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...