Hunter S. Thompson

I would just like to say that that man is CRAZY! I really enjoyed reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for class and want to read the entire book when I have a chance. He was doing all these sorts of drugs and mixing then and then proceeded to drive on them- absurd!I loved how he wasn't sure if he was talking or thinking about how he would have to kill the hitchhiker if it had to come down to it. It is a tragedy that he commited suicide because I'm sure with a mind like that he could come up with a lot of other crazy books for people to read!

Joan Didion

Joan Didion is a very talented writer. The way she describes the littlest things like directions to a street or how the women in California are so generic but gives them this vibrancy. It is nice to see an author who isn't afraid to tell it how it is and doesn't care if the California girls-I mean women- take offense to how they are portrayed as the women who will wind up getting a divorce and to wind up going to beauty school. I like how she's puts in what some people would say as useless information like what Lucille Miller had to do the day her husband died or what time in the day it is while talking to officers or friends. I enjoyed reading her story and would probably enjoy reading other works from her as well.

Ovid

Ovid has a way of writing about love that is really remarkable. He has this guideline that he believes every man should use and if they do, they WILL get the girl they truly love. "You, who for the first time are taking up arms beneath the standard of Venus, find out, in the first place, the woman you are fain to love. Your next task will be to bend her to your will; your third to safeguard that your love shall endure. This is my plan, my syllabus. This is the course my chariot will pursue; such is the goal that it will endeavour to attain." (Ovid 98) He absolutely believes in himself and that his plan of success can not fail. Kudos for him for believing in his work. Some of the ways he said to get the girl were absolutely true and I believe everyone should follow, like not getting completely intoxicated, having a fresh clean cut face, showering and being very clean. But some other things like going after a married woman and befriending her husband so when you finally steal her, he wouldn't have seen it coming. I think that is absolutely ABSURD!!! "Wine fills the heart with thoughts of love and makes it prompt to catch on fire. All troubles vanish, put to flight by copious draughts."(Ovid 104) The way he speaks and uses his words is amazing. I love to see this kind of writing not about sorrow, pain, someone who is dying; instead I like to see those stories about love and how to find that someone and steps of how to attain them. Now I don't believe everything he said will work, but I do have faith in his work to be very useful for a man trying to steal a woman's heart.

The Love Books of Ovid: The Art of Love: Book 1

CPE

The Cuny Proficiency Exam is approaching rapidly for me and I'm quite nervous. Why is it that all CSI students have to take a CPE? I don't understand how taking one test determines whether you belong in college or not. If you fail it by the third time you get kicked out of college and that is absolutely absurd. I feel like we're out of high school and we shouldn't have to take these ridiculous tests to prove ourselves. Its enough we take exams and projects and papers all semester long and then we have to worry about this? I don't believe in the CPE and I think it should END!

Ovid

Ovid wrote the Art of Love and to be completely honest- I liked where he was going. He had a few points that were a little out there, but then again- who doesn't? Some of his "techniques" should never be used like going after a married woman. Getting close with the husband so he doesn't expect anything from you. That is quite the opposite thing to do in a situation. You shouldn't be going after a married person. Many people do because they like the chase, the idea that the one woman they can't have, they might be able to if they fight hard enough. I liked a lot of his ideas like being in good terms with the person your going afters best friend, because if they like you, then they could put a good word in. In addition, how the men should be kept fresh cut and clean and not to be inebriated when trying to pursue her, because then you never will. He has a good way of writing and I enjoyed reading his stories.

Coldness

The cold weather is coming and to be completely honest-I HATE IT! I was born in August so obviously, I'm a summer baby. When it gets the tiniest bit of chilly i feel like the North Pole just came through to say HI! I am not looking forward to it because 1. i hate the cold and 2. because there are no more seasons its just summer and winter which means the ozone layer is disintegrating. Well, that is just lovely don't you think?