Hello my name is Bibiana, for my 20% project I am learning how to decorate a cake. This week, my goal was to accomplish decorating a real cake. In class I brought a mini cake and iced the whole cake, and then decorated the top of the cake. One of the main success I had this week was that I learned a lot of things about how I want to ice the cake later on. One of the things I struggled this week when decorating my cakes was that I didn’t have the proper technique when icing the side of the cake. I left many bumps and open edges around the cake. The adjustment I made to fix this was to fill in the holes with the edge of the scraper. Although it didn’t fix all of it, it made it look better. Next week due to the wacky schedule, I will be working on my poster.

My favorite room in my home is my room. One reason I love my room is because its very peaceful. My room is on the third floor away from everybody. It’s like one big floor but with no doors or frames. It’s very calming in there and quiet, which is one of the reasons why I love my room. It has posters all over the walls, specific movie posters that I love. The room has LED lights lining the ceiling. My closet is just an open space since I removed the doors. Since my room is on the last floor, there’s these long stairs leading up to it. With that empty wall space, I display medals and trophies. My room is mostly white and off white. Which makes my room so welcoming and enjoyable for myself. Another reason why I love my room is because it’s the perfect space for studying and doing my homework. I have a nice, white desk that’s able to adjust based on how I want it to lift. Since it’s so soundless, Im able to focus on my homework and get it done. It’s like my own tiny corner that’s all about business and focusing. I even have enough space to practice juggling up there. My last reason for why I favor my room is because how private it is. Since it’s the last floor, it has the most privacy. I’m able to hang out by my self without being disturbed. Even when I have a dirty room, my parents never want to go up an extra flight of stairs just to check. Overall, my favorite room in my house is my room, because it’s peaceful, it’s the perfect place to get work done, and it’s private.

Hello my name is Bibiana, for my 20% project I am learning how to decorate a cake. This week went really well and I was able to accomplish my goal. The goal for this week was to get familiar with pipe tips and their designs. I was able to learn how to create many different types of design with the pipes I was given. I got familiar with the open star tip and made small flowers around my board. I also used some of the videos my mentor recorded and added more to my notes. I used some of my free time at home to practice too. I grabbed a bowl and iced only the top of the bowl. I then decorate the bowl covered in icing to make it look like a cake. I did struggle a lot with the bigger tips such as the flower nail and the petal tip. Other than that, there were no struggles this week. Since I didn’t have that many struggles this week, I did not have to make any adjustments. Next week I will be working on practicing designs and decorations on a real cake.

She was the golden girl. She was someone everyone wanted to be friends with. Her black, silky, wavy hair amazed everyone. Her eyes weren’t hazel or light brown, not even brown. They were dim and dull. Black almost, yet her eyes still glistened. She wasn’t obese or slim, she had a perfect body. Muscles showed when she flexed. Her appearance wasn’t the only thing golden. Her personality was what stood out. She was kind and hardworking, funny and smart. She was selfless and put others before herself. People hung out with her because she didn’t make dumb decisions and was quick-witted about everything. Although, she loved to make jokes. The one thing she invested her time in, was soccer. Soccer was her passion. People from everywhere came to watch her, people from everywhere came to play with her. Where ever she went, people followed. She was the golden girl. With her golden looks and personality, she even won gold medals for soccer. Yet, she didn’t feel so glitz and glamour. She was focused on things she didn’t have, rather on the things she did have. She had a good family, boyfriend, and social life, but she always felt like she wanted more. Like something else was missing, but she couldn’t quite put the puzzle together. All until she met Julia Camert. You see, Julia was a regular girl. Blonde straight hair with green eyes. Her glasses rested on the tip of her nose while strands of hair constantly flew into her face. Maybe she didn’t have a glow to her like the golden girl, or the outstanding persona, or even the most awards. The only thing she had was that she was pleased with herself. She didn’t care about what others had or done. She didn’t care about what others thought of her. She was confident in herself and was happy. She kept her friend group small and kept to her self. That was what the golden girl was jealous of. Even though she had everything someone would dream of, she wasn’t happy. She always thought less of herself and all she wanted to be was confident in who she was. Maybe the golden girl looked like luckiest person ever, but Julie Camert had one thing that she didn’t. Which was happiness.

