Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Putting the "I" in Team
With the skills that this girl has she could do everything she hopes to do. What she's hoping is defiantly possible, she had sick skills, and the fact that she puts in enough work and effort practicing with the guys, that's crazy. She could defiantly make it to the Olympics or world cup! It goes along with believing that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
Monday, March 14, 2011
For One More Day, By Mitch Albom: Page 1-198
I know this isn't the way you are supposed to do a blog, and I appologise. I picked up this book, and as soon as I picked it up, i literally WAS NOT able to put the book down. I spent 4 or 5 consecuative hours reading this book, which is very unusaul for me because I hate reading!
Maybe it's because I could relate so closely to what the main charecter in the story was experiancing, and how he felt. The whole book: a bad relationship with his mom, things turning from such a high point to a terribly low point, the hope of acceptance from others, the feeling that you have been put out of your family,.... and the wish that the relationship with your mother could be better.
"For One More Day" is about a guy who had to choose to be either a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, but not both. He chooses to be a daddy's boy, and after his parents split he shows no regard for his mother. His dad gets him to a high level in his life, and sets him up to be great, but then after that he takes off and never see's his son again. Chick feels like his is alone, and before he get the chance to run back to his mom, she dies of a massive stroke.
Chick also has problems with his own family, with his wife spliting with him, so he becomes a drunk. Embarrased of her father, Chick's only daughter doesn't invite her own dad to her wedding.
After experiancing this, he trys to take his own life, by drinking himself to death, getting in a terrible car accident, and jumping off of a water tower. He attempts all of these in all of the same night, and unsuccesful with each attempt. After he hits the ground after jumping off of the water tower, he looks up and sees his dead mother looking down at him.
He works up the strength to go to his old home and talks to his mother, trying to figure out how all of this is possible, considering that he burried his own mother. Later he realises that the reason he is able to see his mother again is because he is so close to death. So it's almost like he's in some sort of place between heaven and earth.
This section is probibly the sadest part in a book i've ever read. It really makes you believe in the eternal power of a mother's love, and that you can't take that love for granted.
Maybe it's because I could relate so closely to what the main charecter in the story was experiancing, and how he felt. The whole book: a bad relationship with his mom, things turning from such a high point to a terribly low point, the hope of acceptance from others, the feeling that you have been put out of your family,.... and the wish that the relationship with your mother could be better.
"For One More Day" is about a guy who had to choose to be either a momma's boy or a daddy's boy, but not both. He chooses to be a daddy's boy, and after his parents split he shows no regard for his mother. His dad gets him to a high level in his life, and sets him up to be great, but then after that he takes off and never see's his son again. Chick feels like his is alone, and before he get the chance to run back to his mom, she dies of a massive stroke.
Chick also has problems with his own family, with his wife spliting with him, so he becomes a drunk. Embarrased of her father, Chick's only daughter doesn't invite her own dad to her wedding.
After experiancing this, he trys to take his own life, by drinking himself to death, getting in a terrible car accident, and jumping off of a water tower. He attempts all of these in all of the same night, and unsuccesful with each attempt. After he hits the ground after jumping off of the water tower, he looks up and sees his dead mother looking down at him.
He works up the strength to go to his old home and talks to his mother, trying to figure out how all of this is possible, considering that he burried his own mother. Later he realises that the reason he is able to see his mother again is because he is so close to death. So it's almost like he's in some sort of place between heaven and earth.
This section is probibly the sadest part in a book i've ever read. It really makes you believe in the eternal power of a mother's love, and that you can't take that love for granted.
Greatest realization I've ever found in a book.
One thing i'll never forget that comes from a passage in "for one more day" by Mitch Albom. It is at the part where he is talking about the love his mother gives him, compaired to his dad. It says:
"She loved me through the coming and going, at my worst and my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me."
"Her only flaw was she didn't make me work for it."
I totally agree with the THEORY he comes up with.
"Kids chase love that eludes them... they chase the ones who keep love tucked away, like papers in a breifcase. And you never give up trying to get in there."
Seriously, for me it was an eye opener. How true this theory was, especially for me. this was probibly the most interesting realization i've ever found in a book.
"She loved me through the coming and going, at my worst and my best. She had a bottomless well of love for me."
"Her only flaw was she didn't make me work for it."
I totally agree with the THEORY he comes up with.
