Poems

Well, we were put into a group to discuss some poems and I actually enjoyed it. We helped each other to understand what the others didn't get. It was also nice because I don't really talk to the people that were in my group much so I got to interact with them and get their views on some things. We didn't understand all of it but what we got we all ended up agreeing on and , I think, making good conversation about the poems.

Place of my heart and home

There recent tragedy that struck our community and state hit home for me. I knew more than one who had passed, all great and truly loved people. When I first heard there was a problem I thought, "No it isn't Cory or any of them that I know." I was wrong. I think I am still in shock. I attended the candlelight vigil tonight and it was so sad to see such a vast number of people I know and love so devastated.
Joe Manchin was there and he spoke to everyone. He first gave his condolences, but then he started talking about how he is dealing with the media. They all perceive us as unintelligent rednecks, but he told how that if any of them would go up a "crick" or "holler" that if they were hungry, they would be fed. If they were lost, we would not only give them directions, but offer to take them ourselves. He just talked about when he spoke to the families affected he didn't see twenty different families, he saw one big one.
I feel very proud to be a West Virginian. I love this state. It is city and country, crazy yet relaxing, with fun and beauty all mixed together. It is hot in the summer and snows in the winter. This state is like we say, "Almost heaven."

PJ

PJ is pretty amazing. He knows so much. I went up there the last day before spring break and he helped me tremendously. He gave me the basics on animation but it is what i needed to get my game up and rolling. Before I went up there I couldn't get my pages from one to another but now that I have that I have added some animation and am working on some more. PJ came down here last week, but I wasn't here. From what I hear he helped the whole class learn. It was nice of him to give up his time.