The book I am reading for the first quater is called Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin. It is apart of the Romance/Young Adult genre. I have read up to the half the book. Basically what has happened in the book thus far is Phoebe (who is the main character) befriends Mallory during the second week of seventh grade after leaving her group of so called friends. Mallory dresses differently and isn’t the so called normal person. She lives with her mother who has some health problems and only sleeps on the couch and eats skittles. When as Phoebe lives with her mother and father and is a very rich person because of her great grandfather. Then the books then skips a head to junior year with the girls and Mallorys older brother suddenly comes back into the picture. He and Phoebe start to something up but little does Phoebe know hes only there because he needs her to do something for him. I think that at the end of the book Phoebe will wake up and it’ll be just a dream and she’ll still have her friend Mallory.

Our Newspaper is on Mr. Ewell attacking the kids, Miss Maudie’s house setting on fire, and Mr. Ewell’s Obituary.

What I found out through the research I did disturbed me a little. I never would’ve thought it would be that bad of a disease. To think that all the meat companies get is sued and not shut down even after the 2^nd time it happens sounds dumb to me. I watch what my meat looks like more closely now because I’m afraid of getting it. Before I even eat it I’m going to look for pink and if I see any I probably won’t eat it. What blew my mind the most was when I made the chart and I saw how many people had caught E Coli. It was worse when I saw that Wisconsin was the second highest state with getting it. It made me think that I could’ve been one of those people getting sick. It could’ve been me as a little girl who died because the meat industries only checked half of the meat before packaging. A big surprise was how many companies their actually are. I want to bring it up to people that this shouldn’t be happening. This disease, this strain, and this killer bug we have control over. Meat companies should check all of the meat instead of just one part of it to be one-hundred percent sure it’s free of anything. I don’t think its fair for the people to get sick because they had bad timing and picked the bad meat. It’s not their fault; it’s like a guessing game for people to pick “good” meat. I think that the meat industries should at least pay for the expenses of the hospitals because I know that its not cheep. That for me would make it a little better but not much. I also think that they should get at least 5 warnings before they get shut down if they send out “bad” food.

I Miss You

I just wish for one last chance with you.

If I could just explain to you now.

If you just explained how it hurt you.

I would’ve stopped you some how.

I miss being next to you.

I miss the theater and your promise too.

I miss our times, laughing and playing.

And don’t forget no school reminiscing.

People stare and ask questions all about you.

For all they know is you died by the wrists.

Though I could read your journal too.

I wish you were there for my very first kiss.

Dylan, my friend is from the big city.

The place where we dreamed of driving to one day

I’m asking this now while I know you might answer.

Did you really love Jayson or was that just for fun.

I hope your having fun up there in Hevan.

Please don’t forget the lives that you’ve ruined.

My poem is about everything Caitlin learns throughout the story that leads her to know why. She learns why Ingrid did it, why she lied so much, why she did what she did and if she had fun whiling doing it. She tells Ingrid about all the people staring at her and how much they bug her to know the answer she doesn’t know yet.

My life so far in high school from first semester on has been wonderful; I am really enjoying it all but it has gone by way to fast. It still feels like fair week to me instead of being second semester. As far as grades go I think I am doing fairly well from last years grades. I think I have changed an awful lot because I am usually not the type of person who would study for tests’ or quizzes but now that I got into high school, I normally do even if I can’t focus I try to. I found out that I excel in science and math, which I have done last year as well. I love science because I actually get it instead of being really confused like I was in the past. I like math to because not only do I understand it, I can actually do the work and get what I am writing. My strengths are I can memorize a lot of things but I can’t focus on them for a long period of time. From the beginning of the year I would not participate in a lot of my classes like US History, but if I could go back I would want to participate because it would help me in the long run. I would also change my decisions I made with who I hung out with and talked to in the beginning of the year because I now know that you can’t always trust what people tell you. I think being involved in like basketball and trying out for dance and volleyball has helped me because I got to know a lot of the upper classman instead of coming in on the first day and not knowing anyone.

Monday,

Today was my first day without her. I didn’t go to school. I don’t think I could handle all those people starring at me and spreading rumors about how she did it. I don’t think I could do it without Ingrid by my side. She made it all seem better. I can’t believe she’s gone; I was just with her yesterday. She seemed so perfect, everything seemed so perfect. I found her journal; she left it for me to read. I’m afraid of reading it to be honest. I don’t want to know what was happening in her mind, it frightens me. I just want my best friend back.

Four months later,

First day of junior year.

Today’s was the first day of school. I didn’t get much sleep last night; instead I stayed in my car all night. I tore the seats apart on accident. I walked to school by myself because I never got my license. Ingrid and I had plans to drive everywhere and anywhere during vacation. That didn’t happen because of well you know the incident. I have Ms. Delani first hour, and I’m thinking about dropping her class. Even though I love photography, it’s to pain full to stay there when she ignores me. I sat by myself at lunch it was so embarrassing. I could feel the eyes of others starring me down the whole hour. I wanted to crawl in a dark room and just stay there with no one to bother me. I couldn’t stop thinking about her all day. Remembering moments that I will hold dearly for the rest of my life, like the first day of freshman year in Ms. Delani’s class. I miss those days; I wish I could go back. Back to when she was alive. Back to when I was happy and not bursting into tears. Back to when I had Ingrid and that was all I would ever need.

December,

I stayed in my car again last night. My mothers getting worried about me, I don’t blame her. I decided to build a tree house in my backyard. I got most of it done ‘til I was left with a branch I couldn’t reach. I decided to run errands with my mom. We went to the hardware store so I could get something’s I needed. I asked the man for some rope and my mother’s blood drained from her face. She thought I was going to hang myself, I mean I may still be sad about Ingrid but not that sad to take my life to. I keep reading her journal; her entries disappoint me a little. I feel as if this was my fault; I could have prevented her from dying. I was her best friend so I should have seen the signs. Why was I acting so stupid? I feel as if I let everyone down. I am sorry.

Hypertext was created around 1945, when Vannevar Bush created the article The Atlantic Weekly. In 1965 Ted Nelson came up with the words hypertext and hypermedia. He worked with Andries Van Dam and created the first hypertext editing system in 1968 at Brown College. The very first hypermedia was the Aspen Movie map in 1977. A hypertext is a word or words displayed on the screen where if you move your mouse on it you can get to another page without using the address bar.

            The difference between a hypertext and papertext is that hypertext easier to go around and get what you want or need for information and using papertext you don’t get to choose what you read. You can pick any link you want to and get other information but you only have a certain amount of information to choose from with papertext. Hyperlinks don’t only have to be words either!

            You usually read hyper links that are words, and numbers. They can go beyond words because some hyperlinks are pictures. In one of the readings the hyperlink is a picture of a butterfly. You can make hyper links anything you want them to be as long as it’s understandable to your readers. You can have anything from butterflies to footballs.