The Last Blog.

It's been a wild wide this semester in etymology. I feel like I've learned more about writing in just this class than I have in english class all year. I really liked how the class focused on writing, instead of the history of english  literature or some other crap like my other english classes. I really believed I improved my writing skills alot over the course of this semester, and I plan to use the skills I learned in this class for the rest of my life. And I also find myself using etymology vocab in my everyday vocabulary now, it makes me look so smart, and in papers i've been accused of plagiarizing because of my use of the vocabulary and claims.  At the beginning I was everything but a reader, I never read. But now, I really think I'll read outside of class. I actually look forward to reading this summer. I always said before that I didn't have the time to read, but because of this class, I feel like like everything else you just have to make time. One thing I had trouble with, was sticking to books. I think If I read fiction books I wouldn't have been a "book hopper" so often; however, as minute as it may seem, the extra 50 pages and original extra blog posts was a big turn off. I also really liked the blogging experience, I thought that it kind of made the class feel like an independent study, I really liked the idea of having something of my own. It would have been nice if we would have just had 2 blogs a week though, and if the blogs were checked every week like they were originally. I liked having blogs due every week a lot better just because It kept me from procrastinating a week and then realizing that I had 6+ blogs due in just a few days, which led to me doing multiple blogs in one day. As far as poetry goes, i've kind of fallen in love with poetry this semester. I really enjoyed performing them in the poetry slam this semester and I actually want to participate in the national poetry slam, I think it'd be a lot of fun. Lastly, it's kind of sad that This year is coming to an end. Especially etymology class, I'm really going to miss daily poems, reading thursdays, as well as running to lunch and making fun of Chelsey Thomas.

Truly, Take Care everyone.

Bad Decisions. Good intentions.

A while back I posted the video of the song "All of the Lights" by Kanye, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Fergie, as well as others. Well now, Kanye and Rih are back but they dumped everyone else and Drake, lil Wayne, and Big Sean jumped on. Like many of you know, Drake's my favorite rapper so I was glad to see him on this remix. His verse was my favorite, and I also wish that he was featured on the original. Hopefully a music video will be made for this one! Enjoy!

Move Your Body.

This video is apart of a new White House incentive to get kids healthy, and no one better could do it than the ever-talented Beyoncé Knowles. Often Heralded as simply 'Queen B' Beyoncé tagged along and did a remix to one of her older songs in support of the Campaign. The lyrics and dance steps highlight Beyoncé's finest.  I really like how a huge star like Beyoncé would take time out of her day to re-record her old songs, and film a new music video with a bunch of kids. But the best part comes in the second video.

I thought this was AWESOME! Not only did she take time to redo a song, but she took time out of her busy schedule to go and suprise a group of high school kids dancing to her "flash workout." For an almost 30 year old Beyoncé still has it, but along with her new maturity she really shows her class and grace.

Tiger Luck.

Like alot of asian women, Amy had a dream of writing a novel about raising her children. When sophia was born she was working was working at a succesful job at the Wall Street law firm. She really never got into the law business, she could care less. Her husband on the other hand loved it. He worked at a law firm also.  He eventually got a job at Yale as a law professor.  Once Amy decided that she didn't really like being being a lawyer, she decided to write this novel.  Right after Sofia was born, she started writing this novel, and she applied for law teaching jobs all over the country. And she moved to New Haven. Soon after, she got accepted i na teaching job at Duke Law school, and the family moved to North Carolina soon after.

I'm confused on where this lady is going. First, this is the first time she's told us her name, and it was random also. Second, I don't know where she lives. I thought she lived in New Haven, Indiana because she grew up in lafayette but then her husband taught at yale and they moved to the Carolinas? This last reading was all over the place.

Tattoos

I posted this photo on tumblr the other day and I think it's really cool! I didn't like tattoos until recently but I just figured out that I like tattoos alot! I just like them in places where you normally wouldn't like them. I like this one a lot because you rarely see tattoos on fingers and I like these tattoos also. They're not all "in your face" like most other tattos, and they're alot different. I really like both of them, the diamond and the anchor are both really cool.

I'm gettin Paperrrrrrrrrrrr

This has become one of my favorite new songs, I just really love the beat! Who knew Chris brown can rap? He's often heralded as the greatest singer of our generation but apparently he started out rapping! He's actually pretty good and he has my favorite line in the whole song. I find myself whistling it all the time. I also like the throwback to old school hip hop in this visual, the jordan jerseys, and nike shoes bring everything together to form great artistic visual to this song.

Along with Chris Brown, This girl can rap! I really liked this interpretation, it was really different. I have no idea how she learned the Busta Rhymes verse,  it's crazy! All in all, I think she did a great job and her interpretation of the song was equally fantastic.

Tiger Mother.

This reading opened with the Tiger Mother doing what she does best, opinionating. She believes that a smart child is the best way to show a child has good parents, and if a child isn't the best acidemically then they have bad parents. Apparently when she was young, somone else recieved the "child of the year" award in elementary school and her father felt like she had disgraced him. She also claims that a part of her regrets marrying a caucasian man and not another chinese man, but another part of her is glad because it shows her new american found freedom.  When her parents first moved to America, they moved with almost nothing. Their main focus was to focus on her education. Because of an old saying, the speaker believes that her children will disobey her, because of the changing generations of kids.  The speaker was going to make sure that her child didn't do that, so she made her do classical music, she also made sure that her kids did physical labor. Her husband didn't like that idea, he didn't like the ideal of his kids struggling, and worried about their backs. Also she believes that In china, kids never back talk, but in America it's the norm.

I understand how there's a culture shock between every generation but come on, let the kids be kids. I know that a parent is allowed to raise their kids however they like but this is a little crazy. The kids are more like slaves instead of kids.