Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Weekend Update
hah.. I submitted that last entry at about 11:59. Mr. Hsiao is going to get a chuckle out of that one.
Anyway, it's been quite a while since I've done up a personal entry. What a shame, seeing as I've pretty much abandoned my livejournal for this new fancy schmancy blog.
Life has settled down after those few hectic weeks. Here's a short recap:
-Mom gets sick while she's off on a business trip and hits the emergency room the day she gets home with 8 gallstones stopping up her bile duct. She has them removed, gets a stent put in, is released, and has a couple days of rest. She's told to return in about 30 days to have her gallbladder removed.
-Grandma has a severe aneurysm and is hospitalized for about a week before she is taken off of life support and passes.
-Right after Grandma's services and all that crazy family stuff that goes along with it, mom has to go back to the ER. Her stent is nowhere to be found and she's all backed up with stones again. During a 5 or 6 day stay in the hospital she hasa repeat procedure to remove the stones and her galbladder is is removed. Her surgeon says it's one of the worst he's ever seen, but he didn't have to do general surgery [the big incision that requires a 6-week healing time] and she gets to go home 2 days later.
-Drama goes on with my family and my grandmother's residence. My nino and my aunt have borrowed money [a couple thousand] to take care of my grandma's services and decided to liqiuidate all of my grandma's possessions that they possibly could to help pay off this loan. Another uncle and hiswife kind of raided her house before anyone else did, even though we were all supposed to do it together. My dad also went through her stuff to sell as he is really tight for cash now that he has to make the last few payments on my grandma's car. This is just the tip of the iceberg, really, when it comes to this little bullet point but I could go on for hours and I really don't like to do that.
I think I might start another entry.. we'll call this one an update.
Anyway, it's been quite a while since I've done up a personal entry. What a shame, seeing as I've pretty much abandoned my livejournal for this new fancy schmancy blog.
Life has settled down after those few hectic weeks. Here's a short recap:
-Mom gets sick while she's off on a business trip and hits the emergency room the day she gets home with 8 gallstones stopping up her bile duct. She has them removed, gets a stent put in, is released, and has a couple days of rest. She's told to return in about 30 days to have her gallbladder removed.
-Grandma has a severe aneurysm and is hospitalized for about a week before she is taken off of life support and passes.
-Right after Grandma's services and all that crazy family stuff that goes along with it, mom has to go back to the ER. Her stent is nowhere to be found and she's all backed up with stones again. During a 5 or 6 day stay in the hospital she hasa repeat procedure to remove the stones and her galbladder is is removed. Her surgeon says it's one of the worst he's ever seen, but he didn't have to do general surgery [the big incision that requires a 6-week healing time] and she gets to go home 2 days later.
-Drama goes on with my family and my grandmother's residence. My nino and my aunt have borrowed money [a couple thousand] to take care of my grandma's services and decided to liqiuidate all of my grandma's possessions that they possibly could to help pay off this loan. Another uncle and hiswife kind of raided her house before anyone else did, even though we were all supposed to do it together. My dad also went through her stuff to sell as he is really tight for cash now that he has to make the last few payments on my grandma's car. This is just the tip of the iceberg, really, when it comes to this little bullet point but I could go on for hours and I really don't like to do that.
I think I might start another entry.. we'll call this one an update.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Raul Moreno
English 100
Cerritos College
Post:17
How to Tame a Wild Tongue
This was a pretty interesting read for me being hispanic. I've grown up speaking standard English while hearing a few of the other dialects mentioned by the author thanks to my "chicano" family. I can't say I agree totally with the author when it comes to some of her ideas about the evil white man, though I do understand her sentiments about a masculine, biased Spanish language. My grandmother's primary language was Spanish, but was very tenacious about my not speaking Spanish as a child and I can't say that I'm angry or resentful for that. Her efforts to start my English speaking early and rigorously have led to my present eloquence that reared its head even as I was a young child. I do admit, I'd have loved to know more about my culture and even taught the spanish language as a child, when it would have been easier to learn but the way I was brought up had many benefits that are ever present for me.
English 100
Cerritos College
Post:17
How to Tame a Wild Tongue
This was a pretty interesting read for me being hispanic. I've grown up speaking standard English while hearing a few of the other dialects mentioned by the author thanks to my "chicano" family. I can't say I agree totally with the author when it comes to some of her ideas about the evil white man, though I do understand her sentiments about a masculine, biased Spanish language. My grandmother's primary language was Spanish, but was very tenacious about my not speaking Spanish as a child and I can't say that I'm angry or resentful for that. Her efforts to start my English speaking early and rigorously have led to my present eloquence that reared its head even as I was a young child. I do admit, I'd have loved to know more about my culture and even taught the spanish language as a child, when it would have been easier to learn but the way I was brought up had many benefits that are ever present for me.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Shout Out
So I guess the AP group let me in.
Good time at The Getty; better time on the way up there!
Good time at The Getty; better time on the way up there!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Raul Moreno
English 100
Cerritos College
Post: 15?
