Extra Credit in History

the other day we had an extra credit opportunity in History and I jumped on it. I was in english the next day and found out we had one in there as well. I was pumped, but kinda bummed out because it was at the same time. I spoke to my english teacher and figured out what I could do. I went to the extra credit/class roll/ counted as attendance. It was a writing fair and I wasnt going to stay long but it was very cool. Lots of young writers with passion for the art. It was very cool to see al the effort that people put into there projects for other english classes. I stayed a while and then went to my history class. We watched a movie on the civil rights. Based in the late 50's to 70's or so, life was crazy. Blacks hated whites and whites hated blacks. I dont know how people did it to be honest. I mean wow!! why couldnt everybody just get along and be cool. Life is short and why wast it on hating someone else or race when is can be way more enjoyable with loving everybody. But to sum it up, I got all my extra credit in History and was very pleased. 

School

School really sucks sometimes, I have enjoyed this semester but it hasnt been what I wanted it to be. I had a family death at the beginning of the semester and have been able to get on a good foot ever since. I have been slow with catching up and finally catching up and I do bad on a test. I know that everybody gets burned out of a semester of two but I know I did this semester. I can say one think, I will know when it is coming and im not going to let it get the best of me next time. Who ever reads this that is looking at my blog and you are new to college, keep your head high and stay positive, because life is short and you need to perform the best you can 24/7. 

Potter Power

The Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a very good movie. The series has grown to be more violent and really different from the first one. The first one was a little more chill and friendlier for kids to watch. As the series has progressed past the 3rd one it is not as friendly to the younger audience. In evaluating these kind of movies, you have to be careful because you may endanger the way the movie really is and keep it from a certain audience, suck as younger kids. In evaluating these movies, you do also have to be honest and tell what you really think, thats why is is an evaluation or review. In the image part of a movie, the movie is very real and self spoken. The way things are at hogwarts and the detail and thought behind this series is phenomenal. I am pretty sure that this is a primary purpose of the movie and they way the director wanted it to be. Movies are made the way they want to be and critics review them they way they want to.  

The Flatbread Company

This is a crazzzzzy restaurant. I have never heard of so much detail going into a pizza. I love pizza but man, this pizza company is serious. They talk about little bitty things that they put into their pizzas that I am pretty sure top rated pizza joints dont do. This is a very good evaluation on a pizza place. The detail and thought that they put into their pizza and how much you will enjoy it and taste every bite. Its kinda like Dr. Pepper, the coke of 31 ingredients. Well I think its that many but how they add that to their message just makes it more appealing to eat of drink when that much is put into it and becomes something really good. 

The Triumph of Hope over Self-Interest

This is a very cool article about the way politics and money are in the U.S today. It is by far one of the most interesting things that I have read out of The Norton Field Guide to Writing. Why dont people vote their own self-interest? Politics and money are two of the dirtiest things that come through our nation today. We all have to much self pride in money and who we vote for, well most of the people. Upper, Middle and Lower classes make up the way we live today. It was cool, I was reading how we as Americans in society dont look at the three divisions or a three layered cake, but we look at it as a round table and we all have our communities. Im not saying I agree or disagree with this but it was a very interesting way to look at it. I found this a very cool piece of writing, Hope can win over everything in my book, if you stay strong and self-willing to do your best you will come out shinning. 

Interview

My buddy is in the army and I was going to interview him as my person. He is a great guy and love the army and I was going to see what he has learned from the army and experiences that have changed his life from then to now. I was not able to interview him because he was in the field doing a 3 day exercise that consist of real life situations that he may be put into when in combat. I asked my other good buddy from high school which is my roommate at this time if he would like to do it. He agreed and we got underway. I asked him about journalism and sports because that is his passion and love to do both. He was injured senior year and had to have surgery as well as I did, so we have a lot in common with not being able to purse sports like we could have in college. Life takes a funny turn every now and then and can change what you did not plan on doing but it all comes out better than expected. The interview went great and he was very happy to have a copy of it after we were done. 

In Defense of Dawson's Creek

Dawsons Creek seems to be a very big think in the world or reality tv. I have never seen it but have seen commercials and it dosent look very appealing to me. I like watching tv but I have never been real big on tv shows about high school kids or shows that dont really have a meaning to me. I am not being negative about it or putting them down but they just dont seem to have much of a moral. Dawsons Creek is probably a good show to some people that dont get out much and do things, that is just my opinion. From what a read there seems to be a lot of drama and love/romance going on in this tv show, which does not happen to much in high school days. There is your typical drama and he broke up with him or her, but not enough to get a tv show started if you ask me.

