10.29.11

I would like to blog about a favorite book of mine; The Godfather by Mario Puzo.  Many have seen the trilogy of films and claim to be fans but have never read the novel they are based on.  The book further explores each and every character by telling the story's behind each individual.  Puzo has a real talent with details and working them into stories.  He uses this skill to unravel the intriguing plot of ambition and how it can both make and break peoples lives and how one struggles with this.  It is a heavy plot with light dialogue that has a realistic air to it.  I really love this story and the authors writing style.  I would recommend anyone who loves the films to read the novels as well because this provides a completely new insight to the Corleones. 

10.27.11

I've just read the stories by the Brothers Grimm.  Although I've heard the stories before I have never read the originals.  They were much darker than how they are newly written but still very enjoyable.  I think Ms. Moses chose the perfect timing to assign these readings to us because Halloween is coming up very soon and these seem fitting to the holiday.  Halloween and these stories are based on characters and they make me even more excited to dress up.  These stories also give me good insight on how people used to be in the past.  They found it acceptable for childrens tales to include the eating of organs, taking babies, abandoning children, and cutting open wolves!  I can respect the way culture used to be but I'm sure I will never allow my children to read such things.  

10.23.11

Sunday means I get to blog about whatever!  I want to blog about my new tattoo.  It's "four♥2♥XCIV" going vertically down my left rib cage.  I really love tattoos because they are a persons life captured in a time frame of art that can never go away.  I think some people take it too far at times by getting art that is meaningless or cliche.  My tattoos are original and are an expression of myself.  I have only two so far and one is for my parents and one is for my brother.  I plan on getting more but its a love/hate relationship because if I could I'd be covered in them but in the employment world that is viewed as unprofessional.  This saddens me but I can respect that.  I think I'll be getting another rib piece done next.

10.21.11

While working on our upcoming papers I feel I am beginning to better understand the purpose of it.  On Wednesday Ms. Moses explained that our thesis statements shouldn't be too simple and generalized.  I feel that perhaps mine might be and this worries me.  But I feel that I understand the task of our paper and that I can support myself in an acceptable way.  I think the use of Carrie to set our example was a very well selected choice.  It is helping me to grasp what Ms. Moses wants our paper to be composed of.  We need to make a specific point that stems from our opinions and ideas and justify it with valid sources.  My thesis is on the movie Blue Valentine and how love is always imperfect.  This sounds general but when applying it to the film world I feel it is good because the vast majority of romance stories do support this but not in the way that Blue Valentines raw depictions of love and relationships does.  I think this is a very special film because of its take on love and I hope i can successfully convey my point because I really love this movie.

10.16.11

While brain storming ideas on what piece of art I should write about for our next paper I realize how important art is to my life.  Its a huge part of my society and its culture.  I'm really struggling with this decision because its so hard to choose a good piece being that there are so many!  Out of all the art forms I'm being drawn to music but I want something with a little more substance so I have plenty to write about.  With that in mind, I'm trying to decide on a good movie that I feel is significant.  There is such variety. 

10.12.11

I really enjoyed Sonny's Blues.  I felt that I could sort of relate to some of the emotions he felt.  I have a younger brother and he's no saint.  Sometimes I question my role in is life and am I really fulfilling my part.  Have I contributed to his flaws?  Its a strange emotion and I wish I didn't relate to it.  I also know how that awkwardness feels when being around someone who was just released from prison.  You don't know what to say because you know they don't have much conversation to offer or any new experiences to share.  You don't really want to talk about yours because you don't want to make them feel jealous out of pity.  You kind of just want to forget that they were even gone but they've missed so much that its impossible to avoid the fact that they were. 

10.9.11

For this blog I want to talk about my rabbits since this is my free topic blog.  I am the proud mama to two beautiful bunnies.  I've had four so far but the first two were wild and one died while the other ran away.  My third rabbit is my bunny son, Obi Wan Kenobi. He'll be two on May 1st.  Obi is a polish dwarf rabbit.  He has a blue eye and a brown eye.   Hes very brave and isn't fearful of anything, hence his name.  He is very lovable and curious, he likes to cuddle.  On July 13th, my boyfriend and I celebrated our two year by getting another rabbit.  Her name is Nala because she is a belgium lion head rabbit.  She is the color of a mango and has long fur and a mane.  She is tempermental and has an attitude.  Obi and her fell in love and shes like his crazy girlfriend.  She gets jealous when people pet him and stomps her feet.  She is his little shadow and loves to cuddle him.  I wasn't sure what to blog about so I hope this didn't bore anyone.  People under rate rabbits and I feel they should be more popular pets.  I share a great bond with my bunnys and they constantly make me smile.

Carrie

Although I've seen Carrie before, I think now that I'm older I understand the meaning behind it better.  To me, the meaning is meant to teach a lesson for those who have no empathy.  People should really step back and look at themselves and how they treat others.  No one is better than anybody, I don't care who or who you think you are.  Nobody is above their fellow man and they certainly do not hold the right to judge others.  Stephen King chose to portray this message through a horrific way and I think it was the best way.  It gets peoples attention and it shows consequence in an extreme way.  I can't say I'm a fan of all of King's work but I've read Carrie in novel form and I really enjoyed it.   Most of the time books are better than the movie, but I think they did a good job of telling the story through film.  By doing so they spread his message even further.  

Me Talk Pretty One Day

I have mixed feelings for David Sedaris' literacy narrative Me Talk Pretty One Day.  It was an interesting story and I enjoyed his descriptive words but I didn't really think it was all that great as an overall story.  Every story brings out emotion whether its small or strong.  I found myself being irritated as I read this story at how the teacher disrespects her students.  I truly appreciate my education and value my teachers.  I hold them in high esteem and respect them, but I feel that respect should be mutual.  The fact that this woman actually used insults to teach her students made me feel uneasy.  I suppose I shouldn't feel this way because her results were succesful but I don't know if that would be the outcome for everybody who took her class.  Frankly if I was being taught by her I would either A drop the course or B not ever listen to her.  But I guess thats the whole point of his story.  Showing that his appetite for learning the language was so strong that he endured this treatment.  So in the end the srory turned into something positive.