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The latest post from my blog. The link is posted in the post below on my lj page, not your friends page because it has been forever since I have posted on lj.
College, literature and other stuff.
Wow, it's been some time hasn't it? But that's the way it is with blogs. At least mine anyway.
So alot of people seem to think I have overloaded myself with 17 credits this semester. Yesterday I was talking to someone at work and when I said 17 they were like "I don't know what that is, but it's the most anyone has told me so far," Really? Right now I don't feel like it's that much. Maybe because I'm taking stuff that I enjoy and not calculus and chemistry. And 2 of the credits are small classes that don't have homework, chorus and musical theatre (so much fun!).
Speaking of musical theatre, we have decided to put on the play "Kiss Me Kate". In short, it's about a group of people putting on a version of Shakespear's "Taming of the Shrew". So it's sort of a play within a play. We don't know about parts yet, but I'll let you know when I find anything out.
Writing, I've got over 30 pages right now. That's what it was last time I looked, but I haven't in a while, so it's probably more.
I was a dork and bought the Heroes season 1 DVD. First show that I've ever done that with. It's just that awesome. The characters are the strong point.
Speaking of characters and such, my humanities teacher was talking about Cervantes (sp?) and she asked, "Is it good to read?" Everyone said yes. "Is it good to read trash like Dannielle Steele? No, It adles the mind," That kind of talk gets on my nerves, really, so I said that "Actually it's better than sitting in front of the TV. When you're picturing things in your mind it helps prevent Alzheimers," She told me that I had a point.
Anyway, I don't read Dannielle Steele, but I read Nora Roberts. And really, if you enjoy it and it makes you imagine, wonder or think, isn't that what it's about? Just because a work of fiction isn't reveared by critics or completely depressing doesn't mean it's trash. Why does everyone have to die in the end for it to be "good"? That's stupid. I like writing that gives me hope, makes me happy in the end. And isn't that what it's about? Bringing out a feeling, telling a story, making you feel for characters? I hate the opinion that "it's not real literature unless it's tragic,". Don't get me wrong, some tragedies are good. Hamlet, many other Shakespear tragedies. But I prefer looking for the light at the end and I don't think that makes me any less intelligent, or any less of a reader or a writer. You can have well rounded, fully developed characters that get to live happily in the end. Now, I don't think that the entire story should be bunnies and rainbows, there has to be conflict, I'm talking about the ending. Does this make sense? Look at Jane Austen. She has complex characters, and they mostly end well. Why don't we see work like this praised anymore? Of course, there aren't alot of Jane Austen's out there, but people get on my nerves when the discredit types of literature when they brush it off because it doesn't end in despair. Well, that's my rant. Heroes comes on the 24th and I need to go to work. Talk to you later!
College, literature and other stuff.
Wow, it's been some time hasn't it? But that's the way it is with blogs. At least mine anyway.
So alot of people seem to think I have overloaded myself with 17 credits this semester. Yesterday I was talking to someone at work and when I said 17 they were like "I don't know what that is, but it's the most anyone has told me so far," Really? Right now I don't feel like it's that much. Maybe because I'm taking stuff that I enjoy and not calculus and chemistry. And 2 of the credits are small classes that don't have homework, chorus and musical theatre (so much fun!).
Speaking of musical theatre, we have decided to put on the play "Kiss Me Kate". In short, it's about a group of people putting on a version of Shakespear's "Taming of the Shrew". So it's sort of a play within a play. We don't know about parts yet, but I'll let you know when I find anything out.
Writing, I've got over 30 pages right now. That's what it was last time I looked, but I haven't in a while, so it's probably more.
I was a dork and bought the Heroes season 1 DVD. First show that I've ever done that with. It's just that awesome. The characters are the strong point.
Speaking of characters and such, my humanities teacher was talking about Cervantes (sp?) and she asked, "Is it good to read?" Everyone said yes. "Is it good to read trash like Dannielle Steele? No, It adles the mind," That kind of talk gets on my nerves, really, so I said that "Actually it's better than sitting in front of the TV. When you're picturing things in your mind it helps prevent Alzheimers," She told me that I had a point.
Anyway, I don't read Dannielle Steele, but I read Nora Roberts. And really, if you enjoy it and it makes you imagine, wonder or think, isn't that what it's about? Just because a work of fiction isn't reveared by critics or completely depressing doesn't mean it's trash. Why does everyone have to die in the end for it to be "good"? That's stupid. I like writing that gives me hope, makes me happy in the end. And isn't that what it's about? Bringing out a feeling, telling a story, making you feel for characters? I hate the opinion that "it's not real literature unless it's tragic,". Don't get me wrong, some tragedies are good. Hamlet, many other Shakespear tragedies. But I prefer looking for the light at the end and I don't think that makes me any less intelligent, or any less of a reader or a writer. You can have well rounded, fully developed characters that get to live happily in the end. Now, I don't think that the entire story should be bunnies and rainbows, there has to be conflict, I'm talking about the ending. Does this make sense? Look at Jane Austen. She has complex characters, and they mostly end well. Why don't we see work like this praised anymore? Of course, there aren't alot of Jane Austen's out there, but people get on my nerves when the discredit types of literature when they brush it off because it doesn't end in despair. Well, that's my rant. Heroes comes on the 24th and I need to go to work. Talk to you later!