Note To Self

Note to Self

Pour energy

into your

words

Write with intensity

so great

that if you held the page

from a mountain's peak

your words

would be mistaken

for

stars

Not About You

Not About You

This poem

is not about you

even though

your spirit is in every word

your voice sound strong

in the halls of my mind

telling me things

I am not sure

I want to know

This poem is 

about me

trying to understand 

you

Something Borrowed (Places)

*So this will gonna be my last post for Something Borrowed, and I know it's a bit too late but still anyway I'm gonna try it then.) So I will just gonna implement some rules here, and this will be the places where the characters used in the novel (Darcy, Rachel, Dex etc...), and I will explain it and  add some facts (maybe 2 too 5). And here it is:

P.S. Their will be pictures or not. So I hope you will be patient about it.



1. The Hampton's House

Credits: HookedonHouse.net 

*one of the houses on the beach where Dex, Rachel, Ethan and Darcy used to enjoy their trips.

*favorite location of the two best friends, Rachel and Darcy.

Facts:

    - it is located on the Long Island's South Fork in the New York residential area.

    - one of the most expensive houses in New York.

    - Sag-Harbor, BridgeHampton, East hampton and Riverhead are part of the Hamptons.

2. Indiana

         *In the book, it is described  as a mere flyover country as a necessary terrain to cross on their trips to Aspen or Los Angeles.

Facts:

         - known for their farmland and renowned auto-race Indianapolis 500

         - It is the 38th largest area in the United States.

         

3. Leeds Castle

       * A Norman stronghold and royal residence for six medieval queens. (In the Book.)

Facts:

        - it is located in Kent, England southeast of Maidstone.

        - considered as the Loveliest Castle in the World.

        - it is a palace used by Henry VII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.

        - the castle is surrounded by a 500 acres of parkland.

4. Alphabet City

            * bar on 7th Avenue, Cor. 7B. It is a neighbourhood in the East Village of Manhattan.

Facts:

         - there are bars famous in Alphabet City.

         - a former place for drug dealers and famous for its burned buildings.

         - Its name comes from A, B, C and D. The only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.

4.  Gotham Bar and Grill

            Address: 12 E 12th St, New York, NY 100003, USA

Facts:
                - a quintessential restaurant in New York City.


5. The Stephen Talkhouse

       

           * A Bar in Amagansett.

Facts:         

 - Stephen Talkhouse or "Stephen Taukus Pharaoh was a Montaukett Native American in the late 19th century.          

 - It's a nightclub where famous or unpopular singers/bands perform their music.

6. Bridge Hampton 

  *Houses with a beautiful t-shaped pool surrounded by gorgeous landscaping and at least 20 tiki torches.

Facts:

      -it is a Hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Suffolk County, New York, USA.

      - Bridge Hampton is in the town of South Hampton, on Long, Island.

7. Atlantic Grill

            *In the book, this is a restaurant near Rachel's apartment.

8. Float

            *In the book also, this is a Midtown dance club complete with velvet ropes and self-important bouncers.

9. Britannia

            - It is an English pub full of old men smoking and reading the paper. Walls and carpet are red, bad oil paintings of foxes and deer and Victorian women cover the wall.

          

Something Borrowed (A Novel, Part 3) -ADDITIONALS!!!

PART ONE:

In the parade of the town of Naperville, Darcy and Rachel became friends and joined the band.

*Rachel and Darcy spent time slept over at each other's houses every Friday and Saturday during the school year and most nights of the week during the summer.

Darcy's parents hobbies:
               - Her  mom watched "The Young and the Restless"
               - Her dad likes to read "Playboy."

JOHNNIE REDMOND-  most unpopular boy in class, had a terrible stutter and have an unfortunate bowl cut.

ANNALISE GILES- their friend (Darcy and Rachel) who moved to cul-de-sac after two years.

*Annalise, Darcy and Rachel make gypsy costumes every Halloween.

*Dex and Rachel first meet up at their class at TORTS, a seating -chart class by their professor Zigman.

*Marcus overslept on the day of his statistics final exam and showed up 20 minutes late to discover that he had thrown his remote control into his backpack.

CHAPTER 5: THE STORY OF RACHEL'S BOYFRIENDS

*PAM-  a Jersey girl with big hair and encouraged Rachel to ask Hunter out.

*JOEY MEROLA- opposite of Hunter Bretz. He is a boisterous sports guy with a loud voice. He played intramural sports in the campus and the kind of guy who was proud of how much he could eat and that he could get by in literature class without even reading a book.

SECOND ADDITIONALS

*Both Darcy and Rachel's Dad come from Indiana but they are 2 towns apart.

TRACY PURLINGTON- a promiscuous girl from Indiana.

BETSY WINGATE- lived in the freshmen dorm. 

CARLY WEINSTEIN- folk singer from Brooklyn whom Nate had a crush with.

*Darcy and Rachel used to tell their plans in their sleepover, discussing their plans for the future, how many kids they have and name them. Back in Naperville High, they pass notes between classes, folded it in origami and talk about their classmates and teachers. They sometimes put quotes down on the left side of the page and tell who are they're matches.

*During freshmen year, Darcy and Rachel always stand between lockers after school.

BECKY ZURICH- one of the popular girls in senior class and had a boyfriend named PAUL KINSER (but she wasn't pretty and a much mean in a feared variety.)

*Once in 7th grade, Rachel refused to participate in the annual talent show because she become one of Darcy's back-up dancers.

*Every year over the July 4th holiday, there is a mass exodus in Manhattan.