melaniephaat

=Welcome to my WIKI page! (: = My name is Melanie. I attend Humanitas Academy of Arts and Technology. A little about me and what i like: Photography, drawing, reading, laughing and laughing with friends, listening to music, loves koala's, to accomplish my dream, the names Bonniescarlette and Dodie. I also like old things, vintage clothing, classic movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock, surrealism art(i thinks its beautiful ha ha!), and being with family.

Abazabaaa. The confusion of wonderful flavors in your mouth. Candy white chewy taffy from the candy bar taste so good. Eating that candy bar, thinking there is only that taffy till later you taste something else. BAM! A whole new flavor comes, the flavor of peanut butter! A flavor you usually would probably think would be tasted or eaten with bread or celery, but not taffy. It is the complete opposite. All you think about is the two flavors joined together to make a whole new candy, to become one delicious candy. Even the name has a BAM! to it. Just saying the name of the candy "Abazaba" invites you in to buy the candy and see what it's about. It invites you in to explore what this interesting candy taste like. The name is just as interesting as the candy looks and taste. While eating the candy and seeing how the white taffy stretches. Thinking it can’t stretch anymore till this about 8 inches candy bar turns into a 12 inches candy bar. Right when you think the surprising stops, you see this light brown creamy looking candy inside. It is like a present given to you and only you, a present of delicious peanut butter. In my opinion I think that who ever created the candy "Abazaba" is a complete genius to put those to flavors together, who knew taffy and peanut butter went together. Especially since taffy was hard and chewy compared to peanut butter which is soft and creamy. A party in your mouth and a show to your eyes.

The Dark Place Walking through this dark place, feeling scared and alone. Keep on walking to find little hope or light to know you are almost out of this dark place. Hope is lost when your feet begin to get tired and your body gets restless, Yet after all that walking you still see no light, neither comfort nor sense of relief. Wishing for a way out, a way to just cheat this path of this place And cut straight through the walls to find that light. As you walk you start to think, how did I get in this dark place? Why am I in this dark place? What did I do to be in this dark place? Or even what is this dark place, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">This place that makes you feel alone and scared. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I am still walking through this dark place and wonder if you too will ever find <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: left;">this dark place.

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">Remembering... <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">Happy, joy, excitement, and adventurous is what I remember. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">I remember looking down and thinking “so this is what a canyon looks like”. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">Having ice cream and looking over the edge of the canyon is what I remember. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">I remember seeing the still smile on my uncles soulless body. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">Seeing tears run down their face from the people I love so much is what I remember. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">I remember it being a beautiful day as I sit and laugh about memories I shared <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">with these people I was once close with. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">Seeing them walk away while I do the same with no feeling <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">once so ever is what I remember. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">I remember the past, <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">Now is also what I will be remembering tomorrow <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: right;">or any other day after today.

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<span style="display: block; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;">** What i think about.... ** Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, and Queers or questioning. Why should people judge or choose how LGBTQ teens should live? Why care about the way others live, if they live a healthy well life than it is no reason to be concern. Would you like the law or people around you to judge or tell you what rights you can and can not have? No. I know no human being would like to live that life so those who judge and decide what rights they have, to choose the way they live. At least I know I wouldn't, i know that is a unfair way to live. Teens should not have to live in fear of showing who they really are, some teens today who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queers are insulted by other kids, parents, or even people they don’t know and from that there are some teens who sadly taken their lives because they can not take all the insults or discomfort they may have. I have friends who were not accepted for being bisexual or gay by their parents or people who are around them. My friends are people I care about, support, and am accepting with them having a different sexuality than me. There are also those who are open about their sexuality and really can careless on what people may have to say. People should not blame their parents for them being the sexuality they have chosen to be, the parents of those teenagers may also be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer and that is not a reason to put the blame on them. I feel if the child is receiving a good education, has a roof over their head, and is healthy than there is not one reason for people to have any thought otherwise that it is the parents fault and is not a healthy environment to live in. When i think about the behavior that some people have towards LGBTQ adults and teens it is just not right. I just don’t get why it matters on how they live or why some people have a negative attitude about LGBTQ teens and adults. The law states that neither lesbian nor gay can get married, and for what reason? Just because they are not straight, imagine what these teens will have to go through when growing up, being at the legal age to get married and they are not able to. They will see how hurt and unfair they are being treaded. Everyone is and shall be treated equally among others. If you do not believe or disagree with teens and adults being of different sexuality, take notes because you should realize what you are doing to these people by what you vote on unequal treated rights. Who are you to choose who people can and can not marry? Nobody. You are just people who live in this same civilized world as everyone else does. If you were to be treated badly or get rights taken from you, than how would you feel? You would not like it, so think about what you say and put yourself in those people’s shoes you have looked down on. Yes you are entitled to your own opinion, also your beliefs and i do respect them but there is no reason for you to treat those unfairly. If you think you are higher than them, than look again because they may have a higher education or job career than you do. We are all equal in this world, man, woman, gay, lesbian, etc. Why are there laws against people of different sexuality as if there were a threat to other people?

