Hi, all!
Sorry for the lame amount of posting currently. I was actually waiting for the results of a writing contest to come through before I posted anything else. I have a short story I wrote called "Locks and Keys" that I was actually going to post back with "Missoula," but instead I decided to enter it in a writing contest. If it had been previously published, it would have been disqualified. Not that is really matters, since I lost (ouch). I'm actually pretty bummed. But hey, at least I can put the story online now!
Locks and Keys
(I took this link down, revised it, and put it back up at least four times before coming to the version you see now.)
Locks and Keys Audio
(Sorry my S's are so loud.)
So...you enjoy that.
We've definitely done lots of other projects in Creative Writing this year, and I know that for this blog to become a good portfolio, I need to be prolific. But I also don't wanna post anything I don't think is good, so...we'll see what I decide. We're doing a poetry unit right now, so I'll probably do a post of a few poems later. I still have to edit some and write a slam poem.
Wish me luck!
-Allie H-S
P.S: my updated favorite webcomic list should appear on the side bar. New ones include Johnny Wander, Balderdash!, Paranatural, Monsterkind, Harpy Gee, and The Lonely Vincent Bellingham. Wow, that's a lot more than I expected. My friends say I have a problem....Haha...ha....
UPDATE: Eek look here I just learned I didn't lose yay!
Showing posts with label readings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label readings. Show all posts
March 10, 2015
August 10, 2014
A Short Post About an Important Book
Hello, all.
I just read a The Little Prince (or Le Petit Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I realize that this is a children's book, and typically a semi-formal review post like this should probably be about some three-hundred page YA fiction or something, or maybe something even more legitimate - like maybe I should be reviewing Pride and Prejudice for you - but there'll be time for that later, and maybe that's even the point. Just because this isn't some hefty novel doesn't mean the book isn't important.
This book is very important.
I actually didn't know The Little Prince existed until fairly recently, and I only read it now because rumour has it that I'll be reading it this year in French IV. (We half-assedly read the first chapter or so in the last few weeks of French III, and I was very lost, so I think having read the English translation first will help.) But now I know it exists. And now you know, too.
The Little Prince is about adults, and everything you lose when you outgrow your childhood. It's about numbers and jobs and how we always rush about, and how everything we think has value - a big house, a career, doing everything quickly and efficiently, spending all our time finding new ways just to save some - muddles up everything that's really important, things like love and friendship and true satisfaction. It's written in a formal, solemn tone, and the narrator says that he doesn't want his book to be taken lightly, which sounds pretentious - and hey, maybe it is a bit pretentious - but the way it's written is beautiful and poetic, if a bit abstract (remember, it's a children's book; it's full of space travel and talking flowers).
Earlier this summer, during that silly Creative Writing class I took, I read Tuesdays With Morrie, which was similar to this, if a bit more straightforward in expressing its themes. It was also similar because they're both sad.
I've said this before, but I think most good books are sad. But this was also very sweet.
I think it would be nice to do an audio reading of this, so I'll look into that. In the meantime, it's 83 pages long, with large text and lots of pictures. You can easily read it in a day, so if you can get your hands on a copy, I urge you to do so. I think you'll enjoy it.
That's all.
-Allie H-S
I just read a The Little Prince (or Le Petit Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I realize that this is a children's book, and typically a semi-formal review post like this should probably be about some three-hundred page YA fiction or something, or maybe something even more legitimate - like maybe I should be reviewing Pride and Prejudice for you - but there'll be time for that later, and maybe that's even the point. Just because this isn't some hefty novel doesn't mean the book isn't important.
This book is very important.
I actually didn't know The Little Prince existed until fairly recently, and I only read it now because rumour has it that I'll be reading it this year in French IV. (We half-assedly read the first chapter or so in the last few weeks of French III, and I was very lost, so I think having read the English translation first will help.) But now I know it exists. And now you know, too.
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Earlier this summer, during that silly Creative Writing class I took, I read Tuesdays With Morrie, which was similar to this, if a bit more straightforward in expressing its themes. It was also similar because they're both sad.
I've said this before, but I think most good books are sad. But this was also very sweet.
I think it would be nice to do an audio reading of this, so I'll look into that. In the meantime, it's 83 pages long, with large text and lots of pictures. You can easily read it in a day, so if you can get your hands on a copy, I urge you to do so. I think you'll enjoy it.
That's all.
-Allie H-S
April 11, 2014
TFiOS, Children's Stories, and Tiny, Mexican Men
Hello all.
Time for a jam-packed media post!
I was actually gonna post about how to defeat writer's block, but that actually began to give me writer's block and I couldn't deal with the irony. And yesterday, my friends and I spotted three lovely copies of my favorite book, The Fault in Our Stars (TFiOS) on my English teacher's desk, and the movie's coming out on June 6th [link], and I haven't read that book for - jesus - almost two years now. (One and three quarters?) Also, Mr. Parker (English teacher) said it isn't sad, which I kind of have to fundamentally disagree with. The Fault in Our Stars is a very sad book. The protagonist has terminal cancer. Her friend has eye cancer. Her love interest...well, he doesn't have cancer anymore, but that's beside the point. But so, I read it in the summer before eighth grade, then thrust it in the faces of all of my friends, and they came back and told me they had to stop at this one particular scene (and a few others) because they couldn't read through the tears. (Alix actually told me I'd "broken her feels" because the book gave her too many.)
Now, that isn't to say you shouldn't read it because it's sad. I've actually noticed recently that all good books are sad, or at least have sad parts. I think that's because you can't really confront the world's problems without including some sad stuff. (I would like to link to something here, but it's too spoiler-y, so maybe I will...later?) And if you don't confront the world's problems, your book is really just...a book.
