Blog Post 7
One particular form of art that I've really enjoyed recently is music. Wherever I go and whatever I'm doing I have to have some sort of music going on or I can't focus. Whether I be with my friends or doing homework or going to sleep, I am always listening to music. I think part of this is because I have so much going on this year especially that music is some sort of escape that I can entrance myself in and lose my stress for an hour, if I'm lucky. What this "form of art" entails is just a beat and some sort of singing and instrumentals behind it. I don't really know how else to describe what music physically is. But I do listen to all kinds of music. Usually when I'm trying to relax or get homework done I will listen to more relaxed music. But when I go to bed or I"m with friends, I tend to want to listen to house music or something like it. I can't really explain why I like to listen to different kinds of music at different times, I guess I just have a different state of mind when I'm in a different setting doing different things. For others, I would recommend any kind of music, whatever floats your boat. Whether that be deadmau5 or banjo music, as long as it gets you in a good mood I would say just listen to it and tune out the world, even if you only get to get away for 10 minutes. Personally I like to listen to the Black Eyed Peas. I get a lot of grief for liking this band so much, but I don't really care. A lot of people only know this revolutionary band for their bad SuperBowl performance or their switch of sound between the late 1990s and their comeback in 2009. But to me I just listen to the lyrics and connect to what I think is real in them. A lot of their songs talk about world peace or not worrying about what other people think, and I think that those kinds of messages are really good to send to the public. Obviously I would recommend anyone who previously made fun of the Black Eyed Peas to listen to some of their songs that didn't necessarily make it on the radio and tell me that the song as a whole is bad. Maybe you don't like the sounds that come with the lyrics or vise versa, but there is always something good when it comes to the Black Eyed Peas.
I think both of these songs are the two of the best that the Black Eyed Peas have to offer:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/where-is-the-love-lyrics-black-eyed-peas.html
http://www.metrolyrics.com/one-tribe-lyrics-black-eyed-peas.html
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Blog Post 6
Hey, you girls, take some advice from a guy. So listen, girls. Us guys know that you have a million and one problems going on at once and we know your brains are messed up right now, at this time of your delicate lives. But please don't take it out on us. Guys are stupid- let's face it... We don't know what you're thinking 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We won't pick up on your hints or your tests that you think are so obvious. If you have something to say to us, just say it plain and simple. We don't have the time nor the willingness to spend the time to figure out what you are trying to say. And please don't give us crap when we say something "stupid" or "wrong". Listen up, most guys are going to tell you what is on their minds and we are not going to think about what you feel about what we have to say. Second, us guys know the different pains you go through. Whether they are mental and physical we feel the same things, if not worse things, we just don't need to express each emotion that we have. Just relax.
The thing that annoys me the most is conceded people. Whether it be standing still in the hallway not giving a crap about where anyone else has to go or dumb drivers that don't look where they're going, the stupid things people do just gets on my last nerve. Take my two most prominent examples that I've stated above; clogging the hallways and stupid driving. First, standing still in the hallway. How hard is it to just move to the side so that the normal people that are trying to get to their classes and avoid detention can fast-walk in peace. It really isn't that hard to move one foot to the left or right and let people move. Like honestly just get out of my way. Second, dumb drivers. This is one of the most irritating things I have encountered in my almost seventeen years on this planet. People that don't think while they drive don't deserve to drive. If you don't look before you turn or don't think to break a little before you come to a stop, why are you behind a death machine? I speak to all dumb drivers when I say "you". You need to understand this, get this fact through your fat filled head. The normal people on the road are trying to get somewhere in peace, and we don't need the extra stress added onto the mountain that we already have. Just stop driving badly or stop driving.
Ten years from now I'll want to be living in New York City or Los Angeles as a orthopedic surgeon (bone doctor). I want to live in New York or Los Angeles for two main reasons: 1) I love the city lifestyle. The hustle-bustle of a few million people, the countless number of family-owned or chain restaurants, the numerous night clubs, the amazing work opportunities, etc. The city is just fun- I will never get tired of the kind of lifestyle of living in a city. 2) Cities offer the best work opportunities in the country. Especially as a doctor or surgeon, there are huge numbers of places to work, as opposed to some country village in the middle of Nebraska. In the city there are dozens of hospitals, clinics, and private practices that a doctor or surgeon can get involved with. As well as a higher pay roll because of the millions of patients that you will most likely have. Also, the close knit buildings promotes walking to and from work, which is a good form of exercise. In some random town in the middle of farms and cow manure, there are little practices to choose from and the pay is not nearly as much because of the lack of population.
