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The Secret Life of a High School Senior

By Brianna Stanley

Week 24:

                It’s the first full week of school since we got back from Christmas break. It hasn’t snowed at all, and I’m glad. I’m getting tired of snow and all this cold. It’s making me sick.

                School is the same old boring routine. I’m getting tired of it too. I do the same thing every day. It’s so monotonous and just…boring. I’m ready to break free from routine. I want to do something spontaneous or something that I don’t normally do every single day.

                There was a plus to this week: I got my prom dress on Saturday. It’s orange and really pretty. I need to get it altered sometime soon though. This weekend I’m going to the movies with some friends hopefully. I’ve been looking forward to this pretty much all week, and if our plans get canceled I’ll be pretty upset.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior

By Brianna Stanley

Week 23:

                We almost went to school for a whole week. We didn’t go yesterday, but we should have. There was barely any snow at all, and it all melted before 2 o’clock.

                My week was another pretty uneventful one. I found out my physics grade, and I really need to bring it up. A lot.

                I’m hoping the weekend will bring something eventful.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior

By: Brianna Stanley

Week 22:

                This past week was a lot better. I’m still a little stressed out about school. Well, I’m stressed about the only hard class I have anyway. Physics…gag me. It didn’t really matter about school though, since we had the whole week off. The only day there was school was Friday. It was the same way last week too, except I didn’t go to school last Friday because I was sick.

                My Valentine’s Day weekend was good. I saw Dear John on Sunday (Valentine’s Day), and I really liked it. I read the book before I saw it, and of course there were some changes, but overall it was a pretty good movie. I saw it with my boyfriend and three of my other friends.

                I’m glad my week was better than the last. Being sick and bored is no fun.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior

By: Brianna Stanley

Week 21:

            So, as you know, Danielle Miller is longer writing secret life because she moved. I get to write now, and honestly I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’m just going to go with the flow here, and hopefully my words will come out right.

            Not much has happened in the last week. We got out of school for snow on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Those were some pretty boring days. I basically lounged around the house in my pajamas with my friend for three days.

            My week, overall, has been boring. I’ve felt a lot better too. I seem to be really confused lately and kind of lost. I’m really hoping things will start looking up soon.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 20:

            When you turn 18 you think I’ll finally be free to move out and do all the things you haven’t been able too, then it happens and reality sets in. You don’t have a job, no car, nothing, what do you do? I stayed home, and suffered until last weekend. I was kicked out of my house for the last time, and I am living with my best friend right now. With no job, no car, I was mooching off her. I did the only thing I knew I would have success at I’m moving back to my hometown in Georgia, it’s a little town called Grayson. I’m so terrified of what’s going to happen, but what choice do I have? I’ll miss everything and everyone here, and I plan on coming back to visit hopefully for graduation, but things won’t be the same. I thought and thought about other options but I have none, and I won’t stay here and live off people, I need to make a fresh start. I’ve been saying my goodbyes, which is the hardest thing to do at this point; I’m so close to so many people it’s hard to imagine my life without them. I’ll miss some of my teachers, especially the ones I’ve had several times and who have put up with my unique behavior. I’ll miss the school and everything I hate about it. I’ll even miss this town, even though it has done nothing for me, and there is nothing to do here.

            I have realized though that with this sort of new beginning I can make myself into the person that I want to be, with none of my family struggles I had before. I won’t miss my mom or anything involved with her, but I will miss something’s about my home life, like my retarded dog, and the stupid guinea pigs, but there isn’t much to miss there. My friends have been my strong point while I’ve been here. I’ve more than likely annoyed the crap out of all of them but they have helped me be strong. They have also helped me turn into the person I wanted to be, even when I was in the darkest point in my life. Kentucky has helped me become strong, and turn into who I am, and the people that I met here will always stay in my mind with me.

            My best friends are the people I have looked up too and I will always remember the littlest things like walking in five degree weather, Fred and George, third block, and being stupid. I will however shocking this is miss my ex, he has been a major part in my life and I did and still do cherish the good times we had. He was a great boyfriend, and an even better friend. He probably knows the most about me and even though we don’t talk or get along that much, he is still an amazing person. I will miss this place terribly; I wish I didn’t have to leave. I wanted to graduate from here, and finish school off with some of the greatest people I’ve ever met.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

Week 16-19:

            Thanksgiving break, came very quickly for me I went to school for one day, and came back for a whole day. The day we got out my friend picked me up from school and we hung out with a few more friends later on. Thanksgiving, I ate entirely too much food and then slept the whole time.

Christmas break came around and I slept most of the time. I went to my bestest friends house for a week of it. We pretty much did nothing we talked slept, and played on the computer. I went home after a week and slept. There was a snow day the first day of school so I got an extra day to relax. Christmas I ate so much food, especially cheesecake. I didn’t see my family at all until Christmas Day night. I slept most of the time I felt so wore out.

