Almost over

So senior year is coming to a close and most people can't wait for it to be over. I can necessarily say that I am one of those people because right now, I feel neutral about it all. Unlike most, I have to take two finals, math and spanish, before I can feel "done with school". I have no idea how I plan to celebrate my success of finishing high school, maybe I'll just come home and watch some television. Fun.

Cinco de Mayo blog

So this is suppose to be another creative blog, but I am running out of things creatively write. Coming up with random things to talk about are presenting problems for me because it is hard to think of a topic off the top of my head. School is almost over so that's nice. I still have to study for an AP next week, and also finals, but after that, I should be in the clear. Tomorrow is friday, and the weekend shall be here again, how exciting.

College List of things

1. Car (hopefully)

2. Clothes

3. Vans

4. Saints blanket

5. Comfy mattress

6. Electronics

7. Memories

8. Books

9. Mindset

10. Vans

Old City vs New City

So, the Hornets lost yesterday to the Lakers. It was interesting to watch this matchup, not only because I like watching the Lakers (lose), but also because these are the two cities in which I can say I've lived in. Most people know I'm going to New Orleans for college and that I love everything associated with the city, almost everything. Anyway, that was just something I would sometimes think about at times when watching the series, but now it's over.

Blog In Class

My favorite city is New Orleans, Louisiana. My dad is from Alexandria, which is in central Louisiana so we go to Alexandria and New Orleans basically every year. Most of my favorite things are in New Orleans: favorite NFL team, favorite college sports team, favorite number one college and my favorite food, crabmeat au gratin. Crabmeat au gratin consist of crab and a lot of cheese and some kind of creamy sause which, I have not yet figured out what it is. It should not come as a shock that I plan to go to New Orleans for college come August, but anything can happen. FIN

Creative Blog 1

I read a lot of " The Hardy Boys" books in middle school, and at that time I enjoyed reading more than watching t.v. As I got older however I read less and less until 9th grade, in Nelson's english class, where we had to read "Catcher in the Rye". That has been the only book I've actually enjoyed reading and discussing in class besides "Of Mice and Men", and both of those books I read at the beginning of my high school career. I have gone three years, including this one, not finding any of our readings overly interesting, though "Metamorphosis" wasn't bad.

Graphic Novel

Kuper's graphic interpretation of Metamorphosis dabbles with the age old question of "what does the vermin look like?" and invites the reader to view his vision of Gregor as an insect. Many people may not particularly agree with Kuper's vermin, and that's acceptable. Kafka made it clear that he did not want to have a picture of the bug on the book which leads me to believe that he wanted the reader to paint their own picture of the creature. I have no clear personal vision of the bug, but in seeing Kupers' version, I can get a sense of what he looks like.

Leaderless Discussions

I believe the leaderless discussions helped people understand each others views and opinions on Heart of Darkness and Metamorphasis. My faviorte question that was posed was how would you react to being a vermin. Since, as we all know, this is highly impossible, I had a very realistic answer. More leaderless discussions should follow in the future.

Essay ideas H.O.D.

My main essay idea would have to be the idea of Kurtz in some way or another, being a part of Marlow, and embodying a persona Marlow is sub-consciencly curious about. Some examples would include Kurtz two fiances, one english and one african, the idea of no rules or restrictions, and also figuring out how deep he can get while still sustaining his moral code and sanity. This seems like a topic that I would be able to elaborate well on while creating some good insight and prospective.

Heart of Darkness #6

Kurtz tries to portray the blindfolded woman in reference to justice. Justice is blind and therefore cannot judge people by color or gender, but by character only. I do not think Marlow would completely agree with Kurtz, because he seems to have a more pessimistic view of how societies view one another. Marlow knows that the english have very low perceptions of the africans and do not respect them as a culture of people.

Heart of Darkness #2

Marlow, in my opinion begins speaking about when the Romans first came to London to make the connection to the similarity of his perception of Africa at the time. It is possible that Africa could have been viewed as a dreadful place to be, like old London, full of disease and death and savages.When the English took hold of London, the whole country became a superpower in the world and lost the reputation as a place of exile. Marlow believes the same can be done with the English colonizing Africa. It can be inferred by Marlow that if the English could create London into a place of high class and a model for the world, the same can be done with the colonization of Africa by the English.