Writing II: Blog Post 2

So far I haven't read very much more into "Plague Dogs". I have a busy past few days and only managed about 70 more pages of reading. I still enjoy the book very much, but finding time to read has been difficult. I am anxious to continue though, as the book's pace has increased and it is getting quite interesting. I don't want to go into too much detail because this is a book people should definitely read so I don't want to spoil anything. One warning I would give about this book, however, is its language. Adams is after all, a British writer, so his writing style tends to be more complex than that of most American writers. Also, this book was written in the 70's, so some language is also outdated. This does make the reading somewhat confusing, and several times I have to actually look up a word. One time I  had to look up the word "tod" because I had no clue it meant a fox, then had a pleasantly nostalgic memory of the Disney movie "The Fox and the Hound" from my childhood, where the fox was named Tod. By the way, really great Disney movie, you have to watch it, to some extent it is actually a lot like the part of "Plague Dogs" I am reading right now. Anyways, the language in this book can make the reading much slower and sometimes laborious, but it is worth slogging through the occasional J. R. R. Tolkien-esque multiple page description of a flower or something to get to the main point that this book is about some baller doggies. At any rate, this week I will actually have to take a brief break from "Plague Dogs" to read all the Paperclip submissions that we have collected in preparation for creating our magazine. We have even more submissions than last year I'm happy to say, and now comes the long process of reading the 100 odd pieces. I've found in past years that usually about 75% of submissions are either good and contain genuine effort in them. But of course there are always plenty of "I submitted some bullshit because it was either a class requirement or my teacher said I could extra credit so here's like three haiku's on a page, give me my 10 points". Luckily, though, a quick look at the work showed no haiku's, so I'm a little relieved. I always do enjoy reading the work sent to us, though, as it shows me how many talented and dedicated writers there are in ETHS, a very relieving feeling when you think about the intelligent things you hear in the hallways (i.e. "bro my DJing career is totally about to takeoff, I was doing mixes at the (insert fake club here)"). At any rate, "Plague Dogs" is still going to strong, but it's slow reading. For the next week or so, however, I get to enjoy the variety of poems and short stories written by the students of ETHS.