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Hey I missed class and I feel like I am so far behind now. What things did you guys go over? What do I need to have for Mondays class? ..I've been feeling sick and this is really not a good feeling. Bad part about it is that it seems like the medicine is making me feel worse. My friend here has pneumonia, I have a cold and it seems like my daughter is starting to catch a cold as well. She's even asking for it though lol, my brother was over yesterday and he let her go out and play, she decided she was going outside in a thin jacket with HOUSE shoes on. As I was leaving for work I called her so I could give her a hug and a kiss. When I realized what she had on I made her go in the house and stay. Then when I picked her up after work she was sniffling, I'm quite sure she'll be coughing and hurting soon. I'll give her medicine ahead of time so maybe it'll go right away.

Blahba Blog

This has been a very busy week for me. I've had midterms and projects that require me to do a LOT of work. On top of those things, the five revisions that are due Minday is really a handful. Then I have to work and parenting is number one to everything in my life. I have to get up early each morning to put my baby on the bus, I try to catch a few more z's once she's on her way to school. Then I have school Monday and Wednesday and I work each other day of the week. More than likely I'm closing the store and that makes things a little stressful. I don't want my daughter to be at daycare all times of the night and lately she has been being the only kid there sometime. Anyway, I hope I did great on all my midterm exams and I hope my revisions are good. See you Monday!!

I hope doing all five of these papers over isn't going to be as hard and time consuming as I think that will it will be. I have two midterms Wednesday and I have project that is in progress right now and my professor is giving us another one Wednesday also. I guess I can say at least they are already written but having to basically redo two of them is a lot (lol). I'm excited to see my grade though, I have been wanting to know how I'm doing in the class. I hope it's not bad (lbs). Well I guess I need to get to at least one of these revisions right now so I guess I'll catch you again by Friday!

I am so tired, I'm sweaty now and I any breathe. I went to Wal Mart at about 3:20 to pick up some money before class. When I got to Wal Mart I realized that the money was sent Western Union and I needed to go to Meijer. At that time it was like 3:35. I ran to my car and headed back to campus in order to get to class on time. I made it to Dunbar at 3:56, I was determined not to take the stairs so I walked in hopes to find the door near the elevators. Being that I don't know the building at all j walked to some doors that are adjacent to the doors I usually take, therefore I was in the same area as usual and I would have to take the stairs. Like I said a minute ago I was determined not to take those stairs, I took the only other route and looked for the elevators. I made it upstairs about 3:58. I walked in the class and right back out thinking I was in the wrong room. I thought for a second and realized we were indeed scheduled for class because we were turning in our revisions. So I then decided to check my email and there it was, an email cancelation of class from Mickey. I almost passed out (lol). I did a lot of rushing and it did not pay off today (lol). I guess I'll see everyone Monday!

Tuesday

I am so bored right now. This Microsoft class is the most boring thing I could have ever gotten myself into. I'm also confused as to how Davenport works..I've been taking this ass since the end of July and it's over Thursday but since school has been in session I never see any students. I really never see anyone besides the four other people from my class. (Lol) it's ridiculous, this is the most quiet school I've ever been in..college at that. Excel is horrible and I've given up on it, I'm going into Interior Design, I doubt that I'll be using excel anytime soon. Excel blows!!! I'm getting out of here soon though, at 12:30 I'm going to get my baby! I won't be here til 4 I can promise that!

I totally forgot to post this passed Tuesday. I do apologize for that. As of now I'm feeling okay about class. I think things are pretty good, I just want to get some feedback on the papers that we've been doing so far. As I stated before, I think I do okay but I want to be able to analyze and disect things in a much deeper perspective. The song analysis I didn't even write in paragraph form and I think that impacted the way I wrote my thoughts. I could have gone a little deeper on each "theme" or thought that I had, had I written it correctly. I'm glad I found my own mistake in that case. I'm happy Sonny's Blues is over, I enjoyed ignore reading it than I did discussing it in class. Overalls I hope I'm doing okay, I'd like to know a grade point of estimate so I can take necessary measures to keep a good grade.

10/1

Choosing a song is going to be harder than I thought for this writing. After today's class I do feel a little more confident about choosing a theme and finding different evidence to prove my theme true and possibly find an opposing theme as well. It sounds harder than it actially is. When I do work on my own it's like I write what I feel and I question whether it's deep enough or not. The I go to class and learn that some things I think are deep and some of them aren't. I want to get better at writing and having really meaningful purposes and points in my work. I want to become stronger in dissecting works as well. It's enters ring and I'd love to continue and learn more. I would like feedback as well on how well I'm doing with finishing good, valuable points and themes. I want to find and write some good stuff!

