Feb. 14th Writing Assignment

"Spiderman was the coolest guy on the planet." How can anybody actually think Spiderman is the coolest guy on the planet? He can not even fly, if you can not fly then there is no way you can possibly be the coolest guy on the planet. I am not saying it would not be cool to be able to shoot out webs from you wrist and jump from building to building, but if that is all you have to offer as a super hero then that just is not going to cut it. If you want to talk about the coolest guys on the planet then I am going to have to say it has to be Captain Planet. The was so cool that he didn't ever have to inflict pain on the bad guys to take them down. He was able to do so instead by using his intelligence and unbelievable strength instead. Another reason as to why Captain Planet was so cool was because everything he did would in some shape or form help out the environment. Captain Planet is like the ultimate superhero because he not only was always able to defeat the bad guy but at the same time was able to keep the world safe from harmful things such as, toxic wastes, smog, acid rain, and other pollutants.

Ghost Ride It by Mistah FAB

"Ghost Ride It" by Mistah FAB is definitely one of the more unique videos I have ever seen before. It is a rap/hip-hop song that is a spin off of the forever popular "Ghost Busters" theme song. The main idea of the video is for Mistah FAB to explain to white people on how to, as it says in the lyrics, "Let me give you a 101 on how to ghost ride". For those of you who do not know what the term "ghost ride your whip" means, I will explain. Your "whip" is referring to one's car and "ghost riding" is referring to when the driver puts the car in drive and lets it slowly roll down the street. As this is occurring the driver and the passengers get out of the moving vehicle and begin to dance along side and/or on top of the car. Now the car is moving down the street with no one behind the wheel and that is why it is called "ghost riding", because it is insinuating that a ghost is driving the car. One of reasons I like this video is because it is pretty funny and entertaining. There is one part of the video where Mistah FAB is talking in front of a group of people, which I think are supposed to be the "ghost riding" class, and some dorky white guy with glasses, a bow tie, and suspenders stands up and asks Mistah FAB "What's ghost riding?" in a really funny and nerdy voice. Something else I thought was pretty sweet about the video was when there were a bunch of people who were riding in a awesome and customized yellow bus. It is definitely the only bus I have and most likely will ever see with rims and hydraulics on it. Overall the song is quite catchy and the video is entertaining.

Quotation

Not every voice a great soliloquy makes, atruth at odds with the education of amny an American writer, with the education of this American of aparent, for instance, may acquire an intangible authority, even without being memorably angry or funny or possessing a beguiling equanimity. He cares; therefore, if he has tinkered enough with his words, we do too. -Edward Hoagland.

I found this quote to be interesting because I am not exactly sure what it is trying to explain. I think the main idea of Edward Hoagland's quote is that he is saying, if a writer or author of a piece of writing takes the time to change any of the words then it is considered to be an essay. In the beginning of the quote it also states that not every essay is going to be well-written, but non the less it is still an essay. I find it intriguing that the quote states that an American writer can become famous without characteristics that are evident in most popular and well-known people. Some of those characteristics are memorably angry, funny or being deceivingly calm about life in general. Even without those qualities you can be a successful writer as long as you care about the your pieces of writing. If what Edward Hoagland is stating that all you have to do is care about a piece of writing then it came make you a well-known author; then in theory if a five year old child writes a story about his life so far then he could become famous if he truly cares about his piece of writing.
This title of this quote is called The "Who cares?" Factor and I think I now know what that means. I think the point that Edward Hoagland is trying to get across is that anyone who takes the time to go over and revise and revise again over their own paper can create a well done piece of writing as long as they care about it. If someone writes something though and they edit and revise their paper it does not matter how many times they do it because if they do not care about the paper than the chances of the writing being successful is slim to none.

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