Howdy

Hello everyone...This is a nice looking blog we have going. Though this is posted under Dommenikos, I will swear to you that is only the name that I wish I could've had. My real name, being Jeff, was introduced yesterday in class. Im sorry if you don't remember me, but suck it up, we'll meet soon.
Just a few things about myself I suppose. Well, I have a very large, very greek name, and yes, I do know the modern and classic greek translations for it, because I know that was the first thing that came to your minds. My friends are the first thing that come to my mind when the word "family" is mentioned, other than my beloved mother of course. I have to say that as much as I hate the fact that I must work, I love to work, its odd...I can't not work, but I have to yell about it when I do. The irony. Anyway, I enjoy books very much, and I am a large Harry Potter fan...just books though, I hate the movies, destroys the creative mind, especially in children. I am a Studio Art major, and it just so happened I dropped French today but I could care less, considering I have 18 credits to my name already.
I could write all day, but I won't bore you.
I have many a thing to do at the moment, and one is not sitting here anymore.
I wish you all a wonderful goodnight, great weekend, and I'll see you on Tuesday
Thats all
Jeff

Boba Fett Girl

I made another post earlier but I guess it didn't work so here is a shorter version. I swear the one I wrote this morning was much more creative.
I'm Elena and I'm pretty familiar with blogs. I have my own website which is basically nothing more than an over glorified blog with forums. I write on it under my pen name so I tend to keep the url a secret. Maybe one day you'll stumble upon it when surfing the web. I'm a secondary ed-English major which is ironic since I am horrible at grammar. I love reading though and I can't wait to share my passion for reading with others. I love to write whatever comes to mind but I'm horrible at transitions and formal writing, everything always comes out as one big stream of consciousness. I hope that this class will help improve my writing. I also love music as do most people. I love "geek-rock" and "indie" music. My favorite bands are Modest Mouse, They Might Be Giants, Ween and Weezer. I'm also addicted to MMO-RPG's and so most of my partying at KU will probably be done at lan parties. My father is Colombian but I'm probably the palest person in the class so no one would guess. And yes I am wearing a Boba Fett helmet in my profile picture. I dressed up at the Episode III premiere and I dueled a man dressed as Darth Vader with plastic light sabers but alas Boba wasn't meant to use a light saber and I lost.
The End

Today is sunny!

It's a really nice day out and I'm just happy that it is not raining. I'm currently at the library downloading some lecture notes for my Intro to Oceanography class- I believe I failed to mention I am a Marine Biology major. You can usually spot me around campus listening to my iPod or hanging with the fabulous girls from Rm. 112 in University Place. :) Tomorrow is Friday, which not only excites me because it is the beginning of the weekend, but because I am going home for Labor Day to see my family and friends, etc. I am a pretty open person when it comes to meeting new people, so don't be afraid to strike up a conversation.

Today is sunny!

It's a really nice day out and I'm just happy that it is not raining. I'm currently at the library downloading some lecture notes for my Intro to Oceanography class- I believe I failed to mention I am a Marine Biology major. You can usually spot me around campus listening to my iPod or hanging with the fabulous girls from Rm. 112 in University Place. :) Tomorrow is Friday, which not only excites me because it is the beginning of the weekend, but because I am going home for Labor Day to see my family and friends, etc. I am a pretty open person when it comes to meeting new people, so don't be afraid to strike up a conversation.

It works!

hey guys. I guess this thing works!! In case you don't remember me, I'm Jeni, the girl computer science major. I don't think I mentioned this in class because I tend to get weird remarks but I'm going to try to add International Business as a double major at the end of the semester, and I'm also a German minor.. and I'm trying really really hard to graduate in three years. No lies. I already have 21 credits to my name. I'm excited because I think I can do it. So, let's see. I like frogs and bright colors and shiny objects and I spin weapon line [colorguard, marching band] here at KU. I love music, pretty much anything except country, opera, gospel, church, and west-coast rap. I love to dance, anywhere anytime, and I love DDR [because it's a dancing video game. Awesome]. And I love to sing. I don't really watch TV, but when I do, Colbert Report is the favorite, hands down. I love musicals, especially Wicked [who doesn't] and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I graduated from Wissahickon HS in Ambler, PA, class of '06!!

I guess that's enough random facts about me that I can think about for now... if you see me around campus, just say 'hi'! I don't bite.. hard... often.. :) Peace, guys!

- Jeni

WAOO!!!

