Time Towards English

I spent 3 hours preparing for the english test

2 hours revising my rough draft 

I spent 1 hour and 54 minutes reading my book 

Total: 6 hours and 54 minutes

In New Orleans

As I look outside, I see
I see bikes, bottles, people
I see cars, horns, music
I see culture, love, hope, & noise
I see a car
I see a boy in the car
The boy with fair skin and dark brown hair
returned my stare
In front of the car I see a women
drinking a clear liquid within a clear bottle
she looks over, she smiles
the man sitting next to her has colorful arms
he reaches for the steering wheel
the boys eyes return to mine
the man slowly releases his foot on the accelerator
the women mouth opens and releases a scream
the child looks forward with a serene smile and
peacefulness beneath his eyes
the women cries--
a clash and a boom is released

Techniques
Consonance- "I see bikes, bottles, people".
Sibilance- see, she
Onomatopoeia- a clash and a boom is released
Euphony- a serene smile and peacefulness beneath his eyes

I read for two hours and I was doing my research paper for an hour

Rolling Stones: Paint it Black

Many songs today have little to no meaning to them, they are mostly about sex, drugs, and alcohol. so if I ever want to dissect a song and find a profound message I always revert to my 80's, 70's, and 60's playlist. I have been listening to Rolling Stones lately and when Dr. deGravelle's assigned us this blog, I immediately reverted back to Paint It Black.

In this song there are many metaphors and symbolic lines in this song. Overall, I think that this song is about someone facing depression because of the loss of a love one. The technique that I used to find the meaning of the song is sections that tell a story and symbolize something like the piece below:
"I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes."  This talking about how he sees a girl that  remind him of the past girl, and he has to keep looking at her until he realizes that it is not her.
"I see a line of cars and they're all painted black" Mick Jagger referencing to the hearse and the line of black vehicles behind it
"With flowers and my both never to come back" This is talking about all the flowers that people give for the funeral, and his companion dying and never returning.
"I could not foresee this thing happening to you" He never imagined of her sudden death.
"If I look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes" This is referring to heaven.
Another thing that Paint It Black could mean is that he is painting everything black symbolizing he emotions. Depression, is often personified with dark colors because of sadness, Mick Jagger is painting everything black because he is depressed. This especially supports this idea once he says
"No colors anymore I want them to turn black". You find a repeating pattern of Mick Jagger starting many of his line with "I".

youtube lyrics- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zBG2TEjn4 

Time

I spent 1 hour touching up my rough draft, 1 hour and 30 minutes spent doing the discussion questions and reading The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian. I also spent 30 minutes in class reading.

3 hours towards English

Reading and Working

I spent  3 hours and 25 minutes working on my rough draft, and I spent an hour reading the book that you gave us, and I spent 1 hour working on the responses that you assigned us to the book. With a total of 5 hours and 55 minutes.

Research Paper

I feel confident about my point in the rough draft, because I feel like argue you it enough to believe it to be true. I am concerned that I am going to repeat myself, and that the paper is going to to turn boring. There are only some many points you argue with my topic and thesis, and I think that I did it over-boardingly. It was really easy developing the paper, because of all the notecards, but it was really hard on trying to reach the full four pages, and they only way I accomplished that was by repeating myself, or thats how I felt. I like to lengthen my rough draft, without feeling like I repeated myself, and have it a comfortable length. Dr.deGravelles, I would like you to focus on fluency in my paper, and make sure everything flows well. 

Super Healthy Ingredients To Add To Your Oatmeal!

Over the 3 day break that we had due to the snow, I had lots of time on my hands. My mom decided not to go to the grocery store, because it was too crowded and we had everything at home. She was wrong. All we had was three boxes of oatmeal, some chips, can goods, some other food in the fridge. As a result, I ate oatmeal every morning, and sometimes for lunch. I soon got tired of the same oatmeal, so I looked up some add ons to give it different flavors. The three that I show below, were the ones that tasted the best in my opinion. 

1. Cacao Sweet Nibs- Not only does this ingredient taste amazing in oatmeal, but it is so healthy for you! Chocolate in its purest form is one of the powerful super-foods. Cacao sweet Nibs are literally just the Cacao bean broken into pieces, and these beans are packed with anti-oxidants.  Since these beans taste like dark chocolate, the oatmeal taste like a dessert, instead of a super-food packed meal!
2. Maca Powder- Maca powder is delicious! If you make stir-fry put this into it, it taste amazing. Ok, in oatmeal Maca powder is really easy to stir into it, Maca powder is also packed with mineral, amino acids, and energy boosters. 
3. Golden Berries- Golden Berries are sour, and contain carotenes and Bioflavonoids are known for strengthening your immune system, and reducing inflammation. Golden Berries, also are known for containing vitamin A, C, protein, and phosphorous.