FINAL BLOG!!!!

Final Blog

            Blogging was new to me I have never done it before and it was pretty fun to do. I enjoyed it because you can see what everyone is blogging and you can leave comments and vise versa. I don’t think I’ll keep blogging because it’s not required anymore, I would only blog if it is required in another class. I enjoyed all of them because people over the course of the semester put so much time effort into them. My last words to my classmates is semester is almost over, we’re almost done keep pushing through these last two weeks.

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Blog 15

            One of the best times I’ve had with a baseball team was a couple summers ago. I was playing with the Texas Rangers Scout Team. We had a big tournament in Peroia, Arizona. All the teams there were there were top teams in the nation. I remember we had a double-header on a Saturday. I got the go ahead RBI in the first game. My friend on the team did it the second game. Everybody was excited that we won two games against good teams. One of our players had a fake I.D. and bought the whole team a beer. I’ve never seen someone pull that off but it happen. It was weird to see that it actually worked. That night we had a great time. Our coach at dinner said we have room checks at 11:00 pm. Everybody had to be in their room at that time. My whole team was pretty much all in one room. We all were having a beer and our coach walks in. nobody realized that it was 11:10 and he was doing the room checks. Every single person in that room looked at each other with this blank look on their face. We were scared that we were in trouble. He looks at us and smiles he says he’s been young before. He sat down and had a beer with us. That was the first time that a coach has done that before. It was a great time. Some of my teammates from that team that I still talk to, we talk about it all the time.

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Blog 14

            My mom is the most important person in my life. She does everything for me. Whether its cooking or cleaning. My mom is a slender women standing at about 5’11. Thank god I got my mom’s height of her side of the family. My mom gives 110% in everything she does whether at work or simply anything at home. If something happened to her I don’t know what I would do. I would consider myself a momma’s boy. My mom is a beautiful blond, strong women. She’s the type if you ask her to do something she will do it without asking a question.

            My father is also very important to me as well. He has been there for me for everything since day one. All the way up to high school he has never missed a baseball practice of mine. Even up to this day he goes to every single one of my games for baseball even when we played in Arizona he drove 7 hours. Everyone has said I act just like my dad. Anyone who knows me always says I’m quite, humble, easy to get along with, and keep to myself. Those are the traits of my dad. I can talk to my dad about anything and everything. When I’m feeling bad or down after a game he says you want to talk about it over dinner or while we watch a baseball game.

            My little sister Raquel means the world to me. She’s ten years younger than me so she looks up to me. She can get under my skin at sometimes but that’s what little sisters are for. She’s always questioning things that she doesn’t want to ask my parents. She is my only sibling so we have that strong relationship and bond. She loves to watch me play baseball. I can always hear here in the stand routing for me saying come on dom you can do it. She gives me that desire to succeed.

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Blog week 13

            Everyone should go try out Wood Ranch BBQ and grill. Wood Ranch is the best place to go get BBQ. The entrée that I always get is bbq chicken breast and tri tip. Before your meal comes out they give you bread rolls that are just delicious. The atmosphere there is just so friendly as soon as you walk through the door. The service is great. The waiter or waitress is coming around all the time making sure everything is fine if you need anything or a refill. They even put your food in a to go box so you don’t have to do it. They have a bar as well so you can have some mixed drinks or some beer. When the weather is nice a lot of people like to sit on the patio and enjoy there meal outside in the nice weather. If you love ribs that is place to get them as well. They have a coloring menu for children. This place meets everyone’s needs, from a child all the way up to a senior citizen. If I was writer and writing a review on this place it would be getting a 10 out of 10. I always go there for my birthday and they bring me out a dessert on the house. So if you love BBQ and want a good place to go that you never had before I highly recommend Wood Ranch.

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            Blog 12

            In my opinion this was a really great book. The way Schlosser described everything had me feeling like I was there. This book makes me and I’m sure everyone else that reads it think about what happens at meat packing industries. I think that I’ll eat less fast food now that’s for sure. I won’t say I’ll eat less meat because of this book. This book makes me think if I ate any tainted meat in my life and where the meat came from. Also, since reading this book I’ve noticed on T.V. so many commercials for fast food. I have a little sister and I was watching T.V. with her and I noticed on the Disney Channel there were so many ads on fast food and junk food. Now I see where Schlosser stated to ban all the ads for children and fast food. I liked how he used the description of the prairie fields in Colorado and described the ranchers and workers who made a living there. The best part in the book to me was the story of Kenny. It was a sad story on how the company used and abused him and at the end of the day just left him out to dry.  

