An old Project that I am very proud of.

Last year was pretty awesome. And i think you should watch this. Thanks! Let me know what YOU think! 

Novelists...........Begin!

Good luck to all writers & we will try and have our new blog up very soon! ( Hopefully by this weekend!) We agreed on having weekly meetings just in case someone gets writers block. So every Thursday during lunch please! & Remember to save and no editing!(: 

The Time Has Come...Novelists Unite!(:

  

CALLING ALL BRAVE SOULS. 

Meeting Tomorrow In Dr. P's class! Tomorrow is literally thee Eve of National Novel Writing Month! Be There or be square! :))))

NOVELISTS UNITE!

OHMYGOODNESS. We start our journey this week!!! :D I don't know about you but im stresses/Stoked/Scared// Did i say stressed? STRESSED. Goodluck to everyone memorizing Hamlet! You can do it (: 

To Recite Or Not--Kidding..To Recite :(

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.

Novelists Unite!

OK. I'll stop posting about National Novel Writing Month.............When it comes!!!!!!!!! So i suggest if you do not have a NanoWrimo, You should make one because it't pretty encouraging and all participants need one! :) If you need help using it ( Like i did hehe ) then you can always ask me or Connor:) It's not too late to join the fearless writers.. !

                                                           Are You Ready?!

Vocab 8.

abase:

behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone).

abdicate:

(of a monarch) renounce one's throne.

abomination:

a thing that causes disgust or hatred.

brusque:

abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.

saboteur: a person who engages in sabotage.
debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
proliferate: increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
anachronism:

a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

nomenclature: the devising or choosing of names for things, esp. in a science or other discipline.
expurgate:

remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).

bellicose:

demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

gauche:

lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.

rapacious:

aggressively greedy or grasping.

paradox:

a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

conundrum:

a confusing and difficult problem or question.

anomaly:

something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

ephemeral:

lasting for a very short time.

rancorous:

characterized by bitterness or resentment.

 churlish:

rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

precipitous:

dangerously high or steep.

Noveliste Unite!

 

Novelists! we have about 22 days till we begin our journey together!

I suggest we start brainstorming ideas that you would want to write about and start a little of some of the main ideas? Just to take a load off, It will be a load of work. :)

WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS

Chaucer mainly wrote to inform his readers and to inform them of the dangers of pride.

Green Eggs And Hamlet.

A) Sorry But I know nothing about this :/ 
B) All I know about Shakespeare is Romeo & Juliet and the fact that some of his stories do not make sense. 
C) Because People are terrified at the fact that we have to memorize this and no one wants to, why not just have a test on it or Socratic seminar? I'm hoping we at least have like 2 weeks to do this.
D) By not having to memorize it... How about that... please?!

SO MY MAIN POINT WAS

IF I ONLY REMEMBERED WHAT I HAD SAID. 


Well I THINK I wrote about how  chaucer Was giving out warnings because maybe he's been through it before, and i also gave examples ? Not sure if that's what you wanted us to post?

Novelists Unite!

Novelist! Our first meeting was great! 2 people is enough for me! But lets expand a bit? Yes? YES! If you wanted to make it but did not, i will tell you what i said. Basically our group is going to be meeting every Thursday at lunch! To give each other support and ideas possibly. I wasn't able to write a Novel last year but i seen people stress about it. So I talked to  Connor about my idea and it turned out he had the same idea! So why not make it a club right?! So yes we had a brief meeting so i'm encouraging everyone to join (: I also need to mention these really cool bracelets cause i was thinking about buying them for the group & i need to know how many people want to join(: Thank you and please let me know! 
                                    






                       
                                      

Direct And Inderect Characterization

Me and my Group chose to do "The Monk's Tale" I personally thought it was interesting but i couldn't actually categorize Direct characterization and indirect characterization only because he tells several stories in this story. He tells a tale about Bible characters such as Satan, Adam and Eve, Samson, Even Hercules.. I think its a warning about the way people become.. The come off as decent people and then pride gets to them. 

Charachter Study (III)

So I wasn't in class but I know whats going on! 
In our story ( Myself, Sam, Ricky, Nakeysha) theirs a lot of action. 

Smith and Shower-Handel are both policemen that are chasing after Nakesha's character because of her escaping from her city. Eeeeeeeeeee-Eeeeeeeee is a friend of X'O and Sam's due to the fact they are all in a hip hop group. Then as mentioned in the last post (I think?) Smith and Shower-Handel are chasing after Nakesha, then runs into the three of us getting out of a gig in France, and she asks us to protect her. After trying some distractions, I end up shining my bald head blinding the two. As she then comes with us on our bus, she tells us her story, and how she's on the run, and that a voice in her head influenced her to do it. But it wasn;t a voice in her head, it was Lissette (who's character is an ant) telling her to do these things. The group is now driving down to Spain. And that's about what we have for now. 




 That was copied from Sam Wellard's Blog because i couldn't have said it any better. :) 

Character Study (I)

                                                        The Journey Of An Ant.
  
