Friday, January 18, 2008

Assignment #14

1. Well I wrote my personal essay about my first dog Winnie. I chose her because I have had so many experiences with her and it was really easy for me to write about. My strengths about writing personal essays are that I have a really good memory. It is easy for me to recall things that have happened to me. Even if they might seem insignificant. The more details that I can remember the better. Stories can always use more detail. My weakness is that I have issues communicating everything that happens in a way that will make sense to the readers. I like writing personal essays compared to fiction because I don't need to make up as many details, I just have to remember them. No I probably wouldn't write one again only because it takes up so much of my time and I don't think I could do any better than the one I already wrote.

2. I think that reading is important because people have to read things every day. However I don't think that reading should play a significant role in a writers process. I Feel like when writers get their inspiration from another book, their book ends up being too much like the source of its inspiration. That gets annoying after a while. I mean, it's great to be inspired by another author's writing but is is way too easy to just go with a story line that is way too similar to the inspiration. Then all the things you read start sounding the same and that gets annoying. It's kind of like TV shows they all have basically the same story line and it just gets to bee too much repetition.

3. My favorite piece that I've written is my poem about my neighbors. It doesn't sound like anything that I've ever read before and I think it's creative. I also like comedy so I think that it's pretty comical. My favorite genera would probably have to be fiction. I like making things up and letting my imagination go crazy. It's fun for me to write about things that have never happened and never will happen. It's fun to imagine places that no one has thought about and wow people with what you can come up with. I HATED my scary story. It was just really bad. It really wasn't that scary. It sounded like any other scary story that might have been turned into a crappy movie and I just really hated it. I might use some skills that I learned in this class in the class room when I become an elementary school teacher. Other than that I don't think I'll have to use those skills anywhere else.

4. Quiz
Coke or Pepsi: Coke
Li'l Wayne or Little Debbie: Li'l Wayne
McDonald's or Arby's: Arby's
Chiptole or Taco Bell: Taco Bell
American Idol or MTV: MTV
Buffalo Wings or Florida: Florida
New York City or Los Angeles: New York City
Name you like for your future daughter: Isabel
Name you like for your future son: Steve
What is or what will be the first country you see outside the continent of North America: Turkey Disney movie you would be most likely to watch on your 21st birthday: I probably won't be sitting at home watching Disney movies on my 21st b-day...

5. Can you figure out what Disney movie my blog title comes from? NO

Monday, January 7, 2008

Assignment #13

1. A principal that I go by in my life is to value my life. Life is too short to spend it trying to impress everyone else. I know that this is contradictory to what I previously wrote but if you don't do what you want to do and are constantly worrying about everyone else's opinion then you are wasting your life. People who are actors and models and singers didn't get to where they are now because the were like everyone else. They acted as their own person and stood out from the crowd and they have their lives in the spotlight. They are living the American dream. They decided to enjoy life and not hide their energy and are not afraid to love life!
2. What is one news event from the past year or so that has had some sort of impact on you, changed the way you viewed the world, or made you think. Explain what the event was and take us through the process of how it changed you. Write at least 75 words about it.
One news event form the past year that I kind of think about once in a while is all of the issues with Britney Spears. She has always been like my idol and it makes me really sad to see her struggle as much as she is. I think that people need to mind their own business and leave her alone. She has made mistakes but it isn't helping anything by chasing her down with news cameras and making fun of her on comedy shows. I think that its really rude and I think that the news people and the people who are making fun of her are the reasons behind her downfall. Oh yeah and by the way she wasn't that bad in the VMA performance.
3. I hope to finally finish my diet in June of 2008. It has been a goal of mine to loose weight but I never really have had the will power to do it so I finally started again about a month ago and I've lost 15 lbs and I'm hoping to keep going and hopefully I will loose about 30 more before summer. Another goal that I have is to settle on a college to go to. Right now its between River Falls and Mankato State. I really want to go to Mankato but my parents really want me to go to River Falls. I don't really know why I don't want to go there but I just don't. I'm kind of worried that if I don't go to River Falls then I'll miss out on a great opportunity for college but I don't really know what I want.