the man in the irony mask; stephen colbert

i thought it was an interesting portrayl of mr colbert. its funny because the person he portrays on tv is aboslutly opposite of him as a person. in real life he is a family man, on tv he is a the sarcastic "conservative" news reporter. His show is growing more and more popular everyday and nowadays more people watch the "fake news" than they watch the real news.

Rhetorical response for Home Girl

Texas monthly’s interview of Erykah Badu was a very well written and interesting essay that kept me involved and eager to read more. Prior to reading this I had no idea who Miss Badu was, reading this article was very different from most in that it did not focus on her credentials, but rather focused her as a person. It put very little mention into her 4 Grammy awards, or really any of her fame at all. The mood and feeling that is set by the author is a very good example of how to change the setting with your writing. When she was at home with her children, I got a totally different feel than when she was out and about with the interviewer. At home it showed her soft and sensitive side as a mother, along with her spiritual side. But when she goes into the real world and cruises around her “old hood “you feel a more worldly sense to her. Despite myself not really caring for her music genre as a whole, I really respect her seemingly genuine respect for the music world. Another thing that was well done in this essay was the smoothness and transitions into each paragraph. One reason for this is because the author of the article obviously did not include every last detail about the day he spent with Erykah. This is something I jotted down in my notes for things to do in Essay #3. I like that Miss Buda seems to have stayed true to her roots as a Texan. Not your typical Texan, but none the less the Dallas music scene is glad to have her aboard with her many contributions to the industry. The Author seemed to go from a very distant perspective, to a very close perspective very effectively. I can’t decide if in my essay I will keep it 3rd, 1st , or both perspectives. But reading essays like this give me the ideas and ground work to do either one. Descriptions of the surroundings in this essay come effortlessly and are not forced on the reader at all. I hope to capture the person the same way shown in this article. Its always very easy to write about some ones credentials and accomplishments, but it will be difficult to replicate the sense of personality and environment shown in this article

free write 10-15-09

i did not read the essay, i need to keep a better system for organizing my schedule! its my fault and i will read the essay and post my rhetorical response tommorow.

1.Hunting & Fishing my dad, uncle, my friend matt
2.Guns matt, mike sheitie
3.History susan istre ernie Garth
4.Music steven krause clay rusek blake sherman patrick moore luke bussey
5.Cars/Mechanical things my dad, casey fiesler chris slinkard
6.Politics my parents, chris slinkard
7.Working out don sommer, david petroff, pat fulbright
8. Halo matt slinkard
9. Movies lisa horn,
10. MMA david hill
11.Cooking/BBQ my dad, mom
12. USMC my own fighting spirit!!!
13. self motivation pat fulbright
14. King of the Hill haha
15. working on a Ranch my dad. scott cobb


alll these things are things that i consider myself an authority on, all the people i have listed are people that have guided me into these things.

Chris Slinkard is my best friends brother. he is a male nurse in college station Texas who works in the ICU. A huge reason for me picking him is he has shaped my extreme political views into something that has a name. he is one of the most intelliegent people i know and holds more knowlage about the world than anybody i have ever met

in class

i was honestly surpised to revieve an A on my first essay, i dint think that my topic would be understood, but overall i am very pleased with my grade, I think i could have done better and been more on topic. Essay 2 worries me a little. in high school i never had to site sources or do any of that shibazz. but i guess it time to step up to the plate and be a college student! but now that i got a good grade on my first essay Ms. Irvin will be expecting me to do good work and guess i gotta repeat it.