New Years Eve came around and me and my friend went to our other friends house, which was down the road from me, and unfortunately also down the road from my ex. We played Imagine If and then proceeded to have a rave party in the living room. The clock struck twelve, and there were pots being banged together, and then horns honking. It was great. My phone and two other people’s phones weren’t working, I finally got all of my texts at three in the morning, and it was odd. The most surprising thing happened, my ex that I have had no contact with decided he would send me a forward, I wasn’t happy about it. I ended up staying up that whole night, I couldn’t get comfortable.

We started school on a Tuesday and I was happy with my classes until I got to second, the one person I really didn’t want classes with I had one class with. Everything else went okay that day. Wednesday I was not as happy to be there, but I made it through the day. We missed Thursday and Friday which I was thankful for. Friday started off Battle of the Bands, and I ended up with an old friend and then Saturday two of my other really good friends showed up and I hung out with them and that other person, and Sunday, the final day, wasn’t exciting. There was no one there and I had a headache. I was mad about who won, they shouldn’t have won, but then again hopefully next year the band that deserves it will win.

The Secret life of a high school senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 15:

                It’s life and it sucks. High school just needs to end. The drama is just building up and I keep making mistakes that are effecting me.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 14:

            Influenza, that’s what the doctor said I had. I missed an entire week of school. I had to pretty much be isolated. The doctor put me on some medicine called Tami flu, it made my symptoms worse. I woke up and would take the pill and be more nauseated than before. I would walk and become extremely dizzy. I felt worse and worse every day, I thought I would never get better. My life consisted of playing games and sleeping. I rarely talked to any of my friends, and I was like a hermit for a change. It was a very odd week. I was excited to go back to school.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 13:

            Frustrations of graduation are coming closer and closer. I have to write a research paper on what I want to do career wise and everything, but I can’t really think of anything I absolutely want to do. I am not going to my graduation, and everyone seems so angry about that. I just want to get out of here I don’t want to walk up on stage just to receive a folder it’s pointless to me. I just want to get out and forget this place. I want to attend college here for the first two years, so it’s cheaper when I do transfer to whichever school I choose. My friendships are changing too and I’m not really sure I like it all too well. Being a senior is more difficult than I thought, there are a lot of emotional changes and a lot of rearranging that goes on in my thought process of my life. Oh the joys.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 12:

                I have so many decisions, and I want them all to decide for themselves. College is beginning to not look like an option. I do not want to even be in school anymore. I’ve considered dropping out, but I know that will get me nowhere. I went to a party over the weekend and it opened my eyes to how much I am changing. I didn’t even enjoy myself at it. I’ve never even had that happen. I talked to a friend about it and she told me that maybe I am starting to become a different person. I still want to leave the state after I graduate, but I’m not sure I will. Everyone I talk to thinks I’m just confused and I know I am. I’ve just been dealing with a lot I guess.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 11:

                So life isn’t where I want it to be and I’m still clueless about my future. I applied for a job, but I didn’t get it. Halloween is this weekend, and for once I’m not looking forward to it. I have a costume, I’m Alice in Wonderland. I went to see paranormal activity, it scared me to death. Everything seemed so real and the movie was done like a documentary. There is nothing to look forward to but nothing to complain about, I just seem stuck in a place I don’t like.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 10:

            The weekend was eventful, but one that I will forget, or try too. Monday came around and as usual I didn’t want to get out of bed, so I tried not to. I eventually got up and went to school against my better judgment. Job hunting is proving to be almost impossible, no one is hiring and I absolutely need a job. Tuesday I was in a horrible mood and I didn’t really talk to anyone, I just wanted to go home. The Swine Flu is getting bad; they need to shut our school down. There are so many students missing and a bunch that are getting sick. I kind of just want to be out of school for a little bit so I can sleep. I have against my better thoughts started talking to one of my friends who I don’t want in my life; he just goes against everything I do. Wednesday is slow but a good day. In our second block we talked about how it’s our senior year and it’s kind of sad to think about it. I haven’t figure out what I want to do with my life yet, it’s all just too confusing. I don’t exactly know what I want out of life yet, but I kind of want it to be a surprise. This weekend I want to go to the movies though with my best friend, this is going to be a great weekend.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 9:

                Monday comes and it goes by so quickly. There are little events that happen. Tuesday is the college fair which was a bunch of fun. We went to the community college and walked around learning about the different schools. Another thing for college, life can’t get anymore confusing. We had fun at that and eventually we left. They took us out to lunch. My group of people that I was with went to Burger King. We all ate and found some crowns and wore them. There were pictures being taken everywhere. After this little girl left the play area, we went in there. We hung out in the tubes and took pictures went down the slides and just had a great time. I tried to climb back up the slide and failed, but I do have a nice bruise to show for it. We were the last people back on the bus and then it was back to school. Wednesday I stayed home and slept all day, I don’t know why exactly but I just couldn’t get up. Thursday I went back to school and nothing exciting, just a lot of questions to where I was the other day. Friday came and we had our senior pictures inside due to the cold wet weather outside, I hate cold weather. Thos weekend I don’t plan on doing anything, I just want to relax.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 8:

