Day Two

In my excitement to create my very first blog, I forgot to give the link to the cool little piccy I have of the bird I'm using as my avatar. No, this in not an excuse for my lack of attention, but rather an opportunity to correct my oversight.  So here it is:

http://weedoom.com/tag/nom/

This is where the picture originates from.  I could not get the link to open, so please beware if you intend to open it, for I do not know what sort of site it is.

Now that business is taken care of, on to Lit!

Last night I read Editha. It's a good thing too, as I thought I only had to read through CH. 24 in Huck Finn! Imagine my surprise when I realized I was 4 chapters short! Not as if Mr. Twain won't get a thorough reading, it just can not be done in the time allotted.  Catastrophe averted!

We also received An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge from Net Flix yesterday. Seldom am I impressed by what is created for the screen from what should be created in the imagination.  I believe this has only happened once, that being Pet Cemetery.  Although the movie was extremely close to the book, one just can not convey some of the thoughts of a doomed man outside of his own head.  All in all though, it was good dinner entertainment.

I've already begun to work on the next Pod.  So far I've read all three stories by Kate Chopin.  I believe I was introduced to her in ENGL 111, unfortunately I do not recall the title of her story, but I remember it was about a woman who died when she realized her freedom had been cruelly snatched away by the survival of her husband.

Personally (as if I can speak for anyone else :) ), I loath tragic stories.  I gripe all the time to my husband about the sad endings to his beloved Martial Arts movies.  If I want to read tragedy, all I must do is read a newspaper.  Relating that outlook to Kate Chopin, of the three stories, the last, Désirée's Baby was the best.  The characters just seemed a bit deeper to me.  They had actual feelings outside of their own britches.  As I read some of these stories, I suspect some may find my comments a bit more prudish than Clarisse :)