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...
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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!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Plagiarism Problem
Plagiarism is a very serious problem which has serious consequences. You all have heard this before-- hopefully-- but plagiarism is basically stealing the work of others without saying you did. This happened with Jane Goodall's new book: Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants, in that some of her sources that she used for phrases and such that were useful she did not site properly, which isn't good.
To evaluate this, you would need to look back through all the sources that she said she used and either compare it with all the book or just go through and make sure that everything is right. It takes time to do this, but it's good someone found this. What makes this situation more serious than it already is is that, well really that it happened, and that the problem was discovered after the book was already published and ready to go on sale.
What makes this less serious sis how Goodall says how she is going to fix it and how sorry she is that this happened and how her publisher says they're sorry. Her co-author, though, Gale Hudson, seems to be partly at blame for just running something like spell check and computer programs and then passing it on, and then she didn't express and remorse about what happened, so that's not too good on her behalf.
Goodall, Hudson, and the book's publisher could fix this problem by, next time or right now, going through their book, each on their own, to go through it completely and check all of the sources with what they have as being from there and any other passages, just in case, and then they might/probably would've found what was wrong.
To evaluate this, you would need to look back through all the sources that she said she used and either compare it with all the book or just go through and make sure that everything is right. It takes time to do this, but it's good someone found this. What makes this situation more serious than it already is is that, well really that it happened, and that the problem was discovered after the book was already published and ready to go on sale.
What makes this less serious sis how Goodall says how she is going to fix it and how sorry she is that this happened and how her publisher says they're sorry. Her co-author, though, Gale Hudson, seems to be partly at blame for just running something like spell check and computer programs and then passing it on, and then she didn't express and remorse about what happened, so that's not too good on her behalf.
Goodall, Hudson, and the book's publisher could fix this problem by, next time or right now, going through their book, each on their own, to go through it completely and check all of the sources with what they have as being from there and any other passages, just in case, and then they might/probably would've found what was wrong.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Next Year??
Well, in my opinion, the 9th graders next year should read Nervous Conditions, because although some of the book was really boring and seemingly pointless, the projects really helped out with understanding the book at the end, even though they took a bit of time. They were really fun and the book really got better after the first, say, 100 pages or so so it wasn't too bad.
They should read it because you learn a lot about post colonial life in Africa, which isn't too good for those who don't have much money, and you get let into the life of someone who lived it, that someone being the character Tambu and you can see how British society differs from it from clothes to general cultural rules and education. You get to read about how society affects different people, upper or lower class and how they feel "trapped" or completely amazed by the new lifestyle or just disgusted by the whole idea of it.
This book doesn't just show problems that are only prevalent in Africa or Europe at that time, but problems that were happening in America then and now. You get to see how those problems play into the feelings of the people living in the different society and, in the end, not only how the society affects the person, but how the person acts as a result of these affects, whether it be by leaving, completely losing it, or severely beating someone you supposedly love.
All in all this book turned out to be pretty good and it lets you see how nice we have it compared to places like that. Sure we hear that a lot but seeing it on TV, hearing about it in lectures, and reading about it all give you different perspectives on the matter, and quite frankly I believe that next years 9th graders might enjoy the book... after they finish it... but that's not the point. Its not so bad once you really get into it but you can only do that if you really want to... if you are willing to jump off that high dive and get into the book so that you can actually benefit from it and not just read it for the sake of doing some projects for a grade.
I think it depends on the student.
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They should read it because you learn a lot about post colonial life in Africa, which isn't too good for those who don't have much money, and you get let into the life of someone who lived it, that someone being the character Tambu and you can see how British society differs from it from clothes to general cultural rules and education. You get to read about how society affects different people, upper or lower class and how they feel "trapped" or completely amazed by the new lifestyle or just disgusted by the whole idea of it.
This book doesn't just show problems that are only prevalent in Africa or Europe at that time, but problems that were happening in America then and now. You get to see how those problems play into the feelings of the people living in the different society and, in the end, not only how the society affects the person, but how the person acts as a result of these affects, whether it be by leaving, completely losing it, or severely beating someone you supposedly love.
All in all this book turned out to be pretty good and it lets you see how nice we have it compared to places like that. Sure we hear that a lot but seeing it on TV, hearing about it in lectures, and reading about it all give you different perspectives on the matter, and quite frankly I believe that next years 9th graders might enjoy the book... after they finish it... but that's not the point. Its not so bad once you really get into it but you can only do that if you really want to... if you are willing to jump off that high dive and get into the book so that you can actually benefit from it and not just read it for the sake of doing some projects for a grade.
I think it depends on the student.
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Reading... or really "project-ing" times
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
All of my time this week has been spent on Nervous Conditions projects:( I'm excited to actually read next week!!! OK so here goes nothing...
Sunday 3/10:
play list songs for each chapter: 90 minutes (so much harder than I originally thought)
through out the week:
play list reasons and lyrics: 85 minutes (chapters 1-8)
Sunday 3/17:
film study: well I watched Bend it Like Beckham and the time spent on the paper portion would be about 25 minutes
interview: 45 minutes
play list reasons for songs and lyrics: 20 minutes (chapters 9 and 10)
Wow the play list ended up to be pretty challenging but I think that Morgan and I did a good job of it and the movie, Bend it Like Beckham, was SO good!!! The paper portion took some thinking but I finally got it, or at least I hope I did. The interview wasn't so bad and I guess I did alright but won't know until its graded ha ha so yep!
All of the projects I did seemed to require thinking about/knowledge and undertsanding of the book and since I knew about it-- I read it-- the understanding part kind of got me at a few point so that was hard about the projects...
3...2...1..lift off!!!
To infinity and on to Wordly Wise cards!!
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All of my time this week has been spent on Nervous Conditions projects:( I'm excited to actually read next week!!! OK so here goes nothing...
Sunday 3/10:
play list songs for each chapter: 90 minutes (so much harder than I originally thought)
through out the week:
play list reasons and lyrics: 85 minutes (chapters 1-8)
Sunday 3/17:
film study: well I watched Bend it Like Beckham and the time spent on the paper portion would be about 25 minutes
interview: 45 minutes
play list reasons for songs and lyrics: 20 minutes (chapters 9 and 10)
Wow the play list ended up to be pretty challenging but I think that Morgan and I did a good job of it and the movie, Bend it Like Beckham, was SO good!!! The paper portion took some thinking but I finally got it, or at least I hope I did. The interview wasn't so bad and I guess I did alright but won't know until its graded ha ha so yep!
All of the projects I did seemed to require thinking about/knowledge and undertsanding of the book and since I knew about it-- I read it-- the understanding part kind of got me at a few point so that was hard about the projects...
3...2...1..lift off!!!
To infinity and on to Wordly Wise cards!!
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Reading Times
Well, for the past week (again) all I've been reading has been Nervous Conditions and I can finally say that I have finished it!! OK so these are my times:
3/4: 45 minutes, 15 pages
3/6: 30 minutes, 12 pages
3/7: 65 minutes, 43 pages
3/9: 50 minutes, 39 pages
Total: 190 minutes, 109 pages, and a new book to start reading!!
I mean I ended up not being completely against anything involving this book, but the ending...really? She basically told us to read her sequel to hear the rest but the thing is, this book was at a point to where if she just added an epilogue or something or took out some of the pointless parts (sorry but she rambled some at times) then she would have had room to add some stuff about what she wants to talk about in her book or something like that... Am I making any sense at all? Anyways, this book ended up being actually OK so that's good, but, honestly, I am glad to be able to finish and then start new books that I have picked out:)
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3/4: 45 minutes, 15 pages
3/6: 30 minutes, 12 pages
3/7: 65 minutes, 43 pages
3/9: 50 minutes, 39 pages
Total: 190 minutes, 109 pages, and a new book to start reading!!
