The summer before my freshman year was by far the best summer yet, I can only hope that this summer will be just as amazing. After a week of being up north and then a week of being in Seattle I will start my babysitting job of being a nanny three days a week. I need to finally get my license before I start so can drive the kids to tennis swim lessons and other activities. I'm planning a few concerts to go to like the Hoedown in Detroit, I wasn't able to go last year so I am planning ahead and making sure I will not miss is this time. I am also looking forward to the Coldplay concert in August.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Almost Over
As second semester is coming to an end, I wish I could fast forward to next Thursday when I get to go home. I won’t be home for long because I am going to my cottage for a week. I plan on making a trip to the cottage the week before I go to Seattle and I can’t wait to have some quality time with my best friends. I find it hard to sit and study for finals because I think my brain is already in summer mode, but I really need to focus and kick butt on these finals. Every time I think about giving up I just tell myself that its almost over.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thursday, April 12th
Today has been a really great day so far; I received a call from my Dad this morning telling that he had spoken with my Grandma. My Dad has been planning a trip to Seattle and I really wanted to go but the plane tickets were just too expensive. My Grandma has offered to pay for my plane ticket and I couldn't be happier. I went to Seattle over the summer to visit my Uncle and his family and I fell in love with the city. The rainy kind of gloomy weather is my favorite and my uncle lives next to the mountains, which are awesome. The month of May is about to be amazing.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Project #3: Part 2
Original Text: "Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen
Unfamiliar Genre: Magazine Advertisement
Example Magazine Advertisement
Familiar: Poem
Example Poem
The purpose of a magazine advertisement would be to persuade the audience to purchase a product. In this particular advertisement the company that created the Palm Centro tried to make the cell phone appeal to cell phone buyers. The stance would be in the ad is positive, bright and happy. The ad is creative with two separate sides with the left side being a messy and disorganized way of keep track of important events and notes while the right side is an image of the Palm Centro with all the notes and events organized properly. The media and design of the advertisement was found online which was most likely printed into multiple magazines and was made electronically on a computer.
The purpose of the example poem, "There is Another Sky" written by Emily Dickinson is to describe how she imagines Heaven. I feel as though she is trying to persuade her brother, Austin, into following the same path in which she is taking. She mentions a place separate from hers, "Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin,"(5&6). She tries to keep the stance positive and uplifting, "Here is a little forest, Whose leaf is ever green, Here is a brighter garden,"(7-9). The audience are most likely other poets or readers that enjoy poetry and Emily Dickinson. Although I found the poem online it is not the original copy which I assume is print.
When creating my own poem and advertisements I will keep these examples in mind. I plan to use a similar stance and keep both pieces positive and fairy tale like. When creating an advertisement I want to create something that will catch a persons eye and make the look and want to pay attention. I think I am going to make an advertisement for a mattress and pillows. Mattress with so much support not even a Princess could feel a pea. Pillows to soft a Princess would fall fast asleep and sleep like true royalty. I want my poem to make someone feel happy inside and have hope that they too can have a happy ending.
Unfamiliar Genre: Magazine Advertisement
Example Magazine Advertisement
Familiar: Poem
Example Poem
The purpose of a magazine advertisement would be to persuade the audience to purchase a product. In this particular advertisement the company that created the Palm Centro tried to make the cell phone appeal to cell phone buyers. The stance would be in the ad is positive, bright and happy. The ad is creative with two separate sides with the left side being a messy and disorganized way of keep track of important events and notes while the right side is an image of the Palm Centro with all the notes and events organized properly. The media and design of the advertisement was found online which was most likely printed into multiple magazines and was made electronically on a computer.
The purpose of the example poem, "There is Another Sky" written by Emily Dickinson is to describe how she imagines Heaven. I feel as though she is trying to persuade her brother, Austin, into following the same path in which she is taking. She mentions a place separate from hers, "Though it be darkness there; Never mind faded forests, Austin,"(5&6). She tries to keep the stance positive and uplifting, "Here is a little forest, Whose leaf is ever green, Here is a brighter garden,"(7-9). The audience are most likely other poets or readers that enjoy poetry and Emily Dickinson. Although I found the poem online it is not the original copy which I assume is print.
When creating my own poem and advertisements I will keep these examples in mind. I plan to use a similar stance and keep both pieces positive and fairy tale like. When creating an advertisement I want to create something that will catch a persons eye and make the look and want to pay attention. I think I am going to make an advertisement for a mattress and pillows. Mattress with so much support not even a Princess could feel a pea. Pillows to soft a Princess would fall fast asleep and sleep like true royalty. I want my poem to make someone feel happy inside and have hope that they too can have a happy ending.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Cottage
One of my favorite places to go it my grandparents cottage. Its located in a very small town in the middle of nowhere and nearest thing to my cottage is bar, everything else is at least a half hour drive. The cottage is on a small lake and my favorite thing to do is lay in the hammock and watch the clouds move or take the row boat out and fish. This past summer my friend and I went and spent a week up there, we got the best tans ever. I like getting away from everyone and everything with no phone service or internet.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Revision Process
The revision process for this paper was pretty simple, there were no significant problems. There were a few typos, for example, for the title of the short story needed to be in quotations not italicized. I went through the rough draft and fixed typos such as that and I also needed to add page numbers to the quotes used in the paper. That was a somewhat confusing process because the short story was online and I had printed it off. In the end I just used page numbers one through three off the printed version.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
A Day of Fun
I've always loved car rides, as a baby my mom would drive around the block multiple times until I fell asleep. I looking for to this weekend because I have four friends coming to visit me and we are going to spend the day in Chicago. I haven't been to Chicago since I was about 10 years old so I'm excited to go and spend the day with my friends. My friend as done all the playing so it will be about a two hour drive and even though it will be a crowded a car ride I'm sure it will be one that I will never forget.
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