has the obsessive urge to fix everything in his path. Locke is back to being unsure of himself and his abilities. He also continues to fall into Ben's "plans". Ben is a very sly, creepy man. Finally Lost is back.

This episode is about Juliet. It starts off with Juliet and the Other's therapist, Harper, talking. Juliet seems uncomfortable and annoyed that she has to be there. Harper doesn't seem to want to be there either. We then see Juliet helping Goodwin [consequently Harper's husband] with chemical wound. Juliet confides in Goodwin that Harper is mean and critical. They make a deal, Juliet won't tell about Goodwin's chemical wound [what is that from anyway?] and Goodwin won't tell Harper about Juliet's opinion of her. Juliet and Goodwin then end up having an affair. Harper confronts Juliet and says she is worried about Goodwin, Ben might do something to him.

Later in the episode, while Juliet is separated from Jack, Sun and Jin while they are all searching for Daniel and Charlotte, she hears the creepy whispering voices. What are up with those? They normal come into play when something bad or daunting is about to happen. I personally think the voices have something to do with Jacob. Anyway, Harper appears, drenched by the rain, meaner than ever. She tells Juliet where Daniel and Charlotte are going. Juliet is told she needs to stop them at all costs. Jack, the almighty hero, comes upon the scene. He is freaked out by Harper. "Why don't you and your gun go along too?" [great line] We hear the voices again and a freaked out Jack whirls around. Harper is gone. We find out later in the episode that Juliet thinks Harper was Ben's way of telling Juliet to stop Lewis and Faraday. I don't think so. That would be a low blow for the lost writers. Harper was either working for Jacob or she is still alive and thinking for herself. Being commanded by Ben would be too obvious.

Wow. I lost all respect for Ben in this episode. He flounced to oven when it was time to get a ham out when Juliet came over for a romantic dinner. The way he flounced up the hill after showing Juliet Goodwin's body, it almost made me puke. It was in this same scene, Ben assures suspicions of sending Goodwin to die. He also reveals to Juliet her main purpose on the island: Ben. Ben's words were simple: you are mine. Ben was a little jealous. He knew he couldn't compete with Goodwin. Ben also has a moment of triumph. He has Juliet all to himself. But then Jack comes into the picture. What will Ben do to get rid of Jack?

Ben cuts a deal with Locke. Ben answers a few questions and Locke lets him eat with utensils, sleep in a real bed.. etc. my favorite part of the deal is when Locke asks who Ben's mole on the freighter was. Ben responds with: you might want to sit down. at the end of the episode, we see Ben walking through Othersville with a pile of sheets. He says see you at dinner to Hurley and Sawyer. The mole was not revealed. Any guesses on who the mole is? I think it is Michael. We know he is being introduced back into the script this season. He is the only person who has left the island. We can presume the mole is someone we already know from past episodes. [ why would Ben have Locke sit down when he doesn't even know the person] definitely Michael.

Oceanic Six:

Jack

Kate

Sayid

Hurley

Aaron (?) [i don't know if he is included or not]

????

My guesses for number six:

Michael. He cuts a deal with Ben. He gets to go home. If Aaron isn't included then Walt.

Sun. She is [supposedly] the star of the next episode. We know that they will be revealing who is next on the list. and if Aaron isn't included Jin will be joining her.

Claire.

this is all i got for now. maybe more later.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

2008-03-04T18:46:00.000-08:00

I want one more foot. : ) i am hopeful.

bummer. big time.

