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"You have to fall in love with the process to become great"-Unknown
This blog post will be me constructing a scene in my recent life, It's going to be from sunday and It's about me and my brother brainstorming about a podcast we plan to start up in the future.The reading above is an example of what I used to help me construct this scene. I have to include dialogue and symbolism into the scene as well. Well enough of me trying to explain you will understand more when you are done. Enjoy!
Out on the deck my brother and I sit here on this weary cold night. The rain is just coming to a end I hear the raindrops falling from the trees onto my awning. Plop..plop...plop. I also hear the cars tires rubbing against the wet ground it's a very weird but soothing sound. It smells like a wet tree kind of smell its a very odoriferous smell. But here we sit after watching the games today just discussing how they went and how each others teams did. But we planned on talking about the podcast which I've been wanting to start up for a while now but all credit goes to him for the great idea. We finally can because we both have laptops. But we both want our podcast to a sports talk show. I ask him “So David about this podcast do you have any ideas of a name for our podcast?” David says “ Well I was thinking of philly philly or Mouse house. Do you have any ideas?” I reply with “ I was thinking The Cold take but I like your ideas better.” So then we do some researching on the computer take notes and listen to podcasts also hear the cold things people have to say about them. The internet was so helpful and we found out to do a few things. I say “ Dave what do you think about uploading them to itunes and spotify?” He then answers with “ I like that. But how are we going to promote it?” I reply “We can make social media accounts and we can promote it through our own too and maybe get people to as well.” David says “That's a great Idea. But I have something in mind for the show we can do. We can have a fantasy segment about the hot and cold players week by week. Also a segment called stump the chump were we each ask each other trivia questions and then to our listeners.” I answer saying “ Wow those are great Ideas we have to start recording next week.” So we do some research on how to set up all the voice recordings and how to edit we are taking notes and the feeling of the pen hitting the paper with all this information is something I love doing when I'm passionate about a subject. But then mom calls us in for dinner. She says “ Come and before the food gets all cold.” But you best believe we drop everything to go eat some delicious chinese food. But we agreed on picking up from this at a later date because we still have a long road to go during this podcast journey that can be so cold but so rewarding.
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In this class I want to be remembered as the person who was respectful and nice to his classmates but also improved on his writing drastically in the time of the class. I can achieve being nice and respectful by being myself and learning about my classmates by reading their blogs and viewing their websites.I can also become a better writer by practicing and changing my bad habits I own. The reason I want to be remembered by these things is because I want people to look at me as a good person and maybe I can help them in anyway possible. That's how I would like to be remembered as in this class.
In my Third blog post I will describe a scene in my life that has happened recently. I will appeal to all 5 senses to create the best scene I possibly can. This scene partakes as my usual Sundays.So enough of me dragging this out let's hop into my 3rd blog post. Enjoy! P.S these are the readings that inspired me to create this blog post.
I wake up and I feel very tired and a little off balance from the night before from being out with a few friends. But it's not the same anymore because most of them are gone off to college is it was just a few of us. Anyways I get up and I feel the urge to go to the bathroom so I do but in the midst of all that I get this savory smell, my mouth immediately waters. That scent is the fresh smell of crackling turkey bacon being made. So I do my business and suddenly feel so relieved. Then I rush downstairs into the kitchen and there it lays looking so beautiful a nice crisp greasy piece of turkey bacon. So what I do is I dive right in and of course I have to get my glass of sweet orange juice. That combo makes me feel as if I am ready to take on the day and all of its tasks. Then I thank my mom hug her and she kisses me on the head and we say good morning to each other, I then say it to my brothers. I also get a text from my sweet beautiful girlfriend telling me good morning then I receive a snapchat from her which makes my day because I haven't gotten to see her in weeks and I miss her from all the hugs and kisses to the pointless conversations we have in person. It's been a little rough from her going to college but it will be fine because we both got a special love for each other that is amazing it's like a feeling I get deep down that is really unexplainable until you experience it. But anyways I go out on the deck its a amazing day outside unlike it has been from past days. The sun is out there's a little breeze in the air, my dogs are in the yard enjoying the sun before it starts to become cold out for fall and winter because you have to soak it all in before there's none to soak. But it's going to be a great day because the eagles are playing so I'm ecstatic and its fantasy football day which makes it even better. I have my lineups all set and I'm ready to catch the dub against my good old friend Jimmy. But after my morning things I hop on xbox to play some video games I do this because it helps me take my mind off things. I'm a very anxious and worryful person so I like to take my opportunities of clearing my head for a few hours. In the afternoon we have to go to my fathers and I like it up there he has his new house in garnet valley but we go up on every Sunday for the eagle games. So that caps off my morning it was very pleasant and fulfilling to me and I hope my next could be too. . In my second blog post we will take quotes from these readings,
So here I all sit with Don Murray, Susan Sontag, Haruki Murakami, Anne lamott, and Donald Trump, discussing our nation's reading and writing program and whether it should be taught as a process a product. So I say all in favor of having writing taught as a product raise your hand. One very small hand shoots up, as I look it's Donald Trump and he says “ I'm in favor of product because I want to make america great again so that's what we have to do.” Everyone else in the room has a puzzled look and is looking around confused as if what he said made absolutely no sense. Then I say “but we did a survey and the results are astonishing, it shows that 80% of students taught process have better grades and essays.” Don that did the research on the product the replies “Our students knew it wasn’t literature when they passed it in, and our attack usually does little more than confirm their lack of self-respect for their work and for themselves.” Then I replied “No wonder Donald wanted that.” Gasp’s and chuckles echoed throughout the room. Donald sits there livid but then susan adds “It’s a very undisciplined way of working and makes me not very prolific.” Then I reply with “Students get very frustrated and it rushes their work so they don't learn how to produce a good piece of work.” Anne then states “I know its a painful feeling it is when you've been working on something forever, and it feels, and you give your story to someone who you hope validates this and they tell you it needs more work.” Don also adds “No matter how careful our criticisms, they do not help the student since when we teach composition we are not teaching a product, we are teaching a process.” Haruki adds ”The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.” Then Anne says “short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers have them” The whole table agreed except Donald and he says ”WRONG.” Don then says “He doesn’t test his words by a rule book, but by life” Then anne replies “It is no wonder why we sometimes take ourselves perhaps a bit to seriously.”(comparing ourselves to donald) So I try to change the subject I ask susan “What is you're Process?” She replies with “Since then there is a computer in my life. After the second or third draft it goes into the computer, so I don’t retype the whole manuscript anymore, but continue to revise by hand on a succession of hard-copy drafts from the computer” I found that very interesting then here comes Donald saying “ Ummm Well if this is going to make america great again do it but I thought this was the right way the whole time I was just testing you guys.” We all agree so he would shut up and left the room because we all had dinner plans to go discuss the meeting and poke fun at Donald. This is my first blog ever and I want to introduce myself, Im Andrew Moskowitz. We are here to answer some questions of the famous survey itself, “The Proust Questionnaire.”They ask for you're opinions on a few things like you're greatest fear and you're state of mind and so on, So let's jump into it.
