shadow poem

I Became A Tourguide

If a man would have not been born to have the aggression of a fighter,
to cross hidden paths with a women with the spirit of a dove,
who would finally meet to be love at first sight,
I would have not been there to step into that kitchen that had been under a long construction process,
to see a man measuring cabinet dimensions,
who introduced himself and told me about, his daughter, who is my age, applying to be a tourguide and gave me the date to show up for the interview,
I said, "okay",
and if I would not have gone on that vacation,
which helped me redefine my dreams again where my dad and I were left flightless for over seven busy days of homework and training passing,
and if I would not have returned home to be engraved into a textbook like a frantic lunatic,
to settle my mind with the done grades and acceptance,
I would have never traveled everyday as enlightened as all my travels to meet people wise people and frustrating people,
to gain the confidence I can be sure about,
I would never have found what I was looking for in my faith,
to love God unflinchingly,
to read the signs that could slap me in the face,
to ponder about what God has in store for me,
I would have never wanted to be here resting in my healthy skin, in my nurturing home,
studying for school and excited to learn and thinking about all the possibilities my future has in store.

The Five Fortunes of Technology:

One of the lives

One of the lives
a shadow poem by ... wouldnt you like to know


If I had not suddenly decided
on a breezy spring day
to leave that house and all its contents
so to make something else of a life
not knowing exactly what I was doing
only where I was going
and if a little girl with no water had not asked of her neighbor
please may I shower she would have never
have met the kind woman with two children
who would later bring her in as her own
until that little girl's brother, also with two children
would bring her in as his own
and if my mother had not had a fear of flying and
instead drove to Alaska with only herself
and if my father had not met her and made me
only to leave not of will
and die twelve years later
for the same reason he left
or if my mother had not decided
her children needed more room to grow
so that she would move out to Big Lake after breaking her back
where she would live without the basic necessities
for many years afterward trying only to make us happy with room
but only making it hard
in turn driving her as crazy as us
and if I had not had the guts to take that risk
whether or not my guilt over whelmed me
but knowing that staying would be my demise
not for material reasons but for the sake of my own emotional well being
and if my brother had not had the same hurtful experiences
that would make him sympathize with us as well as rise above them
I would have never began working at Walmart during the summer
before attending a new school
and if I wasn't assigned as People Greeter
where I would struggle my first day trying to hand out carts
and a handsome young cart pusher that gave me an incredibly wrong first impression
hadn't been so eager to help
then I never would have given him a chance
nor would I have found that he was really as sincere as he seemed
and I would never have fallen in love

shadow poem yo!

"A Few Small Accidents"

If the young basketball star had not been hurt
before state and forced to stay homewith the budding lab student and so got
married because of a little accident who is my uncle
who went off on a scholarship to the frozen north
and if he had not inspired the second accident to follow
to the future she would not have met a man of the mountain
who would not have been there if he had not been running away from a home full of expectations and neglect
and if they had not woken up in the same bed one morning
and if he had not of been afraid to say three small words back to my mother
if he had not left for spring break to visit his family with no physical contact
he would not have returned to a woman full of expectations
and if he had not refrained from speaking to her for weeks after wards
she would not have told it like it was and
if he had would not marry her now she'd go find someone else
and if they had not been married they never would have ended up in a love for the ages
of which my father's parents did not approve of my polish mother
and if they had approved of her they would not have been forced to move to a small town
and if i had not been born in the small sheltered town in upper peninsula Michigan
where my mothers parents lived
my now old basketball star grandfather might not have ended my grandmother's career
and made her marry him and if he had not have divorced her after her year long battle with cancer
my mother and father would not have needed to escape back to the frozen north
and if my sister and I had not grown up exposed to less hostile things we would not have had greater opportunities and so inspired me to become an anthropologist
and lead me to never think about relationships or hurt
of which I gave my heart away too readily to an east boy who then left me broken and
if I had not turned to volleyball which became everything
I would not have been shocked when the volleyball team left me behind
I would not have turned away from the world who left me with nothing for so long
and if I had not have been so lost I would not have left Dylan behind
and if he had not have made being with him so unbearable
I never would have been forced to look for someone new who I might not have found
during Mr.Miller's AK studies class
where I might not have lost myself in new feelings
with someone who can fulfill my dreams and
wants to live stronger than my parents and grow like their love has.

