Blog 75- letter to English 110 student

Dear English 110 student for Winter 2011,

I have definitely developed as a writer throughout this entire quarter. I feel that I was pushed way over my limit but I think that was a good thing because I learned how to become a better writer. At first when I came into this class and found out the theme the class was going to be structured around was science fiction I was really bummed out because I’m not a fan of science fiction. I have to admit that I did not like every show we watched in class; some were better than others. I would suggest that you go into this class with an open mind because that will definitely help you to succeed. After learning the theme, I had somewhat of an open mind and that kind of made writing papers for this class more difficult because my mind was not completely open. I feel as though if you have a completely open mind to everything that deals with science fiction in this class, you will be a successful writer. I also recommend that you go to the Writing Center. Those tutors really helped me out into thinking differently about subjects for my papers. I would also recommend that you schedule your appointments with the writing center a week in advance because they get booked up pretty fast. Good luck with this class and I hope that it pushes you just as it did for me.

With love,

English 110 student from Autumn 2010

Blog 74- science fiction

When we first started this English class I was not excited at all about how the topic of this class was going to be about science fiction; I was not a fan at all about science fiction. I thought it was kind of ridiculous that our class was going to be based on science fiction because for those of us who do not like science fiction, like me for instance, I thought that it was a bit unfair. I thought the English 110.01 was going to be just basic English as we learned throughout high school. I thought we would get to choose our topics and decide for ourselves what we wanted to learn about. I did not think that our papers were going to be based on science fiction television shows that we watched in and outside of class. I have to say that after watching Firefly, it is not that bad of a series. I definitely would not have ever chosen to watch it on my own but since it was required for this class I thought I should just give it a shot. So that’s why I decided to watch more episodes for my ARP paper. After watching more episodes, I decided that you could almost relate anything to this series if you really tried and worked hard at it. I have to say that I liked Caprica better than BSG. I thought that Caprica kept my attention better and that I could easily relate to that plot better than that of BSG.

Blog 73

Today’s going to be kind of a busy day! I have some studying to do but I think that I’m going to mostly revise my papers today and start studying for my Spanish final that’s on Monday. My roommates and I are also looking at some apartments today sort of as a little study break. I really hope we can finally find an apartment so I’m not homeless for next school year! The other two girls, that I’m living with next year, and I will be so excited if something works out with an apartment today because all of the other apartments we’ve looked at have not worked out, unfortunately. Then my one roommate and I are going to go ice-skating later with a bunch of our friends. It’s at the OSU ice rink so we thought that could be another little study break later tonight. It will be a fun study break because I haven’t been ice-skating in so long. I used to go in middle school to the Chiller on Friday nights for “Friday Night Melt Down”. Those were so fun because all of my friends went. After ice-skating, I’ll probably come home and study for a little bit more then my roommate and I are going to make hot chocolate and watch a Christmas movie. I love watching Christmas movies and drinking hot chocolate! I absolutely love this time of year! My mom told me that it’s supposed to snow a lot today/tonight. I hope it does because fresh snow is so pretty!

Blog 72

So today I woke up and ate some Reese’s Puffs for breakfast. I was running late to math so I hurried at ate my bowl of cereal. Then I went to my last math lecture of the quarter and was actually surprised that I understood most of what my lecturer talked about today. That math lecture was my last class of the quarter too! It’s weird to think that next week we don’t have classes, just finals. I still think that I have classes next week. It hasn’t hit me yet that I will be on winter break next Thursday. I’m kind of upset that I have a final on Thursday because I have one on Monday too. I wish I could move my math final to Monday but my lecturer said that there was absolutely no way that anyone could move there final, that we had to take the final on our scheduled exam times. I just wish that I didn’t have to wait around from my Spanish final on Monday to my math final on Thursday. So after math, I had to make my Big’s present for her because I’m giving it to her tonight! I decided to make her a tie blanket because it’s really easy to make and it’s really not that expensive. I got her a baby blue and white plaid pattern on one side and the other side is white. I wanted to get baby blue instead of white but Jo Ann’s didn’t have the right color of blue.

