The Third Tuesday

The Tuesday that has inspired me most is the third one. In this Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch talk about regret. Mitch asks Morrie if he regrets kept secrets, or lamented lost friends. Morrie replies by saying that most don't think about these types of questions until they really believe they'll die. People are caught in the cycle of daily routine so much that they don't think about regret or questioning their actions. He thinks that people should "get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, is this all. Is this all I want? Is something missing?" This inspires me because I feel that I should take this piece of Morrie's advice. I should look at my life almost daily and think about what I'm missing. How do I want my life to be and what must I do to get the life I'm comfortable with? Morrie later talks of asking yourself if today could be the day you die. Using Morrie's advice, I could live the way I want since I could die anyday.

The topic of living life the way you want to before you die is an important topic because you'd live life unhappily otherwise. People also don't think about living life fully until they know when they'll die. Like Morrie said, "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." When you think of the possibility of dying at anytime, you start to actually live. Everyone has an image of what they want their lives to like so they may as well try to make the image a reality. Why not do so before time runs out, which can be the moment you finish reading this.

"Tuesdays with Morrie" Opinion and Bucket List

Before reading "Tuesdays with Morrie," I thought the book would have been about a young child or teenager who went to a restaurant or diner owned by and old man named Morrie. The first two paragraphs containing Morrie's death brought tears to my eyes. I thought the book was a great story until Lorin, Aine, and Mrs. Larson told me that these events took place in real life. My reactions were  mixed with thoughts of feeling great for Mitch being successful in his sports reporter career and thoughts of feeling bad and relatable towards Mitch forgetting his friends and Morrie.

My bucket list:

• Make a popular meme.
• Graduate high school.
• Be successful in the STEM classes I'll take next year.
• Visit Australia.
• Own a house in Mexico.
• Work as a game developer for either Netherrealm in Chicago, Ubisoft in San Fransisco, both, or be an independent developer.
• Win a cash prize from a McDonald's Monopoly event.
• Attend E3. (An event in Los Angeles where video game developers and mangers get together to show off their new games, consoles, and software. Those who attend may receive copies of video games before commoners.)
• Make successful video games.
• Learn the programming languages C and C++.
  

Book Blog 4/16/17: "Sting"

I've only read the beginning of “Sting” and the book seems promising. March and Jules, young cat burglars, are on a heist in Paris to steal a briefcase of diamonds. During the heist, another thief steals most of the diamonds leaving the duo with one of three cursed diamonds. I've only read up to how March and Jules try to escape the authorities that were alerted. According to the back cover, March Jules and a few other friends have to execute two more heists for the other two diamonds in the set while avoiding authorities like Interpol and dangerous criminal gangs.

In my opinion, the characters in “Sting” are more likely to be unrealistic. The two main characters, March and Jules, are twins that were separated from birth. They were the children of a burglar which is unlikely enough. March and Jules meet other kids who have special talents that help them in further heists in a kind of school. I'd say this is possible but there would be a small chance.

I would recommend this book but only on one condition. That whoever I'd recommend the book to would have to read the first book, “Loot.” Parts of “Sting” wouldn’t make sense if the reader didn’t read “Loot” first. The main characters stories are in the first book along with who other main characters are. If somebody has read “Loot,” then I’d tell them about “Sting.” I haven’t read so much of it yet but the plot is on the back cover of the book. It seems interesting and the book is excellent.