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Hank Williams Jr., from Shreveport, Louisiana, is one of my idol songwriters in country music. He created his own musical existence, through connecting country with Southern rock and blues. Originally, Hank Williams Sr. wrote and recorded, “There’s A Tear in My Beer”, in 1951, but later rerecorded by his son Hank Williams Jr. in 1988, after the unexpected passing of Hank Williams Sr. in 1953. His music style creates imagined stories that sprout life on stage, leaving his audience emotionally connected with each lyric he sings.   One of my favorite songs,   "Tear in My Beer" on the album Pink Cadillac , The Williams sing,   “ There’s a tear in my beer / ‘cause I’m cryin’ for you, dear / you are on my lonely mind.”   The classic song is an example of an idiom, because “There’s a tear in my Beer”, gives you a glimpse into Hank Williams Sr. loneliness and emotions as his fallen tears drip-drop into his ...

Our Right Not His   Adam Gopnik, a writer for The New Yorker , and author of the article "In The Wake Of The Las Vegas Shooting, There Can Be No Truce With The Second Amendment,"  writes about the mass shooting in Las Vegas Nevada, where at least fifty concert attendees were killed and several hundred were wounded. Adam Gopnik makes a point on how he believes there are ways to control gun violence and mass shootings. He explains that gun violence can be controlled by having stricter gun laws and that there should be more government control and less citizens baring arms. He also eludes to the point that If there are travel bans that prohibit citizens from going to certain countries, then why can there not be a ban on certain weapons?  Additionally, the article summarizes his belief that there is no reason for the ownership of military-style firearms and that a stance has slipped down the agenda of our government and anti-violence liberals.   There i...

My first exam experience besides the sweaty palms and oh God do I know the information moments; I thought didn't go so well. Personally, I hadn't taken an exam in more than ten years and oh boy have the exam days changed. In my mind, when I read the instructions for question number one, my mind went blank, and I started to second guess every answer that popped into my head. I would call it test jitters at its finest.        What can I say, I expected it to ask questions that I did not quite know the answers too and it lived up to my expectations and much more. In preparation for exam one, I skimmed over my notes, ate a healthy breakfast and only slept three hours. Now I certainly would not classify those as valid methods, but eating breakfast did help me stay awake during the exam. And going over my notes in the hallway before class helped some information stick in my brain.      My approach towards exam two will strikingly differ from ...

Funny, Witty and Pretty       Howdy!  I’m Christina Marie DeLong.  I am from the “bipolar weather state of Texas”!  Where Mother Nature cannot help but, bless you with winter for breakfast and summer for lunch, you learn to adapt.  I was naturally born in a hospital, in Bryan, Texas. As if my life could not be any greater, my not so smart parents decide to multiply at an alarming rate.  Not only one, but even more hard head tiny little mouths to feed. You guessed it! I am far from being soiled, and I hate sharing! Being the youngest girl out of eight children did come with definite perks. Like learning from my sisters and brothers mistakes, having a gang of personal Uber drivers at your doorstep, figuring out tricks to doing your chores the fastest, and bodyguards for when little boys like Tommy break your heart.     I am interested in a lot of things. First one is serving the Lord on Sunday’s, bible study a...

DeLong, Christina                                                                                                   September 20, 2017      Searching for answers               Charles M. Blow, “Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint,” New York Times, Opinion Pages, Dated (2016, January 26). “Charles M. Blow, in his piece “Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint published in the New York Times,” talks through his account of “This is ...