Gem Writing: Weems Weekly

Assignment:

›You are the Weems Weekly.

›Or at least your own incarnation of it. Take on a persona similar to Dot Weems and right your own weekly bulletin message about your home town.

›Include in it your own take of random business that maybe included you, your family members, your friends, random rumors you heard in town, random news that’s going on in town.

›Use a semicolon and at least one appositive.

Due Tuesday, 2/5

Example:

The Dirty 5-30

Davis survived the cold spell that lasted through much of last week; however, I still find myself chipping away at windshield ice with my Yolo Berry rewards card each morning. It is during times like these that I realize how critical it is that Davis try and supply all households with a hot tub. Mrs. Smith told me that a town in Missouri did that once; our mayor should look into that.

There are a number of new authentic sushi restaurants that opened in town recently, but I have found them to be too intimidating to enjoy. My better half and I attempted to eat at one of these new installments the other night with absolutely no success. After the hostess deserted us at the sushi bar, we were left without an English menu as random plates of dead octopus and fish eggs passed by on a moving circuit in front of us. We were not sure if we were supposed to grab a plate, point at one, or physically jump on the moving circuit ourselves. After three minutes of sweating profusely, we decided to grab our jackets and walk out unnoticed. Luckily we ended up at Mikuni where we enjoyed a California Roll with much delight. It seems to be getting more difficult for us cultured folks to enjoy an authentic ethnic dinner these days.

A debate has fired up on the Davis Enterprise, the local newspaper, over the topic of bringing ninth graders to the high school campus. Those in favor point to the fact that the younger ninth graders will force the tenth graders to mature faster and thus result in higher academic performance. If that is the case, then I think we should just bring second graders to the high school campus and watch our students complete PhDs by the time they are old enough to be asked to Junior Prom.

…Dachimore…