Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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Grab the book that is nearest to where you are now. Turn to page 47. Type out the seventh sentence on the page.*
What is the last web search you conducted that wasn't for school?*
Who is your favorite artist? I mean your favorite in any of the arts: writing (novels, songs, poems, plays), painting, sculpture, acting, singing, playing an instrument, etc. etc.*
Do you like Moxie?*

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38 comments:

  1. Jacklyn L.
    Book: “I did take my father’s advice to heart, for he was not stupid.” (Klien, Lisa. Ophelia. 47.)
    Online Search: Facebook. I hate it when my turban unravels and my friends find out I’m the dark lord
    Favorite Artist: Jay Brannan
    I don’t like Moxie

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  2. Mr. Cook (James C)
    Book: "At a quarter to nine Heidler said: 'I hope nothing's happened to that girl." (on page 47 of _Quartet_ by Jean Rhys)

    Search: Neil Lennon Celtic FC [My next search will be "Jay Brannan". Who's that, Jacklyn?]

    Favorite Artist: That's an impossible question! Today, I'm looking forward to listening to Camper Van Beethoven and reading the novel Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima. (I should have asked a better question.) The best thing (other than Hamlet) that I've read recently is _Rings of Saturn_ by W.G. Sebald. (It's not sci-fi; it's stories about the layers and interconnectedness of history in East Anglia). I'm looking forward to re-reading _Invisible Cities_ which I first read after moving to Gloucester but before becoming a teacher.

    I like Moxie, especially old formula Moxie made at Twin Lights and served in a glass bottle at George's.

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  3. Book: “His eyes were watering” (pg 47 of The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides)
    Search: the band Little Feats
    Favorite Artist: Mark Rothko (the painter)

    Unfortunately, I have never tried Moxie, only admired it's logo.

    My email: lcbrown18@gmail.com

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  4. 1. “We’re going to use the only means of transport left to us, the only ones the Trace can’t detect, because we don’t need to cast spells to use them: brooms, thestrals, and Hagrids motorbike.”

    2. The movie Avatar

    3. Will Smith

    4. Nah.

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  5. EdanL
    Book: "Even the Walkers, who were England's biggest sex symbols, paled by comparison."(Are You Expierienced. The inside story of The Jimi Hendrix expierience)
    Search: grassboarding
    Artist: This changes all of the time but for now, A.C Newman.
    I love the awe-inspiring goodness that is moxie, but it's definitely an acquired taste.

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  6. Chase, like many Gloucester residents, felt an especially strong passion for this olden island city. (Elyssa East, I just finished my research project)
    A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation (search)
    Will Ferrel (artist)
    Honestly I don’t know if I’ve ever tried moxie.

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  7. Galileo: Where did you get that thing?(Galileo_Bertolt Brecht)

    manning field adress, don't know,

    no, moxie's gross, sorry

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  8. – O Pangloss ! s’ecria Candide, tu n’avais pas devine cette abomination ; c’en est fait, il faudra qu’a la fin je renonce a ton optimisme. [Candide]

    Pandora.com

    It changes with my mood. Faulkner? Sam Beam?

    When I had it seven or so years ago, no.

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  9. “A miracle.”

    Lyrics to a song

    I can't pick a favorite artist.

    Not quite sure what moxie is, so I don’t think I tried it… or liked it.

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  10. “Is that true, Daddy?” Stephen King's Pet Sematary
    Song lyrics I think
    The Red Hot Chili Peppers
    I do not like Moxie.

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  11. Book: "While she was still clearly tired, now my stepmother looked a lot more like the Heidi I knew: her hair was pulled back neatly, and she had on jeans, a clean and matching shirt, and lip gloss." (Along for the Ride- Sarah Dessen)
    Search: Summer dresses
    Artist: Jonathan Groff- Before he sold himself out on glee, he made me cry multiple times in Spring Awakening.
    Moxie? No, I really dont like soda to begin with and I heard that stuff tastes like cough syrup.

