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Welcome to my wiki page toc My Name Is Reyna, I Attend Torres High School In The Academy Of Humanitas Arts And Technology I Live In Los Angeles I Like Going To The Beach And I Hate Staying Home Except For When I'm Lazy I Love Trying New Things And I Hate Stuck Up People. =Unexpected=

I wondered who was to blame Why I stayed with you for so long This was my question at the moment, Thinking why it couldn’t stay the same; why you didn’t feel the same way Hearing you say I’ve change although I am not the one to blame Your actions are a shame There you were in my arms; I held you as tight as I could Knowing these were the last moments I was going to caress you Not able to say anything to change your thoughts, I had to accept the fact that this was the end Nothing more to fight or talk about; nothing left to be said You let me down, although that’s not what hurts What hurts is that you don’t care

Moo It all started with Bonita on, that cold gloomy day in winter break. My brother came through the door holding a gray kitty with white mittens and a white V on her chest he said he found her in the streets. Although the first thing that came to my mind was “what would my mom say? Would she let us keep her? “ We weren’t allowed to have cats where live and, I wouldn’t have be surprised if she kicked the cat and my brother out right then and there. My brother and I walked into her room and begged and begged until she gave up and said we could keep her. We decided to name her “Bonita” meaning beautiful in Spanish because that’s what she was. It was about a year until she got pregnant it took about five months for her to give birth to five adorable kittens, two female and three male. To me they all looked the same except for one that caught my attention at first sight. He was white as snow with dark black spots all over him. He looked so fragile and delicate as if a single touch would tear him apart. The fact that he was a newborn kitten made him even cuter. My mom agreed to let me keep one and one only, so I picked him and named him Moo because he looked so much like a cow. A thing I loved about him was how he stopped meowing when I held him and how he would always find a way to lay beside me as I held him, both of us falling asleep together. He was the best thing that happened to me. I remember coming home from school and how he’d run to me as if he wanted to tell me how much he had missed me. He purred as he walked in circles around my legs; glad I finally came home. Moo was a very funny and clumsy cat. He was the last out of his entire siblings to learn how to use the litter box. Sometimes when he ran down my stairs too quickly he’d tumble down and fall, but I thought it was the cutest thing ever. I admit Moo made my days. Even on the worst of days he’d come and sit on my lap and purr like if he somehow knew I’d had a really bad day. When I cried Moo would come and jump and run more hyper then ever. He knew how to cheer me up when I had the worst days. So we kept Moo, and gave the rest away except for Blacky or at least that’s what we called him. Because he was completely black nobody wanted him just because of the myth of black cats being bad luck so we kept him until we found him a good home. At this point we had 3 cats living with us Bonita, Moo, and Blacky. One day the manager of the apartments where we live saw the cats in our window. She sent a letter saying either we got rid of the cats or move out. Right away my mom said we had to get rid of all the cats. I begged so much so that she’d let me keep Moo, but it didn’t work. She said all cats had to go, period. I was heart broken and depressed. I know what you’re thinking. “Why were you so sad if it’s just a cat.” He wasn’t just a cat he was more then that. He became a part of my life. What would I do with out him? I loved him more then anything or anyone. I imagined leaving him lonely and helpless scared out in the streets I asked people of they wanted him and no one did. It came down to the day when we left them in Hollenbeck Park. The whole ride there I cried non-stop but that didn’t help. My mom’s decision was made and there was nothing left to do just to except the fact that he was gone. We arrived at Hollenbeck Park and I held him real tight for the last time but left wishing I could drown myself in my own tears for letting this happen to him. We drove home the whole ride there this went through my mind. . . No one would ever again run and purr to me when I got home, no one would fall asleep with me, no one would miss me while I was gone no one would be there to cheer me up when I had a rough day. Moo was gone the only thing I had left are memories of days like those and days with him… Reyna Campuzano