I mean I ended up not being completely against anything involving this book, but the ending...really? She basically told us to read her sequel to hear the rest but the thing is, this book was at a point to where if she just added an epilogue or something or took out some of the pointless parts (sorry but she rambled some at times) then she would have had room to add some stuff about what she wants to talk about in her book or something like that... Am I making any sense at all? Anyways, this book ended up being actually OK so that's good, but, honestly, I am glad to be able to finish and then start new books that I have picked out:)
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
How to Act
Well, at home I can really just be myself. The only rules really being don't set the house on fire, don't knock the stuff off the mantle/bookshelf/console, don't sneak out (even if there is no way to), don't talk back (too much), go to bed by midnight when a friend is over, and wake up when woken up so we don't miss the bus. The expectations that are set out for me are good grades (A's and B's), doing all homework, and just not acting out at school, at home, or anywhere else. Those are the rules that my mom really has. My dad is sort of the same but his has do the chores that I need you to do ex. weeds in a difficult place for him to get to, laundry on Tuesdays because Mrs. Gloria comes on Wednesdays, and things like that. He expects me to have good grades too but he is big on paying attention. He always brings home new words/stories for us to read, every night, and if he comes in to explain something on the sheet, its better for you/polite to listen, and zoning out isn't great even if you couldn't care less about the subject he's talking about. Turning on the alarm when people leave, lights out in empty rooms, fans off, things like that are the rules I follow.
At school, the rules are pretty basic: follow the dress code, try not to get sent to the honor council (not really a rule but you still should try not to be sent), no PG-13 PDA, don't steal, and all that stuff that would get you sent to the honor council? don't do it. Expectations are to strive for excellence in classes and sports because we're Episcopal, your parents are paying for this great school with great education and great sports, so do well!
Certain classes expect certain things too and have different rules such as band: rules: don't throw your/the school's that you're paying for instrument, don't yell, don't talk when Mr.T is talking, and send in your band tests on time. Expectations are you can play the music he gives you. For me its just to be quiet in voice but to be louder when playing, only one of those really works for me, you can guess. That you'll understand and carry out correctly the drill charts for this years performance thing. Marking time right, doing the moves right, not hitting anyone in the back of the head while walking too close by accident is something to really try not to do in band. In math the rules are no gum, no cheating, for our class no hoarding math books because the other side of the room always has them and you have to share, and pay attention to the lesson. expectations are to keep up and do well, for me there's to actually go up to the board more than one time in a school year, which I have accomplished and to not get C's in her class, according to my parents.
Science: don't fail. English: participate and do all homework. Latin: do notebook, homework, and participate in class. PE: dress out and participate for a grade unless physically unable.
At the camp i work at there are rules too. When it's at Dufrocq: don't run under the lower ceilinged (my new word:) portion of the auditorium, don't go on the stage, don't spill (too much) paint on the carpets, and don't run down the halls. When at the art gallery: don't run in the gallery, don't touch the fire trucks in the museum or the art on the walls, don't let kids ride the elevator unless they have to, and don't be too loud because people are working in the offices next door. Expectations of staff no matter where the camps are are to make sure the kids follow the rules, to fill in when a teacher isn't there, and to pay attention to the kids during the classes, not out phones, and not a friend we work with.
Swim practice: ( I know the season is over but I spent a lot of time there so I'm gonna put it in)Rules: no running on the deck, don't get in before a coach is out, do entrance and exit abs, do the dry land circuits right unless you want a lecture and repeat, don't slack, water bottle at EVERY practice is the big one, meet with Alex/Coach Anderson before and after your races, and come to all meets/practices unless solid excuse. Expectations: to keep up with the lane you're in, to have fun, to swim your best at the meets, and to play a rough rock paper scissors game to get your chocolate milk.
Those are my rules/expectations on how to act.
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At school, the rules are pretty basic: follow the dress code, try not to get sent to the honor council (not really a rule but you still should try not to be sent), no PG-13 PDA, don't steal, and all that stuff that would get you sent to the honor council? don't do it. Expectations are to strive for excellence in classes and sports because we're Episcopal, your parents are paying for this great school with great education and great sports, so do well!
Certain classes expect certain things too and have different rules such as band: rules: don't throw your/the school's that you're paying for instrument, don't yell, don't talk when Mr.T is talking, and send in your band tests on time. Expectations are you can play the music he gives you. For me its just to be quiet in voice but to be louder when playing, only one of those really works for me, you can guess. That you'll understand and carry out correctly the drill charts for this years performance thing. Marking time right, doing the moves right, not hitting anyone in the back of the head while walking too close by accident is something to really try not to do in band. In math the rules are no gum, no cheating, for our class no hoarding math books because the other side of the room always has them and you have to share, and pay attention to the lesson. expectations are to keep up and do well, for me there's to actually go up to the board more than one time in a school year, which I have accomplished and to not get C's in her class, according to my parents.
Science: don't fail. English: participate and do all homework. Latin: do notebook, homework, and participate in class. PE: dress out and participate for a grade unless physically unable.
At the camp i work at there are rules too. When it's at Dufrocq: don't run under the lower ceilinged (my new word:) portion of the auditorium, don't go on the stage, don't spill (too much) paint on the carpets, and don't run down the halls. When at the art gallery: don't run in the gallery, don't touch the fire trucks in the museum or the art on the walls, don't let kids ride the elevator unless they have to, and don't be too loud because people are working in the offices next door. Expectations of staff no matter where the camps are are to make sure the kids follow the rules, to fill in when a teacher isn't there, and to pay attention to the kids during the classes, not out phones, and not a friend we work with.
Swim practice: ( I know the season is over but I spent a lot of time there so I'm gonna put it in)Rules: no running on the deck, don't get in before a coach is out, do entrance and exit abs, do the dry land circuits right unless you want a lecture and repeat, don't slack, water bottle at EVERY practice is the big one, meet with Alex/Coach Anderson before and after your races, and come to all meets/practices unless solid excuse. Expectations: to keep up with the lane you're in, to have fun, to swim your best at the meets, and to play a rough rock paper scissors game to get your chocolate milk.
Those are my rules/expectations on how to act.
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Chapter 10-- the last one!
Nyasha-- wow. I still cant figure out whats wrong with her and whatever it is not really good. I feel bad for her:(
The convent seems like a cool place but the place wears a mask. Like sure its prestigious and its hard to get in because of the number of girls they have to choose from but they are segregated, unlike the mission. Unlike anywhere else Tambu had been. She has one room with 5 other girls, 4 wardrobes, really only two to share, hand me down uniforms that cost a bunch, and she doesn't even realize it! or at least it doesn't seem like she cares because she is too amazed by the amazing-ness of the campus and how nice it looks. Its an interesting situation. But then when Nyasha wrote her and she never wrote back because she wouldn't make the time or whatever was rude and her just flat out really ignoring her until the letters stopped are one thing I think contributed to Nyasha going off the handle like she did.
Nyasha has referred to something she said on page 98 in the book multiple times throughout it and its about her being trapped. How she wont be trapped because shes not a good girl, because you always have to keep moving or you'll end up like her mom. She has this fear of being trapped by her parents, and her future mainly.
I'm not too sure, but that's what I think
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The convent seems like a cool place but the place wears a mask. Like sure its prestigious and its hard to get in because of the number of girls they have to choose from but they are segregated, unlike the mission. Unlike anywhere else Tambu had been. She has one room with 5 other girls, 4 wardrobes, really only two to share, hand me down uniforms that cost a bunch, and she doesn't even realize it! or at least it doesn't seem like she cares because she is too amazed by the amazing-ness of the campus and how nice it looks. Its an interesting situation. But then when Nyasha wrote her and she never wrote back because she wouldn't make the time or whatever was rude and her just flat out really ignoring her until the letters stopped are one thing I think contributed to Nyasha going off the handle like she did.
