I really enjoyed this class. I thought that it was really well put together. I think one of the things that I liked most about it was the fact that it was more of a discussion than a lecture. I didn't dread coming here out of fear of boredem. I liked coming here with the anticipation of learning new things and getting new insights. I really liked Killing Yourself to Live. I have told many people about it and they want to read it as well. I was talking about selling my books back the other day and my boyfriend told me to not sell that one back because he wanted to read it so badly that he would buy it off me. Needless to say I didn't plan on selling it back in the first place.
I will definitely miss this class and all of the things that I learned in it. However, over the summer I plan on taking Comp 106 so I will be using the skills I learned in this class to improve my futre work for that one. Also I plan on entering in the writing awards so I will be using all of the skills and tactics that I learned in this class to tweak work from prior classes before entering them.
I am glad I took this course because I absolutely love writing and now I feel as though I have a better grasp on my writing projects. I know I will use what I have learned in this class throughout the rest of my college career and beyond.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
My Nemesis
My nemesis is no doubt my mother. For more reasons than one she always has been and always will be. We fight as if we are teh worsdt of enemies and we laugh as if we are the best of friends. I always denyed it when I was younger and people said that we are just a like. How could I be just like this woman who drives me nuts?! Well turns out we are exactly the same. As I grow older and we learn more about eachother, I find that this is a learning process for both of us.
My mothers parents were both dead by the time she was my age so she can't really say that she knows how I feel about dealing with a pressuring mother during college years. And I know more times like this will come that she isn't farmiliar with because as she came to these benchmarks in her life, she didn't have a mother. As I come to them, they will be new expieriences. So we will both be learning and growing together.
Although her parents were alive for her wedding, she didn't have a big wedding by any means(she was 17. No big wedding for people who get married that young). But when my wedding comes, it will be huge and there will be a lot to deal with that she didn't do for herself or have a mother help her do so I feel that will be out next major battle. Thankfully, I have a few years to prepare for it. But I kow we will fight on all different topics concerning my wedding and I know that we will grow closer in doing so. We both take the bad of each other to see the good of us together. I feel as though there isn't any better definition of my nemeisis than my mother.
My mothers parents were both dead by the time she was my age so she can't really say that she knows how I feel about dealing with a pressuring mother during college years. And I know more times like this will come that she isn't farmiliar with because as she came to these benchmarks in her life, she didn't have a mother. As I come to them, they will be new expieriences. So we will both be learning and growing together.
Although her parents were alive for her wedding, she didn't have a big wedding by any means(she was 17. No big wedding for people who get married that young). But when my wedding comes, it will be huge and there will be a lot to deal with that she didn't do for herself or have a mother help her do so I feel that will be out next major battle. Thankfully, I have a few years to prepare for it. But I kow we will fight on all different topics concerning my wedding and I know that we will grow closer in doing so. We both take the bad of each other to see the good of us together. I feel as though there isn't any better definition of my nemeisis than my mother.
Ira Glass
I understand his points and I completely agree with what he is saying but he totally bores me. I feel he could get his point across in about a minute and it took him over 5. However, it takes a lot of learning and courage to be able to look back on your past work and really critique it harshly. Think about if it's anything that you would produce now and if you would change it and how. I really like the fact that he can laugh at something he thought was great before and think that it is awful now.
I would be lying if I said that I've never done that with my own work. I have looked at stories and poems I wrote back in middle school or early high school and laugh at them. Or even just laugh at how my thoughts were back then. My friend kept a "note box" with all of the notes we passed back and forth between us and one of our other friends in middle school. Last summer my friend moved away and we open up this note box for good times and we were suirprised. We laughed a lot for sure but to look back at how our mentality was back then is unbelievable.
I guess you really don't notice how your thoughts and points of view change and evolve unless there is hard evidence to look back on like a story or poem or even a radio news cast. You never know what you might learn when digging through old work that you would have never expected to make you feel that way.
I would be lying if I said that I've never done that with my own work. I have looked at stories and poems I wrote back in middle school or early high school and laugh at them. Or even just laugh at how my thoughts were back then. My friend kept a "note box" with all of the notes we passed back and forth between us and one of our other friends in middle school. Last summer my friend moved away and we open up this note box for good times and we were suirprised. We laughed a lot for sure but to look back at how our mentality was back then is unbelievable.
I guess you really don't notice how your thoughts and points of view change and evolve unless there is hard evidence to look back on like a story or poem or even a radio news cast. You never know what you might learn when digging through old work that you would have never expected to make you feel that way.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Open Mic Night
I really enjoyed the idea of open mic night however, I wish ther had been more people than had been in our class there. I think that it would have been really cool with a spot light in a different area too. But for the first one is went really well. I enjoyed hearing other people read. If there is another one and it is more widely known to this one, I would really like to go again.
Monday, March 29, 2010
The End of KYTL
I really enjoyed this book overall. I liked his witty sense of being and that he was basically a cocky guy. Usually that would not appeal to me in a person face to face but I liked him in that way as I read his thoughts.
I think some of the strenghts of this book was that he went off on tangents of random thoughts as if that was the way he was actually thinking about it. In some books this may cause for a weakness but I think it really gave us an insight into his character.
The onyl weakmesses of the book was that he refered to a lot of bands and singers that I didn't even recognize the name let alone what he was saying about them. This was slightly irritating in the sense that I felt like I was constantly left out of an inside joke but I could still grasp the main idea of everything else. After finishing the book, I realize that I haven't missed out on much, information wise, but I may have comparatively.
