I just dropped my final review essay and I have to say, it was easier to add to the essay. I wrote about the subject of ice fishing and I experienced it, that's what made it easier to write about because I was there. Everyone who looked at my review thought it needed more details .
So I went back into the review and really thought about this. I narrowed down and explained more about the fish house itself and that experience. I tried to use a narrative form, telling a story added to my review and I think kept people interested.
I think I like my draft a lot more now because I gave it a much more interesting lead, but I am not so sure about my ending, I liked it, but don't know if others will. Sure hope some of you try ice fishing in the future, I know I had a great time and will go again.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sportsman's Lodge review
The log type lodge looked cozy enough with little cabins surrounding it. We settled into our cabin. It was comfortable for a fishing cabin and we were there to ice-fish, most of my brother's wedding party and myself. There was a kitchen and a living room. We each had a twin bed in the bedrooms. We shared the TV in the living room, so I can't say we were "roughing it."
The food was wonderful and filling. We were on the meal plan we I recommend. You order off the menu anything you want. The next day were we transported to the fish house. We had a modern, heated house with six holes pre-set for fishing. All the poles and bait were ready to go by our guides. We caught a lot of walleye and enjoyed every minute of it.
When we got back for dinner, the fish that we caught could be frozen by the staff our served as part of our dinner. They bring the fish right over to your table. This is a great place to escape with the guys. It's laid back and a lot of fun. I guess my reservations about ice-fishing are put to rest, because I want to go back again next year and catch the big one this time.
The food was wonderful and filling. We were on the meal plan we I recommend. You order off the menu anything you want. The next day were we transported to the fish house. We had a modern, heated house with six holes pre-set for fishing. All the poles and bait were ready to go by our guides. We caught a lot of walleye and enjoyed every minute of it.
When we got back for dinner, the fish that we caught could be frozen by the staff our served as part of our dinner. They bring the fish right over to your table. This is a great place to escape with the guys. It's laid back and a lot of fun. I guess my reservations about ice-fishing are put to rest, because I want to go back again next year and catch the big one this time.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Alternate Assignment
Review:
We arrive at the 4th floor of The Mall of America, where Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy is located. There is a small restaurant attached outside the theater, we decide to arrive early and dine inside the theater. I thought we would have a table for two, this was the only disappointing part of the evening, they sit you with others, you don’t have that choice of sitting alone. Other than that, the show was great.
Tom Wilson mixed comedy with song and storytelling. Of course my favorite was his impression of Biff from Back to the Future. He should be good at this, as he played the part of Biff, in the Back to the Future movies. His jokes about his family and life in general were entertaining and very clean cut. He had a mid-western appeal to his work. You don’t see that often, in comedians these days. This show was filled with his energy and his great talent also as a musician.
The food was great, the company at our table was refreshing and all in all, for 15.00 each, plus our food bill; I would say, we had an entertaining evening. I would recommend people buy his CD or go see him in person.
We arrive at the 4th floor of The Mall of America, where Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy is located. There is a small restaurant attached outside the theater, we decide to arrive early and dine inside the theater. I thought we would have a table for two, this was the only disappointing part of the evening, they sit you with others, you don’t have that choice of sitting alone. Other than that, the show was great.
Tom Wilson mixed comedy with song and storytelling. Of course my favorite was his impression of Biff from Back to the Future. He should be good at this, as he played the part of Biff, in the Back to the Future movies. His jokes about his family and life in general were entertaining and very clean cut. He had a mid-western appeal to his work. You don’t see that often, in comedians these days. This show was filled with his energy and his great talent also as a musician.