1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? My idea of perfect happiness is having all the people that I love hanging out at the beach all day having a good time with no worries in the world. __2.__What is your greatest fear? The greatest fear I have is losing someone really close to me because I can't handle the fact that I can't see them or even speak to them anymore. The thought of that's is more scary than death itself in my opinion. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? The trait that I most deplore in myself is my confidence in myself I wish i could have a steady flow in confidence because I'm either extremely confident or I think nothing of myself which I would love to fix. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? A trait I deplore in others is their loyalty, I don't understand how fast people switch up for the next or even just in a relationship. You have to take everyone's feelings and thoughts into account instead of being selfish and wanting to jump from thing to think without thinking about the possible damage you caused. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? The person I admire the most is my beautiful girlfriend Alyssa. She is so sweet and wonderful, but she is really smart and caring. When I see her or am even with her she takes away all my worries and I can just be Andrew. I truly admire her because she is always there for me no matter what , she has taught me so much and we have grown together and are becoming great people. But she is capable of so much and she will accomplish so much in her life I strongly believe that. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance is spending money on shoes, I love the sneaker industry from Adidas to Nike. I just find them so interesting and the stories and meanings behind them. I once spent $300 on a pair of jordan 11 space jams. But I would always go to the sneaker conventions I just had a lot of fun with them but the hyped has died down a little for me. __7.__What is your current state of mind? My current state of mind is very confused because I have a lot going on at home, my girlfriend has moved off to college, and im starting a whole new chapter of my life in a very difficult time of my life. Everything has just been so much it's just hard to focus on anything at this point. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? I find money an overrated virtue only because on the road to gaining millions of dollars you lose your actual friends or it changes you, also it can affect your family and relationships.Don't get me wrong money is great but to much is not good in my opinion. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I only lie when I feel bad about what I did or if it's going to hurt the person so bad to the point they become someone else. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? There is nothing I dislike about my appearance I love myself for who I am. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? None because I don't hold grudges I just take those people out of my life __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? A quality I most like in a women is caring because I appreciate a person who always considers everyone else. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? My most overused phrase is saying “tough” when I find something to be good. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? If i'm being honest I would have to say My girlfriend Alyssa because she is the girl version of myself, Also she is perfect for me because she understands me and will be there for me through thick or thin. __16.__When and where were you happiest? I am most happy down at my house in north wildwood with my family and close friends. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? I wish I could have lebron james talent because I personally believe he is one of the most gifted and best basketball players of all time. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? If I could change one thing about myself it would be to worry a lot more less than I currently do. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? As of right now my greatest achievement being able to continue playing sports after blowing out my knee and having surgery then going through a 8 month recovery program only because it was at a really tough time in my life and I'm proud that I overcame that part of my life. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? If I could die and come back to life I would be a dog because they do nothing all day and receive so much love and attention. __21.__Where would you most like to live? I would most like to live in Venice beach in Cali or in the city of Philadelphia but I really am not a fan of cold weather so that's why that's my first choice. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possession is my car because its my first car and it holds so many memories and will keep making more. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? My favorite occupation is playing video games with my little brother because he is hilarious and makes it a fun time.It could also be watching or playing basketball too __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? I think my most marked characteristic is my kind heart were in most situations I put others before myself. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? What I value most in my friends is how we have had the greatest times and nobody really hates each other we all get along. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? A hero in real life to me is my mother because she goes above and beyond for me and my brothers and I need to appreciate that a lot more. __32.__What is it that you most dislike? I most dislike people who constantly seek attention from any one in sight only because it's just pathetic and very annoying __33.__What is your greatest regret? Not giving my all in highschool because I look back now and its lazy but I'm not to upset because my home life wasn't really together until 12th grade __34.__How would you like to die? I would like to die on a beach at sunset with nobody insight so nobody has to suffer from my death __35.__What is your motto? My motto is in order to be great at something you have to spend a lot of time perfecting your craft. |
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