20th Century Song

The Mezzanine:

....*

Mrs Dalloway: 

According to Mrs Dalloway:

(play "proper" theme)

I guess I'll get the flowers. This reminds me of when I was a young girl and I would just daydream by the flowers. Then Peter Walsh would make fun of me and say, "Musing among the flowers are we?" Then I'd say  "Screw you Peter, you have no friends." It's awful cold out. That man over there is looking at me quite peculiarly. Is that a roll of coins in his pants? Ooh, an automobile!...

According to Septimus: 

(play Crazy Train theme) 

THE WORLD IS ON FIRE! AAHHHHHHHHHHHH.........................................! (splat)

The Sun Also Rises:

(play folk theme)

Night time in Paris in a bar made of brick 

There's a man named Jake who is very stoic

Knows a Jew named Cohn who seems like a prick

Jake is a bitter man because he has no... genitalia 

There's a girl named Brett who is a fine lass

Who really gets around but she does it with class

Never too far from her drinking glass

She has curves like a yacht and a really nice... personality

Jake and Brett love each other but they're out of luck 

Because of Jake's condition the two are really stuck

So Brett falls for a count who's got lots of bucks

It's because Jake and Brett can never... fornicate

Everyone in the book is drunk day and night

Especially Bill and that jerk-off Mike

They all went to Spain to see a big bull fight

Tensions arise and Bill calls Cohn a... derrogatory Jewish name

After a while their little fiesta ends

Jake leaves Brett with the Spaniard she weds 

But Brett called for Jake 'cause Jake's a gentleman

Now Brett and Jake are together again

The Metamorphosis:

When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a MONSTROUS VERMIN! (evil laugh)

(play creepy theme)

Once upon a time there was a 

Boy who was named Gregor Samsa 

Who was like a slave because he lived 

With his papa and his mama

One day he woke up and saw that 

He looked like a giant cockroach

But he wanted to work so he 

Made a really slow approach

When his parents saw their Gregor

They were scared so Gregor tried to 

Speak to them but what he said was

Something that sounded like (RAAAH!)

Then Gregor was locked in his room

He spent his days hiding in shame

Then Grete gave him rotten food

Gregor liked it but it was lame

(evil laugh)

Every day he got more bug-like

So he climbed up and down the walls

But that feaked out lots of people

Then Grete didn't come at all

Then one day Gregor acted up 

People thought that he was jacked up

Then Gregor died and everyone

Became happy what a crack up

The Stranger:

(Play The Cure Song)

Standing on the beach 

With a gun in my hand

Staring at the sea

Staring at the sand

Staring down the barrel

At the arab on the ground

I can see his open mouth 

But I can't hear no sound

I'm alive 

I'm dead

I'm the stranger

Killing an arab

 

I can turn 

And walk away

Or I can fire the gun

Staring at the sky

Staring at the sun

Whichever I choose

It amounts to the same

Absolutely nothing

I'm alive 

I'm dead

I'm the stranger

Killing an arab

Wide Sargasso Sea

(play why can't we be friends theme)

**Why can't we be friends

Why can't we be friends

Why can't we be friends

Why can't we be friends

Antoinette lived in Jamaica in harmony

But then her mama had to burn down Coulibri

**

Antoinette and Tia were the best friends in the world

But then Tia got called the N-word

**

Antoinette married a man named Rochester

The man ain't never done nothing good for her

**

Rochester went and slept with Amelie

He's a man whore so there's no harmony

**

Antoinette was taken to England

Why the hell is her name now Bertha Mason

**

Song of Solomon

(play delta blues theme)

***Ooh... gotta fly away

Ooh... gotta fly away

Gotta get away from this house

Ooh... take my blues away

Ooh... gotta drive down south

Ooh... gotta drive down south

All my relatives are crazy

What the hell is that all about?

***

Ooh... I'm so alone

Ooh, I'm so alone

I have found myself

But I have lost my happy home

*Play a G-note and move on

**repeat chorus

***repeat chorus

Reflection on Blog Posts

I am a fan of the blog assignments. I feel like the blog posts allow for a certain amount of freedom that I don't feel when I write a journal entry. I can write what I want when I want as long as it is (for the most part) relevant. These blog posts are good because they also force me to pace myself and manage my own time. This allows me to finish writing out my thoughts, which I can't usually do with the in-class journal writing. I eventually got to the point where I was able to write a blog post a week. Not to mention there is a nice feeling of accomplishment whenever I finish a blog post. There are just so many things I like about the blog assignments. I hate technology, but I love these blog assignments. I like how they allow me to put pictures and videos on the  blogs so that I can make my work more interesting. The blog posts force me to refine my writing more than I would with a journal, which is annoying, but it makes it a lot easier to convert my posts into response papers later on. There is so much I want to say that it's hard for me to organize my thoughts.

The only thing I don't like about the blog posts is the fact that I have to do them. No matter how much freedom I get with these blog assignments, that still doesn't change the fact that it is a school assignment. As opposed to the journals that we do in class, I end up spending my own free time writing these posts. When I have a classic case of writer's block, the posts take even longer to write. But maybe that's my fault since writing prompts were offered from Mr. Mitchell. Basically, I am just complaining that it is school work.

Overall, these blog posts are much more satisfying to me than journal entries because they are more developed and I feel a sense of pride as a result.

Side notes:
-Song of Solomon is getting weirder, but that is only to be expected from a Toni Morrison novel. Did Macon II kill his father's ghost? Was it a zombie? Why didn't he talk? The funny thing is that when they were talking about barbecue pork during the reading, I thought to myself, "that sounds really good right now. I want some." Next thing I know, my mom says "DINNER!" I walk downstairs and see two bags of some Hickory River (pork included). I was so happy.

-I have decided to write a big song that covers all the books we read during the school year. If all goes well, I will perform it during class (guitar included) this friday. I will turn in the lyrics afterwards. It's gonna be crazy

-I wanna post a random YouTube video I like just because I can. These guys are from all over the world: