Menthol

Some lady on eBay put up an auction up for an empty pack of Marlboro menthol lights starting at 20 dollars. She kept saying in the ad that this was the first time she had done this and that she would put something in the pack of cigarettes that would be worth it. She also mentioned how her husband was a loser, drug addict, and a thief. She has 3 kids to support and doesn't get any support from anyone. i personally think that if you would fall for this it should be because you feel sorry for her, not because you want a surprise inside of an empty menthol light pack. http://cgi.ebay.com/A-WELL_W0QQitemZ110246324208

Once - Visual Media

Watching Once in class was nice, because it was a film that most people probably did not know about. The film was actually really entertaining and the music was very, very good. I personally like how the music in the film was really good and easy to listen to. The story was also entertaining. You wanted to know what was going to happen next. The only dislike I had about the film was that the ending wasn't what I was expecting and it kind of ended with you in question about what happened. Overall this film was very good and I would defiantly recommend this to anyone, but especially someone interested in music.

The use of visual media in this class was helpful to me. I thouhgt it was nice to change it up, because in all my other classes we have to listen to long lectures all day and this is a niv=ce change from that. The visual media also is entertaining and helps me remember more things about a subject. Some people, like me, are visual learners, and this type of media used is much more effective than boring lectures. The only problem I had was the video we watched of The Office. I happen to love The Office so it wasn't a problem there, but it didnt seem like it helped to much on what we had our paper on.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A favorite toy when I was younger was the teenage mutant ninja turtle action figures. I had countless ninja turtle action figures laying around the house. I even had the cars and vans they drove around in. These were my favorite toys because I used to watch the teenage mutant ninja turtles cartoon show and the movies they came out with later. I would make the ninja turtles fight against my power ranger action fugues, but I would always have the ninja turtles win because they were my favorite. After I eventually outgrew the ninja turtle action figures my parents put the in a box and put them in the basement. To my knowledge they still sit there. Honestly i never really outgrew the ninja turtles. There was a new movie that came out last year called TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and I went to the theatres and saw it.

House

Most shows on television lately are not even worth watching. Adding to that is the recent writers strike in Hollywood. For months there were no new shows on any networks. This made the lack of good TV shows almost disappear. One show I have watched for a couple seasons is House. It is a medical show where, House, a wacky, funny, doesn't care what anyone thinks doctor is the star who gets cases where no one can seem to find what is wrong or how to cure his patents. House has three doctors working under him. House is a very suspenseful show; it keeps you on the edge of your seat and has you guessing at what could be the problem. House is surprisingly very funny for a medical based show. House is defiantly worth taking the time to sit down and watch.

Excitement

A time when I felt an extreme emotion was on college move in day. Excitement is what I felt on move in day. Arriving at move in day and waiting in line was sort of boring but once I got all settled in with my stuff unpacked and set up I was excited. I was excited because for the first time I was living on my own. I was excited to meet new people and try different things. I had a very positive outlook on college life and was ready for it to happen. I remember when my parents left it was weird, i was like, "what do I do now". I was excited to be on my own and make my own rules and do things when I wanted. The first week of college was the most exciting time for me.

Ads

I actually find advertising pretty interesting. When I was in sixth grade my English class did an advertisement section. We learned about different types of ads and how they were used to lure people in to buy their products. We had to search through magazines to find examples of each kind of advertisement technique. Some of the things we learned in that unit I still remember today. Advertising is entertaining to me. I like commercials and unique ads in magazines. I am excited for this unit because i have an interest in advertising.

The comparison of two letters, like here in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" written by Martin Luther King Jr. and "A More Perfect Union" by Barak Obama, shows the differences, strengths, and weaknesses of the the two letters. Personally I can relate much more to 'A More Perfect Union Speech' than to "Letter from Birmingham Jail" because the fact that I am around for what Barak Obama is bringing to attention. I never knew what it was like in the Days of Martin Luther King Jr. In that time of King Jr. racism was much more prominent and the movement towards civil rights had never bee stronger. The types of racism today are much less severe then in King's time, not saying that racism isn't an issue today because it is, but it is just a different time.

In Barak Obama's speech 'A More Perfect Union' he directs racism more to a personal level than King, although racism has been a big part of both their lives. Obama addresses how he grew up in a family that was looked down upon by society, but he has fought through those adversities. Obama is telling his story of racism to the people to show that it can be overcome. King on the other hand speaks for the nation on the subject of racism. He speaks for the mistreated black community. He use the word 'we' very often when talking about the push for civil rights movement. I find this very appropriate since Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential civil rights leaders this country has witnesses.

