An Activity You Enjoy Doing in Your Free Time.

One of my favourite free time activities is making music. I play guitar and keyboard. I used to play in bands when I was younger but now I just make music as a hobby. I've been making music since I was about 13 or 14 years old. A friend gave me a guitar (or maybe I swapped it for something?) and I taught myself to play. A year or so later I bought a better guitar and when I was about 16 I bought a synthesizer.
I make music in my free time as often as I can. At times it's difficukt because it's a creative process and you can't really plan when you are going to be creative. Some times I start playing and I have no inspiration but other times inspiration comes quickly.
I guess I enjoy this activity because music is so tied in with our emotions. Sometimes you can express things through music that you can't express with words. Other times it's difficult to understand the emotions behind a certain piece of music but it just makes you happy or thoughtful or even sad or melancholic. I think the process of creating something new and original that expresses a feeling or feelings is a powerful thing.

So, write about an activity you enjoy doing in your free time.
Say;
What the activity is,
How often you do it,
How long you've been doing it and why you started,
Why you enjoy doing this activity.

Write at least 200 words. Leave a comment on your teachers blog and on 3 classmates' blogs.

A Good Movie

As a follow on from the activity we did in class last week, I'd like you to write about a good movie you've seen recently. In my case, I think the best movie I've seen recently has been Precious. It's about a young, obese, un-educated, black girl growing up in inner-city slums in North America. She is abused by her mother's boyfriend and has a very difficult life. Her mother is a drug addict and she doesn’t have any faith in education. All she cares about is her next fix. Precious (the main character) doesn’t really have any friends or hobbies and she spends a lot of her time daydreaming about being famous.

This is not an easy film to watch although it does have some lighter moments. It's very well acted and filmed. I like this kind of movie because it shows that poor people suffer all over the world (it doesn't matter if it's the so called first world or the third world) and that education makes a big difference. I saw this film about 2 or 3 weeks ago. It doesn’t have a big name actor and I think it was made on a low budget. The leading actress is Gabourey Sidibe, I think this is her first film.
I recommend it but be sure to have some paper tissues close at hand because it is quite sad at times.

So, what good movie have you seen recently?

Write about a film.
Say:
When you saw it,
Who stars in it,
What it's about,

And explain why you liked it.

Write at least 200 words and leave comments on at least 3 of your classmates' blogs and a comment on your teacher's blog.

27th Feb 2010: 3.34

A memorable date in Chilean history.

Write about your experience.

Say;
Where you were,
What you were doing,
Who you were with,
How you felt.

Also mention:
What you think about the Chilean responded to the disaster.

Write at least 150 words and leave comments on the blogs of at least three of your classmates.

Blog Post 3: Good Technology

Hi English Bloggers,
I'm not here this week but there's no reason not to blog.

So do you remember that groovy song we listened to in class? Yeah! That's right, Good Technology (by the Red Guitars). So why don't you tell me about your favourite piece of technology.
Say:
What it is,
When you used it for the first time,
Whay you like it,
What life would be without it.

Write at least 150 words, then post comments on at least 3 of your classmates' blogs.

HAPPY BLOGGING

Favourite Song at the Moment

OK Geo Bloggers.
Today's task is to write at least 150 words about your favourite song at the moment.
Say:
Who it is by,
What kind of music it is,
When you heard it for the first time
How often you listen to it,
And why you like it.

Once you've finished you have to comment on at least 4 of your classmates' blogs.

My favourite song at the moment is So Insane by Discovery. Discovery was formed by the Keyboard player from hip New York pop band Vampire Weekend and the singer from trendy New York pop band Ra Ra Riot.
The song is sort of 80's influenced electronic pop. I first heard this song in January because an ex-student (and friend) sent me an email telling me about all the different music he was listening to. This is one of the songs he highlighted. I listened to it and fell in love with the sound immediately.

LOVE AT FIRST LISTEN.

I listen to this song at least ten times a week. It is especially good if you listen to it on headphones at A VERY HIGH VOLUME. I copied it on to my telephone and i listen to it on the underground or when I'm in the supermarket. What I really like about this song is the way it throbs out of the speakers (headphones). The change of tempo for the chorus is very clever and not the sort of thing you usually hear in a pop song. There are some other good tracks on the Discovery cd (I also really like Can You Discover). I also took a listen to Ra Ra Riot and looked at some videos on youtube, they are worth listening to if you like intelligent pop music.

BE WARNED!! This pop is addictive

So Insane (Lyrics)
When I saw you at the discotheque
Send my vibe out to you
Then we met up on the dancefloor when
Said I'm gonna teach you,
gonna teach you, teach you

Oh baby you got me going so insane I just don't know what's going down
Oh I try to get off my knees and try to fight fight those feelings, but I can't
Ooh baby you got me going so insane and I just don't know what's going down
And I try to get off my knees and try to fight fight this feeling, but I can't

Now that you're here I know just what to do
Now that you're here I'm gonna come come to you
Now that you're, now that you're, now, now, now, now
I know just what to do
know that you're here I'm gonna come come to you
Oh baby you got me going so insane I just don't know what's going down
Oh I try to get off my knees and try to fight fight those feelings, but I can't

Ooh baby you got me going so insane and I just don't know what's going down
And I try to get off my knees and try to fight fight this feeling, but I can't
I don't even know what to do, do thatI can't help this feeling
Baby you got me goingI don't even know what to do
And I don't, and I do, even know, I can't help this feeling
And I don't even know what to do
I don't even know what to do
Ooh, I don't even know what to do

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