English III 4/30: Willie Nelson "Heaven and Hell"

Sometimes Heaven and sometimes Hell

Sometimes I don't even know

Sometimes I take it as far as I can

And sometimes I don't even go

My front tracks're headed for a cold water well

My back tracks're covered with snow

But sometimes Heaven, sometimes Hell

And sometimes I don't even know

Heaven ain't walkin'

On a street paved with gold

Hell ain't a mountain of fire

Heaven is layin'

In my sweet baby's arms

And Hell is when baby ain't there

Well, my front tracks're headed for a cold water well

And my back tracks're covered with snow

Well, sometimes Heaven, sometimes Hell

And sometimes I don't even know

Sometimes Heaven, and sometimes Hell

And sometimes I don't even know

WORDS OF THE DAY

9. Nullify- to counter; make unimportant

10. Tangible- can be touched 

11. Abhor -hate

12. Hamper -hinder; obstruct

English IV 4/30: Willie Nelson "Look What Thoughts Will Do"

Once I thought I loved just you

And I thought you loved me too

But today you say we're through

Just look what thoughts will do

Now another wears the crown

And you think you have found

Just what makes your world go 'round

Watch those thoughts they'll get you down

And if within your future years

Your new love should bring you tears

Then you'll think of me I'm sure

But those thoughts won't help you dear

Once I thought I loved just you

And I thought you loved me too

But today you say we're through

Now just look what thoughts will do

Once I thought I loved just you

And I thought you loved me too

But today you say we're through

Just look what thoughts will do

WORDS OF THE DAY

5. prescient adj. Foreknowing.

6. primeval adj. Belonging to the first ages.

7. progeny n. Offspring.

8. proviso n. A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.

Professional COMM 4/30: Thomas Merton

"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them." 

-Thomas Merton

English IV 4/29: "Lady of Shalott" by Waterhouse

What is she thinking about? Who? What the heck is she doing in that boat and why does she look so sad?

WORDS OF THE DAY

1. prosaic adj. Unimaginative.

2. rampant adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.

3. rationalism n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.

4. rebuff n. A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.

English III 4/29: "Hoodwink" by Anathallo

"Someday they will build monuments for us.

People like me walk out the door,

We'll pull you out into the streets

Of far off countries. If I'm ready to go,

How could I let you dwell in delight?

Oh see, all things are so bright and spiritual.

These seeds are growing in extraordinary colors.

Convinced? Even I believe that I have grown something.

It's cased in light.

Don't you worry about me, I'm gone.

Don't you worry about me.

I'm off in a distant place

Where I can be the signifier,

Not that which is signified.

The referent, convincing us (you and me both),

For you, my smile is like bow, bow, bow, bow.

Out here there is no 'under the skin.'

And the form of every other

Is hidden under covers.

Let us sleep

In ease of dark.

We couldn't rest

With this sense of duty hanging off of our chests.

Peeled away, we had to get back from where the

Grip of our hands could lift us from the failures

In the eyes of men, to form our scales and weigh

Our words, good again.

To form our scales in the eyes of men,

To weigh our words

And make ourselves good again."

WORDS OF THE DAY

5. raze – to destroy

6. acrimony – harshness, sharpness ( especially in words)

7. desecrate – to profane a holy place

8. Placid- calm; peaceful 

Professional COMM 4/29: Lao Tzu

"An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox." -- Lao Tzu

This quote comes to us, through many centuries, from a Chinese teacher and philosopher named Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu is said to have written (or perhaps compiled) the text known as Tao de Jing. This book is the cornerstone of Taoism and one of the oldest and most beautiful religious texts in existence. This particular quote is one that has a very profound message for all of us in it. Too often we are content to let our life-position limit us more than it should. While we complain and let negativity paralyze us, we miss the opprotunity to move towards our most important goals (or perhaps to form those goals).

HAMLET LINK

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/topics/hamlettopics.html

English III 4/15: "Independence Day" by Elliott Smith

Future butterfly, gonna spend the day higher than high

You'll be beautiful confusion

Ooh, once I was you

I saw you caught between all the people out making a scene

And a bright ideal, tomorrow

Ooh, don't go too far

Stay who you are

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

You only live a day

But it's brilliant anyway

I saw you at the perfect place

It's gonna happen soon, but not today

So go to sleep, and make the change

I'll meet you here tomorrow

Independence Day

Independence Day

Independence Day

WORDS OF THE DAY

1. grovel – to humble oneself in a demeaning way  

2. ensue – to follow                                                    

3. cryptic – mysterious, puzzling                                                

4. vilify – to defame or speak of someone as a villain

Professional COMM 4/15: Washington Irving on Tears

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.” -Washington Irving

English III 4/9: Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Airplane over the Sea"

What a beautiful face I have found in this place

That is circling all round the sun

what a beautiful Dream that could flash on the screen

in a blink of An eye and be gone from me

soft and sweet

let Me hold it close and keep it here with me

and One day we will die and our ashes will fly from the

Aeroplane over the sea but for now we are

Young let us lay in the sun and count every

Beautiful thing we can see

love to be in the arms

Of all im keeping here with me

What a curious life we have found here tonight

There is music that sounds from the street

there Are lights in the clouds

Anna's ghost all around

Hear her voice as it's Rolling and ringing through me

soft and sweet

How the notes all bend and reach above the

Trees, now how I remember you

how I would Push my fingers through your mouth to make

Those muscles move that made your voice so

Smooth and sweet

and now we keep where we Don't know

all secrets sleep in winter clothes

With one you loved so long ago now he don't

Even know his name

what a beautiful face I

Have found in this place that is circling all round

The sun and when we meet on a cloud I'll be

Laughing out loud I'll be laughing with everyone I See

can't believe how strange it is to be anything At all

LOOK! Paris likes them!

Professional COMM 4/9: Einstein on Good and Evil

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."