Common hockey words include biscuit, tendy, twig, siv, top shelf, bender, dangle, scrap, garbage, etc. Even penalties can be considered to be hockey language. For example, spearing, interference, delay of game, etc. all of these worlds have different meanings than in a normal life situation. Ten years ago these, I don’t recall ever using some of the slang words, but it seems that as hockey advances more words come up. You can pretty much say that our English language, because we don’t use words such as thou or thy anymore.

            Most of the hockey slang words have obvious meanings. For example a twig is a hockey stick. Because hockey sticks used to be made out of wood, we call them twigs. We often use twig when we ask “Hey bud is that a new twig?” Others are more difficult to define; like bender. A bender is a player who basically is bad, or can’t skate. It originates from when people begin to skate, their ankles tend to bend in. We often use bender when we are trying to talk smack out on the ice by saying “You better tape up those ankles you bender! I was skating all over you!”  A biscuit is a hockey puck. From the bench, we often tell our teammates to “Shoot the biscuit!” Tendy and siv refer to the goalies. A tendy is a goalie, while a siv is a goalie that lets a lot of goals in. Tendy comes from the word goaltender, which is the official name for a goalie.  Someone who uses these words may say, “That tendy is a siv. Everything is going in.” Probably the most common of all hockey words is dangle. It seems like in today’s era of hockey, more players are doings more moves. When a player pulls of a sweet move or juke with the puck, it is called a dangle. This word comes from when someone dangles something out in front of you, then quickly pulls it back; however, in hockey you make the defender think he will take the puck from you, then quickly move the other way.

            As hockey continues to evolve, more and more words will arise. In return, some words will be discarded. Every group has their own “secret” language. The hockey language is unique because of the fact that for each word there is a root to it.

             In the blog world, anyone can say what they want to say about anything and everything. I guess you can consider it a true example of freedom of speech because no one can tell you NOT to share your opinion on any given topic. As a writer and a commenter you are free to say whatever you want, whether you agree or disagree with the subject. Often times, when reading blogs you can even see people cyber fighting as they go back and forth commenting on each other’s opinions. This can sometimes be funny or scary depending on how angry people get when disagreements begin and how far commenter’s may go in threatening each other in cyberspace. Most times, blogs are just an open forum for people to share their ideas and in general the blog world can be a very uplifting and encouraging place.

            Although, I am amused by how much people have to say in blogs, whether it is the author or the commenter, I personally could be neither. I do enjoy reading people’s opinions but I can only see myself as a reader of blogs. I couldn’t write a blog because I don’t like to write and I really don’t feel people would be interested in anything I have to say. I don’t ever really comment on blogs because, again, I don’t feel people are interested in anything I would have to say and I would hate being that person who posts a comment and no one acknowledges it or gives any feedback to my opinion. I guess you could say I am more of a blog stalker because I read the blog and I also read the comments but you would never know I was there because I never interact with anyone. 

            Blogs overall are an amazing tool that can be used to share thoughts and opinions on a multitude of topics. Whether you write the blog, comment on the blog, or like me, just read the blog, you can definitely appreciate the way blogs open doors to the thoughts of humanity and allow us to learn from each other and share our ideas on all types of topics in our society. There is a blog out there for everyone, no matter what your interests or passions may be!

One my Favorite work is rewrite on early piece, which I had worked early this semester. I have chosen a work from my eight Journals and I turn it to poem piece. It’s goes like that:

Small Change

Change is coming

I have to believe, if not….

New technology every day

I believe change is coming.

My minds wonder of this change

If going to take year or century,

My mind can’t even imagination

Should I let go nor …. I will lost again

I believe change is coming.

Gadwall change’s when we act with action

To defeat our fear

Need to stop to think with reasons

Stop getting blind for the truth

So, I still believe change is coming.

Change wouldn’t come over night

Let’s be more activism, and

Work together as one

To solve this puzzle each small amount piece

During of times, you and I will never see any light

Never mean that is the end

Change is here already

It’s one of my best work this semester and personal, which I love it a lot.

