In this blog assignment I will be opening up about a time that happened less than 20 days ago... and still to this day I am very ashamed, embarrassed, and angry. But, before I start what helped me sculpted this blog assignment was from reading two short stories one written by Ernest Hemingway and the other by Maya Angelou. These short stories helped me as a writer use different genres that helps the audience feel what you want them to feel. Therefore, I hope you reading this will help you feel the embarrassment and anger that I felt this day. The day of the Super Bowl I decided to tell my spouse that I no longer want to be together... you see love makes you do stupid things. We got married young, I was 18 he was 20... I decided to put myself first and chose to be a woman with a degree and my dream career before becoming a wife.
Today is a Monday and I have so much errands to do... GEEZ! Its only February and I feel so stressed out already and really unmotivated. January 13th was the day I lost my brand new car that I had taken out the lot 6 months from that day. I was on the highway, there was black-ice and no salt on the bridge. My car slid down the hill and crashed, that was the first L of 2020. My second L was this day.. February 3rd, before I begin I want it to be understood that I already had problems with my spouse the amount of disrespect I kept tolerating and how I realized I was becoming a bum (lazy and very very unmotivated). You know the saying "who you surround yourself with is who you become"... well I became lazy and very very unmotivated. If I gave you a background of who I was in high school and the things I did in college you'll be like "WTF HAPPENED?" "What time do you want to go food shopping?". Fred says. I look up at my phone. '1:57pm'. I scratched my head and sigh. "We can go now, just let me get dressed." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 minutes later.... I look at my phone and read the time '2:30pm'. We just left shop rite and now we're at Walmart. "Alright let's be quick please because I have homework I have to do, meal prep, and im trying to be in bed before 10." I stated to him. "Ard cool," he replies. As we walk into Walmart I noticed he immediately left me by myself, me not caring I go in my own aisle grabbing what I need to meal prep. 20 minutes after grabbing all the items I seen him in the game board aisle, "OUUUUUU lets get a game, have a game night like we use to." I say with some hope in my voice. "Yeah, I'd like that." Fred says "Ard cool, what about this?". I grabbed the 'matched that meme' card game. He smirks and chuckles, "Yeah, that's actually perfect." he says. "Yayyyyy, okay so now lets go its already about to be 3pm" I repsond. "I'm going to go in the sneaker aisle grab some to workout in". he states With a confused and annoyed face I ask "can't get that another time I'm trynna leave neooooow". I state emphasizing the 'neow' part in my Cardi B voice. "Chill out," he says Me catching an attitude in .2 seconds like I usually do, I state "Yo what you mean chill out I got things to do, I'm tired of working on your own time." Damn, this is every time I try to get something done by a schedule and once again he always interferes. Cooking is gonna take me about 2.5 hours and I have to prep another 20 minutes, then I have to wash dishes because he don't help.. another 20 minutes, that'll be around 6-7pm. "Stop b*tching, man". he says walking away.
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This is my second blog! With this blog I would be elaborating what "The writing process" is. This is a method that is used to help establish stronger writer for students, such as myself. Below is a roundtable discussion between me, Don Murray, Mary Karr, and Anne Lamott.
Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray) Against Vanity: In Praise of Revision (Mary Karr) Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life | pp. 28 -34 | Short Assignments & Shitty First Drafts (Anne Lamott) After working a long 12 hour-shift in universtiy city, I go to the nearest Starbucks and grab me the strongest double-shot coffee. After receiving my coffee I go to the nearest table. Being distracted from my phone, I failed to realize there were three people already sitting at the table. I ask if they mind me sitting here, instead of answering they ignored me and continued bickering. I didn't feel like walking anywhere else, so I just sat there. Scrolling through social media I couldn't help put my phone down after I hear someone say "good writing is about telling the truth", that was Anne Lamott. I was not intrigued because I still write in a journal and I am 19 years-old. I immediately budge in and ask them "What are you guys chatting about?". With no remorse they both said "The writing process" in perfect tune. Of course I knew what they were talking about, but I did not know what it was. I'm a college student taking English Comp. stressing about writing an essay about the "writing process" and to my luck. I have found a golden ticket! I respond "Okay, I'm so glad I chose to sit here, someone please explain that. Are you college professors too? I am so overwhelmed with trying to understand this concept, please explain?". Just as Don was going to respond I interrupted him "-- I mean I know there's the prewriting, rewriting, writing, and drafts-- can that be elaborated?" Don