"Sonny's Blues"

Today in class we discussed "Sonny's Blues" written by James Baldwin. We talked about two songs, one by Louis Armstrong, the other by Charlie Parker and how they correlate with "Sonny's Blues". The differences between Sonny and the narrators thoughts on jazz are completely opposite. Sunny believes life needs to be happy, and to achieve happiness you have to live in the moment. The narrators believes that in order to obtain happiness you have to go to college, get a job, and have a family. The narrator is much more traditional compared to Sonny.

Holly's Coming to Town!

I honestly don't know what to write about  so I'm just going to ramble on like I usually do. Well anyway my sister, Holly, is coming down Friday, which I'm extremely excited about because she is absolutely my favorite person. Holly went to fashion school in California and while she was away, I was lost. We were both lost. I had write my own emails and decide if my outfit is cute and she had to call people on the phone and ask the workers in stores questions. So when she moved back I was ecstatic. 

Class Was Cancelled!

Fridays I have an 8am class so I always walk to English right after. When I arrived on the fourth floor of Dunbar yesterday, the one or two people who are usually there before me, weren't. So I figured that they either wont be coming to class or they're just running late. In the back of my mind I had a feeling that class was cancelled and after ten minutes I decided something was up. So I checked my email and sure enough, class was cancelled. That's how class went yesterday.

Idk

I'm pretty content with my life right now. My family and friends have good health, give or take a few, but overall everything is golden. I dyed my hair black purple over the weekend and I'm super happy about that. I also colored my sisters ends purple and it would have looked amazing, if her hair had taken to the dye. Instead of purple she now has red/orange/pink ends, but they still look cool. I went to the mall this past weekend to get my eyebrows done and well the lady fucked them up, for lack of a better word. Well, while at the mall I ended up buying more than I needed, which I tend to do.. 

Devil!?

Today in class we discussed the devil. Just kidding! We analyzed multiple songs. It was cool to see everyone's interpretation of them. One person thought that "Can't Feel My Face" was talking about the devil, which was a different interpretation. I feel like we came together as a class when we discussed "Blurred Lines."

Fall Means Halloween!

This weekend I'm heading home and going to Uncle Johns with my friends. A little background, Uncle Johns is a cider mill, they have donuts, apple and pumpkin picking, corn mazes and of course apple cider.  I am unbelievably excited for this because I'm in love with Uncle johns. When it's open that means it's fall, which is my favorite season, basic I know. But fall means Halloween, my all time favorite holiday! I love halloween because of the throw back Disney movies and episodes, the scary movies.. I don't know, everything!

Class and Carrie

I walked into class today with the mindset of sitting at a desk, bored for the next 3 hours, this was not the case. We watched and analyzed the 1976 version of the horror movie, Carrie. Although I was not a huge fan of the movie there were parts to it that were good. The acting, for the most part was decent. I mean you cannot expect much because the style of acting has changed dramatically over the years.  We analyzed the characters personality, good/ evil, what their role was, that sort of thing. Then we got into a discussion about how multiple scenarios had a biblical sense, which I didn't agree on.  Yes, the mother was extremely religious and yes there were a couple of scenes that you could interpret to have a biblical meaning, but I would not go as far as he did.

Oops..

Last night I went to see The Visit with some friends instead of studying for my Sociology exam tomorrow. Should I have done that? Probably not, but I did. Oops. Well anyway, I wasn't expecting it to be great but definitely not as bad as it was. I'm not saying it was the worst movie ever, because it wasn't. It reminded me of one of the Paranormal Activity movies, which I'm not a fan of. Overall it was pretty good. I found it stupidly hilarious.

A Glimpse Into Someones Life

Today in class we edited each others paper. I found this extremely helpful due to the fact that I got feedback on what I need to change to make my paper better. I enjoyed reading everyones paper, I feel like I had a glimpse into their life. This made me feel like got to know them a little bit better, not just a person I sit in class with every friday for 3 hours and 20 minutes. Although it was hard for me to share my stories with people I hardly know, I believe this activity was very productive and worthwhile.