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.