I Am Poem

‍‍I am determined and athletic

‍‍I wonder what it would be like to go to Australia

‍‍I hear crickets chirping when Newport comes to Batesville

‍‍I see a elephants trunk flowing through the wind

‍‍I want to be succesful in everything I do

‍‍I am determined and athletic

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‍‍I pretend to dunk in Richardson's eye, but thats what dreams are for

‍‍I feel relaxed as the cloud moves under the sun

‍‍I touch a blade of artificial grass on the field

‍‍I worry we wont win state

‍‍I cry when a loved one dies

‍‍I am determined and athletic

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‍‍I understand that there is only one God and his name is Jesus

‍‍I say fatigue makes cowards of us all

‍‍I dream about dreaming

‍‍I try to go my hardest during practice

‍‍I hope I will eventually start in football

‍‍I am determined and athletic

Approved Novel: Gullivers Travel

Approved Novel:  Gulliver’s Travels

·         I read Gulliver’s Travels for my third blog post and I found that it was a very good book.  It is first-person narrative story about a failed surgeon named Lemuel Gulliver.  Gulliver shows up on an island after being in a shipwreck and finds himself being held captive as prisoner to a race he has never seen before.  They are less than 6 inches tall.  I liked this book because it was very creative about how each quest he was in, there were different obstacles he had to find solutions to.  Like how he was charged with treason for not reducing the country to a province of Lilliput by the king.  But the kings friend helps Gulliver escape from Blefusco and Gulliver finds an abandoned ship.  Gulliver sails out, where he finds another ship that takes him back home.  This book was also great on how specific individuals may be good even where the race is bad—Gulliver finds a friend in each of his travels and, despite Gulliver's rejection and horror toward all Yahoos, is treated very well by the Portuguese captain, Dom Pedro, who returns him to England at the novel's end.  So every bad thing always turns into something good for Lemuel.  Jonathan Swift writes this story through first-person narrative which is the perfect use for the character Gulliver.  The only thing that was hard to understand was the language.  Some parts were difficult to understand but the other parts were easier to deal with. 

Pictures worth how many words

Reader:  I like to read scary books

Writer:  Like to refer to past experiences

Me: Outgoing person, likes sports, nice guy

Song, Carry Out

The song I am doing my writing on is Carry Out, by Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.   The reason I picked this song is because it seduces the opposing female, while using phrases which refer to restaurant and food terms.

                In the chorus the song says, “ take my order, cuz your body like a carry out”  which basically means that her body is so fine he wants to take her home, In gangsta language.  This song interests me because it’s such an odd use of words with two completely contradicting ways of the same meaning.  This song always makes me think of McDonald’s drive thru and there being a very pretty girl taking my order.  This is a great example of the song.  It’s more of a hip-hop song with rapping but sounds just right with a quite unique and terrific beat and meaning. 

                It all comes back to trying to get the girl but then out of nowhere it changes completely to another day at McDonalds.   “What’s your name? Girl what’s your number? I’m glad I came. Can you take my order?” Is a great example of this dramatic change in the song.  Carry Out makes me also a tad hungry for food; but also women (if you know what I mean).

                This is why I picked the song Carry Out by J.T. and Timberlake and the meaning it has to offer.