Okay Coms 2 Students: for this blog, make a simple cause and effect argument about your upcoming plans for spring break, (using appropriate language, but some humor is cool)describing the group you will be hangin' with and why
.....Then, enter the critical Coms 5 students: Using appropriate language, but a bit of humor is ok, use a small groups vocab word to comment on anyone in coms 2 and their spring break posse.
I, as your unofficial blog-master and fellow communication scholar will be monitoring these comments and watching for:
1. Possible 10 points extra credit for really fun, creative and interactive bloggers.
2. Multiple postings.
3. Good times. Yeah, good times.......(cut to dream sequence):
...Why, I remember one spring break back in '85.......(drifts off)
48 comments:
Okay, for Spring Break I will be going to work as I usually do unless of course I fall sick or better yet, my daughter gets sick. The only difference is no class. Now, in my dream world I am probably going on vacation to the Tropics unless all the airlines shut down and I can't get out of town. I remember my best Spring Break was when I went to Hawaii and decided to not come home for 3 years.....that went over really well.
Tara S Sec 3
So Spring Break is up and coming...yea, but I have a question as to why it is so early on in the year? We need time to allow the flowers the blossom and the sun to shine a little longer. I don't know I am just anticipating summertime, and California sun. Alright so spring break for me equals spring cleaning ;) I guess that's my exciting week of catching up, and Oh yes making money working more hours. In my dreams I would be somewhere with nice weather (and to me that is where the sun and beach are). I guess somewhere in the Bahamas, or even Capri sounds nice. Hmm, I wonder if its raining there? Hopefully not. But anyhow, I remember my worst spring break when I was in highschool a couple years back and dreaded it daily because I stayed home ALL week with nothing to do and nowhere to go. Atleast anything really is better than that to me. :) Maybe hang out with the friends later on this week, but another thing is alot of other schools have another week off. Hm, what joy. :)
Erica O. (Coms 2)
Okay yeah spring break is comming up and unless I get sick again, fight with my girlfriend or mom, I'll be partying with my restraunt crew. We go bowling on tues. Nights and without school in session I'm not driving to the bowling ally. Unless I'm bombarded with papers over spring break I will be working constantly and just chilling out keeping my mind in control!
Kyle Rattay
Spring break is right around the corner..which means I will soon be a princess in my thrown at the Caesars Palace where I will be pampered in an incredible world of luxury and splendor, where impeccable service reigns from fine dining featuring an array of cuisines, world-class gaming, plus legendary entertainment. Ok. Doesn't that just sound pleasant and fun. Well, I'm going to Las Vegas for Spring break to celebrate my boyfriend's bday where I plan to "PaRtY" and "ShOp" till I drop. I do rememeber my best Spring break which was in Mexico. I partied till my heel broke off. Usually I stay until the party is over, but in Mexico I threw my red flag in!
Melanie M.
I will not be going anywhere for Spring Break this year, tho I will have plenty of stuff to do here for the week!!! First- we have two games next week, so I can plan on constant interaction with chaotic media persons and hot, yet oh-so-cocky basketball players, as well as walking a million laps around the arena, which will give me blisters on my feet becuase I LOOOOOOOVE to wear huge heels! the blisters are sooooo worth it :-) I can also plan on lots of drinking since we all tend to drift over to a little place we call The Bru after each and every game. This will most def lead to the consumation of wayyy toooo many alcholic beverages along with a mean hang over the following day which will be cured by some fabulous retail therapy- YAY! Speaking of drinking- it is two of my best freind's birthdays as well as St. Patty's Day, which AGAIN will lead to some crazy fun behavior by a wild group of girls perusing the hot spots of downtown Sacramento for three nights straight. If anyone wants to join in, def give me a call!!!! To finish off my week, I have a bridal shower and an engagment party all in the same day for two other girlfriends. I WILL NOT be joining in on the drinking for these festivities as I can only assume I will have already had my fill of alcohol, so water it is (thank god). And that will be my wonderful, fun-filled Spring Break!! Can't wait!!!! Oh crap- when am I going to do my homework?????
