2 class intors

                                                                   Intro 1

      there are three type of students to look out for when taking martial arts. The Model student the one that never lets it go to his head, is humble, and wants to learn. Then there is the Doesnt care student. He is the one that comes to class for something to do and mess around and doesnt have passion for it. The last and the one i hate the most is the Ill Beat Anyone I Go Skill type. The one that thinks because he know martial arts he will never lose there is no one that can beat him.

                                                                   Intro 2

      Guys we all know the three types girl friends out there. There is the Clingy one that want to be with you every hour of every day and you cant talk to anyone but them. There is the users the ones that want you for money or rides to places. The ones that only like you for what you can do for them. There is also The One it is the girl everyone wants to find. Your true love likes you for you and wants a relationship. 

reaction to causes

      wow she hit the nail on the head with the three different guys there are. i love how she used some imagery and also compared them to animals. It was very interesting and entertaining to read. Made me remember the research i did on relationships in high school. I never though of being able to seperate a lot of these topics into three different groups let alone be able to tell a story on each one. I could tell by reading the samples i had my work cut out for me. It made me sit down and think about what to write.
      It took me a little time and many try's to get at least one piece i could work with. I think my peice is good but reading all of these other papers makes mine feel a little less grand and not worth reading. Also it gave me a goal to strive for in the future to be able to write in that sense. It was very awesome to read other peoples way of writing.

meta graph

     When i was writing about real life research and listening to music of and anime amv it distracted me. my mind wondered to the new episode of Naruto that was going to come out or watching some more Bleach. Also the music was making me want to write another poem and try to understand how stupid you have to be to fall for the same smuck over and over again before you learn. That's where i tried to stop my mind from going into a rant on how idiotic guys and also the stupid girls are to either treat people the way they do or like being treated they way they are. how many times do i have to wast my breath on ignorant people that just want to bitch. If you hate being treated like that screw him or her find someone else. and my rant continued well after i finished the graff. Trying not to type what i was thinking ontop of writing what i wanted to put was hard. I had to re write my paper a few time and edit the swearing and idiotcracy of my rant to make and appropriate paper.

3 category

      The gamer is ma by the one type of guys that make girls want to break every piece of electronic items that their boy owns like the xbox and so on. There are three type of gamer's and its sad to say im in one of those categories. The love to game but girls are better. The gaming is better then going out. The last and worse group in the gaming is better then anything. sad to say i belong in group one.
      The type of guy that girls can tolerate because they would rather be with a girl then to play games is group one.  The guys if they have nothing planned or dont have a girl friend will sit there and play their games all day. On the other hand if they had someone or plans they would do those instead of playing games. In group one like my self i play the games to pass time now that im in school and work on top of having a girl friend i dont have time for games. Do i still want to play a game and cure my craving for them? Thats easy to answer yes.
      This is where i stop understanding guys and gamers who are like this. When you like games more then spending time with friends or getting out of the house it worries me. When you would rather get a 5.0 kill death ratio in modern warfair 3 then go to the movies or hang out with friends. I get a little worried. This is the category that girls can tolerate but they would rather not have this group.
      Finally the gamer that makes me no want to play video games in the group that thinks gaming is better hen anything at all. My friend is one of those. I got him a girl friend and he said sweet and went right back to gaming instead of saying can i meet her. I was worried. his girl i brought over was on my scale a 9 our of ten and thats hot. He didnt even look twice at the women that just walked into the room. He said and i quote "Dude, i cannot believe i just got that kill he is so mad. oo hey who is this?" my jaw hit the floor he didnt even see her enter the room and thats all he can say is who is this? This is the type of gamer i would never want my sister or family members or enemies to have.
      So when and i hope not if i fall into another category then the one im in. Please for my sake and my girl friends sake break my xbox. These are the three type of gamers i see all of the time. Im in the first group and hope to never fall into the other groups.

