June 1, 2006

So my mom said I should do something useful during my summer vacation. I couldn't understand what the problem was with sitting at home watching cartoons. Any other normal 13-year-old kid would agree with me, but you know moms they actually want you to do something with your life.

I'm Brooklyn Danneel Harris, or just Brooke for short, and I'm writing in this journal because I have no one else to talk to in my life. I mean my mom?, no way. My dad?, yeah right. My older sisters?, they wouldn't understand. So I'm talking to you.

My life has just been one HUGE blur for me. I'm the youngest in my family with two older sisters that are perfect at everything. Hilarie, she's the athlete in the family, star player of the basketball team, awesome volleyball player, blah blah blah. Natalie, she's the artist, photographer, drawer, music expert. And that leaves me, I'm pretty much good at... nothing. But there's still my whole life to get as boring as them.

At school I have my one main group of friends, containing five girls and three guys. Sophia, Gracie, Lyndi, Sydney, Katelynn, Jake, Nathan, and Tyler. Yep, that's my... I guess you could call it... my crew. We do everything together. I've known most of them half my life. And the one thing I love about all of them, I can be myself when I'm with them and they can be themselves around me. Now that's true friends right there.



Plz comment and tell me want you think. If you guys like it I'll keep writing more. Thanks!

Chapter 1
Plz comment and tell me want you think. If you guys like it I'll keep writing more. Thanks!

Great start! Keep on writing! :D

:tink: Daizy

June 13, 2006

So today my friends and I have started a band. Yes, a band. Now I know what you're thinking... at least I think I do. You guys must be really bad starting a band in ONE DAY!!! But we pulled it off, even Natalie said we were pretty good. I was on the drums, Nathan on bass, Sophia on guitar, Tyler on the keyboard. And the rest of the gang on background vocals. We basically just play in Lyndi and Gracie's garage. At least until their parents don't go crazy with the noise.

Anyway, I have this really embarrassing moment that I encountered this afternoon. So I was rocking out to the lastest bands I've found on iTunes and I'm standing in front of my wall-length mirror with a hair brush in my hand. And I bet you know where I'm going with this, what happens next? Yep, Hilarie walks in. Now literally my face turns bright red. Seriously. So I'm standing there smiling that little smile that you get when you're really, really embarrassed. But to my surprise, the next thing that I do is... laugh. And once Hilarie notices that I'm laughing she joins right on in. Crazy... I know.
What I'm trying to tell you is... I know this may sound a bit cheesy... but it's true. Next time you're feeling sad or mad, just turn your stereo up really loud, grab that brush, and just dance. Dance your heart out. And dance until you lose your self or until you find yourself again.

June 26, 2006

So today is one of those days, where you just stay in you pj's, under the covers, kind of days. It's raining outside and I'm loving it. I know, people are usually like depressed when it's raining... but not me. I actually like it when it's raining. It gives you an excuse to stay inside and drink hot chocolate and read a book, in this case, write in a journal. Today there's no band practice, and I'm really glad, mainly because my hands hurt from all that drumming I've been doing.

It's about 1 p.m. on a rainy June day, and I'm so bored that hanging out with my sisters seems more amusing than want I'm doing right now. I'm writing to you of course. And I've got to say you're pretty boring. Not like I mean that in a bad way I'm just saying... I'm babbling aren't I? I know I tend to do that alot, but I have NO idea where I get it from. Ok, sorry, I'm doing it again.

I'm just going to leave you on that note, you can remember me by the way I babble.

See you next time I decide to write in this thing.

Please post more!

sorry guys i went on vacation for spring break and i kinda have writers block. but i'll try and write later on today. Thanks for reading, hope everyone likes it. and if you haven't read it plz do so and also comment on it to. and if you have any ideas you want me to write about just PM me. I'll be on almost all day.

June 30, 2006

Today at my house was 'movie night' how lame is that? And if it couldn't get any lamer, could you guess the movie that we watched? Annie. Yes that Annie with the curly red hair, orphan, moves in with a bald guy, Annie. Now from the beginning I couldn't take it but when she started singing "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" I just couldn't take it anymore. I stormed out of the room because Annie is telling a big, fat, HUGE, lie. Annie thinks that when something bad happens, the stupid sun will come out tomorrow. But it doesn't!!! You can't just say Oh, my best friend isn't talking to me, but it's ok because the sun will come out tomorrow. Nooo, life just doesn't work like that Annie. I'm sorry for just dumping all of my problems on you, I mean you can't even feel it, you're a journal.