Blog 71- Caprica

The show we watched in class today was very odd. I was extremely confused because I thought it was supposed to be a mini series, but I guess it wasn’t? I’m not really sure. I was also confused because I didn’t know if this was like the second episode of a mini series or if it was a movie or what. I liked this show much better than BSG I’ll have to admit. I thought it was much more intriguing and kept my attention better than BSG. I did not like how Ben was the terrorist who blew up the subway thing. I really thought he was a good kid and would go with Zoe to “happiness”. I was kind of expecting him to do something though because when Zoe was talking to him the whole time on the bus he was sweating and had an expressionless face. But I was not expecting him to bomb the whole bus! That was really unexpected. I felt really bad for Zoe’s mom because I really feel she regretted slapping Zoe in the face. I really feel that she truly regretted doing that when Zoe passed away. I cannot believe her dad did that move when he was in the club with Lacy. I did not realize that he would do that. I thought that when he was hugging her that he would be happy to see her but obviously he wasn’t since he basically “killed” her with his flash drive. It was very odd.

Blog 70

So today was such a good day today! I got my final back final back from Food Science and Technology and I got an 86 so I got and 88 in the class which is a B+. Thank goodness because I am so excited because I have one final down now and only two to go. I only have to finish revising my ARP and CP papers for English and I think that I pretty much have my CP done. The ARP is going to be harder I feel like because it’s longer and a harder topic. So tonight I’ve been working on my paddle for my Big in Kappa. I think it’s going to be super cute. It’s the colors of Kappa; dark blue and light blue. But there are a lot of different dark and light blues. Then I put the K’s and the gamma on the paddle in a medium blue. I also put a fleur de lis on it with a big diamond on it. I also put a key and a “Big Sis” on it since the paddle is for my Big. I cannot wait to give it to her and see her face when she gets it. I also get a paddle from my Big. The paddle I made my Big is a little paddle since it’s from me (I’m her little). The paddle I will be getting is going to be a bigger paddle since she is my Big. I get to give it to her on Saturday and I’m so excited!

Blog 69

So today was a blah day because of the rain. I really wish it would be snow instead of rain because it’s almost December and December to me means rain not snow! I woke up this morning and had to study for my math quiz and my Food Science and Technology final. Then I went to my math recitation and took my quiz and left class after I finished my quiz and went to Oxley’s (the grab and go side). I studied for my final and ate lunch there. I’m still bitter that the “real” Oxley’s doesn’t take swipes during that time! So after lunch, I went to English and my group actually got out early so I came back to my apartment to study more for my final. I decided to take the final earlier than the scheduled time for today because I wanted to get it over with and I had something to do for Kappa today as well. I’m glad I did that because I would probably just be finishing up my final right now. After I went to Kappa, two of the girls in my pledge class and I went to Jo Ann’s to get some stuff for our paddles that we’re making for our Bigs. I’m so excited to make them because I haven’t done any arts and crafts related things for a while now! I also decided to get some fleece to make a tie blanket for my Big! I’m really excited to make everything!

Blog 68

I’m doing this blog early too because I have a super busy day tomorrow. Well today was a very long and tiring day. I didn’t go to bed until 5:30 this morning and woke up around 11 so I didn’t get that much sleep. Then I came home and just sat around the house for a while with my roommate and we watched TV and ate lunch. My dad had to bring everything that I took home for Thanksgiving break back to campus today because I went straight to the game with him yesterday so he asked if we wanted Cane’s and of course we said yes! Who turns down Cane’s? Then after lunch I went tanning and watched some of the Browns game and they actually won! It was a miracle too but still they won for once! Then after that I did some homework for my Food Science and Technology class. That class is just so boring. I mean I know it’s online but it is still so boring because the material doesn’t interest me at all. Because it’s not interesting, it takes me a while to read the lectures and take the quizzes but I got 100% on both of the quizzes that I took today! Oh and I have that final on Tuesday. I don’t really know how I’m going to do because there is SO much material to look over before then. I’m happy though to get this final out of the way and not have it next week.

