Excerpt from my very first web page:

This is me...

Alright, well.. let's get to the important stuff of this site.

Hi! I'm Cassandra J. Henry and this is my page .. I'm sure you already KNEW that, but.. anyways! .. The J. stands for Jewell .. my parents gave me that middle name so I could sign my "J. Henry" (in otherwords, my parents are nuts and somehow associate J. Henry with John Hancock).

I am a young female from Ontario, Canada (I'm Canadian, eh!) and am semi-new to this Internet thang. I grew up with computers, starting out on a C64/128 with a 1200bps modem (which my father, who is heavily interested in computers, suckered my older sister and I into buying with our Christmas money!!) and then after our $500 phone bill from calling Q-Link in the states, we decided we could run our own BBS. This was about 6 years ago and our BBS, Ambassador Board, is still up and running with about 600 users. I actually only started accessing the InterNet at the end of August '95.

As for that funky pic. on my main page and associated with most of my pages, I bet you're wondering what the heck it has to do with me, well... I had blue hair! Amazing, eh?! .. It took me a whole year to get my parents to let me dye is, but.. finally they did! What an experience. (if you ever want to hear a really long and semi-odd story, ask me about what I went through to get blue hair!!) -- for anyone who has seen this page before, you know that that pic had blue hair too, but now that my hair is red, I felt it would be appropriate to change her hair colour!! :) .. (if you wanna hear another long and odd story, ask me about my 4 hour trip to the hair-dressers!!!)

Aside from the InterNet, I do a lot of other things in my spare time. I love to write poetry and short stories. I also like to read. I'm completely into the horror genre, my favourite author, at the moment, being John Saul. I like to go out to parties and dances and to the movies like any regular person. I listen to pretty much any kind of music, from Alternative and Industrial to Rock and Classical (my favourite band is PearlJam with Live as a close second). Shiloh is actually from the song Shilo by Neil Diamond. Although I have leared it has many other significant meanings.

I don't really know what else to say? The sport I love the most is basketball, I'm VERY against smoking and drugs and alcohol and all that stuff (I'm not religious or anything, I just don't see the point in most of it!!) .. I do know how to have a good time without all that stuff! .. I love to wear jeans and a t-shirt and a pair of big fuzzy socks .. my hair is curently pretty short (not quite shoulder length) but I am in the process of growing it (again!) .. I am a very scatterbrained type of person, and I do tend to jump from topic to topic!! Truth be know, I am 16, born June 10, 1980. Now that you know my birthday, send me sumfin, eh?! hehe!

Anyways, I don't want to bore you to tears (as if I havn't already!), so I guess I'll end this here and let you go searching through the fun things on my page. If you ever want to talk to me, I spend a lot of time in IRC .. I have my own channel called #Shilohz and if I'm online than I'm bound to be there, and if I'm not actually there but am online, ShyBot (my bot! newest accomplishment!) will be there, so msg her!! Oh, and reccently I spend most of my time in #devotion so you can look for me there too! And.. I always enjoy getting e-mail, so.. send me something.. heck, just write and say hi! I promise I'll respond! hehe!

Description (An English Journal Post)

The film has started.  The first scene is of a young woman.  She is tall, perhaps 5'10".  Her long dark hair falls over her shoulders in a cascade of natural curls.  Her deep imaginative dark eyes, intent on something in front of her.

Somewhere, a bird sings out a melody.

The lady leans back against the hillshide, her head reading on the soft grass, its green a deep constrast to her creamy white skin and her pale virgin dress.

Her gaze falls to her lap where a book lays open to a well-worn page.  It is a book of poetry, author unknown.

The girl closes her eye and resites out loud the poem from memory.

Then, the screen goed black.  The goddess is gone...

By Cassandra J. Henry
March 1995

[I can picture her - a lovely description. 8/10 ]

Journal Entry About Journals (An English Journal Post)

[Read/Mark this one:  A]

This is a journal entry about journal entries.  I don't enjoy writing in a journal for school.  Why, you may ask?  Well, I'll tell you.  When I am writing in my journal at home, I know that no one is going to read it, I know that I can write about anything and no one will be offended.

When I write at school, what I say has to be guarded because I know that you are likely to read it.  Some of the topics require personal information and opinions that I may not wish to share, yet I almost find myself doing so anyways. [Check, smilie]

I think a journal is a good idea, but the topics should possibly be more fun, like, "What if a space shuttle were to land on earth from another galaxy?" [Maybe we'll do that one]

I am into topics that are deeper than than, but I can't always express my feelings or opinions on them easily when I know there is going to be someone reading it. [Check. Yes.]

And...

I never get to hear what you think about the topics that we have to write about!  It is hard to have a one-way conversation with a piece of paper through a pencil!

Okay, I have just learned that I can't write my journal is class when there are other people talking.  I keep wanting to write down the words that people are saying.

Okay, this is it, no more, the lights are gone, this is it!

Signed Cass Jewell Henry

[Well written, Cassandra... a very thoughtful piece about journals.]

Love and marriage (An English Journal Post)

Love. What a word. I wonder if I'll ever really find it.  I know that I love pretty much everyone that enters my life to some degree of the word, but I never really know how they feel about me.

