Last Blog

I am so happy this semester is about to be over. My classes were for the most part all very boring and irritating. English was never my favorite subject, but I came to like it a little more this semester. I have learned what genre and trajectory means and how to close read. Close reading is something that I knew already, but I did not know what the actual name was. I will use close reading for the rest of my life while doing school work or any form of reading. Close reading helps to simplify the reading into terms that I better understand. The thing that I like most about this class was our weekly blogs. These gave us a way to continuous write and express ourselves in the form of writing. These blogs were like diaries in a way and when I was little I always loved to write in my diary. I am so happy I do not have to take another English class ever again; I have had enough of taking the same classes over and over again ever year. I cannot wait until I start taking my major classes, because this is what I have been waiting for my entire life.  General Education courses are just a way for the state to keep us in school longer, so they can get more money from us. I now official have 3 more years until I graduate and start my career and it could not come fast enough.  I am ready to become a nurse and start living my life. I am really tired of school, but I have to do what I have to in order to accomplish my goals I life. This year actually went by very fast, hopefully these next 3 year do too.

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Create Your own

Today’s blog is supposed to be on a random topic, so I decided to write about nothing. I don’t know how I am going to spread this essay about nothing to 300 words, but I guess I am going to make it work. Right now I am watching Spongebob, while trying to continuously type this essay about nothing. I am actually kind of tired right now; I plan on taking a nap as soon as I am done with this essay. Actually I might go to Ihop, because I am hungrier, than tired right now. I know you are probably getting bored or irritated while reading this essay, but I’m sorry because I truly have nothing better else to write about. When writing these blogs are they supposed to be grammatically correct? If they are I am probably failing right now. One of my biggest problems I have when writing an essay is deciding whether or not I am using correct grammar. I kind of just went off subject, so back to writing about nothing. Everything that I am writing is either what I am thinking or doing as I am writing this blog. So this is actually hilarious to me, because I am so bored right now and I am literally thinking about nothing at all. As you can see have a short attention span, I can go from one subject to another in the instant of a second. My brother keeps distracting me while I am trying to finish. He just recently moved down here, because he got a job. We both work at Sam's Club, so this should be very interesting having both of us work together. I think it will be fun, because we both are really goofy and we always have a good time when we are together. He will be attending Heartland in the fall and hopefully he plans to stay out here for a while.  Well, guess what this the end of both of our miserable journeys, I am done writing and you are finally done reading this essay about NOTHING.

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Create your own

I am doing this blog right now, because I forgot it was due today. I had a fun night that may be the reason why I forgot the blog was due today. I went to the Alpha probate last night and it was like a big party on the quad. A probate for those of you who do not know is when fraternities and sororities induct new members. They had made it like a club scene, on the quad, and it was just an amazing night. Aside from that I am really excited to be done with this semester. I do not know why I am so excited, because I am staying down here for summer school, but I still am. I will be taking three classes this summer and working, so it does not look like I will be having too much fun. I do plan on going to Wisconsin in July and Six Flags next month. Those are really the only fun things I will be doing. I almost forgot my favorite little cousin is going on prom next month, so that is something else I have to look forward to. I am supposed to be getting a car real soon so if that happens I will be driving home on all of my off days. I am still kind of sad that I will be attending summer school, because I miss my friends and this is the only time that we all have to be with each other. Hopefully, they will come down here and stay with me for a couple of weeks, I would be really happy if they do.  I know who ever is reading this is like she is just talking about anything, which is true but I tend to say whatever comes to my mind anyway.

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Writing Style

Whenever I have written a paper I begin by thinking of a catchy way to begin. Most of the time I sit around for hours stuck and have no idea where to begin. For example, right now. I tend to take over 2 hours just to begin, because once I have one creative thought the rest just come right after that.  I may write an entire paragraph and then delete it, because I know I can come up with something way better. When I finally come up with an introductory paragraph, I begin to search the web for sources that support my point of view. Finding sources that support my thesis is usually really easy, but doing the work cited page is hard. My work sited page is always the last thing I do, because I really do not know how to do it. Even when I use different websites to help me, I still end up doing something wrong. But back to the steps I take to make my paper. After finding supportive sources I break down my thesis statement and explain in more detail about each topic. I try to make each topic flow into each other, so I try to arrange them in the perfect way. I also read various articles to help me arrange my essay the right way.  I always try to make all of my papers interesting, because who wants to read a boring paper, I do not even want to write a boring one. These are basically the steps I take when writing a paper. They may all seem very simple, because they are but this is my writing style. Although, I do not think I am very good at English I tend to do very well overall. I just have to stay focus and continuously read over it to ensure everything is perfect.

