In the Shadow of the Image & Note-Passing

After reading both of these short stories I found that both were very interesting. I liked Stuart and Elizabeth Ewen's "In the Shadow of the Image" because it kept changing. To me it seemed like they were trying to advertise something in each little story. I especially liked the one with Archie Bishop and how he got a shower and actually read the directions on the shampoo bottle. I know most of us have done that before but never would you think of doing it while actually taking a shower. It was more fun to read because they were using everyday things that we could relate to and help us understand better. I can see were people might get confused and not understand why they jump around so much but I thought it was fun because it kept you on your toes to keep up with them (the writers).
The note-passing story was just very funny to read. I found it very amusing that someone would actually want to write a story about it though. I can definitely relate to the story because I would pass notes all the time in grade school. I think everyone in our class can say they passed a note once in their life during grade school. While reading this it reminded me so much of middle school and how much fun we had finding ways of hiding the notes and trying to pass them to one another. When I read the part about the "queens" achieving more status in school by receiving more notes, I felt that Finders was wrong. It did not matter what type of clique you were in or how popular you were. Everyone passed notes no matter what type of social status they had in school. It never fazed me that passing a note could mean that you were some how popular.