Archipelago-chain of island in a sea.
Pillory-expose to public scorn
Languor-lack of vigour
Extempore-without preparation
Temerity-rashness, boldness
Conceit-vanity;pride
Orator- formal public speeker
Belie-misrepresent
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
On Running After One's Hat
When i sat down and began to read this essay i was not in the best of moods since i am sick once again. I was able to envision the town of Battersea quit clearly thanks to Chestertons easy way of writing. This is one of the first essays, excluding a piece of chalk,that we've read that hasn't almost put me to sleep i must admit and it did brighten my mood for a little while. After reading this i realized that i will have to stop and try to look at the things that frustrate me as an adventure.
I love the connection he makes when hes telling his friend to look at the jammed drawer as sumthing exciting and not exasperating. Chesterton had to be a preety happy go lucky guy i think to look at those kinds of situations in such a possitive light, or maybe he was just a boy traped in a mans body considering his last story we read also had a child like quality to it, and i envy him for that.
I love the connection he makes when hes telling his friend to look at the jammed drawer as sumthing exciting and not exasperating. Chesterton had to be a preety happy go lucky guy i think to look at those kinds of situations in such a possitive light, or maybe he was just a boy traped in a mans body considering his last story we read also had a child like quality to it, and i envy him for that.
5 first paragraphs i liked
1. Under the Influence p. 733
2. The Knife p. 708
3. An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification p. 146
4. Split at the Root p. 640
5. On Going a Journey p. 181
2. The Knife p. 708
3. An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification p. 146
4. Split at the Root p. 640
5. On Going a Journey p. 181
Monday, January 26, 2009
5 firstlines of possible essays
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.
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 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.
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