MY MOM

my mother drives me crazy!!!!! i love her though. she is the best parent anyone can have. she is sweet and caring. she is also strong and comforting. she tries to help me as much as she can and always tries to make me happy. she is also very funny. it's like she always knows when i'm mad and whenever i'm crying she holds me. i must sound so stupid right now but i don't care. she makes living in my house easier. she has all these great qualities but sometimes she gets me so angry. she hates when any one of her kids are fighting. she says it's because none of her siblings ever fought. but it's not like we're really fighting, we're just arguing. i know she argued at least one time with her siblings. she does so much for me. i don't know how she does it all. it's going to be hard when i get ready to leave home for college. i can't even think about it. i don't know how i'm gonna do it but it is something i really should do to gain some independence from my parents and appreciation for where i'm from. but i know she'll still be there for me cause she's my mom and a mom's job is never done. i hope she knows just how much i appreciate her and love her. if she doesn't i'll have her read this blog :-] oh... and she's the best cook ever.

MOVIES

i love movies. i wish i could just watch movies all day in the movie theatre. i like all kinds of movies like comedies, romances, tear-jerkers, cartoon movies, musicals, action, and horror movies. some of my favorite movies are: the notebook, a walk to remember, titanic, the nightmare before christmas, forest gump,.... the list can go on and on. i rather watch movies in the movie theatres than at home because i like looking up at the big screen. one of the things i like most about going to the movies is seeing the previews. one of my favorite kinds of movie are action. action movies leave you on the edge of your seat and you keeping going "oh s**t!!!" through out the whole thing. some of my favorite action movies are: live free or die hard, italian job, and the dark knight. i have to say that was the best movie all summer. there was so many unexpected thing that happened. there were funny parts, sad parts, and really action packed parts. that movie was so good. it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. the joker, played by heath ledger, was the best character in that movie. he was like a whole other person. that movie was great. it had everyone talking. i hope the next one is as good as this one was. i love watching movies because... i don't really know exactly why. one reason is that you can watch any movie for the kind of mood you're in, they can even change it.

HIGH SCHOOL

i am a senior at the williamsburg charter high school. i have been in this school since my freshman year. we, the class of 2009, are the second graduating class of this school. it has been interesting to see this school grow into what it is now and how it has changed. i can't really say that high school has been a great experience for me, through no fault of the school. i guess it is ultimately my fault. i didn't talk enough, i didn't look the right way, i didn't act the right way. i didn't do alot of things that i should have done. but anyway, now it is the end and i can't say that i have any real attachments. no... i'll take that back. i will miss this school when i leave. there have been some great moments in school. one most recent one was the latino heritage potluck. it was planned by ms. botia and i helped any way that i could. students brought in all kinds of spanish food from home. it turned out great and alot of people , more than i thought, showed up. they we had music playing and people where sitting around eating and talking with teachers and friends. i sat talking with some people i don't usually talk to. it was alot of fun. it's moments like these that i will think back to and it will make me miss this place... but that won't be too bad :-] i hope they do a 10 year reunion. it would be so cool to see how everyone has changed and what they have become. (pass this idea along to mr. melendez :-)

TROUBLE WITH SIBLINGS

i have 6 siblings. 2 older brothers and a sister from my father's first marriage (juni, sammy, and lynette) and gabi and another older sister from my father's second marriage (becky). then i have another brother (johnathan) but that's kind of a long story so i'll just leave it at that. juni lives in michigan with his two kids and his wife so i never get to see them. maybe once a year. sammy lives in the bronx and the funny thing is that i see him as much as i see juni who is 12hrs away. he may drop by once a year or we see him at family gatherings. when i was little me, gabi, and becky would make plans with him to sleep over his house. we would sit there with our bags all packed excited about the weekend with him and he would never show. when he did show up it would be at like 1 or 2 in the morning. i would be so disappointed and i would cry every time. it always seemed like he didn't care. as i have grown up i realize that he is the way he is and i should'nt cry over someone who doesn't even care about me. he's such a hypocrite. he has been doing the same thing to my father, saying he's coming over to see him and he never shows. whenever i see him i want to tell him off about all the times he has hurt me and everyone else but i never get the nerve to say anything. whenever i see him he says "oh girls i love you so much. i miss you guys." it's all talk. he never shows it. okay... enough about this guy. lynette lives like 2 blocks from me but we don't see much either cause she works so much. because she is so much older we never really used to talk but now that i am getting older our relationship is better. and she also has 2 kids. then there's becky. me and gabi grew up with her the longest. she lives like a half an hour walk from us. she is going to college, married, and just had a baby. our relationship is also getting better since we are getting older. she is so generous and caring. i love her so much. johnathan used to live in manhattan where i used to see him maybe once a year. now he has movied to florida and i have seen him maybe once in the last 3 years. i don't know what it is but he never talks to me. i wish knew what he was thinking. finally there is gabi. this is my best friend. i love her so much but her attitude drives me crazy. i wish the relationships with my siblings were better but i'll just have to hope that some time they will.

