Ernest Hemingway

It's official; I'm not one for classics.

Okay, that's a lie but it's true for many of them, for example The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Now I know a lot of you may be like "What! How could you NOT like that book!" but let me make one thing clear: I am a teenager.

I don't really know the point in having a Freshman English class read this book. I mean, nothing really happens. No offence to those who like this book but...all he does is fish. What's the point in me reading this? What was the moral of the story? Never go fishing alone?

I also must say that I was not a fan of the constant run on sentences. It got to a point where I wondered where I could breathe and still make it seem natural as I was reading aloud. A few periods and commas would be nice.

Lissa

Why did I write this? Oh well, YOLO

Have you ever had that feeling that time is just flying by too fast for you to comprehend? Like one minute you're writing 2009 on your homework assignment and in the blink of an eye '09 has suddenly turned to 2014. Time is a funny thing; it can both crawl by and race right past and before you know it, it's disappeared behind you, becoming a part of the ever lasting past. It reminds me of a quote from one of my favorite authors, Brandon Mull.

"Kendra stared out the side window of the SUV, watching foliage blur past. When a flurry of motion became too much for her, she looked ahead and fixed her gaze on a particular tree, following it as it slowly approached, streaked past, and then gradually receded behind her.

Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back at the past but the present moved too quickly to absorb." -Brandon Mull

I don't know why I love this so much..I just do. (And if ya'll are wondering, yes, this is just a ramble post. I don't actually have a point. I guess I should have told you that at the beginning of the post before you read it..Oh well, you'll live) 

Keep reading! I have a couple of posts coming up soon! #harrypotter4 #oldmanandthesea

Lissa