2008-03-04T18:40:00.000-08:00

instead dissecting my heart, i had to clean my room. bummer. big time.

by the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH! : )

happy 16th

long time, no post : )

2008-03-01T10:23:00.000-08:00

today I [might] get [depending on how clean my room is] to disect a Deer heart. WOOHOO!

that might sound weird, but i enjoy dissecting things.

a few examples of things i have dissected:

Science Fair Project #1 [Anatomy Of A Fetal Pig]

poor phil

Sheep's eye [along with sheep's kidney and heart]

Science Fair Project #2 [Heart Valves]

school is going okay. I have to schedule my classes for next year, even though it feels i just went through that. : (

so far on the agenda:

a pe credit

science [a must] [either equine sci, honors biology or honors chemistry]

pre-calc

english 101

history credit

and i am not sure what else i am taking; possibly sculpture II

2008-02-22T20:53:00.000-08:00

Most of the time this movie seems to bug me, but lately i seem to like it more and more.

and a classic:

This was one of my least favorite movies as a kid....still is....

Baby Isaiah

2008-02-21T17:14:00.000-08:00

no reservations

2008-02-21T17:06:00.000-08:00

pretty good movie, i must say.

I really like it. it is one of my favorites. i recommend it.

jumper.

2008-02-16T20:51:00.000-08:00

This movie is actually really good to my surprise. I thought it was going to be boring, but it wasn't. I saw it today with Ben in Tacoma. I was the first to point out that the main character, David Rice, was the same actor that played Anakin in Star Wars. But Ben reedeemed himself by figuring out that the evil black guy [can't remember his name] was the same guy who played Mace Windu [spelling?] in Star Wars.

Anakin:

David Rice:

The evil black guy:

Is it time for a new post?

2008-02-14T17:17:00.000-08:00

I seem to like to change things.

I like to rearrange my room. [all the time]

I like to change my surroundings.

I like consistency more.

I like to routine.

i think my life teter-toters between change and routine/consistency/sameness.

it works for me.

that's all that matters right?

life comes at you fast.

2008-02-10T18:39:00.000-08:00

why is life so complicated?

2008-02-09T21:45:00.000-08:00

just when i figured out the meaning of life, they change it.

it has been awhile

2008-02-07T20:40:00.000-08:00

i hate rain and wind.

My cousin, Colt, is staying with us because his little brother was born on Tuesday, and we are giving his mom and grandma a break. : )

He is fun and adorable : )

i hope it is a late start tomorrow. it should have been today. : (

LOST: Season 4

2008-02-02T14:56:00.000-08:00

one word:

disappointment.

so far season 4 seems to be going to the dogs.

did anybody else see a reacurrence of the beach vs. cave scenario in season 1?

Jack + "the rescuers" at the beach vs. Locke + fellow survivors in the barracks

I find it funny that only Kate went with Jack. But I still like Jack better than Locke.

SEASON 4

2008-01-31T19:50:00.001-08:00

the year of all things new [continued]

2008-01-31T19:39:00.000-08:00

the fourth season of LOST starts in in about 15 minutes! : )

Anyway,

I wanted to say that I am registered at SHS. I start tomorrow. i am a little nervous. new school you know. new grade. i am entering in at the second half of the year. don't get me wrong, I am ecstatic that i can go! : )

I am taking:
spanish
computer applications
health
sculpting
integrated 3
honors english.

LOST starts tomorrow : )

2008-01-30T10:25:00.000-08:00

Boone Carlyle was a middle section survivor of Oceanic Flight 815 and was Shannon's stepbrother. He attempted to assume a semi-leadership role with the survivors but failed due to being rash and young, though he became Locke's apprentice when the two formed a close bond. Boone survived on the Island for 41 days before he died of injuries sustained in a fall whilst he tried to contact 'rescuers' from the drug smugglers' plane. According to Locke, Boone was a sacrifice the Island demanded.

should i go or should i stay

2008-01-29T13:39:00.000-08:00

i still don't know what i am going to do for school next semester. I am signed up with classes for WAVA, but am registered at OBJH. And SHS had been brought back into play. what to do? second semester for SHS started today [right?], OBJH's second semester starts on Thursday and WAVA's second semester starts on Thursday.

sidenote: i like the snow. But i am tired of winter. I tired of my shoes and pants getting wet because of the rain or slush on pavement.

