I'm back! I took a quick hiatus over the break. I spent a lot of time with my friends and family, I went to the city a few times, and I'm devastated that I have to give up my after school naps. I'm excited for this class. I used to read all the time, but for the past few years I've gradually read less and less. I've been trying to get back into it, so I've been reading short stories. Yesterday I read Recitate by Toni Morrison and thoroughly enjoyed it. For the past week or so I've been working on a short story collection called Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte. I've read three of his stories so far, and I think he really gets the feeling of loneliness and hopelessness across. The narrators are generally unlikable, but they're fun to hate.
I'm dreading poetry lessons. Poetry has never been my thing, everything is a symbol or part of a larger commentary. It's like a word puzzle, and it's just never clicked for me. I tried reading Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and it frustrated me. Like I get it, humanity is interconnected, what do you mean "a castrated face" Walt?
Keeping up with my gratitude journal, this week I'm grateful for marinated eggs and the step up platform at my gym.
I enjoyed English a lot last semester, I'm looking forward to more meditation and mindfulness walks this time around.
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