Things have gotten really hectic in the past week or so. This is the last week of classes, and then finals start Monday. Needless to say my days have been filled with writing papers, creating a website, and studying. There's not much time for anything else.
One extremely exciting bit of news though! Haley, Beth, Regina, and I will be going to see Ed Sheeran, Cher Lloyd, and some other bands in July, and I'm still freaking out with excitement. I love, love, love Ed and Cher, and it's going to be amazing! I'm sure I'll be talking about that a lot later on. It's only about three weeks after Haley and I see One Direction. I don't know how I'll survive that much awesomeness.
That's really the only non-school related thing to happen to me recently. Just one week though, and I'll be moving out of my dorm. It's so hard to believe that I've almost completed my first year of college. It's flown by. I can't focus on that too much now though. I need to get through finals first. I have my last life science lecture in about forty minutes, and it's getting really hard to ignore my excitement for summer.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Naruto Shippuden Episodes 54-62 Review
The thing I want to talk most about in this review is Sora. I found it interesting that another character that Naruto doesn't really get along with was introduced so quickly after Sai. It was like Naruto and Sai finally started getting along and just a few episodes later, Sora was introduced. I thought it was interesting how Naruto and Sai's new friendship is kind of contrasted by Sora and Naruto's constant arguing. I've really grown to love Sai as a character, and I like seeing him get better at communicating with others. I think seeing how Naruto's warmed up to him is great and seeing it in comparison to Naruto and Sora's relationship is great. It was just kind of odd to have Sora thrown in when he was.
I also find Sora a really frustrating character. He'll probably grow on me soon (just like Sai did). I'm already liking him more than I was at the beginning. I'm sure Naruto and Sora will figure out how much they have in common and bond over that. Still, at the moment he's quite frustrating. I know Naruto's not exactly the easiest person to get along with, which makes things worse, but Sora really is quite antagonizing.
As much as Sora annoys me, I'm really looking forward to learning more about his backstory in the coming episodes.
The one villain (whose name I absolutely cannot remember) who killed people by kissing them really freaked me out. (The first thing I thought of was Holes by the way.) Her whole demeanor and everything was just creepy, and I don't mean that in that I was scared while watching the episode. I just didn't like her character. She was like annoying and weird for lack of a better way to describe it. I hope she doesn't show up again even though I really want to know what exactly that group's plan is. It seems that they want to take over the Land of Fire, but I'm curious about whether they're at all connected with the Akatsuki or not.
I think that's all I really have to say about these episodes. I feel as if this is the most coherent review I've ever written for Naruto considering it's usually more of a list of incoherent thoughts.
I also find Sora a really frustrating character. He'll probably grow on me soon (just like Sai did). I'm already liking him more than I was at the beginning. I'm sure Naruto and Sora will figure out how much they have in common and bond over that. Still, at the moment he's quite frustrating. I know Naruto's not exactly the easiest person to get along with, which makes things worse, but Sora really is quite antagonizing.
As much as Sora annoys me, I'm really looking forward to learning more about his backstory in the coming episodes.
The one villain (whose name I absolutely cannot remember) who killed people by kissing them really freaked me out. (The first thing I thought of was Holes by the way.) Her whole demeanor and everything was just creepy, and I don't mean that in that I was scared while watching the episode. I just didn't like her character. She was like annoying and weird for lack of a better way to describe it. I hope she doesn't show up again even though I really want to know what exactly that group's plan is. It seems that they want to take over the Land of Fire, but I'm curious about whether they're at all connected with the Akatsuki or not.
I think that's all I really have to say about these episodes. I feel as if this is the most coherent review I've ever written for Naruto considering it's usually more of a list of incoherent thoughts.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
In Honor of National Poetry Month
April is almost over, but I wanted to post something for National Poetry Month. I've had a bad relationship for poetry in the past. I think it has a lot to do with how poetry is taught in school and which poems they make you read. I despised poetry even though I have always loved every other form of literature. Over the course of high school, my feelings began to change a bit, but I still shied away from it for the most part. Then, this year (my first year of college) I realized that it's nowhere near as scary as I'd thought it was all these years. I definitely have a certain college class and a certain professor to think for finally making me realize that. Now I have a much bigger love for poetry, and I've discovered that writing it isn't as scary as I'd always feared either.
For my English class this semester we were asked to write a found poem. A found poem is a poem that is written from pieces of another work of literature. You search that work, find bits of pieces of it, and rearrange it to create your own work. In this case we were told to work with the short novel "Noon Wine" by Katherine Anne Porter. The assignment was scary to me when I first learned of it, and even when I turned my poem in I wasn't all that proud of it even though I'd worked hard on it. I've always felt that poetry is more restrictive (and I still believe it is in many ways) than prose, and I didn't think my poem fit that. However, my professor approached me one day to tell me that she'd really enjoyed my poem. I was shocked since I'd thought it had been horrible. That was kind of the last thing to break me away from the fear I'd had about writing poetry for so long.
