"'I want to be a doctor' -M
'That's fine my love. That's fine.' -P
I felt guilty towards God.
'You want to be a doctor? I thought that...' -G
'No, no I will be a prophet but they mustn't know'" (Satrapi 9)
(M- inidcates Marjane speaking, P- her parents speaking, G- God speaking)
Marjane seems like she is a very outgoing and intelligent young girl. These couple of frames stood out to me because she believes so strongly that she is the next prophet, but lies to her parents when they asked because of how she was ridiculed by the other children in her class. Although this is a stretch, it makes me think of when kids hide who they really are or what their true passions or beliefs are because of fear of backlash they may in turn receive from their peers. It is sad, but I do not believe this will ever change. Just because there will always be someone out there that would like to bring others down, simply because they do not understand or do not care to.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Blog Entry 13- Quote Response
For my second quote response for the week, I chose The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-/ I took the one less traveled by,/ And that has made all the difference (18-20).
These couple lines stood out to me the most, because in a way they related to my paper 2. Like the time in your life where you decide which road you will take in life. Will you decide to go the easy route and do what everyone else does. Or, will you be brave, and take a stand and decide to go the "one less traveled by" (19)? It may be more difficult, but a choice, no doubt, you will be proud of yourself in the future for making.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-/ I took the one less traveled by,/ And that has made all the difference (18-20).
These couple lines stood out to me the most, because in a way they related to my paper 2. Like the time in your life where you decide which road you will take in life. Will you decide to go the easy route and do what everyone else does. Or, will you be brave, and take a stand and decide to go the "one less traveled by" (19)? It may be more difficult, but a choice, no doubt, you will be proud of yourself in the future for making.
Blog Entry 12- Poem Paraphrase
I chose First Poem for Your, by Kim Addonizio. The poem itself was a little racy, but I still thought it was a very romantic poem. I am not sure there is much paraphrasing that need to be done, but I will try my best.
I love to touch your tattoos in the darkness of our room. I can't see them, but I know exactly where they are. I touch the lines of lightning near your nipples and find the serpent and dragon, and swirls of water on your shoulders. After we are intimate, I love to kiss the art on your skin. Your tattoos will remain until you pass away and are nothing more than ashes; or if we remain a couple or end our relationship, they will remain. So permanent, it is almost scary. But in the darkness I touch them anyway.
I love to touch your tattoos in the darkness of our room. I can't see them, but I know exactly where they are. I touch the lines of lightning near your nipples and find the serpent and dragon, and swirls of water on your shoulders. After we are intimate, I love to kiss the art on your skin. Your tattoos will remain until you pass away and are nothing more than ashes; or if we remain a couple or end our relationship, they will remain. So permanent, it is almost scary. But in the darkness I touch them anyway.
Blog Entry 11- Quote response
For my quote response I chose the poem Eight O'Clock, by A.E. Housman.
Strapped, noosed, nighting his hour,
He stoop and counted them and cursed his luck;
And then the clock collected in the tower
Its strength, and struck. (5-8)
This poem is very short, but I found it very interesting at the same time. It made me think of a man with somewhere to be at Eight O'Clock, and he is waiting for the time to go by and "cursed his luck" (6) when he sees that it is not 8 o'clock yet. I am sure everyone has had this feeling once or twice in there life, when you sit and watch the minutes on the clock go by, just hoping time will speed up. Finally, when "the clock collected in the tower/ Its strength, and struck" (7-8) every moment before of waiting and watching becomes worth it, and you are relieved when you are freed to be where you need to be.
Strapped, noosed, nighting his hour,
He stoop and counted them and cursed his luck;
And then the clock collected in the tower
Its strength, and struck. (5-8)
This poem is very short, but I found it very interesting at the same time. It made me think of a man with somewhere to be at Eight O'Clock, and he is waiting for the time to go by and "cursed his luck" (6) when he sees that it is not 8 o'clock yet. I am sure everyone has had this feeling once or twice in there life, when you sit and watch the minutes on the clock go by, just hoping time will speed up. Finally, when "the clock collected in the tower/ Its strength, and struck" (7-8) every moment before of waiting and watching becomes worth it, and you are relieved when you are freed to be where you need to be.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Blog Entry 10: Song Quote
"Both of Us" B.O.B. featuring Taylor Swift
"I wish I was strong enough
to lift not one, but both of us
Someday I will be strong enough
to lift not one, but both of us"
This song right now has to be the only song on my ipod on replay. In my opinion, B.O.B. and Taylor Swift sing together as though they are a couple. In the verses he talks about how he understands the struggles people go through with money, trying to fit in, and how "life is an uphill battle." He goes on to talk about how there are more important things in life than material things, so just keep your head up and focus on what is important in life. The part I quoted is the chorus of the song that Taylor Swift sings. Basically reiterating to her significant other, that she wishes she could be the one to make everything better, get rid of the struggles they both face, but in the future she knows she will be able to.
