So, over the last few weeks my new addiction has become mylifeisaverage.com. MyLifeIsAverage(MLIA) is a completely random website on which people post things that happened to them that day. There's no point of the website. I guess someone just made it when they were bored, or maybe they thought "Hey this would be funny and entertaining." I had no clue what to write my blog post about, but then I thought that I should write about something I actually like and I pretty much automatically thought of MLIA. So I've compiled a little list of some of my favorite posts. Hope you enjoy!
10)Today, while in the shower I noticed that I have two different kinds of body wash: vanilla sugar and brown sugar. I mixed them because I don't support segregation.
9)Today, I was thinking about how cool it would be if Halloween was on Friday the 13th. I went to an online calendar to see if it ever would be. It took me a good five minutes to figure out the problem. MLIA
8)Today, I noticed that the conditioner I use on my hair smells like bananas and looks like banana pudding. I tasted it. Turns out the similarities stop there. MLIA
7)Today, I met a girl named Unique. She has an identical twin sister. No one else thought it was funny. MLIA.
6)Today I was asking my kindergarten students questions. I asked, "What would you do if you broke a friend's toy?" A girl raised her hand and answered, "Put the parts together so it looks like it's fixed so that the next person who uses it thinks they broke it." I love my students. MLIA
5)Today, I got in trouble in social studies class. My punishment was to sit in a desk facing the back wall. We had to take a test where we labeled every South American country and its capital. Guess what was on the map I was now facing? MLIA
4)Today, my aunt was teaching my cousin about the dangers of smoking. He replied with "You know what else you should never do? Never, EVER lick an axe." MLIA
3)Today, on MSN my boyfriend said to me 'You're such an angle', meaning angel. He didn't understand why I replied 'Aww, you're so acute.MLIA
2)Today, I came home to find my son had gotten himself stuck inside a 70 dollar vase I had purchased for the bathroom. He is 18 years old. MLIA.
And my personal all time favorite!!...
1)Today, I fell and landed on a really cute guy while on the subway. This did not lead me to find my soul mate, or end with us giving high fives. It was just awkward. MLIA
And Mrs. Gillmore here's one more specially for you. It is all about a literary device[[:
Today, I saw that my ironing board cover was wrinkled. I laughed at the irony. Then I laughed again because irony has the word iron in it. MLIA
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Searching for David's Heart
Cherie Bennet’s Searching for David’s Heart sincerely touched me and brought tears to my eyes. The book told a tale I will never forget.
The theme of this book was about learning to live with grief. Darcy Deeton was consumed with sadness over the loss of her brother and let it overpower her. Though she knew that her brother David would want her to be happy, she could not allow herself to be happy because of the guilt she felt for his death. Another theme of the book was putting aside differences. Darcy was greatly influenced by her dad’s racism and, for a little while, let that bias get in the way of her kindness.
I could really relate to Darcy and how she felt. Knowing what it is like to lose someone close, I understood her feelings of loneliness and abandonment. Darcy struggled through daily routine, never straying from her beaten path because of fear. Fear of forgetting David, fear of being happy when he was dead, and fear of her conscience. Darcy was frantic for any piece of David she could have, so she set out on a reckless hunt with her friend Sam for the one thing that remained of David in the world: his heart. David was an organ donor and Darcy knew that someone somewhere had received his precious heart. With greater hope than she had seen in the previous months, she began her journey.
I loved the author’s style. Cherie Bennet is one of my favorite authors. Her books are timeless, capture hearts, and always have a great lesson to be learned. Sometimes I wonder if she creates her stories from experience, from hearing a story of someone else, or if she simply makes them up. Whatever she does, she has a knack for really making her story stick with a person. Bennet is not generally a very challenging author to read. Her stories are simple and easy to read, but she has a way of making her small stories very big.
This book reminded me of another book I recently read. Elizabeth Chandler’s Kissed by an Angel was similar to the story of Searching for David’s Heart. Though Ivy in Kissed by an Angel was mourning her boyfriend, she was always searching for some small comfort or hope that she could grasp and cling on to, a lot like Darcy’s reaction in Searching for David’s Heart.
Though I am sure girls would enjoy the book more, I would recommend this book for anyone. The book has potential to help people through tough times, to relate to them, and possibly even to help them start overcoming their grief.
The theme of this book was about learning to live with grief. Darcy Deeton was consumed with sadness over the loss of her brother and let it overpower her. Though she knew that her brother David would want her to be happy, she could not allow herself to be happy because of the guilt she felt for his death. Another theme of the book was putting aside differences. Darcy was greatly influenced by her dad’s racism and, for a little while, let that bias get in the way of her kindness.
I could really relate to Darcy and how she felt. Knowing what it is like to lose someone close, I understood her feelings of loneliness and abandonment. Darcy struggled through daily routine, never straying from her beaten path because of fear. Fear of forgetting David, fear of being happy when he was dead, and fear of her conscience. Darcy was frantic for any piece of David she could have, so she set out on a reckless hunt with her friend Sam for the one thing that remained of David in the world: his heart. David was an organ donor and Darcy knew that someone somewhere had received his precious heart. With greater hope than she had seen in the previous months, she began her journey.
