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"You have to fall in love with the process to become great"-Unknown
This post has to do with my introduction, The idea was to start off with a little scene to warm up the audience, to grab their attention. But this is a scene from my three good things project, with the great day my brother and I had. So If this scene is good enough and fits my introduction then you could possibly see this in there.
It’s a Saturday morning, 8.45 am to be exact, I wake up to the smell of coffee and breakfast. The sizzling bacon makes me feel a sort of calmness knowing that it's alright I’m in a great place right now. I walk on downstairs to wake up nick so we can get on to 2k for the event, the night before we planned on waking up and getting on this. So he wakes up and says “Thanks just give me a minute to fully wake up” I then reply”Alright I'll set it up for you” Back down Nick goes, I walk back up stairs to eat some breakfast and get on the game. My mom knew I had a rough week so I think she did that out of niceness. I really appreciate her for that and it makes me feel loved in many ways. I thought to myself, I'm going to put this as one of my three good things today in my journal. So now Nick and I are on the game, I join his party and we get into the playground. The event is the “Reese's Park event” it is double xp and VC. So we get into the first game and we won, we went on a 9 game win streak. Then at 10 the event ended, Nick mentioned something about the sixers playing at 1 today against the pistons. I said Lets go to the game it's the first time since Embiid and drummond played since drummond tried talking all that shit from last game. Nick says” Yeah I'm down to go let's ask dad to email us the tixs.” So we have season tixs and have had them since 2012, Well I got my dad to email us the tixs and we are getting ready to go to the game. I ask Nick if we wanted to get chickfila before the game. I never seen someone's face light up more than his. So we leave chick fil a, Nick is on the aux playing straight hits. So the 40 minute drive felt like 10 minutes. Its 12:30 and we are pulling into the phillies parking lot because this sold out crowd already filled up the 76ers lot. So we got a pretty good walk in this blistering cold, 40 degrees. It hasn't been this cold all year, as I blow into my hands to warm them up. Nick asks “ do you think Embiid is going cook drummond after shit talked Embiid after last game?” I reply “ I bet he goes for 40 on him.” So at this point we are in line to get into the stadium. We get our tixs checked and entered the game, we take the escalator up to the second level. Our seats are halfcourt, row 1, seat 7, and 8. It's gametime, the announcer calls out the names and the crowd is going wild, trust the process chants are being shouted all throughout the arena. Embiid first play of the game bullies drummond and the dunks it home as everyone ooo’s and ahh’s. Fast forward to halftime and Embiid has 32! Sixers are flat out dominating the pistons today. Halftime is over and the game is going. Markelle Fultz drove the lane and rose up to put drummond on a poster but missed because he got fouled by drummond on the play. Man was the crowd jumping after that play. Now the 4th quarter hits and man this is a great game, I look over nick and say “ Embiid has 34 he could get 40 like I said.” He replies “ I think he might get 50 let alone 40” We both laughed and our eyes got glued back to court as the athletes run up and down the court trying to put the ball into the hoop. The game has ended, Nick and I walk back we talk about how Wmbiid only had 39, What's in store for our sixers, also if Brett brown is the right fit for this team. So we get in the car and drive off from a fantastic game and a great day we have had.
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In this blog post I will be doing this via Vlog from youtube. I will be going over my second draft of my narrative project. In it I will answer a few questions but here are a few readings that helped me answer them: What is Fan Fiction -- and why is it making people nervous? (Stephen Downes), a link to Rewinding and Rewriting: The Alternate Universes in Our Head (Hidden Brain Podcast). Now lets get into the video. Enjoy! In this blog post I will be revising my blog post 5. With the help of My Mother Gives me a Writing Lesson (Martin Lee), I was able to use a few tips from it and revise my post. I hope the changes were for the best. Enjoy!
