So in my last blog, I told you about how the protagonist (Raoul Duke, yes I finally found out his name.) Was about to head back towards Las Vegas to meet up with his lawyer (Dr. Gonzo) and cover some sort of convention. Well, the convention that they are going to cover happens to be a Drug Conference in which hundreds of Federal agents, police officers, detectives, etc. will be attending. So of course, Raoul and Dr. Gonzo will attend this Conference under the influence of multiple drugs. Why? I have no idea. Not a thing in this book makes a bit of sense.
When Raoul arrives at the hotel that Dr Gonzo had told him about, his reservations are all set, and he plans to take this small amount of time to himself and relax before his lawyer arrives. However, upon opening the door to his suite, he finds his old acquaintance and a strange woman inside. The girl's name is Lucy, and it turns out that she's a very religious girl who has run away from home. Dr Gonzo met her on his flight, and gave her all sorts of drugs. Well Raoul decides that she is too much of a danger to have around, so they drive her far away and get her a reservation at a strange hotel, where they leave her and hope she wakes up confused, and unable to remember what has happened to her.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Book Blog # 2
After failing to cover the Mint 400, the two men (known only as the protagonist, and the protagonist's lawyer.) return to their hotel room, which they rented under a fake alias, and try to figure out what they are going to do next. The lawyer then disappears for a while, and then sends the protagonist a letter. It says that they have their next assignment and that he was in L.A.
Now the protagonist skips out on the massive hotel bill that he has run up, and takes off towards L.A. While on the road he continues to have paranoid episodes, and with hardly any sleep in the last three days, and a head full of drugs, the journey proves to be anything but easy. Once he has almost reach L.A. he proceeds to call his lawyer in order to yell at him for abandoning him. This is when he learns that his lawyer has arranged for a new car and new hotel in Las Vegas and that he needs to turn around and head back.
P.S. if this makes absolutely no sense to you, I'd like you to know that it is only because this book is nearly impossible to follow due to all of the paranoid tangents and hallucinogenic episodes that the narrator experiences while telling this tale.
Now the protagonist skips out on the massive hotel bill that he has run up, and takes off towards L.A. While on the road he continues to have paranoid episodes, and with hardly any sleep in the last three days, and a head full of drugs, the journey proves to be anything but easy. Once he has almost reach L.A. he proceeds to call his lawyer in order to yell at him for abandoning him. This is when he learns that his lawyer has arranged for a new car and new hotel in Las Vegas and that he needs to turn around and head back.
P.S. if this makes absolutely no sense to you, I'd like you to know that it is only because this book is nearly impossible to follow due to all of the paranoid tangents and hallucinogenic episodes that the narrator experiences while telling this tale.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Book Blog #1
I chose to read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for my independent book project. This book starts out with two guys with a rented car and a trunk full of tons of drugs, messed up out of their minds. They are headed to Las Vegas in pursuit of the American Dream. They are going to try to cover the story of the Mint 400, a very popular and famous motorcycle/dune buggy race. But things prove difficult when they have a head full of acid, and can hardly even carry out simple tasks, let alone cover a whole race.
The two run into trouble ranging from, terrible hallucinations, to having to get out of a massive crippling debt. When finally begins, the two of them are too concerned with dealing with the side effects of all the drugs that they just took to actually cover any sort of story. The race is in the desert and there is a terrible, blinding dust that makes it almost impossible to see. The two of them just end up sitting in a bar and wondering what they are going to do to get back on track.
The two run into trouble ranging from, terrible hallucinations, to having to get out of a massive crippling debt. When finally begins, the two of them are too concerned with dealing with the side effects of all the drugs that they just took to actually cover any sort of story. The race is in the desert and there is a terrible, blinding dust that makes it almost impossible to see. The two of them just end up sitting in a bar and wondering what they are going to do to get back on track.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Toaster Strudels
You know, I've always thought that it was just a unanimous human belief that Pillsbury's Toaster Strudels were superior to Kellogg's Pop Tarts. I don't have anything against Pop Tarts. I like them just fine, but if someone were to ask me, "Would you like a breakfast pasty? Would you prefer a Pop Tart or a Toaster Strudel?", my instant response would be, "Toaster Strudel!" I wouldn't have to think about it. I thought that everyone shared my opinion on this pressing subject. But I have recently discovered that a good number of people actually prefer Pop Tarts to Toaster Strudel. Now I will proceed to tell you why their opinions are wrong.
First off, Toaster Strudels are frozen and that helps to preserve their fresh and delicious taste, not to mention that it slows that growth of bacteria. Toaster Strudels also come with a decadent frosting to lather across you're warm, buttery, toasty, canvas. With Pop Tarts you get this frosted 3 weeks ago in a factory deal, and about 40% of the time the machine straight up misses like half of the Pop Tart and you get a 1/3rd naked Pop Tart. The filling in Toaster Strudels is so thick and rewarding when you bite into it. When you bite into a Pop Tart, you usually just feel sad because you have to bite into the tasteless crust and wish that they had actually filled the entire thing with jelly.