5 graff

      There are lots of reasons i joined martial arts to begin with. It wasn't a whim like when i tried out for football. I was always watching movies with people like Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan, And Jet Lee. I wanted to meet them and learn some of their qualities. When i saw how they all had great self esteem and confidence i wanted to gained some of that myself. I thought martial arts would teach me a lot about myself and also teach me how to hold my head high. This was my first reason for getting into martial arts. Another reason was I wanted to learn how to defend the people i love with and without violence. Another reason was I have a lot of fears also like when i see spiders. I know this is funny but i want to overcome those fears and be courageous. I thought martial arts would help lead me to build the adaptation or courage so i could have some. I was on a mission to achieve it. So i loved it when were able to grapple or spar in my judo and jue-jitsu class. I was really good at grappling to the point where they always put me against my sensi.

      What i wanted to be the first thing i accomplish was holding my head high and having good self esteem. When i fist started the class my teacher or sensi made a few rules very clear. There is no such thing as i cant do this. He didn't want us to use the word cant. We also were not aloud top beat our self's up with negativity. We had every right to hold out heads high and be all we can be. We are all unique. He not only preached this and drilled it into my head, but every time i would go against the rules i had to do bear crawls and workouts. this action and also being told im the only one that can judge myself helped me gaine what i wanted and that is self confidence. 

      When i look and see all of the fighting not only in movies but my friends and family getting into fights and i cant do anything about it. It makes me mad and frustrated to the point where i wanted to learn how to defend myself and the ones i love with and without violence. My sensi taught us both the non combative versions of throws and the combative style throw. He would go over different scenarios and how to not only avoid them but if it happened, how to defend it. My favorite exersize was whats called round robin. It was where i would stand in the middle surrounded my people with guns, knifes, and other weapons with my eyes closed. Then he would send one person at me and say go i would only have a second to react to find the enemy and disarm them. This not only made me feel like i could defend the ones i love, it gave me the skills i needed to defend them. 

      After i accomplish two of my goals all that was left was to over come some of my fears if not all of them. When i asked my sensi to help me with over coming my fears he helped me in a weird way. i said i was afraid of the dark and he showed me a path i could take home that was safe after class but dark. After walking that path home after class every night i got accustomed to the dark and was no longer afraid of it. i always wanted to learn how to do a back hand spring but was to scared to fall on my head. he showend me what to do and then he said do it. I learned how to flip in one day. the only fear i was not able to shake was spiders i hate them with every fiber of my being. In a sence i accomplished my goals.

      When i think back to how i would act before i did martial arts and the qualities i have always wanted it feels like a dream. I would always either get a ride home or sprint because i was scared of the dark now i just stroll home. I go to school with my head held high and dont care what people think about. i also am able to defend myself and others. It all adds into what i went through martial arts. It may of taken me over four years of throws grappling and dedication to class. In the long run when i see someone start to swing at my friends i can defend them. i can walk in the dark. i also can keep my head high. Im glad i took martial arts. 

research plan

     I plan on searching any and all sites. That includes travel sites and prices for flights and so on. I think i will be running into a lot of problems of getting sites that dont have any information on what i need because a word some wear on the site says Ireland or Irish. I plan on calling my friend to get some information along with the internet and ma by a couple of books from the library. i think i will have to be careful of the information i get and verify it through other websites to make sure its true. i might find one of the sites that can answer most if not all of my questions which means i would have to edit hem. I want to visit when i can graduate college so i need to find out how much i need to save. There is a lot of work involved not only web sites but talking to people who have visited and what would they recommend. My plan involves a lot of internet searching.

What i Know

How do i travel to Ireland?
I know I can get there on a plane and fly there what i really want to know is if i can take a ship over there and enjoy all im missing in the sky. If its not a cruiz ship it might be a long long trip to the point where i would just fly.


 Where do i stay in Ireland?
I know there is little cottages called hostels i think. I think i might find some american hotels or places run from the locals that i can stay at. Im thinking there are places that get you a group of people that go to pubs and site seeing eith you its not only a way to meet people but a way to have fun.


What kind of tours do i go on?
I know there is historical tours. My friend said there were group tours where you go pub hopping. Also i think there would be tours where you get to get your hands dirty and help people with their jobs over in Ireland.

What is there to do as a tourist?
Besides buying Items to take home and going to the pub. I would like to know if there were items or a day you can spend learning a trade over in Ireland and be able to help make beer or work on a farm.

Do I take a plane or ship?
I know i can take a plane over there. I dont know if i could take a ship over there if it wasn't a cruiz ship. there might be a cruiz ship that stays in port long enough to explore.


