Progress 4

So far our group has completed half of the project which consists have two parts. The first is the textual portion which is a website that Ian created in Microsoft Publisher. But we will be completing the second part this weekend so we are able to present in class on Tuesday. Instead of taking the time to create a music video to fit our coral reef theme we have decided to move to more of a public service announcement. We aren't 100% on the details of the PSA but I'm excited to see how the final commercial turns out.

Learning Style Quiz Results

My Test Scores were:

Auditory: 25%

Visual: 40%

Tactile: 35%

You are a Visual Learner , so you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You understand and remember things by sight. You can picture what you are learning in your head, and you learn best by using methods that are primarily visual. You like to see what you are learning.





Learning Styles Results:

ACT: 9

INT: 3

VIS: 7

SEQ:1

Group Progress 3

Today is Friday and after class yesterday we came to the conclusion that we would most likely being starting on the Website next. Ian has some sort of website building experience and said he would help us get that all organized and done. Emily and I will be working on our lyrics for the music video this weekend before I leave for IU and then break next week. Hope we have a little more done by the end of break.

Group Progress 2

We actually have not really progressed much further than last time when I wrote a blog. We didn't have class on Tuesday and we were given time to working on our projects. Myself, Ian, and Emily got together and finished our proposal which was due yesterday in class. Here is the proposal:

Prestige Worldwide
Ian McDonald, Kyle Goudreau, Emily Slain

• The purpose of this project is to inform teenagers that their actions are killing the coral reefs.
• Human actions such as overfishing and excessive overspill are the cause of dying coral reefs resulting in more harsh impacts of storms on land.
• The audience we are directing our information to is teenagers.
• We plan on making a webpage and a rap with its own music video. These will be easy access for teenagers and it is something that teenagers are already interested in. By having credible sources, information that appeals to our audience, and providing this all in a logical way we will incorporate ethos, pathos, and logos.
• As a group we decided we will each be writing our own sections of our rap and then combining them together for the final product. We will all work together in filming the video and making the webpage.

Group Progress

So far this week as far as the group progress goes, Emily, Ian, and myself have come up with our group name, which is Prestige Worldwide, and written the proposal. For our visual and audio portion of this project we decided that we would remix the "Boats and Hoes" music video from "Step Brothers" to our coral reef project issue. So far we haven't recorded the track or started recording our music video, but I have started writing lyrics for the remix and looking forward to recording the video. The second part to our presentation is the website. Emily has a website program so we will be using that for the informational end of this project.

Replay

Greatest Freak Out Ever

Fall Break 09

So every fall break I go camping at a camp called Camp Happy Hallow in Brown County, IN. We spend three to four days with the entire camp to ourselves including all the cabins, the shower house, the shelter, and the football field for all our camping needs. So this year was a little different then all the previous years. When I was 15 I dislocated my left shoulder playing kickball..ya I know...laugh it up..but for real, I tore my labrum after landing on my back left shoulder blade. This year actually ended not being much different in the end result. So one night, I was somewhat under the influence and decided it was a good idea to climb the roof of the college kids cabin, running around and yelling "IM BATMAN!" None of this was a good decision because when I tried to get down, I jumped and hit my right ribs on the railing of the walkway. It knocked the wind right out of me and cut up my side really bad. I later had xrays back at school that confirmed I had strained side muscles and two dislocated ribs. Not a good end to another fall break.

just listen...

Madden 10

I've played a lot of games in my days but there is one that always comes to mind when I think anger and anxiety. Madden. Any of them, not just the newest version of the game. I've played some many different versions of the game throughout the years but I'd have to say the most painful to play is Madden 10. The game is very well made. Crisp clear picture, almost life like players. They even have live ticker and simulated half time reports from recorded sports anchors. Over all a great game if you look at how its put together. But I can't help but look at all the negatives at the same time. Walking up from class and down my hall hearing several of my neighbors screaming at digital referee and throwing remotes into the couch leads me to believe there is some kind of mutual hate for Madden. And as much as it makes all of us mad, we play it almost every day. And I know the game will continue to do well throughout the years to come. Damn you John Madden.

Fifa 10

CAN'T WAIT!!

The Abominables

When I was a freshmen in High School I joined a band called The Abominables. The band consisted of myself on vocals, matt weaver on lead guitar, eric fancher on rhythm guitar, chris mcardle on bass, and erich hills on drums. I spent a majority of every week at erich's house practicing and screwing around in the recording studio that his dad owned. I loved every second of it and I still talk about all the good times I had with those four guys. I remember one time in particular after we did a sample recording, we went out into the woods to see what we could find. We stumbled across an old bridge that had collapsed and the cement foundations were still in the ground. We thought it would be a good idea, because we were young, to take a crap in the hole and then light it on fire, almost burning down the whole forest. HAHA! Good times. I miss them all.

