So this week I spent:
2 hours on my papers
20 minutes at the writing center, I know how to fix my problem now-- hopefully
1 hour finishing Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz
You haven't seen that title in a while huh? well my book was downstairs and it was midnight and my nook was near so... :D
10 minutes on Me Talk Pretty One Day
I know not a lot but the week was hectic, I plan on reading some later this week-- finishing it maybe??
A total time of:
210 minutes on all this stuff
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
"No greater good/ world peace stuff"
Wow, this is a tough question... well if I could have ANYTHING... I guess I would choose to change a few things.
I want
my dad to not have broken his hip when
I was three and he fell
I want
my best friend's mom to
have survived cancer
again
I want
my grandmothers dog to not be so burdened with problems
like her owner
I want
my brother and I to get along better-- not just
like hugs and stuff but like
actually getting along-- playing
tag and hide and seek
like we used to, having these
actual meaningful conversations, no matter how long
I want
to talk to my aunt in
California-- she never visits
I want
my cousin to have not
divorced her first husband-- he had a
Scooby doo bowling ball
I want
a lot of things I know I cant have...
Including stuff
Just. For. Me.
If I could get
anything--
just for me
It'd be
a slide from my room to downstairs
I've always wanted one of those
It'd be
to learn how develop film photography
you know, the "old fashioned way"
it sounds so cool
and the pictures look so pretty
It'd be
to go to one of those week-long summer
music festivals
where all the bands are on my play list
at home
It'd definitely be
to have one of those ladders on wheels and a track
attached to a huge bookshelf
I'd want to visit
Santorini, Greece, where
the buildings are all
white
and blue roofs on
some
with the gorgeous
water and
view from the cliff
Last
but most certainly not least
And don't judge me on this one
I need to have some star
in here somewhere
I'm a teenage girl--
I'd want
to visit the set of Sherlock and meet
Benedict Cumberbatch and
Martin Freeman
Because they are amazing actors
in and out of the show
And I don't mind a
British Accent
:)
Two characters we have met this year that have really wanted something are Tambu and, well I guess I could say Piggy. Tambu wanted an education. She didn't want to be this wife her whole life-- she wanted to learn and get a job. I liked her ambition and her willingness to move out and live with her uncle and how hard she focused and tried at her studies. She was going to start living like an Englishman and she was going to accept lots of their culture while trying to retain her own culture, which was nice. She wasn't going to forget anything, she was just going to make more memories.
I say Piggy because he wanted to fit in. He didn't want to be a group outcast the whole time and he was such a nice person and I liked his courage to stand up, even if it took a while, and say what he thought and how he stuck by it. Even though he died, he was a great character who wanted to fit in and would stick with people nice to him to be heard and belong.
I want
my dad to not have broken his hip when
I was three and he fell
I want
my best friend's mom to
have survived cancer
again
I want
my grandmothers dog to not be so burdened with problems
like her owner
I want
my brother and I to get along better-- not just
like hugs and stuff but like
actually getting along-- playing
tag and hide and seek
like we used to, having these
actual meaningful conversations, no matter how long
I want
to talk to my aunt in
California-- she never visits
I want
my cousin to have not
divorced her first husband-- he had a
Scooby doo bowling ball
I want
a lot of things I know I cant have...
Including stuff
Just. For. Me.
If I could get
anything--
just for me
It'd be
a slide from my room to downstairs
I've always wanted one of those
It'd be
to learn how develop film photography
you know, the "old fashioned way"
it sounds so cool
and the pictures look so pretty
It'd be
to go to one of those week-long summer
music festivals
where all the bands are on my play list
at home
It'd definitely be
to have one of those ladders on wheels and a track
attached to a huge bookshelf
I'd want to visit
Santorini, Greece, where
the buildings are all
white
and blue roofs on
some
with the gorgeous
water and
view from the cliff
Last
but most certainly not least
And don't judge me on this one
I need to have some star
in here somewhere
I'm a teenage girl--
I'd want
to visit the set of Sherlock and meet
Benedict Cumberbatch and
Martin Freeman
Because they are amazing actors
in and out of the show
And I don't mind a
British Accent
:)
Two characters we have met this year that have really wanted something are Tambu and, well I guess I could say Piggy. Tambu wanted an education. She didn't want to be this wife her whole life-- she wanted to learn and get a job. I liked her ambition and her willingness to move out and live with her uncle and how hard she focused and tried at her studies. She was going to start living like an Englishman and she was going to accept lots of their culture while trying to retain her own culture, which was nice. She wasn't going to forget anything, she was just going to make more memories.
I say Piggy because he wanted to fit in. He didn't want to be a group outcast the whole time and he was such a nice person and I liked his courage to stand up, even if it took a while, and say what he thought and how he stuck by it. Even though he died, he was a great character who wanted to fit in and would stick with people nice to him to be heard and belong.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Fading
I'm slowly slipping
Falling
Tumbling down
A dark rabbit hole.
