Senior Wills

When I was still in high school, in my senior year, we had to write 'senior wills', it was all for fun, we got to leave whatever we wanted to anybody, even things we didn't own, or memories and stuff.  And my senior class was pretty big, sorry. Well here's what my senior will looked like:

To:

• Amanda Ackerson, who later went on to get married and is now known as Amanda Ackerson-Wyllie: I leave my Aerosmith Big Ones and Devil's Got a New Disguise albums, my Prince Greatest Hits CD, my 2 Aerosmith tour shirts, and the gift of love from a friend, since u were one of the few who actually treated mne like I existed, that treated me like I wasn't invisible
• Bruno Bagialtsalief: I leave a ticket for you and 6 of ur buddies to see your fave musician in concert, a slightly used soccer ball, my CD's of Shakira and Enrique Iglesias, and Ritchie Valens, a gift of friendship
• Bobby Berns: a basketball I found in my yard my stupid neighbors forgot to come back and claim, tickets for you and 4 of your friends to go see the Bengals, tickets for u and 4 of ur friends 2 go see your fave musician in concert, an XBox 360 so you can game on all day and night, whatever suits you, a $100 Visa gift card u can use anywhere
• Beth Boshears: a CD of Justin Bieber, and Lil Wayne, since I know they're your favorite, a poster of both Lil Wayne and Justin Bieber, a Blu-Ray copy of the Hangover and the Hangover pt. II, a $100 Visa gift card to use anywhere so u can pretty urself up, a ticket to see both Justin Bieber in concert and a backstage pass to meet him in person and a backstage pass to meet Lil Wayne in person and a concert ticket for him
• Josh Brett: complete set of Harry Potter books 1-7, complete set of Harry Potter movies on Blu-Ray or DVD, which ever one u own, an XBox 360, PS3, or Wii system, whichever one u don't own or want, the chance to get a photo with the people from Harry Potter, tickets to see a basketball game for your fave team, all the arguments in class and on Facebook concerning the reality of Harry Potter, the laughs I gave u 4 saying Daniel Radcliffe was a sexy English hottie, a CD of your fave musician, a $100 iTunes gift card cuz I don't know if you own an iPod or not
• Roger Babb: a gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods for that sports lover in you, season pass for all the Bengals games
• Kristen Bock: My Rolling Stones 1981 North American tour shirt with the British flag on it, my blood red Rolling Stones Tattoo You shirt, my black Rolling Stones log shirt, my Rolling Stones Hot Rocks, Jump Back, Forty Licks, Bridges to Babylon albums, a copy of the movie Factory Girl, a book on Andy Warhol, my slightly used art supplies, my CD of Eric Burdon and the Animals, my CD of the Mamas and the Papas cuz I know you love to think of yourself as a hippie, a $200 Visa gift card to use on art stuff, a love of all things 1960s, the laughs we shared in class about our love of the Rolling Stones, and the laughs I gave you saying I thought Mick Jagger was one sexy hot hunk of man
• Adam Bowling: a season pass to all the Bengals games
• Derek Bryan: my Reba McEntire CDs cuz I know you love country music, my Tim McGraw CDs, my 80's comp CD, a football from my backyard my annoyingly stupid next door neighbors forgot to come back and claim, my Gameboy Advance(although I don't know about the what I call Breast Cancer Ribbon pink color of it), all my Gameboy Advance games, a slightly used basketball hoop, a copy of the movie Unleashed, plenty of action in it for you!
• Aubrey Buckler: a poster of the movies the Hangover and the Hangover pt. II( I don't own these, but I can buy it for you, just 4 kindness)
• Clayton Daley: my Beatles 1 CD you claim I "stole", the conversations in class discussing the true owndership of the CD,  our love of The Beatles, a love of all things 1960s and retro, all my Peace sign stuff, my Pandora bracelet with the LOVE charm on it and the British flag charm on it.
• Josh Dowling: a season pass to either the Bengals games or the Cincy Reds games
• Daniel Fessler:  a love of all things Christian and Faithful
