Group Projects

12/7/09
2 hours

Finished our pamphlet and the rest of our project
worked out everything we were going to say
made up a schedule
so excited to present!!

Group Progects

1.15 hours

12/3/09

Finished up out commercial, trying to figure out how to put the music in with it.

Did our Walk shirts ( they look awesome!!)

planned out everything else we need to work on during the next time we meet.

Group Projects

1 hour 15 min.
12/1/09

We worked more on putting our project together.
We are finishing up our slide show/commercial.
started making our pamphlet fliers for our walk.
Looked up more information on hate crimes and found one about a fifteen year old boy named Lawrence King who was shot and killed in school for being openly gay.
We are going to incorporate that story into our presentation.

Group Projects

1 hour... 11/19/09

We looked up more information about homosexuality on the internet. We put all of our information into a slide show that we are still working on but it is turning out great. We also added some great pictures to the slide show. Just trying to give us a little head start before break!
We are still trying to figure out how to add music onto it, any one have any ideas?

More about group projects

I am really excited about this group project. I'm also relieved that it's not just a typical paper. The topic for our project I think is a great one, we will be able to find tons of information i'm sure, and also be able to come up with cool ideas. I think we will be able to have fun with this project and get everything we plan on accomplishing done and done well. I'm excited to get started and figure out exactly what we are going to be doing!

Group Progects

Our group decided on supporting Gay Pride, we are trying to target an age group in-between 18-30 we have come up with some pretty cool ideas so far, some of these ideas include:

- Making up some kind of slide show of pictures from back in the day when being gay was a HUGE ordeal.

- Some type of youtube video

- A facebook "fan group" supporting our idea of a movement or walk

- Using recent pictures of a gay parade taking by a group member to show how advance society is with homosexuality

- informational posters

- Twitter group

Study dates

I don't know what I would do without my best friend Katelyn. We help each other out with EVERYTHING. I am so glad that she is here at school with me to help me keep my head on straight. We have these little get together that we call out "study dates" where we go to the library or anywhere that's quiet really and work on our homework. It has helped me so much to be able to have her here doing this because we are able to help each other if needed and it is just so awesome:]

Weird Laws in Indiana

One may not sniff glue.

Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.

It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.

A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.

It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

Liquor stores may not sell milk.

No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.

“Spiteful Gossip” and “talking behind a person’s back” are illegal.

Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.

Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.

Fall Break

It was so nice to be able to go home this past weekend. I missed seeing all of my family and friends! Even though we only had one day off it was still nice. I actually didn't get back from Lafayette until today because we had a funeral to go to. It wasn't good that we had to go to a funeral but it was nice being able to see the family that I wouldn't have seen if it were just a regular visit to home. I missed all of my animals and it was hard leaving again, the next time I'll be going home will probably be Thanksgiving break, so it was a nice visit overall.

Swine Flu

This article is from USA today on 6/10/09, the article is titled "H1N1 is very close to pandemic status." It states that the World Health Organization was preparing to declare the first flu pandemic in 40 years. Swine flu has infected more than 26,500 people on 73 countries and has killed 140 of them. All but 34 of the death have occurred in Mexico where the epidemic began around April. In the USA doctors have reported 13,217 infections and 27 deaths. The virus affects healthy young people which is a common trait in pandemic flu viruses. However most patients do not become severely ill and can be treated at home. The article also states that scientists need to tailor their plans to meet the existing situation, they are worried that the situation is still in flux and involves a new virus that may become more dangerous over time.

Steve, Sternberg "H1N1 is 'very close' to pandemic status." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 15 Oct. 2009.

Stress

School has put so much stress on me. I thought that highschool was rough...it was pretty much a cake walk compared to college. I love the fact that i'm on my own. But I also hate the fact that I don't have my parents here for support. I always have my friends to turn to, but it's just not the same. I know I can do everything I need to get done, it's just the simple fact of motivation I absolutely have none. By the time I get home from classes im exhausted, so then I will take a nap. After a nap I'm hungry so then I go get food with friends and hangout. By the time I get back to my room it's like 9:00 pm and I'm tired again. It's never ending!

Analysis Essay

For this assignment I had no idea what to expect or even what to do. I was so confused on what song I was going to choose so I just stuck with a kind of familiar one, which is surprisingly working out. The most helpful thing to me this far are the peer reviews for sure. They allow me to see what my peers have been working on and see how they put their papers together. I already have a few ideas just from today's class that I want to incorporate into my paper, so those have been easily the most important element for me so far. Especially for this paper because I was so confused so at least now I have a broader perspective for what I need to work on.

