Happy New Year’s Eve!smadafDecember 31 2007, 17:38:59 UTC
Awesomeness! Dr. Seuss! I love his books!
The first one I got was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, which was in a box of things intentionally left behind by the previous tenants when we moved in to our apartment in Germany, when I was two. In some ways, it’s still my favorite.
I have maybe a dozen Dr. Seuss books, but I want to have them all.
I remember when he died. In that week, all the sixth-graders from my school were at Camp Joy. One day, several of us were out on a walk/hike with one or more of our adult guides-and, when we got to a stopping-place, a woman told us that she had some sad news to tell us ... and it was that Dr. Seuss had died. I don’t remember anyone being hugely sad, but I do still remember that moment.
I have a vague feeling that, next week, his face was shown in the 15-minute show CNN Newsroom, which was aimed at school-aged kids, and which we watched on VHS in Mr. Michaels’s Social Studies class each day. His beard did look good. :) There’s a U.S. postage stamp of him with that beard
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Re: Happy New Year’s Eve!shitbagxsueJanuary 1 2008, 14:33:07 UTC
Wait a minute! Why would they tell a whole bunch of kids that Dr. Seuss just died!? :O That's so emo..
I wouldn't know how to react. I didn't think he was alive when I was growing up. Well.. he wasn't.. But I didn't think that he was alive in the 80's or 90's. I mean.. wow.
THEY HAVE A BEARDED-SEUSS STAMP!? That's kick-ass! :O ♥
Mr. Michaels.. Aww. That's such a cute teacher name.
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I also remember reading StregaNona ..*looks up author* ...by Tomie dePaola.
And I only remember him and his book because he has my birthday...
..WOAH. Is he still alive? His Wiki Article doesn't have a.. well he was born in 1934..? Oh wow. He's 70-something.
Man. These authors take good care of themselves.
..*googlez*.. AWW! He has such a round face!! He's adorable!!
He taught in Newton, MA!?.. I always thought he lived in, like, Italy.
Happy New Year’s Day!smadafJanuary 1 2008, 17:03:27 UTC
Maybe they told us because they figured it was a ‘controlled’ way of telling-rather than having us find out in disparate odd ways and maybe some of us feeling distraught, being made fun of for it, &c. (Now that you mention it and I think of it, that ‘technique’ reminds me of things mentioned here (tho the main kids being so concerned about Mr. Rogers’s death probably would be much younger than sixth-graders).
I didn’t really have any reaction to his death. I suppose that was because his death would do nothing to stop the awesomeness of his books.
I think I had a weird concept of time when I was a child. I’d see Leave It to Beaver, for example, and, though I knew it was from decades before, I didn’t really think of it as that different from the world of the mid and late ’80s. That’s probably why, for example, I thought teenagers still wore suits and evening gowns when they went on dates. I think I also didn’t ever think about the fact that authors could produce new books, that their ‘bibliographies’ had to ‘occur’ over time. I’
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I think I remember this from a documentary about him I saw in England during junior or senior year: in a rough draft of his alphabet book for kids, he jokingly wrote something like this:Big X, little X, X, X, X. One day, kiddies, You’ll learn about sex.
hey! it's nicole. hope you remember me. you must...i still have that amazing picture you drew me and gave to meghan freshman year when i went to matignon. anyways, i haven't seen you in forever, but i was looking through mhs on lj since i've finally started actually using mine and i came across your journal. and i absolutely love this particular blog. dr seuss is the man. but you draw even better. :p
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The first one I got was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, which was in a box of things intentionally left behind by the previous tenants when we moved in to our apartment in Germany, when I was two. In some ways, it’s still my favorite.
I have maybe a dozen Dr. Seuss books, but I want to have them all.
I remember when he died. In that week, all the sixth-graders from my school were at Camp Joy. One day, several of us were out on a walk/hike with one or more of our adult guides-and, when we got to a stopping-place, a woman told us that she had some sad news to tell us ... and it was that Dr. Seuss had died. I don’t remember anyone being hugely sad, but I do still remember that moment.
I have a vague feeling that, next week, his face was shown in the 15-minute show CNN Newsroom, which was aimed at school-aged kids, and which we watched on VHS in Mr. Michaels’s Social Studies class each day. His beard did look good. :) There’s a U.S. postage stamp of him with that beard ( ... )
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That's so emo..
I wouldn't know how to react. I didn't think he was alive when I was growing up. Well.. he wasn't.. But I didn't think that he was alive in the 80's or 90's. I mean.. wow.
THEY HAVE A BEARDED-SEUSS STAMP!?
That's kick-ass! :O ♥
Mr. Michaels.. Aww.
That's such a cute teacher name.
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I also remember reading StregaNona ..*looks up author* ...by Tomie dePaola.
And I only remember him and his book because he has my birthday...
..WOAH. Is he still alive? His Wiki Article doesn't have a.. well he was born in 1934..?
Oh wow. He's 70-something.
Man. These authors take good care of themselves.
..*googlez*.. AWW! He has such a round face!! He's adorable!!
He taught in Newton, MA!?..
I always thought he lived in, like, Italy.
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I didn’t really have any reaction to his death. I suppose that was because his death would do nothing to stop the awesomeness of his books.
I think I had a weird concept of time when I was a child. I’d see Leave It to Beaver, for example, and, though I knew it was from decades before, I didn’t really think of it as that different from the world of the mid and late ’80s. That’s probably why, for example, I thought teenagers still wore suits and evening gowns when they went on dates. I think I also didn’t ever think about the fact that authors could produce new books, that their ‘bibliographies’ had to ‘occur’ over time. I’ ( ... )
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Also, missing “)” at end of first paragraph.
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X, X, X.
One day, kiddies,
You’ll learn about sex.
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I am pretty sure that my first Seuss book was The Foot Book.
http://www.seuss.org/seuss/freud.seuss.html
lolz.
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And what a strange webpage. :D
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Remember you? How could I forget you?
You're an amazing amazing person.
You probably won't understand a lot of the stuff at my blog. And.. well.. all together it might seem a little silly.. kinda embarassing.
Some of my entries become ranty and semi-personal.. but I skimmed through your blog and I think you understand what I mean.
..But.. Your blog is probably more insightful, anyways.
I'm not really making any sense right now.
I wonder who else from MHS has a blog. I have tried looking up people before.. but I either had no idea who they were or couldn't figure it out.
I have Mr. Ambrose again for honors English :D
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:O
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