July 2010
13 posts
Technically this is not on time, well I guess it...
I think we do style exercises so we can look at the way fully developed writing looks when written in different ways and then come up with our own type of writing. By seeing how other people write, we can take something from each person and form our own unique style.
If I could write like any author, I would write like JK Rowling. She has a way with words that just draws you in and...
Blagh why does there have to be a title anyway? It...
I don’t think I have posted a single non-ATDP related thing since I started this blog. Ah, I need to express my love for two movies, The Royal Tenenbaums and Love Actually. I might be certifiably obsessed with The Royal Tenenbaums, recently I have been watching it to help me sleep…XD Ah well I think it is an excellent movie, I love black comedies. The whole Margot-Richie thing is...
Aag whoops forgot to post this....just saved it to...
If I had to pick a major right now, I would choose Environmental Architecture/Design. It’s all about building and designing sustainable/eco-friendly homes and buildings. I would probably have to write papers on building designs, maybe research papers on other architects, and essays talking about why such and such is important and why it will work, or something like that. If I could...
“And I made this amazing, super, incredible cake… I mean hamster...”
– Rose, the girl I babysit
Watcher
My watcher’s name is Emily. She wears a tophat with a picture of a long, winding road on the… not brim part? Not sure what it’s called. She has dark brown wavy hair and wears red cateye sunglasses, even inside. Somehow, she never smiles and is always kindof frowning. She has a black trenchcoat with one of those polo dresses underneath. She also has a pair of mean looking...
Listy time...
1. Write AP English essay #1
2. Write AP English essay #2
3. Write AP English essay #3
4. Write AP English essay #4
5. Write AP English essay #5
6. Read AP U.S. History packet
7. Go get some excercise
8. Do ATDP stuff
9. Pretend to think about AP English stuff
10. Clean Room
11. Sleep
“ “That grapefruit was so old it was growing eyes!” “No Clay,...”
4th (and 3rd) of July!
Anyone ever been to the 3rd of July fireworks at the Marina Bay Park? They are amazing! The show starts right at sunset and if you get there early and get a good spot by the water, you can feel the shockwave when they are set off! It’s amazing! So, that’s what I’m doing for 3rd of July, not sure about the fourth though, I will probably go to the top floor of my building and...
REVISE! REVISE! REVISE! DEFORMED RABBITS!
OK, in the essay Gladwell was answering the question “Does the group ultimately bring about more success than one of its units?” (Success being defined as innovation) Gladwell divided his essay into three different sections. The first section is written more like a newspaper or magazine article, in that he uses direct quotes, and is about the group dynamic of the original SNL cast.
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June 2010
8 posts
Group Think
In the essay Group Think by Malcolm Gladwell, the author talked quite a bit about some of the “Great Minds” of our time and some of their achievements and how the group of people surrounding them played important roles in these achievements. I think that throughout the essay, Gladwell was trying to answer this question (or these questions): Does the group ultimately bring more...
George Orwell and "Shooting an Elephant"
In the essay Shooting an Elephant, the way that George Orwell seemed to relay the details of potentially horrific events with such a calm, objective tone made me a little uneasy. Reading his description of a dead man who had just been trampled, yet noticing no strong emotions really coming through was unnerving. He seemed quite detached and distant. Orwell also seemed to never use semicolons...
Really cool green website. Really. →
Assignment?
So, this being my first blog post ever and all, I think its going pretty well. Anyway, reading habits… right. I prefer fiction, although there are some good nonfiction books out there. One of my favourite nonfiction books is The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, and my favourite fiction book is unknown. There are too many good books out there to pick just one (usually). I generally will...
“Someone, somewhere, is having a worse day than you.”
– Some random book from the line in Barnes and Noble