Portland

      Hey everyone!
      So today I'm going to write about Portland, and my experiences here. It's a great city, at first glance. It has some issues though, like any major city would. But let's leave the cons for later. The pros: it's beautiful here. It has a fairly good mix of people, and if you like hipsters, St. Johns is where you should be. I love the malls here, they are so new and fresh, and for the most part easy to navigate. The good here is amazing! Granted I have yet to have any Filipino food yet :(.    
      Now for the cons: the city has very little police, there is generally a 15-30minute wait, even in emergencies. I am it's December, and as most of you may know, I'm still not in school, because PPS (Portland Public Schools) was very show on getting my school application, and approving it, then they didn't believe that my mom was my mom, because she had a didn't last name then I do, and now they want me to get the chicken pox vaccination. I am so tired of not being in school. I am tired of my "summer break" that had lasted for 9 months now. I have come to terms with the fact that I will not be graduating high school the same time as my friends in both Illinois and Arkansas. If it was up to me, next year I would take both freshman and sophomore classes, so I can catch up to everyone else. Anyway, back to the main topic. Three other thing about Portland, is that there are a lot of closeted racists here. What I mean is, they say back handed comments about a person, that are consisted racist, and people don't stand up foot one another, even though they know what that first person said was wrong. Back east and back south, people are openly racist, and even though racists in general bother me, I'd rather be dealing with those types of people then with these closeted folk. The other thing to about Portland, is that there is a lot of blame, and a lot of covering ones own ass. So nothing gets done productively. Blah! I hate talking about this!
      Since I've been here, I have been to many cool places. A few of my favorites, other than the mall, is this restaurant called "The TARDIS Room", which I think you can guess why it's awesome. There are some really good doughnuts here too, from a place called Voodoo Doughnuts. I have been to some cool yarn shops, and paper shops. My favorite districts have to be Alphabet District and German Town, because they have really cool architecture, and awesome shops. Can you tell I our to shop? Sadly, I think that's all I have to say about Portland so far.
      Instead of a quote, I'm going to give you some pictures of Oregon. A few I found on pinterest, but the last two I took myself. :)
Thanks for reading!
-Amanda