Life Update #2

My dad put a web-block up so I can't get on here often!!!
I'm in the process of setting up a blog for times like these. It's not as cool as this blog, but heres the link: https://sites.google.com/a/mattogno.com/no-filter/
Yeah... it's really lame. Same color scheme, though!
Terribly sorry for the inconvenience!!!!

AAAAAAANNNDDDDDD.......
8TH GRADE PLAYS!!!! Ours is "The Princess and the Princess". It's not about lesbians. I'm the second princess, Princess Popplepea of the Kingdom of Shroppelham. It's my first big role in a play.... I'm so scared!!!

AAAANNNNDDDD......
ROBOT SUMO! My robot won!!! Micallagalla was her name; now I have 1/2 a pound of Hersheys Kisses.

I'm pretty sure that qualifies as awesome!!! This was the second round, and the final winning round. Exiting! 

No Craft Fair

GAHRRRR
My mom decided I can go to the craft fair.
GAHHHHRRRRR
I'm trying to be calm and look up other craft fairs in the area.
GAAAHHHRRRRRRRRR
BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE ITS SO DEPRESSING!

On a side note, I edited my tumblr to perfection, so heres the link: annieofthemountains.tumblr.com :D

Alone

The dark

lurking by the sides

hiding

take me by surprise

Far away

alone

by myself

no judging eyes

or ears of spies

or

family and friends. 

Is alone a good thing? 

Not all the time. 

Is away a good thing? 

Hiding from the light

Craft Fair

I'm so exited!!!
My mom is getting me a table at a craft fair to raise money for the 8th grade DC trip in the spring. Not only will it be my first table, but I've made so many new things recently. And I really love sewing, it's so relaxing.
First Stop: Vermont Craft Fair
Next Stop: PARIS RUNWAYS
Okay, maybe not that extreme. Maybe more like, New York Craft Fairs. But still....
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
:-)

Names

Names are a noun
defining a person.
So are they instead adjectives?
One's forced upon people,
mandatory, expected.
No choices involved,
not influenced by a personality
something that makes you the same.
But a name is more,
its a link to your past,
to the past.
Beyond the realm of which you've lived in.
Names are nouns,
and adjectives,
and historic facts.
Names are things that define you before you're born,
and that is pretty special.

Pain

why do people bully?

Is elation what they feel?

Why do people feel the need

to make all 'peasants' kneel?

Are they high on the taste

of pain and loss of hope?

Is this their equivalent

of a harmful, deadly dope?

Do they even realize they're the cause

of all this ghastly debris?

Why do people bully?

It's not an answer that I need. 

The times she has experience

in this particular venue, 

what scares her most is that she knows

there are no feelings on the menu. 

She never felt a thing

as she thrashed them to and fro

with her harmful words she shook them

held a blade against their throat. 

Sometimes

Sometimes, 
people aren't who they seem. 
Sometimes, 
you trust some one so much, 
the fall is almost unbearable. 
But sometimes, 
it turns out you didn't even fall. 
Sometimes you have to put yourself out there.
Sometimes that reveals someone for who they really are, 
and sometimes, 
it reveals someone as who they really aren't. 

Sometimes, 
you have to forget about all the sometimeses 
focus on something the definitely isn't a sometimes. 
Sometimes, that's hard. 
Only sometimes, 
it turns out a-okay. 

It's a good thing that all this only happens sometimes. 

Fake

Inside I might be crying,
as I laugh at what you say.
You might not understand
the confidence you take away. 
Outside I might be smiling, 
grinning with all my might. 
But I may go home and sit in bed, 
crying through the night. 
"It's a-okay" could be the words
of someone lost and lonely. 
"I'm great" was never seen to me
as something oh-so phony. 

But it's all fine, they tell you so. 

So don't go home and cry.

Just remember outside

is the layer of all lies. 

Normal

Normal is not just a word, 

its not even a state, 

Normal just so happens to be

a very large place. 

Oh, You’re Her Sister

“oh you're her sister?”

everyone says with glee

“I love her”

“she’s great”

“she’s amazing”

She also isn't me

What Does 'Beauty' Really Mean?

beautiful

people say it means

your personality

yourself

but really, 

in out world,

‘beauty’ is only looks

can the skirts get any shorter,

or the shirts get any tighter?

If the makeup got any heavier

I’d mistake them for porcelain dolls

Why do we care

why do looks rule our world? 

There Is a Time and Place That is Not Now

There is a time

where people can all live in harmony

where skin tone,

gender, 

or sexual orientation 

doesn’t make you any lesser. 

