Service Project

Well after school today I talked to Stariha and she proposed a new service project for our class to do. It would basically be us going to the elementary school and reading bedtime stories to the kids. We would read little kids books to them and teach/stress the value of reading to them. I think it sounds really easy but still a good job. I don't know what people think about this?...... Im just the messenger so feel free to comment.

trying to decide what to write for my personal narrative... hmmm.....

what are you guys writing about?

Words I Never Said

Well the talk about silence today made me think about a newer song by Lupe Fiasco featuring Skylar Grey. Its called Words I Never said and its pretty sweet. You should check it out. The chorus goes as follows:

It's so loud, inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back, the words I never said!
I can't take back, the words I never said!

Thats Skylar Grey singing, the same chic that sings "I Need A Doctor" so it sounds sweet. Then one of Lupe's verses goes as follows:

I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion thats why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I'm scared of even telling you
Sometimes I'm like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I'm locked inside a cell in me, I know that theres a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through!

Yeaah its a dope song and it has alot to do with the silence in this nation. I just thought I should share it because thats what I was thinking about during our discussion today. And I forgot to blog yesterday so I hope this makes up for it...:). Peace!

personal narritives.

..this assignment sounds like so much fun! except for..i'm not sure what to center my story around, so..give me your guys's ideas..to help me think! ..(:

*cricket cricket*

So the whole silence concept today really had me thinking about how noisy and busy my life is. Even while I'm writing this, I'm listening to music. I don't really take time to be quiet, because my thoughts catch up to me. And it's almost as if my whole persona crumbles, and it's really scary. Sometimes I get scared, because I realize everything has been flying by. And I'm usually a confident and outgoing person. But when it comes to basking in the silence, I become a vulneralbe little kid again. I hate being scared... Especailly when one of the posts we read in class today was about only getting silence through death. Death is my number one fear, because I'm afraid of loosing my sense of thinking, and my memories. I don't want to loose my mind in the literal sense. I hate not knowing, or being in the 'unknown'. So having silence and death go hand in hand kind of freaked me out today...I don't know, this free write really hit me hard today so I thought just to write about it on here :/

Oh my...

Well... The Color Purple is nothing like i thought it would be but its a GREAT book!! Its kind of rought but the point made in class is true. The rough parts arnt there to be gross or in your face they're there to make you think and to set up certain ideas and characters. The first scene in the book illustrated how women in that time were seen as objects, just something to use and then discard no matter what shape they're in. It was a really startling way to begin the story but at the same time it makes you think and draws you into the story of this poor girl from the very beginning!

Senior Project

I was so glad to finally have the rough draft done. I was so scared that i wasn't going to be able to make it 5-7 pages long but luckily it ended up being like 11 pages. I am hoping that the revision will help and hopefully this will be one of the best papers I have ever written. The conferencing has been helping me a lot and I am really thankful for that time.