~Shelby S
In reply to Melanie M. - Glad to here spring break in Mexico was the best you ever had because I will be going to Rosarito Beach for five days and four nights. I can't wait I'm soooo excited. On top of going to Mexico I've never flown before. There will be plenty of small group communication as I plan to meet plenty of hotties and communicate with them! Possible even a little Interpersonal communication;) My role on this trip will be the entertainer because wherever I'm at the fun is too! In response to Tara's blog I feel not coming home for three years after I go...I don't blame you. Soaking up the beautifully beaming sun rays on the sandy beach filled with tropical drinks with little umbrellas and plenty of breath taking Men holding them is just what I need!
This is responding to Melanie M. spring break. My most memorable and best spring break was also in Mexico!!! In my group of friends we had alot to put alot of trust in eachother, so that someone would remember how to get back to the hotel. We took a laissez-faire approach about what we should do for the rest of the day after we woke up when it was more than half way over. We would usually discuss maybe going to the pool or maybe going to the beach. It didnt matter really because it would just be a couple of hours before we would start getting ready for another fun night. Have fun in Vegas!!!
Kayla (coms 5)
I am happy that spring break is here and I am going to go to Richmond to visit my mom.And I plan on having a good time over the break by I know that I might have to work but that is okay.
Spring break is finally here!!!I wish I could be really excited about it like every other year, but unfortunately, thats not going to happen. All of my best friends go to different schools so we all have different spring breaks. So I will be stuck in sacramento doing nothing much, maybe alittle shopping, and working. Plus, my boyfriend wont be getting to spend time with me on spring break because he goes to a different school too!! It's all not going so well for me. (and there's no sunshine here in sacramento...everythings going so wrong!!)
more her coms 5
I agree with Erica O. because I'm really not doing anything. If I do it's going to be work, friends, and boyfriend. Nothing much. It is to early because none of my friends have next week off they have their spring break easter week. It's sucks because I'm the only one that decided to go to a university. No i couldn't be like everybody else and go to a Jr. college. So I have to sit on my butt all day when I'm not working and wait until my man gets done with his classes. It's going to suck but at least I wont have much homework and I will be able to sleep. The main thing I will be doing is dreaming of where i would love to be instead of being at home.
Alcidia Coms 5
I have never been to spring brake in Mexico. It would be cool to party. But other than that I wouldn’t go there. If I did I would spent it in the tourist areas. I guess that just me. This spring brake I am going to San Diego to visit my girl friend. I am going to take the train because it’s a lot cheaper and gives me time to work on some homework. I hope it’s all sunny so I can hit the beaches and night life. Its going to be great, I can‘t wait. I hope ever ones else’s brake will be as coo as mine. cuis coms 5
I am so excited for Spring Break, even though I have no fun trips planned I think it will be nice to have a relaxing break from school. Also like Shelby, I have a lot of things planned with my friends. It is one of my roommates birthdays and we will have a lot of fun celebrating that. Shelby also has a lot of parties planned with her relationship-oriented group. With my relationship-oriented group I will be having a lot of small group communication with my roommates bacause we will be hanging out the whole week together. I hope everyone has a lot of fun!
Lisa B.
Coms 5
Cool...spring is coming and we are going to have fun,too.But unfortunately,I have to stay in the dorm during the spring break because my frined will go back to her home and i can't stay with her.ohhhhh~And also i need to pay almost $200 only for one week,so expensive.I am going to broken again.However,I am already have plan during those days. I will hang out with my frineds and go to Santa Cruises, Zoo,Amusement park and go hiking ....etc.Too many places can go because I just got America few monthes ago. So for me,everything is new,attracting to me. Well,for spring break is't the time to take a break,hang out with friends,forget homework and have fun.So i hope you guys also have cool vacation.I know i will.
--Coco-coms5
Unlike Melanie who sounds like she's going to be off partying and having a good time with her emergent groups, I'm going to be stuck in my formal position at work. I will probably be working a wonderful 40 hour week from 8-5. Melanie gets to go perform maintenance functions which center on interpersonal relationships. If I'm lucky I will get to perform some self-centered functions, I will probably go skiing and enjoy myself not caring about what's going on in the world.
