First off, I would like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Vonnegut’s short video. It was short, sweet, and to

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Writing Assignment #2: Dear Future Husband Assignment Description: “Ever think of things to say to your future husband or wife? Write down a short letter to your future husband or wife letting them know the things you want to see in them, expect, and hope the future will be like with them!”   Photo Credit :Blushing […]

When I started reading over the old Western quotes, this one caught my eye. I feel  like back in the

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Let’s be honest. I would be happy with a vacation to anywhere tropical. I love the beach – in my

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To be completely honest, freshman move in day was one of the worst days of my life. Leaving my family,

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In 10 years, I will be 32 years old. At that age, I am a Physical Therapist, a wife, and

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 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ After becoming a cowboy, Dalton exclusively found Gabe hiding in Jon’s kennel, looking meticulously near other people, questioning the

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I felt alot better this week. Although there was alot of work to do, I felt I got it done

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Letter to myself: Dear 16 year old Carlee, I know you’re going through a crazy time right now. Figuring out

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#3 — Visual — Bucket list I’ve never really thought of a bucket list before, so this was pretty interesting.

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Long Distance This assignment had no directions so I kind of just went off of the example and created my

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First of all, I created my own assignment for the design department. I was googling all things Western as well

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Marlene owns a saloon in Puggville, a small town in Texas that has been mostly deserted until recently. She inherited The White Mule from her parents, who died in a tragic horse carriage accident. Now that the railroad is finished, all sorts of new folks have been showing up in her bar along with her few regulars. Business … Continue reading "Meet Marlene!"

I applied Kurt Vonnegut’s method to “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”  by Stephen Cane. Vonnegut states that a story always has three main parts: a beginning, a conflict, and a resolution. If you think about it, this is primarily true for most stories. I applied his method to Cane’s story because the story starts off […]

As an admirer of language, I have always been very appreciative of the different languages spoken around the world. While reading, “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” by Stephen Crane and “Ice Man” by Elmore Leonard, I especially noticed the different vocabulary found in both stories versus modern-day language. For example, if you look at Crane’s story, […]

So I’ve been reading a few of the suggested Old West Legends, Wisdom, insults and slang and I realized there is a lot more to Westerns than people think. If you asked me before this class what I thought the main themes of westerns are I would’ve said cowboys, gun fights, tumbleweed. After doing some … Continue reading "So You Think You Understand Westerns?"

My daily create! @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1480 pic.twitter.com/OSSdkDrgHz — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) January 28, 2016  

Like a good cowboy, a good hat just gets better as it gets older #morejohnwayne #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1479 pic.twitter.com/CTwZYEu241 — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) January 27, 2016

my poor attempt at a John Wayne selfie, can you see the resemblance? @ds106dc #tdc1477 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/uynMBYi6go — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) January 24, 2016

Life is a journey, hold on tight and ENJOY the ride #wordsof wisdom #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1474 @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/s1G9n6oavf — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) January 21, 2016

50 Shades of Blue? #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1473 pic.twitter.com/fgqxUIRek8 — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) January 21, 2016

My attempt at my first daily create! Tried to make my own GIF @ds106dc @phb256 #western106 #ds106 #tdc1472 pic.twitter.com/b6aULaLmYd — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) January 19, 2016

Week two was a fun week of assignments. I really enjoyed doing the daily creates and the three different assignments. I liked how I was able to choose what I wanted to do instead of being told what specific assignment to complete. I feel that this made them more engaging because I was able to … Continue reading Week Two: 1/22/16

I like to consider myself one that is good with technology, well I liked to think that. After this week tho, my knowledge was tested. Setting up my domain was pretty easy, as well as my blog but it took me forever to try and figure out how to publish my blog and get my … Continue reading Week One: 1/15/16

The day was July 10th 1890. Wyoming was admitted as the 44th state to the US, but “The barber” was born that same day. His name was Gus Lee. His father was a cowboy and the mother was a prostitute. After he was born the mother settled down in a little town. The father went […]

Wow, it’s been three weeks since I started this crazy rodeo and I feel like I have done/learned so much! This week was literally “writing the rodeo”! I love writing and I love creative writing at that so this week was pretty fun for me! Below you’ll be able to see everything I created this … Continue reading Weekly Summary 1/22 – 1/29

So in 10 years you will be 30. Yes, 30. Scary. I hope by now you have your MBA and have started your dream job with the FBI. I also hope you are married and have the dream house to go with your dream car (350z) you just bought. Of course in 10 years you […]

For this writing assignment, I decided to go with the Wiki Game; it seemed like a fun little assignment, and

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I enjoyed the video by Vonnegut, and applied his method to the first story I read this week, which was

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