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Jack - I think everyone did a good job! I had fun and enjoyed all of the things that Bittin did with us. I liked taking pictures of the artwork's progress. This project is and will turn(ing) out great.
Angelo - Better than what I expected. Better than what I thought it would be. It was alright
Jacob - No Comment! Enjoyed having Bittin with us.
Jericho - It was Fun! I had a lot of fun but I gotta do something right now. I am helping paint on the canvas. I am having a good time.
Chris - It was cool. I was bored for a lot of the time. I have to get back to my game.
Devin S. - I thought it was cool.
To learn more techniques on painting. To show to our parents/guardians that we achieved something that fascinated us and kept us busy.
Wanting Freedom Sports Growing up and moving on Cars Women - interseted in Music Forgetting the past TV Dance Make videos Video games technology Life Family Friends Possessions Love Being insane (love) Being insane (do same thing & expect diff. results) Happiness Care Knowledge Wisdom Time Having compassion for self & others Fun School Reading Style - clothes Respect Trustworthiness Honesty Responsibility Exercise Sleep Beinf alive Taking advantage of every positive opportunity Work Food Unselfishness Color Emotion Writing Patience Joy Having no idea Money Dirt bikes Autos Shelter Parties Talking Death Vampires Movies Sports teams (KB / AL) People Earth / the Planet Animals Soul Memory Cartoons Anthesism Relionion Health Beliefs Own opinion Our future Rapping Poetry Drawing Traveling Vacation spots Shoes Fed up Anger Break dancing Books Reality Comedy Homor Art Peace Manners Flight or Fight Timeless Jets Fear Relationships Crazy Bored Feelings Mountain biking Driving Terrorism ATV's Alarm clocks Presidents Library
Death
Death comes like a darkened sky Unexpected, Undetected. Death?s toll is my soul The soul that once provided me with life A life that was filled with knowledge and wisdom. The knowledge to care for the planet And have the wisdom to determine my future. A future filled with happiness and joy. The joy to be successful And the happiness of knowledge.
Written by: James B.
Eric K. Life Story 6/17/08
My Strengths: One of my major strengths is that I am funny. I enjoy making jokes. I am also very intelligent. I am more intelligent on the computer side of things. I have got a lot of interest in computers too. I like dogs more than other animals. I wouldn?t say I am an ?In General? Animal Lover because I like dogs the most. I don't like cats because they are too messy (In my opinion). It can be trained and dogs can be trained too but they can entertain themselves without a little ball of yarn. I have a supportive family that trusts me sometimes. That is excellent to have. I am Handsome in my mind. I think that I don?t have to try to get all dressed up sometimes just to look good, but I do dress up and look nice a lot. I don?t have big muscle strength but I have been told that I am good at that type of thing sometimes when it?s not one of my lazy days.
My Difficulties: I have an attention difficulty when it comes to listening to stuff that I wouldn?t really care to hear anyway, or when I am being told something like directions I just want to do it on my own without taking any directions. However, I do like paying attention to things that I think are exciting/entertaining to me.
I like cars more than trucks. I like Animals. I enjoy riding ATV?s. I like telling my own opinion instead of having other people having to tell me what they think my opinion is. I like going to the movies sometimes. I like listening to other people tell jokes that they laugh at but nobody else does. I like having at least $10 in my wallet. I have some wondering opinions as to what my future is going to be like. I sometimes enjoy traveling when it?s interesting and not just a boring ride there and back. I like having a big sense of responsibility. I like to work on some days. I just don?t usually have a problem with working. I like driving. I usually just drive the truck in and out of the garage, and on occasion down a big driveway. I like to have fun. I think that going to an Arcade or something close to that is quite fun to me. I have fun with shooting an Air-Soft gun. After the first time I got shot by one I felt some pain but I think I got used to it. I have had some experience with driving some dirt bikes and ATV?s but not much. I wrecked once into a smallish tree, I wasn?t going very fast but I still ended up hitting it because I didn?t turn fast enough. My family is all over the country and a couple on the other side of the world (Europe). My dad is deceased (Died from a Suicidal Death). My mom currently lives in North Bend with her boyfriend ?John?. She has been living there for about 7 months now. My Grandma Keller (Dad?s Side) lives in Meriden, Kansas, but is thinking about moving back to Oregon. My Grandma Edith (Mom?s Side) lives in Washington, about 40 miles or so from Tacoma.
