Extended Metaphors

If I were an Animal, I would be a black cat because I am full of mystery and wisdom just like the black cats that have come before us. Black cats to me are having a lot of wisdom and full of mystery. When I relate that back to myself I would have to say when it comes to me only being seventeen I am full of a lot of wisdom no matter what It be over and for someone my age is not supposed to have that much of wisdom. Then with everything I have been through I have also got a lot of mystery to me because of all the things that I have been through in my life.

If I were a song, I would be a rap song because you could sum up my life with it. In any rap song you listen to it sums up that singers life in just a few verses no matter if the song is sad, depressing, or even happy. My life and everything I have been through have made it to where my life would make an interesting rap song. It would be a song with a lot of emotion. This is what most rap people put into a song.

If I were a fragrance, I would be manly musk (that smelled good) because then I could smell myself all the time. When it comes to smelling good, I would rather use a manly scent because it defines me as a person because most people don’t find me to be a girly girl, which is ok with me. So I keep my scent on the manly side of things opposed to the girly side or I try to keep it somewhere in between depending on my day. A very manly fragrance is something that appeals to me more than anything no matter what it be from.

Symbolic Recipe

Recipe for the one and only Natasha

 

8 Cups of Wisdom

9 ½ Cups of Love

1 Cup of Funniness

3 Cups of reliability

 1 ½ Cups of Loyalty

2 ½ Cups of Helpfulness

¾ Cups of Fearlessness

3 ½ Cups of Creativeness

 4 Cups of perfectionism

6 Cups of Bluntness

7 Cups of Honesty

1 Cup of Sarcasm

½ Cup of Laziness

½ Cup if Pickiness

Dash of Friendliness

 

Step 1: First you add 8 Cups of Wisdom, 9 ½ Cups of Love, and 1 cup of Funniness to a small Mixing bowl. Stir together gently otherwise you will ruin their traits. Then add your 3 Cups of Reliability and 1 ½ Cups of Loyalty. Stir those into the mixture gently being careful not to be too harsh on them. Then set this mixture (known as Mixture 1) to the side.

Step 2: Add 2 ½ Cups of Helpfulness, ¾ Cups of Fearlessness, 6 Cups of Creativeness, and 4 Cups of Perfectionism to a larger mixing bowl. Be careful not to stir the mixture but to fold all the ingredients together in your mixing bowl.

Step 3: Add Mixture 1 to your bigger bowl, whisk it in fast so they mix together perfectly.

Step 4: Lastly, Add 6 Cups of Bluntness, 7 Cups of Honesty, and 1 Cup of Sarcasm together in your bigger bowl. Start mixing all these ingredients together by hand. While mixing add ½ Cup of Laziness, ½ Cup of Pickiness and a Dash of Friendliness.

Step 5: After mixing you will have come up with a person who will become a good friend, an amazing girlfriend, and a good person all together.

Step 5: Finally, it’s time to bake your mix at 325^oF for 35 minutes. Then pull it out and top it with 1 Cup of Funniness because there should never be a dull moment in life.

 

 

Personal Metaphors

If I were an Animal, I would be a black cat because I am full of mystery and wisdom just like the black cats that have come before us.
If I were a car, I would be a black 1967 Mustang Fastback because it shows I’m not afraid to look good and drive fast at all times.
If I were an article of clothing, I would be a bra because I am always there to help support other people.
If I were a day of the week, I would be a Wednesday because it reminds me that the week is halfway over.
If I were a food, I would be chicken leg because then I would be the best tasting of meat there was.
If I were a color, I would be the color red because I am very passionate about the things I do.
If I were a movie, I would be a scary movie because I have a sick twisted mind when it comes to the things I think about.
If I were a fragrance, I would be manly musk (that smelled good) because then I could smell myself all the time.
If I were a type of building I would be a skyscraper because then I would finally be taller than people.
If I were a plant, I would be an oak tree so that way I can provide people with the proper amount of shade and give the people that didn’t like me poison oak.
If I were a musical instrument, I would be an oboe because it is a double reed instrument meaning I am two sided (meaning that I have a masculine side and a somewhat feminine side).
If I were a geometric shape, I would be a octagon because there are many different sides to my personality.
If I was a piece of furniture, I would be a chair because a chair is a comfy place to sit in.
If I were a song, I would be a rap song because you could sum up my life with it.
If I were an appliance, I would be a freezer because I like things to be very cold around me.
If I were a television character, I would be a Sheldon (off of Big Bang Theory) because I would love to get on everyone’s nerves just by opening my mouth.
If I were a season of the year, I would be winter because it’s beautiful to see all the snow and the dead things around me.
If I were a natural phenomenon, I would be a sunrise because it sets the mood for a new day to start.
If I were a comic character, I would be Batman because then I would be rich and sexy at all times. ;)

