dross
Source sentence: Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross.
Context: Really, I don't have a clue.
Definition: something that is base, trivial, or inferior
Original Sentence: The sword smith knew nothing of dross being associated with his superior swords.
badinage
Source sentence: Wise advisers did not exchange badinage with such redoubtable characters!
Context: Small talk
Definition: light, playful banter or raillery.
Original Sentence: The badinage between the two children turned out to be the start of a lifelong friendship.
Pithy
Source sentence: Pithy sentences are like sharp nails
Context: So short that I will have to just guess, true criticism.
Definition: having substance and point
Original Sentence: When critiqued about his paper, the boy felt the pithy of their remarks and had nothing to say in return.
1 Thank Mary many times tomorrow.
2 Help my gimpy sister around the house.
3 Contemplate whether I should buy a banquet ticket or not.
In stagecraft with Jim Book, the final project is something we must draft ourselves, get signed off, and then build. I see the other classmates building simple boxlike furniture they will use at home and using our skills we have acquired from Jim. I see the simplicity and find myself seeing that as not expressing the extent at which I can express myself. So the first problem presents itself and a whole day of indecisiveness goes by with no show of progress. The next class comes around I decide to build a birdcage. I put the pencil to the paper and find that building a birdcage is something that is probably more than I can chew. By the end of the day I have a visualization and no progress, even more so that I am probably the only one not done drafting, and even more so the idea of the project gets more and more elaborate as time passes. At some point I need to stop and compromise with reality and just get it done. I look back and it has been this way with many of the projects I have done in the past. What is it that I need to fix, or do I even need to fix that? Sometimes I am thankful for my indecisiveness because I am thankful for the outcome I have achieved, but sometimes it gets me into trouble.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Fifth
halcyon
Source sentence: The phrase Halcyon days is a literary commonplace in English language and culture, signifying ideals of prosperity, bonhomie, joy, liberation, or tranquility.
Context: ideals of prosperity, bonhomie, joy, liberation, or tranquility.
Definition: a: calm, peaceful b: happy, golden c: prosperous, affluent
Original Sentence: The halcyon of spring is the essence of tranquility.
aegis
Source sentence: International action under the aegis of UNICEF held at Rukhnama school.
Context: Supervision?
Definition:
2 a: protectionaegis of the Constitution> b: controlling or conditioning influence aegis of benevolent permissiveness…actually neglect their children — Time>
3 a: auspices, sponsorshipaegis of the museum> b: control or guidance especially by an individual, group, or system
Original Sentence: The aegis of the small town was the steep hills surrounding it.
polyglot
Source sentence: A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artifical lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.
Context: Composing of multiple cultures
Definition: speaking or writing several languages
Original Sentence: Living in small countries in Europe, one must be a polyglot when traveling distances for close trade.
1. Fix bike
2. Study menu
3. Don't stress out during the presentation
How are you doing in your classes? What do you need to do to continue to be successful? What challenges do you face? What have you learned about reading, study skills, or yourself in this class that will help you in the next few weeks?
It seems things are becoming more and more accelerator as the semester goes on. I don't mind it if things on the home front were not so hectic. Between work and taking care of my sister and series of unfortunate events after event, it seems I just can't keep up. But I guess I'll find some way to cope with the crazy going on around me. Sometimes I wonder how I do it, or how this even happens to me. I guess being more organized would help, but I have some issues with that on a personal level. The greatest challenge I would have to overcome this semester is the fact that I have to finish this semester, and not only reading but my theatre classes as well. It seems to be over encumbering in the big picture, but with time it is manageable... I hope.
What I have learned about reading for myself is the fact that it is okay to read things more than one or even twice. I felt somewhat embarrassed about doing that on my own, but when we were forced to read something again it wasn't to bad. And I don't feel bad when skimming for information as well. In the next few weeks I see the skills we learned come together in the short weeks we have left. Saddening, but inevitable.
Source sentence: The phrase Halcyon days is a literary commonplace in English language and culture, signifying ideals of prosperity, bonhomie, joy, liberation, or tranquility.
Context: ideals of prosperity, bonhomie, joy, liberation, or tranquility.