I enjoy being outside sometimes. In general I like to do things that interest me. I like talking on the phone and to others. I like to have a good time, going to the movies, going to socialize, and going on the computer and filing encryption codes and codec?s for music, video, and Interactive devices. I like hanging out with friends sometimes when he/she and I are in a good mood. I am a social type of person. I am not always good about socializing in an appropriate way but I am just good about actually going outside and hanging out with friends. When I have a saddened expression on my face that to me means that I have been wronged in a way, someone has said something, or I just really want to see my family. I have had many expressions such as that because a lot of those things have been happening lately. I like to actually spend time with my family esp. sitting down and eating a meal with a decent conversation with all of my family. I wouldn?t say that I enjoy keeping secrets from my family but to me I feel that some secrets are better if they?re kept to yourself. Just in case there is a LONG madness in the family thereafter. I have some problems with my patience. I don?t exactly hate waiting but I just can?t wait for too long.
I used to have a MAJOR fascination with cars, and I still do. I have an even bigger fascination with computers. I have learned a lot over the years about computers. I know quite a bit about cars and I feel that I can identify a car from the front or the back just by looking at it. Without the emblem that is usually on the car and no model description or anything just by looking at it I can identify the car type and model. I like to combine cars and computers by just imagining (If it doesn't sound too weird) a car with an externally installed computer. Most of my information and skills is on Windows but I still have skills on Macintosh computers. Such as the one that I used to make this, and all of the iPods?, iPhones?, and all other Apple installed gadgets that I have seen and used. I don't exactly know how I got to start liking these gadgets but I do like them. I have a good taste in this area (I would say).
I have been hospitalized and during my say my appendix was removed. I don't know why it was removed all I knew is that I have a scar and I was told it was removed. I still have the scar (Of course) Other than that I haven't had any other surgeries. I haven't been in a coma.
I have worked as my own boss, mowing others' yards and straightening it out, weed pulling, and sometimes for a little bit extra I would edge the yard. I made about $400 dollars one summer doing this job. I liked doing this because of the money that I was making. I also liked this because I liked seen that I did an excellent job.
I have had my days of good communication skills. I like to maintain at least a little bit of good quality communication with those around me. I have had my hard times with peers at my recent placement (Bob Belloni Boys Ranch). I have antagonized them a lot when I first got here. I still do on a certain occasion. I have avoided antagonistic behavior towards others much better than I was when I first got here. Now all I think that would be good to work on would be to prevent antagonistic behavior towards me. I have made a lot of amends to clean up my behaviors. I have been working on other things other than this because I think I have a high handle on this behavior. I have some other behaviors that I need to correct now, esp. doing things covertly. I have been doing very well in that are right now. I also have to work on my communication with my family. I have had some bad communication with them before. I have learned a lot of new things on this because I have been in treatment for a while and I would like to have a lot more Home Visits and more family time and eventually go home. I don't want to sit in treatment for another year of my life. I think that would really put a depression state of mind on me, and not only me but my family too. Eric David K. Revised and Updated ? 06/19/08
Life by Jack
Wanting freedom: Being able to go do what you want when you want your own boss. Sports: Being good and sports and practices so I?m the best. Growing up and moving on: I want to grow up and be mature so I?m respected and responsible. Cars: So I will have transportation walking gets old. Forgetting the past: This is a part of growing up and moving on which means changing your behaviors and being a different person. Women: They are very important to me and I like them and we need them to populate the earth. Music: If there were no music, people would go insane. Video games: I need these for entertainment. Family: We need family to have someone to turn to in times of need. Love: Being able to care and show compassion. School: this is how you get a good job. Being Alive: I?m grateful I?m alive Style: I like clothes they keep me in style. Exercise: I like to exercise so that I stay physically fit. Money: You need money so that you can survive. Sports Teams: positive teamwork is the key here and very important. Rapping: I use this to express my feelings. Shoes: This is important so you don?t walk on sharp pointy things. Driving: This is important because if you can?t drive then you can?t get somewhere faster
Life By Jericho
Life is the short time we get to spend with others. We get to have life as a gift, not a necessity. I think that our life is meant to experience the things that we can love. To find love is to find peace and peace is what everyone wants. I believe the saying ? When you love something let it go.? I think it should be if you love something hold it close and keep it with you always. We will spend most of our lives searching for true love and only when we find it can we live in peace and die. When we find that love, we learn that things that we could never see before we learn why we are here; to love and be loved by someone.
Life story by Devin
At 16, life outside what I know can be very intimidating, I already have a criminal record and that makes it harder. People might not want to hire me anymore and some don?t even want to talk to me. I can think of people who would like to break my soul and maybe even my neck on several occasions I have heard people say that anyone who goes to prison should die. This strikes me as odd because they haven?t been there and they don?t know anything about me. I am just like any 16 year old I know only they enjoy more freedoms. I have make mistakes that have placed me in juvenile lock down facilities in Oregon. I?m not proud of it but it makes me the young man I am today. I love cars, music, girls and everything the world has to offer. I?ve grown up and learned to endure hardships. Life is a constant struggle and everyone knows it.
