Saturday, November 12, 2011

ALERT ALERT ALERT!!!

YOOO..... DID YALL KNOW THERE'S BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY?!?!?!?! O my goodness... I walked in and asked the little lady behInd the desk where to find Ms. Toni's BELOVED and she gave me these letters and numbers on a little scrap piece of paper and told me there was STAIRS!!! WHAT?!?! I went up them and lo AND behold, there they were, BOOKS! Couldn't believe it... I didnt know where they were I've been wondering what kind of library that was with no books. I was like Santa Rosa is getting all high class with all this advanced technology with the books on the computers hahaha gotta laugh at myself. AnyCindyLoHoo, As I was looking at these books.. in astonishment, I finally found Ms. Toni's section... and guess what.. IT WASNT THERE. But there was this book called LOVE which made me wonder... why does she have all her titles so close to gether??? But I ook it and started reading... and dont you know Ms. Toni did it to me again??? Yes, she got me. Spoke like she knew me, but then. she lost me again... I dont know what it is with her and doing that to me. But I still kinda like it ou know... I havent actually got to the pont of it because none of her preludes have ANYthing to do with the actually book IDK! But Im gonna stick this one out, should be done soon lol Aso she has another book, THE BLUEST EYE... soooounds interesting.. about a little black girl who wants blue eyes haha gotta love her!

Friday, November 11, 2011

ToD: Cool points in biography

So I read thru Ms. Toni's bio for a 3rd time and really tried to pull out cool facts and interesting things. Now she is from Ohio and became an English professor at many school including guess where... no... not St. Rose lol but close, she was  appointed to an Albert Schweitzer chair at the University at Albany, The State University of New York in 1984.Crazy she was so close, and funny a while back.. not that far like last month, I was on my bus on my way home to visit my family, and I sat next to this guy, and yall know how I am, so I sparked up a convo with my Song of Solomon book. Come to find out, he was trying to buy Ms. Toni's house in (some city in NY cant remember) but she would only let him rent it, not buy it, cuz Ms. Toni dont play that lol but yea he said that she was a very nice and kind lady. Anyhoo,  I think she's super cool and I have another big surprise in the next post!!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

She SOMETHING else!!

Sooo... Miss Toni decides that SHE wants to break tradition... and have a school pay her to speak.... mm mm mm... well... for the price shes asking for... i hope she says something good!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/nyregion/26rutgers.html

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Song Of Solomon INTERVIEW

Soooo... I thought the frst part was funny b/c i guess i didnt realize that quoting scritptures and lyrics arent normal in regular converstion. hahaha. Aaaand.. I have not heard or seen people fly back to Africa lol I feel like that is more from an older age group... like my grandmas time. I can relate to her a bit.. she's ok in my book lol!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

ToD: Houston.. we have a problem

Ok, so I knoooow how I was going on and on about how much i was gonna LOVE this book "Song of Solomon", but I'm reeeeally NOT liking it. I mean don't get me wrong.. i LOVE detail descriptions, but she gives DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS! OMG! I'm like... JUST SAY IT ALREADY GOD!! I felt like I was sitting there waiting for something to happen, longer than Maxine Kumin did waiting for Anne Sexton to answer the phone... sorry very mean joke (God forgive me lol) but still... soooo i think I'm gonna try to 1. Stick it out & just finish the book 2. Find Beloved and read it or 3. Look thru some other poems or short stories or videos or SOMETHING and come back to it later.. I don't know but... Ill keep you guys posted each step of the way lol

                                                                          ~Dré <3