Reading Journal

I'm not really sure if we needed to do a reading journal this week, but I guess I'll do one just in case. I've been running out of books to read xP, but right now I am reading The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. I usually read these kind of books, but I decided to give it a try. :) I actually just started it a couple days ago and I'm not really that far into the book. The quote I chose for this week is (spoken by Benvolio):
"Madam, an hour before the worshiped sun
Peered forth the golden window of the east,
A troubled mind (drove) me to walk abroad,
Where underneath the grove of a sycamore
That westward rooteth from this city side,
So early walking did I see your son.
Towards him I made, but he was 'ware of me
And stole into the covert of the wood."
So, this was a pretty long quote, but I have only one question for it: Why was Romeo trying to hide from Benvolio? And my comment is: When I read this, at first I was like "What in the world are they saying?" I had to read it like 3 times and use the text guide to understand what he was saying. heheh... Well, at least now I know what they're talking about. Just need a while to get used to it :D Well, that's it. I think I want to read more.... :P ttyl!
~Denise

FRIDAY!!!

Hola! It is Friday and I am uber happy. :) One reason is because I finally get to rest after a hectic week and there are some others, but they are kind of boring. :P So, I am currently at the apple store right now with one of my friends. Just looking around before we watch the talent show tonight at our school. :) Well, just hanging out. The past week was filled with many things. From the physical testing to intergration day. Let's just say my group is being pretty good, but (as usual) I'm still freaking out about not getting it done. I'm also stressing out too, which only happens when there's a lot on my mind. I always have a lot on my mind, but now it's just like overloaded. I'm glad I just get a couple days to chillax before the exhibition. It'll be awesome........... I hope. My weekend is somewhat busy. I have prep for the first time in like forever and I need to go to a play my little brother is in. :P OMG, I just realized that we only have one week of school left. yay! Although, my friends are already on spring break for about...... 4 weeks? grRAWR. oh well.... When they're back to school and I'm out, I'll be the one that's laughing. hahaha..........

A Quite Confusing Reading Journal...

Right now, I'm reading a philosophy book called Pooh and the Philosophers. This book shows how you can find philosophical ideas in the Winnie The Pooh literature. It sounds kind of childish, but this book is like uber complex. So, the most recent part I've read was about the couple pages about Spinoza (a seventeenth century Dutch philosopher). The quote I got is: "Have we got here a somebody who is not an "I" itself? Looking at this question through Spinozan lenses- an appropriate metaphor as Spinoza made his living by grinding lenses- we remember at once Roger Scruton tells us that Spinoza does not see life from the point of an "I." " The questions I have for this quote is: Why doesn't Spinoza see life from the point of "I"? and What is the point of "I"? My comment is: Reading this book is kind of confusing for me. Why? Because it talks a lot about stuff I don't know about... yet. So, I researched a little about Spinoza and it kind of cleared a few things up for me. I learned that Spinoza believes that the whole universe is one reality. This goes against Descartes' belief that Mind and Body are two separate substances. He also believed that Nature decides what exists and what happens which leads to the cause and effect chain. By now, you must be thinking "What in the world are you talking about?" Well, this connects to the literature stated in the book. The literature shown in Spinoza's part was Rabbit's Plan to Capture Baby Roo. The literature illustrates the cause and effect chain. To see the piece of literature, it's right here. Well, that's pretty much it. ttfn!

QQC: Reading Journal

So, I am still reading Maximum Ride- School's Out-- Forever. I'm around halfway done and it's getting really good. :D The quote I found for this week is:

"I laughed, and he grinned back at me. A slight movement behind him caught my eye. Sam had his back to the big plate-glass window, and someone had walked past it. No-- someone was still there. My hand froze in mid-air, and my heart felt encased in ice. Ari was outside, giving me a predator's grin and a thumbs-up sign. Right in the middle of my freaking date."

My question for this quote is: Why did Ari show up in the first place? These next questions are for the whole book in general: Why is there a second Max? and Where did she come from? My comment is: When I read this part of the book, I automatically got mad at Ari because Max is starting to feel "normal" now. As in normal, I mean going to school, having an actual home, and starting to make new friends instead of running for your life all day and being alert 24/7, which is what Max went through. Also, he had to show up in the worst possible time, during a date. How would you feel if your arch nemesis just showed up while you were on a date? I also don't get why they have a second Max. She's been in the book for quite a while and she hasn't been doing anything. I'm guessing she's part of a plan the whitecoats are planning. hmmm...... probably. That's what I automatically thought when I heard there was a second Max. Well, that's pretty much it. ttyl!

