Sestina

1. State

2. Orange

3. Pineapples

4. Phone

5. Tooth

6. Money

 

I was in a state

Of shock, everything went orange,

Steve-o wacked me in the head with a pineapple,

Then he got on the phone,

I was missing a tooth,

It was going to cost a lot of money

 

I don’t know where I was going to get this money

We left the Garden State,

Back into New York to get a replacement tooth,

I wasn’t able to eat anything and Steve-o kept tempting me with an orange

My mom got on the phone

With me, “Wherd’ you get a pineapple?”

 

Who cares about the pineapple?

The real issue was where was I supposed to get the money,

I got back on the phone

With mom, the state

Will pay for now, the eyes of the orange

Were all over me, It would be mighty hard to eat without my tooth

 

The size of the fake replacement tooth,

It was the size of a pineapple,

And it was a shade of a yellowish-orange,

Almost like the dentist knew I didn’t have the money

The operation, so he gave me an awful one so we didn’t owe the state

Too much, I wanted to let my mom know but there was no phone

 

Who needs a phone,

It is not worth it when I could tell people through my own teeth

In person, I got friends all over the state,

I got one friend that lives under the sea in a pineapple

Whose name is Spongebob, But that trip costs a lot of money,

Maybe a phone is as important as the Bowl of the Orange,

 

It is a very important game the Bowl of the Orange,

At halftime they give away the new Samsung Instinct Phone,

That costs a lot of something I don’t have money,

That incident with the tooth

Really had me spent, My baby girl wasn’t able to have her daily helping of pineapples,

Too bad I didn’t get the tax refund from the state

 

A money tree would have been my new front teeth on Christmas

Instead I god a bloody Envy 2 phone in orange

Spongebob invited me to his pineapple but I couldn’t make it and he is illegal in the state

the story of his life

 

 

Fast Food Blues

Why is there fast food- it is so bad for you

Why is there fast food- it is so bad for you

Afterwards it really makes you poo

 

God it tastes so good, but why oooh why is it so bad for you

God it tastes so good, but why oooh why is it so bad for you

It looks really good, but it is just greasy goo

 

It takes little out of my pocket, order right off the menu of the dollar

It takes little out of my pocket, order right off the menu of the dollar

All the juicy goodness makes me wanna hollar

The Analyzation of the Poem "Bluebird"

Name: Justin Sunseri

Poet: Charles Bukowski

Poem’s Title: Bluebird

 

1. The structure of the poem is stanzas that all start with the same starting line (there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out).
2. The key words/patterns are there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out that start each stanza.
3. Vocab- 1. Weep- to shed tears of sadness

 

1. What is going on in the poem is that a man is talking about another side of him that he doesn’t like to let people see.
2. The literary speaker (the person speaking in the poem) is Charles Bukowski.
3. The dominant images made (description, 5 senses) are he inhales cigarette smoke.

 

1. The poet’s attitude toward the subject is that he has this alternate side to him just he doesn’t think others will like it.
2. The authors diction (use of big words) and employment of poetic devices conveys that he wanted everybody to be able to understand what he was talking about, not just a mature audience. 

The Analyzation of the Poem "We Real Cool"

Name: Justin Sunseri

Poet: Gwendolyn Brooks

Poem’s Title: We Real Cool

 

1. The structure of the poem is two lines of rhyming then a new paragraph.
2. The key words/patterns are rhyming. The first paragraph rhymes with cool, the second is late, the third is sin, and the last is June.
3. Vocab- 1. Lurk- to stay hidden as if waiting for something

2. Gin- alcohol

 

1. What is going on in the poem is that pool players are being described. What they have done and what they do.
2. The literary speaker (the person speaking in the poem) is one of the pool players.
3. The dominant images made (decription, 5 senses) are they taste the gin.

 

1. The poet’s attitude toward the subject is that pool players aren’t good people and they are going to die from fooling around too much.
2. The authors diction (use of big words) and employment of poetic devices conveys that this was a very easy poem to write and that anybody can understand it. 

