Have you ever noticed that anytime a character gets stuck as one age forever, it’s seventeen? For instance, Tuck Everlasting, Twilight, Seventeen Again…
I’ll never make it to adulthood!!

The pub sign is not dead.

Always found it odd that until this point in my education I have never encountered a historical account from a Native American’s point of view. I guess in this context history is always written by the victors. This is why Tracks by Karen Louise Erdrich intrigued me so much, despite the fact it is a fiction novel. It is the only account I can use to compare my potentially tainted views on Native Americans, or more broadly on American history. The best source that reflects my image is the fire dance in the movie Peter Pan. Another source that reflects my stereotypes is U of I’s retired mascot, Chief Illiniwek. Thus, my images of “religious ceremonies” were proven inaccurate by the novel. Although the religion in the Nanapush kin does not apply to all Indian religions, it gave me a more accurate description than an out of date Disney movie and a retired university mascot.

Why listening to the sounds of rain or forests can seriously benefit one’s work ethic and health.