            Fall break can be summed up in one word: Terrible. I spent the first days resting and I went to homecoming game and had a blast. We took loads of pictures and goofed off. Sunday I hung out with a friend, we sat down by the lake and talked mostly. Monday came around and when I woke up, I felt like someone had taken nails to my throat. I couldn’t stop coughing and I froze no matter what I did. I didn’t leave my room that day. Tuesday I was even worse. My mom decided to yell at me by the middle of Tuesday, saying that I was faking things and that I needed to stop laying around, I really hate her sometimes. Taking out my industrial has become a debate, I have a bump that appeared beside my ear, and I think I have broken cartilage. There are many things that could go wrong but this is something I don’t want, this is my all time favorite and I don’t want to remove it. Thursday night I woke up and I felt worse than ever, plus I could barely breathe. Friday they pulled my room apart and I didn’t have a room until Sunday night. I actually looked forward to school, just for something to do.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 7:

            School, school, and more school. Last full week until fall break, it excites me. Again we have made plans to go camping. It had rained everyday this week, unfortunately. It doesn’t even feel like fall here. Not that I’m complaining I’m enjoying the warm weather. This week has been a slow week. I’m surprised nothing exciting has happened. I saw Taking Woodstock Friday, I was disappointed with it, and there was barely any music involvement in it. Camping was canceled, it rained all weekend. I got into argument with my mom; everything with her is all about my future, and what I want to do with my life. I told her about getting my tattoo and she freaked out, like she does every time I get a new piercing. I really just want her to back off of me. I will go in which ever direction I chose.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 6:

                Busy, busy, busy, is the only way to express my week. I have been going back and forth trying to get things accomplished for my senior memory book and for other classes. I have been slacking and it shows. My Monroe is still missing, I plan on getting it done soon, and I just never seem to have the time. I have begun to realize that I have been missing out on a lot where I was so involved with other things last year. The week overall has not been as exciting as I would like to think. We had On-demand testing, which I was a little nervous about. We did however get to watch A Series of Unfortunate Events in second, that is the only thing we’ve watched in there besides school house rock, but only because I hadn’t seen it. This weekend I plan on doing nothing but sleeping, I have wore myself out.

The Secret life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 5:

Things this year have taken an interesting turn as you might say. This past week I successfully got kicked out of my house, yelled at a sub, stood up for what I believe in and made a bunch of people hate me. Monday I started arguing with my mom no surprise there and it lasted until Wednesday when she kicked me out. I didn’t leave though I wasn’t about to do what she told me to do. Friday came as a surprise when we had a sub and I disagreed with him on just about everything. He was so stupid. He took thirty minutes on everyone’s name, who does that? Then after he told us to write a paper on something that had nothing to do with the class, I told him no. He starts in on me, I defend myself. He then proceeds to pull me out in the hallway and cal me ignorant and says that I need to conform to what he believes is right. First off I don’t do that for anyone but me, what makes him so special? He continued to point me out in class, and I continued to argue with him. I just do not see the point with people like that, it’s my life I need to live it my way. Friday a friend needed something and I knew that I could ask my ex to get it, I slipped up and said it was for a guy and he changed his mind, we had a nice little chat, I don’t see why I put up with him, he is a jerk and a liar. I went camping with those friends later, and we go and get a girl who just moved here, I told her the guy I liked and she starts in all over him, I don’t understand people like that. The weekend was a long one but a good one. I’ve never had so much fun.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 4:

                September is already here, seems like August was never here to begin with. Everything in school seems so routine, it’s like the same thing everyday. I continue to argue and get in trouble for not standing up for the pledge, but it seems so pointless to do it everyday. I believe that it loses meaning to do something everyday. I only do it on days that it needs to be done on, for example 9/11. I don’t believe that people should make a big deal about it. The people in the classroom seem to like to talk about it, of course not to my face, which I guess comes as no surprise. There is a lot of tension between me and my family and some of my friends even. It seems that people don’t like my openness. My mom and I fought till no end the other night; it looks like I’ll be kicked out before graduation. This weekend will be the last three days that I work, until I find another job. I started talking to another guy, but he was just a jerk like all the other ones. He literally didn’t have any type of thought process, at all; he had a good sense of humor though. I haven’t heard anything from any of my family members down south regarding the death of my great grandmother, I know there is a great deal of problems going on, but of course no one will talk to me about it. This week was an exciting one, hopefully things calm down soon.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 3:

                Things are so abnormal as of late. I recently found out that my ex cheated on me. I went through such an emotional change because of him; I just can’t take it anymore. My friends think it’s for the best but I just can’t see it. My parents have me on an upward battle to get out of my house sooner than graduation. I hate that I get yelled at all the time. I plan on leaving as soon as graduation is over. I’m considering taking a year off and “finding myself”. I guess that is what you would call it. I want to spend some time doing things that make me happy. My friendships seem to be shifting and changing. I kept in close contact with many of my friends from my home state, but as soon as school started it seems I have lost contact with them. I have only a few more weekends left to work, then I have to get another job, since my parents put the responsibility of my car and insurance in my hands. I got my "monroe" pierced, it’s swollen a little but its not as bad pain as my industrial. I plan on re-piercing my lip when my "monroe" heals up. My friend Regina’s party was okay. I finally went to the bowling alley for the first time it wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be. I actually could have lived without going there.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior.

