Conclusion: The Final Blog

When it comes to blogs they honestly never bothered me that much. They're not how I would like to spend all of my free time, but when it comes to a school assignment they're about as good as it gets for me. Being a person who enjoys writing more than almost all other aspects of school, this is a quick enjoyable way to get an assignment done while also showing some personality here and there. The personality being the one thing that all of my blogs really have in common. The very first blog was a good topic for me to ease into my sort of writing style. The topic faced focuses all on me and the way I think about reading. Let's face it, we all like to talk about ourselves and when we write it is no different. I talk about all the small things that bug me when I'm reading. For example I can't stand picking up a book that doesn't draw me in right away. If I'm going to read a book it better be 10/10 all the way through or it's not really worth my time. I then go on and whine about how I like fantasy and I can only read in silince. That first blog really set the standard for all of the others, it's me ranting ...hopefully about the assingment, but what really brings all of the blogs together is the ranting I do about myself and the certain ways I do it.







As I continue on my journey through all of my various blogs a certain climax of my joking/sarcastic/self centered writing style is reached with the my life lessons blog and the best friends/ Anthony Kiedis blog. In the life lessons blog I talk about my parents and how they raised me to be a very kind and accepting individual. In reality I'm not the most accepting person in the world. I try to be, but I definetly have my slip ups every alot in a while. During that blog in particular I used two different sides of emotion to get the assignment completed. There's one side of me being very dramatic and a bit cheesy, talking about my parents and how they raised me. While there's the other side of me comenting on the whole thing with quite a large amount of sarcasm (which could be hard for alot of people to understand if they don't know me that well). Moving on to my blog about Anthony Kiedis. Ahh this was an interesting one. Instead of writing a blog about one best friend (which would be a little bit wierd for me because I don't have one "best friend") I wrote a blog about one of my favorite musicians, Anthony Kiedis the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, pretending he was my best friend. I pretty much showed my true colors in this blog taking an assignment that didn't really interest me and turning it into a subject that did interest me. Now of course I was assuming that Mrs. Gilman didn't know anything about the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Anthony Kiedis and of course I was wrong, but I wasn't too worried about that. I thought of it as a good thing that Mrs. Gilman knew who Anthony Kiedis was, most people don't. I got full credit too I'm pretty sure.







Now it is time to wrap everything up. It is the conclusion to the conclusion of all of my blogs. The blogs were a good thing. They were a quick way to get your initial idea on the page without the toture of re-editing and revising that many other writing assignments brought. Although I prefered writing about things focused on me opposed to the prompts that dealt with theme and literature those weren't too much of a pain either. To end it all I want to show a picture of my favorite band Radiohead with some lyrics from one of thier songs because I feel it is an appropriate legacy for me to leave behind with my blog writing career.




Used to be alright
what happened?
etcetera etcetera

-Radiohead

There's alot of hidden symbolism, theme and motif in that line.
(not really)

Essay Writing

I've always been pretty good at writing, it's one of my strong points, and I enjoy it compared to most other things in school. But I have learned a lot this year in regards to "essay writing specifically." Whenever I used to write it was about whatever was on my mind, I wasn't trying to follow a specific set of rules or a rubric, and I truly enjoy this type of writing much more. But in the end looking back on the whole struggle, it was a very constructive challenge and a valuable skill to have.

Looking through this essay I am confident that it meets almost all of the standards that make it an A. Examining my other essay grade and comments I noticed that I wasn't using enough original ideas. This can be very hard for me because my ideas tend to get cluttered and repetitive but this time around I put a lot of focus into using original ideas. With this new aspect in my essay I feel fairly confident about my grade.

Summer Reading

Well I have a lot of books in mind to read over the summer but I never really get the motivation to start them usually because I'm too busy doing nothing. The first book I would like to read is "Room Full of Mirrors" a biography on Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross. Now both of my books I'm going to write about are music centered and that's because that's what I like to read about. I'm really fascinated about Hendrix's life and death. His life seemed so carefree and so spontaneous, I'm really interested to learn more about it. The next book I want to read is "This is your Brain on Music" by Daniel J. Levitin. Credit for the idea to read this book goes to my sweet compadre Quinn Mau. The theory of how music effects the brain, to me, is mind blowing. I really don't understand how something like music can give you so many emotions and make you feel so many different things. I want to become more informed on this subject.

Culture Shock

When I read this blog assignment surprisingly I had no idea of any "solid" example in modern life referring to Romeo and Juliet. I mean i could write about some Taylor Swift song but I probably wouldn't be able to live with myself after doing that (no offense to any fans of hers). However, there's a song by the Arctic Monkeys that I've listened to and loved for years now, and just today realized it would fall into this category that fits with the blog. I googled "songs that allude to Romeo and Juliet" (having no ideas in mind) and I found this song and realized there was one line that alludes to Romeo and Juliet.
The line of the song in "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" by the Arctic Monkeys goes as follows:

Oh, there ain't no love no, Montague's or Capulet's
Just bangin' tunes in DJ sets
And dirty dance floors, dreams of naughtiness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oviw6QZepVc&feature=related

In this song I feel like they are just talking about the boring town that they live in, and there isn't any sort of romance or fun. It's a pretty awesome song you should click the link above to listen.

More Questions

One thing I noticed in this last reading is Pip easily has sympathy for the fact that Abel Magwitch was betrayed by Compeyson. Why does Pip decide that he actually cares for someone other than himself for once? This seems very out of context from where the story has been going so far. I think Pip might want to help Abel have revenge on Compeyson only to further Miss Havisham's opinion of him because he would be avenging Compeyson's betrayal of Miss Havisham as well.
Please help me with this one, tell me if you agree with me or if you have any other opinions to add.

Great Exp. Question

"Little Jane is the same. In her desire to be matrimonially established, you might suppose her to have passed her short existence in the perpetual contemplation of domestic bliss. Little Alick in a frock has already made arrangements for his union with a suitable young person at Kew. And, indeed, I think we are all engaged, except the baby."
Page 252

I really don't understand much about this quote at all. To my knowledge Jane and Alick are relations to Herbert , but I really don't know how or why this is supposed to fit in or add something to the book. I also don't really understand the reference to Kew. I have a feeling that is a town or a city but I'm not quite sure.
Please Help.

Photo Post (Poodles)

These two poodles represent the two sides of Pip that are shown during the novel. The dog to below represents his innocent side shown during the first part of the novel. This dog is much like the Pip in the sense that it's a character that is very down to earth, the type of personality we could relate to and sympathzise for. Although we may not sypathsize for this dog quite as much as we might for Pip because Pip is taken advantage of and this dog doesn't seem to be, it still gets this general idea of Pip across. The poodle above is Pip's character later in the book. This poodle appears to be very snobby and although this characterization of the poodle is all hyopthitical (and only based on looks) it would seem to be more self centered then the other poodle. The other reason this poodle above portrays the new Pip is because any wealth or high status that a poodle gains is completely dependent on thier owner. This is much like Pip because his wealth was given to him and he did hardly anything to earn it.