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Famous Last Words: Almost Done

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As the semester gets closer and closer to being over, I continue to tell myself to not get lazy. I do not want to have all my hard work go to waste by getting lazy the last four weeks of school. I feel like I have learned to manage my time better and plan ahead for things by writing daily blog posts for this class. I have also figured out tips and tricks for my other classes, as well as study techniques. However, my organic chemistry class is totally kicking my butt. I just cannot seem to figure out organic chemistry  at all LOL! I have been focusing on school work a lot lately, so I have not really had a social life lately, but this past week was relaxing because I got so far ahead that I did not have to worry about school work! Hallelujah!! As I have said before, I love this class because it is unique and taps into the creativity part of each student's brain. I have really enjoyed reading classmates' stories and storybooks. Reading their stories have even given me ideas for
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Reading Notes: Literary Works, Alice in Wonderland Part B

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"A Mad Tea-Party" is the story that recreates one of the most famous scenes in the movie Alice in Wonderland. I remember it was always one of my favorites because I found it humorous that everyone at the table was "mad" and just a little abnormal. Alice sits down at the table uninvited and the Hare and Hatter immediately give her a hard time for joining them without invitation, but they do not kick her out. I think it is funny because the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and Alice are all having a conversation that honestly makes no sense whatsoever, but somehow they all understand each other. Is that like a special quality of Wonderland? Did Alice forget she was chasing the rabbit? Wonderland is very strange place. The Hatter had a pocket watch, but it does not tell the time, only the day of the month. Any why did the Hatter dip his watch into his tea and spread butter on it? As the tea party continues, it seems like its attendants go more and more mad. They start spe
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Reading Notes: Literary Works, Alice in Wonderland Part A

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The story "Down the Rabbit Hole" is the beginning of the Alice in Wonderland story and it is just like I remember. The story is very detailed and I could easily imagine the movie as I was reading the stories. The first part of the story is Alice falling down the rabbit hole. Was she falling in slow motion or was she falling for a very long time? She wonders that as she continuously falls. She see object floating around her and tries to grab them and see what they are. She starts creating scenarios in her head and imagining things. Does she go crazy the farther she falls? Is this all a dream? The whole time she was falling, she did not mention seeing the rabbit, but as soon as she landed on ground, she saw the rabbit hurrying away. Did the rabbit fall the same way Alice did? The story then entered the part of Alice trying to get through the doors in the room where she fell. She found the small door but could not fit so she found the drink that said "drink me." Of
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Week 12 Lab: Writer's Write

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The first thing that drew my attention was " 10 Ways To Kick-Start Your Writing At Halloween ." I love reading mystery and suspense books because they are the easiest to imagine. I also love Halloween, so that was a bonus. The article talks about 10 things that can be used to jumpstart a great story and those tips do not only have to be used for scary stories, they can be created into other stories that draw suspense or center around a specific character. Some of the tips included: isolating your character to create suspense, use a ticking clock to build tension, slow the pace of the story to drawn it out, etc. The article also provides Halloween prompts that can be used to help writers get started with their stories.  The second article that I looked at was " The 7 Qualities Of Compelling Character Motivations ." When I first started writing stories, I struggled with outlining a character that was detailed and fun to read about. This article really helped give m
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Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales Part B

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"Fairy Ointment" was an interesting story to read and unlike some of the other stories in this unit, I had never heard of this story before. I think it is somewhat humorous because the ointment is kinda like fairy dust in a way. The story started out with a man asking for the midwife's help in caring for his baby while his wife was ill and could not do it herself. Even though the man seemed sketchy to the midwife, she said yes because it was her job. The fellow whisked her away on his dark black horse that had fiery eyes. The story started out kind of creepy because the man had an eerie look to him and his horse was jet black and was described to have fiery eyes like hell fire. I personally thought that this story was going to take a terrible turn. However, the man was right, the baby did need to be taken care of and the midwife did it. The woman, however, told the midwife to rub this strange ointment on the baby's eyes when they open. The midwife was concerned and
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Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales Part A

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The story of the Three Little Pigs is a classic tale. It is almost just like I remember from my childhood. The first and second pigs build houses made of flimsy material and the wolf easily takes the houses down. After the wolf "huffs and puffs" the house gets blown down and the pigs become supper. However, the third pig is very clever. He builds his house of brick which was not able to be blown down by the wolf. All of that is very common in the story of the three little pigs. However, I do not know if I just forgot or if I never heard the ending to the story... After the brick house stays standing, the clever wolf tries to outsmart the pig, but the pig actually outsmarts the wolf cleverness many times. It started out with picking turnips. The wolf, knowing the pig liked turnips in his soup, offered the pig company while picking some, but he actually was just trying to lure Mr. Pig out of his safe brick house. The wolf provided the pig a certain time to go, the pig agreed,
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Week 11 Story: Cheating the System

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It was late April of 2017 and Holly's junior year of college was almost finished. She had been killing herself with school and classes for the last three years and she was finally going to take her MCAT exam to see if she would get into medical school. She had been studying for months and was totally worn out, but she was pushing through the exhaustion. She was spread out all over the library's tables when her biggest competitor, Haley, walked towards her. Holly tried to ignore her and pretend like she did not see Haley, but it was too late, Haley was already sitting down in one of the extra chairs. Holly looked tired, exhausted, a mess if you must, but Haley looked happy and peppy. This just irked Holly even more. Haley asked Holly, "Are you ready for next weekend? I cannot wait to take this, it's going to be so easy." Holly looked up from her books and forced a weak smile. She replied, "Easy? How long have you been studying?" and Haley replied, &q
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