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Over the first few days of Spring Break I sat around my house playing video games and eating food. This was great for a while but then it started getting boring. After that I just laid around the house watching TV and watching YouTube videos until on Wednesday my family went to New Orleans and stayed in a hotel on Bourbon Street. Although it smelled bad and there was a strip club right across the street the hotel was really nice.

The main reason we went to New Orleans was to look at Tulane for my sister. We left the hotel on Thursday morning and went to Tulane to take a tour of the campus. For the first 30 minutes of the tour it was great but then the heat and walking got to us and it became a chore to walk around with our guide. As soon as the tour was over we booked it back to Baton Rouge. After we got back I continued my routine of playing video games and eating. Overall my Spring Break was pretty good considering I didn't have math homework or Brine Shrimp to look after.

Reading And Work Times

Reading:

The Education of Little Tree: 4/26 - 60 min 4/27 60 min

Work:

Blog posts: 30 min

Response

1. Ambition is a positive, desirable trait in someone.
I strongly agree with this statement because most times ambition is a good trait in someone. In Macbeth, not so much. Macbeth had so much ambition to get power he took it to far. In other situations ambition can help people achieve greater things in life. Having a goal to reach or a certain point can help get things done. When people use ambition for good it can have a very positive impact on things.

2. Women are more compassionate and less violent than men.
I disagree with this because although a lot of the time this is true, woman can be the people who are violent. Lady Macbeth wants to kill Duncan more than Macbeth and she isn't even the one to get the power. Lady Macbeth doesn't care who she has to kill to gain power.

4/9/14 - 60 min Nervous Conditions Project
4/10/14 - 35 min Nervous Conditions Project
4/11/14 - 45 min Nervous Conditions Project

Reading Times

2/20/14 :  40 min Study for Poetry Test

2/21/14 :  20 min study for Poetry Test 

2/23/14 25 min World War Z

2/24/14 40 min revising

Reading Times

Poetry Anthology : 45 min total: 2/14, 15, 17/14
World War Z: 75 min. I read about half of the book a few months ago but I decided to re read what I had originally read. 2/16/14

"Showdown" Electric Light Orchestra

She cried to the southern wind

About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin for a showdown

Bad dreamer, what's your name
Looks like were ridin on the same train
Looks as through there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin all over the world
Its raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

She came to me like a friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown

Save me, oh save me
Its unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin all over the world
Its raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

Anaphora- red

Sibilance- Blue

In "Showdown" there are multiple anaphoras within the lyrics. I think that these add a nice rhythm to the song. In some ways the sibilance bugs me because there's so much of it, but at the same time it sounds good in the song. There is quite a bit of alliteration in the lyrics of this song and most of it goes with the sibilance. 

Over all I think all of these things combined makes for a really smooth and unique song. This is one of my favorite songs and I enjoy it every time I hear it.

Reading/Working Times

Monday 3/10 work on ATD 40 min
Friday 3/7 reading poems in book 25 min
Wednesday 3/5 ATD 40 min
Tuesday 3/4 ATD 20 min