Two essays we're suppose to talk about on here. Honestly I can't bring myself to print out 29 pages of essays, so reading them on my laptop late on a Thursday night will have to do. The two essays I chose were "Mint Snowball" by Naomi Shihab Nye and "Things to do today".
"Mint Snowball" is a good essay. I mean I really really liked it. It's as if I can taste this chilled treat as I read it, and not because I had brushed my teeth with minty-fresh crest toothpaste moments before reading it. The imagery Nye uses is wonderful. How the counter has a shining face, the clinks of nickels, wide summer afternoons, the drugstore, the fresh mint leaves that wouldn't wash off of grandfather's hands, everything is just so fresh and lovely.
I can also tell that Nye really wants to go back to that time. She looks at the things she can do now: use a fax machine, change a plane ticket, and other very modern activities...but she wishes that she could go back and visit that drugstore. I don't think you can get anything from a drugstore that's a nickel anymore. She wishes she could just go back to an easier going time.
Things to do today is just very strange. It reminds me of a bucket list. Things to do before you do, defy what you believe in and be as bad as possible. But that's just me...maybe it's just a crazy person who's OCD about everything...even his sadistic thoughts. I guess i'll find out tomorrow.
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