How about that awkward moment when
you watched Tangled with the kid you nanny and the next day she runs around
wanting to hit everything with a frying pan?
Or that awkward moment when you
change your entire introductory paragraph eight pages into the paper?
Or even that awkward moment when
your roommate/blog partner posts way more than you do?
Well, I don't know those awkward
moments, but I've imagined them.
This morning two of my sisters
left me. They went adventuring to Michigan and Spain and this morning I saw
them off on their journey. It was 7 a.m. (I hadn't intended to be awake, but I
was) and I was sitting on the floor of our front porch with the family pooch,
drinking coffee. So that's the scenario that prompted my first imagined awkward
moment of the day. Usually Saltena (the dog) will eat/drink whatever is within
her reach. I had set my cup down on the ground and she barely looked at it. I guess
she doesn't like coffee. Oh well, more for me.
This summer I have started nannying
an almost-two-year-old little bunch of energy that usually answers to the name
of Clare. And yes, we did watch Tangled a few days ago, but she didn't actually
start hitting things with frying pans, which would have been funny and kind of
awesome. I guess she's not old enough to bring Disney movies to life. I
also think she's more of an animated-Godzilla TV series fan. Thank you, Hanna
Barbera.
Ok so, my third imaginary awkward
moment is actually true. I've been writing a paper for my summer college course
and, what do you know, I had to change the whole idea of my paper two pages
before the conclusion. It actually wasn't that bad. I'd rather re-work one
paragraph than eight pages, wouldn't you? I'm writing on one of my favorite
books in the whole world!
"The Tale of Despereaux"
by Kate DiCamillo is a little children's novel that won the Newberry Medal
award in 2004. (The movie came out in 2008. It was good. Dustin Hoffman and
Matthew Broderick and Emma Watson! But the book is better. duh.) The book is about stories and
knights and a desire for goodness and forgiveness and love and ...soup.
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| The mini-prologue of "The Tale of Despereaux" |
DiCamillo incorporates a profound
sense of good and evil, the value of literature, and the prize of noble virtues in this
simple book. That's why I'm writing about it! Although, I did have to narrow my
paper topic down to one, tiny aspect of the book because it's proved more than
enough for a thorough college paper!
I am writing on DiCamillo's
portrayal of good and evil in the book and, more importantly, her portrayal of
how difficult it is sometimes to determine what is truly good and what is truly
evil. Have you ever read "The Tale of Despereaux"?
And...I guess I have experienced the
fourth awkward moment. But it doesn't matter now! See! I'm posting! Tana isn't
the only one! I do enjoy her posts, as I hope you do, reader. It sounds
like she's having fun, but guess what? I'm getting ready to have fun too!
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| Reading Room at the Library of Congress |
In July, with two of my
English-major-librarian-nerd friends, I will visit
The Library of Congress.
Cue great noises of excitement and
dancing!!!! We don't have all our plans yet, but they shall soon be made!
......
You know, frankly, I don't know why I
waste time imagining awkward moments. I'm pretty sure real ones already automatically happen
in my life without my having to imagine them. Oh well!
~Jojo
I read the book! My mom told my sister and me that if we read the book, she'd buy our tickets to see the movie in theaters haha (Secondlyou can have my cup of coffe, too)
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