A sigh of relief, and a character analysis!

"Im so upset i could blog about it!" 

My thoughts for today. Not only was i looking forward to reading my book, i also needed it for an assignment in class today, when i couldn't find it ANYWHERE!! I checked every room that i have been in the past 3 days and searched my brains out! I was actually starting to get worried that i dropped it in the middle of the halls or that somebody had lifted it off of me. However to think that somebody would steal a book of all things from somebody at the sturg was a long shot. Perhaps if i was looking for "my" pack of cigarettes that would be a completely different story! I did find my book though and had that wonderful sigh of relief! I had forgotten that i spent a night looking after my god daughter, and had left it in my over night bag from friday. Seriously thats how long its been since I've read! its actually really concerning. I had planned on doing the review for this one a week ago, but things have just been so hectic that i just haven't had the time to read my book. That being said I'm just over halfway through so it shouldn't be too terribly long until i can do this review. Until then i figured i would do a quick overview as to what i have already read! 

just a disclaimer (that i suppose i really should have added in her in my last post) Because this blog is about reading and will contain reviews on different books and Movies there will be SPOILERS ALL OVER THIS PAGE! if you're planning on reading the book or watching the movie at some point in your life then perhaps i would hold off on reading just yet. 

Ok now that, that tedious little bit is out of the way lets jump in with a little character introduction:

Alex- the male protagonist in our story here, is an older man "salt & pepper hair". He owns and manages the general store in their end of southport, and has two children. His late wife Carly, and mother of the two children passed away because of a brain tumour, and now Alex has been forced to be more responsible than ever looking after Josh (6) and Kirsten (5) A former detective with the marines, he is very good at reading into the actions and behaviours of many of the other characters, and uses this skill when he meets Katie. Alex is a very genuine person and its easy to see why katie feels so safe and comfortable around him.

Katie- Our female protagonist and main character in the story. Katie is very complex and is quite hard to write about, because she really is two different characters. Katie is the strong, green eyed brunette, woman who was able to escape from her violent husband in Boston. Although Katie is still very apprehensive about Alex and living in south port, she is and independent woman now and is trying to teach herself that it is ok to be happy, and that it is ok to have nice things in life that you can enjoy. Erin is the other side of "Katie" that we see when she is with her husband Kevin. Erin is extremely submissive,  timid and to a certain extent mousy. She grew up with her parents alcoholism and is now living with her husband who also has sever alcoholism and is a violent and abusive man. 

Kevin- Our antagonist and honestly the most well written character in the novel in my opinion. I should probably just say that i dont feel like hes well written because i agree with his actions or dialogue for that matter but rather i disagree with every single passage he is written into. He just comes off as exactly what he is. A ruthless, violent, drunk, corrupt, cop. I cant help but feel so strongly for this character, but not in the good way. I actually have nothing good to say about him. The nicest thing i could come up with is that he is a complete and total scum bag. So far we know that he would do anything to control Erin, including locking her in the house, stopping by and calling at random to make sure that she has not gone out, which would be impossible considering he would not let her have a drivers license. We know he beats her black and blue if she cuts the tomatoes for the salad incorrectly, holds her at gunpoint when she stands up for herself and lets not forget the countless number of times he has raped her. This guy is that fucking ass thats really not worth anybody's time and oh yeah! he's a high ranking captain with the Boston PD. And is currently trying to track katie down to kill her. what a hero.

Jo- Is Katie's neighbour and a counsellor. occasionally she walks over and they share a glass of wine and Katie tells her story's about her life with Kevin. Really her character is a filler, but i can't help relating with her, just because our personalities are so similar. I feel like she really is the most interesting character in the book! 

Thats the four main characters in the novel, i think im done now. my head is starting to hurt, (i had two tests today and i think its getting the best of me) however i am SO HAPPY that i found my book!! 

stay tuned for the rest of the review!!! 

-Hillary-Erin 

"Im so excited, i think i'll blog about it!"

Just a Small Announcement:

So i know i have not written in quite sometime and i apologize for that. The truth of the matter is that i started this blog as a way for me to pass the time in my dorm room throughout my first year of University. It Started out as a great idea but as things got more and more busy i had less and less time to actually sit down and write something, and i had started lose inspiration and things to write about. So here is my Announcement: This blog has now been reborn and has taken a turn in the totally opposite direction. Don't get me wrong i still have Burtram my Beta fish and he is doing awesome, but i have recently been very inspired to try this new idea i have had for quite sometime. 

So i Suppose i should start off with  aNew introduction to myself, as i have changed significantly since my last post. First of all i've grown yet another year older and now being 20 a lot of things have changed. My Name is still Hillary, I'm still Canadian (but no i do not say oot and aboot or Eh.), i am still a sister and ' still a music lover! What has changed is my field of studies. To this day i don't think i've really been honest about why i stopped studying music and moved into healthcare, the reason being I'm not totally sure i know myself why. Being a nurse just seemed right. As much as i loved singing and doing my music, i never really felt like that was my dream. I can still remember when my parents would always ask me what i wanted to be when i grew up i would always answer with "a Nurse." Its always been my dream, and i can't even begin to describe how happy i am doing what i do. 

So because of the 3+ years to actually get into a nursing program, i decided to get my healthcare aide diploma first. that way i could get myself into the workplace, get some experience, and if i hated it i would have spent far less time and money on it. Now i've graduated, i am fully certified, but jobless. There are just no jobs out there to be had, so i made the decision to go back to high school. To keep my skills up to date, and also because a lot of the curriculum has changed since my graduation in 2011, and majority of those courses are required to get into a nursing program. Currently i am taking a grade 12 Biology, math and English. Now, i have previously had both my Bio and Math teachers in my grade 12 year, but i had never met my current english teacher (Even after hearing of her for four consecutive years) I had heard many things about her, both good and bad. Rumour had it that she was one of those teacher that you absolutely loved or hated. 

She is so different from any other english teacher i've had. EVER. Taking higher level english the emphasis was always on how to write an essay, and the novel studies were always on some dry ancient "Classic" like Wuthering Heights. God, even the title makes me cringe. Mrs Smith (not her real name), however puts a lot of emphasis on reading. I have written only one assignment so far and all of our novel studies are on the books we pick out ourselves! For example every friday we get all class to just read a novel and when we return on monday we spend the class writing and responding to what we read. The first assignment we were required to do was not the usual "write a paragraph about yourself" assignment, but rather tell me your three favourite books and why and why you like to read. I Hillary-Erin for the first time EVER, L O V E my english class! 

Mrs. Smith has this philosophy that life is too short to read a shitty book so why waste time doing so? so that is exactly what i am not going to do! She has gotten me BACK into my love for reading, and man am i so thankful for that! I almost thought i was starting to lose myself for a bit. 

Anyways enough of my ramblings, This new blog: Dog-eared Corners is going to be devoted to my current reading. And will feature a book review every time i finish a novel (I want to say once a month, but some books are longer than others), as well as a review of the corresponding movies if one exits. I hope nobody is expecting any Jane Austen, or any of the Bronte sisters on here because it just is not going to happen. i have absolutely no interest in reading that nonsense. So i will be reading relatable new"er" aged works. Starting with Nicholas Sparks' Safe Haven. 

I know right: oh god why? well although i find a lot of his works very predictable and cookie cutter (i.e. the rescue, Dear John) a lot of them are beautiful and keep you on your toes at all times (ex. The Lucky One). And i also have this weird thing on my bucket list to own and read every sparks novel. (Im almost halfway there, YAY!) 

ok this is officially way to long! Until next time:

-Hillary-Erin

stay tuned page turners

COMING SOON: 

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

a review by Hillary.

RIP Claus

it is with Deepest regrets that i need to inform you that Claus has suddenly passed away. Claus had many health problems and struggles in life. He suffered a stroke paralyzing half of his body. Thus leaving him only able to swim in circles. His inability to swim to his food caused him to parish due to starvation. This is a tragic loss to his family and ours. He will always be remembered as a great fish.

Claus October 2011- December 2011

p.s. i have already attained a new Fish. His name is Burtram.... he's Awesome.

its a Pittance of time

   Lets discuss an important matter, that i find to be very important to me. As it is november remembrance day is quickly approaching. This is a day honoured in canada, as a day when we take the time to remember all of the soldiers who fought in the war.

   Recently there has been a fascination with 11:11: 11, 11:11. November 11, 2011, 11:11:11 AM. The specific pittance of time that we have set aside to honour those fallen, or those who have fought for our freedom. But instead many have become caught up with the ida of "make a wish day" WTF! I apologize for getting so worked up about this but its true. As a person with a very close friend of mine in the Canadian military i find it extremely disrespectful that we would use a day like remembrance day to "make a wish". I find this almost as disrespectful as some find Justin Beiber's new hit "Mistletoe" Sac-religious. Im not as offended as i am confused as to some priorities. To me it seems more important to be grateful for our freedom rather than making a wish. Wishing in itself is Sac-religous. Here we are saying "I wish, i wish, i wish." idolizing some kind of higher power asking for things for ourselves when we could just as easily be saying "Heavenly father, Holy Lord, dear Jesus" for things that we can help others with. So no. i will not attend your Facebook event. i will not "hashtag on twitter" and i will most defiantly will not pause my day for such a meaningless moment. Instead,  Lets make a deal to throw our wishes away for that 60 seconds of november 11, and instead pay our respects for those who deserve it.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!

Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

-LCol John McCrae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd5_YZbhtl0

Oh to be a Bass

As i sat today in choir, idealized just how awesome it would be to be a bass. As they sand their low D below the staff, i was truly mesmerized by the thickness of their vocal chords. and indeed my lord DID deliver Daniel.  (<--- i swear this was not meant to be a sexual innuendo...) What would life be like to be a bass? lets make a list! The following are 10 reasons as to why basses are so Bau5.

Basses are bau5. who else can sing soprano as well as bass, BESIDES the bases.... right NO ONE!

Basses have the ability to sing so low that it sounds as if one is belching and its still Bau5. why is it so bau5    to sound as if one is burping while actually singing? because James Earl Jones does it. thats why.


Its a simple fact that guys with extremely low voices get to be on super badass commercials, as well as movie trailers, also low voiced men get to play the awesome rolls in movies such as darth vader, or GOD!!

Basses by far have the greatest vibrato. Nuff said

As hard as a woman may try she will never achieve the same amounts of overtones in the sound. Why may this be? well simply because the lower the voice the more baller amounts of overtones.

WTV all the members of the opposite sex dig em'

 it is socially acceptable, and is almost required that all bases have a bad ass beard.

basses obtain the easiest baseline. although sometimes boring, basses get the opportunity to sustain their whole notes and mentally fall asleep. also making it acceptable to paint secondary eyeballs on your eyelids as to fool the choir director.



basses have the pleasure of having the word ass in their name.

basses can come say "come to me" in a James Brown type manner.

Music History. nuff said

Deitrich what can i say? life blows in this class. lets be honest how far in life am i going to get after i figure out who's chant belongs to whom?! by that point, ill be an old spinster knitting in my humble abode of room 1107 and singing along to gregorian chant from the 11th century. what an accomplishment hillary! you got a degree in music, and you are now 200 years old!!
   
     On another non related note is the gentleman in front of me aware that static cling has somehow attached a sock to the inside of the hood on the back of his sweater??? something tells me to let him know although i really do not want to embarrass the poor guy. plus the person sitting directly to my left may have already let him know... we'll just leave it at that. after all who knows it could be a new style that we are just not aware of. today when i go to work ill make sure that i have a sock stuck to the back of my pants. it'll be all the rage!! Think of it. can you picture it???? Don't get me wrong, this may be coming off as sarcastic, but I'm completely 100% serious. perhaps this article of clothing is sitting in that hood on purpose. OH NO! what is this??? i just received a note. with the words "pass to ****** .... Casually!" thats a breakthrough in socially acceptable behaviour. it seems completely normal to pass a note. casually. with the guy's name right on it. awkward. however POINT to whomever wrote it.

       you know what i love? people who laugh so hard that no sound comes out. this is currently happening to my left. and its fantastic. "why is it so funny??" she asks. well i can tell you. although we are trying to be subtle with this "note" its the farthest thing from it. Its about as subtle as a gun.

New Topic: NYAN CAT!
so theres is this new (well actually not so new) trend in the first floor poettker girls hallway. and that is NON-STOP NYAN!  i must say i am totally a fan of this trend and am currently nyaning as we speak. last time i checked i was at 2674 nayanoseconds. BALLER!!! however i wonder how nyan cat came to be. think about it  does a cat wearing toast flying and pooping rainbows come to be?? and more importantly, when does the toast turn into a pop tart? it has already been established that after 4000 nayanoseconds it starts flashing rainbows... which also leads to the actual colour of Gerald Gerbrandt's eyes. (or simply put: Gerlold.) after muh debate it has been decided that his eyes must be rainbows, sinces he's just so fantastic. don't believe me? here:

 Here we are. multiple pieces of proof, that Gerlolld Gerbrandts eyes are never ope enough to see the colour of them, so hence, RAINBOW!

most happy of fridays, it seems like a great day to get down today :D more thoughts later,
-H

Post one!! "Study session in 1114" actually more just like every word that comes out of JIllian Stothers mouth.

PFFT yeah right! study session. like that would ever happen. i think i may have managed to study for about an hour and then totally gave up. those whole three years were the most out of control years of my life. we did like shit all all day. we would actually like draw photos much like i am doing right meow. I want to get really really dressed up for halloween, but like in a ball gown. plus my boobs kept falling down while i was wearing it. Janjaweed, some stay dry while others stay wet. i am... dangerously insane. ugh i really want to be belle from beauty and the beast for halloween. i need to dye my hair a little bit first. just a lil bit. just a lol bit. come on esther be a bau5. WOAH! seizure setting. almost gave me a seizure. my friend just told me she's gong to bite me. i need to go to bed soon. i agree. i am not tired at all. Woah shit i have another reading to do for BTS tomorrow morning. i have to read Amos. aka Anus. A moss. A mosque. just a lil chapter. my trachea was about to close up on me and kill me. I miss amber. wait bathroom amber? or different amber. I'm going to be the worst doctor err. I miss my cat. i miss my mom. can i have some goat tikka. like Goat tee ka. like with 2 k's. i wonder what ted would say if i just went up to him and say hey can i have some goat or chicken tikka? Just kittens. My butt is going numb. oh baby. i can't wait until i have kids. i really hope I'm not one of those people that gain weight every where. instead just be pregnant from the front. like when your walking around and people are like holy! theres baby up in herrr. woopsies i accidentally pressed conversation with that guy. dangit. i don't have any wifi. what am i going to use to distract me from reading a mosque right meow?? a ross. Ross Gheller. What the fonk. What the patrick Falk. GO FACE BIZZAL. janjaweed.