the last of 2009

Even though I posted two blogs yesterday and not many before that this holiday, I have been thinking about them a lot. Basically I am getting nowhere, I am finding really difficult to find much to say without our weekly classes. For one we aren’t learning anything new and when you aren’t exposed to something it is hard to come up with new ideas. I find myself going over the same ideas over and over again and not finding anything new. Although I am enjoying this holiday, I find myself looking forward to class next week. Hopefully it will get rid of my writers block! As a result, I think this will be my last post for the holidays, unless I am struck by a wave of genius or find something interesting during my travels. So to all of you HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! See you next week! (It’s scary how fast it went by!)

a really good book

I really really like this picture:)

I think it really speaks to the comfort a piece of literature can give you. A good book, can be the best comfort sometimes. However, it can also be many other things too...

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan

words words words

I have been thinking a lot about diction lately. I was in a conversation a little while ago where the word good was used to describe too different levels of good. We were talking about the misconceptions people had with these levels of good. Really they were very different, one being pure and perfect, the other was more of a try your best idea. But because both states were described by the same description word, there seemed to be no difference between the two. This kind of misconception happens more frequently now that I am aware of these kinds of confusions. These kinds of misconceptions highlight just how important diction really is, which links back to the creation of a word and its fluidity. Because the use of words is an agreement, this confusion stems from the agreed meaning of each word. Along with the lack of communication to the meanings that are being implied. Good is on a spectrum, therefore it means many different things, without clarifying the meaning a conversation can be very baffling.

something i found...

I found this on my friends facebook page...

If I was that teacher I have no idea how I would responed to that.