If You Kiss a Boy and Kate The Great

If You Kiss A Boy and Kate The Great.

“If You Kiss A Boy” and “Kate The Great”. Two amazing story’s, they are both coming of age story’s but in a different way. In these two story’s there is shown confusion, immaturity, and puberty, all in different ways.                                                                      

These coming of age story’s are bildungsromens. A bildungsromen is a genre in which it focuses on the growth of a teen from adolescence to adulthood. In these two story’s it tells about every teen in coming of age is feeling and they put things in which you can relate and agree with. Teens start to change, have problems with their parents, and situations in where they feel helpless and with no way out.

“If You Kiss A Boy” is a wonderful story in which focuses on a teens mind, discovering his sexuality, and making you want to know more about him. This story is about a teen named Joe discovering his true sexuality, not knowing how to react, he feels scared and confused and he messes up his friendship with his best friend . But Joe doesn’t want to end his friendship , so he accepts the fact that he is gay and hopes for the best.

Every teen at this age always have problems and confusion in their lives just like Joe the main character he is a confused teen, just as confused as Jamal, his best friend, after they kissed in the movies. Joe not knowing how to express himself sits still helplessly in his house wondering what would happen the next day in school when he would see Jamal.                                                                                                                                                    At this point of view we can say that Joe is confused and doesn’t know what to do in this situation, like many teens this age, they have a bad and pointless communication with their parents.

Every teen goes through this phase in their life, it is complicated and many teens react different to it, puberty. Joe  before going to bed thinks of what sexuality he really is and is aware that he has had thoughts that most teens don’t think. Joe not only has already passed through confusion he now realizes he is going through puberty because he is almost sure of what sex he like’s. He wakes up in the morning not hungry he still can’t keep his mind off what happened the day before. Joe goes to school and tries to make contact with Jamal, Jamal is avoids him.

Like puberty there are some that haven’t passed through it and can be immature. Immature people are not likely to understand when a person is going through puberty and they make it a hard time for that teen. Joe sits in the table he always sits in, and an immature teen named “Curt” finds out about Joe’s confusion and uses it against him. Then Joe explodes in fury and punches Curt in the face.

Memoir Monday

There has been a time in which I have felt despondent and helpless, but I never gave in.
The score was 40-42 we were losing the championship basketball league for second place.
there was 20 seconds left.
We start with the ball. My friend quickly passes the ball to me, and I run all the way to half court. Rite before I could pass the ball for the plan B tactic the ball is slammed out of my hands from a player of the other team, and they score.10 seconds are left and we are losing 40-44. I had already felt like giving in but before we started the play we called in a time out.
I saw everyone of my teammates around me and studied their faces of disappointment and grief.
That's when my coach came, and I remember the words clearly like if it had happened a few days ago.
"Don't give in boys, anything can happen in 10 seconds, if we lose it doesn't matter, I'm already proud that you made it to where we are, and I'm just glad that you gave it your best, and I want you guys to put up the best fight you can."
So as my team returned to their positions, we were already inspired, we were all ready to put up a good fight.
So in the end we gave it our best and tied, and we went into overtime, and after was when we lost.
Even though we lost for making it to second place, we gave it our best and you can tell the other team too. And maybe if we had a little more time we could have beaten them.
I learned that if you give it your best in something, you will feel good for yourself, and by making an effort your are making fun for yourself.

Poetry Friday

My older brother,
he lives so far away,
but still has been there for me,
when I needed him.

My older brother,
capable of getting any 20 year old girl he wanted.

Living with him would be a dream come true,
But I'm to much work for him.

He's graduating from the university in honors role,
and I'm not even close to getting an "A" in any class.

If I ever have a problem I talk to him,
he gives me advice, tips, and suggestions.
And if I follow them correctly they always turn out good.

My phycologist,
My friend,
My tutor,
My role model,
My older brother.

Slice Of Life

I just woke up, grumpy as the day before. My brother tells me a joke and I stay silent, and a few seconds later, I say "Why can't you stop being so retarded every morning." and then he replied "Why can't you just take a joke."I guess its true.
I always used to laugh at his jokes every morning, but not these days.
I don't know why but these days I have been waking up in a bad mood, and try to avoid everyone that lives in my house. It is probably because I have had a bad week.