Johnny Depp: Unlikely Superstar

The story on Johnny Depp was really long and seemed to tell about the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean. As I read more I seemed to see what just about everybody goes through in life and how they over come it and get past that wall. I liked how he said that we all poison our selves in life, some way and some how. If you want something in life you have to work for it and reach out and get it. Its like sports, if you want to win the championship, you have to work harder and be better than they are. There is another way that I look upon that, if you want to be better than everybody you have to work, but you also have to stay humble and be true to yourself and others along the path to victory and success. Having kids seemed to be a very great thing for Depp. He was always thinking of himself and hardly ever others by what he says. But when he had his daughter and son it changed him dramatically and being selfish was no more for him. I am not an expressive person, but I like his look on life. "None of this makes sense to me, but then, why should it?"

Cookie Master

The story of the Cookie Master and Donald Lau's strive to come up with fortunes is very cool. I liked how he wanted to have good fortunes in the fortune cookies that he sent to all the restaurants all over the world. Writing was something that came natural and easy for him at the beginning, but as he got older it wore off. I was very interested in that and how it just becomes an unnatural thing in older years. A writers block has to be very frustrating for someone who has wrote for many years. I would say that a fortune writer would lose his easier than a novelist or a poet. Very cool how he is handing it down to a younger person who can bring back some old fortunes or new and creative thoughts for people who believe and live on fortunes. 

Genres - "Shirley Barnes"

The Shirley Barnes obsession about Nash Metropolitans is kinda weird, but I understand where she is coming from. I love classic muscle cars and trucks, so its a car thing I guess. It was kinda weird reading it with all the genres put into the sentences. For example, "She was a professional dancer-tap, ballet, acrobatic- but became......" It is very descriptive, but also to descriptive for me. I understand the meaning or things, but it is nice to have extra examples to fill the mind with detail and thought of what is being said.

Gator Hunting In Georgia

I went to Georgia my senoir year of high school to meet the worlds best trapper of beaver, otters and mink. My dad knows him from a friend and his name is Kurk Decalb. He asked us to come down and stay with him for a couple of days to check traps and go gator hunting. It was an amazing experience and I will never forget it. We woke up early to go check traps. He covers 4 countys through out Georgia where he traps and the county pays him. He catches close to 2800 to 2000 beaver a year and 1500 or so ottors and mink. The gator hunting came at night time and was a ruch like no other. A very scary thing but quite amazing and fun!!!!!!!!!!

Fishing in Canada

The summer of 2002, I got to go on a trip of a life time. I was invited by my dad and two of his buddies to go fishing for two weeks on a excluded island. It was on Lake Kishkatina about 100 miles from the Michigan/Canada border. We flew in on a float plane and the flight was about 20 minutes. We landed on the water and the cabin was about about 20x20 foot big. Very small but it was perfect. Two bunk beds and a table to eat at. We had no running water and no electricity. We would run a generator in the evening for about 2 hours, eat and play cards. We took our baths in the lake and fished everyday for two weeks. It was the greatest trips I have ever taken and looking forward to the trip of a life time one day in the future. 

Mick Jagger Wants Me

I have read and finished the story of "Mick Jagger Wants Me". It was a very funny story, and how they expressed that making out was the greatest thing in the world. How life was all about rock and roll, drugs and sex. I was laughing when Susie described Keith Richards body and how he wore his clothes and they were tight. It was funny when they basically got denied by trying to get into the limo. I did not understand the whole story but i know it was about two girls who were in love with Mick Jagger and wanted to see the Stones.

Us and Them by David Sedaris

The story "Us and Them" was very weird to me. I understood the story but did not understand the meaning of it. It was perfectly fine that the Tomkeys did not have a TV but weird that they dont because pretty much everybody in the U.S does have one. It was kinda funny to me that the little boy keep eating all the chocolate, but it was bad for him and gave him head aches. The mom seemed kinda dumb because she keep asking what kind of trailer that the boat was on. This was my thoughts on "Us and Them". 

About Me

Hey, my name is Micah Hinchman and I attend Tennessee Tech University. I am from Nashville, TN. I love to hunt and fish. I am a twin and have two twin brothers, so my mom had two sets of twins. In my free time I like to go outdoors and work on my two old trucks. I have a 1964 Chevy 4x4 and a 1971 Chevy C-10. I love country music and living life and being thankful for what has been givin to me.