Memory

The point of the journal write was to think about the past and see if we can go to the attic and dust out an old memory. My was both my fourth birthday and the memory of the memory that I couldn't remember anything from the day before, I am not BSing! But a memory doesn't have to be 13 years ago, it can be 5 years ago. I'm talking about my experiences at Jr.high. I was reminded of those emotions from a song that came on from shuffle on my iPod that I use to listen to all the time. I was really fat and really antisocial. I blamed the two on each other that kept making a never ending cycle. I'm fat because I have no life, I have no life because I am to fat. Over and over it went. my nickname throughout jr.high was vito. Look up Viva la Bam to get the joke. Not until sophomore year I change my weight and became what I look like today. Even though I weight the same as I did back then, I am mostly muscle now. Back then I was 60% fat, my science teacher had a chart with height and weight and I was either in nearly obese or obese. My appearance change but I realize you can change your body all you want. But your character stays the same. That's my I stick to the corner, and rarely say a thing. You can tell I don't talk a lot on how my speech had degraded. Here's a poem I wrote in eight grade, even though the ending seemed cheery, I wrote that so I wouldn't be considered a emo. After it is the song that reminded me of all of this.

I believe when you say
I am worthless
Not meant to stay
While others step out into the light of day

PARLOR POETRY

The poem Dover beach was chosen to represent nothing is calm under the surface. How the illusion of peace
disguises the war torn inside. That its a on going battle. I chose this poem because it to represents something that hides beneath the surface

 I'm a poet and I know it.

reading notes pg.91-110

meaning of the sea of faith and how it influence to the story. Why did Montag risk everything on three woman by showing them poetry?. Where did Beatty get the knowledge of poetry and use it to deceive?

Spring Vocab #2

Vessel: A hallow utensil used as a container for liquids. A person considered as a receptacle or agent of some quality.

Suffused: To spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light

Sieve: A utensil of wire mesh or closely performed metal used for straining, sifting, ricing, or pureeing.

Patronage: Support, encouragement, or championship from a patron. Trade given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

Centrifuge: An apparatus consisting essentially of a compartment spun about a central axis to separate contained materials of different density or to simulate gravity with centrifugal force.

Dentifrice: A substance, such as a powder or paste, for cleaning the teeth.

Leisure: Freedom from time-consuming duties, responsibilities, or activities. Having free time.

Saccharine: Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet. Having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character.

Phonograph: A machine that reproduces sound from a disc.

Profusion: The state of being profuse; abundance. Lavish or unrestrained expense.

Cadence: Balance, rhythmic flow, as of poetry or oratory. The measure or beat of movement, as in dancing or marching. A failing inflection of the voice, as the end of the sentence.

Delinquents: Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.

Gibbering: to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.

Insidious: Intended to entrap or beguile. Stealthily treacherous or deceitful. Operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect.

Strewn: To let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle.

Praetorian: Of or pertaining to a praetor.

Veiled: Covered or concealed by, or as if by. Not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure.

Harlequin: A comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand. Any of various small snakes having bright diamond-pattern scales.

Toil: Hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.

THE TIME OF MY LIFE

I used the time on friday to memorize fully and to the best of my abilities the poem I created for I thought we be reciting it at the end of the period.

THE PEEVED PEDESTRIAN

Ray wrote this after being stop just walking at night. This made him ponder what is normal and what is not. Fahrenheit 451 is about when a society loses its individualism.

Vocab #1

Pantomime: The art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings,etc., by gestures without  speech. A play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves mutely by gestures, often to the accompaniment of music.

Proclivities: Natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition.

Centrifuge: An apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream. 

Odious: Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.

Jargon: Intelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.

Ravenous: Extremely hungry; famished; voracious.

Pallor: Unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death;wanness.

Stagnant: Characterized by lack of development, advancement, or progressive movement.

Flourish: to be in a vigorous state; thrive.

Plateau: A land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.

Rollick: to move or act in a carefree, frolicsome manner; behave in a free,hearty, gay, or jovial way. 

Asylum: An institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.