We are Marshall

2008-01-29T13:37:00.000-08:00

A fantastic movie. And a true story at that.

we are marshall

[the countdown]

2008-01-29T13:32:00.000-08:00

Juliet is my favorite other.

Dr. Juliet Burke (née Carlson) is a member of the Others. She seems unhappy with her allegiance (particularly, it seems, with Ben's position of authority), and lives at the Barracks. Juliet is a calm, intelligent woman with a background in medicine, but unhappy with her private life and will do anything to get off the Island. However, it seems Juliet has betrayed her people and joined the survivors in wanting off the island.

Our Cats

2008-01-28T11:00:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of our cats: [The orange cat, Pumpkin, is mine]

[the countdown]

2008-01-28T10:58:00.000-08:00

Charlie Hieronymus Pace was a survivor from the middle section of Oceanic 815. Before the crash, Charlie was the bassist and main songwriter for the rock band Driveshaft. When Flight 815 crashed, Charlie was snorting heroin in one of the plane's bathrooms. Charlie's drug addiction and crippling self-doubt were the biggest obstacles in his life. Like many of the Losties, the crash provided Charlie with a fresh start. On the Island, Charlie formed a relationship with Claire Littleton and her son Aaron.

After avoiding deaths foreseen by Desmond several times, Charlie finally died willingly to save the other survivors. He drowned on day 93, and his death is yet unknown to anyone except Desmond.

The Countdown

2008-01-27T19:47:00.001-08:00

My friend, Becca, made me the LOST countdown. She is also the person who introduced me to LOST. : )

Shannon Rutherford was a middle section survivor of Oceanic Flight 815 and was Boone's stepsister, who she frequently argued with. She was very selfish at times, though she eventually formed a romantic relationship with Sayid. Shannon survived on the Island for 48 days before she was unintentionally shot and killed by Ana-Lucia Cortez.

I got a new Cactus! [from California! : )]

2008-01-26T11:22:00.000-08:00

I love it! : ) My Dad brought it back with him from San Diego. He also brought me some DELICOUS dark chocolate covered caramel. : ) YUM!

Here are a few pictures!

sidenote: I had my first drive with Diane this morning. It went well. I practiced driving all around Shelton with my parents before I went.

4 more days!

2008-01-26T11:19:00.000-08:00

Rose Nadler (née Henderson) is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. She was on the plane with her husband Bernard, but was separated for 48 days following the crash. Rose is a well-meaning, caring woman who was supposedly healed from her fatal illness after arriving on the island, similar to Locke.

late characters [and todays] for the countdown

2008-01-24T16:41:00.000-08:00

Karl is a young man who is part of Ben's people, his origins are unknown, but he is desperately trying to escape. Karl is Alex's boyfriend, but Ben disapproved of this relationship, and locked up Karl as he feared he would get Alex pregnant. Since then, Karl has escaped and joined the survivors with Alex.

Danielle Rousseau is a woman, presumed to be of French origin, who claimed to have arrived on the Island with a science team in 1988.

{today's 7 days !! ]Dr. Leslie Arzt was a middle-section survivor of Oceanic Flight 815. He was a science teacher, who managed to discover many new species of insects, including the medusa spider, but was killed on the Island while handling dynamite on day 44.

[and tomorrow's{early} 6 days]

James Ford, better known by the alias of "Sawyer", is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. Sawyer's early life was ravaged by the con man who ultimately claimed both his parent's lives through conning them, instantly orphaning him. As a child, he wrote a letter to this con man, hoping to deliver it to him in person one day. Sawyer set out to search for him, presumably after he left school, however he, himself, ultimately became a con man and became the man he was hunting. Revenge plays a big part in Sawyer's life, starting with the real Sawyer. On the island, Sawyer has often used his abilities to con people to get his wishes, and keeps a stash of useful items with him. However, after the death of the real Sawyer, he has begun to rethink his ways and is slowly turning into a leader for the survivors.
He escaped from the captivity of the Others with Kate, and has formed a relationship with her.

