SemesterFinal

The first question that I am going to choose is number 2.
2. Choose one of your posts. (Your favorite? Your least favorite? The one that surprises you the most when you reread it? Any one you want to pick.) Analyze it in detail, with quotes etc. And link to it, of course!

My favorite blog(s) of all time during this year was Fanime Part One and Fanime Part Two. These two blogs are in a pair of two. I really like these two blog posts because it shows what I enjoy most and these blog posts also help give others some advice. So it's fun and helpful. On the first blog, Fanime Part One, it gives the main information on Fanime, and how it works. Part One also includes some information on cosplay and four advices that continue onto the next part of Fanime. In the next part, Fanime Part Two, the advice was continued starting at five, and I think it ended on five. Fanime Part Two also includes my first day there which was after school on Friday. It showed my new experiences and how I met people from AHS that Ihave never seen before. Rereading this blog post brings back a lot of memories about my past and also what new things I missed from not going to this current years Fanime 2010. Sigh. But that's okay I still have a lot more years to go. I can't wait for next year we're going have a lot of fun! I like a lot others of my blogs but those two bring back a lot of memories for me. They mean a lot to me since I have really bad memory about my past.

7. What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? How do you tend to get unstuck? Notice any patterns?

Writer's block is part of life, you get stuck... you get unstuck, then get stuck again. The struggles from writer's block can be crazy and horrible, but besides of sitting there and do nothing for the longest time, might as well work on something else. Go do your math homework or something. Or maybe write another story. But don't let the horror of writer's block stop you from enjoying writing. I tend to get stuck because you don't know exactly how you're going to write about it or you don't have anything else to talk about. For example, right now I'm writing this semester final and I'm getting writer's block by writing about writer's block. Patterns in writer's block is one you start you won't be finishing the same night as you start it. That is the only pattern that I have noticed during my writer's block.
An example of writer's block is the time when I took creative writing and we wrote every single day we were in class. Even though it was a class for writing and people who had great imagination, a lot of people in that class had a lot of problems for stories, poem, etc. But that class helps you improve in your English and also your writing skills. In the beginning I was always stuck until my teacher showed us a secret which was, work on something else while you're on writer's block. It really did work but it also helps with the procrastination. That strategy lasted me for the rest of the year, but after summer, everything went crashing down like crazy. Sigh. I miss that class. But I will never take another creative writing class, because it's just too much writing for me. Writer's block is not a fun thing to experience but it's part of life.

8: How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?

I really like having a blog because I get to share my experiences and whatnot to people around the world, and they won't know who I am. I can show my feelings on the blog post and those people still won't know who I am. This blog keeps my image a secret and also my identity a secret. That is a good thing. The only people who knows who this blog post is from are my friends, the people I share it with, and my classmates who has Sutherland for English. Blogging changed my life dramatically, it helped me somewhat improve in writing, and also helped me be more social with people around me.
This blog has made me think differently about writing. Writing has changed me greatly and it also helped me understanding some people around me. For example, when I asked my friend Nathan Tieu to write about a friend and he chose me, I figured out that he didn't really know me except for a few concepts here are quotes from my blog and a few from his blog to me.

Nathan Tieu was born on January 9, 1994. His family consists of an older sister, an older brother, and, of course, his parents. Nathan HAD pets, but they only lasted for a couple of weeks. His pets were mostly goldfishes and miniature turtles. Nathan had three turtles but one passed away and the other two were saved by Petco. Tieu thinks that his older brother had a hamster, but unfortunately it ran away. Of all important diseases or illnesses, Nathan Tieu had never had the chicken pox. He's going to be in trouble when he gets it in the future.

And this is the basics that Nathan knows about me.

Well lets stop talking about how I met Annly, lets just talk all about her. So umm... well she likes anime A LOT and also badminton. She's a fierce competitor in badminton, so you better watch out, cause she will destroy you :D She love anime and Korean bands like the BigBang even making a blog about it(http://auncia94.blogspot.com/2009/11/bigbangparttwo.html). She likes to tell scary stories on her free time, mostly all gory and killing (cough cough). You can catch some of it on her blog which she put(hella long) and also gives you information about fanime which is pretty helpful.

I repeat just from these two blog posts I have learned a lot about my friend and they also learned about me.

