Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway) My professor asked me and my classmates to write about a event that happened in the past week. He wanted us to write about it in the first person . Getting the devastating phone call from my Aunt debbie on a Wednesday Afternoon telling me the about the horrible news I didnt want to hear. The Quiet words that came from her small wrinkly mouth. “ Your Uncle Rob is in the ICU, and we dont think he has much longer to live.” My heart instantly sank, and i became very lost for words. I asked her “ What hospital is he at?” She proclaimed “Christiana Hospital in Delaware.” I instabtly said thankyou and hoped in my car and went right to the hospital
I walked in the hospital and asked the nurses if they knew where rob stafford was located? They had said he was the next set of doors. I went to his room and saw him laying there. He was all paleish and was in a comma. I instantly started to cry. I was so upset. I said a prayer over him and said my last goodbyes. The nurses said he only had a couple more hours to live. He was living off of life support. All of his organs were shutting down. He basically caught a infection from the alchohol, and a mixture of other stuff. I said once last goodbye, and left very very upset. I went back home that night and a couple hours later my aunt call me to tell me he has passed away. I was very sad. I couldnt even sleep that night. The next day i went back to the hospital with my aunts, uncles, and cousins. My one aunt and uncle i have never met came town from kentucky and i got to meet them for the first time. It was a very sad day but at the same time it brought me and my other family together and we had a great couple days together. We talked and shared storys and ate food and just had a good time. He is currently getting cremated and a funeral will be held in the next couple of weeks for him.
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My professor asked me and my classmates to read these three passages and annotate the text:
He wanted us to use the five sense in our scene. We needed to write in the first person, and to explain something that had happened to us in the last week. He wanted us to use lots of detail and explain what was going on. Driving along the busy long highway in my little Honda civic. I can still see the horrific moment that has happened. The feeling of not being able to stop is still lingering in my mind. It all happened on the day of September 12th, 2018 around 6:30 pm. I was on my way to Millers Ale House with a couple friends. Everything was going just fine. Jamming to the bumping music, and singing along with my friends having a great time. Then it happened… Traffic came to a complete stop so quickly i didn't have any time to really react to it. The speed went from forty-five miles per hour to zero in a matter of seconds. I couldn't stop fast enough so BAM!!!!! There I was, I had hit someone from behind!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes… I was so in shock to what had just happened. I wanted to cry my eyes out but I just couldn't. I was so nervous to who I had hit, and if everything was going to be okay. The moment the man got out of the car, I began to panic in fear that i had hurt them. The guy comes up to my car and asks for my information. We exchanged information, and went on our ways. When i saw my car i was so upset. My whole front end was beat up. I had pulled into a parking lot and just cried with anger. I was so so so so angry at myself. My friends parents came to the scene and basically fixed my front end the best as they could so i could continue to drive it. My car was still drive-able, but there was stuff wrong on the inside. I thought to myself. “How will i ever pay for these damages?” I began to think… “ oh wait, my uncle used to be a mechanic, He could look at it and maybe fix it.” So it was settled. I took it to him that night. He looked at it and said he could fix it but bring it by in the morning when theirs sunlight so i can actually take a good look at it. I went home that night with such anxiety thinking, I hope this isn't to pricey. I came back the next morning and he told me what i needed for it. We went to the junk yard and got everything I needed for it. Well this is where things got challenging. My uncle was having trouble fixing it because he didn't want to take the bumper off but eventually had to. Then the radiator wasn't coming out. And the cooling fan system was stuck. Two days went by and he had finally fixed my car. My little Honda civic is so so so ugly now. Lesson to learn by. PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE ROAD, AND THIS WONT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!! My professor asked me and my classmates to read these three readings and to annotate the text: For this blog I will create a round table using 3 quotes from 3 different passage readings. Aka the ones listed above. That will make 9 quotes. I will then take 3 of my own quotes and put them together which will make 12 quotes all together. I will then make a story about the writing process. While using my quotes and all the other ones I will explain the writing process thru that!!! Don Murray
Join the club by frank smith $ Some pens I will follow $ Don’t look back $ Joan didion I need a hour alone before dinner$ Somehow the book doesn’t leave you when your sleep right next to it $ I can just get up and start typing $ Anne Lamott It was almost just typing, just making my fingers move$ It’s just a piece of chicken Close your eyes and get quiet for a minute. $ As we are gathered here around the dinner table, I just wanted to say (Kaitlyn) “how do you guys feel about the writing process?” Well I think that the writing process is a very cool but challenging thing to do. Sometimes you just need some peace to be able to get thru it. Everyone let’s try this. (Anne lamott) “close your eyes and get quiet for a minute.” Take a couple of deep breaths. Now what do you see in your mind? (Don Murray) well what I see is “some pens I will follow.” Um don I don’t think that’s what the writing process is about but you can keep on imaging that hahaha. I feel like the writing process is about expressing how you feel thru writing. (Joan didion) well I feel like “I can just get up and start typing” all about it. I feel like I can tell you story about how I feel. Hey Kaitlyn do you think that chicken is ready yet? It should be Joan. Here let me go check on it!!! Well let me know because (joan didion) “ I need a hour alone before dinner.” Well why is that Joanne?? Well I usually take time to meditate and pray before dinner. (Kaitlyn) well Joanne i would begin to do that now, “I’m getting that juicy chicken out the oven now.” (Don Murray) “Dont look back” Kaitlyn, go get that chicken now I’m starving!!!!’ Okay okay I got you. So tell me everyone, what’s the writing process like. Well you need to brainstorm any ideas that you have first, then you need to figure out the process, and how your going to do it. Like reading a book and getting information from it. Hey funny thing about books. My husband left me so when I think of books I think (Joan didion) “the book doesn’t leave you when you sleep right next to.” Okay Joanne? I’m sorry about that…. (Don Murray) “join the club” my wife left me too. (Kaitlyn) “you guys, your not answering my question…..” Kaitlyn please we are getting to the point. The writing process is all about how you write a essay. You make a story and write about it… it’s not always about you, you know! This blog post I provide answers to the The Proust Questionnaire. 1.What is your idea of perfect happiness? My idea of perfect happiness would have to consist of a lot of laughter and joy. When i'm laughing i'm at my happiest point. It's a even better situation when i'm laughing with other people. I just love to laugh!!! 2.What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear would have to be dating someone who was into incest. When i tell you incest skives me out sooooooo much, i really mean it when i say it. Just thinking about that makes me want to throw up all over the place, and makes me have terrible anxiety. Incest for me is a BIG NO NO!!!! 3.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? What trait I Deplore in myself would have to be my personality. I'm not trying to brag but i have a very outgoing, bubbly personality. Others also feel the same way about it. I have low self esteem about my appearance, but when it comes to my personality, I really like that one trait about myself. 4.What is the trait you most deplore in others? A trait i deplore in others would have to be humor. Like i said in question number 1, I love to laugh. So if someone else can make me laugh me a** off, we are most likely going to get along! 5.Which living person do you most admire? N/A 6.What is your greatest extravagance? N/A 7.What is your current state of mind? My current state of mind would have to be me being successful!! I honestly really want to succeed. I want to graduate College with a degree in broadcast Communications. Get a Job as either a journalist of some sort, or to BECOME A NEWS ANCHOR (: I want to be able to get married, buy a house and have children and to just live a happy, healthy, successful life!!!! i want to be able to give myself and kids the life i never had because of the situation my parents put me in as a young child! 8.What do you consider the most overrated virtue? N/A 9.On what occasion do you lie? N/A 10.What do you most dislike about your appearance? What i dislike about my appearance would have to be... Basically almost everything. I suffer from low self esteem so to me i don't see much good about my appearance. My nose is too big, My skin is to pale, My stomach has to much pudge to it, My wrist look like kankles, My fingers are too fat, My hair is to thin. The list can go on. My point to this is I basically dislike my Whole appearance. 11.Which living person do you most despise? N/A 12.What is the quality you most like in a man? A quality I like most in a man would have to be someone who has patients. I'm a sensitive person so If the guy can understand and respect that i'm moody and can sometimes be a brat, and also be able to put up with it without flipping out, then hes a great guy. 13.What is the quality you most like in a woman? N/A 14.Which words or phrases do you most overuse? A phrase or word I overuse would have to be basically. 15.What or who is the greatest love of your life? The love of my life would have to be Jesus! I love Jesus. He has been there for me when nobody else was. If it wasn't for him I don't know where id be today. 16.When and where were you happiest? The place i was the happiest would have to be when I lived in Coal Township. My old foster parents where just the best. 17.Which talent would you most like to have? The talent i would like to mostly have would have to be dancing. 18.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Well as much as i don't like my appearance i still wouldn't change anything about myself. For all you know you could want to change something and you could end up hating the thing you changed even more because the thing you changed came out even more terrible. 19.What do you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest achievement would have to be making it this far and not giving up. I've had a pretty rocky life, but i'm grateful for the things i've learned along the way. Those things made me who i am today. 20.If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? N/A 21.Where would you most like to live? The place id most like to live would have to be down south. I love the country style living better than city living. Its just way more peaceful and the environment is just more me. 22.What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possession is the ring my mom gave me before she passed away. 23.What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? N/A 24.What is your favorite occupation? My favorite occupation is a news anchor. I really want to be a news anchor one day!! 25.What is your most marked characteristic? My most marked characteristic would have to be my red hair. People are like " You have no soul" or "GINGER!!!" or "I love your hair color, I always wanted to be a redhead when I was younger." Basically, I get a lot of attention on it. lol 26.What do you most value in your friends? The thing i most value in my friends is our closeness and how we get along. 27.Who are your favorite writers? N/A 28.Who is your hero of fiction? N/A 29.Which historical figure do you most identify with? N/A 30.Who are your heroes in real life? Jesus is my hero. He died on the cross for my sins so that I can go to heaven and have eternal life, and not live in pain after death! 31.What are your favorite names? My favorite names would have to be Kayden/Cayden. If i have a daughter her name will be Kayden Marie. and if i have a son his name will be Cayden Joseph. 32.What is it that you most dislike? I most dislike eating foods i hate. Im a very picky eater. 33.What is your greatest regret? N/A 34.How would you like to die? I would like to die in my sleep. 35.What is your motto? You get what you give!!!! |
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