The Hoodies

I know what most of you are thinking just by reading the title. "What the heck is The Hoodies?" Well, The Hoodies is a name that some how got stuck on me and my friends when we were trying to start a band. Even though that failed horribly, the name kind of stuck to us. When I say "us," I really mean: Me, Tricia, Candice, Maelene, and Jasmine. They are my "band" of loyal companions till the end. Ya, I know we are like the weirdest group of people to hang out together, but trust me, it makes for one of the most interesting friendships forever. Without each other, we would be nothing because each of us has a certain role we need to play in our group.

Gabbi: To most people's surprise, I am kind of like the leader of The Hoodies. Back in eighth grade, we did not really know each other until I came along and got us to hang out. They thought i was crazy when I called them because they really did not know me all that well. If I had not called them that day though and got us to go the mall together, we would probably not even speak to each other. I am kind of the glue that holds us together. I am usually the one who plans things we do on the weekends and other stuff like that, so I am kind of the center of the universe. I am also known as the craziest in our group. I always have some kind of big project going on in my life and always some how drag all of my friends into it. They find it entertaining to do so it is all good. I can also say, I am the most skilled at warfare in our group. When I say that, I mostly mean I am a beast at war games. If you do not believe me, go on xbox live some time and I will prove it to you. I am definately the crazy, gamer leader in our group. Everyone needs one of those.

Jasmine: Jasmine Dinh is like the exact opposite of me. To tell the truth, our friendship is more like a giant brawl that never ends. Though we are like best buddies now, Jasmine use to hate me and call me a freak. I do not know how, but she some how got over that, and we started hanging out. Jasmine's role in our group is more like the secret leader/ninja. Well to put it plainly, Jasmine is a master mind behind a lot of evil schemes we have. She will not admit it and is probably shaking her head no violently as she reads this, but it is the truth. I pretty much work for Jasmine. It is like the perfect cover up. Everyone thinks I am the one who will rule the world one day, but in truth, it is all Jasmine. I guess you can say I am Jasmine's evil Hench man/girl, and do all of her dirty work. I do not really need to help her though because she is a ninja. That is something she actually might admit. She is a ninja because she has amazing reflexes. Like one time, we were playing like hide and seek at Tricia's house and I was running with Jasmine when all of a sudden I turn around and she is gone. It turns out she went to hide in Tricia's car trunk. Now tell me, Who hides in a car trunk? Because of that, I definately say Jasmine is the ninja/secret leader in The Hoodies.

Tricia: What can I say? Tricia has been my best friend since fifth grade. I remember the first time me and her actually hung out outside of school. I like ended up throwing a party, and everyone besides Tricia ended up going to Lindsey's party instead. I definately found out who my true friend was when just Tricia showed up to my party. Ever since then, we have been best friends. Tricia is like the 'the blonde in the group. When I say blonde, I do not mean dumb, I just mean well she has plenty of moments. Ask her, and she will admit to this too. Even though she was not born a blonde, and is not blonde (in my standards of blonde), she definately has her times when you could consider her to be Barbie. I mean that in a good way. Like one time when all of us went to the movies together, this guy was throwing a "hissy-fit" about getting ripped off on his popcorn, and he had set his popcorn container on the counter. I do not think she was paying attention, but when Tricia went up to the counter, well I am not going to tell you the rest so you will just have to use your imagination. Anyways, Tricia is the blonde one in our group and I believe because of that is one of the easiest to get along with all of us. She is one of the friendliest and nicest people I know, and she is a proud member of The Hoodies.

Maelene: When someone speaks the name Maelene, sudden thoughts of rebellious Asian come to mind. Maelene is one of those people who is not afraid to voice the fact that she is asian and that she does not like authority. That is probably why she is one of the loudest people I know and will probably ever meet. She makes sure she is different from everyone else, just like sometimes when we go out as The Hoodies, she makes sure she is the one who stands out the most. You can definately say she likes attention. She is also one of the smartest people I know, but does not like to use her smarts for anything unless its math. I can never argue with Maelene in math because she is like Einstein on steroids in geometry. I am not even kidding. Who makes straight 105's in math? No one but Maelene does. It is almost scary how smart she is, but she barely uses it. She lets everybody know she is a genius, but then will sit there and not even do her work. She is really cocky when it comes to smarts, so I guess she figures she will just go against the system and not do her work. I guess because she knows she is so smart, is why she is so proud of being Asian. What she calls it is "Asian Pride" but I think she is a bit conceited in herself. I love her like a sister all the best though. She is definately the rebellious, Asian super genius in The Hoodies.

Candice: Candice is by far the happiest person on earth. She rarely frowns, always encourages people, and never lets people see her cry unless it is a Monday. Candice without a doubt is the Hoodie's Cheerleader. She is always encouraging us even when she knows what we are doing is not going to work. She should be married to Mr. Sun because of how happy she is. I never understood how somebody could be so happy. It confused me, so I finally gave up on trying to figure her out, and just rolled with the fact she is so happy. The other day when I walked into geography and told her my cousin died, she just started trying to comfort me and make me happy again. It kind of annoyed me though, just because she kept smiling and it kind of made me want to smack her. Overall though Candice, (despite that constant smiling) made me happy again. Her smile is not the only thing that makes people feel better, but so do her drawings. Her drawings are like amazing, and beautiful, and did I mention amazing. She always draws special drawings for us to try to make us happy and never charges squat for them. We insist on paying her, but she never accepts our money. She is way to generous. Overall Candice is our cheerleader for The Hoodies.

I love my friends to death, and would die if I ever lost them. The Hoodies is our name and represents us. They are my best friends and most weird, fantastic half family I have ever had.