finally

i didnt have a problem with meeting the reading qouta, my problem was the blogging. between working everyday and not having a computer, keeping up on a blog is difficult. ive struggled with it all year. same with this project and others. this class is really hard to managethis class without a computer and hard to access a computer when im always working.

currently

moneyball, michael lewis: 230 pages

1.)"Bad make-up is a death sentence.

2.) ..."if hes that good a hitter, why doesnt he hit better?"

3.) "put a milo on him."


all these sentences are spoken by scouts talking about college baseball players.
the first one is my favorite because it shows the irony of Billy Beane's failure in the big leagues. Because he HAD "good make-up," perfect make-up even. But he still went no where.

currently

Moneyball by Michael Lewis, 98 pages

"Through this low coarse diction his autobiography becomes a "goddam" autobiography and his brother spends his "dough" on a car which cost "damn near" four thousand dollars."
-http://mrbsbooks.blogspot.com/

"Steinbeck uses a picturesque, attractive connotation of nature, an elevated yet familiar altitude, and a melodious sound producing a beautiful scene filled with wildlife."
-http://xchoosier3366.blogspot.com/

"George Orwell gives a denotative connotation in his novel 1984 when he gives a straight forward account of the Hate Week when he states, "It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate week.""
-http://baseballfanatic25.blogspot.com/

Quarterly.

most of the reading ive done thus far has been based on what books i can relate to. like, the reason i picked up the tina fey book is because im an avid SNL fan, and i love tina fey. she is the funniest woman to ever be on the show and one of the best skit writers also. i picked up fight club because thats my favorite movie, and invisable monsters because its by the same author. :if chins could kill" was from a friend at new haven who said id like it, and i did. i really enjoy reading, a lot more than in the past. im hoping to finsh the whole harry potter series and a few more by the end of the year.

i started reading the harry potter series again, and im loving it. i forgot how amazing these books were. its really a nostalgic trip. i definataly tune out the world when i read these books, and i stop worrying about stuff around me. ive really started to enjoy reading this year.

catching up

okay, so ive recently finished reading "bossypants" by tina fey, and it is by far the funniest book ive ever read. right now i actually am not reading a book, kinda being lazy about finding one. im actually looking into reading the harry potter series because ive honestly never made it through the third book. i feel like i have a hole in my life right now that can only be filled by going to hogwarts and adventuring my way through life as a wizard. and ive only seen the first three movies also, so i think ill be able to make it through the series without seeing it as i saw the movie, i hope. no offense to daniel radcliffe, but i dont want to picture him every time i read harry potter.

Currently

Bossypants- Tina Fey    253
Fight Club- CHuck Palahniuk  Finished

Sentences:

1.)  Act like youre putting orange juice in it, but then dont.
2.) For me, it was when i bought this kick-ass white denim suit at the Springfield mall.
3.) Oprah says the only answers to that question are "yes" and "i dont remember."  (when asked if you have ever been molested)


I couldnt really pick a favorite, Tina keeps rattling off line after line, all funnier than the last.

Bossypants

Im in the process of reading bossypants, by Tina Fey. And i must say, it is the funniest book ive ever read. ive never really lol'd before at a book, until this one. its the story of her life and its hysterical.

Equinox

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cXDgFwE13g

Movement: Shaky, Studdering, Sudden, Harsh

Attire: Revealing, Creepy, Innocent

Setting: Ghetto, Dark, Empty, Eerie

Body Language: Foreshadowing, Revealing, Powerful, Violent

 

12 words:

• dark
• grotesque 
• strange
• unusual
• creepy 
• puzzled
• wild
• crooked
• disturbing 
• ironic 
• revealing
• shocking  
• evil

Claim:

In this creepily strange video, the innocent looking girl becomes prey to the dark, unusual looking guy, who then follows her into the dark with disturbing intentions, until the shocking climax in which the now evil seeming girl attacks the man with a strange force and ends with an ironic, twisted ending you wouldnt expect in a thousand years.

poems

"i said it to you" paul eluard
"dust" dorianne laux
"police notes" alice persons

the police notes poem was hysterical. By far my favorite of the year.
I dont really have anything to say about it though.

weekly

Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk- 119 pages
If Chins Could Kill, Bruce Campbell- 21 pages

140 pages this week.

Top 3:

1.) The first rule about fight club is; you do not talk about fight club.

2.) I know this, because Tyler knows this.

3.) It's only after you've lost everything, that you're free to do anything.


I had trouble finding three, there were so many amazing quotes. This is my favorite movie of all time and i kinda wish i wouldve read the book first. The number one quote is by far the best line in the book, it says it all. even though that is the first rule...somehow the fight club grows and grows, it gets out of control even. This is the beginning of project mayhem, and the summary of Tyler Durden's life. Even the narrator doesnt know whats in his future.

Weekly Assignment

Book: Columbine, Dave Cullen
Pages: 162 this week. 347 this semester.
Sentences;
1. "It is a weird feeling knowing you're going to be dead in two and a half weeks"

2. "Hey Mr. D, nice shoes!"

3. "Good wombs have borne bad sons"

These are all quotes from Columbine, the first and third being from Eric Harris, the main shooter. The first one wins top sentence because it is the most emotion that Eric shows throughout the process. Its like, he doesnt even care anymore. And the second is a lighter sentence that shows that the kids do finally recover and that they can still finish out high school and have fun and be happy. The third is the only real glimpse of remorse that the boys encounter, feeling bad about the situation that they are putting their parents in.

Columbine, week 2

The book is just now revealing the notes and the motives of the killers. It makes you feel like a detective who's just about to crack the case. I love the mystery it leaves hidden, and the adrenaline rush you get reading about the stories of survivors. This book is so intense.

Columbine, week 2

The farther i get into Columbine, the more disturbing it gets. Its really hard to believe the thoughts that these kids had towards people. They were monsters, thats the only way to describe it. They had no remorse for the kids they killed. They wanted to kill the world and start a world war and stuff like that. Its really scary that there are people like this in the world. Especially all the copycats that were planning on repeating "Columbine" the following year. I dont know what would make these kids go to these extremes. I guess the only way to put it is to say that I'm appalled.

Friday

The test says that I'm an introvert...but I dont really care what an inernet test tells me.

Columbine

The farther I get into this book, the harder it gets to put down. After you get through the grieving period and the police investigations, it goes into the why and how they commited these murders. The shooters, Eric and Dylan, werent outcasts, they were highly gifted students. They had lots of friends, but they were both out of the popular/prep group. The media put such a spin on the murderers, saying they were outcasts and they were wierd...this is not the case. I cant wait to get into the last section of this book and get into the whys of the crime. I wanna see what made them hate so much, and why they planned to kill thousands of innocent people. I wanna know why the bombs failed, what was in their journals and the "basement tape." I'm just really excited to finish this book.

Columbine

I just finished the first two sections of the book Columbine by Dave Cullen. I started reading expecting an exciting beginning followed by three hundred boring pages, I was wrong. The book briefly gives the story of the massacre at Columbine, telling the plans and the placements of the bombs. But its not til a couple chapters in that you realize that even though it was a massacre, it was nothing compared to what they had planned. The shootings at Columbine didnt affect me personally, I guess I was just too young to realize what had happened at the time. Reading into the plot, and the actual detail of the killings...it was frightening. You wouldnt believe that two kids, our age, could ever have so much hate in them.

hipster joke

how did the hipster burn his mouth?
-he ate the pizza before it was cool.