Journal Task #7 – Insults Delight

BEATRICE – What a delight to see the beef-witted toad at this extravagant feast. BENEDICK – It be a pleasure to bring happiness where I go. Yet I’m surprised a feast extravagant as this had invited such as yourself. BEATRICE – Well pardon myself for I should not be worthy to bask in the presence…

Journal Task #6 – Broken

I can see it Not just feel it I can see it too How it’s broken Our world and everything we know Broken Broken like a shattered plate A shattered plate that was once a part of a limited edition collection of fine china from a place that was burnt down and the one object…

No More – Journal Task #5

JANUARY 16 – First day of middle school. First day. First day of many years to come. Through the blue gates. On the pathway made for two. Currently used by one. This is how it starts. First day. JANUARY 21- First week done. MARCH 23 – First term done. I’ve made some friends, I think. They pick on everyone, ”It’s…

Journal Task #4 – Stars

Within a time span of three minutes, I am the star. I have all eyes, all ears. All of them. No moment in life can compare to the ones on the stage, but somehow, somehow on this bitter night, behind the thousands of stars that beam towards my face, making me their own. He is…

Journal Task #3 – I Can’t Write

I can’t write. As a child I followed the rules, listening to every constant bell and teacher instructions. I thought that was what life was, always doing what was expected of me as if I was a lion in a circus waiting for my next trick. But it turns out, life is the complete opposite,…

Journal Task #2 – Trapped

Going for my dental check up, I take a seat and lie down ready for my inspection. My inspection by my glowing red, beady-eyed dentist. He’s probably put contacts in I guess, “Hey John when did you get the contacts in?” surely when he answered my question, all the other questions that I had would…

Journal Task #1

I could see the world as I knew it coming to an end as I fell from the cliff. Who knew death could be so overwhelming, my head was overrun with memories of my first birthday all the way to the few but crucial moments that lead me to my one way ticket out. Let…

It’s the Train of Life: Snowpiercer

  Snowpiercer, directed by Bong Joon-ho, is a thriller and adventurous film which takes place in the end result of a global-warming experiment gone wrong, ending in the entire population to live inside a forever travelling train, protecting them from the never-ending winter that has taken their world. Watching this movie has made me think…

It Means Hope!

“It’s not an s. On my world it means hope.” This very quote from the man himself makes him the premier superhero of all time. Not saying that he is one of the greats, nor saying how much more powerful he is in comparison to everyone else, but he believes to be a protector of…

Smokers Quit line – Advertisement

This is a deconstruction of an ad made to target smokers of all ages, preferably smokers that have either just begun or smokers that have continued over a short period of time (1-2 years), it is advertising the effects of long-term smoking and promoting that you can stop now before it’s too late. I believe…

Scumbuster to the Rescue!

Recently my class has read the play adapted from Tim Winton, by Gary Fry, Lockie Leonard Scumbuster. This play is educational with a bit of humour to keep it interesting. Revolving around the life of a young teenage boy, Lockie and his best friend Egg, you experience a handful of first world problems Lockie encounters…

Earth’s Dying Message

For years and years we have constantly heard many reporters and newspapers discuss the effects of Global Warming and how we as humans are many contributors to the growing situation. In the years between 2001-2010, Earth had experienced an enormous amount of temperature records broken than what any other decades have experienced during the past,…