<span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">February 28, 2011

<span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Dear 2nd period,

<span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The name of the book that I had read was //**Tweak**// by Nic Sheff. This book is an autobiography about Nic who is struggling with a drug addiction to methamphetamines. In this book he talks about how he is in and out of rehab. He also talks about how he survived on the streets and the things he had to do in order to survive. //**Tweak**// is Nic’s first written book that was considered a best seller. He is working on his second book //**We All Fall Down**// coming out April 2011.

<span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">This book really caught my attention because I liked how honest and open the narrative was about his feelings and thoughts he had throughout his whole story. I felt as though I understood how some of the characters were feeling in this book. **//Tweak//** has a lot of feeling that I think the author wanted to show, not only his feelings but a message. A message that the author before was trying to get people to understand and couldn’t until now.

<span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">For example when the author wrote **//“Trying is terrifying because I know I will just fail.”//** He shows that he has given up and that he is always looking forward to failure. **“It seems to fit. I feel comfortable in my own skin. I feel like I’m able to claim my own person. At least I’m making a start. I’m learning to stand on my own.”** That was another quote from the book, a quote that seemed to surprise me. That quote because of how he was feeling before (shown in the first quote I had taken from the book). Nic was so sure that he was going to end up crashing down as he did before but no, that is not what happened. He became this person who is able to have positive thoughts and feelings about him, thoughts and feelings he did not have before. Nic has accomplished writing and publishing his own autobiography **//Tweak//**. This book is a book that can teach you about the real things that can happen in life. It can also direct young kids in the right direction by them envisioning all the bad things that can happen with a drug addiction.

<span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I think anyone would be able to read this book and enjoy it as much as I did for the reason of everything the author talked about. I would recommend the book //**Tweak**// to young kids who may have made bad choices that had to do with drugs. I recommend them this book because it shows some of the dangers that drugs may cause.

<span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Your friend, <span style="color: #9f9784; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Melanie

World Poetry Day/ Twitter 5 Year Anniversary blah blah blah not a very good way to start a poem, what is a poem suppose to be about anyways? Love? well cant write about love because i dont believe in it, Happiness? why, whats there to be happy about, its raining! Sadness? who would write about being sad when it would remind you of being sad. how about a poem about what to write about in a poem.

= = = **March 23, 2011** =

__The Child Called "It"__
**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was surprised when David had finally found his way out. He was able to have the childhood he never received while living with an alcoholic and child abuser, who was sadly his mother. ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main character is a little boy David Pelzer who's mother abuses him by doing awful things. David has enormous love for his mother that he does not see any wrong to what she is doing to him only that he is a bad boy who does bad things. The confusion he begins to have on how he is the only child that gets hit and punished.The character development pulled me into the story, i felt the boys emotion and pain throughout the whole book. I felt like i wanted to do something about what the mother was doing but than i realized that i cant because these are jut words not actions i can see, only imagine. The continuous questions that kept popping into my head every time David's mother was about to hurt him. I really wanted to talk to David's mother and ask her why she was abusing him or what made her start to have the thought David was a bad boy who deserved to be punished.The narrative voice was very powerful, it showed how much love this young boy had for his mother even though he was treated poorly. The way the narrative described what was happening to him with every detail on how he felt to his mothers reactions with every word and move she took. I was very amazed on how one persons voice can have such an effect on the reader. The genre of this book is non fiction, an autobiography by Dave Pelzer. I didn’t agree with the way the mother was handling David as a child also the effortless help from his father who would watch him suffer by his mothers actions. In the end he turned out to be a accomplishing man with a son who he truly loves. I couldn’t understand why David's mother began to abuse him. Throughout the whole book i really wanted to know what reasons David's mother had to abuse him or even what made her all of a sudden become a alcoholic and a child abuser. **

