People v. Macbeth

Ah, Shakespeare. A master of the English language and theatre. One of his most famous works is the tale of Macbeth and his ambition to be King of Scotland. Yes, yes, we all have to read it in high school. Yes, yes, light/dark imagery and change of character. And don’t you dare forget the dramatic irony! Shakespeare LOVES dramatic irony.

Whether or not you’ve read the play isn’t actually that important. All you need to know is that in the play, Macbeth kills some people and has some people killed. If you didn’t know this and I accidentally spoiled it for you, deal with it fool. It happens like right away. You also need to know that Macbeth kind of freaks out because of the killing.

Here’s the good part. The final project for Macbeth isn’t an essay or a collage or any other silly thing like that. Get ready for it: it’s Macbeth’s court hearing. I know, it’s awesome. There are two Honors English 3 classes. One class will be the defense team and the other is the prosecution. It’s clear that Macbeth did commit murder and order others to murder. However, it’s up to the defense to prove Macbeth innocent on the grounds of insanity.

I get to be Phoenix Wright (or Apollo Justice or Mia Fey) or Miles Edgeworth (or Franziska von Karma or Godot or Klavier Gavin)1.

Q: Is this…
A. Awesome
B. Or what

CHOICE A TIMES INFINITY.

1End my ridiculously geeky Phoenix Wright/Apollo Justice reference.

April 22, 2008 | 12 Comments

Ten Word Reviews

I’m taking a page out of Amanda’s book and doing some ten word reviews. I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately.

Movies

  1. Donnie Darko - Who doesn’t love Jake Gyllenhaal? Ending evokes very strong emotions.
  2. Enemy of the State - Exciting government conspiracy flick. Will Smith and Gene Hackman rock.
  3. Ed Wood - Johnny Depp cross-dresses… Not sure what to say. Entertaining, nonetheless.
  4. The Good Son - Macaulay Culkin is a sociopath. Elijah Wood is better actor.
  5. Sweeney Todd - Gory and artistic horror musical. The cast is so awesome.
  6. Office Space - Ron Livingston: disgruntled office worker. Milton is the best character.
  7. Dan in Real Life - Sweet and a little funny. It was an okay movie.

Books

  1. The Book Thief - Different side of Nazi Germany. Heartwarming and heartbreaking. Must read.
  2. I Am The Messenger - Ed Kennedy is normal. Then he isn’t. Very inspiring book.

    3. April 19, 2008 | Leave a comment

I Must Be Crazy

First of all, I’d like to thank my new host, Lene. Secondly, I’d like to apologize for the week and a half of downtime.

During the downtime there were a lot of things I wanted to blog about. Never in my life have I wanted to blog more than this last week. I won’t bother you with all of the topics I wanted to cover, but I will tell you about my classes for next year.

Finally, in the fourth quarter I was called down to the guidance office to pick my classes. I have to say that I’m feeling very ambitious for next year. Here’s my lineup:

Three AP classes. Psychology won’t be hard, really. I know that the workload isn’t bad and the teacher is pretty lax (I have him this year, so I would know). The other two AP Classes, however, are notorious for their amounts of work. In AP English 4, I’ll be reading book after book after book. And writing paper after paper after paper. That’s all the class is. Here’s how your final grade is broken up in the class: 90% writing assignments, 10% participation. Yeah.

The only other class I’m worried about besides those two is Physics. I’ve heard some not-so-great things about it. But I like Physics, and so I’m gonna take it.

Wish me luck, guys! I’ll need it. Especially for all of the summer work I’ll be doing for my AP classes.

1 In case anyone didn’t know, AP stands for Advanced Placement.

April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

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