Author Archives: Skye Shaffer

Wow, it has been quite a wild ride being in Writing 1 and 2 with you, Beth. We have had many new world and country events during our finals week and for the whole Spring Quarter, and you still managed to teach all of us so well. With me, I will take away many newContinue reading “Blog #9: Wrap Up”

Reading “Lovely Hula Hands” was very interesting and caught my attention. Trask provides the comparison of the tourism in Hawaii to a woman being a prostitute, and explains how those two transformations are similar. She describes that Hawaii is no longer being used for it’s beauty and culture, but rather only for economic purposes. TraskContinue reading “Blog #8: “Lovely Hula Hands””

While I was reading David Sedaris’ “Guide to Santa Barbara”, I was very intrigued and interested in his writing. I liked how he hated on Santa Barbara, but also was saying how good it was but including the money, the food, and the nice hotel. Although, I was a but confused on the smoking portionContinue reading “Blog #7: Kincaid and Sedaris Readings”

Man it has been quite a long week….and it is only Wednesday. Anyways, the Research Exploration Project…. Going into the project, I was excited and ready to write about my summer in Montana, and all of the amazing things about it, but then I realized it is only about one specific aspect and that isContinue reading “Blog #6: Reflection”

After exploring many places over virtual tours, I started to grow a liking for them. Although, I did discover that even though they are very similar to being there in person, they are not nearly as breathtaking or magical as if you were actually there. All in all, virtual tours have clearly become more popularContinue reading “Blog #5: Virtual Tours”

Research projects have always been a fun thing for me, although the research part of it can tend to get a little annoying. The part I like about it is that you know about the place or thing you are researching and it allows you to write freely and express emotion. Which you may notContinue reading “Blog #4: Research”

Mondays…. man they always seem to get me. It seems like something bad is always bound to happen. I don’t know maybe I am just being annoying. But HEY, this is my favorite part of the day… sitting in bed being a crackhead and talking to friends… OH and binge watching shows and eating tonsContinue reading “Blog #3: Mondays”

It is currently Saturday afternoon and I am sitting inside at my desk writing a blog about genres…needless to say, I would never be doing this if I weren’t in quarantine. Anyways, after reading Kerry Dirk’s “Navigating Genres”, I became somewhat confused on how a genre can help people accomplish goals. The fact that weContinue reading “Blog #2: Navigating Genres”

After reading Anne Lamott’s article on “Shitty First Drafts”, I immediately thought of how I write and that many of her methods were similar to my own. I always find myself bringing an essay together by starting off with a bunch of crazy, random ideas that will hopefully lead me to my next idea. IContinue reading “Blog Post #1: Shitty First Drafts”

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain. — Vivian Greene.