WOW!

AHHH!!! I'm so completely lost about how to do this blog thing! I do know how to put up words. I'm hoping to get some help this weekend! So, I'm sorry for all of you that have to look at this boring page! HAHA!!! I just figured out how to put a picture up! That's FUN!

On to bigger and better things! In class today we talked about Darmok from Star Trek and how Picard (I think that's how you spell it!) was reading the Homeric Hymns. The book "contains the root metaphors of Western Civilization." This is intensly true while reading this book. We talk about the Gods doing their thing in ancient Greece, while in the society of today the same things are happening. The really amazing thing to me is that the same stories that were being told thousands of years ago are still being told today. You take the story of Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle. Hello!.... can anyone say spaghetti western?!?! They are the same entertainment that the Greeks were using centuries ago. It just goes to show that quality is an everlasting feature of entertainment. Henry David Thoreau said this in his own way, "Don't read the times, read the eternities!"

The whole reason that I put the picture of Antigones on this post is because I feel the same way about the book that I do about this blog! Totally confused!

view on reading and notes from 1/22

I just finished reading all of the Homeric Hymns. They were pretty decent if you have some knowledge of the Greek Gods. I found this nifty little guide in the back as to who the names are. It was helpful. The hymn about Hermes was hilarious. I honestly was laughing out loud at some of the lines because they were absurd and somewhat crude. I was like is this a way to pay homage to a God? It was really awesome.

The Antigone book. Equally great! It embodies all of these elements that no other play or story can create. There was incest, law breaking, and the five conflicts that we discussed in class. Man vs. Woman, Old vs. Young, Individual vs. Society, Living vs. Dead, and Man vs. God(s). There is so much conflict involved.

Notes

Tragedians in Greece could only talk or write about the past. Current affairs were completely off limits to them. Comedians were given almost no guidelines. They had license to talk about anything that they wanted to.

Obscene- means off stage or off the scene

ME

So... I was born and raised in the Bozeman area. I graduated from Manhattan high school in 2003. It wasn't my first choice in schools, but I made it through ok. I am currently living in a house in Belgrade which I rent from my parents. I live with my friend Jesse and his two year old son. It's fun stuff! I went to Missoula for a semester and didn't like it. I then transferred to Dillon. I loved the school and the staff there, but I had no desire to sever my ties to home. I moved back to the valley and took a year or a little longer to myself. I worked and played and did a whole lot of nothing. It was a faboulous time in my life. I decided to come back to school after months of pleading and begging from my family. When I realized that it was probably the only thing that would keep me from sleeping in my truck i decided that it would be ok. I returned to school a year ago only taking two classes. After that first semester back I decided to go full time and here I am. I've changed my major multiple times and I'm in general studies right now. I would like to be a drug and alcohol counselor someday maybe...