Thinspiration

After reading the article about the website thinspiration, I didn't see really anything wrong with these women except the fact that they were physically in shape. I went to the web site and looked at these pictures and I expected to see malnourished girls with ribs sticking out, but they just look like they wanted to be in shape to me. I personally would prefer a little more meat on my woman because to me, that looks healthy. As for it being inspirational, I guess it just depends on how you look at it. I asked my wife's opinion on whether or not  she found it inspirational and she said not really and it was unrealistic for some people to ever achieve this goal of being super skinny because women have all different body types and shapes. There were some photos of women who had once been big and lost the weight and those pictures were more inspirational than that of some random picture of a girl just taking a photo of herself who has probably never been overweight but thinks she is fat. My opinion is that real beauty comes from within. My wife is overweight herself and struggles everyday to make her lifestyle changes and she is making great strides but she knows she wont be one of those girls and don't really want to be. I love her no matter what size she is, I just want her to be healthy because we have our kids to raise and she is who I want to grow old with.

Adult content for children

I am the father of a 14 year old and a 7 year old, also a step-father of a 24 year old. As a parent, I believe that there is certain material that should be kept from children til a certain age like anything pertaining to sex I would not let my child read until they were at least 16 years or older. I am very old fashioned and am protective of what my kids do and who they see because the world has become an ugly place and I don't think there is such a thing as being too protective of your children. I do let my 14 year old read such books as the Twilight series and know by watching the movies that there are sexual themes in the books, but as for anything else of the such I don't let her  read it. I'm sure she reads stuff that she don't tell us about because we cannot screen everything that she reads but I try to encourage her to read things that are written for her age group.

Literary Analysis

I don't really make time anymore to sit down and read like I used to, guess life gets away from us sometimes. I did enjoy reading these short stories from last week, some more than others though. When I read "The Yellow Wallpaper," I really did not get the meaning in the story. What I got from the story was, that she may have been mentally ill, I still don't understand what the symbolism with the yellow wallpaper is, someone please enlighten me about this story because I do want to understand what it meant by her pulling the wallpaper off.
I like the story "The Man Who Was Almost a Man." Everyone has their own idea of what they can do in life to be a "man" and in Dave's case, a gun would make him a man. Although that gun didn't make him any more of a man, he felt like it did and that's all that mattered to him, no matter who got hurt.
My favorite of the stories was "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." I love the fact that he wanted to go on an adventure and feel brave and alive. He has his moments of fear but he don't give up on his adventures. His wife was an awful person though, it was her pushing him to be more of a man that lead him to his death because he wanted to please her.
The last story, "Good Country People," was an alright story, I just couldn't get into it very much. Maybe because I sat down and read all these stories one after the other and may have been a bit burnt out by the time I got to this one. Maybe I need to read it again.
I'm not sure which topic I am going to pick yet but I have it narrowed down to "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber."

Hemingway Code

The Hemingway Code seems like to me is his idea of what a man should be. I can see some of these rules as beneficial and could live by them but I don't agree with the part about hiding behind false religious hopes. I am a Christian and I believe that there is a God and an afterlife and if I am luck and live my life by the Bible, I will go to Heaven some day. I can do all that manly stuff like never show emotion and endure pain in silence. I don't no why these are only geared toward men though, they sound like good traits for everyone to have.
I do see some of these rules come out in his writing, such as in the story of The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber, while the guys are hunting, Robert Wilson was always talking about not fearing the animals they were hunting. When he didn't face up to his fears and kill the lion, his wife treated him like he was a coward and shunned him away. I don't know if she felt ashamed of him or disappointed in him because she thought he was less of a man and wanted him to man up. People are who they are and shouldn't try to be anyone else to please someone. If a person don't like who you are and what you stand for they don't have to stay around. Be yourself, an original!

Blog # 3

It has been 20 years this year since I graduate high school so most every thing is a learning experience for me. I had forgotten virtually every thing, even the basic stuff that we have been learning. I had always considered myself to be pretty good a paraphrasing, but I have to admit that the paraphrasing exercise was a little more difficult than I had originally thought it would be. I have learned a lot in this unit, including the subject-verb agreement which I had a little difficulty with and pronouns, which was a little easier for me than the subject-verb agreements.
There is still so much that I don't understand with the subject-verb agreements. I know on the test, I had some questions that I thought I had done right but I was wrong. I looked them up and tried to associate them with the subject, but I guess I was still doing it wrong. I think my main problem was over thinking the rules and things. On the pronoun quiz, I also had a little trouble with the questions like "Cheryl and me met for coffee last week." I always thought it would be "Cheryl and I." Guess I was wrong. 
This whole college thing is a learning experience for me because it has been forever since I have learned and used any of these things. Everything is learn and use or learn and loose so it's time for me to relearn all these things and hopefully I will use these tools enough so I won't loose them again.

Print vs. digital databases

In the print vs. digital databases I would have to pick the digital database. I suppose the biggest advantage to digital database is the fact that you can virtually find anything and everything you are looking for. They make everything so easy and with Ipads and portable reading devices it is very convenient. Digital databases also have their downfalls, such as problems with internet service. I think print is the most reliable choice being that all you have to have is your book, no slow internet or no internet at all. When you have to use print material, it takes more time out of your day to do. You would have to go to the library, spend time looking at different material, select the books that would be the best fit for what you need, and stand in line to check the books out. I know that people have been doing this for many years, but it just seems that going through the digital database is faster and more convenient.
Yes, I do think digital databases are replacing print due to the ease of finding things and if you have internet you don't have to leave your house to go get your material. I am a little torn on the question of "is it a good thing?" I think it is good to have digital databases, but it is also good to have something to fall back on in case of trouble with your computer or internet problems. I know when it comes down to it, it is all a matter of personal preference, but I tend to rely more on the digital databases.

Introduction

My name is Steven Boone and I am 38 years old. I am married to the love of my life, Nikki, and we have been together since 2005. Together we have 2 daughters, a 15 year old named Raven and a 7 year old named Hailey. I also have a step-daughter named Jessica and she is 22 and she has a son named Braxton. My family is the most important thing to me and the only family I really have left. My mother passed away on January 8, 2011 from pancreatic cancer and my father died on August 7, 2012 in a tractor accident. I am thankful for the family I have left. I am going to college to get my Associates of Arts in General Education and then I have not really decided what I am going to do from there. In my free time I like to enjoy the outdoors. I love to fish and have recently taken up trout fishing. There's nothing like being in the cold water catching trout! I also have a kayak and love to go down Spring River with some friend and family. I have plans for going all the way down Spring River this year just to see how far it goes, it will be an adventure. I enjoy other types of fishing too, I like to catfish and bass fish also. I hope someday to move somewhere that it actually snows, not much snow around Arkansas but when it does I try to enjoy the little bit we get. I love to ride 4-wheeler's, just being able to get out and enjoy the outdoors, nature, and being able to spend some good quality time with my family. I like sand creek but there are people who don't respect the land and trash it even though there are trash cans available, there is trash and broken bottles everywhere and it's becoming more of a party spot than a family place. When my family and I go ridding, we usually just hit the levee and ride over there. I enjoy it over there and the traffic is not too bad and everyone going down the levee is pretty respectful. There are also a few bridges down there that are great to go fishing on.

Me and my wife

Me fly fishing at Mammoth Springs

My step-daughter Jessica and grandson Braxton

My daughter Hailey

My daughter Raven

Me and my Princess

Hailey ridding her 4-wheeler

Me ridding

My wife is pretty amazing, she just graduated from the Respiratory program at Black River Technical College. She worked very hard to reach her goals and I hope I can make her just as proud as she has made me.