Not listening to FeintDnb right now. It's Caramelldansen IOSYS remix. :)
Book: Throne of Fire
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 1-73
Icon: Details
When comparing Carter and Sadie Kane, they couldn't be more different. At least, not directly.
First off, Sadie is a girl and Carter is a boy (kind of obvious) . Sadie is from England, and Carter is from America (not so obvious since Sadie is starting to lose her accent). Sadie is far more cynnical and picky than Carter, which could be since she's a girl. She's also far more emotional than Carter at times, except in the case of Zia, a magician who is Carter's love interest. And now to discuss Carter's differences. Carter is a bit slow at things compared to Sadie, but he's definitely not as hot-headed. And he's in love with Zia, the girl I mentioned earlier. That's kind of his flaw.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Reading Log Post #4
Status: Too much history; not enough time to read! >-<
Guess what I'm listening to.
Book: The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 195-254
Icon: Patterns
Over all the battles so far in The Last Olympian, usually one has been won by the half-blood army and then the next one won by the Titan's army. There has almost never been a double defeat/victory for either side, giving that each side comes more prepared than the others at times. Besides that, both sides are constantly losing their own; Percy's army loses half-bloods, and the Titan army loses monsters (though half-bloods only have one life; monsters come back just whenever.).
One constant for Percy's side is that all his campers ride from completely inspired to totally hopeless and dull. Since the Titan's army is not exactly the point of the story, I can't really say anything about how his army's morale is. I'll leave it up to you. ;)
Guess what I'm listening to.
Book: The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 195-254
Icon: Patterns
Over all the battles so far in The Last Olympian, usually one has been won by the half-blood army and then the next one won by the Titan's army. There has almost never been a double defeat/victory for either side, giving that each side comes more prepared than the others at times. Besides that, both sides are constantly losing their own; Percy's army loses half-bloods, and the Titan army loses monsters (though half-bloods only have one life; monsters come back just whenever.).
One constant for Percy's side is that all his campers ride from completely inspired to totally hopeless and dull. Since the Titan's army is not exactly the point of the story, I can't really say anything about how his army's morale is. I'll leave it up to you. ;)
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Reading Log Post #3
That's the right number, isn't it? Listening to FeintDnb again~
Here's the link to his totally awesome music and it's a great place for other music too!
http://soundcloud.com/feintdnb/tracks?page=1
Book: The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 143-194
Icon: Details
When Percy sees Luke's past with his family, he immediately knows what was wrong with Luke's mother, and maybe why Luke turned on them. For example, Luke keeps getting angry with his father because he claims he left Luke alone with his mother, May Castellan. May has gone insane from a failed attempt at becoming the next Oracle of Delphi; she will go from a loving but off mother to a green-eyed, phrophecy-hissing madwoman. Luke was forced to live with that growing up, and so he is resentful towards Hermes because of it.
Books to read sometime in the future: Throne of Fire, The Lost Hero, Divergent. Any suggestions? Leave a comment!
Here's the link to his totally awesome music and it's a great place for other music too!
http://soundcloud.com/feintdnb/tracks?page=1
Book: The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 143-194
Icon: Details
When Percy sees Luke's past with his family, he immediately knows what was wrong with Luke's mother, and maybe why Luke turned on them. For example, Luke keeps getting angry with his father because he claims he left Luke alone with his mother, May Castellan. May has gone insane from a failed attempt at becoming the next Oracle of Delphi; she will go from a loving but off mother to a green-eyed, phrophecy-hissing madwoman. Luke was forced to live with that growing up, and so he is resentful towards Hermes because of it.
Books to read sometime in the future: Throne of Fire, The Lost Hero, Divergent. Any suggestions? Leave a comment!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Reading Log Post #2
Listening to FeintDnb while I'm typing~
Book: The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 1-143
Icon: Ethics
Ah, the good and bad sides of Percy's family. We all love them (we kind of have to) and we all have our moments when we get seriously pissed off at them. For example....
