Posted 8:35 PM by Ben
My sister forced my mom to watch Lord of the Rings today, and I sat in on it. It loses some power on DVD, just from being on the smaller screen, but it's still a heck of a movie. My mom thinks I should have read the book before I watched it, and while I'm sure the book is brilliant I maintain that I would have hated the movie if I'd read the book first. That might not be true for everybody but it's how my mind works. A great book can make a great movie seem very chintzy and predictable. Whereas, I don't think the movie can ruin the book, because the book has so much more to offer (generally).

This will all be tested when I start my new Band of Brothers DVD (my Hanukkah present). I've read the book but never seen the movie. Here's hoping it's good...

My stomach still hurts from last night. But it was worth it.

Posted 6:54 PM by Ben
Dr. Pace presented some interesting things in class today but it was all wasted on me. My brain is already on Thanksgiving break. No offense to anybody. It wouldn't make sense to cancel class on the Monday before Thanksgiving, but the idea certainly would have appealed to me today. I do like how Allan gave us a very clear rundown of the events of the next few weeks.

Since Iris was out of town, I taught by myself in Mrs. Geiszler's class on Friday. I think it went really well. I had the kids write the end of A Doll's House in groups, and then present their endings to the class. Then we read the last five pages -- two kids stood in front of the class and read the parts. Then we discussed what happened at the end of the play. Two questions were asked after the bell rang! That was a passive sentence. Oh well. I was really happy with how the day went.

One more class, but surprisingly, a lot of things to do until I can go home. Like complain. I really dig complaining. Happy Thanksgiving!