By: Danielle Miller

Week 2:

            The second week of school comes as no surprise, I feel horrible from the past weekend. My head feels like it is spinning, and my stomach feels weird. My best friend and I are talking again finally after months of silence. Things seem different though; my enemies seem to look for more in-depth ways to bring me down. Tuesday, I find out about a party that I won’t be attending because I have to work. One of my best friends is leaving to go see her boyfriend who is graduating from boot camp. I hear from her every now and then. She is engaged, but her mom will not sign for them to get married, she has to wait until she is 18. I have to play catch up on work that I have been putting off, my senior memory book brings up too many things that I want to forget. Childhood memories are not always the easiest for me. Friday I miss school, I feel absolutely horrible. My stomach is severely upset. Thursday is when it got bad, I ended up with a bad headache, and then it went downhill from there. Thursday night my ex-boyfriend texts me wanting to hang out. I want to but it never happens. The weekend comes and so does work…..joy.

The Secret Life of a High School Senior

By: Danielle Miller

Week One:

            Senior year, finally it's here. The week before is as horrible as it gets. My parents are constantly yelling at me about college and what I want to do with my life, when I don’t even know yet. The first day of school roles around and everything that had happened the week before seems to disappear. The freshman class seems larger than imaginable. There are 307 of them. There are more than the previous graduating class. My schedule was screwed up to the point that I spent most of my day in guidance trying to work things out. I need to take Spanish one and two, but I just can’t seem to bring myself to do it. I saw my "exe's" best friends, and no surprise there were "things" were yelled at me. I figured some things might be different this year, but they aren’t, big shocker. Everywhere I look there are changes and nothing seems to be normal. I am finally the senior; there is no one above me. There is also the stress of finding a college. I’m not the greatest student and I know I’m going to have a hard time with getting a college to accept me. It also seems like I’m the only person that wants to leave this place. I want to get out of this town and get away from these memories that seem to follow me. There is construction everywhere, it has ruined our plans to eat outside, no one is happy about this. Friday finally roles around and it's time to party, and work. I do both of these, by Monday morning I’m exhausted.

George + Tree

            Once upon a time in a far away land, there was a moose. His name was Robert and he liked to golf. He like to golf so much, he became a pro night golfer. Robert and Tree were very distant cousins. Then one day Robert called Tree to see if him and George wanted to go golfing. Of course Tree and George said yes, so off they went too far away land.

            Once they got there it was dusk and all of the day monsters were getting off of work and that is a very dangerous time to be out, so they decided to wait until the next night to go golfing.

            The next night rolled around and off they went on to the course. Tree went first, then George, and then Robert because he didn’t want Tree and George to get offended by his mad skills. Once the game was over Robert of course won and he decided to treat George and Tree to a nice warm bath lunch.

The Misadventures of

George and Tree

                So, Tree and George are still at the beach. They still have their freshly pierced lips. So, the new grand plan would be to get a new tattoo! They both decided to get angel wings on their backs, because everyone knows that they are complete angels.

                They decided to get their wings to cover their whole entire backs, and this tattoo took a longggg time to do. It took about two days of needle work.

                After they were finished Tree and George loved their new art and fell in love with it.

The Misadventures Of

Fred and Tree

Once upon a time,

There was a dragon named Tree.

He used to be a penguin;

Obviously he’s a shape shifter, you see.

Tree liked his dragon form best

Cause he fit in more

With his best friend

Whose name was George?

George was a prehistoric lizard

He was the coolest friend ever

They did everything together

In any type of weather

One bring summer day

George and tree went on a trip

They went to the beach

And then George pierced his lip!

Tree was sad when George pierced his lip

Tree didn’t have any money

Be he wanted his lip pierced too

And he didn’t think it was funny

George being the good friend he was

Told tree what to do

“I’ll do it for you!” –he said

Now I can do Kung-Fu!

Fred and Tree!

By: Hollie Thomas

            Well, there are a few things that I have forgotten to mention over the past few stories. For example, you may have realized that Tree has started out being a fuzzy penguin and now he is a dragon. There is a simple solution to this, Tree is a shape shifter and he might change is from now and again.

            This week’s adventure is all about Tree putting George in time out. It all started in school and George was being incredibly annoying that day and Tree wasn’t having it. After George started a food fight in the lunch room Tree just decided to go all out and just put George in time out. OH NO!

            Well, while George was in time out he done a lot of thinkin’. He decided that he was going to think before he done stupid stuff and made his bestest friend mad at him.

The Misadventures of

Fred and George + Tree!

                As you know this series of short stories have always been about a dinosaur named Fred and a prehistoric lizard named George. You also know that recently that they have met a fantastic brown and lime green dragon who goes by the name of Tree. There is one thing that you don’t know, though… Fred has cancer of the butt and he is going to have to go to Milk-walk-iee for treatment. I know what you are thinking and Fred is going to be okay but he will have to stay in treatment for the rest for his life; yes Fred really does have butt cancer.

