Friday, January 18, 2008

Good-Bye May Seem Forever, Farewell Just Like the End...

1. Some of the strengths when writing personal essays are the ability to go indepth with details, thoughts, and idea. The weaknesses in personal essays are a limited point of view and the need to stay focused on one topic. Also, finding a topic/ event that is actually true and exciting is hard. Writing fiction is a more flexible and fun genre because you can make anything and everything up. The thing that surprised me about personal essays was how easy they actually were to write when you finally find a good enough subject. I might consider volunteering to write one of these personal essays again because it wasn't too hard and even though I'm not exactly finished with my essay, I think that it is going to come out pretty well.

2. The role of reading is vitally important for writers because books and novels spark ideas. They give a new insight to writers. Plus, when you are young and first learning, you read books and your parents read books to you. It starts the whole learning process. Reading is the basis for how many grow up and learn. It is what writers draw on when they begin to write. A book that you love can stay with you throughout your whole life and when you write you may always have an idea of that book in mind.

3. Overall my Creative Writing experience has been a good one. I have liked the freedom in choosing what to write about. My favorite piece that I have written has to be one of the poems i wrote at the beginning of the semester. It explains a girls confusion and I just like all the metaphors I used. My favorite genre is definately poetry because it's fun to write creatively. My greatest challenge was definately the play just because it was hard for me to visualize what it would look like, and write it to be acted. I didn't really like the scary story that I wrote because it wasn't that functional. The skills I shall use more is brainstorming and focusing on one topic.

4.
Pepsi but coke products
Lil Wayne
McDonalds
TACO BELL
Mtv
Florida?
never been to either
Sicily
Everett
WILL BE Greece
SWAN PRINCESS although apparently its not disney sooo Sleeping Beauty

Monday, January 7, 2008

Unexcitingly Titled Blog

1. A principle that guides my life is trying to find truth and happiness. It's more of like a goal, then something that guides my life. Everything I do is based off the idea of finding a happy calm. I work so that I can drive and pay for things to do. I try to make time for my friends in an effort to be happy. Just basically, my principle is that life isn't really worth living if you can't make time for yourself and the people who are important to you. Objects don't make a life worthwhile, but people and the fun times you have do.

2. I don't really watch the news so the only event that I can think of is how Jamie Lynn Spears got pregnant. It makes me feel kind of sad that a girl so young would throw away her life and career because she wasn't smart enough to use birth control. Plus, their family sucks because of all the Britney crap. It just shows that even if you are famous, bad stuff still happens. They can be even more messed up then normal people.

3. One thing I hope to accomplish in 2008 is to get another job. Over the summer, I want to work only one day at Panera, but work weekdays at Erin's dad's work (filing and making calls). So, I can save up money for college and hopefully put most of it in my savings account. Also, I want to make more time for all my friends and have as much fun as possible. I want to go out dancing a lot more. I just want to finish this school year with good grades, so that I can focus on having the best summer ever.