Blog 67

I’m also doing Sunday’s blog early so I don’t forget because I could see myself forgetting to do my blog. Today is just going to be a day for catching up on doing homework and settling back into my apartment. My mom and I did so much laundry this weekend but I’m going to leave some back at my house since winter break is only 2 weeks away. I also have to study hardcore for my Food Science and Technology final because that final is on Tuesday. I hope it’s not hard because I have a high B in that class and I would really like to keep that grade or raise it. So I have a lot of studying to do for that class. Then I also have to work on revising my ARP and my CP papers. That will take a while since I’m really slow at getting new ideas for my papers. I also have a math quiz to study for. I have my last math quiz on Tuesday and I’m so happy that I’m almost done with that class! I’m so ready, in general, to be done with this quarter. It seemed like, this quarter that I had a ton of busy work to do. In math, I realized that the WebWork and paper homework were just not worth doing anymore because both were stressful and took way too much time for what they were worth towards my grade. Also, these blogs get tiring to do every single day. But I guess it’s worth doing every blog because we get extra credit.

Blog 66

I’m writing Saturday’s blog early so I don’t forget to do it because I probably would since it is Michigan game day. I cannot wait for the game! I’m really excited because I’m starting my day off early and going to football block probably around 7 am. Then the game’s at noon and it’ll be so much fun. It’s not supposed to rain and I really I hope it doesn’t rain because it’s been raining for the past day and a half, literally all day and hasn’t stopped. It would be absolutely miserable if it rained. I’m kind of glad the game’s at noon because we can party all afternoon and into the night when the game is done. I really hope we kill them because I can’t stand Michigan. And I’m getting sick from the Mirror Lake Jump so the Buckeyes better win! Although Mirror Lake Jump is always worth it since it’s tradition. I heard that the Buckeyes uniforms are pretty unattractive for this game. I guess the helmets are red and plain which means they’re probably going to look boring? Not to sure if I’m going to like the red helmets. I wasn’t a huge fan of last year’s Michigan game uniforms but that’s just my opinion. Although I did like the white helmets. I love white anything so I thought those helmets were cool. I think after I finish this blog I’m going to look up the uniforms that the Buckeyes are wearing and see if I like them or not.

Blog 65

Today I’m going shopping with my dad. My mom and brother are at my brother’s hockey tournament in Miami, Ohio. My dad and I aren’t going super early to shop because I don’t feel like waking up at the crack of dawn to go shopping! We’re getting more of my snowboarding stuff for Christmas because that’s what I’m getting from my parents is all of my snowboarding stuff. I’ll probably also go to the mall and look around just because I haven’t been shopping in a while. I think I’m also going out to lunch with some friends that I haven’t seen in a while, which will be nice. After lunch, my dad and I are going to start setting up our Christmas decorations in the inside of the house. My brother and dad set up the outside lights, I think, a weekend ago while I was still at school. I think my dad and I are going to set up our Christmas tree. I love doing the tree. We have a hodgepodge of ornaments and it’s nice to see all of the different ones every year. One of my favorite ornaments is school bus with a picture of me from maybe the second grade. It’s just so funny because my bangs are absolutely ridiculous. Another one of my favorites is a picture of my brother and me when we are probably four and two and we’re in our little Christmas outfits. I absolutely love Christmastime and cannot wait until it’s here and we’re on break!

Blog 64

Today is Thanksgiving, so Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I love this holiday because you get to stuff your face and not really feel bad about it. I also like it because we always go to my mom’s side of the family for Thanksgiving and it’s a big party. My mom is the youngest of nine so I literally have 25 cousins. It’s crazy but so fun because there’s always something to do and you always have someone to talk to. My one aunt always makes the turkey and it is SO good. She makes her own homemade gravy too, which is the best. My other aunt makes the best mashed potatoes. I don’t really want to know how much butter is in them but they are just SO good. Then my other aunt makes this cheesy broccoli rice casserole. That’s also really good because I love cheese, rice and broccoli so it’s even better when it’s all mixed together. That same aunt also makes the dessert “dirt”. I always look forward to that because it’s such a good dessert and it’s fun for the little cousins because it really looks like dirt. We also watch a lot of football in my Grandma’s family room because there are so many games on throughout the day on Thanksgiving. I really like watching football and it’s even better with all of my cousins and uncles and my brother and dad. Today’s games were good and entertaining. I kind of wish the Cowboys would have won though.