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            Blog 11

The truth to my blog last week was I received a baseball scholarship.

            The semester is going good, I wouldn’t say that great. What’s really going good is my baseball season. We’re doing pretty well. I’m stressing about one class this semester and its math. Math is my worst subject and I think everyone can agree with me that it is horrible. I’m facing a heavy workload this semester with math and English. The pay off for this semester is that its one step closer to my goal of getting a degree. It’s about grinding out the semester and pushing for my goals and I won’t quit. What keeps me motivated for this semester is my baseball scholarship I received to go play ball at a school in Kentucky. In order for me to go I need to pass my classes this semester. My scholarship is the next step to obtain my degree since they are giving me full tuition. I just keep in mind that I need to do good in school to better my life and my future and do this for my parents.

blog week ten

Blog week ten

1.      I graduated high school with a 4.0

2.      I got a scholarship offer to play baseball in Kentucky

3.      I’m married

4.      I lived in New York

5.      I have a son

6.      I don’t have a drivers’ license

family

Blog on family

            To me family is everything. I don’t know what I would do without them. My family is very small but we are very close. My mom is the most important thing to me. I guess you can say I’m a mommas boy. She does everything for me. Whether it’s occasionally doing my laundry or making dinner for me or just being there for me when I need support. Me and my little sister are close as well. She’s starting to hit the age where she thinks boys are cute and what’s my opinion on some things. She always comes to me when she needs help with homework. I always mess with my little sister but what can I say what are big brothers for. My family is very small here in Oxnard because all my family from my dads side moved by San Diego. I visited them often just so that we stay close like we were before they moved. My mom side of the family is very small compared to my dads. My mom side is small due to the reason that they are not from the United states. My great grandma came from Germany during World War 2. She was the only one to make the trip over out of her family.   

classmate interview

            I interviewed Kimberly Garcia. Kimberley comes from a Hispanic background, she lived in Oxnard most of her life, and lives with both parents and two sisters. She said being the eldest child motivates her to attend college and follow in her fathers footsteps. She has a part time job and takes three classes at OC. Kimberly said she balances family, school, and work better on the weekends than weekdays. In 5 to 10 years she sees herself as a licensed vet. I asked her what her motto was for succeeding in school and she said “if you set your mind to something you can accomplish it”.

essay blog

Dominique Guevara

Professor Croker

Wednesday nights

2/4/13

                                                Essay #1

            It was a nice beautiful sunny summer day in Oxnard. I was driving back home from a baseball game in los Angeles. I got off the freeway at the Oxnard Boulevard exit. I was driving down the boulevard headed towards five points and my stomach started growling. I told myself that I was going to stop at Carl’s Jr. to eat. I stopped at the drive through and got my food. I got on to Saviers Road and headed towards Bard Road. I was almost at the intersection and looked up and I had the green light.

 I was going to go down Pleasant Valley Road to go home. I remember hitting the intersection and at the last moment I looked left and bam I got hit right on my driver side door. I remember after I got hit sitting in my car I can see my door pushed in, I can smell and see oil on my windshield, and a very strong scent of gasoline fumes coming into my car. In shock I remember hearing tires screeching and sounds of broken class falling as well. I couldn’t open my driver side door so I unbuckled my seat belt and went through the passenger side door. I got out and I was just shocked and what just occurred. I grabbed my cell phone and called 911, they asked me what my emergency was and told them that I was in an accident in the intersection of Bard and Saviers.

While waiting for the police I went to go talk to the guy that hit me. He got out of his car, he was a very short slender Mexican man who had a very strong scent of alcohol on him. To worsen the matter even more the man had no insurance and no drivers’ license. We were talking next to his van and I looked inside and I seen a 12 pack of Budweiser on his floorboard. I took out my phone and started taking pictures of the 12 pack of beer and taking pictures of my vehicle damage. Police arrived on scene first. The officer approached us and said “were you guys involved in the accident” and we said yes. Another officer came and pulled him to the side. The officer asked me if I need the paramedics. I said “no I’m fine just a little shaken up”. He said “I’m going to call them anyway to be sure your ok just to be safe”. I told him “ok thank you officer”. He asked me what happened. I explained to him that I was heading through the intersection and that I had the green light and then I got hit from my left side.

