Final Blog Post

        Wow. Final blog post. I never though this day would come.  But anyway... I'm just going to get started.
*  Is writing online different than in a notebook?  In what ways?
        Writing online can be very different from writing in a notebook.  First of all, you're not using pen/pencil and paper.  You are using a laptop or something like that.  It makes the overall feel of writing different.  And you don't see the person's handwriting, which can show a little bit about the person writing the words.  So in a way you are a little more distant from everyone when writing online.

*  In what ways can writing online be liberating?  Limiting?
        It can be liberating because you can say what you want.  You feel like you have a little bit more of a sense of freedom when you write.  Plus, if you have bad handwriting, people will be able to read what you write so you don't have to re-write things over and over.  Writing online can also be a little bit limiting, too.  You can't really see people's handwriting, which shows you a little about them, so everyone will seem more distant.  And if you want to draw a picture to show what you mean, you can't really do that on a computer.

*  Do you think that people are more real online or do we create online personalities that project the best of ourselves? Or something else?
        No, I don't think people are more real online, especially in blogs.  When people write, they often do it in a different style then they speak in, which makes them sort or fake.  I know that this sometimes happens to me, I mean seriously, I don't talk like this.  And writing in a different way that we speak does create a online personality for us.  We use different language, write in different ways, and just aren't the same.  But sometimes we don't create a totally new personality, sometimes we just show a different part of our personalities.
        So that is it for my blog.  The last one of the year.  So... bye!

Another post on Wintergirls

        In this blog post I'm going to talk about the book Wintergirls... again.  It's about a girl named Lia, an anorexic girl.  Her best friend recently died, and now she has to deal with her death, and her anorexia.  People have tried to help her before. but she had always slipped back into her old habits.
        Lia has been anorexic for years.  She has been sent to a facility twice before where they made her eat, made her gain weight.  They'd release her and she'd eat for a few days, then become anorexic again. So should her parents try to help her again?
        Yes, I think they should try to help their daughter.  If she keeps up her anorexia she will die.  If they can help her then she has a chance of getting better, or fighting the battle and winning.  She can survive.  What if she doen't want to be helped? Then what?  Should her parents still try and help her? And should someone be helped even if they don't want it?  It depends on the situation.  If it's life or death, like it is fro Lia, then yes! help her! She could die!  But if someone doesn't want help with their homework then I don't really see why anyone should help them.
        Another thing, can you help someone who doesn't want help?  i don't really think so.  People tried to help Lia twice, but she didn't want help. She didn't want to change or get better.  And the help she got didn't work.  No one can be helped until they are willingto be helped.  If they aren't, then they can resist.  They don't have to listen.  Nothing is really stoping them from not listening.  No one can force you to do anything, not even if they believe it would benefit you.