What I find help me out is the many resources that the Northern Illinois University proving to us. Its help me a lot this semester was the writing Center. I have being there many times, but I get many helped with my writing. I have Improving my writing but I have to keep writing and most important going to the writing center. I feel good for all my hard word as a writer. I hope to use the resource center even more and I really was the best guide.

What I struggled in English 104, was trying to get my thought and Ideas clear on papers. One solution is revise was best way to fix all my mistakes and something’s that I am kept with me. I have learned to get done such as my academic writing more than one times is the best things, I could do my future. I know if I keep on my writing as a writer, someday I wouldn’t look back with any regret.

Just last week my friends and I called Late Night Ride to pick use up from a party. Because we didn’t have a ride back to the dorms and it was getting later and later, I called Late Night. I didn’t get thought until 10 or 20 minutes later. Then a woman picked up and said Late Night is on the way. Now picture this: we’re at some man’s house waiting, and when I look at the time on my phone it said about 5 o’clock am. We called again and ask the same woman form late night and she keep saying the something they on the way. So we ended up getting a ride from somebody from the party we didn’t know. Late Night never came to get us.

Late Night Ride is a service for NIU students to get free rides from anywhere within DeKalb with no question asked. It runs daily from 4p.m to 7a.m.This service is provided by the Department of Public Safety. The men and women who drive the vans are from the security Guard Division.

My problem with Late Night Ride is that you can’t really depend on them to come on time or even just come get you. The phone is always busy, and they take forever to pick up the phone. If you have a scheduled time, they never come at a specific time. Lastly some people answer the phone with a nasty attitude.

I did my research, and I asked student who attend this school about what they think about Late Night Ride. Most of all the students said the same thing about Late Night: they don’t like the speed of services. I asked the students why does this problem exist and how we can fix this problem. Most of the student said Late Night Ride has this problem because there is only one phone, so it always takes them 20 minutes to pick up the phone. I had also asked the man who worked for Light Night Ride the same questions. When I heard what he said my mind somewhat changed about Late Night. He told me that there is more than one phone but there is only one person to answer the phones, that’s why it takes so long for people to pick up the phone calls. I asked him why does it take so long for Late Night to pick people up? He said it matters where all the vans are at the time the base calls them for the pick-up. I asked him are they understaffed. He told me he doesn’t think so it just students need to have patience and wait and the ride will come. He said if students just used Late Night for real reason and stop miss using the serves Late Night will be a lot faster. I asked him was  money a problem. He said no he likes the money. I also asked him does he think more people should get hired? He said no he thinks that Late Night does their job good. He said most students misusing Late Night. He said Late Night is used for students who are in danger, drunk, or just in bad situation. But students use Late Night to get to parties and go places where they simply can walk to in day light. To me the cause of the problems is that students and Late Night only have one person picking up the phone.

My solution to Late Night is I think that they should hire NIU students and let them answer the phone, and Late Night doesn’t have to pay out of pocket. Students would be using  work study as compensation. I think this would help Late Night out so much because they don’t have to pay more money. So Late Night would save more money because they don’t have to hire more people pot of their own budget. For Late Night, it would be like the students are working for free.

I was reading the northern star when I read up on Late Night Ride, some of the things they were talking about went with the information I stayed. At Northern Illinois University we think Late Night Ride is a bad service but compared to other colleges, we have the best services around Illinois. Northern doesn’t ask for: Univ ID, Non student fee, fixed route, Travel area limited, No intoxicated riders, etc. Northern is the only college that will take students as, far as Elburn, and Elburn is 45 minutes away.  NIU is only trying to look out for the students because the busses don’t run on Saturdays and student want have a ride back to camps. NIU is the only colleges that go’s far because UIC won’t even go 8 miles to Oak Park to get student because it’s too far from the school. NIU is open for 112 hours per week and Western Illinois is open for 14 hours per week. If you just look over the services NIU’s Late Night Ride is the best

With all the colors and the exciting great pics

I click on what excites me

Wow!

It’s so much to do and to see I easily get distracted

I struggle through and find my way, yet

It’s too much already

Wow!

I think to myself, why is this blog so amusing?

And I’m only pulled in by the graphics

There’s got to be more to this

Wow!