"'Indeed," Hades agreed. 'I'd love to kill him.'" (Riordan, 123) (FYI in this scene Percy is getting pwned)
and then
"He was immortal. There was no way I could kill him, but gods can be wounded. I knew that firsthand, and I figured a sword in the face wouldn't feel too good." (Riordan, 138) (FYI in this scence Hades is getting pwned)
There are moments when the gods get on your nerves; I didn't like it when they all tried to kill Percy. But then there are the moments when you've got to love the gods too, like whenever Percy totally beats the crap out of them. The gods are also extremely helpful to Percy (they can be) and will give their kids freaking awesome powers, like being able to control the sea, or being able to have extreme knowledge. On the other hand, gods can be very easy to tick off, so they kill to get their revenge....
I don't know, it all depends on your point of view! This is just how I compare them!
Book: The Last Olympian
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 1-143
Icon: Ethics
Ah, the good and bad sides of Percy's family. We all love them (we kind of have to) and we all have our moments when we get seriously pissed off at them. For example....
"'Indeed," Hades agreed. 'I'd love to kill him.'" (Riordan, 123) (FYI in this scene Percy is getting pwned)
and then
"He was immortal. There was no way I could kill him, but gods can be wounded. I knew that firsthand, and I figured a sword in the face wouldn't feel too good." (Riordan, 138) (FYI in this scence Hades is getting pwned)
There are moments when the gods get on your nerves; I didn't like it when they all tried to kill Percy. But then there are the moments when you've got to love the gods too, like whenever Percy totally beats the crap out of them. The gods are also extremely helpful to Percy (they can be) and will give their kids freaking awesome powers, like being able to control the sea, or being able to have extreme knowledge. On the other hand, gods can be very easy to tick off, so they kill to get their revenge....
I don't know, it all depends on your point of view! This is just how I compare them!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Reading Log #1 (for Febuary)
Okay. Time to post again. Right now my life is totally under stress because I have to deal with a bunch of school project crap and he like. But that is not the point of this post, is it?
This time I'll be posting something different. This post is about a book called Anthem, but it's not really about Anthem. Since I can't use this book for a reading log post, I'll be talking about allegories and that stuff. Allegories, for those of you who have never bothered to look it up in the dictionary, are stories that have a hidden meaning, and oftern use sybolism to get the point across. Some of these stories we read in class were Plato's cave (good allegory), The Story of Icarus (also really good), and Plato's Chariot (not really a story, but a good allegory) and of course, Anthem. In the stories Anthem, Plato's Cave, and the Story of Icarus, they all use symbolism to talk about knowledge, whether it was helpful or not; for a good example of these differences, take Plato's Cave and the Story of Icarus. In Plato's cave, the prisoner who has been kept from all knowledge her whole life is motivated through the light (the symbol for knowledge in the story) to help others and bring them into the realm of knowing. On the other hand, in the Story of Icarus, the knowledge given to Icarus is useful (to not fly too close to the sun, but to not fly too close to the ground), but he does not heed this knowledge until it is far too late; his ignorance led him to his death. In Anthem, the protagonist Equlity 7-2521 is a 'cursed' being that has a craving for knowledge. He is eventually sent away from the society he lives in and is forced to wander the land unknown to his people. He creates sort of light-box, much like the light bulbs we have today. This is the symbol for knowledge in his story. All three stories have something to do with knowledge.
This time I'll be posting something different. This post is about a book called Anthem, but it's not really about Anthem. Since I can't use this book for a reading log post, I'll be talking about allegories and that stuff. Allegories, for those of you who have never bothered to look it up in the dictionary, are stories that have a hidden meaning, and oftern use sybolism to get the point across. Some of these stories we read in class were Plato's cave (good allegory), The Story of Icarus (also really good), and Plato's Chariot (not really a story, but a good allegory) and of course, Anthem. In the stories Anthem, Plato's Cave, and the Story of Icarus, they all use symbolism to talk about knowledge, whether it was helpful or not; for a good example of these differences, take Plato's Cave and the Story of Icarus. In Plato's cave, the prisoner who has been kept from all knowledge her whole life is motivated through the light (the symbol for knowledge in the story) to help others and bring them into the realm of knowing. On the other hand, in the Story of Icarus, the knowledge given to Icarus is useful (to not fly too close to the sun, but to not fly too close to the ground), but he does not heed this knowledge until it is far too late; his ignorance led him to his death. In Anthem, the protagonist Equlity 7-2521 is a 'cursed' being that has a craving for knowledge. He is eventually sent away from the society he lives in and is forced to wander the land unknown to his people. He creates sort of light-box, much like the light bulbs we have today. This is the symbol for knowledge in his story. All three stories have something to do with knowledge.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
I'm Back~
Wow. Almost a month-no, maybe more?-since my last post. that's what break does to you. It makes youu forget. And then they tell you to get back in school, sit down, and educate yourself. Students go through shock from that, I swear. Reading Mockingjay as of right now. Yes....
