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!!!