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Who Is This Girl?
**Under Construcion!**
Daniella Walker's Blog
2008 Mar 17 ...So... life kicked me in the teeth~ I'm so busy with school, and Job Corps is extremely distracting... I don't have the time to promote my book, or make my website pretty... I apologize - I am still alive, just not in a good way at the moment. Perhaps I will post details up later~ ~Daniella (Nella) 2007 Dec 27 Update! I've set up a MySpace profile for my writing, and for promotion. You can check it out here:---> Elegant FlameSo if you are on MySpace, add me as a friend. There are some banners up there that you can save and post all over the internet if you'd like! Thanks for everyone's support and love. ~Daniella 2007 Dec 06 I'm very busy with college and work and other things at the moment - Sorry I haven't updated the site in a while. I will work on that when I get some down time in a few weeks.
Goin' home to Yelm!!
Whoot!
~NellaRose~
2007 Sep 12 Well, things are going the same as they always do here.
I'm still in college, and still going to Job Corps in San Francisco.
Same ol' blah blah I guess.
I haven't promoted my book at all - So the only people who have bought it are my family and friends.
Tomorrow is my birthday, so I am excited about that. But I am fighting a cold, and that sucks. Oh well.
I don't have much else to report - so that's all!
2007 Jul 20 It's been quite a while since I have posted a blog here...
A lot has happened, so I will compress it as much as I can.
I have been a student at Treasure Island Job Corps Center for about a 1 year and 4 months now. I have completed my trade and earned my GED, and I consider myself a great student. Now I have been in the process to join the college program here, in which I will go to City College of San Francisco... With Job Corps' help.
I went on vacation... back up to see my family in Washington state. It was refreshing, relaxing, and full of laughter and food. My mom, who is amazing and wonderful, bought me a laptop for college. I am so thankful!
In coming back to Job Corps, (Highway To Hell...) I am still frustrated. You see, I have been frustrated and confused for about a year now. This Job Corps center is horrible. Don't get me wrong, the opportunity to earn my education is great. And I don't regret anything I have accomplished here. But I, and most of the trainees here, are sick and tired of the way this center is run. A lot of people break the rules, in the most extreme way possible, and are still here. Some even come back drunk, stoned, and start fights all the time. A lot of trainees act like the world owes them something. Granted, a lot of people are in Job Corps as a last resort, or they are forced to be here. But that doesn't mean they can be violent and hurt others.
The staff here are one of the biggest problems on center. (Not all staff, but most of them) The upper management (Center Director, Program Director, Social Development Director, Residential Manager and Center Standards Officer) don't give two shits about the well-being of the trainees of this center. Trainees are given the run around with every aspect of the time here, and many are treated so unfairly that the Department of Labor would not have it. Many complaints have been made, but nothing has been done. Many times, the upper management have broken many rules in the very handbook we are all supposed to obide by. They have ways of twisting the truth so that they are covered. I wish I could go into detail, but it would take way too long.
Long story short, I began the application process for the college program in April of this year. I told them I wanted to go for fall, as summer would be full. And because I had to go home and see my family. I took placement tests, filled out all required paperwork, and meet if not EXCEED every requirement for this program. The college coordinator told me she started a file for my paperwork. I asked her if I was in the program. I told her I needed to know so that I could register for my classes before they were full. She said NO NOT AS OF NOW. She "mentioned" my name to her "supervisors." Then she said what ALMOST sent me over the edge: You might have to wait until spring. WHAT?! If I wait that long, I will be sitting around doing NOTHING. And my two-year mark will be here. I can't get my certificate if I do that. You can only stay in Job Corps for two years, unless you are granted an extenstion. I am being given the run-around, and it's beginning to stress me out. I don't want to have done all that work for nothing.
So I am fighting for my obvious right to be in the college program - For there are people attending who don't show up for classes, who fail, and who flat out don't deserve to be there. It's very disturbinhjg.
I got to hold my own book in my hands yesterday - I cried. Granted, my boyfriend bought it, it was still amazing. My little book - there, in print. My secret dream is slowly coming true.
Laters.~
2007 May 29 This weekend was rather interesting... Zach and I went into the city on Friday with the intention of movies and pizza. We had been told about the Zombie March in downtown San Francisco. Both of us being HUGE zombie fanatics, we wanted to catch it. It basically is a mob of people dressed as zombies, scaring the "normal" people. We caught it! It was sooo cool to see Zach in his natural enviroment - attacking humans for brains. There are a few pics of us up on flickr.com.  I wasn't feeling very good - Being slightly depressed and having woman issues...  Zach ended up wiping fake blood all over my face... lol We had to shower before we went to the movies. AND OH MAN my feet hurt. I wore some really cute, chunky mary janes... Unfortunately, they rubbed my heel raw, and there were two huge blisters. I am sure you don't want to hear about my feet. LoL...  We went all around Haight Street, eating pizza... Window shopping... Then we went and saw Pirates 3... It was good and bad... I HEART PIRATES!!  So it was good, and I love Barbossa... he my fave! lol So, I am exhausted, and I need to shower. Thanks for reading if you did! Laters! 2007 May 15 Here's my first posting!
I'm Daniella... Many refer to me as Nella. I'm 21 years old, and I currently reside in San Francisco, CA.
I was born and raised in Washington State, in a small hick town called Eatonville. I messed up my life a little, as many teenagers do. Lucky for me, I have a family that refused to give up on me. They helped me make a HUGE decision: To come to CA and join the Job Corps program.
So here I am, stuck on Treasure Island, about a 10 minute bus ride from downtown San Francisco. Life here is difficult... Especially being an adult. The rules are set up for 16 year-old kids with serious issues. So things can get to me sometimes... The culture here is WAY different from what I am used to, but I adapt quickly enough.
I graduated from my trade here, and also got my GED. For the time being, I am hoping and praying that I will get into the college program they offer here.
My school situation is rather ... strange, for lack of a better term. The instructor I had the first six months I was here moved to Europe. The instructor who subbed for him (Peter) took over for a while... And now that they have a new instuctor, Peter will be subbing else where. So I don't really have a class to be in until I know that I got into college.
I am sitting in an empty classroom, all alone, in this sort of "limbo." Things are really up in the air. I have a few good staff behind me, making sure I get everything I need done... Which is reassuring.
So although things here are terrible at times, I have a few things that keep me sane. My boyfriend, Zach, is a rock. He holds me when the tides get to strong. I love him dearly. We've been together for about a year now! My longest relationship And my writing... It has always been a way for me to express my emotions and get any pent up anger out. I have a few more notebooks full about the things I've been through here.
Well, until next time...
Laters!
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