If I were a word, I would be the word love because everyone has to experience it at least once in their life.

The Ultimate All-Purpose Excuse

For future info, this did not really happen, but it is a good story.
There was one day I didn’t do absolutely nothing because of the fact that I was hurting everywhere and there was a big storm getting ready to come in. well it started off as my dad asking me why I didn’t do anything for that day. I replied to him by saying because I was hurting, but apparently that was just an excuse opposed to being the real thing. The fight started off as my dad said well I do more than you do in one day so how can you be so tired and sore that you can’t even do your chores, and you need to get up off of your lazy butt and start doing them right now before I get really mad. Then there is me being the smart-elic I am said well what about the days you’re off work you’re always sitting down on your lazy butt watching TV and you hardly ever move from one spot, you would rather have people bring our food to you hand and foot opposed to you getting it yourself. Then with that dad really got upset, and stormed off out of the room. When he came back he only had a few words to say, which were do you have anything to say for yourself? I replied very calmly and said well of course I do because I don’t have to do this today, because I am sore. And that mess in this kitchen I didn’t do that, so I shouldn’t be the one to clean it up. I shouldn’t have to clean that up whenever I didn’t do that. So you or someone who actually made it should, not me. Then that was the end of that conversation between me and him for the day.

What's in a Name?

Well I guess I have to start with my name on this, so here it is, my full name is Natasha Carol Carpenter. Pretty much all parts of my name were handed down to me from the generations before me. So to start off I will start with my first name, the NAT part comes from my uncle Nathan on my mom’s side, and the ASHA part comes from one of my mom’s friends that she had after she got out of high school. CAROL comes from my grandma on my mother’s side, and my grandma got it from her grandma, so it’s one of those every other generation names. Then lastly CARPENTER come from my mother’s side again because it is our last names of course. To me my name does not truly have a very symbolic meaning besides the fact it was the name my mother changed my name to when she found out I was a girl instead of a boy. My name was supposed to be Jonathan Michael Carpenter, because my mother wanted a boy so bad opposed to a girl. I feel like my name somewhat suits me, but not very much. This with that being said I can honestly say I would have chosen a different name for myself, something more like Nariko Carol Carpenter. When it comes to my actual name though, it does set me off a little when people don’t say it right because like our biology teacher who says it wrong it is actually pronounced a different way than what he says it is. It does get aggravating at times when my own family members get it mixed up but I get used to it and just go with it. Our biology teacher is one of the only teachers in the school that can pronounce it wrong and get away with it. . .only because it’s not worth arguing over. To be honest it is sometimes hard to live with a name like mine because hardly anyone can spell it right, some teachers I have had, has spelled it wrong or just completely wrong (something that doesn’t even look like my name). For example a principle at Monett elementary spelled my name NOETOSHO…..like Neosho and Natasha Mixed together. It’s also hard to live with because some people can’t pronounce it right. I have learned to just ignore it and correct it when people mess it up.

