GOON

Last night I was laying in my room watching a movie and I started thinking about the name of the movie and how the character in the movie was portrayed. The movie was called "Goon" it is about a guy who basically has nothing going for him in his life, his best friend runs a web video website that talks about hockey. He goes to a hockey game with his friend and one of the players from the away team get put in the penalty box and they start yelling at eachother and the hockey player climbs over the plastic wall trying to fight this guy and ends up getting his butt kicked. That fight changed his life, the head coach of the home team saw what he did and liked it so he let him try out for the team as the "enforcer." Basically he was the guy who when he was on the ice just beat the crap out of anyone who touched his teammates. He stayed with this small team for a little while and later in the movie he gets a shot with a semi big team to be their enforcer. He ends up going and beating the crap out of everybody, but the really big thing about him going up to that team is that there is a player who is about to retire who is known as the leagues best enforcer and every hockey fan wants them to duke it to see who the best enforcer is.

The reason I chose to talk about Goon is because its very stereotypical of hockey players, it basically said that he was not ther to play hockey but to just beat everyone up so that his team could win. Hockey is known as a nehanderthal sport and it was just funny that this movie portrayed that perfectly. If you went to a hockey game you would notice that there is not one point in the game where someone is not getting the *bleep* knocked out of them but its how the game is played. Normally when there is a movie made after a sport it does exactly what this movie did, it stereotypes to the max.

Post 9/25

This semester i have learned to think outside the box. I was never narrow minded but I used to not be able to think outside of the box very well. With the combination of my english, management, and marketing class I have learned that to be sucessfull and do things to my full potential I cannot have a narrow mind veiw. This was very evident on the first paper I wrote because I love video games but i had to write a paper saying that video games are bad and that they serve no purpose. For this next paper I am positive that this skill will help me write a good paper; definatly a better paper than my last one.

The stupid box

The claim made by Johnson is incredibly dumb! I do agree that TV shows have gotten a little more complex but to take it as far as saying that it makes us smarter in not smart in itself. Stevens argument is where i am at on this, she basically argues against everything Johnson said and i would do the same. I'd say the only TV channels that would even remotly give you the slightest amount of knowledge would be History channel, Discovery, and maybe animal plants. Other than that TV show are purly for entertainment they have no educational value at all. If anything they bring complications into society. Im with Stevens all the way!

Team Iphone

This week they announced the release of the Iphone 5 and me being the only one of my freinds without a smart phone; I was really excited to hear about this because my dad has been talking about buying my family iphones. When I first saw the article i thought to myself what could they do to really make it different from the 4s? I personally thought all they did was make it thinner but as i could have guessed i was wrong. I installed a bigger more clear camera, they installed a fast processer so the phone would run apps and things like that fast, and like i thought they made it thinner. Overall the Iphone 5 is the same as the 4s its just a better, thinner, lighter camera basically.

With all of that said i am still pumped that i might be getting one! So hopefully soon ill be able to write on twitter #TEAMIPHONE5

Anne Lamott's "Shitty first draft," was written by me and her together on a sunday afternoon while drinking a cup of tea in the park! NAH! It really feels like we both wrote it together though, for the simple reason that is how my papers always start. I never know what to write; even if i have an idea in my head i still get stuck on where to begin and when i finally do begin i have the hardest time continuing on in the correct direction. When she said that writing everything down that comes to your head will help i didnt really beleive it and then i did it on this paper and it got me going but as always i got stuck again! This was a good essay and its really gonna help me with my first paper and the paper's to come, but first i gotta get past my mental block and be able to keep writing this first paper!

Cowboys and Angels

I am a fanatic about country music! If you looked at my ipod about 88% would be country music. The other day i was listening to the radio and i heard the song cowboys and angels by dustin lynch and was immediatly drawn to it. I know alot of country songs but this one caught my attention because it made me think of home. It talkes about how women are mens angels they save us and it brought around the thought of my mom and how she has helped me and saved me in so many situations. Now, yes the song is mainly talking about a sexual attraction and that brings me back to the girlfriends i had back home but since i dont have them anymore i like to get rid of that sense of the song and just apply it towards my mom!

When i get ready for class I always check my backpack first to make sure i have my binder, pencil/pen and my computer. Once i have all that stuff in my bag I do a mental check to make sure I finish all of my homework and if I am unsure i go back and check. During discussions in class I am not always the first to answer a question because I like to have a educated answer, so I will wait and listen to other peoples answers so that i can put together an educated answer. When I choose to speak up its because I beleive i have something good to add to the discussion, if I do not speak up its because I am not confident in what I have to say. My contributions definatly help me with homework and classwork because I am more engaged in the conversation and in turn remember the information better.

"Watching TV makes you smarter" argues the point that television now a days can actually give your brain a workout. I am going to start by saying I LOVE TV! I almost want to agree with this reding but in all honesty no matter how much i love TV i cant agree. Now, yes there may be some TV programs that can be educational but the majority of TV is just crap that is liked by by us. I have currently found a new liking for the TV show Lost and im not gonna lie its a really good show, it very interesting and capturing but when i actually look at it, it is probably the most pointless show i have ever watched in my life yet it still made money. I cant agree with his argument, TV does not make you smarter it keeps you "occupied!"