A
Little Bit About Me
Some of you may know me, some of you
may think you know me, and some of you do not know me at all. That’s what this
is for. My name is Tanya. I am 18 years old. I love romantic movies. I have a
cat and a sister. I love spending time with my family and friends. And I am
extremely indecisive.
I have a really hard time when it
comes to decision making. There is an app on my phone called “decision maker”;
it helps me make my decisions. Otherwise I leave it up to my family, friends,
quarters, dimes and nickels to make decisions for me. Ordering food, deciding
what to wear, or what to say is just the beginning of my problem. One time the
tiny train at Victoria Gardens was coming straight at me and I couldn’t decide
whether I should go left or right. Even deciding what to write about was a
really hard decision to make. That is why I decided, by myself, to pick a
couple of the things I wanted to write about. So here we go.
Flash Fiction: She sat in the little
corner of her room, curled up in a small ball, with tears streaming down her
face. She didn’t want to cry, but that’s how emotions work, you can’t control
them. The past couple months had been
great. She met a wonderful guy and she started to think that everything would
be great, but oh, was she wrong. Things were not great and as usual she was
left sitting in her room crying. This was not what all the movies taught her.
She was supposed to be Cinderella, she was supposed to find her Austin Ames,
she was supposed to fall in love and everything was supposed to be perfect. But
I guess that’s one thing they don’t teach you in movies. Nothing is perfect and
true love doesn’t exist.
How To: How to ruin your life by
watching more TV than you can handle.
Step 1:
Pick a TV show to watch (something with over 3 seasons)
Step 2:
Go pee (it sucks when you have to pause your show because you have to go to the
restroom)
Step 3:
Get food
Step 4:
Start watching your show. This is the most important step. You have to watch as
much as you can in one day if you want to finish the season to start the next
one. After 5 or 6 hours you might think that it is time to stop and take a
break. However, that is what you should never do. Keep watching the show. After
about 7 hours (on a school day) you should stop. On the weekend 10 to 11 hours
of TV is a good amount to watch. At this point you should be addicted to your
show and your life should start falling apart. This is when you know you have
successfully ruined your life by watching more TV than you can handle.
This has a good use of humor to explain why there are two different pieces of writing.
ReplyDeleteThis was great. It was the sampler appetizer in the world of blog posts. Which I'll have you know is my favorite thing to order. I love the allusion to A Cinderella Story and the sense of humor you used in creating your "how to" made me smile. Great job!
ReplyDeleteTanya!! I'm so proud that you made the decision on what to write about al by yourself! I loved it! especially the one about how to ruin your life by just watching tv. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! I liked the sense of humor being used in this piece. Great job!
ReplyDeleteVery great story! It was interesting reading about your interest in life. You also used great details which made it fun to read.
ReplyDeleteSo true, you made me laugh. I thought I was reading about myself with the indecisiveness. I also have dodged one way and the other with the little train at Victoria Gardens. Enjoyed your short stories. Watching a show for 7 hours on a school night sounds awful; maximum sleep deprivation and muscle atrophy.
ReplyDeleteI like how you incorporated a little bit about yourself into this piece. We get to know more about you and your perspective. I really enjoyed reading the flash fiction excerpt. " She didn't want to cry, but thats how emotions work, you can't control them". Wow, I loved it! Overall great job!!!!
ReplyDeleteGIRL, your piece is so cute and so YOU! I can totally picture you reading this out loud in your own voice and it makes me happy because this piece EMBODIES you. I really enjoyed your humor throughout the whole piece, especially in the "how to" portion. Thank you for entertaining me with your lovely piece, wonderful job Tanya! (:
ReplyDeleteAh, technology. Now it's making decisions for us? What has this world come too..... But I do like how you chose to make this great some dumb app to tell you what to do. Keep up the good work. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is very true about TV especially on weekends. Usually students would put off homework on the weekend to watch TV. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteTanya i basically heard you write this piece lol. the way you can write true to who you actually are is amazing! and the flash fiction piece actually touched my emotions. Great job!