Do i stay in a hotel?
I know they have a hotel over there. I think there is hostels little houses with other people that go in groups to site see and pubs and have fun.


Is there information tours?
There is informational tours about some of the history of Ireland. There is a site seeing tour with information on natural wonders.

Is there site seeing tours?
Yes there is a few of them depends on what area you want to go see.

Can i go to pubs or visit historical sites?
I know im old enough over there to go to a pub. Thats what i have herd. there might be a castle or something i can visit.,

Is there event that would be cool to see?
Im hoping there is sporting events over there i can go see. might be someone trying to out drink someone else. is there any special places that are not often visited i could find.

outro

      Wow! Amazing! it finally happened to me and it was due to the hard work an effort i put into my goals. At first it was tough because i was wondering how long it would take to adapt to myself all of the qualities i wanted. Then through determination and effort i managed to make them mine. Weither i was trying to break my fear of spiders and fighting or trying to have some confidence in myself. I can say without a doubt that everything i have tried to do to grasp these adaptations martial arts helped me. It put me out of my comfort zone and made me realize i can do what ever i put my mind to. Those movies i found out were not just acting the aspects i admired and respected and wanted for myself were not out of reach. All i had to do was put my best foot forward and make it happen.

Intros 2

                                                                        Intro 1


      There are lots of reasons i joined martial arts to begin with. It wasn't a whim like when i tried out for football. I was always watching movies with people like Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan, And Jet Lee. I wanted to meet them and learn some of their qualities. I wanted to learn how to defend the people i love with and without violence. So i loved in when were able to grapple or spar in my judo and jue-jitsu class. I was really good at grappling to the point where they always put me against my sensi. When i saw how they all had great self esteem and confidence i wanted to gained some of that myself. Martial arts taught me a lot about myself and also taught me how to hold my head high. I have a lot of fears also like when i see spiders. I know this is funny but i want to overcome those fears and be courageous. I thought martial arts would help lead me to build the adaptation or courage so i could have some. I was on a mission to achieve it. I look at my goal when im in class and it drives me to work harder and push myself to get to the next level.


                                                              Intro 2
     Why are martial artist so courageous? How are they able to defend the ones they love? How do they hold their head so high with confidence? Its amazing how many questions i can have for one topic. I wanted to be able to adapt these aspects of what i saw in movies and fights and be able to live them myself. I wanted to be able to use it for defense and nothing else so i could protect the ones that i love. I wanted to be able to walk with my head held high and have great self esteem. There is something i have always wanted also to be courageous and over come my fears. There are many reasons i want to develop these qualities and make them my own. The only way i saw myself seceding in doing this was to start martial arts.

Reaction to Cause

      There are many things to write about and many ways to write about one thing. I like that aspect of writing. Its not like math where there is some problems that there is one way to do it. It was really surprising how people could find the one that they are meant to be with and mess it up by not being honest, being selfish, and also scared. I have writing a lot of poetry on the subject and to see how wall that the graf was put together makes me learn how to format and write better. There are a lot of different type of writings like putting yourself in the writing and seeing the irony of following someone around and never sticking with something. Everyone is special so it is interesting to read about someone doing everything as someone else. Skating, Dance, and gymnastics and never finding something you want to do yourself is frustrating to read. All of the cause essays i read gave me and idea of what to expect with writing. Different intros and formats. Explaining how things happen and involve the reader with imagery and and make them feel like they were there in person. There were a lot of grafs that i wanted to talk to the person and give them advice and what not to do. They definatly succeeded in pulling me into the piece they were writing. That gave me a gole on how i wish to be able to write in the future.

Intro's

                                                                  Intro 1

       I was watching was younger i always like fighting movies and also liked to watch fights. My favorite martial artist though he is dead now is Bruce Lee. I have always wanted to learn to defend myself. I cant say i didn't at the time want to use the skills to hurt my enemies. Watching Bruce Lee and all the other martial artist i noticed when they learn there perspective art forms that they hold their head higher. That they have more confidence. I also noticed they always stopped the bad guys with fighting as a last resort. It is something that i have always become passionate about and be like them. Courageous, skilled, able to protect the ones i love, and also have more self confidence.


