"Gimme More"

For my cover song I chose Britney Spear's "Gimme More." I wanted to find something that would be a little more humorous than an actual remake of her song by another professional singer. Therefore I chose to use Musical Burger Inc, remake of this song.

Britney Spears version is the one everyone knows and can probably sing a lot with it for the most part. I'm sure you have heard it all over MTV or the radio at one time or another. On the other hand I have never heard this version of "Gimme More," so when I found it I was pretty excited.

Britney's version of the song is really up beat and u can understand everything she is saying. It makes you want to sit there and dance! I know as for myself, I really like the song and I think it has a catchy course. The version I found of her song was not as up beat even though the music was exactly the same. I found myself trying to pay close attention to what the singer was saying even though I know the words already. Also, the remake of Britney's song is done by a man which also makes the song seem so much more different. I think this remake is funny even though it is mocking Britney Spear's original version.

Written on the Body

At first I found this book to be a little confusing because of the context in which it was written. It's like I really wanted to know the sex of the narrator, therefore I will be using the voices of man and woman to reflect on the novel "Written on the Body."

Woman: This book was full of details about everything scene in the book. It made me feel the urge to be passionate and love someone the way the narrator loved Louise. The author Jeanette Winterson has a beautiful way of describing the smallest detail and made me want to keep turning the page to feel like it was my own experiences. This book was very enjoyable, possibly one of my favorites because I feel like I can relate very well to the novel even though I have never had any lesbian experiences I still feel like I have had some of the experiences described.

Man: This was a good book even though love stories aren't really my thing. I feel like I can relate to the narrator not because of lesbian or gay experiences I have had but because of all of her past experiences and the way she describes them. When I look back I can remember most of all my sexual experiences with different partners.

"Skim"

Again when I looked at the book, I really didn't feel that interested in reading it. It was almost the same feelings I had toward La Perdida. To know that this book can be considered a children's book is amazing to me. I can honestly say I was shocked at the content of the book and almost couldn't believe the advanced situations, but then again in reality these types of situations are becoming more and more common.

The suicide, homosexuality, drugs, and witchcraft discussed throughout the book really made me take a step back into my adolescent years. Even though these times are not to far back, I can still clearly see these types of situations happening in my school and with my friends; Maybe not to the extent in the book, but they were definitely there.

When I was reading the book, I found that the illustrations really helped in making the story and events more clear to understand. One illustrations that particularly sicks out is of Skim and Ms. A are kissing in the woods. There can be some interpretations as to whether this is a dream or reality, but without it the relationship between them would be even harder to figure out or try to understand. In the end I think it left everyone thinking of what was going to happen next, but like real life, somethings never end or figure themselves out.

When I first looked at this picture it made me think of being carefree. Is this desirable of most women? Do women want to be free from everything, all their obligations as women? I think at one point or another, every woman wants this in their lives. Sometimes there is just this urge to be set free from all the duties we have as woman. Anything we are supposed to be or do as women.

"La Perdid"

Jessica Abel's "La Perdida" was a book in which I could somewhat relate too. I was so fond about the idea of reading a comic book, because I honestly don't think I've ever even attempted to read one. I have never found them to look interesting and I've always thought comic books were for boys. Very stereotypical, yes I know.

When I began to read the book it took me a few pages to really understand what exactly was going on. I didn't expect to see so much Spanish! But I guess the name of the book was kind of a give away. I was actually kind of excited to see read it and try and understand it on my own without looking at the translation. Considering I am Mexican I enjoyed getting an understanding of what the storyline was about.

I have only visited Mexico about 8 times in my life time. Most of them have been when I was younger. I only have one great aunt who lives there today. Besides her living there, there isn't much of a reason to go. Although, it does upset me a little that I don't know as much about my heritage as I think I should. I mean I'm from California! The Mexican heritage there is so widely known. Actually, I sometimes get made fun of because I am considered a "white-washed" Mexican because I don't speak Spanish fluently. This has always bothered me growing up because no one wants to be an outcast, especially of their "own-kind."

This is why I enjoyed reading Jessica Abel's "La Perdida," because I feel like it made me feel better that Carla, the main character also wanted to find her roots and experience her Mexican heritage.

Like Water for Chocolate

I really enjoyed the way this novel used food as the way to the feelings Tita especially was having. People always say that food can have that effect on people. I think the author, Laura Esquivel was really trying to recreate the story of Romeo and Juliet.

Throughout their lives they know they want to be together and try everything they must to have it happen. Tita even goes as far as watching Pedro marry her oldest sister! This would not be okay in my family. Not one of my sisters would ever do that to me nor would our Mother allow that to happen.

I can't imagine going through life not being allowed to marry because it was my duty to take care of my mother. I can understand if that was the case, but you still could marry and have a family. I know, being that I am Mexican, in our culture we do have a tendency to care for our parents when they are older. A lot of times you will see a family whose grandmother lives with them because they are getting too old to take care of themselves. It is not very often at all in our culture to take them to a home. Although Mama Elena was extremely controlling and a little crazy, the author did a good job at relating the story to what might really happen in a Mexican family.

Love

After finishing the book, I was able to put all the pieces together. Mr. Cosey had women after him like crazy, but it was hard to realize the type of man he really was. How could this man that was held in such high esteem by many people be so perverted and yet so kind?


Before getting to the middle of the book, I really liked Mr. Cosey. He seemed to be a good man with a righteous heart. As I continued to read, my feelings for him changed. In the book, Morrison used love in many different types of relationships. She was able to show how people could love for the wrong reasons and love for the right reasons.

There were many issues that played into these types of relationships protrayed in the story. I still can't help but think of Mr. Cosey and his love for a young girl is granddaughters age. Eleven years old! I know in earlier times girls did marry young, but eleven. Mr. Cosey was near 40 years older than her when they married. Although I don't think that Mr. Cosey just had a thing for Heed but for his own granddaughter Christine. The way Morrison descirbes the picture of Mr. Cosey and Heed's wedding made it seem a little weird that Cosey was so intuned with his granddaughter and not his new wife of the same age.

Maybe these types of things were more excepted in those days, but me growing up in times completely different seems unlawful and socially unacceptable. Morrison really plays up the roles of race and class in the book. "The way Up Beach people were." Morrison gives a lot of adjectives to describe how the times were in those days and how they changed over time.

Morrison's book was very intriguing. At first it was a difficult to understand all of the characters because of how the story jumped around, but overall she put a good sense of love, desire, and sex into it. From the love Heed had for Mr. Cosey, the desire Mr. Cosey had for women, and the sex that was had by almost every character in the book from Romen to Mr. Cosey.