2. The Shaggy Dog

I thought the first three out of the four stories of the The Shaggy Dog were funny.  I like how they turned situations into sayings that a lot of people do know and are aware of for different brands.  The great part is that it comes in at the end so the audience gets a good laugh.  The first one said at the end "...only Hugh can prevent florist friars" I automatically thought of the forest fires commercials with the bear pointing to you as he is saying that.  Although the other two were totally different concepts and were nothing like the Florist Fires one, I still found them equally entertaining.  I like the fact the the writer of this was willing to be creative even when the audience at first didn't know where they were going with this at first.  The features of the story gave the audience something, at least I think, wasn't expected at all but tied the story together to create a funny story. 

1. What Kind of Writing Studies Research am I Interested in...?

I am not really sure if I am going to change my mind between now and when I actually do the research, but a few things have come to mind about what I personally would want to write about that would keep my attention and that I would be able to find enough information for.

In class we were throwing ideas around about what we would possible want to write and research about.  I said that I would want to possible research how to tell if a piece of work belongs to a specific genre and how to tell which genre it is more dedicated to.  If nobody knew that this piece of work was suppose to be, how would someone be able to confirm what type of genre it belonged to?  I think the study of genres is interesting so if something went beyond the guidelines of that genre I wonder how you would still know what to classify it as?

Another topic I think I would enjoy researching is, and the idea is similar to Michaela Cullington's "Texting and Writing", is texting with abbreviations ruining the way we write?  I have caught myself a few times writing notes to myself and leaving them at work and my boss possibly seeing them.  Not that I would ever write a professional note to someone in texting abbreviations, but I do wonder if writing is becoming more focused on abbreviations then proper formats and if the younger generation will know what it was like to never type in abbreviation and that there once was a world when we never ever texted.