Home

The last two weekends I have gone home to Lafayette, for some reason everything feels so much different from when I left. My room is not the same, it's so empty. I almost don't like going home because it feels so awkward to me as bad as that sounds lol. My family is still the same and everyone treats me the same, the only difference i've seen in the way my family treats me is, they seem to treat me more as an adult which I don't mind at all:]! When it was time to go home it was bitter/sweet, I didn't want to leave my friends and family but I was also happy to be coming back to BSU to be on my own. It was so weird going home and actually having rules again. I like the fact that hear i can make my own decisions and when I went home that all went away. Needless to say I'm pretty happy to be back:]

Songs

I've been thinking about some songs I'm still not entirely sure which one I want to choose but here are some options:

Butterfly Kisses- Bob Carlisle (one of my absolute favorites!)

Old blue chair- Kenny Chesney

Summertime- Kenny Chesney

Making Memories of us- Keith Urban

so I really can't choose because I love all of these songs, but the one I think I could get the most out of would be butterfly kisses. So I might stick with that one:]

Ishmael Beah

I have never been so intrigued by one person in my whole life. It is absolutely amazing to me how Ishmael is able to have the personality that he does. He's an awesome person and I am so happy I went to this speech. It's amazing how we can take the littlest things for granted...like getting hot water out of a faucet, he thought this was one of the most amazing things he has ever seen. And that shows how much he actually did have to work for what he wanted. I couldn't imagine losing my whole family, he's come along way from going to the army at a very young age, seeing people die on a regular basis, going to rehab. I can't believe how far he has overcome all of these obstacle. Another thing that really struck me in the heart was when a person asked him a question about his new mother and how he was able to deal with that whole situation and starting a new life with her, he talked about how it was hard at first and how he wasn't even able to call her "Mom" for two years, I just feel so much for him. I some what see him as an Icon not just for kids who have gone through the same things he has...but for kids who have gone through similar experiences, I'm very thankful he shared his story with use, and came to speak to us. I look up to Ishmael Beah and am very great full to have had this experience.

writing

Today in class we did our self evaluation, this helped me out tremendously it really makes you think about you paper and what you could do exactly to make it ten times better. One thing I learned even after reading Eggers was that I could probably open up just a little bit more, and not be afraid to write down what I really want to say. The topic that I chose for my memoir is a really good start to try and open up because it was such a big impact on my life that I have a million things I could say about it. The peer reviews helped a lot I thought they really made me feel good about my paper and knowing that kind of gave me a little bit of inspiration to go an extra mile with it.

Big Day

I have been so swamped with homework and freaking out about getting it all done and hoping that i get it all done right! Thank God I have my friends here to help me stay on track. In high school i didn't really have trouble doing homework...this sounds bad but I guess I knew that I really didn't have to do it because it would hurt me as bad. NOPE here you have no choice really, because every little point helps in the long run. I guess my four years of high school didn't really prepare me the way I thought it would. I developed the worst study habits and up until my senior year there was not one test that I studied for. I guess coming here was a big wake up call. I'm not saying that I am doing terrible in my classes at all because that's not the case I'm doing well, It's just college has me overwhelmed! haha...anyways, I titled this blog big day because yesterday was my first day at my job. I enjoy it a lot! I work over in the Athletics Media Department and it's pretty cool because we get to work any games we want to like; Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball anything. I also work in the office where I file any type of sports related article. They keep these articles throughout the years, they have ones dating back all the way from the 60's!! it's pretty cool. I got very lucky with this job and I enjoy it bunches so far!!!! :)

Random

I'm kinda just going to blab about whatever is on my mind right now. I don't know how I am going to make it through this year! there is so much I have to do already it is crazy! I guess it's not unbearable it's just that there are so many people who expect so much out of you and for never being in college before your just sort of thrown into it not exactly with the right mind set..I know that's how I was anyway. I feel like I work hard on my homework but for some reason it just never seems like it's good enough. I'm glad I have friend here to help keep me focused and steer my head in the right direction...that's all I could ask for now.

Memoir

For my subject on my memoir I think I'm going to choose the time when my house caught on fire. It was a very memorable night for my whole family, and I think it would be most dramatic/visual to write about. Hearing everyone's topics gave me the thought of writing about this specific memory, I think something that another one of my peers said jogged my memory because I was originally going to write about moving out. So I compared the two just to see which on would be more worth while for someone to read, and I figured reading the one about my house catching on fire seemed to be more interesting. I can also incorporate more detail to that writing because there is so much to say from the sound of the firetrucks, to having to write down every single item that you own in the house, along with writing down everything that got damaged for insurance reasons. I am very happy with topic I chose and I hope my peers will like it! :]

school

I was so excited to start a new chapter in my life by moving into BSU. I love being on my own and making my own decisions, the first time I visited BSU I just knew that this is where I wanted to be. I love the campus and everyone is so friendly! I have never been around so many people that will actually hold a door open for you even if your still fifteen feet away I love it! I am very glad that I chose this school not just for the way it looks or the friendly people, but just because it's so welcoming, even my professors are so helpful and whatever you need they will be there to help you it's awesome.