Top 5 lists for top 5 lists

1. Fav. ppl
2. Desserts
3. Places
4. Sports
5. Movies

Rob needs to grow up

Rob is obviously very conflicted about his relationship with Laura. How do you see this reflected in the events that led to his and Laura’s break-up? How is it reflected in the subsequent relationship with Marie? What do you think is going on with Rob? Why is he behaving this way?

I think that Rob is very immature and that he has some deep rooted issues with needing to feel loved. I think his relationship with laura was based solely on the fact that he didn't want to be alone. After he got bored with Laura he turned to Rosie because she was able to fill whatever empty spot he has tho it was false and didn't last very long. He says that Rosie was just what he needed to spice up laura. I feel that this means that he didn't really love or particularily care for either of them he only wanted laura after she lost interest in him and he didn't want her to go because he doesn't want to be alone. After laura was gone he still tries to get her back although you can tell he doesn't really want her, he just wants her to come back to him so he doesn't feel so rejected and bad about himself. He then goes off and sleeps with Marie probably again because he's lonely and wants someone to fill that empty space. After his night with Marie tho they both feel awkward and it seems that it had been a rather poor choice.

Well isn't that pleasant

1. What is his or her name?
Frodo
2. What does he or she do for a living?
Farms and lives in a hobit hole
3. What is his or her height/weight/hair color and style/body type?
3ft, black hair with red highlights, bulky in a muscular way
4. What type of clothes does he or she usually wear?
Little garden gnome hats, and little gnome clothes
5. Best qualities?
dedication
6. Worst qualities?
Dedication
7. How does he or she come across? Easygoing? Short-tempered? Etc.
short tempered sad, stressed,
8. Weaknesses?
Fighting over baby
9. What or who does he or she hate?
Society, the world, the guy she’s with
10. What or who does he or she love?
The baby, the guy she’s with

Frodo thinks: I don’t want him to leave but things have gone to far, we’ll be better off with out him
She goes to her baby to try and console herself after all her baby is all she has left.
Suddenly he comes up behind her and announces that he plans to take the baby with him
She can’t bare this thought, her baby is all she has, they need each other
She tells him no and tries to back away and shield the baby
He grabs for the baby and a violent struggle begins
She screams for him to let go and in his desperation and rage he persists
She refuses to let go she gets caught up in the struggle and the confusion and as the baby slips from her grip she makes one last desperate attempt to grab for it
Well now no one gets the baby to put it plain in case u didn’t get that from the story the baby dies, they all cry, sad and depresive but I don’t make the rules
The end

High Fidelity chapters 1-7

In this section, we are introduced to Rob at one of his lowest points. What are your initial impressions of him? What do we think about his obsession with music and top 10 lists? In answering this question, look specifically at his recounting of his various break-ups. Examine how all of his relationships are versions of his first, and then consider what the common characteristics of these relationships tell us about Rob. Ultimately, do you sympathize with Rob or not? Do you like him or not?

My initial impression of Rob... He's a guy. He almost seems to fit the stereo-typical guy, with a few exceptions. He seems confused in his relationships and never seems to fully understand the women he's with. Just like the first one he was confused and just sorta went with it and we see this with all his other relationships. I do on some levels sympathize with Rob, its not fun to b left alone and he's hurting which is understandable. As for some of his choices in his past relationships I feel that he was stupid and with some of those i don't sympathize with him. As for liking him, he seems like a pretty likable guy but like i said he makes stupid rather ignorant male choices at times, not to be sexist of anything but that stereo-typical guy attitude does come out a bit.

How to Read

It would seem to me that Hornby's writing has a lot to do with our previous blog. Its all about the philosophy of reading. Hornby talks about how we've some how got this mentality that books need to be challenging otherwise they are no good, and there for because we think their challenging we opt. not to read but to do other things such as watch tv and play video games for our lesiure. The point he seems to be trying to get across is that books should be enjoyable. They shouldn't be painfully intellectual (unless thats your style), they should entertain and enspire. They should be enjoyable something you look forward to doing rather than regretting and getting a horribly sinking feeling every time you approach the task of reading said book. He also talks about how everyone has different styles and taste and that its ok to like different books, and that just because a book is a best seller does not mean you have to read it.

Title

I don’t know so much about having a philosophy of reading but I do have my set of preferences. My preferred genre is fantasy and science fiction. I like my books to be epic tales of adventures in strange lands with dragons and other various mythical creatures. I also really like books I can relate to, I find that if I like the characters and I can put myself there in the story then I generally will enjoy the book.
I don’t usually enjoy school reading that much because I find it difficult to get into what I’m reading. I’m not saying the schoolbooks are bad; no they usually are very good books. Just often times they’re not my kind of books, which then makes it difficult to read them since they don’t interest me.
As for expanding my choices, I guess I sometimes go to the library and look around for covers that stand out to me, or titles that sound interesting. It may not sound like the most effective way to expand your choices but it works pretty well and I’ve found some very interesting books that way.
I would say that expanding my choices has been worth it. I used to think that I wouldn’t like the Harry Potter books, until I read the first and after that I read them all and I have enjoyed each one. It was definitely worth it because before that I didn’t like reading and it was the Harry Potter series that really opened me up to fantasy and science fiction books.