Before I began my senior year, many
former AP Englishers gave me a word of caution: blogging will take over your
life. I laughed at their close-minded attitude. Sure, I will let Twitter or Pinterest
take over my life, but the educational blather of my peers? Please. Let me
return to more stimulating material, such as intellectual tweets from the
account “White Girl Problems.” Blogging did not initially come easily, but with
the progression of the semester, I began to actually enjoy the activity. In
regards to my most well-written blog, I believe the award must go to “This
Little Light of Mine.” One only has to see my use of the word “depress-fest” to
automatically grant me the most well-written blog (ever?), but I also really
enjoy the tone in which I set the entry. I effectively communicate the way in
which I view the world around me with the help of vivid diction. With my
parallels between my Michigan acceptance, the shooting in Connecticut, and the poem
“Ode on a Grecian Urn,” I create an opportunity for readers to express their grief
in a way that also allows them to celebrate life. Secondly, for my most
interesting blog award, I chose “Citizens Arrest!” As I made my decision, I had
to think about what the descriptor ‘interesting’ really meant. Logically, I
turned to Google. The search engine defined interesting as “arousing curiosity
or interest; holding or catching the attention.” Although my rants about cats
and North Korea certainly aroused curiosity in regards to my sanity, “Citizens
Arrest!” caught my personal attention the most. The event proved so out of the
ordinary to my everyday life, I still think back in bewilderment. I also think my
step-by-step narration of the crime also arouses curiosity in my readers (Why
did she leave? What will Mrs. E do about it? Why oh why did they receive such a
ghastly punishment?!) By also relating The
Great Gatsby to my blog, I hope I made my classmates look at Jay Gatsby’s offenses
in a different light. To conclude this egotistical post, I chose Mairin
Magnuson’s comment on my blog “The MarCATS.” Mairin confessed a love for
felines equal to my own, and she also connected to my message that AP
Englishers need to stop the search for deeper meaning in everyday life. The theme
of empathy proved recurrent in many of my classmate’s comments: no matter how
strange I made myself seem, at least a few people could connect and empathize
with my life. Now when I see veteran AP English 12 students who warned me about
the posts, I will concede to their argument. Blogs have provided a way to bring
our class together, from our most light-hearted moments to the darkest of
tragedies. And that, my friends, is the real reason for our weekly banter
(insert group hug here).
