Last Day!!

Today is the last day of journalism class. I can't wait until the summer. This summer I'm going to be celebrating my 17th birthday on june 8. I can't wait.Then later in the summer I'm going to a concert with my two sisters. This summer is going to be fun but I'm going to miss my friends. I'll hope to see all of my friends next year.

When the music's over...

Today is my last real school day here at WHS. I find it unbelievable that this trip is truly over. I had a plan for this, as most people do, but of course it fell through. I'm continuing my education at EMCC my first two years and work on a journalism degree. If that doesn't work then I'm going to take a class in Special Effects Makeup, which is the one thing I really want to do with my life. It's just hard to make money with it. That's honestly what my life has been reduced to. College in Arizona, majoring in something I'm not sure I want to do anymore, dead tired, and working my butt off to be average.

They tell you these are the best days of your life. These are the times you'll always look back on and miss. Sure, there are somethings about this place that I'll miss, plenty on things actually, but if this is as good as it gets... why do people even try to go on?

I have never been under more stress in my entire life. My insomnia is back because of all the things I've been going through. My best friend has my back against the wall, telling me if I don't move with her then I must not love her. My heart has been broken, but this time by a guy so sweet I can't even hate him even though I want to with every fiber of my being. Papers are due and so are the bills. I have to find my own place by the end of the summer and without my best friend living with me, I have no idea how I'm going to afford it... For the first time in a long time I am feeling the ground beneath my feet begging to crumble. I am feeling myself break.

The only thing I can count on is graduation. Maybe hitting that milestone will somehow slow down my life. If only for a second so I can breathe or a night so I can finally sleep. So, Mr. Burd, that is my final. That is what I'm doing with my life. Panicking, not sleeping, barely eating, and trying to figure out where to go and what to do. I suppose I'm just doing what any stressed out senior is doing, but for the first time in my life I have realized, from now on life is not going to be easy. It's all up hill from here. And that scares the hell out of me. So there you go. Take it or leave it. Give me an A or an F, either way I did what you said. I wrote you something.

Janaye Campbell
WHS
Wickenburg, Ariz.

Apparently...

My account hasn't necessarily been cut off and yeah even though I may not be in Journalism anymore (or even in the district anymore), I hope it doesn't strike bad things for at least saying hi and being updated from you guys. Wow, WHS . . . feels like a long time ago I was there. I miss it there. I miss the people, the teachers, the classmates, the views (those were highlights of my days!), and, can you believe it, the work?
Everything is so different from where I'm at now.
I mean, the school is like a LOT BIGGER and the way the teachers are is just strange. Don't get me wrong, everyone is great there! It's just not the same.
Anyway, if any of you guys are reading this, I wish for two favors:

1. Keep me updated on anything interesting. You guys probably still have my Gmail account. If not, here it is: dmalleo.07@gmail.com
2. Tell the following people I said hi:

• Alex Camacho
• Mr. Burd
• Ashlyn Hopper
• Emily Prevost
• Lucy Randazzo
• Shayna Innocenti Nathaniel Evans
• Kelci Lopez
• Amber Melot
• Chessnie Cline
• Josie Guazzo
• John Allen-Winchester (Don't know him? Talk to Ashlyn.)
• Amanda Aliser

And that's all for now you guys. GO WRANGLERS! Miss you!

Dannie Malleo
Former WHS student

the end.

So i was looking over the senior schedule for the rest of the year and it was a little weird. Wednesday is my last day of school and after that my school year will be filled only with graduation practices. It's a little sad that I'm not coming back to this school... Even if my whole reason for graduating early was to get away. I don't regret graduating early but I feel like my high school career was very short (which it was). Time went by so fast and by now it's only getting faster. I hope graduation is awesome. I hope I don't trip and fall as I'm walking up the steps to get my diploma, and I hope it doesn't rain so we can still have the ceremony outside. For the seniors: I hope that we all accomplish everything that what we dream of in life. Go class of 2010 :)

Capital Punishment

I'm doing a paper for government on the death penalty and I was just wondering: what is your opinion on capital punishment? I personally think it is hypocritical and wrong. I believe strongly in "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." I don't think anyone has the right to murder, whether it be a single person or a government institution.

Give me your opinions. I'd like another insight to put into my paper to give it contrast. Thank you!

Janaye Campbell
WHS
Wickenburg, Ariz.

Writer's block

Usually I have no issue coming up with a story and getting it down in type within a few days (sometimes even less), but lately I cannot get my words to flow right. My story about Justin Bergman is in the works and it's pretty good so far. The Annie, Jr. story is a toughie, but it's coming along slowly but surely.

I just really hope I can pull it together before this week is over. I never have writer's block, so this is a very strange occurrence to me. Don't worry editors; they'll be done and they'll be good, but they'll be pretty last-minute.

Don't rush me, I have a strict time schedule to work with. Studying for my government final and doing extra-credit is running my life. It's terrible. But like I said before, I always do what I need to do. (Even though last time I spent weeks writing really good stories only one of the four I wrote was published; which is frustrating, to say the least.) I'll have everything in by the end of this week. No worries.

Janaye Campbell
WHS
Wickenburg, Ariz.

More politics

Hmm agree or disagree? Very interesting.

(From an e-mail forwarded to me):


Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in this country lately: illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida...


Not me. I concentrate on solutions for the problems. It's a win-win situation.

• Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border


• Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levies


• Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border

Any other problems you would like me to solve for today? Think about these:

• Cows


• The Constitution


• The Ten Commandments

Cows:

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

The Constitution:

They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq... Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using anymore.

The Ten Commandments:

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot put "Thou shalt not steal", "Thou shalt not commit adultery" and "Thou shalt not lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.

What are your thoughts on all of this?

Emily Prevost

WHS

Wickenburg, Ariz.