Food, Inc.

I can't stress enough how much this movie grosses me out. I promised my best friend I would go see this with her last semester because she had to watch it for this class also and we walked out of it feeling sick to our stomachs. We went into it really hungry and we were going to eat after it. Ohhhh how that movie made us think twice about what we wanted to eat. I love how it says on the picture that "You'll never look at dinner the same way" because after seeing that movie that night, I understood why. I didn't eat meat for like 2 weeks after that movie. There are still times when I look at meat and think back to this movie and how those poor animals were treated. I always feel awful when I eat meat but I love it too much to give it up, which I know is horrible. But, whenever and if I ever have kids, I am not allowing them to eat meat till they are in elementary school because I can't imagine what that poor lady and her family went through after her 2 year old son died.

Man o Man..

When we got to class on thursday I definatly did not expect to see a substitute teacher! lol That was my first time with a Sub in a college class. I'm not gonna like, I didn't think this happened in college! lol But on the plus side, I really enjoyed this class. The tresure hunt was fun! I was really mad that I missed one of the questions on the tresure hunt! But I'm glad I could help the others with that last question! And majority of them got 100%... good deed for the week? I THINK SO! So I hope Kate was/isn't sick or anything! I definatley need her back in class to help me with this essay! These essays will be the death of me! After tossing ideas back and forth I have finally decided on what to write!

Game ON!

This Thursdays class was actually really fun doing that hunt thing on the computer. I felt like I was in some kind of race the whole time. I have to admit that I was getting a little frustrated when Jessica was ahead of me in the questions. Hahaha I just hate loosing at games like that. But we still really enjoyed ourselves and the rest of the class seemed to be having a fun time with it as well. The only part that made me really mad was when I couldn't figure out how to log into the ebooks online and everyone else seemed to be cruising at it. But then Jessica figured it out and told me what it was so it was all good from there. I wonder who got the extra credit points for being done with it first though? I sure know I didn't get it since a ton of people left before I finished with it. I'm glad we did that for practice though because it really helped me understand and learn how to use the online sources through the library.

Sorry this is late!

So I didn't have any internet where I was this past weekened, and trying to post a blog on my cell phone, well, let's just say I was not very successfull. lol. So my opinion on what we did in class on thurday, well I was sooo bored! That was the third class like that that I had taken, and this instructor by far was the worst. I felt like I was watching Ben Stein. Do you know how hard it was to keep myself awake! OMG! But I guess it helps that I know what to do already, because I wouldn't have been able to stay awake if weren't have been for the computer sitting in front of me.

HA! Librarians are so funny...

Todays class was ridiculous and quite funny all at once. It was ridiculous at the fact that the librarian took an entire class period just to explain to us how to search the library via internet. It could have easily taken 15-20 minutes max to explain how to do everything. But no, he wanted to explain everything in detail and in depth. I thought it was hilarious when he was showing us where the books number is located and how to find it in the library. Who honestly has never gone to the library and learned how to find the book they are looking for? I even know how to find them and I HATE reading and barely use the library. Its like one of the first things you learn in elementary school. You even take "field trips" to the library when you are in elementary school because kids love looking up books. If you have never looked up a book in a library, then you must of had some really easy teachers in middle school-high school.

"Poltics and The English Language...." What?

GEORGE ORWELL.... If you could hear me, I would tell you how much I DISLIKED this essay! It's wasn't that it was stupid, I didn't understand any of it! I wish I could find a "Politics and the English Language... FOR DUMMIES!" That would make things a lot easier! I was so confused when I was writing the notes, but I managed! Today in class we talked about euphemism's and I couldn't help but to crack up at some of the one's on the website. I thought a lot of them were kinda perverted. But maybe it was just because Kate said they were! My favorite was blowing the brass trumpet! I about died! But back to Orwell, I've never really had any trouble understanding things, but this essay took me on a roller coaster ride! My brain actually hurt! I guess it's going to be a loooooong weekend of studying and breaking down this essay! Boo.