Or so it seems.
Will people notice me gone?
Will it be tomorrow
Or will it take days
Weeks
Months...
I want to fade fast
Not like those old posters that hang in store windows forever
Forgotten
The smiles and pretty colors faded to grey over the months leaving behind
This worn out piece of paper
Barely holding onto its tape
Neglected
I want to fade like someone's
Favorite stuffed toy
The one who goes everywhere with them
They are so
Grey and
Tattered and
Patched but
Never get forgotten. Ever.
They are Loved
I get forgotten.
I get left in
Places I don't even know or
Remember
Where will I end up this time
There are numerous possibilities
Real or
Unreal; those are the best
Once you get there you don't seem to ever fade away
I feel faded.
No color left.
But the sad thing is
I miss it
The color
The fun
The laughter
With real people- its not the same here
Wherever "here" is
I didn't want to fade like this
It's depressing and dull.
This is miserable.
I can sometimes come back, though
If I try really hard
I can
Be colorful
Be fun
Be a person I want to be
And its nice
But then I remember
I'm fading.
Like daylight at an early dusk
It comes unexpectedly
Like far sight in a deep fog
frightening me
And I think to myself
I don't want to go
Back
I want to stay.
But I cant.
I never can.
I have to fade.
I have to go.
Not forever
Maybe not for long.
I'll be back someday.
I promise.
I'll be fun
I'll be colorful
I'll be "me"
But its time to fade
Time to blend in with the background
To recess into the trees
To become part of the lovely scenery.
So until next time
In this poem, I used enjambment to emphasize certain points and words to make a statement and to make simple phrases more dramatic within the poem as a whole. I alluded to the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll because Wonderland is this fantasy place that is made up by the main character- Alice- that she just falls into and how it seems so amazing but when she gets back she's glad she's back. It's like how the narrator is feeling in the poem-- how its so wonderful because she doesn't fade but then she wants to go back because its not the same. I used anaphoras to connect ideas with one theme-- what the narrator wants to be, what she has to do, what she isn't anymore. I put similes into the poem to show how she fades. Its not this sudden thing, and it comes back, so she gets back, but it gets dark and foggy and she has to disappear to her "Wonderland".
Falling
Tumbling down
A dark rabbit hole.
Or so it seems.
Will people notice me gone?
Will it be tomorrow
Or will it take days
Weeks
Months...
I want to fade fast
Not like those old posters that hang in store windows forever
Forgotten
The smiles and pretty colors faded to grey over the months leaving behind
This worn out piece of paper
Barely holding onto its tape
Neglected
I want to fade like someone's
Favorite stuffed toy
The one who goes everywhere with them
They are so
Grey and
Tattered and
Patched but
Never get forgotten. Ever.
They are Loved
I get forgotten.
I get left in
Places I don't even know or
Remember
Where will I end up this time
There are numerous possibilities
Real or
Unreal; those are the best
Once you get there you don't seem to ever fade away
I feel faded.
No color left.
But the sad thing is
I miss it
The color
The fun
The laughter
With real people- its not the same here
Wherever "here" is
I didn't want to fade like this
It's depressing and dull.
This is miserable.
I can sometimes come back, though
If I try really hard
I can
Be colorful
Be fun
Be a person I want to be
And its nice
But then I remember
I'm fading.
Like daylight at an early dusk
It comes unexpectedly
Like far sight in a deep fog
frightening me
And I think to myself
I don't want to go
Back
I want to stay.
But I cant.
I never can.
I have to fade.
I have to go.
Not forever
Maybe not for long.
I'll be back someday.
I promise.
I'll be fun
I'll be colorful
I'll be "me"
But its time to fade
Time to blend in with the background
To recess into the trees
To become part of the lovely scenery.
So until next time
In this poem, I used enjambment to emphasize certain points and words to make a statement and to make simple phrases more dramatic within the poem as a whole. I alluded to the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll because Wonderland is this fantasy place that is made up by the main character- Alice- that she just falls into and how it seems so amazing but when she gets back she's glad she's back. It's like how the narrator is feeling in the poem-- how its so wonderful because she doesn't fade but then she wants to go back because its not the same. I used anaphoras to connect ideas with one theme-- what the narrator wants to be, what she has to do, what she isn't anymore. I put similes into the poem to show how she fades. Its not this sudden thing, and it comes back, so she gets back, but it gets dark and foggy and she has to disappear to her "Wonderland".
Monday, April 8, 2013
Reading over the Break??
Well, my reading for over the break happened on the last few days... oops?:)
Anyways, here are my times for the week before the break: I picked up Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris again!
