Carpe Diem, Seduce Freddy

I love how crazy we get to be in Brit Lit. What other teacher would have me read a poem written by a man to seduce a woman, to stud muffin Freddy Bahena like that. I have to say I did not seize the day with that one because I was going to make it way creepier and stroke his face and tuck his hair behind his ear and stuff but I didnt want to do that to poor Fred. He was bluxhing so much I couldnt even handle it. He puts up with a lot (Love Ya Fred!) never break up the power three. Im digging the 17th century.

The Customary Random Thought Post

For all of you first tri kids just so you know this is the kind of stuff I post every week basically. Its just a bunch of random, disconnected thoguhts all slapped in one blog post. First off Im loving the uuber fun background on this new blog. It makes me feel some how scholarly. Im loving the literature too, its kind of inappropriate ( if thats the word you want to use I would also accept scandalous) and super easy to make dirty jokes about which is always fun and I know how much Shemus appreciates them :) And a special thanks goes out to Garrett and Maddie for always singing a long!

Brit Lit A Recap

So I am pretty happy with my work in the A section. I ended up with an A-...? I think. I improved my writing skills and learned how to read middle english! Brit Lit A was a fun class and I hope to continue that into this class.

Free Write- Carpe Diem

I think Carpe Diem means to make the most of every day. "Day" can also mean oppurtunity in this case. Whether it be making the most of what little you have or just not wasting your life, seize the day means to live your life to the fullest.

Loving the Discussions

I have to admit I was a bit apprehensive about having Ms. Stariha back because I heard that she is a lot tougher than what our 2nd Tri class was used to. However, I feel that I understand "To The Virgins" and "His Coy Mistress" a lot better than any of the poems/sonnets we read in part A. I also (yes this is a bit embarrassing to admit) truly enjoyed Friday's discussion! I'm actually looking forward to the rest of this class! (minus the Weathering Heights bit- I tried to read that once and it ended up with me giving up after spending a week trying to get through the first chapter)

P.S. If anyone out there feels like getting some culture this weekend Hart High School is performing Cinderella at 7pm tonight! I heard it's supposed to be really good.

with a cloak full of peace.

Carpe Diem. I feel like this is a concept that is looked at with gratitude, but not often fought for. We can all reflect on it, and say that its a great way to live your life, and in more ways then one beneficial, but I feel like we reflect on it like its out of our reach. With bystanders eyes; like its something that we ourselves cannot obtain. Id like to disagree. I feel like this phrase is emboding a whole aspect of peace with oneself and effort to strive for what you want. Realizing that succeding takes effort, so wishing its going to happen isnt going to do any good unless effort is put into it. But then I think its also engulfing this whole idea of peace. That if you are always striving for something better, you are going to miss what you have today. In reality, the moment you are striving could be happening right now. I feel like this is really what it means by seize the day. If you are never at peace with who you are now then how can you expect to be at peace with who you are tomorrow....

~ViRgInS~

Interesting thought: I know that this poem had lots of meanings. That it wasn't LITERALLY (or not entirely literally) talking about sex, but rather about life in itself. But what did the author really expect from the people when they were writing this. It is very evident that authors wrote according to what was happening around them in their life times. So when they were in the middle of a war, what were they trying to get people to react to? To be completely honest, the sex part makes the most sense to me. If you don't know if your going to live to face tomorrow, i understand that the author was saying go out and have fun. But what other reaction could he be trying to spark by saying go out and experience life. How would this apply to war??? Was he trying to get people to stand up against the leaders of the time? Maybe he was trying to recruit for a certain war party. I really don't know the incentive to the underlying message here.