Sloppy Love Jingle, Pt. 1
By: Travis McCoy
Bartender!
"Yeah I hear your wise ass, give me a minute."
I'm trying to get this round over here.
"What do you think I'm just working for you here?"
Actually, will you, will you send a drink, to the lady at the end of the bar? Yeah that one right there.
"Here you are man."
Yeah, yeah. It's on me. Tell her it's from Travie.
"It's from this guy over here."
From the second she shimmied in
I was intrigued by her essence
And my first instincts to make sure that my presence was felt
Simple and plain
I'm probably jumping the train
But all I could see was my name engraved on her belt
Hit the pause button
Damn!
I don't even know this girl
And I'm already practicing my sweet-nothins
But that's a classic trait of a soft-spoken, heart-broken, fellow like my self best believe (pussy)
I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve
But that night the Jagermeister had my sleeves rolled up
Wait a minute, hold up
I think she caught me grillin' now I'm spillin' my drink (don't look don't look)
I knew our feelings were in sync so now she gave me the wink
The only problem is, I'm not your ordinary, average Romeo
A Cyrano de Bergerac (shut the fuck up)
In fact, I remember back in fifth grade
I tried to read the book of love, but sadly
The introduction didn't grab me
So I left it on the shelf and kept moving
Assuming that this planet rotates
I'll just procrastinate until the day I bump into my soulmate
Who would've thunk I would be pissy ass drunk when time came for collision
So I made the decision to just keep my composure (cool cool)
Until she started getting closer
And then I felt this weird feeling underneath my left shoulder, and then I
Slipped, tripped, busted my lip and fell in love
The minute that she stepped in the door
The type of girl I'd have to make a couple mix tapes for
To me she equaled MC squared and everything else was mathematics
I never took the time to practice
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
SHAKESPEARE
The relationship between Beatrice and Benedick is a very entertaining. Seeing how they both absolutely “despise” each other in the beginning of the play, and then dramatically changing their opinions into an extreme case of love gives quite a plot scheme. Beatrice is not the kind of women who takes crap off of anybody especially a man. She is strong willed and very intelligent, giving her a heads up on any man who unknowingly challenges her. It is revealed that before the time of the play, Beatrice and Benedick married for no more than a weeks time. There is always a lot of tension within the group whenever the two are together. Benedick knows that in a straight up argument, he will eventually lose to the wit of Beatrice’s words, so Benedick always tries to end the lexicon by walking away from her, which annoys here even more.
I like Benedick because he is a little cocky and stubborn about who and what he is. But I like the way he caries himself. Because even though he is always thinking very highly of himself, he has much humor to whatever he says. Even when he is alone, he seems to be trying to make himself laugh, which I can relate to because everything must be entertaining in order for me to stay focused. Also, the relationship is very funny because thy act like kids in 4th grade because of how they argue. The movie also depicts the scene where they find out about the other one loving the other very differently. In the actual play, it seems as if it was very cal m when each heard the news. But in the movie, they both were like “hi” or something. I mean Benedick was playing in a fountain while she was singing and swinging on a swing-set.
Benedick is one of my favorite characters in the play. He is very entertaining and also very smart which is always a plus.
I like Benedick because he is a little cocky and stubborn about who and what he is. But I like the way he caries himself. Because even though he is always thinking very highly of himself, he has much humor to whatever he says. Even when he is alone, he seems to be trying to make himself laugh, which I can relate to because everything must be entertaining in order for me to stay focused. Also, the relationship is very funny because thy act like kids in 4th grade because of how they argue. The movie also depicts the scene where they find out about the other one loving the other very differently. In the actual play, it seems as if it was very cal m when each heard the news. But in the movie, they both were like “hi” or something. I mean Benedick was playing in a fountain while she was singing and swinging on a swing-set.
