Dec 18 2008
Deck of Cards, via Theo
let me tell you a little about my self, I am 14 years of age and, well if life were a deck of cards, most people have one random card and 51 normal cards. My deck consists of 49 random cards, 1 normal card and well the rest are blank. so, whats your deck?
What a fantastic question. Much more creative than most of the memes I get on MySpace, that’s for sure. Theo’s an amazing kid–one of my 8th graders–who’s always coming up with fresh ideas and incredible figures of speech.
And I want to play this game!
What would I be…well, first of all, I’d have to have more than two jokers. I’d have to be one of those decks that gives you three joker cards just in case you lose a card.
I’m absolutely a three-joker deck.
And, because I’m a bit, um, how shall I put this, “control-freakish” in many ways, I’d have to have all four Queens.
Three jokers, four Queens.
Four is my favorite number, followed by seven, so there’s another eight cards, for sure.
I think Jacks represent my (younger) husband, so I need one of those. And I teach grades 8, 10, and 12, so I need all the 8s, 10s, and Queens (but I already have the Queens).
Aces are intimidating. And lonely. But I really do like my alone time–need to have it, actually, or I go crazy–so I should probably have one of those. Maybe, uh, two.
Twos are sweet…gimme a couple of those.
So, out of 52+3(Jokers), I now have in my deck:
- 3 Jokers
- 4 Queens
- 4 Fours
- 4 Sevens
- 1 Jack
- 4 Eights
- 4 Tens
- 2 Aces
- 2 Twos
That gives me twenty-eight cards; a bit over half. Considering that I have lived perhaps a bit over half of my life (I can only hope), that seems about right.
Ask me again in another twenty years–I plan to have other cards added to my deck by then!
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Hey Ms. O!
Have you ever felt as though things were tearing you apart, but to consider options is to much of a dilemma that you didn’t want to? I am blabbing on about nothing….and still something. Mango Street has given me a lot to think about lately. It is confusing. It has nothing to do with my life, but at the same time, it has to do exactly with it. It seems to me that I always seem to forget how lucky I am, to have everything I do. At times, I think that I am the most unlucky person in the world when really, even in my worst times I am one of the luckiest. It is so weird, talking like this. It is different than what I normally talk about. Mostly, because right now I don’t feel any need to laugh, or even smile. At this point, I think I could even accomplish giving you the Stink Eye, Ms. O! I don’t know. It is just a lot to think about, I guess. Thank you for reading Mango Street to us, especially the way you read it. Thanks a lot!
Rachel (Hot dog!)
thank you, one of the most enjoyable things in my life is being able to express my self and be free from judgement. my deck of cards are, well odd, in fact, i would never play cards with them.
Rachel, thank you for the thanks, and while I know your feelings right now are not pleasant, they are, indeed, human, and they show you to be the compassionate person I wish everyone was.
The things with facing the ugliness that’s in the world, such as in _Mango_, etc., is that we can ignore it, we can let it beat us, or we can try to make it better.
The only way to the last one is to keep finding the joy in the world so that we have the strength and the hope to fix the bad things. To do this, we have to pick and choose–the ugliness you choose to fight will be different than what I choose, etc. As long as we all pick some.
If we take it all at once, we’ll crush ourselves and won’t be any good to anybody. So, it’s okay to sometimes feel overwhelmed, but don’t stay there, k?
Also, the whole “conflicted feelings” thing? Not only is it human, but it’s very, very much a being-fourteen thing. Oh, yeah. I think I lived there from 12 to, uh, maybe 32?
And I still vacation there…not pretty, but perhaps needed to get us motivated to help somewhere, you know?
Keep on keeping, Rachel. The world is happy you’re in it to make it better! And it’s okay to smile and be lucky along the way.
Theo, I’m glad you feel free to express yourself–both in class and out of it. The world needs you, too; desperately.
Glad I can share some of it with you!
Hey Ms. O!
The happy Rachel is back! (Thank goodness) The depressed and solemn one can’t stay very long. I am smiling and happy, not unusual, for me at least. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t 14 and sometimes I wish I wasn’t and girl. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t either one. But, not today. Today, the world has one more smiling face in it. Today, my thoughts are not focused so much on myself, but on the others that surround me, or even more on the others I have never met. There is so much pain in this world, enough to consume your whole well-being. The only thing that gives me light is knowing that I bring light by not bringing pain.
But, I am sick of thinking so much. It is almost Christmas! I want to be happy and free! I love Christmas! Though, I kind of makes me sad to think that there most be a reason to be happy. Many people are only happy because it is Christmas. I don’t think that you need at reason to be happy.
I live more like this: Have a reason to be sad, not a reason to be happy.
If you are going to be upset at all, (which I don’t recommend) you better have a good reason for it. As much as smiling is contagious, so is frowning. The one thing that gets me upset the quickest would have to be people being bitter for no reason at anybody who does the slightest change in environment. Urgg! So, to all who hear, don’t be upset! There is sunlight to be found! And if you can’t find it, BE IT for someone else. That will bring joy just as quickly!
Rachel Cheadle
Hey again Ms. O!
I have a blog! I don’t really know how to give it to you, so I guess I will just talk to you on Monday. But, YEA! for blogs!
Rachel