The food was great, the company at our table was refreshing and all in all, for 15.00 each, plus our food bill; I would say, we had an entertaining evening. I would recommend people buy his CD or go see him in person.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Explode the Moment
It is near Thanksgiving break and my phone rings. I am already home for break, yet the call is from a girl that I have had a crush on since my freshman year. She wants me to come back to my prairie, cow town for a party. I have nothing to do in my even smaller, prairie, cow town where I live, so of course, I go back. Is it destiny or choice? What if I had not chosen to go back? You see there would be girls there and they would have that flirty attitude, that fun, full of life giggle that I enjoyed. I was looking forward to maybe this night being different and one of these girls looking at me as more than a friend. I was not like the jock guys who did not have to use more than two syllable words in their vocabulary and for some reason, they still would score on the ballfield and in the bedroom. So of course, I drove back. At the house party, the usual loud music, the laughter of the girls and the token ball players were present. There also was a blond, beautiful girl, one of those you see in commercials, but not the type of woman who ever talks to me. She was headed my way and was looking right at me.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The song Daniel by Elton John and lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Daniel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB7gskqXFgw
Daniel
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
They say Spain is pretty though I've never been
Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen
Oh and he should know, he's been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much
Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
This song has the best lyrics, it is about a Vietnam Vet who loses his eyesight in the war.
The metaphor Daniel, you're a star in the face of the sky is so powerful. It shows how much his brother meant to him, even if America didn't think he was a star during those times. (it is also personfication to turn his brother into a star)
Must be the clouds in my eyes, to me is the brother's tears. (metaphor)
It has so many hidden meanings and to me this is good writing and made for an excellent song.
I used to think that Daniel died in the war and the red tail lights in Spain was the bringing back of the caskets, you can look at this song and take it to mean whatever it does for you if you have lost someone in your life and the songwriter really states the pain of that person being gone in this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB7gskqXFgw
Daniel
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
They say Spain is pretty though I've never been
Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen
Oh and he should know, he's been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much
Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
This song has the best lyrics, it is about a Vietnam Vet who loses his eyesight in the war.
The metaphor Daniel, you're a star in the face of the sky is so powerful. It shows how much his brother meant to him, even if America didn't think he was a star during those times. (it is also personfication to turn his brother into a star)
Must be the clouds in my eyes, to me is the brother's tears. (metaphor)
It has so many hidden meanings and to me this is good writing and made for an excellent song.
I used to think that Daniel died in the war and the red tail lights in Spain was the bringing back of the caskets, you can look at this song and take it to mean whatever it does for you if you have lost someone in your life and the songwriter really states the pain of that person being gone in this song.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Fast writing prompts I wonder why?
I wonder why some people are so good and others are just a-holes? I wonder why people leave their Christmas wreaths up until March? I wonder why sometimes in traffic, someone actually lets you in and other times you get the finger? I wonder why my mom's meatloaf tastes way better than any I have had at a resteraunt? I wonder why really awesome people die young and a-holes live forever? I wonder if there is a God out there, yet at other times, I wonder why I pray to Him? I wonder why ink runs out so fast on my printer? I wonder what the hell I'm doing living in Minnesota in the winter? I wonder why the Vikings can never win a Super Bowl? I wonder when I will get a hole in one in golf? I wonder why it it taking so long for 2012 to get here, so I can be married? I wonder if 2012 will be the end of the world, so I will only be married for 3 months? I wonder why John Lennon had to die? So, I wonder why I have all this stuff always running through this brain of mine?
Dreams fast writing prompt
Dreams, I have a dream catcher, it gets rid of the bad ones, but how about the good ones. Those dreams that I carry in my mind and share with my fiance'. The dreams of finishing college with a 4 year degree in Business, or Social Work, not sure yet what I want to do when I grow up, dreams of helping the elderly in someway as I connect to them, dreams of having children, lots of them. What will they look like, how will they act, will they be like me as a kid? Dreams of having a nice home with Katie, not a fancy home, but our home, a home for a family. Dreams of helping my family out if they need me to. Dreams of course of winning of lottery, but everyone I think, dreams that dream, and maybe once you would have it, it wouldn't be so great after all, like the dream of a wife and kids is. Dreams of living to an old age with my Katie at my side, laughing and talking about how crazy our kids turned out. I am ready for all of these to come true, I can see these dreams becoming reality.
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