Freestyle

I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to write about until I started reading everyone elses blogposts. I like that a couple of people wrote about christmas and what it means to them.

I love christmas. It brings friends and families together and is a time of giving. This year will be a little bit harder. Ever since I was a little girl, I have always spent christmas with my whole family. We have little traditions that we do every year and this year it won't be the same. My little brother is in Iraq and my older brother is in a monastery in Olympia preparing to become a monk. I love that they are both working to help protect and love the community, but it is definitely going to be a hard Christmas.

Since I do work in retail, I would like to say that in that aspect it is also my favorite time of year to work. I love walking into the mall with all the Christmas decorations and Christmas songs playing. Granted, there are the "mean" customers every once in a while, but everyone is just so nice. They are all shopping for their loved ones and I get to help them do that. Many customers don't care too much about the sales, it's just an added bonus. Many companies are also asking customers to donate a dollar or round up their sale to donate to charities. My company is taking dollar donations or more to donate to the St. Judes Children's research hospital. I think it is such a great oppportunity for people to donate to the community. I think that if it wasn't for all the marketing and advertisements then it wouldn't feel completely like Christmas.

Response to Inna

I also agree that we did learn a variety of materials from this class. Even though we skimmed over some areas, I feel like I learned a lot. I also like that we covered other areas of writing such as journalism and freelance. I have never had any interest in these areas so I didn't really know anything about freelance and journalism. I liked that this class went over such areas and that we learned so much about professional writing.