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Dear Student of next Semester,

As I look back on this class I am actually quite proud of myself and how my writing ability has improved. I was worried about writing about for a public audience but after writing out many blogs I have become quite comfortable with it. If you are unsure about writing for an audience then this class will definatly be beneficial for you. You will be required to watch certain episodes of different T.V shows and then blog about them. At first I was unsure about blogging because I have never done it before but after writing out a few I actually started to enjoy it. It allows you to express your thoughts on different subjects and really state how you feel. It also allows you to read other people's blogs and see their opinions on different subjects.
In order to be successful in the assignments for English 110 make sure you listen in class and understand the assignments. If you are unsure about something then ask the teacher and be sure to check the daily schedule. Another important note is to stay on top of your work and don't put it off. If you leave things to the last minute then it makes it difficult to do them well. I'm sure you will enjoy English class as long as you stay on track and understand the assignments.

Good luck!
Kimberly Bowman

Farscape

I didn't really know what to expect when I heard we were watching farscape because i have never heard of it before. However, when we started watching it I actually really enjoyed it. It had a really creative plot that caught my attention right from the beginning. I wasn't expecting the spacecraft to get taken in by the black hole and transfered to a completely different galaxy. i thought it was interesting how the show differed from most Sci Fi shows we have watched because it started off in present day. The man from earth whose spaceship got taken in by the black hole is now lost in another galaxy. I liked that there was someone from earth who got caught up in this new place because it gives the audience something to relate to. We got to see how the man reacted when he first saw the aliens which was entertaining because I'm sure most people wonder how they would react if they ever saw an alien. I really liked watching this episode compared to other Sci Fi shows we have watched because I found it was quite creative. I have definatly become more interested in Science Fiction after watching shows I have never seen before like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

STNG

I thought this episode was somewhat interesting. I have never watched Star Trek in class and I still don’t find that I am really interested in this type of science fiction. This episode was different from the original Star Trek in that the characters are slightly different. BSG is different from Star Trek as well because the robots in BSG were evil and did not share a good relationship with humans. The robots in BSG looked exactly like humans and were able to disguise themselves. These shows defiantly make me wonder what life will be like with robots in the future because each show gave us a different perspective.

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I have never watched Star Trek before so I decided to start from the beginning and watch the very first episode The Man Trap. In the episode Captain Kirk and his crew arrive at a planet and meet with two women one of which Sergeant Mcoy used to be romantic with. Not too long into the episode one of the women notices that a crew member has been killed and she says that she saw him eat a plant that poisoned him. After Captain Kirk runs some tests on the dead crew member, he discovers that the man could not have died from the poisonous plant. We later find out that the women who calls herself Nacy is not who she says she is. Nancy is really a creature that lives off salt and has the ability to change forms whenever its wants which is why it disguised itself as Nancy. The creature went arounf attmepting to kill crew members but in the end, Lenard kills the creature and saves Captain Kirk.

Star Trek isn`t the type of science fiction I am super interested in mostly because there is a lack of action but I`m sure it appeals to many other people. I`ve noticed after looking at the different types of science fiction that I am more interested in the type that deals with vampires and werewolfs instead of space. I think that science fiction that deals with space is good if the show is exciting and the acting is good. Science fiction has evolved from shows like Star Trek up to more present modern day shows like Dollhouse. I find that shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer are popular becasue they are easy to relate to as the show is based on a girl in highschool. Shows like Star Trek have a more selected audience becasue many people aren`t interested in space travel or technology.

This was the first episode of Battlestar Galactica that I have ever watched and I surprisingly found it to be quite interesting. I was a little confused at the beginning but as I kept watching I actually found it quite intriguing. I have always been interested in technology, and when robots will be created which is why I enjoyed watching this episode. Technology is advancing at a fast pace every single year which is why a plot like this show may actually be a possibility someday. I thought the show had a very interesting plot by having a war going on between the humans and the human made robots-the cylons. The robot/human war reminded me a lot of Star Wars because there was also a war going on between robots and humans in this movie but there were differences that made it a unique science fiction show. One part that was quite shocking and really caught my attention was when one of the cylons killed a baby. This scene was disturbing and really showed the audience that the cylons have no emotion or care for what they do at all. It’s crazy to think that something us humans created could be capable of such evil and attack us. This show is interesting because it really makes us think about future technology and that we need to be careful about the robots that are created in the future. I think there should defiantly be a limit on how far artificial intelligence can go.

Poem "One Inch Tall" by Shel Silverstein

One Inch Tall

If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.
The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.
A crumb of cake would be a feast
And last you seven days at least,
A flea would be a frightening beast
If you were one inch tall.

If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door,
And it would take about a month to get down to the store.
A bit of fluff would be your bed,
You'd swing upon a spider's thread,
And wear a thimble on your head
If you were one inch tall.

You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.
You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb.
You'd run from people's feet in fright,
To move a pen would take all night,
(This poem took fourteen years to write--
'Cause I'm just one inch tall).

Shel Silverstein



I have always enjoyed reading poems by Shel Silverstein ever since I was in elementary school. I think they are really creative and fun to read which is what interests me when I look at poems. I also like reading serious poems with a deeper meaning but I like how the peoms by Shel Silverstein are fun and lighthearted. This poem in particular is quite creative and it caught my attention when I saw the title. It describes what life would be like for someone who is one inch tall and some of the challenges they would have to face. I love reading these kinds of poems becasue they are so random and fun that it forces people to use their imagination. Its a good idea to not get caught up in the seriousness of life and bring some childhood memories back by reading the witty and funny poems of Shel Silverstein.

"Normal Again"

This episode of Buffy was interesting in that it was about Buffy fighting her inner self instead of some other villan. She believed she was in a mental insitution and that her life in Sunnydale was not real. It was a unique plotline in that it really makes the audience question what is real and what is not. Buffy was having a hard time trying to figure out her situation and if the life she has known in Sunnydale was real or just her imagination. She started to think about her life in general and how the idea of vampires and demons seemed fake and that she actually was a sick patient in a mental insitution. Sometimes we get this idea in life where we arent sure if what we are going through is actually reality or if it is just our imagination.