It's Almost Break!

Since I have trouble finding things to write about, I decided to do the optional assignment. Here goes!


1.  Did you enjoy the experience?  Why or why not?  If there were parts you enjoyed, what were they?
I would have to say I actually did enjoy the experience of taking this class. This is because it made me a more confident writer since I usually feel like the papers I write are not that good. In this class I feel like I did a good job since I finished with an A. That is definitely the part I enjoyed was seeing my grades and being proud of the grades that I received.

2. What do you wish you'd done differently?  What do you wish I'd done differently with the assignment (besides not assigning it, or assigning shorter posts)?   
Something I wish I would have done differently is spend more time each paper. I feel like I rushed through them in order to get them done. I still feel like I did a good job, but overall I could have done better. There is not really anything I wish you would have done differently. This class was set up well, and the assignments were assigned and had due dates at reasonable times. I really enjoyed this class. It was somewhat fun since we had a lot of leeway on what to write about. It tends to make it more difficult and not as fun if topics are handed to us to do.

3.  Did the blog make a difference that you saw in your writing skills?  in the way you looked at the world?
I feel like it did. It helped me see that writing is not rocket science, and that it just takes time. I'm not sure it made me see the world any differently.

4.  Do you think you'll keep blogging (or would you keep blogging if you had the time)?
I would say that I would probably keep blogging if I had the time. I'm not sure I will though between all my other homework I am bound to have, going to class, and possibly having two jobs. I will definitely be busy, so doing blogs may be something that will have to be cut out of my schedule. But who knows.

Serial Killers

People may find this blog post weird, and if you do then I guess I'm sorry. My major is criminal justice so this kind of stuff actually interests me, and I recently saw a television program that made me want to look into this. This blog is about two famous, well infamous, serial killers that have existed in the United States. The first one is one many people have heard about, and this person is Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer is known for killing seventeen boys and men between the years of 1978 and 1991. One thing that most likely triggered Dahmner's actions of murdering these people was the fact that he was molested by a neighbor as a young child, and to make his young life worse his parents got a divorce. After this happened his mother took Jeffery's brother and left him to live alone with his dad. This was bad because he had no way to contact his mom, and it left him to feel abandoned. As a child he also liked to kill animals, and had desires to commit necrophilia, which is having sexual acts with something that is dead. Killling animals is one of the three signs of a serial killer according to the  Macdonald Triad. This triad stated that if three characteristics were seen together, were associated with violant behaviors later on in life. The other two included bed wetting and fire setting. By the time Dahmer was a teenager he had urges to kill and mutilate men. Even though he was in and out of jail a couple times for various things such sexual offenses, nobody ever thought his acts were as extreme as they were. There are details about how he would treat his victims, but I will not go into that since it is not pretty to discuss.


The next serial killer that is moderately infamous is John Wayne Gacy. He was known for killing up to 33 men and boys. As a child, Gacy never had a very strong relationship with his father who was an alcoholic, but he always seemed to get along with his mother and two sisters. Growing up he moved around a lot until he got married. Then they had a child, and he became a pretty successful man. Everyone thought that he had the perfect life, but that was far from true. Rumors finally began to spread about Gacy's sexual preference, since it seemed like young men and boys always happened to be around him, and that he would hit on some of them. In 1968 he was convicted of raping a young man, but that was only the beginning. After this he was charged with various other sexual acts as well. In the end they found out that Gacy had murdered up to 33 men and that he kept their bodies hidden in the crawl space of his home. It turned out he was secretly gay, and was frustrated he had to hid this. This video shows a little bit of a biography of Gacy's story. These stories are crazy, and there are so many out there. I can not imagine how someone could do this stuff to other people 

My Weekend

Well this past weekend was a pretty good one. It started off with me getting off of work at 4, and going to eat with my brother and his wife at the mall. It was fun. They had their little baby Hunter with them. I got to hold him.  Even though he slept the whole time there he is so cute. After that Stephanie and I went back to my house to wait for Steven to get off work. I played with Hunter and talked to Stephanie and Steven. After awhile we went back to the mall for pretzel day. While we were there Stephanie decided to have Hunter's pictures done. They came out really good. After that Steven and I just went back home to relax the rest of the night.
The next day my parents came down to Joplin to watch Hunter so Stephanie and Daniel could go to a marriage seminar at their church. They came over and we went to lunch. My mom was getting mad because every time she changed Hunter's diaper he would make another mess in it. I thought it was pretty funny. We went and ate at Wendy's, and then went to Academy so my dad and Steven could hunt. After that I had to go to work until eight. After work Steven and I went to Sonic and hung out.
The next day Steven and I went to a cookout with Daniel and Stephanie at her grandparent's house. That was really fun. We went skeet shooting and had hamburgers. Then it started to rain so we all went home. After that I went home and finished up my paper for this class. Then we went to the drive-in movie in Carthage. That was pretty awesome! I had never been to a drive-in before. We saw "The Hunger Games" again, but it was okay since it was the first time I had ever been to one. That was pretty much my whole weekend.