Book: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Pages: 202-286
Icon: Details
Katniss has been trying to patch up her relationship with Peeta, train for storming the Capitol, fit in with the rest of the soldiers, and actually learn to follow orders before the armies of District 13 and the combined forces of the other Ditsricts attack the Capitol. Since Peeta has been literally reprogramed to hate Katniss, that job is not going by so well, and because she's more of a leader than a follower, that isn't going to well either. Having injuries from being shot and other thinhgs is not helping her training, and while she's been healing up, the other soldiers have advanced mich farther in their training than she has.
Book: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Pages: 202-286
Icon: Details
Katniss has been trying to patch up her relationship with Peeta, train for storming the Capitol, fit in with the rest of the soldiers, and actually learn to follow orders before the armies of District 13 and the combined forces of the other Ditsricts attack the Capitol. Since Peeta has been literally reprogramed to hate Katniss, that job is not going by so well, and because she's more of a leader than a follower, that isn't going to well either. Having injuries from being shot and other thinhgs is not helping her training, and while she's been healing up, the other soldiers have advanced mich farther in their training than she has.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Reading Log Post #3
Sorry I've been so neglegent recently. I've had science fair and all that jazz; I won, though!! And Christmas is only, what, four days away! I hope you're all in holiday spirit, unless you're a humbug. If you are, please exit the website by clicking the exit arrow in upper right hand corner of your browser and don't come back until you've realized that being a humbug is not nice... Just kidding!
Book: Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
Pages: 221-245 (it's part of a textbook)
Icon: Details
Note: It was a really good story and we read it in class a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I should do it justice by posting about it.
Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man that faces mental retardation. He wants nothing more than to be smart, and when he is offered the oppurtunity to become smart, he snatches it up. Throughout the story, Charlie's intelligence is seen to slowly increase, then rapidly increase, then slowly deteriorate away. In this time, Charlie learns that his "friends" really laughed at him, not with him, and many educational things as well. He writes in his notes that he is curious as to what would happen (when he is more intelligent) if a genius would have their intelligence tripled; what would happen then?
So many questions; the world may never know the answer to them...
Book: Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
Pages: 221-245 (it's part of a textbook)
Icon: Details
Note: It was a really good story and we read it in class a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I should do it justice by posting about it.
Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man that faces mental retardation. He wants nothing more than to be smart, and when he is offered the oppurtunity to become smart, he snatches it up. Throughout the story, Charlie's intelligence is seen to slowly increase, then rapidly increase, then slowly deteriorate away. In this time, Charlie learns that his "friends" really laughed at him, not with him, and many educational things as well. He writes in his notes that he is curious as to what would happen (when he is more intelligent) if a genius would have their intelligence tripled; what would happen then?
So many questions; the world may never know the answer to them...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Reading Log Post #2
Alright, second post within the hour! This is also for last week, and for those of you who really like reading that don't have an account on this website, I suggest you visit the link I'm going to add to this post! It's great!
Goodreads link: www.goodreads.com
Book: Flowers for Algernon
Pages: 221-231 (it's part of a textbook, cut me some slack. I work enough when I have to analyze and connect to it.)
Icon: Lips icon (dunno it's proper name. Ha, irony in the face.)
This story is about a man named Charlie Gordon, a man of low intelligence. He has just had an operation that is supposed to raise his intelligence three times its original number. You can see that the operation is working throughout the story as you watch his vocabulary and grammar improve greatly. Originally Charlie would spell "operation" as "operashun", and then after the alter to his brain, he spelled corectly. And then for the word "I.Q.", he spelled it (or, more really, wrote it) "eye-q" and then, after the operation, spelled it correctly.
