Hi, I'm Ellen. I'm from Hunterdon County, New Jersey, which is filled with farms, hard drugs, and disaffected teenagers. In class I said I liked art, hitchhiking, and camping. I also like to read and wear sunglasses. I'm sorry if my bare feet offended anyone on Tuesday. Some people said they didn't like feet, but I don't like shoes.

Williams's essay was very effective in convincing me of his idea of "culture." I thought the phrase, "I was born and grew up halfway along that bus journey," was a great way to tie the anecdotal introduction to his theme. It emphasized that we are submerged in culture. The repetition of the title throughout the piece also reinforced the patterns of culture being repetitive and ordinary. Words that describe big pieces of our lives are usually the hardest to define, such as culture, love, and God. I also thought of the phrase "We don't know who discovered water, but we know that it wasn't a fish." It's difficult to think about something that is so much a part of an ordinary day.