i love hymns

2008-01-22T12:53:00.000-08:00

the original version:

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I'll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.

the new version:

Come Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace now like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

here's my heart, oh, take and seal it

2008-01-22T12:47:00.000-08:00

Skykomish [it is about 16 miles away from Stevens Pass]

2008-01-22T12:22:00.000-08:00

I am permitted to drive

2008-01-17T10:04:00.000-08:00

I got my permt yesterday, and started drivers' ed on monday. woohoo. : )

I drove around the neighborhood with my mom, too. : )

[the countdown] [way early! : )]

2008-01-17T10:03:00.000-08:00

I will be gone for a while... so here is [The Countdown] for the next few days:

Yesterday: [two characters, again]

Cindy Chandler is a flight attendant of Oceanic Airlines. She was in the tail section of Flight 815 when it crashed. She went missing during the Tailies' journey across the Island to join the beac camp and appears to be living with the Others along with the other captured people.
During her time with The Others, she has acted as the caretaker of Zack and Emma, two children who survived the Flight 815 crash.

The pilot was found in the cockpit by Jack, Kate, and Charlie. He was pulled out and killed by the "monster"

Todays [14 days!]

Walter "Walt" Lloyd is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. He has been referred to as "special" by several different people, and seems to have some unnatural powers. He was kidnapped by the Others, and was returned to his father in a prisoner exchange for Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley. Walt and Michael's whereabouts and fate are currently unknown, after they left the Island on a motor boat with the instructed heading of 325.

Vincent is Walt's dog, and the only non-human survivor of Flight 815.

And 13 days! [two again]:

Zack is a young boy from the tail section of the plane, who was traveling with his sister Emma. He is one of only three children who was on Oceanic Flight 815, and one of only two children among the tailies.

Emma is a young girl from the tail section of the plane, who was traveling with her brother Zack to meet their mother in Los Angeles. Emma is one of only three children who survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815.

And 12 days! :

Paulo was one of the middle section survivors of Flight 815. Before the crash, he and Nikki Fernandez murdered Howard L. Zukerman and stole his diamonds. They spent most of their time on the island searching for these diamonds to the exclusion of almost everything else. A bite from a Medusa spider induced a death-like paralysis in Paulo. He subsequently died as a result of being buried alive while paralized.

And 11 Days! :

Jin-Soo Kwon (Korean name: Hangul: 권진수, Hanja: 權真秀) is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. Jin was born into a poor upbringing with his fisherman father which he has always been ashamed of. After meeting and in order to marry Sun, the love of his life, he was forced into working into his father-in-law's mafia-type business in which he takes part in horrid tasks. This has made him almost scared of what he is capable of. Due to this, he was over-controlling of Sun in their late-marriage stage. Jin is the only survivor to not speak the native language within the group - English. This has caused a constant language barrier but after Sun revealed she spoke English to the group, this helped him overcome this struggle and has managed to pick up disconnected words and phrases.

And 10 Days!:

Katherine "Kate" Austen is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. Kate is a fugitive being pursued for the murder of her father and participation in a bank robbery. She was being pursued by Marshal Mars and was being escorted back to the United States before the crash. Kate was married to a police officer named Kevin Callis while a fugitive.

watch the video.... [all of it]...

2008-01-15T20:20:00.001-08:00

16! DAYS! LEFT!

2008-01-15T20:07:00.000-08:00

Today we see two characters again:

Aaron Littleton is a child who was born on the Island, and is the son of Claire Littleton and Thomas, the grandson of Christian Shephard and Carole Littleton, half-nephew of Jack Shephard and great-nephew of Lindsey

Eko, also known as Mr. Eko or Father Tunde, was one of the tail section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. He was a notorious war lord and drug smuggler in Nigeria before his brother Yemi's death. To get out of his country he hastily became a priest, but after Yemi's death, he seemed to take his role more seriously. Eko survived on the Island for 72 days before he was killed by the Monster. [he is one of my least favorite characters]

Anybody watch American Idol?