Hey, you girls, take some advice from a guy. So listen, girls. Us guys know that you have a million and one problems going on at once and we know your brains are messed up right now, at this time of your delicate lives. But please don't take it out on us. Guys are stupid- let's face it... We don't know what you're thinking 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We won't pick up on your hints or your tests that you think are so obvious. If you have something to say to us, just say it plain and simple. We don't have the time nor the willingness to spend the time to figure out what you are trying to say. And please don't give us crap when we say something "stupid" or "wrong". Listen up, most guys are going to tell you what is on their minds and we are not going to think about what you feel about what we have to say. Second, us guys know the different pains you go through. Whether they are mental and physical we feel the same things, if not worse things, we just don't need to express each emotion that we have. Just relax.
The thing that annoys me the most is conceded people. Whether it be standing still in the hallway not giving a crap about where anyone else has to go or dumb drivers that don't look where they're going, the stupid things people do just gets on my last nerve. Take my two most prominent examples that I've stated above; clogging the hallways and stupid driving. First, standing still in the hallway. How hard is it to just move to the side so that the normal people that are trying to get to their classes and avoid detention can fast-walk in peace. It really isn't that hard to move one foot to the left or right and let people move. Like honestly just get out of my way. Second, dumb drivers. This is one of the most irritating things I have encountered in my almost seventeen years on this planet. People that don't think while they drive don't deserve to drive. If you don't look before you turn or don't think to break a little before you come to a stop, why are you behind a death machine? I speak to all dumb drivers when I say "you". You need to understand this, get this fact through your fat filled head. The normal people on the road are trying to get somewhere in peace, and we don't need the extra stress added onto the mountain that we already have. Just stop driving badly or stop driving.
Ten years from now I'll want to be living in New York City or Los Angeles as a orthopedic surgeon (bone doctor). I want to live in New York or Los Angeles for two main reasons: 1) I love the city lifestyle. The hustle-bustle of a few million people, the countless number of family-owned or chain restaurants, the numerous night clubs, the amazing work opportunities, etc. The city is just fun- I will never get tired of the kind of lifestyle of living in a city. 2) Cities offer the best work opportunities in the country. Especially as a doctor or surgeon, there are huge numbers of places to work, as opposed to some country village in the middle of Nebraska. In the city there are dozens of hospitals, clinics, and private practices that a doctor or surgeon can get involved with. As well as a higher pay roll because of the millions of patients that you will most likely have. Also, the close knit buildings promotes walking to and from work, which is a good form of exercise. In some random town in the middle of farms and cow manure, there are little practices to choose from and the pay is not nearly as much because of the lack of population.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Blog Post 3: American Lifestyle
In America, we really don't have a defined patriarchal or matriarchal society; it all depends on the family and their social/financial situation. For instance, a cliché American family has a working father and a stay at home mother that takes care of the two children. But that's the only cliché family. There are other families who consist of a single mother that have to take care of her child(ren) by working and doing "men jobs." Looking at each other as the opposite sex, men and women think that the other sex has it easy. Men think that women just cook and clean and do the jobs that aren't up to speed with what men can do. Women think that they have it hard with slaving throughout the house, taking care of the kids, driving them everywhere, as well as working one or two jobs just to be able to make ends meet with food or clothes and college funds. The reality is both sexes have equally difficult jobs, but they don't take enough time to appreciate what each other has to do. The difficulties for being a man in modern society is that we are perceived as brute and simple while the difficulties for being a woman is that they have to deal with alleged "sexism" as well as raging hormones. Stereotypes for men are being simple (as said before) and dumb. Stereotypes for women are that they belong in the kitchen and basically have to submit themselves to their husbands. Truthfully, neither of those are really true. Some of the smartest people in the world's history were men AKA Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, etc. And independent women include Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, etc.
