Finally

Q: Where and when did you find yourself sitting down to read? Do you tend to read with music on, or in silence? By the computer? Did you find yourself checking your phone a lot, or do you ever loser yourself in the reading? Do you ever talk about the books you read with your family or friends or teachers?

 A: Over the semester I have been finding myself reading when I am done with my homework or at my job when things aren't busy (which is most of the time). It was really hard for me to actually find time to read because I have been getting a lot of homework so I have been strained to read at like 11 at night. I usually read in the silence because if I don't then I get distracted and I don't remember what I am reading. I usually read in my room sitting on my bed with my door closed so I can't hear the T.V. in the other room. Whenever I get to a new chapter I usually take a break and look up or check my phone. I don't really have that long of an intention span, so if the book isn't the most interesting I probably won't "lose my in the reading". Also I'm not a bookworm and books aren't really what interests me the most, so I don't necessarily talk about books I've read. If I do it would probably be about some absurdity I found in the book and that would be the extent of it. This class didn't really change my view of books as much as you probably would hope for, but I never thought badly of books before so I guess that is good. I just have a lot to do and reading requires a clear mind, a good amount of time, and an adequate intention span. I don't really have any of those right now.

I'm so sick of looking into the future

I'm so sick of looking ahead
So sick of thinking what is next
My mind if full of roadblocks
And my ideas seem to be out of stock
The future is a crazy unknown world
Where nothing is set in stone
And nothing is actually alive
The future is a picture in your mind
That shows you a different time
On the clock and a different town
Separate from the one you live in
The people are different but yet the same
Unfamiliar familiarities rearrange your dreams
Giant windows and foggy mirrors fade in and out
To cause your perceptions to run about
I am just so sick of looking ahead
So sick of thinking what is next

word count and such...

word count for the last few weeks...

this week: 136
last week: 120
last last week: 133
semester:1642

Currently

I'm reading a book called Bossypants by Tina Fey. Its pretty good and I do suggest it. I didn't think it was going to be that good of a read at first because I thought it was going to be a boring autobiography that she would sit and gloat about her life, but it's really not. It's basically an account of her career and how she got to where she was and things she has learned along with many funny stories. I really admire her attitude on things, and how she doesn't necessarily take everything so seriously. She views the world so differently from me, and I like seeing others perspectives. I'm almost done so it'll probably be back in the classroom Monday, but don' t all get up at once. I know everyone's going to flock to it since I'm such a good critiquer <-- not a word?? but criticizer is a word...it needs to be added to the dictionary. if ain't is a word, then this is now a word.
kim possible out.

bossypants

So i really like this book, its very entertaining. I feel like I'm not reading a book, more like she is telling a story and I'm just listening. She has a humorous way of writing that is not really intricate with crazy big words, but more down-to-earth diction. I usually don't read funny books, more sad books, not because I want to be sad, but because it just happens that way. I find a book and I like it and it turns out to be sad. I haven't gotten too far into it because I haven't had the time to read lately, but I'll get on that tonight so it's whatever. Well I'm going to get to reading so see ya later.
-call me page me if you wanna reach me,
                             Kim Possible

Close-Reading Bingo

This is kinda odd, I feel like I'm singling people out and criticizing them, which i am...it isn't really critquing, because we aren't saying anything good. oh well i guess. sorry if i offend anyone for pointing out your flaws.

1. http://twilightlover2.blogspot.com/ This blog's post was weak in the fact that most of it was quotes from the excerpt. It had little content. This would be a #2 common weakness.

2. http://thinking-anonymous.blogspot.com/ This blog's post was weak because it was short, and not very descriptive. It also included a full quotation that just sat on it's own. It was a "quote island". This would be a #5 common weakness.

3. http://skullandglossbones3.blogspot.com/ This blog's post was weak because of punctuation. They need to put the period inside teh quotation marks. This is a class #8 weakness.

4. http://estella-havisham.blogspot.com/ This blog's post was weak because of the #1 common weakness. They used the "he says" tactic...not literally but they used similar words such as "briefly discusses". I find it along the same lines.

BEST RESPONSE.
http://jimmehftw.blogspot.com/

The colloquial, coarse, and somewhat unmannerly diction in "Catcher in the Rye" exemplifies the narrator's down-to-earth, pissed off at the world personality. His defiant and thick skinned nature jumps out when he explains that all the background information about his life is just "David Copperfield kind of crap" that bores him. As the passage goes on, the author uses phrases like "He's got a lot of dough" and "they're also touchy as hell" to make it feel as though the narrator is just another regular kid who is telling you a story. The terse and all together informal nature of the narrator echoes through the entire passage in this excerpt from "Catcher in the Rye."

practice diction analysis

so i didn't think we had to post it in a blog since we were doing it in class together, so here it is...

      In the excerpt from Nicholas Baker's The Merranine, his slightly elevated, intricately formal diction dipicts cold metaphoric language. Baker describes the escalators he is on as "a pair of integral signs swooping upward between the two floors". This clinical dipiction of the moving stairs suggests a businesslike mood. From what he is carrying to the structures he is upon, he describes in great detail the surroundings.