I forgot my name which is:
Jason Harris Coms5
It would be nice to be doing the same thant Melanie would be doing during her spring break. Myself however will be at bored at home studying and preparing for my midterms. It's not fair that the professor is going to make us take midterms after spring break. How is it possible to relax or even enjoy the break?
Bouala Vannalee
Well, I feel the same as Bouala because unfortunatly I have to worry about school work, work, and wedding plans during my spring break. My birthday falls on the last weekend of break which sucks because instead of celebrating I will probably be thinking of a school assignment I forgot. But, a week of no plans is alright by me :)Ashley F
Elizabeth Zepeda
Well, Spring break does sound fun but because i have to work all week I won't be able to have fun. I will br forced to be stuck in a office with plies and plies of papers. Unlike many others I will have to do homework and work for Spring break resulting in a boring break..!
Hello Sandra, I will not be having any fun this spring break because I have to work all week. I don't even have time to visit my family back home. I hope you have a good one though. Take care.
Rene Perez
For this coming up Spring Break, i don't have much plans because i need to catch up on all my reading so i guess you can say i'll be reading most of the time but knowing myself i'll possibly end up doing only half of them because I get distracted too easily. OH!! i am workign on 2 soties that i am writing, i am very excited about the stories so i am going to spend a lot of time on that too. ^_^ On the other hand I am hoping that I can go down to San Francisco and do some shopping In Japantown, mostly book buying and to get my favorite magazines that I can barely get because that’s the only place I can buy them since there are so rare. Grr….don’t you just hate it when you really want something but you can’t find it at all. That always happens to me…..maybe I want too much things…? Anyways, umm..the group that I’ll be hanging with will be myself and maybe another friends and my family the most because nobody else will be on Spring Break yet. It’s sad, I know but we all just have to make the best of it. I would like to be more creative about my plans for the break but I am not going to be doing anything much so what am I to say? I’ll catch up on sleeping too.
~MAI VANG
this sucks, i was goin to vist my friend in LA and get drunk and &@#@$ up, but i have school at sac city! now im all bum out, i may just skip class and head to san jo if my friend calls me up. Guess im staying home by myself for two days, then get tired and start calling people up to go hang around sacramento. Only sac people have time off so..idono. i know for sure, IM NOT going to touch my home work from friday on, hahaha
peace- tony lam
Cool...spring is coming and we are going to have fun,too.But unfortunately,I have to stay in the dorm during the spring break because my frined will go back to her home and i can't stay with her.ohhhhh~And also i need to pay almost $200 only for one week,so expensive.I am going to broken again.However,I am already have plan during those days. I will hang out with my frineds and go to Santa Cruises, Zoo,Amusement park and go hiking ....etc.Too many places can go because I just got America few monthes ago. So for me,everything is new,attracting to me. And Of course i will be having a lot of small communication with my frinds who all come from diferent countries during the spring break. Like group culture. That group likely has a different culture than an assingned group. I also can speak English,Chinese and even Japanese to my friends. That will be great!! Well,for spring break is't the time to take a break,hang out with friends,forget homework and have fun.So i hope you guys also have cool vacation.I know i will.
Coco-coms 5
aaron boggs
it seems to me that tony lam is going to takean informal role going into his spring break. he has no plans but to spontaniously call people to find something to do. unlike others who are going to be doing big things for the week. i feel his pain its hard to do things when you have restrictions, his (school) mine (my arm). im sure youll find something to do. enjoy a spontaniously developed week i plan on it.
This spring break will be the best I have ever had. I am finally 18 and can go to clubs. The best thing is my boyfriend, who is a rapper, is close to signing with a major label. We will go to promotional parties and a concert they will be performing in. I am so happy that I am able to take part in such a big change in his life by supporting him as well as promoting the projects he has achieved. Overall, my spring break will be very fun because I will be taking part in a Northern Cali's HIP HIP movement.
