Final Blog Post

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.

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.