I don't know if anyone else has ever read Crime and Punishment, but whoa...mind flip. The thing that worries me most about this book is that I actually understand Raskolnikov. It's weird, but when he tells Sonia why he killed the old woman, I understood exactly what he was saying. Does that mean something's wrong with me? I hope not. Raskolnikov is one of the most human characters I have ever read about. He isn't completely flat or completely predictable like other characters in books I've read. For some reason I connect with Raskolnikov pretty well...is that weird? I still haven't finished the book, but I'm pretty close and because I've read the stupid Intro I know the gist of what happens.
You know, I read somewhere that Dostoyevsky generally gets two responses, either you hate his works or you love them. I think I'm loving them.
By the way, I find Razumikhin hilarious, what with him shouting at someone to go to hell one second and then turning around and saying that your his best friend/great guy/bestest buddy to almost everyone. He's so weird, but in a good way.
P.S. Am I the only one who puts two spaces between the period and the next word when starting a new sentence? 'Cause everyone else I know only puts one space after the period...just wondering if I was taught differently...because it wouldn't be the first time.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Oh Goodness...
It didn't snow yesterday! *fistpump* And the roads were semi-clear! *fist pump* and I'm abusing the fist pump! *exclamation point*
So yeah, mom and I went to Butler yesterday. The mall was the most crowded I have ever seen it! All of the holiday shopping stands were up and people were everywhere. And with tons of people you have to have tons of slow people mixed in, so most of the crowd was just shuffling along at a snail's pace. I got a delicious pretzel (those things are frikkin' amazing) and mom got books and stuff since it's the only bookstore near us that still has recent books and hasn't been shut down yet. Santa was there, too along with the mini train ride around his Christmas mountain. There was a huge snow pile in the parking lot that was bigger than Santa's mountain...it looked like it would be so fun to climb...but I held back. Poor Santa had to deal with crying and grumpy children. It was fun to watch. We then went to Sam's Club to mooch off of the Free Sample people. I was this close to grabbing a dolphin PillowPet and running (they're soooo soft!). After that delicious adventure we went to eat some real food at Ol' Country Buffet. I did some completely accurate math on how long it would take to get to the movie theater in the mall (11 minutes) and woudln't you know? In 11 minutes we got there! I also found a penny.
It was really dark by the time we got home, and we were really tired, and I didn't get to see Mr. Anderson, but it was fun and well worth the a**holes who wouldn't turn down their brights. :)
So yeah, mom and I went to Butler yesterday. The mall was the most crowded I have ever seen it! All of the holiday shopping stands were up and people were everywhere. And with tons of people you have to have tons of slow people mixed in, so most of the crowd was just shuffling along at a snail's pace. I got a delicious pretzel (those things are frikkin' amazing) and mom got books and stuff since it's the only bookstore near us that still has recent books and hasn't been shut down yet. Santa was there, too along with the mini train ride around his Christmas mountain. There was a huge snow pile in the parking lot that was bigger than Santa's mountain...it looked like it would be so fun to climb...but I held back. Poor Santa had to deal with crying and grumpy children. It was fun to watch. We then went to Sam's Club to mooch off of the Free Sample people. I was this close to grabbing a dolphin PillowPet and running (they're soooo soft!). After that delicious adventure we went to eat some real food at Ol' Country Buffet. I did some completely accurate math on how long it would take to get to the movie theater in the mall (11 minutes) and woudln't you know? In 11 minutes we got there! I also found a penny.
It was really dark by the time we got home, and we were really tired, and I didn't get to see Mr. Anderson, but it was fun and well worth the a**holes who wouldn't turn down their brights. :)
Saturday, December 4, 2010
12-2-10
The day started out like any other day, I got up, read some stuff, had to run through the snow to catch the bus, normal things. A track away from my normal routine was my Orthodontist appointment near the end of 4th period in which I would have to get on the brace express to drive me to Clarion and then come back to school. When I went to sign out in the office a terrible ringing was sounding, I didn't really know what it was and I was in a hurry so I put it out of my mind and left the school.