Murray says, "Prewriting usually takes about 85 percent of the writer’s time. It includes the awareness of his world from which his subject is born. In prewriting, the writer focuses on that subject, spots an audience, chooses a form which may carry his subject to his audience. Prewriting may include research and daydreaming, note-making and outlining, title-writing and lead-writing" I tell Murray "Yeah I see, I do that a lot actually, now it makes sense. When I have research I just brainstorm and make out-lines to help me organize my work, but I am unexperienced as a writer and have a lot of struggles!" Without a doubt Mary Karr says "For me, the last 20 percent of a book’s improvement takes 95 percent of the effort—all in the editing. I can honestly say not one page I’ve ever published appears anywhere close to how it came out in first draft. A poem might take sixty versions. I am not much of a writer, but I am a stubborn little bulldog of a reviser." "Ugh, that can be so frustrating at times but now that I think about it. Revising has made me become better at getting straight to the point because I remove things that are basically... well--add ons!" I say. "Say to yourself in the kindest possible way, look ,honey, all we’re going to do for now is to write a description of the river at sunrise, or the young child swimming in the pool at the club, or the first time the man sees the woman he will marry. That is all we going to do for now. We are just going to take this bird by bird. But we are going to finish this one short assignment,” says Anne Lamott "Yeah, I am feeling like I can be better at writing given that I am going to write an essay about the writing process and here I am putting the puzzle pieces together!" I say. "We are coaches, encouragers, developers, creators of environments in which our students can experience the writing process for themselves,” says Murray. I nod my head to show that I am not JUST getting an understanding. He continues and says: "The amount of time a writer spends in each stage depends on his personality, his work habits, his maturity as a craftsman, and the challenge of what he is trying to say. It is not a rigid lock-step process, but most writers most of the time pass through these three stages" "That makes perfect sense! Because usually I can write an essay easy. But when it comes to drafts and revising I take more time then I do with prewriting and writing. Also, I really appreciate you guys elaborating this for me, It amazes me how passionate you all are when talking about writing!" I say Mary says "Just picking up a pen makes you part of a tradition of writers that dates thousands of years back and includes Homer and Toni Morrison and cave artists sketching buffalo. It’s a corny attitude to revere writers in this celebrity age, when even academics cry the author is dead. Go to any book award ceremony, and we’re like America’s Homeliest Video. We are the inward-looking goofballs who spill on our blouses and look befuddled in our selfies." "That actually sounds comforting. I struggle most with getting to the point, it's like I have so much to say but I don't know how. Am I the only one who has trouble with writing?" I asked eagerly. Immediately Anne says "There are probably a number of ways to tell your story right, and someone else may be able to tell you whether or not you’ve found one of these ways. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time." My phone rings and it's my dad. Shoot! I say. He's already here, conversation is just getting more interesting. "I am so sorry guys I have to go but I truly extremely appreciate all of you explaining this to me! I know I've said it a hundred times, but I will keep saying it because it's true!" In this blog assignment I would be writing a letter to my "author-self" which was inspired by a realigning known as A Fable for the Living (Kevin Brockmeier). Following, this post will be in a motivational form. Help motivate and push myself to the fullest as well as explain how I can achieve my goals in this course.
Dear Bri, You know the saying "when a baby crawls and forces themselves to walk and fall down, they get back up each time with no complaints and don't give up until they can fully walk", please stop acting like you are the only black sheep in life. Get back up with your head in the game and watch how you'll stand out. You have so much potential but literally "sleep" on it. You are wise and smart and very intelligent, use that as your advantage. You know what you have to do to get the job done so do it! No "if", "ands", or "buts", there's other people who don't have what you have and they still were able to achieve the most greatest things in life! Don't let life out run you and remember! Happiness isn't given to you! You have to give it to yourself! So here's how we are going to get you right! Rule 1: Attend every class!
In this blog assignment I will be explaining the purpose of my website along with posting weekly blog assignments and etcetera. Below are links to readings that my classmates and I read, thinks helped give me an understanding on creating my site along with the genre I'm formatting in. It thoroughly explains how writing can be shown in multiple ways and in this case, my writing is being shown through my multimodal website. Links: Why are we creating a website for our English Composition I course?
