What's on Your Mind: A New Journey

My mom called to tell me that she's watching Jim Carrey on television and that he's gotten super old. I said, "yeah... I know." And then she tells me to watch Jim Carrey on television so I can see how old he looks, obviously ignoring what I just told her. But whatever, I turn the channel to Jim Carrey... and it's Kevin Bacon.

I need to file this under the "my mom is old" folder.

MOTHER: Jim Carrey has gotten SO OLD.
Me: Mother, that's KEVIN BACON.

Only park we could get fast pass's for was Animal Kingdom, and they worked out great. They allow you to pick what rides you want to go on at the times they have available. As long as you plan your timing out right they work out good. I don't know if you've ever been to Disney World before but another tip if you want to save some money, take a book bag and thrown some water and snacks in it. They allow them in and it will save you a good chunk of change.

Harper Lee's novel "Go Set a Watchman" was released today, and it's selling big time. Anyone interested in reading it? The controversy around Atticus Finch is interesting, I might give it a read even though initial reviews have been lukewarm.

I was at Barnes and Noble a couple of days ago and overhead a young couple talking and neither knew what the big deal was about To Kill A Mockingbird. She seriously thought it was an author trying to make a quick buck on the Hunger Games series. Is this not a book that is required reading in school anymore?

Hahaha, that's sad yet hilarious at the same time.  "That Harper Lee just trying to cash in on Jennifer Lawrence, shame on her!"  It's amazing how stupid some people are in this world.

Yeah, I mean I know I had to read it in high school and I always figured that was one of those books like The Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye that you literally couldn't avoid no matter where you went to school. 

Not even Gatsby? That's the one I feel everyone has to read at some point.

In my province's curricula the teacher's have some choice of novels to select from, with similar themes,e tc. But most choose the classics anyway.

Ageist!!!

Catcher in the Rye blows.

I feel like in high school we read a lot, we were just constantly reading novels which was good and bad. We read The Great Gatsby, 1984, Beloved, The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ender's Game, Ethan Frome (ugh, worst novel ever), Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Flies, Beowulf, and a good amount of Shakespeare, namely Hamlet. Lots of novels, lots of essay writing, that was pretty much how my AP English classes went, just total grinds.

Same here.



Why did you single out Hamlet? Romeo & Juliet, for me, was the biggest one. Not only did we read the play, but we had to watch the Zeffirelli movie (which had boobs in it) and the Leo DiCaprio movie and compare the two.

I'm trying to remember all the Shakespeare shit I read and watched in high school. I think it was...

Romeo & Juliet (and we watched the Zeffirelli movie and the Leo DiCaprio movie)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (and we watched the Michelle Pfeiffer movie)

Twelfth Night (and we watched the Helena Bonham Carter movie)

Henry V (and we watched the Kenneth Branagh movie)

Hamlet (and we watched the Mel Gibson movie)

Othello (and we watched a silent movie era version of Othello with a white guy in black face and that movie "O" which was surprisingly good)

There's more, but that's what's popping into my head right now.

Yes! I read that too. The teacher made the class read that before Beowulf.