Some people love to visit Centennial Olympic Park for the historic feel and on going entertainment, while others love to visit Piedmont Park to roller skate and observe the arts. I have found one of Atlanta’s best kept secrets – Trammel Park in Southwest Atlanta.
At Trammel Park, you will find children playing on the swings and merry go round, athletes playing tennis and jogging, while you view lovers of all ages – young and old – walking hand in hand. This is the most peaceful park I’ve visited so far in Georgia. It often reminds me of a park back home in Tacoma, Washington and I suppose that’s why I like to visit it whenever I can.
My life is so busy with academic classes, basketball practice and games, and my social life. Sometimes, I just want to be alone and have time to myself to think about things. When I feel like this, I get in my car and go to Trammel Park. It feels good from time to time to get away from it all and just be somewhere where no one knows me or what I do. I sit and smile at the children running around and strike up conversations here and there with people sitting on the park benches next to me. Trammel Park is my outlet for keeping my sanity in an insane world.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
EvaLuaTioN of UsHeR RayMonD!
Claim: Usher's claim in "Here I stand" is convincing every man out in the world that it is better to express yourself to a women through music. He also acknowlegdes that confessing up to his mistakes are better than keeping them bottled in, and telling his girlfriend the truth. He basically expresses hisself throughout the whole album.Usher's album is more about teaching men that at some point, you gotta grow up, and growing up is respecting a woman and having a woman in your life and taking care of your her.
Contextual Evidence: The author provides some contextual evidence by providing information from his personal life, such as love and his new family. He writes a song called 'Love you gently' and 'BEst Thing'. This song is basically addressing that his love is very strong for his wife and he wants to give her everything that she is wishing for without asking.The other song is 'Prayer for You', and that song is related to his family.
Attention Holder: The author grabs my attention by his album cover. He specifically has a car in the background with the license plate number of his newborn sons birthday. He also makes his title two toned to make sure the audience knows that this is him and here he stands giving his all to the world.
The image of the album is what the author provides.
Specialized language: In this album Usher Raymond does not use any other language by any means. He explains the meaning of love and thats prety easy to understand
This whole album allows me to agree with the review, because the songs that Usher made makes me understand the meaning of living life truthfully and to also have faith in the one you truely love.
Contextual Evidence: The author provides some contextual evidence by providing information from his personal life, such as love and his new family. He writes a song called 'Love you gently' and 'BEst Thing'. This song is basically addressing that his love is very strong for his wife and he wants to give her everything that she is wishing for without asking.The other song is 'Prayer for You', and that song is related to his family.
Attention Holder: The author grabs my attention by his album cover. He specifically has a car in the background with the license plate number of his newborn sons birthday. He also makes his title two toned to make sure the audience knows that this is him and here he stands giving his all to the world.
The image of the album is what the author provides.
Specialized language: In this album Usher Raymond does not use any other language by any means. He explains the meaning of love and thats prety easy to understand
This whole album allows me to agree with the review, because the songs that Usher made makes me understand the meaning of living life truthfully and to also have faith in the one you truely love.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
s0mEthiNg iNterEstiNg!
You would think in the year of 2008 that we would have come farther as a nation than we truly have. Although it is admirable the distance Barack Obama has come in the United States Presidency campaign, it is also disturbing to read articles such as “The South” written by Adam Nossiter of Mobile, Alabama. In this article, Nossiter interviews and handful of ignorant white southerners and questions them regarding Obama actually making it to the White House.
One man actually has the audacity to say that Obama will “cut down the rose bushes and plant a watermelon patch,” clearly a racist comment. Another man makes a comment regarding Obama’s background stating that he’s “half white and the Bible says not to mix breeds.” It makes me wonder what Bible he’s reading or referring to…
While the article is supposed to take a political stance, it does the opposite, it distracts your attention from the issues at hand – that gas prices across the nation are skyrocketing by the day, that people are losing their jobs and being forced to search for avenues of how they are going to support their families, that people that have worked hard and invested their monies in the stock market have recently had to say goodbye to the funds that were going to support them in the future, that we need a leader for this country that is going to put our country back together again. These issues are so much more important than the racial background of Barack Obama. The petty attacks on him aren’t going to aid this country, but will only keep up in the horrible shape we’re currently in.
Adam Nossiter needs to be careful who he interviews in the future…it’s a disgrace for his name to be associated with such trash!
One man actually has the audacity to say that Obama will “cut down the rose bushes and plant a watermelon patch,” clearly a racist comment. Another man makes a comment regarding Obama’s background stating that he’s “half white and the Bible says not to mix breeds.” It makes me wonder what Bible he’s reading or referring to…
While the article is supposed to take a political stance, it does the opposite, it distracts your attention from the issues at hand – that gas prices across the nation are skyrocketing by the day, that people are losing their jobs and being forced to search for avenues of how they are going to support their families, that people that have worked hard and invested their monies in the stock market have recently had to say goodbye to the funds that were going to support them in the future, that we need a leader for this country that is going to put our country back together again. These issues are so much more important than the racial background of Barack Obama. The petty attacks on him aren’t going to aid this country, but will only keep up in the horrible shape we’re currently in.
Adam Nossiter needs to be careful who he interviews in the future…it’s a disgrace for his name to be associated with such trash!
Friday, October 10, 2008
mY spEcial imaGe
Image: What does it really represent?
