Ebay- Purina coupon

While searching Ebay I found a coupon for twenty, one dollar off fifteen cans of Purina cat food. I thought that this coupon was funny because it will only save you one dollar if you use it and you have to buy fifteen cans. The seller says that his coupons are free, what you are paying for is the labor it took to collect, cut, ship, and sort the coupons. The bid is currently at $2.69.... I don't understand why anyone would pay for this, you get the coupons when you buy the product. Plus who buys that much cat food at one time.

Once

I really enjoyed this movie. At first I was unsure about the movie because it was difficult to understand the language, because of the heavy British accents. As the movie went on it became easier to understand. I really loved all of the songs in the movie I thought that the man had a great voice and it really blended well with the music I am interested in. What I liked about the music the most is that it had meaning and all of the songs had a story behind them. At the end of the movie I was expecting the two main characters to start dating.....but that obviously didn't happen.
Overall I thought that the use of films in the class was very interesting and helpful. When I think of english I usually think about reading long books, so I really enjoyed the use of movies. I enjoyed all of the films you chose my favorite films were Once, and the Woody Documentary. After watching the documentary it made me think about what I was eating and it gave me motivation to write my paper on the environment. I think that you chose really good videos and they really tied into was we were learning about in class. They helped me get a wider perspective on things.

My Favorite Childhood Game

When I was younger I always played Super Mario Bros 3. It was my all time favorite game to play and still is. I love all of the levels and I figured out all of the secret levels and how to warp to another world using the magic whistle. What I enjoyed most about the game is that Mario can fly. It makes the game a lot more interesting and fun to play. It was really advanced when I played it. My parents had rules for me though. They did not want me playing the game all day long so they would make me go outside and play with my friends and do my homework before I was able to play. To this day I still play Mario 3. I love the game and it has been so long since I played it that I had to re figure out a lot of the secrets.

Watch that 70's Show

One television show that is worth watching is That 70's Show. I think that everyone should watch this show it is extremely funny and there are a lot of well known actors in it such as Ashton Kutcher and Topher Grace. This is my all time favorite show. I love the humor, the show is filled with a lot of relationship drama. The characters personalities are all so different. My favorite characters is Eric Foreman, he is one of the main characters, his personality is really dorky which I like a lot. Another one of my favorite characters is Fez he is the foriegn exchange student, he doesn't really understand the American culture in the show so everything he does is akward and funny and throughout all of the seasons you never find out where he is from. I think that everyone should watch this show because it is hilarious.

The World of Advertising

I don't really pay much attention to advertisements. They try to get you to think certain things and want certain items. When I was in eighth grade we did an advertising unit in English class we learned about tricks the media plays and how a lot of the advertisements you see are not completely true. When I watch television or listen to the radio many advertisements get stuck in my head. In order for people to remember items or a businesses name advertisers come up with catchy jingles and sayings. They always get stuck in my head. One thing I learned about advertisers is that they use cartoon characters to get kids interested in a product. One example is Joe camel an advertisment for cigarattes

Spring Break

Stacey's spring break was very relaxing, she went home and spent a lot of time with her boyfriend Dan, who is a senior in high school. Stacey slept in until one almost everyday and went out at night. She also saw her dad who she hadn't seen since Christmas because he lives so far away. She thought it was a lot of fun and it was nice to finally see him again. She also got the opportunity to see her little sister Dana play in her state basketball tournament, it was pretty exciting although they didn't place. Towards the end of her break she got really sad, because she got so comfortable at home again and she didn't want to have to say goodbye to her family, friends, and boyfriend. She also didn't want to start thinking about school again and she didn't want to wake up early anymore.

After the independent work day I still don't feel comfortable with any topics. I want and interesting topic that I will enjoy researching and writing about. I am also looking for topics that aren't so common today so I can learn about more things. I find it difficult to pick a topic because I want to be sure that there will be enough resources available for me to write the paper since it has to be long. Over the break I am going to research topics that I am interested in and hopefully get a start on my draft.