The second part of the book was so eventful and exciting. I was so surprised about the end of the second part of the book! I can not beleive the entire chapter really. It was surpriseing that Guy is so comitted with reading these books. He is very up and down the whole way about wheather or not to continue to explore and I am so glad he did continue. I also can not beleive he read a book in front of Mildreds friends. At first, I thought he was dreaming or that he was imaging doing this but when I releived he was not just dreaming I knew he would get in trouble I just never thought he would be going to his own house at the end. This makes me wonder if one of Mildreds friends told or if even Faber was caught. The end of the chapter left me with so many unanswered surprising questions that I hope will be answered in the next chapter.\

Flapjack

I'm currently just laying here watching my favorite chartoon, The Misadventures of Flapjack. I just thinking how funny it is that I am a eighteen year old and I'm still watching chartoons. The only difference between watching chartoons now compared to when I was younger is that I seem to appriate the artwork so much more. The imagery in Flapjack is so creative and inavative. The artwork alone is a reason to watch. From the way the ocean looks to the way the close up images look its all so creative and a new style of presenting a chartoon. Since Im sure not everyone has seen this show and have no idea what I am talking about I have put some pictures in my blog.

Fahrenheit 451 vs. 1984

So I havent quite read too much into Fahrenheit 451 but for some reason from what I have read I feel its alot like 1984. I feel the man in the book, Guy Montag is very simliar to Winston Smith from the book 1984, in the sense that they go about their days how they are told and never question the reasons why or what if there is more. They both do what they are told regardless of the reason of wrong or write they just listen to higher attority. In both books, however, I feel they start to question these methods on the event of meeting a girl. From Fahrenheit 451 her name is Clarrisse McClellan, a seventeen year old girl Guy meets while walking home. From the book 1984 her name is Julia, a young lady who Winston sees and falls in love with. In both the books the girls open the characters eyes up to things that do not follow society. I still havent read past the first forty pages of Fahrenheit 451 but yet I predict this is what may happen.

Chiche equals perfection

Tuesday night I went to the York Fair with my boyfriend, Justin. I was really expecting the night to be just a typipical night just hanging out and eating yummy fair food however I turned into something much more. After we both stuffed our faces with yummy food, me eating a Gyro and him eating a cheesesteak, we just were simply walking around holding hands atempting to steer through the crowd. As we made our way through the crazy, disorganized sea of people my boyfriend never once let my hand go. He would lead the way through the people and look back to make sure I was juat fine. We walked around for a little while more talking about random things watching the people and kids around us and all of the sudden he stopped at a stand. The stand was a game stand, and even though we had talked about how I thought it was cheesy when guys win their girls huge cheap toys, he decided he wanted to anyway. However instead of winning me a huge toy he won me a small soft teddy bear. It was so cliche and yet so perfect. After leaving the stand we walked on more and bought tickets for some rides. We decided to go on the farris wheel. Just as the wheel stopped at the top my boyfriend looked at me and kisssed me. It wasn't unexpected but yet still exciting like a surprise. After the night was over we drove home in my car and talked about how trulychiche and cheesy our night was. Looking back on the night it was very nonoriginal and yet perfect at the same time. Everything about the night was so perfect and like a girls dream come true.

diaries

I found the peice "Writing from the darkness" almost uplifting. This may sound straange when thoughout the story the author continues to speak about all these events that have kept her from writing or discourged her from her dream. I feel she pursude through all of it and put her struggles and passion into her writing. I felt a true connection with her when ever she mentioned all her opinions on her diarys. The one line that I really realted to the most was " Whole diaries gone because I refused to pry them open, not wanting what was private to be accessible." This is exactly how I felt as a little girl. I wrote my most raw feelings in my dairies and feared all the time someone would read them so I hide them. I would hide them in places like under my bed, in a drawl under all my cloths or even in my bathroom. Im proud that the author finally was able to break through all her obstacles with her diary writing and is now able to write freely.

Little Frogs

I was driving home tonight from my boyfriends house driving like normal, trying to get home before curfew, when I noticed something on the road. It was all these little "pebble" like things. So I decided to slow down and see what they were, even though at this point i was already late. I live on a very little dirt road that not many people take so me slowing down wouldn't mean much to anyone other than my mother who was waiting for me. As I began to lean forward in my seat I was startled when the "pebble" jumped! I guess the dampness from the rain had cause little frogs to come out and sit all over the road. I releized then that in an attempt to get home and save my own self I walked or drove all over other lives. This is almost how real life works in a sense that to get to where you want to be in life you must walk on, step over or even drive over those in your way. As I slowly drove my car to my house trying really hard to not hit the little frogs I thought that as much as I dont want to get in trouble with my mom tonight for being late just knowing that I would need to kill a bunch of frogs to make that happen and I was not about to do that. It just makes me think for my future that I would rather not hurt people to get to where I want to be and maybe take a little disipline and struggle knowing I didn't "drive over" anyone.

All the worlds a stage.

So i'm currently listening to my favorite band, Chiodos, and a lyric stood out to me. It says "All the worlds a stage". I thought alot about this and decided to look up the meaning and it turns out it is a Shakespearean quote from the poem All the world's a stage (from As You Like It 2/7). As i read the poem i relieze how true it is. Shakespeare taiks about how all of life is acts, how everything do is full of entrances and exits into the next "sence" in our lives. Its so true! From the second we are born we are being watched. Someone in our lives is always waiting and watching. Our whole school carreer is watched by teachers and parents and even our peers. After school we are watched by our co-workers and friends. Even when we our in a relationship we are being watched by our segnifigent other. Its crazy how much our lives are scripted! For me personal knowing that my life is being played out i want to make my life the best play in the world! Its more than just pleasing those who are watching me though I want those who are watching me to be proud of me when I am happy. This lyric all alone has made me think and relieze how happy I want my "play" to be.

What Should Colleges Teach?

Stanley Fisher is very much correct on his points and veiws on what and how education should be taught. He is correct in his opion that colleges should teach a course primarly focused on the craft of writing. He said that he has even adivse administrators that courses should teach grammar and rhetoric and nothing less or more.There are however organizations grather for just such a cause. Unfortuantly, according to Stanley Fisher the organizations focus on the wrong goals. He says there is a difference in opions of thosewho watch the teachings and those who really teach. The colleges and universities should look toward their own professors and teachers to redisign classes and help student develop a basic yet strong understanding of the english language.