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Jealous by Labrinth

this song is meaningful to me because this song reminds me of a hard time in my life. It motivates me when I listen to it even though it’s sad. It makes me think about how far I’ve come and how much further I have to go.

Love yourz By J. cole

This song is meaningful to me because I feel like he talks about some struggles in life that I think I can relate to a lot. He talks about envying someone or something you don’t have and I feel like I’ve struggled with that throughout my life cause I really never had that much. This song just talks about all the envy’s we have in life and how there is no life thats better than the one you got and it has really helped me thankful for the things i have.

Pray by Sam Smith

this song I can relate to because he talks about in the song being young and foolish and making this naive decision. He also talks about praying for hope and opening up his mind more and growing.

Jungle by H.E.R

This song is meaningful because at the beginning of the song she says “these days I’m letting God handle all things above me” and I really felt. The things in my life that I feel I have no control over I let God lead me to the right path because I know he’s always gonna be there to guide me.

Goodbye by Post Malone 

this song is meaningful to me because it reminds me of the happiest time of my life. This song came out a few months ago when I was in South Dakota. It was my sister and my favorite song and we would listen to it everywhere we went.

you will find me in the place between

awake and sleep

the place you would dream to be

but are restricted to

you will find me

between life and death

the place keeping us alive

but on edge

During the summer of 2019 specifically, June 23rd through July 23rd was the happiest time of my life. A couple of days prior to that my sister Jackie and her boyfriend Tucker came home to pick my little brother Nick and me up from South Dakota and stayed for a day. In the beginning, I was hesitant about whether I wanted to go and be away from home because I never go on vacation. But I guess it was too late and I had to go considering they had spent 8 hours driving all the way from Brookings, South Dakota to Naperville, Illinois. I was originally supposed to only go from 10 days and I thought that was a long time being away. I had many responsibilities at home and my two dogs to take care of. I later realized I was stressing for nothing because my older brother was capable of taking care of them so I let that go. The day we were left I was sad to leave. Not because I was gonna be away from home so long but because my mom was crying because she’s never been away from us that long(she’s a little extra). After we said our “see ya later’s” that’s when the adventure began.

On the eight hour drive, we occupied ourselves by playing mad libs and playing skribbli.o, which is like Pictionary. Most of the drive there was gloomy and rainy during the day, but it was a beautiful drive during the day. Driving through Wisconsin you’d see a lot of bad drivers, mountains, and a lot of interesting looking trees. We stopped a couple of times to get gas and I usually bought snacks, mostly beef jerky just because they have the best jerky Wisconsin. It was a long drive, but it felt short because we had a fun time occupying ourselves during the drive. Soon enough at 10:30 at night we arrived in South Dakota.

The first night there my sister showed me my room and it was cold. My sister likes her house FREEZING cold and it was especially cold in the basement and that’s where I’d be sleeping for the next month. I got used to it eventually. When I walked upstairs into the living room I met her new cat Mack Moe he had fluffy white and grey fur and was the sweetest little thing in the world. I seen her other cat too, his name is Leon but I had seen him the last time I went to South Dakota. Funny story about him, one day my sister was leaving work and she was getting in her and he walked up to her. He didn’t have an owner or anything. She didn’t wanna leave him so she took him to the vet and decided to keep him, but anyway back to my story… Going to South Dakota I was more of a dog person than a cat person, but leaving there I became a crazy cat lady. But we’ll get to that later. One night I was sleeping and I woke up to the cats pounding at the door and I went to go check on them and I opened the door and as soon as I did they both came in and rubbed their head on my leg so I decided id leave the door open for them and both of them slept in my bed. A lot of our days were spent at the lake on our floaties we bought from Walmart that were on sale. One day we went to the lake and there were a lot of horses flies and I got bit 13 times on both of my legs. Definitely not my proudest moments. But I enjoyed spending my time on the water stress-free despite the fact my legs itched every 5 seconds. Some nights we’d go to a grocery store called hi-vee at 12 in the morning which is like a Jewel Osco over here but better, just to get snacks. The first ten days flew by so quick I never wanted to leave. So we didn’t. We decided to stay a couple of weeks. And then stayed for another week cause we didn’t wanna leave more after that and then eventually it was time to go home. But when it event I tried a lot of new things over there and created a lot of new memories. Like I went to my first drive-in movie and blew up fireworks in the middle of the country. At night time you can see all the stars in the dark blue sky. On the last night, we started to be decked to go on a walk on a humid day along a trail that leads to different ponds. as I was walking I realized that the past month was the happiest I’ve ever been. I got to live in the country for a whole month away from the city and all the chaos. I realized then that I love the country so much more than the city and I realized after high school that’s where I wanna live.

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My name is Alexis Rosado. I am a Junior at the school Naperville North High School, welcome to my blog. Where do I start? I am Puerto Rican, Thai and Laos. I love to eat Hispanic food and to cook Asian food. I am the daughter of a man born and raised in Chicago Illinois and the daughter of a woman who was raised in Thailand. I am a singer and musician. I love to write my own music and produce my own beats. I’ve always wanted to be a musical performer since I was 4 years old, my sister has always been my inspiration for that. I am a Friend, a daughter, a sister and middle child, and girlfriend. I am a friend to very few people because I prefer to keep my circle small and chose wisely who I chose to associate with.  I am a sister to two brothers, one younger and one older, and one older sister. I am a girlfriend to a boy who’s an extrovert and a foot taller than me.  I am an introvert. I prefer to keep quiet, not to talk or be put in situations I’m not comfortable with. I am an introvert who hates speeches, group projects and  I prefers to work alone,  and is scared to ask questions.

Growing up I always experienced two different cultures, Buddhist and Christian. My moms side of the family was always super religious. When I was little I went to a Laos Temple with my grandma. On the other hand, my dads side of the family was Christian. Although my family and aren’t that family that gets dressed up and goes to church every Sunday, I still consider myself more Christian than Buddhist. Experiencing two different cultures growing I’ve always had a wide variety of different foods and different traditions. I’ve love to cook Laos and Thai food, although it takes a long time, my mom always cooks for the family so I enjoy watching her cook and learning how to make things.

Since I was 4 years old I’ve always dreamed of being a music producer or music performer. Since fifth grade I’ve always been involved in something music related. I was involved in Orchestra fifth through seventh grade, I also joined choir in sixth grade. After 7th grade I decided singing is more my passion that playing an instrument. Since then I’ve been involved in choir for the past five years and will continue to be involved. I’d like to go to college for music performance and/or music production.

I think I’ve been an introvert my whole life. Ever since grade school I never wanted to be apart of class activities or on a team. I’ve always wanted to work or sit by myself. I think its because I’ve moved a lot in my life and I haven’t necessarily fit in with being the new kid. I work better by myself because I don’t feel that pressure of having to get everything right and if I do i’d have to deal with the embarrassment.

I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about me. :))