Election Day

Yesterday was a very exciting and dissapointing day for me. This was my first election and it meant a lot to me to be involved in such an immense election year. It began like any other day and seemed to be going well. I had been fighting with many friends for so long now about this election and it was all starting to get very repetitive. Of course, I'm a McCain supporter, so I've been up against a lot of people. I couldn't wait to go home and vote. Once I was done with classes, I went to work with my dad for awhile, and he said he waited about an hour and a half to vote. The same was with my brother, uncles, and grandparents. So I expected to be in line for quite awhile before I could cast my vote. I waited at home for my sister and mom and as soon as they were both home, we went to the polls. We actually waited for about ten minutes before we voted. There was really no one there, so we were extremely lucky to get there at the perfect time. After we voted we had to go home and get ready for some family to come over. It was my mom's birthday, so we had a small get together for her. With my family there, we watched the election coverage all night and we couldn't belive what was happenening. I really never expected the election to go this way. So I was extremely upset after learning McCain had lost, and I really didn't care to watch the rest of the coverage after that. Hopefully we get it right in 2012.

Polish Eagle

This is a picture of the Polish Eagle. My entire family comes from a Polish background, so I've grown up around the Polish culture my entire life. I take a lot of pride in my heritage, and my brother and I hope to start a Polish-American club at school later this year. The Polish Eagle has always represented me in a lot of ways, and I love displaying it in public, whether it be on my shirt, or on my chain I wear around my neck. I'm also going to be getting this tattooed on my back later this year.

Mid-term writing

So far this semester, I really feel like I've improved my writing in many areas. For the most part, I know that the flow of my writing has become a lot smoother, and my transitioning between ideas has improved as well. I started out the semester needing a lot of work on using factual evidence, and citing it too. I've noticed that my papers become full circle when I use more evidence to make my point. In the beginning, I found it hard to stay on topic when we were assigned a paper that was a lot longer than what I was used to writing. I would have paragraphs of useless information just to fill the length requirement, and I now know which information to look for and use to make it interesting and on topic throughout the entire paper.

finally some work

Every summer I have a part time job with my dad, working with him and his home improvement business. That's actually really exciting to me because I get to make money and have a really good time. My dad pretty much runs a family business so when we need extra help, my uncles, cousins and brother are always there to make it seem less like work and more entertaining. Now that I've been in school for a while, work has really slowed down, because I have class and other stuff going on. So it's been really frustrating to me because I've constantly been pulling money out of my savings because I'm broke! This week is good because my dad just started a big job and I'll be able to work at least all this week with him, and I also have been working with my uncles on the side. Sooner or later I need to get a steady job to give myself a reliable income, but until then I'll have these smaller side jobs to hold me over.

Religion in Public Life

I believe that religion shouldn't be made such a public thing. I'm happy with the way it's regarded now. People should not be guided or influenced to adopt other people's beliefs. Religion should always remain a personal choice, and it shouldn't be heavily regarded when making judgements about people or other countries. But, religion can be a uniting thing when it's on display. People unite together under a common religious bond, and they share a spiritual connection with others that share their same feelings. So, in that regard, I think religion shouldn't be forced upom anyone, but I believe if religious groups practice in a way that doesn't affect or impose on anyone else, nothing should be changed about how they do their business.

Learning from Research

After reading the web pages on how to "hook" your audience and write a strong paper, I learned a lot about making the introduction the strongest point of the paper. The intro should include your overall claim, and should state all your main points which you will further prove and analyze throughout your paper. All the information in the paragraphs that make up the body of the paper should be an in depth look at the information you presented early on in your writing. A good way to hook your reader is to start off by presenting enough information to get your reader interested, but by also hiding enough information to keep them questioning and guessing. Hooking your audience is very important because a paper will only succeed if it's easily understood and interesting enough for a reader to clearly see and understand the writers claim and intention.

Busy weekend

This weekend wasn't supposed to be too stressful, but of course it got filled pretty quick, and once again I'll be pressed for time. First of all, I need to be back and forth to and from school all weekend because I'm pledging a fraternity and theres a lot that needs to be done. And for tonight, I need to pick up my girlfriend from her cousins and meet my friends and their girlfriends so we can all go out. We are planning on going to my aunts in Belleville because my uncle owns a haunted house and hayride that they operate on their land. My family connection gets us in for free, so no ones complaining about that. The only thing is that my friend's girlfriend gets out of work at 9:30, and after a half hour drive i don't know if we will make it by closing time. Then after that I have to take my girlfriend back to her dorm, only to pick her up again tommorow for the Carrie Underwood concert. Now Country is my favorite music, but I'm not all that excited for this concert. My friend bought tickets with his gf too so it'll be a good time. The whole reason we are actually going is my mom won floor seats and said we could take them. And it's kind of my fault for getting my girlfriend addicted to country, so I gotta deal with it. After the concert at the Joe, I need to drive my girlfriend to her house in Novi, so she can stay at home until her mom takes her back to school. And Sunday will start out with church, and then end with more fraternity work that I hope to get done. So this weekend equals a lot of plans, and a lot of gas money.