Juanita Jimenez: April 2008 Archives
5:23 PM Wed, Apr 30, 2008 | Permalink
Juanita Jimenez
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Texting can be fun.. but equally frustrating.
The little buzzer that goes off to let you know that you have a new text can be rather addicting, and, I am ashamed to admit, at one point in my high school career, I fell into the texting trap and would substitute actual phone conversations for a marathon of text messages.
Text messages are ok under certain circumstances but should by no means ever take the place of actual in-person conversations.
I wrote a poem about my many texting revelations and I hope you enjoy it!
Textual Frustration ;-)
What would I do wi...
12:26 PM Tue, Apr 15, 2008 | Permalink
Juanita Jimenez
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Waiting for a phone call, a ring, to rekindle the connection.
They start lacking thought, but you give them unfailing affection.
Where did the closeness and secrets lose your unflinching grasp?
An unspoken abyss of what as is the only thing you have left to clasp even though you have moved on, the memories of your friendship still linger in the notes.
But it just isn't the same, and probably never will be- expectations sink but hope floats.
You have tried to make the effort, to shove your way back into their life.
They close the doors and lock you out, you a...
8:34 AM Mon, Apr 07, 2008 | Permalink
Juanita Jimenez
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Recently, Chelsea Clinton exercised her right to remain silent after being asked a hard-hitting question at a college campus about how her mother handled her father's, former President Bill Clinton, affair with Monica Lewinski. She brushed off the question, rebuking instead with a rather defensive remark on why the person asked the question in the first place.
While a family 'affair' is certainly a touchy subject for any daughter to have to deal with, it is all part of what comes with the territory of having a famous political family. Ms. Clinton should have known a question about her father's affair would...