Summer is over and school is beginning, what a drag. No more 3 day sleepovers with Sophia and Katelynn or going to the creek and swimming with the fish, no more anything. Just math problems, tests, and gross lunch food.

Anyway, so I was watching this T.V. show and it was about this kid who can see his dead uncle's ghost and like talk to him and stuff. Well, I decided to look the show up on the internet, and I found out that this kid he had to wear a $10,000 wig!!! Why a kid would need to wear a wig I have no idea. Yeah, so I guess he cut his hair for another movie or something, and they wanted his hair to look the same from before. Pretty cool, huh?

In case you haven't found out already, this journal is about just random things that happen in my life. If it wasn't then I wouldn't be writing to you about a kid with a $10,000 wig or about me and my friends starting a band. I want you to see what it's like for a teenager that doesn't know what she wants to do with her life. In this case me. I have no idea what I'm going to do after I'm done with school. But I do know one thing, I'm getting out of Sterling,Virginia (where I live) as fast as I can. Because this small town is filled with drama, tragedy, and heartache. That's three things that you do not want in your life, and everybody in this town has all three of them.

July 3, 2006

Fear - a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc.

That's going to be my topic for today. Fear. I know nobody wants to talk about their greatest fear but that's the thing. Why? Because they're scared that somebody will make fun of them if they tell everybody. But you have to get over that FEAR and just express your feelings to someone. It could be a parent, teacher, best friend, hey maybe even your dog. Now I'm going to be bold and say my greatest fear, I'm scared that when I do finish school and all of that, that I won't get a chance to put my mark on this world. That I'll just become an old lady and sit on my couch all day watching old reruns in my little cracker box apartment. That and clowns.... I hate clowns, with their red noses and all of that makeup. I wish you could tell me your greatest fear, but you're a journal, I would think that you wouldn't like it if someone stabbed you with a snake tooth. Hello people, Harry Potter.

It's about 12:30 a.m. on a Tuesday night, which I guess would make it Wednesday and in the morning. Anyway, today I have a huge math test, and it's like 50% of our final grade or something like that. And I'm here, writing in you, listening to my rock music, under my covers. Pretty pathetic, huh? I don't think so, because I usually do this whenever I have like a really big test or a big project. It helps me cool down, loosen up. Here's what I do, I usually get about 5 hours of sleep on nights like these, wake up, get ready, walk to school, take the big test, then sleep in all of my other classes. Pretty good plan, but not foolproof, one time I was asleep in my language arts class and I guess I was snoring, (but I do not snore) and the teacher caught me. That got me a detention and a phone call to my parents. But I haven't learned my lesson like I told my teacher. Sue me!!

July 7, 2006

It's raining here in Sterling...again. And since I live in one of thoe really old houses like the Victorian style, built in the 1800s type of houses, whenever it rains usually the power goes out, which is why I'm writing in you again. That's right people the lights, T.V., internet, everything is out. But at least I got my iPod and you, I mean there's nothing better to do but to listen to music and write in your journal. At least in my opinion. But if you're the rest of my family, you're downstairs playing checkers. Who in the world still plays checkers? Nerds that's who. Since I can't think of anything to write about, I'm going to start babbling about my hometown of Sterling, Virginia. Mainly because I see the word at the top of the paragraph, and I think that you would like to know what Sterling is all about. Like I told you before, Sterling is basically three things. Drama, Tragedy, and Heartache. All bad things. It's a very small town made up of about 2,000 people in all. Now that's small. Everybody knows everybody in this town and I hate that. Do you know what that means? It means if everybody already knows you as somebody and you want to change you can't. Because everybody already knows you for who you were, not for who you are now. Trust me people can't change in this town, even if they tried like a hundred times. Now the only solution is, get out of here as fast as you can.

