Yes, still alive and breathing. Don't worry. I'll have someone notify you if that changes.
Lots of fun stuff happened this week including 3 special guests at the library, 2 movie nights with the boyfriend, and a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff.
It's been a week full of surprise appearances at the library. 2 days ago my adopted little sister came in, yesterday my camp mentor showed up and today Mom came in.
With food. Cause that's what she does. And the staff loves her.
Was cool seeing all of them in my hood.
Yes, I'm declaring it as my hood cause I spend more time there then I do anywhere else.
The two movie nights were polar opposites to each other. Wolf of Wall Street and the Lego Movie.
Let's start with Wolf of Wall Street
Scale of Awesome say 6/10. There was so much nudity and drugs in that movie that if it were ever shown on TV the movie would drop from 3 hours to 15 minutes.
For serious.
*spoiler alert* It would be like the opening scene where he starts working on Wall Street, to him working with penny stocks, to like the boat sinking scene to the courtroom and that would be it.
But it had its moments.
I'm never eating at Benihana again. I don't care whose birthday it is.
The Lego Movie was was literally the polar opposite of that.
Scale of Awesome says 7/10. Lots of funny stuff, plus I love Elizabeth Banks and oh my god Liam Neeson was fantastic as Bad Cop. I kept waiting for him to yell "Release the Kraken!"
Though our favorite part was actually when the Millennium Falcon showed up - cause we're Star Wars nerds, but also cause it was hilarious.
Also had its moments, there were just more of them, hence the 7.
Guarded by a robot army and secondary measures of every kind imaginable. Lasers, sharks, laser sharks, overbearing assistants...
First law of the sea, never place your rear-end on a pirate's face.
B-Roll of the actors
i love nick offerman and liam neeson. elizabeth gets pretty into it. plus will arnett's version of batman, it's dead on.
plus there's animated behind-the-scenes too. but i skipped that.
Other stuff going on:
Stress seems to come in spurts at the library. Sometime in the next two weeks I have to:
-Research/weed/relocate the literacy collection - which the Old New Guy and I finally got around to meeting about today
-Finish the Strategic Plan slideshow - this is a multi-step process because people are sending us links and info so we're adding it all and then we're gonna meet and thin it down so it's presentable, but we also have to figure out what to say when presenting it to stakeholders
-I also have my booktalk coming up so I am mad-speed-reading a ton of books so I can talk about them without making myself look like an idiot. I'm taking notes as I read so I'll have interesting things to say about each of them. Probably won't have time to memorize it all which means I'm writing it all on sticky notes and then pasting them to the back of the books so when I hold it up I can read it off. (Trick I learned in grad school.)
In other news we're having a camp meeting this weekend so I have to prep for that. Plus this weekend is Valentine's Day, then my birthday and then it'll be Vegas so it's a big month.
I need to zen out. I'm watching the Olympics. I'm a nerd for those as well. Tape them all cause I work, so I'm on yesterday's footage at the moment. Kelly Clark is dominating. I love snowboarding, it's my favorite of the sports, but hockey is fun to watch too. The only problem is that they're not airing the USA women's hockey, just everybody else's so I have to watch all that online.
Like I said, nerd. Was totally sad about Shaun White but I-Pod deserved it.
And speaking of Shaun White...
Songs of the Week: Have a variety for you because it's been a while.
Caught Inside - Bad Things
yes this is Shaun White's band for those of you wondering, but it's also a good song. i like this one and
Anybody
is good too. probably my favorite of the two.
but if you're going to listen to only one of these MAKE IT THIS ONE:
You Gonna Change Your Mind - The Capgun Holdups
cause it's fantastic.
alright, that's all i got. more later. have a good weekend.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Friday, January 31, 2014
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.
I know, I know, I've been off the radar for a few days.
Long story short I realized working at a public library and having a public blog kind of kills my whole privacy thing.
So, it's not that I don't love you, it's just that I've decided to slow down in postings and wait until I actually have things to post about instead of just overloading you every night with mindless ramblings.
Not that they're not entertaining, but it's about time.
This was the first year in years that one of my resolutions wasn't 300 posts by the end of year. I don't know if it was subconscious or what...but anyway, instead of 7 posts a week it will probably be down to 2 or 3.
So I'm not disappearing completely. Besides this blog is kind of how Sketch makes sure I'm still breathing so it's not like I can give it up all together.
And it's become a part of me, as weird as that sounds, so I can't give it up, it'd be like chopping off a limb or something.
