Blog 21 april/3/11

weekend


This weekend was the start of the MLB season and my team, phillies, at doing great so far they are 3-0 against the astros, they play the mets this week.  so this weekend was great and fun filled, friday we went to a hooka bar in indy, where we got this diamond flavor and it was really good, it had a carmel aftertaste , amazing.  Saturday afternoon we made our weekly pilgrimage to taco bell in the student center. basically watched movies and video games the rest of the day.  I set up a twitter for the fictional character Gordon Gekko from wall street , played by Michael Douglas. all of he tweets have been super funny so far.  and sunday was filled with hw and other boring stuff. overall it was a pretty good weekend

blog 19 sun march/27/2011

class response

I just turned in my proposal in on friday that mean hopefully that i will start my multimodal project this week.  i plan to make another movie but this time instead about my beliefs its about white-collar crime. i plan to use movies clips and pictures again, but this time i will have actual live action shorts that i will shoot with my friends.  i still have to write out what i am going to do within the film.  I will have to do a lot of editing, much more than the other one because i plan to do much more.  this class i going great so far and i hope it continues

alex sprague

blog 19 march/20

once again this blog is about my fantastic weekend.  friday i got to play tennis, which i have not done in a while and i was excited.  i got to play video games with some friends of mine from high school.  on Saturday i created a drinking game with my friend tyler, its called the harry potter drinking game. you have to take a drink every time they use magic. it was super fun.  then again on sunday i had a lazy sunday with my friends where we just lounged around watching movies.

blog 18 feb/27/11

Spring break is next week, and i cant wait.  I could possibly take a trip with my dad to florida to go scuba diving! i will take a SAWG photo (underwater) for my 3rd floor bros.  this weekend went by slowly for me.  friday the 3FBS and i went to Cafe Du Memo a hooka bar in fishers.  we spent zbout 4 hours smoking and then we made our way back. when we got back we watched a movie and had a late night.  on saturaday i basically did nothing. well i did discover my new video game addiction, minecraft.  its a game where you are free to build whatever you want.  My inner engineer was very happy.  I spent about 6 hours creating my island house and basements/mineshaft.  sunday was rather the opposite of sat, i was productive to an extent.  i had it in my mind that i would do my paper for english.  my mom called me and wanted to take me out for lunch and a trip to walmart. show me a college student that would pass that up, free food and stuff.  when i got back from my expedition with my mom i realized that the oscars were on.  One of my favorate days of the year. i made my predictions and got a 17/22 on the oscars that actually count.  the ones that dont count (and i got wrong) was make up and costume design.  it was a wonderful weekend

blog 17 feb/20/11

response to the class

This class is going great so far.  I  love this class.  the professor is awesome, fun and interesting.  the isearches that we just got done with was fun and also challenging.  it was fun to research stuff that i was actually interested in.  this next stuff coming up is going to be hard.  I have never done an annotated bibliography before, it sounds challenging.  i cant wait until next semester, the only thing that i wont like is that im not going to have the same english professor.

blog 16 feb/13/2011

Happy valentines day readers!


I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT THIS TIME.  I wanted to write about movies that ive seen recently but since i am taking so many credit hours i have been super busy with school and dont have time for anything else.  Another reason why i have not seen any movies recently is because i don't have my car up here in muncie with me.  Ohh do  i miss my 2000 honda accord.  i cant wait until spring.  i want to get out of my dorm room and go play some frisbee golf, golf or something fun outside.  i probally wont have time for that because i am so busy with school.   there is this dude who lives on my floor, is he super annoying.  he will literally one up your story, every time.  you could tell the most personal story you have and he will find away to make his story "better"(air quotes) than yours.

blog 15 feb/06/2011

my weekend again

this weekend was uneventful yet again.  on friday my mom came up to ball state and picked me up.  this was the first time ive seen my dad after his knee surgery.  friday i went to my sisters house.  where i watched a movies and tv with them the i fell asleep to comedy central presents and golf. it was mainly the golf that put me asleep.  Saturday i woke up to my niece shoving a video game case in my face.  it was snowing and we decided to have a snow day.  we went out side and had a blast in the snow.  after that i went home and my dad wanted to go to borders to spend his gift cards that he got for christmas.  after the borders trip, i watched another movie with my father then left again for my sisters house where i watched UFC 126 with my brother-in-law, it was awesome.  i woke up sunday to my cars alarm going off for no apparent reason.  i got a hair cut and then left for ball state. and right now i am watching the superbowl with my friends.

blog 14 jan/30/2011

what i did this weekend.

well this weekend was a pretty much a laid back weekend .  i had fun on friday with my friend andrew we played pingpong and watched movies in our dorm lounge all night.  on Saturday morning ( morning for me is about 12 noon) we did our weekly pilgrimage to taco bell. it was delicious. Saturday night we just played cards and watched movies again.  then on sunday i woke up and did nothing about all day then i decided to get a head start on my homework then i got distracted by another movie, the Shawshank redemption.  it was awesome one of my favorites.  it is actually number one on the IMDB top 250! overall it was a good weekend. cant wait for the next one.