ReplyDeletevery true ! nice humor . great job
ReplyDeleteI find this story very funny and true at the same time. TV is very capable of ruining your life. Great story.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this story! I think my favorite part of your piece was how to ruin your life by watching tv. Awesome job!
ReplyDeletevery good details about you're story and getting in depth, and this is also funny.
ReplyDeleteThis was well thought out, very nice
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post, I learned several new things:
ReplyDelete1) There's a decision making app.
2) The guy from that Cinderella story is Austin Ames.
3) Never expect a movie to tell you that life isn't perfect.
4)I will never watch over seven hours of tv during a school night.
5) I enjoyed this piece.
This was great! I like how you had three different genres going on in your piece. Your tone, language and diction made it very easy to read and very easy for the audience to relate as well. I can relate with you on the indecisiveness because I am the same way in some situations. Also with the hours of tv, I have mini marathons every other day and it's terrible, but anyway good job!
ReplyDeleteWow! that was very intriguing. I was wondering where it was going to go. I thought it was cool how you talked about yourself then even put your issue of indecisiveness into your writing giving us two additional stories to read!
ReplyDeleteHaha very humorous. I enjoyed this
ReplyDeleteI was not expecting to read a story like this. Great Job
ReplyDeleteOMG Tanya I LOVED this! It incorporated your humor and your emotions as well! I've never seen anything like it! The collaboration of all genres is genius! The TV part killed me and i heavily relate to you with indecisiveness.I'm late to zero period because I can't decide what to wear..
ReplyDeleteThis makes so much sense because I know you. I was literally laughing while reading about how indecisive you are. Great pieces though! I really enjoyed reading about how to ruin your life just by watching tv. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteThis piece was very interesting to read good job! :)
ReplyDeleteThese 3 stories were so completely different which made it a great humor piece. Great job at being decisive when youre indecisive.
ReplyDeleteRomance movies are the best. I saw that passion in each piece.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to this because, I also have a hard making decisions. It so difficult for me to make decisions. It takes me forever to make decisions. Overall, this was a very well descriptive piece.
ReplyDelete-Jerico M. G. Franco
this was so funny! and knowing you personally, made it even more funny. this was very well written and good job on figuring out what to write about. good job!
ReplyDeleteTanya, Oh my God. This was hilarious. I have known you for like four years and I never knew you had a decision maker on your phone. I should get one of those too. But I love this piece because your personality really shined through and when I was reading this piece I was like ohh this is a personal narrative, but then I scrolled down and I was thoroughly surprised. Great Job
ReplyDeleteThis was such a fun story to ready!! it made me laugh at times because its so true! I loved reading this great job ~Isabella Torres
ReplyDeleteGreat use of humor on what is stereotypical to a teenagers life in our generation. From how we watch a T.V. series the whole day instead of going out and from thinking a person's life can be like in the books and movies when it's not. I also liked the twist of you writing a two in one piece. Good job!
ReplyDeletewow cleaver. im pretty indecisive too but good job on that nice flash fiction and on tips on watching tv
ReplyDeleteGreat piece! I like how you gave a little bit of background about yourself before introducing the different pieces.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your story on how to ruin your life hahaha, I can say from experience that it works, well written and well done!
ReplyDeleteThis was extremely relate-able as a teenage girl. Netflix is the worst thing thats ever happened to me.
ReplyDeleteThis Is really clever, Im not sure if people can really appreciate the humor in this rushing through it, but I thought it was hilarious.
ReplyDeleteOh woah this is such a great personal narrative and it was interesting. I liked the sense of humor in this piece and it was a great piece to read because you used great details and the humor also, great job!!
ReplyDeletevery good story, i liked this piece alot !
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your story, it was very straightforward of who you are as a person. I can definitely relate with you on making decisions for oneself because I always find myself over thinking a situation and I am always asking those around me as well. Nice job Tanya!