"Kids chase love that eludes them... they chase the ones who keep love tucked away, like papers in a breifcase. And you never give up trying to get in there."
Seriously, for me it was an eye opener. How true this theory was, especially for me. this was probibly the most interesting realization i've ever found in a book.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Chapter 54 and 55 [197-202]
After Pi fleed the boat in the last chapter, he sits and ponders on his raft, thinking of plans to get rid of the tiger. His first plan was to push the 450 lb tiger off the boat, like that would work. His second idea was to kill him with seven morphine surenges, even tho he knew he wouldn't be able to get close enough and he didn't know if the amount of morphine would be enough to kill an adult tiger. Plan three was to attack him with all availible weaponry, but the more he thought about it the more he decided he didn't want to piss it off. The fourth plan was to strangle the tiger with a rope, he was to scared to get close enough to even attempt. His next few Ideas were very hopeful but could never be possible. the last idea Pi had was to wage a war of attrition. He knew he could do that, wait it out until the tiger dies. he had plenty to eat but nothing to drink. so Pi would wait to get on board until the tiger had died of natural causes.
Pi is pretty smart to Plan these things out before he acts on them. I think it help him out a lot that he's not on the same boat as the tiger anymore and on a raft, so he's not acting on deperation, fear, or dispair.
The next chapter is when Pi sees the tiger peaking it's head over the edge of the boat looking as if to spy on Pi. Pi believes he is just being curious so he isn't as afraid of him any more but his mind keeps repeating 'plan nuber six, plan number six, plan number six'. but he's doesn't wasnt to get rid of the tiger anymore, now he see's it as he needs the tiger inorder to survive.
Pi is pretty smart to Plan these things out before he acts on them. I think it help him out a lot that he's not on the same boat as the tiger anymore and on a raft, so he's not acting on deperation, fear, or dispair.
The next chapter is when Pi sees the tiger peaking it's head over the edge of the boat looking as if to spy on Pi. Pi believes he is just being curious so he isn't as afraid of him any more but his mind keeps repeating 'plan nuber six, plan number six, plan number six'. but he's doesn't wasnt to get rid of the tiger anymore, now he see's it as he needs the tiger inorder to survive.
Going through Changes
Lately I really, feel like I’m rolling for like Philly,
I feel like I’m losing control of myself, I sincerely,
I apologize if all that I sound like, is I’m complaining,
But life keeps on complicating, an’ I’m debating,
On leaving this world, this evening, even my girls,
Can see I’m grievin’, I try and hide it,
But I can’t, why do I act like I’m all high and mighty,
When inside, I’m dying, I am finally realizing I need help.
I can’t do it by myself, too weak, 2 weeks I’ve been having ups and downs,
Going through peaks and valleys, dilly dallying,
Around with the idea, of ending the **** right here.
I’m hatin’ my reflection, I walk around the house tryin’ to fight mirrors,
I can’t stand what I look like, yeah, I look fat, but what do I care?
I give a ****, only thing I fear, is Hailie,
I’m afraid if I close my eyes I might see her,
****…
I feel like I’m losing control of myself, I sincerely,
I apologize if all that I sound like, is I’m complaining,
But life keeps on complicating, an’ I’m debating,
On leaving this world, this evening, even my girls,
Can see I’m grievin’, I try and hide it,
But I can’t, why do I act like I’m all high and mighty,
When inside, I’m dying, I am finally realizing I need help.
I can’t do it by myself, too weak, 2 weeks I’ve been having ups and downs,
Going through peaks and valleys, dilly dallying,
Around with the idea, of ending the **** right here.
I’m hatin’ my reflection, I walk around the house tryin’ to fight mirrors,
I can’t stand what I look like, yeah, I look fat, but what do I care?
I give a ****, only thing I fear, is Hailie,
I’m afraid if I close my eyes I might see her,
****…
__________
A.) Complicating, Complaining, Grievin', Dilly-Dallying, Reflection, High-and-Mighty, Dying, Debating, Sincerely, What do I care
B.)
Elevation - Pretty low, he's a rap artist to he uses a lot of slang terms (Dilly-Dallying, Explicit Words)
Connotation - His mood is very down, and seems very depressed, (Grievin', Dying)
Sound - It is a song so I can say angry and depressed
Concreteness - Pretty concrete but is also metiphorical at times
C.) In the first verse of Eminem's song 'Going through Changes', he expresses his emotions/feelings and explain what he's going through, forcing you to wonder how he will deal with these experiances.