Well this blogging strategy has been a really fun experience for all of us. Thank you Mr. Sutherland for introducing it to us students and giving us a chance to communicate to the world, sorta. And also the experience or chance to get messaged or commented back by an author. Even though I didn't get the chance, others have and a slight chance that my blog post would've been commented on. Oh well. Thanks again. And see you next year Sutherland! xD (If I get your class... and if I don't then I'll come visit if I get the chance.

Final!!

Finals for my other classes are basically tests or in art, a mural. But for my English class, I have to type and post my final onto my blog. This final is sort of like a review for my blog status. The idea of posting our final onto our blogs is pretty unique if you think about it. So to start this final off, I'll answer the first question that I have chosen from the list.

The first question is how do the things you read influence what you write about or how you write it? This question is really simple to answer. When you read something that interests you, you'll continue to think about it. For example, if you watch or read about vampires, you'll start to fantasize about them or continue you're interest in it by writing about it. For the second part of the question, your writing style can change by reading or looking at a different type, because when you're reading or creating action, your brain is currently learning. And if you aren't learning from your actions then you shouldn't be in school. Okay, that last line was a bad one, I should be encouraging people to go to school more often. So, if it's possible ignore that last line, thank you. Learning is a part of life, so you can't stop learning from your mistakes and actions. A few examples of learning from your actions are, if you want to learn a new move in a sport. Let's use badminton for example, right now I'm coaching one of my friends, and I tell them to use the same technique at least ten times to get use to it and also improve and learn from it. And guess what, it worked, she's so used to it that when she's practicing, she'll use that move without knowing it and its one hundred percent professional looking. There are two solutions, which she learned it from doing it so many times, or she just got lucky. But I'm pretty sure that her mind was learning. Another example is when I was a kid in elementary, we had to learn vocabulary. So the teacher assigns us homework where we had to write the same word about ten times. The day that it was due, we had a mini spelling contest. Guess what happen, it worked, the students who did the homework got all the words right.

The next question is how do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing? I like having a blog; it shows my personality and my "creativity." Also with Google Analytics, I have a new goal. I shouldn't really say my new goal on my final but oh well; my new goal with my blog is to TAKE OVER THE WORLD! Lol, it’s not what you think, but taking over the world as in trying to get as many people around the world to read my blog. Right now I already have Sweden, Turkey, Indonesia, Thailand, North America, Canada, Chile, Jamaica, and Germany. Now all I need is to "take over" most of Asia and South America, until I'm completely satisfied.
Blogging has changed the way I write by improving a lot, but then by writing a lot, there's a chance that I'll forget all I've learned and remember a worse way of writing. Oh yeah, to add on I'm one step closer to WORLD DOMINATION!! Just kidding. I just got one more place to add to the list above. I shall add Hong Kong. Yes, another place in Asia!!! I repeat one step closer. Ha ha ha. Writing doesn't really change the way I think, because I choose what I want to write about and it doesn't really change.
So, I need about seventy more words and I have two decisions, to talk about my nonsense or continue on about the blog, I choose the blog. I would recommend my blog to whoever loves stories or anime in general. And I would recommend people into making a blog, if they want to express what they're thinking or something that they want to point out.

The last question I would like to use is where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write? For the first part of this question, my response is I get my ideas from reading other peoples pieces. My ideas come from peers, and if my peers and I run out of ideas, I'll start to write about the people around me like an autobiography. Here is the beginning to the blog about Nathan Tieu, "I've decided to not spoil 11Eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shojo and let you watch it yourself, if you're interested in it. So to make up for that, I'll be writing about Nathan Tieu today." And here's the link to it http://auncia94.blogspot.com/2009/12/nathantieu_08.html. Ideas aren't always there for you or any blog you type about, so you must think about it and ask others for some. That's what your peers are for. xD Hmm... Inspiration... also comes from your peers? Well during some times, inspiration comes from the items you're reading or recently seen. Your writing is affected by your surroundings or environment. A few examples of the surroundings for inspirations are when writing poems such as a haikus. You would normally find ideas around you, because it’s the fastest and easiest way to create one. To prove this right I shall create one right now. "Finals are coming. I am sitting here writing. I hope this ends well." And there you have it, the idea of finals come from this English final in front of me, in other words my surroundings. Another example of this is if you're watching a movie and at the same time you're writing a story, you'll begin to type of that very same subject because it'll be hard to think of another subject while staring at one on your television. This example was proven by me.

And that's the end of this English final!