Blog 13 Jan/23/11

2.  She tells the story that made her pro-choice.  When she was Dormitory counselor at a women's college when a "golden girl" got pregnant.  In this essay she has very good word choice and it makes it more emotional.  Well she says that she is pro-choice in the first sentence of the second paragraph.
4.  Censorship of the internet.  The federal gov. is trying to establish a nationwide WIFI so everyone can get access to the internet.  That is a good idea but there is a catch.  They will censor every thing THEY feel is obscene.  I could discuss both sides of the issue and then pick one that i will defend.

first blog of the new semester jan/16/2011

First Blog of the new semester

I am excited to start a new semester at Ball State University!  This semester I am taking a bunch of classes that I am actually interested in.  As apart of my English credits I am taking English 102 with one of my favorite professors of all time, Sarah Sandman.  I really enjoy that Ball State University let me keep the same professor for this semester.  It eases the stress of the transition with all the new professors and classes and classrooms that I can’t find.  I love college, but I seriously can’t wait until spring break, even though I have no plans. I am just excited for the warm weather.   This new beginning of college has me stressed already.  As a president of a club here at Ball State University I have a lot on my plate already.  I really hope his semester will be a good one!

blog 11 movie project 11/12/2010

the blog is about my favorite project that i have ever done for a class.  This project is about my beliefs in life. which are: i believe that decisions or choices you make, make you who you are; i believe that people are basically good and just appear evil; i believe that if you want something bad enough, no one can tell you otherwise; i believe that people should take responsibility for their actions' i believe in that if you do something good there will be a reward for you and vice versa (karma).  all of them are connected in a moral way.  the way i describe these beliefs is i movie with movie references. like for the first one i use the god father, scarface, and john dillenger.  i still need to mess with the timing to make it longer and add more pictures to drive in the point.  I am trying to use classic movies that everyone has seen and its becoming a real challenge but its a lot of fun!

blog 10 friday november 5 2010 movies and such

remember, remember the fifth of november for the gunpowder, treason and plot; i know of no reason why the gunpower treason should ever be forgot. ----guy fawkes

that is a quote from a very famous historical figure and it also a very famous line from one of my favorite movies.  V for Vendetta.
 today i am going to talk movies.  over the past 24 hours i have watched 3 different movies.  all of them different but all so similar.  two of them were academy  award winners for best picture for 1993 and 1986.  can u guess??  the two movies are Platoon and Shindler's List.  Now on my list for my favorite movies of all time.  Platoon centers around a military platoon who's leader has made a bad decision and and set the platoon in to a civil war with its self.  its based in the vietnam war during the 1960's and it has an all star cast ranging from best supporting actor to best lead actor.  The plot of the movie is about the directors, oliver stone, experiences in vietnam which gives the film a sort of realism.  if you have not seen them i highly recommend them!!

oct/29/2010 i believe

i believe that all people should scuba dive. 

I will never forget the first time I took my first breath underwater. It was surreal.  My whole family is scuba certified and my father insisted on me getting my license.  My family has scuba dove all over the western hemisphere.   We have been to Mexico, Hawaii, Shelbyville, and the best of all Florida. For my first dive we went to Florida and dove on 4 different reefs. I’ve see all kind of animal life; sharks, squid, and a 8-foot sting ray.  You have a new sense of your environment, lush colors and the beautiful coral life. When your underwater all you hears is your regulator and basically nothing else.  Once you experience scuba dive for the first time you almost immediately become a environmental activist because you see it and the dive master talk about how some reefs are “bleaching” which means that the coral is dying and turning white.  So please go out and scuba dive to preserve our ocean!!!! 

blog 8 oct/22/2010 what i did this weekend again

I had a awesome fall break.  Well friday was my birthday and i spent most of the day running around shopping in my hometown, by my self (my mom was working).  then later that day my mom and I went to a heartland film festival movie called ways to live forever.  It was a very sad movie, it was about a young boy and his friend who where dying of leukemia.  My mom was crying the whole time.  Then on saturaday morning i woke up about 10 am and went disc golfing.  After that I went to my friends open house; he left for the army on monday.  Then soon after i left to see my grandparents house. stayed the night there and left to come back to muncie on sunday afternoon in time for my disc golf club meeting that i was having and no one came :(

blog 7 oct/15/2010

Blog 7

What I plan to do this weekend.

