Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons! #tbt #2005

Happy Hunger Games!

Only 22 days until the sequel to one of my all-time favorite movies comes out! And the countdown begins... Maybe I'll get to see it opening day..?? Fingers crossed! Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Reading Assignment #5 - 15 Tweets

1. #tbt to when Kate wasn't sick :( jk I wasn't even alive then
2. I can't believe I actually went through with suing my parents... They're going to KILL me! #sorrynotsorry
3. Well they COULD kill me, but they won't since I'm the one keeping Kate alive #followuptweet
4. Kate is in the hospital. Again. Woke up in the middle of the night coughing up blood... #feelbettersoon
5. I love my sister, but I love my kidney too... Why can't she get better without my help?
6. Can parents force their child to give up an organ if they don't want to? #didntthinkso
7. Another court date today. Wish me luck?
8. There's too much tension in this house to make living here comfortable. What have I done?
9. I'm 13 freaking years old, I shouldn't have to know what granulocytes and peripheral blood stem cells are
10. It really sucks knowing the only reason you're alive is to give up pieces of your body so your sister can live #ugh #feelingunloved
11. Sometimes I really regret starting this lawsuit... Oops
12. I hate giving up my organs and getting needles stuck in me, but I don't want Kate to die.. What do I do? #CaughtBetweenARockAndAHardPlace
13. Thank goodness Jesse is on my side. At least someone is...
14. I met my guardian ad litem today. She seems nice, but I don't think she knows how to act around me
15. I'm really starting to question if my mother even loves me anymore. Or if she ever even did, because she certainly isn't acting like it

Quickwrite - 1c/calorie?

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If one cent equaled one calorie, I definitely think the world would have better eating habits. McDonald's and all other fast food restaurants would slowly go bankrupt because their food items are simply too expensive, No one wants to pay over $13 for a hamburger that's only going to make you feel sick. Money is more important than health in this world, which is what would end up showing if each calorie cost one cent. The more unhealthy the food, the more calories it has. The more calories it has, the more it's going to cost. The healthy food has a very low amount of calories, and so it would be cheaper and people would be buying that more. Of course you would still get the odd people that just want the Big Mac and don't care about the pricing, but in the long run I think most people would choose money over taste. It's sad that people would only stop eating junk food because it gets too expensive, rather than because it's not good for your body or health.

Quickwrite - Robot

My future robot servant would mostly function as a maid. I would like it to clean the kitchen because that's the thing I hate cleaning the most. I would also like it to cook my meals for me because I'm not a huge fan of cooking either. It would be able to find cool new recipes to try, and make them without messing up. It would also know exactly where all the dishes go and keep my cupboards organized. It would be a girl, because I find that women are better at cooking and cleaning than men are, at least in my household. It would be fast moving, so that it could get the work done as fast as possible. I would also want it to do all the other servant type jobs, but that's the main job I would want it to do. She would also be able to talk and keep intelligent conversations with me, and always do as I wish. She would have the best computer programming so she always runs fast and smoothly and never shuts down.

Character iPhone

IM – For the first half of the book, Will IM’s with the guy he “loves” named Isaac. Now they can talk 24/7 with this app, so they can grow even closer.

Tiny Dancer – Tiny’s play now its own app! Will can now know all the important details and minor changes to the play as soon as Tiny makes them with one notification from this app.

NMH News – With this app, Will can be updated on the latest news and concert dates with his favorite band, Neutral Milk Hotel.

GSA – All of Will’s friends are in the Gay Straight Alliance, whether they’re gay or straight (most are gay though), so naturally Will is forced to be in it too. This app holds information for meetings and parades and gay awareness all over Chicago, as well as quotes to help you keep going when it gets tough.

NW College – Will’s dad is really set on Will getting into the same med program at Northwestern that he took himself when he was in college.  With this app Will has all the scholarship and program requirements that he needs to know at his fingertips.

MAPS – Will and his friends go everywhere in Chicago, and they take road trips to visit the other Will Grayson. This will make it easier for them to get where they’re going.

Bandify – This app takes note of the music you listen to and finds hip new bands for you to listen to. Will really enjoys finding interesting new bands to obsess over.

iCook – Will and his dad sometimes cook dinner for his mom, and he can try out new recipes with this app.

Chicago Biz – The daily newspaper in app form! Now Will can be in the loop with the latest news and events happening in Chicago.

2 Rules – Will lives by two rules – “shut up” and “don’t care too much”. This app reminds him to live by these rules every day so he doesn’t find himself in uncomfortable situations.

6 Word Memoir Debrief

What did I learn about storytelling?

During this assignment I learned that storytelling doesn’t just have to be in novel format. Before this, I used to think that a story was something that was explained in pages worth of words. But now I have learned that you can use only six words to get your point across, and it’s just as effective. Sometimes less is more, and too much detail is overwhelming and ineffective. I also learned that it’s not as easy as it seems to say something in exactly six words. It takes a lot of creativity and word play skills to condense what you want to say into six words.

Where did I show my knowledge about using storytelling skills?

I tried to show my knowledge about storytelling skills in my usage of punctuation, but most of my memoirs didn’t have a huge need for punctuation. I think I conveyed it more in the way I put my words together. When I was thinking of words to put with my pictures, a lot of the time my memoirs ended up being either one too little or one too many letters, and I had to find a way to fix it into six. I tried to keep them as simple and relevant to the picture as possible. With the punctuation I did use, I used it to convey a certain type of emotion with each memoir so readers could understand how I felt during that time.

What did I learn as a reader, writer, thinker, and/or storyteller?

As a reader, I learned that just because a story is short, it doesn’t mean it’s written poorly or has a bad storyline. Each story has its own meaning and purpose, and just like you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you shouldn’t judge a story by its length. As a writer, I learned that sometimes you’ll find less is more. You don’t always need a paragraph, a page or even 500 pages to get the point across. Sometimes as little as a photo and a couple words will suffice. It’s just your choice of words and use of punctuation that matters.