Nyasha has referred to something she said on page 98 in the book multiple times throughout it and its about her being trapped. How she wont be trapped because shes not a good girl, because you always have to keep moving or you'll end up like her mom. She has this fear of being trapped by her parents, and her future mainly.
I'm not too sure, but that's what I think
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Chapter 9
The nuns-- at first I was picturing like those nuns in the movies (Sound of Music, Sister Act etc) wearing the black dress thing with the hat and such but I mean I don't think that they would be disappointed if people from a prestigious school came to look at my class and they just looked off from what I would expect but i understand what Tambu means by that.
But then after taking that test-- the questions seemed weird to me-- she was in her interview and she kept rambling about her amazing life at the mission because Babamukuru was in that life of hers and then she got confused because the nuns wanted to know about her real life at the homestead, and she should have understood why-- because its better to talk about what you've had your whole life than something you've just got that just makes you look fancy and it's not really what you should like most.
She's really smart to have gotten into that school, but all she thinks about is how everything will be better there from food to furniture and it seems like she has really forgotten about all that has happened for her to get here and how she was before when she kept telling herself that she was going to stay the same and not change at the mission and now she's about to change yet again.
Then everyone is talking about her future and all that good stuff and Tambu made a good observation that "[marriage] was irritating in the way it always cropped up in one form or another, stretching its tentacles back to bind me before I had even begun to think about it seriously, threatening to disrupt my life before I could even call it my own" (183), and she finally, for however briefly, realized that everyone was always going to make her future for her and she was never really going to make her own as it was as of that time. Her mother is interesting because to everyone else she's all like "don't take Tambu away! My baby! It'll kill me!!" and then when talking to Tambu: "you're going to become white and I wont be able to talk to you-- you're just being used for someone else's advantages." and so on and so forth and it's confusing as to how she really feels about her daughter.
Then there's Nyasha-- why is she becoming bulimic??
But then after taking that test-- the questions seemed weird to me-- she was in her interview and she kept rambling about her amazing life at the mission because Babamukuru was in that life of hers and then she got confused because the nuns wanted to know about her real life at the homestead, and she should have understood why-- because its better to talk about what you've had your whole life than something you've just got that just makes you look fancy and it's not really what you should like most.
She's really smart to have gotten into that school, but all she thinks about is how everything will be better there from food to furniture and it seems like she has really forgotten about all that has happened for her to get here and how she was before when she kept telling herself that she was going to stay the same and not change at the mission and now she's about to change yet again.
Then everyone is talking about her future and all that good stuff and Tambu made a good observation that "[marriage] was irritating in the way it always cropped up in one form or another, stretching its tentacles back to bind me before I had even begun to think about it seriously, threatening to disrupt my life before I could even call it my own" (183), and she finally, for however briefly, realized that everyone was always going to make her future for her and she was never really going to make her own as it was as of that time. Her mother is interesting because to everyone else she's all like "don't take Tambu away! My baby! It'll kill me!!" and then when talking to Tambu: "you're going to become white and I wont be able to talk to you-- you're just being used for someone else's advantages." and so on and so forth and it's confusing as to how she really feels about her daughter.
Then there's Nyasha-- why is she becoming bulimic??
Chapter 8
Tambu has a right to feel angry at Babamukuru for putting her parents out there as a show of his wealth and also for pretty much blaming them for all of the family problems, but she ends up not being mad, or as mad really, at him after she realizes who she's getting mad at, which is annoying because sure Babamukuru is this educated smart man but everyone needs opinions and needs to be able to say what they think without fear of punishment, right??
And then there is the Lucia/Takesure drama which is totally understandable-- why would you, a woman who can do her own work and is beautiful, want to be stuck with this useless man at this house where your sister's husband wants you too?? Anyways, then Tambu's mom fusses at Lucia for trying to get her out of the homestead and she points out good points such as it doesnt matter what she wants and such because that's how the culture is and then she has her baby-- which is awesome and there's all that family stuff and Lucia gets a job-- which I think was smart of her to do because now she can stay with her sister and make money and not have to deal with takesure and that's all pretty awesome.
Then Nyasha is smart when she says to appreciate and thank Babamukuru but not make him to be a hero because it's like feeding his ego and power and such and he'll be more likely-- as if he isn't already-- to want people to listen to all that he says for no other reason really than that he is Babamukuru. Tambu needs to stand up to him too because its her parents that are getting married and when she finally does she gets beaten which is Babamukuru really being a jerk for her not wanting to go and see her parents be made into some joke- as she thinks the wedding a big one.
Maiguru did the right thing, in my opinion, by leaving and staying away but then Babamukuru brought her back. Why would he do such a thing--- he's the one who let her go in the first place and so I mean there's tons of drama in this book... jeez.
Long post for a long chapter
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And then there is the Lucia/Takesure drama which is totally understandable-- why would you, a woman who can do her own work and is beautiful, want to be stuck with this useless man at this house where your sister's husband wants you too?? Anyways, then Tambu's mom fusses at Lucia for trying to get her out of the homestead and she points out good points such as it doesnt matter what she wants and such because that's how the culture is and then she has her baby-- which is awesome and there's all that family stuff and Lucia gets a job-- which I think was smart of her to do because now she can stay with her sister and make money and not have to deal with takesure and that's all pretty awesome.
Then Nyasha is smart when she says to appreciate and thank Babamukuru but not make him to be a hero because it's like feeding his ego and power and such and he'll be more likely-- as if he isn't already-- to want people to listen to all that he says for no other reason really than that he is Babamukuru. Tambu needs to stand up to him too because its her parents that are getting married and when she finally does she gets beaten which is Babamukuru really being a jerk for her not wanting to go and see her parents be made into some joke- as she thinks the wedding a big one.
Maiguru did the right thing, in my opinion, by leaving and staying away but then Babamukuru brought her back. Why would he do such a thing--- he's the one who let her go in the first place and so I mean there's tons of drama in this book... jeez.
Long post for a long chapter
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Chapter 6
Wow.. Babamukuru really overreacted (in my opinion) and doesn't really know how to raise his daughter (again my opinion) because he's all like "Act according to my culture" and then has his house according to British standards and such so it's like he is putting her in two environments and telling her to act one way at certain times and another at others and it's not fair to Nyasha.
But then Nyasha knows not to talk back because she knows it really annoys her father and so it makes sense that he got annoyed but he wouldn't have to if she just kept to herself really and never stepped out of line-- which isn't fair to her.
Tambu thinks the white people are holy and I mean I get that, from what she's heard of them, but it also seems like they're all amazing but not really that great-- like Nyasha in standards and such... yep. This was definitley an interesting chapter.
But then Nyasha knows not to talk back because she knows it really annoys her father and so it makes sense that he got annoyed but he wouldn't have to if she just kept to herself really and never stepped out of line-- which isn't fair to her.
Tambu thinks the white people are holy and I mean I get that, from what she's heard of them, but it also seems like they're all amazing but not really that great-- like Nyasha in standards and such... yep. This was definitley an interesting chapter.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Searching through the book
Using the "Search Inside this Book" feature on Amazon, I chose to ficus on how the word 'water' was used throughout the book.
At first, you see water being used for cleaning mainly and its from the river, carried in bucket by Tambu every day, and its cold and its later in running pipes and it can be hot too and its kind of like a status symbol-- the hotter the water and if its from a bucket/pipe the richer you are kind of thing-- and at the homestead water is like this necessity and they don't always have enough of it and then at the mission they have an abundance of it and can afford to use it in way more ways than they can at the homestead.
