Final Blogtastic Reflection (#4)

For my final blog reflection for 4th quarter, I chose "Blagojevich on 'Celebrity Apprentice'" as my favorite blog post. The reason I like this one so much is because I feel very strongly about the subject. This usually characterizes my favorite posts. When you're really passionate about what you're writing about, it just makes it a lot more fun to write. And when I saw that Blagojevich was on a reality t.v. show and not in jail, I was just outraged. I was also able to incorporate a bunch of sources in this post, which I think adds depth and more credibility to a post. And from those sources, I used direct quotes and dissected them to prove my point even more. It just had more substance than some of my other posts.
This year I have really developed as a blogger. Not that I blogged before this class, but my style has changed since the beginning of the year. I started my blogging career by mostly writing about certain issues that I encountered in my everyday life, but didn't necessarily connect to class. But as the year continued, my posts started to become extensions of class discussions, which is what I think Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor intended them to be. And when I could not extend the discussion to my blogging, I wrote about prominent issues in the news. Not always, but I tried to.
I have really enjoyed blogging this year because I do like to write, but essays can often times be laborious and they take a long time to do. On the other hand, a blog post doesn't have to be long. You can write a little about a lot, and that's what I've really liked about blogging this year.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Be Your Own Hero!

     I know I always blog about movies, but I'm going to do it again. This time it's about "Whip It," a movie about a girl who follows her dream and joins a roller derby team. For some reason I found this movie to be extremely inspirational. It's just something I would never do. It sounds so simple, "follow your dreams," how hard could it be? But I feel like no one every does that anymore. Especially in my life, I feel like there's a set plan and I can't go outside those boundaries. I wish I could just go out and do something crazy like join a roller derby team; or just do something that actually made me happy. Sometimes you just have to do something to do it, not necessarily because it will further you in the "all mighty life plan."One of the reasons I liked the movie so much is because no one really approved of the main character joining the roller derby team, but she did it anyway because she loved doing it. I really admire that quality in people and wish I could find it in myself. I can't remember the last time I did something for myself. Truly for myself. So for some last inspirational words, I am going to quote Maggie Mayhem: "Be your own hero!"
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