I strongly dislike this class..

That about explains it..

Winter Break :)

Winter break is finaly HERE!!
im so excited that means two weeks of absoulutly nothing!!!
well execpt for my english oral but whatever and art ... other than that NOTHING!!! :P

SUMMER

im so glad summer is here.
a quick catch up:
i got back from vacation a week ago. it was heaven on earth for me :)
softball has been ... ehh
i just got over some food poisioning which completey sucked jaimies balls.
and transformers two was a bit of a let down . there was all this hype for the movie and it wasnt that good. idk i like worship the first movie and the second one was missing something.
what else?? idk life is pretty boring as of now. oh im finally leaving my house today for something other than softball which is great. I cant wait jaimie tasha and i are going to the beach today ... im getting my social life back YES!!
anywhooooo.. ill blog later... maybe? :P

Cat In The Hat blog(or cat and the hat, which i thought it was until proven wrong at the age of 16) rotflmao

anyyywhooo.. i hope you're done laughing at the title of this blog .. because sadly its true.. i didn't realize it was "in" until one of my besties -jaimie- pointed it out when she heard me say "and" i honestly didn't even care its not that big of a difference but i guess cat in the hat makes more since than cat and the hat... ahhh what you can get away with by being blonde. Now down to business!

So i picked option two, which was the evaluative essay. The character I'm going to write this blog about is the cat.
I believe that the Cat is dominated by the id. The id is defined as the part of the personality that contains our primitive impulses. Its the desire for instant gratification. The id is led by want and our pleasure principle. The id can be referred to as a devil on someones shoulder. In a nut-shell the id controls us and its our desire for self gratification at no expense on how it will effect others around us. The id simply doesn't care.
In the beginning of the book the cat busts rigth into the kids home. He just starts in with his "fun" not even asking if they think its okay. The fish says no but he ignores him just so he can have his "fun". This is a perfect example of how the cat just wants to have his fun and doesn't care about anyone else, much like the id. Throughout the middle of the book we see the Cat trashing their home by letting Thing 1 and Thing 2 out. Yet again, the cat is still having his fun but he doesn't care about the mess being made. He continues to keep having "fun"until the mother comes home. Towards the end of the book after thing one and thing two are captured we see the Cat change what personality he is dominated by. It was clear to see that while through the book with the Cat ignoring the fish telling him no, the children saying that having the cat at their house was a horrible situation, the cat letting thing one and two out to destroy their home,and their house getting trashed its safe to say that the cat didn't care about their home or the children all he wanted was to have some "fun". Towards the end we see the cat leave as the house is still a giant mess and the mom is almost home, but the cat comes back to help pick up his mess. This simple act changes him from the id to the superego. The superego is described as the part of us that represents our conscience. It helps to dictate whats rigth and wrong are and controls a person. Someone ruled by the superego is selfless and doesn't just act for themselves. We see this bog time when he comes back to help pick up their home before their mother walks in the door. I think its probably safe to say that anyone can change what psychoanalytical personality they might be dominated by.

well im pretty sure that answers all of the three parts :)

YEARBOOK!! and camping

yes we got our yearbooks today and yet again its kind of a let down but whatever..

school is basically over and we go camping this weekend and i cant wait!!

--- omg a car alarm keeps going off and nobody comes to shut it off for like fucking ever!!
omg DANE COOK lmao... i started singing the car alarm song. "...oil is my blood!, seatbelt, trunk space..." "oh that dane cook is a silly bitch" ... ROTFLMAO!!

Finally my internet isnt being a sklut!! (skank and a slut) :)

- How is Persepolis organized and structured? How is her childhood emphasized and describe the drawings…
Well to start off the book Persepolis is organized into a graphic novel. She, Marji being the main character of the book, narrates the novel. You see the very key parts of her childhood that made her how she is today. Every picture shows you something that Marji learned from someone in her family, a major or minor event, or a story told by someone. She centers almost this entire book on the war and how it has impacted her as a child. She really emphasizes her curiosity I think. The drawings add to the narrative of the story by showing you what’s actually happening. The saying a picture is worth a thousands words pops into my mind. The pictures are a vital part of this story, they help make it a little more real.