I think the reason I like the song so much, is because it kind of reminds me of my relationship with my wife. We got married really young, and have been married for three years. Having said that there are a lot of struggles newly married couples go through, but being young, makes those struggles more intense. Her and I always say to each other, "someday will be our day." Just meaning, someday, we will both have successful careers, no stress of money issues and have a family of our own.
Has anyone else out there heard this song?
"I wish I was strong enough
to lift not one, but both of us
Someday I will be strong enough
to lift not one, but both of us"
This song right now has to be the only song on my ipod on replay. In my opinion, B.O.B. and Taylor Swift sing together as though they are a couple. In the verses he talks about how he understands the struggles people go through with money, trying to fit in, and how "life is an uphill battle." He goes on to talk about how there are more important things in life than material things, so just keep your head up and focus on what is important in life. The part I quoted is the chorus of the song that Taylor Swift sings. Basically reiterating to her significant other, that she wishes she could be the one to make everything better, get rid of the struggles they both face, but in the future she knows she will be able to.
I think the reason I like the song so much, is because it kind of reminds me of my relationship with my wife. We got married really young, and have been married for three years. Having said that there are a lot of struggles newly married couples go through, but being young, makes those struggles more intense. Her and I always say to each other, "someday will be our day." Just meaning, someday, we will both have successful careers, no stress of money issues and have a family of our own.
Has anyone else out there heard this song?
Blog Post 9: " Jets" Haiku
Jets Haiku
Clear, bright skies, white clouds
The ocean waves crash below
The view from up there
Clear, bright skies, white clouds
The ocean waves crash below
The view from up there
Blog Entry 8: Poem Paraphrase
White Lies by Natasha Trethewey
Growing up I could tell all kinds of lies. It did not matter what kind, big or small, to me they were just white lies.
I could deceive people about where I lived or even where I bought my clothes.
With every lie I told, however, my mother was there to correct me. She would discipline me and wash my mouth out with soap. She and I thought it would wash the lies out of me. So I did as I was told and hoped it would work.
Growing up I could tell all kinds of lies. It did not matter what kind, big or small, to me they were just white lies.
I could deceive people about where I lived or even where I bought my clothes.
With every lie I told, however, my mother was there to correct me. She would discipline me and wash my mouth out with soap. She and I thought it would wash the lies out of me. So I did as I was told and hoped it would work.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Blog Entry 7- Freestyle
This week has been very stressful for me. I find out the options I have for my career path, at the end of the year, so in leading up to that I am working towards different paths to make sure I am covered no matter what is decided. Let's just say I have no life.
So this week when I was not doing schoolwork I was buried in Military Flight Aptitude test, practice book. There is not much reading, just a few sections with multiple choice, but mostly there are multiple choice questions with different pictures of the views of a cockpit of a plane or views of what is seen from the cockpit and you have to decide, based on the scenario given, which is the correct picture. It is a little bit confusing to explain, but I take the test at the end of this coming week, so I am all about studying right now. This test for flight school is kind of like taking the SATs to enter college. It is really important!
So this week when I was not doing schoolwork I was buried in Military Flight Aptitude test, practice book. There is not much reading, just a few sections with multiple choice, but mostly there are multiple choice questions with different pictures of the views of a cockpit of a plane or views of what is seen from the cockpit and you have to decide, based on the scenario given, which is the correct picture. It is a little bit confusing to explain, but I take the test at the end of this coming week, so I am all about studying right now. This test for flight school is kind of like taking the SATs to enter college. It is really important!
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Blog Entry 6- Quote Response
"Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it was all nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada" (Hemingway, p. 150).
I felt this quote from Ernest Hemingway's, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" was very important to the short story. Throughout the story, the older waiter continues to stand up for the old man in the café, by questioning the waiter with the wife about why he has such strong feelings about wanting to get the old man to leave. It is as if the older waiter cannot wrap his mind around the fact that the waiter with the wife has no empathy for the old man, and what it could possibly be like in his shoes.
At the point in the story when this quote is, everything became more clear for me. The older waiter, like the old man, was lonely. He did not have a wife, no family to go home to like the younger waiter did, and all he had in his life was "nada y pues nada" (Hemingway, p. 150). So for him he could understand being in "a clean, well-lighted place" (Hemingway) to enjoy a glass of brandy and try to pass the time of loneliness in the dark of the night, rather than be in a dark, loud and undignified place (Hemingway). I can somewhat relate to the old man and the waiter. On long deployments, although I am surrounded by hundreds of people there is a sense of loneliness, missing your family you left behind.
