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*Senior pranks can be cause for trouble within the school or law.  Make sure the prank is appropriate and doesn’t harm any person, property, or animal.  I am not held responsible for any of the punishment, damage, or any other causes of these pranks.  Trespassing, vandalism, or any other crime is not acceptable in the process of carrying out a prank.

Fulfilling the Prank

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A great idea for a senior prank is to fill an office, classroom, gym, or car full of balloons, popcorn, packing peanuts, or any other item that consumes up space.  This is a hilarious prank that is pretty harmless. 

Dixie Cups

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This classic prank will also create problems within the school.  Buy 700-1000 Dixie cups or how many you find appropriate.  Fill them up with a little bit of water, but not to much.  And place them all next to each other but very close so that you cannot step between the cups without knocking them down.  Make sure you start on the opposite side of the room and make your way backwards toward the exit!

Bouncy Halls?

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Order and Buy thousands of bouncy balls, most likely online.  Get a good group of friends and distribute them amongst each other.  Plan out a certain time in the day where everyone is spread out throughout the school and then just make it rain bouncy balls!  This prank would definitely cause chaos and confusion, but would be hilarious. 

Saran Wrap

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An easy prank would be to saran wrap other student’s cars.  Juniors would be the primary target seeing they are the other grade that can drive.  Faculty may be a risky idea, but they would be an option.  This may be one of the more expensive pranks, but it deserves to be on the list.

Forking

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Forking the school yard would be another senior prank.  Students would go to a store and buy hundreds of forks, and during the middle of the night they would stick them into the school’s courtyard, lobby, or football field.  This prank would be a risky one seeing that it could be considered vandalism.  A vulgar message may cross the line. 

Just Classic

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This classic prank is known all over.  I don’t think I need to explain, but I will.  Buy a bunch of toilet paper rolls and just go crazy.  You can never buy too much toilet paper.  Throw them all over the school’s building, trees, and anything else that works.

Camping Out

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This prank involves getting as many seniors as possible and camping out for a night in the parking lot or any other good area.  This would be a fun prank that seems pretty harmless if everything goes right.  Grilling out, chilling, and playing some sports would make this a fun night.

School for Sale?

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This prank involves putting as many for sale signs as possible in the front lawn of your school.  This would be a pretty humorous prank not to mention harmless.  Another option is to put a real estate ad in the local newspaper. 

Vaseline Doors

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For this prank you need to get a group of seniors, and while class is in session this group needs to run around with numerous jars of Vaseline and rub it all over door handles and lockers.  This will definitely cause students to be mad and will leave a mark in your school’s history.

Better Post-It Note It

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This final prank is pretty self-explanatory.  You need to get a whole group of seniors and buy a bunch of post-it note packages.  Then during school sometime or after when no one is in the hallways cover everything with post-it notes.  Completely yellow-out the school hallway and it will look flawless.

Teenagers Need To Realize, Sooner.

    My dream job, since I was 7, is an Architect of some sort. Pictures of mostly modern day architecture is my kind of eye candy. I don’t know why, i guess it’s just the fact that architects create a structure, on paper, that eventually becomes more than just a technical drawing.

    But anyway, me being 16 years young, going into my junior year, I am entering the most important beginning of my future. I have recently been researching on how to reach my goal of earning a Masters, minimum; and just like any other career, getting a Masters degree takes a lot of education. But the worst part of going to college is…going to college; with the strong possibility of separating from your family at home for years.

    No, the worst part is not in terms of financial status towards tuition, but losing the strongest support you will have in your life. And I came to realize that when the middle of June of 2011 comes around, there’s going to be a lot of weight on my shoulders, which I will have to bestow in order to do do what I want to do.  Seeing this, I now look back at my earlier childhood, wishing: Man, I wish I had the ability to comprehend that this was coming. I do so bad, because I would have fully appreciated the care that my parents have given me, because I will never be looked after and mentored with such affection as I did during my childhood years.

