Crystal Cook- Journal 6

Jackie Washington is a single parent. She has a thirteen year old daughter named Johanna. Times have been really hard for her and Johanna lately. She was recently laid off from her job of twenty years and she has not received child support in over three years. Her girlfriend Sasha talked her into relocating to Baltimore Maryland. At first Jackie was hesitant on relocating. She had lived in Cincinnati all her life and really had not been outside of the city for more than a week. But she thought, what do I have to lose, It cant be any worse than it is now. While unpacking, Jackie thought about all of the things that she would have to do to prepare for her new life. She needed to go to her interview on Thursday, she still had to get Sasha back and forth to school everyday because she was not comfortable allowing her to ride the bus yet. She needed to go to the grocery store. She wanted to make sure that she registered to vote and she also wanted to get a driver's license for the state of Maryland. She wondered if moving in the beginning of fall was such a good ideal but then she wanted to make sure that Johanna was settled in school and did not want her to fall behind. Jackie was very grateful to Sasha for setting up the interview but she was still nervous.
Friday was finally here. Jackie was excited about starting her new job on Monday. Even with all of her years of experience with the State of Ohio, she knew that the State of Maryland would be totally different, but she was up for the challenge. Jackie had just gotten off of the phone with Sasha when she heard Johanna come through the door.
"Hey Mom, how was your day today?"
" Baby today was a good day. I got a phone call today about the job and they want me to start on Monday."
"That's great mommy. Now we can go shopping."
"Hold up sister, not so fast. With the exception of groceries, we won't be shopping anytime soon unless we miraculously receive a check from your dad."
"Well I guess that rules that one out," Johanna said while rolling her eyes. They both started laughing.
"I talked to Sasha today and she wants us to go to church with her on Sunday. Is that cool with you?" Jackie was asking to be polite because she already knew that Johanna didn't have a choice...she was going to go.
"Sure mom, not that I have a choice." said Johanna.
When Jackie woke up Sunday morning she thought to herself, this weekend is going by so fast. She was really tired from the previous week with all of the unpacking and getting settled in but she wanted to make sure that she got up for church. She was going to go and give thanks for all of the positive things going on in her life and the negative things as well. Those are her learning tools. If she did not have to experience some hardships, she may be more likely to take the good things for granted. Jackie went into Johanna's room to wake her up and decided to make breakfast for them while Johanna was in the bathroom. They can both get a little antsy when they are hungry.
When Jackie pulled up to New Hope Church of Christ, her mouth dropped opened. She was not use to a church so large and there were people everywhere. She thought to herself, how in the
world am I going to find Sasha in there?
......To be continued

Crystal Cook- Journal 7

While on her way to school
Tara met up with Jewel
They saw a really cute guy
Couldn't look him in the eye
And thought, wow he is so cool.

Journal 8 Charles Milton

I used to be a christian man, pure rightous and true
but the path to follow is a narrow one hidden from our view
I sat and listened in the middle of the right corner pew
there I learned it's not my life this is whats for you
open a bottle chug it down toss me another one
no rules no flaws and no restraints not one thing but fun
no pain no joy and no regret never look at what I've done
it's all new and very different this person I've become
it's done now I've lost myself this is the new me
please just wait this is a fight you know I'll never leave
tell me no and take my bottle do this one thing please
no I won't let this happen, this life is lived for me
the war is over all go home with sorrow to count our dead
the count is off am I alive just living in my bed
the sun come out a fresh day for all to start anew
but who am I a godless or a christain man please tell me who

Journal 5 Charles Milton

First I shut out all the people and animals from my room. Clean off my chair and select what music I want to play to warm up. Set up my stand at eye kevek and put my music on it. I open my violin case and take out my bow. I twist the adjusting screw to the right to tighten the hairs of my bow. When it is at the right tighness the distance between the hair and the stick will be about the thickness of a pencil. Next I hold dthe rosin up by my shoulder and push and pull the bow across it in a sawing motion. This is done about 30 to 50 times to put a even layer of the fine powder on the hairs. Next I tune the strings on my violin either by ear or to a piano. Now I am set up and ready to play.

First find the smallest most crowded place you can, this is ideal for practicing. Plop down anywhere thats comfy, if you can't see your music just wing it. Open up your case and take out your bow. Tighten the spinny thing at the bottom til a couple strands of hair break, that should be tight enough. Don't worry about tuning the violin, it's just practice doesn't matter. At this point I'm usually too lazy to rosin my bow but it's ok because the horrible screeching sound will drown out the out of tune music!

Over/Reginald Bines/Journal 8

There was a bright moon in the sky that night. Mark arose from his bed to see what the noise was outside his window. Out of the darkness a creature that look like a man but was as alien from outer space. Mark ran to his closet and got his 357 magum to blast the alien away, but the alien started to talk in a strange language. The alien said "Eiow,diow ,biow and Tiow." Mark said" What are you talking about." When the alien heard Mark talk he understood he had to talk like Mark. So the alien said "I am from the planet Zorn and I come to help your planet that we had been watching for at least a century." Mark said " I am not no leader here, but a common man and if you want to be recognized, you must come up with something great." The alien pull something out of a bag that look like a book bag. What he pull out was a device that look like a metal cube. The alien said"It is a power generator that would replace your coal burning power plants and other power grids and there wouldn't be no emissions." Mark called the news media and no one was listing to him, but one news channel. Mark and the alien talk to this news channel and demonstrated this power plant and astonish the world. The President sent for them. The alien gave them cures and things to grow massive amount of foods. The alien started having ships come to earth and started taking people to Zorn. The people that went to Zorn never came back, but the people still on earth began to hear great stories. The stories really were not true. Mark found out they were being taken as slaves and Mark had the President declare war on the aliens and that was mankind last war. The Planet Earth with mankind no longer exists.

Journal Entry 8-Jackie Lewis

Was A Poem

You allowed me to love
Unconditionally
Naively
Freely
Indecisively
Willingly
You had me wide open
Like Denny’s after the club
A door unclosed
Pores after a shower
You got me missing you
The way lovers do
The way we both used to
Used to…
Used to love me
Hold me
Kiss me
Comfort me
Confide in me
You were my everything
My Black King
The one who told me they’d never leave
The one who was always present in my dreams
Yes you were…
Were being the root of it all
As in no longer
You are that one thing in which I still hunger

Anything Goes assignment Journal seven(?) Sallie Mock-Night

Jimmy Maloney caused a great scandal.
When on a wall he did vandal.
"Yo mommas a slut."
And other such smut.
His only choice was to skedaddle.