What is the most interesting thing in the news right now?

Fashion week! It might be over already in America, but that doesn't mean it's not going on in Milan! Milan fashion week is still going strong and this is where some of the most epic trends are born. Fashion week in the pinnacle of the whole industry basically, and it's where people are free to bust out their best outfits! Personally, my favorite fashion icon is Olivia Palermo, she is so stylish and trendy! It's unbelievable! I want her outfits so badly! Yeah, Happy Fashion Week everyone.

XOXO, Bianca

What does "Work hard. Be nice." mean to me?

I think the meaning is pretty literal. It just tells me to work hard and be nice to people. Both of those things are the top two qualities that high school students lack the most. It's pretty good advice, but it kind of sounds funny when you put them together and use it as a motto. I think we should try something a bit more catchy... I can't really give an example right now so just pretend I said something cool. Think about that!

XOXO, Bianca

My Squirrel Experience!

This is probably the weirdest thing I'm going to share... Well, maybe not. I've been having these squirrel sightings (they're pretty rare, I know!) in the mornings and I'm pretty sure they have some sort of effect on fate! My first "squirrel experience" was about four days ago. I saw two cute little squirrels chasing each other up a tree and then scurrying up into the leaves. And then I was all, "AWWW!" That day soon turned out to be my first really good day for that week. My second "squirrel experience" was two days after that first one. This time, I saw an extra cute little squirrel cross the street and then run up a tree. Again, I said, "Aww," in an overly-dramatic fashion. That day turned out better than the first! That was my last squirrel experience so far. Thus, the question remains... Can squirrels really control the future? Or is it just my strange thinking processes that make me think that squirrels can control the future? That is the question. SQUIRREL!

XOXO, Bianca

De-stressify!

The best thing I do to relieve my stress includes yoga and a cup of hot chamomile tea. Yoga is super-relaxing, and the best way to top that off is with tea, nature, and zen music. I love writing too, and sometimes writing poems or writing in my diary is the best way to take a load off a hard day's work being Bianca.

XOXO, Bianca

I would like to thank...

The academy! Just kidding. Right now, I would actually like to thank all of my friends who decided to stick with me this year. I have a few friends that have really changed - and it's only been like three months! I mean how much can a person change in that little amount of time? Okay, I admit that it's enough time for life-changing things to happen, but still! They really have no reason to be acting the way they are to me right now, and they really were my good friends who I thought I would be with forever! A couple of those people and I even planned our weddings together! I mean, I thought it would be impossible to break up a friendship like that, but apparently I was wrong. I know this is exactly the kind of stuff that happens in high school, but I just can't accept the fact that I'm losing some realtionships that were really important to me. The many relationships that I have managed to keep are proving to be more important to me than ever. Thankfully, I'm making more new relationships than I am losing old ones, even though sometimes it feels like it's the other way around.

XOXO, Bianca

Me in Ten Years Time...

In ten years, I will be living up to my full potential! By that time, I am POSITIVE that I will be a famous author with a completed, best-selling book series that gets everyone hooked. As soon as my name is in lights, I will be launching my own fashion line! I don't know what I'm going to name it yet, but it will be pretty epic. Im my spare time, I will be organizing plans to save the rainforests and all endangered animals. We have no right to be taking away their habitat! So yeah, my life will be pretty awesome, and you can bet that I will make the world a better place. Bianca will change the world! :)

XOXO, Bianca

Defining Bianca (in Many Words...)

Some might say that their looks, attitude, clothes, or even friends define who they are. I mean, all of those generally work for everyone (including me), but my true personality can only be seen when you dig really, really deep. I am the kind of person who is a free spirit and I wear my heart on my sleeve no matter how much people are quick to judge me because of that. I usually tell people without hesitation what kind of person I am, but most of the time, they don't get the full effect. It is only through my writing that my true personality shines through. Writing is one of my many passions. There is nothing better (when I'm not feeling lazy, of course) than a mind racing with ideas, a super-handy thesaurus within easy reach, and a keyboard which awaits eager fingers... I feel like a virtuoso on the piano. Whenever people read my essays, they make it a point to come up to me and tell me how much they loved them and what an amazing writer I am. Not to be conceited, but I totally get what they mean! Haha. I have made such an effect on my 8th grade English teacher that I have gotten comments from random people like, "Bianca, oh my gosh, Mrs. Brown is in love with you!" or "Mrs. Brown says you're her favorite student!" or even, "You use too many big words!" It makes me happy that people who read my writing get the opportunity to understand me more, and see the kind of person I am. On the outside, I would guess that my friends see me as super peppy and happy and energetic (to put it in a nice way...) but on the inside, I am much deeper than that. I am a passionate soul with so much more to share with the world. But for now, I leave you with this...THESAURUSES ROCK!!

