Final

As the final days to the semester comes to a close, I have learned many things.  College is not as hard as what most people would assume.  On the other hand time management is the issue I see most that consumes people.  Over the semester I went from being laid off to working well over 60 hours a week.  From, having my daughter every other weekend to having her with me every day.  With all that said, I have found that the overwhelming events in my life caused me to slip in my school work.  I have tried and got better at my personal time skills.  Yes, I still have a lot to do to get better, and I shall as time goes on.  I can't complain tho, life deals you hands that you have to deal with and make the best work for you.  For all the new students coming to school in the spring.  Be prepared, not only for what lies ahead in the class room, but for the events yet seen in your life.  Make the best of your time and use your time to the best of your ability.  Cause in the end, its all about time and what you choose to do with it.
Jonathon Balser

Blog 9

1. Examining what a text says – restatement
2. Identifying what a text does – description
3. Understanding what a text means – interpretation

1. if you don't respect the people around you then why should they repect you.
2. Show the reaction of a person, due to the others actions
3. shows you that you don't have to stand out just cause someone else is .

now make some conclusions about the causes and effects portrayed in this video. Just a reminder...causes entail analyzing WHY something happened and effects entail analyzing WHAT happened as a result of the cause.
One girl decides that it is okay to play there music loud, but the man doesn't enjoy it, so the effect is that he starts to play is, then so on and so on as the people inter.  When the man comes in with the boom box, they all seem to not want him to blast them out, so they all turn theres off.  Only to find that he is the one with the most repect out of them all.

Today 10-7-2010

Working on homework tonight, trying to get caught back up.  Was thinking about watching the Dallas Cowboy game tonight on tv.  Have not seen a game all year long.  I guess that is  probably a good thing since they have only won one game all year.  Guess we as people aren't the only ones who have off years.  Tho they do make a whole lot more money than we do when we fail.  Other than that I should end this blog and get to writing my paper for class this week.

10-1-2010

Bought my son a new xbox today.  His older one decided to just up and stop working.  I guess that tends to happen when the kids are turning it on and off all day long.  The new xbox's look to be made a whole lot better and are said to last a whole lot longer.  What better way to test that out then to let the children have at it.

So Far Behide 10-7-2010

   Do you ever have the feeling that you are so behind in just about everything going on in your life.  That it seems that no matter what you do, you can never ge ahead.  I know that I am doing the best that I can, but sometimes you have to wonder is that really your best.  Between work school, and taking care of kids, life seems to move a whole lot faster and at a pace that I cannot keep up with.

Daughters 2nd birthday

Wensday October 20 is my daughter  Kloie's 2nd birthday.  This is the first time I have hand to be responsible for not only planning the party, and inviting people.  More stressful than I would have throught.  So tomorrow after class I get to run pick up all the things that I may need, lol plates spoons, forks, ect. Pick out a cake, tho my sister offered to make one, which she is pretty good at.  Lets hope it turns out well.

compare and/or contrast two restaurants

For your blog assignment this week, I want you to compare and/or contrast two restaurants you have visited.  You need to pick two points/criteria to make your comparison/contrast. Start with a thesis and then go directly to the comparison/contrast based on the points/criteria you choose.
Use a Venn Diagram, like the one below to help you brainstorm for this blog. 


I do not really go out to eat anywhere so I will give it a shot.  Fast food vs. home style resturaunt.  Fast food and home style places differ in  a lot of ways.  Normally the cost of the food is always cheaper in a fast food place, but the quality and the service is sometimes sub par.  Going to a home style place you seem to get better service and the food is always better.  The cost is normally a bit more but you pay for what you get.

Friday October 8th

I know where not suppose to write about real personal stuff on here.  But this is the only thing that has been on my mind all week.  Friday is my mothers birthday. She would be 47 years old.  Aprily 26 2010 she passed away from a servere ashtma attack.  She was 46 years old.  It makes your sit and wonder about your own life a lot.  Makes you wonder when is your time? How much time do we really have? Are we living are life the way we should or the way we wanted? Questions, questions, go round and round in my head.  I am holding a moment of silence on friday October 8th at 7 p.m. 

writing process

For this week's blog assignment, I would like you to write a process analysis. This is a process that your reader won't perform. I want you to describe YOUR writing process. This isn't necessarily the steps that I have discussed this semester, this is your personal writing "ritual" (this can even be humorous). Be sure to be thorough and detailed in your description of this process.

    I really don't have a writing process.  First thing I do is decided what my topic is going to be about.  I do not like writing about something that a teacher picks out for me.  It has to be something that I want to write about.  After that I normally make a web with my ideas.  Then I would list the paragraphs in the order they should go and make a note on each one stating what that is suppose to be about.  Then I would normally write the body of the essay before the intro and conclusion.

Long week

Pretty long week already.  Have built three new computer for my uncle.  He wanted everyone not only to look different, but to be used for different things. So last week I spent a lot of time on the phone with him and the parts store to get what he wanted.  The the last few days I have gotten them all together, and now it is time to get them running and testing them and making sure everything is in working order.  Its easy to build a computer, but it does take some time.  The longest part is testing and updating software and drivers.

This Week!

    This week is a very hectic week. Not only do I have to get working on the essay paper, but my work from my other classes as well. Even with all that going on i still have to find time to keep up on my computer repair work. I have 14 appointments this week and really just no time to get them all in. I plan on just going and picking up most of the computer I have to work on and bring them home. That way I am able to work on other things while I am working on them. I hope the week turns out well, and that I mange my time well enough to get everything done. If all goes as planned at least I should have some free time this weekend.

!!Northwest!!

I want you to write a paragraph that explains why you chose to attend Northwest State Community College. This may mean you have to pick only one overriding factor and focus on that in a paragraph. Do not try to tackle too many reasons in one paragraph.

     I decided to attend Northwest State for mainly one reason, that reason being that I was tired of driving to Toledo to attend Owens Community College. Every other day I would have to drive about an hour and twenty minutes just to get there.  On the days that my classes would start at eight in the morning, I would have to get up at about five am. That did not make for a good day in class. After i started here I found that I enjoy being here, but I have found one issue. That issue is that out of my fourthy-seven credits that I had over at Owens, only 7 or them transferred over here to Northwest. Other than that I really do enjoy going hear compared to Owens.


   
    
    
    

Memory Lane (revised)

During my childhood summer days I would spend every waking moment with my dear friend Lee. He was the old man who lived just down the street from me that would know matter what take time out of his day to watch over so and me me the ropes. As I grew up, he was a person I really looked up too. Each morning I would wake up around 6 am, get dressed and run down the street to his house. By the time I got there he would have most of the things out that we would be using for the day. The first thing we would do is get tiller to the field. Where I can remember riding on the front for hours during the mornings. As I got older and taller, then it was I working the ground. Being able to do someone of the hard work, myself seem to make it just a little bit more enjoyable. After we would work the ground, we would begin to make our rows. Using hand tools and shovels we'd work till all the rows were nice and neat. By this time it was either noon or a little past and time to head back to the house for some lunch. His wife always had a good home cooked meal on the table waiting for us. After we would finish the meal we would help clean up, and then it was time to head back to the Fields. We would then start with the long process of seeding the ground. We also did this by hand. A few seeds at a time we would plant for the rest of the day.  As we were just about finished for the day his wife would always bring us something cold to drink. The hot sun beating down on us all day would surely always take its toll on us. Now that all the work was completed, it was always time to relax and have a bit of fun. There was always something to do after the work was done. Some days we would go out into the woods and do a little rabbit hunting. That was always fun. I remember when I shot my first rabbit. I still have its foot in a box. Other days we would go fishing, which was never good, because I could never catch anything, still to this day I do not catch anything when I fish. One other thing we would do is take the boat out on the river and just float for the rest of the day. Those were some of the best days.

Weekend!!!!

This past weekend I decided to take a drive down to southern Ohio. To a placed called Hamilton Ohio. About  80% of my family lives down there. Looking to get a break from life. Well I get down there after about a four hour drive. Apparently a fender bender backs traffic up for hours at a time.  Anyways I get down there and my uncle comes out of the house and Say's "oh you came to work" Great I thought to myself.  So instead of a nice peaceful weekend away from my own life I ended up putting siding on a house, replacing brakes on all his work trucks, and cleaning all of his computers. Turned out to be a good weekend. Got to see and talk to a lot of family and friends from down there.