Hitler Baby

As we talked about Hitler in class today, all I could think about was the Hitler baby. I think this picture is hilarious! My 11th grade history teacher showed me this when we talked about Hitler in class and every time someone says Hitler now, this picture is what pops in my head. Hitler was very brilliant, but so messed up at the same time. Its just crazy what people will do to other humans. He was an amazing speaker and very persuasive, but that doesn't make up for what he did to all those poor Jews. I loved The Office video that we watched in class today too. I love The Office ever since I started watching it at the 3rd season. But I have never seen this episode of it yet. I really enjoy when she shows videos like that in class because it helps me to really connect with what we are working on in the class.

Run Sentences will be the death of me...

So when we started to work on run on sentences in class I thought to myself, "No big deal! I know how to use proper grammer!" Bur after seeing one of my examples being used, I was not so sure. I didn't think that comma usage, and run on sentence could be so confusing! I was very surprised when you brought up "fanboys." I have never heard of this acronym. IT was something totally new to me! After this class I've realized, that I have some work to do when it comes to comma usage, run-on sentences, and basically just simple sentence structure. Thanks alot Columbia County School Systems! A Big thumbs up to you!

Rainbow cake

So as I was looking up rainbows, since we talked about the charter amendment in class on Thursday and Tuesday and I found this rainbow cake. How awesome does that look! I don't know how they pulled that off, but it is amazing. Hahaha its a little off topic but I thought it looked really cool so I wanted to show you guys too. Anyways, I think its funny how organizations will do anything to get you to be on their side. For example, the video about the little girl going into the bathroom and the creeper guy following her in shows that they were using a scare tactic. The charter amendment is not going to allow creeps like that into a girls bathroom. I did love the other organizations come back to that commercial though. It was very clever and fast but directly to the point and states what the amendment REALLY is going to do.

Being Pretty Isn't Always Healthy

So reading the women fear factor article really did make alot of sense. even though it could be either way, women are more likely to feel the effect of the media. So this ties into my picture with the nail shop. women are constantly going to get manicure's and pedicure's to look presentable but while trying to do that we become unaware of the health risks were getting ourselves into. we dont liberately go in the nail shop asking did you clean out your foot tub. but when the media hypes things up thats when we become concerned. they blow things up to get our attention & to get us to buy.

Fear...

So reading the article "Female Fear Factor", really got me thinking. I found that this article related to my mother very well. The woman from the article where they were talking about the flame resistant mattress, reminded me very much of my mother. My mom would have FREAKED out if she would have saw the segment. I guarantee I would have come home to find her on the Internet trying to buy these mattresses. It's crazy to know how the media can focus on one demographic, and scare them so bad, that it will make them do anything they say. I just find it extremely crazy. So crazy that these women would give in to these stories and hang onto their every word.

KILLERRR... whale

I am still shocked to find out that the same killer whale; that has already killed a couple other trainers, has killed yet another Sea World trainer. If it wasn't endangered, I bet they would kill it. Honestly, they should kill the whale since it has killed so many of its trainers already. I think it's weird how when they are doing the shows, they know it's a trainer and they don't kill it. But if there is not a show, and someone falls in the tank, it will kill them. It's just weird that they "don't know" that it's a trainer. I still can't believe that it killed the trainer in front of a huge crowd though. I can't imagine seeing that if I was a little kid. I would be scarred for life! All those parents have to probably sit their kids down and explain to them what happened now. I also feel really bad for that trainers family. One of my really close friends' dads is a killer whale trainer at the Sea World in San Diego and I can't imagine how hard it would be on them if they found out that it was there dad who died from the whale.

True or False?

So as I was reading Jessica's essay about alcohol ads, I realized that its so true that you never see an alcohol ad that shows them waking up in a hospital or next to a random person. It's so true that when you drink too much, you can end up in the hospital getting your stomach pumped from alcohol poisoning or just throwing up all over the place. One of my best friends older brothers had to get his stomach pumped one time because he had way too much to drink. He ended up passing out and not responding to any of his friends so they called his parents and took to get his stomach pumped. It was pretty scary to hear about it but thats just the reality to drinking. These ads that they show you like this one are not what will happen to you if you drink. Dorky business guys are not going to end up with a model just because they had a couple drinks. In fact, it will probably be the opposite of that. So next time you go to drink alcohol at a party or bar or where ever, think twice about what can happen to you if you have too much.

hmmm face lift much?