Recitatif
The story takes place at St. Bonny's shelter, where the two main characters Twyla and Roberta are taken after their mothers are deemed incapable of taking proper care of their children for differing reasons. The story goes back and forth, hinting with stereotypes but never answering the greatest question of who is white and who is black? The two girls bond together at the shelter, cross paths several times later on in life having both good and sour exchanges including a scene of the civil rights movement-the integration of public schools-that took place in the 60's, and eventually a sort of reconciliation and reminiscene of the beginning. In the end, they come back to the shelter and the idea of "Bozo".
I'm looking forward to the debate this afternoon; it's going to get really interesting for sure. ;]
English 100
Cerritos College
Post: 15?
Recitatif
The story takes place at St. Bonny's shelter, where the two main characters Twyla and Roberta are taken after their mothers are deemed incapable of taking proper care of their children for differing reasons. The story goes back and forth, hinting with stereotypes but never answering the greatest question of who is white and who is black? The two girls bond together at the shelter, cross paths several times later on in life having both good and sour exchanges including a scene of the civil rights movement-the integration of public schools-that took place in the 60's, and eventually a sort of reconciliation and reminiscene of the beginning. In the end, they come back to the shelter and the idea of "Bozo".
I'm looking forward to the debate this afternoon; it's going to get really interesting for sure. ;]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Raul Moreno
English 100
Cerritos College
Post: 14
Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety speaks of what a society uses as a measure for an individual's worth,class, character and so on. In a nutshell, these subjects are the framework for the canons which any given society generally implements in determining their attitude and ideas towards another individual. These are the elements discussed: religion, physical appearance, gender, temperament, skills, accent, skin color, and ancestry. It also tells of the connection "we" as humans make between who has the biggest toys and what character traits we might subconsciously or consciously conclude the individual needed and/or carries to obtain such a treasure. Further in, we're encouraged to consider the vastness of the world and even the universe to with the purpose of dwarfing the social or status anxieties that trouble in this life.
I saw a lot of MSFM in this one as well as the book of Ecclesiastes found in the Bible. I think equally in congruence you'll also find some essence of AOTC in regards to why we focus on such finite and truly unsatisfying things as mentioned in (8).
I'll stop there so I've got something fresh for class discussion today. ;]
-Raul
English 100
Cerritos College
Post: 14
Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety speaks of what a society uses as a measure for an individual's worth,class, character and so on. In a nutshell, these subjects are the framework for the canons which any given society generally implements in determining their attitude and ideas towards another individual. These are the elements discussed: religion, physical appearance, gender, temperament, skills, accent, skin color, and ancestry. It also tells of the connection "we" as humans make between who has the biggest toys and what character traits we might subconsciously or consciously conclude the individual needed and/or carries to obtain such a treasure. Further in, we're encouraged to consider the vastness of the world and even the universe to with the purpose of dwarfing the social or status anxieties that trouble in this life.
I saw a lot of MSFM in this one as well as the book of Ecclesiastes found in the Bible. I think equally in congruence you'll also find some essence of AOTC in regards to why we focus on such finite and truly unsatisfying things as mentioned in (8).
I'll stop there so I've got something fresh for class discussion today. ;]
-Raul
Monday, March 2, 2009
Raul Moreno Jr
English 100
Cerritos College
Post: 13
Going to Meet the Man
Man, what a provoking text! I really wish we could have talked more about this in class, and I would have loved to really get into the psychology part discussing Freud and the oedipus complex. The first extravangant event of the brutal killing of the runaway slave brought about the convergence of racism, rancorous violence, and Jesse's sexuality. He became aroused at the mention of old slaves who he had raped and in other acts of violence against other colored people. All of this is hinted by the language used when describing the way he looked at his mother, and even the describing of the slave's body as both the most beautiful and terrifying things he'd ever seen. Man, there was just so much to talk about with this and the subject of emasculation, but I know it might be a little graphic to really get deep in discussion during class.
English 100
Cerritos College
Post: 13
Going to Meet the Man
Man, what a provoking text! I really wish we could have talked more about this in class, and I would have loved to really get into the psychology part discussing Freud and the oedipus complex. The first extravangant event of the brutal killing of the runaway slave brought about the convergence of racism, rancorous violence, and Jesse's sexuality. He became aroused at the mention of old slaves who he had raped and in other acts of violence against other colored people. All of this is hinted by the language used when describing the way he looked at his mother, and even the describing of the slave's body as both the most beautiful and terrifying things he'd ever seen. Man, there was just so much to talk about with this and the subject of emasculation, but I know it might be a little graphic to really get deep in discussion during class.
I don't know if I'm allowed to post this on the blogspot for class since this isn't my band, but I wanted to share here at least.
These are my boys from up north; they make up a sick band by the name ALLorNOTHING.
Have a look at this little video they've put together from the road and check out their myspace page HERE and have a listen to one of their new songs they just put up. They've got a full length record coming out very very soon that's already gone through the mixing process and I've taken a bunch of their shots-live and promo-that you'll find on their photos page.
These are my boys from up north; they make up a sick band by the name ALLorNOTHING.
Have a look at this little video they've put together from the road and check out their myspace page HERE and have a listen to one of their new songs they just put up. They've got a full length record coming out very very soon that's already gone through the mixing process and I've taken a bunch of their shots-live and promo-that you'll find on their photos page.
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