Metaphor Poem

Enemy

 

You are the gum under the desk

The yellow snow I fell in

 

You are the fat kid of my youth

The me that I hate looking back at and realizing how big I was

You are the Plaxico Burress

Goes to jail for shooting yourself, pathetic

You are the awkward silence

It came from being the annoying person that says excuse my French

 

You are the half an hour infomercial

Nobody’s eyes are on you

You are the pair of socks I don’t like to wear

You are the leftovers at dinner

I won’t want them again later

You are the Christmas gift that I always want to return

A week later that flat football we sadly had to use if we wanted to play

 

You are the tissue in which I blow my nose

The snot rocket of a lifetime

You are the toilet where I let out my waste

Smell like a taco after its been through the body

You are the trash bag with the hole in it

It is the mess of all messes

You are the dirty jock strap

 

You are the ashes after the fire burns out

The black that dulls my day to its end

Whip Around 2

“Shut up, I love you Spanish Girl.” It would be the last thing I would remember. Today I will go away forever and this is the last thing I will remember. An old homeless guy swung the baseball bat and I closed my eyes like the shutter of a camera just my eyes would never reopen.  Time passes as I struggle in the alley until I finally let go. No ones there to watch me die so nobody can help me. It was the homerun swing that led this homeless man to happiness. I became what I finally wanted to be and that was somebody that would from start to end benefit somebody’s life. I can see him in court pleading his case saying he was only trying to defend himself. I see the light and I’m holding onto a rope that will keep me alive. I let go, I have spoken to the world and left my last remark on it. I have lived the life, it has not lived me. The water was finally clear to me. It is time to go. I go to the light, and away I fly. I carry onto heaven where the clouds are distant. The guard is Bernie Mac. He said to cheer up, your in a better place now. All I could say was that I was I had the courage to change the things I could, but I am sorry for the ones I couldn’t help. Bernie Mac for some reason did not seem the same. He lied comfortably on a golden cloud. He wasn’t ready to make a joke, it seemed like it was the retiring home. Then he said one last thing, have a doubt in fear. If you don’t, then you will always be afraid. Then I kept started to fly downward, like I was heading towards hell but I made a hard thud into my frozen body. Then my vision was affected by the sirens of the police cars that had arrived at the scene. 

"Beautiful Girls" Song

            Sean Kingston is one of my favorite artists. He wrote two songs that are both very good. Most people have heard of the first one because it was so popular. It is called “Beautiful Girls.” The second one is my favorite of the two; it is called “Me Love”. Unfortunately, Beautiful Girls has more personifications in it so will talk about it. But first, Sean Kingston is one of my favorite artists because everything he sings about is from deep down. It is always touching. Also, it is very calm and relaxing music. I like to listen to rap usually but when I need to relax I listen to Sean Kingston because he is so soft in his music.

The song “Beautiful Girls” has two lines that are personification. First is “Oh when you took my heart that’s when we fell apart.” Somebody can’t literally take away somebody’s heart. The significance of this line is that it is talking about love and it is expressing a break up. I think it means that he really didn’t have a say in the break up. She may have been cheating on Sean Kingston meaning that she “took his heart away.” This left him no choice resulting in the break up meaning they “fell apart.” With a song like this, I’m sure there are other girls out there for him.

            The second line of personification is “But you mush up my mind.” Again, whoever she is, she can’t mush up his mind literally. All it really means is that Sean Kingston was getting confused. This meant that she was changing constantly to him. She was nice and then she was tired and annoyed and she was never the same. She was acting abnormally as if something else was going on. The cheating is what I think was going on. The fact that she was acting awkwardly and was mysteriously having to leave was confusing him. No matter how you break down the song and figure out what it means, it is still a very good song. 

Ny Name stanks!

Justin means righteous and Sunseri means a pork butcher or a renderer of lard,

 

What kind of a name is Justin? I mean Sunseri isn’t any better but the combination of both is even worse. Justin Sunseri. What the hell. Oh, I forgot my middle name, Mark, Justin Mark Sunseri. If you just say Justin Sunseri, you almost stutter. Well, at least I do. But when you put Mark in the middle of it, you pause to say it. I hate it.