Blog 63

So today I only had one class and it was my math lecture. It wasn’t too bad although this final is going to be pretty rough and I’m really not looking forward to that final. It’s also on the last possible day of finals so that makes it even worse. After class, I had to help my roommate find her phone because she left it with our friends at Phi Psi. She didn’t want to take it with her to the Mirror Lake Jump because she didn’t have a bag and it probably would’ve gotten ruined. Also, she’s not covered for any more water damaged phones because when we first moved into our apartment and we were cleaning our house, her phone fell in a bucket of dirty water. We finally got connected with the guy who had her phone so she went to go pick it up then left straight for her house in Cincinnati. My mom helped me pack up some things from my apartment. We got all of my dirty laundry and towels from my roommate and my bathroom. I was excited when my mom came because I knew I was going to have a nice little break. Although, it seems that homework never ends because I have to do these blogs and I have to do a couple quizzes for my online class. I seriously cannot wait for winter break where I will have absolutely no schoolwork to do whatsoever. Two more weeks and we are done!

Blog 62

Today in class BSG felt like it just dragged on! I thought this segment was a lot more interesting than the one we saw the other day in class. I thought it was much more action packed although some parts still kind of bored me and made me not want to pay attention. I liked how the writers/creators also made the main characters survive the Cylons outburst of bombs. Having the main characters survive something devastating like that always makes me like the show more. However I didn’t necessarily like the ending. At first I thought that the main commander was really going to take them to earth. But when he was talking to the president after he made his big speech to the survivors he said that he didn’t know how to get to earth. This made me angry because I really thought that they were going to live and survive. I left class a little bit before the show was done and so I don’t exactly know how it ended. I hope that it ended up that they figured out how to get to earth and will live amongst other humans. Other than that I thought, overall, that they show was very dragged out. I thought the writers/creators could’ve had the same story line and plot and made the actual show a lot shorter. That might’ve been a better plan because there were many parts where I thought this show was just so boring and I didn’t really pay attention.

Blog 61

So today was just a blah day. Nothing really happened. I went to math lecture this morning and I had absolutely no idea what my professor taught us today. I really just go to lecture to hear her speak and write down the notes so hopefully it can just be imbedded in my mind. Then I had to run to the bank after class and I was going to go tanning but my package was up, which was a bummer because I didn’t have time to run back to the bank before my next class. So I just went to my Spanish class early and re-read the chapter in our book that we had to read for today. The book is very confusing and a lot of the students in my class think it is too. And Spanish took forever today. It seems like ever since we started that book, that class just drags on because before when we weren’t reading the book, the two hours and 18 minutes went by kind of fast. So after tanning I went back to the bank and got money for another tanning package. Then I went tanning and it felt so good. Tanning makes me feel better; especially since summer’s my favorite season. I live outside in the summer. I love to lay out by the pool and just bake. Today I also felt like an idiot because I wore my rain boots all day because weather.com said it was going to rain. Welp, no rain came and I looked like an idiot wearing my rain boots.

Blog 60

Whew am I glad those Buckeyes pulled off that win! That was WAY too close for comfort in my opinion. Yesterday my plans with friends to watch the game fell through because my one friend wasn’t feeling too good, so I decided to call and see what my dad and brother were doing. They were just going to watch the game at home, so I invited them to come down here and watch it or to pick me up and we could go back to our house in Powell to watch it. They decided to stay down here and we went to Eddie George’s first, but it was way too crowded so we decided to go to McFadden’s. It had a nice crowd and we could get a table so we stayed there. I actually really liked their food too. I got wings and fries and both were excellent. After the game, my dad asked my brother and I if we wanted to go to the men’s basketball game since they were playing at home. So we went and we got club level seats and we saw our really good family friends because they have club level seats too. I didn’t get student tickets to the basketball games because I didn’t last year and I thought I would just buy a couple games this year. I’m really mad I didn’t get them because the Buckeyes are going to be really good this year from the looks of last night’s game.

