How to: Pack for a Weekend Home

First, carefully select the outfits you want to wear over the weekend/whatever it is you look great in. Empty your backpack of all your school materials and fold your clothes into the bag. Go into the bathroom and grab your face wash, contacts and your toothbrush. Place them into the smallest pouch of your bag. Unplug the hair straightner and place a sock over it, as to protect your belongings from the heat, still radiating from it. Grab your cell phone charger, or else your phone will die, and you will forget the numbers you were trying to call all weekend, whose reason it was you came home in the first place. Bring your laundry bag and save yourself $3 that week by washing your clothes at home. Place each strap of the bag over your shoulder and walk up the hill, to your car, and drive.

How?

How is the story of a woman's relationship with her boyfriend, and the journey that she takes mentally throughout their years of courtship. The main character is a confused person, who doesn't appreciate what she has, and takes her boyfriend for granted.
Throughout the story, she wrestles with the idea of leaving her partner, and then creates reasons to abandon the act. At first, the text hints that the reasoning behind abandonment is because he hasn't asked her to be his wife. Her boyfriend shows that he cares for her by his actions. "When he asks what you're reading, hold it up without comment. The next day look across to the brown chair and you will see him reading it too. A copy from the library that morning. He has seven days. He will look over the top and wink, saying: Beat you, " (137). He shows interest in everything his girlfriend does, yet she still doesn't appreciate him.

She eventually cheats on him with an actor, and returns to her home late at night, pretending that she still cares for her boyfriend. The main character is very indecisive, and doesn't know what to think at first when the idea of cheating on him first comes to her. "Sleep with him once and ride home at 5 a.m. crying in a taxicab. Or: don't sleep with him. Kiss him good night at Union Square and run for your life" (137). She eventually leaves him and moves on with her life. It seems that she was a very confused individual who didn't know what she wanted from life, all she knew is that she didn't want her boyfriend.

Sonny's Blues

I really liked this story. It jumped around throughout the main character's life and his perception of what was going on around him and Sonny, but it was very easy to follow. In the end when the author personified the blues, i was glad because it showed that Sonny's brother finally understood Sonny's passion for music and jazz in a way that he previously could not relate to. The background of what happened to he and Sonny's father was a good reflection of what the main character wanted to avoid. Although Sonny went to prison, he cleaned himself up in the end and reunited with his brother, which is a positive ending. I thought it was cool.

Muh Life

I'm Jessica and this is my first year attending WMU. I have a twin sister named Sarah, and i'm rooming with her this year. My brother also goes to Western. I'm from Brighton, which is roughly 20 miles north of Ann Arbor. My major is english/creative writing and my minor is history. I love reading, especially Jane Austen and Shakespeare. I've never used a blog before so i'm not going to be very good at it. I won't be attending Western next year because i am moving to East Lansing in the fall, but i'm looking forward to this class : )