It's amazing... haha these aren't the times... but these are:)
Wednesday, March 27: pages 109-120, 15 minutes
120-134, 15 minutes
Thursday, March 28: pages 134-158, 30 minutes
Friday, March 29: pages 153-158, 5 minutes
158-168, 10 minutes
not much of a gap here!! Haha only maybe like 9 days..? (oops)
Sunday, April 7: pages 168-196, 40 minutes
196-216, 35 minutes
Total: Well this is cool, 150 minutes even (I promise I didn't plan this:) yippee!
Anyways, what's really important, book response stuff:
This book, wow. At first, sorry I wasn't all that into it-- the guy, David Sedaris, spends a lot of time explaining different jobs and stuff he did, this book is like a written documentary but funnier and pretty cool once you get into it, which includes quite a few choices that a 15 year old, or anyone really, should be making. But that's not the point-- but if you read that really long, run-on sentence in the middle there you'll realize why. Or better yet read the book, because at page like 115, it really gets good.
Sedaris' word choice and how he describes all the stuff he did-- living in Paris, New York life, food, the movie theaters in Paris, America vs. Europe through others and his eyes, his family and what they're like, and his Walkman radio (just to name a few)-- are written in a way that sounds-- in your head(unless you read out loud which is cool)-- like a friend talking to you which is really cool. Also, the way each chapter has its own mini-story in it while connecting to previous ones in references and the fact that its in the same book, well its really neat because you get all this information about him.
Writing in first person is fun to read because its like you're saying it and experiencing it after a while of just straight reading the book. And, to my great excitement, on page 172, the book all made sense, even though there's more to it. I even underlined the phrase... and I don't write in books often, or like at all really.
Anyways, Sedaris' book Me Talk Pretty One Day, is just absolutely amazing and I am excited to be 3/4 through it because it seems his life is getting more interesting while he does less and, I don't know, this book reminds me of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which I read a while ago because of the complex meaning that seems to be there. Hard to read at first but by about this mark you're laughing and yelling with the character(s) and its just really awesome.
So yep!! Wow its late, 10:00, so night!
Anyways, here are my times for the week before the break: I picked up Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris again!
It's amazing... haha these aren't the times... but these are:)
Wednesday, March 27: pages 109-120, 15 minutes
120-134, 15 minutes
Thursday, March 28: pages 134-158, 30 minutes
Friday, March 29: pages 153-158, 5 minutes
158-168, 10 minutes
not much of a gap here!! Haha only maybe like 9 days..? (oops)
Sunday, April 7: pages 168-196, 40 minutes
196-216, 35 minutes
Total: Well this is cool, 150 minutes even (I promise I didn't plan this:) yippee!
Anyways, what's really important, book response stuff:
This book, wow. At first, sorry I wasn't all that into it-- the guy, David Sedaris, spends a lot of time explaining different jobs and stuff he did, this book is like a written documentary but funnier and pretty cool once you get into it, which includes quite a few choices that a 15 year old, or anyone really, should be making. But that's not the point-- but if you read that really long, run-on sentence in the middle there you'll realize why. Or better yet read the book, because at page like 115, it really gets good.
Sedaris' word choice and how he describes all the stuff he did-- living in Paris, New York life, food, the movie theaters in Paris, America vs. Europe through others and his eyes, his family and what they're like, and his Walkman radio (just to name a few)-- are written in a way that sounds-- in your head(unless you read out loud which is cool)-- like a friend talking to you which is really cool. Also, the way each chapter has its own mini-story in it while connecting to previous ones in references and the fact that its in the same book, well its really neat because you get all this information about him.
Writing in first person is fun to read because its like you're saying it and experiencing it after a while of just straight reading the book. And, to my great excitement, on page 172, the book all made sense, even though there's more to it. I even underlined the phrase... and I don't write in books often, or like at all really.
Anyways, Sedaris' book Me Talk Pretty One Day, is just absolutely amazing and I am excited to be 3/4 through it because it seems his life is getting more interesting while he does less and, I don't know, this book reminds me of The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which I read a while ago because of the complex meaning that seems to be there. Hard to read at first but by about this mark you're laughing and yelling with the character(s) and its just really awesome.
So yep!! Wow its late, 10:00, so night!
Just Give me A Reason
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pink/justgivemeareason.html
Here are the lyrics!!!
Anyways, I am going to analyze the song "Just Give Me A Reason" by P!nk and so... yep!!
Assonance is shown in the words, start, were, thief, stole, heart, parts, talking, and many other words. By calling the guy a "thief who stole my heart" she's implying that hers isn't out for the taking and it says how good looking and apparently how great he is because if you say that he won her heart its like he tried but by stealing it, it was unexpected and therefore better, really.