The tip is off we won and I end up with the ball, the ball is so soft and cushiony but it feels like I have a string on it the way I'm handling it. So I come off the screen and pull up. Shoot. Swishh goes the net the crowd on its feet. I've been waiting for this moment for the longest time. Fast forward to the second quarter we hold the lead 17-14. Down the court we come I pass it to the center and he shoots. Clank! Off the rim it goes the other team is leaking out I'm getting back they shoot a three and miss I go up for the rebound and down I come. POP! Uh-oh I felt this sharp pain and I'm lying here on this cold dusty hardwood court. This pain is unlike no other I'm slamming the floor hoping for it to stop but that's not going to happen. I scope out the scene and I see everyone staring at me but the game is still going on then I see my mom. She is so worried and runs out on the court with my Dad and then they stop the game and help me up. I keep thinking to myself why? Why? Why did I play? Why didn't I just sit out for this pointless game? We walk over to the sideline the grab me a bag of ice and I just sit here watching my team go on without me. Im furious but sad, confused but angry at myself. It all started on a Saturday in March.Its game day and the nerves are going, my stomach is full of butterflies. But this isn't no ordinary game this is the championship. Me and my brother nick play for the same team in this rec league and we pull up to the gym calm and confident we are ready for whatever comes our way, or at least we think that. The gym smells like fresh wax with a sweaty aroma in the air. I scout out the gym the other team has only lost once all season and today we have to do something we haven't done all season, beat them twice.I hurt my knee the week before pretty bad. It was very weak it felt like my leg would give out all week and right now I'm contemplating on playing. But I can't let down my brother and the rest of the team so I am going to play. That decision unfortunately ended changing my life in a way I never imagined. The changes I made were pretty drastic. I tried out a new form writing called in media res. Its when you open up the story straight to the climax of the scene, I found it very helpful in my story to attract the readers attention from the get go. This blog post I will recreate a past scene of my life that has had a big affect on my life today in a negative way. Here are a few readings that have helped me construct this blog, What You Don't Know (Lulu Wang) and My Name is Margaret. Now I will show you this brief but very vital moment in my life.
Its game day and the nerves are going, my stomach is full of butterflies. But this isn't no ordinary game this is the championship. Me and my brother nick play for the same team in this rec league and we pull up to the gym calm and confident we are ready for whatever comes our way, or at least we think that. The gym smells like fresh wax with a sweaty aroma in the air. I scout out the gym the other team has only lost once all season and today we have to do something we haven't done all season, beat them twice.I hurt my knee the week before pretty bad. It was very weak it felt like my leg would give out all week and right now I'm contemplating on playing. But I can't let down my brother and the rest of the team so I am going to play. Tip off is in 5 minutes and I'm putting on biofreeze to help my knee feel better. But anyways Its game time and i'm ready for the action we take the court. I see some friends but for the next 4 quarters they are the enemies. The tip is off we won and I end up with the ball, the ball is so soft and cushiony but it feels like I have a string on it the way I'm handling it. So I come off the screen and pull up. Shoot. Swishh goes the net the crowd on its feet. I've been waiting for this moment for the longest time. Fast forward to the second quarter we hold the lead 17-14. Down the court we come I pass it to the center and he shoots. Clank! Off the rim it goes the other team is leaking out Im getting back they shoot a three and miss I go up for the rebound and down I come. POP! Uh-oh I felt this sharp pain and I'm lying here on this cold dusty hardwood court. This pain is unlike no other Im slamming the floor hoping for it to stop but that's not going to happen. I scope out the scene and I see everyone staring at me but the game is still going on then I see my mom. She is so worried and runs out on the court with my Dad and then they stop the game and help me up. I keep thinking to myself why? Why? Why did I play? Why didn't I just sit out for this pointless game? We walk over to the sideline the grab me a bag of ice and I just sit here watching my team go on without me. I'm furious but sad, confused but angry at myself. First game ends and we win I get up to motivate my team but I can no longer walk on my left leg. So I sit here talk to nick telling him “Lets go bro go out there and get this dub we didn't come all this way to lose” Nick replies, “Bet.” I trust him to help us come out on top. But we ended up winning the second game which means we have won the championship! I was so proud of them but the bad news is I tore my ACL, Meniscus, and fractured my tibia spine bone… I will need surgery and it takes 8-10 months to recover. 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. 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. . |
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