Leap Into Life
Writing from: Boston, Massachusettes
Daily Activities: Seeing friends, eating at and visiting favorite places Yesterday when I was flying into Boston, I started writing this poem (mostly to calm my nerves from flying). I know this is the first writing piece I've shared directly onto this site... but here goes nothing. (The parentheses mean I'm just adding a comment- not part of poem) True Traveler You're a true traveler when... You know the safety presentation by heart but don't listen to it You pack your own lunch but crave airplane dinners (all the little compartments and pre packaged food) You take advantage of the free airplane food, personal TVs, and charging stations (use your resources) You have a whole system for drinking enough but not too much water and going to the bathroom (need I say more?) The airplane seat pocket is your entertainment You're a true traveler when... You keep tickets but not reciepts You take photos... But they don't leave your mind (or a camera) You buy the same type of souvineer over and over (for me it's journals) You write notes on hotel notepads (I debated leaving my blog address on the notepad in the last hotel I stayed in- don't worry, I didn't) People watching is an art not a game You're truely living when... You turn a bad day into a funny story You smile and laugh just because you can People call you stubborn but you know it's just ambition You haven't seen enough You'll never see enough I hope you liked the poem. I'm writing from my iPad, so if the formatting is off, sorry. The question is, are you a true traveler? P.S. I go to camp next week (so I can't post for three weeks), but I'm going to be traveling a little after that, so I'll be sure to make some travel posts! P.P.S. Subscribe to my blog so you can receive email updates when I post! There is a box under the RSS feed symbol; just type your email in there, and you can receive these updates!
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I bet none of you have heard the name Blue Fern. Blue Fern is my pirate name- yes, I have a pirate name, and I think it's pretty awesome! During a vacation in Florida, I invented Blue Fern and started burying maps and treasure. I ended up making three treasure maps, hiding treasures (containing foul's gold and a plastic sea creature), and writing notes asking the finder to make a new treasure map and burry a treasure of shells (or anything else they wanted). I was hoping for a chain reaction of treasure burying and a domino affect of random acts of kindness! If any of you ever go to Watercolor, Florida, I'd love it if you'd let me know if you witness or hear about anyone digging up Blue Fern's treasure. Well, recently I've been working on my next unique idea like this. I am writing a fake journal to put in the library of my old camp. It's the type of random act of kindness I like to take part in. One of the reasons for these ideas is that I want to reach people on a larger scale. I want multiple people to get to experience something, so I make it so that is possible. If enough people find the treasure and follow my directions (I hope they do), the amount of treasure on the beach will multiply. If people put the book back for others to read, many girls will get to experience my novel about a spy team. In case you are interested in this unique idea, I am going to give you some pictures and instructions, so you can do this at home! 1. You'll need a journal and an idea. I used my old Latin journal, and the premise of my fake journal is a spy team going on a bunch of different adventures. 2. Make sure readers know that you are not liable if anything goes wrong. (I think I did a pretty good of avoiding all the blame) 3. Start writing. I didn't really plot this one, but it's the first novel (okay, fine, story) I've ever finished! Yay! I also enhanced the story with sticky notes from a pack that Staples gave to my dad for free because he was making copies for his work, and I used colorful pens- each character only writes in their color ink (unless I mess up, and if that is the case, I throw in some conversation about how someone stole the other's pen) 4. Once you have written the story, write the reader some sort of heartfelt note. I had a lot of empty pages in the journal, so I told the reader to write their own adventures in the rest of the book (and then return the book)! Thank you for reading. And, sorry about not writing in a while- I was busy cramming for exams (I didn't fail any if you were wondering). And who knows, maybe Blue Fern will be in your neighborhood sometime soon!
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