Words of the day 11/4

Succinct: Lincoln's succinct speech "Gettysburg Adress" lasted 2 minutes.

Facade: The fornt of a building is also called facade.

Words of the day 8/4

Elucidate: Without Lisa elucidating the homework in math for me, I'd be lost!
Acquiescence: The Acquiescence of my parents for me to go to Ireland made me happy!

Words of the day 4/6

Sundry: Sundry topics are written about in the personal narratives.

Begrudge: Everyone begrudges Natalie Portman for being so beautiful.

Words of the day 4/4/11

Venerable: Don Hather is due to the things he did in his past and his age a venerable man.
Uncouth: It'd do good for some people to shut their uncouth mouth.

Words of the day 4/1

Subpoena: Some people could deserve a subpoena for all the crap they're doing.
Fey: Jake says he's fey. He thinks he can predict the future. Apparently he can't.

Vocabwords 3/31

#1 subpoena: noun; a writ ordering a person to attend a court
#2 fey: adjective; giving an impression of vague unworldliness
#3 venerable: adjective; accorded a great deal of respect, esp. because of age, wisdom, or character
#4 uncouth: adjective; lacking good manners, refinement, or grace
#5 sundry: adjective; of various kinds; several
#6 begrudge: verb;  envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of (something)
#7 elucidate: verb; make (something) clear; explain
#8 acquiescene: noun; acceptation of something reluctantly but without protest
#9 succinct: adjective; briefly and clearly expressed
#10 facade: noun; face (front) of a building

Act 4&5 headlines

Act4 Sc1: conflict of interests
         Sc2: Good looking death
         Sc3: drink of unlucky fate
         Sc4: needless preparations
         Sc5: mourning, mourning, mourning

Act 5 Sc1: My love is dead. So I'm going to die too!
          Sc2: Friar's epic fail
          Sc3: After death, you live in harmony

R&J wedding vows

Friar: Today, we came together to share the joy of marrying this two young, happy-in-love and irresponsible people..

Romeo: What?
 Friar: You love each other, get over it.
Juliet: Hm.. he’s right I love you (runs to Romeo and tries to kiss him)
Romeo: Oh Juliet, let’s just be married. We don’t need a Friar!
Friar: Hey, I’m getting paid for doing this. So go to your places, stand still, stop touching each other and tell each other your vows!
Romeo looking for his note in his shirt
People start to whisper appalled
Juliet: Something wrong, Dear?
Romeo: Nope. I got it. I got everything covered. Everyone calm down. Nothing is happening.
Friar: -_______- Can we please go on? I got other soon-to-kill-each-other-due-to-stupidity couples to marry today. Let’s get started. Who’s first?
Romeo: Fine. Nose goes!
Juliet: WHAT? I thought you loved me?
Romeo: I do. But nose goes. You lost. I win. Oh yeah. Get used to it!
Juliet: So you think our marriage is gonna be a race or what?
Romeo: No.. I just think I’m better than you and I’m gonna beat you in EVERYTHING. Muhahaha
Juliet: Fine, but remember I’m the girl.
Romeo: And…?
Juliet: Well I can make you feel like you’re caught in the deeps of hell and let you burn inside your body!
Romeo: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Juliet: Nothing… just saying. Oh And I can pretend to be dead and make you kill yourself.
Romeo: Haha you wish. Believe me. I’m not that stupid.
Juliet: Well… I think Shakespeare knows it better than you!
Romeo: Who is that again.. wait. YOU’RE CHEATING ON ME? Already? Dude, it’s been not even one week!
Juliet: No, I heard people say Shakespeare is planning our lives. He decides what happens with us.
Romeo: I’m gonna beat that guy up… that’s what’s gonna happen.
Friar: GUYS! One more sentence and I quit and we will immediately go over to act 3, scene 2, page 6!
Romeo: Ok this is a question. Yes, you said sentence not question! So: What are you talking about now? Is everyone going crazy here? Are you all on drugs or something?
Friar: No I’m friends with that Shakespeare guy. I’m doing the dirty work for him.  Now, read your stupid vows!
Romeo: Fine!
 My dear Juliet,
I promise to love you every moment forever. The moment I saw you, I knew you were the girl that is meant to be in my heart. I truly believe that we met each other not by accident, no. We met by destiny. As God makes us his children, he offers us a twin. A person, that is somewhere in this world, waiting for us. Waiting to find the other half of its soul to make it complete. At the party, my Juliet, I finally met this person. It was you that looked me in the eyes and made me feel like a man. It was the look on your face that gave me warmth in my heart. And it was you that made me change my view of life. Life taught me a lesson. It’s not about where you are, not about how strong you are or how far you can get in life. It’s about whom you’re with and who makes life worth living it with. And here by I swear to the world to love and protect you with all my life and possibilities, until death may try to separate us and even after that.

