SNAPSHOT 4 (Brittney Hanks)

Music is a big impact in my life, from little songs to songs on the radio. One song that sticks out to me and hits close to the hart is Taylor Swifts, Never Grow Up. As a kid whose dad was in politics, I always dreamed about growing up. I always was dreading to go to all my dads’ functions because they were so boring… I hated shaking hand after hand, people saying, “I remember when you were little.” When I hit the age of 13 I was ready to move out, I wanted to be on my own and live my life. I told my parents I wanted to go to college out of state they laughed and said, “ No you will not want to leave.”  One thing that my parents would tell me all the time was doesn’t grow up too fast. I always took that for granted, because as a kid you just think your parents want you to stay young forever and in your eyes you want to be on your own. Now that I am older I hear Taylor Swifts song and she says, “Remember that she's getting older too.” That’s something I never thought about when I would make her drop me of across the street because I didn’t want my friends thinking I was weird having my mom dropping me off right in front of the movie theater or something along the lines. Also dread the fact my mom made me stay the night at my grandparents house I just hated it mostly because I wasn’t able to hang out with my friends, or have my phone or anything. I will never forget my mom’s words to me… “ Spend the most time with them now why you still can before they are gone. Memories are worth a thousand words.”

Once my sister was born I took that song to heart because watching her grow up was a great experience but at the same time it was one of the hardest things in my life. One line that stood out to me was when Taylor Swift said “our little hands wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonight, your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming, so I tuck you in and turn on your favorite nightlight.  You, everything's funny. You got nothing to regret I’d give all I have honey if you could stay like that.” Days I wish my sister will always be a little girl forever but I know that’s not the case. I would always tell her to stay little its so much easier, but Courtney is my best friend and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for her or my brother’s futures hold. They are going to do bigger and better things. 

Watching the people you love grow up isn’t easy but its beautiful thing in aspect of them growing up.  Never grow up too fast though.

To my siblings…..

Never grow up to fast, mom and dad aren’t ready to watch you guys grow up. Be your young self as long as you can. GROWING UP SUCKS SOME TIMES.

This is Taylor Swift from her newest tour 1989. My mom and I got to go to this concert on September 19,2015. She has made a lot of songs that any girl can relate too, and that is truly powerful, she is down to earth on her songs and they are written as a normal girl had written them.

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the song

Your little hands wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in and turn on your favorite nightlight

To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have honey
If you could stay like that

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
No one will desert you
Just try to never grow up
Never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out
Someday and call your own shots

But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your p.j.s getting ready for school

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
And no one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on

Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up
Oh I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
Could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to
Please try to never grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just never grow up

Read more: Taylor Swift - Never Grow Up Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Journal 10 from Tim Davis

Journal 10 Holding on

     So far in Holding On,  my active reading is going well. sometimes its hard to pick out certain things to highlight though. some of the strengths of this book is how all of these people hold on to something specific that means so much to them. weaknesses of this book would be how short some of the chapters are because sometimes you think that your just starting to connect with a character and then the chapter ends.

     Harold Cotton was a hat blocker and started working at this small town business in 1937. After a few years the owner Robert Taylor passed away and Cotton took over the business. Harold's business went through some changes though. it used to be that colored people would not be able to sit up front in the tall stands, they would have to sit in the back. then after a while Cotton decided to change things and he said "From now on, anybody that come in here can get up on the stand. i dont care if they close us up or not" (58).

     William Blackmon is a reverend, but calls himself a "prophet". William is an artist that uses his faith to inspire people. William is also a dreamer who looks to help and heal people. A truly passionate and good willed man. He was a "Hitchhiking man of God" (William Blackmon 63).

Journal 10 Noel

I think my reading throughout Holding On has been going good and I really enjoy the book. There are so many interesting stories about people that normally would not get noticed. I think I am getting better at summarizing the chapters. Even though there is a lot of different stories I can look at my nutshell and remember what exactly happened in that particular one. I think the way he writes the book reminds me so much of how my grandpa tells me stories. It is really from the persons view and I think this way of letting them tell the story lets people connect. It has that way that people can really bring memories of their own while reading. I think the weakness is some of these stories are not even a page long and they or more or less of a story. Some of these stories really go in depth but others are just not really anything. I also think sometimes David Isay writes it more than the people he interviewed.
For the two profiles I am choosing Donald Bean (Dinosaur Gardens) and Tommie Bass (Folk Doctor). I really enjoyed the Dinosaur Gardens, for some reason I thought this was a really cool and interesting story. In a way this Donald Bean reminded me of a little boy who just really wanted his childhood dreams to come true. "I always liked dinosaurs. They're large, they're big, and they ruled the world for years... Thousands of years... Well, millions of years!". In this quote he had so much excitement and just a passionate feel about this. From this profile there wasn't too much about what all is in the park or what exactly guests experience when they are there. Although the story is kinda sad because no one ever comes and he spent all that money on making the park. That part is sad but I think the park was more for him. Something different about this story from the others is it didn't start off with an interview part/ radio introduction. For the most part the rest of them do start off like that and this one jumps right into Bean's story without any background.The story about Tommie Bass is a "doctor" who is more of your medicine man and using the herbs to heal. Growing up he saw people given herbs and it working so he based his beliefs on that. He sold people herbs and they would use them but if they didn't work they would take them back and leave. Something that interested me was the peach tree leaves, I think it was interesting about giving them the leaves for sleep. I looked up about peach tree leaves and found a cite that uses them for herbal needs. Something similar to these stories is they are both very small businesses that aren't doing well and were made up. They are both side of the road places that people either stop or they pass. They are different because one spent more money on their business and the other not really and he just gathers leaves. I think they are both interesting stories.
 http://www.herb-magic.com/peach-tree-leaves.html