I still don't consider myself a poet by any means, but I've decided to post the poem I wrote for that class here (and on my writing blog) in honor of National Poetry Month. I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever shared any poetry I've written other than what I've been required to in classes because I've always been so scared of it. I guess this is just another step in getting over that.
Foreign America
For my English class this semester we were asked to write a found poem. A found poem is a poem that is written from pieces of another work of literature. You search that work, find bits of pieces of it, and rearrange it to create your own work. In this case we were told to work with the short novel "Noon Wine" by Katherine Anne Porter. The assignment was scary to me when I first learned of it, and even when I turned my poem in I wasn't all that proud of it even though I'd worked hard on it. I've always felt that poetry is more restrictive (and I still believe it is in many ways) than prose, and I didn't think my poem fit that. However, my professor approached me one day to tell me that she'd really enjoyed my poem. I was shocked since I'd thought it had been horrible. That was kind of the last thing to break me away from the fear I'd had about writing poetry for so long.
I still don't consider myself a poet by any means, but I've decided to post the poem I wrote for that class here (and on my writing blog) in honor of National Poetry Month. I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever shared any poetry I've written other than what I've been required to in classes because I've always been so scared of it. I guess this is just another step in getting over that.
Foreign America
Some kind of accent.
It wasn't Cajun, Nigger, or
Dutch,
So it had him stumped.
What kind of foreigner could
he be...
"I'm a Swede."
Never seen any Swedes in
this neck of the woods.
The first Swede I ever lay
eyes on.
Heavens, he looked lazy,
Worthless, he did, now.
"Been here long
yourself?"
Been right here all along.
"From Ireland, I
reckon?"
What makes you think...
Been settled here for so
long
It don't make much
difference.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Schedules
Remember how a couple of days ago I wrote that I was getting a ton more writing done lately? Well, I'm thankfully still doing that. Even though the school work has been piling up thanks to finals, I'm still managing to get quite a lot of writing done, and it feels great. I've started creating schedules for myself every day, and it really helps. (I even scheduled in writing this. That's how much I've been scheduling things the past couple of days.) I pretty much did the same before, but now they're a bit more detailed. I think if I manage to keep this up then I should make it through finals without much stress while still getting quite a bit of writing done. Needless to say, I'm feeling pretty good.
Still, it will be nice to get through finals. I'm so looking forward to summer break! Now, I'm off to accomplish the next thing on my schedule: editing one of the fanfictions I'm writing.
Still, it will be nice to get through finals. I'm so looking forward to summer break! Now, I'm off to accomplish the next thing on my schedule: editing one of the fanfictions I'm writing.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Book Review: Love Finds You in Paradise, Pennsylvania by Loree Lough
ISBN: 1934770663Published: April 1st, 2009
Publisher: Summerside Press
Read from April 16th to 20th, 2013
Synopsis from Goodreads:
For as long as anyone can remember, tourists have flocked to the quaint town of Paradise, Pennsylvania, where Amish buggies are as common as shops selling handcrafted goods. But to attorney Julia Spencer this town is anything but a paradise. Raised in foster homes, Julia has succeeded in life only through steely determination and independence. The close-knit Amish people are a mystery to her, but local veterinarian Simon Thomas knows them well and is fiercely protective of their simple ways, which are increasingly threatened by the outside world. When Julia agrees to defend a local teenager charged in a case involving an Amish boy, she and Simon find themselves on opposite sides of an intense and emotional legal battle. Just when it seems they will never understand one another, God has something to teach them both about the power of forgiveness and the joys to be found in Paradise.
Review:
Overall, I thought this was a really cute book. It's not amazing by any means, but it kept me entertained. My only real complaint is that I found countless grammar errors and typos. It got a bit annoying at times, but I get the impression that this is from an author who writes books incredibly quickly (she has 60 listed on Goodreads). I've come to expect that from those types of books.
It is a Christian book, but it was much less preachy than most of the Christian fiction I've read in the past. Religion is a big part of the characters' lives (especially the Amish characters), but for the most part it just felt as if that was a part of the characters. I didn't feel as if I was being preached at like I have while reading so many other Christian books.
I really enjoyed the fact that there were Amish characters and that the two main characters volunteered at a wolf sanctuary. They both made the book a bit more interesting. I've always been fascinated by the Amish way of life, and I absolutely adore wolves.
I definitely recommend this book if you want a quick read that's cute and romantic.
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