Wait. The AP test is WHEN?

      Well, I feel like I haven't looked at my blog in at least 3 months. That's obviously not the case, but it has been a while. Since the last time, we started and finished Ceremony. Two words: thank. goodness. Don't get me wrong, I did like the story overall, but the longer I read it, the more I felt it was much longer than necessary. I felt like the same concepts and messages could have been portrayed in a shorter novel, but I guess it's one of those "I coulda done that, but didn't" things people sometimes feel about paintings. I had a hard time annotating it, too, because all I could see were colors and directions, and just those alone don't create much meaning. It was nice to get a new perspective, though. One that wasn't about accepting or denying white culture, but kind of finding the happy medium. So props to Silko for that.
      We started our final book, Fifth Business, last week, and I'm happy to say I actually enjoy reading it. I think the whole premise of it is hilarious. I mean, who writes a 250 page letter to their boss detailing their entire life story because of some newspaper article (which wasn't even offensive)? I'm excited to hear what my classmates think about it when we discuss it on Wednesday. Also, I don't think I can put into words how glad I am we aren't annotating it. I feel like annotating ruins books for me, and since I like this one, I don't want it ruined.
     We've also continued preparing for the AP exam. And I'm still no where near ready. Yay! I'm kind of hoping I'm just psyching myself out, and it actually isn't going to be as bad as I'm imagining it. I think what I need to work on the most is actually open prompts. I know we've been working on them all year, but I got to pick the prompt to match a book I had in mind, which obviously won't happen on the AP. But I'm sure I'll be able to somehow tie one of the works we've studied this year into it, so that will definitely help.

Here's a really pretty piano song if you want to relax:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVaaRx1-kSs

That is all.