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Test post using flickr….pic taken on my Blackberry. Am I getting all high tech or what?

I’ve decided my character will be a woman, Bess Aldridge, who is a wife and mother. When the war started, the family was split. She had a son fight on either side of the war, and both were killed. (I’m not sure if the father’s stance on the war will be of consequence to the project – probably it will.) Bess is in mourning, and no matter the justice she found in the Revolution to begin with, now she is bitter towards the war in general.

As for my ‘creative project,’ I am writing a poem. I want it to sound period, so I am reading up on poetry from the late 18th century.

TO A LLANGOLLEN ROSE,

THE DAY AFTER IT HAD BEEN GIVEN BY MISS PONSONBY.

Soft blushing flow’r! my bosom grieves,
To view thy sadly drooping leaves:
For, while their tender tints decay,
The rose of Fancy fades away!
As pilgrims, who, with zealous care,
Some little treasur’d relic bear,
To re-assure the doubtful mind,
When pausing memory looks behind;
I, from a more enlighten’d shrine,
Had made this sweet memento mine:
But, lo! its fainting head reclines;
It folds the pallid leaf, and pines,
As mourning the unhappy doom,
Which tears it from so sweet a home!

Written by Matilda Betham, July 22, 1799.

Taken from this site.

September is upon us-
And so the fury ensues

Four years of our lives,
All the trials and tribulations,

Boil down to a concoction
Of words and numbers on a page…

We shake the magic 8 ball
Of academic enlightenment

And even atheists pray to God,
“Let me be accepted”

Now, go flag YOURself!
flag@whitehouse.gov

The secular media didn’t quite know what to do with themselves in that clip, did they? Here is a guy who comfortably admits to “saving himself” for marriage and yet is the quintessential picture of masculinity. When Tebow chuckled and said, “I was ready for the question, but y’all weren’t” he sums up the media’s discomfort with purity, and the idea that it is not something to be embarrassed about.

Link to a full article on LifeSiteNews.com.

Rep. Dan Lungren (R California, 3rd District) brought a bit of wry humor to the floor. He mentioned the passing of comedian great, George Carlin, and his signature sketch, “The Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Television.” In turn, Lungren said, there are seven dirty words and phrases you can’t use to describe the healthcare proposal.

Government Run
Single Payer
Socialized Medicine – “I don’t know why we can’t say that.”
Obamacare
Ration Care
The Government Mandate Care
Keep Your “Change” Care – because “there won’t be any change to keep.”

With this said, Lungren sat down.

Learn to write
Build relationships
Don’t lie
Trust your instincts
Do what you love
Get to know smart people – they make you smart
Be flexible
Join college newspapers, radio stations, etc.
Be experienced
Don’t be afraid to volunteer – even if you don’t know what you’re doing
Think critically
Don’t be content – test your assumptions
Objectivity comes from discipline
Pursue truth
Humanize your stories
Journalism is all about people
Ask questions

All the items on this list come from people who know and love journalism. People who have worked extremely hard to achieve to such a high level. They do not lie – making a career in journalism is going to be hard work, day in and day out. Despite the workload, I believe that it will be completely worthwhile – not measured by if I become the next hot name in journalism, but if this love and interest leads me to a richer and fuller life. Not only can I learn the skill of writing, photographing, video editing and all the myriad of others there are, but life lessons such as striving for the truth, working to be ethical, and thinking critically about the world I inhabit. In my eyes, I can only see this work being abundantly helpful.