Rhetorical Modes: Theses are the ones I intended to use.

1. Narration
2. Definition
3. Example
4. Compare/Contrast
5. Classification
6. Process Analysis

Really? I'm trying to be thankful here.

*Begins in sisters room, the rest of my family is bunched together in my living room and kitchen, feasting on everything they come into contact with.

Me: Mia (my sister), I am hungary.

Mia: Good luck.


* I open my sisters door, keeping my head down. I must avoid eye contact. One step. Two step. Three step...... Ten step. Please God, just let me get a piece of Pumpkin pie. Please. I have conquered the hallway, the kitchen is within steps. Almost there. Five quick steps, I'm in the kitchen. Okay, now just grab a plate, and grab a slice and then run back too....


CAHHHREENAHH!

Damn it. So close.

Me: Oh hey, Marcella! I didn't know you were here...

*My crazy aunt Marcella was holding a turkey leg in one hand. There was grease from the turkey's skin dripping down her face.

Hold down the puke!


Marcella: Ohh!! Haha, I thought you were avoiding me!

Me: Heh...No! That's crazy.

Yeah I was.

Marcella: Haha! I thought so! Now come give me a kissssy!!

Really God? Really?

Rhetorical Modes

1.
Ba-boom...Ba-boom..Ba-BOOM, BA-BOOM! BA-BOOM! My heart accelerated. You could hear it beating from an arms-length away. My legs strode one after another whisking through the humid air. I looked back at the other runners; multiple feet away, and then forward and the finish line; inches from my toes. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The crowd cheered. "SNAP""SNAP" "SNAP," flashes were in my face. I continued running. My legs could not stop. A wide grin stretched across my face, exposing every single tooth in my mouth.

2. 
Happy. It is an adjective. 1. Showing or feeling pleasure or contentment. Satisfied with the quality or standard of.  "Jemma came home looking happy with a smile on her face." Happy.


3. 
Bob Marely once said, "Don't worry, Be Happy." A wise man he is. Bob Marley did not receive an education or abide to the cultural norms of a high-stress, capitalist society. Marley pursued his passion for music and stayed a happy soul, while inspiring others to do the same. 


4. 
Happiness and jolliness are similar because they are both states of pleasure, however they are not the same. To be happy you do not have to show an outward sign of pleasure however to be jolly you have to be cheerful, which requires the outward appearance. Think reminiscing about a fond memory for happy and think Santa Claus for jolly. 


5. 
Happy!! Puppy dog lick in the face. Ice cream cake, gift you really want--and get, ace a test, GET INTO COLLEGE! Balls-to-the-wall? No. Too intense. Endorphins floating across synapses? Yes! Like, Legit.


6. 
Recipe for Happiness:
1. Set oven to 69 degrees Celsius.
2. Add a cup and a half of Modern Family, five cups of taking photos in Minneapolis, two cups of rock climbing, two cups of biking through the woods, and one table spoon of kisses from a furry friend. 
3. mix it all together with a cinnamon stick and cook for 11 minutes and 11 second.
4. Make a wish.
5. Remove with tongs made from king sized candy bars. 
6. Cool for exactly one minute. 
7. Eat up. It should be all smiles within ten seconds of first bite. 

Believe

Agent: Carina Lofgren

Act: A homeless man stands outside of a Nicolette Mall department store in Minneapolis. He holds a small bag were he keeps the money that passer-bys give him. Besides him are his things--water, a cane and a bag full of his possessions. My argument is that even in a wealthy, first-world country, poverty exists. The contrast between the homeless man and the store front--that previews high-class merchandise--is so extreme, yet is an hidden norm of society.  

Agency: One design element that makes the photo stronger is the ad in the store front that says, "believe. Having the freedom to be successful is an offer that the United States prides itself on, and the ad sells that  by saying, "hey if you believe you can be happy, successful and beautiful (like the models), you can--just buy our product." But the homeless man is standing on the outside, in the cold. The homeless man is so close to the people who are happy, successful and beautiful, but indeed he is the polar opposite. 

Audience: This happened, as mentioned earlier, in the Nicolette Mall area near the Minneapolis Convention Center. I was there for a journalism convention. 

Purpose: To be honest, when I fist snapped this photo I was not paying attention to the background--at least consciously. My original intent was to capture the scene of the Nicolette Mall area--an assignment for a photography class at the Journalism convention, however, after analyzing my own photograph, the purpose changed. Now the purpose is to show the very poor living standards that exist even in a first-world country such as the United States. 

x2-119: Secret Code

National Geographic airs content that people who seek to understand the world find interesting. This show depicts varied values and beliefs of our globe by documenting different places internationally. Anything relating to the sciences—social, psychological, physical, chemical, environmental—National Geographic has it. People are curious about the things they do not know, so National Geographic attracts a large and varied audience.

                However, aside from the fact that people watch National Geographic because it reflects society’s interests it may still implement an effect on society values. For example, the show Lockdown—which shows the inside workings of prisons—may in some way ‘glorify’ committing crimes. Violent-inclined people who watch Lockdown may want to be bad ass like the prisoners in the show and go commit a crime. The fact that media thinks criminals are worthy of being publicized, is a change in values itself. This may teach society that committing crimes will get them noticed.

Fuze bottle: It radiates Godliness

I had a really good blog post idea, but then I forgot

I am not sure if it was a dream or reality, but I had a really good idea for a blog post. I just cannot remember. Oh well, instead I can talk about Fuze because it is currently right in front of my face. This particular one is strawberry melon. Nummy. Too bad it is all gone. I hate it when I tilt my head back and position the bottle at a ninety degree angle to pour the Fuze into my mouth only to have nothing come out. Unfortunately, it happens all to often. A little secret I have learned though is to fill the Fuze bottle with water afterward. The water mixes with the residue of the original Fuze and then produces a second Fuze, free! It is just a little more deluded.