Hello my name is Bibiana, for my 20% project I chose to learn how to decorate a cake. For this week, my goal was to get familiar with the tools and the different techniques for decorating/designing. I went to my dad’s bakery and asked many questions when he was working. I was able to successfully accomplish this goal and I was able to jot down many notes about methods and hacks. As well as some things I might want to watch out for. This week was a great week and I didn’t have any struggles at all. Although I did have to make one adjustment. Throughout the week, I had been asking my mentor to record videos of themselves decorating a cake. Unfortunately, my mentor forgot to take the videos and it had already become Friday. So I decided to take a voice recording of a conversation between my mentor and I, that way I could listen to the steps of decorating a cake, and take notes on the interview in class. Other than that, it was a smooth week. Next week I’ll be working on the different pipe tips and learning their designs.

If I had the chance to invite three people to dinner, I’d choose Walker Scobell, Charlie Davis, and Skylar Damoo. For starters, Walker Scobell is an actor who plays Percy Jackson in the series Percy Jackson and The Olympians. I’ve seen his interviews and the other famous movie he was in. I think he’s a really good actor and a good person too. He’s really funny and seems to have a really good personality. He also brings a lot of emotion to his acting and I really enjoy watching him. He’s also really cute in my opinion. It’d be nice to meet him and ask him about his experience in acting in the series Percy Jackson and The Olympians. I love the show and I’d definitely would want more behind the scenes information from one of the characters and also a chance to meet my celebrity crush. Another person I would invite would be Charlie Davis from Girl In Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow. Charlie Davis is a fictional character from a book I read the beginning of the year. Charlie was a young girl who dealt with her issues by herself and kind of had to learn the rules of the world by herself too. She went through tough challenges throughout the way and was an inspiration. I’d invite her to dinner because ever since I read this book, she has always been on my mind. For some reason, I can’t stop thinking about Charlie and how the book ended. I’d like to invite her so I could talk to her more about the book and her story. I feel as if the book didn’t end up as how I wanted it to. Talking to one of the characters would help the unsolved resolution. The last person I’d invite would be my best friend Skylar. I go everywhere with my best friend and I think she would enjoy this dinner as much as me. Skylar likes the same things as me and I think she would like to meet these people too. It’d be fun to have her by my side at a dinner with new people. Most importantly, she makes every hangout fun. Overall, if I could invite three people to dinner, I would invite Walker Scobell, Charlie Davis, and Skylar Damoo.

For this month, I read You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow. The book is about a young teenage girl named, Emory. She was on the dance team, had a group of friends, had a good family and social life too. Except for the fact that her brother was an addict. It only took one car crash that killed Candy MontClaire, the girl everyone loved, to uncover this horrifying truth. Emory begins to face challenges her junior year due to everyone blaming her brother for killing an innocent girl. Emory has always had a problem with doing things other people want her to do. With everything that happened, she starts to see who everyone is under their thick layer and learns that people aren’t always how they present themselves. She also starts to learn that maybe it’s time to uncover who she is too and who she wants to be.

I really enjoyed this book for the month of March. I found it very interesting to see how one car crash and one drug habit changed Emory’s entire life. She saw and did things differently. It was really interesting to see the reality of someone who has to watch their brother go through an addiction with drugs. It’s truly heartbreaking to read how Emory feels about everything that happened. I really liked how the author hinted out how the car incident happened in the beginning of the book. She didn’t directly explain how it happened, she put parts of it for readers to put the pieces together.

My favorite character of the book was Joey. Joey was a thoughtful person. Even though Joey had a drug problem, he truly loved Emory. He was there for her and didn’t sugar coat anything. When Emory lost all her friends, instead of telling her she’ll make more, he told her to screw them and realize what they lost. Joey always gave advice to Emory. Page 94, “But remember this: sometimes waves knock you down and it seems like you won’t have the strength to push back up, but you do, because whatever the water takes down, it gives back. But you have to adapt or die. Now, go swim.” This quote from Joey was to explain to Emory about how even though high school can be tough, so can she. He knows his sister had a problem with sticking for what she wants. He cares so much for Emory and tries to help her through tough love.

My favorite quote from the book is, “It’s like they don’t remember what it felt like to be us. To be sad, lonely, heartbroken, afraid, sometimes all at once. It’s like they don’t remember what it’s like to be young. They’ve had a lifetime to paper over their wounds. Ours are still fresh, and bleeding.” (Page. 136) This is one of my favorite quotes because it talks about the comparison between adults and teens. Adults view teens as young kids who make life so complicated. They tell them they have everything handed to them and their life is so easy. It goes the same way with teens too. What this quote is telling is that everyone has their own issues. No one has an easy life. No one has a perfect life. Everyone has imperfections and those shouldn’t be compared. Just because a teenager doesn’t have to work or pay bills, doesn’t mean they don’t have personal issues. Just because adults have more freedom and control doesn’t mean they don’t have stress from their daily lives. We are all just individual people with our own problems.

