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!

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.

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?

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.

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.)

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.

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.