Music and Puppies!

So this will be a two part blog. One part will be my latest song obsessions. The other part will be about my zany, attention hogging puppy.

I haven’t really been listening to much music lately because I have been using my phone less than I was before now that I have my laptop. All of my music is on my phone, but since I don’t have ITunes on my computer, I have little ways of listening to music. Despite that fact, I have found one song that I love a lot. That song is “Wide Awake” by Katy Perry. This song is kind of a hip-hoppy ballad song. I didn’t have to listen to this song a lot like I normally do before I fell in love with it. In fact, I had never heard it on the radio. I found it when I was searching for a different song. I love the lyrics and the music of this song. Katy Perry isn’t really one of my favorite artists, but occasionally she makes a song that I really like.

Now on to my puppy, Shelly. We went to the vet today and she got three shots. I hate getting even one shot, so it must have been really scary for her not knowing what is going on and getting a needle stuck in her three times. She made it through the shots with only a little bit of whimpering. Now as she sits next to my mom, she is in some pain but mostly she’s just tired. The vet said that her biting is normal for a puppy and that when she is we should distract her with one of her many, many toys. Legit she has more toys than I have pairs of shoes, and according to my brother I have a ton of shoes. She has ones that squeak, ones that can be filled with food and cones that she can bite the living crap out of. Sometimes when Shelly is really hyper she will sprint around the house with her toys or something she isn’t supposed to have and make you chase her, which is impossible with her speed.

Before we got Shelly my mom told me that puppies were just like babies. She was so right. Shelly wakes up in the middle of the night and then really early in the morning. Just like a baby would, Shelly gets really cranky when she is hungry. When we were at the vet, at like six o’clock she would not stop whining and fidgeting because it was dinner time. Her teeth are still coming in so she has this little toy that looks like something you would give a baby to teeth on. Also like a baby, she takes up most of my mom’s attention. When my mom gets home the first thing she goes to is Shelly and asks her if she missed her. She loves being held like a baby. After we give her a bath my mom wraps her in a towel like a baby in a blanket and rocks her to sleep.

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Death of an Innocent Open Response

The most important factors that lead to Chris's death were his lack of food and his injuries. By the end of his life Chris was unable to find little to no food. Food is very important in surviving. Chris's body way probably eating itself which made it even harder to find food. Chris wrote on a note that he was injured. Being injured could make it hard to move around and found food/water. Lack of food and injuries lead to Chris's demise.

Puppy Update

Last week, I told you how I got a puppy and how excited I was to have her. Well it’s been a week and I’ve lived with her. I have found that she is very, very annoying.

She tries to eat everything! She eats shoes (somehow only mine), paper, human food, clothes, and even incense. Shelly cannot be left in a room alone without her getting into something. She tries to jump up and get anything that is sitting on the couches or ottoman. Since she is really little, she can’t get up onto the couches. It’s kind of funny to watch her struggle.  She tries to bite the corner of the couch that I usually sit on every time she walks by it. You cannot leave anything alone or she will run somewhere with it and rip it apart. Luckily I have managed to catch her before she has done any real damage to anything. Her favorite thing to eat is the floor plant that is next to the the couch. She has completely destroyed one of the branches of it. Even if you push her away from it, she goes to the other side to get at it. I really hope that in the future when she is older she won’t try to eat everything in sight.

She’s a biter. She tries to bite everything. She has bitten my toes, my legs, my stomach, my fingers and even my lip. I really hope it is because she is teething and that it won’t happen in the future. She’ll try to bite your hands when you try to pet her. If you are sitting with your toes just over the edge of the couch she will try and bite your toes (well at least she does to me). We have bought her several teething toys and they’ve helped only a little. It has gotten to the point where we give her “time-outs”, where we stick her in her crate until she calms down. It only works sometimes. Most times, if the “time-out” doesn’t work, we just take her out on a walk to hopefully get rid of most of her energy. The problem with the walks is that she still can’t really walk on her leash. The walks consist of me walking ahead of my mom so that Shelly will walk after me, and even that doesn’t work all the time because Shelly gets distracted really easily.

I guess she isn’t all that bad. She’s so cute with her little uni-brow and her beard.  She doesn’t really have a uni-brow and beard, but because of the way her hair is cut, it makes it look like that. It’s so cute when she yawns. You can see her little pink tongue, her little teeth that aren’t fully grown, and she makes a little squeaky noise. Sometimes, she sort of sounds like a guinea pig. When you get home from anywhere or come downstairs in the morning, she gets all excited and she starts doing this cute whine/bark. Shelly has only barked once and it was in front of me, so my family doesn’t believe that she can bark.

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Let's Try Something Different

So I know this is a music blog, but I haven't really been listening to any music lately. I thought that instead of talking about music, today I'd talk about the new member in my family.