17 more days to go

2008-01-14T20:44:00.000-08:00

Hugo Reyes, more commonly known by his nickname "Hurley", is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. Hurley's father disappeared when he was at a young age for almost 17 years. Afterwards, Hurley suffered an eating-disorder and after a traumatic accident he was sent to a mental asylum when he started seeing an imaginary person. Ever since, he has changed and has been extremely conscious of his sanity and how people view him. When Hurley won the lottery, he was not overjoyed, instead he was fearful that his life was going to change. Hurley is typically happy-go-lucky and keeps the spirits of his fellow survivors up. He has an eating disorder but has managed to overcome that with the help of Libby, and has even stuck to it after her death. He is also the voice of reason in the group, and uses his common sense to solve difficult situations. Ever since winning the lottery with the mysterious numbers, he has searched for an answer for the curse of bad luck that supposedly plagues him.

[18 days] 2timesthecharacters

2008-01-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

today we see to commonly mixed up characters [see their pictures here]:

Scott Jackson was one of the Middle section survivors. His character was commonly mistaken for Steve Jenkins, a confusion that became a running joke in the script. Scott Jackson was later found dead - presumably killed by Ethan Rom on day 28.

Steve Jenkins is a Flight 815 survivor. His character was commonly mistaken for Scott Jackson, a confusion that became a running joke in the script.

factoring trinomials by grouping is a whole lot easier than doing it the harder [and longer] way. that is what i learned today. in the past two days, my dad and i have been going through my math. i have spent probably 10-14 hours in the past two days, working on it. : ( I am mathed out. [so is my dad]

sidenote: my cactus died. i miss my cactus. [these are pictures of my dying cactus about two weeks ago:] [anybody have a spare cactus? : ) ]

i hope i don't drown

2008-01-12T11:25:00.000-08:00

i love our fish. my fish are the two silver dollars. any body now what tv show was playing in the background?

19 more days

2008-01-12T10:49:00.000-08:00

Ana-Lucia Cortez was an ex-police officer who sat in the tail section of Flight 815 when it crashed. She took a leadership role in the group and led her party across the Island, unintentionally reuniting them with the rest of the passengers. Ana was known to be very emotionally cold and violent. After 64 days on the Island, she was murdered by Michael.

Destany! : )

2008-01-12T10:28:00.000-08:00

My friend Destany now has a blog : )

Read it here.

{20 days}

2008-01-11T18:51:00.000-08:00

Here is yesterday's character:

Johnathan "John" Locke is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. His paralysis was immediately healed upon crashing on the Island, which has ultimately led him to believe he has some sort of special connection to the Island. He is sometimes shown in antithesis to Benjamin Linus, sharing several traits including the ability to commune with Jacob. Seen as antithetical to Jack Shephard, he and Jack are philosophical opposites and used to share leadership among the survivors, but now seems to be creating his own agenda for his actions on the Island and has broken off from the survivors

Here is today's Character:

Naomi Dorrit arrived on the Island by parachute. She landed in a tree in the jungle, and was cut down by Desmond and Charlie, and was found to have a punctured lung that was treated by Mikhail. When she arrived, Desmond mistook her for his estranged love, Penelope Widmore and was shocked to find Naomi in her place

Big Mouth Billy Bash

2008-01-10T16:29:00.000-08:00

take me to the river.... take me to the river to pray

2008-01-10T16:08:00.000-08:00

Anyone heard that song? [take me to the river...take me to the river to pray]

I have a tough decision to make, [SHS, WAVA, OBJH, HPA,]
right now = battle of SHS vs Wava, OBJH, Hpa

I went to see the counselor at OBJH today.[Mr. Colby (the counselor at the high school) referred us back to the OBJH] He made some sense and pointed out a few things that needed to get out in the open.

