Our Future

An interesting concept, the future. Did you know that what makes human unique is that we think about our future? No other animals do. So what do I think will happen in our future? I think we'll be more technologically advanced and we'll look at the technology of 2011 and laugh at it.  Can you imagine hundreds of years ago when they listened to live music and someone said that they could take that sound and put it in a metal disk and they could here the performance over and over again. The people in the crowd would probably laugh and say that it would make no sense to make something like that. No, they would say, the future would have horses that could run faster, houses that stand better, medicine that works better. Some of those things have happened, but they probably predicted the advancement of things they had. We think of better computers and better cars and better weapons. Who says the thinks we use now will have any relation to the things they use in the future?

My favorie Picture

 

 http://www.theamericanteenager.com/#/teenagers/ for better quality picture and interview with him. I saw this picture in a book called It's Complicated; the American Teenager which is an photography book with short interviews with each kid's picture. Some of the things these kids say are extremely sad and depressing. This one kid, 18 years old, was raped three times and her first memory was of her mother shoving a heroin needle in her arm as a reminder to pick up her mess.   

The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Goery

 

A is for Amy who fell down the stairs

B is for Basil assaulted by bears.

C is for Clara who wasted away.

D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh.

E is for Ernest who choked on a peach.

F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.

G is for George smothered under a rug.

H is for Hector done in by a thug

I is for Ida who drowned in a lake.

J is for James who took lye by mistake

K is for Kate who was struck with an axe.

L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks.

M is for Maud who was swept out to sea.

N is for Neville who died of ennui

O is for Olive run through with an awl

P is for Prue trampled flat in a brawl.

Q is for Quentin who sank on a mire.

R is for Rhoda consumed by a fire.

S is for Susan who perished of fits.

T is for Titus who flew into bits

U is for Una who slipped down a drain.

V is for Victor squashed under a train

W is for Winnie embedded in ice

X is for Xerxes devoured by mice

Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in

Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin

More Books Please!

Recommendations Please! Comment your favorite book and author! I'm always looking for something else to read and if you liked it I probably will too. Thank you!

Book Review

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

   I read this book for English class because my teacher specified that we needed to read a book written by a African-American author. I took a long time browsing through that section of the public library looking for a book that wasn't about hate crimes, racism or slavery. This is what I found.
   To put it simply, it was a good book. To say it in more words, it was thought provoking, somewhat disturbing and kind of addicting. The characters are almost too real, and while you may not especially like them, their very believable. The issues faced in this novel are in no way mainstream. The only complaint I have concerning this novel, is that some questions are never answered. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, it keeps one of the characters cloaked in mystery, which fits his personality. Another element in the story that doesn't quiet fit is the main character's popularity with the females, even though he was never popular before the novel started according to the introduction.
Recommendation: It's not for the faint of heart, but if you can handle it, I would recommend it very strongly.  The ending doesn't disappoint.      

Favorite Books and Authors

My favorite book right now is Last Night  I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz.
Favorite science fiction author is Orson Scott Card. Good books by him are;
Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
Songmaster
Pastwatch
Memory of Earth
Hatrack River
Maps in a Mirror
A good fantasy author is Mercedes Lackey. 
http://www.mercedeslackey.com/
My favorite thriller writer is Iris Johansan.
The play I enjoy best was Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
My guilty pleasure reading is the Mercy Thomson series by Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews.

What reading is to me

Anyone who's ever been in a class with me knows that I read, probably more than what's good for me. I read about a book a day, depending on the book. Last year I read 409 books, everything from biographies to fantasies. I read a variety of genres: Sci-Fi, fantasy, teen-fiction, thrillers, plays and everything in between. To me, reading is an addiction. I come home from school, read manga on the computer, get kicked off, go upstairs and read. I finish one book, put it away, think about it, then pick up another one and start it.
          I read in class, something that's gotten me in trouble more times than I can count. I just can't help it. If I'm bored, I get this feeling that can only be satisfied by picking up a book and escaping into it. When I don't have a book with me in my book bag, something I did on purpose so that I'd interact with people more, I feel empty and edgy. It kind of scares me sometimes.
         Books also affect my mood. If I'm reading a good book, I'm bubbly and energetic and impatient to keep reading. If the book is even slightly sad, it puts me in a slump for a few hours after I finish reading. I also cry extremely easily. If I really like the character and they feel sad, I find myself sobbing along with them.
      Books are kind of like my life. I love them more than any other item I own.