One discussion question that Yolanda and Carlos would feel strongly about would be mine, that I did not have time to share previously, "Do you think the way that Carlos mistreated Yolanda as she was a child affected the way she grew up and who she is today?" I think that Yolanda would say Yes because all of the neglect lead her to be very self leading and ignorant of others' opinions. Carlos would say No probably because he believes that women and girls are used to that kind of treatment and must subdue to the dominant male.
In America, we really don't have a defined patriarchal or matriarchal society; it all depends on the family and their social/financial situation. For instance, a cliché American family has a working father and a stay at home mother that takes care of the two children. But that's the only cliché family. There are other families who consist of a single mother that have to take care of her child(ren) by working and doing "men jobs." Looking at each other as the opposite sex, men and women think that the other sex has it easy. Men think that women just cook and clean and do the jobs that aren't up to speed with what men can do. Women think that they have it hard with slaving throughout the house, taking care of the kids, driving them everywhere, as well as working one or two jobs just to be able to make ends meet with food or clothes and college funds. The reality is both sexes have equally difficult jobs, but they don't take enough time to appreciate what each other has to do. The difficulties for being a man in modern society is that we are perceived as brute and simple while the difficulties for being a woman is that they have to deal with alleged "sexism" as well as raging hormones. Stereotypes for men are being simple (as said before) and dumb. Stereotypes for women are that they belong in the kitchen and basically have to submit themselves to their husbands. Truthfully, neither of those are really true. Some of the smartest people in the world's history were men AKA Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, etc. And independent women include Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, etc.
One discussion question that Yolanda and Carlos would feel strongly about would be mine, that I did not have time to share previously, "Do you think the way that Carlos mistreated Yolanda as she was a child affected the way she grew up and who she is today?" I think that Yolanda would say Yes because all of the neglect lead her to be very self leading and ignorant of others' opinions. Carlos would say No probably because he believes that women and girls are used to that kind of treatment and must subdue to the dominant male.
Friday, February 3, 2012
7 Questions:
1. I think that Albert Einstein is more impressive. First, the magician is doing 5 simple tricks- they are things anyone can do. And no one knows that the tricks are done using real magic. Albert Einstein has made incredible scientific discoveries that seem like magic to uneducated people. So obviously Albert Einstein is more impressive; he actually did something worthwhile.
5. I would absolutely swallow the pill. First, I have never heard of Alice in Chains, so I wouldn't know if they are bad or good. Also, if I'm going to be with my true love, love triumphs all. Also, if I am really going to be with my true love, why would I want their collar bones to be broken with a crescent wrench?
7. Clearly, as editor of the New York Times, I am going to write about the discovery of the long awaited Loch Ness Monster. Shooting a sasquach in the leg is interesting but if there is one then there are others. There is only one Loch Ness Monster. And the President having thyroid cancer is pretty much irrelevent; not as many people are going to read about that as opposed to the discovery of the Loch Ness Monster.
12. If the wizard made the random person on the street a little more attractive with one dollar of "power", I would probably give him about one hundred dollars. The only reason for this is because I can only pay him once and I want to get the most out of my experience. Plus I'll be extremely attractive so I'll be able to attract someone with a lot of money. So it'll all work out in the end.
16. Because the future described by this optical orb thing is inevitable, yes I would probably watch the game. If I am going to become obsessed with Canadian football eventually, why not start now? The only reason to not watch the game is that I have other stuff to do, but it really doesn't matter because eventually my "other stuff to do" will be the CFL.
19. Well this is actually really easy to solve since I am a good liar. I would simply say that I was sprinting to get the TV remote because my favorite show was on, and I didn't see them napping on the floor and tripped over them, accidentally kicking them in the rib cage.
20. Obviously I would want to see the film made by Columbia Tri-Star. There are major Hollywood actors playing my friends and me, the plot has more action and interesting events, as well as more people will recognize me because the film was based off of me. The other film sounds realistic, but I've seen it before.
1. I think that Albert Einstein is more impressive. First, the magician is doing 5 simple tricks- they are things anyone can do. And no one knows that the tricks are done using real magic. Albert Einstein has made incredible scientific discoveries that seem like magic to uneducated people. So obviously Albert Einstein is more impressive; he actually did something worthwhile.