Then it turns into a description Nyasha uses about herself in relation to how Babamukuru treats hr, always expecting her to do whatever whenever with whoever which is like water-- you just pour it where you want it and it does'nt talk back or anything, it just does it.
So it seems like, even though water is this kind of luxury thing it is very easy to deal with and not how a person should be but Babamukuru thinks otherwise but he didn't rise her like that even though he wants her to be different.
So... um yep!
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At first, you see water being used for cleaning mainly and its from the river, carried in bucket by Tambu every day, and its cold and its later in running pipes and it can be hot too and its kind of like a status symbol-- the hotter the water and if its from a bucket/pipe the richer you are kind of thing-- and at the homestead water is like this necessity and they don't always have enough of it and then at the mission they have an abundance of it and can afford to use it in way more ways than they can at the homestead.
Then it turns into a description Nyasha uses about herself in relation to how Babamukuru treats hr, always expecting her to do whatever whenever with whoever which is like water-- you just pour it where you want it and it does'nt talk back or anything, it just does it.
So it seems like, even though water is this kind of luxury thing it is very easy to deal with and not how a person should be but Babamukuru thinks otherwise but he didn't rise her like that even though he wants her to be different.
So... um yep!
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Nyasha's persona
Babamukuru comes home:
How am I supposed to talk to Tambu and all my old friends and family?? I haven't seen them in so long... how do they live like this? and I feel over dressed, but why do they keep looking at me like I am in nothing? My dress is not that short, its all the rage back in England. I cant believe that I don't remember the language anymore, but at least Tambu gets to come with us to school!! We can actually talk and get along again!! I hope she doesn't think that I have forgotten her...
After Babamukuru beats her:
Why does he hate me?? He complains that I am ungrateful and that I don't act like I should when he's the one who's supposed to raise me!! and I have no friends to talk to and I feel like I don't even belong in this family. it was nice of Chiso to stand up for me but I doubt he'll be doing it again considering how dad responded... and mom thinks I don't notice but she is always taking dad's side, no matter how wrong it was! I don't even know how I am supposed to act and no one will tell me!! I mean, I see the difference between Tambu and me but why wont they teach me?! At least I can talk to Tambu and she'll be there for me..
Did I even do this right??
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How am I supposed to talk to Tambu and all my old friends and family?? I haven't seen them in so long... how do they live like this? and I feel over dressed, but why do they keep looking at me like I am in nothing? My dress is not that short, its all the rage back in England. I cant believe that I don't remember the language anymore, but at least Tambu gets to come with us to school!! We can actually talk and get along again!! I hope she doesn't think that I have forgotten her...
After Babamukuru beats her:
Why does he hate me?? He complains that I am ungrateful and that I don't act like I should when he's the one who's supposed to raise me!! and I have no friends to talk to and I feel like I don't even belong in this family. it was nice of Chiso to stand up for me but I doubt he'll be doing it again considering how dad responded... and mom thinks I don't notice but she is always taking dad's side, no matter how wrong it was! I don't even know how I am supposed to act and no one will tell me!! I mean, I see the difference between Tambu and me but why wont they teach me?! At least I can talk to Tambu and she'll be there for me..
Did I even do this right??
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project reflections
I think that the projects I chose to do were good ones in that characters and their descriptions/actions help me when understanding a book and I like seeing how people act in the real world and how it changes in books depending on setting and other characters.
The blog posts I like because I don't like answering questions off of what I've just read because all of the answers and such just confuse me and writing about what I've read and talking about what I liked and disliked is a way I like.
The book discussion is pretty cool and I like it, even though I am not that much of a talker (in class), and I like talking about what I am confused about (which can be a lot sometimes) and I like hearing other people's questions and getting a new perspective of the book and such.
I like the choices I made in the projects but maybe next book I'll to annotations because I cant read this book without annotating, although it's probably not as much as I would need for the points and such so I might not. But it all depends on the book.
Anyways, that's now I feel about the book and these projects.
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The blog posts I like because I don't like answering questions off of what I've just read because all of the answers and such just confuse me and writing about what I've read and talking about what I liked and disliked is a way I like.
The book discussion is pretty cool and I like it, even though I am not that much of a talker (in class), and I like talking about what I am confused about (which can be a lot sometimes) and I like hearing other people's questions and getting a new perspective of the book and such.
I like the choices I made in the projects but maybe next book I'll to annotations because I cant read this book without annotating, although it's probably not as much as I would need for the points and such so I might not. But it all depends on the book.
Anyways, that's now I feel about the book and these projects.
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reading details
Well, the only reading I did was Nervous Conditions and the C layer 1 projects. So here we go!
Sunday-- part of chapter 4, 30 minutes
Monday-- the rest of chapter 4, 15 minutes
Tuesday-- 1/2 of chapter 5, 35 minutes
Wednesday-- rest of chapter 5, 30 minutes
Thursday-- chapter 6, 40 minutes
projects:
bookmark: 45 minutes
4 blog posts: 20 minutes
During these chapters, I have found the book to get very interesting and complicated. There's the fact that Babamukuru doesn't like his daughter because of how she was raised even though he's partially to blame and then there's Tambu and her new life and a clear look at Nyasha and how she acts at school versus home and how that plays a factor in social life.
Tambu seems like she might end up like Nhamo, not really liking her old home after she returns, later on in the book and Babamukuru seems like he's going to turn out not as wonderful as he seems. I'm excited to see how everyone turns out at the end and how different it is from the beginning or if they change at all.
Sunday-- part of chapter 4, 30 minutes
Monday-- the rest of chapter 4, 15 minutes
Tuesday-- 1/2 of chapter 5, 35 minutes
Wednesday-- rest of chapter 5, 30 minutes
Thursday-- chapter 6, 40 minutes
projects:
bookmark: 45 minutes
4 blog posts: 20 minutes
During these chapters, I have found the book to get very interesting and complicated. There's the fact that Babamukuru doesn't like his daughter because of how she was raised even though he's partially to blame and then there's Tambu and her new life and a clear look at Nyasha and how she acts at school versus home and how that plays a factor in social life.
Tambu seems like she might end up like Nhamo, not really liking her old home after she returns, later on in the book and Babamukuru seems like he's going to turn out not as wonderful as he seems. I'm excited to see how everyone turns out at the end and how different it is from the beginning or if they change at all.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Chapter 4
Well I just finished chapter 4 of Nervous Conditions, and I must say, I am actually liking this book... but it takes so long to read!
Anyways, chapter 4 was really just Tambu getting to her uncle's house and seeing how grand and elegant it was compared to her own home with its dirt floors and goat pen and this one having tile floors and a 2 car garage. The description of the house, especially when compared to Tambu's, really made it sound grand and nice, but also like many houses here today. When compared to Tambu's house though it seems like its this magical palace place but it also makes Tambu's home seem worse than Tambu thought it was, like she gets here to this civilized nice place and now her house really stinks: it has goat pens and dung floors and the couches are deep and the people get well nourished because they have a huge dining room table.
It was interesting to hear Tambu thinking about how she should act, how much she should eat, what some noises and places are, and how to act/dress.
Now onto the really long chapter 5....
Anyways, chapter 4 was really just Tambu getting to her uncle's house and seeing how grand and elegant it was compared to her own home with its dirt floors and goat pen and this one having tile floors and a 2 car garage. The description of the house, especially when compared to Tambu's, really made it sound grand and nice, but also like many houses here today. When compared to Tambu's house though it seems like its this magical palace place but it also makes Tambu's home seem worse than Tambu thought it was, like she gets here to this civilized nice place and now her house really stinks: it has goat pens and dung floors and the couches are deep and the people get well nourished because they have a huge dining room table.
