I used a So You Think You Can Dance Video for this assignment , here is the link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48OKZqYzHM
What I observed:
Posture - loose, strong, real, curved
Space - useful, busy, open
Sound - quiet, smooth, soft, tender
Facial expression - passionate, fragil, concentrated
choreography - beautiful, graceful, powerful
What I Inferred: compassion, intense, gentle, formal, romantic, sincere, confident, intimate
My Claim:
[In this video from so you think you can dance, the dancers busy use of space, passionate facial expressions, and graceful, powerful choreography] expresses [a sense of compassionate intamacy and sincere confidence]
Monday, September 19, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
its currently friday
Book: its kind of a funny story
pages this week: 215
pages this semester: 529
Quotes of the week:
My Favorite One!! --
“Things to do today:
1) Breathe in.
2) Breathe out.”
1) Breathe in.
2) Breathe out.”
Its kind of funny..the main character in the story suffers from depression and anxiety disorder. I dont suffer from depression but i do have anxiety severely. This quote is something that i have to say to myself almost everyday to make it through without having an attack. Some people may not notice that i have it because i hide it pretty well, but its there.
Other quotes that stood out...
“Its so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself. That's above and beyond everything else, and it's not a mental complaint-it's a physical thing, like it's physically hard to open your mouth and make the words come out. They don't come out smooth and in conjunction with your brain the way normal people's words do; they come out in chunks as if from a crushed-ice dispenser; you stumble on them as they gather behind your lower lip. So you just keep quiet.”
“People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.”
“I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.”
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
its kind of a funny story..
I started reading it's kind of a funny story this week and I really like it already!! ive gotten pretty far into it already. about 200 pages or so. I would recommend this book to an older, high school-aged audience because of the sexuality, and the mature issues discussed in the book. The narrative voice of Craig sounds very genuine and real; but it can be a bit difficult to read the raw details of his depression.
The book was a bit was too slow paced for my liking at the beginning...i like to read something that is exciting in the beginning as well, it is slow when he was describing his depression and childhood. The action didn’t start until about halfway through the book when he checked himself into an adult psychiatric hospital
“…a gaunt, hollow man with big circles under his eyes and a nose that looks like it’s been broken in about three places. In contrast to the floor policy, scruff lines his chin. He’s older but still has all his hair, a stately gray mop, combed half-heartedly. And he carries himself a little weird, leaning back as if he were on a headrest.” I thought that this was an awesome description to put a picture in your mind of what this character looks like.
The book was a bit was too slow paced for my liking at the beginning...i like to read something that is exciting in the beginning as well, it is slow when he was describing his depression and childhood. The action didn’t start until about halfway through the book when he checked himself into an adult psychiatric hospital
The author uses humor to ease into the deep, painful issues of the novel. I think it makes it less scary to read and more enjoyable to read.
Bobby, the former drug-addict whom Craig meets on the tour around the psychiatric ward, is a fascinating character. The description of him painted a perfect picture in my mind: i loved the description
“…a gaunt, hollow man with big circles under his eyes and a nose that looks like it’s been broken in about three places. In contrast to the floor policy, scruff lines his chin. He’s older but still has all his hair, a stately gray mop, combed half-heartedly. And he carries himself a little weird, leaning back as if he were on a headrest.” I thought that this was an awesome description to put a picture in your mind of what this character looks like.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Currently From Last Week .....
pages read this week:94 (finished my book)
pages this semester: 314
Quotes of the week :
"I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning."
"So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing but a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anything but doesn't hurt your eyes. It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small."
“This is not a time for heroes because nobody will let that happen.”
"Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody."
"Please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough."
I finished this book last thursday (im a little late on this post) but overall, i loved reading this book! The format made it not so boring and very interesting. I loved how Charlie grew as a character, and wrote about everything that he thought. i would reccomend this book to anyone who likes reading about real life, and the things that teenagers go through.
pages this semester: 314
Quotes of the week :
"I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning."
"So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing but a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anything but doesn't hurt your eyes. It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small."
“This is not a time for heroes because nobody will let that happen.”
"Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody."
"Please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough."
I finished this book last thursday (im a little late on this post) but overall, i loved reading this book! The format made it not so boring and very interesting. I loved how Charlie grew as a character, and wrote about everything that he thought. i would reccomend this book to anyone who likes reading about real life, and the things that teenagers go through.
Friday, September 9, 2011
i really just loved it.
I just really loved reading this book.
Charlie first appears to be a quiet, strange and unpopular boy. He is left friendless as a result of his best friend committing suicide a year earlier. One day he befriends two seniors called Sam and Patrick and they, along with their friends, introduce him to a whole new life. They expose him to new music, true friendship, drugs, sex and more complicated relationships.
This story is told through a series of letters that Charlie writes to an anonymous person...and i think that this helps us really see his way of thinking..he isnt afraid to say anything that is on his mind.This is a coming of age story, however it is unlike any I've ever read. I believe this is because Charlie seems so real, so likable and I think he is also really sweet..even though he tells every other character how it is.
Memorable Quotes:
I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.
"I feel infinite""
Charlie first appears to be a quiet, strange and unpopular boy. He is left friendless as a result of his best friend committing suicide a year earlier. One day he befriends two seniors called Sam and Patrick and they, along with their friends, introduce him to a whole new life. They expose him to new music, true friendship, drugs, sex and more complicated relationships.
This story is told through a series of letters that Charlie writes to an anonymous person...and i think that this helps us really see his way of thinking..he isnt afraid to say anything that is on his mind.This is a coming of age story, however it is unlike any I've ever read. I believe this is because Charlie seems so real, so likable and I think he is also really sweet..even though he tells every other character how it is.
Memorable Quotes:
I love my mom. And this time, I told her I loved her. And she told me she loved me, too. And things were okay for a little while.
"I feel infinite""
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
A Little Late.
So friday we were on the laptops in class and we were supposed to post about the blogs that we went through. i didnt get to this post until now but i wrote all of the blogs i went to and read. I'm a little late on this because Ive been struggling with some personal problems since then, but in class on friday i visited A Scrap of Parchment, Hog Smog Blog, BookLover17, RocketGuild, FreshMoney, T-Rex, Stormy Days, Banana Smoothie, and Wolf Spot from third period and then JimmehFTWand Keep it Classy from first period. I commented on RocketGuilds blog, about one of his quotes of the week. The book that he is currently reading sounds really funny.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Real Life.
The book I read this week was "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
The # of pages this week:117
The # of pages this semester:215
This book as many interesting quotes, i picked three that caught my attention and that i really liked:
"I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And i hope they believe me."
"Do you enjoy the holidays with your family? I don't mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this.
First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same."
---this quote is SO true. you love your family always but dont always like them. the main character then starts to talk about how every holiday is the same thing, with the same people.
RANDOM: "i love twinkies, and the reason i am saying that is because in science class we are all supposed to think of reasons to live" -- hahahah
The # of pages this week:117
The # of pages this semester:215
This book as many interesting quotes, i picked three that caught my attention and that i really liked:
"I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And i hope they believe me."
"Do you enjoy the holidays with your family? I don't mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this.
First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same."
---this quote is SO true. you love your family always but dont always like them. the main character then starts to talk about how every holiday is the same thing, with the same people.
RANDOM: "i love twinkies, and the reason i am saying that is because in science class we are all supposed to think of reasons to live" -- hahahah
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