I loved the author’s style. Cherie Bennet is one of my favorite authors. Her books are timeless, capture hearts, and always have a great lesson to be learned. Sometimes I wonder if she creates her stories from experience, from hearing a story of someone else, or if she simply makes them up. Whatever she does, she has a knack for really making her story stick with a person. Bennet is not generally a very challenging author to read. Her stories are simple and easy to read, but she has a way of making her small stories very big.
This book reminded me of another book I recently read. Elizabeth Chandler’s Kissed by an Angel was similar to the story of Searching for David’s Heart. Though Ivy in Kissed by an Angel was mourning her boyfriend, she was always searching for some small comfort or hope that she could grasp and cling on to, a lot like Darcy’s reaction in Searching for David’s Heart.
Though I am sure girls would enjoy the book more, I would recommend this book for anyone. The book has potential to help people through tough times, to relate to them, and possibly even to help them start overcoming their grief.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Kissed By An Angel
Elizabeth Chandler’s Kissed by An Angel kept me turning the pages until the very end. The book made me look at love in an entirely different way, and I’ll never forget the countless lessons this story taught me.
Though this novel was intended as a thrilling suspense story, there were also many lessons about love and life. A theme that I interpreted was not to let grief rule your life. Being sad and grieving is perfectly acceptable after a death or tragic accident, but if people let it rule their lives then they are not really living. People still need to get out and learn how to live with the sudden change they have experienced. Another theme of the book is realizing that those we love never truly leave us. They may not be with us like Tristan was there for Ivy in the novel, but they will always be in our hearts and minds. The last theme of the book that really stuck with me was to be open to love from all places. Just because a person may have lost a love does not mean that he or she should not accept it again. Though love can never be the same from more than one person, a different love can be just as good. All people need to let themselves love again after a tragedy, for without love in our lives we are not really living.
I loved the style of this book. The author alternated between the two main characters points of view. Ivy is a teenage girl whose mother just got remarried. She has a new step-brother named Gregory. Ivy ends up dating a boy named Tristan, who her friends have been trying to get her to talk to for a long time. When Tristan and Ivy are in a car accident because of dysfunctional brakes, Ivy is devastated that Tristan did not survive. The book follows Ivy in her struggle to get over Tristan and her attempts to find the cause of all the bizarre events happening to her and others all over the town. When the book switches points of view, it follows Tristan trying to find ways to comfort Ivy and let her know he is there, and also follows him as he investigates what’s going on around the city. When he finds out he desperately tries to warn Ivy of the danger that she is in, while also trying to use her friends and a mysterious boy named Will to convey the message and keep her safe.
In this book, Ivy’s life is going pretty good. She’s a little apprehensive about her new step-dad and step-brother, but all in all things are not bad. She has a great boyfriend whom she loves dearly. Then one night, while out making a delivery for work, she sees a mysterious figure in the windows of a dark house. Weeks later Ivy goes on a date with Tristan. On the way to the restaurant the brakes stop working and the two are in an awful wreck, which Ivy survives and Tristan does not. After Tristan’s death, Ivy is constantly mourning and is oddly comforted by her step-brother, Gregory, but she is rudely awakened when horrible things start happening to people around town, and she finds her cat being constantly hurt. Weird things start to happen to her too and she begins to fear for her life.
Tristan discovers that his ghost remained on Earth to fulfill some mission. He learns of the evil going on in the town and spends all his time attempting to save Ivy. He uses her friends to give her warnings and keep her safe, and eventually she learns that Tristan is there even though she can’t see him. When the bad guy around targets Ivy as his next victim, she learns that she can’t trust anybody and she decides to solve the mystery for herself.
I would recommend this book for any girl. The book teaches many life lessons and could help girls cope with many different situations. Boys probably would not like this book very much, mainly because it’s filled with love and grief, the two things boys like to avoid most.
Though this novel was intended as a thrilling suspense story, there were also many lessons about love and life. A theme that I interpreted was not to let grief rule your life. Being sad and grieving is perfectly acceptable after a death or tragic accident, but if people let it rule their lives then they are not really living. People still need to get out and learn how to live with the sudden change they have experienced. Another theme of the book is realizing that those we love never truly leave us. They may not be with us like Tristan was there for Ivy in the novel, but they will always be in our hearts and minds. The last theme of the book that really stuck with me was to be open to love from all places. Just because a person may have lost a love does not mean that he or she should not accept it again. Though love can never be the same from more than one person, a different love can be just as good. All people need to let themselves love again after a tragedy, for without love in our lives we are not really living.
I loved the style of this book. The author alternated between the two main characters points of view. Ivy is a teenage girl whose mother just got remarried. She has a new step-brother named Gregory. Ivy ends up dating a boy named Tristan, who her friends have been trying to get her to talk to for a long time. When Tristan and Ivy are in a car accident because of dysfunctional brakes, Ivy is devastated that Tristan did not survive. The book follows Ivy in her struggle to get over Tristan and her attempts to find the cause of all the bizarre events happening to her and others all over the town. When the book switches points of view, it follows Tristan trying to find ways to comfort Ivy and let her know he is there, and also follows him as he investigates what’s going on around the city. When he finds out he desperately tries to warn Ivy of the danger that she is in, while also trying to use her friends and a mysterious boy named Will to convey the message and keep her safe.
