This is by far the most irritating outline I've EVER had to write. Don't get me wrong, I like challenges when it comes to writing, but it's either because it's a Saturday and it's Homecoming or the HORRIBLE noise that is coming from my roommates mouth in the form of "singing."
I really did think it was funny that only one person chose to write about Lil Wayne .. And that that person is a 5'10" white girl. :) I was pretty proud of that fact. I know I'll be able to write about him and why I think the song is a poem and all, but I've never really been one for writing outlines before I write the paper. To be honest, my teachers in high school would let me write my papers and then let me do my outlines. It's harder for me to plan something to write about than to just free write and revise from there. (Which I guess isn't such a hot idea since I want to be a wedding planner .. Which means that I would be planning something before doing it.)
Regardless, I'm excited to see whats going to happen when everyone presents their music in class. It'll be sort of fun to see what everyone is into.
Hope everyone has a great Homecoming weekend.
And by the way, the Steelers SUCK.
:)
LARRY FITZ FOR THE WIN!!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Robert Frost, I took the road more travelled.
Robert Frost Works and Biography
This website has all of Robert Frost's works published in a very easy fashion. All of his poems and works are listed on the left hand side of the page and a very well written biography is avaliable for the knowledge seekers.
Most people dislike certain aspects of poetry, no way around that fact. Robert Frost offers poems of different caliber for every reader. His poem "The Road Not Taken" is actually one of my favorites because anyone can apply it to life. The quote "what is always popular isn't always right and what's right isn't always popular" reminds me of his poem because he takes the road less travelled. There are different parts of life that people experience a time in which it could be healthy to take the road less travelled. Not only do you discover your ability, but you can also discover your selfworth and things you might not have known about yourself prior to the event. There are times in life where people need a challenge and I believe that Frost takes this full on with him poem.
This website has all of Robert Frost's works published in a very easy fashion. All of his poems and works are listed on the left hand side of the page and a very well written biography is avaliable for the knowledge seekers.
Most people dislike certain aspects of poetry, no way around that fact. Robert Frost offers poems of different caliber for every reader. His poem "The Road Not Taken" is actually one of my favorites because anyone can apply it to life. The quote "what is always popular isn't always right and what's right isn't always popular" reminds me of his poem because he takes the road less travelled. There are different parts of life that people experience a time in which it could be healthy to take the road less travelled. Not only do you discover your ability, but you can also discover your selfworth and things you might not have known about yourself prior to the event. There are times in life where people need a challenge and I believe that Frost takes this full on with him poem.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Stereotypical Title
Everyone gets stereotyped. Whether you come from a ghetto in the Bronx or you come from the perfectionist white family, everyone has an opinion whether it is voiced or not. All of the authors in this section have experienced various stresses of stereotyping.
To this day, I'm still tacked as the good white kid. I grew up in not a financial WEALTHY family, but I had a wealthy family in heart and spirit. Yes, we're set in this downfall of economy, but I have always been the Colonel's kid. Always expected to be the best at everything I do, not make mistakes, get good grades, and keep the family name clean, I have had to break barriers between myself and friends that come from the enlisted side of the Marine Corps. We are two different sectors of life living in the same area, but no one has built a system to incorporate bonding between children of the two sects.
I can't say that I've ever had anything too negative said about me for being a Colonel's kid. The only stereotypes I deal with today deal with my boyfriend because he is on the E-side. We work fine, but my family expects him to screw up constantly and to not be able to provide the life that I have thus far lived if we ever decided to pursue something further with out relationship.
People don't understand that with this stereotype, you have to step in our shoes and see what it's like. Stereotyping in my case makes me press harder to make my relationship work. It doesn't take money to make some women, including me, happy. It takes a lot of love to make things work, not a big bank account.
Stereotyping has affected my life, but not to the degrees that it may affect others. I have been given everything from the get-go and I'm making my own way. No stereotype will make or break me.