I must admit, I am a total blog GEEK. I have many and update them almost daily. But "Blogger" is leaving me in a state of "wha???" at the moment, but at least I made it onto the class blog, right? I'm Jonelle... you probably remember me as the chick with the cat glasses who loves Harry Potter. I enjoy writing immensely and find myself writing blog entries for hours on end or 22 page letters to my friend Stacey back home. I just enjoy writing, particularly persuasive essays or journal type things. I don't know if I mentioned my major in class already but I am a Clinical Psych/Counseling major and hope to become a Criminal Psychologist one day. You know, the guys on Law and Order who get into the minds of the killers to see why they are complete duffers. I have always been a firm believer in Justice so I suppose that is one of the reasons why I am choosing this career. I am definitely excited about this class and the blog. Catch you guys later!

"Marilyn" arrives..!

Hi there! It's Colby---that cornball goober nerd that loves The Office (alot..)---Remember me? This type of junk is new to me--I'm sort of old fashioned and not a big fan of computers, but ho hum, oh well, I'll get used to it. (I do enjoy a foxy computer geek though...!) So, what else should you guys know about me? I love MM-(Marilyn..)--I also love MSNBC--I was crazy about the Abrams Report until Danny got promoted to general manager of the station...now that his foxy face is not on my screen anymore, I'm slowly moving to CNN, which is rough territory---I'm not particularly fond of their anchors (nancy grace..)...and although Anderson Cooper is ridiculously handsome, he's just a smidge too serious --he's got a permanent brow crease from it. I'm very close with my family and my two younger sisters, I'm missing them bunches but my two roommates are my best friends from highschool, so they're the next best thing. Actually, my third best friend from school (yes, you can have more than one,) is currently in New York City, a freshman at Parsons majoring in Fashion Marketing--I'm jealous, I love her very much and hope she's having tons of fun. I feel like I'm blabbing, but hopefully you're enjoying it---or rolling your eyes--! What else...?....I suppose I have very intense emotions--I either love "it" or hate "it"..a little black and white, so I suppose I can be difficult at times---I'm conservative--I don't curse, although I find it hilarious when other people do--(especially my mother, when she is throwing our vacuum cleaner down the steps)---A friend once told me the only thing wrong with me is that I'm a Republican. I think I'm too young and perhaps too uninformed to choose a political party for myself--to be labeled as "this" or "that", though like I said, I am very old fashioned and tend to lean toward the Repub's. I support Georgie, that darling man--I love learning about government--and though I've only experienced about fifteen minutes of Professor Fisher, he seems FAB--- but ho hum--that's enough serious talk, and enough about me! I'm super excited for this class, can't wait to get started---hope to have some interesting discussions, can't wait to start writing-----say "Hi Coco" if you see me floating around--I'll be so excited!
See you all soon....
-Colby

I'm in!

Hey guys - this is Marilla. I already introduced myself in class today, but I will do it again. I commute to school every day from Oley (about 25 minutes). I'm actually still in high school - I'll graduate in June 2007. I'm part of the early enrollment program. The way it works is all the classes I'd be required to take my senior year of high school I take at KU and it counts for my senior year of high school and my freshman year of college. It's a very good deal. I'm an environmental engineering major. It's my hope one day to save the environment from all of the evil things we do to it. I'm also in Kutztown's orchestra and the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra. (I play cello.) I swim with the Albright Aquatic Club, a USS swim team. Other than that I love to cycle, ski, kayak, and anything else that's outdoors.

It worked!

okey- i just wanted to see how to do this and if it worked.......HELLO! :-)

Welcome to Mahoney's Honors Composition Blog!

Hello all!

Welcome to the blog for our Honors Composition course. As you will notice, this blog is not empty. The conversation you will be entering has been going on for two semesters. I encourage you to check out how students have used this blog in the past and some of the ideas and projects they have made public for all the world to see.

The concept of "a conversation" will help frame how we investigate writing, language, and audience over the course of the semester. In particular, we will often return to a quote from the literary and rhetorical scholar, Kenneth Burke, who highlights the conversational nature of knowledge making through his metaphor of the "parlor":

Imagine that you enter a parlor. You come late. When you arrive, others have long preceded you, and they are engaged in a heated discussion, a discussion too heated for them to pause and tell you exactly what it is about. In fact, the discussion had already begun long before any of them got there, so that no one present is qualified to retrace for you all the steps that had gone before. You listen for a while, until you decide that you have caught the tenor of the argument, then you put in your oar. Someone answers; you answer him [or her]; another comes to your defense; another aligns himself [or herself] against you, to either the embarrassment of gratification of your opponent, depending upon the quality of your ally’s assistance. However, the discussion is interminable. The hour grows late, you must depart. And you do depart, with the discussion still vigorously in progress (110-111, brackets mine).

Before next class, spend some time getting used to posting to the blog. Introduce yourself. Tell us what you think!