Last Posting

I know on the first day of this class when I looked at the course schedule I couldn't believe how much writing we were going to be doing. I told myself that I didn't know if I could seriously write that much. I have never had a class before with so many papers at the length before. Now that the semester is almost over I look back on the first day and say I was totally over exaggerating the situation. This class has been nothing but good things for my writing process and learning how to better my writing with more details.
During the course of these fifteen weeks I have learned more about writing. I think that during this time I have improved my writing skills when using details to describe a person or where I have been. I know that I still have a lot to work on when it comes to writing because I think that no matter how good your writing is you can always improve. After these fifteen weeks I still struggle with knowing exactly what to write. When writing I often find myself getting side tracked and talking about something irrelevant to the subject I am supposed to be focusing on. I think that the class was structured so we could finish our mini ethnography at the end. I wrote all of the papers preparing me for my mini ethnography and didn't have too much trouble laying those papers out. When it was time to write my mini ethnography I almost felt lost because I didn't know what to include from past papers and how much of the past was I supposed to incorporate in my mini ethnography. I feel that I personally benefited from the conferences because I had a better idea of what I needed to fix in my blogs and my writing in general. I think that the number of conferences could stay the same or increase because I feel they can only help not hurt.

Favorite Piece of Writing

   My favorite piece of writing so far has been my research proposal and literature review. I have done a research proposal before but it wasn't called a research proposal. But I never written a literature review before. I think that the research proposal was easy for me that's kind of why I enjoyed the writing so much. The literature review was hard for me and I think that for my first attempt it turned out pretty good. The challenging part of the literature review was just getting started because I had no idea where to even start. The research proposal was easy because I already knew what I was going to say. I also enjoy writing the blogs each week. I have never kept a blog before so this is my first experience using this form of writing to express my opinion. Each week I think and express my opinion on questions that expand my range of knowledge. I have really enjoyed this part of the class. Keeping a blog is helping me to organize all of my thoughts for my final project. 

Cut UP

We were in our dorm room, a very tiny space with cute decorations, two beds, two desks, and two armories smelling of vanilla, and with lots of pictures. You have to be on your constant A-game, and try to bring about whatever you feel the director wants from your specific character. The two ladies in the shop were hysterical, and just about every guy kind of laughed and was surprised to see what had happened. When we arrived at the social, what I saw was unbelievable. It was raining so people were spread out under then tents. From there on out I spent more times at the games watching them and being capable of doing the research I needed to do. It was the moment that changed my entire mini-ethnography, along with my thought of the band.

Observing

I could feel the hot sun coming down on me as I got out of the car. I had arrived in a place unknown to many twins. The twins festival. Twins were everywhere to be found. As soon as I started walking up to the main building in the middle of the street I knew something was different. I had finally found a sense of place. My twin sister and I went to this festival where over a thousand sets of twins gather each year. Twins come from all over to find a place in the world, where they are not alone. The festival consists of a parade and stages a place for twins to get to know each other. While I was at this festival I had the opportunity to meet a lot of great people. My family happened to come with us to this twins festival and during the festival my mother happened to say something that stood out in my mind. She said, "I feel out of place." I found this very soothing to myself because I almost feel this everyday. This festival makes twins feel comfortable and really have a place. The day went on and I think I was just so amazed to see so many people that looked exactly alike. The feeling was very overwhelming and was surreal. After the day had ended my sister and I reflected on the day. We both came to an agreement that we were overwhelmed. We thought that this festival was the coolest experience for us because in our minds on a regular basis we feel different. There is a feeling in our lives that we are the only ones who are living as one person and we have to fight to get noticed as individuals. When we went to the festival we finally felt that it is okay to be different (twins) because we are not the only ones who are experiencing the same kind of feelings. I also found these thoughts to be true because of the sources that I have found for my final project. All of the sources have stated that they are trying to find their individualism but they wouldn't trade being a twin for the world.  I have been to the twins festival twice. Once when I was really little and recently. I hope that some day when I am older I can go back and enjoy the same experiences and share them with more people.  

Six word stories

Waiting for my day in time!

What we share will never compare!

Rhetoric

   My definition of rhetoric is the use of language for different purposes and languages. But I also known about visual rhetoric. I would describe that as a different display of art and that it is very extravagant. I think that rhetoric is the about appearance, the way we dress, and the way we act. I really don't hear the word rhetoric all that often. Like I said before, I usually hear about visual rhetoric. I think that rhetoric is usually used in a positive way to bring across and audiences point. I think that rhetoric plays a role in my subculture because of appearance. I think that twins have a visual rhetoric that makes us different from everybody else. I will use the visual rhetoric in my portfolio to make it presentable. 

Writing for Me

Writing for me is like looking up in the clouds and daydreaming. I say this because when I write I get emersed in my writing. When I daydream I get lost in the clouds. Just like when writing a paper I get lost in the paper. Everything that I am doing at that time just floats away and I don't think about anything else.

New Writing Process

This semester my writing has change. I plan out what I am going to write and I also find that I am better organized to write. One of the assignments that happened to give me the most trouble was the last one. The Annotated Bibliography gave me the most trouble. I had never written an annotated bibliography before. I found that this assignment was confusing because I felt like I kept repeating myself. I found myself not knowing what to write. For example when I went to explain what I was going to use the site for, I didn't exactly know yet. That was bad planning on my part. I also found that the format gave me trouble because my computer wouldn't work with me. I found myself also guessing and hoping that the sites would fit and line up correctly. The assignment that I think will be easy for me is the website and the portfolio. I like to design, so I think that these assignments will be the easiest. 

I like to write for myself. I actually keep a journal. I like to write about my life and different activities or events that have happened to me over the years. Writing for me is a way to express myself. I feel that when I am writing for myself and not for a grade I write my best material. I enjoy writing for myself because it gives me a sense of accomplishment. I also find out a lot about myself when I write for me and not for a grade. I think that my writing that I do now will just be preserved for the future. When I am older I will look back at what I say and remember why I wrote that or when. In the future I think that my writing will hold lots of memories for myself and whoever chooses to read it.