Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Reflection
I really enjoyed this project, as opposed to a essay or a writing assignment, because it got us thinking. Also, it was a lot more interesting than just writing on a word document, because it was a lot more interactive, and it encouraged creatiivity.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Song and Analysis
Colin Hong
4/3/08
Ms. Shigemitsu
Im Okay
I wake up and cry
I look at our bed and I see no one
The fault was all mine
I feel nothing inside, and its over and done
You left at the worst time
Im piecing back together my heart
I cant see why I
Was so blind to your love, and I tore us apart.
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
You look at my eyes
Trying to figure out why I did what I did
I try to feign surprise
I still have no idea how you found what I hid
This is all so wrong
Nothing is turning out like how we planned
You and I belong
I just cant figure it out, and I don’t understand
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Im okay
Yea im okay
I walk home alone
I keep on thinking that you’re here with me
Baby just come back home
Everything will be alright, yea then youll see
I made a mistake
And everyday I remember your face
What more then will you take
Oh baby no one can take your place
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
Cause im okay
The Man , The Wife, The Tragedy
Chris enjoyed the flight home from his "business trip". About once a month he took these trips, always to California. His wife, Sarah, didn’t have to know what really went on during these frequent flights. After all, he still loved her, dearly, and if she knew what he was doing, she could never forgive him. No, it was best to keeps these visits secret. For everyone's sake.
Her name was Josephine. She had met Chris during one of his business trips to California. They hit it right off. She knew Chris had a wife, but they were so madly in love, neither cared about the consequences. Soon, Chris couldn’t wait for his all to infrequent business trips to meet with her. He began faking them, more and more frequently. Chris and Josephine enjoyed every minute of their time together, yet, Josephine couldn’t help but feeling Chris longed for his wife at the same time.
Sarah got up from the chair, hearing the phone ring in the dining room. "I got it", she yelled, before realizing that no one else was there. God, she hated these business trips Chris always went on. She picked up the phone, it was Jenny, her best friend. Jenny was currently trying to make it big in Hollywood. She listened speechless and shocked, to what Jenny was describing to her. As Sarah's mouth flew open, so did her hand, and the phone dropped to the floor and smashed in half.
As Chris pulled into the driveway, he knew instinctively that something was wrong. He opened the door. "Jenny?" he yelled. No answer. He tried once more, and only silence greeted him. He made his way into the kitchen, and found something, left for him. It was a note, with the words "I know" written on it. Chris collapsed to the floor, cradling his head in his hands. He had known it would end like this. The next morning, Chris woke up, and forgetting what had happened the day before, went to give Sarah a good morning hug. But his hands were groping at air, there was no one there. The doorbell rang. Chris hurried out of bed, and got dressed. He rushed to the front door, flew it open and… there was no one there. He shook himself, thinking that he must be imagining things, and turned around. There she was. Sarah, the love of his life, standing right before him, like how it had been before all this. She looked at him, hoping against all hopes that he had a reason, a valid justification for his lies. She confronted him, asking him about it. "Why" she asked "Why?!". Chris tried to lie, tried to act like he didn’t know what was going on. "I have no idea what your talking about", he answered. He could see that him lying to her face hurt Sarah almost as much as finding out. Head in hands, she stormed out the open front door. Chris never saw her again.
Five Years Later
Chris staggered home from the bar. Every night, he went there to forget. Once he was completely wasted, there was no pain. He never tried to contact Sarah, he knew it was pointless. And he never answered Josephine's calls either. That would just make him remember. "Why" he yelled to the empty street, "Why?!". There was no answer. But Chris wouldn't admit to himself that he had caused it, or what his life had turned out to be. "Im okay" He yelled once again."Im okay".
4/3/08
Ms. Shigemitsu
Im Okay
I wake up and cry
I look at our bed and I see no one
The fault was all mine
I feel nothing inside, and its over and done
You left at the worst time
Im piecing back together my heart
I cant see why I
Was so blind to your love, and I tore us apart.
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
You look at my eyes
Trying to figure out why I did what I did
I try to feign surprise
I still have no idea how you found what I hid
This is all so wrong
Nothing is turning out like how we planned
You and I belong
I just cant figure it out, and I don’t understand
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Im okay
Yea im okay
I walk home alone
I keep on thinking that you’re here with me
Baby just come back home
Everything will be alright, yea then youll see
I made a mistake
And everyday I remember your face
What more then will you take
Oh baby no one can take your place
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
Cause im okay
The Man , The Wife, The Tragedy
Chris enjoyed the flight home from his "business trip". About once a month he took these trips, always to California. His wife, Sarah, didn’t have to know what really went on during these frequent flights. After all, he still loved her, dearly, and if she knew what he was doing, she could never forgive him. No, it was best to keeps these visits secret. For everyone's sake.