So one of the things that I am going to be talking about in my essay is about how there are so many commercials on the TV right now for face creams. I love how all of them use a celebrity that is either NOT old at all or an old one that had a face lift done. Twiggy is a celeb that you can just tell has had a face lift done and that they air brushed her in this ad. It's really sad to me that some older women actually believe that these creams will get rid of their wrinkles. One, its not going to. Two, they probably had a face lift or some kind of plastic surgery done. Three, its air brushed. And four, they probably aren't even that old to begin with. Twiggy is a perfect example of a celeb that had a face lift. If you look at pictures of her from a couple years ago, its obvious.

Old Navy? No thanks...

I couldn't help but laugh when we talked about Old Navy and Ikea in class the other day. When i was little, I use to shop here all the time. It was one of my favorite stores and I would spend a ton of money there with my mom. My mom loved it because it was cheap and she didn't have to drive far to take me there since there was one right down the street from us. She also liked it because she didn't have to take me to the mall to see all the other stores because I would want to spend more money than usual if she did take me. However, I have not set foot in an Old Navy store since I was about 11 because I started to hate their clothes. They were so cheap and would rip so easily that I had to constantly go back to buy more. I realized that its better to buy more expensive clothing that will last longer than having to keep buying clothes over and over at Old Navy. However, I do love Forever21 and their clothes are super cheap too, but at least Forever21 has a better style sense than Old Navy.

Ikea lover

so while we were having our discussion about old navy and ikea and how they are cheap versions of the real thing. i couldn't help but think that my mothers loves ikea. she redid our whole living room full of furniture, table pieces, frames, and so much more. i remember going into the store and as described in the reading you actually don't have a choice to skip through and they go pay. you literally have to walk through the whole store just to get to the register. now don't get me wrong i myslef love ikea too and have some items from their in my room and bathroom as well, but their products are at an affordable price for many people to redecorate without spending an arm and a leg. for example after my mom brought two mirrors from ikea for $19.99, so after we left ikea we headed to target yes they are two different stores but we seen the same exact mirrors in target for $39.99 each. therefore we came out with the better buy at ikea. these authors are stating their points but its the though that who is really paying attention to whether ikea is a replicate of something else thats really expensive. samething with old navy, they are forever having sales which is good now being that it is a recession. so they clothes tear but what clothes doesn't. everyone is not able to afford the most well-cottoned or well sewn shirt because those be the most expensive clothes.

Lavishing Lashes

I couldn't help but put this on as my image for the blog. I mean, just look at the photo. My mind automatically goes to two infamous eye lash lengthening formulas. We have the well know mascara, which comes in a variety of types and colors. Then there is the fairly new Latisse, a formulated prescription liquid in which you put on your eye lids. Frankly, after they tell you all the side effects who really wants put that on their eyes. I can't help but feel sorry for the people who feel the need to make their lashes super long. By the end of the day all of the new advertising mascaras are all just about the same. I say being natural is the new style.

middle school days

So as we read over that essay on 7th grade, all I could think about was my middle school days in San Diego, CA. I actually really enjoyed my middle school years in San Diego. I was in the popular group at my school and in 7th grade, I was friends with all the 8th graders as well. My middle school was set up in 3 parts. One part of the school was just for the 6th graders because they felt like it would help them not get overwhelmed since middle school is a lot different than elementary school. The other 2 parts of the school were connected on the opposite side of where the 6th graders were. The 7th and 8th grade "villages" were connected and everyone was friends with each other. The 7th and 8th graders had lunch together too but it was split by where your homerooms were located at. I had all of my best friends in my lunch period so we stayed really close throughout the year. My brother was also in 8th grade at the same school as me and he was also in the popular group so that worked out too because all of the people he knew, I knew and became friends with through him. So all in all, I really enjoyed my middle school days and would not change them for anything.