A.) Complicating, Complaining, Grievin', Dilly-Dallying, Reflection, High-and-Mighty, Dying, Debating, Sincerely, What do I care
B.)
Elevation - Pretty low, he's a rap artist to he uses a lot of slang terms (Dilly-Dallying, Explicit Words)
Connotation - His mood is very down, and seems very depressed, (Grievin', Dying)
Sound - It is a song so I can say angry and depressed
Concreteness - Pretty concrete but is also metiphorical at times
C.) In the first verse of Eminem's song 'Going through Changes', he expresses his emotions/feelings and explain what he's going through, forcing you to wonder how he will deal with these experiances.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Chapters 51-53 [175-197]
This section starts off with Pi finally replenishing himself with water, then he realizes the situation he's in. he want's to flee the life boat, but knows that will bring certain death with the starved sharks.
instead of planning his next move he digs through the Survival Kit and takes inventory of what he has. The acounts for all of the food and all of the fresh water he has availible. he uses some equasion to see how long he will last and calculates that the water should last him 196 days while the food should last him 152 days. This makes him pretty happy and then he finds other materials like a buck knife, a rope, and a lot of life jackets.
After Pi takes his time to chill out and relax, he is rudly awakend by the hyenna who is having another spaz attack. The only differance about this spaz attack is that Richard Parker finaly gets fed up with it and attacks the hyenna. The hyenna doesn't even try to defend itself, just lets the Tiger take it's life.
After Pi witnesses this he doesn't give it a second thought. he makes a raft from the rope, oars, and many life jackets and goes out on the water to get away from the mad tiger. he attaches a rope from the life boat to the raft so the two don't drift away from one another.
I made the decision that Pi want's to live. maybe he's spoted a glimmer of hope and decides that he wants to survive. He has shown a lot of problem solving and a lot of determination to get away from the tiger too.
instead of planning his next move he digs through the Survival Kit and takes inventory of what he has. The acounts for all of the food and all of the fresh water he has availible. he uses some equasion to see how long he will last and calculates that the water should last him 196 days while the food should last him 152 days. This makes him pretty happy and then he finds other materials like a buck knife, a rope, and a lot of life jackets.
After Pi takes his time to chill out and relax, he is rudly awakend by the hyenna who is having another spaz attack. The only differance about this spaz attack is that Richard Parker finaly gets fed up with it and attacks the hyenna. The hyenna doesn't even try to defend itself, just lets the Tiger take it's life.
After Pi witnesses this he doesn't give it a second thought. he makes a raft from the rope, oars, and many life jackets and goes out on the water to get away from the mad tiger. he attaches a rope from the life boat to the raft so the two don't drift away from one another.
I made the decision that Pi want's to live. maybe he's spoted a glimmer of hope and decides that he wants to survive. He has shown a lot of problem solving and a lot of determination to get away from the tiger too.
Chapters 49 and 50 [168-175]
Pi is shoked. The hyenna has killed every animal on the boat and now, Pi was the only one left to comfront the hyenna. pi is scared to DEATH of this... until he falls to the ground, hiding from the hyenna, that he sees Richard Parker is still on board. The 450 lb Bengal tiger was still on board. Now Pi is terrified, stuck on a boat between two extreem Preditors.
Compairing the two preditors to each other, Pi walks right past the hyenna, no longer being afraid of the hyenna, to get to the survial locker where he could get some water. when he crawled past the hyenna, it made a loud hiss and yelped at Pi. Pi said it wasn't for the lack of courage, but for the exhaustion and lack of no weapon that he doesn't go after the hyenna.
This is a powerful part of the book because Pi is pretty much looking Death in the face and saying he's not afraid of it. That takes a lot of courage to do that. but I'm not sure... maybe this is his way of giving up.
Compairing the two preditors to each other, Pi walks right past the hyenna, no longer being afraid of the hyenna, to get to the survial locker where he could get some water. when he crawled past the hyenna, it made a loud hiss and yelped at Pi. Pi said it wasn't for the lack of courage, but for the exhaustion and lack of no weapon that he doesn't go after the hyenna.
This is a powerful part of the book because Pi is pretty much looking Death in the face and saying he's not afraid of it. That takes a lot of courage to do that. but I'm not sure... maybe this is his way of giving up.
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