in class sketches

Belt
Shades of blue
Glass cabinet
Reflection of the recycle bins
Bright blue with black stickers
Glass
Plastic
Paper
Window
A light brown background
Another reflection
This of the bookstore
T-shirt
Pinned on wall
Water bottles
Green
Purple
Red
Lined up
On top of the bookshelf



Leaves float in the pond
Wind blowing
The smell of hamburgers
Cape Cod in the summer
Cook out by the sea
Teachers and student walk by
“Your goin’ down”
Scuffing of feet
Mom scolds me for dragging my feet
All of the leaves begin to move
All in the same directions
Along the “shore”
In science class
Talking about long shore currents
Karme Choling written on the back of a t-shirt
All sorts of memories from project period
Silence for minutes

251-275

“What is it?” she asked uneasily “you bury those owls,” Mullet Finger said, “ you gotta bury me too.” “But no I love birds! All birds!” this quote takes place at the public event for Mother Paula’s. Mullet Fingers has buried himself on the site. He speaks up to get the publics’ attention. The she in the beginning of the quote is mother Paula asking what the head out of the ground is. She says that she loves birds but I don’t think that she knows that there are birds on the property.

week 5 # 1

Looking up at a poster on my wall. The water is bright blue with a cloud or two in the sky. Shawls hang from a cloths line on the beach. The shadow is cast on the beach. Wishing I could be there. The desk has only a few things on it. There is a white piece of paper that has the name Amanda written in the top left corner. On top of the paper there are all sorts of wires. One black wire connects the speakers to my computer. The white looks as though it is a tangled mess but the end plugs into my computer. The desk lamp brightly shines on the computer screen. Now thinking about what other homework I have. On to math.

week 4 # 2

I was blown away what could I say
It all seemed to make sense
The music plays in the background
Kerstin’s fingers move swiftly across the keys
As she types away
She laughs at something someone said and types back
She chews her gum and blows a big bubble
It pops and she sucks it backs in
A new song
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody died
As the music plays softly in the background
Kerstin blows another bubble about the size of her face
You should know what its like (what its like)
What its like (what its like)
The music fades out

eoc-sabogate paper

Could you imagine walking down the street in your new mink coat and having someone come up behind you and spray paint it? In the 1990s this act of eco sabotage used to be done on a daily basis because they were protesting minks being killed for someone to wear. Eco sabotage is every crime or act done to emphasis the importance of the environment or certain animals. As shown by Carl Hiaasen in Hoot, eco-sabotage, the destruction of property by vandals, is ethically justified in certain situations and can also be effective in solving some environmental issues.
In hoot, a young boy named Mullet Fingers commits eco-sabotage when he learns that Mother Paula’s All American Pancake House will be constructed on the land where there are borrowing owls. Unlike the Eco-saboteurs that caused million of dollars in damage, Mullet Fingers commits innocent acts of sabotage at the construction site. He has done acts like pulling out the survey stacks, putting alligators in the toilets, and removing the seats on the bulldozers. All of these acts cost little to no money, only aggravation to the construction manager and loss of time to the construction of the pancake house. Eco-sabotage can be justified because it is a legitimate cause. Using Hoot as an example, all of Mullet Fingers actions are towards saving the owl’s environment and no one gets severely hurt. Even though Mullet Fingers uses cotton mouth snakes he admits that they cant “…hurt a flea…” because he tapes “… their mouths shut.” (Hiaasen 122) Mullet Fingers had put out the snakes to scare the Rottweilers that were guarding the construction site. Once the dogs were on longer paying attention to the construction site Mullet Fingers was then able enter the site and continue he acts of eco-sabotage.
There can be times when eco-sabotage groups take their actions a little to far. One way that their actions could go to far is if someone or thing was endangered. There was an act of eco-sabotage reported by a man named Phil Hawkins in Portland, Oregon that put people endanger. Because Hawkins is a fisherman he has to worry about “…packing the right rod, the right flies, the right equipment and food …” but he never dreamed of having to “…worry about spikes or nails in the river…” that would tear his boat up. Another action that crosses the line of being acceptable is when it begins to cost massive amounts of money to repair the damage done. One of the most costly anti-furs acts taken by A.L.F. was committed on November 12, 2007. At the Alaskan Fur Co. the eco-saboteurs throw flaming devise in the window. The devise destroyed the first floor of the two-story building causing 2.25 million dollars in damage. Eco-sabotage groups have taken their acts to far when innocent people get caught in the middle of their actions. The A.L.F. wanted to bomb a professor from UCLA’s house for doing animals testing. Then A.L.F. apparently left the “ Molotov cocktail” at the wrong house. Instead leaving the bomb at the professor’s house they left it at his next-door neighbor, a seventy-year-old lady’s, house. The bomb did not function properly but if it had, the house would have blown.
Eco-sabotage can be effective at getting ones point across to those who wont listen or talk out the problem. “ Bush rolled back every environmental protection,” Wade said. “No one was responding” A 19 year old, named John Wade, at Mary Washington Collage felt that Gorge Bush wasn’t doing anything to help save the environment so he took action. He damaged equipment at Short Pump Town Center, sports cars (SUV) at a Ford dealership, and windows of McDonalds restaurants. As a result he was put in prison for the next three years following his act of eco-sabotage. Although sent to jail he made a big statement in Richmond, Virginia Eco-sabotage can be very effective in terms of stopping what the eco-sabotage groups are protesting. Once the project is stopped the people behind the project reassessed how important their project is in comparison to the damage done if the project were carried out. An example of this is when people spike trees. Spiking the tree results in the logger having to stop cutting because their machinery will break. Although the loggers may not realize the damage that will be caused to the environment they are no longer cutting down the trees.
Eco-sabotage is something that happens all the time but can be viewed in many different ways. As stated above, eco-sabotage can be warranted in certain situations and can also be effective. As shown in hoot ecosabogate make consist of more innocent acts that do not cause damage or result in millions of dollars lost. In the past few years more drastic measures have been taken. Have been effective even though they caused much damage. Groups like Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front have the drive to commit these acts because it is all for saving the environment.

week 4 # 1

The music booms on the other side of the wall
Voice of the singer is muffled
Making it hard to make out the song
The laughing gets louder and softer
Making it sound like a song
The main melody is the loud laughter
The counter part is the giggling in the background
Just as the song, the chuckles are stifled

week 3 # 2

A blanket covers the world around me
This blanket covers the ground
And somehow is neatly laid upon the roof tops
It sparkles like a diamond
But is Soft as velvet
I just want to curl up under my covers
And hide away from the cold winter whether