Blog #9 (India Gate Review)

Very recently I was exposed and treated to food from a certain culture that I have never experienced before. That food was Indian food. I never thought I would picture myself having a traditional Indian meal in the heart of St. John's. (If that's not globalization, then I don't know what is.) The restaurant of choice was called "India Gate", located on Duckworth Street down town. I am not a picky eater and I was eager to try the new style of food. The atmosphere and setting was extremely Indian and really set the mood of the dining experience that was to be expected. The menu could not get any bigger and had a large variety of so many different things to try. The service was immaculate, our server was very knowledgeable of the menu and presented himself in an outstanding formal manner. Even the owners took the time to come to our table to introduce themselves and their restaurant. To make sure everything was nothing but perfect. When the common person thinks of Indian food they immediately associate it with the overbearingness of curry. This is true in some cases, however, the menu had so many different meal choices that did not use curry. The meals that did have curry incorporated in them had the option of it being spicy, with their variety of "hotness" levels, or not spicy at all. I would highly recommend this place to everyone, those looking for something different and even those looking to broaden their food-eating horizon. When it comes to food, I recommend the Tandoori Platter, consisting of a variety of meats and veggies dressed in spices and cooked in the traditional Indian "Tandoori" clay oven. To top it all off, upon finishing the meal they even give you a "cherry on top", that being a steamed refreshing towel. It is completely understandable why they are voted as one of the top dining destinations in St. John's. 

(http://www.49st.com/venue/india-gate-restaurant#info)

Blog #8 (Fan Fiction)

I currently watch the TV show; "The Walking Dead", developed by Frank Darabont. Last week's episode was about the ongoing rivalry between Rick's group of people living in the prison and the Governor and his people of the neighbouring town. Meanwhile, Rick is still battling the death of his wife emotionally and others at camp are trying to fill his role as leader and making stupid scattered decisions on their own. The Governor shows up and open fires on the prison with his men, where both parties are trading shots back and forth. The Governor then unleashes a truck full of "Walkers" inside the gate of the prison and takes off. I feel this ending was good, however, somewhat unrealistic. Members of the prison group just so happened to arrive at the right time to help fight off the "Walkers". An alternate way I think the episode could have finished in is:

Rick is still outside the prison's fence, telling Hershel the emotions and confusions he still has about his wife's death. Gunshots begin from the woods as the Governor and a few of his men try to ambush the prison. (One non-important character from the prison gets caught in the cross fire). To the Governor's surprise, members that belong to the group from the prison Daryl and Merle arrive from the woods as well and flank their surprise attack. The Governor and his men are outnumbered and flee, some of his men getting caught by bullets and their truck of 'Walkers" becomes abandoned. The "Walkers" are flooding out of the truck's door, left open by the Governor's man. The men of the prison take off back within the prison's gates, however cannot get the hole in the gate tied off fast enough. "Walkers" start to flood into the first gated area. (Episode comes to an end).

I feel this would have given a more realistic ending, then the one watched on TV. With that many bullets being fired at each other and minimal barriers, there should have been a lot more dead people then there was. Also, the prison group outnumbers the Governor and his men, therefore instead of him casually leaving, it should have been a fleeing situation for him.

Blog #7 (Plunderverse)

My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke

The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.

We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.

The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.

You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt. 

     whiskey
      make   s a boy
        hung
                               easy

   romp         the pans
          the kitchen    
   mother's count
      no    frown   s  

    hand      held
      t         one



    beat         my
       palm       hard
     waltz              to bed

Blog #6 (Poem About Death)

With Life Comes Death

Through the side walk I creep,

Between two concrete slabs I sleep.

The long coldness has come to an end,

The feeling of sun, I no longer have to pretend.

With the sun and rain, I grow very strong,

My life here doesn't last very long.

My body’s beauty is rarely seen,

Besides the dog that leaves me unclean.

As the leaves start to fall again,

The cold crisp air will begin.

As my body starts to fall apart,

The ever familiar blackness begins to start.

"With Life Comes Death" is a twelve line poem that includes rhyme. It is made up of three quatrains, each quatrain follows an aabb rhyme scheme and represents a period of time for the character of the poem. The poem represents the time line of life for an unmentioned character that is soon to die, due to natural cause. The character is unmentioned to leave the reader guessing the identity. (However, the identity is pretty easy to assume.)