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Dear diary,



 

I hope it's okay if I start my blogs out with "dear diary" because I never journaled or anything when I was a child and I'm trying to get a feel for what I was missing out on. Well, hello. My name is Adam Scott Kiser (yes, my initials are ASK. I get told that about once a week when people see my backpack) and I am currently 16 years old. I have a wonderful mom and dad and a beautiful sister who is starting her sophomore year at UK. If I'm not at school or at home, I'm usually doing something at Crossroads Christian Church, where I'm heavily involved in the youth group. I could tell you more about my personal life but then I would have to kill you.

 

I'm not sure if you know this but the picture that you can see above is what some call a "selfie". After practicing for many months, I personally believe that I have mastered the art of the selfie. I chose one of my favorites for the blog. Sometimes I like to think of the camera on the front of my iPhone as my best friend since I make more eye contact with it than I do with my human friends. I strongly feel that taking a selfie is the best way to communicate exactly how you are feeling to someone in a quick and easy way. There are so many emotions that you can express in a single picture and it's WAY more fun to send someone a picture of yourself than to write out what you want to say. You could say that selfies geek me out since I probably send an average of three a day to some of my friends.

 

Ok, now let's move on to the more serious stuff! Let's talk goals. For academics, I'm striving to keep my straight "A" streak going throughout high school. But getting A's isn't enough. I want to get all that I can out of the six classes that I am taking this year and to have a greater appreciation for what I am learning. I have recently taken on a leadership/service position in the Y-Club and I really want to represent the club in the best way possible and to serve my community in any way that I can.

 

This summer, I had the privilege of being a counselor at Camp UNITE, which is a camp in Williamsburg, Kentucky for middle-school age kids who live around the area, for the second year in a row. The camp targets kids who are underprivileged and many of them have had drug and/or alcohol abuse issues within their families. It is amazing to be able to spend a week with the 200+ kids who come to the camp looking for a place to have fun and be themselves. This camp beats out my trips to New York, Panama City, and Green Bay by a huge margin because of the many things that I have learned from the kids and the experiences that will stay with me forever. Here's a small taste of what happens at a Camp UNITE dance (I'm usually not a dancer):

 

 

A website that I recently discovered is www.sevenly.org . On this website, they advertise a selection of t-shirts and other clothing items representing a different charity every week and a portion of the cost of the clothing goes to that certain charity. I haven't bought anything from it yet, but they've got some awesome t-shirts and I'm sure I'll be making a purchase very soon.

 

 

It's been real, diary.

-Adam Kiser