I love music and I love how when you listen to different types of music, it can really change your mood. I heard once that "A girl's favorite song can tell a lot about how she is feeling, and that the lyrics of a song is the words she can never say". When people listen to music their emotions can take over. When you really hear the lyrics you get ingrossed in that sound.
I know that when I have the radio pumping in my car, it can make me happier, I also know which artist and which cd to put on for every mood that I am in. I have the rap music like Eminem and Kayne West when I’m in that “I don’t care mood”. I have the Pink and Avril Lavigne music for when I’m into that girls rule kind of mood and I also have the Simple Plan, Good Charlotte music to rock out to.
Music is a big part of everyone’s life and it is something many artists today have taken advantage of because what they sing about really has nothing positive to say. It’s sad to say that now rappers sing about women in derogatory manners and many little kids are following in their ways. The days of mixing good beats with lyrics that makes sense and actually has something to say are diminishing, which is really sad, because I know that everyone has those songs that will always hold a place in your heart for some kind of reason. To me, "Stronger" by Kayne West will always put a smile on my face for the memories it holds behind it.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
UGHHH!!!
Everyday I feel like things are getting harder, and theres just nowhere to vent anymore so for this entry I'm going to vent about things have been been bothering me lately =).. 1) The cold weather, it’s late April already.. honestly the cold needs to go
2) How it’s the end of school and we still get tons of homework.. no offense of course =)
3) My phone, and how it keeps breaking
4) My JOB!!!
5) The fact that I work everyday, but I have no money
6) When people say they can eat everything they want and not gain weight… awww poor babies!! Lol
7) Fake smiles and the people who give them
8) People who never drive when you go out
9) Radio stations that play the same songs… and the fact that you can never catch the one you want to hear
10) People who still dress in winter clothes when it’s 70 degrees out, am I the only one to watches the weather when I go out
11) Really studying for a test and doing average
12) How it always decides to rain when I have to go out
13) Girls with perfect hair, it takes me hours to straighten my hair and it still never fully straightens
14) How nothing is ever on television when I have time to actually watch it
15) Hate having to complain about stupid things
Hehehe thanks for listening though =)
2) How it’s the end of school and we still get tons of homework.. no offense of course =)
3) My phone, and how it keeps breaking
4) My JOB!!!
5) The fact that I work everyday, but I have no money
6) When people say they can eat everything they want and not gain weight… awww poor babies!! Lol
7) Fake smiles and the people who give them
8) People who never drive when you go out
9) Radio stations that play the same songs… and the fact that you can never catch the one you want to hear
10) People who still dress in winter clothes when it’s 70 degrees out, am I the only one to watches the weather when I go out
11) Really studying for a test and doing average
12) How it always decides to rain when I have to go out
13) Girls with perfect hair, it takes me hours to straighten my hair and it still never fully straightens
14) How nothing is ever on television when I have time to actually watch it
15) Hate having to complain about stupid things
Hehehe thanks for listening though =)
Monday, April 21, 2008
Passion
Passion is a word with so many definitions. Lately the idea of passion has come up a lot. When we read “The Curve of Binding Energy” I felt that Ted Taylor’s accomplishments were the perfect examples of passion. He held crazy ideas such as Project Orion and wouldn’t give up, he had a passion for science and that’s why he could succeed in a lot more.
The idea of passion is so invigorating even the word alone screams intensity. I believe so much in passion. Passion could be found in sports, life, love, or even your job. I feel that if you have passion for something, you won’t give up on it. Passion doesn’t leave you, it grows with you and I believe that having this intensity in something will let you grow more.
The idea of passion is so invigorating even the word alone screams intensity. I believe so much in passion. Passion could be found in sports, life, love, or even your job. I feel that if you have passion for something, you won’t give up on it. Passion doesn’t leave you, it grows with you and I believe that having this intensity in something will let you grow more.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Dare to be Different
Today like all Sundays I went to church, and I was sitting in my seat and at Communion I noticed a little girl that got up to receive. She had to be about 11 years old and I noticed what she was wearing. No, I wasn’t judging what a little girl had on, but I thought it was the best thing I ever saw. She had on these big white sunglasses, mismatched clothes, a huge sparkly bag and little heels and she looked like she owned the walkway. She looked like she had no care in the world and could have sold what she was wearing to a designer.
I sat there and I looked at her and just smiled. Now that I’m a “grown-up” people judge so much on what other people wear, that no one would even try to pull that off. I remembered the days when I was little and use to do the same thing as that little girl and I thought I was so cool. Sometimes I miss those days, when the biggest care in the world wasn’t about what to wear or who to be fake to next, you just did your own thing and if people didn’t like it, you didn’t care.
I sat there and I looked at her and just smiled. Now that I’m a “grown-up” people judge so much on what other people wear, that no one would even try to pull that off. I remembered the days when I was little and use to do the same thing as that little girl and I thought I was so cool. Sometimes I miss those days, when the biggest care in the world wasn’t about what to wear or who to be fake to next, you just did your own thing and if people didn’t like it, you didn’t care.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Creative Non-fiction
There are many different types of genres in the literary world, and each of theses genres bring its own unique characteristics to abide by. We have the mysteries, romance, drama, fiction and even creative non-fiction. All of these genres bring something different to “the table” making it easy to distinguish between the styles.
