Love At First Sight?

In creative writing, each student brought in a favorite song to listen to and read the lyrics. After listening to each song and discussing the lyrics, we would form two journal topics, based on the song, which you could write about. One of the topics asked, “Do you believe in love at first sight?” When posed, it seemed many had contrasting viewpoints. Personally, I do not believe in love at first sight. I think the idea of it is cute, like Santa Claus, but it is highly unrealistic, also like Santa Claus. In my opinion, you cannot simply see a person and fall in love at that instant. I think there is lust at first sight, but definitely not love. Can anyone honestly say they saw someone and thought, “Wow, I want to marry that person.” I do not think so. And if a person did do that, they are basing it only on what they say. They have absolutely no idea what that person is like. Still, the romantic in me loves the idea of love at first sight. Like one of the characters say in the movie “He’s Just Not That Into You,” there are rules when it comes to love, dating, men, and women. But, he notes that there are exceptions to every rule. So, maybe it is a rule that you do not fall in love at first sight, but there could always be an exception.

For all you believers, I found a couple quotes (Ms. Serensky, please note that your future husband, Leo said both quotes…looks like all you have to do is walk past him):

“Love at first sight? I absolutely believe in it! You've got to keep the faith. Who doesn't like the idea that you could see someone tomorrow and she could be the love of your life? It's very romantic.”-Leonardo DiCaprio

“With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet.”-Leonardo DiCaprio

^There is still time, Ms. Serensky.

I Like Stickers

I just want a sticker, please.

Inside the Music

This week in Creative Writing, we have listened to songs that each student brought in and analyzed the lyrics. It surprised me how many of the songs had deeper meanings in their lyrics. From majority of the bands, this was unexpected. Songwriters tell a story in their lyrics, just as authors and poets do in their own writing. In fact, I find it even more impressive because they are able to tell a story and make into a song as well. After listening to so many great songs with meaningful lyrics, I decided to look through my iTunes library for more. Then, I found myself more interested in listening to songs I loved when I was younger and laughing at the ridiculous lyrics; the lyrics I used to sing along with as loudly as I could and most likely felt like I could totally relate to. Here are some of my favorites:

1.“Candy”-Mandy Moore
After you get through several “yeah, yeah, yeah”’s, you find out that Mandy really misses her man. She sings, “I'm cravin' for you / I'm missin' you like candy”
I guess she really likes candy…

2.“Aaron’s Party”-Aaron Carter
Then there is Aaron Carter, giving everyone a look at the life of a high school kid. He really opens up about all of his concerns as he throws a party while his parents are out…the crazy kid. “Then walked in/ The girl I'm crushin'/ And the kid spilled juice/ On my Mom's new cushion/ I turned around and / Another kid broke the lamp”
Spoiler alert: He gets caught.

3.“No More (Baby Ima Do Right)”-3LW
Of course, this song will be deep. I mean, “Baby Ima Do Right”-does not get much more personal. My favorite part of this song is when the girl who looks like she is at least 18 begins to rap: “A you promise me Kate Spade/ but that was last year boy in the 8th grade/ and you ain’t biggie baby boy so no it ain’t one more chance/ when your friends around you don’t wanna hold my hand”
Of course all eighth graders are buying each other Kate Spade purses. What exactly does “you ain’t biggie baby boy” mean?

4.“Baby”-Justin Bieber
Thank you, Justin Bieber, for keeping the lyrics for young girls everywhere exceptionally meaningful. This song has too many gems to choose from. First, he sings, “My first love broke my heart for the first time”
Biebs, you are fifteen. Relax.
Then, Ludacris, a rapper known for many songs, all featuring profanity, comes in. He raps about his first love, at age thirteen, of course. He says “She woke me up daily, don't need no Starbucks”
Points for a hyperbole? Hey, Ludacris, stop hanging out with Bieber.

Best Friends

I hope you enjoy these lyrics and I encourage you to pay closer attention to the lyrics of the songs you listen to!

Procrastination

Procrastination is such an ugly word. I prefer to think of it as some mind-stimulating activity that does not involve schoolwork whatsoever and causes one to stay up later than they really should. Who doesn’t want that? But seriously, everyone could use a brief study break every once in a while…or every ten minutes. So, for you struggling to find ways to distract yourself from the beloved poetry papers and are tired of creeping on Facebook, here is a list of entertaining websites perfect for distraction.

1.Find amusement in the technologically challenged generation our parents make up? Then check out: http://whenparentstext.com/. This website features funny mess-ups of parents, and occasionally a just a funny parent.

2.For those of you who feel too guilty to really let loose, try out Bananagrams. You can find this game on Facebook. This game is similar to Scrabble, where you make words with the tiles you have, but there is no board and you are timed. Fellow classmate Sam Schiferl currently holds the fastest time with twenty-one seconds. Bravo, Sam.

3.Another entertaining site is www.dearblankpleaseblank.com. On this site, anyone can submit there own personal “Dear Blank, Please Blank” and you can read all the ones on the site, which includes various topics. Here is an example of one on the site:

“Dear person reading this,
You're here because you're actively procrastinating or avoiding real work, aren't you? It's OK...me too.
Sincerely, I'll work tomorrow”


4.Then, there is my current obsession: www.stumbleupon.com. Stumbleupon brings up various things from the internet, from videos to articles to jokes, based on your own interests. You can select topics you are interested in and then just stumble away! It even allows you to like or dislike a page by clicking a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down; this allows it to better choose pages for you in the future.

I hope you enjoy these websites and if you have any to add please comment with them!

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