My Name is Lissette. I live in a strange world. I mean, What world has these weird looking giants in it? I'm not so sure what their called but yet they seem so stubborn and they smell funny too. Me and my colony would gather food and take it to our safe spot where the birds and the weird looking giants will not get them. There's a lot that goes on here! It gets really exciting and sometimes intense. We lose a lot of us daily because the weird giant seem to be destroying us every time they get in our way while we try harvesting, and sometime they are putting our food into some sort of hole located by their eyes. I am not so sure what they are? and it seems to interest me a lot with the way they communicate.. they are pretty loud and we are pretty small compared to them. My mom says their giant birds. but who knows right?

The Struggle of the Dashboard.

So i made one alright. But i didn't really know how to use it but HEY! i tried :) It's pretty useful except im having trouble knowing what to put in my little boxes, But whatever i mean i get stuff done fast without one too, so i don't see this as mandatory.

Scholarship Help.

If anyone needs help finding scholarship money, i have a few websites if you are interested, just email me :)

Novelist Unite!

Hello Novelists, I'm here to inform you that Myself and Connor Albright are going to be starting a club for all the people who are going to be in the National Novel Writing Month. We will be meeting in Dr. Preston's every Thursday at lunch, if you have any questions please contact me at Lissettevillalobos0@gmail.com or Connor at trisportalbright@gmail.com . Please join us! :)

Any Suggestions? :)

So im avng a hard time picking a new book....Wanted to know if anyone has read any of these or could suggest any ? :) thanks!








1. The Rape Of The Lock By Alexander Pope
2. Of Mice & Men By john steinbeck
3. Never Let Me Go By Kuzuo Ishiguro 
4. The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock By T.S. Eliot 
5. Heart Of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
6. As I Lay Dying By William Faulkner
7. Sons and Lovers By D. H. Lawrence 
8. Broken For You By Stephanie Kallos
9. As You Like It By William Shakespeare 
10. The street by Ann Petry 


The Suggestion Box Is Now Open :)

Literature Analysis #1

So I started reading and I started getting really bored with this book...So i switched it. The book that i decided to switch it to was " The Great Gatsby" By F. Scott Fitzgerald. I've become very.. how can i put this.. Obsessed? Yes. Obsessed with this book. Why? I'm not so sure yet. But this is my second time reading it ( Yes i got permission, duh.) 

 

If you have never read this story.. Well im not so sure what to tell you at this point. My emotions during this whole book was just off the wall. When we read it in class it didn't get my attention but when i started from the beginning on my own, I ended up finishing it before the whole class! haha thats how consumed I got. I do not want to be a big, as people say, "Spoiler", But i do want to highlight some key things you should and probably want to know.

• First off if you don't like obsessive love stories then you might as well put the book down now. 
•  This story is about a man named Gatsby, Jay Gatsby. A wealthy man who was in love with someone he could not have. 
•  Gatsby was in love with the one and only Daisy buchanan, who was married to Tom buchanan. I wouldn't say Daisy was in love with her husband but she was still with him.
•  Now in this story, Daisy seemed quite odd to me. Like if she faked her feelings towards certain people. Like Gatsby for say. For example Jay says, "
  “She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except for me.”

• I don't believe Daisy ever loved Gatsby, She was a snob! once she saw gatsby she fell in love again yes, but also with his money. 

 I Think i'll give more details later. I don't wanna spoil this for anyone. By the way if you liked the new movie....You seriously need help. I thought it was crap. The old one was better. But the book was above and beyond brilliant. :)


























 

Vocabulary #5

obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

beatitude: supreme blessedness.

bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.

bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.

dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.

ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.

fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.

fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.

gargantuan: enormous

heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.

incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.

infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.

lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.

prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.

prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.

sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.

tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).

truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.

Essay In Progress

               Just give me an hour to do more research on this " Iron Man " hehe.

WHY THIS BOOK?

 

So it's a little nerdy...No one will notice:). I chose this book because i was always a fan of the movies and you know how people say " The book was better than the movie!" Well i believe them, i mean the Great Gatsby was a lovely book. WAY better than the movie! :D

Will Study For Food!

Well, Im thinking of moving to Oxnard with my dad after high school and going to community college. It has always been my dream to attend UCSB but i pretty much messed up my chance last year but its all good, as long as i graduate this year :). Anyways, after 2 years i will hope to transfer to either UCSB or Cal Poly.

Vocaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbulary numero tres! :D

apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.

euphoria: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.

bravado: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.

 consensus: general agreement.

dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

 constrict: make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure.

Gothic: of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.

punctilio: a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.





metamorphosis: (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

raconteur: a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.

sine qua non: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.

quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.

non sequitur: a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.

mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.

quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.

parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.

Some notes on Beowulf :).