THE FUTURE

when i grow up i want to be a nurse midwife. nurse midwives deliver babies alot of time but they are becoming used now in hospitals and small practices. some people have asked me why i don't just become become a doctor. i guess it's because nurses provide the medical support as well as the emotional support for the patient and their family... and i love babies!!! two of my cousins have had their kids at home by nurse midwives and when i told them what i wanted to be they were so excited. i've known wht i have wanted to do for a long time and i'm worried that i'm going to get to college and i'm going to decide that it is not really what i want to do and i'll get stuck. i'm sure that won't happen... i'm just thinking ahead. i guess i'll just "cross that bridge once i get to it."

About Me :-]

so... i hate writing about myself. it's like i can never get my thought out on paper (or the computer) clearly. it never comes out flowy. well... i just turned 17 last month. i love trying different kinds of food. i like to read. some of my favorite books are the harry potter series. i love listening to music. i have a pretty broad range of music. i like the oldies, rock, hip-hop. i love whatching movies. a perfect weekend for me would be going to the movies all day FREE. i like sad movies, love movies, horror movies, cartoon movies, and old movies. i love geishas... the old geishas. years and years ago when they were big in japan they were entertainment. they learned the arts like dance, the shamisen, and walking. they would entertain the men at tea houses and accompany them to events. they are just so graceful and beautiful. now it's like a tourist attraction in japan and they are not the real tradition they used to be. that's all i got for now. and my favorite color is purple.

FRIENDS?

when i was little friends where everything to me. i used to rather be at school than home. but now as i have gotten older my idea of friends has changed alot. i do have friends but i don't have a best friend. i kinda wish i did though. i guess gabi is my best friend but i need someone i can vent to when she gets me angry. i've always wanted the kind of friends carrie has on "sex and the city." all different kinds of people as far as their personalities. friends i can talk about anything and who will support me and set me straight when i do something stupid. i feel like college is a place where i can make some long lasting friends. gabi will have to do for now :-)

I <3 DOGS

i love dogs!!!! i don't think i've ever gone more than maybe 5 months without a dog (or tow) in the family. right now we have three dogs. they drive me absolutely crazy but i love them. i don't think there are any ugly dogs. they just make you feel happy and playful... well that's what they do for me.



the oldest of my dogs are scooby. we got hime from a neighbor. he is about 7 or 8 years old now. he's an old man now but he still has puppy dog eyes. sometimes when i'm crying he comes to me like he's trying to cheer me up like he nows that i am sad. he is white and medium sized. the next one is harley. we got him from a breeder. he is a full standard schnauzer. he is turning 2 yrs. old this coming april. he is soo playful since he is soo young. he makes me laugh soo much. he is o doofy; he is always running into things. he is big and all black. and last but not least is ginger, the only girl. she also came from a breeder. we got her for my neice but my brother didn't think she was ready to take care of a dog so we kept her instead. she is the tiniest one, white with dark and light brown. she is so funny. she is like the energizer bunny always runnung around.

ginger and harley are always playing togerther but it looks rough and she is so tiny. it looks so cute cause harley will just roll over and she'll jump on him. she does the same thing with scooby. harley is very protective over ginger and doesn't like when scooby goes near her so sometimes they fight. these dogs make me so happy because alot of times when i'm mad they always cheer me up. it may sound stupid to some who don't understand but i don't know what i'd do without them.

NEW BABY SMELL

the newest edition to the brito family is... xavier ruben cruz. he was born june 25. he is my new baby nephew. my sister was scared when she was pregnant because he was a suprise but she loves him sooo much. you can just see it in her face. when he was first born i tried to go to the hospital everyday. i loved his smell. all babies when they are first born have this certain smell. i don't know where it's from but it smells good. i call it the new baby smell. he is 3 months now. he laughs alot and talks alot. sometimes he just sits still with his eyes wide open like he's in a daze. he makes me laugh alot. he looks sooo cute. it may sound really corny but i love him soo much, he makes me soo happy. me and gabi like to call him xavy. he really is the cutest baby ever. it's so weird how you can see this little thing for the first time and you can feel so much love for them. that's how it was when i saw him for the first time. i can't really put into words what you feel.

Halloween

i love halloween! it's kind of like a chance to be someone you're not or do something crazy for one night. i don't trick-or-treat anymore but i like to sit on my stoop and hand out candy to the little kids. i like looking at everyones costumes. my nephew is going to be a monkey for his first halloween this year. my favorite costume from when i was little was a gypsy costume. gabi was little red riding hood. my mother made it with clothes we had around the house. i had on a white t-shirt, a colorful flowy skirt, big hoop earrings, my hair was loose and curly with a head band, and red lipstick. she even put a little beauty mark. i want to go trick-or-treating but i don't know what i'd be. i love when they show all the scary movies around halloween. i love scary movies but i can't watch them by myself but i like to watch them in the dark because it makes it more scary. HALLOWEEN IS COMING UP SOON.