I'm using Emily Dickinson's "The Lightning is a yellow Fork" (pg 629)
"The Lightning is a yellow Fork
From Tables in the sky."
I like this line because it makes sense to me. Nothing else in this poem makes sense. Maybe I'm not great with symbolism, but then again, I'm a director and an actor, so I work with symbolism all the time. This Dickinson lady is just kinda wacko in my opinion! I also have to wonder why certain words are capitalized mid-sentence and others aren't...anybody care to venture a guesstimate?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Poem Paraphrase 2
Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night" (pg 600-601)
I am someone who knows the night. I have gone out while it's raining and come back while it's raining. I have walked farther than the light of the city reaches. I have been to the emptiest street in town. I have come across the night policeman on his patrols, and I wouldn't look him in the eye, because I didn't want to give an excuse for my late stroll. I have stopped walking and silenced my footsteps when I heard someone call out a few blocks over, but they weren't calling for me or saying good-bye; and incredibly high up in the sky the moon serves as a timepiece for me but it won't tell me if I should or shouldn't be out here. I am someone who knows the night.
I am someone who knows the night. I have gone out while it's raining and come back while it's raining. I have walked farther than the light of the city reaches. I have been to the emptiest street in town. I have come across the night policeman on his patrols, and I wouldn't look him in the eye, because I didn't want to give an excuse for my late stroll. I have stopped walking and silenced my footsteps when I heard someone call out a few blocks over, but they weren't calling for me or saying good-bye; and incredibly high up in the sky the moon serves as a timepiece for me but it won't tell me if I should or shouldn't be out here. I am someone who knows the night.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Quote Response 4? (I've lost track!! 4 not counting the song response)
So I'm not sure what exactly we're supposed to be focusing on here, so I'm just gonna wing it.
"She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years."
-A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal by William Wordsworth
So I picked this poem because I could most easily detect its intended rhythm and rhyme. The meter of the other ones just seemed off and forced to me. I chose these two lines from the poem because I liked them the most, plain and simple. I really can't even explain why I liked them so much, but I did. Overall, I think I liked the poem, and I think it might be about a woman dying and a man dealing with that, but I'm not sure. That's kinda how I interpreted it anyway.
"She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years."
-A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal by William Wordsworth
So I picked this poem because I could most easily detect its intended rhythm and rhyme. The meter of the other ones just seemed off and forced to me. I chose these two lines from the poem because I liked them the most, plain and simple. I really can't even explain why I liked them so much, but I did. Overall, I think I liked the poem, and I think it might be about a woman dying and a man dealing with that, but I'm not sure. That's kinda how I interpreted it anyway.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Song Quote Response
"I've loved. I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill, my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing." (Anka)
This is taken from the song "My Way" which was written by Paul Anka and made iconic by The Chairman of the Board, Mr. Frank Sinatra. I chose this song because Sinatra is my all-time favorite singer and performer, and this is one of my favorite songs of his. While pretty much all of the words in this particular song jump out at me, I would have to say that here I think the last two lines are most important. He has just talked about going through the whole range of emotions and experiences in his life, and after all is said and done, what was once so big and important to him, amuses him. This is important to the overall message of the song because it's about someone coming to the end of the road that is their life. And as they look back, they see that what once mattered, really doesn't anymore. And bottom-line, they did everything the way they feel they should have done it. This is a truly great song, and to perform it, and/or see it performed, is incredibly powerful.
I've had my fill, my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing." (Anka)
This is taken from the song "My Way" which was written by Paul Anka and made iconic by The Chairman of the Board, Mr. Frank Sinatra. I chose this song because Sinatra is my all-time favorite singer and performer, and this is one of my favorite songs of his. While pretty much all of the words in this particular song jump out at me, I would have to say that here I think the last two lines are most important. He has just talked about going through the whole range of emotions and experiences in his life, and after all is said and done, what was once so big and important to him, amuses him. This is important to the overall message of the song because it's about someone coming to the end of the road that is their life. And as they look back, they see that what once mattered, really doesn't anymore. And bottom-line, they did everything the way they feel they should have done it. This is a truly great song, and to perform it, and/or see it performed, is incredibly powerful.
Haiku
Robots in disguise
The next chapter just came out
Bought it on Blu-Ray
(This is a haiku about the movie Transformers 2, which came out today on DVD and Blu-Ray and I purchased it cuz I'm cool like that!) :)
The next chapter just came out
Bought it on Blu-Ray
(This is a haiku about the movie Transformers 2, which came out today on DVD and Blu-Ray and I purchased it cuz I'm cool like that!) :)
Poem Paraphrase
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers (pg 428-429)
Aunt Jennifer's tigers are all over the screen, and their color makes them stand out in their green environment. They're not afraid of the men around the base of the tree, rather they stroll by with a certain sense of grace and entitlement. Aunt Jennifer has wavering hands as she stitches in the material, and she even has trouble working with the needle. She wears her late husband's wedding ring, and it's clear that the reminder of him brings sadness. When she dies, her hands will finally rest, though they will still show the effects of her long and sometimes hard life. But still the tigers that she stitched will live on as a symbol of her inner strength.