It was interesting to hear Tambu thinking about how she should act, how much she should eat, what some noises and places are, and how to act/dress.
Now onto the really long chapter 5....
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Research Paper Reflection:
most difficult: after finding a topic, I would say keeping a formal voice as well as the introduction and conclusion
most useful: the research groups and their feedback
least useful: databases didnt have as much on art/art history as I would have found useful
what I'd do differently: work more on voice and put more notecards on noodletools--I find it hard to keep it formal
There's nothing different that you (Dr.D) need to do differently when next year's freshmen do this project but maybe a sheet of which databases are most helpful for what and maybe have a database with a lot on visual/performing art.
The feedback from my peers was mostly voice/formality issues and some connection problems-- connecting words/paragraphs woth thesis-- and was descriptive enough that I could go right in and fix it. All of it was helpful:)
strongest trait of good writing: organization and/or conventions
weakest trait of good writing: voice
Nothing else:):)
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most useful: the research groups and their feedback
least useful: databases didnt have as much on art/art history as I would have found useful
what I'd do differently: work more on voice and put more notecards on noodletools--I find it hard to keep it formal
There's nothing different that you (Dr.D) need to do differently when next year's freshmen do this project but maybe a sheet of which databases are most helpful for what and maybe have a database with a lot on visual/performing art.
The feedback from my peers was mostly voice/formality issues and some connection problems-- connecting words/paragraphs woth thesis-- and was descriptive enough that I could go right in and fix it. All of it was helpful:)
strongest trait of good writing: organization and/or conventions
weakest trait of good writing: voice
Nothing else:):)
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Reading Details
I only read Nervous Conditions this week, and I think it has gotten better after the first few chapters and I guess I might come to like it.
Sunday:
Chapter 1 of Nervous Conditions: 45 minutes
Monday:
Chapter 2 of Nervous Conditions: 37 minutes
Wednesday:
Chapter 3 of Nervous Conditions: 75 minutes
Total:
3 chapters, 157 minutes
I like Tambu's character/voice (most of the time) and I like her description of her family and how she knows the whole social structure and the hierarchy and how it comes into play in her life. Her brother seems like a complex character and her father I hope gets better (as a person) throughout the book.
Sunday:
Chapter 1 of Nervous Conditions: 45 minutes
Monday:
Chapter 2 of Nervous Conditions: 37 minutes
Wednesday:
Chapter 3 of Nervous Conditions: 75 minutes
Total:
3 chapters, 157 minutes
I like Tambu's character/voice (most of the time) and I like her description of her family and how she knows the whole social structure and the hierarchy and how it comes into play in her life. Her brother seems like a complex character and her father I hope gets better (as a person) throughout the book.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Chapter 3!!!
This chapter was better than the last two, I am actually starting to like this book!
Their social structure seems simple at first: oldest males to the youngest girls but then with all the marriage and virtues and people thinking others are more superior makes it make sense that Tambu couldn't keep everything straight. Nhamo really seems like a jerk and Nyasha has become to be, well a spoiled brat.
I don't get why they don't like dancing anymore but I understand why Tambu's mother took Nhamo's death so hard. Because of her miscarriages. It was really sad. But I guess on the bright side Tambu is now allowed to go to school.
I'm also kind of confused about what Tambu's dad, Jeremiah, does for a living.
I guess I will come to like this book.....:)
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Their social structure seems simple at first: oldest males to the youngest girls but then with all the marriage and virtues and people thinking others are more superior makes it make sense that Tambu couldn't keep everything straight. Nhamo really seems like a jerk and Nyasha has become to be, well a spoiled brat.
I don't get why they don't like dancing anymore but I understand why Tambu's mother took Nhamo's death so hard. Because of her miscarriages. It was really sad. But I guess on the bright side Tambu is now allowed to go to school.
I'm also kind of confused about what Tambu's dad, Jeremiah, does for a living.
I guess I will come to like this book.....:)
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Chapter Two!!
I guess the book is getting a little better but I'm still waiting... :)
OK so in Chapter 2 I thought it was smart of the girl (I'm confused on her name-- do we call her what Rambanai calls her or the name on the cover or...?) to make her own field to grow "mealies" to raise money for school. Her father really seems like a jerk from the POV of people in our time but I guess he was pretty normal for then. Her mother has a strange way of showing emotion by discouragement as a lesson and her sisters seem sweet and nice.
Her brother I find to be really a jerk-- I see why she ended up not really liking him and I understand why she felt guilty about not liking him at the end. He seems to think he is better than the rest of his family because of his education. The end of the chapter, after she old some "Mealies" and got looked at weird and talked about by the others because of her working at a young age was cool insight int other views of people at the time.
Maybe I'll end up liking this book...
OK so in Chapter 2 I thought it was smart of the girl (I'm confused on her name-- do we call her what Rambanai calls her or the name on the cover or...?) to make her own field to grow "mealies" to raise money for school. Her father really seems like a jerk from the POV of people in our time but I guess he was pretty normal for then. Her mother has a strange way of showing emotion by discouragement as a lesson and her sisters seem sweet and nice.
Her brother I find to be really a jerk-- I see why she ended up not really liking him and I understand why she felt guilty about not liking him at the end. He seems to think he is better than the rest of his family because of his education. The end of the chapter, after she old some "Mealies" and got looked at weird and talked about by the others because of her working at a young age was cool insight int other views of people at the time.
Maybe I'll end up liking this book...
Nervous Conditions ch.1
Well, so far I am not enjoying this book, but hopefully I will warm up to it later... so anyways... Chapter 1:
I understood how the urbanization was good for some and annoying to others like Nhamo and how Nhamo ended up feeling embarrassed of his way of life back home. The girl's feelings seem to be everywhere at once-- her missing her brother, her disliking him for never coming home, her feeling relieved when he doesn't, and so on.
I don't really understand where they are in relation to England or the school or who really has started the urbanization with all the shops and music and soda and such. All of the characters seem to work hard on the farm/ in school and are obedient. The society is patriarchal as shown with Nhamo liking how he can make his little sisters do his chores and beat them if they don't.
Hopefully in the 2nd chapter some things will get better explained and (hopefully) the book will get better, sorry but that's my opinion..
So.. yep, on to chapter 2!
I understood how the urbanization was good for some and annoying to others like Nhamo and how Nhamo ended up feeling embarrassed of his way of life back home. The girl's feelings seem to be everywhere at once-- her missing her brother, her disliking him for never coming home, her feeling relieved when he doesn't, and so on.
I don't really understand where they are in relation to England or the school or who really has started the urbanization with all the shops and music and soda and such. All of the characters seem to work hard on the farm/ in school and are obedient. The society is patriarchal as shown with Nhamo liking how he can make his little sisters do his chores and beat them if they don't.
Hopefully in the 2nd chapter some things will get better explained and (hopefully) the book will get better, sorry but that's my opinion..
So.. yep, on to chapter 2!
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Reading Times...