A little bit over a year ago, my family had to put our dog, Marla, down. Marla was a greyhound. Greyhounds only live to be about ten to twelve years-old, so she was pretty old for her breed. It was a very sad time for me because I had had her since I was four years-old.

Since then, I have asked my mom for a puppy at least two times a week. Every time I asked, she said that she wanted to get a puppy, but she wasn’t sure whether or not it would be a good idea. Lately she has really thought about actually getting a puppy.

The breed of puppy that I had really wanted was a Cocker Spaniel. Cocker Spaniels are medium sized and grow to be about fifteen to thirty pounds. My brothers both wanted either a Rottweiler or a German shepherd. Rottweilers can be about 95 to 130 pounds. German Shepherds can be about 77 to 85 pounds.

So yesterday, 5/12/12, my mom, one of my brothers and I went to our local puppy adoption place. First, we looked at a female German Shepherd. She was really cute, but my mom didn’t really want a puppy that was going to grow up to be really big. There were two Cocker Spaniels there, but my mom had her eyes on a female Miniature Schnauzer.

The Miniature Schnauzer was very sweet and affectionate. If you stuck out your hand to her she would come over and lick your hand, which is not something that Marla would ever do. My brother didn’t really like the idea of a small dog because he was afraid that he would step on her. After playing with the puppy for a few more minutes my mom decided that she wanted to get her.

Sitting right next to me in her little red bed is Shelly the Miniature Schnauzer. My brother picked out the name. Shelly hasn’t learned her name yet , and that’s ok because it’s her second day of being Shelly.  Her birthday is February 13, 2012 (seven days after my birthday!), so she is twelve weeks old today. Her coat is what they call salt and pepper, which means that her coat is grey and white. When she first arrived home she was very scared and very tired. So she basically just slept for the rest of the day.

Since Shelly is only a puppy, she has a lot of energy and she loves to nibble on fingers. Marla never played with toys and only occasionally would “play” with you, but Shelly loves her toys that we bought for her. Shelly can’t walk on a leash very well yet, but she is getting better.

I am really sad that I will only really be here for the next three years before I go off to college. I expect these years to be great years though. I hope she remains as healthy and smart as she is today.

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Junk Food Open Response

In Bryson's essay you expect him to love the junk food, but he doesn't. Bryson says that all of the isles of junk food are heaven. After he says this you would expect that he would love the taste of the junk food. He is amazed at the varitlety of crappy food. At the end of the essay, Bryson says that he hates the taste of the junk food.  Most of America loves junk food. As an American you'd think that Bryson would love junk food. It is expected that Bryson will love the junk food, but he really doesn't.

Open Response

Corry's punishment is an example of a cruel and unusual punishment. Corry is stuck on an asteroid millions of miles away from any humans. That is torture. He is being tortured for a crime that he shouldn't have been punished for. Corry is stuck there with nothing to do and no one to talk to. Sure he had a car to   work on, but that only took up one of the fifty years he was going to be there. He spends his days playing chess with himself pondering whether or not he should commit suicide. Corry's punishment was cruel and unusual.

The Music I Used To Love

As I have said at least a million times before, music has been in my life since I was really young. I have loved listening to so many different artists. I would fall in love with a different artist’s music and then I would maybe go back to a different artist. When I was young, I only really listened to two different artists, Hilary Duff and the group, Aly and AJ or 78Violet.

I would say that Hilary Duff was my all-time favorite artist when I was younger. Whenever she came out with a new album, I just had to have it. I’m pretty sure I had every album of hers. I would stop liking her for a while and then I would start liking her again when she came out with a new album. Some of my favorite songs by her would be: “Someone’s Watching over Me”, “Who’s That Girl”, and “I Am”. I look back at her music and I ask myself why I liked her so much. There’s nothing wrong with her music. She has such a great voice, but her music doesn’t really fit my life anymore. I tend to choose music that fits my mood at that time that I’m listening. Music that doesn’t fit my mood annoys me. I remember taking one of her albums on a trip with me and my brother snapped it in half with his knee when he was trying to grab something from the back of the car. I was so sad because I had just found that album again and now I had nothing to listen to. This was back in the day when I had an actual CD player and not and IPod and a Droid.

Aly and AJ or 78Violet was my one of my favorite groups when I was younger. My favorite songs by them were: “Sticks and Stones”, “Rush”, and “Chemicals React”. Originally this group was called Aly and AJ and then was later renamed 78Violet. I only really liked this group for a short period of time. When I did like them though, I really, really liked them. I tend to become obsessed with a singer or even just one of their songs. I only have one of their albums and I’m pretty sure it snapped in half somehow, so I had to throw it away. Once I stopped liking this group, I never really liked them again. After I liked them, I found their songs really, really bad and annoying. I don’t think this group is doing any music at this time.

