Wednesday, March 3, 2004

commenting on 2 students' blogs

How Hemingway Edits "I've seen every sunrise in my life, " he (Heimingway) said. "I rise at first light, and I start by reading and editing everything I have written to the print where I left off. That way I go through a book several hundred times in manuscript and worked it over thirty times in prof, trying to get it right." this is from jane's blog, and i chose to write about it, because i am doing hemingway for my research paper, so any quote about him sticks out as valuable and interesting.... yes... i also just really love this quote, because it sounds so romantic... it makes the professional happs on writers, like a great (HEMINGWAY), seem so amazing. how peaceful, to wake up every morning, and get right to work on writing, and enjoy to sunrise at the same time. GOOD QUOTE JANE!!! i love seeing that other people in the class comment on things outside of class... christine, for example, writes about "the art of motercycle maitenence," which, of course was a text of the day, so i wrote on it too, and its interesting to see varied opinions. when christina mentions, "All my life I have had teachers that made their students do it the teacher's way." i TOTALLY sympathize... i think i mention this too in my response to the text 4. christina must have gone to a school like LGAC! Posted by Beth Williams on 3/3/04; 2:35:38 PM from the dept. Discuss

my back is KILLING me!

well, we went on a fieldtrip to the library, and it was EXCITING. not only did i find "muscle and fitness" magazine dating back to 2000!, but I also got 5 great books on hemingway... which i get to kep until march 24th, which is 7 whole days after the paper is due- wee hoo. so, the library is really a great source for looking for books. i have to admitt that i enjoy "browsing" at border's better, but thats just me....? it was great looking in the 1977 edition of "la voz" and finding mr. Lovas looking quite dapper in his disco-wear! what else.... oh! i enjoyed looking at the shelf's of newpapers written in chinese! i never knew we had enough demand for that at de anza to do such a thing! thats great... well, hemingway is great.. i found a book directly relating to his career as a journalist... which may come in handy when i discuss his prose style. oh! and i never knew there was an extending room on the top floor. i thought it was taht one "quad" area, with discussion rooms and thats it.... boy was i wrong!!! the "a. robert deheart (spelling...) learning center" is an abundant hotbed for literaary aids and services. Posted by Beth Williams on 3/3/04; 2:21:29 PM from the dept. Discuss