= Pink Sponge = Pink sponge and me go way back. At least that’s what I called it. You might know it as cotton candy, but pink sponge was what I called it I still remember the first time I ate that explosion of pink. I was about four. My dad took me to the circus. Just as a guy wearing high waist suspenders, came holding a tray with a pink fluffy looking clouds wrapped in plastic see through bags on a stick. I focused on it, tried figuring out what it was? Was it candy? Was it a toy? I asked my dad to get me one. He said it was “cotton candy.” It only took one bite, one taste one lick and I was hooked. The first piece I put in my mouth felt so thick and thin at once. This felt like a big roller coaster. At first it massaged my tongue. Then stuffed me up. At last it disappeared vanished. Poof. Gone with just a lick. Oh but the pink on my tongue as if clouds of flavor dancing, twirling, swinging in circles all over my mouth. The pink sponge gave me excitement, energy, and power, a bomb of sweetness popping in my mouth. A-h the way it magically changed from fluffy and spongy to skinny and stiff. This fluffy delight didn’t just come in one color. They had tons of colors. There was green, blue, pink, and yellow. These are just the ones that come to mind. Although my favorite one was the pink one because the pink one is original and I love original. One thing I remember the most is when my mother took me to the dentist. Oh boy was I in trouble. My mother took a look at the dentist expression and knew what was going on. I knew what was going on as soon as I saw my mothers face. That delicious taste wasn’t for free. In return it took it gave me cavities! Plus a speech from my mother about eating too much candy and not taking care of my teeth. After that day I started watching the way I ate excessive amount of cotton candy. So I stopped eating it that much. I still love it up to this day. I just got over that bad habit of eating it too often.

Type 2 Ice Cream Ice Cream Ice Cream don’t tease me, for you’re the one I can’t eat, nor taste or even lick! Ice Cream Ice Cream Ice Cream, your flavor I desire but can’t even savor; with just a lick and my sweet blood will rebel against you, but only hurt me, Ice Cream Ice Cream Ice Cream there is no cure for what I have. Ice Cream Ice Cream Ice Cream I wish for only a touch to linger in my taste buds, never letting go of your sweetness, Ice Cream Ice Cream Ice Cream one day you’ll be mine considering that temptation kills.

= We Do But We Don’t. =

I have wondered how much my older sister Victoria and I are alike. I respect her and understand her situation. The thing that bothers me the most is all the pressure I get. You see, my sister is very different then others. My dad has anger problems. He passed those on to my sister a little to me and my brother but mainly her. She is like the other half of my dad. Which isn’t a good thing. My sister Vicky got a pretty bad reputation with my family. She is either a rebel or my dad is too strict. I think it’s a little of both. They wont let her out to her friend’s house, parties, and the movies, nowhere. Dad won’t trust her (not surprising). When she really can’t take it anymore she runs away to one of her friends house or the boyfriend she has at the moment. We used to call the cops to look for her, but now we just wait for her to miss home and come back.

If your wondering about my mom’s thought of this situation, you must know she really cares it’s just that there is nothing she can do. My dad is the king of the house the man who gives orders, and everyone obeys him. No one questions his actions or reasons for why he did things a certain way. Everyone is scared of him. Doesn’t look like my sister is that scared though. My mom just hates fighting with him and gives up. Point is everything ends up his way.

The thing is that ever since I was small I got a lot of pressure. Yes pressure, pressure about ending up on her. Ending up just like her. The once who bothered me the most was my aunt. She almost told me every day not to end up like her. Oh how that got annoying. Everyone reminded me about it when Vicky would get caught doing something bad or she ditched. I feel bad for her though. I mean she must have reasons for doing what she does right?

All I know is that one-day, one-day, If this keeps going the way it does, and everyone keeps bothering me the way they do each day of every week I’m going to pop. Just like my sister popped. Popped like a pie over heating in an extremely hot oven. I guess that’s just what happened to her. I know that before she messed up, she was expected to be perfect. Although no one is and no one can be. I hope I don’t explode I hope I don’t pop. I just can’t take the pressure. I can guarantee you that one day, I will pop as well.

=Dear 2nd period,= In the book __Tricks__ by Ellen Hopkins, I noticed how the author made everyone end up in vegas. Also how she made ever main character bound to teen prostitution. This book takes place in various places such as San Fransico and vegas, also georgia. ellen

= = =Title: Tricks= **I was surprised when/angry about/satisfied with/moved by/incredulous at/... ** **I liked the way the author made everyone end up in Vegas at the end bound to teen prostitution. I also enjoyed reading about the lives of all these teens and what made them end up to teen prostitution i don't really think that will ever happen to me because this book taught me what not to do end up like they did. I wished i was there to help them out show them a better way of life but i wasn't. That is what made me sad. ** **I noticed how the author ** **I don’t get why the author mixed up five different stories but i guess it was a better way to get a readers attention. I did enjoy it though, reading about all theses people and there troubled life's and the way she puts all the stories together and makes them all into a great and shocking climax. ** **If I were the author I would have made their lifes a little less complicated but i guess that was the reason why her book was such a success i have to give it to her because she did a great job on this book it was one of my favorite books. I also would have made the ending a little less drastic because the way the stories ended was very sad. ** **I’d compare this author to ** **This book reminded me of Jerry Springer because the lifes were so messed up and most of these teens were about my age. Almsot hard to believe that some kids my age could be doing horrifying things like that. I can't imagine how many teens can be bound to prostitution in Las Vegas. 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You feel bad. I'm just glad. that you finally caught up to what you "had". I don't care if you sad, I'm way too mad to take you back.