Kenya Prisoners

For the past 16 years a local Kenyan, Grace Mokeira, sat in prison waiting in fear for the day she would be put to death by the hangman. That all changed last month when the Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki, announced she would be changing all death sentences to life in prison, which made Kenya the latest country to do so. "My life was worthless," Mokeira, 32, says she feels like she has a second chance at life, almost like a breath of relief. "Now I have a future. I have a vision for what I can do." She is now waiting to be reviewed by a probation officer, because her time spent in prison and recent wave of death penalty make her a possible candidate for a presidential pardon. If she is released from prison she hopes to record gospel song and start her own business.

Works Cited

Zoe, Alsop "Kenya inmates discover 'now I have a future'." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 14 Oct. 2009.

Brazil

i love me some Olympic Men's Volleyball

Peer Review

Does the first paragraph end with a thesis?

Possibly the most difficult thing to any high school or college essay. It was always a struggle for me in high school to form a correct thesis and fully understand that what I was writing, was actually helpful to the paper. I wrote a good thesis little to no times and I still do not know how to correctly write one. When I think of a good paper, the first thing I usually try and identify where thesis is in the first paragraph and how it relates to the authors topic. Its helpful to be able to identify this because I can easily translate it over to my own work to form a semi-decent paper. I really hope that some day it will become second nature to me.

Never Gonna Give You Up

Rick Astley

“Never Gonna Give You Up”

“We’re no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I. A full commitments what I’m thinking of. You wouldn’t get this from any other guy.”

The lines above are from the very beginning of the song in the first verse. From this first verse I can conclude that he and his audience, which I believe is a female, know each other well. He also makes it very clear that he wants this individual to be in his life with some sort of commitment and is giving all the reasons why they should be together. This individual has been in his past and they know eachother well enough that they may have developed past rules from their previous relationship. A good example of some rules might be in his repetitive chorus, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. The repetition in his choruses paints a picture that he may have hurt her in the past and would never do it again. I can also pull that it almost seems difficult for the two of them to start this relationship again because of how the past one may have ended.

Transformers

The Bahamas

Ive been in scouting since I was young. I actually joined my Cub Scout Troop when I was seven years old and in 1st grade. High school soon hit and I had joined my Boy Scout troop, Troop 276. The troop I was in offered many different high adventure choices for us to do, and I was eager for something new. Up to this point in my life, I had never left the country, and only been on a plane one other time. I love flying, even though I'm afraid of heights. The feeling of being so high above the Earth takes my breath away. My freshmen year summer I was 15 years old when I left the country for the first time. It didn't really hit me till I stepped off the plane and was bombarded with all kinds of sights, sounds, and smells that filled my senses. We then hoped in a taxi, and met our captain in his dingy at the docks. He then drove us out to where his boat was anchored in the harbor. He give us a quick tour after we stowed our bags away and then we set off into the sunset lit horizon. We spent the next week, fishing, sailing, snorkeling, and sight seeing the man different islands of The Bahamas. I miss it, and I hope I will get the chance to go back some day.

300 Workout

Yesterday I was sitting in my room chillin with some friends on the futon when conversation struck up about working out. Ive been working out with these same four guys 5 days a week since we've been here, but I really wanted to turn up the intensity and get in great shape. Running and simple lifting can only go so far. So we googled crazy work routines and came across a program that was right under our noses the whole time. Everyone should know about the movie "300," and if you don't, then I'm very sorry. The bodies all the Spartans have, are out of this world and I know I'd love to posses that same physique. So we came across all these videos and photos of before and after, of regular John Does who had gotten the exact same results that the actors had. The workout is as follows: 25 pull-ups, 50 Deadlifts @ 135 lbs., 50 push-ups, 50 2 foot box jumps, 50 floor wipers @ 135 lbs., 50 KB clean and press @ 35 lbs., and then 25 more pull-ups, for combined total of 300 repetitions, every other day. I'm still sore..

