Senior Final

The advice I would give the oncoming students of Creative Writing class 2013-2014 would be to always get your work done on time because you never know when you will have a huge assignment to go with it or that could come after it. It’s always better to get it done right the first time so that way you don’t have to go back through and edit it. There are so many things that you could give advice on for creative writing class, like for example: make your writing unique, your own. Once you write something look it over make sure it is something you want to post and have the world see, opposed to something you would be very embarrassed about later. When typing something on blogger always, always, ALWAYS use word document first, it helps format your page and helps with your use of grammar because you could always be graded on those things. So always use word first for that just in case moment. Sometimes when you find it hard to write, start off with what you’re thinking then before you know it, it will turn into something fantastic. There are so many blog posts to choose from but I would have to say if I chose one blog to choose as my favorite I would have to choose this one because we get to write our own opinion down and our advice to all the underclass men coming into this class. In retrospect I will have to wish you guys luck because there are so many assignments that are easy and some that are more difficult. This assignment has been the best by far, when you get to give advice to people for me that is something very special because it helps me help other people when I get to give my great advice away. There are so many things that I have learned from this class, it’s actually hard to pick just one. We did so many assignments to where we learned about things from within ourselves and there were some where we had to learn about the other students in our class. The most valuable thing I have learned from this class is that I am an amazing writer when I am under pressure, which is one trait I thought I never had. When it comes to my writing I try to be out there with it, opposed to giving you the typical answers you could get out of a book. If you expect to find answers like that, don’t come looking my way. J what answers you find here just might surprise you.

Epilogue

There is a lot that I have learned about myself from this semester. Some of those things include how good of a writer and blogger I have become due to the assignments we do daily, which I always find them intriguing every day especially when we find something new about them. There are a lot of things in my life I wish to improve on, some of those have to deal with how I think, because I usually over think things but when it comes to doing these assignments they help me to where I think more clearly and can get things figured out, no matter what it is over. This assignment has helped me with my own writing by being more creative and more in depth about the things I think about as I word them on paper. It has helped me to discover myself by improving the things I do, because some of these assignments required me to dig deep into myself and think about things I never thought would be brought to the surface again. I hope in time to improve my writing over time and keep the blogging going strong with things that I do.

Three words to describe myself are Passion, Creativeness, and Love.

Passion- you have to have a passion within yourself to be able to write beautiful stories, blogs, or even essays. To me that is what my passion is for this class and sometimes in others because it helps keep me motivated to do the things that need to be done.

Creativeness- you have to have a very creative mind to keep up with the creative writing assignments and if you don’t then as you take the class it will help develop your mind. When I first started this class I had a creative mind then as the assignments kept coming I became more creative with every assignment. Now I am to the last assignment and I feel as though it’s one of my best works.

Love- you have to have a lot of love in something to be able to do the things that are possible because if you do not have that love or have not required it then sometimes it’s a lot harder to get stuff done. For example I love to write about anything, so when I took this class my love for writing helped motivate me to do better with all of my writing. Everything I’ve done in the class has helped me become a better writing and I have to say thank you for the assignments we got over this past month or so for they played a big part is helping me become a better writer.

A Fine Line

10 best things

1.      My personality has always been out there.

2.      The way I help out other people.

3.      The way I cook amazing foods.

4.      My sound effects I make after midnight when I play God of War.

5.      The way I get hyper when I’m tired . . . always makes things fun.

6.      The way I am really funny.

7.      The way I drive when I’m having fun.

8.      The way I can spend time with Brittany before I do anyone else.

9.      The way I can make people happy when they are sad.

10.   The way I am an amazing drawer.

10 worst things

1.      The way I’m moody at times.

2.      My attitude towards people talking down to me.

3.      The ways I over analyze things.

4.      I drive too fast.

5.      I can’t sing, like I would love to.

6.      I can’t dance, like I would want to.

7.      The way I never spend time with my family.

8.      The way I never spend time with my grandma Brenda, when I should.

9.      The way I argue over things.

10.  The way I yell and curse at the TV when I die on a video game.

Valuable Lessons

1.       To think before speaking . . . you never know whose feelings you are going to hurt or you never know what will come through your mouth, sometimes it might just be very bad.

