Assigment 8: the pursuit of happyness

1. Happiness is to be content and at peace and maybe to be having a little fun. Happiness is one step short of joy. See more about Joy below.

2. I dont pursue happiness, I pursue Joy. Joy to me is attainable even when you aren't happy. I feel happy when i eat for goodness sake- what kind of life is in pursuite of food. I feel Joyful when I'm around people I care about and who care about me and they're all happy.

3. When my family and friends aren't happy, its really really hard for me to be happy. I am most content and at peace when the people around me are too. I hate being alone. When there are people in the house I need to be near where they are. and when I'm alone I try to be on the phone the WHOLE time.

4. I dunno, my sister maybe. For sure I have like two friends where its really obvious that when I'm around they're alot happier than when I'm not as can be confirmed by witnesses. Yeah, I was gone for two weeks and they got super depressed and left messages on my phone every day. It makes me really worried about when I got to college actually.

5. My greatest need in life is to be surrounded by people who love me. Otherwise, I will be completely miserable. Even if I have a ton of $$ but no close friends that I care about and that care about me I will be miserable. Actually, I'm pretty sure there's something about that in the bible. If I lived in a homeless shelter and was always hungry but I had good trust worthy friends around me, I'd be the happiest girl in the world.

Assignment 7

I think I enjoyed the poetry unit the most. I dont know why. I guess its easier and it really let me express my emotions on the page better than any other form so far. besides ranting.


My strongest piece is the short story I wrote based on the balck and white picture of a bouquet of roses. I haven't written very many good short stories before and I really dont have a ton of inspiration in that way so I was suprised at how well it turned out.


I dont need a ton of structure and direction. Too much structure and direction really cramps my style. But like the picture thing worked well for me because I could just think about it and then run with something. The scary story/ the going through a change story was harder for me because I didn't really have alot of inspiration. Poe creeps me out and I dont like trying to force my characters to change if they dont want to. So I have to find a character that wants to change and for some reason I couldn't find one. So yeah.


I like writing memior style alot- but we did some of that last year so I'm thinking I'd really enjoy the challenge of writing a play. not super interested in writing a movie, but it could be fun too I guess.