First off, Toaster Strudels are frozen and that helps to preserve their fresh and delicious taste, not to mention that it slows that growth of bacteria. Toaster Strudels also come with a decadent frosting to lather across you're warm, buttery, toasty, canvas. With Pop Tarts you get this frosted 3 weeks ago in a factory deal, and about 40% of the time the machine straight up misses like half of the Pop Tart and you get a 1/3rd naked Pop Tart. The filling in Toaster Strudels is so thick and rewarding when you bite into it. When you bite into a Pop Tart, you usually just feel sad because you have to bite into the tasteless crust and wish that they had actually filled the entire thing with jelly.
Sherlock Holmes
The Sherlock Holmes movie was a bit different than The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time. However, if you look more closely, then you can see similarities between the two. Both Chris and Sherlock had mysteries to solve. Chris' mystery was quite different, whereas he had to try to find the murderer of his neighbor's dog. Sherlock had to find a real murderer that was at large and killing more and more people for some sort of "ritual".
But there is more that the two have in common than one might see at first glance. They are both incredibly determined to solve their mysteries. Even after Chris' father warns him to stop investigating, or he will get in trouble, he continues, because he wants to succeed. Sherlock is faced with death threats, being wanted by the law, and his best friend almost dying, but that still isn't enough to break his spirit. They are both also socially awkward. Chris was born with disabilities that make it difficult to meld with people in social situations. Sherlock on the other hand, is just strange and says and does things that people find to be odd.
But there is more that the two have in common than one might see at first glance. They are both incredibly determined to solve their mysteries. Even after Chris' father warns him to stop investigating, or he will get in trouble, he continues, because he wants to succeed. Sherlock is faced with death threats, being wanted by the law, and his best friend almost dying, but that still isn't enough to break his spirit. They are both also socially awkward. Chris was born with disabilities that make it difficult to meld with people in social situations. Sherlock on the other hand, is just strange and says and does things that people find to be odd.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Book Impressions
This book was interesting. Quite a bit different than the works of literature that I usually read in school. I persoanlly didn't care for the book. I liked the concept, but the story itself wasn't really something that I would choose to read. I couldn't really relate to any of the characters, and the writing style was to simple and boring.
Christopher Boone, a young teen finds his neighbor's dog lying dead on her lawn with a pitchfork in it. He decides that he wants to discover who killed the dog, and he begins writing a book about his findings and his investigations. His father warns him to stop looking into it and snooping. Eventually it is uncovered that it had actually been Christopher's father that killed the dog. After a physical confrontation between Chris and his father, Chris sets out to find his mother, whom he believed to be dead, but he finds out that she left Chris and his father and moved to London with another man. After taking a train all the way to London, Chris finds his mother, and Chris's father comes to London. There is tension between all of them, and Chris begins to pursue a higher education through advanced math courses in order to someday be successful and escape his difficult background.
Christopher Boone, a young teen finds his neighbor's dog lying dead on her lawn with a pitchfork in it. He decides that he wants to discover who killed the dog, and he begins writing a book about his findings and his investigations. His father warns him to stop looking into it and snooping. Eventually it is uncovered that it had actually been Christopher's father that killed the dog. After a physical confrontation between Chris and his father, Chris sets out to find his mother, whom he believed to be dead, but he finds out that she left Chris and his father and moved to London with another man. After taking a train all the way to London, Chris finds his mother, and Chris's father comes to London. There is tension between all of them, and Chris begins to pursue a higher education through advanced math courses in order to someday be successful and escape his difficult background.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thoreau's Quote
"Henry David Thoreau believed that in order to live well, we must reduce the number of material goods we have. Otherwise, these things begin to dominate us. Take a position on this and explain."
You hear things like that all the time. "Money doesn't buy happiness." No. I guess not. Well, not directly anyhow. But money is always nice. And who doesn't like to have nice things? Of course, you can't depend on material possessions for happiness. That's where the people that you share your possessions and your life with come in. People make people happy, not mere items.
But it's always reassuring and comforting to know that you have things to call your own. I definitely don't agree with Thoreau. While yes, I agree to an extent that possessions aren't all there is to life and happiness, I don't think that they are a bad thing at all. I live rather well with my iPhone and my laptop, thank you very much.
You hear things like that all the time. "Money doesn't buy happiness." No. I guess not. Well, not directly anyhow. But money is always nice. And who doesn't like to have nice things? Of course, you can't depend on material possessions for happiness. That's where the people that you share your possessions and your life with come in. People make people happy, not mere items.
But it's always reassuring and comforting to know that you have things to call your own. I definitely don't agree with Thoreau. While yes, I agree to an extent that possessions aren't all there is to life and happiness, I don't think that they are a bad thing at all. I live rather well with my iPhone and my laptop, thank you very much.
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