ReplyDeleteThat was a creative blend on conflict and decisions! I really liked the way you chose both prompts and shows a lot about how we can decide on both in life. And that How-To, same Tanya. Same. Lol.
ReplyDeletelol i appreciate the background it was funny and i can relate all too well, i can be indecisive about everythingggg but the first entry made me want to keep reading more wanted u to write more,but it was great and the second one i think i mastered it. haha shows have consumed my life in a matter of two days. i do very well at it haha but the tips were wonderful, great job hun.
ReplyDeleteGood Job! I laughed reading the one about how to ruin your life by watching TV. That is my life right now i am caught up watching teen wolf and gossip girl all over again. Great sense of humor!
ReplyDeleteNice job! I think this piece really emphasizes one of the traits you find important to your identity. I love how you included different types of works seen through the blogs and utilized them to portray yourself through this personal narrative.
ReplyDeleteI really like this story and its very relatable due to the fact I sit in front of my tv eating food all day
ReplyDeleteGood sense of humor on how to decide your daily life routine ! Great job
ReplyDeleteHaha this was great and funny. I really liked it nice job Tanya and thanks for givin us an insight about your fun movie watching life.
ReplyDeleteGordon Marbun
I enjoyed every word of this blog post. I find this extremely funny especially since I can relate to the tv watching and unanswered decisions. This is humorous and I like how you combined more than one category. good job
ReplyDeleteThis was so funny!! The stereotype of a teenager is so real! I love the whole "how to" portion. Great job I loved it!
ReplyDeleteWasn't sure if my comment went through because I did it on my phone so sorry if you see two comments of mine! LOL, but anyways, I really love the introduction because of the sense of humor I feel when reading it. I also love how you mention how T.V. ruins your life because you provided details that were amusing! Good job (:
ReplyDelete-Tino
I enjoyed your witty and humorous piece! Good job!
ReplyDeleteYou're so funny Tanya! I loved this and I loved reading about you. You kept me entertained the whole time.
ReplyDeleteGreta job i felt like i could relate in some ways keep it up.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Your humor made this stand out among all the other generic blog posts. I enjoyed your diction in both pieces, and its ability to draw readers in with its comical and relatable language is amazing. Good job, Tanya!
ReplyDeleteTanya! I like how you chose to do a little bit of different kinds of writing in your piece. I think it really shows your personality. I especially liked the how to section. It was very funny! Great job!
ReplyDeleteomg tanya i can totally see you reading this and the humor was great with these :) it really felt like you
ReplyDeleteThis was so cool! haha I really enjoyed how you gave a little taste of each of the writings. great job i love this!!
ReplyDeleteYour piece has tons of funny remarks. There's a lot of wit and no doubt about the tv part aha!
ReplyDeleteThis is the most creative thing I have ever seen. It's a personal narrative and flash fiction and how to and ugh am I in love with this; why didn't I think of this????
ReplyDeletevery amusing, the struggle of any form of media that can ruin your life or can cause a huge distraction in the more important things in life
ReplyDeleteVery interesting story! It was fun to read.
ReplyDeleteHaha this was a cool story and how to guide. I found it very funny yet interesting.
ReplyDeleteAhahaha your How To is so relatable! Loved this, good job!
ReplyDeleteLol I love it!! The fact that I heard your voice the whole time made it even better. Good on taaaaanya.
ReplyDeleteFunny because how you related it to yourself !
ReplyDeleteFunny because you related it to yourself!
ReplyDeleteGreat sense of humor. I especially liked the part where you said it sucks to have to pee b/c you have to pause a show.
ReplyDeletei really liked the "how to ruin your life with tv" piece! i feel the same way about the show mythbusters -hunter guidubaldi
ReplyDeleteGood and interesting story good job
ReplyDeleteThere is no words to explain how much I liked this. I relate too, because I am so indecisive its not even funny. This was perfectly hilarious.
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