Stream of Consciousness

We had to read a novel that was written in the style known as "stream of consciousness." As I was reading people's comments on their interpretations of the novel and whether or not they liked reading "stream of consciousness" I started deciding for myself whether or not I liked it. I think I can understand why people write that way. You can write down whatever comes to your mind in whatever order these thoughts appear. I used to have to do this in High School for journals in my English class. If we couldn't think of anything to write about our teacher used to tell us to write down whatever came to our mind. But what if I don't think about anything or what if it doesn't make sense? Is stream of consciousness an effective writing style for the reader? While it may be perfect for the author because they don't have to spend a lot of time deciding what they want to write about it sucks for the reader because they have to make sense of the whole text which might be nothing more than a bunch of words.

How much is too much?

I had to read a poem this week where the speaker asked her lover to tell her over and over again that he loved her and how much he was in love with her. This isn't a bad thing...as one of my classmates pointed out, isn't it every girls dream to hear how much the man she is in love with loves her? YES! I love it when my husband tells me he loves me and so far I've never gotten tired of hearing it. Don't go thinking this is a great poem just yet though because I really didn't think it was. The tone is so needy and insecure that it made me feel pretty frustrated towards this woman. I think it's one thing to need to hear that you're loved and another to appreciate and want to hear that you're loved. The speaker in this poem sounded like she was going to fall apart and cease to be able to function if this guy didn't tell her how much he loved her every other second. I love it when Robert tells me he loves me but I don't need to him to tell me every other minute. There are other ways to know that he loves me and I think the fact that he shows me his love in a variety of ways and not just by telling me with words is important.

Frankenstein

This is sad to admit but I've never read Shelley's Frankenstein before. As strange as it may sound, I was never assigned to read it in High School and this is the first time in college I've had to read it or even familiarize myself with it. I'm looking forward to reading it though and hopefully I will like it or at least appreciate it as much as so many of my classmates do.

Depressing

I enjoyed reading Lord Byron's poem "When We Two Parted" but it was so sad! I don't know why, but I seem to enjoy the sad, depressing poems more than the others. It's the same with "chick flicks" except that I can't stand sad endings. I don't care if the entire movie is sad but if the ending is sad I won't watch it again and I'll probably complain about how horrible it was.
I feel much more strongly when I read Lord Byron than I do when I read Shelley's poem. I think it might have something to do with making me aware of how lucky I am to have a wonderful husband and a happy life. I haven't lost someone like the person did in Lord Byron's poem, maybe I like to be reminded of it.

Mr. Blake

I thought Blake was rather depressing to read, especially his "Songs of Innocence and Experience." It almost seemed like he was making fun of children and their innocence. I also thought it was interesting that while his poems are complex in their structure they are easy to read and fairly easy to understand. I commented in one of the forums that reading his poems seemed like listening to a nursery rhyme. Here he is writing these poems about innocence with an almost sarcastic tone while the structure is shaped to appear innocent. Maybe it's just me but I thought this was pretty ironic.

Just an Introduction

I know that we had to write a short bio for one of our forums on the other website but that didn't really tell very much about myself so I figured the best topic for my first post was some sort of an introduction of myself. I've never written a blog before. When they first became really popular I thought they were dumb so I never created one and so I can say with complete honesty that this is my first blog ever. I don't mind writing one for this class but I never understood people's desire to have one. I love writing and I keep a journal which I write in often but it's all personal stuff. I would never want anyone to read my journal because most of the time it's whatever I'm thinking before I've had time to sort though things and figure out what I should and shouldn't say. I wouldn't even want my husband to read my journal. It's not because I keep secrets from him, he knows everything about me and my life but he might get his feelings hurt. If we have a fight or argument about something, my journal is the place where I go to write everything that I'm feeling and thinking before I've had a chance to calm down. I don't mean half the stuff I write down but it's my way of venting. So...all of that to say that I never really saw the point of keeping an online journal where people could read my most personal thoughts.
I've kinda gotten off the subject so let me get back to myself. I love being a mom. My daughter, Emma is 6 and a half months old and she is the most wonderful baby girl in the whole wide world. Of course every mother thinks that about her child but I don't care. :) I love being married to my husband and learning to be parents has been pretty fun so far. We've definitely had to make some serious adjustments but they're totally worth it.
Before I became a wife and mother I lived in Nicaragua for 9 years with my family. It's where I went to High School and I love Nicaragua as my home. I love living in the states too so I guess I really have two homes. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Nicaragua let me know and I'll fill you in on all the places you need to visit. :)
I'm not quite sure how all this blog stuff works, as I said this is my first one, but I love talking about Nicaragua and pretty much anything so if you have any questions for me bring them on. :)
Peace and love!! (This isn't something I always say it just kinda fits with my mood right now so I decided to throw it in here.)