Because I love everyone in some way, there is always a chance that that love will blossom into something bigger and better.

There often seems to be about two or three guys out there who tell me they love me, but I've stopped believing them fully because I have been screwed around by so many people that I don't know what to think any more.

I have had many relationships, but none of them ever seem to work out. My very first relationship was in grade one.  The next one didn't come until grade 6.  From then on I have spent little time out of relationships.

There have been 11 guys in my life, 10 of which have been since '92.  I have been "going-out" with a guy for 167 days now.  In the beginning we talked on the phone a lot (since he goes to a different school) and got together at local parties, etc, but have since stopped talking often, and have never actually been on a date with him.  (This Friday we are going out to the movies.)

Righ now there are 6 guys in my life who have told me they love me.  I don't think that some of them know the meaning of the word.

As for marriage...

I don't know if I could spend the rest of my life with one person.  I know for sure that I would probably flirt constantly with other guys, even if I were married, but I am a very insecure person and would always think that there must be someone better for the person I am with.

Besides, I have not had a friendship that has lasted more than 4 years and the person who I am friends with (the 4 year one) is beginning to annoy me royally.

Oh well, I'm only 14, so there's hope for me and love and marriage yet.

Signed Cass Henry.

Journal Starter #31 (An English Journal Post)

The computer is very important in my life because I meet many friends over it! I use modems and BBS's and communicate with new people every day. However, with the computer, I don't get to meet the person face to face, so it almost becomes hard to meet people in person.

I also use the computer to type up reports, becaue my hand-writing is messy.

I play games on the computer and I also can play my music on the CDROM.

My father is a computer consultant, and without the computer my family and I wouldn't have the money from his job.

Topic:Your favourite person and why? (An English Journal Post)

My most favourite person right now in my life is my sister. She is in B.C. right now on the Canada World Youth Exchange. I miss her a great deal. I never really knew how much I enjoyed her company until she was gone!

I talked to her the other day for the first time in a while because she happened to phone when my parents weren't home.  She says that this summer we're going to spend a lot of time together, go down to the city, etc;

I miss my sister a lot and really look up to her. She is my favourite person and I wouldn't mind being like her in the least.

(I wish she'd be back sooner!)

Journal Starter #17 (An English Journal Post)

Something that I wanted really really bad for a long time and worked really hard for was to see the Lion King a second time.

I worked hard babysitting to earn enough money for me to go and pay for a friend. I also did a lot of phone calling to see who could meet me there and got groups organized.  I also had to make sure I was extra good around my parents and helped out around the house a lot.

However, on the final night it was playing (for the second time) the weather was really bad and both of my parents were sick, so I had to phone everyone and tell them I couldn't go.

I was really upset over this because I didn't get to see the movie and I didn't get to see my friends.  Out of this, however, I got a promise of my parents buying me the video as soon as it came out!

Journal Starters #11 (An English Journal Post)

If I could change one thing about myself it would be nothing!

I know that I am not perfect, but I have a great deal of things that people ike about me and that I like about myself.  If I changed it might not work with the rest of myself, and then I'd want to change something else.

Besides, I understand me and how I work and I can manipulate people if I need to (not a great thing, but I can do it) so, if I were different, well, I'd have to start all over again!

Okay, this subject has me bored... where's that page and I'll start another one.

Signed Cass Henry

Journal Starter #2 (An English Journal Post)

The place that I feel (or have felt) the most at home at is up by the junior school (C.H.E.S.) On the edge of the property there is a very large, very old tree.  When I stand, or sit, or lay, near this tree I feel very at peace with myself and the rest of the world.

I now understand why. I reccently read the book The Celestine Prophecy (by James Redfield) and it talks a lot about energy fields and things like that, and so because this is a very old place (tree) it makes so much sense to me.

I suggest that book to anyone who can read.

My arm is sore now!

Signed Cass Henry

Journal Starts #4 (An English Journal Post)

The perfect day for me is actually a quite simple one. Nothing big and spectacular about it. In my mind, the perfect day would be one spent sitting beside some bubbling brook, out in the middle of nowhere. The weather would have to be really nice. I would sit there talking to my good friend Christian. I miss Christian a lot! He moved to Mississaugha about a year ago, and I have only heard from him only once since.
Christian and I used to have the greatest conversations, and I would give almost anything to be with him again, even if just for one more day!

An English Journal Post

Ahh, fresh, new paper. Not a place in this book has ever been written on before. I always used to hate starting off brand-new things. Always thought that there must be something left of the old that I could use up before I had to ruin the new, but, it isn't always so!

I hope it's alright that I am using this notebook for my journal. I find it easier to gather my thoughts in one place, rather than on many pieces of looseleaf notebook paper.

I haven't a clue what to write about. I am currently trying to do something rather than just waste my time.

I am supposed to be on my way to Quebec right now, but the bus got stuck in the snow, and then the snowplow they sent to lead the bus got stuck, too, so, the trip has been postponed by one day. That means I miss Thursday as well.

Most students would probably be over-joyed about missing an extra day of school, but me? I'm not! I don't like missing school. First off, it means I miss the socializing, secondly, I like most of my classes, so I want to attend them. But, worst is I hate catching up on the homework Imiss!

Anyway, have to run!
Signed Cass Henry