ASHLEY DAVIS coms 2
Yvonne -coms 5-
So in response to Miss Erica O. from coms 2, I'd like to first and foremost say HECK YES, you should hang out with your friends during break. Mahbe you can chill at beach with your posse. I know i want to visit the beach this break. I'm from so cal so i totally understand the human right to endulge one's self at an awesome beach! I, for one, will be rather lonely and hope to satisfy my need for *inclusion* during spring break. You see, most of my sorority sisters will be in Roasrito, Mexico during break, enjoying music, boys and whatnot, and I will be home in good old Sacramento. I cannot afford to go out mexico right now becasue i'm saving up some money for a trip to europe in the winter. I will be rather lonely compared to most my girls, but I plan on having fun anyway. Maybe you can grab some coffee or hang out with your friends and play the *formal role* of "catch-up" to see what's new in each other's lives. Mabye someone's having a sizzling affair with a foreign exchange student, or a delivery boy. HA. Anyway, you can also sleep in a lot in case you have been free of sleep like many of our fellow classmates, or if you are like me you will probably be spending a lot of time working on projects and adding to the hours of sleep that you might owe to yourself. I guess the only upside to that is the fact that you don't have to satisfy *group norms* for a few days as a student at school....all we're expected to do during break is get wasted and maybe a little sunburn, right? And who knows, maybe you'll meet new people or bump into old friends. I mean, a lot of people from sacramento don't usually escape leave their bubble called home as much as they'd prefer. Anyway, I hope you have a nice break and get to enjoy a *group climate* that is at least a little more comfortable than normal, because we all deserve a break. And, hopefully, the only "group conflict* you'll have to face is deciding what else you can do to create fun out of your spare time. Adios!
Despite the fact that I am turning 21 only two days before spring break I will not be spending the week in a perpetual state of mindless intoxication. Rather my spring break will be spent getting a good deal of quality time with my daughter who is unfortunately too often left with babysitters while I work or go to school. That's not to say I won't stop in on a bar tonight to ring in my new found, however unexploited, freedom. So my desire to be with my girl will cause me to have a low key (If you can call a week with a two year old low key) spring break weekend.
Jason Moore
This spring break I will be going to Catalina Island with my club Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.
We will be studying the Bible part of the time, hanging out a buch of the time, and maybe I'll do a little kayaking. Fun Stuff. Because we all get along really well and know how to have fun, this vacation is going to be a ton of fun.
Naomi D. Coms 2 9:00am
Here's about the most clear cut use of cause and effect statements that you can possible get. My overwhelming lack of money has caused me to spend the entire week working double shifts. I'll be off with the dregs of society heaving boxes off planes and onto trucks, and off those trucks into smaller trucks. Thank goodness for manual labor. Without it, how would the alcoholics of the world get their booze money?
-Bill Simmons
COMS 2 sec 1
For this Spring Break, I will be staying at home...RELAXING.. While my boyfriend goes to school.HeHEHe Too bad were having our spring break at different times. I was hoping to go to San Diego with him because we always go every year but now I can't. ahh..Another thing is that my friends will also have spring break at different times so therefore I won't be able to hang out with them. I'm basically just going to stay at home to do some cleaninng, homework, watch movies, and ofcourse catching up on sleep...While I'm sleeping, I will be dreaming of a beautiful island>>>Philippines>>>Going to Buracay and enjoying the warm beach and laying on white sand with my family. I never really been to Buracay but my mom told me about it...lol..but anyways i'm just gonna try to enjoy my week off of school. I hope all of you will too.
