In Class: Free write essay 2 topic

As of right now i really don't have a topic. I have been thinking about what i could do and only come up with broad things to write about. I was thinking maybe something to do with pirates or piracy, the reason behind this is because i have always liked pirates and when the pirates came about in the horn of africa i thought that it was kinda cool at first but i know that it is actually quite bad. another topic i was thinking about doing is really anything, i need to come up with a topic soon. i am going to research today in class what to do. i was thinking about the topic

Knowing the answer to this could inform people about the situation and how bad things are in other parts of the world. People sink as low as piracy as a job. People might not know that somalia doesnt have a governement set up and hasnt for quite some time. the pirates just do what the want and take anything, including cargo ships and ships they want. very dangerous stuff. i want to figure out more about this and why they do what they do. alkso how countries are preventing these attacks and what we are doing to try and put a stop to all of the piracy.

Rhetorical Response #2

I find both these readings, “Tattoo Crazy” and “We Proudly Brew Starbucks Coffee” to very informative and personal at the same time. They are both good but I found myself drifting off during both of the essays. It might have been my lack of interest or perhaps I was just tired but regardless these papers should have been spiced up a bit.

In “Tattoo Crazy” I felt like the person who wrote it did a very good job mixing facts and personal stories to help move along the paper. It was very informative and I didn’t know a lot of the facts that she explained. Like how people without tattoos think people with them are less attractive. I think this has a point but also could go the other way. I know I wouldn’t want to date a girl with Tattoos all over her body and defiantly not on her face. However, if she had only one or two small ones, I would be fine with it. I like how she goes in detail and explains her journey is trying to decided weather to get a tattoo or not, and how long it took her to pick out one meaningful to her. I think this is very important when getting a tattoo. Since this is a relatively permanent thing a lot of thought and meaning should go into picking one out. I have a couple of friends who have tattoos of stupid things like pirate ships and giraffes. Tattoos like those I think are stupid and pointless. But I have one friend who has his dads initials tattooed on him and that is something I can respect and appreciate. It seems like more and more people are getting tattoos nowadays. I too a trip down to Cancun over the summer and my girl friend and I were shocked at the number of people who had tattoos. There were almost more people with tattoos that without them. I think it is horrible how some people get fired over tattoos. To me that just seems a little ridiculous. I remember one of my fellow counselors at camp longhorn had to wear a bandage over his tattoo or he would be asked to leave. This is just wrong, if I was him I would have tried to start something up with the head guy. He should have the freedom to express himself.

The other essay “we Proudly Brew Starbucks Coffee” was another good example of how to mix personal stories with Interesting facts and knowledge about a topic. I learned a lot of very interesting and fun facts about Starbucks. I had no idea what Starbucks bought their coffee from 3^rd world countries. However another fact was that some of these places they buy from might be using children and other things that are not up to standard. I really don’t have to worry about these things because I have never been a big Starbucks drinker. In fact, I don’t drink coffee at all. I have never been into the whole coffee thing to wake me up. If I need to wake up I usually take a shower or drink an emergen-c. But regardless of not drinking coffee, I can understand how this person felt always going to Starbucks with her dad, and how much this place meant to her. To her Starbucks was more than just a big time coffee empire it was a place she could go to feel at home. She uses very fine details in her essay to help move it along and it doesn’t get too boring. I liked the way she talked about certain details in Starbucks like the music and atmosphere. It is hard to believe that such a big business is just a coffee place. And yet to some people Starbucks is so much more than that. I know people who go to this wonder place to just study. I honestly don’t know how anyone can study in such a hectic place. Sure their might be calming music playing but I need to be in a place I can concentrate. I liked how she not only used good facts she also integrated not so good facts about Starbucks and she didn’t really take just one side of the story.

These are two very fine examples of how to write a personal informative essay about a topic. I feel after reading these it has shed some light on what I might write about and how I will approach this essay. Still I find it challenging to pick a topic. I also figured out that sometimes facts and information can be boring so im going to try to spice mine up a notch.

In Class: Thoughts

I did not sleep very well last night, for i was up studying with my room mate for our Survey of theater class. This class seems like it is easy and it very well should be. But how can anyone pay attention in such a boring class. I tried to learn all that i could before passing out last night and right after this class i will have to go to the library and study the rest of the material. hurray. I sure do like tests... after the test i have another class, calculus. which is just as fun. i really want to get a game of frisbee going today. i hope it works out i want to play real bad. I am glad we turned in essay one but now we have another essay. wow will they ever end? who knows but i hope they will. looks like today is going to be another long and boring one, just like this free response. This weekend i am going to the UT vs. Texas Tech game. Its going to get crazy.

In Class: thoughts and questions about essay 1

Well well well.... I have no questions or thoughts about essay 1. It is a personal essay and i have written a couple of them so this is not something that is new to me. As of right now i am all good but as for just questions in general I was wondering if we would ever have a free topic or something on an essay or maybe some sort of make up story. I was just wondering not saying i want more writing assignments. So close to leaving this morning. I didnt sleep very well at all last night. Gonna get some breakfast after this. yum

In class: free write

I woke up this morning by the blaring sound of my alarm. Awoken by the sound of Blue Sky by the alman brothers. As i layed there for five minutes i wondered if i was going to get up and go to class. ten minutes later i finally got up and stumbled off the top bunk and almost fell flat on my face. i walked over to the shelf and picked up some sort of breakfeast bar and began to eat it up. by that time my roomate rolled over and asked what time it was and complained on how little he slept last night. But i really wasnt listening to him. he asked me to leave my laptop on and signed in because his laptop is currently broken. what are friends for i thought to myself. since he is my bestfriend i left my laptop on beside his bed and prepared myself for my earliest class. i grabed a water and an emergen-C and headed out the door. Walking down 3 flights of stairs at 730 is not something you want to do. However i definatly made it and began to walk outside. Now there is something you need to knwo about where i live. I am in brachman so i am close to all the frat and sororty houses so my walk is quite far. I dont mind walking that distance but at 730 in the morning is no easy feat. But thank god a ray of hope as i walked passed the bus stop i heard the slight noise of the bus start to pull up. thank god i thought. maybe today will be a good day.