Blog Entry #6; Culture's Influence.

I come from a diverse family. My mother's side of the family is Hispanic, and my father's side of the family is European. Ironically, the beliefs of my parents aren't too different. In other words, my father and mother are almost always in agreement about most things, such as discipline, and respect. My parents raised me to respect myself, and others.
My household is predominately Hispanic, since we live with my maternal grandparents. However, the primary language is English, although almost everyone in the house speaks Spanish as well. A lot of things that we do in our household is strongly influenced by the Puerto Rican culture. For example, in the Puerto Rican culture, they believe that licking a string and placing it on a baby's forehead stops hiccups. Needless to say, when I had hiccups as a baby, my mother would always place that string on my forehead. Towards my father's culture, we tend to eat a lot of Ukrainian food, and always attend the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
If I was born into a different culture, I wouldn't be who I am today. I wouldn't eat certain foods, do certain things, attend certain places. I'd be a completely different person based on the beliefs amongst the culture.

Six Word Story.

Pilgrims landed. Declared peace. America discovered.

Wordle.

Blog Entry #5; Quote.

I agree with the quote, "The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. Nothing but the first act of the drama is closed." My reasoning for agreeing with this is because, I feel that this is basically stating that only one part of the war, or drama was over. There was still plenty more that they needed to face.
I'd like to apply this to everyday life, because I feel that this is something we're constantly having to deal with. In other words, we're only taking one day at a time, and everyday we're starting and ending a new part in our lives, and with the struggles that we face. The drama, the fighting, the war, the love, and the peace will never end. It's eternal.
Things are always going to end, and new things are always going to begin. I feel as though this quote is expressing that. Like it's saying, 'Yes, the problems are over for now, however there's still something that we haven't dealt with yet. There's still plenty more to come.'

Blog Entry #4; Important Right.

In my opinion, the right to a freedom of speech is the most important. This is because, I believe that everyone should be able to express their opinion without having to be told that they're wrong, or that they shouldn't speak unless spoken to. However not everyone is technically granted this right. I mean, children are taught to respect their elders, even if they don't recieve respect in return. In school, you can't say certain things because they aren't 'proper'.
Teachers tell their students to ask questions pertaining to the lesson, and some people only want you to speak when you are granted permission. Technically with this right stated in the first amendment, we are more than welcome to speak whenever we want to. We shouldn't have to say things at the convience of others, but I guess not everyone sees it that way.
The freedom of speech is however, extremely important. Without it woman, children, and servants were wouldn't be speaking unless asked to. So, thank you first amendment, for granting me, as a minor and a female, the freedom of speech.Without you, there'd be a world of silence.

Inspiration Blog, #3; Bands.

So, I like a lot of different bands. Local bands, unknown bands, and well known bands. Some really good local bands that I like are Holliana Krucifex, and Undead Talent. Both of these bands have members that happen to be students of FLC. Some other really good bands that I like are Escape The Fate, A Day To Remember, Get Scared, Motionless In White, and Bullet For My Valentine. These bands happen to be well known bands, to people that like metal. Unknown to people that don't. The reason that I adore these bands so much is that they have wonderful lyics, and are very talented. The local bands that I like happen to be my friends, (Undead Talent), and my boyfriend's band, (Holliana Krucifex). These bands also have great lyrics, and work hard to create great music. They're really inspiring to me, because it shows me that I can actually chase after my dreams without being afraid to fall.

Inspiration Blog #2; All I Want.

So, here are two quotes from a song called 'All I Want,' by A Day To Remember. Obviously, they're my favorite quotes from the song. They're the ones that stand out to me the most. And, the official music video's included. Enjoy! :)

Creatures; Inspiration Blog, #1.

Lately I've been really obsessing over a song called 'Creatures', by Motionless In White. It's just something about the speech in the beginning of the video that I really love. Watch the video. I'm sure you'll love it too.

Blog Entry #3; The Declaration Of Independence.

In my opinion, I don't necessarily belive that the Declaration of Indepence was a sucess or a failure. First off, I don't believe it was a failure because the declaration did give people some independence. However, not everyone recieved that independence. Many people were still told what to say and when to say it. Which brings me to the point of it not being a success either.
As already stated, not everyone recieved independence. In fact, few did. For example, we are supposed to granted the freedom of speech, however children and adults of a lower power are taught to not disrespect their elders, or anyone in a higher class than them. That's just the 'proper' way, apparently. We're also supposed to be granted freedom of religion too, however if someone chooses not to believe in religion as a whole, they are often frowned upon by people that strongly believe in religion.
Another thing that I'd love to point out is the fact that the declaration states that if we are not granted this 'independence,' we are allowed to 'overthrow' the government. However, today, if we try to defy the law, and the government, the only thing that's going to be thrown is us, in jail.

Blog Entry #2; Our proposal.

Our group feels that we should not celebrate Columbus Day. This was a mutual agreement, because we don't feel that Columbus necessarily deserves a day of recognition. Personally, I feel this way because Columbus didn't do much for America. I mean, sure he 'discovered' it, but technically, he didn't. When Columbus came to America, Native Americans were already here, therefore meaning that they did America before Columbus even thought about coming here.
I feel that we should change Columbus Day, to a day that honors the Native Americans, and gives them recognition. We should also use the day as a sort of apology to the Native Americans, for harming and killing so many of their people. For that to happen, it was inhumane. I would love to pay the Native Americans back for everything that they did for us, and I would love to give my condolences. It would be incredible to able to do this for the Natives.

Blog Entry #1; Columbus Day.

In my opinion, a country that celebrates a person like Columbus, shouldn't be frowned upon. Do I agree with Columbus Day? No. I don't. However, I don't feel that people who do believe in Columbus Day should be looked down upon. Everyone has their own opinion of things, right? It just so happens that not everyone's opinion is the same, because then the word 'opinion' wouldn't exist.
Obviously, whoever thought of Columbus Day believed we had a reason to celebrate Christopher Columbus. As for me, I honestly don't care about the purpose behind Columbus Day, so yes, I would change it. To me, it doesn't make any sense to celebrate Christopher Columbus, because technically, he didn't 'discover' America. It was apparently already here, and people were too. Those people were the Native Americans.
Now, as for what it says about people who celebrates this day, I can only give my opinion. I don't think it says anything about a nation that celebrates this. At least, nothing negative. The same way that we celebrate Christmas, and many others don't, is the same way that America celebrates Columbus Day. Is it wrong? No. It's simply how things are. That doesn't mean that you personally need to celebrate this day, because no one's frocing you to do so. It's simply saying that yes, the inventor of this day felt Columbus was a great man. That's not so bad, is it?

History mix.

So, instead of making another blog, for right now I'm using this one as my blog for history class. My personal blog will be written on livejournal now, until I convince my mom to pay for a subscription to deadjournal. Anyways, yeah, so this is my official history blog, and stuff.

Welcoming Post.

Hello everyone. I'm Holliana, and I'm sixteen years old. I've been writing short stories since I was very young, and began writing poetry about a year ago. Writing is what I'd like to persue in life, and I'm currently working on my first novel. However, for this blog, I'm going to be including many different things. Short stories, poetry, blogs about music, memories, updates on my life, and maybe even some band reviews.
Thank you, for checking out my blog. Comments are greatly appreciated.
-HollianaHatred.