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          Christopher is one of the most interesting perspectives I have ever read from, he is directed and has a tendency to wander. I find that I have some common trait's with the main character. I can make some good connections to Christopher I like things to make sense and I have a large tendency to create patterns. I think that his perspective was a bold choice for the author and (so far) well done.

Songs and Articles   

    Discrimination is all around us people always judge others by what they hear or see befor getting to even know the person. None do this act more frequently and more harshly than teenagers. In high school people are always being judged and judging other, mainly because that is the way people work to decide what we think we are going to like. Because of this teen's will constantly try to change who they are to not have people single them out, since being an outcast in high school can make it a difficult expirence, especially since some people will point out and make fun of you for those things about you that make you different, this can be because we tend to fear what we don't know. There are many reasons we can dicriminate someone. Religious believes being one of them.

When a physical therapist paid a home visit to ABilly Jones-Hennin after a back operation, one element of the “treatment” harked back to an era he thought he had left behind decades ago.

“He took it upon himself to decide to pray for me,” said Jones-Hennin, 71, a qualitative researcher who identifies as bisexual and has been in a relationship with a man for 35 years. “He wanted to clear the demons out of me and my partner and started doing this ‘hell and damnation’ about homosexuality.”

The Shaw resident lived through the Stonewall era and resides in one of the nation’s most gay-friendly cities. Furious, he ordered the therapist out and complained to the agency that sent him. But older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, including those among the first to come out as a political and social force, are increasingly apprehensive about encountering discrimination as they grow older and more dependent on strangers for care.

Everybody said you better stay in school,

get a real job boy

don't be a fool,

burn that guitar you can never be a star

I can, I can, I can

so

A thousand disbelievers couldn't keep me on the ground,

I've invented a momentum that will never slow me down,

I believe it cause I feel it,

And shout it out loud!

I can, I can, I can

so

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

NA na na na na na 

na na na na na na na 

when my heart on my fist take you by surprise fighter,

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

Ha ha ha

ok ok ok,

Be a movie star,

or rock the main stage.

An Xbox tester or an astronaut in space,

if they tell you that you can't,

you can shove it in their face

I can, I can, I can

so

A hundred thousand disbelievers couldn't keep me on the ground,

I've invented a momentum that will never slow me down,

I believe it cause I feel it,

And shout it out loud!

I can, I can, I can

so

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

NA na na na na na 

na na na na na na na 

when my heart on my fist take you by surprise fighter,

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

Yeah!

(I can do anything)

Never try, never win

never get a break,

you miss 100% of the shots you never took

Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo [X3]

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything! 

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

Never push the limit and don't play with fire!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

NA na na na na na 

na na na na na na na 

when my heart on my fist take you by surprise fighter,

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

NA na na na na na 

na na na na na na na 

Everybody said boy don't go any higher!

uh uh 

Forget that, I can do anything!

Phantom's voice: Insolent boy, this slave of fashion. Basking in your glory. Ignorant fool, this brave young suitor. Sharing in my triumph!

Christine (scared): Angel, I hear you. Speak, I listen. Stay by my side. Guide me. Angel, my soul was weak; forgive me. Enter at last, Master.

Phantom's voice: Flattering child, you shall know me. See why in shadow I hide. Look at your face in the mirror. I am there inside.

Christine: Angel of music, guide and guardian, grant to me your glory. Angel of music, hide no longer. Come to me, strange Angel.

Phantom: I am your Angel of Music. Come to the angel of music...

I am your Angel of Music. Come to the Angel of Music...

Prologue giving the Author's insight
(Romeo & Juliet)

         "Two households, both alike in dignity, (In fair Verona, where we lay are scene) From ancient grudge, break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean, From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventued piteous overthrows Doth with their death-marked love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, naught could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend." The first speech in the entire play, tells you what's going to happened in the play. This was done by William  Shakespeare as a way to make it less confusing to the audience because it's hard to follow at time's since it's different wording, and the audience was usually drunk and illiterate. He also does it at the end because by then the audience is definitely drunk and may have missed something along the way. It's said that this monologue was given from the writer's perspective. To give some insight of the author's true belief's of what all of the play really mean's. What he thought of the families, if it was love or not and his belife's on fate. 

         The first line in the entire play is "Two households, both alike in dignity" which shows that, well these house hate each other they have many similar qualities. The one that is shown the most is their dignity (or pride) and this quality shared between the two is what eventually leads to the event's of the play, because if one of the two house had a little less dignity, they might be a little less proud and then the forbidden romance wouldn't be forbidden. He also seems to think that they are would be fine families, if they could stop the feud "Where civil blood make's civil hands unclean"and return to peace. It's also shown that the author seemed to believe that this feeling of hate is so strong that only their children's death could ever have brought an end to this feud "Which, but their children's end, naught could remove" and nothing else could possible end.

