Youngin

Web blog 5 mid semester reflection

fjc285 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:30:17 +0000

I deeply enjoy writing. Whether it’s an assignment in school or on my own. Taking a subject and making it your own by expressing your beliefs and thoughts on it is a beautiful thing. The main reason I think I write is to express my emotions in a way I can look back on later for reference, almost like a reflection. I am very motivated to just sit down at a computer and put down my thoughts, ideas, and feelings. For me writing these things down is one of the greatest gifts I can give to myself. It’s very valuable for me, to be able to look back at how I thought in a current situation or what I was doing at that point in my life.

Another reason I write is to release stress. If I just had a bad day at work or school I could go home and write how my day should have went or I could write how my day will be tomorrow. I will make my day extra special so the stress from the day will just go away.

Another motive for me to write is to keep a diary. Being a guy in the society we live in it is weird. So having a physical diary could put me in a socially awkward position with my friends and things. But I always wanted to write down my thoughts and reflections of the day. With writing on the computer virtually it lets me write and save myself some humiliation.

So in conclusion writing for me, is a way to deal with things and vent. I don’t need to talk to anyone because if I forget my thoughts how would I expect anyone to remember mine with their own thoughts to deal with. So writing is a very special thing for me and expressing my thoughts and feelings motivates me to write as much as possible.

Web blog 4

fjc285 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:06:30 +0000

I pulled up to the red light. The roads were dry because it hasn’t rained in about 2 weeks. The roads were desolate except for the two racers and the car at the crossroad. There was an eerie calm for that part of town at that hour of the night. The engines purr was all you could hear as they wait in idol for our command. There is so much tension in the air, at any moment it will break. The intersecting light turned yellow meaning that my light will be green in the matter of seconds. I look over to my opponent and the tension rises as our eyes meet. I readied my foot on the clutch preparing myself to get into first gear. Green. I pop the clutch, shift into first, and then floor it. I could feel the adrenaline coursing throughout my entire body. Echoing down the road was the sound of tires screeching in a desperate attempt to grip the road and the loud roar of the engine giving it all it’s got. My tires get traction first giving me the upper hand as my car speeds up to 50 as I finish first gear and shift to second. The other car is a car length behind me mimicking my motions. We start approaching my destination as the road curves, and many headlights are pointing in my direction. Not knowing whether or not there was a cop in that bunch of cars I decided to just keep going. As I round 70mph I pass my destination but I don’t care because I was in this till the end. After maintaining my lead throughout second gear I decided that he wasn’t going to catch up so I shifted into third at 85mph and started to slow down. The guy I was racing flew by me and honked his horn acknowledging my victory. I pulled a quick U turn and went and played some pool with my friends. It was a good day.

extra credit blog 1

fjc285 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:02:23 +0000

Web Blog #3

fjc285 — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:07:12 +0000

Harold Bloom and American professor and literary critic says that literature in the eyes of the general public is dead. When he was young and in collage scholars of Yale were very smart people. He has a great understanding of what the best is in literature. In his time TV wasn’t as prevalent as it is today so good literature was a major source of entertainment. Now the general population isn’t as educated and TV is rotting their brains out and allot of people cant read. Harold Bloom is saying that with the dumbing down of America literature will also be dumbed down.

Steven Almond says that literature is nothing less than an ongoing discussion about what It means to be human. Almond agrees with Bloom on the topics of the general public being stupid, and the fact that J.K. Rowling and Steven king aren’t the best writers. Almond if I am interpreting correctly, thinks that literature is what the population wants to read and even though its crap in some peoples eyes (Bloom) the writers are writing toward an audience that wants exactly what their getting, Crap.

As I was reading Bloom’s essay I was agreeing with everything he said. Wow I thought this guy is very smart and says things how it is. Even halfway through Almond’s article I still agreed with Bloom’s perspective. Then as I got this saying “But let’s remember: it is the job of artists (and always has been) to awaken mercy, to help people feel less alone with their deepest, darkest emotions. And, of course, to encourage them to regard their minds as vibrant and expandable.” It gave me this huge sense of hope. Being an artist I can relate to what he was saying and it made a huge impact on my outlook of these two articles.

Weblog 2 Global Warming

fjc285 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:27:34 +0000

Thoughts on Freedom and Krige’s Blog

Global warming is a serious issue and it should be taken seriously. For those who haven’t seen an inconvenient truth I strongly suggest you watch it. It has a strong premise with a lot of scientific facts to back it up.

An Inconvienient truth by Krige’s Blog is a repetition of the movie. It is paraphrasing the movie and displaying the seriousness of it. While on the other hand Thoughts of Freedom’s Global warming predictions is making light of the situation making bets on how much the temperature is going to rise. “David Evans has a bet with Brian Schmidt for $3000 that the temperatures will increase by less than 0.1 degrees/decade”

This is the kind of skepticism that harm that movement that Krige and other are devoting their time and money to. “Spread the word, save the world“. is a quote in Krige’s blog that ties in with his title. The more knowledgeable people are on the subject the more they will take it seriously.

With global warming issues becoming more prevalent sides are also forming. The skeptics and the believers. It is similar to religious debates, you either believe that global warming is real or you don’t, its as simple as that.

Weblog 1

fjc285 — Wed, 30 May 2007 21:58:44 +0000

Well, at first I really couldn’t figure out what I could put for my Blog Name but after going through everyone else’s I got an idea. I realized how much younger I am than everyone in this class, and I am not calling any of you old when I say that. It is sort of a strange feeling that I am the young one since I have always been one of the oldest in my class up till this point. I am still a junior in high school. I go to Catholic High in Virginia Beach. Being a youngin represents my age but not my personality. What I mean is that I am relatively mature for my age. But that doesn’t mean I am not a kid anymore. I’m still young and enjoying life to the fullest. I am looking forward to graduating high school and getting on with my life though.

Age has always been a problem with me when I was younger. For example I was too young to get on a roller coaster or I couldn’t hang out with the older kids because I was TOO YOUNG. This was always a problem for me because I was always tried to do things that I wasn’t allowed to do. But as I grew older age started to become more and more obsolete. Now that I am close to turning 18, age being obsolete is obsolete. Turning from 17 to 18 is such a big step. I will be able to vote, buy lottery tickets, cigarettes, buy more than 1 rated R ticket at the movies, and rent a hotel room. I will be an adult which is very exciting. Getting older is a good change but it also comes with more responsibility but I think I can handle it.