Final Paper Thoughts

We learned in ENG 114 the importance for drafts and revision. Noting that, I am thinking that although it is entirely up to us to how many drafts we turn in and direction of the paper, I think it's a test and that I would be better off doing the same process as any other essays. A test to see if I produce the drafts the efficient way, and if I have gained any direction in a paper.

The whole idea of freedom and ambiguous instruction leaves me uneasy because it's testing if I can swim in the big ocean that is college.

The final paper is testing: 
-if I can be productive without a deadline for each draft and rhetorical guidelines (since we make the rhetorical guidelines ourselves)
-if I can get a good grade without after-submission revision
-if I have learned how to compose

I apologize if I have scared you, but it's my premonition powers. The pressure is on.

You and me both are looking like:

All the thoughts I am currently thinking: 
"It's a trap!"
"YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO CAITLIN!"
"Do 3 drafts! Have direction! "
"Apply some rhetorical terms!! Make it academic somehow!" 

The final test of if we have learned anything this semester isn't as "chill" as I thought it would be. No, it's an exit pass to test composition knowledge. Be wary of this deceptive freedom (okay maybe it's not that ominous), freedom comes with a price. May the odds be in your favor. *Hunger Games Whistles*

Kind of overreacted... Caitlin told us today (after I made this post)that she assigned us the essay for us. To express our own writing.  It makes me excited to write with no conventions... and worried...

Time is Ticking Away

Can you guys believe this is our last blog post!? So crazy, it feels like just yesterday we were graduating high school, going to orientation, and moving into our dorms. At least we can say we made it through our first semester of college! It's just crazy how fast that was. Four months and then bam, a new semester starts. And those next four months will probably be just as fast and then we're second years! I never really realized how fast time is. I mean, I have noticed, I just never thought anything of it. But now as I step back and take it all in, I realize how everything is changing. Our parents are getting older, friends are getting married and having children, little ones we use to know are growing older, and more loved ones are passing away. We need to take time out to stop and appreciate everything happening and take time into our hands and live our lives to the fullest.

The movie "In Time" was super inspirational to me. It has more meaning to the story than just a bunch of action moves and what not. In this movie, the time a person has to live is treated like money. The more time you have, the longer you have to live. I think the meaning of this movie is just to open everyones eyes and have time realize that time is so much more precious than we really think. One day, our time will run out and it'll be something we regret. If you have yet to see this movie, I highly recommend it. Not only is it an amazing movie, but Justin Timberlake is in it! That's a major plus (:

"I honestly don't know what I'm doing in my life"

Haha, I feel like I say that exact quote at least 10 times throughout my day. I'm here, in the most amazing city, yet I sit at home all day. Being a freshman in college is suppose to be exciting and memorable. I know things are what you make it to be, but at this point, I feel so lost. I sound like Stitch from the movie "Lilo and Stitch." I'm jealous of everyone who knows what they want to do with their lives and they're happy with all their majors. It's sad to think that school just started a few months ago and I am way more than ready to quit. No, I might be a little over dramatic, I guess I'm just tired of everything. Hopefully when spring semester starts, I'll be more in the spirit of enjoying the college life. After going to school for 14 years, I just get that feeling of: 

 HAHAH, no I'm totally kidding.
But since I mentioned spring semester, am I the only one who is dreading getting completely new classes? New students, new teacher. It sucks because when you think you're just getting settled in your class, and you're comfortable and friendly with everyone in there, you have to move and start all over again. Or if you made friends in one class, and maybe you only see them BECAUSE of that class, and when you switch classes, you never keep in contact with them again because you no longer see them. I wish college was more simple like high school. You get 6 classes, same people every day, for the whole school year. But I guess we can't always have it easy. The plus side of it is that we can broaden our mindsets and meet completely new people. And who knows, some of us may have the same classes, at least then, we'll actually know a familiar face and we won't have to go through it alone. Maybe that's just me though. I envy the people who can be so outgoing and make friends easily.

Food, Fun, and Family

I'm so excited to have another holiday season ! I can't wait for the food, to see all of my family and friends, and cant wait for all the family games that we will play as big groups. Every year during the holidays, is a time to bond with your family. Time to laugh a lot more, time to eat a whole bunch of food, and time to see family that you haven't spent time with.

 I love the holidays because I get two times the presents, since my birthday is also in December. Also because of all the food I get to make and time I get to spend with my cousins. The holidays are a fun time of year because it brings out the happiness out of people and everyone is a lot more generous, even people you don't even know. Although, for my family, it brings out the competitive side of everyone. Have you ever had three turkeys on thanksgiving, or game competitions between immediate families.

