"I Am... What I Eat" Blog Review

Rachel, blogger of  "I Am... What I Eat", posted three pictures and titled it "Wet Grass Contemplation." The first picture is zoomed into what looks like a wet, beautiful piece of green wheat with its last seeds barely holding on to the stem, the second is of a bushel of damp grass dripping dry, and third is of a young girl with her back towards the camera, her hands resting on her lower back, standing in a muddy puddle, looking at the wet maze of grass in front of her and contemplating walking forward. This picture resembles an adolescents fear of the unknown, or probably for Rachel, a memory for her young daughter to look back on when she grows older. But I looked at it differently. I looked at it as the way everyone attempts oportunities in front of them. Hesitant and questioning at first, then they either jump in head first or run away, never knowing what it felt like to have the wet grass of opportunity brush against them.

"Finding Cupcakes" Blog Review

Blogger of "Finding Cupcakes" is a young woman "discovering the sweet things in life"- literally. She travels from city to city tasting and encountering different foods and cultures. One of her most recent blogs was titled "mercadito- mastering the art of tacos and tequila." She begins by explaining that Mercadito, which means 'Little Market' in Spanish, is an extremely popular restaurant in Chicago. She gives more to the meaning of eating out through her way of describing the cuisine. In order to make the food that shes gawking over sound more appealing, she uses things like personification to describe it. For example, "Ripe avocados are getting sliced and ready to mingle with ingredients such as mango, pomegranate, and even sweet potato in what will inevitably become some of the best damn guacamole you will ever have." Thats just a beautiful sentence, if you ask me. She also uses a wide variety of diction like "vibrant ambiance", "especially delicious" and "unrivaled" to describe the food, and as for the chefs and bartenders, they are "concocting wizards."

I found this blog appealing because I myself have a passion for food. Growing up in an Italian family that runs resteraunts, I couldnt escape food. So reading her recommendations and places she has gone to urge me to want to do the same. Discover the world through food :) mmmm

"E- CHEBBZ" Blog Review

Esra Chelbi, writer of the blog "E- CHEBBZ", is a poet and song writer. She writes alot about the real world and average day to day stuff, but adds a little twist of darkness to it. One of her pieces of work that caught my attention asked "What if everything had feelings but we just didnt know?" She used examples such as a chair feeling pain when we sit on it, and clouds crying when it rains. "What if the whole world was one living organism and we were just parasites." What if thats really how it is?
It was interesting for me to read Chelbi's thoughts because I never really think like this. I just look at the life and things around me as what they are and nothing more. I guess I'm not too much of a deep thinker. But after reading this I will try using my imagination and questioning how and why things are the way they are. What if everything really did have feelings and we didnt even know?

Final Blog Review

I personally enjoyed writing these blogs. It opened up a whole new way of writing to me that I never really attempted. I have always wanted to start a blog but never pushed myself to go through with it, so I'm glad this assignment helped me pursue it.

I have always journaled. I love getting what is on my mind out in words where I can see it. Blogging for me was a new way of expressing myself and changed the way I looked at self expression. It didn't come as easily to me as journaling does though. I think being on a computer and not actually feeling the pen and paper iswhat made it so difficult. I'm not much of a technology person, I'd rather do things the normal way.

Not only was writing personal blogs interesting, but reading and reviewing other peoples blogs and seeing what chaos goes on in their mind was interesting for me as well. Although I did find it a tad rediculous and difficult to review someone elses personal work. It didnt come naturally for me to for some odd reason. After doing this IRP with blogs, I think I will try to keep my blog going and continue to write :) We'll see how it goes!

"Whispering Shout" Blog Review

Author of the blog "Cause I Believe in You" wrote a little splurge called "Whispering Shout". She displayed an image of four, fall leaves laying on the pavement. Three of them are small in size, and are a dull, almost gray color, while the fourth leaf is larger and has bold, shiny colors of red and green running through it. Like a shout, the leaf easily grabs your attention. The author writes how the beauty of this leaf does more than grab attention; it is an influence.
She describes the leaf with a variety of words such as "invigorate" and "vessel of awakening" to describe this ordinary object. Unlike most people, she is looking at the big picture behind this little leaf. To her, it dispels "the dull and ordinary with beauty and boldness". It is a diamond in the rough. She mentions that this lovely, quiet surprise is something she aspires to be. Not for the attention, but to be a window of color in this "tired, worn-out culture with its gray backround and forlorn heart". From this, I will take away that beauty is found in the littlest things if you look for it.

Personal Blog 2

"Kill them with kindness"

I feel like my life is turning into the real life Mean Girls movie. It seems like everyone is out to get each other out of jealousy, and I'm just sitting back and watching. It's so mind blowing how fast news travels in high school, how rude people can be, and how much they don't realize how ALIKE everyone really is. We are all teenagers going through the same things at the same time with many of the same people. Lose the attitude, start caring, and instead of literally killing each other, kill each other with kindness.

Personal Blog 4

"Everything can be taken from you. Your house, your car, your family, your friends, but never your knowledge and education."

I've been thinking a lot about school and what to do after graduation lately. Every time this topic comes to mind I always just think of this saying that my godfather told me, and it reminds me of how important my education is. He is a teacher in New York and has been going to school for what seems like forever now. He said hes had so many things taken out of his life because of his career, but the certificates hanging on his wall and signed to his name are his and will never be taken from him. I want to go to college after high school its just the thought of going to school for what seems like the rest of my life is making it extremely unappealing. And not to mention I cant seem to figure out what career I want to take on either. Its stressing me out! But then reality sets in and I still have a whole year to figure things out. I just need to chill out and let everything fall into place. 

... Inhale....Exhale.... Everything is going to be fine.