I hope to be a professional musician and singer. It?s going to be hard to get there especially when I?m only started on my dream. Nevertheless, at any rate no one?s going to stand in my way and I hope others follow me pursue their dreams.
Our project shows two options I have life and death. I have chosen to change the way I go down the road of life. I don?t want to die
Life story by Devin
At 16, life outside what I know can be very intimidating, I already have a criminal record and that makes it harder. People might not want to hire me anymore and some don?t even want to talk to me. I can think of people who would like to break my soul and maybe even my neck on several occasions I have heard people say that anyone who goes to prison should die. This strikes me as odd because they haven?t been there and they don?t know anything about me. I am just like any 16 year old I know only they enjoy more freedoms. I have make mistakes that have placed me in juvenile lock down facilities in Oregon. I?m not proud of it but it makes me the young man I am today. I love cars, music, girls and everything the world has to offer. I?ve grown up and learned to endure hardships. Life is a constant struggle and everyone knows it.
I hope to be a professional musician and singer. It?s going to be hard to get there especially when I?m only started on my dream. Nevertheless, at any rate no one?s going to stand in my way and I hope others follow me pursue their dreams.
Our project shows two options I have life and death. I have chosen to change the way I go down the road of life. I don?t want to die.
LIFE STORY. This are the word that I picked they are wanting freedom, sorts, interest in women, music, family, work, money, parties, death, vampires, rapping, break dancing, fighting, driving the most important thing that summaries this is LIFE. These words are important to me is because they tell me a lot about me I like these word they teach me a lot. The only words that I don?t like are death and vampires well these words mean a lot of difference things like it get the whole difference things in life but it can teach you a lot of difference things in life.
I believe that the soul is what makes the average human have the will to do good or bad. It is what makes the human have needs. If you need to drink, then your soul (AKA spirit) Is what made you need that? The very soul in itself is a highly questionable source of Human motivation. Some scientist have even gone as far as to say that it does not exist, That it is merely a scientist?s fairy tale. But as a fourteen-year-old young adult, even I can see that it exists, for what else could motivate us but some sort of spirit or soul. As a very Intelligent person, and this is my opinion, I believe that some sort of driving force has to Be behind the complex human need to survive. I doubt that if I asked a truly smart Scientist, that he could not answer me why the human has the need to survive. What Makes us so prone to reproduce and live our lives to the fullest and take every chance we Get to enhance the pleasure in our lives. I also believe that some people have Different types of souls and that some are more prone to do good then bad. For example, if a man decides to jump out of an airplane skydiving, then it was his soul or for want of a better term, his personality. I also think that all the choices that he made in life shaped his soul. Therefore, it is my opinion that the soul is the driving force that makes a human want or need things. This is the nature of the soul. This is my opinion and what I believe.
What is the world made out of? This is a question that many scientists ask. Most believe that the world is made out of atoms which are in turn are made out of quarks and other minuscule elements. But what are these elements made out of? Cant there be something other than the physical world. Cant there be other worlds and dimensions. So many fantasy books are based on other worlds and what they are like. But what if these ?fantasy? books are true? What if there are other worlds and dimensions that have beings similar to us. What if we are so ignorant that we cant even see the beauty of are world and seek the beauty of other worlds? What is so wrong with the possibility that other worlds exsist? Why cant we just except that there is a possibility that there are other worlds and that we are not alone? I believe that it is some unwritten law that keeps us from imagining things. I believe that the greatest scientists had some knowledge of other worlds. But again, this is all a fourteen-year-olds theory. What does a mere child matter? In my opinion, they mean everything. For if we are the future of our world, then it is all the better to have open minds. Most parents try to tell their children that the monsters under their bed aren?t real, that they are just figments of imagination. But what if they are real? What if everything a child fears is real?
By Devin S.
Written by Jake N. on June 18, 2008.
I chose these words because they represent me as an individual and as a person. I had a different child hood as many others. I was exposed to negative stuff and deprived of positive stuff. That is the reason though for my extreme will and stubbornness. I am a survivor and was made to be one at and early age. But even know I have extremely great strengths I also have stuff that isn?t so great either. Being deprived helped me with my character and made half of who I am to day. But being exposed also gave me an alternative half. And there are things in the alternative half that one could really use in life but there are also things that I am ashamed of. Some I would rather not have. And a lot I have already vanquished from my inner person, but there is still work to be done. And I am very happy with the talents I have for they are great and are going to help me become some one great or at least do some thing great. And it makes me happy to think of the future I could and am going to make for my self. It will be one of some one that has found true happiness. And part of my goal for life is to make others happy. And that is going to happen and the reason I know this is because I truly want to make a difference some how in life and I have all the power in side me that I will ever need. So remember these words because there by some one who will some day be a very great individual.