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Rocking a month till we graduate
 and I still have things to say

I noticed recently, that my flirtatious patterns are quite ironic. I can flirt with a girl whom I don't like without any problem. However, once I actually start to like a girl, it's hard for me to actually flirt with them. It must be in human nature to feel this way.

I'll try to explain it, if not to you, then to myself. When I like a girl, I feel like I have a lot to lose if they don't like me back. Because of this fear of loss, I think of my actions before I perform them, often losing chances I normally would have taken.

When I flirt with a girl whom I don't like, I have nothing to lose. Because I have nothing to lose if things go sour, I can flirt with them as much as I like. This could be another reason why a lot of girls and guys are "led on". I know I've led on a few girls in my life. I've also been led on in my life.

Even with this in mind, when I think about it, all the girls whom i've grown to like before becoming real close with them haven't ended well. Freshman year, Sophmore year, Junior year, and partially senior year.

It's really fascinating how the brain works. Maybe I should become a neurologist, or a biomedical engineer.

Vilannelle, Terza rima, sestenet

A vilanelle is a 19 line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until the last stanze, which includes both repeated lines.

A Terza Rima is a rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. It was first used by Alighieri.

A sestenet is a group of six lines of poetry.

Here is an example of a vilanelle:

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night, Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night, Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

THE ART OF POETRY

"ARS POETICA"

*QUEUE THE BEAT*

THERE ONCE WAS A MAN
WHO OWNED HIS OWN LAND
HAD A WIFE WHO SIMPLY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
HE HAD AMBITIONS AND DREAMS
THAT HAD BEEN WIPED CLEAN
HE WITHDREW FROM HIS CAREER TO PURSUE HIS GREED
HE HAD NOWHERE TO RUN
SO HE JUST SAT DOWN
PULLED OUT SOME PAPER AND HAD JUST WROTE DOWN
HE FOUND HIS ESCAPE
IN THE DIMENSIONS OF HIS MIND
NOBODY ELSE HAD UNDERSTOOD HIS KIND
AND WHEN HE PASSED ON
HE LEFT US THIS SONG
TO SHOW US THAT POETRY WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON

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3rd Quarter Reflection

Curriculum:
I've always a been a math and science type of guy. Going into life, I plan on being an engineer, so English classes haven't held as much personal importance as the math and science courses. Despite this, I do love this class. I love the slam poems, and other presentations we have to make, because it encourages us to think for ourselves. The debates hold a similar atmosphere. In many classes, one can get by just doing the work, and writing down what you're told to write down. This class really encourages us to think for ourselves, that our opinions mean a significant amount. I'm sure that this thought process will help me in college and in life as a leader.
I only have a quarter left in senior year. This has to be one of my fastest years yet. Like, I swear I was just being introduced to my Senior Year AP classes a week ago. Now, it's almost April and I have not even two months left in the curriculum. While I do have some regrets, I am so glad with how my high school career has developed over the past four years. Without those past experiences I wouldn't be who I am today, so I have no regrets.

Waiting for Godot and Nihilism, Exestentialism, and absurdity

Waiting for Godot exhibits many examples of existentialism, Nihilism, and absuirdity.

Nihilism is the belief that nothing really exists. All values are baseless and nothing can truly be known. A nihilist believes in nothing, has no loyalties and no purpose, other than the impulse to destroy what we do know. There are several examples of nihilism in Waiting for Godot. One example is the meaningless of each day. With the lack of memory, none of the characters can recall the events of yesterday. Thus, Vladamir and Estragon live out the same day, over and over, without even realizing it. They are always promised that Godot will come the next day, they always run into Pozzo and Lucky, and they always debate hanging themselves at the end of each day. To an extent, the previous days don't even mean anything to them.

Existentialism is the Philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of will. To an extent, this is the opposite of Nihilism. While Nihilists emphasize nothingness, Existentialists emphasize the ability to determine their own will. Existentialism applies to Waiting for Godot as each character has their own will, with their own intentions. Vladamir and Estragon love each other despite their conflict, so they aim to stay together and wait for Godot. Pozzo travels around with Lucky, who is binded to Pozzo.

Godot also emphasizes Absurdity. In an absurd atmosphere, man loses all control, logic breaks down, as man becomes a puppet to the world around them with eventually leads to silence. In Waiting for Godot, all reason is destroyed my the lack of memory of any of the characters. As the characters can't recall what happened the day before, Vladamir, Estragon, Pozzo and Lucky are bound to repeat the same events and thought processes day after day. All reason is replaced with thoughts and conversations of little merit and intellect. Eventually, there will just be silence.

Just another blog post

"The best literature mirrors societal concerns and applies directly to aspects of our personal lives"

Waiting for Godot provides an excellent example regarding this explication.
Societal concerns of Waiting for Godot:
- The belief of faith over reason. Both characters in this play wait for a character who hasn't even promised to show up himself. They blindly wait for someone without question. They just believe that he is going to show up.
- Perhaps we make too much of an effort to busy ourselves. You can see that, in this play, these characters are happy just being with each other, waiting for Godot. However, many more people in real life are too busy and don't appreciate what they already have.