Week 11

I think this blog might serve as a better example of how to not manage your time well. I would finish some work, tell myself, "I'll write the blog entry last" and then realize 5 days later that I didn't actually write the blog entry.
So don't do as I do and hopefully you're actually posting every week.

As for this week, this topic was a nice combination of both some review, and some new things. I took a few different journalism classes back in my last two years of high school, so some of this information about plagiarism, how to properly quote someone, and likewise proved to be a form of review to me. What I didn't know as much about was all the information regarding anonymous sources. I feel like they appear so much in the news that I never really gave it a second thought that there was anything more to them than anything else, but if I actually stop to think about it, it would make sense that anonymous sources would require a lot of extra precautions to make sure it truly is accurate. After all, it could very easily be someone trying to play a joke or something like that. So it is really important that all these precautions and guidelines are put in place, even if it might seem like a lot to take in at first.

Week 8

Hello!
So, apparently it's supposed to snow on Sunday or Monday? That has to be one of the most upsetting things I've heard in a long time. We've had nice weather, don't steal it from me!

This week, there isn't really much to talk about besides the short essay that we wrote, but there is one thing I feel worth mentioning. The short essay itself didn't really give me any trouble to write up, it was a pretty short and simple one. What gave me a lot of trouble at first was just picking a topic to base the essay on. Maybe it's because I'm not really passionate about a lot of serious issues in our world, but whenever we have complete free reign to write about whatever we want, I usually struggle coming up with a topic. Especially in a case like this where it should probably be about some event that actually matters, and not an essay about whether or not I want butter on my toast. I was able to narrow it down to something after a little bit of brainstorming (something that actually affected me personally, which is why I grabbed onto the idea) but it's always something I've struggled with. Which is strange, you think absolute freedom to come up with a topic would make it so much easier, but maybe I just like having some basic guidelines to go off of.

I've gotten into a bit of a groove with my schedule (at least until I start this new job...which I'm still not sure when that's happening) so it's more of the same. I generally write this journal last when it comes to my work for this class, so I guess I'll just decide if I want to stick with this topic about college for the actual sermon, or if I want to change it. Besides that, it's just working on other class stuff, maybe advance stuff for my own personal projects, and that's just about it.
Until next week!

Week 7

Hey everyone! Here's a secret from me to you, I hate cold weather. A lot. So it suddenly warming up is really nice, and I love it! Some people might be disappointed that the winter was short and there wasn't a whole lot of snow, at least up in Vermont, but I'm certainly not one to complain about it. Give me all that warm weather!
Until it starts causing serious climate problems, then it might need to be toned back a bit.

As for this week, just about everything regarding the Medieval Sermon was news to me. I was aware of what a sermon was and what it entailed, but I didn't know of the specific parts that made them up, namely the Protheme, Exemplum, and the Peroration. Having heard plenty of sermons before, having attended church for quite some time, it was very fascinating to think back to those and see how these three aspects applied to all of them. There was a coherent structure to them this whole time, and I somehow didn't notice and figured it was just something that you just kind of write. Sure proved me wrong.

I don't have a whole lot to write home about the rest of this week. Outside of doing work in other classes, I did find myself a much better job that won't eat up all of my time, meaning I can still focus on school (thank goodness) but that's still getting set up, so there isn't a whole lot to add about it. I guess I'll just enjoy this nice weather while it's around and take it from there.

Week 5

Oh nooooo, week 4 didn't happen.
So remember last time when I was rather excited about getting a job opportunity?
...Let's just say that things turned rather sour, rather quickly. The time management went completely all over the place and I was unable to keep up with half of my schoolwork.
So umm, that was bad.

The main thing I ended up focusing on this week was the InDesign project with the essay. It really seems like all of my classes are suddenly demanding Adobe products at around the same time. Which I can't tell is helpful, weird, planned, or taking money from my pocket. I'm not fully satisfied with the final product...it's a bit bland as it is and doesn't really pop out or anything. But as it stands I don't have the time to make it super duper fancy, which is unfortunate. It is what it is, at the very least I'm glad I was able to understand the basics of how the program works, which is important at the very least.