Anyways… Fred is no longer going to be in our lovely creative stories. Even though part of the heart of the story is leaving, and it will be greatly missed. We have found a donor for the other half of the heart; which is Tree by the way. This story is going to be all about George and Tree saying goodbye to Fred.

It was a stormy day when Fred found out “The News”, George was devastated. George has had a lot going on throughout the past few weeks and now he is losing his best friend… oh great. Even though Tree hasn’t known Fred and George very long he still is sharing the pain about Fred leaving. Everyone is going to greatly miss Fred, but Fred will be in a better place where he can follow his dinosaur ways.

On the day that Fred left it was very solemn, at least they all have their friendship tattoos to remember each other by.

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! (Sniffle) =’[

THE MISADVENTURES OF FRED AND GEORGE

Well, winter break is over and we are back in school. This goes the same for Fred and George. They had an amazing time over the break. Most of it was pretty boring but other times were full of excitement. Fred and George made a new best friend, they got tattoos with their new best friend, and they went to Battle of the Bands.

                First in all of Fred and George's wild winter break adventures they met a fluffy penguin named Tree. Tree just moved into town and they met at the tattoo parlor when Fred and George were getting their friendship tattoos. Fred and George clicked right away with Tree and they all got matching sprinkle doughnut tattoos on their tails.

                It’s time to ring in the New Year at Tree’s house. She had this amazing fun party that was pretty wild. We all had this neat-o rave party and we ate bunch of junk foods and we also played this pretty sweet game.

                About a week later or the New Year party, Tree moved in with Fred and George and once Tree was settled in they had a grand ole’ time just being lazy creatures until the weekend of Battle of the Bands. Battle of the Bands in FariyTown Land is quite a big deal. Many of the local bands have been discovered and became fairly famous; for example, Peaty and the Soaps. Anyways Fred, George, and Tree all decided to go and support their favorite local bands. Not many people showed up and their favorites didn’t make it to the finals or did they win but they all had a grand time just spending quality time with each other and their friends from school and some that they don’t get to see so often.

                Fred, George, and Tree’s winter break wasn’t as exciting as some but they all enjoyed it very much. =]

The Misadventures

Of Fred and George

It was a normal day at school; Fred, George, and all the other little creatures were sitting in their classes when all of a sudden… BAM! Something hit the floor. All of the bored sleeping creatures jumped out of their seats and ran into the hallway to see what the ruckus was. There was glass scattered everywhere from the stuffed case fell. The stuffed case was where the school kept the entire prize winning stuffed animals was kept, anyways. There was glass and stuffing everywhere the case was broken and all of the animals had their head ripped off! Fred and George were wondering what in the world happened so they decided to investigate.

They went home and started to piece together the information that they had. First they heard some weird voices and scurrying sounds out in the hallway before the incident. Second, when everyone rushed out into the hallway Fred swears up and down that he seen a little something’s running away. Third, there was a bunch of stuffed animals gone too. While piecing all of this information together Fred and George they came to the conclusion that SCHOOL GNOMES were up to no good again.

School Gnomes, they eat your pencils and poop on your paper; so watch out!

The Misadventures

Of Fred and George

Fred and George are still in Dreamland this week because of all the hard school work that they have been doing. Fred and George are in hibernation mode for this week.

The Original Misadventures

Of Fred and George

So, Fred and George ventured off into the warm darkness of the cave. They were wearing their hot pink and lemon yellow footie pajamies. The laid down the sleeping bag and got settled with their pillows and blankets. Somehow this wasn’t good enough for Fred and George; they started cuddling together to keep warm. Off to happy lovely dreamland for Fred and George until next week.

Fred and George Get Their Report Cards

                Well, it’s about that time of the year; the leaves are falling, homecoming is over, and the nine weeks is coming to an end. Everyone is scurrying around to try and get their grades up so their parents don’t punish them. Fred and George have some really good grades these nine weeks, so they don’t really have to worry about bringing up their grades.

                When the end of the semester came around Fred and George weren’t that confident about their grades. They were both freaking out. When they received them in the mail they were both relieved that they didn’t do as bad as they though they did. Fred and George were both on the honor roll, but the reason why they thought that they had bad grades was because their teachers had piled on the work the last nine weeks of the semester.

                This goes to show that you may think you’ve done badly at something but really you didn’t do as bad and you always have to watch out for teachers and their mysterious assignments.

The Original Misadventures

Of Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

Adopting a Pet

            One day Fred and George were walking through the Fairytown Land community park and they realized that a lot of their classmates had pets. The most popular pets that their classmates had were lions, tigers, and bears, oh no! Fred and George wanted a very unique pet; one that was fuzzy, cute, vicious, and loveable. After long speculation Fred and George decided to round themselves up a harp seal. So, they went down to the local pet store and bought a baby harp seal.

            They brought their new friend home and they were stuck on giving the little fellow a name. They went through a million books on names and finally they decided to call their baby harp seal BUTTONS! Fred and George converted their extra bathroom in to a winter wonderland for little Buttons. They let the bath water run and the sink water run until about everything was covered in water and then they froze everything to where it was slippery and magical. Once Fred and George had everything put in place they let Buttons go check out his new room. He absolutely loved it.