If you going on vacation, you do not want to go to Sterling, Virigina. Whatever you do don't come here please. I bet you're asking why. Well, for One there's nothing to do here. There's one park with three broken swings. And that's pretty much the only thing to do here that's "fun". Two. people will be staring at you, mainly because we usually don't get people on vacation. And finally Three... well I can't think of the thrid one right now, but I will. I want to tell you something though, you may think that I hate Sterling but I don't, I just hate the stuff that happens to it. Some towns have nothing happen to it at all, and some towns (like Sterling) everything happens to it, the good and the bad.

Please write more! This is great!!

July 19, 2006

Do you ever wonder what your name means? Like does your name have a meaning or were you named after something or someone? Well, I'm going to tell you what my sisters names mean and then mine. Just wait until you see the results. Ok, Hilarie means 'cheerful' in Latin and Natalie means Christ's birthday in Latin also. Now leaves me, Brooklyn means, are you ready? Uncertain, perhaps 'broken land' in Dutch. Can you believe that? I sure can't, I mean to name your other two children such good names that really means something and then name your last kid a name that means broken land. You can see who the favorites are in this family, can't you? I actually like my name, it's unique I mean I don't know anybody else with the name Brooke. And I'm wondering if you like your name, Journal, I could see why kids would make fun of you, with a name like that.

I have some bad news to tell you Journal. Gracie and Lyndi are....MOVING!!!!! I just got the news a couple minutes ago, I'm so shocked I can barely write in you. Can life get any worse? Somehow it will find a way though. Out of the whole gang I've known them the longest, I've been through everything with them, and now they're moving? It just can't be. I'm hoping this is all just a really bad dream, and I'll wake up soon and life will be like a fairy tale. But no, I'm wide awake, to prove it I'll pinch my cheeks. Yeah, I'm awake. Could you guess where they're moving to? California. I've always wanted to go there, but now I don't. When I told my parents that the twins were moving all they said was, 'Oh, that's too bad.' They should of said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry Brooke, you can move with them if you want.' Now that would be great parents.

When I told my parents that the twins were moving all they said 'Oh, that's too bad.' They should of said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry Brooke, you can move with them if you want.' Now that would be great parents.

When my friends moved, my parent's should have said that too! Well, I love this story, Please write more.

July 23, 2006

It's been 5 days since Gracie and Lyndi moved, and I'm telling you the rest of the gang just can't function. Gracie was the funny one, whenever someone was sad she would cheer them up by telling a joke or something like that. And Lyndi, she was the brain of the group, whenever there was a math problem that needed to be solved Lyndi was the first to answer. It just seems like the group isn't complete without them. Anyway, we e-mail each other all the time now and sometimes talk on the phone. I have no idea what's going to happen to the band, we have no where to practice. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea anyway, I mean we weren't looking for a record deal we were just playing around trying to have fun during our summer vacation. Could you blame us? Plus we don't have our best background singers anymore. Which of course were Gracie and Lyndi.

Oh, I almost forgot, my birthday is in two days!!! I'm just going to have a small birthday party with all of my close friends. And my parents plus Hilarie and Natalie, I didn't even invite them and they just assume that they are coming. How rude!! Sometimes birthdays can be wonderful and sometimes they can be a disaster. Take my 5th bithday for a example. I had a pink princess party (hey, come on, I was 5) and I was just about to blow out the candles when this kid I didn't even know (one of my parents friends kid) pushed my face into the cake. Sounds funny, doesn't it? Just ask Nathan and Tyler who were laughing their heads off when it happened. Can you believe I'm still their friends? No I'm just kidding, Nathan and Tyler are like my brothers, sometimes they can be a pain but always they for you when something bad happens. But anyways I thought that it wasn't funny at all and I started crying like a girl and stormed out of the house. But now that I think about it why did I leave? I mean it was my birthday party, my house, that little kid should've been the one to leave. Yeah, but I'm over it now. I just hope that this years birthday party will go smoothly, but I know that it won't.

