I think I will be working with Laura on her week of performing. We have thought of a way to incorporate dance into our work. I will be learning how to line dance (yes me the worst dancer there is will be line dancing). We will be studying what kind of dances were used back in the Cajun days and how it has changed. I think this will be pretty good, and I think it will be a lot of fun. I love to dance, even if I'm not good, and I'm excited to learn. The idea was Laura's and it's really cool!!
I think that this chapter was much better then the previous one and the prologe. To be honest, I had no clue what was going on in the first bit. This chapter made more sense, and it was accually somewhat interesting to read. I thought the bottle tops on the fingers was a cool way to make guitar sounds. Then we heard it on the movie today and it made even more sense to me. I also thought at then end of the chapter with the lynching of that guy who killed those people, was to give an example of what blacks would go through, and to show what the US government can do when put onto them. It's a sad story cause they died, but it showed a lot. The discussion was hard to kind of understand today also. It was going so fast, and once I thought of something to say, another thing would come up and I would forget. I feel bad for not participating more, but it's hard for me to discuss on a book then real life things. It's easy for me, because I feel more into life then I do a book. I will read better for the following discussions so we can have more to talk about.
That is the end of another blog of mine.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Looking at others Blogs
I started looking at what others have to say on their blog. I went into Lindsey's page and found her comments on the songs of this weeks choice. It makes a lot of sense about the names and what they mean! There are some goofy ones on that list, and if you think about it, there are some odd ones today also.
nieve and Ruby X made a good point about us being so critical about Gov. Blanco's speech. There were some people who complained about it more then what we should have, just about the little things too. That shouldn't be what we focus on when a political figure is giving a speech, we should be focusing on what she has to say, not what she does.
Mary Beth wrote a lot on her last blog. She is really enjoying the book since she hasn't learned a lot about the blues. I'm in the same boat as her with the learning of blues and the musicians, I have heard the names but I don't know who they are. It will be an interesting bit to read I think.
Liz Sorensen has written a lot so far, which is a very good sign! She has also enjoyed the book and what it has had to say so far. She also has like the song list somewhat, as she says "some are vomit worthy". I think that is a bit far, but it's all her opinion. She also liked the Gov. Blanco speech, and how she beat the odds of getting into the office. It is remarkable and it's great to see a woman in office. Now it's getting one in the big office of Presidency.
Laura made a great point about Gov. Blanco's speech, " She discussed the importance of the opportunities we will have, then related that to her life. This helped make it it seem more real, and helped it feel less like she was preaching at us. She also talked about the inevitable setbacks we will encounter. We need to hear about this. It is important for us to know that they happen to everyone, not just to us. " I thought that was a good thing to put in her blog. It is very true about what she talked about!
I liked that Emily is starting up a radio show in the early morning, sorry but I won't be up that early. I will write about it though for you Emily, Listen to KUMM at 3-6 AM when you are studying so hard and long and you need some great music! KUMM at 3-6 AM!!!
Culture Jammer had a very touching story on his site. It was about Gov. Blanco's speech and how life just isn't fair. He knew a family that had 5 kids and their parents died. Life isn't fair and I will agree with that saying totally. Some people get life pretty lucky while others are stuck with trouble, it sucks, it really does. He also noted stuff about stereotypes. It's very true about covering it up just makes it stick out more. There is a huge problem in the USA with stereotypes.
BradyO'Rourke had some interesting comments about Gov. Blanco's speech. He thought that she was defending herself from the media portrayal. I didn't see that at all in her speech, she talked mostly on her way up the ladder to Gov. The theme of her speech was also good "you can go wherever you want to go", means alot to kids our age. Some may not think that they can do much, but we really can. He also wrote some about the prologe and ch. 1. He really like it and is looking forward to ready the rest of the book.
Ashley Gorski wrote that Gov. Blanco's speech was a bore, and that she would have liked it more if it was more personal. I think it got very personal with her life. I'm not judging at all, but she talked about her son's death, and her way up from being a stay at home mom to Luet. Gov. to then becoming Gov. She worked very hard and I thought shared alot of personal things with us.
