What about me?

Well this is officially my third blog and I am surprised at how much I like it. I never really knew what blogging was or had any interest in doing it. But enough of my little introduction, here is a little about myself.

I was born and raised in Sparta, Wisconsin, which is 20 miles east of LaCrosse. It is a town of about 8,000 people and the town is known as the Bicycling Capital of America. I don’t really know what that means except that we have a pretty famous bike trail that a lot of out-of-towners come to ride on.

Heres a little bit about my schooling so far. I went to all of the public schools in Sparta from Kindergarten to 12th grade, obviously. Then I went to UW-Whitewater for two years and then transferred to UW-Madison this year. I definitely like it here more than at Whitewater. I guess the biggest reason for that is because there is absolutely nothing to do in Whitewater unless you are 21 and if you’re not the cops are complete assholes. This semester I am taking a Spanish class, an online Geology, Intermediate Composition (why I started blogging), a Math class, and Weather and Climate which is a total of 14 credits.

I enjoy pretty much all of the Badger sports. I got pretty lucky this year and got season tickets to football, mens hockey, and mens basketball. Mens hockey is the sport that I love going to the most. I just wish they would play up to their talent level (it seems like we always lose the games that we should win). And I know I am just making up excuses but we did lose our five leading scorers from last year. Anyways, this year my roommate, his girlfriend and I waited in line for hockey tickets for over 67 total hours. A lot of people complain about it (some have a good point) but I had a great time. The only thing I wish they allowed was blankets or sleeping bags. But on the nights that it got really cold, people brought blankets and they didn’t seem to care.

Right now I am living in a two bedroom place with my friend from Sparta named Lucas. We live on Livingston Street, which probably people who go to UW-Madison don’t even know where it is. It is on the other side of the Capital so I would guess it is a good two and a half miles to campus. This past week I just signed a lease for a one bedroom place on Main Street. I think it will be good place to live but I am so surprised how much people have to pay in Madison to get a semi-good apartment.

I have had four total jobs my whole life. My first job was working at the Sparta movie theater called Star Cinema. I worked there for over four years. Over those four years I worked in concessions, as an usher, and as a projectionist. I went through three different general managers during that time, some were cool some weren’t. My second job was working at a restaurant/bar in Sparta called The Greens. My mom runs The Greens so that means that I have pretty much done everything there. My favorite job would have to be bartending or cooking. When I went to UW-Whitewater I also worked at Target for a month. I would have to say that working at Target was and will probably be the worst job I have had. Nothing against Target, it is a lot better than Wal-Mart, I just don’t think that I like working as a stocker. Starting this semester, I am working at Chocolate Shop on State Street. So far I like it, but I have only worked two shifts.

Well I guess that is all for now. Catch you on the flip side.

What is rhetorics?

Well to tell you the truth I really didn't know what rhetoric is. I had heard about it before but never really found out what the actually definition was. I had pieced together that it maybe had something to do with persuasion and deception. And, obviously, as I look back I always remember rhetoric being associated with bad connotations.

I had to do some readings for my English 201 class (Silva Rhetoricae and James A. Herrick, "An Overview of Rhetoric") and to tell you the truth, I had no idea that rhetorics was so broad. I guess the biggest shock to me was that rhetorics are involved in almost all daily activities. It was just amazing to realize that rhetorics are a huge part of my life and I didn’t even know what the word meant. The biggest theme that came from the Silva Rhetoricae website was the line “how one says something conveys meaning as much as what one says”. Now that I am more aware of the power of rhetorics I will be able to safeguard and propel myself in the future.

FIRST BLOG EVER!!!!!

Hello all. This is the first time I have ever written on a blogging website. Actually this is the first time I have ever been on a blogging website. I was surprised at how easy it was to set up an account on blogger. I have created this weblog account because of my enrollment in English 201 at UW-Madison. During the course of this semester I will be writing about readings and maybe even throw in some stuff about me. Another way to contact me is through Facebook or my email at kraddatz@wisc.edu. Well I guess that is all for now, class is almost over. Catch you on the flipside.