Her name was Josephine. She had met Chris during one of his business trips to California. They hit it right off. She knew Chris had a wife, but they were so madly in love, neither cared about the consequences. Soon, Chris couldn’t wait for his all to infrequent business trips to meet with her. He began faking them, more and more frequently. Chris and Josephine enjoyed every minute of their time together, yet, Josephine couldn’t help but feeling Chris longed for his wife at the same time.
Sarah got up from the chair, hearing the phone ring in the dining room. "I got it", she yelled, before realizing that no one else was there. God, she hated these business trips Chris always went on. She picked up the phone, it was Jenny, her best friend. Jenny was currently trying to make it big in Hollywood. She listened speechless and shocked, to what Jenny was describing to her. As Sarah's mouth flew open, so did her hand, and the phone dropped to the floor and smashed in half.
As Chris pulled into the driveway, he knew instinctively that something was wrong. He opened the door. "Jenny?" he yelled. No answer. He tried once more, and only silence greeted him. He made his way into the kitchen, and found something, left for him. It was a note, with the words "I know" written on it. Chris collapsed to the floor, cradling his head in his hands. He had known it would end like this. The next morning, Chris woke up, and forgetting what had happened the day before, went to give Sarah a good morning hug. But his hands were groping at air, there was no one there. The doorbell rang. Chris hurried out of bed, and got dressed. He rushed to the front door, flew it open and… there was no one there. He shook himself, thinking that he must be imagining things, and turned around. There she was. Sarah, the love of his life, standing right before him, like how it had been before all this. She looked at him, hoping against all hopes that he had a reason, a valid justification for his lies. She confronted him, asking him about it. "Why" she asked "Why?!". Chris tried to lie, tried to act like he didn’t know what was going on. "I have no idea what your talking about", he answered. He could see that him lying to her face hurt Sarah almost as much as finding out. Head in hands, she stormed out the open front door. Chris never saw her again.
Five Years Later
Chris staggered home from the bar. Every night, he went there to forget. Once he was completely wasted, there was no pain. He never tried to contact Sarah, he knew it was pointless. And he never answered Josephine's calls either. That would just make him remember. "Why" he yelled to the empty street, "Why?!". There was no answer. But Chris wouldn't admit to himself that he had caused it, or what his life had turned out to be. "Im okay" He yelled once again."Im okay".
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Im Okay
I wake up and cry
I look at our bed and I see no one
The fault was all mine
I feel nothing inside, and its over and done
You left at the worst time
Im piecing back together my heart
I cant see why I
Was so blind to your love, and I tore us apart.
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
You look at my eyes
Trying to figure out why I did what I did
I try to feign surprise
I still have no idea how you found what I hid
This is all so wrong
Nothing is turning out like how we planned
You and I belong
I just cant figure it out, and I don’t understand
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Im okay
Yea im okay
I walk home alone
I keep on thinking that you’re here with me
Baby just come back home
Everything will be alright, yea then youll see
I made a mistake
And everyday I remember your face
What more then will you take
Oh baby no one can take your place
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
Cause im okay
I look at our bed and I see no one
The fault was all mine
I feel nothing inside, and its over and done
You left at the worst time
Im piecing back together my heart
I cant see why I
Was so blind to your love, and I tore us apart.