Although creative-nonfiction is a genre of writing it is kind of hard to define. I took it as a type of writing that uses facts and real occurrences, but tells it in a different way. It brings a sort of “storyline” to the real facts. In Bruce Dobler’s Creative Non-Fiction Compendium he describes it as "literary journalism" or "literature of fact”. He defines it as a branch of writing which employs literary techniques and artistic vision usually associated with fiction or poetry to report on actual persons and events. I also found a different definition (Barrie Jean Borich) that states it is a writing that can embody both personal and public history. It is a form that utilizes memory, experience, observation, opinion, and all kinds of research. Sometimes the form can do all of the above at the same time. Other times it is more selective and it can include the author’s perspective.
Over this semester we have read two examples of Creative Non-fiction, which was “All Around the Town” and The Curve of Binding Energy”. In these stories the authors use real facts and added interesting twists to make the facts grow into a story and make it come alive.
Lee Gutkind, the author of several books of creative nonfiction and the founder/editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction, mentioned in Bruce Dobler’s Creative Non-fiction Compendium that this genre strives to communicate real-life stories dramatically. He also mentions that “The most important quality that a creative nonfiction writer can have, is passion: ‘A passion for the written word; a passion for the search and discovery of knowledge; and a passion for ... understanding intimately how things in this world work.”’ I feel that passion makes anything better. If you have passion for what you are writing about, then people will want to read it and would be able to experience what you are feeling in your words. Having this type of passion in our writings as students is important, especially when using this genre, because we are able to use what we are taught and add our own imagination to it.
Although creative-nonfiction is a genre of writing it is kind of hard to define. I took it as a type of writing that uses facts and real occurrences, but tells it in a different way. It brings a sort of “storyline” to the real facts. In Bruce Dobler’s Creative Non-Fiction Compendium he describes it as "literary journalism" or "literature of fact”. He defines it as a branch of writing which employs literary techniques and artistic vision usually associated with fiction or poetry to report on actual persons and events. I also found a different definition (Barrie Jean Borich) that states it is a writing that can embody both personal and public history. It is a form that utilizes memory, experience, observation, opinion, and all kinds of research. Sometimes the form can do all of the above at the same time. Other times it is more selective and it can include the author’s perspective.
Over this semester we have read two examples of Creative Non-fiction, which was “All Around the Town” and The Curve of Binding Energy”. In these stories the authors use real facts and added interesting twists to make the facts grow into a story and make it come alive.
Lee Gutkind, the author of several books of creative nonfiction and the founder/editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction, mentioned in Bruce Dobler’s Creative Non-fiction Compendium that this genre strives to communicate real-life stories dramatically. He also mentions that “The most important quality that a creative nonfiction writer can have, is passion: ‘A passion for the written word; a passion for the search and discovery of knowledge; and a passion for ... understanding intimately how things in this world work.”’ I feel that passion makes anything better. If you have passion for what you are writing about, then people will want to read it and would be able to experience what you are feeling in your words. Having this type of passion in our writings as students is important, especially when using this genre, because we are able to use what we are taught and add our own imagination to it.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Happiness
I read an article in a magazine awhile ago that talked about how there are certain things to people that will always make them happy. The person who wrote it listed the five things and although I don't remember exactly what they were, I remember that it was as simple as taking a run for her. After I read the article, I thought about five things that will always do the trick for me. They didn't need to big, just simple things that were suppose to always without a doubt be a reason to put a smile on your face. I sat on my couch thinking about things and when I was trying to think about different choices, I noticed that my face would just smile at even the thought. My list was 1) taking a drive in my car with the radio on, 2) eating a bowl of ice cream, 3) going on swings, 4) watching a good movie 5) sitting outside til dark on a summer night. These things may sound kind of simple and even random, but doing any one of them makes me happy. This exercise really made me think that all the things we try to do in life to make oursleves happy is just an illusion. It doesn't have to be drastic to make you feel good, just simple.
It's Madness Baby!
Basketball has been a hot topic in the sports world lately. First there was the Rockets winning streak winning 22 games in a row, but it ended when they lost to the Celtics, and now yesterday was the start of college basketball's March Madness. March Madness occurrs around the same time every year, when 64 of the best colleges face off to go to the final four and then be crowned the winner. watching college basketball, especially this is so much better than the pros. The students who play in this tournament play with something that the pros forgot a long time ago, and that is heart. The teams that play in this tournement know that if you don't bring your A-game when you play then it's over, because it's a one game elimination. So the teams play like it's the last time they will ever play, because for some of the seniors that take part, it will be. This is what makes march madness so great. I use to play basketball, and now I just play for fun. I remember some of my games that ment so much to me, that I needed to win, I remember playing with passion and I remember playing that last game on a real court and going home and knowing that it was only a game and now it would be just a hobby to me. I remember feeling on the court, especially for the big games a sense that I didn't want to dissapoint people by losing, and during this tournement that is exactly what these players feel. Every year I watch this, and I see the Cinderella stories and the upsets and even the teams that are number one who actaully make it to the top, they all want the same thing, and that is to win!
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