Juliet:
Wow. When did you learn to talk in complete, useful sentences?
Romeo: Ok. Let’s see what you got, LOSER! I told you, I’m better. Now you’re afraid huh? Yes, I’m gonna win this one too! Romeo 2, Juliet 0!
Juliet: You’re weird. Ok, here you go:
 Oh my Romeo. I don’t have the right words to express my love to you. It may seem strange to others, me marrying not the man my parents chose for me, but a man I truly love. A man of the house which is repudiated by my family. I’m standing here, to promise you my faithfulness and love. Today, we are becoming husband and wife. Our souls will be in a bond forever, even after death.  With you, my Romeo, I want to take the first steps into my life as a woman. I promise to love you through all the good and the bad times. All the challenges that may come will be followed by moments that express our deep, true love. No matter how much pressure is put on our relationship, I will stay with you, fight for you, do whatever it needs to be with my true love.
SO! You heard that? Even after death. Yes, suck it!
Friar: Done?
R&J: Yes
Friar: With my right’s that God gave me blablabla… I now pronounce you husband and wife. Kiss each other and get outta here! …. Hey I said kiss and get out, not make out on my altar and start producing your offspring. That’s not how Shakespeare planned this…

Act 3 headlines

1: killing in the meaning of the law?
2: Even a murderer is loveable
3: Hiding at Friar L's
4: Paris still trying to get Juliet
5: The last goodbye with a big lost

R&J Plot

Exposition: Montague vs. Capulet feud,  threat of killing people if there's more fighting in the streets
Inciting Event: Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio go to the party, Romeo meets Juliet
Raising Action: Romeo climbs over the walls, R&J admit their love, decide to get married,
Climax: Fight between Mercutio and Tybalt-> Mercutio dies; fight between Romeo and Tybalt -> Tybalt dies
Falling Action: Romeo gets banished, hides in Friar L.'s place, R&J spend the night together, "Final Goodbye", Juliet is told to marry Paris in 3 days

Act 2 headlines

#1: Romeo listening to Juliet and admitting his love
#2 perversely rash wedding
#3 Romeo, the wedding planer
#4 Guiding words
#5 Juliet, waiting for the nurse's report
#6 Secretly married

Words of the day, Jan 24

9. Unwieldy: Compared to the new iPod nano, the original walkman is really unwieldy.
10. Variable: In my science fair project, time and pH Value were my variables.

Words of the day, Jan 23

7. Lamentable: Being forced to experience my brother's cooking skills and the result was lamentable... for me.
8. Kinsmen: The brothers of my father are kinsmen of mine.

Words of the day, jan 22

5. Cunning: adj
Her plan to fake a pass and then do the lay-up was cunning.

6. Procure: verb,
To make pancakes, my mum had to procure some milk.

Words of the day, jan 21

3. Waverer (noun) :Lisa is a waverer, since she's never able to decide what she wants. Hahahaha :)

4. Perverse (adj.) : His decision to take Anatomy over Biology was perverse in the eyes of the other students.

Words of the day, Jan 20

Rosemary: My mum always puts rosemary into the food, because it gives a good aroma to it.

Sallow: After the rollercoaster ride, Lisa looked sallower than she ever did before.

Journal #3

There could be several reasons causing a conflict between the houses of Montague and Capulet. The first one could be a clash of interests caused by their beliefs. Religion has always been a source of trouble. To believe in one god or another, or having religious habits that are different from others, still separates cultures today. Since the piece played in the late ages of the sixteenth century (Renaissance), the majority fo the people living in Verona were Catholics. It might be possible that either one, Montagues or Capulets, had changed their beliefs due to the Protestant Reformation, which also took place in the 16th century.

The other reason could simply be money. We know that today's family conflicts are mainly about money. Why wouldn't it be the same back then? One family has more money than the other does, and voilà: we have our fight that keeps on dividing the two families over generations. Back then it might even had been the difference of  social classes, that made the two houses fight each other.

Vocab words

1. Rosemary: noun, evergreen aromatic shrub
2. Sallow: adj, unhealthy colored face
3. Waverer: verb, shake with a quivering motion
4. Perverse: adj, showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable
5. Cunning: adj, having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion
6. Procure: verb, obtain (something), esp. with care or effort
7. Lamentable: adj, deplorably bad or unsatisfactory
8. Kinsmen: noun, one of a person's blood relations
9. Unwieldy: adj, difficult to carry or move because of its size
10. Variable: - noun, an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change
                      - adj, not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change