The Future of AP English 12 8th Period

I cannot say that I came up with this all on my own.  I actually did not at all.  I give credit to Haley for the idea behind this blog post, I have done the implementing.  Like our book has Junior live a short life, only to age thirty-six, this blog post focuses in on where the people in eighth period English will be when they are thirty-six.  To start off, I will focus on Kathryn.  Kathryn will end up as a graduate of Miami University and will end up settling down soon after to start a lovely family with some unknown husband.  Next, Chase; who will eventually end up with a great big bushy beard and will make some big money doing something very intelligent that none of us can comprehend.  Tina will go to college and find the man of her dreams and her life will soon mirror a Disney movie, where she plays the main character.  Lizzy will be the proud mother of many children, six to be exact, and they will all be very intelligent and will make her very proud.  Also, all kids will be exactly two years apart.  Sarah will be the creator of the next Mona Lisa or the Sistine Chapel, one of the two.  Either way I believe it is safe to say art will be a big part of her life.  Haley will become the next Ms. Serensky, since they already have so much in common.  The two will also become lifelong friends who constantly keep in touch.  Katie will become the first woman president, or at the very least a politician.  It just makes sense.  If neither of those, she will for sure end up a lawyer.  Alex will end up a professional tennis player.  I know, I would not expect it either, but he is going to be greater than Federer and Rodick combined.  Mariel will also end up with a nice little family, however she will end up as an astronaut who leads the first expedition to Mars.  Dom will end up as a movie star after spending some time on Broadway.  People will regard him as the next Harrison Ford.  Carolyn will end up as Mother Nature.  She will literally become one with the trees, like the Greek Titan Gaea.  Chris will end up making some bank as he makes his way to the top as an official of the Republican party.  Jillian will marry Alex.  Duh.  Everyone knows that is on the way.  They get back together and have Long Rice Kreger, the pride and joy of their lives.  Hannah will become a journalist and write about numerous world events, eventually she becomes a member of the UN.  Elizabeth will end up as a marathon runner, she also becomes the next female Lance Armstrong, but without the cancer.  Kelly goes to Michigan, gets married, has kids, and has a successful career as a magazine publisher.  Brooke, like Dom, has a career in theatre and but instead becomes a singer.  And I, well I think you know what happens to me...

Down With the Sickness

Everyone I know has gotten sick recently.  I too have come down with some symptoms.  As of yesterday, I had the worst sore throat of my life as of last Thursday, had chills, and much fatigue.  Luckily, I now have some antibiotics and I am feeling much better as I fight off this bacterial infection.  However, I know some other people that, like me, are not or were not feeling so great.  As dropped by English yesterday to turn in my soapstone before I went to the doctor Ms. Serensky informed me that she had the flu over the weekend.  I felt bad for her, the flu is the worst, and I have stayed out of its path for several years now.  But like Ms. Serensky, there are others that are fighting off colds, the flu, and other infections.  Just the other day my brother stayed home with a fever and a headache.  Also, before school even started today I noticed the unusual amount of people coughing in the hallway.  At the end of first period I stopped at my locker where I talked to Jillian, who, in a hoarse voice told me that her throat has also been sore for several days now.  Then as second period started, Kyle told me that he thought he was starting to get sick, and that it was, "All Jimmy Boldt's fault," for getting him sick. And I just thought, wow, that's two more down.