Harry Potter!

Here is the link to my Harry Potter forum--I ended up changing it because the other Harry Potter forum never accepted my registration email=(

Visiting Chicago Ago

Two weeks ago I took a trip back home to Chicago (Chicago suburbs actually). After spending a month in Madison, there are actually a few things I miss about the Windy City...

1. The most amazing food--> Chicago is known as like third fattest city in America!

2. Better entertainment--> I actually went home because my mom got tickets to the Kathy Griffin show. While Madison does offer good entertainment, you can't beat the entertainment in Chicago (unless your in New York City that is...)

3. The shopping is amazing, not that I can afford most of it

While I do miss some of the highlights of the city, it's better for vacationing/ visiting when your in college in my opinion.

Badgers vs Demons

One of the great things about Wisco is it's football--the OSU game was last Saturday (and what a horrible ending). Now, going to school in Chicago, my college didn't even have a football team--only a basketball team. Differences include...

1. One doesn't need to drive 45min to the nearest sports arena to watch your team play

2. There are 50 kids at the basketball game compared to thousands at Wisco

3. And most importantly, pregaming doesn't start 5-7 hours before the game actually starts

Needless to say, Wisco football beats DePaul basketball any day of the week!

Book Review #2- Hard Time

Here is the second review for Hard Time! (Post is on the right column!)

Book Review #1- Barefoot

Here is the first book review for the book Barefoot! (Post is on the right hand side of the page!)

Transfer Student

As a transfer student to Madison from Chicago Ihave an interesting perspective. In my first month here, I have learned a lot about Madison--and how it differs so much from Chicago.

1. The lakes here are not often shut down due to pollution and disease as Lake Michigan's beaches in Chicago are

2. Late night food is not a McDonald's--rather, I find Gin's Chicken and Insomniac Cookies to be a popular items and 10 times better than a smashed McDonald's quarter-pounder

3. As a Packer fan I am not often stared down in the streets up here when wearing my jersey--huge improvement

As my time here in Madison grows on, I'm sure there will be many more differences to discuss!

Wordle: Pretty Cool AND Can Be Used as a Literary Tool

Wordle can be used as a literary tool to make sure the words that are appearing most often in your paper are the words that are key to the theme or purpose of the paper. Interestingly, "Bear" and "Sticky" are big words in my paper. You wouldn't think "Bear" and "Sticky" to be main words in a paper describing how someone learned to write or use a literary technology. Just to clear the air "Sticky Bear" was the name of the computer program that I learned to type on--I didn't have any scaring experiences as a six year old. Plus, Wordle looks pretty cool as well.