                                                                  Intro 2
   

I once read a quote from Bruce Lee that stuck with me. "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it." It was a lesson i thought he learned from martial arts. There have been a lot of other martial artists that have had amazing sayings and i have always wanted to be one of them. I wanted to be able to make peace with my enemies, without fighting if i could manage. Always wanted to be the knight on a white horse to save the ones i love. Also be able to stand tall, with head high and not care what people think of me and be myself. I think thats why the attitude and the impression of the warrior or the martial artists makes me want to become one.

Place graf

     When i went to a flea market in Colorado it astounded me how people could just clean out a basement of junk and make money off it. When i was walking around i found a very nice shop that had swords and knifes. When i got my fill of the weapon shop i went to the shop next door and my jaw dropped. It looked like a tornado went through a trailer park and just had everything thrown all over the place. Most of the items he had i couldn't even tell what they were. The thing that boggled my mind was not the mess it was the simple fact that people were buying trash for money. There was a broken army children set that had sharp edges from where it was stepped on. Someone grabbed it and said "how much for this awesome toy?" All i have to say is that man was making money off of nothing and trash and it baffled me. There were a mixture of nice shops and tornado shops as i started to call them. To this day im still at awe that it even happened and i witnessed it.

research history

      When i was going through high school i noticed a trend that sparked my interest.  All of my friends fell into the same category. When i look at all the relationships in school it is based on looks not personality. Most of the people want the bad boy type. They like being cheated on and hurt. I wanted to know why they developed that habit. So my first step i decided to do was talk to my friends and ask them why they deal with idiot men. They would always say "i don't know and i wont give him a second chance." Then  less then a day later they are holding hands and kissing. It was a delema i wanted to solve and find out why. I did a servay and recorded my friends answers. What is your parents relationship like that you have seen? This amazed me they act just like there parents do. They look for a relationship like their parents and feel comfortable with it. So i asked myself if it was a trend for kids to act like their parents and to take their habits with them into life. I looked at a few statistic web sites that almost 100% of children take after their parents. It may have taken a couple weeks of me looking but i finally found my answer as to why kids have relationship habits. Its habits developed from watching their parents.

Why

      When I look into why I want to write about and also eventually visit Ireland its not hard to tell. I like to travel a lot. I think that Ireland will either quench my drive and desire for travel or make it worse to the point where I have to see the world. Watching all of the movies and also learning about different cultures in history class. It all adds to one dramatic venue I like to travel and need to travel to Ireland.

How do i travel to Ireland?

 Where do i stay in Ireland?

What kind of tours do i go on?

What is there to do as a tourist?

Do I take a plane or ship?

Do i stay in a hotel?

Is there information tours?

Is there site seeing tours?

Can i go to pubs or visit historical sites?

Is there event that would be cool to see?

Person

       Have you ever had that one person that changes how he acts with certain people that you get whiplash? Its like a constant neck pain talking to this person. He says you can vent to me and i wont tell anyone and sped the news like a wildfire on gasoline. He has to be happy one second mad the next and spaced out all wrapped into one second of the day. One example of what he does is he will be sitting at the table eating food with me and then one second later hit the table pissed. I would ask "what is wrong Joe now?" He would answer with "I just remember that man the other day tried to fight me." Wait here is the kicker one more second and he looks of into space and become a space cadet. After like the fifth time of dealing with this i lost my temper and said Joe your giving me whiplash with your constant mood swings in less then a minute. Stop breath and wait to change so i don't have to go to the doctor. Lets just say since then he has never alk nor sat with me for meal. He has changed to annoying other people. Part of me is sorry i said that while the other is jumping from a airplane with a parachute yelling "YOLO finally."

