Revised:Perry's Sarcasm

Michael Perry from his Twitter account

Coop: a Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg by Michael Perry was a book unlike any other that I had ever read, and left me tempted to live my own life out in the middle of nowhere and grow my own food, or have a husband that would grow our own food anyway. The story was very well balanced and characterized through the vast about of humor that could be found in Perry, the husband. Throughout the good and the bad times, this character always has a way to leave the reader in a light mood because of his sarcasm and humor.

The main example of this that I think about is how Perry accidently kills three of his chickens in the most bizarre ways possible . These parts of the story are a wide mixture of emotions where the reader can't help but to want to laugh and cry. The entire book of Coop really consists of scenes like these as it allows the reader to experience a city family adjust to living on a farm of their own.

Journal 7: I wish I may, I wish I might

The Planetarium, the place to study the thing that we take for granted. Stars. Growing up I loved climbing the ladder up to our roof at night, dragging a blanket behind me to snuggle up and watch the stars. Now, I enjoy taking night walks on warm evenings with my boyfriend who also enjoys the stars, maybe even more than me. But those nights, cloudy and cold… Those nights are what the planetarium was made for!

Planetarium (looks even cooler when your there)
from  www.physics.sfsu.edu

In the UWSP planetarium, on can enjoy learning about constellations; see how throughout the night other pieces of the night sky begin to emerge and the sun fades deeper and deeper to the other side of the earth. Orion of course and the big and little dipper were covered but so was Tartus the bull. We also looked at the milky way and studied stars in general. One thing that really stood out to me is how stars that we see every night may have actually already disappeared, but because they are so far away, their light is still on its way to us. Some stars could have been dead for years, decades, centuries before we know here on earth.

I find the planetarium inspiring, educational, and interesting. It is free to students and plays every week. I really encourage each and every person to make the evening trip to campus to enjoy the planetarium presentation. Hell! Go as a date, go with friends, go to procrastinate on homework; you won’t regret it. 

Michael Perry Presents

Attending Michael Perry's evening seminar was really an enjoyable experience as he touched on his book while not shying away from sharing his life, making us laugh, or a few comments young children would not understand and good thing. But he was all over a very enthusiastic and entertaining speaker.

Michael Perry and his Truck

 As Perry was speaking, he touched on his book Truck: A Love Story and mainly described his truck which he described in details that I could not repeat to you no, but what he so distinctly implied as...a perfect piece of crap. I don't think that I will ever understand the connection that males feel towards their cars, and maybe I am stereotyping men, but I just know, that the way that Perry spoke about his truck grasped every man in the room a different way than it could ever have held onto me. Seeing the connection that Perry has to his truck really make the whole 'love story' part a bit humorous  and although there is a real romance in the book, the bond that Perry has with his truck is also in Truck: A Love Story.  All of the personal stories that Michael Perry share in his books really bring his writing to life because he is passionate about it, and that was easy to see when he spoke. I look forward to possibly picking up another one of his books soon.

Perry's Sarcasm

Coop: a Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg by Michael Perry was a book unlike any other that I had ever read, and left me tempted to live my own life out in the middle of nowhere and grow my own food, or have a husband that would grow our own food anyway. The story was very well balanced and characterized through the vast about of humor that could be found in Perry, the husband. Throughout the good and the bad times, this character always has a way to leave the reader in a light mood because of his sarcasm and humor. 
The main example of this that I think about is how Perry accidently kills three of his chickens in the most bizarre ways possible . These parts of the story are a wide mixture of emotions where the reader can't help but to want to laugh and cry. The entire book of Coop really consists of scenes like these as it allows the reader to experience a city family adjust to living on a farm of their own.

Journal 6: Music Coming Alive

IO Echo's is really brought to life by Matt James in his article "IO Echo: Ministry of Love". I have never heard of the band, but the cover photo that was displayed with the article was quite intriguing and I continued to read about this asian group that has put together some very energetic and wonderful music. Matt really put a lot of imagery into the article describing and bringing to life various songs and albums that have been produced by IO Echo. As the article continues, you learn that the group not only has odd music, but may not quite fit in themselves as they live in LA, but seem to be comfortable in either traditional kimonos or leather.

Journal 5: Villains Exposed

In the article "It Honestly Feels Like We Should Want to Want Better: "Thor: God of Thunder #6"" by shathley Q a very close look is taken on evil villains and how they came to be. It all starts out as the writer describes a scene at a younger age that sparked his beliefs and how he came to the realization that what kind of god would want to destroy something as beautiful as the earth. He then transfers over to how in stories you are either the bad guy or the good guy.