I learned that if your having a bad day don't make it bad for someone else you don't gain anything.

Memoir Monday

Sometimes I think I can be a very distracted person ... well not sometimes most of the time.
Like I always find out about things late, because I'm to distracted.
Like once I decided to walk to Mc-Donald's and I had to cross the street.
But I'm on my phone, texting and and just walking not even knowing where I was going.
And before I knew it I was in the middle of the street walking and cars were passing by fast honking their horns. So I ran to the other side hoping that a car didn't hit me. I was lucky to realize that I was in the middle of the street , because I really could have gotten hit by a car. So I got to the other side and I thought about it inside the fast food restaurant and I thought to myself I could have gotten hurt real bad, and after that I decided to take extra attention in the street.
I learned that since I'm so distracted I have to be more cautious than others.

Puberty

Time flies,

You start to grow older, and as you grow

Older you mind as well.

You start to grow hair in places you thought

You would never grow hair in, But deep inside

You knew that change was aproching .

Pimples appear when you first wake up

On a sunny day , and you discover you have one

When you look in the mirror, and you don’t understand

What was going on.

Your voice changes and it becomes , darker,

Deeper, manlier, as if your were to turn into a frog.

Paper balls flying across the classroom,

And you’re the only one standing still, not laughing,

Thinking of how you have changed.

The day ends, and you wonder, and wonder,

And think about the things that have happened to you

Ever since you have turned 13.

“What’s happening to me?”, you say to your self

and knowing a bit of what you have talked with your parents

long ago you think to your self “that was fast”.

Letter to Carlos

                                                                                                               Santiago Mata
                                                                                                               NW 123 Sup Mo Foe.
                                                                                                               Panama City.

September 8th 2010

Dear Carlos,

Yo Carlos whats up man, how's Miami, how's your job,
are you still with that girl you broke up with like 4 times?
I miss you a lot, it has been like 7 months since I've seen you. And I I'm just so Imperatively eagered  to know how you were doing over there.

Well I have been having spontaneous times in witch I post my blog home work too late at night, and I have been having some extricating problems with some of my grades, In which I wish to modify.
But other than that I have been having a great time.

Well bro I just wanted to know how you were doing and wanted you to know that I miss you and hope to see you soon and recur what we used to do when I lived there.

Sincerely

Santi your little bro.

Confession Tuesday

I have to confess that I haven't been taking school seriously.
I mean next year ill be in hi school and I really haven't made much effort to get good grades.
I really haven't made an effort to improve, and it's because I'm lazy.
I have been leaving my homework late at night and I know that system doesn't work.
But yet I don't bother to do anything about it.
I'm just to damn lazy and I really wish I wasn't.
I really have to wake up and start turning in my homework, and maybe just open my wordly wize book and study the words a bit.
Maybe just study everything bit and do my home work. It really is that simple but yet I'm lazy to do that and I get's worse when you leave everything for one day because it will then be just to much.
I started like crap but I know I can do better I just have to focus on getting good grades now so it won't be worse later.
I have to confess I have been lazy when it comes to school.

Memoir Monday

Sometimes I think I can be a spontaneous person.
I mean last year, I thought I could be funny by being a random and stupid person.
And I what I really found out is that I was acting like a retard.
I don't want to sound like a boring person, but I recognized that I was looking like a fool
with my jokes with out sense and the faces that I put.
I really thought that people would like that, but I was wrong. What I was doing just made me get a bad reputation. And so if I wanted to act normal, like how I really was, people would not take me seriously.
So on summer vacation I changed, I stopped being so random and spontaneous, and started to be myself.
I could be random sometimes for the hell of it, but when I talk serious people can understand me now, not like before.

Slice Of Life

Too much time with a cellphone.
I wake up, turn on my phone chat with the people I always chat with.
I get on the phone in school when the teachers are not looking.
Get on facebook, BBM people, etc.
And I really don't feel satisfied, and when I start I really can't stop.
Well it kind of depends with who I chat with.
Because if its someone i just really don't talk to it means im bored
and i have nothing better to do.
I think I have to stop chatting and living the real life.