Then P!nk goes on to talk about how the guy is talking in his sleep about things he'd never tell her in person and by repeating our love at the end of the phrase, its like saying that its theirs and its important to at least her and by not telling her this stuff its making her feel questioned about their love.
Then the guy sings. By adding a new voice, its making it seem like a clam argument kind of because he starts out with how he doesn't know where all of this doubt and accusation is coming from and he tells her that "its all in your mind" so its like saying that she shouldn't doubt him and that everything is fine and that nothing bad is wrong with their relationship.
The chorus, the second time, has both of them singing and the two paragraphs are like both sides of the argument-- one asking him to give her a reason about all the talking and one of him telling her that they can get through this just fine.
By the end, with all the back and forth its like they have figured out the problem and are going to fix it.
The chorus is iambic but the meter itself changes on the line.
Written in the scars on our hearts, and in the stars is a metaphor saying how the two are meant to be together.
that's all I got... I am so confused...
--
Did I do this right??
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Here are the lyrics!!!
Anyways, I am going to analyze the song "Just Give Me A Reason" by P!nk and so... yep!!
Assonance is shown in the words, start, were, thief, stole, heart, parts, talking, and many other words. By calling the guy a "thief who stole my heart" she's implying that hers isn't out for the taking and it says how good looking and apparently how great he is because if you say that he won her heart its like he tried but by stealing it, it was unexpected and therefore better, really.
Then P!nk goes on to talk about how the guy is talking in his sleep about things he'd never tell her in person and by repeating our love at the end of the phrase, its like saying that its theirs and its important to at least her and by not telling her this stuff its making her feel questioned about their love.
Then the guy sings. By adding a new voice, its making it seem like a clam argument kind of because he starts out with how he doesn't know where all of this doubt and accusation is coming from and he tells her that "its all in your mind" so its like saying that she shouldn't doubt him and that everything is fine and that nothing bad is wrong with their relationship.
The chorus, the second time, has both of them singing and the two paragraphs are like both sides of the argument-- one asking him to give her a reason about all the talking and one of him telling her that they can get through this just fine.
By the end, with all the back and forth its like they have figured out the problem and are going to fix it.
The chorus is iambic but the meter itself changes on the line.
Written in the scars on our hearts, and in the stars is a metaphor saying how the two are meant to be together.
that's all I got... I am so confused...
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Did I do this right??
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Revisions, revisions, revisions...
I will be revising my Literary Analysis for this project thing-- what exactly is it?-- and I am doing this because my main problems were formatting, although not that big a deal, and formality in the voice, which I have lots of trouble with. And since that is the main problem that I seem to have in lots of places-- I'm not disagreeing but I have slowly realized this...-- I feel like its a good idea to work on it.
Also, I feel like I could have explained what I was trying to get across better, even though I am still trying to figure out how to exactly, but I think it would be a good thing to work on.
The writing center appointment, yeah... I still have to schedule one of those things so I'll just go on now and get to that...
Later!!
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Also, I feel like I could have explained what I was trying to get across better, even though I am still trying to figure out how to exactly, but I think it would be a good thing to work on.
The writing center appointment, yeah... I still have to schedule one of those things so I'll just go on now and get to that...
Later!!
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Reading Times!!
Well, because we were reading Nervous Conditions, I put aside the books that I was previously reading, which were Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris and Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz. I have picked back up Sedaris' book and have read that one this week. This counts as a new book right??
Times:
Jane Goodall's dilemma: 25 minutes
Figuring out what paper I had (reading the comments): 45 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris-- 90 minutes
Total: 160 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day is this book, similar to The Elegance of the Hedgehog in that it makes you think. It's not just this book with set characters and a plot and there's this amazing story, well it is, but it makes you think and I don't really know how to describe it, but its really good. The first, well, like 200 pages I was SO bored-- the book didn't seem good and I was just like well I want to finish it because its supposed to be good and I don't want to wander about what may have happened, but, after taking a (much needed) break from it, I have found that it really is good-- maybe that's the different chapters or maybe its just that I needed some time off to not be so stressed with what I do not even know...
So, yep, that's it!
Times:
Jane Goodall's dilemma: 25 minutes
Figuring out what paper I had (reading the comments): 45 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris-- 90 minutes
Total: 160 minutes
Me Talk Pretty One Day is this book, similar to The Elegance of the Hedgehog in that it makes you think. It's not just this book with set characters and a plot and there's this amazing story, well it is, but it makes you think and I don't really know how to describe it, but its really good. The first, well, like 200 pages I was SO bored-- the book didn't seem good and I was just like well I want to finish it because its supposed to be good and I don't want to wander about what may have happened, but, after taking a (much needed) break from it, I have found that it really is good-- maybe that's the different chapters or maybe its just that I needed some time off to not be so stressed with what I do not even know...
So, yep, that's it!
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