       Love is the most common theme of Romeo and Juliet. Their are many arguments on whether or not it's the greatest tragic love story of all time, there isn't a right answer, since it's all about opinion and how you define the meaning of the story. William, never gave his opinion on the matter, so you can't say for sure what he meant his story to be, but from the prologue and ending monologue it seems he did believe that it was love. He says that it's love in the prologue "star-crossed lovers" and "death-marked love" implying them to be in lover's to the whole audience before the play even begins.

        "Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that ones destiny intertwines with many others. It's the one thing we search for, or fight to change. Some never find it. But there are some who are led (Brave-Merida)" many people don't believe in fate, others do. If their is anything that can truly be said about the concept, is that it's used in stories, alot. Romeo and Juliet is no exception. Their fate is given at the beginning of the play (their fated to die) and comes true in the end, no matter what how they try to change it they still end up in that tomb. It seems that Shakespeare is a true believer in fate, because it's a common theme in all of his plays, but since no one knows his true answer, it could be that he knew that fate make's a story more interesting. If he was only trying to write a good story, then he did a wonderful job, over and over again, if he truly believed in it I hope he was happy with his fate when his life ended.

         If these were his beliefs then he was a truly inspired man. But the only thing we can know for sure is that William Shakespeare is credited for writing Romeo and Juliet and his plays are still enjoyed today by many people, for who ever he was and what ever he believed, he's credited to be he greatest writer in history, were still influenced by it over 400 years later.

                                                         Mid Term    89%-A                      Emma Johnston

         21%- I never miss class that I didn't have a reason for and I always make up work I missed on that day. I can lose focuas from time to time, but I always figure out what I didn't hear from you (Mr Neuf) by asking or reading the blog, I also put off work when I'm not really in the mood, but will get it done for homework and on time.

         23%- I've done all my assignments ( check out my blog and personal page if you don't belive me) and had them handed in on time, to the best I could and will read and try to fix anything in tghe comments.

         23%- I've done all my assignment's well and will take consideration to the comment's (my myre's and briggs on my personal page)

         22%- I always comment vocally during class and answer questions (a bit too much) and will ocassionally comment on other's blogs and personal pages.

Friars P.50-51 Lines 1-30 Act 2 Scene 3

          The sun is coming up, night is done, with it come's earths plants. The earth is where we all end up after we die, but from it also come's are life. Some of the best are the plant, a great thing we get from her. The wonderful thing can't be used for evil, but good is bad when misused and bad good when it acn be dignified. This small flower for instance is a cure and a poision, it can cause pain and joy to anyone, but in the end it will still die.

        This solilquy is important because it point's out that in the end we will all die, returning to the earth which we originally came from and it's done by a Friar. This show that the Frair isn't the most virtues man because this is uncommon amoung holy men since it's diffrent from there belifes. it's important to see this as it shows that he isn't a normal Frair and it's to help the audience understand he's not like other's so that might be why he marrie's the 2 lovers.

       I like it because it hold's one of my belife's about life. in the solilquy he say's "Virtue itself vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime's by action dignified" meaning what you do can be seen as good or bad depending on your reasons for doing so, and I have alway's belived the reason can out way the action dependind on the "Why".

Relations in R&J

  Tybalt's and Romeo have a awful relationship, built on the hate of the feud. Tybalt is unforgiving of Romeo's action's no matter how small they are. At the party Tybalt swears vengeance on Romeo even though they only snuck into the party and didn't cause any trouble intentionally "I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall, Now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall". When the 2 meet face to face for the fight Romeo stand's down, not because he care's about Tybalt but because he had just wed Juliet "Love thee better than thou canst devise Till thou shalt know the reason of my love." And doesn't want to fight him because he is Juliet's cousin. The relationship take a dark turn after Tybalt kill's Mercutio, Romeo's friend, causing Romeo to go after Tybalt killing him.
  A better relationship is the one between Juliet and the nanny. The nanny is more of a mother to Juliet than her actually mother, being that she raised her "thou was thee prettiest babe I ever nursed" the nanny is caring and always want's the best for Juliet even if she disagrees about her decisions.

Paris's view on love

Paris thinks of love as first in foremost a business arrangement. He thinks of it as a way to gain money and benifical to others as well. The emotional part of him will grow overtime after he and Juliet spend a quantity of time together

Interim

   I have never skiped a class, and done my work in class usally, but finished the missing thing's at home so they were all in on time. I am never late and listen to neuf, but will lose consentration from time to time. I have several comment's posted and did  large chunk of the quotes page. I enjoy the class, but the technology does confuse me from time to time. 

   I have don all my work. My favorite assignment has been the tattoo one. I like how I ended it " I am Emma" because "truer words have never been spoken" (Shakesphere) you are you, an obviouse fact, that some people have trouble with. I also like doing the quote page because I love shakesphere's quotes. I can self-regulate but sometime's I stop lisening and "go to cloud nine" when neufs talking, because it's more interesting than neuf. I will figure out what I didn't hear, and do it, once in a while I just ant to think so I will do it at home.   