So, what have you missed?
Well, there was Wednesday.
Work was fine. Trained an intern. She's actually one of our regulars who decided to go to library school.
After work went out with Homey-G-Wigger for jalapeno margaritas cause she was in town. Graded papers for a while at the library so I got to introduce her around.
She got a call. That's what we Lutherans call a job offer at a different school.
When there's an opening they call a teacher and if they decline then they call another. It's a whole official process and goes through synod channels and all that. G hasn't taken a call in over a decade, which we're grateful for. Her last one was from Florida to which I responded, "Friends don't let friends move to Florida" and she stayed. But now this one is closer to her home. It would totally suck to lose her cause she basically keeps that school alive. Plus you know, 2G golf and our softball team would be severely lacking. But we would understand if she left. Anyway, it was cool to catch up.
Thursday I had off. Spent it running errands and watching Person of Interest.
I know, I'm so exciting.
Today felt super weird cause I'm never off on Thursdays so it felt like a Saturday. Attended a booktalk this morning cause I'm giving one in a few weeks and they let me go watch so I would know what to expect.
Public speaking and I are not friends, whatsoever.
But they did a good job.
It was nice to meet the people and introduce myself and also pick up pointers like, handouts are appreciated, and bringing books with you will give them a chance to check them out after, etc.
I think I had like 10 stats total all day cause I spent most of it either at a booktalk or off desk.
I did put holds on all my books I'll be talking about so I can actually come up with something to say about them.
Might even post it on here, if it doesn't suck that is.
Tonight was the hockey game. Our forth loss in a row. This one was sad too cause it was tied 2-2 and the goalie tried to land on the puck to make it stop and it went through his legs with like 3 minutes left.
Gonna have to pick it up cause it's another rivalry game on Valentine's Day.
Speaking of, if your boyfriend buys you flowers what is an appropriate gift to get him?
He's not big on gifts so I was thinking a hockey shirt. Something he could actually wear.
Hm. We'll see.
And that's all I got. It's snowing here like madness. Driving home felt like the Millenium Falcon on hyperdrive.
Yes, I'm a nerd, get used to it.
Song of the Day:
Happy - Pharrell Williams
count the cameos.
legit pre-midnight, holy crap tag in use.
Long story short I realized working at a public library and having a public blog kind of kills my whole privacy thing.
So, it's not that I don't love you, it's just that I've decided to slow down in postings and wait until I actually have things to post about instead of just overloading you every night with mindless ramblings.
Not that they're not entertaining, but it's about time.
This was the first year in years that one of my resolutions wasn't 300 posts by the end of year. I don't know if it was subconscious or what...but anyway, instead of 7 posts a week it will probably be down to 2 or 3.
So I'm not disappearing completely. Besides this blog is kind of how Sketch makes sure I'm still breathing so it's not like I can give it up all together.
And it's become a part of me, as weird as that sounds, so I can't give it up, it'd be like chopping off a limb or something.
So, what have you missed?
Well, there was Wednesday.
Work was fine. Trained an intern. She's actually one of our regulars who decided to go to library school.
After work went out with Homey-G-Wigger for jalapeno margaritas cause she was in town. Graded papers for a while at the library so I got to introduce her around.
She got a call. That's what we Lutherans call a job offer at a different school.
When there's an opening they call a teacher and if they decline then they call another. It's a whole official process and goes through synod channels and all that. G hasn't taken a call in over a decade, which we're grateful for. Her last one was from Florida to which I responded, "Friends don't let friends move to Florida" and she stayed. But now this one is closer to her home. It would totally suck to lose her cause she basically keeps that school alive. Plus you know, 2G golf and our softball team would be severely lacking. But we would understand if she left. Anyway, it was cool to catch up.
Thursday I had off. Spent it running errands and watching Person of Interest.
I know, I'm so exciting.
Today felt super weird cause I'm never off on Thursdays so it felt like a Saturday. Attended a booktalk this morning cause I'm giving one in a few weeks and they let me go watch so I would know what to expect.
Public speaking and I are not friends, whatsoever.
But they did a good job.
It was nice to meet the people and introduce myself and also pick up pointers like, handouts are appreciated, and bringing books with you will give them a chance to check them out after, etc.
I think I had like 10 stats total all day cause I spent most of it either at a booktalk or off desk.
I did put holds on all my books I'll be talking about so I can actually come up with something to say about them.
Might even post it on here, if it doesn't suck that is.