Laying in your rack late at night, when it is quite and dark is when the loneliness and sadness starts to set in, and makes the time pass so slow. For me, my "clean, well-lighted place" (Hemingway) is the flight deck late at night. Granted, it is dark outside, but not a creepy dark, but a calming dark (if that makes sense). The ship is quieter at night, so all you hear are the waves crashing along side of the ship. When you are way out in the middle of the ocean the algae glows in the dark and every now and then you can see streaks of light going by. The streaks are dolphins playing in the waves of the ship. It is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I would stay out there for hours just taking it all in and waiting for morning to come, to start my day all over.
I felt this quote from Ernest Hemingway's, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" was very important to the short story. Throughout the story, the older waiter continues to stand up for the old man in the café, by questioning the waiter with the wife about why he has such strong feelings about wanting to get the old man to leave. It is as if the older waiter cannot wrap his mind around the fact that the waiter with the wife has no empathy for the old man, and what it could possibly be like in his shoes.
At the point in the story when this quote is, everything became more clear for me. The older waiter, like the old man, was lonely. He did not have a wife, no family to go home to like the younger waiter did, and all he had in his life was "nada y pues nada" (Hemingway, p. 150). So for him he could understand being in "a clean, well-lighted place" (Hemingway) to enjoy a glass of brandy and try to pass the time of loneliness in the dark of the night, rather than be in a dark, loud and undignified place (Hemingway). I can somewhat relate to the old man and the waiter. On long deployments, although I am surrounded by hundreds of people there is a sense of loneliness, missing your family you left behind.
Laying in your rack late at night, when it is quite and dark is when the loneliness and sadness starts to set in, and makes the time pass so slow. For me, my "clean, well-lighted place" (Hemingway) is the flight deck late at night. Granted, it is dark outside, but not a creepy dark, but a calming dark (if that makes sense). The ship is quieter at night, so all you hear are the waves crashing along side of the ship. When you are way out in the middle of the ocean the algae glows in the dark and every now and then you can see streaks of light going by. The streaks are dolphins playing in the waves of the ship. It is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I would stay out there for hours just taking it all in and waiting for morning to come, to start my day all over.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Freestyle Blog Week 2
As I was going through everyone's different freestyle posts, I've noticed a lot of people have been discussing the ways in which reading has changed sinced kindles, smart phones and iPads have been introduced. I don't know where I would be without my iPad.
On previous deployments a good chunk of the space in my seabag went to books I brought with me to read and help pass the time. Even since I got my iPad, I can just load it up with a couple books and then when I finish I have my laptop with me so I am able to take off the books I have read and then upload new ones onto the iPad. It saves me so much space . I also like the fact that I never lose my page because my bookmark fell out of the book. It's also really nice having a built in reading light. It made it easier to read in dark spaces or in my rack when everyone else was asleep, without having to get up and go to the galley.
On previous deployments a good chunk of the space in my seabag went to books I brought with me to read and help pass the time. Even since I got my iPad, I can just load it up with a couple books and then when I finish I have my laptop with me so I am able to take off the books I have read and then upload new ones onto the iPad. It saves me so much space . I also like the fact that I never lose my page because my bookmark fell out of the book. It's also really nice having a built in reading light. It made it easier to read in dark spaces or in my rack when everyone else was asleep, without having to get up and go to the galley.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Blog Entry 4- Quote Response
"She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside. But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying" (Mansfield 87).
This quote stood out to me the most, because it was as if apart of Miss Brill died when she took off her fur coat and placed it back in the box. She had a routine every Sunday. Get dressed up and put on her fur, then she would head out to the park to people watch and listen in on other people's conversations, and in those moments she felt apart of their lives. Or as she called it, apart of the performance. As I was reading I created a back story about Miss Brill. I thought about her as a lonely old woman, maybe even a widow. Sundays were her days to feel a connection to other people, and something she really looked forward to. After overhearing the little boy and girl talk about her, her Sundays were forever ruined. She didn't stop to pick up her slice of honeycake, instead, she just went straight home and took off her fur. In the quote where she says "she thought she heard something crying" (Mansfield 87), that something rather someone, may have been Miss brill crying, because her feelings were hurt after what those children said.
This quote stood out to me the most, because it was as if apart of Miss Brill died when she took off her fur coat and placed it back in the box. She had a routine every Sunday. Get dressed up and put on her fur, then she would head out to the park to people watch and listen in on other people's conversations, and in those moments she felt apart of their lives. Or as she called it, apart of the performance. As I was reading I created a back story about Miss Brill. I thought about her as a lonely old woman, maybe even a widow. Sundays were her days to feel a connection to other people, and something she really looked forward to. After overhearing the little boy and girl talk about her, her Sundays were forever ruined. She didn't stop to pick up her slice of honeycake, instead, she just went straight home and took off her fur. In the quote where she says "she thought she heard something crying" (Mansfield 87), that something rather someone, may have been Miss brill crying, because her feelings were hurt after what those children said.
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