Here are the deciding questions:

[1]Will I be to busy to enjoy life? Will all I be doing is homework and missing out on life?

[2]Am I too young and immature?

[3]Is it just a bad choice?

[4]Will I be able to get enough credits?

[5]Do I really want to?

My pending answers:

[1] I am going to say no. I think if i stay in 9th grade, I would be missing out on some of the fun of high school, because most [like 95%] of my friends [and the people i hang out with] are in 10th grade. All my long-time friends will be graduated my senior year......
[2]i don;t know, you tell me...?
[3] who really knows but God?
[4] yes. i am pretty sure I will. [unless i don't get accepted to running start] I already have [or will have in two weeks] 5 credits.
[5]i do but i don't....so maybe?!?

i love this song.

2008-01-09T09:56:00.000-08:00

22 more days to go.

2008-01-09T08:43:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth, more commonly known as "Libby", was one of the tail-section survivors of Flight 815. She claimed to be a clinical psychologist before the crash and developed a romantic interest in Hurley on the Island. She was first seen in the Season 2 episode "Adrift" and was later murdered by Michael; he shot her in the episode "Two for the Road" and she finally died of her wounds in the episode. "?"
A competent young woman, she seemed reserved about her own life and gave out little information. As no flashbacks were specifically devoted to her, little is known about her back-story. Adding to the mystery is that her surname has not yet been revealed and that she featured prominently in flashbacks of other Losties. Because of this, Libby has become a key point of interest amongst fans of the show. Through the flashbacks in which she appeared, it was discovered she was once a patient at the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute together with Hurley and that she donated a sailboat to Desmond.

{the countdown} [23]

2008-01-08T18:55:00.000-08:00

Michael Dawson is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. He had parental issues with his son, Walt, but the two have bonded with their time on the island. Michael shot dead Ana-Lucia and Libby in order to release Ben from captivity; and ultimately caused the capture of Jack, Sawyer and Kate, when he made a deal with the Others. His whereabouts are currently unknown after he left the Island with his son Walt on a motor boat.

[school] {early graduation}

2008-01-07T21:10:00.000-08:00

Question.

Is it good or bad to graduate high school early [maybe say a year early]? What do you think?

the best hymn ever

2008-01-07T16:10:00.000-08:00

Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee;
take my moments and my days,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of thy love;
take my feet, and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee.

Take my voice, and let me sing
always, only, for my King;
take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee.

Take my silver and my gold,
not a mite would I withhold;
take my intellect, and us
eevery power as thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine.
take my heart, it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne.

Take my love; my Lord, I pour
at thy feet its treasure store;
take my self, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee.

Must See Movie [if you haven't already]

2008-01-07T14:16:00.003-08:00

Pride and Prejudice [new version]

This is probably the BEST movie I have seen in awhile. I have seen it twice since it came out and it hasn't got old.

As for the book, it was long, hard to read, but yet good all the same.

24 days {the countdown continues}

2008-01-07T12:54:00.000-08:00

Nikki Fernandez was one of the middle section survivors from Flight 815 and is first introduced in "Further Instructions". She had spent most of her time on the island trying to recover the $8 million diamonds she and Paulo had stolen from Zukerman, her staged lover, before the crash. She received a Medusa spider bite that induced a deathlike paralysis and she died after being buried alive alongside Paulo.

We are Marshall

2008-01-07T12:51:00.000-08:00

I have been told by several people to watch We Are Marshall. Any of you watch it? Was it good?

becca = in the video matthew fox is crying. it made me laugh

The Countdown [is late]

2008-01-07T08:55:00.000-08:00

Here is yesterdays character:

Desmond David Hume was the lone resident of the Swan at the time of the Flight 815 crash. He was discovered by Locke, Kate and Jack a month later after they had blown open The Hatch. After his failed attempts to leave the Island, Desmond joined the camp of survivors. Following the destruction of the Swan, Desmond gained a mysterious ability to see flashes of the future, with which he predicted Charlie's imminent death.

my year in pictures. [there's alot]

2008-01-05T20:48:00.000-08:00

sorry : ( The pictures are all jumbled up.

