The Dirt Water Fox is an Interesting Folk Person

Well.... The begining to this class was great. Chad Fette aka "the dirt water fox" is an interesting folk. It does not take much to initiate a beat down slam on from mr. fette. His first and only words of class were " Shut the fuck up Dan" great words from the wise dirt water fox. I was impressed by his intellectual use of words to get Dan to stop talking. and.. it worked. Anyways. Class last wednesday was all about Genre Analysis and discussion. It turns out that a Genre's occur in situations of association and communication between professional individuals. If we were to analyze the genre of communication between Chad and Dan earlier on, it would certainly be dictatorship. But it does not have to be. Genres of professional communication can be simple newspaper ads, memo's, emails, cover letters, and reports. A number of other professional documents can be analyzed also. Infact even the wild statement that wam made about coors light labels is a form of professionl communication. Coors light labels professional communicate that the person is drinking a Coors Light but thats not even the best. They have even developed a professional label that turns colors depending on the coldness of the brew. I personally am not a fan of coors light but their label is a form of professional writing that conveys that everyone should hop on the coors light train to the super bowl. Thats it for today. Peace

Tim thought they were gonna bring it.

Professional Writing Journal 2

Well today we turned in our GIS projects and green maps. As most know the node man is an interesting fellow, killing foxes and muskrats on a regular basis, and a GIS whiz on the side but today he was called out. Tim said " man I thought you guys were going to bring it" I was surprised that they didn't bring it also.

I didn't write anything for the first two weeks of class so I'd thought I'd bring 'em together here. So. The first class was interesting. We all gave our introductions for the three secluded english majors and Wayne made a fake phone outburst which really seemed to confuse everyone. The second class... we had a lecture and went over a few things but really we got sucked into the topic of the "Situation" which is a hot topic today. Chad Fette enjoyed this especially. I think Dan said he blushed. Anyways the situation is what is happening and is extremely important in writing. You must know the situation and the audience that the situation is being writen for. Without know the various audience types and the "Situation" you cannot produce a good article. I don't speak of experience but with what I have been told. At the bottom here I've got a Slippery Rock University Green Map.


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No One Knows What Our Major Is

Feb. 2nd, 2009
_No One Understands Sustainability_

Sustainability..... What is it?
This phrase... a commonly asked question when you say your in a master's degree program in Sustainable Systems. People tend to just not know what your talking about. Then you say the word green or renewable energy and they are either very pessimistic or optimistic about the whole idea. Now, I hail from the heart of the Alleghenies, stated on what seems like thousands of signs entering Warren County, Pa, and have come to understand, people from that region either don't care or don't have the money to care about sustainable issues. Reason one being that their is no large interstate nearby and coming to and from warren is on all back roads in some peoples standards. This leads to lack of tourism, lack of industry because of sustainability, and a loss of jobs to overseas. This lack of interstate is causing issues with warrens city council though. They want accessibility for Warrenites and the unique attractions such as oil wells, logging roads, and biker bars.
I will not name names but their are crazy people there also. You may remember the legend Bucky Philips, the New York man who escaped from jail, shot cops, hid in the woods, and escaped bonnie and clyde style. After 6 months on the loose he was arrested, ten miles from Warren, PA. His lifestyle was obviously unsustainable.

Anyways. The reason I'm on this topic is because we had a discussion in class yesterday about sustainability and what it is? The "dirt water fox" Douglas Chad fette brought up the question to our professor. What do you think Sustainability Is? and he had no clue so he asked us, 19 sustainability students, what it is. Well, this lead into a great discussion because we all have a common definition between ourselves but never do we get insight from academics or others out of our area of study. and as commonly represented... the others had no clue. Another strange tangent that Wayne initialized was the story of the Luddites. I'd never heard of these strange folk. They supposedly use no technology . Well I looked into this shit on wikipedia and boom. They were an official group in England in the early 1800's who did not welcome the incoming revolution of mechanized equipment which would've been taking their jobs. They burned factories, mills, and even clashed with the British Army at one point. Presently Luddites are an unknown faction in the real world who do not rely on technology at all. Examples: Amish people. Again, excellent conversation and class discussion. Well, we got our groups in class today also. Me, Cole, and Wayne working on the project. With Wayne's free food antics and Cole's time management. we should be good.
The picture at the top of the page can be linked to http://alleghenysc.org/?p=1136
The sign is located on Route 66 just before you enter the Marienville Ranger District in the Allegheny National Forest.
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