Response to "The Biography of Blake Stone"

First thing that comes to my mind when i read "the biography of blake stone" was the song Online, by Brad Paisley. it fits it perfectly, maybe on a smaller scale, but the exact same idea. Krattz narrates this story really good, i know that i was sold through the first few paragraph that blake stone was actually a real person, and most likely the narrator. i felt like that when kraatz explained how he met his close acquaintances online, he would pretty much practice for the conversations the prior week. he detailed the story very well, and expressed much like i would expect a fifth grader to act. i also liked how he seemed to grow up after the, i think, six months of the make believe identity. if you havent heard the song by brad paisley, check it out, funny stuff.

In Class: Authority

golf-playing
football
cars
car mechanics
streetbikes/dirtbikes
math
fixing things
sleeping
good food
grill-steak
cooking-breakfast

car mechanics has grown into through out the years. technically since my mom remairried 10 years ago. my step-dad has always raced, and had show cars, and done all of the aftermarket work to the vehicles. growing up, i used to help him with such things as comon maitenance on cars we had, learning to change the oil in a car like a toyota camry (my moms) to the same work on a 1967 mustang fastback. having a varietty of tools and a garage with more square-footage than our house impacted it a lot too. i soon had my first dirtbike and did everything to it either on my own or with my step-dad. anything from new tires, new exhaust, to carb-jet cleaning, was becoming more and more simple and understood. after the bikes came my first truck, which we decided to make into a project truck, befor i could drive we repainted it entirely ourselves and my uncles help, and along with many other upgrade is turning into a great vehicle. i like the fact that i have this knowledge and i think it has been very useful.

In Class: first post

Ballenger explains in his book about writing as inquiry, which was an explanation of how to sort of "loosen up" with your writing. i took this into consideration, beacause for the most part i do get short with my writing. writing as inquiry brings a new perspective to me about being more open and letting myself just write and not care about what im writing, its a different thought process. sorta like this freewriting were doing now. i like the writing as inquiry idea and think it could help me. i could maybe have understood more, but it was getting tough to read 30 pages or such. i tend to side track myself. i ttoook a break from reading this to go eat last night with spme freidns, at joe t's. very good food. the writing as an inquiry is more than just writing to write, i think it could be much deeper than that. and im sure we'll find out in class. and we still have 2 mins...thsi class is sooo early, my roomates sleeping still, no fun. i have chemistry after this, also an exciting time. writing as inquiry is cool.

1st post

Hey, my names Ari. I'm a freshman this year at TCU from Rockwall, TX. I'm majoring in mechanical engineering. So far I'm loving TCU, my roommates a cool guy, and my schedule isn't too hectic. TCU has always been my ideal college to attend, and I like the location and atmosphere of the campus. Also everyone, students and faculty are very friendly. I love to have a good sense of humor, being a car enthusiast, and doing anything fun.

This course is one that is required for my major, but I do plan on becoming a more experienced and more productive writer by the end of this class. The writing that I do on a daily basis is normally just short messages to friends via email, facebook, text, etc.. Because I lack in long length writing, I feel like I should be much better at it after taking this class.

I did read the course syllabus, and I understand and agree to the terms.