=How to play roller derby?= List of questions: 1. How do you get in? Work out, try going to roller derby boot camp.

2. What do you need to get in? You must be fit, fast, have a medical insurance incase of injuries, and money because the equipment and all of the uniform fee's.

3. How often do you hit the girl? You don't necessarily have to hit them more like push and get them away from the jammer in order to keep the jammer's way clear.

4.What do you have to do to be the girl that scores? To be one of the jammers you must be fast and quick.

5. How old do you have to be to play? There is a jr. derby doll's team around my area which you can join at ages 8-17 but normally it is 21 and older.

6.Is there any teams in LA? Yes there is one team i LA called the derby dolls. They have one for jr's too.

7. Can you kick? No there is no kicking that is considered illegal.

8. How much are the uniforms? $65.00 for a jersy and around 30.00 for skirts.

9.How good do you have to get in? A good blocker and fast in roller skates.

10.What are the rules, in general? To many to explain there are m,any different subject and illegal moves that they can go over if you were to ever derby.

=Useful websites:= 1. [] 2. [] 3. [] 4.http://derbydolls.com/la 5.http://wftda.com/

=Annotated Bibliography= A&E. "Roller Derby The Sport." In Roller Girls site at A&E.com [ [] ] April 26, 2011 Summary: Things I learned from this site are the rules and the history of roller derby. It taught me all about the sport and how it began. It taught me the main rules and things I should know if I really want to know this sport. "Section 3.7 Uniforms" WFTDA.com [ []] April 26, 2011 Summary: This article taught me about dress code. The rules of dressing and how it is proper and expected to dress in this sport. Section 3.7 is the section in derby rules that talks about the dress code and uniform rules i needed this article for my project inorder to know about uniforms.

Wilson V. Tracy "How Roller Derby Works" At "How Stuff Works.com" [[]] April 26, 2011 Summary: This Article was about how Tracy V. Wilson went to her first roller derby game and after wrote an article about it. I used this article for special reasons, I wanted to see what it was like for some one who saw a roller derby game for there first time and what was their take on it.

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 * The article that i printed out is about roller derby. it clearly and specifically says many things about roller derby the history and the rules of the spot. This is an all girl sport. the jammer is the one who gets all the points and the one who leaves last. they race between another jammer from the other team and then every time that they pass by a star, and that is how you get points.
 * I learned many things from this article, in one of many is that the blocker is one of the most important ones. you can not hit anyone with your head because that is considered illegal. The pivot can take over the jammers spot and then she gets the lead. the pivot has a stripe on her helmet. 3 major penalties means getting expelled from the game. pushing a opposite team mate.
 * I think that this article was good i learned many things and i really thought they gave me good info on many good topics i needed to know about for this project. So yes i liked this article. Many things from it came in handy I think it really helped me.

=Glossary:=
 * 1) .Roller Derby: a sport, played mostly by females, in a way like hocky.
 * 2) track: the place where they race.
 * 3) stars: when you pass a star that means that you get points.
 * 4) Jammer: the person that makes in the points for the team they take the lead.
 * 5) Block: the one that blocks the opponents from blocking the jammer in order for them to make the points in.

=A Little Bit About My Topic= A little bit about my topic and why i chose it; My topic is roller derby, I chose this topic becasue this sport really caught my attention. It's seems very interesting and i decided to learn about it, such as the rules and history of it. The point of roller derby is to block and be fast. Much like hockey but in skates, a rank, and all girls. Roller derby is a tough sport for girls there is lots of pushing and it's just not a freindly game. The jammmer has a very important role in this game. The jammer is the one who makes in most of the points there is only 1 jammer for every team they have a star on their helmets to distinguish them. there is also many plays. Plays are like a combo, something they all try together a certin move or attack. Their are many rules for uniforms, one of many is that you numer has to be on your back and bigger than 8 inches. You must always wear a helmet. Other things about this sport such as penalties and illegal throws, like hitting someone in the face you can only hit from the sholders and below you can not kick or push some one from behind. This sport was eye popping for me it brought much attention to me which is why i picked it. I learned many things from researching.

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= =Presentation Notes=
 * Power Point Presentation
 * Bring in some skates
 * Make a video
 * A Prezi with a roller derby skate
 * A you tube video of a roller derby
 * Teach roller derby
 * come dressed up in roller derby
 * bring a uniform
 * bring sign up slips for jr. roller derby camp, ages 8-17