Rituals

Well when asked if I have any rituals I take a strong look into my religious views because this is where many of these would show up.I do celebrate lent,but I do not give anything up like I used to be lcause my life is so hectic I often forget. On a day-to-day basis I have the ritual of checking my blood sugar.

I classify this as a ritual because I do it everyday and it is something that is close to me and a part of my lifestyle that I can live without. Other than this I really don't see any thing else being a ritual I have.

Contact Zones

Hmm, a contact zone? What would I choose when posed with this question, for me I could pick the obvious and go with the Champlain community, but I feel this is way to easy because we all come from different backgrounds and have different stories that make us a diverse group. I would like to mention that on a broader scale is that the Diabetic Community is a diverse and very large contact zone.

This would be a contact zone because it is made up of various cultures all connected because of a condition that has affected them in ways that are different for everyone. I have different views that others may not have along with cultural views that differ from people who say may live in England. The thing that we all share is that we need to take care of our bodies and keep an active lifestyle (this may be harder for some than others). Although this may not be an obvious choice for a contact zone I feel that it is.

King's Point?

Martin Luther King Jr., a man who for his time, and even today has made a significant impact on the lives of many people. These people belong to many different social and economic classes. He touched the lives of many and one of his profound readings come from his stint in the Birmingham Jail where he wrote a letter asking for the support he felt he hadn't been receiving from his brethren. His point of his letter is that non-violent protests were the last way of handling the situation that had taken place within Birmingham, Alabama and that he feels that he should have backing by all members of the Clergy to overcome and rise above the issues at hand.

On a completely different note, I feel that we are relating King to that of President elect Barrack Obama, and as his inauguration draws closer it seems that it is being hyped. I don't mean for this to cause any controversy, I would just like to know how my fellow classmates feel about this issue, because it is something that interests me.

I Guess It's "Good"...

Well, this is my first blog post of the new semester and as I begin my journey through Rhetoric II I am faced with the question, what makes a writing worthwhile to read or "good"? For me it is something that draws me into the reading, what that this I mean by this is that I find it compelling to read. I chose the essay "Entangling Roots" by Jeff Lessard. It happened to be something that I found very compelling because it dealt with one of my interests. It was an essay devoted entirely to how video-games can be addicting to some. This however, has seemed to be an issue that has been beaten to death, but was still compelling to keep reading as I wanted to see what Jeff had to say on the issue. He chose a much different approach in his writing than other articles or essays I have read on the issue. He chose to focus more on the MMOs(Massively Multiplayer Online) than blaming violent games for the behaviors of children and teens.

But I digress. Getting back to the original question asked "good" to me can be many different things. I feel that "good" is compelling, entertaining, informative. It is also something that I could relate with. But these aren't the only things, because after all most writings are hard to fit into this category of what I consider "good". "Good" is something that can be different for everyone what I may consider good may not be for someone else and vice-versa.

In closing, I feel that this essay was "good" because it appeals to something that I have a first hand experience with and something that as a future career in the industry (major is video-game programming) I will be dealing with this on a day-to-day basis.