The officer told me to take a seat on the curb until fire and paramedics arrive. Finally fire and paramedics arrive on scene with their sirens and lights flashing. The paramedics checked me out and said I was ok. No serious injuries to me. The officers were writing there reports and the officer noticed the alcohol in the vehicle. They gave him a DUI test and the breathalyzer. He failed it and they arrested him on the spot. I was still in shocked and rattled about what just happened I was shaking like crazy. I also remember seeing fire fighters with brooms sweeping up all the glass they can get, and with buckets of this white substance pouring it onto the oil and gasoline to absorb it all up. The tow truck came to get both vehicles out of the intersection and take them away.

I really wish the event didn’t take place. I reflect back on the accident and get a little angry that I totaled the vehicle but that should be the least of my worries. Now I realize that this could have been a lot worse and that I didn’t have any major injuries because I’ve seen a lot of statistics on fatalities of drunk drivers. In my case I had a bruise going across from my neck from the seatbelt, a bruise from the bottom part of the seatbelt on my stomach, and a few cuts and bruises on my left leg from the door on impact. I think I was really lucky not to sustain severe injuries.

Before the event, I knew life was short. To be honest I didn’t think it was so fragile and so quick to lose. Every time I drive now I’m way more cautious going through intersections and even down my own street. Also, before my accident I would hear news stories saying people died in a car accident. I said to myself “ how can that happen, your protected in a steel vehicle”. Now that I Think back on that I realize it all now.

            The event is significant to me because I realized now that life is so short. Don’t take it for granted because it could all be over so fast.

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Blog 4

            I think texting is a good and bad thing. It is good if you need to get a message to someone especially if that someone is working, in a meeting, or in class. It is bad if your texting while driving. Texting while driving can be dangerous and deadly. It also carries a very big fine. On the other hand, texting has been huge in the past few years. I don’t know anyone that doesn’t text. My own grandmother sends text messages. It is just the latest trend in communication. That’s how I and I know a lot of other people communicate with friends and family. Like I said, texting is a good and bad thing for me. It is just your opinion on where you stand.

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BLOG 3

            Yes I do watch reality T.V. The shows I watch are jersey shore, cops, Alaska state troopers and border wars. I like watching cops, Alaska state troopers and border wars because it’s the field I want to get into. It gives me an inside look at what im going to be getting myself into. I love those types of shows. I think these type of shows are benefiting society and show the world that all cops aren’t bad people. On the other hand, teen mom on MTV is hurting society. It pretty much shows teens that its not bad having a baby because you might end up on this show and become famous. It’s a pleasure watching these shows as in cops and so forth. Teen mom is something to avoid.

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Blog 2

                                   Fast food wasn’t a big part of my childhood. My mom always cooked home made food. The only time I really ate fast food that I remember as a child was when I did something good in school. There was occasional times when my mom or dad didn’t want to cook so we would go a burger or something. If we did go get fast food it was either a McDonalds or carls jr. I always got a kids meal when I went just because of the toy. As a child I didn’t really know what to think. I just knew I was getting chicken nuggets and a toy.

                                   I think my fast food habits haven’t really changed. The only time I really eat fast food is late night and get jack in the box tacos or when I play far for baseball after a game im really hungry. I don’t rely on it at all. Its just good how there’s places open 24 hours a day and it’s a quick pick me up.

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                                                                                                              Dominique Guevara

                                                                                                                        1/21/13

                        Past, Present, Future

            My name is Dominique Guevara, I am 20 years old. I was born on October 30^th 1992, here in Oxnard at st. johns hospital. I went to Richard bard elementary school, E.O. Green junior high school, and Hueneme high school. I started playing baseball when I was age four. As a child I had ten surgeries. Nine of those were on my ears and the other was when I was five and broke my left arm in two places because I fell off the top of the monkey bars. Before the fall, I used to be left handed but I trained myself to do everything right handed.

            I am currently enrolled full time at Oxnard Community College. I work part time for harbor rail services which does contract work for the railroad. I also am a baseball player at Oxnard College. I’ve been at Oxnard for the last two years but before that I spent a year at Moorpark College. In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with friends, playing poker, and watching sports.

            I plan on finishing up my AA degree during this year. After college I plan on going into the police academy and hopefully become a police officer in the city of Oxnard or Ventura. I hope to be chief of police later on down the road. I also plan on having a family of my own.