Oh, I almost forgot, my grandparents think they are so cute and funny but they just give me something else to be mad and upset about.  They came up with the idea of just-in-time, which isn’t even catchy. But they got even smarter and even cuter when they realized they could put my brothers name into it. His name is Nicholas. So, the phrase became just-in-the-nick-of-time. How depressing could my name get? Even worse!

The meanings are even better. Justin means righteous which is okay I guess. But, my middle name is Mark which I didn’t necessarily hate until I heard what it meant. It means dedicated to Mars. That’s really weird and awful. But it still isn’t the worst of my name. My last name, Sunseri, means probably the most ridiculous thing in the world. It means a pork butcher or to render lard. What is going on? My day was ruined when I figured out what it meant.

I think the story behind all of this is my parents hate me. I was born and they thought this little thing is going to ruin our lives. So, to get back at me, they made this horrific combination of a name that I would have to live with. But I guess it is kind of cool. Its what makes me me. Nobody else has this name, so I guess it is kind of cool. 

CHANGE with OBAMA

Since Obama is president, change will most definitely occur. What I would like to see change would be the tax prices, the unemployment rate, and gas prices. If he really is going to lead a revolution, then he could change the small things as well as the important things. The tax prices are very high and I think that they should be lowered. The unemployment rate also is very high. Gas prices have sky rocketed since this war has started. Some change is definitely necessary and Obama is the man to make it happen.

 

            Tax prices are paid pretty often. Every time you get paid at a job, you are taxed. Chances are that every time you reach into your wallet, it is going to cost you extra on whatever you are buying because there is some sort of tax on it. They are everywhere. For them to be so high is almost ridiculous. I wish I new where all of this money was going. If Obama is the man for the United States than taxes should be the first thing he deals with.

 

            The unemployment rate is huge in America. So many poor people need jobs but they can’t find a job. I feel that Obama should be making more jobs available for these unfortunate people.  There needs to be some sort of small jobs available for anybody that needs to acquire money. The fewer jobs there are available, the more people there will be that will become poor. If the change is made, the less poverty there is in America.

 

            Gas prices will be declining since Obama is going to be president. They became so high from the war. We got our oil from Iraq and since we are at war with them, they raised the prices on us. Lately the price has become lower but they still aren’t low enough. Somehow, there needs to be a better way to get our oil that will cost less. Hopefully, Obama will find a way to make everything cheaper.

 

            It really shouldn’t be an issue with Obama (a black man) as our president. So what if it isn’t the usual white man. It is something different, just like what this country needs. We needed change and everything about him meant change. He has promised so much change. Wait till he enters office. We will see if he is all talk or not. If he keeps his promises, I think this country has a bright future ahead of us. 

The Red Convertible

What happened, I think, was that Henry was just way too depressed. He came home from the war and was not the same as he was before. He wasn't active anymore. He didn't talk a lot. He had his head glued to the television. He was like a mute. Didn't communicate with anybody. Almost like a lost cause. 

I think that Henry was like this because something happened to him while he was off at war. I think he made plenty of friends while he was there. But, the issue was that they all died. Or even that he couldn't take seeing all of the dead people around him. He didn't know what to do with himself. So, that one day when he told Lyman it was very hot, he was going to go for a swim, I think he purposely drowned and committed suicide. I also thought that when Lyman let the red convertible go into the river where Henry died, it was very symbolic. The red convertible represented the two brothers relationship. It had its ups and downs just like the relationship. 

Frenemy

            Dear low cleats,

            Wow, you are annoying. I love having you. I love your stylish look when I wear you. You are so comfortable too. You make me faster when I am running around on the field. I am not the fastest person in the world but you cleats make a big difference. Some people think that is doesn’t matter what you are wearing or what brand of equipment you use, but those people are fools. It makes all the difference because if I didn’t pick you, I don’t know what I would have done with those Reebok’s. I would not be the same athlete I am today. You slip in so easily unlike the massive high ankle cleats.  This also means I do not have to break the heel of you shoe since you slip on so easily.