Journal 10 Zach

What I have  learned in the profiles that I've read is that American life varies and is different from  one another and everyone has there own story . I read the story about Geneva Tisdale. Geneva worked at Woolworth's for 42 years and has witnessed racial related things in her years working there including the civil rights movement. I also read the profile of Tommie Bass who started picking wild herbs and plants to cure people of illness.

The way that the two profiles were written were ideally the same. Both started with the introduction and both have the bodies of the story and both end with the the conclusion with quotes from Geneva and Tommie. But the stories of the two individuals differ greatly,like day and night . Geneva talks about her struggle as a black women working in a store. Tommie Bass talks about how he became a folk doctore and how he helped people in there times of need.

But in general Tommie and Geneva are quit the the same. Both are simple people doing the same thing they grew up doing. 

Journal 10: From Paul Winters

I have been doing good with the active reading so far with commenting and highlighting things so I can remember them. The only thing that I have struggle with is trying to find some things to relate to but I like reading about things that are hard to relate to it is good to ask questions then in the active reading.

First pick: The Reverend “Prophet” William J. Blackmon

I found this profile really compelling because of his faith and how he applied it.  He simply believes it isn’t enough to believe and we have to live it. He has such faith that he was able to heal people. I also loved how he loved his artwork he was so entangled and in love with what he was doing it was inspiring.

Second Pick: Sylvia (Ray) Rivera and Duty Inspector Seymour Pine

    This was an interesting story and considering the time that it was published it was still a controversial. It was sad to think of the narrow vision of life that Ray had and not feeling wanted and no apparent way out of his circumstance other than selling his body for money.

I also like the little forward at the beginning many years later they can stand there and talk to each other in peace. The night of the riot was a crazy night for the both of them and there was a lot of tension between the sides.

They were both good at letting the interviewee tell the story and their language was good at making the story compelling. A way that was different was that Sylvia and Seymour had an introduction that was good at bringing us to present day and also that it was a two part sort of profile but was neat of the same event and we got to hear different perspectives. Which is good especially since it is so controversial.

Research: drag queens

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20queen

I have heard the term used but I didn’t know what it really was until this profile.

“I have been street person and a queen since the age of ten.”

Journal 10 Cam K.

My active reading habits so far in Holding on are pretty good. The stories really keep me entertained because they are about real peoples life's and i feel like it is history and you get a different point of view of someone elses life. My weakness in the book are that i still don't write enough side notes in the side of the book. And sometimes i just skim through some of the chapters.

I like steam train Maury the best because i felt like his story had a big impact. The thing that i learned from reading about steam train Maury is that hobos are not bad people they actually work to get food and money they just don't just sit around and beg for money. The other profile that i picked was Reberta Blackgoat was an inspiration because she fought for what she loved and refused to give into the government and stand up for what she loved and wanted. The difference between these two stories is that they both love to do what they do but Rebeta has her own place to live and call  home steam boat Maury just moves from place to place.  

Journal 10 Bonnie Welsh

My reading in Holding On, is going pretty well. The stories are really interesting, it is just right when you get really into them it ends. I really like the style of how Isay because they catch you in the reading within a page. My active reading is going really well. I highlight important parts of the story like where they are at, to the major events that is going on during there story. If I see something in the book that I don't know about I will google it right there so I understand the story more. Some strengths I think the book has is getting you "hooked" in very fast in the chapter. They really pick out great stories about people holding on to what they believe in and fighting for it. Some of the weakness that I found was, that they have to change the writing styles with almost every story. For the reader it is hard for me at least to keep up. I also just feeling some of the stories are a little short for what they should be.
The two profiles that I chose is Geneva Tisdale, cook at Woolworth's Lunch Counter, and The Reverend "Prophet" William J Blackmon, overseer at Revival Center Tabernacle Church. I learned from Geneva is that how bad blacks had it in the restaurant career. She had to go change her clothes just to eat in public in her place of employment!  Some interesting things from her profile is how they make everything homemade, you just don't see that anymore. This also reminded me of how my grandparents would make their food. Blackmon, really got my interest becasue of how much he devoted his life to God. Something that i really liked is "If you really believe in God you don't need medicine!" he really put himself in God's hands there. I think this is really good b ecause there is not too many people that put there whole lives in God's hand. I did some research on Blackmon so i gave you guys a link for his wikipedia page. I found out he died in 2010, and other things that you can read on this link.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joshua_Blackmon