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  12. "my lord hath importuned me with love"(Hamlet)

    1. facebook
    2.i have never tried moxie

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  13. 1) “Somehow, in our short time together, I’d come to trust the Old Man, though I really had no good reason to”(page 47 – The Dream Weaver – Jack Bowen)
    2) Arnel from Journey..
    3) Elizabeth MacDougal
    4) Never tried it

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  14. Stephanie K.
    Book: “In the early 1950s, the Mass offered to St. Peter on Sunday morning became a High Pontifical Mass celebrated with the direct approval of the pope. (on page 47 of Voices by Richard M. Swiderski)
    Search: concert tickets for the summer
    Artist: I have a lot but I would say Rihanna or Chris Brown
    Moxie: I have never tried it before so I can’t say, but I know a lot of people who do not like it.

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  15. Book: “From somewhere close, the sound of a khlooee, a green bamboo flute, began.” (pg 47 of Disco for the Departed by Colin Cotterill)
    Search: Red Sox Tickets
    Favorite Artist: There’s really no artist that I’ve always liked, but someone that I’ve started to admire recently is Nicholas Sparks.

    I’ve never tried Moxie, but my gramp drinks it all the time. He always tries to get me to try it, but everyone else in my family warns me not to do it. I’ve always taken their word for it because my gramp doesn’t have the best taste, but maybe I’ll decide to try it someday.

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  16. Moriah O'Neil

    Book: "You are mistaken, I write rather slowly."
    (on page 47 of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.)
    Search: www.maggiesoterro.com :)
    Artist: Michael Buble
    Moxie?: no thankyou:)

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  17. Book: "And hath given countenance to his speech, my lord,
    With almost all the holy vows of heaven."
    [Hamlet]
    Search: NBA Finals Tickets ($15,000 Yikes!)
    Artist: Well this is almost an impossible question. I’ll have to think about it.
    No, I don’t like Moxie at all. I drank it by accident once, thinking it was coke, and I’ll never make that mistake again!

    P.S. E-Mail Correction- KrystinaN413@yahoo.com

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  18. “I wondered for a second if I’d died and gone to hell.” Pg. 47 of Dreamland

    ......Sunday River season pass.....

    at the moment "Phoenix"

    never tried it but it looks gross

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  19. Book: "Hunter shook his head" (Forests of the Heart by Charles D. Lint)
    Search: Nautical stars
    Favorite Artist: Edan Lewis
    Moxie: i haven't tried it since i was about 5, but from then i remember it tasted like cough medicine, yuck

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  20. "When a student is suspended, parents/guardians will be contacted in order to establish a conference required for re-admission to school." (GHS Assignment Notebook 2009-2010 Edition)
    Search: Directions to Amherst, MA Google Maps
    Favorite Artists: "Flight of The Concords" (music band)
    Moxie: Last time I tasted Moxie I thought it tasted like poop.

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  21. “You’ve meekly allowed yourself to be imprisoned.”
    Search: I don’t know, probably the definition to a word
    Favorite Artist: That’s a hard question to answer! There are too many to choose from.
    Moxie: I don't think I've tried it...

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  22. Book: "He studied me sympathetically. Maybe he realized what I was really asking: Why me?"(Have a Little Faith-Mitch Albom)

    Search: Wikipedia search of Once Upon a Mattress

    Artists: writing-Mitch Albom, John Green, Stephen Chbosky, David Sedaris, Shakespeare, Jonathan Larson, Stephen Sondheim, etc.
    acting- Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Neil Patrick Harris, Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, etc. music: Vampire Weekend, The Shins, Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M, Tegan & Sara

    Moxie: I've never really tried it before.

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  23. “Rather than Nationalism, Kim preferred to describe his own stance as “social patriotism”.”

    Invisible Man (I was just at the book store and didn’t buy it because I wasn’t sure if it was the correct one, because I did not know the author)

    I’m not sure who my favorite artist is (not a big fan of arts so I would have picked writer, but that is just as hard to find a favorite)

    Never had Moxie

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  24. "and I'm on tenterhooks about what happens in the next episode" (speeding by Kate Cann)

    I searched for directions last.

    Favorite artist: Mayday Parade

    I've never tried Moxie before.

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  25. 1. "What was I thinking?" (Rachel Cohn & David Levithan. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist)
    2. Directions in google maps
    3. Paramore or Dropkick Murphy's...it's pretty close
    4. It is disgusting.

