Another All About Me example

Don’t let the curls and pearls fool you, my passion for sports burns hotter than my curling iron.

Being crowned Miss California Teen in 2010 was a huge accomplishment: a symbol of hard work and perseverance.

With the title came a crown, banner, pride, responsibilities and stereotypes.

Day by day, I learned how to roll with the punches.

Although there’s just one punch that I cannot roll with … the assumption that I cannot tell the difference between a football and a baseball.

To be honest, I would rather spend my day at a sports game than the mall, beach or a gosh darn spa.

Most girls look forward to the fall because they get to update their wardrobe for a new school year, but not me.

Why do I look forward to fall?

I can answer that question in just three words: fantasy football draft.

I enjoy sports year round, but football season is my favorite season.

If one were to read this description of me, they would probably expect me to show up in what I wore yesterday, tennis shoes, an over-sized Madden T-shirt and greasy hair.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am about as girly as they get.

I take way too long to get ready, won’t leave the house until I accessorize and have a drawer full of makeup that just keeps on growing.

To be completely honest, the sportiest that I look is when I spend two hours to dress the part.

I may know how to wave like Miss America and strut like Tyra Banks, but I also scream louder than most guys during a football game.

Sure, I have worn many crowns, but I have also worn just as many sports jerseys.

I want people to know that I am far from your stereotypical pageant girl.

My DVR will forever contain pageants and sports games.

I also want world peace.

One more thing, go Saints

Word of the Week example

Vocabulary word

Bluster (N) – Loud, aggressive or indignant talk with little effect.

The two drunks were full of bluster as they argued over politics.

All About Me example

At 10 years old, my father solemnly told me, "I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you."

I held in my hands a yellow envelope with the stamped word, "confidential" on the front.

My father worked at the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington DC and I had asked him what the envelope contained.

His response proved to me how important and truly secret his work is.

He has done two tours overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Having to worry and wonder if my dad was surviving helped me build character and inspired me to learn more about his line of work and the war.

Although my father is a captain in the Navy, he is also an avid writer and public relations professional.

My dad originally inspired me to pursue journalism.

He has motivated me to practice writing everyday and has educated me about how imperative journalists are to a productive society.

When I doubt my ability to write well or succeed in journalism, he pushes me to reevaluate myself and have confidence.

Not only is he my father, he is my hero and one of my best friends.

I look up to him and aspire to be as bold, interesting and successful someday.

Although my father and I live 3,000 miles apart, he continues to influence and inspire me daily.

Welcome

Welcome to the 100W class blog for fall 2016. I will post information, writing examples and assignments on this blog throughout the semester for all of my 100W classes.