Overall, there was some people who wrote on their blogs plenty, but then there were a lot of people who either didn't even do the first assignment, or has just done the one assignment. It was kinda cool to read through and see what people thought about things. I glad I was able to do this!
nieve and Ruby X made a good point about us being so critical about Gov. Blanco's speech. There were some people who complained about it more then what we should have, just about the little things too. That shouldn't be what we focus on when a political figure is giving a speech, we should be focusing on what she has to say, not what she does.
Mary Beth wrote a lot on her last blog. She is really enjoying the book since she hasn't learned a lot about the blues. I'm in the same boat as her with the learning of blues and the musicians, I have heard the names but I don't know who they are. It will be an interesting bit to read I think.
Liz Sorensen has written a lot so far, which is a very good sign! She has also enjoyed the book and what it has had to say so far. She also has like the song list somewhat, as she says "some are vomit worthy". I think that is a bit far, but it's all her opinion. She also liked the Gov. Blanco speech, and how she beat the odds of getting into the office. It is remarkable and it's great to see a woman in office. Now it's getting one in the big office of Presidency.
Laura made a great point about Gov. Blanco's speech, " She discussed the importance of the opportunities we will have, then related that to her life. This helped make it it seem more real, and helped it feel less like she was preaching at us. She also talked about the inevitable setbacks we will encounter. We need to hear about this. It is important for us to know that they happen to everyone, not just to us. " I thought that was a good thing to put in her blog. It is very true about what she talked about!
I liked that Emily is starting up a radio show in the early morning, sorry but I won't be up that early. I will write about it though for you Emily, Listen to KUMM at 3-6 AM when you are studying so hard and long and you need some great music! KUMM at 3-6 AM!!!
Culture Jammer had a very touching story on his site. It was about Gov. Blanco's speech and how life just isn't fair. He knew a family that had 5 kids and their parents died. Life isn't fair and I will agree with that saying totally. Some people get life pretty lucky while others are stuck with trouble, it sucks, it really does. He also noted stuff about stereotypes. It's very true about covering it up just makes it stick out more. There is a huge problem in the USA with stereotypes.
BradyO'Rourke had some interesting comments about Gov. Blanco's speech. He thought that she was defending herself from the media portrayal. I didn't see that at all in her speech, she talked mostly on her way up the ladder to Gov. The theme of her speech was also good "you can go wherever you want to go", means alot to kids our age. Some may not think that they can do much, but we really can. He also wrote some about the prologe and ch. 1. He really like it and is looking forward to ready the rest of the book.
Ashley Gorski wrote that Gov. Blanco's speech was a bore, and that she would have liked it more if it was more personal. I think it got very personal with her life. I'm not judging at all, but she talked about her son's death, and her way up from being a stay at home mom to Luet. Gov. to then becoming Gov. She worked very hard and I thought shared alot of personal things with us.
Overall, there was some people who wrote on their blogs plenty, but then there were a lot of people who either didn't even do the first assignment, or has just done the one assignment. It was kinda cool to read through and see what people thought about things. I glad I was able to do this!
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Pandora
I just started up Pandora yesterday and I just got all the songs going today. It isn't playing the songs on the list but they are by the artists. I don't mind it at all accually. I like the type of music that it's playing, they are pretty good. Just thought I would write about Pandora. It's a good sight and anyone who doesn't have it should get it. I can't wait to hear the songs that we are suppost to hear though!
Blanco's Speech
I thought that Gov. Blanco's speech was really good when she started. I really like how she spoke in front of people. She was a good speech giver. I could feel her emotions also when she talked about loosing her son too. It was interesting to hear what she had to do during and after Kartrina, how she had to get Pres. Bush up to date and everything. What I didn't like about it though was the ending. The questions went along with her speech and then she took them the opposite ways. It was too much explaination for them, it got too much off topic. Overall I like the speech, it just got too long with what she was talking about.
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