Spirit Week! Cowboy Day : ) [always a favorite] I'm the sheriff of these parts.

duke [later know as shim]

duke and daisy

Happy Birthday Dad! have fun backpacking

AJ's Rotc uniform

Kids Alive! Orange Squad Leaders, Anna and I

the bible study

My cousin Dorfy and her son, Colt

my little cousin Colt, Happy Birthday

duke

our kitten, duke

Eighth Grade Graduation [finally]

the awards

The ceremony

Fellow graduate Norah and I

my mom and me [graduation]

we were teaching my cousin natalie how to be strong : )

Happy Birthday Uncle Tim! [i was at beach! retreat]

Graduation

Happy Birthday Mom! : )

the siblings

Easter

getting the certificate

My dad and i

Skookum Rotary Academic excellence

my cat

the cats

a younger me

my mom opening her mother's day present [a scrapbook i (a page or two from ben and aj) made for her]

the bum [we also call him the vacuum]

my birthday dinner

15 years! 15 candles

my cat pumpkin

The siblings

pumpkin carving

carving pumpkins

halloween, [my pumpkin (left) and ben's (right)

my family birthday party/dinner

Dad putting up the lights

my family in the snow

My Grannie and I

my grandma and me [state capital musuem]

My grandma, my cousin natalie, me, and my cousin kali

most of the foster family

all the shoes at thanksgiving

The Foster Family at Thanksgiving

my family at thanksgiving

the big winner. [puyallup fair]

Ben and I pounding corn, harder than it looks. [puyallup fair]

puyallup fair [my favorite part: the barns]

me, my grandma, and ben at the puyallup fair

foot massage at the puyallup fair

erin

getting my hair cut, after waiting a long time to cut it.

mariners baseball game

my first day of high school

[the coundown] {26 days to go}

2008-01-05T13:32:00.000-08:00

Today is Ben's favorite character:

Claire Littleton is one of the middle section survivors of Oceanic Flight 815. She is Jack Shephard's half-sister, although neither of them knows this. She is the mother of Aaron Littleton who was born on the Island soon after the crash, and has done her best to raise Aaron. During her time on the Island, she entered a relationship with fellow survivor, Charlie Pace.

2007 [well, it was a year for all things new]

2008-01-04T20:25:00.000-08:00

My year [in thoughts and a few pictures thrown in]

January- I was learning, slowly, how to fulfil my role as student council president. I started having plans. I looked to the future, for the first time. I helped shape the student council, and hopefully the work of the 2007 student council, will live on in infamy. : ) I was also busy trying out my new appearing "leading" ability. I started speaking up in front of crowds, and figured out that I was setting an example. One of our cats died. We called her Moosy, but her name was Miss Lucy. [she is the tiny, long-haired, light gray one,

February- Preparations for my last science fair. I dissected a pig heart with the hope of finding heart valves. That was pretty much all.

March- Breanna and I decided to start a bible study for our age group. We decided that the group should be lead by one of us. We various obstacles to get through, such as would it work? what would we study? who would talk? where and when do we have it? and how to tell girls about it. We decided to study a book called being a girl who leads. March 22nd -- Our first meeting. I think we had 5 people. [including Breanna and I] The first meeting, was shaky, and probably confusing. But we soon started to get every thing figured out. Soon we were up to seven people! I remember the changing point [not that the meetings weren't consistently better up till then]. National Day of Prayer. I was sick. I could barely talk. The day before, Breanna and I decided that we should do something different that day. So I looked in my bible and found verses on prayer. I studied those verses and came up with a piece of paper full of hand written notes. Somehow, even through my sickness and unclarity, God worked in the hearts of almost every girl in that room. We prayed for about an hour. We prayed for each other. Our hearts changed to each other that night. We were able to open ourselves up to each other. It was awesome. Definitely the highlight of my year.

