In Process blog for the week of Jan 23

Thus far in the class, I have enjoyed the lesson on abstract words the most. I very much enjoyed the activity we did with the shapes and having to give them names and characteristics. I felt that I learned a great deal from this exercise, not only about abstract words, but about the people in the class. It's really interesting to be able to hear and understand some of the different reasons and meanings behind why different people gave the shapes certain characteristics. I even felt compelled to change my points of view on certain instances after hearing what others thought.
This activity really opened my eyes to see that different people see words in many different ways. This made me understand why in writing I need to explain abstract words in detail so that my readers can grasp the exact feelings and emotions that I wanted them to feel.
The writing assignment after the activity really got me thinking about how I could best describe my definition of love. I still how a great deal of work that I would like to do to the piece before it reaches my standards, but I think it's off to a great start.
All in all, I really think I am going to enjoy this class after seeing what we have already done. I really have a passion for writing and it is something that I love to do and wish I had more time to do. I cannot wait to see what else is in store for me this semester.

In class writing assignment for the week of Jan 23

Love

Floating above the rest of the world,
Feeling the butterflies in your stomach,
Being able to thin of nothing but that someone or something,
Love.

Grinning from ear to ear,
Knowing that at that moment nothing can bring you down,
Having the feeling of being able to concor any task,
Love.

Wishing you could feel this way for the rest of your life,
Dreading the moment when your whole world falls apart,
Aching, thinking you will never be able to go on with life once you have fallen,
Love.

Hurt, promising yourself you will never open your heart again,
Emptyness thoughtout your body,
Feeling as if you will never be whole again,
All you want is for life to return to the way it was before
Love.

An ongoing battle with yourself, your heart, soul and ones whom you pour your heart,
A vicious, endless cycle which you get rapped up in over and over again,
Waiting for the begining of the cycle to come again,
Waiting for that special feeling of Love.

Memoir Prompt for the week of Jan 23

This prompt is an interesting one and took me some time to think of a good example. After pondering over the question for awhile, I finally thought of something.

When I was young, I had a terrible problem with sucking my thumb. My parents didn't know how to get me to quit, until one day they decided to start putting tobasco sauce on my thumb. I hated the taste SO much. I remember trying to trick my parents by just washing the nasty sauce off my thumb when they weren't looking. I felt like I was SO smart...Well, as one could guess, I wasn't. The hot, spicy, burning taste still lingered on my thumb. Eventually, I gave into my parents method, and the nasty tobasco sauce on my thumb caused me to quit sucking my thumb.
To this day I cannot remember what exactly caused me to try putting tobasco sauce on foods. My dady always liked his food spicy and used the sauce on many of his foods, which is where I picked it. Now I use it on everything. Oftentimes, I even carry it in my purse so that I can have it when I go to out to eat.I cannot understand what would cause me to try something that caused me so much frustration.

Introduction/Test

Hello! I just thought that I would introduce and tell about myself as a first blog or tester blog. First off, My name is Amber Volk. I am from Norfolk, Nebraska. My friends at college call me 'Vee', while many people back home call me 'Maggie' or 'Maggles'. Therefore, the only time I'm ever really called Amber is in classes or at work.

I am very interested in persuing a career in journalism. I'm looking into both writing for a newspaper or magazine as well as going into radio, with the hopes of being able to write my own stories to share to the listening area. Writing has always been a big part of my life and has always been something I have greatly enjoyed.

In addition to knowing that I love writing, here's a few more interesting facts about me: Firstly, I love Gone With the Wind. I love the book and the movie and have read and seen the sequeal, Scarlett. If ever you want to chat about Gone With the Wind. I'm your girl! I also really love the color green and have for a long time. Most everything I own is green. I've even been known to purchase items I really don't have any use for, just because it's green. Another thing I really love is music. In highschool I played clarinet in the band. I was planning on being in the marching band here at USD, but I didn't have the amount of tim necessary to dedicate to it. My favorite type to listen to is country. I would definately say Kenny Chesney is my favorite singer.

Anyways, I think the above is enough to at least know something about me. I'm really looking forward to this semester and hope I am able to expand my writing experiences even more.

Be sure to tune in later for a deeper look into my mind...

~Amber~