Wednesday, January 30, 2013
This is my introduction blog take two, mark. Not that my first take was absolutely awful, I just decided that the particular way I wrote it was not my style. So here I go. The first thing you may wonder when you look at my blog is the random number hanging off the end of my title. Well, ha you would be wrong; this isn't just a random number, it is number 80. Donald Driver's number. I just so happen to be his biggest fan ever and he just retired so, I thought I would donate this lovely blog in his honor. Yes, your next question would be if I like football and the Packers and I would tell you no. I LOVE them both!! But I am going to move on now because once I start talking about football, or any of the latters listed I cannot stop so this football conversation is to be continued for now.
My blog will hopefully be very different from everyone else's because, a) I'm grasping on the straws that no one else cares about football as much as I do and won't incorporate it inside their blog and b) I don't really like writing like everyone else. Which is really the main point of this class, to look at poetry, literature or football tapes, ha I wish, in a unique perspective. Poetry is different and is significant or insignificant to others for other reasons. On my "first take" blog, our class was midway through The Icarus Girl and have just read various works from Anna Akhmatova, which caused a great amount of ruckus among our class. The Icarus Girl kind of hit home for me, I lost my twin sister Kylie when we were eight weeks old. Its alright though, hopefully she doesn't want to trade places. Now we are reading The Tale of Two Cities which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Now let's end on this note, thank you for keeping up with my love, no passion, obsession for football. I love writing in my own unique style and I love paying attention to detail and guessing what the author is trying to infer. On that note... Goodbye Donald Driver and thank you
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I think I'm going to like this blog! My one piece of advice for you is this; don't be afraid to write the way you think - that's how you'll find your voice. Now, I'm not saying that this lacks voice or anything, I just think that you could sound more like, well, you. Have some fun with this! By the way, I know that I've been able to connect to some of the Akhmatova poetry that we've looked at in class. How about you; have you been able to personally connect to anything that we've read so far?
ReplyDeleteWhy, thank You Courtney. Yes I absolutely, positively agree with you, I'm pretty new on this whole blog business but I think I will eventually become more comfortable, don't worry. I started writing, "hello, my fellow rubbish classmates," but I didn't think that everybody would appreciate if I called them rubbish... so I didn't. Yes, I have been able to connect with Akhmatova as well as the other pieces we looked at, especially Icarus Girl. Similar to Jess, I had a twin sister, who went up to heaven when we were little. I only found out about my sister three years ago on accident while looking at a box in the attic with my sister's birth certificate inside. I didn't meet TillyTilly, or make an ibeji statue for her but I did understand how Jess felt after she found out. So far, I have really liked this class and how we discuss with each other.
ReplyDeleteJust finished reading "take two," as you put it! It's definitely you! Your voice is much more destinctive this time around!
ReplyDeleteYes, I like the "take two blog much better than my first take. Thank you, now all I have to do is start my close readings.
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