When reading about the previous assignment, to set up a blog, I felt very confident in my abilities. I know a substantial amount about computers, and even though I have never used this particular website before, I knew that I would not have any trouble in setting it up. I have used many different online and computer based programs and did not hesitate to get it up and running right away. I already have a personal page on myspace, and use it infrequently to communicate with friends and loved ones and to share interesting or amusing things in my life or simply things I have found in my adventures of the internet. I do not update my page as often as most people do, although I do enjoy searching for new layouts and ways to make my page as different and creative as possible. I like to stand out a little when I am behind the protective barriers of my computer. It is much easier to show personality and be yourself when other people can not see you in person. In person I can be very shy and quiet when in personal situations. I am unsure of myself and people tend to read my shyness the wrong way. They assume that since I am not speaking with everyone that I am “stuck-up”. This could not be further from the truth.
In the work place, I am very confident in my abilities. I easily chat with people of all ages and backgrounds and try to find some common ground between us. I work in a customer service related field, I have to keep everyone happy. I am much more outgoing at work than I am in my “real life” although since I have been at this job I have noticed that my social confidence has definitely grown. I have plenty of confidence in things related to schoolwork, or intellectualness.
I think my confidence in this project reflects my confidence in my own intellectual abilities to learn and apply my previous knowledge to new and different situations. When given projects in the workplace I am able to jump right in and get to work with little or no further explanation or direction. I think this is an important quality of confidence, to be able to get the job done right away without hesitation and to keep everyone around you happy at the same time.
I approach most other tasks in this same confident way. Many times I will procrastinate until the last minute because I know without a doubt that I will be able to get the job done without any problems. Other times I get things done immediately so that I can relax. I’m not sure if the procrastination is actually related to the confidence, but I don’t think I would be comfortable procrastinating if I knew that I was unable to complete a task successfully.
I am glad that in this class we are able to try new and different things outside of the typical school settings.
Inspiration
Module 6:
Mirror, Mirror.
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who's the fairest of them all?
I look in deep and what I see-
The fatest one is still just me.
I stand up straight, suck it in,
In a feeble attempt to feel thin.
Mirror, mirror shattered on the ground,
I curse my body for being so round.
You cannot hate what you cannot see,
So plenty should be hating me.
Mirror, mirror cutting deep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
For if I die before I wake,
It will be for mine own sake.
© Julie, 2006-11-18
This poem is about the need to be pretty and a womans own self hatred of her body. She feels disgusting in her own skin, and she thinks that by breaking the mirror she wont have to see herself or feel so poorly about her looks. Even though she broke her mirror, that does not change the way she feels about herself. I think alot of women feel that way. If they avoid the mirror, they can deny their own self image to themselves and wont have to face themselves.
module 5:
I feel safe, secure and confident when I am with my Fiance, Shannon. He makes me feel as though I can achieve anything as long as he is there with me.
Module 4:
Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl
Hey, where did we go
Days when the rains came ?
Down in the hollow
Playing a new game,
Laughing and a-running, hey, hey,
Skipping and a-jumping
In the misty morning fog with
Our, our hearts a-thumping
And you, my brown-eyed girl,
You, my brown-eyed girl.
Whatever happened
To tuesday and so slow
Going down to the old mine with a
Transistor radio.
Standing in the sunlight laughing
Hide behind a rainbows wall,
Slipping and a-sliding
All along the waterfall
With you, my brown-eyed girl,
You, my brown-eyed girl.
Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dahJust like thatSha la la la la la la la la la la dee dahLa dee dah.
So hard to find my way
Now that Im all on my own.
I saw you just the other day,
My, how you have grown!
Cast my memory back there, lord,
Sometime Im overcome thinking about
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium
With you, my brown-eyed girl,
You, my brown-eyed girl.
Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dah
Laying in the green grass
Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee dahDee dah dee dah dee dah dee dah dee dah deeSha la la la la la la la la la la la laDee dah la dee dah la dee dah laD-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d...
Module 3:
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Module 2:
My dog approaches life without a care
When some would stop and maybe stare
She rushes ahead with obvious glee
Just as happy to see strangers as she is to see me.
Module 1: Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. ~André Dubus
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