The Kind of Writer I am

The last line of this quote describes me as a writer.

I am slow to choose my words, but once you get me going I cannot stop. I have loved to write for years. I've been journaling every day since October 30th 2007. I enjoy writing short stories, poems, and day to day thoughts. Writing is the best way that I know how to express myself. I am a very emotional person and like finding the words to express emotions. I love unpacking poetry and seeing how other people use, manipulate and challenge language.

When it comes to academic writing, I am not a fan. There are too many rules and objectives for me. Most of the time I cannot put my voice into it. Word requirements. Research. I like writing for me and like constructive criticism, I don't like getting graded. I feel it takes the fun out of it. I like writing something and amazing people with the organization, the word choice and character development.

Documentaries I've watched lately

I recently purchased a Netflix subscription and have watched a lot of Documentaries. Here are some of the one of the ones that I enjoyed;

Black Fish 
My sister and I watched this documentary together and we found it so fascinating. The documentary was so well done and was told by previous Sea World trainers who worked with the animals. They were never made aware of the dangers and were blinded by the amazing job they had as young, animal loving people. The film did a great job of giving all of the background information on the incidents at past aquatic show stadiums and specifically Tilikum the whale's journey. Footage from his capture was shown, all the way up until the incident that occurred in 2010 where he killed Sea World Trainer Dawn Brancheau.

A light was also shed on how Sea World and their employees will tell the public that the killer whale life span is only 40 years or so, but in the wild they live over twice that. When kept in captivity, their top fin will become soft and flop over, where in the wile it never does this. Captivity affects they physically and emotionally. Especially Tilikum, who has been in captivity from the time he was two years old, the whales become aggravated and violent. 

I was glad to hear that Sea World is no longer going to capture killer whales and they will not be on advertisements for their company. After the whales that they have pass, they won't have anymore.

L.A. 92
After watching this documentary and realizing the significance of the events, I was startled that I had not known they happened. Everyone should watch this film.

I'm going to say early on that there were many times where I wanted to stop watching because I was very angry. The film did an amazing job gathering news converge, police radio, and film taken from the riots that broke out after the verdict in the Rodney King trial.

For me, the most impactful part was when the film showed people being dragged out of their cars and trucks at intersections and beaten. They were left in the middle of the road, bleeding. I had the heaviest feeling in my chest and was upset to see humans doing this to humans for no reason. These people were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Manhunt: Unabomber 
Whenever I wear a jacket with a hood my mom says that I look like the unabomber. I never knew who he was and obliviously assumed that he was not the nicest guy, but I didn't know the details.

This was a 8 part series on Netflix that was amazing. The actors were great and I liked how the events were arranged; there were flashbacks from the time of the bombings, and the trial. The film showed the FBI's process and then had flashbacks to Ted Kaczynski's childhood and college years.