This website is created because our professor believe that English is more than reading a novel and writing essays. He believes writing is all about "making meaning" therefore, we use this website as a content that shows are writing and how our work is evolving aka progress. This website is part of building our portfolio. How do Ball and Charlton define "multimodal" writing? Ball and Charlton defines "multimodal" as "Multimodal means multiple + mode". Do you agree with Ball and Charlton when they claim "all writing is multimodal"? As a web site author who will create your own web page content in this course, how would you rank the importance of the five modes on a scale of 1-5? Please provide a brief rationale to support each mode ranking. Yes because as mentioned in the passage it states "any combination of modes makes a multimodal text, and all texts—every piece of communication that a human composes—use more than one mode". What does the C.R.A.P. acronym stand for? CONTRAST REPETITION ALIGNMENT PROXIMITY As a web site author who will create your own web page content in this course, how would you rank the importance of the four C.R.A.P. principles of design on a scale of 1-5? Please provide a brief rationale to support each design principle ranking. C.R.A.P. is an acronym that follows principles of design that graphic and visual designers use all the time for websites, so I believe it is a 5 out of a 5 scale because one, we are creating our own content through this website as well as building our profiles. What are the seven sample criteria Borton and Huot suggest writers use to assess a multimodal composition? Audience, Tone, Organized, Transitions, Synthesizes, and Detailed. Do the Borton-and-Huot criteria seem similar or different from the criteria we would use to assess a traditional print essay? Why or why not? Yes, because Borton-and-Huot criteria is meant for students who wants to strengthen their writing than writing one for a grade. Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog! I am in English Composition I, and for our first blog assignment we had to fill out a questionnaire. Below are approximately thirty-five questions that were written by Marcus Proust. Marcus Proust, was a French novelist, essayist, and critic. Proust believed the one's answer to the questionnaire tells you about their personality. I did not know what or how to answer some of the questions (reason why some are missing)-- because I did not have an answer. If you are interested yourself, click the link below and answer away!
The Proust Questionnaire __1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? Conquering my fears, having a good physical/Mental health, and remaining genuine. __2.__What is your greatest fear? Being unsuccessful. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Making myself overwhelmed over situations that are completely out of my control. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? LYING!! FOR NO REASON! __5.__Which living person do you most admire? I am not big on favoritism. Therefore, I CANNOT give a single answer on who i love most. Everyone is equally loves in my eyes. (Mom, Dad, Sisters, Brothers, Pet, and Spouse.) __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? Trips. I say this because I believe that money comes and goes, but memories don’t. Sometimes we have to forget about everything and be present. For me, what makes me present is being on trips. Taking a detox from life at the moment and enjoying life! __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I rarely lie, but when I do it’s because someone asked me to do a favor for them and I don’t want to…. So I make-up an excuse. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I don’t dislike anything about myself __11.__Which living person do you most despise? I don’t despise anyone __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? A man who wants more for himself and is hungry for more successful. If that person is my partner, they need to be doing better than me in life, because they would be my biggest motivator. ALSO, humorous, outgoing, and adventurous. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? Honest, Sense of humor, and outgoing __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “You know what I mean”. I always say this after I explain myself or something, and it can be pretty annoying. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? My nephew __16.__When and where were you happiest? Sophomore year in high school when I first fell in love with Biology (lame I know). __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? To sing. That will be pretty dope. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Dwell on my guilt. Overthinking and making me feel bad about things that were out of my control. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? Interning side-by-side with surgeons. It made me realized that I knew what I wanted for myself and I fell in love. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? I would be an elephant or butterfly. Elephants shows strength and dignity. Mean while, butterflies are fragile, beautiful and blooming. __21.__Where would you most like to live? Portofino, Italy __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My dog, haha. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Drowning yourself in guilt. That eats me up inside. Something that I dislike about myself because it makes me miserable __24.__What is your favorite occupation? Being a medical scribe in the ER. I see different medical mysterious everyday and I absolutely love it! __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? Goofy and outgoing. I always know how to make conversation when I feel comfortable and welcomed. I always know how to have a good time. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? Honesty and goal getter. Dealt with terrible friendships. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life Me. I sometimes be surprised at how much I overcame as a small fragile individual (lol). I look up to myself. Always amaze myself on learning who I am as a person. __31.__What are your favorite names Falyn (FAL-N). Got it from the TV show "Dynasty" __32.__What is it that you most dislike Society. Every always wanting the same thing and talking the same way. Living the same way. It is mentally and physically draining. Nothing like conformity! __33.__What is your greatest regret? No regrets, you live and learn. Because of what you go through is the reason why we are all still standing here, today. __34.__How would you like to die? In my sleep. No pain, just at peace. __35.__What is your motto? Be the energy you want to receive. I say thing because you cannot expect respect if you are not giving respect. So me being ignorant sometimes, I realize sometimes that I am not earning respect from others, or reliability or comfortableness, security. In order for me to receive that, I would have to give. Law of attraction! |
Brianna EscalanteI'll be using this page to place my blog posts throughout my English Composition I course at DCCC. ArchivesCategories |