Response to Classmate Jenna Harvie's "Oddity- Family Licks," Week 5

First of all, extremely odd on your family's part, but definitely relate-able for most families. Second, I think you should expand upon this essay since "there's no place too inappropriate." Even though you provide some intimate moments when this greeting has occurred, I want to know the most inappropriate place this has happened to you or even someone you know. How old were you, and how did you react? Did you remain calm and collected or did you vacate the premises immediately? Has anyone besides yourself performed this greeting on your boyfriend? If so, what happened? Reflect a little here. Third, your "instructions" on how to perform the greeting are laid out with clarity with a reportage tone but with specific language choices to intrigue the reader to continue and imagine the greeting taking place. Lastly, I like the imagery you apply to the different experiences of licking your family members. You don't linger on the adjectives, but provide enough details to balance out the essay, keeping it clean and interesting with a sense of reality. You chose distinct physical feelings, smells, tastes that most people know or have experienced which allows your story to be relate-able to those with similar “traditions” and to those who know how a stubbed toe on concrete feels. 

Reportage, Week 5

As I walk into the 5x5 room, harsh fluorescent lights blind and cause my spine to tighten up like a rattle-snake whose sleep was disturbed. White walls with the fingerprints and shoe scuffs of previous patients jump out and scream the depressing reality of the MRI center. Behind the secretary’s make shift desk attached to a wall divider hangs a gallery of gaudy, 1930s prints of vases holding flowers and water pitchers. Colored primarily with pinks, purples, and gold, they look like pictures my great grandmother would hang over the toilet of her hall bathroom. I suppose they pair nicely with the green rug that holds hints of pink, blue, and purple—lovely combination. It looks as though a gay pride parade marched right through and threw their glitter in all directions. Of course, this ensemble of a waiting room would not be complete without the traditional, in your face, “look how amazing we are,” framed accomplishments of the office. Newspaper clippings from 2001, certificates of recognition from the 80s, a doctorate from 1991 line the wall across from the main line of $10 chairs seen at Big Lots, staring the next victim of the MRI machine in the face. 

Junkyard Quotes 1-4 Week 5

A few quotations heard at work this past Wednesday when MET (Merchandising Execution Team) came to the store to help with Spring Reset in Garden [I want to try and tie them in later on in terms of a "sex in the workplace" avenue.]

1. "Stacy, are you a Racetrac or a Quiktrip?"

2. "Her part time job is on top of an ambulance. Waaah!" 

3. "If you are going to quote me, I want recognition for my contribution in the workplace." -Ian Squires

4. At a grocery store: Tony and I walked past this young girl (probably about 4 or 5 years old) and her mother in the produce area. When she saw us, she turned to us, started shaking her hips, and yelled: "I'm sexy and I know it!"

Junkyard Quotes 1-4, Week 3

1. Me: "[My co-worker] is such a dumbass."
    Tony: "Yeah, what a dumbass." Turns to our 10-month-old son. "Can you say dumbass, Ashten?"
    Ashten starts crying and getting upset.
    Tony: "Ok, ok. You don't have to dumbass if you don't want to."

2. "She won't eat the chips without the cheese." - My mom in reference to feeding her dog tortilla chips and how she will not eat them without nacho cheese.

3. "Every girl at heart is a romp." - Lisa Crafton teaching the class about Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft

4. "It’s half-time, America. And our second half’s about to begin." – Super Bowl Advertisement featuring Clint Eastwood