essay review thingy

about the part with the broader theme, i definitely forgot about connecting it to the rest of the world (obviously), i could probly include some examples of how they impact the world and have branches overseas, i could also include how the kids develop into better people which helps them in their future lives as leaders in their career and getting along with other and working as a team

for having 4-H mention not immediatley i thought it was a little bit confusing, but i thought might be a good technique to draw the reader in cuz they wanted to figure out what i was talking about

and i have no idea what to do for a title....i didn't know what to do for it, and then i forgot about it

Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean is small. He doesn't really say much either, the quite type if you will. He doesn't like being left alone at all, he'll follow you around where ever you go and observe quietly. But then again, Mr. Bean is a dog. My roomie was at her barn one day and saw a small dog and mistook him for one of the many barn cats. When she got closer to him she realized that it wasn't a cat at all, but rather a little old chihuahua. She went around asking the other people and the neighbors if the dog belonged to them. Nobody claimed him. So she brought him home because it was supposed to get down to freezing that night. My boyfriend and I ended up keeping him. He's a god little dog that someone had just abandoned at the barn. You could tell because it was obvious that he'd been wearing a collar by the way his coat on his neck was messed up in a circle all the way around. We've had him for about a week now. He likes to sleep a lot. At night when it's cold he'll hop onto the bed (which is actually a futon) and crawl under the blankets and lay right next to you. He's sleeping by me now actually. He doesn't bark a lot or run around all hyperly. And he gets along with the other dogs and cats which is good. We checked to see if someone had lost a little dog, but no one had. So that's the story of Mr. Bean. Why we chose that name, I'm not really sure, but it seems to fit him well. :)

cuz i'm retarded

here are the links to my last few blog entries...apperently i've been creating a whole new blog as opposed to just making a new post....soo...yea...little dysfunctional when it comes to computers...don't mind me, hope you guys enjoy them! :)

http://litrev-marty.blogspot.com/
http://marty-stories.blogspot.com/
http://audience-marty.blogspot.com/
http://research-marty.blogspot.com/
http://essays-marty.blogspot.com/
http://function-marty.blogspot.com/

ok...there we go, hopefully the links work :) you'll probly have to copy and paste into the URL

the interview...dun dun dunnn...

for starters...sorry about not being grammatically correct

the 4-H collegiate group here at VT meets twice a month. A lot of what they do is help out local 4-H groups in the surrounding community of Montgomery County. They help with organization and set up for certain events as well running the events. During the summer, all the 4-H groups in the state of Virginia are able to participate in Congress, which is held here at VT. It is an organization the promotes leadership and working as a community. During the interview, I asked if they knew who the founder of the VT collegiate 4-H group was, but they weren't sure. there are positions of hierarchy within the organization itself that are voted on (president, VP, etc.).

goals

1) for the research project we have to do, since we have to try and find something that the community needs help with, i would like to try and actually help them with their problem, see if we can't get something accomplished

2) to write on my blog more than once a week and not just for homework assignments

3) to share advice and input with the underclassmen in class and try to help them get through their first year

assignment 2

for starters...i hope we were s'posed to put this up here and not have a hard copy...

anywho...i did my observation on people at the dining hall

Fastwrite:
Everyone always goes to the dining hall. I mean, why not? The food is great! You can definitely come across a wide variety of people with different backgrounds. It could be considered a mixing bowl. Many different groups of people came to the US in search of a better life. And now, many generations later, those same groups of people are still coming together. Except instead of being in search of a better life, they're coming together because of food. I think food is a good enough reason to come together. The food itself has a such a variety. There's pizza and salads and tacos and burgers and pasta....so many nations are being represented just by a few dishes of food, let alone the people coming to eat them. Food solves all problems: when you're in a bad mood or hungry, eat some and it makes you feel better; if people agree on a food they like, then that's something they have in common; if it's a food they don't like, well then it still works out because there's more of that food available for the person who likes that food. Food is just the universal problem taker-awayer. :)

Questions to ask:
Why did they choose that particular food item?
Have they had this dish before or are they trying something new?
Did they come with friends or a group that they are part of?
If it's a group they are part, do the people the people they went to diner with hang out outside of this group?
Do they like the food they chose?
Is the food they chose appealing to the eye?
Why did they choose this dining facility?

Narrative:
Several groups, as well as loners looking for a quick and studial bite to eat, enter into the dining hall filled with people and food. There is one thing you notice that all these people have in common: they are all happy to be here. They enter in and wander around, pondering what they will eat; it all looks so delicious. They may run into a familiar face that they know and stop and say hi and ask how they've been. They want to know how their summer was, if they took any trips or worked, and how their classes are going and how they like them. After making the final selection for food and drink, they look helplessly trying to find a place to sit and eat their food in the overflowing dining hall. Once they've finished their first round of food, several of them head up for seconds, others just work their way towards the dessert and see what wonderful delights are available. Their eyes widen with glee as they find the perfect selection to top off a stuffing meal. Finally full to their stomach's content, they meander their way over to the dish line to deposit their dirty dishware and garbage before heading out the door. They say hi to person they recognize in the next group of attendees to the dining hall.

assignment 2

hey guys, between katie and i, we bought a copy of the book from the kopy korner to share since we're roomies....and now we've managed to lose it, is there anyway one of you all would be nice enough to write what the writing assignment was so we can at least do that part of it and we'll get a new copy of it and do the reading later, we'd appreciate it :) thanks

marty and katie