November 2007
4 posts
Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving break went extremely well. My extended family did not get together, but my immediate family did get together. My brother and I have both moved out and ventured to college, so it was really nice to be together with just my mom, dad and brother. It was nice to just have multiple days away from school and be able to relax (and completely forget about that 7 page final I have to write...
As I Lay Dying
My girlfriend is taking an AP Literature course offered at our local high school, and they recently read As I Lay Dying by William Faukner. After reading it and really enjoying it, she passed it on to me to read over Thanksgiving Break. It was really good. Faukner uses multiple narrators to illustrate certain situations, adding a very dynamic twist on the findamentally boring situation of treking...
Signing Up For Classes
Registration is pretty annoying. They give you access to classes two weeks in advance so you can set up your schedule, but then when it comes to sign up as a lowly freshmen all of the classes you intended to sign up- for are already full. I don’t know exactly ehat should be done about this, but I just know that it is annoying. But, luckily everything worked out and my schedule isn’t...
Loyola Phoenix
On the front page of the October 31st publication of the Loyola Phoenix, my article boasted to answer the question of “How to make ‘cents’ of Loyola’s finances”. The article was informative and answered that question, in my opinion, quite well. But the composition of that article was quite aggravating. I found out the difference of an essay and a newspaper article. I...
October 2007
4 posts
Community Disassembled
Prof. Vorhes, Last week, with the inevitable 4pm turn in time of our second essay looming over my head, I struggled to compose a paper within the length requirement and with some composition that would actually have a point. So, the point of this tumblr is to formally apologize for the let down my paper probably is to you. The Thursday the paper was due, I composed three different essays, each...
Essay 2
Community-a group of people living in a particular local area or ecologically, a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other. Scientifically, I would agree that there are communities that conform to this definition, but science also shows us that we are a supreme being to other organisms. I find it rather hard to form a definition of community based...
The Wonderful Tumblr
Wow! Totally forgot about you, wonderful Tumblr. To make up for my terrible negligence, I will compose several entries for your fancy tonight. I know, I am suppose to touch base with you at least weekly, but I am sorry to tell you, but Mr. Tumblr you are not very high on my to-do list. Sorry. Then again, I thank you for your help conquering my writers block a couple of weeks ago when I was...
Ethics
For my Ethics midterm we were required to compose a five to seven page paper answering the question of whether to purchase an iPod or not with only the advise and guidance of Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics, and Plato’s dialogues “Apology” and “Euthyphro”. Not only was this topic ridiculously hard to compile evidence to support our conclusion, but also I kept...
September 2007
3 posts
High School Football Game
This last weekend I ventured home to see my family but most of all my quest should be credited to the desire to see my girlfriend, Marissa, who is still in her senior year at the high school I attended last year. Before I arrived home, she had to leave to cheer, for she is a cheerleader, for the football game. So my best bet to see her that night before eleven was to trek across unlined country...
Essay One (Again)
I am using this log as my warm-up before writing my essay due tomorrow in less than twenty one hours. That’s right, I am a procrastinator, but I am also an analyzer. I think I have read Gopnik’s essay 5 times and still doubt my own choice for the topic. Is it too interesting? If it is too interesting, will anyone even take the three excruciating minutes to even scan the paper? The...
Essay 1
How can an ordinary event in my mundane life grow into anything worth reading? Not only does the topic have to appeal to readers on the surface of the writing, but also work on a deeper level. A defining moment in my life occured, after being assigned a history project regarding the beginning of the Ku Klux Klan, I was labeled a racist in front of the entire class by my english teacher because of...