            Yet again, you aren’t that great. You are a drag and holding me back. You are my number one frenemy. I love you but you might have too many faults for my liking. As much as I love you, you destroy me. My playing time goes down because you don’t support my ankles. It is so much easier to twist and turn my ankles in directions they shouldn’t go. Since you don’t cover my ankles, they are free to move. If I had the high top ankle cleats, my ankles wouldn’t be free to move. I struggle to walk because you help me so little. My speed on the field doesn’t matter if I can’t stay on the field for long. You may look nice, but you get warn out really fast. I already got a new pair. If you want there to be a me and you come tomorrow, you need to improve and get better, otherwise, hello Adidas, and good bye Nike. You just don’t have what it takes for my feet. Your game needs to get better for mine to get better. All it takes for me is to open that shiny white box of new, fresh Adidas. All it takes is for you is to straighten up.

From your frenemy,

Justin Sunseri

Why?

For soccer, as usual I am asking the question why. Yesterday, being Saturday, we had a game, we won but that did not bring up why. What brought up why was that he kept me and three other players after the game for 45 minutes to talk to us. He told us why we weren't playing and wanted our response on what we thought. WHY? I wasn't expecting to play at all when I made the team so I didn't care that I didn't play. I was pissed that he spent that long after the game to let me know when he knew we all had to go to the team party. So we all showed up late and of course we got embarrassed when everybody asked us why we had to stay after. Just horrible thought process on his end. And, worst of all, the reasons he gave on why everybody else wasn't playing were invalid. They were way wrong and it seems like he is trying to defend something but I can't figure it out. There is a secret somewhere about what he is doing and I can't figure it out. 

55 Fiction

In English we have to write a 55-word story with characters, a conflict and a resolution. The conflict is I need something to write about. Oh, wait I am writing a story; it is about what I need to do. I am writing about what I had to do and I am so problem solved. 

White Heron

I would take the money and give up the position of the heron. Somebody eventually would give up the position of the heron. This means that eventually somebody is going to be cold hearted enough to get the heron killed but they are going to get lots of money for it. If they are such bad people, why should they get rewarded? So, I would give up the position of the heron to take away the reward of somebody else that would be a horrible person. I guess that makes me a horrible person, doesn't it?

Funny Election Article

This years election I find to be one of the more important elections yet considering how messed up the economy is right now. I have read some articles on the election since it was a requirement for Jaspers class and I did find one online that was very funny to me. The link is at the bottom. It talks about how the election is a race for vice presidency meaning that the vice president candidates are going to win it or loose it for their side in the election. I think this is very true but the way that this article brings it up I thought was funny. It says that their is going to be an issue if Obama is elected president because he is black. Some people aren't going to be okay with the first colored president and he is going to be assassinated according to this website. Also, that if McCain is elected president, he is too old and will die do to old age meaning that Their vice presidents will then be the president when they die. I just thought that it was funny how they brought it up that the president was just going to die. I mean death isn't funny, but the way they brought it up here made it funny.

http://withoutpoliticians.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/john-mccain-will-die-of-old-age-barack-obama-will-be-assassinated/

Soccer Stuff

Yeah, we blew it. We had the first game under the lights at PV. We got many people, like 500, to show up and we lost in the last minute. 1-0 loss to Indian Hills, they weren't even good. We wasted 500 peoples friday night and we didn't even win. 

Soccer Update

The team has turned around a little bit. We are now at 4 wins and 4 losses. We knocked off the team that is top in the league and ranked 4th in counties, Ramsey. We also beat our rival Pascack Hills in a thriller 1-0. I actually got to play! Wayne Hills we also beat and I got to play in that game as well. The score was 4-0. But then we lost to Highlands 2-0 and 3-1 to Ramapo. 