Well I haven't really read that much during the break but the week before I did some so most of the dates are before. My paper, well that I haven't really looked at. Or thought about. Ha ha :D
my paper:
2/6-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/7-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/8-- rough draft work, 1 hour
total: 3 hours on my rough draft:)
Deadly Little Lies-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 151 pages, 175 minutes
Deadly Little Games-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 20 pages, 25 minutes
Tuesday 2/5: 201 pages, 210 minutes
Deadly Little Voices-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Tuesday 2/5: 25 pages, 30 minutes
Wednesday 2/6: 50 pages, 1 hour
Thursday 2/7: 45 pages, 40 minutes
Friday 2/8: 70 pages, 80 minutes
Just One Day-- Gayle Forman
Saturday 2/9: 5 hours, 368
Total pages and times:
985 pages
920 minutes
Since I have talked about the books in the Touch Series (Deadly Little ____) I will talk about Just One Day. Gayle Forman has become one of my favorite authors since I found her work. This book is about a girl, Allison aka Lulu, who goes on this adventure in Europe when she sneaks off from her group. The writing is amazing and the word choice puts you in the scene. Emotions are portrayed in nearly every page and I read it straight through, well into the night just so I could finish it. It resembles If I Stay and Where She Went also by Forman because in the first book it is in the POV of one person and in the next the POV of another while carrying on with the story. I really like this kind of writing and I cant wait until the next book comes in, which will be a while (:( ) but I'll wait.
I think I'm going to do my reading for Nervous Conditions now, so bye!!!! :)
my paper:
2/6-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/7-- rough draft work, 1 hour
2/8-- rough draft work, 1 hour
total: 3 hours on my rough draft:)
Deadly Little Lies-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 151 pages, 175 minutes
Deadly Little Games-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Monday 2/4: 20 pages, 25 minutes
Tuesday 2/5: 201 pages, 210 minutes
Deadly Little Voices-- Laurie Faria Stolarz
Tuesday 2/5: 25 pages, 30 minutes
Wednesday 2/6: 50 pages, 1 hour
Thursday 2/7: 45 pages, 40 minutes
Friday 2/8: 70 pages, 80 minutes
Just One Day-- Gayle Forman
Saturday 2/9: 5 hours, 368
Total pages and times:
985 pages
920 minutes
Since I have talked about the books in the Touch Series (Deadly Little ____) I will talk about Just One Day. Gayle Forman has become one of my favorite authors since I found her work. This book is about a girl, Allison aka Lulu, who goes on this adventure in Europe when she sneaks off from her group. The writing is amazing and the word choice puts you in the scene. Emotions are portrayed in nearly every page and I read it straight through, well into the night just so I could finish it. It resembles If I Stay and Where She Went also by Forman because in the first book it is in the POV of one person and in the next the POV of another while carrying on with the story. I really like this kind of writing and I cant wait until the next book comes in, which will be a while (:( ) but I'll wait.
I think I'm going to do my reading for Nervous Conditions now, so bye!!!! :)
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Reading and Researching
OK so this week my research hasn't really had too much time spent on it... but I:
worked on my paper outline Monday and Tuesday for about an hour total out of class time.
worked on revising some of the annotations after the notes we took in class and after our groups went over the outline I worked on that a little for about 40 minutes total.
My reading this week:
Deadly Little Secret- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 272 pages, 215 minutes
Deadly Little Lies- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 70 pages, 1 hour
The first book, Deadly Little Secret, is about this girl, Camelia, who almost gets hit by a car but this mystery guy saves her. She feels bad later because she never got to thank him and then stuff happens that you'll have to find out if you read this book.
I really liked this book because of the word choice of Stolarz and how she writes so that you're flipping the pages to see what will happen and you feel like you're there. Parts of it were scary and it is similar to Twilight but instead of the being scared of the evil vampires, its more of a real-life fear-- being scared that someone is in your house from the noises you heard or getting taken-- but the book is SO good! It's an adventure to read and I am excited to hopefully finish the series, even if I get a little scared:)
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Total: 375 minutes, 342 pages and one paper outline with revisions
worked on my paper outline Monday and Tuesday for about an hour total out of class time.
worked on revising some of the annotations after the notes we took in class and after our groups went over the outline I worked on that a little for about 40 minutes total.
My reading this week:
Deadly Little Secret- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 272 pages, 215 minutes
Deadly Little Lies- Laurie Faria Stolarz, 70 pages, 1 hour
The first book, Deadly Little Secret, is about this girl, Camelia, who almost gets hit by a car but this mystery guy saves her. She feels bad later because she never got to thank him and then stuff happens that you'll have to find out if you read this book.
I really liked this book because of the word choice of Stolarz and how she writes so that you're flipping the pages to see what will happen and you feel like you're there. Parts of it were scary and it is similar to Twilight but instead of the being scared of the evil vampires, its more of a real-life fear-- being scared that someone is in your house from the noises you heard or getting taken-- but the book is SO good! It's an adventure to read and I am excited to hopefully finish the series, even if I get a little scared:)
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Total: 375 minutes, 342 pages and one paper outline with revisions
Monday, January 28, 2013
Research Topic
My topic for my paper is on the major art movements that emerged from the early 1900s up until the late 1950s in western Europe and how one or more of the movements might have impacted the making of another one and how they are, if they are, connected. I like this topic because I like art and how people can express themselves in so many different ways and I thought it would be cool to learn about some of the different ways people did and why they did. I have found a good amount of information for my paper so far and hope it all turns out well. I have found a few movements that have developed with influence from some of the movements before it and how later movements did the same. Pretty cool stuff sometimes but I wont be able to even think about art history of almost any kind after this...
Many different art movements emerged in western Europe from the early 1900s up until the late 1950s and some of them were influenced by others and were the ones later movements weer influenced by. First came Cubism and Abstractionism around 1908-1910 and they were really new ways that people could express themselves, although they were very color and shape oriented and different in a few ways, the whole abstract subject/hidden subject thing was the same. Expressionism was really a combination of a few of the movements but had a big desire for expressing emotion making it kind of different. Modernism was a movement in which people simplified a lot and were trying not to look back on the past and paint up to date, but a little bit Cubist with their straight line choices and color choices. Futurism is similar although it was more of what's alter than what's in the future. Art Deco was a movement that was popular in the mid 1920s to late 1930s, when it ended up at the worlds fair in New York and became overshadowed be other movements and such. It was really a mix of all the past modernist/cubist/etc. movements and the last development was Pop art. This was mainly used for ads depicting movies and like coca cola and stuff the younger people of the generation were drawn to, having a bunch of young artists in it as well.
Well, ya, that's my research...
Many different art movements emerged in western Europe from the early 1900s up until the late 1950s and some of them were influenced by others and were the ones later movements weer influenced by. First came Cubism and Abstractionism around 1908-1910 and they were really new ways that people could express themselves, although they were very color and shape oriented and different in a few ways, the whole abstract subject/hidden subject thing was the same. Expressionism was really a combination of a few of the movements but had a big desire for expressing emotion making it kind of different. Modernism was a movement in which people simplified a lot and were trying not to look back on the past and paint up to date, but a little bit Cubist with their straight line choices and color choices. Futurism is similar although it was more of what's alter than what's in the future. Art Deco was a movement that was popular in the mid 1920s to late 1930s, when it ended up at the worlds fair in New York and became overshadowed be other movements and such. It was really a mix of all the past modernist/cubist/etc. movements and the last development was Pop art. This was mainly used for ads depicting movies and like coca cola and stuff the younger people of the generation were drawn to, having a bunch of young artists in it as well.
Well, ya, that's my research...
Reading and Researching Times
Well, this week I am reading Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. This book is, well for lack of better words, out of the ordinary. I'm pretty sure this is a manifesto, if not maybe an autobiography although I don't think Sedaris is that old... maybe a work of fiction-- that is, if he didn't do all the messed up stuff (drugs and some kind of art that I have no idea about...) but I think he did, well whatever it is it's interesting. Definitely interesting.
It's about this guy- David- and is in 1st person and so far I have gotten to him talking about his job at a moving company and he has already gone through his artist stage and drug stage and artist-on-drug stage as well as some other stuff from his childhood and I find it a pretty cool read. Although I am not sure what the point of this book is or what it is even about, I like it, so yep:)
My research this weekend has involved me making some note cards and some more information from sources on my topics for my paper.
