Sep 14, 2020
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Groaning softly Liliana Hartley turned over in bed and she picked up her phone. 2:43am. With a sigh she pushed the covers back and she sat up stretching slightly. She made her way to the nursery and she quickly picked up her baby girl. She changed her diaper then took her downstairs to get a bottle. It didn’t take long for the bottle to be ready and she headed back up to the nursery to feed and put her back to bed. As she sat in the very comfortable rocker feeding Ella she smiled down at her. She bit down on her lower lip as she watched her fall back asleep. She rocked her for a few more minutes. When she was sure she was asleep she slowly set the bottle down and got up. Kissing her head she put her in the crib and she tucked her in.
When she was done she took the bottle back to the kitchen since she barely made it halfway. She washed her hands and she made it back upstairs. She checked to make sure she was still sleeping before heading back into her own room. She crawled back into bed and fell into a good slumber. She wasn’t sure how long she’d been asleep when she heard the cries on the monitor again. Rubbing her eyes she sat up and looked at the monitor. Her baby girl was definitely distressed. Getting up she made her way back to the nursery and she picked her up. She checked her diaper and she was a little relieved to find out that she had a clean diaper. She sat in the rocker with her for a few minutes. She rocked her and it seemed to work for a bit so she put her back in her crib.
Just as she was walking out of the nursery she heard her crying again. “Oh my god.” she whispered. She was definitely not getting any sleep and she had a few interviews and meetings for the boutique in a few hours. Picking her up she sighed. "Stop waking me up in the middle of the night." she begged. She knew it was pointless but at this point in time she was desperate. She kissed her head. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it.” she added almost as quickly as she’d said it. She held her close to her and she sang to her hoping that would help her truly get to sleep. Once she was positive she was sleeping she put her in the crib while still singing and it seemed to work. Finally she could go to sleep. That’s just what she did too.
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I noticed when people choose their "best" pictures, they tend to take nature as a part of their favorites. And I am fascinated because we see nature everyday and yet people want to capture more of nature in a different perspective and focus on different objects. Sometimes seeing nature in a different perspective really interests me because when I go to the place where the photo was taken, it has a different view than the picture.
Writing 101, Day Fourteen: To Whom It May Concern
Writing 101, Day Fourteen: To Whom It May Concern
Today’s assignment is to “pick up the nearest book and flip to page 29″ and find the first word that jumps off the page, and then use this word as your springboard for inspiration. The twist: write the post in the form of a letter. I am going to skip the twist and move on to the inspiration.
Interestingly enough, the first words that jumped off of the page were “hands-on experience“. I have…
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Question III
I think these readings have shown me that what I’ve been taught about American history has been incredibly streamlined. Not false, exactly, but so simplified as to give an overall impression that is false. I understand this tactic for smaller children, but I must believe a grievous error has occurred for me to make it through AP US History with these false impressions intact.
I was especially surprised by the Malcolm X reading, and the subsequent research I did to better understand it. All I’ve ever been taught about Malcolm X has been in comparison to Martin Luther King. The fiction is that these were two men who wanted the same thing, but went about getting it in very different ways. In discussions and lessons Dr. King’s methods were favored (because what teacher wants to preach the merits of violent dissent in his classroom?) and generally presented as more effective, while Malcolm X was relegated to an angry man who, while he had a legitimate reason to be angry, was obviously not employing the best tactics to achieve equality.
What I was never taught was that Malcolm X and Dr. King wanted vastly different things. While Dr. King was working for an end to segregation, Malcolm X was, for at least part of his career, looking for an increase, to widen the rift to the point where African Americans would have autonomy similar to that of an individual nation. Nor was I taught that Malcolm X was such a dynamic figure, that his views changes so dramatically throughout his life and this, I think, is important in understanding him.
This realization has convinced me that I need to be more active in questioning what I learn, read, see, hear. I can’t expect to be given the whole truth on a silver platter. And it’s all so subjective, can be spun so many ways, that I could be given three different dishes on three separate occasions and still call them by the same name. But we live in a wonderful time in history where we have access to all variety of interpretations of history and current events with just a simple internet search. And if we want information about what the government is doing, there’s a law that says they have to give it to us (baring probably some things covered under national security).
The Corso poem talks about our ignorance, and I think that’s really good point as well as a really big problem. It’s less that we’re stupid and more that we willfully ignore the things we think it will be inconvenient to know. I think it’s vastly important that we not become complacent, that we keep looking deeper, and questioning, and asking for the information we deserve. And that we never forget that the information-getters, Frost and Snowden and others, are true patriots as well as dissenters.
Because being a good American is kind of like being a vicious fangirl. She reads the first book and she thinks she owns the characters and she gets mad when the author kills her favorite or doesn’t pursue the love story she likes. We can debate how much of a claim she has when the book is just a book, but, when the book is America, and the “author” is the government, she has all the claim in the world. Because they gave it to us, in the first ever document of the United States of America, when our government said we had the right and the duty to alter or abolish any government that fails to protect our rights. To be a good American is to question our government, and to seek out new information, and to scream about the plotlines that we don’t like. Because we’re all the authors of America and, if we don’t like the story, we’re the only ones to blame.
Assignment #14b
Romney:
1. Ann Romney's comment reminds me of when Mitt Romney said "[He's] not concerned about the very poor." Similar to his comment, it makes her seem ridiculous and ignorant.
2. I don't think that the Romney's are being unfairly treated. Although it may be out of context, the Romney's need to be aware of their status and watch what they say publicly.
3. I think that this comment, coming after the one Mitt Romney said, add up to show how truly ridiculous they are. The Romney's, who are incredibly wealthy, first of all don't think about the poor people, but then go on to consider themselves not rich when they have way more than the majority of Americans.
Santorum:
1. I completely disagree with Santorum. I believe women need access to contraception and studies show most women use it. By being so openly against it, I think that he will detract many women from supporting him.
2. A neologismand is a newly formed word and Dan Savage is a gay rights activist who created a new definition for ‘Santorum’. The definition is: “the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.”
3. I think that if google has something incredibly inappropriate or offensive then they should investigate and potentially remove it, but for most cases I think that google should not sensor their searches and information. Information being public is part of the package when you are a public figure, and you go into that profession with complete knowledge of this. I was pretty shocked by what google did because it didn't seem like that big of a deal.
4. The top searches are:
Results for U.S. Republican Presidential Primaries
Campaign for "santorum" neologism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rick Santorum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spreading Santorum
Pick Rick In Kansas | Rick Santorum For President
5. I hadn't heard of the new definition for santorum. I learned about it from this tumblr post and I think it's hilarious. It is pretty out of pocket, but I don't like Santorum so of course I am amused by it.
Assignment #14a
In my opinion, the candidate that will win the GOP nomination will be Mitt Romney. I believe this because I think he is doing a good job at convincing fellow Republicans, also he had the most majorities compared to the other candidates. He beat Santorum in Ohio by 1%, but he also won in VA by 60%, MA by 72%, VT by 40% and ID by 69%.