• Samantha Butler: baby stuff for you and your son Mason, my phone # in case you need it, the knowledge that I'm here for you when you need someone to babysit your lil bundle of joy Mason.
• Samantha Corman: baby stuff for you and your newborn son, an iPod Nano unless u already own one, a love of music, a $500 Visa gift card 2 b used on anything you need
• Teanna Davis: my CD of Seal's Greatest Hits, Aaliyah's I Care 4 U album, the laughs you have had to make me laugh, your kindness and sincerity
• Christina Duffy: a love of all things Christian, my Precious Moments Edition of the Bible for the little ones you may have one day,  and my respect for family
• Cheyenne Fornash: don't know you that well, sooooo sorry
• Kallista Foster: my Foreigner No End in Sight CD, my Lamborghini Reventon wind up model, my Lamborghini Reventon poster I haven't bothered to hang up
• Christopher Gentry-Lovins: my X-Men 3 poster because of your favorite actor Sir Ian McKellen, the conversations between me, you and Clayton in Mr. Ryker's Earth Science class, all the X-Men movies I have
• Melissa Guidugli: my kindness towards you
• Caitlyn Haynes: baby stuff for your little one coming. I do not yet know the sex of the baby, so here's a $100 Babies R Us gift card to spoil your lil one rotten! my phone number in case you need a babysitter right off hand anad you don't feel like searching in the phone book for one
• Ashley Francis: my copy of the movie Bulletproof Monk, War, Kiss of the Dragon, Mulan
• Mike Griggs: don't know ya, so sorry
• Corey Hardy: you don't get a @#$% thing! You never showed me any kindness, you called me ugly all the time even though you needed to look in the mirror and see the true ugliness of your personality!
• Adam Hegge: a new swimsuit to flaunt your new figure, the phone number for my neighbor up the street from me who can fix cars and stuff if you need it, the laughs and conversations on Facebook
• Matt Heuser: don't know ya!
• Bobby Hollon: not a @#$% thing! You suck Bobby!
• Matt Kosko: my Scarface poster, my handdrawn picture of Rocky Balboa and Tony Montana I got from InLight Studio in Eastgate, my love of all things Italian
• Robyn Meyer: our shared love of Australian actor Hugh Jackman, the conversations we had on how hot we thought he was and still is
• Jessica Hurtt: don't know you that well
• Austin Kessen: a season pass to a basketball game for your favorite team along with 4 of your buddies
• Kevin McHale: don't know you that well
• Taylor Menning: I don't know you that well
• Thomas Rees: a new swimsuit to flaunt your very and I mean VERY handsome new figure, a big congrats on your recent weight loss, my friendship
• Austin Richter: don't know you that well
• Anna Simmons: don't know you that well
• Tony Stadtmiller: my crush on you since 7th grade(which Jeff Thomas didn't keep to his self and he blurted to you and Chris Weber and all the little jokes about it, like from Chris Weber"Here's your lover, Tony")
• Samantha Terry: the laughs we shared in high school
• Asha Saunders: a  bunch of CD's of contemporary jazz, R&B, jazz, Gospel cuz I know you love tha stuff
• Alyse Slater: the conversations on Facebook, a love of The Beatles
• Ashley Taylor: don't know you that well
• Jeff Thomas: a big, fat, congratulatory, priceless, Go to Hell! Especially for that u thought it was funny comment about my stepdad's Italian heritage!
• Mary Jo Vaught: baby stuff for you and your baby, don't know if it's a girl or boy
• Maria Vique: Spanish lessons so you can speak Spanish to Mrs. Garcia de Burke
• Chris Weber: a season pass to all Duke University sports games
• Jessica Wimmers: please teach me how to do ballet and tap, I fogot how, love of music
• Cindy Votel: my kindness, our conversations on Facebook, my copy of the movie Freejack( so you can remember the laughs I gave you on Facebook reading my comments involving my saying Mick Jagger was one hot, sexy, hunk of sexy English gentleman
• Kasey Willis: safety for you because I know you're in the Armed Forces, baby stuff for the arrival of your upcoming little one