Benedick is one of my favorite characters in the play. He is very entertaining and also very smart which is always a plus.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
POEM OF THE DIA
i carry your heart with me by E. E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
Shake 'n' bake Shakespeare
My previous experiences with William Shakespeare have been phenomonal. As you already know, I read Hamlet in the fall of 2007, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Upon my reading of Hamlet, I discovered something about myself. I love Shakespeare. He has a really, really, really attractive first name. Furthermore, understanding Ye Olde Englishe comes very naturally to my intellect. The lexicons within Shakespeare’s plays are entirely reminiscent of those within my own, personal play, The Tragedy of William Ye Hadley Bixby. I feel like the merchant in the Merchant of Venice because everybody only sees him as a Jew. I am not a Jew. However, people see nothing more of me than dashing good looks and a spectacular physique. But, after having read the ending to the Merchant of Venice, I found out that the things that people say or think about you are not the most important aspect of life. Shakespeare helped me mature into the dangerously good-looking and classy young man that I am today. He shaped the bildungsroman of my life. Not only as he influenced my life, he has influenced that lives of other writers throughout the ages. I love Shakespeare, and I am looking forward to participating in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of a class.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
COAD-F
In “Chronicle of a Death Foretold”, the murder of Santiago Nasar occurs due to many people not doing what should have been done. Because the novel begins with Pablo and Pedro Vicario having already committed the murder of Santiago, the author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, must have another idea in mind. The novel focuses on what people could have done to prevent the murder, and also what people thought while doing nothing.
There are many characters in the novel that could have influenced the outcome of Santiago, but they did not have much momentum to stop it. Victoria Guzman is one of them. She was the cook in Santiago Nasar’s home. When Victoria was a teenager, she had had an affair with Santiago’s father causing a slight hatred of the family. Also, Victoria has a daughter named Divina Flor. Santiago is very sexual with her but in an inappropriate manner. Santiago believes that because Divina is poor and works for him, that he can do anything he wants with her. Having these two as enemies was not the greatest idea for Santiago. Later on in the novel, we find out that Divina and Victoria both new that Santiago was going to be murdered but they chose not to say anything. Showing the reasons that they had not said anything because, “hadn’t said anything to Santiago Nasar because in the depths of her heart she wanted them to kill him. Divina on the other hand, didn’t warn him because she was nothing but frightened child at the time.”
Clothilde Armenta is the owner and proprietress of the “milk shop” in which the Vicarios brothers are before they go out to kill Santiago. Clothilde gives the boys more alcohol than they probably need, trying to prevent them from been physically able o walk out of the shop to find Santiago. Also, she took their knives away from them thinking it would stop them. But the brothers return home to get different sharpened knives. This attempt by Clothilde obviously fails.
Two others fail in warning Santiago about the attempt to murder him, but these are for slightly less excusable reasons. Father Amador is told to warn Santiago but he forgets to do so because of no real reason at all. Colonel Lazaro Aponte forgets to do the same as Father Amador, but not only does he forget, he does not tell him because he became distracted with the games of dominoes he had been previously in. Many people in the novel had the full opportunity to save Santiago’s life but it does not seem as if they wanted to. After reading the novel, it does not seem as if many of the characters really liked Santiago besides his sister, Margot.
Honor is a key fact in the novel because it is pretty much the reason for Santiago’s death. Angela Vicario was a dishonorable bride because of the fact that she was not a virgin. When Pablo and Pedro received word of this, they commanded her to tell her who was the man. She soon after replied, “Santiago Nasar,” and that was it. Realizing that they must kill Santiago in order to restore their family’s honor, they quickly find knives in order to do so. Prudencia Cotes, Pedro’s fiancé, said about the murder, “I knew what they were up to…and I didn’t only agree, I never would have married him if he hadn’t done what a man should do.” This shows the value of honor within the Columbian culture. Even the priest agreed that the two brothers were innocent before god and before men because it was a matter of honor, which applies before all else.