There is a place

where we are all safe

safe from others

safe from people who think they're better.

That is not now. 

That is not here. 

We need to change this

stand united

holding hands

we can raise above this war

where originality can be embraced. 

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The Story of Casey Vout

Chapter 1: Prolouge

Casey Vout had barely tucked himself into his kitten’s collar before she darted out of the room. This kitten was a small grey 4-month-old with big eyes like avocados, long white socks, and a tannish stripe at the top of her front right paw and across her back. She was awesome beyond belief, really unbelievably awesome.

The kitten’s evil owner was Elena Lopez, who got her for her 13th birthday. Her parents got her a cat in hope of making her more responsible using a little furry ball of cuteness, but all that Elena’s makeup slathered face had to say was mean things about that adorable ball of fuzz. She didn’t even bother to name it. The only time the little kitten got any attention from Elena was when she was chasing her around or torturing her, like by letting her smell a treat and then putting it away, or putting the kitten outside the door in the freezing Vermont cold and not letting her back in until she was meowing loud enough to wake up her parents.

Now, you can understand why the kitten had darted out of the room. Casey gave a cry of alarm as the kitten was on a straight course into Elena’s mom’s leg! At the last second the kitten darted out of the way, and Casey gave a sigh of relief. He make a kissing sound to calm the cute kitty down.

“Shh, girl. Woah, girl.” He sounded like he was calming a horse. His size compared to the cat was like a teen riding a full grown stallion, so I suppose it made sense. He hopped of gently, smoothing the kitten’s dusky fur. “I’ll go get you a treat. Now stay.” He whistled and Elena’s grudging father called her in for dinner.

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My Color

Maybe my color is orange,

as bright as a blazing star.

or perhaps it is yellow,

like gold glittering from afar.

perhaps it is leafy

like an evergreen?

Maybe it is purple,

like a royal queen.

Is my color blue,

darker than the sea,

or red

like a blazing inferno

flaming in the breeze.

Pink

like a flower,

blooming and aglow.

it might be blue-ish like a bird,

more specifically indigo.

Could it be dark,

as black as shadows go?

red,

      or orange,

green,

or blue. 

Indigo,

or violet,

  and purple,

...

why I know what my color is!

Its the whole RAINBOW!

So this was a homework in Creative Writing. I didn't really know how to answer it, because I have many different sides to me. This is how I handled that.

Contrasting Poems

Spring

The sun in the sky,

the wind on my cheek.

The grass and the bushes

scratching at my feet.

The mud between my toes,

the flowery smells

prying open my nose.

The birds in the sky,

the world is complete.

The prettiest sight

lying at my feet.

Fall

A floating abundance of fall

not only is the sunset red

a fiery disco globe

now with colors subdued.

birds are leaving

leaves are deceiving us

into believing they are dead

they are pretending to be pretty birds

uprising from a plush bed

Alliteration Poems

Yellow

Like butter,

soft but salty.

Like a school bus, loud and smelly.

Like new straw,

sharp and select.

Like mustard, tangy and tart.

Like a lemon,

sour or sweet

beige or blond,

selective shades of saffron,

hard or soft,

sweet or sour,

loud or quiet,

yellow can cause quite a riot.

Burning Tree

Flames that lick the sky

the tree just wanted a touch

a poke or a prod

and up went the sky

an inferno in the clouds

the tree’s touch of red

surrounded by green grass

Now a rainbow

of green and red

burning its mark

into the empty empyrean

making the welkin of the world

These two poems I'm not particularly proud of. They're okay, but I don't think alliterations aren't really my bag.

Silver Lining

Every cloud has a silver lining,

but most are filled with grey.

Every cloud has a silver lining,

does that make it just a shiny day?

This poem was inspired by the song 'Silver Lining' by Steve Poltz. You can listen to it here.

Garden Of Thoughts

A seed is sown

into my garden

of thoughts.

“Good luck”

blooms a flower

of colors galore

red and yellow and many more

“Stupid” is a weed

entangling my imagination

and creativity

making a pretty plant

die

“You rock”

Is an herb

a big, smelly herb

one I want with my dinner

It makes the whole enchilada

a treat

a magical fritter

“Weirdo” is flower

but like a dandelion

a weed nonetheless

at first it looks like “nice”

so big and jolly and pretty

then it spreads

deeper and deeper

overtaking my “good luck”

and “you rock”

where it still spreads

deeper and deeper

into my garden of thoughts.

This poem won an award at Apex Town Meeting, 2nd place! Yay! This was a 'Tuesday Prompt'.