Likes & Dislikes

Like:

1.   Tattoos that have a very good story behind them.
2.   The people that make my day by just smiling at me.
3.    Black cats
              i.   Black cats have always been very symbolic to me so I absolutely love them. They always bring me good luck.
4.    Books that have a lot of romance and action mixed together to make the perfect book.
     i.   One of those books includes Need by Carol Jones, and her series of books that go along with Need.
5.    The colors red and black.
        i.   I like these colors because they represent me and how much I’ve been through in my life thus far. Black representing all the dark times I’ve been through and the red representing the blood that I have shed through some of those times.
6.    The person that stole my heart when we first met, all those years ago.
7.    Driving
          i.   Who doesn’t love to drive, it makes you feel so free and wild when you get to go as fast as you want.
8.    Senior stuff!!
           i.   I like/love doing my senior stuff for school, makes me feel like I am a part of something bigger no matter what we do.
9.    Working on cars.
    i.   Working on cars is a real big hobby of mine that I like to do whenever I can.
10.  Senior Sweats
         i.   I absolutely love my senior sweats because they keep me warm when I get cold. Plus they are very comfortable.
11.  Chinese food
             i.   I could not live without Chinese food; it is like my heaven on earth. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. Yummy!!
12.  Batman
             i.   There is nothing more to say than batman. He is one of my most beloved super heroes.
13.  Horror Movies
    i.   If they make me jump or think “oh my goodness! Is that even possible? How could that even happen?” makes me love them more.
14.  That friend I hardly ever see, but only get to see when I need him the most.
15.  The teacher that is making us do this awful assignment.
        i.   That teacher is one of the best teachers I have had through my high school career. No I’m not sucking up, but it is true. Its very hard to find a good teacher that is willing to help you or be there and help you with your problems.

Dislike:

1.    When people pronounce my name wrong
2.    When people cut in front of you while your drive, almost causing you to get into a wreck.
3.    The rumors that go around about everyone here at school
               i.   I mean really people, they get old and annoying.
4.    How some people treat their friends.
     i.   Friends should not be treated that way.
5.   How I can’t lift that much in weights
            i.   Even though it would be nice to lift a lot more than I do now
6.    How some people have no sense of humor when it comes to funny jokes.
7.    The computers are so slow in the mornings, therefore making it to were you can’t get no work done.
8.    People that don’t drive fast enough on the highway or back roads.
9.    My hair when I first get up in the mornings.
10. Blonde moments
           i.   Which seem to happen to me ALL THE TIME.
11. Drive through windows at a fast food place
          i.   They are supposed to be fast but they always take forever.
12.Small parking lots
           i.   There is just so much room a minivan can maneuver around in.
13.Homework that you actually have to do at home.
14.Black coffee
           i.   It has a bland taste, I would need to add creamer and 1 cup of sugar.
15.Bacteria
          i.   It is everywhere we look and if you think about it, it is really nasty :P

Prologue

Why hello there, my name is Natasha, I can also be known as Tasha, which is a weird name to be known by, but oh well. I got to Pierce City High School; I will be graduating in May on the twelfth, whoop! So that means that I am a senior already. J I have been going to Pierce City Schools since I was in sixth grade which was back in 2007, because I started in March. School for me has seemed to change and get a lot harder over the years as I have been here but things so far this year have seemed to calm down a lot since my junior year. That’s only because when you’re a senior things seem to fly by along with your schooling especially if you have easy classes. Which with being a high school senior it’s hard to find a “easy” class because just about every class up under your grade you have taken besides maybe two or three classes. So you basically just got to guess and check. Sometimes even doing that it is hard to keep your classes in order. When it comes to being a senior you have a lot of things going through your mind, no matter it be you getting ready to graduate, college, scholarships or even girlfriends/boyfriends you hope to someday marry and be with for the rest of your life. After your last year of high school you start the real game, meaning you start your real life, and you only live one so make this lifetime count.
Well enough about school and how being a senior is awesome, so I will start by telling you more about me. I am seventeen years old, and will be eighteen on April 12. I have red hair and green eyes, if you didn’t know that I might have to call you crazy.  I have only a few goals in my little life, they might not seem like much, but they mean a lot to me. One of the few goals that I have set for myself would be that I need to do well in life and go to college to better my education, no matter what degree of learning I go into. The second goal I have set for myself is to be a better person so that way one day I will be able to handle tougher situations, no matter where it is at. The third and last goal I have set would have to do with starting a family because I would love to have a family of my own someday, no matter if it is someday soon or someday later in life. It is just going to be a tough long road for that one, I guess I will just have to ride it out and see where my own two feet take me. It seems as though the journey through life will be very harsh, but everyone’s pathways are different, let’s just wait and see if my road leads to the right way.