I would definitely recomend this book to others. In fact I already have. I have a copy of his book Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs at home that I bought for my boyfriend but I have personally never read it. I will definitely be taking a closer look at it after reading this.
I would say this is a good book to use in school because it is an easy read and balancing school with reading a book is never easy. This is a book that could be assigned that students would actually read instead of half read.
I think some of the strenghts of this book was that he went off on tangents of random thoughts as if that was the way he was actually thinking about it. In some books this may cause for a weakness but I think it really gave us an insight into his character.
The onyl weakmesses of the book was that he refered to a lot of bands and singers that I didn't even recognize the name let alone what he was saying about them. This was slightly irritating in the sense that I felt like I was constantly left out of an inside joke but I could still grasp the main idea of everything else. After finishing the book, I realize that I haven't missed out on much, information wise, but I may have comparatively.
I would definitely recomend this book to others. In fact I already have. I have a copy of his book Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs at home that I bought for my boyfriend but I have personally never read it. I will definitely be taking a closer look at it after reading this.
I would say this is a good book to use in school because it is an easy read and balancing school with reading a book is never easy. This is a book that could be assigned that students would actually read instead of half read.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Part III of KYTL
I thought that pages 141-194 were basically filled with nothingness. Which in turn makes me realize that the whole book is basically filled with nothingness which is perhaps why I like it.
I liked how he refered to Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. I havethe book and haven't read all of the part he is talking about that refers to Lenore however it does state that he will never be able to satify a woman and that thats okay because a woman will never satiafy him. (or vice versa. I don't exactly remember.) But this idea in general seems to explain all of his relationships he has throughout the book.
I really enjohyed pages 188 -191. These are the pages that consist of his conversation with the old man in the bar at Best Western. I really liked the way he looked at life. My favorite part of his out look was how you don't really know a person until you see them get angry. I really think that this is true but had never thought of it until I read this part of this book. I know I've been friends with people but once I've seen them get angry, I never forget that other side of them.
His book is taking a slow wind down in this part, yet he still keeps you interested with his random thoughts and ideas.
I liked how he refered to Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. I havethe book and haven't read all of the part he is talking about that refers to Lenore however it does state that he will never be able to satify a woman and that thats okay because a woman will never satiafy him. (or vice versa. I don't exactly remember.) But this idea in general seems to explain all of his relationships he has throughout the book.
I really enjohyed pages 188 -191. These are the pages that consist of his conversation with the old man in the bar at Best Western. I really liked the way he looked at life. My favorite part of his out look was how you don't really know a person until you see them get angry. I really think that this is true but had never thought of it until I read this part of this book. I know I've been friends with people but once I've seen them get angry, I never forget that other side of them.
His book is taking a slow wind down in this part, yet he still keeps you interested with his random thoughts and ideas.
Monday, March 15, 2010
What's up with what's been going down
Recently I have been asked to be the JV pom pon coach at Garden City. I am really excited to work with these girls and I can't wait to get the season going. We had tryouts last week and I have a team of 13 girls. This is a small team but they had 8 last year so I'm thankful that it has gotten larger. Some of the girls on the team were really upset because they didn't make Varsity and that is understandable, but I think they now are understanding that JV is very important, especially for developing skills for their chances to make Varsity next year. Overall it is a good turn out and I can't wait to see how the season goes. They did really well last year and I have a lot of talented girls this year so it should turn out well :]
I also got a raise at work last week. Although it was on 1.5% increase, I an glad to no longer be making minimum wage. I really like working at Potbelly Sandwich works because its a very friendly and positive environment so it's never a dull day.
Today I got to school for my first class at 9:30 and have been here ever since. I usually got home on Monday and relax or do some homework or do other things but I decided to see if I could get more done if I stay at school. It worked. I definitely got a lot of thigns done today that I had been putting off. I love my desk at home and my room to do my homework in but soemtimes I just get distracted, especially if it's nice outside. Seeing as I didn't have anything to do today at school besides homework, it worked out nicely. I feel really accomplished :] I'm thinking I might do this every Monday seeing that the end of the semester is coming up quickly and I have a few large assignments to do.
Summer is calling my name. I cannot wait for it to be warmer outside. I don't mind work or school or anything when it's warm out but when it's cold I just can't seem to get motivated for anything. But once it's warm, it's like everything changes. I do a lot more cleaning and exercising and everything. Which doesn't exactly make sense for the cleaning part bcause that means I'm indoors but I'm just glad to be getting it done.
I also got a raise at work last week. Although it was on 1.5% increase, I an glad to no longer be making minimum wage. I really like working at Potbelly Sandwich works because its a very friendly and positive environment so it's never a dull day.
Today I got to school for my first class at 9:30 and have been here ever since. I usually got home on Monday and relax or do some homework or do other things but I decided to see if I could get more done if I stay at school. It worked. I definitely got a lot of thigns done today that I had been putting off. I love my desk at home and my room to do my homework in but soemtimes I just get distracted, especially if it's nice outside. Seeing as I didn't have anything to do today at school besides homework, it worked out nicely. I feel really accomplished :] I'm thinking I might do this every Monday seeing that the end of the semester is coming up quickly and I have a few large assignments to do.
Summer is calling my name. I cannot wait for it to be warmer outside. I don't mind work or school or anything when it's warm out but when it's cold I just can't seem to get motivated for anything. But once it's warm, it's like everything changes. I do a lot more cleaning and exercising and everything. Which doesn't exactly make sense for the cleaning part bcause that means I'm indoors but I'm just glad to be getting it done.
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