Today in How to Live in a Science Fictional Universe I read about New Angeles/ Lost Tokyo -2, which is the capital city of the universe. The book talks about how it is like New York and Los Angeles combined including everything in between and also half of Tokyo. This reminded me of a book series I read when I was younger called Pendragon by D.J. Machale. It is about a boy time traveler that travels to different worlds and saves them from the evil doer. Is doer even a word? I’m not really sure but if it isn’t now it is. So in Pendragon he visits all these different places and the description from my book just really brought back memories of it so I decided to pick up one of the books and read out of it and they are surprisingly similar! In Tina Fey I read about her tips to stay beautiful which I found out aren’t really tips but more like jokes. The jokes reminded me of some of the things me mom says which she means for a good cause but end up just being a really funny joke that makes everyone laugh!

Friday!

Fridays are my favorite days especially this friday because it was the first home football game! I love football games because I am in the band and I love performing! And the game was great good job Homestad Football Team! WOO! I took the personality test and it says I am an extravert, which I partially agree with. I think that I can be an introvert sometimes and an extrovert at other times, but it just depends.

Currently

Bossypants, Tina Fey
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Pages This Week: 133
Pages This Semester: 133

Sentences of the Week:

1. "Gay people don't actually try to convert people. That's Jehovah's Witnesses you're thinking of." Bossypants, Tina Fey

2. "I have a thing for my operating system." How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu

3. "Everyone is jittery, and when the pilot makes the unfortunate choice of testing the PA system by saying, 'Bravo, bravo,' you can almost hear people's b-holes tighten." Bossypants, Tina Fey

This week for me was all about laughs. I hate Jehovah's Witnesses that come to my house and try to get me to be a part of their crazy little world where God chooses who goes to heaven and only so many people can make. It makes me so angry because it goes against everything that I believe in as a Christian, so that really made me laugh.

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu

For my next book I chose Charles Yu’s How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. It is a novel about a guy who spends his life in TM-31 Recreational Time Travel Device. He fixes time machines. The timeline of the book is very confusing because he isn’t really inside of time, he is outside of it. His father invented the time machine but nobody knows where he is. The main character reminds me of myself because he spends most of his time at a computer, although his computer is probably a lot more complex than mine, a computer is a computer.

His computer has an AI system built into it and the AI is a woman. I find this amusing because he talks about her like she is real and sometimes I mistake her for a real person. There is a section where he talks about his whole life is full of boxes. This made me think of my life and how I put everything into boxes of importance in my head. It also made me think of band because we make boxes in marching band so often. So far I am enjoying the book and I hope that doesn’t change.

Getting a Job

Today I read about Tina’s experience of getting a job which brought back some not so fond memories of mine. In the book she explains in detail four of her job interview. I just got my first job in March as a crew member at McDonalds, but I did not come across this job easily at all. I started look for a job when I was about  sixteen I remember my dad sitting me down and giving me that talk about growing up… boring. And I spent my Saturdays for about five weeks just apply for a job anywhere that would allow me. I probably filled out close to fifty applications! And I didn’t receive one phone call back. I share this frustration with Tina during this time in her life. And just like me when she finally got the job she was super excited! I am pretty sure I only have my job right now because of my friend Sarah Ridenour who introduced me to the manager. But after hiring me it took them two weeks to schedule my training and I went in three times when they told me to go in but nobody was there who could train me. Long story short, fast food chains aren’t very responsible.

Bossypants, Tina Fey.

For my first book I chose to read Tina Fey’s Bossypants. It is a story about her life as a female comedian in a male dominated world, and it is very humorous. When I first started reading I was very reluctant because I hadn’t read on my own for a long time and to say I wasn’t looking forward to it would be an understatement. But my mood changed after the first paragraph because it was hilarious! So every time I have time I pick up the book. I can’t keep my hands off it!

Today I read about Tina’s father Don. Don reminds me of my father a lot. First of all their names start with the same letter. And they both have very stern faces. In the book Tina says that her dad is “never late for anything,” my dad is the same way. Sometimes we will arrive places fifteen to twenty minutes earlier than we are supposed to and I always get frustrated. He could scare anyone, because he is so tall. Nobody messes with him. His facial expressions are just so frightening.

So far the book has been great and I cannot wait to find out more about Tina’s life, mostly because it is hilarious!

First Blog EVER!

So I'm pretty new to blogging considering ive NEVER done it before. Idk I think that makes me pretty new. You can use your own judgement. Right now I am reading Tina Fey's Bossypants and so far it is pretty freaking hilarious definitely a must read!