I spoke to fast and there it was, there was actually too much going on

I exit out fast and dash back to my home

And now I’m very content here

I tried to explore other options

And now I see that other blog sites are not for me

Our blog site suits me just fine

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            Many college students suffer from freshmen 15 because of many reasons, one the dorm food is fattening, stress and little to no exercise. All of these things from the research I’ve done I seen that these are the most common reasons. Not only those but because we’re all college students and we can easily relate to how unhealthy dorm food is and after a while to start to seek other foods like; fast food. I see fast food as the enemy because it’s all about profit and people and the people that’s running the companies and the food industries don’t actually care about how their food products may affect people. Don’t get me wrong not all companies are the same but most are serving really unhealthy foods.

I feel that maybe fast food places should reconsider their fattening menu or at least get better products. Not only that but how the process to get that delicious burger. Does anyone care about what the animals are going through and that they treat them any type of way, it’s inhumane. I believe that if people, especially college students actually knew exactly how their food was processed and what it took to get to the plate that maybe their change their eating habits even though overall it is difficult to do.  Many college students from what I’ve observed want to get the right things and eat healthy but the dorm food is not exactly allowing that to happen and in order for a change it has to start somewhere and it should start at the root of the problem and that’s the fattening cafeteria food.

Being in this English 104 course I learned an abundant amount of information that opened my eyes to see writing in a different light and I learned a lot from it as well especially writing to appeal to your audience because I received a lot of feedback which also helped me in excelling in writing which was a very good experience for me.

            For any piece of writing that is worth reading, there has to be a purpose or a goal from the writer.  Often times I feel that I do not live up to the standard set for me by others, and I am letting people down, especially loved ones.  I was raised to be a champion in everything I do, but lately I fail more than I succeed.  The question is: Does this define my success? Or lack of success.  There are multiple definitions and explanations for success, but who knows which definition is really accurate.  Some say winning defines success, others say getting a good grade, others say money, and some other people might say finding joy is success.  The point is, that there are many opinions when it comes to who is truly successful and what it means to have success.

            I believe that everybody has to find their own meaning to success.  They have to personalize a definition, and maybe after some time passes, they will tweak their explanation to better fit their goals.  With myself, success was always pleasing others, and making the people around me pleased with my accomplishments.  Winning a state championship that I promised my parents in high school was success, because I fulfilled the promise and they were happy with my feat.  Earning a scholarship at a division one college was considered successful to me because my parents, siblings, coaches, and teammates wanted it for me.  They were all satisfied with my scholarship, which meant success for me.  Now, I realized that none of those things were really for myself, and I never really felt successful from those triumphs.  Therefore, I had to find my own definition to live by, so that I can strive for personal success each and every day.

            With an accumulation of what I had learned from people telling me how to be successful, I modified my own personal way to set and achieve goals.  Success comes from the chance when preparedness and opportunity meet, so I must always be prepared for an opportunity.  Success is not pleasing other people or an accumulation of awards and accomplishments, but it is finding a level of peace and satisfaction, knowing I did everything I could and gave 100 % effort in the task at hand.  When I find inner peace and know that I gave it all I had to give, whether I achieved the goal I personally set for myself or not, I know that I succeeded.  I no longer worry about other people’s aspirations for me, but try to be prepared to achieve my own.

            One area that particularly drew me in was the post of the robot youtube video which received many comments.  I wanted to pull away from reading all the comments and posts this video caused but I truly was not able to stop reading.  Every single conversation between cleverbot and my fellow student classmates, which was left as a comment, was read by me.  Each one caught my curiosity, with our classmates taking stabs and coming up with witty responses for the AI system, and with the cleverbot creating no sensible replies to frustrate the real humans talking to it.  The whole situation constructed through this interactive system was quite amusing and entertaining.  On a few instances, I found myself literally laughing out loud, but that was just one interesting piece that caught my eye.

            Another fixation from the website that really forced me to start thinking is how we can have a completely technology based curriculum in a college setting.  Personally, I am not fond of the idea altogether, but assignments are addressed and posted through a website and there is little human interaction at all.  The robotic system talking to us students is too farfetched to think about, while being at a university practically taking an entire course online, but still being required to attend a classroom setting.