Editing and the worst movie

Today we learned how to use Microsoft Word to edit a paper. We are going to look at someone's paper who is in the other class and use the proofing tools in word to edit their paper. I had never even used that tab before, but now I know what to do and how to use those tools. I am a little confused about the symbols on the paper we were given for proofreading because don't know what some of them mean.

The worst movie ever is the New World. It's a really boring movie, historically inaccurate, and it's mostly john smith watching pocahontas walk around in the woods.

Writing a Paragraph

Hydrothermal dolomite is generally interpreted to
have formed as a result of hot fluids related to hydrothermal
activity and/or burial alteration of limestones.
Many of these dolomites are known to host major
reserves of hydrocarbons, and many are also associated
with Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) Pb-Zn ore
deposits (Machel and Mountjoy, 1986; Leach and
Sangster, 1993). The Devonian and Mississippian
carbonates of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin yield
ca. 47% of the Basin's marketable gas reserves and ca.
69% of recoverable oil reserves. In these carbonates,
dolomitization, and in particular hydrothermal dolomitization,
plays a major role in the evolution of reservoir
porosity.

Geo web page

Today I created my own web page on the geology department site. I learned how to upload pictures, papers, and make them private or public. I liked how we got to learn the different ways to attach documents as a pdf or html.

I was a little frustrated because I forgot my password (every class I have makes us create like 3 new emails and blogs) and then I was behind in the lecture because I couldn't get onto my profile.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist and swim with dolphins. I guess I'm kinda close, being a science major, but I missed the boat into biology.

Web site and Food

Today we learned how to create our website on the geology home page at BYU. It is nice because I can save stuff I need on that page and see other's pages as well if they have useful information and cool picture from geology trips.

My favorite food is mashed potatoes and gravy. We always have them with our roast for holidays so the gravy is flavored with water from the roast and it is the best thing I have ever tasted :)

Scientific paper and superhero

Today I learned how to write a scientific paper and how it is different from a normal term paper that I have usually written. It includes an abstract, an introduction, a method section, a result section, a discussion section, and a conclusion section. We had a chance to create an abstract for a fairy tale.

If I had a superhero power, I would be able to fly so I could get everywhere I needed to easily and more fun.

My color

If I were a color I would be emerald green because that is my favorite color.

Writing Proposals, dream vacation

Writing proposals is a very important topic to understand in order to aquire funds needed to continue your education or get into a workshop to increase your experience or whatever you need to ask someone for. It was useful to have it explained to me instead of having to figure it out on my own when I needed to write a proposal. Hopefully this assignment will help me to be able to write a better proposal when I find the need to.

My dream vacation is a trip to Ireland where I would sit outside and paint the beautiful landscape. I will probably never go to Ireland, and if I did I wouldn't be able to paint very well.

How to Interview

A good interview calls for a few things to set you apart from the rest of the applicants. Something about you must be different and impressive as well as other atributes that can make or break the interview. You must look the part to be consiered for a job, dress nicely. I know now that I should show good people skills; have the ability to communicate effectively with others and get along with everyone. Not always is it the smartest person who gets the job, but the most prepared person with a good presentation. A good thing to do while interviewing is to ask the company questions, not just answer their questions for you.

My CV

Today in class I learned the difference between a CV and a resume. I have never put together a resume so this class should be helpful and interesting. It will be tricky to make an impressive resume when I am only a sophomore with little experience. It will also help me to realize what is important to accomplish throughout my educational experience so I can prepare now to have an impressive resume.

Last year my friends and I pulled a prank on some boys in our FHE group at night. We popped like 10 bags of popcorn (which broke our microwave) and put the popcorn in a trash bag. We sneaked over to their house and taped a different trash bag to the door frame. Then we poured the popcorn into that trash bag so it filled up the space between the door and the bag. We knocked on their door and ran off. We watched from a distance while the boys came to the door, the popcorn spilling into their house and onto their feet. They never knew it was us until the end of the semester when we told them before we moved away so they could not get us back.

microsoft and my scar

Today in class i learned how to use Microsoft 2007. I have been used to 2003 which does not have the handy toolbars and options that are in this version. At first I was really lost when it came to formating my papers, but now that I have had a tour of office 2007 I know my way around pretty well.

I don't have too many big scars, and my only big one is not a cool story. I was riding a bike in wal-mart and my foot slipped causing the pedal to scrape up my shin while I fell over the top of the bike. Now I have about an inch long scar on my leg. :)