Concert goings. (PA#1)

About two weeks ago, I went to to the Enter Shikari concert. And I have to say, it was amazing. I did get elbowed in the jaw, and I tripped and almost lost my phone, but it was so worth it. The opening bands were good too, but Enter Shikari stole the show by far. Nothing is better than releasing months of built up stress and worries by jumping into a mosh pit and just going crazy. The mosh pits were bigger than they were at August Burns Red, which was extremely surprising to me, even though there were less than maybe around 250 people there. I freaking love going to concerts, they just give me that feeling of complete content and they have such a lasting impact with me. The next one I plan on going to is Escape the Fate in the middle of May, so I'm quite excited :D

Writing Reflection #8

This week we tried Blackout Newspaper Poetry, and I have to say, it is HARD. I tried and tried, and after several attempts, I just got frustrated. I looked around the class, and everyone else had something going on for them, and I couldn't understand why I couldn't get something started. I guess I just don't work well with a limited selection of words. I like having an unlimited variety. I couldn't even get one started, nonetheless finish three whole ones! On the same theme too!! I don't know how I'm supposed to get three done by the end of this week. As for successes with Blackout Poetry.....I had none. It's really cool to see the finished ones though, especially after discovering how difficult it is. It`s unique because you have a limited amount of words to choose from, and they are specific ones at that. It is really different, but I have to say that so far I`m not a fan of creating them. I learned that I hate when people tell me my limits with certain things, such as writing, and words in general. Writing should be about expressing yourself limitlessly through words. I just don`t think that using other people`s words does that.

Writing Reflection #7

http://spellinginoverrated.blogspot.ca/2012/03/pretty-much-sums-up-my-blog.html?showComment=1335810463350
http://bradysbloggg.blogspot.ca/2012/03/six-word-memoir-4.html?showComment=1335810964801
http://cheyennecu.blogspot.ca/2012/04/personal-addition-20.html?showComment=1335811205785

The first comment related to arguments, and how people dont use real logic to win them anymore. They think just because they corrected your spelling or can yell louder that they automatically win the argument, because they don't actually have any real points to make to win. It irritates me because I know a few people who just yell whenever they don't have anything smart to say.... The second comment was about how dogs cheer you up, and I agree because their loyalty to their owners make them happy. Their whole purpose is being your best friend, and I'd say they do a dang good job. Cats just lie around all day being lazy. The third comment was related to traveling and the places she had been before. I never get to travel so it's interesting to see where everyone gets the privelege to go.

Writing Reflection #6

http://kreacherfear.blogspot.ca/2012/04/side-note.html?showComment=1335205975941
http://jolums.blogspot.ca/2012/04/sharing.html?showComment=1335206410438
http://bacdcw.blogspot.ca/2012/04/personal-addtition-5.html#comment-form

The first comment was about how society these days is all about looks. This struck me because not a lot of people realize these days that it is true. Why should it even matter about your appearance? Blush and expensive clothes aren't going to bag you a good career when you're older. The second comment was referring to people with anxiety issues. It seems to relate back to the 'ugly society' thing, because people have to struggle with things like anxiety because of what society tells us. The third comment was just mind-boggling to me. Just..... look at it. JE NE COMPRENDS PAS!!!!

Reading Response #6 16/04/2012

Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Pages 212-242 read

"He's a fraud and a cheat and possibly even something of a monster. If you're ever in trouble, go to him. He will protect you, girl. He has to." As to why Door's dad would trust her to a dangerous person beats me. However in the London Below, I guess everyone is found to be dangerous. No one is able to trust anyone else, otherwise they end up dead. Door's dad might have made a deal with the Marquis de Carabas, or have known each other for quite some time, or something of the sort in which he could trust him, but from what I've read of the Marquis de Carabas and how he treats other people would not make me want to trust someone like him. Her dad must have known what he was talking about, and since he is dead, Door has no other advice to follow except for that. Anyways, continuing on, I was surprised to find a Macbeth reference in this book. Richard says "Well, lead on, Macduff," referring to when Macduff leads the troops to bring the fall of Macbeth. Perhaps Richard didn't believe he would make it out of the ordeal alive, just like there was no chance of Macbeth making out of his castle alive, which is why he would say that, or maybe some other reason that I'm not sure of.
A few pages later, a phone call between the angel Islington and Mr Croup take place, and the reader finds out that they are working together. I could not believe this when I read it, because my mind wouldn't let me understand how someone who's supposed to be holy can be working with people so evil who are trying to kill Door. I still have to read on about what will happen with that, but for now Gaiman has really surprised me with adding that twist.

Reading Response 09/04/2012

Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
Pages 180-212 read
"Richard looked into its eyes. They were a luminescent gray, eyes as old as the universe, eyes that had seen galaxies congeal from stardust ten million, million years ago; Richard shook his head. Islington smiled at him, kindly." I can picture these eyes being full of wisdom and wonder, like an angel's eyes would seem like, although it would be hard to know exactly what eyes like that would seem like. After they talked to the angel, they traveled underground, and Door describes the fog as 'thick yellow river fogs, mixed with coal-smoke and whatever rubbish was going into the air for the last five centuries', which really makes the scene feel as grimy as it should, and emphasize how unfortunate it is that they have to be in that current situation. ``Why do you have fogs down here, when we don`t have them up there anymoreÉ` Door scratched her nose. `There are little pockets of old time in London, where things and places stay the same, like bubbles in amber. There`s a lot of time in London, and it has to go somewhere - it doesn`t all get used up at once.`` This quote kind of screwed up my thoughts, I don`t completely understand what she means. It`s impossible to imagine pockets of time just sitting there.. I`m not 100% sure what Gaiman meant by this, he seems to have many interesting quotes that make you think.

Writing Reflection #5 09/04/2012

I wasn't too far in typing out my moment so I didn't finish a lot of the colour coding, I'll get around to it. I'm still trying to figure out how to make my idea more 'story-like'. As for social media use, I think it would be cool to use Twitter. I've never actually used Twitter before, so it would be interesting to find out how that would work in the class. Fan fiction would be a great idea to do for our next project; I think that would be very fun to do because everyone has a favourite story or character to write about.

Reading Response #4 04/04/2012

It's a little late, but here it is. I'm about halfway done Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. One sentence I found different was "The only noise to be heard was the gentle, gasping almost-groan of wonderment that people make when they watch fireworks: the sound of awe. Then a grubby young man and a dirty-faced girl in a huge leather jacket walked into the light show and vanished." I thought it was unusual that he described Richard and Door as if they were new characters or unimportant people that were just being seen and described, instead of just naming them off like one usually would. It gives it the feeling as if it were the start of something new; that something important was about to happen. Contrasting to the quotes that generally help me visualize something and understand better in my mind, there was one that I could not picture for the life of me. "The figure seemed to be moving slowly, but it must have been walking very fast, as it was only seconds before it was standing beside them. It had golden hair and a pale face. It was not much taller than Richard, but it made him feel like a little child. It was not a man; it was not a woman. It was very beautiful. Its voice was quiet." I couldn't seem to picture quite what he meant. There were so many opposing words in the description for this figure that it just stops the mind from visualing it. The figure it was describing was an angel, who gave Richard and Door some sort of liquid while saying: "When one tastes it, I like to imagine that one is actually tasting the sunlight of bygone days. A toast: to former glories."Along with this figure, I couldn't figure out if what he was saying was supposed to be happy or mourning from better days. Along the chapter, it still doesn't clear up what the angel is feeling or what its views on the worlds' current situation were, which I'm hoping will clear up later in the book.