There are many characters in the novel that could have influenced the outcome of Santiago, but they did not have much momentum to stop it. Victoria Guzman is one of them. She was the cook in Santiago Nasar’s home. When Victoria was a teenager, she had had an affair with Santiago’s father causing a slight hatred of the family. Also, Victoria has a daughter named Divina Flor. Santiago is very sexual with her but in an inappropriate manner. Santiago believes that because Divina is poor and works for him, that he can do anything he wants with her. Having these two as enemies was not the greatest idea for Santiago. Later on in the novel, we find out that Divina and Victoria both new that Santiago was going to be murdered but they chose not to say anything. Showing the reasons that they had not said anything because, “hadn’t said anything to Santiago Nasar because in the depths of her heart she wanted them to kill him. Divina on the other hand, didn’t warn him because she was nothing but frightened child at the time.”
Clothilde Armenta is the owner and proprietress of the “milk shop” in which the Vicarios brothers are before they go out to kill Santiago. Clothilde gives the boys more alcohol than they probably need, trying to prevent them from been physically able o walk out of the shop to find Santiago. Also, she took their knives away from them thinking it would stop them. But the brothers return home to get different sharpened knives. This attempt by Clothilde obviously fails.
Two others fail in warning Santiago about the attempt to murder him, but these are for slightly less excusable reasons. Father Amador is told to warn Santiago but he forgets to do so because of no real reason at all. Colonel Lazaro Aponte forgets to do the same as Father Amador, but not only does he forget, he does not tell him because he became distracted with the games of dominoes he had been previously in. Many people in the novel had the full opportunity to save Santiago’s life but it does not seem as if they wanted to. After reading the novel, it does not seem as if many of the characters really liked Santiago besides his sister, Margot.
Honor is a key fact in the novel because it is pretty much the reason for Santiago’s death. Angela Vicario was a dishonorable bride because of the fact that she was not a virgin. When Pablo and Pedro received word of this, they commanded her to tell her who was the man. She soon after replied, “Santiago Nasar,” and that was it. Realizing that they must kill Santiago in order to restore their family’s honor, they quickly find knives in order to do so. Prudencia Cotes, Pedro’s fiancé, said about the murder, “I knew what they were up to…and I didn’t only agree, I never would have married him if he hadn’t done what a man should do.” This shows the value of honor within the Columbian culture. Even the priest agreed that the two brothers were innocent before god and before men because it was a matter of honor, which applies before all else.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Igbo Tribe
Culture/History
The protagonist in Things Fall Apart, Okonwko, is a member of the Igbo tribe. The Igbo tribe, or called Ibo tribe, is located in Southeastern Nigeria with a population of eight million. Their land is divided into two unequal parts; the larger eastern region, and the western region. Though it may seem like a division of the tribe, it is actually an easy source of communication between distant villages.
The first contact between Igboland and Europe, started with the Portuguese in the mid-fifteenth century. Soon after, the Dutch and the English soon found Igboland. These three countries began to take the Igbo people as slaves and then used them in the slave trades. Eventually in 1807, slave trade was abolished, so Igboland became important, not for the people, but because of the goods that could be taken from it. Elephant tusks, spices, timbers, and palm products all became massively popular within the trade across Europe.
In 1929, due to the rumor that Igbo women would receive assessed taxation the Aba riots began. It was a short-lived riot, the first in Igbo history. But the power of the imperials could not be stopped, leaving Igboland changed forever.
Art
Because of the diversity and size of the Igbo tribe, it is very difficult to pick one main style of art used by all. It is however, very common to carve and decorate masks, but the reasons of use for these masks vary from village to village. Because there are so many variations of Igbo art, it is nearly impossible to say which village created certain pieces of art. But the majority of the tribes create pottery, small statues representing the gods or deceased ancestors. Also, much jewelry was made by the Igbo people, mainly spiral shaped bracelets and necklaces.
Religion
With the same reasons as for art, it is not possible to choose one religious belief by the tribe as a whole due to the hundreds of different dialects used by the villages. Before the Christian missions and Europeans came to influence religion, the majority of Igbo villages focused on praising their ancestry. Many believed that in order to succeed in life, they must thank the ones who have come before them. Also, most villages had some sort of Mmo, which is a secret organization for men that allowed them to please the spirits in many unknown ways.
