Memoirs Talk

This week in class we talked all about memoirs. We discussed what a memoir was and took a look at a lot of different memoirs. There was one memoir that sounded interesting to me and that is Running With Scissors. The way my teacher explained it made it seem like it was the best book ever with it's twisted humor and interesting story line. Twisted humor is my kind of humor. I'm really excited to read this book. That's not something I say very often because I don't really like reading. Hopefully this book gives me things to relate to at the same time although I'm not sure how much the author and I will relate.

In class we also talked about six word memoirs. I didn't know that a memoir could be so short. I learned there are a lot of forms to a memoir. There are six word memoirs, books and even poetry can be memoirs. There are probably more forms of memoirs I don't know about like possibly forms of art. I made my own six word memoir. It is: "Make people laugh, not for popularity". This means a lot to me because I feel like a lot of people just try make people laugh so that people think they're funny. I think people should just try to make people laugh for the joy of making them laugh. I've never been one to enjoy popularity. I like just being myself and enjoy my time with the people that like me for who I am.

Everything That is Noah Galbreath

I moved here from Dayton, Ohio in the middle of 8th grade. I actually drove here and it took us about 20 hours but 20 hours in a Uhaul truck is not fun. It was just my mom and I that moved out here because my brother, Justin, had graduated from college and my sister, Abby, was in college at the time. The reason we moved here is a story for another day but basically my dad made a few too many mistakes. I had a lot of friends in Ohio that I grew up with that more or less made me who I am today. We were all practically the same people. We all had the same sense of humor, liked the same food, and did all the same stupid stuff. When I left it was a very emotional goodbye for all of us. I'm glad I moved here though, it's not all sad. It's nice here and I've made more friends than I could have ever hoped.

I used to play basketball everyday when I lived in Ohio. I never played on my middle school team and the first time I played on an actual team was my freshman year. There was definitely a learning curve when I joined the team. I first started playing basketball because I was a huge fan of the Cleveland Cavaliers. So being the Cavaliers fan that I am I was extremely upset when LeBron left. Now I'm ecstatic that he's back and I can't wait to watch them this year. I love basketball and everything about it. I love watching it, playing it, and talking about it. I wanted to be in the NBA but now that I realize that's unrealistic to play in it I want to be a part of one somehow. I would love to do sports marketing for an NBA team or eventually mange or own one.

I love movies! I love going to see movies in theaters and just watching them in my house. I love all kinds of movies but I'd have to say my favorite is action because who doesn't love fighting robots and giant explosions and stuff like that. There are very few movies I dislike. I especially love Marvel movies because there are superheroes, humor and some romance in some movies. I also love the Stan Lee cameos in them. I keep all my movie tickets in my wallet just as little souvenirs. My favorite movie I saw recently was probably Godzilla but Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is in a close second. Godzilla was really realistic and I enjoyed the new take on his story while keeping the classic 1950's feel to it. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was awesome because I grew up watching the shows and the original movies and the Turtles looked so realistic it was crazy. I actually have a movie review blog for all the movies I see.