Joy B. Coms 2
Daphne Massey
Well not to make anyone envious, but I am going to spend five days at the luxurious, comfortable, 5-star S.E.E. room. S.E.E., science education equity,is a members only room available to those who are majoring in one of the sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics, and kinesiology, and all of my friends are S.E.E. members. As a matter of fact my friends and I always go to the S.E.E. room during school where we do fun things like study Animal Biology, Organic Chemistry, and General Physics: Mechanics, Heat, and Sound. My friends and I will spend our entire vacation in the SEE room. As a part of our "vacation package" my posse and I will be eating the best cuisine in town from the University Union restraurant's of Round Table and Burger King. During our leisure time, my friend's and I will spend lots of money at the Hornet Bookstore where we will purchase a couple of things such as flash cards, markers, a Sac State T-shirt, or a Sac State decal. In the evening we will be going out for drinks at Java City. At Java City we get out daily dose of caffeine to stay up during the late hours while we study our school work. In addition to this, we will be making some designated stops at the very sophistocated 5-leveled library as well as the historic Sequoia Hall which is where all of our fun studying takes place. Sorry you guys can't come and join, but I hope you guys have a great spring break because I know I will. (YEAH RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
This is Kati from Coms 5 I just wanted to let you know the anyonomous post on 3/7/06 at 6:29pm was all me.
I can relate with Joy B from Coms002. It sounds like she has all these awesome plans that WOULD be able to happen if the respective people within her 'relationship-oriented group' had the same spring break time. I can offer the same dilemma somewhat. There are about a billion people (stretching it a bit perhaps) which I would love to see over the break, but because of conflicting times, schedules, vacations, etc... this just isnt going to happen. Not to mention work which has seemingly scheduled me for interesting times over spring break. Maybe Ill find the time to muster a bit of 'power' and influence them in the future to schedule me for better times to work. haha. Until then, they are the definite 'designated leaders' and there isnt too much I can do(at least during spring break.) At least they have decided to 'include' me at all. Im lucky to have gotten a job up here in Sacramento so soon. Either way, wouldnt it be nice to 'control' them and have them pay me to fly to New Zealand for spring break. haha. Dare to dream.
MJ Hernandez Coms005
Melanie H. Coms 2
My spring break is going to involve only one cause and effect scenario, because there will not be any time for more. I will be starting my very first job(years of living off mommy and daddy's generous handouts are coming to an end *tear*) which just so happens to be in an office, not someplace exciting like the emergency room at Kaiser. Offices are the bane of my existence. I cannot imagine anything more horrible than spending 8 gruesome hours in front of a computer. Kill me now... My hatred of office life is what *caused me to choose a career in the health field. Anyway, my cause and effect argument is this: office work will cause me to be so bored and fatigued that I will go home and immediately collapse on the first soft, flat surface I can find. My data is, well, you can come over to my place and see for yourself at 5:30 pm when I will be passed out, most likely directly in front of the front door of my house, moaning about computers, data-entry malfunctions, and that guy in my office that already hates me and stole my lunch out of the communal refrigerator. I'm excited already...
Spring Break...hmmm... well there is definitely one cause and effect situation for me. I am going down to San Diego state with one of my closest friends. So I am definitely going to party because we are hitting T.J. Woohoo well the effect of all this traveling and partying I will be very tired by the end of spring break!
KAMRA JACOBS
Brandon Wolfe - Coms 2
My spring break comes down to one simple cause-and-effect scenario: I do not get the week off from work, so that's the cause, and the effect is that next week will be like any other week, save for the no-school part. No Fort Lauderdale for this bloke. But, hey, I get to sleep in. And the extra sleep is the cause, where the effect is that my eyes totally won't look all puffy and red all day. I could go on with the causes and effects all day like this. But I'm not going to.
B. Wolfe
I'm responding to Mai's Spring break plans. He/she takes sort of a Laissez Faire approach towards break. They dont have any specific or structured plans, they are just going to relax and enjoy not having school. I cant wait to do the same...