The story was pretty typical. Wild monster comes and kills defenseless people while all of a sudden a hero comes and saves the day. Sound familiar? Indeed. 
Then after he fights the monster and thinks hes done with the job... All of a sudden the monsters mom comes to avenge the death of her son. Then when he finishes her off he comes faced with a dragon. yep. But before he fights the dragon he gets kinda scared to fight it, so he kinda just i guess you could say remissness about the battles he had before. cutting this short, he fights the dragon, get wounded and wins, but its a double whammy, Beowulf dies. and yeah he gets a nice funeral. The End. To me, that was just a typical "Superman" movie, it didn't really have an influence on me in any sort of way, but hey! It had its moments (:

My Literature Analysis book #1 Facts about J.R.R. Tolkien :D

So if you haven't watched The Lord Of The Rings... You Suck. Seriously. Btw. My opinions are in This Cool Blue(:

                                     (This is a joke, Don't kill yourselves & Welcome to 2013!)
J.R.R. Tolkien was just awesome. so i thought i would share a few AWESOME things about him.:) 

1.) At age 16, Tolkien fell in love with Edith Bratt, three years his senior. His guardian, a Catholic priest, was horrified that his ward was seeing a Protestant and ordered the boy to have no contact with Edith until he turned 21. Tolkien obeyed, pining after Edith for years until that fateful birthday, when he met with her under a railroad viaduct. She broke off her engagement to another man, converted to Catholicism, and the two were married for the rest of their lives. At Tolkien's instructions, their shared gravestone has the names "Beren" and "Luthien" engraved on it, a reference to a famous pair of star-crossed lovers from the fictional world he created.
(My face when i read that)

 

2. In 1999 Amazon.com customers voted Lord of the Rings as the most popular book of the Millenium. 
They know whats up. 

 

 3. When Tolkien's six children were young, he told them numerous original bedtime stories. The most famous of those stories was later published by Tolkien as "The Hobbit."
 Those lucky kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ps. yes... i am getting a little carried away with the meme faces but shut up.)

  

4.  When Tolkien was only four years old, his father passed away. He moved to England, where his mother died four years later. He was raised by a Spanish--Welsh Franciscan priest named Pio Nono, and by his early teens Tolkien had already mastered Latin, Greek, Gothic and Finnish languages. He created his own language at that time and started a club called the Tea Club Barrovian Society, or T.C.B.S., with friends and ran it until 1916, when he married longtime love, Edith Bratt.

Told you the guy was brilliant. 

 5. He Thought his friend C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia was silly and immature.

HAHAHAHAHA that was sad XD.

 

6.  Converted Lewis back to Christianity. 

Seriously was not expecting that.. Wow.

7. Was a skilled artist--his own drawings were published in The Hobbit, and his calligraphy was always elegant and adorned.

asdfghjkl!!!!!!!!

 

8.  In 2003, 25th March was announced as Tolkien Reading Day in schools.

Why wasn't i informed about this?! We should start doing this at school!

 

As you can see i'm a huge nerd when it comes to this kind of crap and i get really into my work....But i never really got into starwars.. go figure.

 

 

Vocabulary #2

accoutrements: additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity.

apogee: the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination.

apropos: used to state a speaker's belief that someone's comments or acts are unrelated to any previous discussion or situation.

bicker: argue about petty and trivial matters.

coalesce: come together and form one mass or whole.

contretemps: an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.

convolution: a coil or twist, esp. one of many.

cull: select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.

disparate: essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

dogmatic: inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

 licentious: promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

mete: dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.

noxious: harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

polemic: a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

populous: having a large population; densely populated.

probity: the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency.

repartee: conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.

supervene: occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such a way as to change the situation.

truncate: shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end.

unimpeachable: not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized; entirely trustworthy.

Literature An. Book

for my Literature Analyses book is going to be "The Lord Of The Rings" J.R.R Tolkien. :D

Socrastiuc Seminar Notes

The right to your own opinion. 

           

• Society makes us think we have rights, but we do not. 
• Many of "our" ideas get influenced once someone else states theirs.
• I like where it says we have human rights to be healthy.. yet everyone dies... cute. 
• I am entitled to my own opinion but...It might contradict yours. 
• Some peoples truth might just be the icing on the cake, but the truth is not important. 
• To make this clear for everyone...We have no rights. We may think we do BUT we do not..either the Government takes away our rights or sugar codes it with something similar to what we think is freedom but isn't. For example
• Oh and also when people argue it's only to get the last word. Seriously. People just like to be "right".

Vocabulary #1

adumbrate:
Report or represent in outline.
apotheosis: The highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. 
ascetic: Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
bauble: A small, showy trinket or decoration.
beguile: Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way: "every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine"; "a beguiling smile".
burgeon: Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand". Put forth young shoots; bud
complement: A thing that completes or brings to perfection.
contumacious: (esp. of a defendant's behavior) Stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
curmudgeon: A bad-tempered or surly person.
didactic: Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
disingenuous: Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.  
exculpate: Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
faux pas:  An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation.
fulminate: Express vehement protest
fustian: Thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors.  
hauteur: Haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride.
inhibit: Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
jeremiad: A long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
opportunist: A person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by principles or plans.
unconscionable:  Not right or reasonable: "the unconscionable conduct of his son".

Big Question

Why is is that as students, we let other students influence our dreams? and sometime we don't even peruse them because we're scared of what others have to say...It's sad.