Tonight was the hockey game. Our forth loss in a row. This one was sad too cause it was tied 2-2 and the goalie tried to land on the puck to make it stop and it went through his legs with like 3 minutes left.
Gonna have to pick it up cause it's another rivalry game on Valentine's Day.
Speaking of, if your boyfriend buys you flowers what is an appropriate gift to get him?
He's not big on gifts so I was thinking a hockey shirt. Something he could actually wear.
Hm. We'll see.
And that's all I got. It's snowing here like madness. Driving home felt like the Millenium Falcon on hyperdrive.
Yes, I'm a nerd, get used to it.
Song of the Day:
Happy - Pharrell Williams
count the cameos.
legit pre-midnight, holy crap tag in use.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.....
Alright, four more for ya:
Book #5 "Shipbreaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Nailer and the rest of his crew are shipbreakers - they scrap old ships and sell what they can. A hurricane hits and stalls all work. Nailer and his friend Puma are out searching for food when they discover a huge ship overturned. They go inside and start grabbing everything of value, but what happens when they find a girl barely alive on the ship. Do they kill her and make a profit or save her and risk losing everything.
Scale of Awesome says: 7/10 I don't think I explained it very well but I was actually impressed by the story even though I don't know much about ships.
Book #6 "Payback Time" by Carl Deuker
Mitch is the high school newspaper's star reporter. He's all about the news. But his senior year he's reassigned to the sports section. He used to play football so he's not completely clueless but he hates the assignment because all the coach wants him to talk about is their star quarterback (who just happens to be Mitch's ex-best-friend). This becomes difficult when Mitch and his photographer Kimi Yon become intrigued by the backup quarterback. He throws and plays better than anyone on the team but when it's pointed out to the coach the player starts playing worse to avoid being detected. Why doesn't he want the coach's attention? Why is his past so mysterious? Mitch is intrigued.
Scale of Awesome says 6/10. Quick read, a lot of sports stuff, but I kind of figured out the ending really early in the book and I just wanted to get to that point.
Book #7 "The Lost Hero" by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson has gone missing. Completely vanished. Meet Jason, wakes up on a bonus, no idea who he is, apparently has a girlfriend named Piper and a best friend named Leo. Oh, and they happen to be demi-gods. One of the gods has stolen Jason's memory and is holding it hostage because she's been kidnapped and Jason has to be the one to save her. Zeus has closed off all contact from Olympus so who else is there to assist him on this quest other than Piper and Leo.
Scale of Awesome says 9/10. I listened to it on audio and while the narrator was annoying at times I was so deep into the mythology aspect that I rarely even noticed him. An excellent story, seriously.
Book #8 "Zombies vs. Unicorns" edited by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black
Okay, I've rambled enough about this book already but apparently I was supposed to post my final version of the booktalk. So here. Read it or skim it whatever.
There have been many great debates over the years. Obama vs. McCain, Pepsi vs. Coke, Edward vs. Jacob, but the one debate I want you to focus on today is the debate of all debates, the quandary of all quandaries: Zombies vs. Unicorns.
This novel is a collection of stories about, you guessed it, zombies and unicorns. Team Zombie is led by Justine Larbalestier and the team leader for the unicorn squad is Holly Black. The book goes back and forth with a story about a zombie followed by a story about a unicorn, lather rinse repeat.
Many aspects of Zombies are covered, their love of brains, their strong devotion or hatred for their loved ones, their ability to travel in packs and stare at you, their cold hands, and their undead-ness. There's even stories about zombie children!
"But there was another voice in my head, a quieter one way in the back telling me to leave. To get out of the house and away from there. To go back to into the rain. To hitchhike to London or starve or even just call home. And while I can still assign blame I want to make sure you know. This was all Franklin's fault."
They've got Unicorns covered as well. Their ability to heal, their draw to virgins, their desire to help baby unicorns, their love of chocolate milk and you know that big spikey thing on their foreheads. There are even stories about the depression that can go along with eternal life and the violence of becoming a killer unicorn. Surprisingly, some of the unicorn stories are even more violent than the zombie ones! Some stories are serious and some are parodies. This is more of a parody.
"'What does being a virgin with opposable thumbs?' she said.
'Nothing!' the unicorn said. 'But will anyone else in the herd listen to me? Of course not! They go off and grab the first thirteen year old who coos at them and then it's all *insert girly voice* their purity will lead the way...blah blah blah... Lead the way to a whole bunch of dead baby unicorns maybe. I want a little more competence in my heroine.'