Times:
Reading--
Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris--
Tuesday-- 40 minutes, 45 pages
Wednesday-- 30 minutes, 29 pages
Friday-- 35 minutes, 35 pages
Researching--
Making note cards-- 30 minutes (cutting and pasting and then paraphrasing...)
finding all the new information and sources-- 20 minutes
Total time spent: 150 minutes (I was so scared that I would come up short...:)
It's about this guy- David- and is in 1st person and so far I have gotten to him talking about his job at a moving company and he has already gone through his artist stage and drug stage and artist-on-drug stage as well as some other stuff from his childhood and I find it a pretty cool read. Although I am not sure what the point of this book is or what it is even about, I like it, so yep:)
My research this weekend has involved me making some note cards and some more information from sources on my topics for my paper.
Times:
Reading--
Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris--
Tuesday-- 40 minutes, 45 pages
Wednesday-- 30 minutes, 29 pages
Friday-- 35 minutes, 35 pages
Researching--
Making note cards-- 30 minutes (cutting and pasting and then paraphrasing...)
finding all the new information and sources-- 20 minutes
Total time spent: 150 minutes (I was so scared that I would come up short...:)
Monday, January 21, 2013
Reading and Researching
The word choice was amazing, the main characters well developed, and over all a really great book. This week, after I finished The Firm- finally- I read Every Day by David Leviathan. It was so good! It is about a boy who wakes up each day in a different body in a different place, and, after he meets this girl, how he stays in touch and explains his situation to her. It was emotional and funny and deep and serious all at once and it genuinely one of the best books I have ever read.
Leviathan's description of all the main characters (all the people the boy "occupies" for a day) was really good and it isn't too much so that the book got really boring but just enough throughout the whole chapter to get you to know them well enough to picture them in your head.
Back to The Firm: the end was amazing:) The first 150 or so pages of this were really boring to me because of all the background info and description Grisham puts into his work. I mean, it really helped me get to know the characters, and, by the end, be very animated in the actions performed by them- I was trying to tell them to turn back and to not do something that could get them killed and so on. I was pleased with the last 275 or so pages of the book because it started moving and turning into, well a page turner that you just HAD to see if Mitch would do this or that. I really liked it.
My research, well I am working on that still. Ha ha I have some more to do, but have gotten a good bit done.
Times:
Monday- 10 minutes- The Firm by John Grisham, 12 pages
Tuesday- 110 minutes- The Firm by John Grisham, 120 pages (finished it!)
Wednesday- 10 minutes-Every Day by David Leviathan, 15 pages
Thursday- 10 minutes- Every Day by David Leviathan, 13 pages
Friday- 280 minutes (includes in class reading times)- Every Day by David Leviathan, 294 pages (finished it!)
Research times:
Tuesday- found 3 books for sources and wrote the bibliography, going to annotate later, 30 minutes
Wednesday- annotated and got note cards for a book, 30 minutes
Saturday- Monday: went to library and found 2 new sources, going to annotate either Tuesday or Wednesday- 20 minutes
Total: 500 minutes, 454 pages, and 5 new sources
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Leviathan's description of all the main characters (all the people the boy "occupies" for a day) was really good and it isn't too much so that the book got really boring but just enough throughout the whole chapter to get you to know them well enough to picture them in your head.
Back to The Firm: the end was amazing:) The first 150 or so pages of this were really boring to me because of all the background info and description Grisham puts into his work. I mean, it really helped me get to know the characters, and, by the end, be very animated in the actions performed by them- I was trying to tell them to turn back and to not do something that could get them killed and so on. I was pleased with the last 275 or so pages of the book because it started moving and turning into, well a page turner that you just HAD to see if Mitch would do this or that. I really liked it.
My research, well I am working on that still. Ha ha I have some more to do, but have gotten a good bit done.
Times:
Monday- 10 minutes- The Firm by John Grisham, 12 pages
Tuesday- 110 minutes- The Firm by John Grisham, 120 pages (finished it!)
Wednesday- 10 minutes-Every Day by David Leviathan, 15 pages
Thursday- 10 minutes- Every Day by David Leviathan, 13 pages
Friday- 280 minutes (includes in class reading times)- Every Day by David Leviathan, 294 pages (finished it!)
Research times:
Tuesday- found 3 books for sources and wrote the bibliography, going to annotate later, 30 minutes
Wednesday- annotated and got note cards for a book, 30 minutes
Saturday- Monday: went to library and found 2 new sources, going to annotate either Tuesday or Wednesday- 20 minutes
Total: 500 minutes, 454 pages, and 5 new sources
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Free Post with a Twist
So I will try to use as many of these words as I can...
Alrighty, so an avocation of mine has always been art, and ever since Thanksgiving break I was somewhat inducted into the staff position at an art camp that, until I turned 15, was a volunteer at, which was really awesome as well. It was not any less work there or any less fun to be had there, the exact opposite really.
So earlier today I got to work at the Arts Council for a couple hours while 30 or so kids came to paint canvases for Zoes restaurant so that they can be viewed and sold later this month. It was tacit that I wear clothes that I didn't mind getting paint on, which I did, and subsequently got paint all over my hands. The children, about half of them I knew from camp, were surprisingly not as raucous as I at first thought they were going to be. Sure they were noisy, but well behaved- they didn't mess with the work on the gallery walls- this work looks amazing- and they were quiet enough that you could hear yourself think and have a conversation with one while the others carried on talking. Their demeanor was very nice for being a weekend and paint and a room with that as well as candy and cookies to eat.
No children made another one feel like a pariah and all of their work turned out looking nicely, although not the work of an artistic prodigy to my knowledge, and will look nice hanging on the walls of the restaurant. Some of the kids there were proteges and protegees of some of the erudite artists helping there, having been taking some lessons from them and what not. Another staff member was here helping me with pouring all the paint colors on the plates and refilling the water and washing the brushes and such and, i must say, we are pretty adroit at dealing with acrylic paint in an art gallery full of children from the ages of 5 to around 10.
The two hours lapsed quite fast and after the definitive "Thanks for coming and hope you come to our holiday camp..." speeches, we picked up all the trash and paint and brushes and put them all back downstairs in the museum. After this, the other staff member and I talked about how she would be crusading to try and get all the paint off her nails for her date( did I use this right??) and then went to go do some paperwork. Finally, we talked about the themes for this summers camp which go from mermaids to tiaras and from monsters to pirates. It will be exciting and we are both excited for that.
Well thats all the words I can use...
I would really like to know if I used any of these words wrong, so if I did please tell me! OK, well time to go wash all the paint off my hands...
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Alrighty, so an avocation of mine has always been art, and ever since Thanksgiving break I was somewhat inducted into the staff position at an art camp that, until I turned 15, was a volunteer at, which was really awesome as well. It was not any less work there or any less fun to be had there, the exact opposite really.
So earlier today I got to work at the Arts Council for a couple hours while 30 or so kids came to paint canvases for Zoes restaurant so that they can be viewed and sold later this month. It was tacit that I wear clothes that I didn't mind getting paint on, which I did, and subsequently got paint all over my hands. The children, about half of them I knew from camp, were surprisingly not as raucous as I at first thought they were going to be. Sure they were noisy, but well behaved- they didn't mess with the work on the gallery walls- this work looks amazing- and they were quiet enough that you could hear yourself think and have a conversation with one while the others carried on talking. Their demeanor was very nice for being a weekend and paint and a room with that as well as candy and cookies to eat.