Songs

I've never really listened to a song and thought about a theme the song has and what message the author is trying to give. When you listen to music it's apparent what te song is about but when you find a theme and find evidence within the lyrics you can prove that many things are being said. Some things are even unintentionally themes of songs. It's really interesting looking deeper in to songs and movies and figuring out the deeper issues of these things. It really is a good idea to really think about the messages that are actually being sent on a deeper level.

Blog

Class was again interesting Wednesday. I learned how to dig a little deeper into the facts and/or themes of a movie. It's going to be quite a bit tricky doing it on my own though. Another thing here, I don't think I'm keeping up with the blog posts. It's like it slips my mind all the time. When I actually think about it, I'm busy doing something else and can't get to it. Anyway I hope my points are good and strong for our movie project. I picked a pretty good movie but I'm trying to make sure that I'm not stating the obvious about my theme.

I don't remember what I did but I was able to view the readings for class today. The information from "Pretty Bloody: Women and Stereotypes in Horror Movies" was actually interesting. It is actually symbolic annihilation that is being used in those movies, the way that the women is underrepresented in film. I never realized that in the Halloween movies the teens that died are the ones that drank and smoke. It's interesting how the horror movies always have women that are the victims because women are viewed to be weak and vulnerable for a man. I was just reading about symbolic annihilation last night and I found it interesting that the readings were about the same subject today.

I do not know how to move around this blog site. I can't see any of my classmates post, I can't find Mickey Moses' post. I don't know what I am doing wrong but I have no way of viewing anything. I can only see the things that I post. My only options are to view my post, make a new post, and to view my profile. When I click "View Profile" it takes me to a Google account. I am sure the site isn't hard to maneuver at all, I just need someone to tell me how to get around this thing. It's frustrating, I can't find the readings or anything. Maybe I should start a new blog, if that will help. If you are able to view my blog post, please help me view yours and other classmates post as well. I would love to see what my classmates are writing about and I would love to get the readings done for class.

Class

I missed class this week, I'm sure I missed out on some exciting conversations. I had to leave campus to care for my little one. What are some things Mickey went over? I am ready for an interesting class Monday. I totally missed Tuesday's blog. Apparently I wrote it out and saved it as a draft, without posting it! That sucks!! I'm thinking about going to the reading tomorrow, just to see how it goes. I want to know if there is anything I can learn from it, You can never have too much knowledge so more than likely I will be there! If you are attending and you see me there, say hello. It should be interesting. I guess I will take the rest of the weekend to finish up the narrative that will be due Monday. I'm still trying to make sure I keep up with everything being that I JUST got books for each of my classes. I probably bored you horribly in this blog but I am so not boring in actiality! (Lol)

9/15 (totally old buuuut extra points, right?!)

Today was a very frustrating day for me. There were so many things going on. Is it just me or in life does it seem like "if it's not one thing, it's another"? There are very seldom times when I can say I am just relaxing and living life problem free. I have a lot on my plate. I'm a full-time mother before anything, I'm a full-time student at Western, I take a Microsoft class at Davenport four days a week and six hours a day, and I work part-time. I'm trying to do everything I can to provide a finer life for my daughter. She means the world to me! I studied for the wrong class this weekend and didn't realize it until my prof was passing out our quiz in another class. That was the start of today's mishaps. Overall though, through it all nothing can steal my joy as long as I'm blessed to see my daughters beautiful face and smile everyday!

English 9/10

I really enjoyed class today. I think this semester is going to be interesting and fun. The topics and assignments that we have done so far have been exciting and they make me want to learn and keep attending. I am happy to be in this class, I think I have some pretty cool classmates. I hope we all really get to know each other and have a great semester. I am excited and planning to have a very successful semester. Being that I was put into this class after the class was closed, I'm glad that I was placed into Mickey Moses' class. I can see that she'll make it fun for us to learn instead of just giving us lectures and throwing assignments and papers at us. I enjoyed the activity in class today trying to determine an author thru reading.

My name is Alisa Aiken but I go by my middle name, "Chanel"! I have a four year old daughter that I love with all of me. Her name is Kelis, which happens to mean "Beautiful". If I must say so myself, she lives up to the meaning of her name. She has a beautiful face and such a beautiful soul. About me, I am a 23 year old mom and I absolutely love it. I enjoy doing lots of fun things but one thing I really love to do is laugh. It makes me feel so good when I have a stomach bursting laugh. I also love to smile, smiling makes me feel good on the inside and it's my way to express it on my face. My favorite color is Purple and one of my favorite dishes is "Pizza Burgers" (never heard of it huh?) They are delicious so if you want the recipe I'll be glad to give it to you!!!