beda 10
So yesterday I was featured on the Ning for "a passionate speech on my dislike of 'Chick Lit.'" I'll be writing a respond-to-comments post tomorrow. It seems that most of my blog posts thus far are literature/book-based.
Today was a nerd-day for me.
I start off the day reading the 24 tweets that came in the previous night. Run a little late to school, but it's all good.
In seminar (basically our study hall class since we have block scheduling), there was a speaker who is a professor-man specifically for Dante's Inferno, a book that has completely changed my personal view of literature. About halfway through his speech, I pull out my Writer's Notebook and start taking notes. Yeah. Nerd.
I then proceed to stay after, into my lunch period, to ask him a question. I asked whether he thought, as a scholar, if Inferno had more value to a religious person as opposed to someone who was not religious and took The Bible as a work of literature rather than as a religion. He talked about how most of the characters in Inferno are indeed religious, and it doesn't matter what you believe, but how strongly you believe it. He made some very interesting points that most of you probably wouldn't understand unless you have read Inferno. So if you're curious, drop me an email (karatetentacles@gmail.com).
What a nerd. During lunch I studied for a test the following class. Took test. Yay. Then I began to write a blog all about Inferno and Dante and loveliness and stuff. My teacher laughed at me since she was on her computer and I kept telling her to blog about the annoying kid in our class. Quite fun.
Sixth block rolls around: writer's workshop. Assignment: emulate the style of your favorite* author. I'm currently reading Vonnegut, so I chose him. About halfway through, I realize that my writing is less Vonnegut and more Knowles (as in A Separate Peace), so I have a mini-breakdown and some sort of midlife crisis of sorts... The bell rings, but I want to stay after class. I mean, it's enough that I'm actually taking the assignment seriously rather than just bullshitting my way through.
To top it all off, I'm wearing my Percy is a Prat t-shirt. Lovely. I love being a nerd sometimes. I spent [most of] the rest of the day with Darci. <3
/BEDA TEN!
* an author you like / enjoy the style of.
Today was a nerd-day for me.
I start off the day reading the 24 tweets that came in the previous night. Run a little late to school, but it's all good.
In seminar (basically our study hall class since we have block scheduling), there was a speaker who is a professor-man specifically for Dante's Inferno, a book that has completely changed my personal view of literature. About halfway through his speech, I pull out my Writer's Notebook and start taking notes. Yeah. Nerd.
I then proceed to stay after, into my lunch period, to ask him a question. I asked whether he thought, as a scholar, if Inferno had more value to a religious person as opposed to someone who was not religious and took The Bible as a work of literature rather than as a religion. He talked about how most of the characters in Inferno are indeed religious, and it doesn't matter what you believe, but how strongly you believe it. He made some very interesting points that most of you probably wouldn't understand unless you have read Inferno. So if you're curious, drop me an email (karatetentacles@gmail.com).
What a nerd. During lunch I studied for a test the following class. Took test. Yay. Then I began to write a blog all about Inferno and Dante and loveliness and stuff. My teacher laughed at me since she was on her computer and I kept telling her to blog about the annoying kid in our class. Quite fun.
Sixth block rolls around: writer's workshop. Assignment: emulate the style of your favorite* author. I'm currently reading Vonnegut, so I chose him. About halfway through, I realize that my writing is less Vonnegut and more Knowles (as in A Separate Peace), so I have a mini-breakdown and some sort of midlife crisis of sorts... The bell rings, but I want to stay after class. I mean, it's enough that I'm actually taking the assignment seriously rather than just bullshitting my way through.
To top it all off, I'm wearing my Percy is a Prat t-shirt. Lovely. I love being a nerd sometimes. I spent [most of] the rest of the day with Darci. <3
/BEDA TEN!
* an author you like / enjoy the style of.
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