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
You look at my eyes
Trying to figure out why I did what I did
I try to feign surprise
I still have no idea how you found what I hid
This is all so wrong
Nothing is turning out like how we planned
You and I belong
I just cant figure it out, and I don’t understand
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… has just gone down the drain…
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Im okay
Yea im okay
I walk home alone
I keep on thinking that you’re here with me
Baby just come back home
Everything will be alright, yea then youll see
I made a mistake
And everyday I remember your face
What more then will you take
Oh baby no one can take your place
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Life love everything we know is going to hell, and I don’t care
You me everything that makes us what we are… Has just gone down the drain
I don’t care what you think that ive become.. yea im alright
I cant see what happening to myself, but im okay
Yea im okay
Im okay
Im okay
Cause im okay
Monday, April 21, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Sonnet
Colin Hong
4/15/08
Ms. Shigemitsu
7:30
Superman
Hes jetting to get to the coffee store
Hes flying through the air, hes superman
Saving the world with all the latest lore
Saving the world from villains evil plans
Hes just a mild mannered reporter
Hes super strong, super fast, superman
His slouch makes him appear to be shorter
He solo fought all modern day Iran
He admires lois lane secretly
He saved her from falling from an airplane
Her man in waiting what he wants to be
Up top a tower he kisses Miss lane
Clark Kent is just a normal kind of guy
Hes our superman, flying through the sky
Colin Hong
Ms. Shigemitsu-7:30
4/15/08
Analysis of Superman
When me and my partner started writing this sonnet, we thought, there are so many lovely sounding sonnets out there, and we don’t want to have just another cookie-cutter sonnet. So we decided to try something different.
One thing we did differently was to make a two faced sonnet, one face sharply contrasting with the other. About half the sonnet is talking about Superman, and how amazing he is, and the other half is talking about how boring Clark Kent's life is. And these two halves switch off every line, usually with relating circumstances. For example, "Saving the world with all the latest lore" sharply contrasts with "Saving the world from villains evil plans". One is talking about keeping up to date with the news, and the other is about how superman saves the world. In fact, I believe this is where the sonnet really shines. You see, what we did was we created two distinctly different views of life, however they are linked together by a single, unchangeable fact. The two seemingly opposite people are in fact one and the same. Clark Kent is Superman, and in our sonnet, while one is dealing with daily toils, the other is fighting crime around the world.
Another element we changed was we started the 1&2, 3&4, 5&6 etc lines off with almost the same beginning, even while they had completely different meanings. For example, take the quote I used last time "Saving the world with all the latest lore" and "Saving the world from villains evil plans". Both of these two lines are exactly the same up to syllable five, and therefore this gives the sonnet an interesting, if repetitive rhythm.
While our sonnet is not the most poetic sonnet ever written, or even the deepest, where it really shines is in its ingenuity and its risk-taking. For one, I doubt many people have written a sonnet about superman. But seriously, me and my partner Conner tried many new things, and that is why I are proud to say we wrote Superman.
4/15/08
Ms. Shigemitsu
7:30
Superman
Hes jetting to get to the coffee store
Hes flying through the air, hes superman
Saving the world with all the latest lore
Saving the world from villains evil plans
Hes just a mild mannered reporter
Hes super strong, super fast, superman
His slouch makes him appear to be shorter
He solo fought all modern day Iran
He admires lois lane secretly
He saved her from falling from an airplane
Her man in waiting what he wants to be
Up top a tower he kisses Miss lane
Clark Kent is just a normal kind of guy
Hes our superman, flying through the sky
Colin Hong
Ms. Shigemitsu-7:30
4/15/08
Analysis of Superman
When me and my partner started writing this sonnet, we thought, there are so many lovely sounding sonnets out there, and we don’t want to have just another cookie-cutter sonnet. So we decided to try something different.
One thing we did differently was to make a two faced sonnet, one face sharply contrasting with the other. About half the sonnet is talking about Superman, and how amazing he is, and the other half is talking about how boring Clark Kent's life is. And these two halves switch off every line, usually with relating circumstances. For example, "Saving the world with all the latest lore" sharply contrasts with "Saving the world from villains evil plans". One is talking about keeping up to date with the news, and the other is about how superman saves the world. In fact, I believe this is where the sonnet really shines. You see, what we did was we created two distinctly different views of life, however they are linked together by a single, unchangeable fact. The two seemingly opposite people are in fact one and the same. Clark Kent is Superman, and in our sonnet, while one is dealing with daily toils, the other is fighting crime around the world.
Another element we changed was we started the 1&2, 3&4, 5&6 etc lines off with almost the same beginning, even while they had completely different meanings. For example, take the quote I used last time "Saving the world with all the latest lore" and "Saving the world from villains evil plans". Both of these two lines are exactly the same up to syllable five, and therefore this gives the sonnet an interesting, if repetitive rhythm.
While our sonnet is not the most poetic sonnet ever written, or even the deepest, where it really shines is in its ingenuity and its risk-taking. For one, I doubt many people have written a sonnet about superman. But seriously, me and my partner Conner tried many new things, and that is why I are proud to say we wrote Superman.
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