April- The Jesus Freaks... got a name and a blog! I spent most of this month working on the school yearbook, with my mom, and fellow student council members. I have to say that we had the best yearbook MCCS has ever seen! : )

May- Beach! Retreat. Very different retreat. We went camping. It was refreshing. I got to know a lot of people from Youth Church better. I guess you could say, I was, in a way, coming out of my shell. Ben turned 13. Started planning for Kids Alive!

June -- I graduated Eighth Grade! FINALLY! : ) I got all dressed up and curled my hair. I received 3 awards. Academic Excellence for 8th grade, Scripture Memory Award for 8th grade and Citzenship Award for 6/7/8th grades [my fellow peers voted me in].I also started a job. I baysat two girls for 11 hours monday-wednesday and sometimes thursday. My first steady babysitting job. i also had my first look into LOST. We soon finished the first season and most of the second. [thank you becca!]

July-- Kids Alive! started. I was able to take Annalee and Kaylee to Kids Alive! Which meant I had to double as guardian of them and a squad leader for the Orange Platoon. Great Experience! Anna and I had so much fun working together. And our platoon leader, Mrs. Nichols, was AWESOME! Higlight = One of the girls in my squad accepted Christ! Job wasn't going well. I learned valuable lessons about employers and jobs. I also learned that miscommunication sucks. Also, wasting practically all my summer wasn't fun either. : ( My family, my grandma, and my cousins Ariel and Kali, went to the beach. Had a good heart-to-heart will Kali and Ariel. It allowed me to realized why they were the way they were.

August -- I was free from my job. Both parties agreed to part ways. It worked out well, as I was able to enjoy the rest of summer to the fullest. What school to go to? WAVA was chosen, as much of my choice as my parents.

Spetember--I cut my long hair for locks of love. wow. that was an experience. I went to my first think tank meeting. first day of high school. [not all that thrilling]

October-- Trunk or Treat planning and helping.

November -- I turned 15. Breanna through me a party. I through surprise 16th birthday party at the same time. We had Thanksgiving at my house this year. It was fun. I got my digital camera!

December -- HAWAII!

There is my year. I am sad for 2007 to be leaving. 2007 brought many memories, good times, challenges and "new things." I am sad for 2007 to leave, but I am ready to see where 2008 leads me.

[27 days] {The Countdown}

2008-01-04T13:51:00.001-08:00

Bernard Nadler is a tail section survivor of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 and the husband of Rose. He is the only tail section survivor that has not been killed, captured, or assimilated in to the Others. He wasn't seated in the tail section, and was only there when the plane crashed because he was using the bathroom then. Bernard cares very much for Rose and feels a need to fix things, like her cancer, not dissimilar to Jack.

The Countdown

2008-01-03T20:55:00.000-08:00

28 more days

Today's charater:

Alex, also Alexandra, is the biological daughter of Danielle Rousseau and Robert. She is the adopted daughter of Ben Linus. Alex's surname is subject to debate (and could be either "Rousseau" or "Linus"), although she has been listed in ABC Medianet episode credits as "Alexandra Rousseau".
Sixteen years previous, her mother and father arrived on the Island as part of a Science Expedition. Danielle was seven months pregnant with Alex when she arrived. Shortly before giving birth, Rousseau killed the members of the science team including Alex's father Robert whom she shot dead after sabotaging his gun. According to Rousseau, Alex was taken from her by the Others a week after birth. Ben Linus raised her among the Others as his daughter telling her that her mother was dead. She became estranged from Ben as a result of his disapproval of her relationship with Karl and his subsequent abusive mistreatment of Karl. She first assisted and then eventually outright allied herself with the survivors. When this was discovered by Ben, he took her to the survivors saying they would be her new family and introduced her to Danielle. [courtesy of Lostpedia]