Definition: a: calm, peaceful b: happy, golden c: prosperous, affluent
Original Sentence: The halcyon of spring is the essence of tranquility.
aegis
Source sentence: International action under the aegis of UNICEF held at Rukhnama school.
Context: Supervision?
Definition:
2 a: protection
3 a: auspices, sponsorship
Original Sentence: The aegis of the small town was the steep hills surrounding it.
polyglot
Source sentence: A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artifical lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.
Context: Composing of multiple cultures
Definition: speaking or writing several languages
Original Sentence: Living in small countries in Europe, one must be a polyglot when traveling distances for close trade.
1. Fix bike
2. Study menu
3. Don't stress out during the presentation
How are you doing in your classes? What do you need to do to continue to be successful? What challenges do you face? What have you learned about reading, study skills, or yourself in this class that will help you in the next few weeks?
It seems things are becoming more and more accelerator as the semester goes on. I don't mind it if things on the home front were not so hectic. Between work and taking care of my sister and series of unfortunate events after event, it seems I just can't keep up. But I guess I'll find some way to cope with the crazy going on around me. Sometimes I wonder how I do it, or how this even happens to me. I guess being more organized would help, but I have some issues with that on a personal level. The greatest challenge I would have to overcome this semester is the fact that I have to finish this semester, and not only reading but my theatre classes as well. It seems to be over encumbering in the big picture, but with time it is manageable... I hope.
What I have learned about reading for myself is the fact that it is okay to read things more than one or even twice. I felt somewhat embarrassed about doing that on my own, but when we were forced to read something again it wasn't to bad. And I don't feel bad when skimming for information as well. In the next few weeks I see the skills we learned come together in the short weeks we have left. Saddening, but inevitable.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Fourth
gambit
Source sentence: Hollywood's next digital media gambit
Context:I would guess a company that is widely popular.
Definition: a calculated move
Original Sentence: The diner made the gambit of headlining hamburgers instead of hot dogs.
internecine
Source sentence: But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour. -Wendell Willkie
Context: The word I would use in it's stead would be bloody and would still seem fine.
Definition: marked by slaughter
Original Sentence: Some internecine scenes seems senselessly cynical.
raconteur
Source sentence: He's the graceful dispenser of anecdotes, the charming raconteur and the clever story teller.
Context: Anecdote teller, says it right there
Definition: a person who excels in telling anecdotes
Original Sentence: The reconteur had no trouble writing columns for the local newspaper.
1 Re-read TTTC for clues as to how to go about doing the project
2 Star your job
3 Buy shoes for job
I am:
What's good about these results is that when working with people I am fantastic at completing the task at hand in a given situation. But when I am not in a group I probably will not do so well on my own. I know this, but it lets me be more creative than compromising a solution.
Source sentence: Hollywood's next digital media gambit
Context:I would guess a company that is widely popular.
Definition: a calculated move
Original Sentence: The diner made the gambit of headlining hamburgers instead of hot dogs.
internecine
Source sentence: But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour. -Wendell Willkie
Context: The word I would use in it's stead would be bloody and would still seem fine.
Definition: marked by slaughter
Original Sentence: Some internecine scenes seems senselessly cynical.
raconteur
Source sentence: He's the graceful dispenser of anecdotes, the charming raconteur and the clever story teller.
Context: Anecdote teller, says it right there
Definition: a person who excels in telling anecdotes
Original Sentence: The reconteur had no trouble writing columns for the local newspaper.
1 Re-read TTTC for clues as to how to go about doing the project
2 Star your job
3 Buy shoes for job
I am:
- slightly expressed extravert
- moderately expressed intuitive personality
- slightly expressed thinking personality
- moderately expressed judging personality
What's good about these results is that when working with people I am fantastic at completing the task at hand in a given situation. But when I am not in a group I probably will not do so well on my own. I know this, but it lets me be more creative than compromising a solution.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The third entry
Source Sentence: "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." -Mother Teresa
Context: I would have to say contradiction, that's all I can say.
Definition: n. a: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises
Original Sentence: A paradox in society would be that prepared plans go exactly the way they should.