object

Well i have moved a lot in my life and i have had to get rid of a lot of my property. I have really never been a materialistic person. The one item i can say that has a lot of meaning to me would be what my brother did want. It was a game boy color my dad sent to us. He sent one to me that got broken by my mom and then my brothers. He was going to get rid of it and i said no i want it. I dont have a lot of things from my dad due to the fact that him and my mom were divorced and my brother knew it wasnt his dad so he didnt want it. When i look at the gameboy even though i do not play it anymore. I cant get rid of the one thing that kept me thinking of my dad and trying to find him. Everytime i would get discouraged and not want to go on i would pull that system out and start to play it and it would make me happy. I have been looking for my dad and his side of the family for over ten years. When i was thinking about giving up or driving up to the last address my dad had. When i moved to california i was thinking about trying to get a car and driving to maine to see my dad if i could find him. When the best thing ever happened to me. My aunt called me and said is this Brandon. I felt like i was in a dream. She said we have been looking for you for over ten years and we finally found a way to contact you. I looked at my gameboy that was from my dad and was saying thank you. I quite my job that day and was on a plane to Maine that night. I dont think i will ever get rid of the system due to the fact that i found my family and are with them right now.

Background re writen

      When I was going through high school i liked to travel a lot. I moved and lived on my own in many places. I lived in Washington state. I traveled to Maine every summer till fifth grade. I visited a lot of family in Ohio. When i was going through High school i seemed to like to get away and visit different places. What i really never seem to be able to fill was my love of travel so I wanted to see if visiting Ireland would quench my longing for adventure.  When i graduated from high school i worked a lot and visited all over Colorado. Pueblo, Canyon city, Woodland park, Old Colorado city, and Manitu were a few i liked. Then my friend moved to California and his parents let me come with them to get a fresh start.
      I remember in my senior year there was a fad going around where people would act Irish and use the voice and green was every wear. I guess when i came to school with a tattoo they thought i went to far with that interest.  I got one that says Irish in old English. I dont know what really made me want to go to Ireland to be honest. I like the idea of getting away from all of the electronics and getting to a place where hardworking careing about family matters and seeing how they survive without all that we have. Its interesting to me because i want to be able to be that hard working and family binding. There is a whole difference in life style that it makes me want to learn about it and visit. I dont really know much about Ireland except for family ties and hard working different culture ,but the funny thing is i cant stop thinking about it and wanting to visit. Its weird there really isnt much that peaks my interest that i am willing to research and write about except visiting Ireland.  Well if I am thinking back to when i first thought about going to Ireland is when my friend in middle school told me about it.  Different rules, Customs, Beliefs, lifestyle wake up call as he said it.  He really didnt care about anything at the time but the drinking age and rules. I cant remember that far back but it was talking to him when he came back from his visit that sparked my interest.
      The only thing I cant seem to remember is my heritage and relitives i had from my Irish roots. When I found out that I had Irish in me even if it was a little I was proud of it. As they said broud eirknock means pride of the Irish. when i got into high school I was trying to save up money because i knew it would cost a lot to visit Ireland. It didnt work out to what i planned because of things i needed for school and all of the Ireland items i found i started to collect them. So i got a lot of shirts and celtic music.

Reaction to isearch examples

         When I read some of the examples of the I-search papers it made me realize that this is going to take a lot of time and work to get it don't in a way that not only makes me proud and happy to have written it but also gets me a good grade. When I see how much they already knew about their topics it makes me want to change my topic but in the same aspect it makes me want to tackle the challenge. It is a place i would like to visit so it will make me more keen to look into it and get the information I need. I hate to admit it I was thinking this would be a 5 paragraphs essay not what the examples show. It is a change but i like a challenge and doing new things. Natural birth sounds very painful to me and also building for weightlifting would be a workout in it self building it for me. I'm a twig i break when the wind blows. I can tell i got my work cut out for me. It also gave me a base for what to build on and what i have to do to make a great piece of work i can put my name on proudly and not worry about someone else being able to put their name on it.

Topic/Ideas re edited and re written

When I run through the list in my head of the topics that is when the big bad judge comes and hinders my thoughts. I want to write about visiting Ireland. I guess the questions now becomes what about visiting Ireland? Do I want to put places I want to visit? How I will get there and where will I stay? How much will it cost? When im thinking of what to right im still judgeing about how people will react to the writing. I know it is my paper but i want it to be interesting. There is a lot I can also do on the flip side. I can look up distant family members. I can also ask my friends who have visited if they have any interesting stories they could tell me. It will be a lot of work to do this paper but in the long run it will teach me not to let the evil judge in me head take away all of my ides before I even try them.