save a life

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and their main problem, among many, is starvation. Every hour, a child dies of hunger. And the only thing they have to eat is mud. Haitians' main source of food are mudcakes, which is basically mud mixed with a little butterand water. What I am asking everyone to do is donate money or food, or even just look into it yourselves. Here at HTHNC, I know people will be selling food, and asking for charity, so please just give ANYTHING you can give. Also, if you live in the San Marcos area, my group will be selling smoothies this week at 24 Hour Fitness, near our school. If you don't live near us, that doesn't mean you can't be a part of this and pitch in! Please do whatever you can, no matter how small or big it is. Comment me, and keep me updated! Remember, Haiti isn't the only country in need. If you help anyone, anywhere, I would love to hear about it.

Love! gabby

photo vocab

solace: comfort, consolation. obviously, my solace is chocolate!

obsession: to always think about something, be crazy about it. i used to be obsessed with pokemon...still kind of am...

annihilate: KILL, destroy, take off the face of the earth. now do you get the picture? haha not funny.

cognizant: to be aware. this picture alerts you of something, to be aware.

mired: stuck in something. that guy is mired in work.

YES mr. ross im DONE!

the next great american novel

so...for mr. ross, we have to write the "best story" we've ever written. I have a couple ideas for a plot...but i need feedback. my first idea was about a pet rock.
yeah i know. im desperate, okay???
my other idea was about labels, and prejudice, and writing about a couple people who defied labels- you know, like a dumb asian, or a buddhist white person.
yay!
help!
love peace yeah yeah yeah, gabby

more...guns...more...germs...(coughs and dies)

1. Describe the difference between bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
[these go from smallest to largest as well]
Bands-small groups of people, mainly single families, usually nomads, lacks bureaucracy, police, and taxes
Tribes-families that have come together to form a larger group, probably have fixed settlements and villages, also lack bureaucracy, police, and taxes
Chiefdoms- much larger than tribes(a few thousand to tens of thousands of people), has a leader, or chief. has a bureacracy, police and taxes. these are the basic lines; however, chiefdoms are very different
States-populations range from one million to one billion, normally have a leader, in some cases a democracy. much more complicated in their inner workings than any before mentioned groups.

It can be argued that these are also in order of least to most civilized, but I don't really feel like arguing right now. :)

2. What is something interesting - to you - that you take away from this chapter? Explain.
The part about the Fayu people. I don't know whether I'm just sheltered or something, but the fact that killing people is a common practice kind of scares me. How the immediate reaction to meeting your father's killer is "I have to kill him," well, I can understand that. But it was more of a scoreboard then an actual remorse- I owe you because you took one away from me. It's like freaking Lord of the Flies.

PoP

in this world
made of land and water
there are four seas
seven continents
one hundred and ninety five
and six billion people
but only one you.

pop! goes the poetry

L-O-V-E is a four letter word
then again, so is hate
and I don't want to wait
for you
to learn how to spell.

this is aroma

this is awkward
this is delirium

this is shroud