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This Covergirl advertisement, found in People Magazine, uses celebrity Taylor Swift to help sell their product. Taylor has a very sensual look on her face. She is not outwardly smiling however she does not wear a straight face either. She is speaking with her eyes and relaxing her lips. Her hair is blowing in wind which helps to enhance the covergirl catch phrase, "easy breezy beautiful covergirl." The emotion Taylor is showing also helps to enhance the display of the product on her skin. She does not have a lot of eye makeup on and is not wearing any jewelry. Her clothing is also very neutral. All of these factors play a role in attracting more attention to the foundation on her skin, which is the product in which covergirl is advertising. The advertisement also uses a quote from Taylor Swift regarding her view on the product. She states, "why do I love clean? because it's sensitive to my skin!" This adds some credibility to the product if someone were questioning whether or not the product really would be a good choice for their sensitive skin.
The ad promotes a lifestyle that puts a heavy influence on beauty. It displays a rather simple image, but one where Taylor Swift looks simply beautiful. People who are interested in having perfect skin and like trying different types of makeup would be attracted to this advertisement and product. It definitely attracts a female audience because men would most likely have no interest in using foundation for their skin. It also attracts a rather young audience especially since Taylor Swift is a young celebrity who has a fairly young fan base. Aka my grandma would not really be fascinated by a product that Taylor Swift is used to advertise. The ad invites me to believe that if I use this product my skin will be as clear and flawless as Taylor Swift's.

Great News!

It has finally happened! All of my dreams are coming true and I could not be more excited. Last night we were out by the lake sitting there and talking about what seems like everything. Now this is something that we do occasionally,and although, especially recently, I have been hoping that he would whip out a ring of his pocket and seal the deal once and for all, I was never expecting it to actually happen. But I guess someone was looking down on me and gave him the push to do so. We were sitting on the grass with the lights reflecting off of the lake and unto on our faces. We had been talking for probably about twenty minutes now and were deep into conversation. Somehow the conversation led into what the future had in store and as smooth as he is, he reached into his pocket and held out a box encasing a beautiful fourteen carrot diamond ring. I was astonished and can confidently say that that moment was by far the best moment of my life. I feel so overjoyed that I have found the person who I love and am certain that he is the one I want to spend every moment of the rest of my life with.
On Monday I returned to school where I first told my close friends. They were all so happy and some of the other teachers and I plan to go to lunch to celebrate. Next I tried to explain what had happened to my Kindergartners telling them that this man who I love very much asked me to marry him. I showed them the ring and said it was a present that I get to keep and wear forever and ever since he and I plan to be together forever and ever. They all sat there with this look of awe on their face. The little girls were so cute and all rushed to see the ring while the boys glared more hesitantly from the distance. However, there were all very interested and excited to hear my story at story time.
I can not explain to you the emotions I have been feeling these past few days. I am beyond happy and overjoyed. I can not wait to start planning the wedding and will be needing your help. I am hoping that you can fly in sometime later in the month to help getting everything started. There is so much to do and so much to think about. Who do I invited, what should the gowns look like, what kind of food should we have. I already see the stress coming. Good thing there is one thing I already knew since we were little girls playing "barbie wedding." Emily will you be my maid of honor?

~Jen


It has finally happened! Last night we were out by the lake sitting and talking. Now this is something that we do occasionally,and although, especially recently, I have been hoping that he would whip out a ring of his pocket and seal the deal once and for all, I was never expecting it to actually happen. But I guess someone was looking down on me and gave him the push to do so. We were sitting on the grass with the lights reflecting off of the lake and unto on our faces. We had been talking for probably about twenty minutes now and were deep into conversation. Somehow the conversation led into what the future had in store and as smooth as he is, he reached into his pocket and held out a box encasing a beautiful fourteen carrot diamond ring. I was astonished and can confidently say that moment was by far the best moment of my life. I feel so overjoyed that I have found the person who I love and am certain that he is the one I want to spend every moment of the rest of my life with.
On Monday I returned to school where I first told my close friends and co-workers. They were all so happy and some of the other teachers and I plan to go to lunch to celebrate. Next, I tried to explain what had happened to my Kindergartners telling them that this man, who I love very much, asked me to marry him. I showed them the ring and said it was a present that I get to keep and wear forever and ever since he and I plan to be together forever and ever. They all sat there with this look of awe on their face. The little girls were so cute and all rushed to see the ring while the boys glared more hesitantly from the distance. However, there were all very interested and excited to hear my story at story time.
I can not explain to you the emotions I have been feeling these past few days. I am beyond happy and overjoyed. I can not wait to start planning the wedding and will be needing your help. I am hoping that you can fly in sometime later in the month to help getting everything started. There is so much to do and so much to think about. Who do I invited, what should the gowns look like, what kind of food should we have. I already see the stress coming. Good thing there is one thing I already knew since we were little girls playing "barbie wedding." Emily will you be my maid of honor?