Anyways, the point of all my ramblyrambles here was to say this: I'm reading TFiOS again, and because I haven't done an audio reading in ages (and because those are fabulous fun), I would like to post it here. But because it's All Rights Reserved and I don't have permission to use it, that's copyright infringement, which is just generally a bad idea. So I will look into it! And if, by some miracle, I manage to get permission, I'll update this post, or maybe make a new one with the recording.
So really this part of my post is just a review. READ TFiOS. O-O
However, I did promise for this to be a media post, and something I realized today is that I never showed you guys the last project I did in Creative Writing. So here, I give you...
A Giant Mess
My junior high is located right next to an elementary school, so we went to visit a kindergarten class, and we each got a little kid to write a story for, and I illustrated mine and everything and just, just, gosh. That project made me happy. I took my kid's name out of the dedication though, 'cause she's like five, and this is the Internet.
The one other thing I wanted to share in this post is that yesterday morning, I went to a Rotary breakfast thingy and they have an orphanage/school place in Mexico that they were talking about and they gave us these on our way out the door.
they made pen people! and keychains! (it's a sombrero. it says Guadalajara.)
hehe!
and that just made my day. :3
Thanks,
-Allie
Time for a jam-packed media post!
I was actually gonna post about how to defeat writer's block, but that actually began to give me writer's block and I couldn't deal with the irony. And yesterday, my friends and I spotted three lovely copies of my favorite book, The Fault in Our Stars (TFiOS) on my English teacher's desk, and the movie's coming out on June 6th [link], and I haven't read that book for - jesus - almost two years now. (One and three quarters?) Also, Mr. Parker (English teacher) said it isn't sad, which I kind of have to fundamentally disagree with. The Fault in Our Stars is a very sad book. The protagonist has terminal cancer. Her friend has eye cancer. Her love interest...well, he doesn't have cancer anymore, but that's beside the point. But so, I read it in the summer before eighth grade, then thrust it in the faces of all of my friends, and they came back and told me they had to stop at this one particular scene (and a few others) because they couldn't read through the tears. (Alix actually told me I'd "broken her feels" because the book gave her too many.)
Now, that isn't to say you shouldn't read it because it's sad. I've actually noticed recently that all good books are sad, or at least have sad parts. I think that's because you can't really confront the world's problems without including some sad stuff. (I would like to link to something here, but it's too spoiler-y, so maybe I will...later?) And if you don't confront the world's problems, your book is really just...a book.
Anyways, the point of all my ramblyrambles here was to say this: I'm reading TFiOS again, and because I haven't done an audio reading in ages (and because those are fabulous fun), I would like to post it here. But because it's All Rights Reserved and I don't have permission to use it, that's copyright infringement, which is just generally a bad idea. So I will look into it! And if, by some miracle, I manage to get permission, I'll update this post, or maybe make a new one with the recording.
So really this part of my post is just a review. READ TFiOS. O-O
However, I did promise for this to be a media post, and something I realized today is that I never showed you guys the last project I did in Creative Writing. So here, I give you...
A Giant Mess
The one other thing I wanted to share in this post is that yesterday morning, I went to a Rotary breakfast thingy and they have an orphanage/school place in Mexico that they were talking about and they gave us these on our way out the door.
they made pen people! and keychains! (it's a sombrero. it says Guadalajara.)
hehe!
and that just made my day. :3
Thanks,
-Allie
November 8, 2013
How Toys Become Real
"...once you are Real, you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
Hi, guys! Lately this has been pretty much just a writing blog, but according to my tagline, I'm obliged to post multimedia stuff, too. So, something I do other than writing and art is reading aloud. It's fun, 'cause to me it's kinda like singing, but less tone-deaf. For this post, I read The Velveteen Rabbit.
There aren't many readings I feel comfortable posting due to copyright stuff, but since The Velveteen Rabbit's copyright ran out ages ago, it's public domain. (By the way, I recently made a Wix site about copyright in Comp Tech, so if ya want, you can find it here.) If you'd like an online copy of The Velveteen Rabbit, I found one here.
That said, here is a video of me reading! Enjoy! (Er, enjoy if you have time; it's 25 minutes long. The story doesn't even start for three.)
And since Blogger won't let me post videos directly (or I would have posted this ages ago), you can find the youtube video here.
One last thing: though I may sound British, I feel I should point out that I'm not actually British. I read this in an accent because, well, the story just seemed to call for it. That's all.
Until next post!
-Allie
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"The Velveteen Rabbit." The Velveteen Rabbit. Ed. John M. Ockerbloom and Mary M. Ockerbloom. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. <http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/williams/rabbit/rabbit.html>.
Hi, guys! Lately this has been pretty much just a writing blog, but according to my tagline, I'm obliged to post multimedia stuff, too. So, something I do other than writing and art is reading aloud. It's fun, 'cause to me it's kinda like singing, but less tone-deaf. For this post, I read The Velveteen Rabbit.
There aren't many readings I feel comfortable posting due to copyright stuff, but since The Velveteen Rabbit's copyright ran out ages ago, it's public domain. (By the way, I recently made a Wix site about copyright in Comp Tech, so if ya want, you can find it here.) If you'd like an online copy of The Velveteen Rabbit, I found one here.
That said, here is a video of me reading! Enjoy! (Er, enjoy if you have time; it's 25 minutes long. The story doesn't even start for three.)
And since Blogger won't let me post videos directly (or I would have posted this ages ago), you can find the youtube video here.
One last thing: though I may sound British, I feel I should point out that I'm not actually British. I read this in an accent because, well, the story just seemed to call for it. That's all.
Until next post!
-Allie
--
"The Velveteen Rabbit." The Velveteen Rabbit. Ed. John M. Ockerbloom and Mary M. Ockerbloom. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. <http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/williams/rabbit/rabbit.html>.
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