4th post

The Way We Age Now
The quote that first caught my attention in this story was “even genetically twins vary widely in life span: the typical gap is more than fifteen years.” I find this quote fascinating because twins are born the same time, look the same, have the same genes, and have many more similarities but yet they are so different and this quote proves it. Because twins have so many similarities I find this quote hard to believe because fifteen years is a long gap for people who are the same. After thinking on this quote I started to think it is extremely believable because just because twins have the same genetics and looks does not mean they have the same life style. If one twin smoked cigarettes and drank and the other did not it makes perfect sense that the one who didn’t drink or smoke would live longer.

Everybody’s Nickname
I personally think this story is mostly boring. The author begins the story talking about sci-fi movies and immediately my interest is lost. As I was reading I would find myself getting confused because I felt like the author was jumping back and forth between stories. He went to talking about sci-fi movies to a pregnant eighth grader’s murder. Although I was mainly bored during this story, the part where he talked about the eighth grader, Casey, getting murder caught my intention. I found the way he wrote was different from many authors. The way he introduced Casey and her murderer which was the father to her baby was significant. The father or murderer is first introduced as an eleven year old boy being elected mayor of the day then next a murderer. The author explains the father kills Casey because she is fourteen and he is twenty and if people out he was the father he would be charged with statutory rape. This part of the story is not only bizarre but very disturbing. But, it was the only time the story did not completely bore me.

3rd Post

The Lesbian Bride’s Handbook
“But at first I felt compelled to tell the whole mortifying truth: “Because it’s a gay wedding.” Or, if I couldn’t quite get those words out of my mouth: “Because it’s not a real wedding.” I think this is an interesting passage because the author herself is gay and is talking about her own gay wedding but it seems like she is embarrassed to call it a gay wedding. Through this story you can tell the author is preoccupied by what everyone else thinks because of the way she tries to hide it’s a gay wedding. As much as the author wants to call it a party and not a wedding she still worries about the same things people who a planning a wedding worry about. Unlike her loved one who does not worry about what people think or about the details of the wedding, the author does. The title makes it seem like the story is going to give the reader tips on how to plan a lesbian wedding but it does not. The author is just as much confused about what to do with a wedding as the reader. By the end of the book, the author’s wants of a love celebration happens and her wedding turned out just the way she wanted it to.

Salamanca
The passage that I think is important is: “Salamanca… it has a ring to it.” It was a dreamy sound that evoked far-ff mysterious places, such as Samarkand or Camelot. It had nothing to do with anything, but it definitely had a ring to it.” I chose this passage because the father just picked out the word Salamanca because of the way it sounded not because of the meaning. Salamanca is the name of the store the author’s parents owned where people could go if they wanted to lose weight. The name Salamanca has nothing to do with weight lost but was chosen because someone like they way it sounded.

Sentimental Object

I have this t-shirt from St. Martin that I got when I was five that is sentimental to me. The bottom of the shirt and the sleeves are cut into pieces. It is white with a sun on the front smiling and underneath the sun it says “We Be Jammin’ Mon.”
I remember when I got this shirt because it was my first visit to St. Martin and my first shirt from there. I was on a family trip with my family while we were shopping at one of the markets in St. Martin. My stepmom brought be the shirt because I really wanted because I liked the sun for some reason. As soon as she bought it she made me put it on. We were in the middle of the market with tons of people around but I still had to put on the shirt. Right when I put on the shirt I realized that it showed my stomach and I started to panic. For some reason when I was younger I hated my bellybutton and never wore anything that came close to showing it. My sisters would always try to make me wear bikinis but I would always wear one pieces. I was an extremely shy kid and this would drive my family crazy. I still have it today and look at it sometimes and look at how small it is and it just reminds me of my family trips. This is sentimental to me because it reminds me when I was younger and how much different I am now. It also reminds me of the fun times my family and I would have together. It also makes me feel sad because we do not go to St. Martin anymore but I still like to keep it as a souvenir from my childhood.