Gorr and Thor from io9.com

Journal 4: The Couple of Laughter is Back

Drew and Adam from movies.broadway

Hold onto the hope for those abs people because if you are anything like me, we have some laughs on our way! According to Krystle Drew’s article “Drew Berrymore and Adam Sandler to Reunite in Upcoming Film”, the two are back together for another comical romance just as hilarious as their previous flings in 50 First Dates and The Wedding Slinger. This exciting new film is still untitled, but the plot has been molded.

In this film, Drew and Adam go on a not so charming blind date, but somehow get trapped in a hotel alone with both or their sets of kids from previous spouses. I can say that I am excited for this film and will be excited for the day when I can drag my boyfriend to the theater to watch it and laugh. I encourage you all to do the same with a friend or two!!

Closure With Her Death

Molly and Dom from Wordonfire.

Inception is a maze of a movie by Christopher Nolan, but one of the most important scenes to the plot of the movie is when Dom is in a 4^th level dream with Ariadni and Molly is there keeping Mr. Fischer hostage. Dom has been struggling with the memories of his dead wife Molly throughout the entire movie and in this scene 2 hours into the plot, we finally witness him overcoming his guilt he had due to Molly’s death. The scene unfolds as Dom and Molly speak together at the table or their old home as Molly desperately tries to convince Dom to stay with her. Dom agrees to stay with Molly in order to save Mr. Fischer, Ariadni rushes to the porch where Molly revealed that Mr. Fischer was being held. However, when Dom says that he actually was going to stay because another comrade was trapped in the 4^th level dream Molly gets upset and threatens to kill him which would throw him deeper into the dream, but Ariadni shoots Molly and gives Mr. Fischer a ‘kick’ to wake him up from the dream.  She speaks briefly with Dom to coordinate plans and then follows Mr. Fischer and gives herself a ‘kick’. The closing point of this scene is most important because Dom speaks with Molly about how he feel so guilty for her death, but he comes to have closure with her death and finally can leave her behind and live in the reality of his life, and that is why this scene is so important in the movie because throughout the film, Dom is haunted by Molly and now he can finally leave her behind.

Journal 3: The Life of Five Sisters

The Five Bennett Sisters
from N.E.O.N.619 blog

Pride and Prejudice is based on the book of the same title by Jane Austin. In this story, the life of the Bennett family is revealed in the chaos of the daughters’ love lives’. Sisters, men, romance, marriage, drama, all the glorious elements in Pride and Prejudiced keep me watching the film time and time again. I am a typical girl with 4 sisters (making a total of 5 daughters, just like in the film) and long for a romantic relationship with the chivalrous man of my dreams, so I very much can relate to this film, and I believe that is one of the main reasons that I love Pride and Prejudice. The film also has a very strong sense of realism within the time frame that the film takes place of course also tying in a few historical elements.

Another reason that Pride and Prejudice is a simply phenomenal film is due to Keira Knightley as she is a wonderful actress and I love every film that I have ever seen her in. She seems to so easily be able to mentally place herself in her given role’s position. I would strongly suggest this film to anyone who has not seen it because it is all together a good film and you cannot form a true opinion on it before seeing it yourself.

Journal 2: Warm Bodies on Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day, I was taken to a movie following a lovely dinner. Romance is usually what you think of on Valentine's Day, but zombies? Why in the world was the movie Warm Bodies appropriate on that day of the year? Well, as covered in Bill Gibron writes about in his article "Say 'Hello' to the Zom Rom Com: 'Warm Bodies'" you can read that Warm Bodies is actually one of the better romantic comedies that have come out in the recent years.

R and Julie from schoolrack.com

Bill Gibron really makes a point to express how much he enjoyed Warm Bodies than other movies with monsters such as Twilight. I agree with Gibron in that the film had a great mixture of action, comedy and romance to keep most viewers happy while doing a good job of keeping the twitter patted scenes down while adding in quite a bit of action.

I would really encourage everyone to view this film and let me know what your opinion was of the zombie love story in Warm Bodies and if even if you haven't seen this specific film what is your take on other films with mythological creatures falling in love with humans and vice versa? Do you think that they are being over used or can you not get enough? I look forward to hearing what you think.



Journal 1: My Playlist, My Self

This six song album is one that consists of some of my favorite songs that also describe me. 

1.      Little Things- One Direction

2.      Butterfly Kisses- Bob Carlisle

3.      One Thing Remains- Jesus Culture

4.      The Way I am- Ingrid Michaelson

5.      Stars- Helen Jane Long

6.      We’re Going to be friends- The White Stripes

Music notes flowing through the air from fanshare

 

These songs are important to me because each of them express a different part of my life with a story of my life held in each one.

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