When I get home I plan to go to the heartland film festival in Castleton.  I am seeing a movie about a Jewish baseball team with a drunken ex-professional baseball player as a coach. After that I plan on seeing RED with my brother and his girlfriend Karen.  After that probably watch a episode or two of my new favorite TV show, Terriers.   Saturday I am going to the Purdue football game with my brother, sister, and brother-in-law and his family.  I have not been to a Purdue football game in a long time.  Ive seen Drew Brees, Kyle Orton, and Curtis Painter all play at purdue when I was a kid. Sunday I plan to disc golf and come back to Muncie and chill out with my friends in my hall.  This sounds like a pretty good weekend. I cant wait.

blog 6 oct/8/2010

What I did today

I have had a really lazy day today.  I woke up and went to my history and learned that our second exam is on Monday. Then after class I went over to one of my friend’s dorm and watched the first half of kill bill volume 1.  After that I went to my second and final class of the day telecommunications 101.  After that class I went back to my dorm and quickly finished a paper, pack my bag with some movie and my laptop and headed back to my friends dorm where we watched Michael Clayton.  That is my all time favorite movie.   Then I had to leave for a study session for history where I got some good info about the test.  I had a very strong desire for some Starbucks, so I walked to the student center and got a vanilla bean frapachino, it tasted like ice cream.   I walked back to my dorm via cow path and watched the first few innings of the Phillies game.  Then I got a call that we were going to go to taco bell for dinner.  So I had to walk back to the student center where I ate and watched the rest of the Phillies game.    GO PHILLIES 

blog 4 oct/1/2010

What I heard

Empty room (no music or noise)

I hear all the computer mechanics humming simultaneously. I hear the lights humming and the wheels on our chairs squeaking as they roll us across the room. 

With music

In the music I hear all kinds of different musical instruments playing together to create one “sound”

The music tastes like a sour apple, which is really good to begin with, and then all of a sudden they turn sour in the middle of your bite (crescendo)

The way the music felt in my hands is when I first put my hand in the sand, like at a beach. Its warm and course, then u start to sink in to the sand, it fills in around you when gravity starts its pull and wraps you like a cocoon and its really relaxing. 

this past 2 weeks friday sept/24/2010

These past 2 weeks of college have been pretty tough.  Its been a first round of testing for me and it turned out that I passed the first 2 tests of my college career with a B and a C.  Other than the tests I have major homework.  Every Tuesday and Thursday I have a lot of math problems.  I had to write 2 papers that I obviously procrasted.  For English I had to write a paper about a song, I chose to write about one of my new favorite artists, frank turner.  If you have not heard of him, Youtube it he is an awesome performer.  Also my ID 101 classed ended this week and now on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I only have 3 classes instead of 4.  I also had to write a paper for that class too and I did not start it until the day it was due.  I felt really lazy that day.  I cant wait for this Friday I am going to play in my first ping-pong tournament.  

sept/26/2010 

Blog sept/17/2010

Mrs Jackson

I am so sorry for setting your mailbox on fire.  I know that your cat shaped mailbox was very important to you because it represented who you are, a old cat lady. I’m sure that you custom shaped mailbox was very expensive and I can assure you that I am not going to pay for any of it. Frankly I thought you mailbox was hideous and i was tired of looking at it. So one day I woke up and decided that this is the i am going to change things.  I decided to give your mailbox a fresh coat of paint, i prefer to use the extra flammable kind to insure to give a rich earthly tone.  After I got done painting i decided to step back and gaze upon my masterpiece and have a smoke. I accidentally dropped my cigarette right at the base of the mailbox.  Never in my day I’ve seen something burst into flames that quickly.  In reality your burnt mailbox is not my fault. 

Your neighbor 

Bob Henderson 

Blog 2 sept/10/2010 writing narrative

My literacy narrative is going well so far.  The ideas are flowing.  I am very selective about who reads my writing because I fear about the feedback I would get it being positive or negative.  I always try to put humor in my writing because i feel it makes the reader more interested in reading the rest of the story. So when I got the feedback that it was funny it was a real sense of accomplishment and relief.  Also i got the feedback that it needs to be longer and more in depth,  so while I am writing the rest of my story i will be sure to try and make it even more humorous.  They also told me that i should put more stuff about my dad and I’s relationship and how this scrip (in the writing) helped grow our bond of father and son.   Right now i am happy with the way my story ends but I will still try to use the conclusion endings in other of my works of writing for english 101.