JUGGERNAUT
Source Sentence: "The juggernaut -- the best and biggest military force in the world -- lumbers on, doing what it knows how to do best. It is unwilling to rethink its future, unable to let go of the past. Like the shark, it must keep feeding, only now it is feeding on itself.” - William Greider
Context: An unstoppable force.
Definition: n. a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
Original Sentence: The criminal's car was a juggernaut passing police barricade after barricade.
DIAPHANOUS
Source Sentence: "The transformation scene, where man is becoming insect and insect has become at least man and beyond that - a flying, godlike, shimmering, diaphanous, beautiful creature." -Michael O'Donoghue
Context: With the other characteristics, outstanding beauty comes to mind.
Definition: adj. characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
Original Sentence: The star on our Christmas tree seemed diaphanous when we lit it on Christmas day.
1 Go get my taxes done
2 Find out when I need to get training for Olive Pit
3 Try to relax, maybe hot tubing?
REFLECTION
Think of an event in your life....
The first one that comes to mind is when I was still in high school giving a presentation to my class. The topic was community service and the one that I chose to do was foster care. I did my time, done my research, and prepared my project. I proceeded to tell the class of my experience volunteering Kinship Center, a local foster care center where I used to live, which I explained was very enjoyable. A normal presentation, so far. Then I continued to what foster care does and why exists (for those who don't know, just ask me.) I told them stories of victims and participants I found on the web and of statistics concerning foster care. During this time I could see the solemn faces grow as I went along while they wondered as I kept a strait face throughout. Then finally came the Q&A of the presentation. I believe 90% of the students didn't know what a foster child was, so there was a pause until the teacher pushed a question that I don't remember so the kids can get their participation points. After my answer I saw a hand slowly rise from the students. "What made you so interested in foster care?" The question was somewhat subtle but my answer was blunt ", because I'm a foster kid." Without missing a beat I felt as if all their eyes barraged me with that all too familiar sad sympathy. I didn't tell them the circumstances of why I personally was in the situation I was in, but I don't think my teacher would let me tell them after such an emotional depression I have already put onto the class.
Source Sentence: "The juggernaut -- the best and biggest military force in the world -- lumbers on, doing what it knows how to do best. It is unwilling to rethink its future, unable to let go of the past. Like the shark, it must keep feeding, only now it is feeding on itself.” - William Greider
Context: An unstoppable force.
Definition: n. a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
Original Sentence: The criminal's car was a juggernaut passing police barricade after barricade.
DIAPHANOUS
Source Sentence: "The transformation scene, where man is becoming insect and insect has become at least man and beyond that - a flying, godlike, shimmering, diaphanous, beautiful creature." -Michael O'Donoghue
Context: With the other characteristics, outstanding beauty comes to mind.
Definition: adj. characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
Original Sentence: The star on our Christmas tree seemed diaphanous when we lit it on Christmas day.
1 Go get my taxes done
2 Find out when I need to get training for Olive Pit
3 Try to relax, maybe hot tubing?
REFLECTION
Think of an event in your life....
The first one that comes to mind is when I was still in high school giving a presentation to my class. The topic was community service and the one that I chose to do was foster care. I did my time, done my research, and prepared my project. I proceeded to tell the class of my experience volunteering Kinship Center, a local foster care center where I used to live, which I explained was very enjoyable. A normal presentation, so far. Then I continued to what foster care does and why exists (for those who don't know, just ask me.) I told them stories of victims and participants I found on the web and of statistics concerning foster care. During this time I could see the solemn faces grow as I went along while they wondered as I kept a strait face throughout. Then finally came the Q&A of the presentation. I believe 90% of the students didn't know what a foster child was, so there was a pause until the teacher pushed a question that I don't remember so the kids can get their participation points. After my answer I saw a hand slowly rise from the students. "What made you so interested in foster care?" The question was somewhat subtle but my answer was blunt ", because I'm a foster kid." Without missing a beat I felt as if all their eyes barraged me with that all too familiar sad sympathy. I didn't tell them the circumstances of why I personally was in the situation I was in, but I don't think my teacher would let me tell them after such an emotional depression I have already put onto the class.
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