'Um, I'm drunk and sleeping on a bench in central park,' Alison said. 'That meets your criteria?'
'Hello!' the unicorn dipped his horn and hoisted the tangling sleeve from her wadded up jacket. The one she had been using as a pillow. 'U.S. Marines?'"
So, do you like brains? Would you like healing powers? What's it gonna be? Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? Read Zombies vs. Unicorns by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black and choose your side in the debate of the century.
Scale of Awesome 8/10. Okay so this book was seriously gruesome. And I'm not even talking about the zombie part of it. That was graphic but the unicorns were gruesome. The part I gave you was parody but duuuude. Like seriously. For more rants and ramblings on ZvsU go here: My Life in Closed Captions: sickness, bee stings, greek mythology, zombies, un... or here My Life in Closed Captions: Impromptu speech-writing
"FINALLY! signs of intelligent life from inside the Dear Jane Gang!"
-name that quote.
I love that Provensa brings Flynn a balloon when he's in the hospital that says "It's a girl". Pure awesomeness.
"SALSA!"
love captain raydor at 2:35, she says it that way in the final cut as well and now that's the only way i can say it. love it.
"it was a hilarious robbery."
Two versions of an awesome song.
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell original
original awesomeness. dad was shocked i knew the lyrics.
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows feat Vanessa Carlton
awesome.
here's a link to Joni when she's younger and more goofy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg
think i like that one better. more like the recording i have of hers.
Book #5 "Shipbreaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Nailer and the rest of his crew are shipbreakers - they scrap old ships and sell what they can. A hurricane hits and stalls all work. Nailer and his friend Puma are out searching for food when they discover a huge ship overturned. They go inside and start grabbing everything of value, but what happens when they find a girl barely alive on the ship. Do they kill her and make a profit or save her and risk losing everything.
Scale of Awesome says: 7/10 I don't think I explained it very well but I was actually impressed by the story even though I don't know much about ships.
Book #6 "Payback Time" by Carl Deuker
Mitch is the high school newspaper's star reporter. He's all about the news. But his senior year he's reassigned to the sports section. He used to play football so he's not completely clueless but he hates the assignment because all the coach wants him to talk about is their star quarterback (who just happens to be Mitch's ex-best-friend). This becomes difficult when Mitch and his photographer Kimi Yon become intrigued by the backup quarterback. He throws and plays better than anyone on the team but when it's pointed out to the coach the player starts playing worse to avoid being detected. Why doesn't he want the coach's attention? Why is his past so mysterious? Mitch is intrigued.
Scale of Awesome says 6/10. Quick read, a lot of sports stuff, but I kind of figured out the ending really early in the book and I just wanted to get to that point.
Book #7 "The Lost Hero" by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson has gone missing. Completely vanished. Meet Jason, wakes up on a bonus, no idea who he is, apparently has a girlfriend named Piper and a best friend named Leo. Oh, and they happen to be demi-gods. One of the gods has stolen Jason's memory and is holding it hostage because she's been kidnapped and Jason has to be the one to save her. Zeus has closed off all contact from Olympus so who else is there to assist him on this quest other than Piper and Leo.
Scale of Awesome says 9/10. I listened to it on audio and while the narrator was annoying at times I was so deep into the mythology aspect that I rarely even noticed him. An excellent story, seriously.
Book #8 "Zombies vs. Unicorns" edited by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black
Okay, I've rambled enough about this book already but apparently I was supposed to post my final version of the booktalk. So here. Read it or skim it whatever.
There have been many great debates over the years. Obama vs. McCain, Pepsi vs. Coke, Edward vs. Jacob, but the one debate I want you to focus on today is the debate of all debates, the quandary of all quandaries: Zombies vs. Unicorns.
This novel is a collection of stories about, you guessed it, zombies and unicorns. Team Zombie is led by Justine Larbalestier and the team leader for the unicorn squad is Holly Black. The book goes back and forth with a story about a zombie followed by a story about a unicorn, lather rinse repeat.
Many aspects of Zombies are covered, their love of brains, their strong devotion or hatred for their loved ones, their ability to travel in packs and stare at you, their cold hands, and their undead-ness. There's even stories about zombie children!
"But there was another voice in my head, a quieter one way in the back telling me to leave. To get out of the house and away from there. To go back to into the rain. To hitchhike to London or starve or even just call home. And while I can still assign blame I want to make sure you know. This was all Franklin's fault."
