lame

music, I think that you're the greatest and best
and that's why I've always been so obssesed, impressed
by the microphones, amplifying voices and tones
and all the rest of the sounds coming out of my headphones

Macbeth

Well basically, I don't have too good of an idea of what's happening in Macbeth at all. I paid attention in class today though so I know that Macbeth is a guy trying to be king so he's about to go kill some other guy and take his place as king. And I know that there's these crazy witch ladies that pop up all the time and talk in a bunch of contradictions trying to sound deep and mysterious or something. And the language is really annoying to read mostly because I like to just have to read things one time to understand what is trying to be said.
My major question is, can we just quit while we're ahead and read something from like, this century?
Cause I'm not saying anything that everybody else isn't already thinking.
HOLLA

Thomas à Becket

Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170. He is considered a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He was involved in disputes with Henry II of England over the rights and priviliges of the church. Because of this, he was assasinated by some of Henry's followers in the Canterbury Cathedral. He was canonized soon after his death by Pope Alexander. He was put into a marble casket then placed in the crypt of the Cathedral, and eventually was put into a shrine-like tomb. The "à" in his name is thought to have been an imitation of Thomas à Kempis, a well known Catholic monk.

Writing

As a freshman, my writing was worse than it is now and since then I have learned a lot of things that are useful in helping me become a better writer. My struggles with writing during freshman year was with putting my thoughts into written form and making sure that they made sense and sounded well written. I also had problems with punctuation and grammar throughout freshman year. Since then, I have learned a lot about writing and almost never make grammar or spelling errors. Now I have problems with topic sentences and making my thesis connect to the rest of my paper. I think the most difficult part of the writing process this year is that we have to make people read and edit our rough draft because no body wants to do that.

"Every writer I know has trouble writing."
Joseph Heller

Comic

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My Hero

I would have to say that my biggest hero is Mr. David Lunn. He's probably one of the funniest dudes I've ever met and is crazy good at teaching us about literature. I asked all of my friends if they agree and everybody has had to admit that he's basically the greatest teacher of all time. The fact that we have to do blogs just proves my point because, after all, who doesn't like to blog anyways? He's also a golf all-star and there isn't anybody that I know of who doesn't think golf is mad fly.
Man, I wish I could be even half as cool as him, no joke. In fact, Mr. Lunn is one of the reasons I'm proud to be an American.

The man, the myth, the legend. Keepin' it real as always.

What's up, I'm Stan O'Neill. Welcome to my blog for Mr. Lunn's English 11 class, it's about my thoughts and stuff. I' am a junior at Anderson High School. My blog is dedicated to John Vosel cause he's ballin' outta control. I look forward to adding to this blog all of the time cause blogging is really, really cool.
Peace