1. If you could ask one about their existence its response might be: "I've had more butts, chewed gum, and coats of paint on me then you could ever imagine."
2. They hang from the post of my bed as constant reminders.
3. Even though I can hide my sorrow from no one else, I wear a smile and bury it deep for him.
4. To me it is fear in its rawest and truest form, and only one other person have I known to experience it.
5. It was a good day until that soon to be most unwelcome hand touched my face.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
my top 5 favorite first lines
"I had strongly hoped that they would say sweetbreads instead of testicles, but I was wrong."
- Meatless Days
"There are those among mankind, who can enjoy no relish of their being, except the world is made acquainted with all that relates to them, and think everything lost that passes unobserved; but others find a solid delight in stealing by the crowd, and modeling their life after such a manner, as is as much above the approbation as the practice of the vulgar." - An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow
"This, too, happens during illness." - This Too is Life
"Hope, they say, deserts us at no period of our existence." - On Marriage
"Of course all life is a process of breaking down, but the blows that do the dramatic side of the work-the big sudden blows that come, or seem to come, from outside- the ones you remember and blame things on and, in moments of weakness, tell your friends about, don't show their effect all at once." - The Crack-Up
- Meatless Days
"There are those among mankind, who can enjoy no relish of their being, except the world is made acquainted with all that relates to them, and think everything lost that passes unobserved; but others find a solid delight in stealing by the crowd, and modeling their life after such a manner, as is as much above the approbation as the practice of the vulgar." - An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow
"This, too, happens during illness." - This Too is Life
"Hope, they say, deserts us at no period of our existence." - On Marriage
"Of course all life is a process of breaking down, but the blows that do the dramatic side of the work-the big sudden blows that come, or seem to come, from outside- the ones you remember and blame things on and, in moments of weakness, tell your friends about, don't show their effect all at once." - The Crack-Up
5 titles of essays i may or may not write
1. Another Night, Another Day
2. Up Side Down Flowers
3. The Shadows in the Light
4. The Life of a Park Bench
5. Through the Glass
2. Up Side Down Flowers
3. The Shadows in the Light
4. The Life of a Park Bench
5. Through the Glass
Thursday, January 15, 2009
on honesty and privacy:
when i think about how honest i am with other people i would have to say im pretty honest but that i try not to be mean about it if it might be somethin you wouldn't want to hear. im a mixture between an "open book" and a private person when it comes to my privacy. I have learned through experiences that there are some people i would not tell anything private to because they would share it to the world in a heart beat. on the other hand there are some people im close to that i know i could tell my deepest darkest thoughts and they would not tell a soul. so all in all i guess it would just come down to how well i know.
the role of contrariety:
if you are passionate about something you will defend it. im generaly a shy person but if i have a strong opinon about something that shyness tends to go away. there are certain subjects that tend to get under my skin and those are the ones that i could discuss for hours on end that is why i hope they never get brought up in class. it is not because i think that other person is wrong just that they are subjects that neither side can really prove so there can't really ever be an end to it. i have gotten into a few of those discussions and definetly ticked some people off even though it was not my intention.
when i think about how honest i am with other people i would have to say im pretty honest but that i try not to be mean about it if it might be somethin you wouldn't want to hear. im a mixture between an "open book" and a private person when it comes to my privacy. I have learned through experiences that there are some people i would not tell anything private to because they would share it to the world in a heart beat. on the other hand there are some people im close to that i know i could tell my deepest darkest thoughts and they would not tell a soul. so all in all i guess it would just come down to how well i know.
the role of contrariety:
if you are passionate about something you will defend it. im generaly a shy person but if i have a strong opinon about something that shyness tends to go away. there are certain subjects that tend to get under my skin and those are the ones that i could discuss for hours on end that is why i hope they never get brought up in class. it is not because i think that other person is wrong just that they are subjects that neither side can really prove so there can't really ever be an end to it. i have gotten into a few of those discussions and definetly ticked some people off even though it was not my intention.
Monday, January 12, 2009
about writing
Critical writing to me is just not my "cup of tea" if you know what I mean. If you enjoy reading those kinds of works more power to you. After our last class it only confirmed for me the fact that I still do not like them. I do enjoy learning about the different critical writers history, but that is as far as I go to enjoying critical writing. Like the one author we discussed who found the need to write about his toilet habits was funny to hear about, but not something I would particularly enjoy having to read in depth about. I'm not sure who would really want to read that actually.
My "cup of tea" is anything from biographical to fantasy writings and of course the classics. I admit that I do tend to read fantasy type books more than anything else, but their not those fantasy novels you find hidden in your grandmas closet. I will admit it that I love the Harry Potter books that is what I mean when I say fantasy books. The kind of books on my book shelf can give you the best idea of what kind of type of writings I enjoy the most. In my room I have the Twilight series, Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, a biography of Queen Elisabeth, and Jane Austins Emma. I love books that tell a good story and have great characters. Without great characters there is no story no matter how good the concept for that story may be. Jane Austin created some of the best and well loved characters in literature. That to me is what good writing is about, it has to make you fall in love with the characters and the stories. It has to make you stay interested even if you already know what the outcome will be like in the case of biographies. So all in all critical writing may serve a purpose but I have yet to understand that purpose.
My "cup of tea" is anything from biographical to fantasy writings and of course the classics. I admit that I do tend to read fantasy type books more than anything else, but their not those fantasy novels you find hidden in your grandmas closet. I will admit it that I love the Harry Potter books that is what I mean when I say fantasy books. The kind of books on my book shelf can give you the best idea of what kind of type of writings I enjoy the most. In my room I have the Twilight series, Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, a biography of Queen Elisabeth, and Jane Austins Emma. I love books that tell a good story and have great characters. Without great characters there is no story no matter how good the concept for that story may be. Jane Austin created some of the best and well loved characters in literature. That to me is what good writing is about, it has to make you fall in love with the characters and the stories. It has to make you stay interested even if you already know what the outcome will be like in the case of biographies. So all in all critical writing may serve a purpose but I have yet to understand that purpose.
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