Loss Paper

Our paper we did last month was about a loss we had in our lives which I found very hard. I say this because I really wanted to write about something that I thought my audience would have interest in but I didn't realize by taking this route, I would find it painful. For my loss paper I chose to write about my best friend who died four years ago in a car accident and how he effected my life over seas. While I was molding this essay over the course of time given, I discovered every time I would work on this project I would shed a tear or just reminise and I would have to stop working every so often. Through this pain of writing this paper, I also discovered the reward from finishing it. There was no greater feeling than letting my audience know how great of a person my friend was to me and his affect on my life and I wouldn't trade the titil eof my loss paper for the world now.

Second Essay Intro

I walk into the big open room with my head drooping towards the thin maroon carpet with my crinkled speach in hand. After realizing I wasn't in a dream I slowly wiped the cold wet tears from my eyes and looked up. After scanning the room from side to side I noticed the long oak pews that were older and worn from the many years of use were completely full. Across the long beams of light shining through the enormous stained glass windows. I saw waves of people as if I was at a rock concert or a packed football gamethat was sold out.
Although these people weren't jumping or screaming like they were at a game or concert. Many were sniffling or gasping for air from anxiety. Some were even gazing into space as if they were being hypnotized by a clock slowly moving back and forth dangling from a chain. Then for the vasy majority, many were gracefully the bright white hankies across their rosey chapped noses from their faces. I then approach my pew full of my best friends who I am used to seeing smiling and laughing but there were no smiles on this day. Only frowns and tears on their faces that would put in an image in my mind that would last forever. An image that sits in the back of my head like a man in a prison cell that lays in his bed thinking about what it would feel like to be free but it never happens.

First Essay intro

If I was to choose an object that describes me, I would choose a sheild because of the charicteristics it shares with me.

An object that describes me

We are doing a class essay assignment involving us to write about an object that describes us. I thought this was a very interesting topic for us to write about and had alot of fun with it! I chose a shield since I am so protective of myself and others and would have to say it fits my charicter quite well! I talked about previous events that occurred throughout my life, and how it plays a big part in my life now since I'm in the service! I think these topics are very personal to me and are the reasons they are so easy, and fun to write about! I am looking forward to write other essays like this in the future, but I hope they don't get to personal for me. Our next essay is about loss, which is probably going to be tough for me but I know I can make it a great paper! I guess I'll just have to burn that bridge when it gets here!

The Pleasures of the Text

So I was reading this short story about text messaging and it struck me a little odd I would say! In Charles McGraths short essay, he talks about how we can coduct our entire emotional life by transmitting on a cell phone. After thinking about these words for a moment I was a little saddened! I mean think about it, all the little things that make life a little more interesting for us like flirting, using physical emotion while speaking, ect. can all be done on a freaking phone!!! I was saddened because I am quite guilty of it myself also! There is a girl I'm talking to right now, and we spend at least seventy five percent of our time texting! Alot of other things are quite similar too, like email. I know a guy that came home and found that his long time girlfriend who lived with him, took everything and left him the dog and an email breaking up with him!!!! I am quite curious to see what other technoligies we create take away the little things that make life interestin or even pleasurable! Who knows, we may be taking pills in place of cooking and eating food some day!

Back In School

Last Friday we were participating in a class writing assignment, and were told to write about a Highschool experience. Or in my case, an experience outside of Highschool since I graduated four years ago. I chose to write about my experience coming back to school after serving over seas in Afghanistan and how it is effecting me now. I've always wanted to go to college, even before I joined and now that I'm here I feel as if it is both the best and most difficult time in my life! In my paper I talked about seeing things that some people would never imagine and how school in some ways is more challenging than the situations I faced over seas! It really got me thinking how writing can really inspire someone to write down things they have been thinking but never reveal!