Reflections

Overall I thought it was relatively simple, except for the fact that I really don't like blogging and felt I was being forced to do something I didn't feel was relevant to English class. Because of that I fought it way too much and now my grade will probably suck for not giving a shit, high five to me!Anyway I thought some of the blogs we did were good for the fact that they the ideas behind them and what we did them on I found to be really interesting. I probably would have wrote on them if I didn't have to do it in blog form, don't ask me why. F*** the man mentality I guess.
I wouldn't really say that I improved my Blogging over the semester. I really didn't have an ambition for it. I would on the other hand say that I did improve my writing in the class overall. If you had seen some of my writing before this class you might have been disappointed. I actually really tried on the papers and I think im just now starting to actually write some decent worth while reads. I liked the subject matter I wrote on and I enjoyed the freedom under rule that we had.
I definitely learned that I still don't like web writing as much as I did before I did it. I remember seeing an add for twitter and I thought why the hell do people do that, they must be way too bored. Today as im writing this I am really bored so that might have something to do with it.Overall the class was really good and im still against blogging but I don't think its a bad way to run the class. It works for the majority of people and your always gonna have a problem with a select few. Im one of them.

Its Always Sunny in Philidelphia

This show is almost what you could call a sitcom with its characters all intertwined in conspicuous and ridiculous situations. Its odd because it almost seems that they are all the main characters. They each take turns throughout episodes being the focus and everyone else becomes back up characters.
They come up with some of the most insane situations to get themselves into and use the the opposite of logic when making decisions.In a way they are a bunch of adults acting kids with all the benefits of being an adult. I almost envy the laid back and care free attitude of the everyone in the show.I also find it to be so stupid that its hilarious. Usually you cant go through a show without laughing no matter your sense of humor. It may take a few episodes for you to enjoy or let alone understand the style of the show but it will be worth while. They have a way of taking something that could go in a positive direction and instead turn in the opposite and add on a few useless twists to the plot (Its like poring gasoline on the fire rather than water).
Overall the show has its interesting qualities but the most important is that its unique from a lot of the other shows out there. Its like a new age version of the three stooges with its own style of dialogue and character use.

Powder Week

My spring break started out pretty boring. I ended up sitting around the first two days until one of my friends decided he was going to hit up every mountain around us before the end of the week. I opted to go along, of course, and it turned into some of the best skiing of the season and it almost was odd for so much snow to come in this late in the season, but it did and we fallowed it.
From a big air contest at Lost trail to powder riding at Disovery, it turned into an epic trip. By the end we were in Bozeman riding Bridger and hitting up my buddies chalet hot tub to end the last night of our trip. After drinking heavily for a week and still managing to wake up every morning early for a full day of skiing, I can honestly say I am completely burnt out and I need some sleep but it was awesome and unforgettable. I wouldn't trade it for the world!

Morse, Stephen. “Genetically modified cotton contributes to sustainable development in Africa?” Mannion, A. M. Progress in Development Studies, (2009), Vol. 9 Issue 3, p225-247, WEB,32079371)
This article is over the U.N. actions on starvation, poverty and hunger. It emphasizes new ways to sustainably produce food for countries in this situation. This article is found through the university website search tools.

Schineller, Peter. “Meeting development goals”. America, (2008), Vol. 198 Issue 18, p5-5, WEB, 1p;
This article discusses multiple situations of genetically modified crops. With a focus on cotton, it develops information around the pro/cons of growing genetically modified crops

Shah, Mahendra. Strong, Maurice. “Food in The 21st Century: From Science to Sustainable Agriculture”. The International Bank for Reconstruction, 2000, Web, Mar. 10;

This is a book that was produced specifically involving food productivity dedicated to third world countries with an emphasis on Africa and new food processes to bring the technology to them.
Baldwin. Cheryl. “Sustainability in the Food Industry”. Wiley –Blockwell, 2009
This book is also dedicated to food sustainability but has a bigger influence on the actual process of how and where our food comes to us from. Very specific with a lot of facts.

The U.S. and those other people

We in the U. S. seem to put very little importance on the fact of starvation because let’s face it, it doesn’t apply to the large majority of us so why should we? Most of us go day to day worrying about little things like how is my hair or should I wear these shoes today. The reality we live in compared to a large population in any third world country is going to be extremely different. According to productiondaily.com every U.S. household that celebrates thanksgiving trashes half of the food bought for the celebration. The amount of food we waste daily is as well astonishing. What we waste in a day could feed all the people starving in the world for one day according to commondreams.org.
If we consciously made an effort not to waste food and eat in instead of going out all the time we could easily put a cap on the amount of food waste we produce and we could have enough cash left over to support some of the thousands of organizations devoted to supporting starving people. Personally I’m no different from every other American. I love eating out and having a few beers every once in a while but just being conscious of the world around you at least makes a difference. The problem with us is that we are so stuck in our own life that’s not an option.

commondreams.org
productiondaily.com

2nd assignmnet- Age 10 Article

My overall impression of this story was really good. It actually reminded me a lot of my brother who is really similar to Colin. Even to this day and he is twenty seven. I thought Colin's personality was a really good example of the child's mind.
What was interesting was that Colin showed very mixed personality trait of being mature and extremely immature. For instance, he knows alot about money and finances and is extremely interested in that, while at the same time he wanted to rap up people in fishing twine and stole from girls because he didnt know how else to get their attention. Colin is an interesting character and I like the story because it brought back many memories I had from growing up.
I did think that the author may have excagerated a bit and maybe put words into the kids mouth to spice the story up . This is just my opinion and it may not be true but that was the vibe I got while reading it. I just felt that they had dialogue that would not come out of a ten year olds mouth.
As a profile piece I think that this sheds a lot of light on the direction I should take my profile paper and I have a better idea of how it should look and how the layout would be done.

scratch that

It looks like I am a type seven. Iy just took me a little while to find it