Picture Poem

Cut in the Endzone, I know I can
Run run run leap reach
catch him despite him being taller man
life is stilled, grass looks like a beach
close, very close maybe he'll drop
body sweat leaving me damp
noonday flight, he came out on top
curse my legs and that bad cramp...

Found Poetry

From Shakespeares Macbeth soliloquy:

A poor player in this petty pace
frets his hour with lighted fools
Out, out brief candle!
full of sound and fury
Life's but a walking shadow;
Told by an idiot.

Why stars shine...

Long ago the sun was very proud of its Light, so proud in fact that it bragged and bragged about its glorious rays and brillance until everything else around it wanted to spend no time with it. As a result the Moon, a much more humble entity became very popular. Stars and planets spent more time with the Moon than with sun. For a long time the Sun never noticed because it was so full of its own radiance, but eventually nobody was around for the Sun to brag to, and the Sun began to sink. The Moon is a kindly soul, and felt pity for the oft-arrogant Sun, knowing in truth that Sun was just another Star that simply thought too much of itself. As a result the Moon began making trips out to Sun during the day, Eclipses!! Now when the stars saw this they began to worry that both the Moon and the Sun would become arrogant and leave them out by themselves in the vastness of space. Stars unfortunately do not understand the complexities of love, they only grasp Shining, Radiance, and Brightness. so the Stars did the only thing they knew how to do best, Shine. And they continue to shine for fear that the Moon will leave them for the Sun. The Moon is a wise old rock, he is aware of the Stars envy and the Suns arrogance, but there is one other thing He knows of, He knows of me and you.

Firey post of dislike

Things i dislike....

Well i was having a hard time till i saw ryan seacrest up there, so here is my list of people i feel disspassionate too:
Ryan Seacrest
Terrell Owens
Tom Brady
Mike Vrabel
Bill Belicheck
Matt Millen
Adolf Hitler
Johnny Damon
Ben Wallace
Gilbert Arenas
the guy that tore my underwear in our flag game
Drew Rosenhauts
Mr. Quick
"Dr." Phil

PART TWO

Dear "Dr." Phil,
I hate you. I want you to stop being on TV, radio, and any form of public forum. I would also think it swell if you stopped clubbing baby seals, puppies and small children. Last i checked they dont give doctorates to people for being idiots, and yet you continue to have that "DR" in front of your name. If we ever meet in a dark alley i hope for your sake you have taken some self defense classes because i dont think i have the self restraint not to pummel you like you pummel the respect real doctors should have. I have to give you credit for one thing though, i never realized that "Jackass" had its own accent, thank you for clarifying that for me. In closing, you suck. Have a pleasant day and for goodness sake stop calling OCB your office!

Sincerely,
Dave Mandrick

Re-introduction

Hello everyone, again!

My name is still Dave, i wear the Lions hat. I am from Grand Haven originally, and really enjoy sports. I am 23 and do my student teaching next semester!!! After my student teaching i will graduate(hopefully) and be an adult. I hope in the future, to continue my education, but for now i look forward to being out of college and teaching in the classroom. After college Ryan and i are going on a cruise around the Pacific rim. We hope to discover deeper more meaningful ways of teaching while on our cruise.

boys v girls blog

So how do i write with this prompt never ever really wishing i was of the opposite gender? i could go off the "cold hard facts" offered by mr. miller on the hand out, but really i see alot of them as fairly factual. Even though i never wanted to be a girl, i would have a hard time seeing why girls would want to be boys, aside from the whole being able to write our names in the snow. Girls have the whole non-verbal communication thing down, like theyve evolved beyond mans simple brains. Of course there is the whole economic downside to not being male, the glass ceiling, the difficulties in professional attaire, the having to spend a day in heels. So perhaps it is a social constraint that builds this notion of wanting to be one gender over the other, i have a hard time imagining one gender is a set "better" gender. Certainly there are, or seem to be, generalizations of attributes that one gender is more apt to master than the other. The sexist male would mention kitchen work here i think, i was more referring to attributes or jobs that fit specifically to genetic/biological differences. Though i suppose most all of those are still socially influenced...