Blade Runner

Something that really caught my eye in the reading was the guys reaction when he saw a racoon, and I guess it really caught my eye because I am so used to seeing them because I hunt but just him being so excited to see one was I thought funny.
The only part that confused me really was the part where he was "linked" to the old man and that whole climbing up the hill and how he was injured really confused me. But in chapter 4 it talked about how that old man came up with like the dominate religion led me to think that that scene will be further explained later on in the book.

Writing Notes

The most interesting thing i have read in the Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing was the part in chapter 3 about reading with and against the grain of a text. I had never heard of reading in this particular way by supporting or arguing against the author's point. This part of the assigned reading caught my attention the most because I like to read a lot about Nazi Germany, and the rise of Adolf Hitler and people always say that I am a bad person for liking to read about him but i just admire him as a politician, and I lacked the knowledge of how to explain to others about how I like to analyze him and his actions. Im currently reading Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and after reading the assigned reading about reading with and against the grain of the text, I started to take foot notes on the side margins of the book about arguments of what Adolf should of done better and what he should not have done at all. This was my favorite thing about reading strategies, the most interesting thing I learned about writing strategies was all of the different types of writing. I personally love to read and usually dread writing because I have always taken the same approach when it comes to writing a paper but after seeing all of the different ways on how to write a paper, I think this may help me. I usually just find three main points and draw up a outline and then just make paragraphs out of the outline, but now I have realized that taking the same approach to writing every paper is stupid and is just hurting my ability as a writer because the goal of each essay is totally different usually and so it makes sense that your approach to writing it should be different.

First Post

This is an English Class that is going to help me as an individual write better for the rest of my college career, and i am writing the blog because it is part of my home work for the class.

I usually love to read ancient world history, i love reading about Julious Caesar, Alexander, and Genghis Kahn. I also read a lot of literature about the Nazi party in Germany and their actions in WWII. But my favorite books are about motorcycle clubs (gangs) such as Hells Angels and The Iron Horse Men. I love motorcycles and tattoos and i currently have only one tattoo and i am getting a Harley in my junior year. 

Most of the writing i do is for classes. My favorite essay i have written was a research paper about Mc Donald's. Im not that big on writing except i really enjoyed my senior year english class. In that class we read different books from authors around the world, and we had to pick a quote in each chapter and we would write about how that quote connects to my life. It was just a really insightful activity to do and i liked it a lot. 

The technology i am exposed to is just like most people. I have an Ipod and a Mac Book. One thing i am exposed to that most people are not is my father owns a tree care business so i work full time in the summer climbing trees and trimming them, and also fixing chain saws.