It feels weird looking back on music that I used to like. My taste in music has changed so much since I was younger. I don’t know how I liked the music that I used to like. I find that the music that I used to like annoys me greatly. I think it annoys me because their music just reminds me of Disney because that’s where they got their start. Word count: 500

Example Conclusion

Thesis: California is the number one place that I want to visit before I die.

Conclusion: California is the number one place that I want to visit before I die. California offers a diverse landscape and diverse weather, a great night life, and the opportunity to meet the cast of my favorite show, Grey's Anatomy. My uncle and aunt live there, so I have always dreamed about going to visit them. I hope I can get on a plane out there soon.

Music and Me

I have loved music since I was really little. I remember singing along to Hilary Duff songs in my room thinking I was the best singer in the entire world (maybe even in the entire universe). As I have said, I come from a really musical family, so music automatically is in my blood. Although not everyone in my family can sing really well, they still have some sort of musical talent.
I have extreme stage fright when I am not on stage performing. I know that sounds strange but it is very, very true. In my mind, I think that I'm going to do horribly and that I am going to mess up the song (which has been known to happen on occasion). I psych my self out before I go on stage so much, that I often times start crying and chicken out. I think that everyone will start booing as soon as I step out on to the stage. When I get on stage though, all of that fear melts away. I remember when I was little, before I had a lot of experience with music, getting a Barbie boom-box that had a microphone for karaoke and being forced to perform for the rest of my family and being absolutely terrified. 
I have tried several times to write songs but I have never really been able to fully complete a good, solid song. I have even taken a class on songwriting. The class kind of helped me in the sense that I know now what the process is. It didn't really help me in the sense that I didn't get far due to my seemingly permanent writer's block. I signed up to take the class again so lets hope it helps me this time around. Because of this I haven't really decided whether or not I want to make music my profession in the future and I am also worried that producers won't like me so they will reject me.
I can play the flute and I can sort of play the piano but not very well. I was in the school band from fourth grade all the way through eight grade which is where I learned to play the flute. I never really practiced outside of school so I wasn't the best at it as I could have been. On the piano, I was only taught what letter each key represented, so I had to teach myself how to hold my hands and how to use both hands at the same time. Since I played the flute, I already had developed hand-eye coordination and I was sort of able to play with both hands. I can only play simple songs like "Ode To Joy" (which I was first taught how to play on the flute so once I knew where the notes were on the piano I could play it) and the intro to one of my most favorite songs ever, "Pieces" by the band Red.
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Songs of the Week

From week to week (or day to day) I have different songs or a single song that I am completely obsessed with. The songs that I obsess over are practically the only songs that I listen to that week. This week, I have a couple of songs that I am in love with. Those songs would be: "Double Yellow Lines" by Sirah, "Breathe" covered by Chyler Leigh, and "Part of Me" by Katy Perry.


I love "Double Yellow Lines" by Sirah because it is really upbeat and I can listen to it no matter what mood I'm in. I typically do not like rap songs but I have been in love with this song since the first time I heard it. I cannot rap for the life of me (not that I really  ever want to). Since I cannot rap, I can't really preform this song that well. This is sad because I really want to be able to preform this song and preform it well. This song- to me- is about being on the road and basically becoming a really big musician. I really want to be a musician when I grow up, so this song gives me some incite on how its going to be when I'm on the road traveling from city to city.

I love the cover of "Breathe" done by Chyler Leigh because I love Chyler's voice and because it is from my favorite TV show ever, Grey's Anatomy. I love singing this song because it has such a nice melody and it is within my range. I have pretty much been listening to this song all the time this week. This song can keep you going when you are down or you can still listen to it if you are the happiest person on the planet. This song- to me- means that when life isn't how you want it, all you can do is breathe and it will get better soon.


I love "Part of Me" by Katy Perry because it is also very upbeat and it has a great melody. I actually just downloaded this song onto my phone a couple of days ago (legally of course). I had never really gotten into this song before I downloaded it. In fact, the first time I listened to this song, I didn't like it at all and I turned it off not even halfway through the song. I also love singing this song because it's not typically something I would sing and it is a challenge for me. 


I love music. Music is literally what my life is all about. I typically like slow songs but I occasionally become obsessed with fast paced songs. I love singing. I can typically sing slower songs better that fast paced ones. I play the flute and I can kind of play the piano but it's not very good (probably because I was never taught how to play). I come from a very musical family so I really should love music.


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What Is An Essay?

An essay is a piece of writing that is made up of concrete details and commentary of those details. An essay consists of three or more paragraphs depending on the topic being written about. An essay consists of an introductory paragraph, at least one body paragraph and a concluding paragraph. An essay is an opportunity to state your opinion on a topic.