In this book, Ivy’s life is going pretty good. She’s a little apprehensive about her new step-dad and step-brother, but all in all things are not bad. She has a great boyfriend whom she loves dearly. Then one night, while out making a delivery for work, she sees a mysterious figure in the windows of a dark house. Weeks later Ivy goes on a date with Tristan. On the way to the restaurant the brakes stop working and the two are in an awful wreck, which Ivy survives and Tristan does not. After Tristan’s death, Ivy is constantly mourning and is oddly comforted by her step-brother, Gregory, but she is rudely awakened when horrible things start happening to people around town, and she finds her cat being constantly hurt. Weird things start to happen to her too and she begins to fear for her life.
Tristan discovers that his ghost remained on Earth to fulfill some mission. He learns of the evil going on in the town and spends all his time attempting to save Ivy. He uses her friends to give her warnings and keep her safe, and eventually she learns that Tristan is there even though she can’t see him. When the bad guy around targets Ivy as his next victim, she learns that she can’t trust anybody and she decides to solve the mystery for herself.
I would recommend this book for any girl. The book teaches many life lessons and could help girls cope with many different situations. Boys probably would not like this book very much, mainly because it’s filled with love and grief, the two things boys like to avoid most.
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells’ book The Time Machine can really only be described as okay by me. The story was not all that bad, but it was just a slow read and had some dull parts. In the book, the Time Traveller tried his hardest to get back to his own time period after traveling years into the future.
Although I was not such a fan of the book, it was cool to read a book written in the style that The Time Machine was. Most books written in today’s age use common language and quite a bit of slang. This novel, written years ago, is recorded in a totally different style. There were countless allusions to things I had never heard of and a hardcore vocabulary. There were several words in the book that I had to look up in the dictionary. It was neat to be able to observe how much writing has changed in just a short time. It is weird to think that when this novel was brand new that the style it was written was what was common then.
The Time Traveller was an odd character in my opinion. It really annoyed me that he was never called by name. I do not understand why the author would want to do that, because it does not really make him seem any more magical, mystical, or mysterious. It just seemed kind of like a weird thing to do. In fact, there were not very many characters in the entire book mentioned by name. The only person I recall to be mentioned by name was Weena. Weena was probably my favorite character. It was easy to picture everything she did throughout the story, from her near death to the countless dances she performed for the Time Traveller.
Based on the description by the author of the future, I would not like it that much. The book said the future was considerably warmer and that the entire Eloi race greatly resembled each other. Also, the idea of a great rift between groups of people and an inhabited underworld is just creepy. The time of the Time Traveller and his friends seemed like a much more enjoyable place to live.
In this story, the Time Traveller invents a machine to take him into the past and future. He thinks his plan has worked perfectly until he finds himself stuck in the future, due to the fact that his time machine has been hidden. He quickly locates the hiding spot but cannot gain entry to reclaim his machine. Throughout the book, the Time Traveller is struggling to find tools to help him get his machine back, while also warding off and fighting the Morlocks, the inhabitants of the underground.
I would not recommend this book for anyone who hates a slow read, or for anyone who hates being delayed by a big vocabulary. Actually I probably would not recommend this book at all, mainly because I did not enjoy it that much.
Although I was not such a fan of the book, it was cool to read a book written in the style that The Time Machine was. Most books written in today’s age use common language and quite a bit of slang. This novel, written years ago, is recorded in a totally different style. There were countless allusions to things I had never heard of and a hardcore vocabulary. There were several words in the book that I had to look up in the dictionary. It was neat to be able to observe how much writing has changed in just a short time. It is weird to think that when this novel was brand new that the style it was written was what was common then.
The Time Traveller was an odd character in my opinion. It really annoyed me that he was never called by name. I do not understand why the author would want to do that, because it does not really make him seem any more magical, mystical, or mysterious. It just seemed kind of like a weird thing to do. In fact, there were not very many characters in the entire book mentioned by name. The only person I recall to be mentioned by name was Weena. Weena was probably my favorite character. It was easy to picture everything she did throughout the story, from her near death to the countless dances she performed for the Time Traveller.
Based on the description by the author of the future, I would not like it that much. The book said the future was considerably warmer and that the entire Eloi race greatly resembled each other. Also, the idea of a great rift between groups of people and an inhabited underworld is just creepy. The time of the Time Traveller and his friends seemed like a much more enjoyable place to live.
In this story, the Time Traveller invents a machine to take him into the past and future. He thinks his plan has worked perfectly until he finds himself stuck in the future, due to the fact that his time machine has been hidden. He quickly locates the hiding spot but cannot gain entry to reclaim his machine. Throughout the book, the Time Traveller is struggling to find tools to help him get his machine back, while also warding off and fighting the Morlocks, the inhabitants of the underground.
I would not recommend this book for anyone who hates a slow read, or for anyone who hates being delayed by a big vocabulary. Actually I probably would not recommend this book at all, mainly because I did not enjoy it that much.
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