Last Class

I LOVED THIS CLASS! I really improved my writing, more so then I initally thought. I enjoyed working with my classmates and having them give me advice and evaluate my work. Professor Potvin was so energentic, friendly and really made the class enjoyable. Mondays I'm at school all day and can't wait to go home and relax, but he was able to make the three hours go by fast. I'm not returning to U of M next semester but if I was I would definately take one of his classes again. I didn't need this class for my major but I'm so thankful that I did stick with it because I was able to improve my writing and find my imagination again. Thanks professor Potvin!

My Nemesis

My nemesis is food. I love to eat, especially junk food. My unhealthy eating habits have led me to get hypoglycemia and now possible diabetes. Writing the paper for class gave me the motivation to take charge of my health and make a doctors appt. I have been too scared to get my blood drawn because I had a tramatic experience with it before. And i dont want to hear the results of the test. Also being potentially diagnosis with diabetes would mean that my diet would have to be regulated much more carefully and cheating with junk food, espcially sweet treats would be more my dangerous for my body.

We just saw a clip on you tube by Ira Glass. He talked about creating an interesting story and presenting that in an exciting way. He had some good points- editing out the boring part of your story or arent relavent to your story. I liked when he said that you are in charge of your story and as a writer we decide what to write and edit out. He has been in the business a long time and knew what he was talking about but watching the clip online and talking so informal seemed to contradict his persona.

Open Mic Night

Overall I thought Open Mic Night went well. It wasnt as scary as I thought it was going to be. Having it in the UC was distracting to me with all the people walking by and eating next to us. Another thing we should do is find a place that was more quiet and have it earlier in the day to draw a bigger crowd. I agreed with my classmates when they said that most students were either in class or had already left to go home for the day. It was a good idea to have this and hopefully it will continue next year too.