Several people commented that it may not be politically correct to critically analyze the drawings of children, so in an effort to make things fair, I present a series of my own drawings. I am doing an independent study in pathology, studying for the USMLE in the library of my childhood home, surrounded by many hardcover books. In a cabinet underneath one of the many shelves, you will find some soft cover books written by and pictures drawn by me and my little sister. Since any distraction from Crush Step 2 is welcome, I browsed through this cabinet and found out a few things about myself. This project was a self portrait with a short biography at the bottom. It hung on the wall of my elementary school in September 1992.
"September 15, 1992
My Best friend is Victoria. My favorite book is Little me mo's Pizzra. When I grow up I want to be a doctor. I'll never forget when I went to Iran for the first time. The hardest thing to do for me is math. I feel happy when I am at home. If I could go anywhere in the world I'd go to Orlando, Florida. I like to read."
This biography is somewhat accurate. The thing that surprised me the most is that I said I wanted to be a doctor when I grow up. I was almost positive that I made that choice my sophomore year of college. I guess I have always wanted to be a doctor. I really wish I could use this stuff for my personal statement. In terms of the artwork, my critical analysis found that the nose holes look extra weird, and there is some sort of hemifacial hypertrophy. Anyway, if I wrote the same type of biography today, it would look like this:
"August 10, 2009
I have a super awesome friend named Tor. The Harry Potter books are some of my favorites. When I grow up, I want to be a pediatrician. I forgot most of what happened when I went to Iran for the first time. The hardest thing for me to do is statistics, but I used to be really good at calculus. I feel happy when I am at home. If I could go anywhere in the world, I'd go to Venezuela and see Victoria falls. I like to read."
Hmm... not much has changed.
--By Farrah, who's got more childhood drawing and hospital tiles to critically analyze!
17 comments:
What the heck is Little me mo's Pizzra?
After searching the google, I have now decided that it was probably "Little Nino's Pizzeria." Letters were very confusing for 8 year old Farrah apparently.
http://books.google.com/books?id=SZeLYCjq9_wC&lpg=PP1&ots=fHCSjm7XxT&dq=Little%20Nino's%20Pizzeria&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Have you seen Great Expectations (alfonso cuaron version)? Bec. the drawings by little Finn in that movie look like your self-portrait. I'm serious, Google it.
I think I may start on the Harry Potter books in the near future. It's reassuring to me that you enjoyed them! Also, I dunno if they're the same person or not, but it'd be awesome if Victoria = Tor.
While Tor does stand for Victoria, they are different people. Harry Potter is pretty fun to read, but the first couple books are not nearly as good as the last few. Mariam still hasn't read them because she's stupid.
I'm borrowing them off a mate - he said the same thing, that you have to persevere with the first few books before they get really amazing.
Far be it from me to call Mariam stupid, especially seeing as the one time I met her I myself probably seemed really dopey. (I never really apologised for that btw, sorry if I seemed a bit out of it or even a bit off-ish, I was in Crete for a while, then a v. quick night in England at a mate's place then across the pond to DC - I was really tired n hope I didn't come across as rude!)
But Mariam Baaaaaaji, if I end up liking them and you're still against reading them then it goes without saying that your judgement leaves a lot to be desired :p
I read the first Harry Potter in high school and it was really boring and not good and about this weird fantasy shit with wizards and Muggles etc.. I wouldn't recommend it. I like David Sedaris though - he's really good.
Your description reminds me of the early seasons of Lost for some reason!
The first couple books are about 11 and 12 year olds, and there's a reason tween shows only cater to tweens because they are super boring for the rest of us. But for Harry Potter they give you the background so you can follow the story when they become teens. Teenagers are far more interesting, just look at the hit shows Veronica Mars and Gossip Girl.
The last few books I read have somewhat annoyingly and unexpectedly had "the search for true love" as a fairly prominent theme. I'm quite fed up with it now and would relish a child's fantasy story about witches and wizards.
And while we're reviewing art, have you guys seen that Ukranian sand artist? She (by which I mean her art) is so cool! Check her out on youtube. (Kseniya Simonova)
I finished Harry Potter 1 earlier today, it was more or less what I expected, a really good kids' book which has a lot of scene-setting for what is to follow. Just what I wanted, innocent escapism if you take it at face value.
No romantic rubbish. Good stuff.
You have the advantage of reading them when they were all written. When I had to wait for the last few books to get published, I got uber dorky and start going to fan sites to see what JK let slip about what's in the next book. I'm a loser, I know.
It starts getting romantic towards the end or at least that's what the reviews said. They called that last movie "90210 meets Harry Potter." HAHA
Also Farrah, um OMG. Really?
I probs shouldn't admit this, but I can imagine myself doing the same thing re fan sites if I were in your position. To be honest, I hated everything about Harry Potter until about two months ago. Now I'm open to it. I hope the romantic stuff doesn't dominate things, it can be so annoying when that happens. It's like romantic comedies - I don't mind them so much as long as the romance is minimal and the comedy is the main thing.
I don't think the romantic stuff dominates nearly as much in the books as it does in the movies. I wanted to throw things at the screen during Half-Blood Prince.
Lucky for me I got into the HP series when there were only 2-3 books left, so I didn't have to wait that long to get to the end. I totally nerded it up and went to the midnight release of the last book, and cherish my rubber Gryffindor bracelet I received for being there.
Actually, in the new movie I didn't mind the romantic stuff so much, primarily cos I thought it was done in such a way as to make the kids look really awkward and therefore laughable. I find the poop you get from Meredith in Grey's Anatomy and stuff like The OC more intolerable.
I don't think I've ever been to a midnight book release; it's pretty much got to be food consumption if it's getting me out of the house that late, ideally steak.
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