One view of the Igbo is the belief that Chukwu created the visible universe, uwa. Also, that the universe is divided into two parts; the natural level, or human world, and the spiritual world, like the sun, sky, and earth. Through taboos, the Igbo create a category of relations with nature and specific animals, such as pythons, crocodiles, tigers, turtles/tortoises, and fish.
The living, the dead, and the unborn form part of a continuum. Enshrined ancestors are those who lived good lives and were given a proper burial by the village. These ancestors live in one of the worlds of the dead that mirrors the world of the living. The living also pays amends to their dead relatives by offering sacrifices, (usually animals).
http://www.stfrancis.edu/en/student/achebe/chinua/igbo.htm
http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Igbo-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html
The protagonist in Things Fall Apart, Okonwko, is a member of the Igbo tribe. The Igbo tribe, or called Ibo tribe, is located in Southeastern Nigeria with a population of eight million. Their land is divided into two unequal parts; the larger eastern region, and the western region. Though it may seem like a division of the tribe, it is actually an easy source of communication between distant villages.
The first contact between Igboland and Europe, started with the Portuguese in the mid-fifteenth century. Soon after, the Dutch and the English soon found Igboland. These three countries began to take the Igbo people as slaves and then used them in the slave trades. Eventually in 1807, slave trade was abolished, so Igboland became important, not for the people, but because of the goods that could be taken from it. Elephant tusks, spices, timbers, and palm products all became massively popular within the trade across Europe.
In 1929, due to the rumor that Igbo women would receive assessed taxation the Aba riots began. It was a short-lived riot, the first in Igbo history. But the power of the imperials could not be stopped, leaving Igboland changed forever.
Art
Because of the diversity and size of the Igbo tribe, it is very difficult to pick one main style of art used by all. It is however, very common to carve and decorate masks, but the reasons of use for these masks vary from village to village. Because there are so many variations of Igbo art, it is nearly impossible to say which village created certain pieces of art. But the majority of the tribes create pottery, small statues representing the gods or deceased ancestors. Also, much jewelry was made by the Igbo people, mainly spiral shaped bracelets and necklaces.
Religion
With the same reasons as for art, it is not possible to choose one religious belief by the tribe as a whole due to the hundreds of different dialects used by the villages. Before the Christian missions and Europeans came to influence religion, the majority of Igbo villages focused on praising their ancestry. Many believed that in order to succeed in life, they must thank the ones who have come before them. Also, most villages had some sort of Mmo, which is a secret organization for men that allowed them to please the spirits in many unknown ways.
One view of the Igbo is the belief that Chukwu created the visible universe, uwa. Also, that the universe is divided into two parts; the natural level, or human world, and the spiritual world, like the sun, sky, and earth. Through taboos, the Igbo create a category of relations with nature and specific animals, such as pythons, crocodiles, tigers, turtles/tortoises, and fish.
The living, the dead, and the unborn form part of a continuum. Enshrined ancestors are those who lived good lives and were given a proper burial by the village. These ancestors live in one of the worlds of the dead that mirrors the world of the living. The living also pays amends to their dead relatives by offering sacrifices, (usually animals).
http://www.stfrancis.edu/en/student/achebe/chinua/igbo.htm
http://www.everyculture.com/Africa-Middle-East/Igbo-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html
Monday, November 5, 2007
The Metamorphosis
I agree, but not fully, with expert # 2. In Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”, Gregor Samsa is a man who lives with his parents and his sister. He is the main provider for the family. Gregor is working for a man, which whom his parents have a large debt owed to. Gregor is forced to work in a job that he has absolutely despised ever since the beginning. I do not believe that Gregor has like much about his life ever since his family needed help with their debt. Also, no one else, in the beginning of the story anyway, has an actual job. It seems as if Gregor is the only one trying to help with the debts, everyone else just gets on his case about it when they are doing nothing themselves. Gregor says while still in bed, “If I didn’t have to hold my had because of my parents I’d have given notice ling ago, I’d have hone to the chief and told him exactly what I think of him. That would knock him endways from his desk!” (Page 69) He is very un-happy because he sees the job and his family as a burden. Gregor wishes that he could just live his life for himself.
