Entry Seven: Response to a Blog

I randomly picked Jake's blog for this assignment and I decided to respond to his posting about the two buildings, which we wrote in our writing journal. When I started reading his post, I neglected the title (which gave away the name of the building) but I automatically knew what building he was talking about. As soon as I read the words "Its Saturday night. The mood is hyped up, the music is loud and the line to get in this old, rugged building is seemingly never ending," I knew that he must be talking about the Outback. I think it's cool that Jake was able to use so few words to effectively describe a place to the point that readers would know what he was talking about. I was put in the moment by what he wrote and was forced to think about that long line that leads into the bar and how cold it can be waiting outside, especially in the winter, because no one dresses weather appropriate and the atmosphere that is created once inside the bar. At the Outback, everyone is just so happy to see each other and forget about the stresses of school and other obligations and just have one night to have fun; and that is what was going through my mind as I read Jake's piece.