Observing and Describing Language

In Neil Gaiman’s Stardust the tone is an elegant and elevated because of the great descriptions. Stardust is also more of a connotation having a poetic theme to it as well as being very lyrical about it. The story is also musical instead of being harsh, Stardust just seems like it would be a song. Next excerpt is from Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian to contrast with Stardust McCarthy’s story has a more blunt and coarse tone in the story. McCarthy’s story is also Denotative having a more straightforward look to it, using more literal sayings instead of being all poetic about it. The only thing that Stardust and Blood Meridian have in common is that they are both musical. Blood Meridian despite it having a low elevation and being denotative, it still has a musical flow to it when you read the excerpt. The last excerpt I chose is from the first page of the book called IT by Stephen King. This first page definitely has a very blunt and common elevation to it, along with being literal and precise during this first page. There is nothing melodious to this excerpt it has a gritty tone to it and as you keep reading it, it seems more and more intriguing.

Quarterly

Books Read: IT


Pages Read: 100-219


Semester Reading: This semester I think I have really grown as a reader. I have never really read up untill I took this class, and I am really happy I started to read what I want to read. The first book that I finished was The Shining, it was a wonderfully awesome book. It was like being inside a horror movie every turn of the page got better and better, and I never would have expirenced that book without this class. I feel like having the freedom to choose what I read really makes me want to read more stuff that interests me. The books I have read has been The Shining, The Colorado Kid and I am currently reading  IT , which are all by Stephen King. I don't know why I like reading Stephen King so much, maybe because each book, except for The Colorado Kid , have been like a horror story and I love horror movies so these stories are great! I find my self reading alot at night and sometimes during school once I am done with all my work. The most challenging is to keep a steady reading speed instead of bingeing and reading a lot of pages in one night. My goal for next semester would definitly be read more frequently and maybe try new authors and books.

Film Day

Well this Saturday me and a couple of my friends are planning to wake up early so we can gather some footage for an edit we are making. We have to wake up early because the spot we wanna skate is always busy unless you go at an odd time such as six in the morning. Hopefully it won't be to dark out, I might have to move the time back to seven. Earthier way me and my friends are on a mission to get film (which is a rare sight to see). Normally we just skate for fun not for film. But it is always fun to actually push yourself to land a trick. Well I can't wait to go lurking on Saturday, I just need to get through one more day!

Creating Art with Your Hands

Well this past week I kind of for got to blog (sorry). I was really busy going to Saint Francis on friday for an art workshop. I got to go and sculpt in a college art room it was a very good learning expierence plus it was alot of fun! The process of making a figure was quite interesting. First I had to start out by creating a metal skeleton for my figure using wire. We took wire and began to twist it into the shape of a body, we had to make two wire bodies because you then took thinner wire and tied them together. This created a stronger skeleton to sculpt with. After wrapping wire around the major body parts, I had to create a slurry which helps hold the cement ,which is what we sculpted with, to the wire armeture. Then came the really messy part, I had to mix concrete into fine strands of steel wool until it became a clay like substance. Lastly we take the concrete mixture and began applying it to the skeleton of wire we created. The whole expirence there was so much fun, plus I got to eat actually good food for lunch instead of the school lunches at homestead.
Also last Saturday I took a college visit to Saint Francis which showed me everything there, the campus is so beautiful and the clare dorm is the one I am hoping to get in.

Currently (for last week)

Books Read:  IT by Stephen King


Pages read 1- 100

1) " Do they float?"
     "Float?" The clown's grin widened "Oh yes, indeed they do. They float! and there's cotton candy. . ."
     George reached.
     The clown seized his arm
     And George saw the clown's face change.

2) "Everything down here floats," that chuckling, rotten voice whispered, and suddenly there was a ripping noise and a flaring sheet of agony, and George Denbrough knew no more.
---At this point in the story Pennywise the clown tricked Georgie into reaching down the sewer grate for his paper boat, but as he reached for it Pennywise's face changed into a monster and tore poor Georgie's arm off.

Currently Week Sx

Books Read: The Colorado Kid by Stephen King


Pages Read 69


Sentances

1) "In big cities evidence gets lost all the time, I understand, but I guess Augusta's not that big yet."


2) To be a success in the news business, it don't hurt to have a dirty mind, dear.


3) " Maybe change and madness are the same?"


4)  Every one of em has a beginning, a middle, and an end.


5)" Even if the story is about a church secretary who probably killed half the congregation at the church picnic because her lover jilted her, that is happy news, and why?"

Rainy Wednesdays

So for the past thee days it has basically be non stop raining, which is not good when I want to skate. See when skaters get desprate to find dry places to skate it's bad. Luckily my friend has a warehouse whig we turned into our personal private skate park sanctuary which is always open and includes ramps and rails for us to skate. Once we got bored of skating the warehouse we decided to start lurking for some parking garages. The art to skating parking garages is to know when all the office personal go home that way you don't get spotted by any bitter civilians who would like nothing better than to yell at you just because You wanted to skate and stay out of the rain. Of course we know th perfect parking garage downtown which is totally enclosed And four stories high, first we just drive straight to the top of the garage where there is the definition of a perfect curb. For those who don't site it is basically a concrete curb with tons of wax on it to allow our skateboards to grind and slide across it. I'm hoping that it will be dry enough for me to skate tomorow, but if not it will be back to the streets lurking for those skate hideaways just for me and my homies.