Jenny Lu

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

#engl480 Today's disc made me think of a video series I came across, Uncanny Terrain. Jpns farmers in Fukushima who chose to stay on their ancestral land to do what they can to make it better for future generations. "Stay-jin", to restore their land. https://t.co/8LxJiBJoHe

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

#engl480 p. 395 footnote. Article that Oliver got his quote about quantum information from: https://t.co/H4s8iKcRZT

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

@VictoriaMoon1 Agree.. intimate experiences with death/dying really have a way of softening the sharp edges of our experiences with life. Relationships being a significant part of that. Beautiful to read and to think about. #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

"..I was able to...locate an old email that Harry must have sent me, which, I must confess, I hardly recall ever receiving." (Dr. Ron, 381) Would be odd that he has no memory of this lengthy and signif email. Note that he found this AFTER Ruth's dream! #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

"..we walked home in silence, stopping once at a vending machine so he could buy me a Pulpy." (389) I love the subtle contrast of Nao's dad buying her her favourite drink, with the earlier detail of Nao buying her dad coffee from the vending machine and cigarettes. #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

I tried not to cry on the bus as I read about Nao trying not to cry watching her dad with the old composition book #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

@DanielleTan4 Me too! When I was doing the reading for wed, I actually looked forward to the Ruth parts - it felt like like a breather from those Nao parts that are important to the story but also very upsetting #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

@kacey_ng ..And then she believes that she does lose "you", her only friend: "i know you don't exist and no one is ever going to read this. I'm just sitting here on this stupid bus stop bench, drinking a can of too sweet coffee, pretending that I have a friend to write to." #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

@thisiscymary Yes! It almost feels like the more information/stimulation we have, the greater the compression and speed of time.. maybe cuz we're "missing" certain moments? #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

The reading section for wed is hard to read, emotionally. But I'm seeing that despite all the horrible things, love is still a common theme. Staghorn beetles, highschool girls, waves... the Yasutani's really do love each other. #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

Ok after reading on, i take that back (about Haruki). Not so much letting go as it is using his last moments to choose the good and true.. #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

Haruki # 1 plunging into the waves, ready for a death for peace. Jiko fighting the waves of her son dying as a kamikaze, learning "how to open up her heart so that the whale could swim away" (180). Nao trying to bully the waves she later lets wash over her. Letting go #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

Trailer for ttb! #engl480
https://t.co/zqBFVI2Uwi

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

An account called "The Time Being" just retweeted my 1st tweet... cool/creepy/whaaaat? #whatistimeontwitter #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

(2/2)"..It no longer made any sense at all..I just threw away half the book..It felt like such a relief." It was after this that Ozeki wrote the tsunami + character Ruth into ttb. Thinking back to Fri disc. on world events sparking proliferation of knowledge (+ books?). #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

(1/2) Ozeki began ttb in 2006, gave it to her editor early 2011..
“'Then the earthquake and tsunami hit...Japan was changed. And I realized that the book I had just written was irrelevant.” #engl480
https://t.co/eOs20vBgGO

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

Themes in "ethnic stories" of immigrant families (doubly immigrant in this case?). Kids living to please/return the favour to parents. Parents living for their kids. "I want to find the meaning of my life for my daughter". touching + sad. #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

@chartheshark304 "...including his 57-year-old homeroom teacher who was aware the student hadn’t died." (2/2)
Striking similarities to the students' "funeral" for Nao. Teachers joining in too - heartbreaking. Systemic issues w/ promotion mechanisms, reputation, emphasis on uniformity #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

@chartheshark304 "One student came to class to find his desk had been transformed into a memorial, with a wreath and a picture of him in the center, incense lit and a condolence card filled with mocking messages from students and some teachers.." (1/2) #engl480

[Jenny Lu @jennystomatoes]

@chartheshark304 😢