            After Buttons got settled in Fred and George decided that they were going to take Mr. Buttons to the park. When Fred, George and Buttons arrived at the park they were all the center of attention because no one in the whole land has a baby seal named Buttons.

The Original Misadventures

Of Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

The Haunted House of Doom

            So, it is the month of October and according to my calendar Halloween is occurring this month. Everyone knows that during the holiday of Halloween that you can dress up as anyone that you want to be and pretty much be someone else for a day. Well, as of all the creatures in Fairy Town Land they all have a different idol, or something that they would like to be for a day. Fred and George have decided to be twins. The real question is twins of what? Fred and George decided to dress up as Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Susess’s wonderful creation The Cat in the Hat.

            It is the day before Halloween and there is a haunted house in Fairytown Land. Fred and George wanted to visit the haunted house the day before Halloween because on the day of Halloween Fred and George are preparing for their Trick and Treating extravaganza and the feat afterwards.

            When Fred and George arrived that the haunted house the first thing that they seen were the implanted graveyard out front. Then whenever they got past that the house itself was horrid, the windows were glowing green, there was creepy sounds coming from the back area, and the whole house just look suspicious. Fred and George cautiously walked up to the front door, they knocked, and you know how in the movies and an actor walks up and knocks on a creepy door and it just opens? Well, that is what this door done. Walking inside they pulled out their flashlights and started to investigate. They first saw a gigantic spider, and after seeing that they ran out of the house and went home.

            I know this is stupid, but I thought it was funny inside my mind. =]

The Original Misadventures

Of Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

Autumn Vacation

            Well, it is mid October in Fairytown Land; the leaves are falling, all the witches, goblins, and monsters are coming out hiding for the season. Also, it is time for autumn vacation at the, Magical Power Broom Flying Jousting Swimming School for Awesome Creatures. All of the creatures and their families have plans for the days off. Fred and George have decided to go to a concert and spend some quality best friend time together.

            It is the second day of autumn vacation and time to travel to The Land of Candy Moose for their concert. Fred and George are attending a Peaty and The Soaps concert; they play techno electronically enhanced music. Fred and George enjoy them very much; you can even go as far as saying that Fred and George are her biggest fans. Fred and George paid fifteen hundred riches for these tickets; but their tickets were special. They got backstage passes and Fred and George get to hang out with the band for the rest of the day.

            The travel to The Land of Candy Moose wasn’t that far from their home, especially with their enhanced time travel device. When Fred and George arrived everything was packed. Luckily they had special tickets and got inside and got their seat before a lot of people. Whenever the concert started Fred and George were very close to the stage and they got to take some really good pictures and have the most amazing experience ever. Fred and George’s favorite song that Peaty and The Soaps played was their new hit single “Bubbles.”

            The concert was over in a flash, and Fred and George were backstage hanging with Peaty, Hairy, and Mole. They talked about everything from food to school to boogers and moose feet. It was a very lively time and Fred and George enjoyed every second of it, until they had to go home.

            When Fred and George had to leave Peaty gave them a signed pair of his undies for a keepsake. As soon as Fred and George got home they found a frame to put the signed undies in it above their couch in the living room.

            Part two for Fred and George’s autumn vacation wasn’t as exciting but it did bring two best friends even more closely. Fred and George both have a love for odd art; not only paintings and drawings but sculptures and food art. So one day Fred and George decided to visit the local art museum. They spent hours just gawking at all of the abstract things they came across. Since George has a passion for time travel Fred decided that he wanted to share that passion with his best friend. So, Fred and George used their new enhanced time travel machine to travel all over time.

            This was the extent of Fred and George’s autumn vacation. It was well needed.

The Original Misadventures

Of Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

Fred and George Go To Bed

            It was sleepy time in Fairytown Land and all the little creatures and their parents were getting ready to go to bed for the night. Fred and George were doing the same, but their bedtime routine was a little different than the other creatures. Instead of brushing your teeth and having a story read to you by your parents, Fred and George watched TV until they each fell asleep where ever they may land. Each morning they both would wake up very tired and groggy, but everyone else would wake up and be refreshed and it would be like being a new person all over again. Fred and George were wondering why they would always be tired and everyone else would be energetic and happy. They decided to go to the sleep doctor and see what their problems were. They told the doctor their sleeping habits and the doctor stopped them and told them that they need to go to bed in a bed, go to sleep at a set time, and to make sure that you don’t eat junk food before bed.

            Well, after going to the doctor and getting some new advice they tried sleeping like the doctor told them too. Over the next few days Fred and George were very satisfied with their results; so, from then on Fred and George slept healthier so they could be refreshed and energized whenever they woke up.

            Fred and George have a message for all of the youngsters out there who are reading this and they suffer from the same sleeping problems. They need to do what Fred and George done so they will be more alert, refreshed, and energized.

The Misadventures

Of Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

Homecoming!

