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A fast paced montage sets the tone of an episode of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown episode entitled Nashville. Clips of bars, heavy foods, cars, music, and fried chicken flash across the screen. The episode then begins by showing a stereotypical ranch house with an American flag hanging from it and a voice over describing NashvilleContinue reading “Edited: Anthony Bourdain “Parts Unknown” Rhetorical Analysis Project”

I grew up in a Catholic family. So I have always been used to Sunday church and that feeling of community at my church and youth group. As a freshman in college the transition into a new environment has been, to say the least, scary. Nothing is like how my old life was at all.Continue reading “Edited: Autoethnography Project”

Time has flown by. While revising my “So Here I Am” blogpost, I had a moment of shock. Here I was almost five months later revising my very first blog post. The funny thing is that it feels like I wrote that blog post a week ago. Being in the Writing about Travel course hasContinue reading “final words.”

Thousands of people create travel videos and post them online for the world to see. When people go on vacation, it is typical only to want to document the good parts of the location and trip. However, this can be somewhat problematic because it shows viewers a limited version of what the location is actually.Continue reading “Edited: Re-Write Article Activity & Blog Post”

The season is changing. Long hot summer nights are beginning to fade into crisp peaceful autumn days. I have never been a summer girl. Summer is hot, long, and stressful. My favorite time of the year is when summer begins to fade, and autumn and winter come out to play. There is something about autumnContinue reading “Edited: Terministic Screens”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. So here I am, my first official writing assignment at college. Two weeks ago, I couldn’t even imagine how college life would be. Would I be scared? Nervous? Would I have friends? How would life be without my family by my side every day? Well,Continue reading “Edited: So… Here I am”

I grew up in a Catholic family. So I have always been used to Sunday church and that feeling of community at my church and youth group. As a freshman in college the transition into a new environment has been, to say the least, scary. Nothing is like how my old life was at all.Continue reading “Original: Autoethnography Project”

Thousands of people create travel videos and post them online for the world to see. When people go on vacation it is typical to only want to document the good parts of the location and trip, however, this can be somewhat problematic because it shows viewers a limited version of what the location actually is. Continue reading “Original: Re-Write Article Activity & Blog Post”

A fast paced montage sets the tone of an episode of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown episode entitled Nashville. Clips of bars, heavy foods, cars, music, and fried chicken flash across the screen. The episode then begins by showing a stereotypical ranch house with an American flag hanging from it and a voice over describing NashvilleContinue reading “Original: Anthony Bourdain “Parts Unknown” Rhetorical Analysis Project”

The season is changing. Long hot summer nights are beginning to fade into crisp peaceful autumn days. I have never been a summer girl. Summer is hot, long, and stressful. My favorite time of the year is when summer begins to fade, and autumn and winter come out to play. There is something about autumnContinue reading “Original: Terministic Screens”