They've got Unicorns covered as well. Their ability to heal, their draw to virgins, their desire to help baby unicorns, their love of chocolate milk and you know that big spikey thing on their foreheads. There are even stories about the depression that can go along with eternal life and the violence of becoming a killer unicorn. Surprisingly, some of the unicorn stories are even more violent than the zombie ones! Some stories are serious and some are parodies. This is more of a parody.
"'What does being a virgin with opposable thumbs?' she said.
'Nothing!' the unicorn said. 'But will anyone else in the herd listen to me? Of course not! They go off and grab the first thirteen year old who coos at them and then it's all *insert girly voice* their purity will lead the way...blah blah blah... Lead the way to a whole bunch of dead baby unicorns maybe. I want a little more competence in my heroine.'
'Um, I'm drunk and sleeping on a bench in central park,' Alison said. 'That meets your criteria?'
'Hello!' the unicorn dipped his horn and hoisted the tangling sleeve from her wadded up jacket. The one she had been using as a pillow. 'U.S. Marines?'"
So, do you like brains? Would you like healing powers? What's it gonna be? Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? Read Zombies vs. Unicorns by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black and choose your side in the debate of the century.
Scale of Awesome 8/10. Okay so this book was seriously gruesome. And I'm not even talking about the zombie part of it. That was graphic but the unicorns were gruesome. The part I gave you was parody but duuuude. Like seriously. For more rants and ramblings on ZvsU go here: My Life in Closed Captions: sickness, bee stings, greek mythology, zombies, un... or here My Life in Closed Captions: Impromptu speech-writing
"FINALLY! signs of intelligent life from inside the Dear Jane Gang!"
-name that quote.
I love that Provensa brings Flynn a balloon when he's in the hospital that says "It's a girl". Pure awesomeness.
"SALSA!"
love captain raydor at 2:35, she says it that way in the final cut as well and now that's the only way i can say it. love it.
"it was a hilarious robbery."
Two versions of an awesome song.
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell original
original awesomeness. dad was shocked i knew the lyrics.
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows feat Vanessa Carlton
awesome.
here's a link to Joni when she's younger and more goofy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg
think i like that one better. more like the recording i have of hers.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
You don't know me, You don't even care.
I should have done extemp in high school. Totally pulled off the booktalk thing, made everybody laugh, now I can breathe easily. Well, for the rest of the night anyway, just one more week and then I'm done with homework until August! And, technically, since we don't have to show up on Saturday if I get my homework done - aka read 2 books, make wikis for them and write a paper on the teen event I went to - tomorrow then I will be done tomorrow. With the class. And homework. Until August. How's that for motivation?
Today was fun, tiring but fun. First was class - gave my booktalk, shared my news broadcast with a small group, listened to a dude ramble longer than I do about young adult books - he was amusing and swore a lot so I can see why young adults like him. After all that was more Graduate Assistant Training is what I'm going to call it as she put me in charge of evalutations and all that again. Already bringing her coffee and collecting papers, what happens when it's official? Ha!
After the joy that was class (cause I like class so it's a joy) I headed back to my apartment to change and eat lunch/watch an episode of Covert Affairs even though I have DVDs out that are due soon, then went to the bridal shower/bachelorette party for my college roommate. Pampered Chef party, as I don't cook I got stuff for my mom. Cause I'm a nice daughter like that. But also because I don't cook. That was in the church basement, we went over to her house for the party - they had some awesome bedazzling of shirts and games and food and drinking. Fun times were had. I love her sisters. They're hysterical and it's so funny because they all look so much alike and their voices are similar so that I have to pause before saying something so I know I'm talking to the right one. Realized tonight that I can't call her by her last name anymore - which is what I've done since high school basically, we've been friends for....oh man headmath on the fly August of 02 and it's June of 11 so almost 9 years. Geez. She will soon have a different last name. And it's not as catchy as her current one. Although, I still call the second half of Amber Squared by her last name and she got married...hmm... will have to work on that one as well.
So, tomorrow is going to go one of two ways, either I sleep in and watch the DVDs I have checked out on my account and I'm totally lazy. Orrrrr I get started on my homework, read at least half of one of the books and sort through all the camp applications I've gotten the past few weeks. My bet is on the former, but we'll see how it goes.
