A New Begining

It's not broken, it just doesn't work!

justjaine@gmail.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:56:42 GMT

Yep that's right first quote of the year!

On a less spastic note: seeing as today is a new year I wanted to inform you how my "resolution" is coming.

I pasted my driving test! So now I will be able to get around more easily! Plus I'm 18 so I can drive friends. Woot! for notdealing with peer pressure.
I sent and email to UCSD. I haven't gotten a reply yet, and I'm not sure what to expect. Mostly I want a reply just to know I've been heard, but I also hope i will be able to help in some way next year even though I wont be going to that school.

Also I got an email/facebook back from one of the senior of '08. It made me really happy that she remembered me and stuff. School wise, I still have a lot I need to finish up before monday. But other then the dreaded english and spanish classes January looks to be an ok month. I just have to think positive and take the day when it comes. Anyway, I'm looking forward to Honor Band. It's going to be really nice to be able to drive myself there, especially on my parents. ^^ Also there is CETA (so. cal. theatre festival) to look forward to! We are actually going to perform a scene! Ok, that’s all for now, au revior my lovely bloggers.

A long overdue thanks from a once apon a time camper

justjaine@gmail.com — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:42:59 GMT

Dear Lindsey, Ashley, Sarah, Christy, Angela, and every other counselor at Camp Kesem,
   I am writing this letter for many reasons, but mostly because my thanks is long overdue. Five years ago I was a camper, the year 2005. I was 13 then, now I am 18 and senior in high school. I was digging through my desk and found the journal I wrote the summer I went to camp. On the 47th day after camp I wrote, “I decided that I want to go to UCSD…when I am in UCSD I will take part in the Camp Kesem program.” This is something I still wish to do. Camp Kesem has meant so much to me. The people at camp gave me someone to look up to, and helped me to realize that I was not the only person dealing with a parent being sick. That summer I learned I had a right to cry and grieve, even though my dad was still alive. I know today, that my dad’s illness has had a huge impact on who I am. Next year I will be in college, and I hope will be able help make Camp Kesem possible and to make my 13 year old dream come true.
   Love,
   Camille Jaine

Why are we strong and confident on the outside but feel crushed underneath?

justjaine@gmail.com — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:06:02 GMT

Dear World,
Today I am eighteen, but inside, outside, I still feel as though I am seven. There is so much I can do in the world, and so little that I have accomplished. Although I have been an “adult” for over a month, I still am as I was before. That unfortunately, is the most obvious most natural way of life. What was I expecting? Puff, eighteen and now I can save the world? How quaint. Newton was right, what is in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. I need to be that outside force. So here it is, my (early) new years resolution: I, Camille Jaine, will consciously and unconsciously make change happen in the world, I will work to make a difference in somebody’s life, in the big picture and the small.