Dunder Mifflin

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The sea inside

1) I enjoyed the movie. I thought it was very deep and it was cool watching a movie in spanish. I understand why it won so many awards.  I do think it was right for him to ask for assisted suicide. He had been paralyzed for 28 years already, and that was half his life. He had a lot of time to think and ponder. When he made his decision, he wanted everyone to go along with him and he didn't like it when the courts said no. I wasn't surprised that the courts said no because Ramon was setting the precedent for future cases, and the court wasn't ready to change the view on assisted suicide.  When Ramon decided to continue to plead for assisted suicide, I wasn't surprised and even less excited when he decided to follow through with the poisoning. I support his decision and was happy to see him finally get what he wanted. I think that the friends who were willing to help him were good friends and truly loved him and wanted the best for him.

2) One main difference that I saw in The Sea Inside was that it showed his life in detail, and didn't really tell stories, whereas in Diving Bell, Bauby told random stories and occasionally went back and told other stories from earlier in life.  Another difference was Bauby couldn't speak and Ramon could.  I thought that The Sea Inside was more powerful because it showed all of his struggles and I seem to connect better to movies than books.

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Free gift with purchase part 6

Ok so I realized now that I haven't been posting as much as I should so here goes another post for my book.  I have learned many things that will be of great importance to me in the future.  For this post I am going to make a long list of all the valuable and necessary information that I will need later in life.

 1) Hair pieces attract more guys than plastic surgery

 2) Wear silver, not white, if you want to show off a tan

 3) Too much make-up is always a fiasco, where as over dressing is never bad.

 4) When wearing make-up, only focus on either the lips or the eyes, never both. This leads to number 3 up there.

 5) Eyeliner always looks better than eye shadow

 6) Even though everyone in the beauty industry says there is a red lipstick for everyone, there really isn't

 7) "Vintage" clothing can come from the Salvation Army

 8) Creme de la Mer is worth the money

 9)Manicures aren't worth it

 and finally...

 10) beauty products make the best gifts

See wasn't that facinating? I could go on and on with all the wonderful things I have learned in this book... In other book news...I just started reading Stephen Colbert's I am America and so can you and I am loving it!   So if you need a humorous read, pick up a copy

Another day

Another day, another blog.... so over the weekend I happily finished Diving Bell and decided to dive back into Free Gift.  I am right now pretty into it. I know last week I said it was slow, it is now getting much better!  I just read probably my favorite chapter thus far.....it was about the Donald, you know, Donald Trump? Well, she has meet him multiple times because of tennis tournaments and his fragrance launches, and really rags on him in her book. She tells one story when she was at the US Open and sat in the same box as him. All he did was demand things from people or his then-wife (not sure which one?)  or his innocent children. She really described him as an airhead. That got me thinking about someone famous whom I would like to meet and how they would act. After thinking for a while, I decided that I would most like to meet Brad Pitt. I know a typical answer, but he is all for affordable housing and is even going back to school for his architecture degree!  I think he would be a great person to talk to, seeming we share some of the same interests like architecture and eco-friendly housing.   Those are my thoughts, until next time, Alex

Week 2, Post 2

Ahh, another day, another post.  Well I am now onto the middle of chapter 5. It's funny because I can never seem to start a blog at the beginning of the chapter...it always starts in the middle. So here is a cliff noteish summary of what I have read.  So in the book, she sometimes puts these random grey snippets of text into the pages. They sometimes have beauty tips or just her thoughts on hot beauty topics.  In Chapter 5, the majority of the chapter is spent talking about models and the obsession to be thin. She tells a short story about a model she knew that was both anorexic and bulimic. The model was so repulsed by the other models on the runway, she got over her eating disorders. I thought that was pretty cool.  Another story she told was about a Lucky fashion shoot where they turned models away because they had no curves and were too bone thin for the clothes. It's a strange world we live in. Next blog should be about Chapter 6/7, but also watch for postings on the last Gossip Girl!!  Adios, Alex

Chapter 4, part 3?

Ok so here goes blog posting numero quatro. Thus far I am reading Chapter 4 and am almost done with it.  I am really surprised by how random it is and none of her stories are very cohesive. That sort of bums me out because I like having a plot to follow and find out new details along the way. I don't really see a point in reading a book with a bunch of tiny, 1 paragraph stories, unless it is a comedian telling something to laugh at.   But I still am hoping that the book will get better as I keep reading and dig further into her life.   We'll see and I will keep you posted.  Until next time, Alex