I do agree with expert # 2 on the fact that there is a vision of a vermin-like, cringing, abject and worthless person in this story. Not from Gregor’s point of view to his father and chief, but rather everyone else’s vision of Gregor. As noticed in the first part of the story, while Gregor is still behind the closed door, everyone can understand the short “yes” or “no” answers that they are being given, but after seeing Gregor, they can no longer understand anything he says. This view does begin to take control of Gregor. He begins to act more and more like an insect everyday. When receiving a meal, “Gregor’s legs all whizzed towards the food.” Also, “…the fresh food, in the other hand, had no charms for him.” (Page 91-92) Gregor is losing control of how his body and mind work, being slowly transformed into the vision seen by everyone he knows best.
Gregor slowly became a vermin to his family. As the time goes by, his family sees him less and less as “Gregor,” and more and more as a pest in the next room. Many of the views from one another in “The Metamorphosis”, reflect the views that Kafka believed his father had towards him. “This made him realize how repulsive the sight of him still was to her, and that it was bound to go on being repulsive, and what an effort it must cost her not to run away even from the sight…” (Page 99) This previous quote sounds exactly like Kafka’s “Letters to Father”, in which Kafka wrote as if his father were saying it to him. It sounded a lot alike the way Gregor thought of himself. Also, there seems to be a trend about Gregor and his father, in a way that if one is feeling good, then the other must be feeling bad, they never seem to both be happy. It seems to flip-flop in the story several times.
At the end of the short story, after the family has gotten word of Gregor’s death, they seem to be much better off. SOMEHOW, each member of the family now held what seem to be very steady jobs. Which does not explain why they did not have them earlier in the story. Also, they seem to not be worrying about the debt any longer and apparently are doing very well financially. After his death, the family seems to act as if they had a huge burden relieved from their shoulders because he was gone. But it seems a little ironic/hypocritical because Gregor felt that they were each a burden to him while he was the one supporting them. His sister soon after becomes much happier with a lot more energy along with the parents. Expert 2 was correct that those were views in the book, but was incorrect on whom they were to.
Just something cool....
In the fable “Metamorphosis”, by Edwin H. Friedman, also follows the same direction as Kafka’s story. The fable it begins with the lines, “One morning Mrs. K. awoke and found that her husband had been transformed into a caterpillar.” Which is very similar to the introducing sentence of Kafka. In the fable, the man’s wife tries to take care of her “caterpillar husband.” When realizing where her husband was, she went over to touch him. But as soon as she became close, he curled into a spiral. Trying to calm him down she talks to him for several hours without any responses. Seeing that he cannot/will not talk nor move to her, she grabs a shoe box and fills it with grass and leaves, trying to interest him into moving. But he will not, the caterpillar just stays as stiff as he can. Mrs. K. knows that he is able to move because whenever she leaves that room for any amount of time, the caterpillar is in a different spot than before. The entire time she just thinks (to herself) about how it will not be much of a difference without him because she always did everything anyway and it did not seem as if she’d miss him. After staying with the caterpillar for months she decided that she would be able to leave him in the box in the closet while she visits a friend. Forgetting about her husband completely while she was away. Even after coming back she forgot to look in the closet. After a few days she remembered and when she looked in the box and he was gone. There was no evidence of him anywhere. After searching everywhere she gave up. But, suddenly the front door swung open, and there stood her husband in the flesh. After embracing her as he did in their earlier years of marriage he said, “My God…where have you been? I thought I’d lost you.”
This does have the same sort of idea that Kafka’s story did. Because as soon as people forget who the person is, it was as if they became a completely different “person.” Everyone in his family saw Gregor as vermin, which is what he became. And in Mr. K’s case, he was as important to his wife as a caterpillar. But as soon as they were forgotten, such as Gregor’s family believing that the insect was not actually Gregor and Mrs. K forgetting that her husband was more than a caterpillar, the thing that represented them disappeared.