Recently, I attended a street festival located downtown Atlanta – the Sweet Auburn Festival. Auburn Avenue, best known as the home of the Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violence, hosts the Sweet Auburn Festival twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. The street festival is a time for the city to come together and celebrate culture and heritage in that good old fashioned way of southern hospitality. You will find music, food, art, health and fitness, wellness seminars, and local vendors sharing their gifts and talents. “Annie Bell Auburn” is the mascot for the event – the image chosen to represent Atlanta’s southern hospitality at its finest. A few weeks ago when I attended the festival was my first encounter with Annie and I must say, the introduction has left a lasting impression.
The message of this image is quite simple, she is to represent what typical, southern mothers and grandmothers of the south are, or should I say, once were. Fifty to a hundred years ago, southern mothers and grandmothers were primarily homemakers that cooked and cleaned for their families. These women took care of their families in an amazing way. Their job or work WAS their families; nothing like the norm for families today. In today’s society, most mothers are working and unfortunately, quite a few grandmothers are still in the work force. A good, southern, home cooked meal is most times a luxury in our houses only on Sundays or special occasions. Yet, what I saw represented at the Sweet Auburn Festival was “Annie” at her best; dressed in a white skirt and blouse with a red and white checkerboard apron wrapped around her. Her hair tied up in a neat bun and a huge smile on her face as if she was ready to service with her whole heart.
Not only was the mascot posted on billboards and signs all around the Sweet Auburn Festival, but there was an actual woman dressed as “Annie” walking around the streets and taking pictures with the visitors. At first this whole thing seemed so corny to me and my friends and I laughed hysterically at the image. But in all actuality, this southern image made my experience that day all the better because it offered me a sense of hope and encouragement. Encouragement to remember when I have a family to put it first and not become so busy and caught up in making money and having success that I forget what my role as a wife and mother should really be.
Upon receiving this assignment, I immediately thought of “Annie” and her representation of the south because I am from the north. One of the reasons I chose Atlanta, Georgia as my new home for my collegiate studies is because of the reputation the south has for southern hospitality. There are certain foods I can obtain in Atlanta that I would never be introduced to in Washington; such as, banana pecan pancakes or chicken and waffles in the same setting. When I looked at the mascot of the festival, it made me smile because it reminded me of the newness of this part of the land that I now call home. A home filled with good food, good fun, and good people!
Recently, I attended a street festival located downtown Atlanta – the Sweet Auburn Festival. Auburn Avenue, best known as the home of the Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violence, hosts the Sweet Auburn Festival twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. The street festival is a time for the city to come together and celebrate culture and heritage in that good old fashioned way of southern hospitality. You will find music, food, art, health and fitness, wellness seminars, and local vendors sharing their gifts and talents. “Annie Bell Auburn” is the mascot for the event – the image chosen to represent Atlanta’s southern hospitality at its finest. A few weeks ago when I attended the festival was my first encounter with Annie and I must say, the introduction has left a lasting impression.
The message of this image is quite simple, she is to represent what typical, southern mothers and grandmothers of the south are, or should I say, once were. Fifty to a hundred years ago, southern mothers and grandmothers were primarily homemakers that cooked and cleaned for their families. These women took care of their families in an amazing way. Their job or work WAS their families; nothing like the norm for families today. In today’s society, most mothers are working and unfortunately, quite a few grandmothers are still in the work force. A good, southern, home cooked meal is most times a luxury in our houses only on Sundays or special occasions. Yet, what I saw represented at the Sweet Auburn Festival was “Annie” at her best; dressed in a white skirt and blouse with a red and white checkerboard apron wrapped around her. Her hair tied up in a neat bun and a huge smile on her face as if she was ready to service with her whole heart.
Not only was the mascot posted on billboards and signs all around the Sweet Auburn Festival, but there was an actual woman dressed as “Annie” walking around the streets and taking pictures with the visitors. At first this whole thing seemed so corny to me and my friends and I laughed hysterically at the image. But in all actuality, this southern image made my experience that day all the better because it offered me a sense of hope and encouragement. Encouragement to remember when I have a family to put it first and not become so busy and caught up in making money and having success that I forget what my role as a wife and mother should really be.
Upon receiving this assignment, I immediately thought of “Annie” and her representation of the south because I am from the north. One of the reasons I chose Atlanta, Georgia as my new home for my collegiate studies is because of the reputation the south has for southern hospitality. There are certain foods I can obtain in Atlanta that I would never be introduced to in Washington; such as, banana pecan pancakes or chicken and waffles in the same setting. When I looked at the mascot of the festival, it made me smile because it reminded me of the newness of this part of the land that I now call home. A home filled with good food, good fun, and good people!
Friday, September 26, 2008
The SOuth!!!!
In one of Dr. King’s letters written from a jail in Birmingham on April 16, 1963, he wrote: “While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.”
While this was written forty-five years ago, as a race of people and human race, we have not come as far as we should have or even as we think. For example, Perry and Forsyth County are southern towns located in southern Georgia that still today practice open racism. As shocking as it may seem, there are still rallies involving the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy organization that opposes equality for all races and nationalities. How absurd that in 2008 this would still be going on, yet it’s very real in southern Georgia. This was one of the very towns that Dr. King marched in and protested in his day. He sang “We Shall Overcome,” yet we haven’t truly overcome as we are still living in the past.
While this was written forty-five years ago, as a race of people and human race, we have not come as far as we should have or even as we think. For example, Perry and Forsyth County are southern towns located in southern Georgia that still today practice open racism. As shocking as it may seem, there are still rallies involving the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy organization that opposes equality for all races and nationalities. How absurd that in 2008 this would still be going on, yet it’s very real in southern Georgia. This was one of the very towns that Dr. King marched in and protested in his day. He sang “We Shall Overcome,” yet we haven’t truly overcome as we are still living in the past.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
somthing new besides writing a paper!
If i had the choice to use video to describe my home town, this is the reason why!!!!
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