To this day, I'm still tacked as the good white kid. I grew up in not a financial WEALTHY family, but I had a wealthy family in heart and spirit. Yes, we're set in this downfall of economy, but I have always been the Colonel's kid. Always expected to be the best at everything I do, not make mistakes, get good grades, and keep the family name clean, I have had to break barriers between myself and friends that come from the enlisted side of the Marine Corps. We are two different sectors of life living in the same area, but no one has built a system to incorporate bonding between children of the two sects.
I can't say that I've ever had anything too negative said about me for being a Colonel's kid. The only stereotypes I deal with today deal with my boyfriend because he is on the E-side. We work fine, but my family expects him to screw up constantly and to not be able to provide the life that I have thus far lived if we ever decided to pursue something further with out relationship.
People don't understand that with this stereotype, you have to step in our shoes and see what it's like. Stereotyping in my case makes me press harder to make my relationship work. It doesn't take money to make some women, including me, happy. It takes a lot of love to make things work, not a big bank account.
Stereotyping has affected my life, but not to the degrees that it may affect others. I have been given everything from the get-go and I'm making my own way. No stereotype will make or break me.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sports Buff, It's Cool.
So there is NO way to express my disgust that the Giants DIDN'T make it to the Superbowl. The Eagles displayed their lack of true character when the lost to the Cardinals and it really did prove that Eli just sucked that game. There is NO reason why the Giants couldn't have beat the Cardinals. Maybe they should contemplate building a dome with a cover so Eli can whine about how cold it is and let it throw off his game.
But on to the better stuff.
My prayers are definitely with #23 Willis McGahee. Even though he could move all of his limbs, the hit laid on him by Clark left us in shambles as we were watching the game. I've never seen a hit that hard other than the Umberger hit three seasons ago in hockey. Hopefully there is nothing significantly wrong with his neck and he'll have a safe return next season; Baltimore isn't going far without him.
I'm PRAYING that the Steelers lose in the Superbowl. I like the QB, don't get me wrong, but I truly don't want to think about the crap I'm going to get from a certain friend of mine. I know the Giants could have made it, but I would love nothing more than a team that has NEVER ONCE made it to the Superbowl in their franchise history to SMOKE the Steelers. That would be it.
So anyways, February 1st ... We'll see how this all pans out.
Hopefully something will go in my favor.
:]
But on to the better stuff.
My prayers are definitely with #23 Willis McGahee. Even though he could move all of his limbs, the hit laid on him by Clark left us in shambles as we were watching the game. I've never seen a hit that hard other than the Umberger hit three seasons ago in hockey. Hopefully there is nothing significantly wrong with his neck and he'll have a safe return next season; Baltimore isn't going far without him.
I'm PRAYING that the Steelers lose in the Superbowl. I like the QB, don't get me wrong, but I truly don't want to think about the crap I'm going to get from a certain friend of mine. I know the Giants could have made it, but I would love nothing more than a team that has NEVER ONCE made it to the Superbowl in their franchise history to SMOKE the Steelers. That would be it.
So anyways, February 1st ... We'll see how this all pans out.
Hopefully something will go in my favor.
:]
Thursday, January 15, 2009
It's all about anything.
So I'm not going to lie, I really love the colds that jump out from behind doors and then cripple you for a day or two. They're basically my favorite.
It happens at the beginning of every semester. Someone in Belk gets sick at home, brings it back, and then infects the rest of the helpless community by NOT WASHING THEIR HANDS. It's a wonderful thing.
Other than that, TV has been sucking lately. I didn't realize that VH1 has like, two shows per season, and they repeat that season OVER and OVER again till our eyes bleed. This show, the Tool Academy, has been on for a week and I swear the show has been on twice a day every day since the premiere. Ridiculous. Another thing that I've noticed is that EVERY challenge show or whatever on MTV and VH1 has the same people on it every time with the exception of the two or three new comers that get kicked off in the first two weeks. I realllllly think TV needs to step its game up and work on the whole "our shows suck, but girls screaming and tools are cool" sector and put on a decent show. I'm kind of tired of drug addicts and overrated porn stars taking up hours of MY good TV time.
Food for thought.
Don't you hate being sick?
