Analysis

    The song I’ve decided to analyze Gillian Welch - Dark Turn Of Mind. Reading the lyrics, I can see euphony, an example being “don't all the night birds sing sweetly?” I was also to identify some simile, one line uses simile by saying “And leave me if I'm feeling too lonely / full as the fruit on the vine.” Reading the lyrics, I could also find imagery within the song for instance when Gillian Welch wrote, “you know some girls are bright as the morning.” The structure of the song is also set in stanzas, with each stanza break a different moment happens.

    Interpreting the song, I see some contrast between a girl “as bright as sunlight” to a girl with “a dark turn of mind.” The song is seemingly directed towards a partner in a relationship. The singer of the son was apparently hurt in the past by possibly a former partner and threatens to turn “dark” if the person hurts her. Welch likes to compare her sorrows or past loneliness to things that aren’t lonely and are surrounded by a lot. Welch also likes to mention a “dark turn of mind” and “girls that are bright as the morning”, this could possibly mean a girl who has been hurt and has changed for the worst, and a naïve innocent girl.

Break

 Over this break, I’m not planning to do anything significant. After this Friday, I want to go home and relax, I want to start the break at a slow date. Come Saturday, I hope to invite a coupe friends and go to a parade in Mandeville. On Sunday I will run two-hours around the neighborhood, then conclude the rest of the day with some down-time. It’s going to nice cool, calm, relaxed weekend. 

    When the week starts, I must prepare for over the break Track practices. I was sent the workouts ahead of the break and as of now I must prepare mentally and physically for the intense workouts. Towards the end of the break I have a Track meet on the last Saturday. Although I’m very nervous, I would consider myself excited at the same time. We have an ultimate 4x400m team consisting of Chris Jackson, Gautam Mahes, Brandon Leggio, and myself.

Comments

https://derzzzzzz.blogspot.com/2017/02/poem.html?showComment=1487877733435&m=1#c1943926071824568821
"Poem" - Anders Melton

https://griffsenglishblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/poem.html?showComment=1487877824196&m=1#c2156587168906983780
"Poem" - Griff Strain

Poem

euphony, cacophony, and similie 

southing to the senses 

seeing, Hearing

The lovely feel

The calm winds compliment the hair

Just like a panther 

The dark thick fur

Mesmerized me

To which I trusted you

But you broke my heart 

And cause an ordeal

Words

I live a very secular life. Little to none of my daily activités have no spiritual basis or religion involved. Rather than focusing on my religious life, I focus more on my gaming and school life. A lot of my games are monetary. They have lots of monetary value. I like to induct friends into my gaming group.
     I subordinate my passion for gaming to my liking of soccer. I play soccer everyday for at least an hour just to get better, problem is I practice alone. I believe practicing alone can only embed my errors. That's why practicing an hour a day barely helps me.

Comments

https://casey1205.blogspot.com/2017/02/research.html?showComment=1486152541165&m=1#c5670474890507185782 "What I've Learned" - Casey Rigby https://sydneysenglishonework.blogspot.com/2017/02/research.html?showComment=1486152625877&m=1#c3079447542502942860 "Research" - Sydney Summerville

paper

    This research paper has taught me more about writing strategies then my research topic. The process leading up to the final draft of the paper has immensely helped me. I feel more confident in my ability to be more fluid within my paper. I'm confident in my ability to embed quotes as well. The research process has taught me more than what I'm struggling to do rather than what I'm coming close to mastering.
I'm struggling with my conclusion and formatting of the paper. I'm doing things step by step and on time. I can't help but feel my conclusion is lacking and just doesn't "feel right". I'm making plans to strengthen one of my weak points of righting to hopefully have a well rounded research paper. I'm working on squeezing in time for the writing center as it is a high priority for a successful paper.

ATDPTI

     I still really enjoy Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Although the humor does not appeal to the mass majority of the readers, I myself find the book to have great comedic value. The book introduces problems serious problems a young Native American teen has, but makes light of those situations with absurd "middle school" humor. At the same time the book also adds a level of inspiration to the story. Arnold, the main character, attempts a seemingly impossible school. 
     As of now I am on page 147 of Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. I am planning on finishing the book over the weekend as I am too impatient to read on the projected schedule.
I am also curious to see how the book ends with the whole situation of Arnold's sister and how Arnold will succeed at a primarily white school called Rearden. This book has been a pleasure to read so far and has been one of the few books that has genuinely made me laugh out loud. Reading response for ATDPTI

Comments

https://derzzzzzz.blogspot.com/2017/01/training-my-new-dog.html?showComment=1486036119408&m=1#c4146429002733632955 "Training My New Dog"- Anders Melton https://shamadaclan.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-usual-day.html?showComment=1486036258748&m=1#c6342300998920057732 "My Usual Day" - Ryan Field