Racism

Yes, the title says it all. This blog is to see if anyone out there is against racism like I am. On Sunday, me, my dad and sister went to Traders World, that big flea market, to see a friend, she's this real nice black lady that I've known for all my life. She's the world's nicest person. Anyway, since we know her, every time we see her, we hug her and say it's good to see her. Well, obviously this didn't fly well with the countrified locals and this white guy gives me and my family a dirty look, he must have thought that it was a crime to hug someone of a different skin color. I thought we were all past the skin color issue. I mean, it's not 1950s anymore, it's 2010.


I'm the kind of person who looks past skin color, race, ethnicity, etc. I have friends who are of different ethnic groups and I look past that, I don't see them as Italian, black, Latino, etc. I see them as friends, buddies, etc. I just can't see what the big deal about having family/friends who are supposedly "different". I look at it this way-- having someone of another ethnic group/race exposes you to another of the fascinating cultures of our diverse world. I mean, I can barely stand it when I visit my aunt Lois and uncle Justin start talking bad about other people because of the way they look, their physical appearance,etc. And in high school, don't get me started. Guys wanting to be like the rap singers openly use the N word to describe friends, sorry but you don't use ethnic/racial slurs to describe friends, and when it comes to other words, teens today use the word Gay to say stupid. You don't use the word Gay to say that someone/something is stupid, it only makes yourself sound stupid. I hate when people turn things around to make something sound cooler to them, but makes them sound like they have no IQ. Because last time I checked, the term Gay meant someone who likes someone of the same sex, and homosexual is a less mean term.


If this were the 1950s, I'd be called a whole bunch of bad names because quite a few of my buddies are black, but I don't see it that way, hypothetically if someone were to ask me what it's like having black friends, I'd simply tell them, they're not my black friends, they're my friends. I don't see any of that racial/ethnic crap that some may see. You wonder how I got on this topic, the above mentioned event got me started, and plus, having an aunt who openly uses racial slurs is ridiculous. She doesn't like anyone, whenever she talks about someone, she almost puts them into a separate group, she doesn't like anyone of Italian descent, Asian descent, Latino descent, African descent. I try to put it into the least offensive way. But I can't just sit here and listen to people bad mouth others because of something simple as being of another ethnic group. If I see/hear someone insulting someone based on race in public, I will come right out and tell them it isn't right.


But it just isn't right, seeing people face injustice because of how they appear. I'm the kind of person who believes in treating everyone with respect and dignity and that means everyone, no matter how they appear. And I think Rodney King said this, "Why can't we all just get along?" And in the "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King believed in a world united, and somehow, he gets shot for believing in a world where blacks and whites and everyone lives together peacefully. I just don't understand the mindset of some people, how some people can be complete a--holes to people because of how they appear. Wake up people! It's 2010, not 1950s anymore. So just get over your racist attitudes and get over it!

About Me

 The title explains it all. I thought in this blog I would introduce myself to the blog world. I would tell you about my family and a little about me. I know I did this in a couple of other blogs and my first initial blog, but I love learning new things about people. Because I look at it this way- whenever you meet someone new, it's a new opportunity to make a new friend.



My name is Caitlin Clark, I'm 20 years old and I recently had my birthday on October 1. My dad's name is Steven, he works as a Sorter Machine Operator and his job has him sending checks through a large sorting machine and he makes sure they go where they are needed. My mom's name is Brenda and her job is Fraud Detection, she works for Fifth Third Processing Solutions LLC, meaning this place was bought out or something by Fifth Third, she locks/blocks cards to protect people from fraud, but this usually ends up getting her an earful from people who are mad that their cards were blocked, and she tells them it's for their protection, but they usually don't listen. My sister Jessica is in her final year at Bellevue High School, she's a senior and she can't wait to graduate, she says there's too much drama where she goes. I believe her, I was glad to get out of that place, more drama than an episode of Jersey Shore, minus the Italian chicks. My step dad Greg works the 2nd shift at US Bank, the same place as my dad. He works from 5pm-2am, and sometimes depending on what time they finish, that determines what time they get home. He's a Reconciler, meaning he prepares checks to go into the Sorter Room.



When it comes to likes and interests, everyone has certain interests/likes. When it comes to me, if there was a nickname for me, it would probably be British Invasion or something, mainly because alot of the stuff I like is out of England, mainly from hanging around with my step dad. I don't watch TV much, but when I do, my favorite TV shows are Top Gear, CSI:NY, the new Hawaii 5-0, Law and Order:SVU, the First 48, and Cold Case, and you can also look me up on Facebook, yeah, I got an account with Facebook, there really wasn't a choice in the matter, it was for Ad Club here at Gateway and it doesn't really bother me having an account with this thing, I've met people who share alot in common with me. In music, my tastes are stuck in British 60s, bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones I could listen to all day long and all night long if given the chance. I also like other bands, like Aerosmith, Foreigner, Deep Purple, Van Halen, the Police. And singers, like Rihanna, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney I like too because their music isn't about drugs, sex like most of the rap music out there is. And alot of the movies I watch have one thing in common: they're probably martial arts movies, with people like Jet Li in it. Him, Chow Yun-fat are 2 of my favorite actors, you never hear anything bad about them. And Hugh Jackman is also one of my favorite actors because he can sing, dance and act, sort of sexy.