One of the books I have to read is on the Salem Witch Trials so I'm stoked about that as I've done a lot of research on it. Charmed has made me a Salem buff, the Mummy got me hooked on Ancient Egypt, listening to Percy Jackson brought back all these memories of Sophomore English on Mythology...I like history, but it has to be tied to something I care about or I forget about it. Does that make sense? It probably doesn't make sense. If I have a distinct memory linked to something I learned in school it helps me to remember what I learned. I'm not explaining this well. I think I just need to go to bed before I murder the explanation any more.
Okay, like, the Civil War, that was big, right? Yeah, no recollection of what year it took place or the generals names or whatever because, as I'm sure I've learned about it at some point in my life, I have no memory to link it with. I think that's why teachers make us do projects and presentations. Ohhhh, now school totally makes sense! joking. But it's true, if it's tied to our lives we'll have a better chance of remembering it for life. Or at least until the test.
Sorry, I get rambly when I'm sleepy. Ignore that paragraph. I'm gonna turn on something and konk out.
OUT!
woops, lied, song for the night:
"Boston" Augustana
give this one a chance. the piano is excellent, wish I could play it. love this song, but honestly laugh at the refrain because I just hear Leonard singing it on Big Bang Theory -
here:
yes those are cat toys.
But it was a cool video. There should be a tagline: this many pianos were ruined on the beach during filming.
now i'm out.
Today was fun, tiring but fun. First was class - gave my booktalk, shared my news broadcast with a small group, listened to a dude ramble longer than I do about young adult books - he was amusing and swore a lot so I can see why young adults like him. After all that was more Graduate Assistant Training is what I'm going to call it as she put me in charge of evalutations and all that again. Already bringing her coffee and collecting papers, what happens when it's official? Ha!
After the joy that was class (cause I like class so it's a joy) I headed back to my apartment to change and eat lunch/watch an episode of Covert Affairs even though I have DVDs out that are due soon, then went to the bridal shower/bachelorette party for my college roommate. Pampered Chef party, as I don't cook I got stuff for my mom. Cause I'm a nice daughter like that. But also because I don't cook. That was in the church basement, we went over to her house for the party - they had some awesome bedazzling of shirts and games and food and drinking. Fun times were had. I love her sisters. They're hysterical and it's so funny because they all look so much alike and their voices are similar so that I have to pause before saying something so I know I'm talking to the right one. Realized tonight that I can't call her by her last name anymore - which is what I've done since high school basically, we've been friends for....oh man headmath on the fly August of 02 and it's June of 11 so almost 9 years. Geez. She will soon have a different last name. And it's not as catchy as her current one. Although, I still call the second half of Amber Squared by her last name and she got married...hmm... will have to work on that one as well.
So, tomorrow is going to go one of two ways, either I sleep in and watch the DVDs I have checked out on my account and I'm totally lazy. Orrrrr I get started on my homework, read at least half of one of the books and sort through all the camp applications I've gotten the past few weeks. My bet is on the former, but we'll see how it goes.
One of the books I have to read is on the Salem Witch Trials so I'm stoked about that as I've done a lot of research on it. Charmed has made me a Salem buff, the Mummy got me hooked on Ancient Egypt, listening to Percy Jackson brought back all these memories of Sophomore English on Mythology...I like history, but it has to be tied to something I care about or I forget about it. Does that make sense? It probably doesn't make sense. If I have a distinct memory linked to something I learned in school it helps me to remember what I learned. I'm not explaining this well. I think I just need to go to bed before I murder the explanation any more.
Okay, like, the Civil War, that was big, right? Yeah, no recollection of what year it took place or the generals names or whatever because, as I'm sure I've learned about it at some point in my life, I have no memory to link it with. I think that's why teachers make us do projects and presentations. Ohhhh, now school totally makes sense! joking. But it's true, if it's tied to our lives we'll have a better chance of remembering it for life. Or at least until the test.
Sorry, I get rambly when I'm sleepy. Ignore that paragraph. I'm gonna turn on something and konk out.
OUT!
woops, lied, song for the night:
"Boston" Augustana
give this one a chance. the piano is excellent, wish I could play it. love this song, but honestly laugh at the refrain because I just hear Leonard singing it on Big Bang Theory -
here:
yes those are cat toys.
But it was a cool video. There should be a tagline: this many pianos were ruined on the beach during filming.
now i'm out.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Impromptu speech-writing
I am brilliant. Genius. So genius that I wrote an entire booktalk today - planned everything out, drafted it, finalized it and completely forgot that I lent my copy of the book to a friend. And now, as I need a physical copy of the book for the booktalk, I'm screwed.