5. I would absolutely swallow the pill. First, I have never heard of Alice in Chains, so I wouldn't know if they are bad or good. Also, if I'm going to be with my true love, love triumphs all. Also, if I am really going to be with my true love, why would I want their collar bones to be broken with a crescent wrench?
7. Clearly, as editor of the New York Times, I am going to write about the discovery of the long awaited Loch Ness Monster. Shooting a sasquach in the leg is interesting but if there is one then there are others. There is only one Loch Ness Monster. And the President having thyroid cancer is pretty much irrelevent; not as many people are going to read about that as opposed to the discovery of the Loch Ness Monster.
12. If the wizard made the random person on the street a little more attractive with one dollar of "power", I would probably give him about one hundred dollars. The only reason for this is because I can only pay him once and I want to get the most out of my experience. Plus I'll be extremely attractive so I'll be able to attract someone with a lot of money. So it'll all work out in the end.
16. Because the future described by this optical orb thing is inevitable, yes I would probably watch the game. If I am going to become obsessed with Canadian football eventually, why not start now? The only reason to not watch the game is that I have other stuff to do, but it really doesn't matter because eventually my "other stuff to do" will be the CFL.
19. Well this is actually really easy to solve since I am a good liar. I would simply say that I was sprinting to get the TV remote because my favorite show was on, and I didn't see them napping on the floor and tripped over them, accidentally kicking them in the rib cage.
20. Obviously I would want to see the film made by Columbia Tri-Star. There are major Hollywood actors playing my friends and me, the plot has more action and interesting events, as well as more people will recognize me because the film was based off of me. The other film sounds realistic, but I've seen it before.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Blog Post 1
The front cover seems like this book has a lot to do with culture. It looks like one of the Garcia Girls is dancing (assuming it is one of the Garcia girls) or that she has to go to the bathroom. Both covers have a lot of orange and yellow, which makes me assume that this book has a lot of emotion. The summary was very simple and told me what exactly was going to happen. It has multiple lists which makes me believe that Julia Alvarez is somewhat repetitive. The reviews on the back make the book sound like it is inspirational and really makes you ponder life... The family tree is kind of confusing; the dotted line really makes no sense and it just confuses me-- are the Garcia and de la Torre families The Conquistadores or is it just creativity? Also, the "hair-and-nails cousins" doesn't seem to make sense. The first four chapters were actually surprising. According to the common stereotype of hispanic families, I dived into this book thinking that this story would be about the struggles that the Garcia families has living in New York. But from the first five pages or so, I can obviously conclude that the Garcia girls are filthy rich beyond belief! Tia Flor was telling a story about the first time she ran out of gas in a car. About how her cheuffeur was an idiot for not keeping the car filled with gasoline. Also what I find interesting is how Yolanda was considered as the sloppy sister, at least my physical description. This book actually sounds decent, I might actually read the whole thing!
The front cover seems like this book has a lot to do with culture. It looks like one of the Garcia Girls is dancing (assuming it is one of the Garcia girls) or that she has to go to the bathroom. Both covers have a lot of orange and yellow, which makes me assume that this book has a lot of emotion. The summary was very simple and told me what exactly was going to happen. It has multiple lists which makes me believe that Julia Alvarez is somewhat repetitive. The reviews on the back make the book sound like it is inspirational and really makes you ponder life... The family tree is kind of confusing; the dotted line really makes no sense and it just confuses me-- are the Garcia and de la Torre families The Conquistadores or is it just creativity? Also, the "hair-and-nails cousins" doesn't seem to make sense. The first four chapters were actually surprising. According to the common stereotype of hispanic families, I dived into this book thinking that this story would be about the struggles that the Garcia families has living in New York. But from the first five pages or so, I can obviously conclude that the Garcia girls are filthy rich beyond belief! Tia Flor was telling a story about the first time she ran out of gas in a car. About how her cheuffeur was an idiot for not keeping the car filled with gasoline. Also what I find interesting is how Yolanda was considered as the sloppy sister, at least my physical description. This book actually sounds decent, I might actually read the whole thing!
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