Blog #6: "Big Brother"

Whenever I think of "Big Brother" I think of the "Uncle Sam Wants You" posters for some reason.  I guess it's because in both posters there's a creepy guy looking at you? Lol I have no idea why.  But that also makes me think of the government as "Big Brother" because they regulate everything that society does and keeps the order.  Whether it's the President of the United States, or a local police officer, the entire government is in charge of running our country, and part of that is keeping tabs on the people who live in this country in order to keep it safe.  Especially with possible terrorist plots, it is extremely important that our government know what is going on inside and outside of this country in order to prevent catastrophic incidents like 9-11.  It is because of incidents like these that I believe that we should sacrifice a part of our privacy in order to be able to feel safe in our own homes.

No Electronics Blog #3

So this is the last day of not using any electronics and I must say it's been a pretty long week.  I can't wait to catch up on all my favorite tv shows and check my facebook and text my friends! Going the whole week without electronics wasn't bad, just knowing that I can now use electronics makes me realize how much I've missed them.  I've kept myself busy with school work and reading and trying to go outside when the weather isn't terrible, but now I can't wait for mindless entertainment.  I think the first thing I'll do is catch up on the episodes of How I Met Your Mother I've missed, that's my favorite show.  Oh and I should probably call my parents so they know I'm still alive haha.  But all in all, this week went pretty well.  I'm very surprised by myself :)

No Electronics Blog #2

So far so good! The nice weather really helps with the whole no technology thing, I've been doing a lot of stuff outside the past couple days.  Friday I went camping, the weather was beautiful but that night it got pretty cold because it was so windy.  But to make up for that we woke up early enough to go watch the sun rise on one of the out crops on the side of the mountain.  The view was amazing! I took a panorama of the view Friday right before sunset.  It was even more beautiful Saturday morning watching the sun rise over the valley.  I thought that was pretty ironic since we had just talked about when the last time we saw the sun rise in class last week.

Blog #5: Creative Blog

If I had the "Feed" and had to watch random pop-ups in my mind all day I know exactly what they would be.  One would definitely be about sports, most likely Nike since I like their ads because they always have a deeper meaning and are pretty inspiring.  One Nike ad in particular that would pop-up on my "Feed" would be the commercial that Lebron James made for Nike where he asks "What should I do?" about his decision to leave Cleveland.  I thought the commercial was a great response to peoples' anger towards him for leaving.
Lebron James Nike Commercial
 Another ad that would always  pop-up on my "Feed" would be the commercial for M&Ms where a guy goes to get a snack from the cabinet and the snacks start flying at him and hitting him in the face then it shows the M&M guys standing in the cabinet and the guy says "Get in the bowl" and the M&Ms say "You get in the bowl."  This commercial would definitely be on my "Feed" because I love chocolate, especially M&Ms, and also the commercial is hilarious.
M&M Commercial
Another candy that I really enjoy is Snickers, not only because they taste great but also because of their recent commercial campaign "You're not yourself when you're hungry."  My favorite of all the commercials is the Betty White commercial where she gets tackled into a mud pit.  But I also really like the new one with Roseanne when she gets knocked over by a giant log.
Betty White Snickers Commercial
Roseanne Snickers Commercial
One commercial that I really enjoyed this year during the super bowl was the Eminem commercial for Crysler, I really liked how the commercial was so upbeat and pushing people to buy American cars.  I also really thought it was a great way to boost Detroit's moral since the city hasn't been doing so well in the past couple years.  It really shows the city in a good light, which doesn't happen very often, people always look at the bad things about Detroit and overlook all the history and how it was once such an important part of American industry.
Eminem Crysler Commercial

No Electronics Blog #1

Well the past five days have been difficult, I have no problem finding other things to do besides watch tv and check my facebook, but the cell phone is an issue.  It's been very difficult if not impossible trying to get in touch with people without using my cell phone.  I've been relying on my roommates a lot to inform me of what my friends are planning to do for the weekend and little things like when we're getting dinner at Reisner.  I didn't think it would be this difficult.  But spending my free time away from electronics is no issue.  Friday night I went rock climbing all night with some friends, and sunday I went for a drive and then a short hike with my boyfriend.  So far things are going well but I need to learn how to get in touch with people better, or I may starve!

Blog #4: Thoreau's Experiment

I could live in a place like that for a whole year, but I wouldn't be able to do it alone.  I could do without technology and everything but I would need at least another person to do it with me so I wouldn't go insane from being alone.  I'm the type of person who rarely needs alone time and most of the time I enjoy being with other people.  Like I can't even go to the bathroom when out with friends without asking someone to come with me, I'm that dependent on people.  Living in a simple cabin like the one in the picture would be no problem, for New Years I spent three days in a cabin pretty similar to this one, no running water, no electricity, no nothing, but I had the best time ever.  It was great getting back to the basics and not having to check my cell phone every 10 minutes to see if someone texted me or called me.  And being without facebook for three days was amazing! It was total freedom haha.  Thoreau's quote "Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" is exactly how staying at the cabin was.  It was life in it's simplest form, just surviving.  We didn't spend any time doing anything that was unnecessary to surviving or just plainly to enjoy the time.  Though I had fun that weekend I definitely have to say that it was because of the people I spent it with.  There is now way I could have spent those three days in the cabin alone. 

Blog #3: Are We "The Dumbest Generation"?

After watching the interview with Mark Bauerlein I honestly felt offended by his statement that we are the "dumbest generation".  Every generation says the same thing about the generation following them, just like while discussing the interview in class my group and I all talked about how we aren't dumb, but our younger siblings and their generation are more dumb.  It's just like the famous quote that "history always repeats itself", every generation always blames the generation before them for the problems in the world and the generation after them for being ignorant and naive.  I wouldn't say we are the dumbest generation, but we do take a lot for granted because of the potential we have at our finger tips.  We have the most useful tool in finding information about anything and everything, the internet, but we would rather use it to be social than to better ourselves.  It's like we're more interested in knowing about each other than useful information about anything and everything.

As far as Ms. Teen South Carolina's speech, it is disgusting to know that there are people out there who are supposed to be role models and who are that ignorant to our country's issues.  To not even be able to answer a question in a coherent manner makes me think if she even understood the question to begin with, the question was about our country's education and she started rambling incoherently about the world's education about the U.S.  It's people like these who make us look like we're the dumbest generation, when really we're just a generation of lost morals.