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There was a time when I would watch Naruto every single day, but I haven't seen it in a while and it makes me sad.

If I was a shinobi (in the Naruto world)....

I would love to be from the leaf village. Everywhere I went I would carry around a Rubik’s Cube in a pouch around my waist. Somehow, I don’t know how, though, it would help me in battle. I would love to play puzzle games or solve puzzles in my free time. Some of my favorite puzzle games would be Tetris, Sudoku, and Bejeweled. I would also love to play Jenga, checkers, chess, and shogi, the latter against Shikamaru Nara.

It would be nice to be from the Hyuga clan and be able to use the Byakugan, but if, for some reason unknown, I was not from the Hyuga clan I would love to be a medical ninja like Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka. This way if I ever feel useless while on a mission I can at least help the wounded.

Just how Naruto loves noodles, I would also love to have a favorite type of food. Preferably, ice cream or peaches. I don’t think I would be a very outspoken shinobi like Naruto who is the loudest ninja and the first to speak. The personalities of Shikamaru and Neji greatly appeal to me, but seeing as to how I am a girl I would have a personality similar to that of Hinata. A bit more outspoken, but reserved at the same time. I’m not sure what my summoning Jutsu would be. I guess a dog like Kakashi would be fine, maybe a chihuahua.

If I was a shinobi I would love to be best friends with Shikamaru. He’s modest and doesn’t boast about his intelligence. We could play shogi together all the time or any other strategy game. He doesn’t seem to be a party person and seeing that I am not a party person either it would be perfect. I would love to master a Jutsu that requires a higher control of chakra like Naruto’s A-rank technique, Rasengan.

I would love to be friends with someone from the Sand Village. I think Kankuro would be an awesome friend. He has interesting puppet skills. I don’t know, it would be nice to paint my face like Kankuro does to his.

If I was a shinobi I think I would read books. I would always tease Rock Lee because of his bushy brows. I don’t know if I would like Sasuke that much, he can be pretty hostile. Tenten Sakura and Ino would be nice people to talk to.

If I was a shinobi I would be from the Leaf Village and put all my strength and effort in whatever it is that I do. If I am on a D, C, B, A or S ranked mission I will always try my best. When I am not on a mission I would practice and hone my skills to be the best shinobi I can ever be.

I drove a van for the first time and it was rad

Yellow Things
There was a banana.

In a yellow basket.

The sun was darker than other days.

Although brighter than the sunflowers.

The sun shined darkness on the dried grass.

When the lemon rolled from the yellow basket.

Onto the floor.

Reese's peanut butter cups

That's such a weird thing to say

I see the same people everywhere

Secret blog, one year gone

I think I sleepwalked

October

I was clueless.
In the black of night.
I woke up to the sound.
Of the wind on my shoulder.

songs I would put in a film

Sometimes I think of stuff that I would write if I wrote a book someday.

nerds candy for 39 cents

Ender's Game

I had never read science fiction before Ender's Game.

I did not pick up this book on my own either.

On an ordinary day in book club of my first year in high school the librarian asked the three book club members, yeah there was only three, to pick a book we would want to read and he would buy it for us. I told him that I didn't know what book to pick. I had not idea, the others had no idea, so he said something along these lines, "How about I pick your books?"

 The book club was reading Blood and Chocolate around this time, which I actually thought was an interesting book. It's a supernatural werewolf novel. Although it is short, I finished it in three weeks because I also had school work to do.

During the next book club meeting the librarian brought the three book club members books that he thought we would like. I don't remember what he brought everyone else. He brought me a box set of three books in the Ender's Game series. They were Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Shadow of the Hegemon.

I had never heard of these books, so it took a while for me to finally begin reading them. I attempted to read Ender's Game two to three months after receiving it. The topic didn't interest me and I couldn't understand the book completely. It wasn't the right time, so I put the book away. Time passed. Three years later I picked up the book again and, this time, I read it from cover to cover. I had never read science fiction before. I had never dared to venture into this world before. After reading Ender's Game I read Ender's Shadow, which has a similar plot to Ender's Game, but it is told in the viewpoint of another character named Bean.

Whenever anyone asks me for book recommendations, Ender's Game is always one of them. Somehow, though, everyone ends up choosing a different book.

After I finished reading Ender's Game, I placed it on my book shelf and forgot about it.

One year later when I started college Ender's Game was one of the required books along with Invisible Man and The Handmaid's Tale for my English class. Invisible Man and The Handmaid's Tale are pictured below. I would recommend these books. They are different and deal with issues such as race and gender roles, respectively. 

                        

Now, back to Ender's Game.
I thought I had lost my first copy of Ender's Game, so I bought a second one this time. I read it again from cover to cover along with the other two books required for the class. Now I own two copies.

I also found out that there is going to be an Ender's Game movie coming out in November. I'm excited to see the "Buggers" fights and the Battle School.

needle in the hay

piles and piles of nothing

September

Riding on a bus.

Reading a book

Remembering to discuss.
Radiating the look.