2.       To treat others the way you want to be treated . . . if you treat someone like crap, it’s only fair that they do it back.

3.       Karma Sucks . . . Karma is one of those things that always, always, ALWAYS come back on you no matter what. I have had it happen to me a lot.

4.       Acting your age . . . there are times I don’t act my age because sometimes it’s better to be a kid.

5.       Good first impressions . . . I’ve never been good at first impressions. It’s always good to have a good first impression because it determines what people think about you.

6.       Trust Issues . . . I’ve never had trust issues and it’s a good quality to have because you can never fully trust a person you first met.

7.       Managing Money is a must . . . I’ve always been the type to spend money once I get it and I’ve learned that the hard way. It’s always better to save it than to spend it.

8.       Life’s too short . . . life is too short for anything so try to live every day to the fullest and never hold a grudge.

9.       Every day is a new day . . . if you get mad one day don’t carry it over to the next day because when the sun comes up the next day it’s a new day because you never have to worry about anything.

10.   Life may suck now, but it will get better . . . Life may not be so good for you now but as you get older it will get better. So give it time.

Creating a List and Checking it Twice

People who have influenced me

                1. My fiancée Brittany

                2. My dad

                3. My mom

                4. My aunt Tammie

                5. Mr. Pham

                6. Mr. Lynch

                7. Mrs. Slagle (Not being a suck-up because you have influenced me to become a better writer)

                8. My aunt Felicia

                9. My grandma Brenda

                10. My grandpa Larry

Places that make me happy

1. My room

                2. My bed

                3. In Brittany’s arms

                4. Driving a car

                5. Hanging with my friend Meme

                6. Hanging with my friends in my room

                7. Laying on my pillow

Places I would like to go

                1. The Bermuda Triangle

                2. Las Vegas

                3. Paris, France

                4. London

                5. Florida

                6. Texas

                7. Russia

                8. China

                9. Japan

                10. California

Things in people that I like

                1. Personality’s

                2. Smile

                3. Sensitivity

                4. Humorous

                5. Relaxed (But not lazy)

                6. Risk takers

Things in people that I dislike

                1. Non-funny

                2. Stubborn

                3. Lazy

                4. Bad sarcasm

                5. Money (how money over rules their decisions for everything)

                6. Non-Caring

Things that worry me

                1. Well-being of Nikki (My dad’s girlfriend)

                2. Death of a loved one

                3. Not being able to find a job

                4. Well-being of my aunt Tammie

                5. Diseases/Viruses that are out there

                6. Car Wrecks

Things I would like to know how to do

                1. Fix my hair better

                2. Drive a motor cycle

                3. Build a doghouse

                4. Build a small storage shed

                5. Paint better

                6. Weld

Things that have moved me

                1. My dad

                2. My mom

                3. My fiancée Brittany

                4. Nikki (My dad’s girlfriend)

                5. Funeral of my mother

                6. Romantic Books

                7. Romantic/Action Movies

Ideas that intrigue me

                1. Aliens might be real

                2. The Bermuda Triangle is just a myth

3. The fact that the government has saved every disease ever known to man and has every strain of it and the vaccine for it.

                4. That pixies could be real along with any type of Fey

                5. That books are better than movies

                6. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.

My personal favorites

                1. Julie Kagawa Books

                2. James Patterson Books

                3. Sleeping

                4. Snowy Days

                5. Rainy Days (especially with thunder and lightning)

                6. Painting Projects

                7. Building things

                8. Working on Cars

                9. Cleaning House

                10. Spending time with my friends

Gone but Never Forgotten - April 19

In twenty years from now there are many things I want to remember but specifically there are twenty of them:

1.        Sometimes it’s best to remember to just slow down and smell the roses because they might not ever be there again.

2.        To remember the good things that has happened to me to shape me into the person that I am today.

3.        That sometimes it’s always best to slow down and listen to what people are actually saying and not what they are asking.

4.        To remember the advice my grandpa and my grandma have gave me over the past few years.

5.        The good times that I have had with all my friends, no matter if the friends are new or very close to me.

6.        The good times that I have had in art class, because within those moments I always had a good laugh and smile.

7.        To take my free time to spend it with my loved ones and not keep cooped up in my room all the time.

8.        To remember to relax and enjoy the little things in life opposed to freaking out over the bigger picture it’s brought into my view.