Blog 59

Last night was very fun. My best friends from high school came to visit me. One of my best friends goes to OU so she is on Winter Break right now and she decided it would be fun to come visit me this weekend. The other best friend goes to BG and she’s on Thanksgiving Break right now so she thought she would come with my other best friend to visit me. It was nice to see them and hang out with them because I haven’t hung out with them in a long time. We went all over the place last night. I live on W. 10th which means that I live very far from all of the parties, etc. We were all the way on E. 17th in between Summit and Indianola at my guy’s fraternity waiting for the cab that my roommate called to come pick us up. The cab company she called was extremely inefficient. They told my roommate that they would be there in a half hour and to wait outside because they wouldn’t call us. That was the first red flag because cabs should always call you when they get to where you are. So we went outside after 25 minutes and waited then for another 45 minutes. It was FREEZING outside needless to say and the cab was still not there. I called and the lady said the cab driver wasn’t sure if he wanted to “pick up” our call. I was extremely angry.

Blog 58

I’m doing Friday’s blog early because I have a really busy day tomorrow! I have the SLRPE test at 9-11am. I’m so nervous because I have to pass this proficiency type test in order to take Spanish 401. I really hope I do well because I want to be able to take Spanish next quarter. After the test, I have math lecture from 11:30-12:18pm. I really don’t want to go to math lecture because it’s so boring but I’m the type of student that has to hear the professor talk about the material while I write the notes. After math I might go tanning. I’m not really sure about that yet. Then at 1pm, I’m meeting my friend, who was in my Chem 121 lecture last year, at the RPAC for lunch. I haven’t seen her since sometime spring quarter, so it’ll be nice to see her and catch up with her! After lunch, I’m probably going to come home and take a nap because I’m going to be super tired. I’ll also probably do some homework. After that I’m going to shower and get ready because all of the girls in my pledge class are going to Lemongrass for dinner! I’m really excited because I’ve heard it’s a really good restaurant and I’ve never been there. After dinner, one of my best friends from high school is coming to visit me! I’m so excited because I haven’t seen her in a while and I really miss her!

Blog 57

I thought BSG was going to be totally weird and that I was going to be bored the whole class. Well, I was kind of bored but the show was actually mildly entertaining. I still don’t necessarily like the fact that it’s another sci-fi show. I didn’t really understand the beginning of the show. Did that robot woman kill that commander? I didn’t really understand the point of the beginning. And how did she meet up with that doctor guy? She said that he was the one that helped her to bomb the whole planet but how did she randomly meet him? I did like the doctor’s house. I love houses with walls that are all windows. Also, when the bomb came near his house, how did the doctor not die? Because he was shown running to the government plane that had to make an emergency landing on the planet. That really confused me because I thought when that bomb hit near, everyone died? I was really confused during this part. I also didn’t understand the relationship between the son, Lee, and the head commander. I know, from the conversation that the two had, that Lee’s brother died but why was he being so mean to his dad? I mean I know he lost a brother, but the dad lost a son too. And what Lee and the girl in the jail cell have to do with each other. She seemed to really be fond of him when he came to visit her in the cell, then out of nowhere, she flipped a switch and was yelling at him.

Blog 56

I just came back from Sloopy’s Diner at the Union with my roommate. I had never been there for dinner before; I’ve just always gone in and gotten a piece of pie to go. My friend, Drew, from Phi Psi facebook chatted me last night and we talked for a while and he said that he had work tomorrow. I always forget where he works; he’s told me probably ten times where he works too. But anyways, he works at Sloopy’s and he told me to come today! So I said that I would and bring my roommate because she knows him too. We got to the Union a little before he started to work so we waited in the lobby. It was packed and there were literally no places for us to sit so we said on the bricks by the fireplace. The fireplace felt amazing because it’s absolutely freezing outside! My roommate and I talked for a little bit until Drew started working. We went into Sloopy’s and asked to be seated in Drew’s section. He was excited that we actually came! It’s always nice having a friend be your waiter because you can talk to them more and be more interactive. The food was excellent there! It’s not like the other campus dining places; it’s like eating at an actual restaurant. I got a really good grilled chicken sandwich and some mashed potatoes and gravy. So I highly recommend going there if you have swipes to burn because it has good food and is a cool environment.