This week assignment was to read two articles pertaining to food. The Omnivore's Dilemma (Pollan) and The Pleasures of Eating (Berry). These were to get us thinking before we watched Food Inc.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan, his article talks about the food chains and how everything is connected. "A country with a stable culture of food would not shell out millions for the quackery (or common sense) of a new diet book every January." This was a quote that stuck out to me the most. Every other day there is a new cook book coming out from a chef, celebrity or anyone in general! Surprisingly, there are people out there who believe EVERYTHING that are written in cookbooks, and they follow them exactly. Not everything is always right for each individual, even if it is the newest diet fad! Pollan also discusses healthy choices such as organic and fast food options.
Fast food may be easier for parents and working individuals if they are on the go, but they are not the best choices. Fast food is not healthy, no matter what any person or commercial says.
In Berry’s article, he talks about how people in today’s society are rushed more than ever forcing them to eat fast food and food on the go. "And they mostly ignore certain critical questions about the quality and the cost of what they are sold: How fresh is it? How pure or clean is it, how free of dangerous chemicals? How far was it transported, and what did transportation add to the cost?" This quote is very true, and more importantly true to me. Rushing from work to school almost every day of the week I am forced to take food on the go. There are some times where I don’t get to go home between and I am forced to stop and pick something up to eat on the way. There has been a few times where I stopped at the super market because it was the only place I would pass. The questions in Berrys quote are not questions that came to mind when picking something up to eat nor never crossed my mind.
After reading both articles, they really made me think about my eating habits and how I may need to make some changes. There are many things that I never considered, that I really should have. I am very excited to watch the movie Food Inc and see what other information I can receive.
This blog post is all about my classmates twitterive that presented during last week’s class.
The first twitterive we saw was Danielle McCleerys which was about her childhood home. I really enjoyed seeing her story through pictures, recipes, and letters. I love her birthday party invitation; I thought that was a great touch. I still miss my childhood home, so I know how she feels and her twitterive shows her strong connection.
Rebecca’s twitterive was all about the relationship with her mom and how there is something missing. I really liked the pictures of her mom’s eyes; it really made you feel as if you were standing there included in the conversation. I loved how she faded the text color; it was something I didn’t realize until she pointed it out. I love everything Rebecca has done and can’t wait to see the changes she makes.
Melanie Cress’s twitterive is all about being a mom to her adorable daughter Lillia. She is sooooo cute! I love the ultrasound video and the pictures. She has changed it since last class, and the changes helped a lot. It was a lot easier to read now being in chronological order.
Kristin Schoch’s twitterive is all about her connection to her car and how she feels in it. I really enjoyed Kristin’s twitterive because she was very creative with it including not just things about her car. I love how she had songs that she listens to and a coffee receipt.
Erin Suder’s twitterive is all about her break up with her boyfriend. I like how she used a picture from when they first started dating and a more recent picture, but I want to see more! I loved the letter she wrote and how she turned her story into a fairy tale. I can’t wait for Erin to revise it, and add more pictures and stories of their seven year relationship.
Krista Venafro’s twitterive was hilarious! She chose the topic of online dating, something she has been doing for about two years now. I loved the youtube video Krista found and her interpretation of the guys she dated. Krista’s was very funny, keep on going!
Lauren Wiesenecker's twitterive is all about her engagement and wedding planning. I love her page about her proposal with her videos that she made! Posting pictures of emails between her and Abel were a great touch! I cant wait to see the final product, and maybe even go to the wedding!! Ha
Wordle is a fun and is great to use for your twitterive! Wordle allows you to use any selected body of text to create a fun and engaging piece of art.
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HAVE FUN & BE CREATE!
This blog is about my revisions after meeting with classmates and suggestions I received.
After meeting with my classmates and looking over my twitterive, I wasn’t happy with what I had. We spent some time interviewing each other and when it came to mine I wasn’t connecting like I thought I had been. After receiving some good suggestions I thought I was on the right track. After changing my twitterive around like suggested, I added some camp letters and activities I still wasn’t happy. Finally, I changed my ENTIRE twitterive. Changing my twitterive was something that was time consuming but I am very happy I did it. I changed my topic to something I felt I was able to connect better with, my family. For my repetend I used my family member’s names in bold, colored font. I really enjoy how my twitterive is looking so far.
This blog post provides interview questions that were talked about with my classmates. These questions were there to help us make sure all parts of our twitterive were there.
1) WHO are the characters in your story?
The characters in my story are my grandparents, parents, brothers, cousin, and my aunt.
2) WHAT is your story? WHAT genres/modes are you using for your story?
My story is about my family members and how they are always there for me. They all have inspired me to be who I am today. The genres I used were pictures, poems, songs, stories and letters. My repetend the people I’m talking about that are bolded and enlarged in purple font.
3) WHEN does your story take place?
My story takes place my entire life. I am still being inspired on a daily basis from my family members.
4) WHERE is your place?
My place is anywhere I am with my family and love.
5) WHY do you feel a connection/lack of connection to place?
I feel a connection because these people are the most important people in my life and I don’t know where I would be without them today.
6) HOW do you show your audience your connection/lack of connection to place?
I am going to show my connection through a picture slideshow at the end with my family members.
My second blog this week is about my writing process so far and how my writing process and twitterive began.