- What kinds of captivity and freedom does the author explore in Persopolis? What prevents from being free and how do they defy the rules?
I think that all of the rules and restrictions they have to live by show the type of captivity in this novel. People are not free to say what they want because if they have the “wrong” opinion then they will get punished. The freedom you see in this book is self-created. By the people rebelling and living their normal lives is the only freedom we see. Having all of the rules and restrictions is what I think prevents them from being free. When they do rebel they do so in small secretive acts. Examples of small secretive acts would be going to parties, listening to banned music, and drinking alcohol. Some of the other things they do that are a little more public are their protests they go to and the women wearing the veils showing a little bit of hair. They try very hard to keep doing these small acts of rebellion because if they didn’t then they would all be the same and life would be boring and there would be no point.

- “In spite of everything, kids were trying to look hip, even under risk of arrest”. How did they do this? What would I have done?
Well Marji for example wore punk clothes and loved punk music. She even went down to the black market and bought tapes of Camel and Kim Wilde. Her parents even encouraged it. They smuggled illegal things in for her from Turkey. She went to her parent’s parties and even went to one rally. If I had been in her position I think I would have rebelled too. I couldn’t see giving things up that meant so much to me just cause some idiot didn’t like it. I mean seriously. I would have rebelled and I think my parents would have supported it to some degree as well. Just as long as I didn’t get caught id be fine just fine. LMAO. Some acts of rebellion as a teen?? Lets see, well I don’t do a whole lot of rebelling. There are small things I disagree with and I think are stupid. Like for one not being able to bring in a bag for gym… you have to carry your clothes. Geez I didn’t stop carrying my bag. Ummm .. not having cell phones in school, really in a time like today do they really expect kids to listen to that. Idk there are small things all the time that I guess I rebel against but nothing to huge or nothing that will get me in huge trouble. And plus if I did get in some type of trouble it would be for me sticking my ground and I could care less if that happened. Satrapi is just like a normal kid because all she’s doing is telling her story from her point of view so that others will know what happened.

Persepolis Blog

Yes we have moved on to a new book. So no more talk on consumerism and all that other "good"stuff.
Before i get started id like to say my trip to the U of M totally blew and was a major let down ..ughh.. whatever now on to more important matters. DUN DUN DUNNNN!! oh and yeah its kind of last minute but i just woke up.. oops. it was still posted before 12 so i win :)

--Written as a memoir... more powerful then fiction?
I think that any type of non-fictional books are more powerful then fictional writing. We know that what we are reading has actually happened and good or bad i think we can all connect to the text in some way even if we don't want to. With fictional writing i also think that yes you can connect but we know that whatever it was didn't happen with a real person in real life. We can always make ourselves feel better when reading fiction because we make up what we wanted to happen and everything works out perfectly but with non-fiction you really cant. The only other memoirs i have read was the series of A Child Called "It". That series of books is so freaking powerful because you read about this boy and how his mother nearly killed him and you cant help but feel bad for him and while i was reading it there was nothing to say that could make me feel better. Comparing this to other books i have read that have been fiction, if something is going horribly wrong then i can always make something up for myself. I think its really good to write memoirs because it tells a true story that can only be told by one person. Its a part of history.

--Describe the writers voice... how did it affect my reading experience?
I really liked how this book was set up. The writing style was young enough for me not to be bored with reading, yet it was mature enough at the same time so it wasn't like reading a book written by a four year old trying to tell this big important story (which we all hate listening to a four year old retell his day when he stumbles over every word and half of the damn story doesn't make sense.. or is that just me and the kids i listen to??). I really did have some connections with Marji's character. Her character asked lots of question concerning things she wanted to know more about or didn't understand fully, she was very naive at some points in the story but she was super observant. She noticed every little detail and analyzed everything, never really just taking somebodies word for it always having to make sure for herself. Which is something i do all the time and i never really understand why I'm so untrustworthy of people its a bad quality... But having all of these connections with the character made my reading easier but harder at the same time. Because it was easy o connect with i could put myself in her shoes but with the context of the story that kind of sucked...

--What ways does Persepolis tell stories and comment on importance of stories in our lives?
I believe that stories are a HUGE part of our lives. Your entire past is one big story and its important to know about it. Not only does your past help shape who you are but your other relatives have a past who helped shape them. Since they were shaped by their past and they are apart of your past/life its important to know about all of their pasts and what they went through. Its like a never ending circle. When Marji heard all of the stories of her uncle Anoosh, and her grandfathers story, and her mothers story of growing up it gave her insight to how those around her A)survived through any obstacle they had and B)shaped them and made them who they are today. Its important to know these types of things because you can learn from these past experiences and it can make you a better person.