No children made another one feel like a pariah and all of their work turned out looking nicely, although not the work of an artistic prodigy to my knowledge, and will look nice hanging on the walls of the restaurant. Some of the kids there were proteges and protegees of some of the erudite artists helping there, having been taking some lessons from them and what not. Another staff member was here helping me with pouring all the paint colors on the plates and refilling the water and washing the brushes and such and, i must say, we are pretty adroit at dealing with acrylic paint in an art gallery full of children from the ages of 5 to around 10.
The two hours lapsed quite fast and after the definitive "Thanks for coming and hope you come to our holiday camp..." speeches, we picked up all the trash and paint and brushes and put them all back downstairs in the museum. After this, the other staff member and I talked about how she would be crusading to try and get all the paint off her nails for her date( did I use this right??) and then went to go do some paperwork. Finally, we talked about the themes for this summers camp which go from mermaids to tiaras and from monsters to pirates. It will be exciting and we are both excited for that.
Well thats all the words I can use...
I would really like to know if I used any of these words wrong, so if I did please tell me! OK, well time to go wash all the paint off my hands...
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Project Update 1
My project is coming along I think. I will be going to the library this afternoon to get some books that I found at school as sources so that I can do some research over the long weekend. I have found some useful and some not as useful information on my topic, but it's really all about what words you search with. I am kind of concerned that the starting dates if two of the developments I am researching, abstractionism and cubism, may have switched dates because at first I thought the order was as stated but, from my readings, the order is switched with Cubism having been there a little earlier c. 1907/8. I will have to read a little more but that's what I've gotten right now.
All of the helpful sources I have gotten have been books. Websites from databases have ended up to be on either just the pictures themselves or the development connected with something else that doesnt pertains to my topic. Either that or there isnt much background information on the development at all, which stinks.
All in all, my project is coming along at an OK rate, and, after I get the books I want, I'll be all set to finish the research and all that fun stuff.
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All of the helpful sources I have gotten have been books. Websites from databases have ended up to be on either just the pictures themselves or the development connected with something else that doesnt pertains to my topic. Either that or there isnt much background information on the development at all, which stinks.
All in all, my project is coming along at an OK rate, and, after I get the books I want, I'll be all set to finish the research and all that fun stuff.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Free Post #2 (I think:)
Hey! OK so I have no idea what to write for this free post so I guess I can just write about my weekend, um... ya:)
So on Friday I went to the basketball games at Runnels- we won all 3!!! I read during most of them but I was still there so that has to count for something, right? So then we got home and it was all dark and ya, so now let's just skip to Saturday. I saw Gangster Squad-- you know? the movie? (how do I write that: italics, ...?) It was sooooo good! I liked it and Jim says I only liked it because of Ryan Gosling and my mom says it's only because of the fashion in it-- but those were just added perks:):) SO ya, movie movie movie and it's over.
Not much happened after that- I don't even remember most of it- weird- but I remember falling asleep on the kitchen floor for a few hours at like 4 in the afternoon and I found that strange. Not me falling asleep on the floor- I find the floor to be comfortable surface in most rooms of my house but I never fall asleep on the floor. I mean I just walked up and layed (correct grammar???) on the floor and fell asleep and my mom let me which I was surprised to learn- I thought she would've gotten mad at me-- but that isn't the point... I've been really tired lately and I don't know why and it wasn't just after school started back up which is why I find that so weird and yep! So anyways, back to Saturday...
So then I watched the last episode of Sherlock, season 2, which I was very into and was about to yell at the screen which I hardly ever ever do, and then (sun down, sun up-- details in your imagination:) it's not Sunday!
So I woke up and Jim had basketball and then I actually got pencils that have erasers!!! I am so excited!! Ha ha so then I had a cotillion dance and it was a masquerade ball and I got to dress up all pretty and I couldn't wear my glasses so I felt like I was going to fall down the stairs or something silly like that but I made it through alive! Then I did homework and I wont bore you with the details... So yep:)
So on Friday I went to the basketball games at Runnels- we won all 3!!! I read during most of them but I was still there so that has to count for something, right? So then we got home and it was all dark and ya, so now let's just skip to Saturday. I saw Gangster Squad-- you know? the movie? (how do I write that: italics, ...?) It was sooooo good! I liked it and Jim says I only liked it because of Ryan Gosling and my mom says it's only because of the fashion in it-- but those were just added perks:):) SO ya, movie movie movie and it's over.
Not much happened after that- I don't even remember most of it- weird- but I remember falling asleep on the kitchen floor for a few hours at like 4 in the afternoon and I found that strange. Not me falling asleep on the floor- I find the floor to be comfortable surface in most rooms of my house but I never fall asleep on the floor. I mean I just walked up and layed (correct grammar???) on the floor and fell asleep and my mom let me which I was surprised to learn- I thought she would've gotten mad at me-- but that isn't the point... I've been really tired lately and I don't know why and it wasn't just after school started back up which is why I find that so weird and yep! So anyways, back to Saturday...
So then I watched the last episode of Sherlock, season 2, which I was very into and was about to yell at the screen which I hardly ever ever do, and then (sun down, sun up-- details in your imagination:) it's not Sunday!
So I woke up and Jim had basketball and then I actually got pencils that have erasers!!! I am so excited!! Ha ha so then I had a cotillion dance and it was a masquerade ball and I got to dress up all pretty and I couldn't wear my glasses so I felt like I was going to fall down the stairs or something silly like that but I made it through alive! Then I did homework and I wont bore you with the details... So yep:)
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Reading Times!
OK so over the break I read:
If I Stay and Where She Went by Gale Foreman and The Selection by Kiera Cass, not too much, I know.
Ha ha so this week I read The Firm by John Grisham- more like continued to read and I read:
Monday- 10 minutes, 10 pages
Tuesday- 10 minutes, 12 pages
Wednesday- 10 minute, 11 pages
Friday- 2 hours, 132 pages
total: 150 minutes, 165 pages
Well, at first I really liked the book, but then I got kind of bored with it, and I don't know, this past week I have gotten really into it and it is getting really good and interesting:) This book was recommended to me by a friend and I am glad she picked it or I probably wouldn't have.
What I really have turned out to like about this book is how Grisham jumps from mainly talking about Mitch McDeere, the main character, and his interactions with people who help him realize that the firm he works for is run by the mob and he cant get out lest he be killed or go into witness protection with the FBI, who are offering to help him for a price to the firm and how they start to realize McDeere knows and how they plan on stopping him or figuring out what to do.
The plot line is very interesting and as you read you realize how realistic it all is, even when you don't really think of the US as having major mob families and such anymore. I am close to finishing it and hope the ending is as climactic as I hope it will be.
If I Stay and Where She Went by Gale Foreman and The Selection by Kiera Cass, not too much, I know.
Ha ha so this week I read The Firm by John Grisham- more like continued to read and I read:
Monday- 10 minutes, 10 pages
Tuesday- 10 minutes, 12 pages
Wednesday- 10 minute, 11 pages
Friday- 2 hours, 132 pages
total: 150 minutes, 165 pages
Well, at first I really liked the book, but then I got kind of bored with it, and I don't know, this past week I have gotten really into it and it is getting really good and interesting:) This book was recommended to me by a friend and I am glad she picked it or I probably wouldn't have.
What I really have turned out to like about this book is how Grisham jumps from mainly talking about Mitch McDeere, the main character, and his interactions with people who help him realize that the firm he works for is run by the mob and he cant get out lest he be killed or go into witness protection with the FBI, who are offering to help him for a price to the firm and how they start to realize McDeere knows and how they plan on stopping him or figuring out what to do.
The plot line is very interesting and as you read you realize how realistic it all is, even when you don't really think of the US as having major mob families and such anymore. I am close to finishing it and hope the ending is as climactic as I hope it will be.
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