October 26, entry 13

Encounter With the Barber

The original writing prompt said fictional but this is a true story that once happened to me several years ago. I needed a haircut one day while I was shopping with my dad and brother. We were in Cedar Rapids, just leaving Best Buy I believe. We decided to go to the Super Cuts right next door. We get in there and I'm the last one to get a hair cut between me, my brother, and my dad. I was getting my hair fairly short, like I normally do. The lady the was cutting my hair had a pair of clippers and was trimming around by my ears. I felt something hit the back of my ear, like something pinched it. I didn't pay too much attention to it. The girl continues trimming on the other ear and then looks back over and says, "Oh my god you're bleeding!" I was like really? I guess it was the clippers that pinched me. So she got a band aid for me and put it on and then gave me a card for a free hair cut for the next visit. Unfortunately for her I did not want to go back to that place after that experience. Ever since then I get nervous every time I get the hair around my ears trimmed with clippers.

October 12, entry 12

Free Write, What I'd do on a Rainy Day

I would be excited if it was raining. I love it when it rains. I might go outside for a little bit just to enjoy it. I sometimes find myself sitting on the porch watching it rain otherwise inside near a window. I like the scent when it rains or after it rains. Everything looks pretty cool after it rains too. All the grass and trees are covered in water droplets and there's a low mist covering the valleys. I wish it would rain soon. I'd like to have another good downpour before it gets to cold to enjoy it.

October 7, entry 11

Mr. Jones seems congenial during the school meetings.

Some people think that walking is ennui.

Ninjas are considered aloof.

Homework becomes tedious after the first day of school.

The military tries to cajole students into joining the armed forces.

Ned Flanders is very ecstatic when it comes to religion.

Watching the dark clouds roll in gives me an ominous feeling.

Every Boy Scout should be zealous to obtain their Eagle Scout rank.

October 5, entry 10

Why not to eat fast food

Fast food isn't the greatest stuff for you to eat. A lot of people blame fast food chains for causing the rise in obesity in the United States. I once read this article about someone buying a Happy Meal from McDonald's and setting it out on her shelf and not touching it for a year. Turns out that the only changes to the food was the meat shrunk a little but and resembled a small hockey puck and the fries looked like they did the day they came out of the fryer. So do you really want your kids eating something like that?