//** How To Make Bread Pudding? **// List of questions 1. What are the ingredients to making bread pudding? 2 cups whole milk (or 2 cups half and half) 1/4 cup butter 2/3 cup brown sugar (light or dark, depending on taste preference) 3 eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoons grounding nutmeg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups bread, torn into small pieces (french bread works best) 1/2 cup raisins (optional) 2. How are the ingredients put together? In medium saucepan, over medium heat, heat milk (or half & half) just until film forms over top. Combine butter and milk, stirring until butter is melted. Cool to lukewarm. Combine sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for 1 minute. Slowly add milk mixture. Place bread in a lightly greased 1 1/2 quart casserole. Sprinkle with raisins if desired. Pour batter on top of bread. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until set. Serve warm. 3. Is it cooked in the oven or put in the refrigerator? It is cooked in the oven at 350 degrees 4. How many servings will one batch of bread pudding make? About 8 to 10 servings. 5. What other food or beverage does bread pudding go good with? I couldn't find other foods that would go with it or beverages, this is a comforting food that is best on a cold or rainy night depending if you like your pudding served cold or warm. 6. Are there other ways to make bread pudding? You can make bread pudding with different types of bread. Also you have the choice of adding, if you enjoy eating raisins. 7. What occasion is bread pudding best for? I say it is good for any occasions. 8. Is it a fun dish to make? It is a fun dish to make, especially when you get to eat it when it is finished. 9. What webs are useful? Foodnetwork.com, momswhothink.com, recipeforyou.net 10. How do you know when its ready? When it is a golden brown and when the sauce is prepared to be put on the baked bread.
 * If you make the sauce to put on top of your bread pudding, adjust the sugar in the bread pudding recipe, change it to 1/3 cups sugar (the sauce has the other 1/3 cup in it).**

**//Useful websites//**

**//1. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/the-best-bread-pudding-recipe/index.html//** 2. http://www.ehow.com/how_10056_make-bread-pudding.html 3. http://recipeforyou.net/?cq=recipemaster&ki=bread%20pudding%20recipes 4. http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/traditional-bread-pudding.html 5. http://www.momswhothink.com/easy-recipes/bread-pudding-recipe.html

**Article #1- Bread Pudding Recipe** "Bread Pudding Recipe" is a recipe showing how to make bread pudding with two types of bread, french bread and white bread which is used to make "Traditional British Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe". The article shows two recipes to making bread pudding. One recipe being regular bread pudding and the other being traditional british bread and butter pudding.

After reading this article i found the following to be interesting: 1. The amount of sugar in bread pudding. 2. The different degrees that the oven needs to be put on to making the different bread puddings. 3. Traditional British Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe has more steps in making it. 4. That people like Bread Pudding with raisins

The article shows very good directions on how to make bread pudding. In my opinion this article is very well organized in the ingredients and directions that are needed to make two types of bread pudding. I see that the bread pudding will end up the way the author of the article described it. I feel this will be fun to make.

"Bread Pudding Recipe" " Momswhothink.com" [ http://www.momswhothink.com/easy-recipes/bread-pudding-recipe.html ] 4/29/11 9:33 AM This article simply explains how to make bread pudding with easy directions on what is needed to make bread pudding. By reading this article and looking it over i have learned all the ingredients that are in the process in making bread pudding. I also learned that bread pudding is baked at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes. After finished baking the bread you poor the bread pudding sauce that goes with the bread. Those are somethings that i had learned after reading the "Bread Pudding Recipe" article.
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I chose to make bread pudding for 3 reasons, My first reason is simply because it sounds like a good dessert to eat. Second reason, skimming through the article and looking at that ingredients bread pudding seems very interesting also fun to make. My final reason on why i chose my topic is that baking is one of the things i enjoy to do.
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I have to say that choosing my topic was very difficult at first. I had two choices, either to learn how to paint or bake something i have never baked before. When thinking about being an expert on how to paint does seem fun but takes a lot of time to do and time i wasn't sure i had, so i decided to bake. I do prefer baking a little more that painting because not only do you see something the eyes can enjoy looking at but also taste the dessert. I am really looking forward to baking bread pudding.


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 * Bread pudding-** is a bread-based dessert popular in many countries cuisine.

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