So, I'm going to write a new booktalk on the spot.
Right now.
Three minute speech.
Not a big deal, right?
Okay, to start pick a book...hmmm... well I was going to use Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, and as much as I freaking love that book and could probably talk about it for more than three minutes, I really hated that booktalk. Like hated it with a passion. I spent all day on it reading it over now I still hate it. But I hate all my writings. Ask Sketch, it drives her bananas. But I can't help that they're crap. I try, but it's all crap. This blog is mostly crap. Yet you still read it, hmmm...
That's another thing with me, I get sidetracked and go off on tangents. So, no more tangents, only booktalks.
So, picking a book...hmm... which book has affected me the most during the semester other than the earth-shattering Revolution? easy answer. Zombies vs. Unicorns. Yes! I should totally do my booktalk on Zombies vs. Unicorns. I've probably talked more about that book with people than I have with Revolution anyway. And I know that I've rambled about it more on here! But that can easily be blamed on cough medicine. Go here: My Life in Closed Captions: sickness, bee stings, greek mythology, zombies, un...
Okay, so book is picked. Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier. Crap, should learn how to pronounce that for the talk tomorrow. Will look up pronunciation on google later. Focus now.
Okay...soo...introduction...hmm.... OH!
There have been many great debates over the years. Obama vs. McCain, Chuck Norris vs. Chuck Norris, Edward vs. Jacob, but the one debate I want you to focus on today is the debate of all debates, the quandary of all quandaries...is it quandarys or quandaries? doesn't matter this'll be verbal Zombies vs. Unicorns.
Okay, that was crap but I'm going with it anyway sooo...exposition!
This novel is a collection of stories about zombies and unicorns. Each has chosen a side - except for one who tried to do a crossover and failed epically probably shouldn't say that okay scratch that going back
Each has chosen a side, Team Zombie or Team Unicorn. Team Zombie is led by Justine Larbalestier, she says that Zombies are a walking entropy. They are the dissolute wreck of consumerism. They are the eventual death that faces us all. They are a metaphor for slavery, conformity, and oblivion. What are unicorns? Fluffy, monochrome, sticky tedium. There's no way I'm going to remember all that.
Okay cut it short,
Team Zombie is led by Justine Larbalestier, she says Zombies are a metaphor for slavery, conformity and oblivion. And what are unicorns? Fluffy, monochrome, sticky tedium.
Team Unicorn is led by Holly Black who says Seriously? You don't like unicorns? What kind of person doesn't like unicorns? Zombies shamble. I disapprove of shambling. And they have bits that fall off. You never see a unicorn behaving that way.
There's no way I'm going to remember that either. We'll come back to that part later.
The book goes back and forth with a story about a zombie followed by a story about a unicorn, lather rinse repeat. Yeah, shouldn't use that either. especially in the context of unicorns and zombies, that's creepy. moving on.
Many aspects of Zombies are covered, their love of brains, their strong devotion or hatred for their loved ones, their ability to travel in packs and stare at you, their cold hands, and their undead-ness. There's even stories about zombie children!
EDIT - insert Zombie quote from book
And the same with Unicorns, their ability to heal, their draw to virgins, their desire to help baby unicorns, their devotion to their owners, and you know that big spike thing on their foreheads. There are even stories about the depression that can go along with eternal life and the violence of becoming a killer unicorn. Surprisingly, some of the unicorn stories are even more violent than the zombie ones! Some stories are serious and some are parodies. This is more of a parody.
EDIT - insert unicorn quote
You're getting sleepy, very sleeeeeeeepy....10:56, keep going!
okay, find quotes.
....
...
......
...
....
got them! but i'm totally not typing them on here as they are super long. okay, added EDIT's where quotes go.
Now what? Oh, should probably do some sort of conclusion since after including quotes it'll be at least 3 minutes. woops. i'm gonna have to read and record it.
okay outro...is that a word? it's late, i'm tired. i'm going with it. outro:
So, now it's up to you. Which team will you join? Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? Read Zombies vs. Unicorns and maybe it will help you decide.
okay, that's a dumb last line.
Read Zombies vs. Unicorns and make your choice....??? that's dumb too.
Maybe....
So, now it's up to you. Do you like brains? Would you like healing powers? Read Zombies vs. Unicorns by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black and pick your side, Team Zombie or Team Unicorn.
that was dumb too. okay, gotta find recording device. is around here somewhere.
done! am out. can fix more tomorrow on ride to class.
