For the Drawing Conclusions section in the Understanding Rhetoric workbook, in the teal chapter, I chose to do activity number 2.

I kept notes for a week on how I interact with people through the various sites I frequent. The site I visit most is Facebook. Not because I'm addicted per say, but because its an easy way to keep in touch with all my friends at once. I don't need to call or text every single person I know and tell them that I had a bad day or that I had really good pizza for dinner; I can post it on Facebook and voilá! There it is for all to see. I'm mostly sarcastic or comical in my identity for writing on that site.

The second most frequent site I visit and comment on would be Imgur. I love Imgur because it can keep you busy for HOURS. When I am on that site, I am usually very much myself. Since no one knows me, I feel that I can speak my mind about things and not get judged. I crack a joke every now and then, but I mostly leave a comment that is truly from my heart.

This is where you can find the artist statement I chose:

http://www.wyssdesign.com/artiststatement.html

I enjoyed this particular artist statement because the artist went into her history and gives the reader a little background on why she chose art. I think her story is very neat and I would love to have had the chances she had to see another culture. She speaks on her influences and what she loves doing. I think this statement is very successful in conveying why she is the great artist she is.

For the homework blog entry due today from the orange section in my Understanding Rhetoric book, I chose Drawing Conclusions number 4:

I think that the book uses Frederick Douglass as an example because he was so adamant about his pictures looking a certain way. Also, when he critiqued his photos and had them changed according to his will, you can see that his example was excellent because the changes in the pictures made such a huge difference. I think that the writers and illustrators of this book, chose the photo of him for that reason. You can really see the difference easily. I think, after a little research, that I would have chosen Frederick Douglas as well.

I read the second chapter in my book for English class Understanding Rhetoric, and chose number 4 in drawing conclusions.

The Aristotle in the book and the one in the pictures I found online seem to have a stark contrast. The Aristotle in the book seems like a young student I can relate to more easily, and I think the illustrator drew him that way for that exact purpose. Plato is his wise, grumpy teacher and Aristotle is the young upstart with bright, new ideas. It seems refreshing to see him in that light.

The Aristotle that I found online is much different. I mostly found carved busts of his image and they all seem to be the visage of an older, wiser man. He seems more like a teacher than a student. The Aristotle in the book seems to smile and even make jokes, while the bust in the pictures seems to be of a stern man who would not joke around. I'm sure that, at the time, the artist carving the bust was trying to make Aristotle look serious so future generations would see the artwork and think Aristotle to be a very learned and serious man, but we'll never know for sure how Aristotle was when he was alive.

Yet again, I keep forgetting about this blog.

Anyways, about this book Understanding Rhetoric... In the "drawing conclusions" section, I chose number 1. Thinking about my own writing processes is kind of pointless for me. When I am in certain situations, my mind just auto-shifts to a different mode appropriate for the situation. Literally it does. That is no joke. However, whether it is formal or informal, I always try to exercise excellent grammar so as not to come off as an idiot.

I can't imagine mapping out a "process". I just write what comes to mind. I like my auto-pilot. When I'm finished with the writing, I always go back to proof-read just to make sure I wasn't going too fast and making mistakes I didn't notice at the time.

It has been a couple of days since I made my first post. I told myself I would do this everyday like a journal, but I am pretty forgetful and the blog completely fell from my mind. I never read blogs and think they are pretty pointless. I'm sure you, the reader, may disagree, but that is exactly what blogs are; just someone's ramblings and personal opinions on certain subjects. I find that I prefer to have hard facts and come up with my own opinions on things rather than visit a random blog to see what that person thinks. If I want someone's opinion other than mine, I can always ask someone I know.

Yesterday I got a new bike. I want to be more active and so my awesome boyfriend bought me a bicycle that costs three hundred dollars. I still can't believe it. What a good man! How did I get so lucky?

The last couple of days I have been skipping breakfast. I just don't have the time to bother with it, plus I'm lazy. Ha! Too lazy to eat. That sounds funny. Anyway, I'm feeling pretty stressed out lately. Work stresses me out when I'm at school and school stresses me out when I'm at work. Honestly we don't have much work right now, so I don't have to go to work more than one day a week. That makes me forgetful. I forget to check my work email and let things slide. I really need to get more focused and stop being so depressed and stressed out all the time. I let these things get to me and bother me for some reason. I don't understand it and it pisses me off, but more importantly probably makes me look like an unreliable person.

I'm stressed out about the Senior Show that I'm in charge of. I feel like I have too much on my plate and something is eventually going to break.

First time with a blog. I'm usually confused with things like this so I had to get someone to help me. No one will ever be reading this, so I guess I could just ramble....
This morning I woke up for school, thankful for our new fan because it is usually hot in the room. The new fan is cool. I got ready for school and left.
Once I got to school at eight o'clock, I quickly signed in and then went to get breakfast. When I returned, I was elated to find that Rita was pissed that I had signed in and then left to get food. If she were just a nicer person then it wouldn't entertain me so much to piss her off.
Now it is lunch time, but I'm not hungry. I'll wait till later to go get food. Perhaps Panera? We are having a critique at eleven thirty for our Methodology III class. Can't wait. (Sarcasm.)