Memory Lane!!!!!

    For your blog assignment this week you are to describe a vivid childhood memory - you might think of the first time you rode a school bus, of a time when you went to the Principal's office, of a first encounter with a friend, of a first A on a test or paper, of the first time you earned money to buy something you really wanted, and so on. Describe events, people, and places related to the childhood memory so that your reader will be able to feel they are there with you and they will be able to understand why the event was important and memorable

    During my childhood summer days I would spend every waking moment with my dear friend Lee. As I grew up he was a person I really looked up too. Each morning I would wake up around 6 a.m, get dressed and run down the street to his house. By the time I got there he would have most of the things out that we would be using for the day. The first thing we would do is get tiller to the field were I can remember riding on the front for hours during the morning. As I got older and taller, then it was me working the ground. After we would work the ground we would begin to make our rows. Using hand tools and shovels we'd work till all the rows were nice and neat. By this time it was either noon or a little past and time to head back to the house for some lunch. His wife always had a good home cooked meal on the table waiting for us. After we would finish the meal we would help clean up, and then it was time to head back to the Fields. We would then start with the long process of seeding the ground. We also did this by hand. One or two seeds at a time for the remainder of the day.  As we were just about finished for the day his wife would always bring us something cold to drink. Now that all the work was done it was always time to relax and have a bit of fun. There was always something to do after the work was done. Some days we would go out into the woods and do a little rabbit hunting. That was always fun. I remember when I shot my first rabbit. I still have its foot in a box. Other days we would go fishing, which was never really good, cause I could never catch anything, still to this day I don't catch nothing when I fish. One other thing we would do is take the boat out on the river and just float for the rest of the day. Those were some of the best days.

Life

Life, well life is just a little crazy most of the time.  You remember when we thought we had all our ducks in a row. We knew when we were young what we wanted to do.  We thought we had the world by the tail.  Boy how things really change over time.  I never thought life would be so hard after leaving the military.  I never thought that I would ever be in school again.  Here we all are in school trying to make the best out of what we can.  We all have a future, we just don't always know what that future has in stored for us.  Life is crazy, but it worth every minute.

JAIL!!!!!

You wake up in jail and have no memory of how you got there. As you pace around the cell, you find five items in your pocket from the night before. As you look at each piece, the night slowly comes back to you. Write about your night, why you have these five items (and give a detailed description of each of these five items), and how you ended up in jail.

    I woke up with a cold chill.  Noticed that I was on the floor.  It was cold, my sight was blurry.  As I began to really come too. I realized I was in a cell.  Looking out the cell door window I could see my buddy over across the hall.  I thought, well it must have been a pretty good night.  As I started to pace trying to figure out what had happen.  I noticed that I still had items in my pocket. Which can only mean one thing. I was pretty wasted when I got picked up last night.  Pulling everything out and placing the items on the ice cold concrete floor. I noticed I had five different things.  I had my cell phone, a camera, a beer cap, wrist band, and a Ford key.  I started thinking, just what in the world did I do last night.  Once again I looked out the cell door window at my friend, and he is smiling with a huge grin on his face.  Oh no I thought.  Trying to piece the night together I turned on my cell phone to see who I called or texted last.  It was my friends number, so that didn't help much.  Took the camera out and started to look through the pictures, wow, did we drink to much last night.  Who are these people I thought to myself.  Coming to the end of the pictures I noticed there was a cop car in the picture.  The car had scratches all down the side.  I looked at the smashed beer cap I had in my pocket and noticed that it too had white paint on it.  Oh man, this is good.  It looks like we not only stole the cop car, that we always scratch the heck out of it.  From the wrist band I could see that we entered the club at 11 pm.  Trying to put this all together.  We started the night out at the club. Apparently had way to much to drink.  When we left the club we saw the police car outside, it was running.  We hopped in and took off.  We drove to the bay, where we always go after a night of drinking.  My friend had the idea to mess up this car, so that is what we used the beer caps for.  That last thing I can remember is we got back into the cop car to finish off the case of beer. We must have passed out just sitting there, and that is how we ended up in jail for the night.