I'm not like most young adults. In high school, when most teens were having sex, drinking at a young age, smoking, etc, I was trying to ignore all that, but in reality, it was hard trying to go every day and ignore the peer pressure. I was unpopular because I didn't have sex with every guy in school, drink alcohol or do drugs. The 2 main reasons I didn't is because I'm not like that and I think it screws your life up and if I did, I'd be pushing up daisies, my dad would kill me. I was smarter than most of my high school peers. but now that I'm 20 years old, I'm still the same person I've always been- nice, considerate of others, a little shy, not very talkative. I was that way in high school and I was considered one of the school nerds because I aced every year of my Spanish class and everyone else had to come to me for help in learning the language that would let them graduate. For once I felt smarter than ever. But I was glad to help them.

 You see, I'm the kind of person that I always help someone when it's needed and I get a little happy when I do something nice for others. In fact, if it's possible to get a high from being nice, I was higher than a kite recently because I was able to buy something for my step dad, sister, dad and mom for Christmas and I still have a few things to pick up, my step-dad is a major fan of The Rolling Stones and he has every one of their albums and I asked him if there were any he wanted and he told me the Bridges to Babylon album. For my sis I have to pick up a book about this athlete she likes, Apolo Ohno, she likes him. so you can see my holidays are filled with shopping and everything.



One of my favorite TV shows is Dancing with the Stars, but recently it has been sucking eggs, that Bristol Palin NEEDS TO GO! She is not a good dancer and I heard there was a rumor that her mom has people calling in multiple times and blocking up the phone lines when people vote just so her daughter can win! It's not right, she is not a good dancer. If Jennifer Grey loses, I'm not watching it anymore. she could easily beat out that good for nothing, diva dancer Bristol. She must obviously think that just because she got knocked up when she was a teen and had a child that she is some kind of superstar. And her mom Sarah adopting a child with special needs, I can understand she loves this child, but I personally think that she is using that as leverage to get people to vote for her when election comes around. You don't use a child with special needs to gain popularity. But that Bristol NEEDS TO GO! I don't think she is a good dancer, now that I think about it, some of the other dancers they had on in some of the different seasons were twenty times better than her, that tall black haired Russian guy, Maksim Chermosvsky, I think is his name, he was a good dancer and he was HOT! He was my fave because he was a good dancer! And that singer Brandi I was really gunning for the win spot, I was really hoping she would beat Bristol. And I thought of something last night: If Bristol wins, everyone stand up and boo her, to show her their disgust with her. Her family is totally taking over everywhere and when Sarah McCain, I think is her name, said that Bristol not voting was stupid that voting on Dancing with the Stars was more important to her, I'm with Miss McCain. It seems that to Bristol, the only thing important to her is winning. What about that poor child she brought into this world? That poor little angel is starting to have a Kate Gosselin- his mother is too consumed with winning that she pays no attention to her son.

Love of Reading

I'm the kind of person who just loves to read anything! My personal favorite types of stories or books are murder/mystery, stories where police investigate crimes(CSI books, etc), thriller stories( The Big Bad Wolf, Judge and Jury), any stories about mysteries or if any, maybe vampires, there is usually a good vampire story out there! What's even more creative: if you enjoy writing, write your own stories! In high school English, each student had to write a short story for our portfolio, and they told us that if our stories were good enough, they would publish them. I remember the story I wrote, it was about 2 cops who had to investigate a mob hit in Colorado. I'm the kind of person who enjoys writing, reading, looking at tropical island poetry, I'm your basic, average beat-nik hippie, I guess. Poetry I enjoy reading as well, mainly Island tropical poetry, I just enjoy the simple things in life, reading, writing, you name it. I do enjoy reading, whether it be a vampire story, good murder/mystery story, police investigation story, anything. I'm even the type to write short stories and keep them to read. It may sound weird, but I do have a very overactive imagination.