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Research Topic

For my research paper I decided to compare the styles of different Disney movies to The Lion King. The reason I chose to do this is because The Lion King showed the change in society from needy females to more independent. Many of you may be thinking,” how does The Lion King possibly show this change?” but it really do. Let’s think about it, Simba ran away from home and planned to never return. It was not until Nala talked him into going back home to fight for his rightful power as king. Many of us did not realize that this was the most important part of the movie because without Nala, Simba might have never returned home. This topic is very interesting to me because it marks the shift in women’s role. Before The Lion King, almost all of Disney movies were about helpless women being saved by some prince charming. Cinderella, Snow White and many other Disney films follow this same theme, but The Lion king marks the change. Disney could have definitely switched the roles and made Nala the lost, helpless lion but they did not. The chose to portray a more up to date version of women, which is why I feel made it best. Everyone was tired of the basic woman needs help, man comes rescue her theme and The Lion King showed a clear difference between all the other prior Disney films. Not only do I want to compare Disney films prior to The Lion King, but also the ones that came after. In today’s society almost all of Disney films are from an animal’s perspective and I believe this is because everyone loved The Lion King. Of course animals were present in prior Disney films but never to the intensity of The Lion King.  I could seriously go on all night about my paper, because I truly think it is going to be really interesting. Well, there's a little preview for you. :)

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Movie Review

Arriving in theaters with a roar, The Lion King became one of Disney’s top-selling movies of all time. The movie is about a lion prince named Simba, who goes through a struggle to find himself. This tale begins with the death of Simba’s father, Mufasa and the blame being placed on him by his conniving uncle named Scar. Scar was always jealous of Mufasa, because he felt that he should be king and after the birth of Simba he knew that would never happen. After the death of Mufasa, Simba runs away out of shame and thoughts of disloyalty to his tribe. On his adventure he meets two outgoing, fun spirited animals, Timon and Pumba who teach him the true meaning of life. As the movie goes on Simba runs into one of his childhood friends named Nala, who convinces him to return home and fight for his rightful power as king. At the end of the movie Simba and Scar fight for the throne and of course Simba wins and Scar dies.

This movie had many different concepts that could be related to our everyday lives, which is why I feel it became one of Disney’s top-selling movies of all time. It wasn’t like many of Disney’s other movies, such as Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast; it showed real life traumas from an animal’s perspective. Almost everything that happened in The Lion King can be related to our personal lives.  For example, we have all have or had someone jealous of us or our accomplishments in life. There are so many people in today’s society who will do anything to bring others down in order to make their way to the top and that is exactly what Scar did. He took advantage of Simba’s ignorance, in order to become king.

Another concept I felt related to today’s society, is when Simba ran away from his tribe and in the end returned home. I feel like this  was important, because it showed the viewers that you cannot just run away from your problems, eventually you will have to face them. Children being the intended audience for the film, I think they should be able to connect to this concept and relate it to a time in their lives. When I was a child my grandmother died and I thought it was because I was constantly asking her to take me places even though she told me she was tired. So, when she died I thought it was my fault and for a while I avoided going over her house or even talking about what had happened. Seeing the way Simba faced his fear of returning home, inspired me to confront my own problems. The point I am trying to make is Simba did not have a fairy god-mother to help him become king; he had supportive family, friends and determination to gain back his power as king.

I personally recommend that everyone should go see The Lion King. It’s a movie with adventure, betrayal, and passion that will keep you alert and entertained the entire time. Some viewers claim this movie as “The best movie ever”, (Tianna Gardner) or “One of their favorite movies of all time” (Erica Wilson) and I can truly say I must agree.

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movie review link: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lion_king/reviews/#page=2&type=user  Should have my name by it.

Spring Break !!!

I am so excited for spring break. I have a test in Psychology and Sociology, and then I am done. I plan on going to my classes Friday, then I am catching the bus home. I really hope my bus comes on time, because I hate waiting. I should arrive home by 3 o’ clock, my mom is picking me up. We are planning on dropping my brother off at work in Aurora and we are going shopping. I really can’t wait to go shopping, because I feel like I have been deprived out here. Eastland mall is the worst mail in the universe, it has only like three good stores it is a waste of space! Over the break I plan on sitting in the house, spending time with my family and doing my homework. All of my brothers and sisters are supposed to get together and go out because we all haven’t spent time together in a long time. We might go to Brunswick Zone and to Giordano’s; Giordano’s is my favorite pizza restaurant. Also, over the break I plan on eating at all my “home” restaurants because I miss a lot of the food. I want to go to Zaco Taco, Popeye’s, White Castle’s, Maxwell’s, Jerk Villa and Giordano’s. I love eating out as you can see, but I also plan on cooking while I am home. I might make some peach cobbler and a Sunday dinner. I am really happy to be going home, because I haven’t been home since winter break. Also, I will be going to summer school so this is the only time I will be home for a while. Although, I will be on spring break my little sister’s will still be in school so for most of the day I will be bored. Well this is the end…..

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