Monday, 16 September 2013
Monday, 9 September 2013
Sam Lammond Obituary
Sam Lammond, who has died aged 33, became one of the World's best-known and popular skateboarders, mainly through his long running presence in MTV's 'Skateboarding Calamities' and various other Thrasher Skateboarding Magazine gems; he also became famous for catching the very first sasquatch at the age of 32.
Ever enthusiastic and cheerful, the incredibly talented Lammond would get up on stage infront of audiences of up to a million people and present to them his choices of the 25 most ridiculous, funny or just painful skateboarding mishaps and tumbles that had occurred throughout the year and allowed the viewers at home to vote on which was the best. The winner was granted a prize fund of £100,000 and was interviewed on Lammonds' radio talk show the following week.
To this, as to all of his broadcasting and sasquatch hunting work, Lammond brought huge global appeal, energy and endless reserves of enthusiasm, albeit not-so-well contained. His television credits ranged from the sedate Christmas with Sam Lammond on BBC Three to guest appearances on shows such as The Simpsons and Late Night Sasquatch Hunting.
In Thrasher Magazine, Lammond was the author of many great articles such as the weekly Skateboarding Horoscopes and Skateboarder of the Month. In his later years at the magazine he interviewed people such as Chris Cole, Manny Puig and Luan Oliveira. He was a wise investor of his earnings: he owned a mansion in Los Angeles and worked on cars in his spare time.
Samuel Jacob Lammond was born on March 7th 1997 in Cheltenham, the son of a Welsh TV cameraman. His mother worked part time at the father's business and his sister was just a year and a half older than him.
Educated at St Brendans College and KLB school, Sam got his first job as his father's assistant part time, but later developed his skills as a writer by writing extreme sports magazine articles for a small magazine named Aftershock. In 2015, at the age of 18, Sam was interviewed on The One Show for his articles. This brought him to the attention of Thrasher Skateboard Magazine.
He wrote his first article for Thrasher that year named 'Skateboarding Calamities'. Every week he would write an article including 2 videos and readers would vote for the best one. He did this up until the age of 25, when MTV approached him and offered him an annual show based on his 'Skateboarding Calamities' article.
He carried on doing his article and show when, in 2029 aged 32, Sam was hunting in the woods with his close friend Dan and spotted the sought-after urban myth - the sasquatch. This was the last big impact Sam Lammond was to have in the world, meeting his unfortunate early fate at the young age of 33.
Samuel Jacob Lammond, born March 7th 1997, Died September 6th 2030.
(This isn't a serious obituary and i'm not really this full of myself)
Ever enthusiastic and cheerful, the incredibly talented Lammond would get up on stage infront of audiences of up to a million people and present to them his choices of the 25 most ridiculous, funny or just painful skateboarding mishaps and tumbles that had occurred throughout the year and allowed the viewers at home to vote on which was the best. The winner was granted a prize fund of £100,000 and was interviewed on Lammonds' radio talk show the following week.
To this, as to all of his broadcasting and sasquatch hunting work, Lammond brought huge global appeal, energy and endless reserves of enthusiasm, albeit not-so-well contained. His television credits ranged from the sedate Christmas with Sam Lammond on BBC Three to guest appearances on shows such as The Simpsons and Late Night Sasquatch Hunting.
In Thrasher Magazine, Lammond was the author of many great articles such as the weekly Skateboarding Horoscopes and Skateboarder of the Month. In his later years at the magazine he interviewed people such as Chris Cole, Manny Puig and Luan Oliveira. He was a wise investor of his earnings: he owned a mansion in Los Angeles and worked on cars in his spare time.
Samuel Jacob Lammond was born on March 7th 1997 in Cheltenham, the son of a Welsh TV cameraman. His mother worked part time at the father's business and his sister was just a year and a half older than him.
Educated at St Brendans College and KLB school, Sam got his first job as his father's assistant part time, but later developed his skills as a writer by writing extreme sports magazine articles for a small magazine named Aftershock. In 2015, at the age of 18, Sam was interviewed on The One Show for his articles. This brought him to the attention of Thrasher Skateboard Magazine.
He wrote his first article for Thrasher that year named 'Skateboarding Calamities'. Every week he would write an article including 2 videos and readers would vote for the best one. He did this up until the age of 25, when MTV approached him and offered him an annual show based on his 'Skateboarding Calamities' article.
He carried on doing his article and show when, in 2029 aged 32, Sam was hunting in the woods with his close friend Dan and spotted the sought-after urban myth - the sasquatch. This was the last big impact Sam Lammond was to have in the world, meeting his unfortunate early fate at the young age of 33.
Samuel Jacob Lammond, born March 7th 1997, Died September 6th 2030.
(This isn't a serious obituary and i'm not really this full of myself)
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Havisham (poem)
I chose "Havisham" as my piece of writing because I like pretty much everything about it. The interesting wording, the weird sentence structure and how she portrays the characters emotional breakdown and torment make the poem different from any other.
The language used in the poem is unique and interesting. Every sentence has purpose and tells a huge part of the story, and the abnormal sentence structure used by Carol Ann Duffy just adds effect to her choice of wording. An example of the language used in the poem is the very first sentence "Beloved sweetheart bastard". The final word is a direct contradiction of the first and second, this shows the reader how twisted and confused Miss Havisham's emotions and thoughts are. Every sentence in the poem could be used for an example of Carol Ann Duffy's creativity in her image of Miss Havisham, however quoting and analysing every sentence would be a long and boring task.
"At the end of the second stanza, pronouns multiply wildly from 'her' and 'myself' to 'who'. It's as if her sense of self is fracturing. The pronouns run over the line break into the next stanza transforming the apparent sentence: 'myself who did this' into a question 'who did this to me?'. In other words, we think, at first, she's aware that her 'cawing' is self-inflicted. But then we realise she's actually asking 'who did this to me?'." This is a quote from an English teachers analysis of the poem. I used this passage because it explains how well Carol Ann Duffy's choice of sentence structure works and how much it can change the meanings of different parts of a poem in a way that I couldn't explain myself.
The language used in the poem is unique and interesting. Every sentence has purpose and tells a huge part of the story, and the abnormal sentence structure used by Carol Ann Duffy just adds effect to her choice of wording. An example of the language used in the poem is the very first sentence "Beloved sweetheart bastard". The final word is a direct contradiction of the first and second, this shows the reader how twisted and confused Miss Havisham's emotions and thoughts are. Every sentence in the poem could be used for an example of Carol Ann Duffy's creativity in her image of Miss Havisham, however quoting and analysing every sentence would be a long and boring task.
"At the end of the second stanza, pronouns multiply wildly from 'her' and 'myself' to 'who'. It's as if her sense of self is fracturing. The pronouns run over the line break into the next stanza transforming the apparent sentence: 'myself who did this' into a question 'who did this to me?'. In other words, we think, at first, she's aware that her 'cawing' is self-inflicted. But then we realise she's actually asking 'who did this to me?'." This is a quote from an English teachers analysis of the poem. I used this passage because it explains how well Carol Ann Duffy's choice of sentence structure works and how much it can change the meanings of different parts of a poem in a way that I couldn't explain myself.
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