Writing Challenge #2

TORTILLAS DECLARED KOSHER FOR PASSOVER;

CREATES DILEMMA FOR JEWS.

Minneapolis- Local Rabbi's announced today that they were in agreement over a new set of foods that can be labeled as kosher for passover. Tortillas have now been declared kosher for passover, the Jewish holiday that falls this week. " Besides matzah, there are not many other options in terms of foods that can be eaten during passover" says a MN Rabbi. He went on to talk about the introduction of ethnic foods into passover " in the past, we have never had a mexican food item that is kosher for passover. This is really exciting!"

A member of Temple Israel who wished to remain anonymous felt just the opposite. " I think this was a horrible idea. Chinese food has always been our go to cuisine, but now we are forced to choose between mexican and chinese. It's going to be a stressful transition." The MN council of Rabbi's agreed unanimously on this decision over a lunch of peanut butter and jelly matzah sandwiches. They said they were all sick of relying on the bland, tasteless cracker to get them through the holiday. 

Does this introduction mean we might start seeing quesadillas on the seder plate? Guess we will have to wait and see!

Writing challenge # 1

One evening, My best friend Charlotte and I went down by the Guthrie Theatre. It was a spring night and there were tons of people out and about. We parked by MTN and then walked accross the Stone Arch Bridge. We had met up with some other friends along the way and took our time walking accross the river. When we got to the other side, we were debating what we were going to do. As we made some potential plans, we saw a group of people congregating around a fence. We decided to go check out what they were all watching. As we walked over, the amount of people around the fence grew. When we got there, we discovered that there was a beaver that could not get back into the fence to get back by the river. Noone was helping the ebaver, they were only making it more difficult. People were chasing it and taking pictures. We hung out in the back and watched as people started to lose interest and continue on with their walks. Soon, we were the only people by the beaver and decided we needed to do something to help it. When we tried to go near it, it would waddle the other way. We then realized that it was injured ( people later told us it had been hit by a car). We called animal control but they were closed. We realized there was nothing we could do for this beaver so we walked towards the guthrie. On our way back to the car, the beaver was gone. Later that evening, we were driving down Chicago Avenue and came accross some more wild life. On 46th street and Chicago, we saw a deer walking down the side walk. At first we thought it was a dog, but as we got closer, we realized it was a deer. This time, we called 311, but they were closed for the evening. We continued on with our evening but kept thinking about all of the wild life we had seen in the city. It was sad, but also kind of exciting. Later that night, I got a text from Char saying " That was some adventure, huh?" and it sure was.

Documentary Blog #10!

I thought this poem had a lot to do with fitting in, or struggling to fit in. The author of this poem was born in Pakistan, but grew up all over. In this poem, it seemed as if she was detailing the struggles of fitting in, fitting in a country where the culture differs greatly for your home. You will not always feel comfortable and adjusting will take time, but you begin to accept that this is home for now. I'm not usually a huge fan of poetry, but I did really like this piece.

Our documentary is almost done. We are editing Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately, I have had a busy work schedule and a lot of family things going on, but I am hoping to be able to put in as much time this week as I am able. We will definitely have a finished project on Monday!

Documentary Blog #8!

I think that everyone, in their lifetime has given a gift to humanity. This could be any type of gift. Mainly, their presence is a gift. All the gifts that they have contributed to humanity, have created our society today. Without the traits and gifts contributed by everyone, our society would lack any type of originality. Our gift to humanity is our personality, something that benefits us all.

Our documentary is coming along! This week, we re-did some of our interviews that were originally not the best. These re-do's will allow us to use larger segments for our final project. Our filming for our project is complete! We just need a little more footage of bikers on the greenway, but then we are set to edit! It seems like we might actually have this project done early!

Documentary blog # 7!

After reading this, I started thinking about social change and what it really is. I guess that before, I had assumed that it meant it impacted society as a whole.  After thinking about it, I think that Social change can mean either that or the impact that society has on an individual member of society and the changes they experience. Tying in with the theme of homlesness it this reading, I think that any of the people who stand on the corners asking for money have made meaningful social change, or have undergone changes as the result of society. The courage that it takes for one to stand on the corner and put themself out there to ask for money is remarkable. It is something that I don't know If I could ever do. This has to do with social change because the changing ways of society on this individual have led them to become homeless.

On Friday, we finished our documentary trailer, so we were happy to have that done ahead of time! We were not at MTN for as long as we were expecting, so that was nice. We are now working on lining up several interviews for our final documentary. We are talking to some environmental planners for the county and we are hoping to line up an interview with Mayor Rybak soon.

Documentary Blog # 6

A group that I feel I belong to is my neighborhood. I have been a part of it since I was born and have grown up immersed in it. My family is very close to all of my neighbors and we participate in activities with them regularly. They have always been there for em and I know they will be even when I am no longer living at home.

Our documentary is coming along well. We had three interviews this week, two with bikers and one with a man who works on transportation for the county. We will be editing tonight and tomorrow and will be able to have our trailer done by monday!

Documentary Blog # 5

The Langston Hughes poem on this weeks reading is one that I remember from sophomore year in Ms. Horswill's class. Poetry isn't something that really interests me, but I really enjoyed this reading. This also kind of tied back to the question form the beginning of the year of how  do our communities and associations we surround ourselves with impact us. Hughes says, I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you. His communities he has grown up in have shaped him.

Our documentary is slowly coming together. Our project will be answering the question of is love the main part of human relationships. We will be looking at several types of relationships involving love such as mother and daughter, twins and one couple. Our person we will be interviewing is Eva, who works at south. We will talk to her about her thoughts on love and relationships.