July 25, 2006

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to ME!!! Yep, it's exactly my birthday. July 25 at 1:34 a.m. Now that I am already up I might as well write in you. Today is going to be a good day I know it. For one, it's a Saturday so I don't have to go to school. I'm not going back to sleep I'm too excited. I'll probably finish talking to you then get on my computer and then probably talk to you again. I don't know, I don't really like planning my life I just go with the flow. Like the fish do in the ocean. Yeah, fish in the ocean. Random, random, random. That's me. I'm the type of girl that will burst out laughing in silence over something that happened two weeks ago. Like this one time, Sophia, Katelynn, Sydney, and Me all went to the mall. And we were walking out of this store and at the entrance there is a sign. I guess I wasn't looking were I was going and SMACK ran right into it. Laugh all you want I'll give you a second. Ok, are you with me, good. Anyway, I was in math class and we were taking a pop quiz (I hate pop quizzes) and I'm already done. So I'm just sitting there, when all of a sudden I start laughing my head off. I have no idea what came over me. Of course the whole class, including Sophia, Katelynn and Sophia turns around and starts staring at me. When I finally realize this, I open my eyes and see them looking at me, I start laughing even harder. After class and after I got my detention pass, I go and tell the girls why I was laughing. And they start laughing as well, so it wasn't just me people. If it wasn't embarrassing enough laughing out loud in front of the whole class, it's even more embarrassing getting a dentention for laughing out loud in front of the whole class.

Wow, I love this story, and sometimes I laugh for no reason too. Write more!

July 25, 2006 - 8:45p.m.

I think I'm like psychic or something. I just knew that something bad was going to happen, and what do you know? I was right. First off, this is the first birthday party that I've had that Lyndi and Gracie weren't there. Second, some kids didn't even come! I mean when you're invited to a birthday party you're supposed to come, to even get invited is a privilege; you should be worshipping me right now. And thrid, my parents didn't even get me a gift! They said, 'you already have everything, you don't need anything else.' I was so shocked when they said this, in front of all of my friends. How embarrassing? As of right now I'm not talking to them at all. Now Hilarie and Natalie, I'm talking to them mainly because they got me the best birthday present like EVER!!! Do you want to know what it is? I knew you would. They got me a brand new laptop computer. My other computer was I think made in like the stone ages. I'm practially screamed when I opened the box, then I ran over to them and hugged their guts out. For a minute there I totally forgot about my mom and dad, until I looked over to them and I swear I could see my mom roll her eyes at me. I guess they didn't know that Hil and Nat were getting that for me, which is fine with me. So I guess this birthday was good and bad in ways, good when I got my new computer and bad the whole thing with my parents. But guess that's good because no birthday is perfect.

Wow, she got a laptop! Well I already have a latop...

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sorry, for not writing more, I've just been busy lately you know with homework and all of that stuff. anyway i'll try and add some more either tonight or tomorrow for sure. thanks, bye!!

sorry, for not writing more, I've just been busy lately you know with homework and all of that stuff. anyway i'll try and add some more either tonight or tomorrow for sure. thanks, bye!!

Oh its alright, I've been on vacation and I just got back! So please right more

I'm really sorry for not updating. See where I live we had a really bad storm and the power went out and everything. So sometime this week I promise to update the story. and again i'm really sorry.

July 28, 2006

Ok, so it's about 11:00 p.m. here in Sterling, Virigina and I'm so bored. I can't sleep because I have too many things going on in my head right now. Tomorrow I have a American History quiz that I really don't want to take so tonight I'm going to keep it casual. Because if I go deep into thought I'll never get to sleep. So here it goes.

These are the 5 albums I would take if I was on a deserted island:
1. The Wreckers - Stand Still, Look Pretty
2. Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
3. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business
4. Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
5. Anything by Good Charlotte or Gwen Stefani or maybe Kelly Clarkson
Ok, If I'm even ever on a deserted island lets just hope that I have my iPod, my charger, and electricity.

Here are my top 5 favorite movies:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (savvy?)
2. Step Up
3. She's The Man
4. Bring It On
5. And finally Mean Girls

That was fun, I actually think I'm getting tired. Wow. I'm going to bed and going to sleep, who knows I might even dream tonight.

so i know i haven't been updating alot i'm sorry. i've been busy alot lately and i'm having the hardest time coming up with ideas to put into the story. anyway for those of you that haven't read the story yet, read it and plzcomment on it plz. thanks, bye!!

The story is great! Please write more.