Dancing in Writing

Dear Empress of all writing,

Thank you for all the work you have done for us. I loved our class and the laughs we have all had. You have been a great influence in my writing. I actually want to share with you one of the times that I was laughing to myself to the point at which I could not stop. It was the first day of class and I was really nervous about writing because I have heard how hard the class really was. People told me it would consume my life and I would have no room for any other class. I thought they were just exaggerating but I was still worried for my academic life. I was early to the class so that I knew I would not be missing anything really important. When you walked through the door your smile took off the edge and I let out a sigh of relief. You were nice and bubbly so I felt a little better but was bracing for the guise to disappear and the work to start.
                You started off class by telling us you were a young adult author. This got my attention because I too was struggling with the final edit on my story “Beneath Me.” Then you commenced by telling us a story. It started something like this “It was a dark and stormy night . . . actually it was day time and it was very sunny.” I almost burst out laughing but was able to restrain myself. You had unknowingly stated a direct quote from my book, WORD FOR WORD. I was flabbergasted and my mind began to whirr. I knew from that time on that I would be fine.
                Thank you Joani Elliott, you have made writing fun again. :D

Boreing Podcast

Architect Daniel Libeskind

52 minutes. 100% :P
I hated this because it was such a good project that was being done. It was about the memorial for the twin towers site. The design is incredible as well as the purpose, but the interview strayed from the subject several times. It was not just Libeskind that strayed from the main topic but she did as well. They were both looking for opportunities to share their own beliefs as opposed to the actual information of the site. Libeskind talked about the holocaust at least 9 different times in the hour. There was no relevance and she egged him on so that they no longer were even talking about the same topic. The trade center memorial.