I came back about ten minutes before 5th period was going to end, so I was taking my time going to Chem. When I was a couple doors down from the Chem room I see the Chem teacher, Mrs. Albright, rush out of the room crying. I thought maybe somebody in my class did something horrible to her (it's her first year and it's obvious some students don't respect her). So I ran up to her and asked her What's wrong, did someone do something? She just shook her head and pointed to Jordan who was just coming out the room behind her. Jordan was crying too. When i asked her what was wrong she said, "There was an accident. Logan's dead. Logan Daugherty's dead." My first thought was car crash because the weather was bad and snow was everywhere. And then disbelief settled in.
Apparently there was an announcement on the intercom for all teachers to check their e-mail. The students thought that meant we were getting out early so they were happy. And then Mrs. Albright started crying. And then she told them. We went to the library where they had already started counseling. Pretty much all of our grade was down there, more than half of us crying or just looking plain lost. They told us that we could go home if we didn't think we could make it through the rest of the day. They didn't tell us how he died, they said they didn't know yet.
I saw a lot of people cry that day, people I thought I would never see anything other than their usual faces. I'm a sympathetic crier. I cry when I see other people cry. It was a very bad day. We found out later, after tons of rumors floating around about what had happened (maybe he slipped on the ice and cracked his head? Maybe he was sick, I mean he said he wasn't feeling well before? And then the hushed whisper of suicide was floating through the air). Most of us students didn't find out what really happened until Jordan Whitmer and Jake came back from his house. I was with Taylor when we ran into them in the hall. Logan Daugherty had committed suicide with a gun in his basement at midnight. There was a note but it was given to the police. This, of course, made everyone wonder WHY? I won't ever know for sure, maybe he was too stressed. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he was angry. I don't know.
Half of our class didn't show up the next day and nothing was done. Mr. Warner was quiet and at the end of the class he told us that we were like family to him and he loved us as a family. He looked ready to break in SSR the day before. He must have felt guilty because he and Logan always bantered back and forth with a little teasing thrown in here and there. The funeral is on Monday. I'm going to try to go if I can, but I might not. If I can't then I guess I'm going to have to hold down the fort.
Logan, you always made everyone laugh, intentionally or not, and you were the bright light of History class. You were our DJ, our man somehow broke the quiet to make us laugh. You were the King of Dance and the kid who could never quite put what he was thinking into words. You were an awesome friend Logan. I just wish you would have let someone help you. See ya Logan, I'm sure you won't be forgotten, and I'm not too sure I won't look around sometime in school and wonder, "I wonder where Logan is. Is he sick?" And then I'll remember and think about what could have been.
Goodbye.
I came back about ten minutes before 5th period was going to end, so I was taking my time going to Chem. When I was a couple doors down from the Chem room I see the Chem teacher, Mrs. Albright, rush out of the room crying. I thought maybe somebody in my class did something horrible to her (it's her first year and it's obvious some students don't respect her). So I ran up to her and asked her What's wrong, did someone do something? She just shook her head and pointed to Jordan who was just coming out the room behind her. Jordan was crying too. When i asked her what was wrong she said, "There was an accident. Logan's dead. Logan Daugherty's dead." My first thought was car crash because the weather was bad and snow was everywhere. And then disbelief settled in.
Apparently there was an announcement on the intercom for all teachers to check their e-mail. The students thought that meant we were getting out early so they were happy. And then Mrs. Albright started crying. And then she told them. We went to the library where they had already started counseling. Pretty much all of our grade was down there, more than half of us crying or just looking plain lost. They told us that we could go home if we didn't think we could make it through the rest of the day. They didn't tell us how he died, they said they didn't know yet.