Kaliicye Richardson
i'm responding to brandon wolfe's spring break plans which consist of task functions. my tasks over the spring break are pretty much like his, sleeping and working. the good thing about this is that it would help me catch up on my sleep like him so we wouldnt have such puffy eyes!!
more her coms. 5
I have never been to spring brake in Mexico. It would be cool to party. But other than that I wouldn’t go there. If I did I would not spent it in the tourist areas. My friends who live in Mexico have told me that during this time in the year, the tourist areas become Americanized and hectic. It could be good if you like to party. However if you would like to visit Mexico in a more relaxing environment then do not visit around this time. However my friends here in the states affirm that going to Mexico during this time is fantastic. This small group communication between my friends from Mexico and my friends in the states vary option. The informative role of between my friends could have altered my prospective of México. I believe people like my friends influence others to view México a certain way. But this spring brake I am going to San Diego to visit my girl friend. Cuitlahuac Sanchez coms 5
I haven't hung out with my very close friends back at home for along time. It will cause me to hang out with them nearly everyday and just have fun. Maybe go to parties or even watch a good movie. Hopefully the affect will be that I feel refreshed and when I come back to school. Although, I am somewhat disappointed that I still have school work during my spring break. Hopefully this doesn't have an effect on my break.
Coms 2 Ashley Jaime
Well the upcoming spring break will give me Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons off but due to some bills I have to pay I will be in a work atmosphere where groupthink will take over. I work as a valet in Sacramento and through cohesiveness I will be efficient and efficiency will create more money for me. Perhaps on the weekend I will discuss cognitive paradigms with my girlfriend. She readily enjoys thinking about the world. Other then that my spring break will consist of a lot of sleep.
Lou Saelee
Coms 5
theres an anonymous person on this board that posted they're actually going to spring break in mexico for the touring spots... i guess as a whole we probably assume that people who are going to spring break in mexico are ready to party... although stereotyping isn't part of the small group chapter, i just thought it was relative in a way to the chapter..
Chantelle COMS 5\
Melanie H. said that she is going to be starting her first job at Kaiser because living off mom and dad is coming to its terrible end. She says that she will be bored out of her mind working in an office but all I can say is that my job gets boring and I dread going most days but when I get that pay check I say to myself Im happy I went to work because if I didnt I wouldnt be getting paid right now. You can look at that as another cause effect situation. The reason why you got to work is to get paid.
On March 16, Im going to see the click 5 concert with my cousin. She's such a big fan, but I dont like them as much as she does. I'm just going with my cousin because she asked me to see it with her and her friends. The cause and effect of this situation is that I have to miss work that day and if I dont go to work, I dont get paid, but oh well, I know its going to be fun! =P
I will be going to Santa Barbara (DP baby!) for my entire spring break. I have plenty of money in my pocket and this will cause me to have extra, extra fun during my vacation. I will be stopping off in Slough (San Luis) to visit friends and party. Then I will head down to Santa Barbara and, well, party even harder. I'm trying to raise my GPA this semester by getting A's, and this has taken a lot out of me, so blowing off some steam down south with ALL of my friends is just what I need. I'm shivering at the thought of how much fun I plan on having.
Justin R.
ComS 2
Well.. for spring break i was going to do the same thing as Justin R. (DP baby!) but my friends couldnt get work off. So my spring break will consist of snowboarding and sleeping in.
Travis White
Coms2
Adam Tibon coms 2
Well i am working everyday of the week, basically during the middle of the day. I will hit the bars, and hangout with friends, probably go bowling. Also i am going to take a 2 nite trip to Bodega Bay, to finally spend some needed alone time with my gf. then do more homework and then my break is over and the last stretch of school is on.
Adam Tibon
bee moua coms2
well over spring break i am just going to do some catch up on school work because i feel like i am very behind and hopefully after spring break i will catch up on everything. I will probably spend one or two days going back home and trying to relax at the same time trying to catch up on things.
well enjoy your spring break everyone!
For Spring Break I was planning on going home to Detroit, Michigan to visit my family and friends that I have not seen since January. However, things are not working out as I had planned. I ended up being to broke 2 by a ticket home, which is fine because my other roommate also from Detroit is unable to go home as well, which makes it not so bad. The only problem is that I am going to be bored out of my mind becuase everyone else is gone and I don't have a car.
Since I am without a car the only things I plan to do for a stratight week is do my push ups, sit ups, watch ESPN, play basketball and sleep. Those are the only plans I have, so because I dont have a car I am unable to get out and do what I want. Pretty boring don't you think?
(Coms 2) James Payne
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