Month: February 2024

The possibilities are endless when you are invisible for twenty-four hours. If I was invisible for a day I would first miss school for that day because school is just boring. Then I would go rob a grocery store because I want their money and they would have no trace of me, but they would have my fingerprints. Just not Trader Joe’s because I have respect for that store. Then I would go home and play video games just because I can and I’m invisible. Next I would go outside on the park swing and swing to scare little kids at night.

Life in an abandoned island is lonely, stressful, and like paradise. How I ended up here is traumatic. On a Wednesday school summer night, I climbed out my window to go night surfing. I was going alone because there was drama in my friend group, and that I needed to be alone just for my mental health. I brought my phone with me, but when I made it to the cold sand I was going to take a picture of the beautiful night sky. But I tried turning it on and it was dead. I didn’t want to go back to my house because I was afraid that I wasn’t going to be able to come back, or worse, get in trouble. I left my phone in the sand, along with my towel covering it so it wouldn’t get stolen. I grabbed my board, and set off into the ocean. I was so tired, I drifted off to sleep. Then I just landed up here on what I call “Paradise Island” I walked all across my island over four-hundred times out of boredom. My island had a shore with crashing waves, rocks for sand, green palm trees, and my very own poor built tree house where I sleep. There were no animals here, so I had nothing to eat. So I made my own spear out of rock and palm tree leaves. I would dive into the ocean, and catch small tropical fish such as colors of greens, blues, oranges, reds, and even purples. Seagulls, gulls, and even pelicans would fly or land here and leave once they heard the loud waves crashing. Life here in my island can be scary, fun, outrageous, and beautiful. Just don’t fall asleep on your surfboard like I did.

This month I read a book called The Last Word by Taylor Adams. I have not finished reading this book yet; i am currently on page 125. My favorite character from this book is Emma because she can’t sleep. A quote to show how she can’t sleep is “ Emma tries to fall back asleep but can’t.” Emma Carpenter enjoys the isolation and quiet of house sittings, and the only company for her is her books and her dog. But when one night she leaves a one-star review for a poorly written and gruesome horror novel, her whole life turns into a nightmare. Not only is she being harassed by the angry author online but she’s noticing disturbing incidents in the house. Scratches in the night, and figures crawling around in the shadows. She soon notices that its all connected, and from author to reader, we don’t know who will have the last word till one of them get executed. My favorite quote from the book is “ rest is just insults. Your cherry picking pieces without any contacts to set up your little jokey jokes. to invite people to laugh at me.” This quote is meaningful to me because i got picked on a lot when i was younger, and even now. I recommend this book because its a thrilling nail biting book.

I turned on the faucet on the hottest setting and waited. I grab a towel, and go into the kitchen to get some dessert. I already had dinner, so I was good to go. I had half a blueberry muffin from Costco. I go back in the bathroom and tested the water. Pretty hot. I climb in the shower and play “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims. I was getting to the chorus of the song with my eyes closed singing a high note when I was singing as loud as I could when I opened my eyes and saw a Black Widow. I screamed. I jumped out of the shower and I put clothes on and I sprinted out of the bathroom with Black Widow eggs on my T- shirt.