I saw a lot of people cry that day, people I thought I would never see anything other than their usual faces. I'm a sympathetic crier. I cry when I see other people cry. It was a very bad day. We found out later, after tons of rumors floating around about what had happened (maybe he slipped on the ice and cracked his head? Maybe he was sick, I mean he said he wasn't feeling well before? And then the hushed whisper of suicide was floating through the air). Most of us students didn't find out what really happened until Jordan Whitmer and Jake came back from his house. I was with Taylor when we ran into them in the hall. Logan Daugherty had committed suicide with a gun in his basement at midnight. There was a note but it was given to the police. This, of course, made everyone wonder WHY? I won't ever know for sure, maybe he was too stressed. Maybe he was tired. Maybe he was angry. I don't know.
Half of our class didn't show up the next day and nothing was done. Mr. Warner was quiet and at the end of the class he told us that we were like family to him and he loved us as a family. He looked ready to break in SSR the day before. He must have felt guilty because he and Logan always bantered back and forth with a little teasing thrown in here and there. The funeral is on Monday. I'm going to try to go if I can, but I might not. If I can't then I guess I'm going to have to hold down the fort.
Logan, you always made everyone laugh, intentionally or not, and you were the bright light of History class. You were our DJ, our man somehow broke the quiet to make us laugh. You were the King of Dance and the kid who could never quite put what he was thinking into words. You were an awesome friend Logan. I just wish you would have let someone help you. See ya Logan, I'm sure you won't be forgotten, and I'm not too sure I won't look around sometime in school and wonder, "I wonder where Logan is. Is he sick?" And then I'll remember and think about what could have been.
Goodbye.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Snow!
I woke up this morning and looked out the window thinking I could go for a walk today or something, so I looked out the window to see what the weather was like and the ground was pretty covered with SNOW. First snowfall that I've seen this season. I'm just glad it decided to snow today instead of when I was actually going somewhere. I doubt it'll last very long. I've heard it'll start to warm up again soon. :)
P.S I'm writing this on my iPod, which I still fond incredibly cool. I think that makes 2 posts done on my iPod. Technology sure is awesome.
P.S I'm writing this on my iPod, which I still fond incredibly cool. I think that makes 2 posts done on my iPod. Technology sure is awesome.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Seriously?
First of all, Happy B-Day mom! You don't look a day over 40! Kind of sucks having your birthday on Black Friday this year huh? I bet last year was so much better because it was on Thanksgiving. We went to the movies today and we got to see TWO movies and go out to eat at Cozumel's...if only I could've eaten the popcorn, then it would have been perfect. I think she had fun and that's what counts :) We saw Tangled and Burlesque.
I've heard some pretty sad things involving the Cranberry Walmart. Apparently some people had to be escorted out of the building because they were fighting over toy hamsters. I mean, it's pretty sad when you have to be escorted out of a Walmart. I also heard somebody got tazed! Oh I wish I had been there to see it! I couldn't stop laughing when mom told me about it. Good news is I have a new camcorder yay! I'm going to be testing it out after Christmas so I might have some random videos popping up on here :)
Did you know wildebeests are nothing like muskoxen? I have no idea why I keep switching the names of those two species *stares thoughtfully at the muskox on my calendar*
I've heard some pretty sad things involving the Cranberry Walmart. Apparently some people had to be escorted out of the building because they were fighting over toy hamsters. I mean, it's pretty sad when you have to be escorted out of a Walmart. I also heard somebody got tazed! Oh I wish I had been there to see it! I couldn't stop laughing when mom told me about it. Good news is I have a new camcorder yay! I'm going to be testing it out after Christmas so I might have some random videos popping up on here :)
Did you know wildebeests are nothing like muskoxen? I have no idea why I keep switching the names of those two species *stares thoughtfully at the muskox on my calendar*
Thursday, November 25, 2010
I really don't know...
...Because in all honesty...I can't sleep...and thus this was born. At least I had fun coloring the girl. I'm tired and it's 12:06 in the morning on Black Friday. I guess some people are already standing out in the cold huh? So glad I'm not doing that this year even if I get to miss out on a nice breakfast at four in the morning. It's supposed to snow today, too. Hmm.
Have a nice Black Friday if you're going out, if you're not then have fun sleeping in, I know I will :)
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