~Jen

Peer Review Reflection

I have found that I am much more confident in this paper than I was in my last. I feel that I have a much better grasp on my focus and feel like there is a lot of analysis that is already incorporated into my paper. I want to work on adding in more specific details to my paper and replacing the generalizations. I tend to make generalizations in my writing and am really trying to focus on getting away from that in this paper. I think that adding in more examples can also help make my writing more clear. There is nothing major that I want to change. I think I have a lot of good concepts included so far and definitely want to keep my same framework. I'm considering looking through my essay and seeing if my paragraphs are organized in an order than makes the paper easy to follow or if they can be arranged in a way that like topics can be closer together. All in all I see no need to make any drastic changes to this paper just simple revisions. I think that the peer revision helped me to organize my thoughts better and also help me to see where exactly I was at with my writing.

Response to feedback

The feedback on my rough drafts always helps me. I enjoy hearing about the things that I've done well because it is always reassuring to know that I am on the right track. It is also nice to see where I can improve my work and get ideas for what I can add to my paper to make it even better. When I go back and revise my paper these comments always come  in handy and help me focus on where specifically I should focus on expanding or editing my work. I like the questions that Miss Lang presents in her comments. As I read them I experience that "ah huh" moment where I am intrigued by what is being asked and am excited to answer it. All in all the feedback really helps me to improve my paper and set me on the right track for making my way up to my final draft.

Cinderella for a "partier"

Once upon there lived a hot girl next door named Cindy. Her dad died and she was left all alone with no blood relatives. The hot girls step mom made her do everything she said, including doing nasty chores like cleaning the house and catering to all of her and her daughters needs. This took up all of Cindy's time and she could never go out with her friends. She felt like an outcast and was constantly missing out on all the parties around town. However, one day her fairy god mother arrived and saved her social life. She delivers a little black dress with stilettos and a bottle of Grey Goose. After filling her glass flask, Cindy leaves for the huge party down town, traveling in a cab her god mother called for her. When she gets to the party, all eyes turn to her. No one recognizes her since she never goes out anymore. However, she becomes the life of the party and the guys can't get enough of her. After several different men purchase her many drinks she eventually finds one that she thinks she is really into. After hanging out with him for a little while she unfortunately gets too drunk and wakes up at the guys house. She is frazzled and runs out of the house leaving her glass flask behind. The next day she is forced to return to her home and continue her usual chores. Unexpectedly, the guy whose house she spent the night at shows up at her door step, glass flask in hand. He comes, determined to find the matching alcohol that is in the flask. He tries all of the girl's bottles in the house and when he gets to Cindy's room and tests the Grey Goose, he realizes it is a perfect match to the alcohol in the flask. His princess is Cindy! They make out and go rage all day and night. Together they partied and lived happily ever after.

Starry Night Text/ Visual Comparision

Since art is interpretive, everyone looks at the painting from a different perspective and therefore analysis is somewhat one-sided and opinionated. After looking at the "Starry Night" painting and reading the response, we see a lot of similarities and connections between what the author saw in the painting and what we see. For the most part, all of the physical aspects the author describes in his response agree with the overall image created through the abstract art. We also see these images and agree with the response. However, there are also several themes that the author responds to that we do not agree with or see. Since the Cypresses are not the main focus of the painting, it is difficult to relate to the statement about the "strength and fortitude" of the trees which the author of the poem is talking about. The grass in the foreground of the picture seems to be unproportionally big relative to the other objects and the author believed that the grass might be an important element to add to the overall image for a particular reason. We on the other hand think that it does not add any value to the picture created by the painter and therefore disagree with that part of the analysis which was written about the poem. There are several aspects of the painters life that may have influenced him to paint the picture the way he did and use such abstract of ways to demonstrate this idea. Since we have a different mindset than the painter, we see and interpret things much differently. Although we see the same colors and shapes, what exactly they are and what they mean are relative to ones perspective.

Peer Review Paper #2

In my discovery draft I worked on analyzing Michael Jackson and how his image reflected his unstable mental state. However, I had a very hard time showing this without including a summary of his life which I feel took away from my analysis and prevented me from emphasizing what I wanted too. Instead I think I am going to change my paper to analyse a magazine. I will approach it by talking about how the cover photos draw people in and then we read the text. I will also talk about how we are attracted by certain things because of the colors and the text that talks about how easy and fast can be to look like them. I want to choose this because it is a process that I experience every day when I am standing in line at a grocery store and pick up a magazine because I am awed by the cover. For my current essay my peer didn't really ask any questions because we talked about how I wanted to change my topic to something I felt I good grasp better and therefore better directly analyze.