I really enjoyed the poem "Love and Other Catastrophes: A Mix Tape" by Amanda Holzer. This is pretty much how my mind works so I could relate. I'm always thinking in songs, both song titles and their lyrics. It can be annoying to have a random thought and then automatically associate it with a song I like or worse, hate. I am passionate about the ( Read more... )

In the poem "On the Subway" by Sharon Olds we see human nature at work in our tendency to judge others. Olds describes how the two very different subway passengers might view each other based on only what they see. They are opposites: male and female, black and white, young and not. Its these differences that cause the two to regard each other with ( Read more... )

I found the discussion on Experimental Literature very interesting. I hadn’t heard of the genre before and am intrigued by the idea that not all stories need to have the traditional beginning, middle, and end that I’m used to seeing. “Happy Endings” did not seem that strange or experimental to me. It makes sense. It’s not that hard to understand ( Read more... )

In The Wolf’s Postscript to “Little Red Riding Hood,” I find it amusing that the author takes the wolf’s actions and lets him explain that he is only trying to help little girls avoid the same trouble Little Red Riding Hood finds herself in. Obviously, it is the poor wolf who is the victim. “Little girls shouldn’t wander off in search of strange ( Read more... )

Forster, Marc, dir. Stranger Than Fiction. Perf. Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Columbia Pictures, 2006. DVD.

My name is Carrie Parker. I’m from Orange County, California but I moved to Plano when I was 20. I’m a dog lover and have an extremely bratty, adopted cocker spaniel named DJ. He’s a beast but I love him anyway. I returned to Collin College to finally get my degree after a very long absence. I’m almost done with my AA and am planning to transfer to ( Read more... )