(1,117)
I do agree with expert # 2 on the fact that there is a vision of a vermin-like, cringing, abject and worthless person in this story. Not from Gregor’s point of view to his father and chief, but rather everyone else’s vision of Gregor. As noticed in the first part of the story, while Gregor is still behind the closed door, everyone can understand the short “yes” or “no” answers that they are being given, but after seeing Gregor, they can no longer understand anything he says. This view does begin to take control of Gregor. He begins to act more and more like an insect everyday. When receiving a meal, “Gregor’s legs all whizzed towards the food.” Also, “…the fresh food, in the other hand, had no charms for him.” (Page 91-92) Gregor is losing control of how his body and mind work, being slowly transformed into the vision seen by everyone he knows best.
Gregor slowly became a vermin to his family. As the time goes by, his family sees him less and less as “Gregor,” and more and more as a pest in the next room. Many of the views from one another in “The Metamorphosis”, reflect the views that Kafka believed his father had towards him. “This made him realize how repulsive the sight of him still was to her, and that it was bound to go on being repulsive, and what an effort it must cost her not to run away even from the sight…” (Page 99) This previous quote sounds exactly like Kafka’s “Letters to Father”, in which Kafka wrote as if his father were saying it to him. It sounded a lot alike the way Gregor thought of himself. Also, there seems to be a trend about Gregor and his father, in a way that if one is feeling good, then the other must be feeling bad, they never seem to both be happy. It seems to flip-flop in the story several times.
At the end of the short story, after the family has gotten word of Gregor’s death, they seem to be much better off. SOMEHOW, each member of the family now held what seem to be very steady jobs. Which does not explain why they did not have them earlier in the story. Also, they seem to not be worrying about the debt any longer and apparently are doing very well financially. After his death, the family seems to act as if they had a huge burden relieved from their shoulders because he was gone. But it seems a little ironic/hypocritical because Gregor felt that they were each a burden to him while he was the one supporting them. His sister soon after becomes much happier with a lot more energy along with the parents. Expert 2 was correct that those were views in the book, but was incorrect on whom they were to.
Just something cool....
In the fable “Metamorphosis”, by Edwin H. Friedman, also follows the same direction as Kafka’s story. The fable it begins with the lines, “One morning Mrs. K. awoke and found that her husband had been transformed into a caterpillar.” Which is very similar to the introducing sentence of Kafka. In the fable, the man’s wife tries to take care of her “caterpillar husband.” When realizing where her husband was, she went over to touch him. But as soon as she became close, he curled into a spiral. Trying to calm him down she talks to him for several hours without any responses. Seeing that he cannot/will not talk nor move to her, she grabs a shoe box and fills it with grass and leaves, trying to interest him into moving. But he will not, the caterpillar just stays as stiff as he can. Mrs. K. knows that he is able to move because whenever she leaves that room for any amount of time, the caterpillar is in a different spot than before. The entire time she just thinks (to herself) about how it will not be much of a difference without him because she always did everything anyway and it did not seem as if she’d miss him. After staying with the caterpillar for months she decided that she would be able to leave him in the box in the closet while she visits a friend. Forgetting about her husband completely while she was away. Even after coming back she forgot to look in the closet. After a few days she remembered and when she looked in the box and he was gone. There was no evidence of him anywhere. After searching everywhere she gave up. But, suddenly the front door swung open, and there stood her husband in the flesh. After embracing her as he did in their earlier years of marriage he said, “My God…where have you been? I thought I’d lost you.”
This does have the same sort of idea that Kafka’s story did. Because as soon as people forget who the person is, it was as if they became a completely different “person.” Everyone in his family saw Gregor as vermin, which is what he became. And in Mr. K’s case, he was as important to his wife as a caterpillar. But as soon as they were forgotten, such as Gregor’s family believing that the insect was not actually Gregor and Mrs. K forgetting that her husband was more than a caterpillar, the thing that represented them disappeared.
(1,117)
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