Blog Entry 10

I have to say that I was worried when I knew it was the final paper.  I was still a little confused with the genre and I was unsure how I would write a paper about it.  However, once i got rolling on the ideas that I had,and after I read a few other examples I really got the hang of it.

My plans to keep writing and expanding on it are to write about the last two papers that we have written.  This will complete my part on each paper and the portion of my definition of I that it has given me.  I will talk about how i have grown through these essays and these challenges.  I would also like to write a paragraph on how the bloging process has helped me and how it has changed me as a writer.  I know that is very important to my process and it is important that i include it.

In addition to the above things i would also like to write a paragraph on how my sister and prof have helped me to become a better writer.  I will use this kind of like a dedication portion because it is very true.  I believe that the meaning of I is understanding that each and every person on this earth is pieces of everyone that they have encountered along the way on their journey.  I want to be able to show that and to explain how it is changing how i write and who i am in a good way.  I will then have a good closing paragraph with my definition of what is I, for me that is, and that the definition will continue to change as i change.

7 comments March 30, 2009

Autoethnography Workshop

An autoethnography is the experiences and culture that make someone who they are. I chose my template because it is pink and it is happy with hearts. I am not always all smiles, but i love the color pink and i love happy looking things like that. I was immediately drawn to that one when i was browsing through the different ones. I chose that picture of me because it was really me just happy and smiling. I took it myself as i do many of my facebook profile pictures, but i liked it. I wrote the things i did on my about page to give the audience, my peers and really anyone who reads it, a good general idea of who i am. I hold very little back about the rough past that i have faced because those happenings have helped to make me who i am today and who i will be in the future. I like to describe what makes me, me to those reading and to tell them something unique about myself. I linked to my sisters blog because she keeps one in a professional way. She writes for a paper in St. Louis IL and she posts all of her articles there. I am so very proud of her. I also have facebook liked and a link to 2 of my favorite shows, Will and Grace and Ghost Hunters. I love these shows for very different reasons. I love my very first blog post. Yes, i have grown over the past 10 weeks, but i still love my first post. I think my audience was anyone who was willing to read it. If someone else and written this and it was my job to comment on it i would probably say something like “this is great. it really got my attention”. I still agree with what i wrote in that first post. I agree with the words that i said but i also agree with how i structure the blog entry. I had a way to grab the readers attention and i hoped to engage them in the whole process which i believe i was able to do. Originally i did not use any kind of sources to help me prove my point. However, knowing what i know now i could easily find some cool pieces of writing to go along with how i tried to get the readers attention. I could find some great definition or maybe some interest facts.  Autoethnography is a form of phenomenological research because it they both have to do with personal experiences and cultures. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy para 2).  It could also be experiences that are directly related to an object or person.

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