You all can expect this week's posts tomorrow. Sorry, but there's stuff I gotta do; I hope you enjoy th posts and keep blogging!
Goodreads link: www.goodreads.com
Book: Flowers for Algernon
Pages: 221-231 (it's part of a textbook, cut me some slack. I work enough when I have to analyze and connect to it.)
Icon: Lips icon (dunno it's proper name. Ha, irony in the face.)
This story is about a man named Charlie Gordon, a man of low intelligence. He has just had an operation that is supposed to raise his intelligence three times its original number. You can see that the operation is working throughout the story as you watch his vocabulary and grammar improve greatly. Originally Charlie would spell "operation" as "operashun", and then after the alter to his brain, he spelled corectly. And then for the word "I.Q.", he spelled it (or, more really, wrote it) "eye-q" and then, after the operation, spelled it correctly.
You all can expect this week's posts tomorrow. Sorry, but there's stuff I gotta do; I hope you enjoy th posts and keep blogging!
Reading Log and Some Changes
So, I'm going to change things up a bit on here. I hope you've all noticed the total blog views, now up in the upper right hand corner. I've also decided to start listing new reading logs for every month; for example, this reading log post is for last week, which was the start of December. So, this reading log post being for last week would be reading log post #1. Yeah, I was way busy and didn't get the time to post anything for last week. Hope I'm not confusing y'all here. Any Q's, leave a comment.
Book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: Ahaha... kinda lost the link to it, since I'm reading it online...
Pages-no, chapters: 1-8
Icon: Details. Yup.
Dorothy has landed in Oz, where the author desribed as diferent from Kansas, the land which Dororthy hailed from. Compared to the gray, empty land of Kansas, Oz is a beautiful land (in the Eastern part, anyway) of farms and pastures. A picture perfect land of beauty. The inhabitants are a mix of strange people: Munchkins, a living scarecrow, a tin man, and a talking lion. There are also witches, good and bad alike.
Book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: Ahaha... kinda lost the link to it, since I'm reading it online...
Pages-no, chapters: 1-8
Icon: Details. Yup.
Dorothy has landed in Oz, where the author desribed as diferent from Kansas, the land which Dororthy hailed from. Compared to the gray, empty land of Kansas, Oz is a beautiful land (in the Eastern part, anyway) of farms and pastures. A picture perfect land of beauty. The inhabitants are a mix of strange people: Munchkins, a living scarecrow, a tin man, and a talking lion. There are also witches, good and bad alike.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Allen's Challenge for the Blog
Okay, so I'm going to post the same book (Middleworld) in other depth and complexity icons. Like ethics and stuff.
Details: Did that.
Lips Icon: Definition of a word I did not know: Xibalba- Mayan name for the underworld
Big Ideas: Did that.
Patterns: Max and Lola continue to experience the power of Jaguar Stones every time that a stone is inserted into its slot at its respective temple.
Questions: 1) What will Max have to pay as tribute? 2) What happened to Hermanjillo and Tzelek? 3) Will Lucky Jim get to come back?
Ethics: Max is a great videogamer and also turns out to be good at exploring and diversions, but has a temper and he gets mad at the smallest of things.
Multiple Perspectives: Lola sees the monkeys being inhabited with the souls of Lady Coco and Lord 6-Dog as utterly horrifying and so do the monkeys themselves; Max sees it as hilarious.
Yes! A ton of depth and complexity icons but yes! It is done!
Details: Did that.
Lips Icon: Definition of a word I did not know: Xibalba- Mayan name for the underworld
Big Ideas: Did that.
Patterns: Max and Lola continue to experience the power of Jaguar Stones every time that a stone is inserted into its slot at its respective temple.
Questions: 1) What will Max have to pay as tribute? 2) What happened to Hermanjillo and Tzelek? 3) Will Lucky Jim get to come back?
Ethics: Max is a great videogamer and also turns out to be good at exploring and diversions, but has a temper and he gets mad at the smallest of things.
Multiple Perspectives: Lola sees the monkeys being inhabited with the souls of Lady Coco and Lord 6-Dog as utterly horrifying and so do the monkeys themselves; Max sees it as hilarious.
Yes! A ton of depth and complexity icons but yes! It is done!
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