Boy Solider

As many of you probably are well aware, Ishmael Beah was here at Emmens hall this past Tuesday night to present to BSU his book. The clock struck 7 as thousands of my fellow freshmen poured into the hall awaiting his words. As I sat there and listened to him speak, I couldn't help but ask myself, how can such a young man be so calm about what hes gone through. And how is it possible for him to be so relaxed as he explained to all of us students, who he had never seen before, his powerful story. I just think it takes great strength and courage to do everything hes gone through. I also found it rather entertaining as to how he could explain his story but still have comic relief throughout. The part about how he was asked to present his bank papers and report card and his response to the man was, "I hear a gun shot, I should probably get my bank papers and report card." That to me was hilarious compared to the tone of the rest of his speech. In all, I found the entire experience rather uplifting, and we are all very gifted to have seen such an amazing person speak. I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

Seaturtle

I'm writing this story for my friend Matt Weaver. I didn't know what to write about so he made up this story. One day there was a young mommy sea turtle that went up onto the beach because she needed to lay her eggs. After a long few hours she finally finished digging her nest and laying all her eggs. She then crawled back into the ocean never to see her kids again. A few weeks later, on a cold dark evening, the eggs all hatched at once, almost in sinc with each other. But little did they know, every single predator was waiting patiently outside there nest to eat them all. A herd of turtle swarmed the beach and in a frenzy of death all the turtles scattered to the cool water. But there was one turtle that defied all the odds...he had SUPER POWERS! He flew up and zapped all the killer birds out of the sky with his heat vision. After all settled down, one turtle remained in the waves....all his siblings had been caught. So he ducked back into the water and swam off into open ocean to repeat the entire cycle all over again.

IU

This past weekend, labor day weekend, I spend at Indiana University. I got to see all my close friends who I haven't seen in almost a month and this visit was well overdo. I missed them all terribly and it had made my college transition just a little bit harder than it needed to be. I finished class on Friday and my mom met me at my dorm to pick me up with my dirty laundry in hand. So she and I got to catch the whole ride back to Indy, which was also well overdo. I missed my family just as much if not more. I picked up my friend from his house then headed down to IU. We met our really close friends, one being my friends girlfriend, at the parking lot in the stadium. We then all hoped in my car and drove over and parked at her building. We all settled in the rooms and then went out to eat at Foster. After we ate, we went out and spent the evening party hopping. The weekend was great and I'm so glad i got to see all my close friends again. I really can't wait to see them again, but this time I hope its up here at BSU.

College So Far

My college experience so far has been rather different from what I pictured it before. My life leading up to this point was filled with long boring school days and assorted different sports. I didn't stay serious enough my high school years and I didn't get in to the school I actually wanted to go. Now I have nothing against BSU but if I actually had the choice, I would have gone to Indiana University because almost my entire group of close friends are now going there, and I ultimately want a good business degree from Kelly School of Business. Because I came to this school with no real good friend support, its been rather difficult for my to adjust to life on my own. Its also been really hard for me to go outside my comfort zone and meet people. I wish I had all my close friends with me to make meeting people and being on my own a lot easier. I am actually going up to IU this weekend, (labor day weekend). Classes so far have been challenging but at the same time very interesting and rewarding. I love the college atmosphere and being on my own will get better as the year progresses. Although I don't go to IU, I still love the school I am part of. BSU is and always will be a big part of my life, so I have to live it up while I'm here and do my best to get the degree I came here to get.

Falling Out of a Tree

It was an October afternoon and my brother and I were in the street playing stick ball with some neighbor kids. I was 11 and always eager to do anything. My best friend Nick and I loved climbing trees. We live on a thick wooded street so we had many different trees to choose from to climb. Across the street was one tree in particular that he and I loved to climb. The tree sat in our elderly neighbors front yard so they were never outside to stop us. The air was cool as night approached, while standing in the street with my baseball mitt. We finished up one last game right before it got dark and we all ran over to the tree and started climbing. Me being young, I was also naive, so I felt as if nothing could stop me. I got about 20 feet into the air, and decided it would be a good idea to walk out onto the branch. In doing so, the branch then broke as I got about half way out on the branch. I fell about 15 feet straight down before my left leg caught the last branch on the tree. If I hadn't caught that branch I would probably be paralyzed from the neck down, because I was falling backwards. It was the single scariest moment in my life, and I can only say I'm one lucky kid to have walked away from it with only two cuts on my legs.

LNMVBC

LNMVBC stands for Lawrence North Men's Volleyball Club, which was the name of my team at my high school. Our team had 21 players, none of which were freshmen. We had seven seniors which made up most of our ten man varsity squad. My position was libero and we started off the season with a preseason ranking of 3rd in state. After going 9-0 we lost our first game of seven total loses to Carmel HS. After a few more weeks we ended the regular season 22-6, with one of our victories being an upset against number one Center Grove, when we were ranked fourth. We entered the State tournament seated fourth of eight teams and lost in the semi finals to Center Groove, who eventually went on to win state in the next round. So we ended the season with a record of 23-7 and finished third in state. Best year LNMVBC has ever had.