Blog 4: claims

In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Blanche is portrayed and characterized as very overtly aggressive. Throughout act 1 scene 1, Blanche throws some insults at her sister Stella, but Stella brushes it off because she knows that's how Blanche is. "But you- you've put on some weight, yes, you're just as plump as a little partridge! And it's so becoming to you!" (Williams, pg.12). When Blanche talks, she talks with uncertainty most of the time throughout act I scene I, but whens she has something insulting to say shes very courageous. "You hear me? I said stand up! You messy child you, you've spilt something on that pretty white lace collar! About your hair-you ought to have it cut in a feather bob with your dainty features!" (Williams, pg.12). Blanche merely belittles Stella with her judging and critics. Blanche shows signs of insecurity of herself and shes picking it on Stella now then how she was described in the first 2 pages. 

Also In the play, Blanche likes to take baths more often then a regular human being. "Now, then, let me look at you. But don't you look at me, Stella, no, no, no, not till later, not till I've bathed and rested! And turn that over-light off! turn that off! i wont be looked at in this merciless glare!" (Williams, pg. 10). All these baths that Blanche takes are a way to calm her nerves and wash all the pain she has dealt with. She tries to forget and shed her illicit past by bathing. Which also  represent her efforts to cleanse herself of her past. One stressful thing that she feels she needs a bath, is the lost of the big plantation they owned, Bella Reve. "I know, I know. But you are the one that abandoned Belle Reve, not I! I stayed and fought for it, bled for it, almost died for it!" (Williams, pg.15).

What Is Art ? & "Portrait of a Dog"

What is Art ?
Art is an creative and artistic form of expression, Imagination, and Design. Art can come from anything and anyone. A crumbled piece of paper mashed together with other objects can become a work of art.

"Portrait Of A Dog"
My group had "The Portrait Of A Dog" By Eric Fischl. He displayed 4 frames and turned it into one big portrait. My group noticed that Eric painted a lot of nudes. we questioned whether the nudes were models or if they came from Eric Fischl's imagination. This portrait was about 9' 5 x 14' 2 3/4 (287 x 433.7 cm) made up of oil on a canvas.

Blog:3 Final Draft My Goals

                                    1) “A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at." Goals are the result or achievement toward which effort is directed to. One of my many goals in the near future is to exercise and be healthier by summer of 2012. When I was younger I was shorter and overweight, and then when I got into high school my body decided to grow in height 1,000 inches figuratively speaking. So I got skinnier when I grew but I still had fat left over and I just felt instead of having fat make it muscle. Most goals have an inspiration, methods of accomplishments, importance, and challenges.

                             2)   An inspiration can come within anything and anyone. My inspiration would have to be anyone who has and still is reforming themselves for the better of them and not anyone else. I think anyone who is able to change themselves for them is incredible.

                             3)    Most people in time think they can just cruise without having any major goals. Things that truly worth accomplishing, you need to analyze what you need to do to get there from start to end. I have thought about what I have to do to reach my goal. I’ve spoken to family members about what they do to better themselves whether it’s exercising or being on hardcore diet. People go on hardcore diets and stop eating anything and they faint. That is because they don’t know what they should eat or not so they don’t eat anything. I decided sometime that I will speak my doctor or nutritionist about what is good and not good to put in my body during my diet. Also a very important factor to me exercising is, I need a gym to exercise at. I will find one around where I live and see if they have trainers to speak to and ask what will help me lose weight and gaining muscle in the right areas, which is important.

                             4)    The Importance of my goal of exercising and being healthier is a very important goal for me to reach for many reasons. The risk of not eating healthy can lead to heart disease, osteoporosis, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure and some cancers. In my family line we have a history of high blood pressure, asthma, and diabetes. Those health problems are due to poor eating habits, and lack of exercising. Learning from experience eating poorly and lack of exercise stops you from being able to run without losing breath, walking for long periods of time, and being active with children. I told myself this could not be me because I want to be able to run and walk for a long period of time. I want to be able to be active whether it’s with my little cousins, brother, and even my own kids in the future.

                             5)    After the importance of a goal come the challenges. A goal wouldn’t be if there were no challenges. Everyone faces them because no goal is easy. If goals were easy I would be a billionaire and more. Challenges that I face trying to exercise and be healthier are not major. Laziness is one important factor of a goal to overcome for me. I get told a lot that I’m lazy but it’s the truth; I can never disagree on that. If I try to exercise for a full month I can do it for a week. Exercise comes with healthy eating and I would eat chips or, some kind of junk food and I’ll feel like I messed up everything and quit.   Stress and being overwhelmed are also factors of challenges. Being so overwhelmed is rough because I can be so caught up in school or work and I’ll lose track in my habit of exercising every day, so that’s where I get organized and plan things out. Stress comes in a big way also. Stress in my world is like everything is falling apart. Stress can be about anything home, money, school, work, and life in general.

                              6)   Therefore, one of my many goals in the near future is to exercise and be healthier by summer of 2012 and it will be accomplished if not before summer shortly in the middle. According to an article by Megan Gressor, ‘’when trying to lose weight, believing in your goals and having a positive attitude can be as important as improving your diet and being active. If you have a plan to keep yourself motivated while you're losing weight, you stand a better chance of succeeding.’’  Being positive and organized by calculating my calories and having a planner telling me when it’s time for school work and when it’s time to hit the gym, all these steps can help me accomplish my goal on time. Hopefully through my success of this accomplishment I can help my family realize if I can change then they can too. 

                                                        

Bibliography

“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at."