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  26. 1. "Rage?" (The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin)

    2. Flights or Concert tickets...it was one of the two but I'm not sure which was last

    3. Paramore, Rise Against, Minus the Bears, Country

    4. I never Tried it, but the other day I passed a license plate that said "MRMOXIE"

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  27. 1. "He shook his head, his face a mask of faux tradgedy." (Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer)

    2. ABC Family Pretty Little Liars

    3. Josh Ritter

    4. I cant say ive ever tried moxie...

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  28. Book: “In the most remote papyrus cabinet, in a cloud of smoke, the dazed eyes of an adolescent appeared to me, as he lay on a mat, his lips glued to an opium pipe.” (invisible cities, literally just bought this which reminded me to do this blog :)

    Search: Toy Story 3

    Artist: ahhhhhhh...I can’t think, maybeee...nope, I have no idea

    Moxie: my response to 1st taste (I was 9ish): “blah (spit), dad is this a joke!? I thought you said this was good!” dad’s response: “blah (spit), well it used to be!”.
    -haven’t touched the stuff since (has it gotten better?...like it used to be haha)

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  29. Well….there are no words. It’s a clip art book and page 47 is images of ornate gothic architecture (Clip Art Book of Designs, Dorothy Bosomworth)

    Essex River Basin Adventures (my new place of work)

    Favorite Artist? What a terrible question…ok first one that comes to mind…Hans Zimmer? I’ll go with it

    I have never tried Moxie but after reading all of the comments I have no desire to. I am not a fan of poop or cough syrup

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  30. "They sometimes mixed acorn flour with maize flour to make bread" (Oak: The Frame of Civilization by William Bryant Logan)

    Movie Tickets

    James Mercer (of "The Shins")

    I've never tried Moxie

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  31. Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. (Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis)

    I searched for a band that I had first heard earlier today called Baroness

    Jimmy Page, the major contributing songwriter for Led Zeppelin, is my favorite artist. His work makes up most of my iPod.

    Last summer, I took part in a dare that required me to drink a two liter bottle of said beverage as fast as possible; since that day, it has been impossible for me to look at the liquid without shuddering. In short, no, I am not strong supporter of Moxie.

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  32. "He looked quite extraordinarily out of place." - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

    Justin Bieber lyrics.....yay for working at a camp with a group of 9 year old girls.

    The Kooks!

    Used to love it when I was a kid, but I don't drink it as much now.

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  33. Book: "Better to look at the purpose of the philosophies and to see what is shared--an emphasis on love, compassion, and respect for a higher force." (on page 47 of Kindness, Clarity, and Insight by Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama)

    Search: Miroslav Klose World Cup goals

    Favorite Artist: I can't decide.

    I'm not a fan of Moxie.

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  34. "His hand, rough-surfaced, gently touched her face." (The Face on the Milk Carton)

    The MBTA train schedule

    Jack Johnson

    Moxie..? I have never heard of it:)

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  35. support 3 willpower, courage, etc. (Webster's New World Dictionary Fourth Edition)

    jimmy page blogs

    Musically: Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jedi Mind Tricks, Super Mash Bros.
    Poet: Charles Olson
    Novels: Steinbeck and possibly Orwell

    Isn't that some sort of pesticide?

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  36. "...that policy in this book in the section titled "U.S. Soccer Federation Bylaws and Policies Pertaining..." (Referee Administrative Handbook 2209/2010 47)

    chesire cat tattoo

    Music: Led Zeppelin Poet: Charles Olson Author: Steinbeck and Orwell

    isn't that a pesticide?

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  37. Mr. James C.
    It has been a tremendous pleasure to look over your responses to my queries.

    Today the line 7 on the 47th page of the novel freest to my hand reads: "If a bird were caught, he would grasp it with a fowler's firm yet pacifying grip, unsnare it, and with a casual action, as if he were shaking out a tea-towel wring its neck." (*Waterland* by Graham Swift...yikes.)

    My latest search was "david hare galileo"

    My favorite artist today is Andres Iniesta of La Furia Roja.

    &, as ever, I [heart] Moxie.

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  38. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to
    something bigger than oneself. See the link below for more info.

    #someone
    www.ufgop.org

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