Going into this I didn’t know what to think. It was definitely a good experience
though. Writing so much really helped me
I think. The hardest part was trying to
think about a good topic to write about.
I started running out of good ideas so I just started writing about some
pretty random things. Although I think
it helped me learn how to become a better writer for sure. Forcing my self to write 300 words seemed
pretty hard starting out. With time
though typing 300 words got a lot easier.
I just learned to keep on typing and never stop. The only thing I didn’t like about that is I
like to stop and edit a lot. So this kind of helped me break that habit. I noticed that my writing kind of flows
better now. I think that when I first started
writing in this class I cared too much about perfecting every sentence. I think that made my ideas kind of random and
not connected. Additionally I would just
type a little about one idea then two sentences later I will be on a completely
different sentence. Anyways though I
think I have definitely improved from all of these free writes and
assignments. Through all of these free
writes I learned a lot about my self.
Trying to think about what to write about taught me a lot about how I
spend my time and what I care about.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
My free Truck
So when I was a sophomore I think my grandpa let me have his
old ford ranger. It is a pretty good
ranger. Anyways though we drove all the
way down to Kansas City one weekend to pick it up. When we finally got there I had to drive so I
decided to drive my dad’s truck because I felt more comfortable in it. I didn’t want to drive a new car I had no
experience with for four hours. Anyways
though I’ve done a little work on that truck.
The running boards were all rusty I noticed so I decided to take them
off with a little help from my dad and re paint them. It took forever to get all the rust off. I had to use a powerful little sander thing
that my dad had. Anyways though after I
got all that done it turned out pretty well.
My truck has had a few problems though.
It has almost 160,000 miles on it now so it’s getting pretty old. It’s from 2000 so it’s running pretty good
for how old it is. Although I have had
to replace the radiator and the alternator on it so far I think. There was also a problem with the ac. So it hasn’t been a free car in a way. The gas milage is pretty bad on it as well so
that’s kind of down side to it. I’m not
sure if I’m going to take it to my college because it’s eight hours away. I think my truck would have a hard time
driving for that long I don’t know. I
think it’s still undecided whether or not I’m going to bring it. Although it would be nice to have my car in
college, so I could go to places without having to rely on someone else to get
me there.
My nicknames over the years
Alright I have a lot of nick names just so you know. First of all my name isn’t Chuck Smith my
name is Blake. I have Chuck on there
because my family sometimes likes to call me Chuck. Some of my old friends used to call me that
as well. Anyways though I was called
Chuck because of the show called Chuck.
The main Character is called Chuck and I look similar to him and I’m
going into engineering so it just fits.
Other then that I have been called Blockay a lot. This is from that one youtube video called
substitute teacher. A lot of my friends
from my high school cross country and track team call me that. Another one of my nicknames is the Big
easy. I got this nickname from one of my
baseball coaches I played for. I wanted
to play on his team although I got picked third round by another coach this
year. He started calling me the big easy
I guess because I make it look easy and I’m 6’3. I get a lot of hits in this league because
the pitchers are not very good and I’ve been playing baseball forever. Anyways though another one of my nicknames is
the Blakester. One of my uncles usually calls me that. One of my old pastors started calling me that
as well. My grandma likes to call me Mr.
B. Other then that I have a few other
nicknames although I haven’t been called them in a long time.
The youngen
All right since I talked about my older sister I might as
well talk about my younger one. She and
I have gotten a long fine for a while now.
She is kind of my twin but a girl.
She has brown hair and I’ve heard from a lot of people how similar we
look. Anyways though other then looks
she has done a lot of the same things as me growing up. Growing up I used to play the trumpet. I later convinced my sister to play the
trumpet and she is sticking with it through high school right now. I probably would of sticked to it although I
was focused on Baseball when I first started high school. She has also been playing softball for a
while now too. So she has been playing a
lot of softball, which reminds me of all the baseball I used to play. She is just similar to me in a lot of ways. Sometimes I think she wears the coat of many
colors. I say this because she is
treated pretty well by both my parents.
Also it seems like whenever my she does something wrong my parents don’t
really care as much. Although that’s how
it is to be a middle child I guess. My
parents treat all of us pretty good although sometimes my older sister and I
like to call out our parents for treating the youngen the best.
La Bruja
My sister wouldn’t appreciate this although I need things to
write about. First of all I need to
explain the title. La Bruja is Spanish
for Hag. I don’t know why but I have
been calling my sister the Hag for a while now just jokingly. I think it’s because growing up I didn’t
really like her. I’m not sure maybe it
is because she is the oldest. The most
ironic thing is the first three symbols in her license plate is H6G. I think it is 6 it might be 9. Although that is so close to hag it’s kind of
creepy. Anyways though my older sister
can be kind of annoying but it’s whatever.
She is kind of a fashion queen just throwing that out there. When she was younger I heard stories of her
changing outfits a lot when she was like six so she has always been worried
about style and so forth. I’m always
informed when something I’m wearing doesn’t match when she is around. It’s kind of funny though she asks me if I
like certain things sometimes when she wears them. I think she just wants a boys opinion. With all that said my older sister and I are
going to the same college. So that is
kind of a bummer although I think it will be ok.
Life after online classes
Since I’ve got a few more blog entries to do I’m going to
discuss what I’m going to do after this week of online classes. First of all I’m going to clean my room. The past couple of weeks I’ve been so busy so
I’ve had little time to put clothes away and so forth. It kind of looks like a tornado hit my room
right now. At some point after I’m
finished I’m going to get a super large cup of chocolate ice cream. This will be a nice reward. Also with online classes work and so forth I
haven’t gotten to do much leisure stuff.
So I’m going definitely do a lot of chilling. I only got a few weeks left before I have to
go to college so I’m going to try to enjoy every day that I have left. I’ll probably try to play some airsoft with
friends. Also I’ll probably try to catch
some movies. I’ll probably spend a lot
of time on Netflix as well. With all my
time I will probably try to get my family to do something we haven’t in a long
time. Our family used to go to silver
dollar city all the time. So I might try
to get that to happen. I love silver
dollar city. I have been going there
since I was little so I have a lot of memories down there. Also the new wooden roller coaster down there
is pretty awesome. I’ve only got to ride
that roller coaster once so far. It was
so busy when I went because it was like within the first month it opened I
think. It’s just going to be super nice and
less stressful having more free time. It
will feel good to get these classes done because they are my first experience
with online classes and it has been tough.
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