  Relationship's (poem's)

 Relationships come in many forms, with every person you ever meet, theirs ones with the people you love, the people you hate, sometimes even random people you meet for a split second. Their are also those relationships you have that aren't real, like when you use personification to make doll's talk or when you take someone you've seen or made up to create a vivid fantasy in a world you can control, an example of a poem like that is "to a stranger" where the author make's up this life to share with a person they don't even know. Poems are the author perspective on various topics like relationships, determined through the reader on what it mean's. 

   In Relationships people have problems, some of the hardest relationships are the one teenagers have. Teen's will believe in many relationship's that people don't get them (ex. with parents), or that they are ugly, "how is your heart?" is a poem like that. The author explains the worst time of his life and how he never really had a stable relationship (until the end) with anyone because he's ugly and all relationship's are bad, he how ever is content with it well most teen's always fight to get there way.
   In high school, you throw together a bunch of hormonally unstable teens, so a lot of the time they start dating thinking they can handle sharing a relationship with someone how's love your not entitled to, how's love you have to fight to keep because there not just going to give it to you. People usually take love for granite when it seems entitled. "Unentitled" shows that love is a great thing that we have but we aren't entitled to anyone else's emotion because it's theirs to give and we are just lucky enough to be the recipient of them. We take this for granite because we have it for so long we don't even realize it's there until we lose it, which is why I like the quote "you don't know what you've got till it's gone" because once we lose that love we miss it more than ever and are going to fight to get it back, unless we didn't really care or lost the love over time.
   Teen's don't really know what there doing, so I suggest you wait for collage at least. Because you will have a clearer image on life and how to handle your emotion's, thus how to handle your relationships because all important relation's your going to have your going to add some emotional attachment to so they become part of you a part you want forever or a part you want to forget, well that depends on the relationship.

Teen's

Teen's

             

           It is hard to be a teenager. I am different, I think to most stand out teenager's. I don't like it when people talk to me during class, I don't overly care what people think of me as long as they don't bug me, I am not that social, and I don't have a lot of close friend's, And I don't really mind all that much. My dad is more like me than my mom, I find them very fair (when I think about it) but I am a hard person to understand. I enjoy school, though I prefer to sleep in and to go to my acting classes it is fun but hard at times. I enjoy doing regular English classes and I am not the best at this computer stuff (sorry) but I am willing (kind of) to learn what I can and enjoy this next few years, because there is no way to get out of them, and if that isn't fair to this generation..... sorry but life isn't fair, you just have to try to shape it the best you can with the life you are given and try to help those how are struggling to come to term's with the fact and there life. 

The knife

The knife

            It was always seen inside the lantern, by others I mean, I was the only one who ever saw it out. Well, the only one however saw it out and could still tell the tale! I am Jonathan,  you can call my whatever you like, It doesn't matter now, I belong to her. I should probably get to the story now? Yeah, I thought so to. It was October and I was out for a walk in the cool autumn weather when I saw her, she was getting a pumpkin from in front of her house and starting to cut it free from the vine when she saw me. She looked up and smiled then raised her arm "Shwing" the pumpkin cam free and rolled over to me. I stopped and picked it up and started to carry it up to her, "Here" I said "this rolled down the hill" she looked up and smiled she had a nice smile, and very pretty warm eyes, at least they looked warm to me “Thank you" She said " I am carving this tonight, would you like to join me" I looked down at the knife "I'll have to ask, but O.K. I guess" "Oh" she said "you'll get permission," then she traced her eyes all over me and smiled "See you at 8".

 

         I got permission, which was weird. My parents didn't even ask who she was they just said "Yes" I am, unfortunately slow, to slow to see anything wrong with a pretty girl asking me to carve a pumpkin with her, a pretty girl with a big knife. I went to her house at 8 and noticed that there were no other pumpkins in the big square field behind her house, I turned to knock and she was just leaning on the door frame "Hi" she said "Hi" I said "why is there only 1 pumpkin in your field?" "Because I only need 1 to tell me the time" "To tell you it's autumn?" "No" then she turned inside and I followed

 

         She took me to a kitchen and inside there was the pumpkin, the knife and A lantern. "What's with the lantern?" I asked. She smiled "It holds the knife" she then turned and smiled "What bleed's dies" "What" now I finally realized that it was stupid to go alone with a girl to here house, especially when she has a big knife. I turned to leave but something caught my waist and pulled me in to a chair." It's that time of the year" she said picking up the knife "when we choose who lives or what lives and dies, will it finally be the pumpkin or once again will it be the boy" She raised the knife to the pumpkin and the pumpkin started to glow, "Let find out shall we" she raised the knife and swung at the pumpkin. Out came red blood. "Finally" she said " it's the boy" "What" I said she turned and smiled "you are mine" Then she brought something out of her pocket, a syringe, and all I had time to notice was ""I am tided in vines"" then she struck.

 

          That was a long time ago. I have lived in this house ever since, she said I won't age as long as I don't leave. I wish I could. but whatever she did to me when I was sleeping left my legs immobile and my arms to weak for many thing's. She keeps me alive, as long as when that 1 pumpkin grows outside in her backyard it bleeds, so I don't.