As for the rest of the week. ...Well school has to come first so I ended up quitting the job. There's a little bit of a problem when you're enrolled fulltime at school, ask for part time hours at the job, and then get assigned 40 hours a week.
That's not exactly right. And as it stands, I wouldn't be able to keep up with all the schoolwork otherwise, so it had to go. But now that it's gone and out of the way, I can actually do the rest of my class work with (hopefully) little to no problem.

Week 3

You know what's exciting? After months of trying to get a job with no one getting back to you, someone finally gets back to you and you are employed. It might not be the most preferable choice, but sometimes you have to take what you can get.

As for this week, it was fully focused on the essay, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'm a tad worried because I didn't really use any sources, mostly because the topic I chose was something I just know things about and have known about for a long time now, meaning I didn't really need to go out and find sources. On the plus side however, was because I was able to choose the topic, writing it was easy and I went on a bit longer than I was planning to, but I guess I just had a lot to say.

This week has pretty much calmed down. I have a little bit of work in my other classes, but that's just about it. Monday is when things start getting hectic, given training starts for the job I got, meaning I have to reschedule my entire process for getting schoolwork done. So either things are going to go really well, or stuff is going to end up falling behind. ...Let's hope it's the former.

Week 2

Hello everyone! It's been a bit of a slow week on my end, not a whole lot exciting happening. I had a few job interviews which is a nice change of pace, but right now I'm in the process of waiting to hear back from them in one fashion or another, so that's just something slow on the side.

The main topic of this week had to do with punctuation, which is something that's been covered a lot since middle school, so a good deal of it wasn't all that new to me. Going over the semicolon again is always helpful. While it's something I've been over many times, it's also something that I forget constantly, so a reminder every now and then doesn't do anyone harm.

However, what I didn't realize until now was the differences between hyphens and dashes. To be completely honest, I figured they were just two different words meaning the same thing, given how similar the two look to one another. But no, hyphens are used to join words together while dashes are meant to be used parenthetical statements. So that definitely was something new I learned on the punctuation side of things.

As for the rest of this week, I'll probably start the five paragraph essay due next week in the next few days, but besides that it's really just getting the work done for my other classes as well. Nothing to really write home about or anything. Just an average week of getting all the work done.

Week 1- Introduction

Hello, my name is Dmitri Freeman, I'm 19 years old and am currently enrolled in the Community College of Vermont's Writing for Multimedia class...which is where this blog comes into play!

I've lived in Springfield Vermont for just about my entire life (for better or for worse) and this is currently my second year, and third semester at CCV. I was enrolled at Keene State College for my first semester Freshman year, but do to some financial troubles, I was unable to stay enrolled without taking out some rather hefty loans, and my scholarships covered the entire tuition of CCV, so it felt like a no brainier that I should transfer and get the same education while saving so much money.

I'm currently majoring in Multimedia Communications...and what that entitles for me has changed over the last year. While I was at Keene I majored in Film Production, but such a major doesn't exist at CCV, so I went for the more broad Multimedia Communications that encompassed film. Except nowadays, I don't really care much for film anymore and am looking towards more game related stuff. The times change I suppose.

As for non school hobbies, I'm a pretty big video game nut. I have for nearly all my life so that's just something about me. (I'm currently taking up a rather difficult and ambitious game related project that I have no clue if it will pan out, but here's hoping!). Alongside that, I do a lot of things related to music including some original composition. When I have the time, I also do enjoy doing some acting on the side. I don't think I could make a career out of it, but there's nothing stopping it from being a good hobby!

And that's just about the gist of everything. Expect this blog to be updated on a weekly basis. Or I'll get a bad grade. Oh the humanity!