Turn “can do” into “can did”

For this blog assignment we had to choose a "pep talk" that has appeared on a Halls cough drop wrapper and then write about how that "pep talk" relates to our life. For my "pep talk" I chose Turn “can do” into “can did." I chose this "pep talk" because I feel it has a connection to something that is coming up in my life. 
 During the spring season I run track for Guilderland. I did this last year and am planning on doing it again this year. Now track is most definitely not my favorite sport. There is something about running in circles that just gets to me. But even with my dislike of running in circle I still manage to have fun with track and enjoy myself during the season. During track I really only run one event, the 1600 or mile. I occasionally run the 800 but my main event is the 1600. Last season I started of the season by running a 5:45 mile. This was huge for me. I had never broken a six minute mile before and it was really exciting to break it. Now I look back and think about running my fastest and getting a 5:45. These days I am running a 5:45 mile split when I run a timed two mile. This shows how much faster I have gotten but that is not the point of this blog. The reason is chose the "pep talk" Turn “can do” into “can did” for this blog is because this year for track my goal is to break five minutes in the mile. This is a huge goal for me and I really want to achieve it and I believe that I can achieve it. Last year I ended track with a 5:17 mile time and this year I am a much faster runner.  I fully believe that I will be able to break five easily but I have some doubts. But anyways I have been told by many people that I will break five this track season and I am nervous. I really want to break five and I know that I am capable of doing it I am just worried if I will break it. So that is why I chose this "pep talk." Because I really want to break five but the only way I will be able to break it will be to Turn “can do” into “can did."

TU Tuesday

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

Pull out - from the article - THREE examples of figurative language.  Label the examples with their appropriate term, define them, and analyze the overall role of figurative language within the text in a response paragraph that uses text quoted directly from your article and put in quotation marks.

 http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Dowd-Real-spine-counters-stump-spin-2889921.php

" 'I just want to tell you, this guy's got a backbone like a ramrod,' the vice president assured House Democrats last week at a retreat in Cambridge, Md." = Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison are used

"Newt Gingrich wants a colony on the moon, but Obama had to make the toughest call of his presidency based on the moon." = Antithesis: is an opposition, or contrast, of ideas

"Biden, the only pol in town who can be more revealing on the record than off."= Hyperbole: and exaggeration or overstatement

The article Real Spine Counters Stumps Spin talks about Joe Biden our vice president backing our president Barack Obama. In the article Maureen Dowd uses figurative language to make the article more interesting. Dowd uses a quote by Biden saying how Obama has a backbone like a ramrod. This is an obvious metaphor and it really adds to the article by making think that Obama is tough. Dowd then goes on to use another form of figurative language, antithesis. Dowd says how Gingrich want moon colonies while Obama's hardest decision as a president was about the moon. This shows contrast and opposition between Obama and Gingrich. While Obama shut down the moon program Gingrich wants it back. Dowd also uses hyperbole, another form of figurative language. She says that Biden is the only person who can be more reveling on the record than off. This is obviously an overstatement because there is definitely more politicians who are just like this as well.

Originnal Poems III

 CAPTURE A PERSON

Lola:

She Struts around and around the house

Almost as if she owns the place

Her gray hair sleek and shiny

Soon she gets a burst of energy 

She makes a snap decision to take a run

But soon she is tired out and back to her resting state

Asleep on her bed

Is how she spends most of her days

Only breaking to run and eat

Then at night she is suddenly wide awake

Running around like crazy no one can sleep 

She can't understand why no one is up

Then around midnight she succumbs to sleep again 

She sleeps for awhile but not very long

She is up by Five A.M. and she is starving

She begs for her food for amy minutes 

For she cannot get her food for herself

Finally someone reluctantly gets up to feed her

She is full for a little but is soon hungry again

And within a couple of hours she is begging again

She gets her lunch this time and then she is finally happy

Then around one P.M. she becomes hungry again

This leads to much irritation around the house 

But she is fed again, this time for the rest of the day

She spends much of the rest of the day sleeping

Occasionally getting up for food

The life of my cat, Lola 

HOW DO I FEEL A NOUN?

Pain is: 

A son at a funeral 

Telling the life story

Of his Mother

A Young Child

Who has fallen out of a tree

A broken his arm

A Tennager

Who has just broken up

From a terrible relationship

A student 

sitting, taking a test

And not knowing any answers 

Pain is 

A terrible feeling

That we all must endure 

LADDER

The Run:

Breathing

Getting harder

Your pace quickens 

Even through the pain

You cant give up now

You want to stop

But you can't 

Up ahead 

Finnish

Original Poems II

Slippery When Wet:
 
Life is very unpredictable
And it can slip away at any moment
going, gone.


Life is unpredictable
But with a little help
You can make it a little more predictable


Life is unpredictable
And you never know when you might find a road
                                                     That is slippery when wet 


Industrialization:
Times were changing
New technologies were abundant
Industrialization was in full swing
Many more jobs
Better living standards to
All things started in England
With the steam engine powering trains
And the Spinning Jennie changing the textile buissness
Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin
Forever changing America

Basketball:


               Forever
      You Bounce high until 
  All Your air is let out of you
But No Worries it is a very easy
  Fix just grab a pump and fill
        It up again, just like 
                  New