Hey!
This is my first post on my blog after I FINALLY got it to work :)
I'm excited to use it and I hope it will be helpful to me.
I'm absolutely horrible when it comes to using computers, but I hope this blog will give me more experience working on them.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Who I am
I am a control-freak, I have super big emotions, I'm not going to deny that I can be too high-strung and bossy, but these are all of the things that make me the person that I am.
I feel very overwhelmed whenever things are not in control or properly planned. I hate it when plans are made last minute or when I don't know how I'm going to accomplish a certain task. I love hanging out with my friends, but because I am such a control-freak, I don't exactly like group projects. It bothers me that I can't do it the way I want it, and I don't really think it's fair to share marks with other people. I love being with people, but I think some things should be done independently
This all ties into the fact that I am high-strung. I think that pretty much every person who knows me might say that I'm a bit of a drama queen, and that I make a huge deal out of little things without meaning to. I admit that I boss my sisters around a little bit too much, even my older one. She is very different from me, because her personality is relaxed and calm. If she had the same personality as me, that would get especially ugly. I glad that she's the way she is because her personality balances out mine.
The last thing that makes me who I am is the fact that I can get pretty emotional, but not in a bad way. I cry at movies and books more than the average person, and my friend always makes fun of me for it. She still laughs about how my make-up ran all over my face after watching "My Sister's Keeper." I guess that sad things just affect me more, because I am also a compassionate person. It goes the same the other way, I get more overexcited and hyper compared to other people. I remember being so excited about Christmas that I accidently put my foot through the kitchen wall.
These are all of the things that define me. Sometimes I can be stubborn and difficult, but usually I am a caring person, and I really try hard to be as optimistic of a person as my friend Julie. As Rabindranath Tagore once said, "I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present."
I feel very overwhelmed whenever things are not in control or properly planned. I hate it when plans are made last minute or when I don't know how I'm going to accomplish a certain task. I love hanging out with my friends, but because I am such a control-freak, I don't exactly like group projects. It bothers me that I can't do it the way I want it, and I don't really think it's fair to share marks with other people. I love being with people, but I think some things should be done independently
This all ties into the fact that I am high-strung. I think that pretty much every person who knows me might say that I'm a bit of a drama queen, and that I make a huge deal out of little things without meaning to. I admit that I boss my sisters around a little bit too much, even my older one. She is very different from me, because her personality is relaxed and calm. If she had the same personality as me, that would get especially ugly. I glad that she's the way she is because her personality balances out mine.
The last thing that makes me who I am is the fact that I can get pretty emotional, but not in a bad way. I cry at movies and books more than the average person, and my friend always makes fun of me for it. She still laughs about how my make-up ran all over my face after watching "My Sister's Keeper." I guess that sad things just affect me more, because I am also a compassionate person. It goes the same the other way, I get more overexcited and hyper compared to other people. I remember being so excited about Christmas that I accidently put my foot through the kitchen wall.
These are all of the things that define me. Sometimes I can be stubborn and difficult, but usually I am a caring person, and I really try hard to be as optimistic of a person as my friend Julie. As Rabindranath Tagore once said, "I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present."
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Pop Culture Taking Over Our World
I think that it's kind of funny that the desperate need and importance in our society to be twig-thin is growing stronger everyday, while at the same time, obesity rates are rapidly increasing. The belief today is that you have to be skinny to be attractive, and if you're overweight, you can not be pretty. This is an absolutely repulsive message to send out, especially to children. It drives me nuts that seventeen magazine has a "body peace treaty" and then every other page of that magazine has titles like "10 steps to awesome abs" and "get great thighs by spring."
Nobody can deny that every aspect of beauty in our society revolves around how much a person weighs. All the people in ads and the models walking the runway are so malnurished that I'm surprised they can still walk. why is it attractive to have your ribs practiacally bulging through your skin? It's gross and unhealthy, and I feel so sorry for for models and celebrities who are under so much pressure to be thin that they are forced to hurt themselves, like Lindsay Lohan. It's so easy for teenage girls, including myself, to feel a lot of pressure to thin. It helps me to remember how good pizza and fries taste, and why I wouldn't give up greasy food for the world. I'm very thankful for Queen Latifah because she is a celebrity who is not starving and she is an important influence on all girls. Her quote "I never wanted to be a model, I wanted to be a role model" is very inspiring.