Code of Ethics yo!

How should you act on the internet, in seven steps?
1.) You should respect yourself and all others; whether you like or dislike them.
2.) You should keep your privacy in mind as well as everyone else's.
3.) You should remember the internet is for everyone; anything you've done can be seen by others.
4.) You should think before you post anything.
5.) You should refrain from piracy in all forms.
6.) You should be who you are; if you can't be yourself online you should not be there.
7.) You should take responsibility for your actions and all consequences attached to them.

Code of Ethics

Bulletted Ethics
* One shouldn't invade peoples privacy through the use of technology
* Everyone should abide by rules on websites
* One should not attempt to harm or discourage others through the use of technology
* Everyone should keep their personal information safe from "internet thugs"
* One should not do anything to a person online that they wouldn't do in person
*Everyone should use their technologies assist others when needed
* One should not claim information of the internet as their own (unless it truly is theirs)
*Everyone should report all people with false identities and people who have tried to scam them

Ethics Statements
Privacy- People should respect peoples privacy and keep their own personal information kept hidden from the public
Property- Everyone should not mess around with other people's belongings and keep their own safe from others.
Appropriate Use- Users of websites or services should follow all rules and regulations that there may be.

Ethics Sceneario
Privacy- When sitting at a restaurant you should not pull out your phone and talk about stuff people really don't want to hear about. Such as personal information with your doctor, plans for the week, or anything along those lines. This is very unethical because not only is it a disturbance to the others around you, but now they know a lot about you from eavesdropping and they know your week's plans.
Property- While writing an essay and you get stuck never go online and steal someone Else's essay that they worked hard on. This is taking credit away from the person who actually deserved it and its falsifying information. This is unethical because he is taking someone work away from them and they didn't work on it just for it to be stolen.
Appropriate Use- When actively using a service or website that requires personal information, it is not fine to lie about age or information that is required. This is unethical because people will believe someone you are not and you are creating a false identity.

Broad Ethic Statement
Individuals should act ethically according to how they would want others to.

shadow poem

Digital Comp, Shadow Poem

If my great uncle not been at bat in the field of the Little League World Series by a twelve-year-old boy whose mother

had a cottage up above the hill in Williamsport Pennsylvannia

to raise her eight sons and five daughters in the thirties

and see them all disperse across the United States

as she watched her husband grapple with gang green and if his doctor

whom eventually amputated the festering leg had not given a lethal dose to their grandmother

whom quilted and left a wealth of worldly possessions had not had a friend lawyer

and if my aunt hadn't squabbled with each greedy grandchild

as they hired their own representation across a busy intersection of drug deals

down the street from law firms where my cousin Sean bought

and if his sister had not gone to the church where my mother and her sister were baptized

where they learned a belief system from a man who murdered his wife

down the street in an alley and if that alley was not a playground with a see-saw

my uncle's buddy crafted with one normal looking eye and the other with a cat's pupil

from a bb gun bullet shot by a neighborhood friend who joined the Air Force

with no intentions of re-enlisting and if he had not stayed active duty

and moved to North Carolina where he spent time at the beach

so he could relax and if he had not stepped on my father buried

beneath the sand in Hawaiian trunks and showed him my family's photo album

I would not have found myself removed from rays of sunshine eight months

out of the year and if the bitterness of winter kept me

inside the depths of my heated house looking up at the eighties starburst ceiling

accompanied by the warmth of a glowing fireplace

I would not have seen the glimmers of the aurora borealis

or the sparkle or shadow of snow

in Alaska