Blog 75

Dear New English 110 Student,
               If you are a freshman, welcome to Ohio State.  If you are a returning student, I hope everything in school has been going well for you thus far.  Everything you have heard about this class is probably true.  You write a pretty decent amount and the work that you actually turn in to be graded counts for a lot.  The class is very laid back, easy going, and nowhere near as difficult as a lot of your other classes will be for many of you.  That being said, you shouldn't take this class too light hearted.  It is an easy way to boost your GPA if you put the time and energy into earning your grade.  The class is also a great way to improve your writing.  It doesn't matter what major or profession you plan on pursuing, writing in the english language is extremely important, and every one has room to improve.  This class has improved my writing a great deal.  It has also made me extremely conscious of my writing at all points in time.  Even as I am writing on facebook or even in a text or email to a friend, I am constantly watching myself to make sure  my writing is correct.  All in all this class is great for a lot of reasons.  It boosts the GPA, isn't any work that is too strenuous, but it does help you out in many ways that are important.

Sincerely,
Former English 110 Student

Blog 74

So before this class I have always enjoyed Science Fiction for the most part.  I was never into anything really hardcore.  I know some people are obsessed with Star Trek or something like that, but I just enjoyed things every once in a while.  I do, however, really like Star Wars.  Its awesome, as I am sure most of you will probably agree with me on when I say that.   I don't really know if Star Wars would be considered Science Fiction.  I think it would be though.  I have really enjoyed the Science Fiction shows we have watched for this class though.  I really enjoyed watching the episodes of Firefly.  That show was surprisingly good and I am pretty sure I eventually ended up watching all of the episodes and the movie.  The movie was very good I thought.  I didn't expect it to be as good as it was or to play exactly on the television show so well.  Another thing I really liked was the BattleStar Galactica movie that we watched in class.  I found that really interesting and I was really entertained for those two class periods.  I was also interested in the first part of Caprica that we watched.  I was kind of bummed we didn't get to finish it in class, it seemed like it was going to be pretty good.  Overall, I have become even more open-minded and more willing to watch Science Fiction than I was before I started this class this quarter.

Blog 73

So I am writing this blog a little bit late as well.  So I caught a mouse in my house today.  It was pretty nasty.  I caught it in this little gel trap so it didn't die.  I really wish I would have used a trap that would have killed it because then I wouldn't have had to deal with it.  I ended up just setting it free out in the yard and I made sure that it went over into the neighbor's yard so I was pretty sure it wouldn't come back into my house.  Other than that I have had a terrible day.  I have done countless hours of math studying for my exam tomorrow.  After that I have a chemistry final on Tuesday and then I am done with my finals.  I didn't have a final in my Engineering Ethics class and obviously we didn't have a final in our English class.  I suppose only having two finals out of four classes is nice.  However, I still do have to finish my revision for my Analytical Research Paper after my final on Tuesday.  I don't know when I am going to be going home for Christmas Break.  I think I am going to be staying up here for the majority of this weekend and then maybe going back home Sunday morning.  Well, this is the last blog that we have for this class that has the topic where we can blog about anything, that is kind of a bummer.  Oh well, that is all for tonight, only two more blogs left.

Blog 72

So I am writing this blog pretty late.  Oh well.  To be honest I am really running out of things to write about.  I have spent like fifteen hours studying today and my brain is fried.  Today I have done about eighteen sections of math and then I have about eight more to do when I wake up.  I have my final exam at eleven-thirty so its going to be a night with very little sleep.  Right now I am just watching television and writing my blogs.  So it is pretty cool that Ohio State is going to be playing Arkansas in the BCS Sugar Bowl.  That should be a really good game.  Arkansas is a very good team with a pretty explosive offense.  If I had to pick right now I would say Ohio State has a slight edge in that game.  The only team that I would definitely pick to beat Ohio State would be Oregon.  In my opinion, Oregon's offense is unstoppable.  Its absolutely amazing the way they are able to score.  A lot of people would say that Auburn is the number one team in the nation, even the polls say that, but I just don't think so.  Auburn's defense is not very good at all and I think Oregon's offense will rip it apart in the national championship game.  I have watched Auburn play in about five or six games and they really just don't look like they are the number one team in the nation.  Don't get me wrong, Cameron Newton is amazing when he isn't stealing laptops but that is about it.

Blog 71

So today was our last day of English class.  I was surprised by how interesting Caprica turned out to be today in class.  It was a really interesting topic.  I especially didn't see it coming when the girls friend (can't remember her name) blew up the subway train out of nowhere.  It definitely caught me off guard.  I thought it was awesome that the girl who died was some kind of genius though too.  Her dad is also a genius and has spent years developing this advanced robot system, but couldn't develop the technology to make it think and act for itself.  Little did he know, his recently dead daughter developed the technology on her own, using her dad's invention nonetheless, and was able to clone herself within a holographic virtual reality.  This part of the show was a little unsettling.  It was pretty messed up how these teenagers acted when they had no rules, no parents, just their own little world to act however they pleased.  I couldn't believe that they would just shoot their friends hologram for fun, or make human sacrifices to Gods of the underworld.  This was all pretty twisted.  Anyways, I thought the Science Fiction topic that we had for this quarter turned out to be quite interesting.  I really liked Firefly and really liked BattleStar Galactica.  I enjoyed what part of Caprica we watched in class today too.  Thats all for tonight.

Blog 70

Well, today was good day. Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Found my way downstairs and had a cup. And looking up, I noticed I was late. Found my coat and grabbed my hat. Made the bus in seconds flat. Well, actually most of that didn't happen. Those are lyrics from the Beatles song "A Day In The Life". It's a pretty good song and I didn't know what to write about, but I'm pretty sure it's about drugs. Although I like the Beatles, I'd rather wake up and play Journey. Anyway, class today was alright. Fell asleep a couple of times, but what can you expect. I'm excited for the weekend. Even though we have finals next week, I'm still going to make sure to have some fun this weekend. I'm thinking of relaxing and watching some Friends while eating good Chinese food or Wings Over Columbus will do the trick. Plus, if there's enough snow, maybe my friends and I can play some snow football. The thing about football is that when it snows, everyone comes down to the same playing level since they become slower. As my friend always says, "snow is the great equalizer". These words are coming from very wise friends. Oh boy, what a day it has been. I think I'm going to finish up some chemistry and then hit the sack. Hope everyone had as good a day as I did. See you all in class.

Blog 69

So today was a pretty good day.  It was my birthday.  It sucked that I still had to go to class and stuff but oh well it was still cool.  The weather sucked pretty bad as well. Although tomorrow will be pretty cold, I'll take some sunshine. I'll probably also need some coffee in the morning because I've just been dead tired. Overall though, it was a good birthday. I got a lot of good presents from my family when I was home for Thanksgiving. This includes my Droid. I love this thing. It does pretty much everything. I know I'll probably be bored with it in two weeks, but oh well. I had a good jank going on in the shower today. Listened to some Young Forever and Be Good To Yourself to start the day right. That combination of music is probably my favorite ever. I mean, you go from one of the best modern day hip hop artists in Jay-Z to the soothing, sweet vocals of Steve Perry with the rest of Journey jamming in the background. Another good thing that happened was that I got a chance to kick back and read up on some Potter this afternoon. Harry Potter that is. I'm about halfway through the Order of the Phoenix on my re-reading of the classics. Hopefully today I get to read some more. Well, I hope everyone else had as good a birthday as I did. Ciao y'all!