So, I'm going to write a new booktalk on the spot.
Right now.
Three minute speech.
Not a big deal, right?
Okay, to start pick a book...hmmm... well I was going to use Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly, and as much as I freaking love that book and could probably talk about it for more than three minutes, I really hated that booktalk. Like hated it with a passion. I spent all day on it reading it over now I still hate it. But I hate all my writings. Ask Sketch, it drives her bananas. But I can't help that they're crap. I try, but it's all crap. This blog is mostly crap. Yet you still read it, hmmm...
That's another thing with me, I get sidetracked and go off on tangents. So, no more tangents, only booktalks.
So, picking a book...hmm... which book has affected me the most during the semester other than the earth-shattering Revolution? easy answer. Zombies vs. Unicorns. Yes! I should totally do my booktalk on Zombies vs. Unicorns. I've probably talked more about that book with people than I have with Revolution anyway. And I know that I've rambled about it more on here! But that can easily be blamed on cough medicine. Go here: My Life in Closed Captions: sickness, bee stings, greek mythology, zombies, un...
Okay, so book is picked. Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier. Crap, should learn how to pronounce that for the talk tomorrow. Will look up pronunciation on google later. Focus now.
Okay...soo...introduction...hmm.... OH!
There have been many great debates over the years. Obama vs. McCain, Chuck Norris vs. Chuck Norris, Edward vs. Jacob, but the one debate I want you to focus on today is the debate of all debates, the quandary of all quandaries...is it quandarys or quandaries? doesn't matter this'll be verbal Zombies vs. Unicorns.
Okay, that was crap but I'm going with it anyway sooo...exposition!
This novel is a collection of stories about zombies and unicorns. Each has chosen a side - except for one who tried to do a crossover and failed epically probably shouldn't say that okay scratch that going back
Each has chosen a side, Team Zombie or Team Unicorn. Team Zombie is led by Justine Larbalestier, she says that Zombies are a walking entropy. They are the dissolute wreck of consumerism. They are the eventual death that faces us all. They are a metaphor for slavery, conformity, and oblivion. What are unicorns? Fluffy, monochrome, sticky tedium. There's no way I'm going to remember all that.
Okay cut it short,
Team Zombie is led by Justine Larbalestier, she says Zombies are a metaphor for slavery, conformity and oblivion. And what are unicorns? Fluffy, monochrome, sticky tedium.
Team Unicorn is led by Holly Black who says Seriously? You don't like unicorns? What kind of person doesn't like unicorns? Zombies shamble. I disapprove of shambling. And they have bits that fall off. You never see a unicorn behaving that way.
There's no way I'm going to remember that either. We'll come back to that part later.
The book goes back and forth with a story about a zombie followed by a story about a unicorn, lather rinse repeat. Yeah, shouldn't use that either. especially in the context of unicorns and zombies, that's creepy. moving on.
Many aspects of Zombies are covered, their love of brains, their strong devotion or hatred for their loved ones, their ability to travel in packs and stare at you, their cold hands, and their undead-ness. There's even stories about zombie children!
EDIT - insert Zombie quote from book
And the same with Unicorns, their ability to heal, their draw to virgins, their desire to help baby unicorns, their devotion to their owners, and you know that big spike thing on their foreheads. There are even stories about the depression that can go along with eternal life and the violence of becoming a killer unicorn. Surprisingly, some of the unicorn stories are even more violent than the zombie ones! Some stories are serious and some are parodies. This is more of a parody.
EDIT - insert unicorn quote
You're getting sleepy, very sleeeeeeeepy....10:56, keep going!
okay, find quotes.
....
...
......
...
....
got them! but i'm totally not typing them on here as they are super long. okay, added EDIT's where quotes go.
Now what? Oh, should probably do some sort of conclusion since after including quotes it'll be at least 3 minutes. woops. i'm gonna have to read and record it.
okay outro...is that a word? it's late, i'm tired. i'm going with it. outro:
So, now it's up to you. Which team will you join? Team Zombie or Team Unicorn? Read Zombies vs. Unicorns and maybe it will help you decide.
okay, that's a dumb last line.
Read Zombies vs. Unicorns and make your choice....??? that's dumb too.
Maybe....
So, now it's up to you. Do you like brains? Would you like healing powers? Read Zombies vs. Unicorns by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black and pick your side, Team Zombie or Team Unicorn.
that was dumb too. okay, gotta find recording device. is around here somewhere.
done! am out. can fix more tomorrow on ride to class.
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