For this blog chain round, Kate wants us to tackle the following topic:
Post pictures, songs, movie clips, poems, or novel excerpts that make you feel. Feel what, you ask? Feel anything. Happy. Sad. Angry. Nostalgic. Hopeful. Hopeless. Jealous. Joyful.
I have read in several different places that YA novelist John Green said of his latest novel, The Fault In Our Stars that he wants to make his readers "Feel All The Things." I would love that someone could go through this blog chain and through what we all choose to post have that same Feel All The Things feeling.
So. Things that make me feel.
Le things:
Photo taken after earthquake hit Japan in 2011 (source)
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Older students are allowed to roam until the bell, but ninth-graders are herded into the auditorium. We fall into clans: Jocks, Country Clubbers, Idiot Savants, Cheerleaders, Human Waste, Eurotrash, Future Fascists of America, Big Hair Chix, the Marthas, Suffering Artists, Thespians, Goths, Shredders. I am clanless. I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. I didn't go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with.
I am Outcast.
--Excerpt from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Outtake from Supernatural episode, "Yellow Fever" (bonus points: JENSEN ACKLES)
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Dogs + Babies = Awesome (source)
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"What is there but a dream? You can't trade in your dream for another dream. [...] And I have a special, special note to the kids in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and Segway Institute of Learning in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to dream big, and dream fierce."
--Viola Davis's winning speech at 2012 SAG Awards for her role in The Help.
There you have it! Some of the things that make me feel. *feels a lot* Make sure to stop by Abby's blog to see her entry, and stay tuned for Sandra's post tomorrow!!
And remember: tomorrow is Operation Awesome's Mystery Agent contest!!! :)
I went to the source for the panda pic cos it's so sad! And it's a very interesting story behind the pic too!
ReplyDeleteLove the babies plus doggies pic! Take care
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Had to do the "awwww" with the panda bear. Too cute! Awesome post.
ReplyDeleteI love your snippets of inspiration. FABULOUS!
ReplyDeleteDogs and babies are totally a double win. Love the Viola Davis quote too.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very unique coming-of-age story but, more importantly, the author addresses issues that are difficult to discuss (I won't go further into these issues as I don't want to give any of the story away). If you enjoy books with a strong message, creative writing, and an intriguing plot than Speak will be the book for you.
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