Welcome to the continued exploration of British Literature as the class explores the 18th century through the Modern Period of British literary history.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Smaller
I do believe that we agreed that the last test was just a tad to long so Mrs. Strariha was going to make this test a bit shorter, right? Or am I just making stuff up? Sorry guys for all of these dumb questions but I missed Friday so I am a little behind on things.
here we go, here we go....
yeah; i got all this worked out.
had a semi study session with josh today... kinda a fail
got the powerpoint printed off, and some greek "sexy" god info printed off
so thatll i can uhh study.. then im gonna attempt to review frankenstien
and possibly the poems, although thatll be hard to do seeing as how i forgot my book at school
....fml
but heyyyy "no worries, be happy"
i got this :)
had a semi study session with josh today... kinda a fail
got the powerpoint printed off, and some greek "sexy" god info printed off
so thatll i can uhh study.. then im gonna attempt to review frankenstien
and possibly the poems, although thatll be hard to do seeing as how i forgot my book at school
....fml
but heyyyy "no worries, be happy"
i got this :)
blog
well, i forgot to blog until now, and im kindof drawing a blank, so im gonna blog about this weekend,
well we have been talking about religion a lot lately, and this weekend i went to aquire the fire, and it was so awesome, and it made me think, that when thousands of people are praising god with everything they have, thats religion at its core, its not about being better than anyone, or having more, or being able to brag about how much better one god is than another, but being able to find joy and neverending peace in a god who loves uncondittionally, thats what religion is really about, so its like hannah said, religion isn't the problem, its the corrupt leaders at the center of religion who lead the rest astray.
What to study
Well after a very busy weekend I have finally found some time to actually sit down and study, to bad it is 9:30 and the test is tomorrow. Anyways as I was looking through the syllabus it says the we need to know "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "To Autumn." I missed a few days and I don't remember reading these pieces, so if someone can tell me that we don't need to read and know these two works for tomorrow that would be great.
Frankestein/Fantastic Four/The Thing
So I watching a movie with movie with my little brother, which was fantastic four. and I realized that Frankenstein was a lot like "the thing" right after he became all rock and everything. everyone ran away from him and he even scared that one guy from jumping. Not only that but they are both super strong.




So right now im crossing the line of where im just kinda worried about the test to full blown freakin out. Now i get to weigh out everything that i still have to do and decide what im going to do and what im just gonna skip. Oh and that essay that i still dont completly understand dosnt help so can i come in for TAG on Monday Starhia? I still think your pretty sick for giving us a test on Monday. Just sayin.
ironic?
So as I was reviewing Frankenstein I was thinking about the part in the middle of the book when Victor and the monster meet again. I think that there is a slight irony in this. Both victor and the monster are coming off a time where they are learning great deals about themselves. But what is ironic is that Victor is escaping from people to nature to acquire this peace and self fulfillment, and the monster is learning this serenity from people, and wanting people to find the peace. It is also ironic that the monster is learning "unity" or "togetherness" form these cottagers that have been exiled.
To the test!
Reading over all of my notes the history from this era, it in a way excites me to be able to write those stinking essays for tomorrow. I think that it will be neat to compile all of these stored up thoughts on the links between nature and oneself into a text that will be graded. Although I am not excited... not at all excited for those multiple choice. Those seem to be the death of me. For some reason I always feel like there are two choices that could be it, and I always choose the wrong choice... ugh. Oh well though, I must now go a cease this time to study :)
Critical Analysis paper
The worst thing about this paper has been starting on it and finding an appropriate opening paragraph that captures attention and combines your theory in the thesis statement. I spent about a hour working on the first paragraph to make sure that it was good. From here it should be easier sailing. Not going to lie, I wrote the portion of the paper that I did outside today to gather inspiration from nature....Hopefully it works!
Test
WELL IM NOT GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TEST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO!! hahahaa i just had to do that. well I just made my reading log and finished frankenstein so i'm pretty positive going into this test.. who am i kidding im never ready for any of these tests haha im just gonna do my best and hopefully i do better than i have been lol
Happy freaking May Day!
So usually before the test while I'm studying I write the essay in my brain. I know exactly what I'm gonna say and how I'm going to say it, not this time. I tried to mentally write my essay. It didn't happen. I have no idea what to say about this dumb time period. I am beginning to hate the Romantic Era and all their emotions. There seems to be two things to talk about, nature and the common man. That's it. nothing else. I have nothing to say. I'm going to have to tap into my inner tree hugger (way way way way down in there) and talk about how Mother Nature controls all things. Then I will have to be really redundant and write all the same things on the next essay. WOO HOOO I LOVE THIS !
Settling Down for the Long Haul.
So, after procrastinating for 3 hours by soaking up the sunshine in my backyard I am finally buckling down to start and finish this rough draft. I really don't want to spend my week nights stressing out by having to write it so I am determined to sit in front of this computer until I finish it. I am prepared to listen to all 3 of my Brit Lit mixes and some Enya and some Yiruma and eventually it will be finished. And then I can go study for that test tomorrow!
Signing Off
Unlike most studying Sundays, this will be the only time I'll be on the blog. Usually I like to use it as a distraction and constantly check for posts that will assist in my studying but not today. Today there is too much work to be done. I want to finish my rough draft today. All of it. I haven't started yet but today I want it done. Then I have to study for this Test.
"Day of Rest"- Yeah right.
"Day of Rest"- Yeah right.