EYY GUESS WHO'S FINALLY FINISHED WITH ALL OF HIS U OF I FINALS WOO HOOOO (oh did i mention also dont take gen chem II second semester senior year -- Nerst will f**k you over)
Well anyways its nice to be done. After just having senior night for tennis and the school assembly, it really feels like my time at uni is coming to a close. Hell, graduation is this week! I'm kinda getting the chill sag harbor kind of feel (like the place that is -- in the story a shit ton of stuff goes down) now, and am ready to party during the summer (well after I sleep for two weeks straight).
After finishing Sag Harbor, I have a couple of thoughts. The most prominent one for me -- and I am sure others feel the same to some extent -- is its proper placement in our reading schedule. That is, we read it last, when we're on the verge of summer. It serves as a nice teaser (though I don't think it'd work quite well if this was taught first semester, being that it would be in the middle of winter and all. Then again, our winters aren't that cold anymore, but that's a story for another time. But seriously oh man we have so many problems like if you're interested in an immigration policy that screwed part of my family over plz contact me because I really don't want to rage in my last blog post).
Oh did I mention this will (probably) be my last blog post for this class? Yea, things are really starting to wrap up...
But back to the main point of this post, I wanted to comment on how not only is the setting of Sag Harbor giving off that summer vibe, it is also the general tone of the book. Specifically, Benji's tone (or rather, I should say Ben). Now this may sound kind of dumb at first, but bear with me -- his narration has a kind of "HA GOTCHA BI**H" feel.
A couple of points to back up this claim:
When NP's mother found out on her own why her son was called NP, the realization was of a "omg I contributed to this didn't I". That is kind of a "ooo damn shit you done messed up" feel. It must be so awkward... and there's gotta be some guilt to that too...
But not everything is all that... serious I suppose. A lot of it is just fun and games (and well revenge lol). Take the car ride to the beach with Benji and co, you know the one relatively early in the story when Marcus got left behind? I mean yea you can see it kind of like a social structure thing (sort of like in Black Swan Green), but you can also see it as kind of like you know just a prank when there aren't enough seats and its like HA GOTCHA U GOTTA RIDE THE BIKE SUCKS MATE. Idk maybe because the setting is during the summer that I'm getting this feel... (why am I doubting my argument...)
Here's a more serious example. This is the one example that I'm using that budded from revenge -- the clown fiesta surrounding the open fridge. That has got to be one of the largest HA GOTCHA moments in the book (besides a personal one that I will talk about in a short while). Not only because the destruction of the ice cream was on such a large scale (presumably), but Benji walks away imagining the carnage of what he has done. Best prank ever (lol sucks for Jonni Waffle I mean like dayum).
Now this is on a personal scale. Benji called me out. THIS BOY CALLED ME OUT SOOOOOOO HARD. If y'all remember my comment about the patting on the head? And how it was demeaning because I said "he's just making fu*king waffles I mean common"? Well that night when I did the reading, Benji straight up was just like "oh you think that shit is easy? GO FUCK YOURSELF" and I just sat there dazed like shit you read me like an open book (ha but I'm the one reading you lol ok yea stupid joke moving on). I actually really enjoyed being called out though -- it made everything more familiar, and like to be honest most people (at Uni at least) only feel comfortable using profanities around people they're comfortable with. Hence, when Benji called me out, it made me really feel like I was with him, that I was his buddy. Pretty cool, ey?
Well anyways this will (again probably) be my last blog post of my Uni High career. It has been a really great time with y'all -- I learned a lot. Special shout out to Mr. Mitchell for putting up with all of my shit these past two years and for being such a thoughtful, understanding, kind, responsible, and just overall great teacher. With all that I have learned, I have truly come of age. Kind of. Lol idk I try. Well anyways,
Wu's out.
P.S. blog posts are hype we should do more of these vs. actual essays