9.        To remember how much fun I had at prom.

10.    To remember to drive safely because you never know when a cop will be nearby.

11.    All the memories I made during my school years with my friends.

12.    To possibly think before I speak.

13.    Not everyone can be trusted, so don’t pour everything you got into it.

14.    To remember not to spread myself so thin over so many tasks.

15.    To remember all my friends I have made and lost over the past few years.

16.   All the laughs I’ve shared no matter it are with teachers, peers, or even my friends.

17.    To look back on the times I’ve had here at school.

18.    To remember the cool scholarships I’ve applied for.

Never Say Good-Bye

This is the hardest thing ive ever done. . .
I would have to honestly say the hardest goodbye I have ever had to say, was for my mother when she passed away. That was the hardest goodbye for me because when my mother passed away I was tore up at the thought of it, I didn’t even want to say goodbye I couldn’t even look at her very much. It was a hardest moment in my life. It was truly hard to actually look at her and say goodbye because I never thought for as young as I was I didn’t think I could actually look at her and say goodbye. It hurt me so bad, tore my heart in half, even till this day I am tore up about it. I wish I could go back in time and possibly try to change the outcome of what happened that night. Whenever I said goodbye to her I was strong or so I thought anyway. Even though when I looked at her lifeless body it just made me want to burst into tears and run away. I thought I could be strong when I came into the room she was in, trying to take in the things going on around me. For there was silence a lot of it, even my breathing calmed to a minimum. Looking around I finally caught my breath realizing I hadn’t breathed a breath in a couple minutes. When I finally found my strength I looked up at her and said “Mom I am going to miss you, I’m sorry I wasn’t always the best daughter, I wish you could come back to me so I can make it up to you I don’t want to say goodbye to you because no other mother could replace you. I love you mom and I will always miss you. See you soon.” I started to choke on my words as I had spoken them while I had a few tears go down my cheek, I knew things would get better with time, but only time could tell. My reasons for saying this sad goodbye was because the only mother I have ever had passed away, it’s still hard at times to come to the harsh reality of the fact that “she is gone and never coming back.” It’s just hard to deal with sometimes. Even though this happened three years ago, it’s hard to move past such an abrupt goodbye like that, but I am mostly moved on from it. Sometimes it hard to look at pictures because all I can see is her laughing with me, talking to m and then telling me to get my dad not five minutes before she passed away. It’s a hard thing to deal with anymore, but so far I have made it through everything. There will always be times when I wish I could go back and change how I said the goodbye to her, to somehow make it better, make it to where she hears it. I believe though on that day she heard me loud and clear.

In Other Words

1.       "Life is messy. Love is messier." – Catch and Release

2.       “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche 

3.       “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”  ― Andre Gide

4.       “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ―  Eleanor Roosevelt

5.       “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ― Aristotle

6.       “Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.” ― Lemony Snicket

7.       “Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.” ―  Salvador Dali 

8.       “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
9.       “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”―Oscar Wilde

10.    “This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”  ― Marilyn Monroe

Synetics

1.       Which is smarter? A clock or a calendar?

a.       A clock is smarter because it can tell you the time of the day passing by. It helps you keep on time to your appointments each and every day. So there is no need to plan ahead when it’s easier to take it one day at a time.

2.       Which is easier to teach? A question or an answer?

a.       An answer is easier to teach because there are only so many answers to one question and if you do not know the different sides to those questions how can you, yourself find an answer.

3.       Which is like a contest? A cloud or a sunset?

a.       A sunset is more like a contest because it sets at different times each evening. It always seems to get more beautiful each time you watch it. Were as a cloud is just a white fluff-ball, a sunset is an arrangement of colors from pinks, to yellows, to reds, even sometimes purple.

4.       Which is more fearful? New or old?

a.       Old is something to be more fearful over because when something is old to you there is those long lasting memories that you have kept a secret for many years and how you need to figure out how to keep those old secrets hidden deep within the old object, memory, outfit hidden.

