Thinking back...

This course I found surprising. Although at the beginning of the course we were told it would be heavily based on technology i was still surprised how much we used it.

I think the assignment I liked the most was the black out peotry. I found that project to be more creative then others we did and a bit more of a challenge. It was more of a challeng because I didnt just want to blck out random stuff, I wanted it to be good and I think the mark I got reflected that I did good. I also liked it because it seemed like a more traditional way to creativly write, it didnt involve the internet at all.

I would say the project I liked the least was the twitter fiction. Im not one for socail media on the internet. I do use facebook to see what people are up to but rarely do I ever post anything, and twitter? Im not going to lie I hate twitter. I would have never made a twitter if it wernt for this class. I found it was an interesting idea to try to make a story on twitter but i found it difficult especailly with the word limit for each tweet. I found I couldnt make a good story with just tweets, my usual story ideas i couldnt make work. It was an interesting idea but for me, it didnt work out.

Reading on fridays I loved. It was relaxing and I got to read my books which I dont normally have time for at home. I started and finished three books by Dean Koontz and started another. Now writtin g about what I read I never really did. I didnt know how to express what I was reading. If I had more guidlines to follow I think I would have been more succesful with the writing portion. I guess what Im trying to say is that I had lots of freedom to write what I wanted too but because most classes you are told what to write and how to write it I felt like I didnt know what to write about what I read, and mabey Im a little lazy too...

I found the writters notebook to be verry usefull. I am usually a pencil type guy. Il write on paper first and then type it out. Its just easier for me that way. My writters book has lots of usefull ideas for me because of the daily creates we did. The writters book was definatly helpfull.

As I said before, Im not one for socail media internet kind of stuff. keeping up with a blog and twitter I found to be a pain because I do not like to post alot on the internet facebook is good enough for me. I just dont care about most online socail things or bloggs. I hate twitter I think its the most pointless internet website ever, but thats just the way I am. So my advice to future creative writters in this course, no matter how stupid you think blogging and twitter is, do it. I didnt keep up with my blog or twitter and it shows with my grade.

I learned that I like the more traditional way of writing and reading. I liked the pen and paper part of the course not so much the computer and tech part. The only advice I have to give is that I think the course should have a more traditonal creative writing touch. mabey a few lessons on how to write good peotry a bit more pen and paper assignments. other then that the course was pretty good, it was somthing differnt, which is good. I hope my teacher Ms. McLauchlan keeps finding new interesting projects for future classes. Thank you for the learning experience Ms.McLauchlan.

My Bucket List (The Buried Life)

1. help a homeless person
2. save a life
3. get my pilot licence
4. spend a month in the arctic
5. give a stranger $1000
6. study emperor penguins
7. go heli-skiing in New Zealand and Alaska
8. swim with sharks
9. help build a school in africa
10. be in the newspaper
11. race BMX in the x-games
12. fly supplies to communities in northern Canada
13. build and give a car to someone who needs it
14. live on a boat house for a year
15. win a drag race in Gimli
16. raise a million bucks for cancer research
17. watch Barcelona's soccer team play at Camp Nou Stadium
18. have a family
19. fish for white sturgeon
20. climb a mountaing
21. pet a tiger
22. meet the guys from top gear u.k
23. solve a crime
24. learn how to shoot long range
25. get motorcycle licence
26. see the wreckage of the titanic
27. visit pearl harbor
28. blow up a car
29. go parachuting
30. go base jumping
31. meet chip foose
32. be on t.v.
33. play video games on an I-MAX screen
34. take part in a dirt bike race
35. pick up a hitchhiker
36. learn how to park run
37. be on tosh.O
38. spit on a camel
39. go to a pub in Ireland
40. walk on a live volcano
41. meet the trailer park boys
42. win a fight
43. shoot a trophy dear
44. fall through ice
45. free climb cliffs in the badlands
46. travel south america
47. travel across Canada
48. snowmobile over open water
49. drive on the sun highway
50.top out a car on the autobahn
51. be in a tornado
52. help people after a tornado
53. catch a master angler
54. start a riot
55. drive over a cavalier in a lifted truck
56. go to a jets game
57. win a bet on a horse race
58. hydro plane a car
59. ride an elephant
60. have my paintings in a gallery
61. see a Rush concert
62. learn to play my harmonica better
63. write a novel
64. do a trip down rout 66
65. roll a car

MY TWITTER FICTION IS NOW POSTED VIA TWITTER!! YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON TWITTER    @WPheifer

I would like to write a book one day. I am hoping that I will come back to this blog and find ideas of what to write about. I think what i am going to do is everytime I get an idea I am going to post it on a comment on this post. I guess I will wait to see what I come up with.

What I am Reading.

there aint nothing like the power of the beast, the way she takes off, the way she runs, her handleing. There aint nothing like her power, like her visousness. There aint nothing like the power of the beast, the way she can haul you, hurt you. There aint nothing like her speed. There aint nothing like the power of the beast. There aint nothing like my 69' stallion.

 

written by Westley Owen Pheifer

I pop the hood and what do I see?

A 428 cobrajet looking up at me

The way she rumbles the way she roars,

nothing can touch her when I put that pony to the floor

Comment #1 http://stephaniezappia.blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-places-ive-been.html?showComment=1366216265298#c3896921964109071117

I commented on Stephanie's post because The title caught my eye. I really like to travel, like to the point where if I stopped traveling I would get depressed. I just find it interesting reading about places people have gone or to see if they have been were I have been or if they want to go were I want to go. I liked the fact that in Europe she had to walk everywhere. I wish North America was more like that. people rely on cars too much. I think It would be awesome to go on a bike trip or go backpacking in the mountains. I noticed that she has been to a few places in Europe and I think she even mentioned Hawaii. I wish everybody was fortunate to go places like that, they sound very interesting. Her post really made me think about how different Europe's culture is compared to ours. I wounder who's if the "American" way of life is how people should live, or if people should be more like Europeans.