If I could have any job in the entire world, it would be to become an elementary teacher. A few reasons why I would want to be an ordinary teacher is so that I could see student’s improvements, decorate the classroom, and to overall have fun. I’ve always loved hanging out with younger kids because it’s really amusing. The things kids say are sometimes so out of the blue. It’d be fun to teach kids new things and help them understand. It’d be really interesting to watch kids grow and improve over the semesters. I’d like to reflect on my own skills as well as reflecting on how other kids need to be taught. I think I would be really good at helping younger kids understand. Another reason why I’d want to become a teacher would be so that I could decorate the room. I would make the classroom something intriguing and welcoming. Bright colors and patterns. I would put up artwork of students and organize the whole classroom. I’d get comfy bean bag chairs and line them up like a circle. That way I could walk in the middle of the circle. I think that kids learn better when they are taught visually and I think I would be really good at making lessons more understanding. My last reason is so that I could have fun. I would create fun learning games as well as fun side tasks that kids could do on their free time. I have always found enjoyment when I see others laughing and enjoying themselves. I always create games and fun ideas that entertain younger kids. It would be just really fun to teach kids as well as entertaining them. Overall, even if becoming an elementary teacher might not seem like a dream job, but I rather do something that makes me happy. Teaching kids, having fun with younger kids is something that makes me happy.

In February I read the book How To Make Friends With The Dark by Kathleen Glasgow. This book is about a girl named Tiger Tolliver who was a single child who lived with her mother. She never knew her father and was taught to never ask for him. All until one day she got a phone call that changed her entire course of life. With her mother dead, she’s forced to live in foster homes. That only last so long when she soon finds out she has a half sister. She begins to go through challenges with new people and her new life.

I really loved this book. It was very intriguing to read about Tiger and the way she has to deal with things. The author really emphasizes the emotions she goes through. The author also describes and adds many details to how long the mother has been dead. That extra detail makes Tiger’s mom’s death a lot more painful. The emotions and reality the character goes through is tough, which makes it such a great book.

My favorite character in How To Make Friends With The Dark is Karen. In the beginning of Tiger’s foster care service, she made a good point to Tiger. Page 149, “Life has this, life has that, and then something else comes along again, like a wave. We ride the waves, you go down, you go up, you go down, sometimes you just drift.” This quote shows how wise Karen was with her words. She tried to open up Tiger’s eyes to a different perspective meaning that life isn’t always going to be perfect and the way you want it to be. She was careful with what she said towards Tiger and made sure Tiger would know it would be okay. She was wise and very comforting.

My favorite quote of the book was page 411, “And I do find it comforting that maybe when you die you get back all the things you’ve lost, like your legs, or your parents, or your daughters, or even your mom, and you get to eat all the ice cream you want, finally, and it doesn’t hurt one bit.” This is one of my favorite lines because it shows the way Tiger finally accepts everything and it really shows the progress she has made. Many people deal with death in different ways and it’s really hard for someone to overcome things like that. That quote marked the exact point of where tiger was able to overcome what’s happened. Sometimes people can’t accept fate and do crazy things because of it. It’s truly rare for the ones that can improve and continue to live life.

If I was invisible for twenty-four hours, I would do many things. The first thing I’d do would be to visit Area 51. It’s been a mystery of what’s inside Area 51 for many years, and If I was invisible, that’d be the first place I’d go. It would be cool to actually see what’s going on in there. I have always been invested in the theories about Area 51. Another thing I would want to do is sneak into famous factories such as Coca Cola, Hot Cheetos, and Porto’s. I’d sneak into these factories to figure out their recipes. These brands are very popular and their recipes are kept top secret. I’d really like to figure out how to make these popular snacks and use them to resell as my own brand. The last thing I would do is sneak into an amusement park. I would love to revisit Universal Studios. I would go on every ride without having to go in any lines. I could get a bunch of free food and merchandise. I could also get a bunch of yearly passes so that I can come back even when I’m not invisible. Overall, even if these ideas seem reckless, they are things I wonder about and want to do. If I was ever invisible, these are the things I’d run to first.