To start off my writing process, I feel that during the first week of the semester I was still in the mindset that we were on winter break. I didn’t want school to start again. Many of the readings I didn’t connect to or find interesting. When I can’t concentrate on a reading or connect to it in any way I have a hard time writing about it. I always thought I was really good with technology but when I found out we had to many ANOTHER website, I panicked. Last semester I didn’t have the best experience when trying to make a website on Google docs, but luckily weebly is A LOT easier. Coming up with a theme for my twitterive was very hard, as many thoughts and ideas ran through my head. I wanted to write about losing my aunt two years ago, but it simply would just be too hard to do, let alone present. When I finally decided on writing about a happy place in my life, Camp Saginaw I was relieved. Camp was always a place that I looked forward to going 10 months out of the year.
I am very much a procrastinator and have always been. Although I know this is true, I believe I work best under pressure. Working on my twitterive is hard to express myself because I am not an outgoing person who freely opens up to others. I hope my twitterive turns out to be everything I hope it to be.
My first blog is week is going to be about my twitterive, which is a narrative using twitter. I will be including my inspirations and where my idea came from and my tweets that go along with it. I will also use the specific place my twitterive is based on and my theme. I will also have a repetend to bring everything to a close.
My inspiration for my project came from my favorite time of the year, summer, and to think back about my favorite summers. I spent five summers of my youth at a sleep away camp in Oxford, Pa called Camp Saginaw. These were the five best summers of my life. Countless memories and firsts for many things, I couldn’t think of a happier place. I started tweeting about camp when stressed with school and everything else, because what could be better than summer right now!? Some of my tweets that got me thinking about using this for my twitterive:
Is it summer yet?? #twitterive Jenna Kleinman @jkleinman22 Always happy and sneaking into the boys bunks #twitterive #wishicouldgobackJenna Kleinman @jkleinman22 Whenever I think of my summer home....this is it #twitterive http://pic.twitter.com/Bt4b9m4rJenna Kleinman @jkleinman22 It's always sunny with the smell of sunscreen and bug spray #twitteriveMy specific place is Camp Saginaw and the idea how it makes me happy. Many of my friends to this day are ones that I met at sleep away camp. Having all of my cousins follow in my brothers and I’s footsteps of attending camp makes me happy. My youngest cousin still attends it every summer, so I am vicariously living through him. The theme of my twitterive is going to be a bunch of letters that I wrote while at camp and letters I received along with pictures. I will include microfictions describing the letters. My repetend is going to be a collage of pictures along with a song that describes my feelings toward camp.
In this blog I wrote a found poem out of 10 of my personal Tweets...They are my best friends, living without them couldn’t be right running in and out is something they always do Of my native place Warm and Cozy they make me feel My puppy is crazy and loveable Always happy is how Chloe and Bella act Is It summer yet!? Is something I think since there is no school They get more attention, LOVE THEM!
For this week’s blogs, I created two microfictions of 250 words or less. My first blog comes from a tweet of mine (bolded) and the second comes from a line from one of Gloria Anzalduas pieces. Enjoy!
Week after week, the same routine
School, work, sleep, school, work, sleep
Is this week over yet!?
Is all the can seem to run through my mind
When school ends, summer comes which means
It’s time for a happy place of mine…..
C A M P S A G I N A W
This is a place where all my stress seems to disappear and happiness occurs.
I am living vicariously through my little cousin from his letters and hearing his experience. Visiting day this summer can’t come soon enough.
This is my microfiction based on the Anzaldua line which is bolded. Enjoy!
Camp friends are those type of friends no matter how much you fight they will
A L W A Y S
Be there for you!
Sleepovers than last allllllllllll summer long and parties every night
Who wouldn’t love sleep away camp?!
Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres.
(Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are)
Camp friends are those you live with in the summer, and when you go back the following summer, you feel as if you never
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When it came to finding a strange place, where else than china town in Philadelphia! I have been there once before but never to eat or experience the Chinese New Year’s parade. What an experience it was! First we parked the car and then went to the restaurant Imperial Inn for Dim Sum. This is a type of food that is served in little metal dishes by push carts. The smells were a little funky at first before even trying the food which was a little scary. The whole atmosphere and experience was really fun an interesting. Each cart had different items in them and the waitress would stop at each table telling you what she had. Of course I’m not good with chop sticks so I had to ask for a fork. The food was very good although I am a picky eater and only tried a few things. After leaving the restaurant we found out the parade was starting any minute. So we waiting and watching, so much fun! Everyone was standing in the street cheering and since it currently is the year of the dragons, there were guys dressed up in gorgeous dragon costumes. Firecrackers were being set off at almost every corner. It was very loud but fun and exciting at the same time. China town and the New Year’s parade was defiantly a strange place for me but I would go back again! When it came to relating my strange place with Berry, he talked about how important it is to really see the importance of the place. I have always driven through china town to get to other various parts of Philly without stopping to realize what was right infront of my eyes. Strange place = china town! Happy new year! #strangeplace #twitterive http://twitter.com/jkleinman22/status/166265921856479233/photo/1 5 Feb jkleinman22 Jenna Kleinman More Americans than Chinese people here!! #strangeplace #twitterive chineese new year! http://twitter.com/jkleinman22/status/166265618964807680/photo/1 5 Feb
jkleinman22 Jenna Kleinman Eating from a cart? Who knew! #strangeplace #twitterive http://twitter.com/jkleinman22/status/166265177380098049/photo/1 5 jkleinman22 Jenna Kleinman Smells a little funky not to sure how good it will taste #strangeplace #twitterive http://twitter.com/jkleinman22/status/166256048582307841/photo/1 5 Feb jkleinman22 Jenna Kleinman Looks like im in another country.. Pulling in now #strangeplace #twitterive
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