#7 Open Topic

I don't really know where to get started. I don't have a lot of intersting topics to write about. Usually when I write a freewrite for 10 minutes it's to talk about what's going on in my life in my journal, but that isn't exactly what this class is for. I am taking a creative non-fiction class that also requires a blog, but I don't really post very much on it. I don't know what to think about creative non-fiction. I don't think you can be creative and write something that can be catergorized as non-fiction. What on earth can be creative about an actual event?

Anyway, that is one of the classes I'm taking that really confuses me, the other being grammar. I'm taking the basic grammar course, and it is mainly focused on the lingustic part of grammar instead of the actual rules. It can be really confusing, but so far it has been very enjoyable. The big snow storm has canceled classes for tomorrow, so we are going to be pretty far behind come wednesday in all my classes.

Oh, what about the affect that texting has on grammar? It was so interesting (to tie everything together) when in my creative non-fiction class a student wrote an entire piece with capitalization. The professor was confused, because it didn't match the piece that he had written. I can understand if the piece had been a reflection on texting or IMing, but the piece was completely unrelated. People don't even think it's weird anymore to see a person writing without any capital letters, but that is grammatically incorrect. Does that mean in a few decades they won't use capitalization like we do now? Will it be phased out over time as we slowly go more and more towards the technology version of works? It's an intersting topic, and a fun one to debate with friends. It's also interesting to follow your own typing and see if you find there are times outside of texting or IMing that you fall back into the habit of using incorrect grammar.