            It is the week of the homecoming game. You know what that means? Well, I’m sure you don’t because you have never attended The Magical Power Broom Flying Jousting Swimming School for Awesome Creatures. Tradition in this school is that the week of homecoming every creature has the option of dressing for the days themes leading up to the game. For this particular week, Monday is dress like your best friend. Tuesday is dress like your favorite drink. Wednesday is hat day. Thursday is dress like your hero. Finally Friday is wearing your schools colors. Fred and George always loved dressing for sprit week and since they were seniors they were going to go all out this year.

            Monday came around and since Monday was dress like your best friend Fred and George decided to be one another. Fred bought some bright yellow body paint and George bought some hot pink body paint. They both went into each other’s room and borrowed each other’s school uniforms and shoes. By the time that they were done they looked shockingly like the other. Well, that gave Fred the amazing idea that they were going to switch places for the day and see if they go caught. They didn’t tell any of their friends what they were doing and by the end of the day they successfully accomplished switching places.

            Tuesday the creatures had the option of dressing like your favorite drink. Fred decided to be a mango blueberry slushy and George decided to be a strawberry banana milkshake. Fred wore to school some orange pants and a blue sweater. George wore yellow pants and a pink sweater. They both decided to tie together a whole bunch of straws and put them in some hats so when they put them on it looked like they had a straw in their drink.

Wednesday is hat day! Fred and George took a trip to the hat store right after school on Tuesday afternoon. They saw many different sizes, shapes, colors. They saw hats with spiny thingies and shiny thingies. Nothing compared to the hat that Fred and George picked out though. Fred’s hat was the tallest hat in the building, it was tie-dye. George’s hat was very tiny, but it had multicolored light bulbs on it. Let’s just say they had the coolest hat in the whole school.

            Thursday Fred and George were dressing like their heroes. Fred decided to be Tinky-Winky. So, he dressed in all purple and he had a really neat hat with an upside down triangle on it. George decided that he was going to be Scooby-Doo. So, he bought some brown and black body paint, a teal collar with a gold charm, and some dog ears and a tail. He painted his whole body brown with black spots, he put his ears and tail in place, and collar. Everyone loved their outfits.

            Friday, it finally here and everyone had to have some type of school spirit for the game. The school colors were… ALL OF THEM! So, Fred and George decided that tie-dye shirts, pants, socks, and shoes would be the best way to cover that. Well, in the process of making their shirts, pants, socks, and shoes they both accidently dyed their skin too. So, on Friday every aspect of Fred and George was rainbow tie-dye.

            Later that night the game was going on. Magical Power Broom Flying Jousting Swimming School for Awesome Creatures was facing Oggie Boogie Booger Monsters. Now, the Magical Power Broom Flying Jousting Swimming School for Awesome Creatures had a pretty good team but the Oggie Boogie Booger Monsters were pretty beast. Needless to say that the game didn’t go that well. UNTIL the final quarter and the Magical Power Broom Flying Jousting Swimming School for Awesome Creatures pulled through and won at the last minute.



The Original Misadventures

Of Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

            It was autumn in the magical place of Fairytown Land, leaves were falling and all the little creatures were getting ready for another year of school. Fairytown Land’s school was called the, Magical Power Broom Flying Jousting Swimming School for Awesome Creatures. As you can tell this is one cool school name and the actual school is even better. This year is a bit different, all of the students have to follow a dress code, they have installed new high tech lockers, and the new lunch menu is quite odd.

            So, beginning the first day of Magical Power Broom Flying Jousting Swimming School for Awesome Creatures Fred and George had a very difficult time choosing their fist day back to school outfits. The new dress code was that all students had to wear khaki bottoms and some type of polo shirt. Having that in mind, Fred decided that he was going to wear some khaki pants with a lime green polo. George decided to wear a knee length khaki skort and a hot pink polo. Whenever they arrived at school everyone as very excited to see Fred and George; they also thought that their outfits were the best thing that they ever seen. Everyone else was wearing like navy blue, black and, white polos, unlike Fred and George.

            During their homeroom the teacher was trying to explain how to use the new high tech lockers, which was becoming a failure very quickly. Whenever the class went out into the hallway to try and open their lockers, there were only a few creatures that caught on quickly to the concept. Fred and George were definitely not one of those creatures. Fred decided that he was going to chew on his locker to get it open, needless to say that Fred got in trouble.

            So, now it is about mid day, you know what that means? LUNCH TIME! Like I’ve said before this year’s new cafeteria menu is odd, very odd. The menu includes sprinkles on mashed potatoes, frosted flakes with peebutt butter and chocolate syrup mixed together, pizza with eyeballs, and raw egg and bologna sammiches, EVREYDAY! Sounds delicious don’t it?

            Well, this really hasn’t been that great of a misadventure but hey its school and frankly a dinosaur and a prehistoric lizard in school is a very funny and challenging thing.

The Original Misadventures Of

Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

The Great Jousting Event

While reading the Sweetly Weekly, Fred came across and ad for the Medieval Fair that was currently being held in The Magical Land of The Peanut Butter Munchkins. Fred continued to read and as he read he became very interested in going to this Medieval Fair. When he addressed George about the Fair he told him about the jousting contest that was going to be held there, George automatically became enthralled with the idea in going to The Medieval Fair. They were off on another misadventure.