It happens at the beginning of every semester. Someone in Belk gets sick at home, brings it back, and then infects the rest of the helpless community by NOT WASHING THEIR HANDS. It's a wonderful thing.
Other than that, TV has been sucking lately. I didn't realize that VH1 has like, two shows per season, and they repeat that season OVER and OVER again till our eyes bleed. This show, the Tool Academy, has been on for a week and I swear the show has been on twice a day every day since the premiere. Ridiculous. Another thing that I've noticed is that EVERY challenge show or whatever on MTV and VH1 has the same people on it every time with the exception of the two or three new comers that get kicked off in the first two weeks. I realllllly think TV needs to step its game up and work on the whole "our shows suck, but girls screaming and tools are cool" sector and put on a decent show. I'm kind of tired of drug addicts and overrated porn stars taking up hours of MY good TV time.
Food for thought.
Don't you hate being sick?
Monday, January 12, 2009
Giants Loss, No Good
So this blog that I read about the Giants was a dissapointment for the fact that the Giants have been knocked out of the playoffs by a number SIX seed. The blog was informative .. Explaining EXACTLY how they lost and how much Eli really does suck some days. (This is not the season to sell my brand new Eli Manning jersey now, so I have him to thank.)
This blog was very straight forward. There were no pictures or videos, but there were a bloody ton of links that were posted to the sides of the page that could lead you to not only more information about the Giants, but as well other team blogs and stats. It's definitely all about football and the main goal was either to make hardcore fans cry over the loss, or inform them of the hope that is becoming lost now that the defensive coordinator Spagnolo is thinking about becoming a headcoach. If you are completely into football, it's definitely the blog for you. If you have no idea about the game, you'd be more confused than a blonde in a spelling bee.
The other blog that I read came off of my friends Myspace. Now, I have to say, I've been fairly dissapointed by these blogs. Not only are MOST of my friends now in college or just at home and out of high school, but most of their blogs are still about drama. None of this girls thoughts had any relation to a current event or something that her now husband is doing in the Army. She focused on speaking in straight ebonics to an unknown. (Which is my favorite because some days I really wonder if the unknown even exists or she just needed to vent and have someone besides herself to blame.)
Needless to say, she is the mother of one one-year-old boy and another is on the way and she is 19-years-old herself. Her blogs are probably more self-centered than many others on Myspace because she is constantly trying to defend her young mommyhood. As a fellow teenager that made it to college after high school, I wasn't impressed.
So there you have it. To be real, I hate reading other peoples blogs. I'm really NOT that interested in what most of the girls from my hometown have to say because the story is all the same.
This blog was very straight forward. There were no pictures or videos, but there were a bloody ton of links that were posted to the sides of the page that could lead you to not only more information about the Giants, but as well other team blogs and stats. It's definitely all about football and the main goal was either to make hardcore fans cry over the loss, or inform them of the hope that is becoming lost now that the defensive coordinator Spagnolo is thinking about becoming a headcoach. If you are completely into football, it's definitely the blog for you. If you have no idea about the game, you'd be more confused than a blonde in a spelling bee.
The other blog that I read came off of my friends Myspace. Now, I have to say, I've been fairly dissapointed by these blogs. Not only are MOST of my friends now in college or just at home and out of high school, but most of their blogs are still about drama. None of this girls thoughts had any relation to a current event or something that her now husband is doing in the Army. She focused on speaking in straight ebonics to an unknown. (Which is my favorite because some days I really wonder if the unknown even exists or she just needed to vent and have someone besides herself to blame.)
Needless to say, she is the mother of one one-year-old boy and another is on the way and she is 19-years-old herself. Her blogs are probably more self-centered than many others on Myspace because she is constantly trying to defend her young mommyhood. As a fellow teenager that made it to college after high school, I wasn't impressed.
So there you have it. To be real, I hate reading other peoples blogs. I'm really NOT that interested in what most of the girls from my hometown have to say because the story is all the same.
"I'm 19, I married the Marine of my dreams, oh yea ... And I'm pregnant. How 'bout that?"
Not exactly the "American Dream" so to speak.
-LD
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