"Bruce Lee." BrainyQuote.com.XploreInc,2012.17March.2012.http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/brucelee385747.html

‘’when trying to lose weight, believing in your goals and having a positive attitude can be as important as improving your diet and being active. If you have a plan to keep yourself motivated while you're losing weight, you stand a better chance of succeeding.’’

Gressor, Megan. "7 Key Steps to Losing Weight." Object Moved. Web. 18 Mar. 2012. <http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=4>.

Blog 2: First Draft of Goals Essay :)

                                “A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at." Goals are the result or achievement toward which effort is directed to. One of my many goals in the near future is to exercise and be healthier by summer of 2012. When I was younger I was shorter and overweight, and then when I got into high school my body decided to grow in height 1,000 inches figuratively speaking. So I got skinnier when I grew but I still had fat left over and I just felt instead of having fat make it muscle. All goals have methods of accomplishments, importance, and challenges.

                                Most people in time think they can just cruise without having any major goals. Things that truly worth accomplishing, you need to analyze what you need to do to get there from start to end. I have thought about what I have to do to reach my goal. I’ve spoken to family members about what they do to better themselves whether it’s exercising or being on hardcore diet. People go on hardcore diets and stop eating anything and they faint. That is because they don’t know what they should eat or not so they don’t eat anything. I decided sometime that I will speak my doctor or nutritionist about what is good and not good to put in my body during my diet. Also a very important factor to me exercising is, I need a gym to exercise at. I will find one around where I live and see if they have trainers to speak to and ask what will help me lose weight and gaining muscle in the right areas, which is important.

                             The Importance of my goal of exercising and being healthier is a very important goal for me to reach for many reasons. The risk of not eating healthy can lead to heart disease, osteoporosis, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure and some cancers. In my family line we have a history of high blood pressure, asthma, and diabetes. Those health problems are due to poor eating habits, and lack of exercising. Learning from experience eating poorly and lack of exercise stops you from being able to run without losing breath, walking for long periods of time, and being active with children. I told myself this could not be me because I want to be able to run and walk for a long period of time. I want to be able to be active whether it’s with my little cousins, brother, and even my own kids in the future.

                             After the importance of a goal come the challenges. A goal wouldn’t be if there were no challenges. Everyone faces them because no goal is easy. If goals were easy I would be a billionaire and more. Challenges that I face trying to exercise and be healthier are not major. Laziness is one important factor of a goal to overcome for me. I get told a lot that I’m lazy but it’s the truth; I can never disagree on that. If I try to exercise for a full month I can do it for a week. Exercise comes with healthy eating and I would eat chips or, some kind of junk food and I’ll feel like I messed up everything and quit.   Stress and being overwhelmed are also factors of challenges.  I being so overwhelmed is rough because I can be so caught up in school or work and I’ll lose track in my habit of exercising every day, so that’s where I get organized and plan things out. Stress comes in a big way also. Stress in my world is like the world is falling apart. Stress can be about anything home, money, school, work, and life in general.

                             Therefore, one of my many goals in the near future is to exercise and be healthier by summer of 2012 will be accomplished if not before summer shortly after. According to an article by Megan Gressor, ‘’when trying to lose weight, believing in your goals and having a positive attitude can be as important as improving your diet and being active. If you have a plan to keep yourself motivated while you're losing weight, you stand a better chance of succeeding.’’ This goal will be accomplished by me being positive and organizing myself with a planner telling me when it’s time for school work and when it’s time to hit the gym.

Bibliography

"Bruce Lee." BrainyQuote.com.XploreInc,2012.17March.2012.http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/brucelee385747.html

Gressor, Megan. "7 Key Steps to Losing Weight." Object Moved. Web. 18 Mar. 2012. <http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=4>.

My Short Term Goal :)

                                 Goals are the result or achievement toward which effort is directed to. My goal for early summer and mid-summer 2012 is to lose weight, and be healthier. I plan to lose about 20 pounds, gain a small amount of it back but make it muscle not fat. This world tends to over think goals and how to plan it and get all crazy and melodramatic, and then they tend to just give up because they second guess themselves on whether they really can set themselves to do it. I can’t deny that I don't tend to give up on certain things, but when things are pressured on my I tend to get overwhelmed and don't know what to do first and I do the wrong thing first. Therefore I set myself up with a daily calendar and go from there.

                                 People just can’t achieve a goal by telling themselves I’m going to do something and not do it. I plan to lose about 20 pounds. I plan on achieving this goal by not just setting myself on a diet, is also by going to the gym on any free time I have. Many people just set themselves in the gym but that isn’t the only solution to losing weight. You have to eat right, if not there’s no point in attending a gym because you’re still eating the regular foods that got you to where you are now. I think speaking to someone like a doctor, nutritionist, and or a trainer at your local gym can help. The experts can tell you what’s good to eat and what you should look out for or what’s exercising techniques are good for you. Many of these things can help anyone just got to follow through with what you set yourself with. Making things public can also help because you have people to remind you of what your goals and what you told yourself you wanted this goal set for.

                                Meeting this goal for the summer of 2012 is very important to me for many reasons. For instance my family lines have a history of high blood pressure due to eating poorly. My cousin has diabetes from eating poorly. I set this goal for myself because I don’t want to be the next one in my family that carries high blood pressure or diabetes onto the next generation. When I grow old enough for children I want to be able to be active so I can keep up with them, especially if I’m seeking a degree to work with children in the psychology field. Things may get hectic but you just tell yourself you can do it and then your right at you goal.