House Hunting

Todd Hido's compared to Owens and Lahrmers work is somewhat different. Hiddo's work and photographs were easier for me to understand his feelings and discriptions of a surburb area, compared to Owens/Lahrmers work. For example, listening to Hido's audio. Listening to the part of the audio where a man shows his emotions towards someone else parking in his driveway, helped me understand life in surburb area. Also, comparing Hido's work with Owens and Lahrmers work is some way similar because in all three of their work they show their personal emotions towards a surburb area.

Slowly Calling the Burbs Home/ Suburbia

Patricia Lahrmer's reading "Slowly Calling the Burbs Home," was very interesting in my opinion. At first I was'nt sure if Lahrmer was describing a suburb area that she liked or disliked. As I got more into the reading, I realized that Lahrmer's reading was describing how living in a surburb area can easily take affect in someones lives. When finished with the reading, I began to wonder how my life would be if I lived in a surburb area. I also thought to myself if I would to feel the same way Lahrmer describes in her reading. In overall, I really enjoyed this reading.
Bill Owens photographs in "Surburbia," were interesting to see. Every photograph has a caption with it, describing the picture. When looking through the photographs and reading the captions, I noticed that every picture is Owens way of showing his feelings towards a surburb area. I also noticed that each photographs shows the way of life in a surburb area.

In my opinion, both Lahrmer's reading and Owens photographs are somewhat different. Their discriptions show their different feelings towards a surburb area.

K'Mart Has a Loveable Disorder

This essay on "K'Mart," was very enjoyable and funny to read. Most of the essay was enjoyable for the same reason that it was funny. As I begun reading this essay, right then I realized that this essay was going to be a very interesting one. Everything in this essay, when describing K'Mart, was very similar to my experiences when visiting the store. Almost every piece of detail was very alike to the details I see when I go to a K'Mart.

In my own experiences, K'Mart sometimes does seem empty inside and outside the door. I always seem to find a parking lot and never have to worry about it. As I walk in the store, I don't see as many people as in other stores. Stores for example, like Target or Walmart. In stores like Target or Walmart, I experience the complete opposite from what I experience in K'Mart. These similar experiences are what made this essay very interesting and funny.

Criteria for a Healthy Landscape

Reading through this criteria for a healthy landscape gave me the chance to learn more and get something out of it. All seven main points in this reading were very interesting. These seven main points in this criteria had a lot of helpful information. Also, every main paragraph connects and begins with "a healthy landscape." The examples in this criteria were also very helpful when explaining a point. One of the main points which I found very interesting in this criteria was, "A healthy landscape connects its participants to themselves as individuals."

In overall, this "criteria for a healthy landscape," could be very helpful and beneficial for me in the future.