Future Farmers of America

So, I couldn't help but think of my old school in Orlando as we read this article. I went to Timber Creek High School in Orlando for 2 years and it was so ridiculous. It was basically all hicks at my school and they all were a part of this club called Future Farmers of America. They were #1 in the state for the program and we had pigs, goats, ducks, chickens, roosters, cows, bunnies, and horses at my school like all the time. The pigs, bunnies, goats, rooster and chickens were permanent, but the other animals came every month. All they did was farm and hunt, basically every weekend. I put this picture up because this one time my sophomore year, this hick pulled up to school with a dead deer in the back of his huge truck. He was heading to school and hit it with his car so he just put it in the back of his truck so he could stuff it later. It was so disgusting! He was so proud of it and all of his friends were giving him high fives and all I wanted to do was puke. It was the grosses thing I had ever seen and if I remember correctly, I went home because I felt really sick after seeing it. I just can't see how people think hunting is so fun when you are killing innocent animals like deer. At the same time though, I do eat meat. So I guess thats kind of being hypocritical but still. I could never go hunting and kill an animal without feeling awful about myself.

The Hunter who also likes to drill....

Drill things into your head that is... Going to the school that I went to, it was hunting this, hunting that blah blah blah! If you didn't hunt or you thought there was something wrong with hunting, well there might as well just have been something wrong with you! There were several instances in the article "Modern Hunter-Gatherer" that reminded me of my high school! The high school I went to consisted of the hunters, and the non-hunters. The H's as we'll call them always had Venison Jerky, of Boar's meat, or some form of animal that they had shot, killed, and cleaned themselves. They remind me so much of Angelo! They didn't look at these as poor defenseless animals... the saw them as Chili, Jerky, or just plain meat! We did have a few incidents involving a girl at my school who was a member of PETA, and always tried to rally against the H's. All together this story reminded me of my high school experience! :)

so while we were discussing "faceless on facebook" i was thinking about how Kate was struggling to decide what she wanted to put in her "about me" section. my mother has an facebook and didnt put anything in her about me section besides the fact that she is my mother. to me that is enough because you dont want too much of your information out into the world, but then again what are the odds that people are reading your about me section? facebook is used for so many things, but while kate was sitting there worrying herself to death about what to write would really be a waste of her time because if she's just using facebook because her friends have one then that would really be a waste.

Michelin Baby

At first glance, this is a harmless baby right. He is nothing but a cute "little" baby boy who is filled with nothing but pure innocent joy. In addition to this, the baby's ethnicity seems to be Asian. As if that's not ironic enough, the baby is also compared to a heftiness version of the Pillsbury dough boy, the Michelin man. Personally, I believe this picture is quite sad. There is no reason why a baby should be compared to such a gross figure. However, the blame should rest in the parents for allowing there child to get this way. Not only should we blame the parents, but also the capitalistic society we have come accustomed to. Our government spends so much money on advertising junk food and then has the nerve to complain that the rate of obesity is increasing. My answer to that is Duh!!

Mom on Facebook

I couldn't help thinking about my mom while we were talking about the 'Faceless on Facebook' article. My mom always thought it was so weird that all of her friends had facebook and were friends with their kids’ friends on it. The main reason my mom said she would never get one is because she "didn't have enough time to sit down and 'stalk' people everyday". However, her friends and cousin recently just pressured her into getting one and she finally gave in to it. My mom is now friends with pretty much all of my friends on facebook. Plus she is addicted to it and is on it ALL the time now. So much for not "having time to stalk people" or thinking its weird to be friends with all of your kids friends on facebook. It’s just so ironic how people who say they will NEVER in a million years give in to getting a facebook now pretty much all have facebooks. My dad doesn’t have one still, but he is really thinking about getting one as well since my mom gave in.

Please Excuse the Interuption...

I have to say that when I started to write this blog, I had chosen to write about Media Interference, well apparently my computer hates me and did not like this idea. After several attempts and my computer literally deleting what I had written several times I've settled on this! :) So it made me think about the "Faceless on Facebook" article. My Mom didn't know what to do on Facebook until I taught her how. Now, I'm not saying my Mom is computer stupid, because she works with them all day; it's just that things are so advanced now a day, which basically your whole life has to do with electronics! She did get very annoyed while filling out her “About Me” section. It reminded me about how Kate just sat there and stared at her “woefully barren” interest section. Things have changed so much! How did we get along with our lives before Facebook? I'll leave you with that thought...