The last blog - EVER. - happyness

1) happiness is the feeling you get when your brain releases endorphins. This can cause a blissful and joyful feeling. You often feel happy when something when something happens that benefits either yourself, or the people close to you. Happiness is often attained through natural means....

2) Happyness = success!!!!!!!!! I am most happy when I achieve something that exceeds my personal expectations. This isn't necessarily about school, in fact, I get the most happiness from success outside of school. I often find happiness from being successful in debate and other competetive activities. Being with my friends adds to my happiness, due to their support and company.

3) My parents have probably had the greatest influence on my happiness, since they have the most control over all aspects of my life. They have very extreme effects on my happiness, often influenced by my academic life and their measure of me to their expectations.

4) Conversely, I also have a big impact on my parents' happiness. I often find their expectations of me are too high. I often feel angry with the unfair burdens they place upon me, and I sometimes rebel against them.

5) I don't really know what my greatest need in life is. I can definately list of some of my greatest wants, but my needs and wants are mutually exclusive. I think I am quite easily pleased, so my needs probably aren't very high. I know that my wants will probably lead to happiness - it would be ideal if I could obtain the same end of happiness without any of the means, but that would probably me to become a monk or something.

Assignment 8

I will probably use my first story - "Anomaly's End" since I think it would make quite a good picture book. It is quite a lighthearted story that would seem enjoyable for young children. If I somehow change my mind, I would probably use one of my poems - possibly "Singularity" or "What is poetry?" since they are my best poetic works - i think.
one of my poems

Assignment 7

1) I enjoyed writing the first story most of all. I liked the freedom that allowed me to write about any wacky idea without any restrictions. Even though I did have to tie in the picture, I found that it was relatively easy - all you had to do was make a remote reference to the picture.

2) I liked my first short story the most. This is because I actually had fun whilst I was writing it. I think this was my most imaginative and creative piece, which is surprising because I don't consider myself a very imaginative person. It might not necessarily be that this story is my best piece of I writing I have done in this course, but it is the piece I am most proud and satisfied with.

3) I generally don't like structure very much within my stories. this is because I don't like the feeling of being confined to only a specific model or archetype. I am generally very open minded about different types of writing. However, my free attitude could also be a cause of my lack of organizational skills. I often procrastinate, only doing my assignments the night before they are due. I often find it very difficult to motivate myself to do an assignment early - the best motivation for me to do assignment is often the bad consequence of not completing it.

4) If I were to pursue writing, it would be non-fiction. This is because I like to escape from a sometimes boring, mundane and repetetive life into an unexpected fantasy. I feel that only non-fiction can actually accomplish this feat, since allthe others are still too close to what I'm trying ot escape.