Spring Break

As Mitch went home Friday afternoon he was not really looking forward to break because of the fact that he was going to be working all week long. Mitch works at the Rosemount Ice Arena and he was scheduled over spring break. It started off on Sunday when he worked a from 5 to 1130. The first official day of spring break came and Mitch was up at 9 at on his way to work from 10 to 430, which he was scheduled this shift until Thursday. He wasn't to mad that he had to work all these days over break because he desperately needed the money. He wrapped up his break working Friday and Saturday from 3 to 1130, but of course he still had time to work on his extremely important English paper.

Paper Progress

My topic for this paper is still under question. I am leaning towards violence in video games as my topic. I think this topic will be good for this paper because there are to very distinct sides of this topic. One side is that violence in video games effects violence out in the real world. The other side of this topic is that violent video games do not have any substantial effect on people. I am still undecided on which side I will be taking, but whichever side I decide to choose could be strongly argued. The toughest part about this paper will be choosing a side and researching both sides of the topic.

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift's modest proposal to solve the poverty level and famine in Ireland was to eat year old children. When I first read through this I had to go back a couple sentences to see if I was reading correctly; unfortunately I was. This proposal by Swift is extremely far fetched, but if you really think about it he is one of the few who have tried to help this problem in Ireland. When I read this proposal I was a little bit disturbed, but after I finished I went back and read the background on Jonathan Swift. I was pleased to read that he was concidered a master of satire.

Name

Mitchell Laurence Hatcher. My name really doesn't have any special meaning, or atleast my parents didn't intend to have any when I was named. My middle name is named after my great grandpa Lauerence, but thats about it. I never met him, I was born after he passed away. Mitchell does not have any special meaning in my family. I guess my parents like the name and just went with it. I looked up Mitchell on the internet and babynames.com said, "Who is like God?" is the meaning for Mitchell. Im not really sure what that means totally but it does sound pretty cool.

Reaserch and Questions

The library session helped me out a great deal. I had no idea how much information we had acces to the library. The person giving the tour was extremely helpful in all areas. I liked using the database for articles. It was suprising that you could search topics and find thousands of related articles. This feature helped me relize that I probably need to narrow my topic more. I plan on using this feature much more in the future. After class was out, I went and found the books I looked up earlier and they were not hard to find at all. I ended up checking out one of them.

This paper is not as detailed as I first thought it would be. At first i thought that you would pick a topic and basically tell everything there is to tell about it, but now i relize that i need to narrow down my topic. Genetic engineering is a very broad topic. I have narrowed it down to gene therapy in humans or stem cell reaserch. The only problem i might have with this is finding sources that are not outdated. This technology is growing very rapidly and it might be difficult to find what is happening right now.

Cold is an understatement

Cold weather sucks. There is no way around it, especially when you are in college and the only way to get from place to place is to walk there. When it is well below zero walking back from class becomes more like an adventure. I usually walk straight to and straight from class, but when its too cold to walk it takes me twice as long to get back. I snake through all the buildings on campus and take advantage of the buildings being connected by sky ways. Your mood also changes when the weather is so bad. You feel depressed and just want it to be warm and sunny again. During this weather most people don't take a step outside for days, and that is not good for you.

"Dig" - Incubus

Incubus is one of my all time favorite bands and i love all their albums and have seen them in concert. Incubus's new album came out last year sometime, at first i didn't like it as much as their other albums but it grew on me and is now one of my favorite albums. The song i like most from that album is "Dig". To me this song is about friendship and how important true friends are in your life. It makes you think how much of an impact a friend can be to you. My favorite lyrics from this song are: "Remind me that we'll always have each other. When everything else is gone." To me this is about when you go through hard times in life and you feel like nothing is right, you will still have the friends that mean most to you at your side. This song makes me appreciate my friends and know they will be there for me and i will be there for them.

Favotie Place

One of my favorite places would have to be my cabin in Web Lake, Wisconsin. My grandparents bought it way before i was born and my family has being going up there during the summer as long as i can remember. Every summer i would look forward to going up there and spending a long weekend with my brothers and cousins. The best part about my cabin is the lake. There is a sand bar on the other of the lake where all the boats from the lake anchor and hang out during the weekends, it was nicknamed the point. We would pack up, head out there, and spend all day at the point. My dad would take us out wake boarding and tubing for the most part of the day, but it was fun just hanging out at the point and playing catch with the football or Frisbee. In the recent years i haven't been up there too often because of work and other things going on but it is still one of my favorite places.