 Every thanksgiving and Christmas, each family all color coordinate their outfits and we always try to win every game, have the best tasting turkey, or get the best gifts for the little kids. My favorite part is actually the cooking. I love trying to cook new things, learning new recipes and being praised for having the best dish at thanksgiving and Christmas. I think this is my favorite part because my family loves to eat and are big foodies. Whenever we go on vacation, we just look for new places and new things to eat. So of course it means a lot to me if my family enjoys what I cooked.

 Another fun thing that we do as a family, is play white elephant or secret Santa. Its so fun because it keeps you guessing even more on the gift that you will receive or end up with. All family members can play and its very competitive and fun and maybe you can play with your own families. I hope you guys get what you wanted.
http://www.fonduekisses.com/misc%20pages/WhiteElephantInstructions.htm

Uggs Season

If you are offended, so are the sheep. Here, Truth About Uggs

Hello fellow ladies, you should treat yourself to a pair of loving boots. Uggs are pricey, but it’s worth the price because we had to persuade the sheep to fall in love with your feet. The only sheep's happiness is to be sacrificed to give you the greatest gift it can. Be worn on your beautiful feet.

Yes, you're stepping your pretty pedicured toe nailed feet into a pair of skinned animal skin boots made out of skin of sheep. We lured the sheep in during mating season, so it thinks it can find a significant other when in fact it stepped into a trap falling in love with your feet. The only thing that the sheep will be able to mate with is your feet. Our caring sheep loves to make your feet warm and comfy. Sheep skin carries the soul of the sheep, in the most loving form. Sheep are brought into the world to make you warm.

  In order for us to lure the sheep in we sell an image to the sheep. An image such as freedom of loving your feet, a future, and  that it isn't worthy of any other sheep because your feet are so great. Sheep feel like this guy when they are able to be with your feet:

What sheep doesn't want to cross the borders and go to America to be adored by every teenage girl that wants uggs? This sheep is ready to meet your feet, ladies.

So, I'd suggest you guys buy your uggs soon! It's UGGS SEASON. ☺

Thanksgiving Break!

Can you believe we have been in school for 12 weeks! That’s three months of most of us living on our own away from our families and us surviving college! Now the semester is coming closer to an end and we will be half way through our first year as college students. We have one more week till we get our week off for Thanksgiving break and that’s exciting for those of us who are living on campus and have not seen our families that much since we came here. I am not really talking about myself because even though I live on campus I live close to home so I go home every now and then to go for a few hours and do laundry. 

My roommate on the other hand is from San Diego and has not gone home at all this year because it is so far so it is difficult and expensive to get a ride there. Her schedule for cheer also has made it pretty impossible for her to have time off during the weekend to leave because there is always a game going on. I always feel bad when I leave because I get to see my family and friends and she has to wait till Thanksgiving break to see her family. So she is really excited for this week to be over so she can go home.

 It will be nice to have a week off from school and just enjoy time with your family. I am looking forward to the week off because even though I have gone home somewhat often I am never there for that long because I’m usually just there to do laundry so I do not get to spend much time with my family and friends because I’m always in a rush to get back to campus. So it is nice to get a week off and not have the feeling of having to be rushed. This semester is really going by so fast because we have about a month left till it is over. That is crazy to think about because I feel like we just started and now it is almost over! I’m excited for winter break though, but I’m also kind of dreading it because I am going to miss my friends that I’ve made here.

Why Fight?: A Self Rationalization

Ever since my youth, my father would become unreasonably ridiculous whenever he gets into an argument. And typically, those arguments would be due to a misunderstanding, or a miscommunication, or because a certain younger sibling had just recently chewed him out (this has become quite the common occurrence in our household). Recently, we got into one of those arguments and I wanted to convince myself that it was not my fault. Here is a compression of my points, what those points meant, and what they generally did for me.

1: I had convinced myself that the reason he was mad was not because I had shown no respect, but because a while ago, my little sister had, yet again, yelled at him for whatever thought processes she uses to legitimate her tirades. By convincing myself that it was my little sister who was the problem and not me, I could disregard his accusations of rudeness and, instead, pass the accusation onto her. He was mad at her for something she did; he was not mad at me for something I did.

2: I figured that his definition of "respect" was a warped one. Therefore, even if his accusations of rudeness were truly directed at me, then the definition of "rude" which I am familiar with would be different than his, so my being rude would not actually be rude at all. I also reasoned that, even within my own definition of "rude," I was not being rude. Therefore, he should not have been mad at me for an alleged rudeness.

3: I supposed that he had no real reason to be mad at me for anything anyways. He said he was mad because I was rude, but that would be no reason to get as mad as he did. My little sister is much worse than me in these terms, yet he never gets mad at her - at least not for long. Therefore, his wrath is skewed against me, and therefore illegitimate when determining who he gets mad at. Therefore, there was no reason to be mad at all.

I suppose this much content is enough to warrant a satisfying blog post. I also feel like the information was top notch. As such, I am done.