XOXO, Bianca

The First Amendment and You

Freedom of speech! Freedom of the press! So the First Amendment protects our right to say and publish whatever our little hearts desire right? Wrong. Even though we may be living in the "land of the free" or whatever, there are still some condtitions. Do you really think we can say whatever we want? Can we really publish whatever we want? What about malice? What about yelling from across the room from the President that he's a big fat meanie? Well of course we can't say or publish whatever we want, so what the Constitution should really say is "Freedom of the Press Unless What You're Printing is Going to Ruin Someone Else's Life" and "Freedom of Speech Unless You're Calling the President a Big Fat Meanie." Then the First Amendment would be 100 percent fool-proof. Bianca for President! Yeah!

XOXO, Bianca

The Future of Journalism

Journalism is still probably going to be around for a long while before it dies out. I mean, we're still going to want to know about hot topics. There is just something about opening a fresh newspaper and keeping up with the world (or flipping thorugh to the comic section like me). It is quite obvious that technology is bound to take over sometime (umm, robot world domination theories anyone?) and doing anything by physical means will soon be obselete. Sure, there will be some obscure group that will be fighting for the newspaper spirit to live on, but will anybody really follow through when everything can be in your hands with a click of a virtual button? Yeah, that's what I thought.

XOXO, Bianca

They Say That Friends Come and Go...

They say that friends come and go...but when they go, they have to have a legitimate reason, right? What if he/she was one of your really good friends, and you already promised the other person that you would never hurt them? What if when you start high school, you see each other for the first time in a while and everything is alright? What if you start texting each other again like nothing ever changed? What if a few days later, that person starts ignoring you? What if as weeks go by, they start treating you less like a stranger and more like a pariah? What if... this was a reality? Well guess what? There are no "what if's." Right now, this is my reality. And personally, my reality just sucks. This person has been my really good friend for a long time (or so I thought) and now I just don't know what's going on. I did nothing wrong. They say that friends come and go, but they also say that when true friends meet again after a separation, it's as if nothing had ever happened. Well now I know that this person wasn't a true friend. She has served her time in my life. And now she is disposable. Just like our friendship. Ignorance is her new best friend.

XOXO, Bianca

Parallel Reflection (AKA Me Being Super Deep!)

I am a mirror. And right now, I feel like I've just been dropped on the floor. All the little pieces falling, shattered. The shards of me are too sharp too put back together. They're too small to matter, but big enough to make me realize that I'm incomplete. I've been looking in the mirror for so long, and now I've come to believe my soul's on the other side. It's in a different world, living the life I've been living. But when will I come back to reality? I'm not sure if I'll ever live life on the other side.

XOXO, Bianca

Bianca's Dream Home

A roomy house on the beach, a delicate cottage in the middle of a forest, a castle overlooking a treacherous cliff... So many to choose from--but I want to be different. I want a large, majestic mansion with long glass windows on every panel. Upon entering said mansion, you will be greeted with a stunning marble winding staircase with a crystal chandelier looming from above. The floor will be tiled with shards of smooth diamonds reflecting your every move and with light dancing at every angle. Most importantly, my room will be spectacular. A chic canopy bed draped in damask and a Paris Opera House-style chandelier hanging overhead, with a fluffy white rug and dimmed white lights illuminating the room's magnificence. My mansion's location would be in Japan, a beautiful country that gives me the opportunity to have rows of pink Cherry Blossoms directing the path to my abode (aka in my front lawn). So there you have it, my dream home. This is a place I am resolute in aqcuiring.

XOXO, Bianca