~Denise :)

The Advisory Olympics...

...were fun. :) Advisory Olympics: A time once a year where every advisory in school gets to crush each other. hehehe, that's my definition. :D The Olympics were after lunch and after a while, my advisory (Jenny's Mafia) headed to our first event, which was dodgeball. We got crushed. xP After that, all I have to say is "Ow." Our second event was the Project Funway (I think that's what it's called). It was pretty fun, but again, we got crushed. O_O I thought our "outfit" was better though. The third event was volleyball. We lost.... again. We weren't really off to a good start. :\ We played about 3 games in which one of them we won. yayy.... Our fourth event was the balloon popping game. :D It was fun. What we had to do was pop the other team's balloons while trying to protect ours. Btw, they were tied to our ankles. xD We won this one. xDD Half of us didn't really do anything though, but we still won. (yay!) The last event was pictionary. Last week, we actually practiced for this one. xD We won by 3 or 4 points. :) All in all, we won about 2 events (but lost 3 xP) and it was a good day. :)
P.S. We'll win next year. ;)

Yay, New Reading Journal!! :D

I just recently started a new book called Maximum Ride: School's Out-- Forever. It's the sequel of the book I read last month called Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. So, I'm just in the beginning and already there's a lot of action going on and the bad guys are already chasing them. So, my quote for this reading journal is: " Once Max was dead that would all change. And he, Ari, would be the number-one son. He'd come back from the dead for it." Ok, so before I say something here's some questions: 1) Is Max really Ari's sister? 2) Why does he want to be Jeb's (his father's) #1 son? and 3) How in the world did he come back from the dead?? My comment is: Once I read this part of the book, I was like freaking out. I was all like "OH MY GOSH, NO WAY!!!" and my mom was looking at me like "whattt....?" lol :D Well, supposedly Ari is supposed to be dead because Max killed him while trying to get away from since he is one of the bad guys. But that is like wayy beyond creepy that he's still alive, especially since he like came back from the dead. That is like uber creepy. :\ Well, that's it for now. ttyl :)

:)

Yay... tomorrow is Friday! Finally, this whole school week has been crazy. D: Anyways,I'm just sitting here in my living room using my laptop, watching my little bro play his xbox (as usual), and listening to "Your Guardian Angel" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. :) So, in my last post, I said I might post some vids of my friend and I freaking out because of the Jonas Brothers. Well..... Unfortunately, I was in a hurry to get to the theatre (because my cuzin was LATE) and I left my camera on our dining table and the batteries charging in one room. I only noticed that until we got in the car and drove off. -_- I would turn back and grab it, but we were already late for the 3:00 show, so we had to catch the 4:00 one in a different theatre. *sigh* Oh well, I still had fun. The movie was AWESOME. So, go and see it if you haven't. ;) In other news, I finally finished this project for my mah and physics class. yayy... It took me FOREVER to complete it. OMG, did you know that Amy Can Flyy is from the UK. For those of you who don't know, Amy Can Flyy is the band that sang the "Dinosaurs Go RAWR" song I posted a while back. :) Well, I gotta go. So, I'll leave you with one more song that's somewhat like the last song. It's called "I'm a Unicorn" by 1-800-Zombie. lol, enjoy! OH WAIT, just a little warning before you listen to this song: It can get annoying and stuck in your head. :P

Reading Journal...

For this reading journal, I decided to do something a little different. :) I couldn't really find a good quote from the book I'm reading. However, I did read a couple song lyrics during the past few days and of course, it's Jonas Brothers :) I've been mentioning them alot because of their new movie that came out 2 days. :P I'm actually going to watch it in a while. So, the part of the song I chose is: "Dreamers, you see everything in color/ While the world is getting darker/ Love is on its way" It's actually one of my favorite parts of the song. xD The questions I have for this quote are: Who are the dreamers? and How is the world getting darker? My comment is: I absolutely positvely LOVE this song. :D I think it's a super cute and super sweet song. I also can relate to it a little. I just don't know how.... heheheh. lol, that's pretty much it for now. I'll post a blog about the movie later and I'll probably take a few vids of my friend and I freaking out. hahaha......