            When they arrived at the fair they first saw that everyone was dressed very funny. Well, considering that Fred is a dinosaur and George is a prehistoric lizard, they weren’t wearing any clothes. They seen a very interesting clothing vendor and decided to take a look at what they had for them to wear. While looking inside Fred noticed a dashing knights outfit and George noticed a lovely corseted dress. =] They purchased their outfits and they were on their way to the next activity.

            “DuhDuh-Duh-DuhDuh-Duh-DuhTa” Fred and George were wondering what in the world was going on. They decided to ask an innocent bystander, the person told them that the jousting contest was getting ready to start. Fred and George looked at each other with a look of excitement and made their way to the stadium. When arriving at the entrance of the stadium there was a booth set up so you could sign up to participate in the jousting event; Fred and George both signed their names to be on the same horse.

            The next thing they knew their names were being called to joust against the four year reigning champion. Even though Fred and George were very nervous they were still excited. They got suited up with their armor and hopped on their horse, Jitterbug. They took their places in the stadium, and waited for Bruce, the four year jousting champ. Arriving ten minutes later was Bruce! He looked at Fred and George dead in the eye with a very threatening look. “The event has started,” announced the announcer person. Bam! Jitterbug started sprinting towards Bruce and his horse. Oh yeah, they both were carrying these huge pole looking thingies. All of a sudden Jitterbug came to a halt and the crowd started cheering excessively.

Fred and George opened their eyes and looked back and seen that Bruce was laying on the ground, and at that moment they knew that they had defeated the four year jousting champion Bruce.

            Four their great jousting skills they go to eat supper with the Peanut Butter Munchkin Queen. At their royal supper the Queen ended up knighting them for their braveness. Fred and George went home knights for the Medieval Fair.



The Original Misadventures
of Fred and George

By: Hollie Thomas

Co-written by: Danielle Miller

Well, just by reading the title I’m sure you’re wondering who in the world are Fred and George, and what kind of misadventures do they have. One day in Ms. Wilson’s class we were told to free write and this is what Danielle and I came up with.

            Fred is a hot pink dinosaur who loves sprinkles. George is a yellow prehistoric lizard who loves to time travel. They both greatly enjoy jousting together. The both live in a house in Fairytown Land on Cookie Boulevard. Now, that you know a little about our characters we can start with our first misadventure.



The Golden Sprinkles

          One day Fred and George were walking through The Forest of Colorful Plants, when all of a sudden a magical mushroom popped up and started singing and dancing. This magical mushroom was singing about some golden sprinkles. Knowing Fred, he was totally like, “George! We have to go get the Golden Sprinkles!” After saying that, the mushroom stopped singing and dancing and told them that they had three obstacles to go through to obtain the Golden Sprinkles. The mushroom told them that they had to complete an essay and give it to the Writing Wizard, and then they must cross the crocodile infested waters of Quick Sand Lake, and then finally they have to make it through the Tremendously Terrible Temple. Fred didn’t care what he and George had to go through to get the Golden Sprinkles; they were going to do it.

            After talking to the magical mushroom they went back home to start on their essays. Whenever they got home they realized that they didn’t have a subject to write about. So Fred and George decided to suck up to the Writing Wizard. Whenever they completed their totally b.s.-ed essays they were on their way to the Wizards house. They reached the Writing Wizards place of residence about an hour after leaving their house. They rang the doorbell and the Wizard answered, “Hello boys! What can I assist you with today?” George replied, “We have our essays completed for our quest for the Golden Sprinkles.” The Wizard took their papers and went back inside to read them. Whenever he returned, he told Fred and George that those were the best essays that he has ever read and that he hopes they make it though the next step in their quest.

            As Fred and George merrily skipped they found the crocodile infested waters of Quick Sand Lake. They started to hop on the conveniently placed stones. Until they ran out of stones to hop on and they were in the middle of the lake. So, George got the great idea that he was going to hop on the crocodiles heads to the other side. That is exactly what he done too, Fred followed of course. Whenever they reached the other side of the lake the last crocodile’s head that they hoped on was bruised already in an unfortunate welding accident. Anyways, the crocodile was very angry and chased Fred and George all the way to the entrance of the Tremendously Terrible Temple.

            When ever they entered the Tremendously Terrible Temple, they aimlessly wondered around until George stumbled upon a great mound of doughnuts and an ice cream fountain. After their junk food escapades, they moved onward in their quest for the Golden Sprinkles. Still searching through the temple, Fred stepped on a booby trap. From the ceiling fell a huge ball of Twizzlers and bubble gum. This ball stared chasing them, until they ran into a room. When they turned around they saw the glorious Golden Sprinkles! Fred went up to the platform that they were sitting on and stole them. With sprinkles in hand Fred and George ran out of the Temple and went back home.

            Whenever Fred and George went home they had delicious ice cream doughnut sammichs with yummy golden sprinkles on them.