After listening to the podcast What You Don't Know By Lulu Wang I was able to think about my own life and find a moment in my life where a choice I made negatively impacted me. In my post I compose a past scene in first person point of view.
Driving down the street with my windows down as the cold fall night wind blew outside. It was 11 o’clock and my gas tank light was blinking 10 miles till empty. I was exhausted after finishing a double shift at work and knew that home was only 3 miles and I could wait to fill my tank in the morning. Being as tired as I was i forgot about my plan to wait to fill my tank till the morning and found myself pulling into the gas station up the road from my house. As an owner of a fairly brand new drivers license I had only filled my tank a few times before. Realizing I had no cash I took out my debit card and quickly swiped it trying to hurry since I couldn’t wait to go home take a shower and go to bed. I removed the nozzle from the stand and began to place it into my gas tank realizing it wasn't fitting into it. As tired as I was I showed it into the gas tank and started to fill my car up. After about 5$ into filling my tank I looked down and took a good look to quickly realize that the nozzle was green which I had never seen before. I looked on the stand where I took the nozzle out and frantically saw that that type of gas was different then the usual gas and was labeled “Diesel”. I ripped it out of the tank and put it back on the stand. I started google what happens if you put diesel into a normal car tank and the answers that were popping up were not what I wanted to hear. I began to not feel tired anymore and now began to feel scared and nervous about what I had just done. Knowing how mad my parents would be after finding out how serious putting diesel into a normal gas tank was I resorting to my last option of calling my brother. He arrived as soon as he could and warned me not to start my car since the diesel would run through the car and ruin the engine that quick. He proceeded to put my car into neutral without turning it on and pushing it to the side where luckily that part of the gas station was also an auto shop. I started to feel relieved that I didn’t ruin the car completely and could leave it overnight and call to get it looked at in the morning. Knowing I had no gas and had to work a double I should have made sure I had gas beforehand or waited till the next day but I know now for sure to make sure I always have gas and never wait till im too tired or last minute.
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In English Composition 1 I want to be remembered for the person who always showed up. I want to be seen as someone who is always giving 100 percent no matter the circumstances. Juggling school, two jobs and life in general can be very exhausting but will never be my excuse to fall behind or get lazy. I find it that the people that are remembered the most are always the people who never give up and I strive to be that person.
In this blog Writing Process Roundtable I read three article by writers Don Murray, Mary Karr and Anne Lamott. These writers wrote about their thoughts on writing and I was able to pick out quotes I liked and related to to turn them into a conversation with each other.
I always wanted to be in the writing club but was never a good writer. When posts were put up on the announcement board I finally gathered myself enough to go a meeting to try it out. When I walked in I was expecting there to be a lot of people and figured I would get overwhelmed and leave before it even started, but when I walked in there was a small group of people I recognized. Some of my old teachers as well as a few friends of mine I felt a sigh of relief and went and sat down with them. Don who was the president of the club began to speak, “What is the process we should teach? It is the process of discovery through language. It is the process of exploration of what we should know and what we feel about what we know through language. It is the process of using language to learn about our world, to evaluate what we learn about our world, to communicate what we learn about our world. “ I got the nerve to respond and express how I felt, “ I love to write but everytime I start something I never finish it. My work either gets boring or is just not strong enough to finish.” I said. “When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write.” said Mary. Mary added, “In the beginning, when there are zero pages, you have to cheer yourself into cranking stuff out, even if it later lands on the cutting room floor. Each page takes you somewhere you need to travel before you can land in the next spot. You zigzag, and in the low moments, you just have to keep plodding on.” Anne eagerly jumped in and said “Agreed. The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place knowing no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.” “Well how do I get started on a piece?” I begged. “What I’ve learned to do when I sit down to work on a shitty first draft is to quiet the voices in my head.” Anne added. “Writing is the act of producing a first draft. It is the fastest part of the process, and the most frightening, for it is a commitment. When you complete a draft you know how much, and how little, you know. And the writing of this first draft—rough, searching, unfinished—may take as little as one percent of the writer’s time.” Don insisted. “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts.” Mary said. Feeling more confident i said, “ You guys are right there is no problem with messing up a few times. Practice and failure lead to success.” “We have to be patient and wait, and wait, and wait.” Don said. “You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper.” Anne encouraged. In this blog post I provide answers to the The Proust Questionnaire. This questionnaire was universalized by Marcel Proust, a French essayist and novelist who believed answering these questions would reveal a persons true self. I answered these questions to show you a little about myself and true nature.
1.) What is your idea of perfect happiness? Good Health. 2.) What is your greatest fear? Spiders. 3.) What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My Laugh. 4.) What is the trait you most deplore in others? When People Chew With Their Mouth Open. 5.) Which living person do you most admire? My Grandmother. 6.) What is your greatest extravagance? Netflix. 7.) What is your current state of mind? Happiness. 8.) On what occasion do you lie? To Keep Others Secrets Safe. 9.) What do you most dislike about your appearance? My Nose. 10.) Which living person do you most despise? No One. 11.) What is the quality you most like in a man? Personality. 12.) What is the quality you most like in a woman? Common Interests. 13.) Which words or phrases do you most overuse? "Like". 14.) What or who is the greatest love of your life? My Dog. 15.) When and where were you happiest? When Life Is Good. 16.) Which talent would you most like to have? A Good Voice. 17.) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My Laugh. 18.) What do you consider your greatest achievement? Youth Leadership Academy. 19.) If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? A Butterfly. 20.) Where would you most like to live? California. 21.) What is your most treasured possession? My Grandfathers Chain. 22.) What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Death Of A Loved One. 23.) What is your favorite occupation? Occupation Therapist. 24.) What is your most marked characteristic? My Eyes. 25.) What do you most value in your friends? Their Honesty. 26.) Who are your favorite writers? Nicholas Sparks. 27.) Who is your hero of fiction? Wonder Women. 28.) Which historical figure do you most identify with? None. 29.) Who are your heroes in real life? My Mom. 30.) What are your favorite names? Peyton. 31.) What is it that you most dislike? Ignorance From People. 32.) What is your greatest regret? None. ( Refer To Question 35). 33.) How would you like to die? Instant Death. 34.) What is your motto? "Everything Happens For A Reason". |
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