Aunt Jennifer's tigers are all over the screen, and their color makes them stand out in their green environment. They're not afraid of the men around the base of the tree, rather they stroll by with a certain sense of grace and entitlement. Aunt Jennifer has wavering hands as she stitches in the material, and she even has trouble working with the needle. She wears her late husband's wedding ring, and it's clear that the reminder of him brings sadness. When she dies, her hands will finally rest, though they will still show the effects of her long and sometimes hard life. But still the tigers that she stitched will live on as a symbol of her inner strength.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Freestyle 3
I'm sick. I don't like being sick. I guess nobody likes being sick. But regardless, I think that when we get sick we all seem to get a little more "self-centered" because we're just that much more aware of how we feel and how our bodies aren't working like they're supposed to, so I'll repeat: I don't like being sick! The reason I mention this is because my schedule, )which was already jam-packed with classes, working two jobs, rehearsing a play, and doing WAY more homework for online classes than I anticipated,) has now gotten more cramped because I'm finding that I require more sleep every day to help battle my illness. So I haven't had any free time for video games, or to watch TV, and the ONLY reading I have been able to do is my script for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." I was going to write a freestyle blog about reading my script, but I just realized that I kinda ranted about being sick and busy at the same time, so I think I'll save my freestyle blgo about reading my script for next time! Woo-hoo! :) I hope everyone else is taking care of themselves and staying healthy!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Quote Response 3
"He disliked bars and bodegas. A clean, well-lighted cafe was a very different thing." (Hemingway 151)
These sentences are important because they show that the older waiter really empathized with the old deaf man. Earlier in the story, the younger waiter mentioned that there were bodegas open all night long when the older waiter talked about people needing the cafe. I feel like these sentences, especially since they come at the end of the story, create kind of a "reveal" as to just why the older waiter wasn't too quick to kick the old deaf man out of the cafe. He saw, in the old man, a kindred spirit.
These sentences are important because they show that the older waiter really empathized with the old deaf man. Earlier in the story, the younger waiter mentioned that there were bodegas open all night long when the older waiter talked about people needing the cafe. I feel like these sentences, especially since they come at the end of the story, create kind of a "reveal" as to just why the older waiter wasn't too quick to kick the old deaf man out of the cafe. He saw, in the old man, a kindred spirit.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Freestyle 2
So I wasn't sure if this was a true freestyle post, or if it had some kind of prompt. I checked a couple other blogs and it looks like a lot of people are talking about things they are currently reading outside of class. I'm currently reading the book "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" as well as the script, in preparation for the upcoming show. The book is amazing, and it's interesting to see how many of the lines in the play are direct quotes from the book. I read the book back in junior high, but I definitely think I am able to enjoy it better being quite a bit older.
Anybody else ever revisit something from their youth (book, movie, TV show) and appreciate it more/less or in a different way altogether?
Anybody else ever revisit something from their youth (book, movie, TV show) and appreciate it more/less or in a different way altogether?
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Quote Response 2
"But to-day she passed the baker's boy, climbed the stairs, went into the little dark room - her room like a cupboard - and sat down on the red eiderdown." (Mansfield 87)
This sentence is important because it gave me the impression that she had been destroyed by what the boy and girl had said about her in the park. Earlier in the story, she talks about people who looked like they had been kept in a "cupboard" and by referring to her own room as such, it gives the feeling that what was, at first, a fun and magical day for her has been taken away from her and she was forced to return to an unhappy world.
This sentence is important because it gave me the impression that she had been destroyed by what the boy and girl had said about her in the park. Earlier in the story, she talks about people who looked like they had been kept in a "cupboard" and by referring to her own room as such, it gives the feeling that what was, at first, a fun and magical day for her has been taken away from her and she was forced to return to an unhappy world.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Freestyle
So I am not currently involved in reading anything other than the required readings for my classes, and I'm not overly well-versed in the problems with literacy and such, but I will write about one issue that I kind of sensed/experienced/read about and decided to do my comic strip about. This is kids not reading as much because it's being forced upon them. I saw this most recently mentioned in Lacie's blog, but the schools are forcing reading so hard (which I do believe is necessary) that it starts to become more of a chore than something that can be enjoyable to young people. I think it's very unfortunate, but I don't know how else to ensure that children are reading enough during their developmental time. It's a "catch-22" I suppose. Kinda like not being able to get a credit card because you "haven't established a credit history." DUH! That's why we would want the card!
If you're interested, my comic strip can be found here:
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=63050261C141092
I personally think this comic book thing was a really cool way to feel creative and artistic without needing actually ART talent (which I lack severely.)
If you're interested, my comic strip can be found here:
http://www.makebeliefscomix.
I personally think this comic book thing was a really cool way to feel creative and artistic without needing actually ART talent (which I lack severely.)
Quote Response
"She kind of led them, the other two peeking around and making their shoulders round. She didn't look around, not this queen." (Updike 15)
The second sentence is what really jumps out at me as being important, especially when he calls her the queen. This is important to the story because one of the biggest driving forces in the narrator's decision to quit later is the embarrassed reaction that his manager gets out of the "queen" who previously seemed unstoppable. I thought the whole thing was interesting, albeit a bit detail heavy, but this really struck me because it was the first impression he had of this girl that was so striking and alluring to him.
The second sentence is what really jumps out at me as being important, especially when he calls her the queen. This is important to the story because one of the biggest driving forces in the narrator's decision to quit later is the embarrassed reaction that his manager gets out of the "queen" who previously seemed unstoppable. I thought the whole thing was interesting, albeit a bit detail heavy, but this really struck me because it was the first impression he had of this girl that was so striking and alluring to him.
BONUS BLOG WITH AWESOME NEWS!!
So my wife and I spent 3 1/2 hours tonight doing callback auditions for EOU's production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and the cast list has been posted. My wife was cast as Candy Starr, and I was cast as the lead, MacMurphy!! We are both very excited and if anyone in this class is around EOU campus November 11-14, please please PLEASE come see the show!!! Tickets can be reserved in the box office by calling (541) 962-3757.
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