Local Spaces

Since my first public space isn't located with in a reasonable driving distance I decided to pick one a bit closer. I'm choosing a country club which I spend a lot of time, the Vaquero Country Club in Westlake, TX. I chose this space because I do spend a lot of time there but I also enjoy the atmosphere. It's a has a strong Texan, southwestern feel to it.

I have not decided yet when I'll have time to observe this space. I'm going to have to move some things around but hopefully I'll be going up there sometime on Friday and then maybe on Sunday as well for their Super Bowl Party.

As I said the space is heavy in southwestern culture. It has a very laid back attitude and the decor is very comfortable and relaxing. It is a country club so it is obviously part of a golf course so golf has a strong influence on a lot of things that go on. Most of the people who live there enjoy golf at least recreational. I look forward to really observing in more detail about what go on in the club. I'm thinking I'll probably learn quite more about how people interact with each other.

Local Spaces

Local spaces in my community... hmm there are so many. One of my favorite places is a little hotel that my coach's wife runs in Bormio, Italy. It looks like an average northern Italian style building. Wood, stucco, copper and anything else that one might associate with northern Italy. It is right outside of a ski resort and it's located at the base of the main mountain.

I think one of the reasons I consider this part of my community is because I ski, and this particular place is very intertwined with the history of skiing. I love this hotel/ restaurant because it is one of the only places in the world where I can forget about everything else and just relax. I can get away from the rest of the world and be who I want to be. Not who coaches, sponsors, or professors want me to be.

Pathos, Ethos, Logo's Example

My example of Pathos is a picture of a cemetery and throughout the entire picture as far as the eye can see is white crosses, burial sites. Except in one small patch of grass there is a circle where there is no crosses. and overlaid in this area are the words "non smoking area." It is an emotional argument to try and get people to quick smoking. If is signifying that people who do not smoke will not die as soon. This certainly should open people’s eyes to the subject of smoking and how it is bad for your health.

Chapter 1

What I found suprising in chapter one was how it reshaped my view on arguments. Before I thought that an argument was a disagreement that always ended in some sort of fight. Well that is clearly not the case. Like the example of an agrument to inform. Who knew a street sign could be considered an argument? In fact an agrument is just simply discovering a truth, and a street sign definitly helps someone discover a truth.

An agrument to convince also suprised me. When ever I am trying to convince someone of something I am always thinking of the other persons comeback. Yet I never actually thought that I was doing that. Sure enough when ever I am persuading or convincing someone I am thinking of their opinion and shaping my side to counter act what they might have to say. And that is an argument too.

Even though the first chapter was the author trying to convince me that everything was an argument, I still wasn't fully convinced. Sure he made some good points and it opended my eyes to a new view of arguments but there are somethings that were just a little to much of a strech. such as an argument to explore? I mean yes I can see how exploring a subject can have a lot of sides but it just didn't fit into my newly opened definition of an argument. Exploring anything to me would be considered more of research than arguing. When do you see doctors exploring new ways to fight cancer and they are arguing with themselves or someone else about their new research. How funny would that be to see a doctory yelling at a Petrie Dish? "you darn cancer cells stop arguing with me!" haha

More Intro

I forgot to add the last part of the question to my blog, so here it is!

I'm not really sure what kind of argument my blog is making? I guess I am making an argument that I consider myself from two diferent places and not just one? Or that people at TCU are sterotyped, and I don't think they should be. I also believe that I am making an argument that I will do well in this course because I did the assignment as assigned?

I also have read and understand the terms of the course syllabus.

Introduction

What up, My name is Mark Brown. I grew up in Grapevine/Southlake Texas. I went to Grapevine High School. During high school I split my time between Texas and Colorado. So I also consider myself from Colorado as well. I am currently a Junior here at TCU. I am double majoring in Accounting and Entreprenurial Managment.

I am taking this course obviously for the required credit, but I would also like to work on my general writing skills. I have a tendency to be a terrible speller and I would definitly like to work on that.

Most of the writing I do is in Emails or over the internet on websites and for school work. I don't really feel anything about my writing because usually I'm in so much of a hurry to get it done I don't have time to think about it. I suppose the course will help me feel a tad better about my writing and I hope to enjoy writing more when it is over.

As I said above I am from Texas and Colorado. Right now my current residence is in the Grandmarc across the street from campus. I also still live in Colorado on many weekends and a lot throughout the winter. I have a house in Telluride, Colorado and a few apartments with friends throughout Colorado. I am not a huge fan of Texas, I love the people here but I hate the weather. So I usually associate myself more with Colorado. Saying I go to TCU always gets an interesting reaction from people. A lot of people, esp from the westcoast (where I spend a lot of time) think that TCU is full of a bunch of farm boys who like to shoot things. Even though that is true to an extent I usually try and tell them that TCU is pretty diverse although the majority of people are from Texas and in greek life.