This week was a somewhat stressful week. I had a lot of work to do academically but also I had the mock trial competition on Friday so of course I had to also study for that. So Thursday night I stayed up pretty late eating baby back rib flavor Zaps, and drinking Code Red Mtn Dew. That is actually pretty good studying food because you don't even realize that you are taking a sip or eating because you are doing it subconsciously. So the next day on Friday I didn't have to go to school, but it wasn't like I was getting off. I had to go to the mock trial. My case went extremely well and both of Episcopal's teams did so well we got a bye and made it to the semi finals! We lost. . . but hey that is the farthest we have ever made it.
"Im soooo sorry Chuck" is all my mom would say on the way home. It wasn't like it was that big of a deal. We lost and I would say I'm somewhat of a gracious loser. But what done is done and I got over it. That same day I went to our first outdoor track meet and scored 8 points. Holla Back.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Weekly Blog
Indoor is going to be very excited. We have already had out first meet and the anticipation for the state meet is building up! This will be the first time I ran indoors. I have already ran in one meet and I really do enjoy it. Not as much as outdoor but still it is pretty fun. I love the atmosphere there. You are in the Carl Maddox field house there is a very professional feel to it and also very serious. Another thing I like about it is that it is so small that you can hear everything people are yelling at you. In outdoors the sound disperses much quicker than it does in the field house. I love hearing
"Run! Run! Run!"
It is just that feeling that you know you are doing a good job and that it is so rewarding of a sport. You are in some of the best shape of this year and plus you the thought that you are doing of the hardest sports,. I know that when I write this people are probably going to be like
"OMG! Football is so much harder, or swimming"
I have done football and swimming and I can say for a fact that the only harder sport than track is cross country. That is it. But enough ranting!
"Run! Run! Run!"
It is just that feeling that you know you are doing a good job and that it is so rewarding of a sport. You are in some of the best shape of this year and plus you the thought that you are doing of the hardest sports,. I know that when I write this people are probably going to be like
"OMG! Football is so much harder, or swimming"
I have done football and swimming and I can say for a fact that the only harder sport than track is cross country. That is it. But enough ranting!
Mardi Gras Weekly Post
This week I am going to stay in the woods and be a survivor man. Gillon and I are not taking any food. All we are taking with us is a gun, some water purification tablets, a tent, and some clothes. We are going to see what if feels like to need to survive. I am very excited about it and think that it will be somewhat eye opening (either positive or negative). I am hoping that we can stay out there for at least 2 days because then everyone will shut up. All I have heard this entire week is,
"Oh, Y'all will never make it!"
Well to those people we will. I don't care what happens we will make it! I am prepared to eat some pretty weird stuff. I hear everything tastes better when you haven't eaten in a very long time. Well I am going to pack up.
"Oh, Y'all will never make it!"
Well to those people we will. I don't care what happens we will make it! I am prepared to eat some pretty weird stuff. I hear everything tastes better when you haven't eaten in a very long time. Well I am going to pack up.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wordly Wise
Castigate- “You can't CONTINUE to castigate, vilify and demonize a group of people for what you think they ‘MIGHT’ do. (Elliot City Patch)
You should not continue to castigate people for what they might do because it could be an unfair stereotype.
Colloquial- However, unlike the related Slavic languages, colloquial Slovenian uses a definite article as a
stand-alone morpheme. (Princeton Article)
By using the colloquial language Slovenians might be viewed as uneducated.
Epitaph- "I would hope that the right epitaph for all those September 11s would be the everlasting words of Gandhi: “Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness.”"
I would hope that this would be the victims of 9/11's epitaph because it is perfect for being on their tombstone.
Exodus- The film Exodus gives an account of the secular triumph of Zionism.
The film Exodus has to do with a mass departure of people.
Lacerate- Lacerations tend to be caused by blunt trauma.
The blunt trauma could result in a cut or tear.
Largesse- Current measures of a nation's largesse only count funds doled out by the government, thus ignoring the primary way in which Americans help others abroad: through the private sector.
It only counts the governments to maybe make it seem like the government is giving generously.
Obituary- An obituary is a chance to celebrate a person's life and accomplishments (ArticleSource:http://EzineArticles.com/2072164)
A brief summary of someones life would be a great way to celebrate a person's life.
Omnivorous- The key category in the discussion of human diet is omnivores, which are defined as generalized feeders, with neither carnivore nor herbivore specializations for acquiring or processing food, and who are capable of consuming and do consume both animal protein and vegetation.
A human is omnivorous because not only do they eat meat but they also eat plant life.
Permeate- Well-controlled membrane filtration experiments were performed to systematically investigate the effect of permeate flux and tangential flow (crossflow) on membrane fouling.
The permeate flux allows the liquid after they are filtered to pass through the membrane of the cell.
Rendition- And when Gaddafi fell, documents discovered in Tripoli suggested his rendition may have been authorized by Sir Mark Allen, then MI6's head of counter-terrorism.
The people who discovered these documents interpreted that they had something to do with the previous head of MI6's counter-terrorism
Resurgence- WHEN SATISH KUMAR asked me to guest-edit the special Music For Transformation feature in this issue of Resurgence, I was delighted,
The magazine has to do with a revival view of music itself or the idea of music changing
Stereotype- Psychologists once believed that only bigoted people used stereotypes
The stereotypes that people would use about a certain groups of people main them seem bigoted.
If the stipend for people who write articles skyrockets by 4 or five times the writers will most likely be very happy.
Subservient- "Do you think submissive means subservient?
This would be two entirely different things because submissive is not being subordinate.
You should not continue to castigate people for what they might do because it could be an unfair stereotype.