The good ol' days

DONT BUY GAS!!!!!!!

This is one of my favourite peices by Jackson Pollock. I always ask myself what I see in this painting, the truth is, there is unlimited amounts of ways to look at this painting. That is what I truely like about abstract paintings, everybody can make there own interpretation of what they see. Its not like looking at a painting of a flower, all you see is a flower, theres no layers to look into no depth, it doesnt make you think about what you are looking at. When you look at this painting you really do have to ask your self what it is you see. You get to use your imagination when desciding what you beleive the painting means. Now look at the painting and make a comment of what you see.

Weekly Reflection #5 writing reflection

Weekly Reflection #5 (writing reflection)

      Writing  the newspaper blackout poetry started out poorly for me. I found it difficult to put words together and make them make sense. The more I tried though the better I got.I could visualize the words in the article that would make sense together and relate to each other. It took me about five attempts to make a poem that I liked. Maybe I am just hard on my self, I don't know.
      A thing I found unique about this type of writing was that their is no format you need to follow. Most other types of writing have very specific rules and formatting that need to be followed. The only rule for blackout poetry is that it has to make sense. It can be as long or as short as you want. Another thing i found unique was that you don't necessarily read them left to right, you can read them top to bottom or right to left, however the writer directs you to read them. You can organize your blackout poetry how ever you see fit.
     While learning how to create blackout poetry I learned a few things about my self as a writer and thinker. I learned that my mind can pick up words that relate to each other, which is critical with blackout poetry. I learned that I like to have to think more about what I'm creating. Most other writing styles I've done such as essays and stories and even the six word memoirs, I didnt have to think to hard about what I was doing because I could use a limitless supply of words. In blackout you only have what ever words are in thaqt specific article. Blackout poetry is probably my favourite type of creative writing so far. I also learned that there is more to writting then basic poetry or essays or short stories. I actually had never done somthing like blackout poetry before so it was new to me.

Just a poem...

see say sing dance

seize the world take a chance

the time is now no need to wait

see say sing create

Author unknown

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Finally posted my authors notes for my 6 word memoirs. They can be found in the comments of each memoir.

Prairie sunset.

I just love the bright sunsets over the Canadian prairies. So glad I live here.

Blackout poetry

These are pictures of my blackout poetry. the theme of the poetry is Canada and the war. The poem named the war is difficult to read bit this is what it says; it's over nazis, bring the country to a close before one final scream. Competitors over the last few years including Canada and the French have 1.

6 word memoir: confession

6 word memoir: my past

6 word memoir: growing up

Authors Note: this picture was taken at a Halloween party that i went to with my parents. I found it funny how even know most the adults were near 50 years old they were still partying and dressing up and acting like young kids. It just goes to show they arnt much different then teenagers, they just have more experience with things. The only editing i did to the picture was darken the corners slightly.

6 word memoir: my family

6 word memoir: my interests

6 word memoir: love

 

photo credit: Brenna Davis

6 word memoir: hate

This is my dog cooper he is a pure bread golden retriever. In this picture i added the words as if my dog were saying them. hes not actually a mean dog at all. we were just playing and i accidently pissed him off so if i tried to put my hand near him he would bare his teeth and growl. hes a good boy though he couldnt hurt anything more then a fly. I found breaking the sentance in two putting half on the bottom and half on top worked better then if i were to keep it all toghether. no editing was done to this picture.

in the future somtime il add a picture of my dog when hes not mad. haha.

6 word memoir: Future

Daily create: rewind or pause

My digital foot print

Reading and Writing survey

 

 

 

   There are several types of books I enjoy reading. When i read, I mostly read mystery/thriller type books. I like to read these types of books because they are suspenseful and entertaining and they keep you wanting more. They are hard to put down once you get into them. Other types of books I read are history books. Pretty much anything written about past wars or even things such as disasters like the floods or plane crashes. I find history interesting and i enjoy expanding my knowledge about history.

 

   The best book I think I have ever read would be The Watchers by Dean Koontz. I found this book to be an exciting and excellent story that is cleverly written. There wasn't one part of the story were I lost interest. I would say this is the best book that I have read because it had a very strong plot and it is written in a way you just don't see very often. It was broken into perspectives of the different main characters and even other characters and it would alternate between them. As the story moved along the characters perspectives start to collide and they slowly come together as the climax approaches, because of that this story was exhilarating and it had a very strong buildup to the plot. I guess the main reason I like that book was because of the characters and the suspenseful plot, it just sucks you in and makes the book impossible to put down. Another thing i loved about the book was how descriptive it was. It could actually paint a picture in my mind.

   A book I have re-read several times is Dean Koontz's The Watchers. I have re-read this book because it is my favourite book. I have probably read this book seven times. It is a very enjoyable book. I find that I can easily get lost in this book. I guess I keep re-reading it because no matter how many times I read it, it feels like I'm reading it for the first which doesn't happen to often

   Besides books, other things I read include; magazines, flyer's, comics, car manuals, pretty much whatever interests me. I enjoy these things because they interest me. Magazines I read usually have to do with things I like. I usually read Ski Canada, because I am a skier. I also get car magazines and bmx magazines. I like to learn about cars and learn how to properly tune my bmx racing bike.

 

  

why e-readers are worse then real books

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