I Just Want My Pants Back 3B

On page 72 in I Just Want My Pants Back, Jason is commenting on how people around him put so much effort into their images. "My God, the effort these people were making to be super-stylish, it seemed exhausting." (72). This made me think about how lots of people do worry too much about how they are perceived by society and their peers, which personally pisses the bejeesus out of me. People shouldn't judge others by what they look like, and especially how they dress. It almost makes me want to come to school every day wearing something ridiculous like spandex and hip-waders with a big sombrero on my head just to break the ice and let people know that I believe that appearance isn't how you should judge someone. Well, I won't do this, seeing as I don't have a sombrero or spandex, and it would be very uncomfortable, and I don't think Jason will either, but my point still stands. You shouldn't judge people based on appearance, and you shouldn't have to worry about putting so much effort into what you look like just to impress people.

I Just Want My Pants Back 3A

vocab: -minx = A girl or young woman who is considered pert, flirtatious, or impudent. (69)
-vestigial = Occurring or persisting as a rudimentary or degenerate structure. (71)

fig. lang.= -"People gathered around us, curious. The tide had turned." (71) = metaphor because it is relating the turning of the tides to the situation of people and events.
-"It was going to be all lollipops and rainbows from her on out." (77) = irony because it most likely will only get worse seeing as he will have to go to work hung over the next morning.
-"I made my way inside, figuring I could hang out with the minxes. Perhaps I might even collect my bounty from one." (72) = Irony because in a couple pages he finds out they both have boyfriends.

"I was always preparing myself to say my own name and I forgot all about remembering theirs." (75). This is significant because it shows how Jason is kind of selfish and a little bit shallow.

One emerging theme in the book is how Jason is getting more and more selfish, which could effect his whole life and the lives of people close to him.

I Just Want My Pants Back 2A

Vocab: -rendered= page 44 = To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment.
-treatise= page 45 = A formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.

F.L.: -"...somewhere around thirteen drinks-a true bar mitzvah-style drunk..." (simile because it is comparing two things, page 45)
-"No it's cool- I broke a mug across his jaw. He's f***** forever. He left bloody and crying." (page 46, irony because earlier something similar happened but she didn't actually do it this time)
-"Finding out you were to stand as a rabbi in front of three hundred people, some from Europe, and fuse two friends together for life..." (page 45, irony because such a wild guy like Jason becoming a rabbi is obviously ironic)

quote: "Finding out you were to stand as a rabbi in front of three hundred people, some from Europe, and fuse two friends together for life required somewhere around thirteen drinks-a true bar mitzvah-style drunk-and Tina and I had been doing our best to reach that magic number." This is quite significant because it shows how when put up to very important situations that require a lot of responsibility, Jason often doesn't know how to handle it and sometimes just goes out and parties to forget about it, which I think may become a developing trend in this book.

I think that an emerging trend is how Jason doesn't know how to handle situations involving responsibility, and instead goes out to party.

I Just Want My Pants Back 2B

In the last section of my book, it became more clear that the main character, Jason, is what many people might call a slacker, but at the same time quite adventurous. I try to think of myself in his same position, as a mid twenties young guy living in Greenwich Village in New York City, out of college, not knowing what I want to do with my life. I have a job that pays the bills, but I hate it, so every night I go out and party with my friends, going to various bars around the city, hoping to maybe hook up with some hot girl that I may meet. Obviously, being the angel that I actually am (wink wink), I personally would never even think of touching a drop of liqueur, and definitely not take drugs. (Isn't that right Ms. Tholen). No but seriously, I can understand his position. With school, which I can relate to his job that he doesn't really enjoy, but really has to go, the week becomes dull. So, after no excitement for so long, I would feel the need to make it up by doing something really fun on the weekend. In Jason's case, this is partying almost every night, hopefully bringing back a girl to his apartment, ordering take out, and hopefully "not involving with any sort of sexual intercourse whatsoever" (hint of sarcasm).

I Just Want My Pants Back 1A

Vocab: "souvlaki" = (page 22) = noun = a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb

"yarmulke" = (page 20) = noun = a skullcap worn, esp. during prayer and religious study, by Jewish males, esp. those adhering to Orthodox or Conservative tradition


"... so dance like a piece of fruit would dance, I guess." (page 21) = personification, because pieces of fruit don't dance.

"The problem with being me was that somehow my dick had acquired the argumentative skills of a debate team captain." (2) = personification, because his dick doesn't actually have arguementative skills, it's not a person.

"In fact, if adults were some kind of exotic animal species, New York City was their African veldt." (15) = simile, because it uses "if" and is comparing adults to something else.


"But when I came back, I didn't see the point in shaving every day and working long hours at something I wasn't sure I wanted to be doing." (13) This shows a trend that is starting to form that Jason is kind of a slacker, and doesn't know what he wants to do with his life.

One theme that is emerging is to have fun in life, because although his job situation is sticky, Jason still has plenty of fun with his free time and friends.

I Just Want My Pants Back 1B

I am reading the book, "I Just Want My Pants Back," by David J. Rosen. So far, it has been one of the funniest and absolutely true books I have ever read. There are comments that totally characterize a guy's thoughts. (please excuse the slightly explicit content ms. tholen) "I didn't want a a girlfriend, not really, at least not right away. But I could have used a functional va***a. It had been a while since I'd had access to one of those, and my p***s kept reminding me how accommodating they could be." (page 1). I rarely laugh out loud when reading a book, I mean, I often smile, or laugh in my head, but this is the first time in SO long that I have actually full out laughed at a book. I mean, it is quite raunchy subject matter, but it's totally what goes through a guy's head, but nobody actually goes out and says it. I guarantee that even if they don't admit it, this exact thought has popped in every guy's head at least once in the last month or so. Well, the main character, Jason Strider, is a guy who graduated from an Ivy League college with an English degree, and now lives in Greenwich Village, and has no idea what he wants to do with his life. I like that, because that is nearly exactly where I see myself in 7 or 8 years. So... hopefully this book stays as funny as it is so far. OUT.

The Sea Inside response

1. I thought that it was a decent, but rambling film. I understand that a man's life is a very important thing, and the issues dealt with in this movie were extremely important, but I think that the movie was too excessive on that one topic. In the film, I admired Ramon's friends who helped him die. I think that that was a very honorable thing to do. I understand how if you were not able to do anything, life wouldn't be worth living. In all, it was a decent film, but I liked the book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly much better.

2. I think that even though The Sea Inside and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly were both about people in situations that maybe aren't even worth living in, it is difficult to compare the two. In The Sea Inside, Ramon is paralyzed, but only from the neck down. In The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Bauby can only blink his left eye, yet Ramon is the one wanting to die. I think that in this case Bauby is a stronger person. However, Ramon has been in his condition for around 29 plus years, while Bauby only a year or so. So, I think that the two stories are not very similar besides the fact that they both couldn't really move much and were at the mercy of others.

3. During the film, there were many very interesting shots that definitely added to the production of the movie as a whole. During the more intimate kissing scenes, they had extreme close ups panning and fading into more extreme close ups, giving it a mood to match what was happening. During the flying scene, they do a first person shaky shot angle to add drama and suspense and also give the viewer the feeling of seeing things from Ramon's perspective. In all, there were many great shots that added feeling and different moods to match each scene in the film.