where are you going vs. smooth talk

Even though the movie "smooth talk" took some liberties, as all movies do, I found both decently comparable. Where they differ mostly, in my opinion, is in how believable they were. I found Arnold Friend more believably portrayed in the movie. Being able to see his expressions along with his dialog made the character seem more like a strange and persuasive person than the sort of alluded satanic being from the book. It may seem this way to me due to my visual learning type personality, or because I just don't pay enough attention while reading to pick up on subtleties...

first memory

My first memory is more of a sort of collage of scenes from when my family lived in Ontario, Canada due to my dad getting transfered through work. I remember a bunch of snapshots such as me sitting in my sandbox and playing with those little, plastic army men that were either green or tan and fixed in a military-like position or driving my little battery-powered jeep around the block. I do not remember many details or people around, just the stuff I liked doing by myself, free and exploring the world like all children do without a care in the world. I suppose that's the point of early memories though, nothing specific, just a snapshot in the timeline of your life...

Where are you going, where have you been?

This is my first attempt at a blog, hope it works.

I just finished reading the first assignment "Where are you going, where have you been?", and like many college students, first looked at the length and saw it was very short. After discovering that, I began reading to find that the first half just seemed to ramble on about seemingly insignificant daily activities with some build-up. Then WHAM, crazy creeper guy seducing her weaker personality out of nowhere. It wasn't a terrible story, just seemed to go "zero to sixty" realy quickly. I am thinking maybe it's my fault though for jumping ahead to see how long it was so that when I neared the end I was wondering if anything was going to happen at all and it took me by suprise.