Now.

   The end of senior year may, in reality, be in only a couple years, but to tell you the truth, I feel as if the end of the beginning will be over within the same amount of time as displayed by a watch. All I can do now is prepare for my future.

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Once again, it's been far far far too long since my last posting. I've been overwhelmed by 'real life', but things are slowly sorting themselves out and my never-ending to-do list seems to actually be filling itself up with more 'normal' items though there is still much to be done that concerns moving and settling in.

The good news is that I have finally found myself a more permanent home! The key above is the one to my cellar and isn't it a gorgeous old key? It's large and solid and rusty and slightly skewed but it lies heavy in my hand and I thought it the perfect symbol for the beginning of a new life here in France. It has a sense of solidity and permanence and is, I hope, a good omen for the future.

It's been 10 months since I first arrived in France, very wet behind the ears and, to be honest, quite terrified at the huge step I had taken. Well, it's been worth every moment and I count my blessings daily! I still have much to do but am hoping that the dust (literally, as there are builders in the house) will settle soon and I can get a little studio office set up and draw to my heart's content. Cheers! :)

Old Key card at Zazzle

I'm keeping today's post very short because my hubby and I are off to Florida for my niece, Stephanie's high school graduation! Congratulations Stephanie!!!




For those of you who've read my two SORORITY 101 books, the character of Jenna was based on Stephanie. In the books, Jenna struggles with being a diabetic and how it affects her college life. Steph was diagnosed with her diabetes when she was eight years old. She has handled her disease in a very grown up manner and has been very responsible. I'm so proud of her.


Do you have a special teen in your life who has overcome trying circumstances? Please share with us!


Until next week...







Hugs!

Marley = )





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Candy, my oldest daughter, graduated from San Francisco State University last Saturday. Of course it was a big day for Candy, our family and for me personally. It seemed like yesterday we visited the campus to see if it might be the right place for Candy to study and wondered how she would cope in a big city.

We’ve had quite a journey. One that finished with an amazing graduation ceremony. Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, took the stage and immediately introduced himself as the most forgettable guy you will ever hear. He said this because he polled his staff, asking them if they could remember who spoke at their college graduations. Not a single person remembered who their graduation speaker was.

But we certainly won’t forget what Mayor Newsome said last Saturday. One easy thing to remember was his determination that education begins after you learn everything, saying, “If you are green, you are growing. If you are ripe, you are rotting. Stay green.” So true. He also quoted Winston Churchill saying he hoped that the graduates would move, “from one failure to another enthusiastically.” He added that most in the graduation class wouldn’t fail as much as he hoped they would because it is from our failures that we know who we are and what we are capable of. And, of course, no San Francisco graduation would be complete without the mayor quoting Jerry Garcia [lead singer songwriter of the Grateful Dead] who said, “Don’t be the best of the best, be the only one who does what you do.”

We were informed that SFSU is the most diverse campus in the country by the honored psychologist and activist Joseph L. White, Ph.D., 2008 Alumnus of the Year, who told the graduates that they are the ones who need to teach the rest of the world about their experience at the school. How to live peacefully in diversity, respect each other’s differences and learn from each other’s point of views. He reminded us that it took 500 years after Columbus sailed the ocean blue for us to begin to conquer diversity issues. He said, "We need you to take us the next step of the way… to take us where Martin Luther King, Jr. asked us to go 45 years ago when he said we should move toward a 'beloved community.'" White then asked the crowd to stand, join hands and participate in a rousing call and response from the speech King delivered after the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965: "How Long, Not Long." There were over 20,000 in attendance.

Finally, I think it was Mayor Newsom who pointed out that all of those honored at graduation were honored not because of what they received, but because of what they had given to others. Read more here.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)

I’ll be posting more photos of graduation and Napa soon. Just getting settled back in, reflecting on the amazing weekend and trying to get my writing groove back. What a wonderful time to share together and what a great way to take that single step.