My Rocking Chair

My chair has many memories to it. There is a small chip in it from when I re-chipped my tooth in it. It is a faded white for how long I have had it. It is my favorite type of chair, a rocking chair, of course made of wood. Other people have the nice leather chairs, but not my family and me. I love the rocking chair; it is where I rock between my life with what is to do first, and what is next, and what I still have to come.  The legs squeak because it has been handed down from my great grandparents to me. It is what I have left to remember of my long gone great grandparents. It has one of those lame throwaway pillows placed on it with some dry humor written on it. It reads “Dear God, if you can’t make me skinny, please make all of my friends fat”. It is the chair that I sit in when I need want to relax. It is the chair I sit in when I’m stressed. It is my everything chair. 

My Rocking Chair

My chair has many memories to it. There is a small chip in it from when I re-chipped my tooth in it. It is a faded white for how long I have had it. It is my favorite type of chair, a rocking chair, of course made of wood. Other people have the nice leather chairs, but not my family and me. I love the rocking chair; it is where I rock between my life with what is to do first, and what is next, and what I still have to come.  The legs squeak because it has been handed down from my great grandparents to me. It is what I have left to remember of my long gone great grandparents. It has one of those lame throwaway pillows placed on it with some dry humor written on it. It reads “Dear God, if you can’t make me skinny, please make all of my friends fat”. It is the chair that I sit in when I need want to relax. It is the chair I sit in when I’m stressed. It is my everything chair. 

Mr. Kapasi

            I had another tour to do today but this was my favorite tour to give. The family was foreign and the mom (Mrs. Das) was very pretty and wore fewer clothes than most of the people here. The best part was I think she was attracted to me. She said that being an interpreter was romantic. We swapped addresses and we are going to write letters and she is going to send pictures. It brought us even closer, I think, when I saved her one kid, Bobby from monkeys. I can’t wait for those pictures to come!

Whip Around

“Heres a toast,” I say. I I’m So alone, only one standing. Knees weak arms are heavy, vomit on his sweater already, my old buddy. "Fool dropped out of high school!” It is very quiet now. I should be complimenting this guy for his great creation of the beer helmet. “Since we couldn’t afford champagne, put your Paper cup up, take it higher.” Know some cheers and claps are coming in. “I always told him to just make your move. He had the passion for glory. 

Mets

What the hell? Why? its really obnoxious. You work so hard all year to mess it up in the last week of the season two years in a row. Your fans are pissed at you. It is a team of greatness and they can't make the playoffs. Its ridiculous. I mean, we are used to losing a lot but it shouldn't be happening anymore. 

Gaming

I love to game on these laptops. I never thought I would stop. What got me to stop was everybody around me was getting caught. As my friend games next to me, I wonder why people don't stop gaming. Are they that addicted? I don't think it is worth getting in trouble so I could have fun and game. 

Church

What is with church. You go, get your sins forgiven, blahh blahh blahhh, you get something to eat. But wait, in the middle, they send around baskets with money in them and they expect you not to take the money? Im just kidding but, why are they asking for money? What would a church do with money? But new pews? They ask for your money in these baskets but what do they do with it? Do they keep it for themselves? I don't know what they could possibly use it for.

Do you know where your Church's money is?

What does the church do with the donations it receives?

PV Varsity Soccer

I had some high expectations for this team. I was expecting to go for the league championship and challenge Ramapo. I wasn't expecting to loose more than three games within the first ten games. 

The season started off against Indian Hills. They weren't much of a challenge; we controlled the game but couldn't score. They had one shot all game and it went in. We lost 1-0. How obnoxious! You out-beat the other team in every category but goals scored. 

Then we played Mahwah, which yet again we controlled the game just we didn't score a lot, but we did score enough. We went on to win 1-0. So far, that was the high point of the season. 

Then we played probably the worst team in the league, Bergenfield, and it should have been simple. We went in overconfident and lost 5-2. We played on a field that was 48 yards long. We couldn't adjust. We didn't play to our full potential. It was a very disappointing game.

So our record right now is 1 win and 2 losses. My expectations down the drain. It is still early so anything could happen, but as of now, we need a big turn around.