Requiredd Listening!!!

So i chose Pat Boone's "Tutti Fruitti" and not because i thought it sounded bad or anything but because its simply a cover of Little Richards. I think that if you never heard Little Richard's version this one Boone's would sound great to you. Yes well there isn't as much energy in Pat's version but i think that since most white people weren't exposed to Little Richard yet it sounded good to them. I don't know if their mind changed after they heard Little Richard's version, but i think that for being a cover it is an okay song.

So another song i chose to reflect on was The Rolling Stones, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” I chose this song because i have also heard a cover for this song and it was done by Britney Spears. Yeah i know funny funny and that i have heard it is even worse but i never actually sat down to listen to the original and yes of course the Rolling Stone's version is way better and less pop drained. I just thought it was funny that Britney Spears actually did a cover for the Rolling Stones.

The final song i chose to reflect on was Aretha Franklin's “Respect.” I chose this song because i mean come on who actually has never heard this song. I honestly don't ever think how old songs are or whats the history behind them and now that i actually think about these things it makes songs a little more interesting. Personally i like this song and it's one of those songs that everyone knows the words to, so its fun. I'm sure other people have never really thought much about this song either but it was apart of a big change in music and that is great.

Album Reviewww!!!

Gym Class Heroes
As Cruel as School Children
2006






Lyricist Travis McCoy does it again, with another collection of songs with catchy melodies and lyrics everyone can relate to. Him and his band have taken their success to another level with the hit singles "Cupids Choke Hold" and "Clothes Off." Their 'As Cruel as School Children' album was released in 2006 and is a gold seller.

As well as the great music there are also a few tracks on this CD that are much more poetic and love struck. The three part "Sloppy Love Jingle" plays through the process of Travi trying to get a girl at the bar. This "song" isn't much of a stereotypical song due to the fact that it is more of like a spoken word, poem but it tells a story throughout the album. Personally i don't think the album could end any better than the last few words that are spoken.

Gym Class Heroes also plays many tributes to other bands in their song "On my Own Time." They given recognition to bands such as Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and I am the Avalanche.

Overall this album is pretty love savvy and talks about how they cant seem to keep a girl. Yet there is still a deeper meaning in all the songs and the music pretty much speaks for its self. I say it's an album worth buying and Gym Class Heroes will go farther as time goes by.

Lit Circle Response 2 !!!

As i seem to get farther in the book that more in starting to get sick of animals. I think maybe if it focused less on the hyena and its insane self then i would have been less bored during the last pages i read. Overall i do like this book though and i think that how he thinks he should kill the tiger her doesn't. Well it would be pretty hard to do that but that is something he realized. I think he is a pretty smart boy because i know i wouldn't be able to think at all if i were in that situation.

• Religion is one theme in this book because Pi is a very religious kid, i mean he has three religions.
  
• Morals is another theme because Pi does that right thing rather than something that would benefit him.
• Water is also a theme in the book since it plays such a big part in the book. Like when he is in the boat, him learning to swim, and how you need it to survive.

A couple of questions i came up with for discussion were:
- What do you think about Pi forgetting about Richard Parker for two days?
- How long do you think that Pi and Richard Parker will be stranded in the boat?
- Do you think that Pi will be able to train the lion?
- What will happen when the lion gets hungry?

I think it was pretty crazy for Pi not to notice a lion on a small boat with him. I mean i don't understand how he is scared now when he could just pretend he doesn't notice it. I don't think that they will be stranded on the boat for much longer since there really isn't that much of the book left and it will get pretty boring just talking about them on a boat. I do think that Pi will be able to train the lion to an extent that he will not kill Pi. I don't know what will happen when the lion gets hungry but it would get pretty intense.

"Do you know which is the most dangerous animal in the zoo?"
I think this is a very powerful passage since they way the author makes the zoo seem really bad. Like i know that in San Diego you can't feed that animals or stab them. So it just makes it clear that things are different and the times were different too.

"Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu."
This ties in with the religion as the theme of the book. I think it is interesting how he does have three religions and he loves all of the gods that he worships. He also says this various time when he is in trouble and it just makes you know he wants to pray and what not.

Lit Circle Response!

So i have liked this book so far and i think that how everything falls together is pretty cool.

Where we left off is when the boat just sunk and Richard Parker is in the boat with Pi as well as the Zebra. I didn't expect there to be a zebra that randomly jumps into their boat but okay. I think that the lion will eat the zebra instead of Pi and Pi will just be scared. I also think that Pi and Richard Parker will become best friends. I know a lion and a human best friends what are you talking about, but i do think they will become friends since they pretty much only have each other to survive. In the next part of the book i think the logical thing would be that it is going to talk about Pi and Richard Parker on the boat for a really long time. I think it might get a bit boring since being on a boat or a life boat is not too exciting.

The visualizing in this book is kinda crazy. I mean it jumps around a lot so like one second I'm picturing all these monkeys and like deer and then like the next second i picture Pi praying or something religious like that. For me it is pretty easy to picture things so i don't think there is a problem with that at all but those whole italic parts in the book throw my off and i kinda just disregard of them during the whole picturing the story in my brain. I kinda just read it and remember it.

I really enjoy reading the religious parts of this book. I think it is because i personally don't care for religion and i like to still learn about others. I know a lot about other religions from reading other things but i think that in this book they take it to another level. I like seeing how Pi connects the three religions he practices. I started to think that this was just going to be about religion and was like maybe this book is not too great but then when his teacher started talking about religion i could relate to him more and i liked that part since it is more of what i believe.

I think the only problem i am really having with this book is the whole italicized parts. I do not get how these parts even fit with the book. Like in resent one its like talking about Pi and how he has a daughter and I'm like what? I just think since they jump around so much they don't need to jump around more and try to confuse me.

The only way i think i can solve this problem is by reading more of the book. I'm sure that these italicized parts will have some meaning to them. I mean its not like i forget what they say but i think it will fall together more towards the end of the book .

Reading Circles!

I forgot what these reading groups are called but reading circles sounds pretty good to me. I know we have to blog but I'm sure about what. So ill start off with how i didn't turn in a slip so that i could get a book i wanted and i ended up with LIFE OF PI. I didn't really care what book i got and i actually don't think this book is too bad.

My first group meeting went pretty well. I was the illuminator and i thought there was many interesting parts so i did make conversation a lot more interesting. I also thought Coco had really good questions for our discussion as well. I thought the beginning of the book we kinda weird but i did like how the author states how animals are just like humans.

Tomorrow is my next meeting and i think it will be good since the boat just sunk :]

3b

For the most part all the information seemed pretty logical and that highest and lowest points were very similar, except for the nitrates. The highest was 15 ppm while the lowest was 0 ppm, I thought this was kinda surprising since there was such a big different but the water from the fourth and fifth sight were cleaner so it makes sense that they would have a lower nitrate level.

3a

pH!
The sight with the lowest amount of pH was the Mexico sample number three with an average of 6.57 pH. The sample that had the highest pH was the Mexico sample number one with an average of 7.3 pH.

DO!
All the sights had the same dissolved oxygen measurement of an average of 4 ppm.

Temp!
The sample with the coolest water was the Mexico sample number one with an average of 20.3 degrees Celsius. The warmest water sample was Mexico sample number three with an average of 21.57 degrees Celsius.

Nitrates!
Mexico sample number two had the highest number of nitrates with an average of 15 ppm. The sample with the lowest number of nitrates was water sample number five with an average of 0 ppm.