5.       Which is more difficult? A dream or a nightmare?

a.       A dream is more difficult because if it is a good one you will want to keep it going even after you wake up. You will try to go back to sleep and bring that dream back, but in the end we find it most difficult because the dream was just a dream and can probably never become a reality. Were as a nightmare can become reality with only a blink of an eye.

6.       Which is braver? An hour or a year?

a.       A year is braver than an hour because you can do many things within a year that you can’t seem to do within an hour. You can travel the world on a year; you can also take a vacation. Were as in an hour you cannot do very much for anything.

7.       Which is easier to close? A road or a map?

a.       A map is easier to close because sometimes it’s easier to go with the flow opposed to blocking off one of the many pathways through life. No matter where the road may lead it’s always easier to close a map and just go were your mind and body takes you.

8.       Which is more suspenseful? Rain or snow?

a.       Rain is more suspenseful because there is so much you can do and have fun with it while there is a thunder storm opposed to a snow storm. While it’s raining you can do so many things such as read a good book and let the cool rainy air float in through your bedroom window, while you listen to calm music and just chill.

9.       Which has less charm? A signature or an autograph?

a.       A signature has less charm because no one really cares for a signature anymore, most people would rather have an autograph that they could cherish and hold dear to them for the rest of their lives. Whereas a signature might be one of a kind, and easier to get, it’s a lot less cherished when it comes to having to sign everything with your signature. After your first signature on something it becomes pointless.

10.   Which is happier? Music or art?

a.       Art is happier because you can express yourself more freely, no matter it be on paper or a canvas. Sometimes it’s better to express yourself freely on paper than with an instrument or vocal talents. When you express yourself through art other people get to see it and see what your feeling or going through. You also get to make beautiful artwork in the process.

Unfinished Sentences

1. I usually worry about…my friends whenever I can’t really talk to them because I try to keep in contact with my friends when I am away to make sure they are ok. I usually have a bad feeling something is wrong and that I need to check up on them. So I try to keep in contact with them to check up and see how they have been.

2. I feel angry when…the people around me don’t understand what I am saying. Sometimes it’s hard for me to explain myself and it really makes me mad when no one understands me.

3. I’m moody when…I get woke up really early. I do not like getting woke up early in the morning by someone else besides me. So when someone else wakes me up I am usually really moody and don’t want to be bothered.

4. I’m happiest when…it’s raining outside because when it rains my mood always seems to brighten. I can be around some of the worst people and the moment it starts raining I will be at my happiest.

5. I feel confident when…I know something no one else does because it makes me feel like I have some kind of better thought process over them. Then I am always nice enough to go back and explain it to them, makes me happy to be able to help out another person.

6. I feel frustrated when…my sister (L.M.) bothers me over every little thing there is. It frustrates me because they are things she can do herself without someone’s help but she always has to make someone else do it.

7. I feel depressed when…I am not around my fiancé because being without her is very hard for me to handle. We have always been around each other, there are times when we have to go places for a while and not see each other but it’s fine to me. After the first night though I get really depressed and want her to come back so I have someone to talk to.

8. I am comfortable when…I wear my batman pants and shirt. It makes me feel safe and secure to know I look sexy in my batman clothes. My batman clothes are always so warm and comfortable that it’s hard to take them off after a good night’s sleep in them.

9. I feel nervous when…I go to a doctor’s appointment. It doesn’t matter what kind of appointment, I just always get really nervous, kind of like they are going to tell me I have a rare disease and can only live for so long. I’ve always been nervous on hearing that.

10. I feel sentimental when…I am wearing some kind of jewelry that my fiancé gave me because I know it means a lot to her for me to wear them. So I try to wear them all the time to make her and myself happy. Because when I wear them I feel happy and feel like she is there with me at all those times.

 

Metaphorical Definitions

1.       Love is a warm puppy.

2.       Hate is a black cat.

3.       Peace is a night sky.

4.       Loyalty is a cup of hot chocolate.

5.       Courage is a car without headlights.

6.       Idea is a new creative touch.

7.       Trust is a team effort.

8.       Compassion is a warm hug.

9.       Friendship is a bright yellow rose.

10.   Truth is a new beginning.

11.   Charity is a bright blue sky.

12.   Delight is a gooey chocolate cookie.

13.   Despair is a black raven.

14.   Calm is a cold blanket.

15.   Wisdom is an old owl.