Colloquial- However, unlike the related Slavic languages, colloquial Slovenian uses a definite article as a
stand-alone morpheme. (Princeton Article)
By using the colloquial language Slovenians might be viewed as uneducated.
Epitaph- "I would hope that the right epitaph for all those September 11s would be the everlasting words of Gandhi: “Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness.”"
I would hope that this would be the victims of 9/11's epitaph because it is perfect for being on their tombstone.
Exodus- The film Exodus gives an account of the secular triumph of Zionism.
The film Exodus has to do with a mass departure of people.
Lacerate- Lacerations tend to be caused by blunt trauma.
The blunt trauma could result in a cut or tear.
Largesse- Current measures of a nation's largesse only count funds doled out by the government, thus ignoring the primary way in which Americans help others abroad: through the private sector.
It only counts the governments to maybe make it seem like the government is giving generously.
Obituary- An obituary is a chance to celebrate a person's life and accomplishments (ArticleSource:http://EzineArticles.com/2072164)
A brief summary of someones life would be a great way to celebrate a person's life.
Omnivorous- The key category in the discussion of human diet is omnivores, which are defined as generalized feeders, with neither carnivore nor herbivore specializations for acquiring or processing food, and who are capable of consuming and do consume both animal protein and vegetation.
A human is omnivorous because not only do they eat meat but they also eat plant life.
Permeate- Well-controlled membrane filtration experiments were performed to systematically investigate the effect of permeate flux and tangential flow (crossflow) on membrane fouling.
The permeate flux allows the liquid after they are filtered to pass through the membrane of the cell.
Rendition- And when Gaddafi fell, documents discovered in Tripoli suggested his rendition may have been authorized by Sir Mark Allen, then MI6's head of counter-terrorism.
The people who discovered these documents interpreted that they had something to do with the previous head of MI6's counter-terrorism
Resurgence- WHEN SATISH KUMAR asked me to guest-edit the special Music For Transformation feature in this issue of Resurgence, I was delighted,
The magazine has to do with a revival view of music itself or the idea of music changing
Stereotype- Psychologists once believed that only bigoted people used stereotypes
The stereotypes that people would use about a certain groups of people main them seem bigoted.
Stipend- Now, the new stipend for qualified' article-ship is likely to skyrocket by four or five times more
If the stipend for people who write articles skyrockets by 4 or five times the writers will most likely be very happy.
Subservient- "Do you think submissive means subservient?
This would be two entirely different things because submissive is not being subordinate.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Thesis Claims
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a Modernist piece that represents how hard the female life is.
- I do not agree with this thesis statement. One because I do not feel that this was what the book was about at all. I understand what the person was attempting to say but if they were to reword their thesis statement it could be much better!
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a great example of the trials and tribulations of love.
- I would say that this is an acceptable thesis statement because this has acceptable amount of controversy to it and could be supported thoroughly.
Why does Janie marry three different guys, but at the end doesn’t try to find another guy to marry?
- I do not think that this would be an acceptable thesis statement because this is not a statement. This is a question. If this person would make it into a statement it would be easier to say if it was good or not but this is a half and half. I would suppose that if you were to make this a statement that it would be interesting to see what support they would use to say. It is hard to say when it is not a statement.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Weekly Post
This week was quite an interesting week. It was long at that too. Monday through Wednesday were not as bad as Thursday and Friday. First off Thursday felt like a Friday. With ring day and all of the other activities on Thursday it made it feel like the week was almost over. A lot of people said
"I don't want to go to ring day"
I agree with them. I think that we should get out of school and hour early that day and just let the families and friends go to ring day. Friday was super long. The only interesting part about that day was raising canes chicken fingers. That was a delicious lunch. Then that night was the basketball game. It was probably one of the craziest nights of basketball in a while. To start it off the girls won the game with a buzzer beater and then the guys took the lead at the end of the game to go on to be victorious.
"I don't want to go to ring day"
I agree with them. I think that we should get out of school and hour early that day and just let the families and friends go to ring day. Friday was super long. The only interesting part about that day was raising canes chicken fingers. That was a delicious lunch. Then that night was the basketball game. It was probably one of the craziest nights of basketball in a while. To start it off the girls won the game with a buzzer beater and then the guys took the lead at the end of the game to go on to be victorious.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Sequel
I spent the next hour peeling at the wallpaper until finally my nails were bleeding. The blood fell like a light rain as I went to clean up myself. I noticed John on the floor once I came out and went to retrieve him a glass of water and some tonic. When John came to he was screaming at me to untie him because I had tied him to the bed.
"Jane untie me darling, we need to get you to a hospital," said John.
"No we need to get you to a hospital," replied Jane with a harsh tone.
I was upset because he was telling me that I needed to go to a doctor when he was the one who was passed out on the floor. He wouldn't even take the tonic.
Eventually John fell asleep and all that was left in that room were me and my thoughts. I thought about my childhood, the wallpaper, and I also thought about my illness. I didn't really see what everyone was talking about. I thought I was fine. That was until my sister came back.
When my sister returned she was horrified at what she saw. She opened the door and saw that everything seemed to be alright but only one thing was out of place. John wasn't up yet which was odd because he usually got up early to have everything prepared for me. So she called my name and I cam to see her. I remember she said I look pretty because I was wearing my pretty yellow and white daisy dress that she had given me for my birthday a couple years back.
"Where is John?", she asked.
"Oh he is upstairs", I replied.
When she went up there I heard a loud scream. She quickly ran back down to tell me that John was tied up and dead. It turns out that I hadn't realized what I was doing and hadn't fed him or gave him any water for two whole weeks. My sister called doctor Weir Mitchell to come and help her.
So now I am sitting in a mental institution waiting until I get better. And every once and a while I think of that yellow wallpaper with the lady attempting to get out. I blame her for why I am here.
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