I think another aspect of pop culture that has been blown out of proportion is the use of cell phones. Don't get me wrong, they're an awesome invention and they can be very useful, but they are most definately abused. I don't understand why some people try to use their phones in class because what could they possibly have to say? You most likely just saw the person you're talking to like five minutes ago, and it's highly unlikely that something important came up in that period of time. I know it sounds totally old-fashioned and weird, but I actually don't even have a cell phone. I can be severly challenged when it comes to technology, and it would be a lot faster for me to use my mouth to communicate with someone instead of texting.
Nobody can deny that every aspect of beauty in our society revolves around how much a person weighs. All the people in ads and the models walking the runway are so malnurished that I'm surprised they can still walk. why is it attractive to have your ribs practiacally bulging through your skin? It's gross and unhealthy, and I feel so sorry for for models and celebrities who are under so much pressure to be thin that they are forced to hurt themselves, like Lindsay Lohan. It's so easy for teenage girls, including myself, to feel a lot of pressure to thin. It helps me to remember how good pizza and fries taste, and why I wouldn't give up greasy food for the world. I'm very thankful for Queen Latifah because she is a celebrity who is not starving and she is an important influence on all girls. Her quote "I never wanted to be a model, I wanted to be a role model" is very inspiring.
I think another aspect of pop culture that has been blown out of proportion is the use of cell phones. Don't get me wrong, they're an awesome invention and they can be very useful, but they are most definately abused. I don't understand why some people try to use their phones in class because what could they possibly have to say? You most likely just saw the person you're talking to like five minutes ago, and it's highly unlikely that something important came up in that period of time. I know it sounds totally old-fashioned and weird, but I actually don't even have a cell phone. I can be severly challenged when it comes to technology, and it would be a lot faster for me to use my mouth to communicate with someone instead of texting.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Prejudice: The Unfair Instinct
I think that when it comes to feelings of prejudice against certain things in life, no person is completely innocent. When we were reading informal essays in English that concerned horrible things in history like the Holocaust, I can safely say that every person in the classroom was disgusted by how Jewish people were treated during this time period. The majority of people do not support prejudice to the extent of actually harming another person, but this does not mean that people do not feel prejudice against certain groups of people at some point in their lives.
I would be the first person to admit that I definately feel prejudice against certain people at one time or another, but unless I really think about it, I don't even realise I'm being prejudice. There is a girl on my soccer team who is very tall and extremely skinny, and the first time I saw her I automatically came to the conclusion that she must have an eating disorder. I do not have any proof whatsoever, but judging by her appearance, she could easily be a victim of anorexia or bulimia. But I have not seen her purposely starving herself or intentionally vomitting what she eats. It is not fair that just because a person is skinny, they have to face the curious stares of people every place they go. I have a friend who is very thin, but, and no offence to her, she eats a ton! So I think that it is important to try to avoid making assumptions about people based on the way they look.
One thing that makes me very upset is the way that some muslim people are treated in our society. I will admit that the terrible terrorist attack that occured on September 11 initially convinced me that all Muslim people are terrorists, but I was a lot younger at the time and I didn't understand that my assumption was very false. It is true that the muslim culture has different beliefs that our society may not necessarily agree with, but it is their right to have their own beliefs and customs. Religion should never go to the extent of killing innocent people, but nine eleven gave many people the false impression that all muslims are murderers. I have heard stories about muslims being grilled with questions while crossing borders and in airports simply because of their religion, and this is not reasonalbe. It does not occur to some people that their only plans are to go on vacation, just like every other family.
Prejudice is evident in a variety of forms. It can be a child refusing to eat a type food before they have tasted it because it does not look appealing, or it can be the killing of a black man simply because of the fact that he is black, like in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The point is that it is unfair to assume a short person will be terrible at basketball and that all asians are genius', because you have to get inside a person's heart before you know who they truly are.
I would be the first person to admit that I definately feel prejudice against certain people at one time or another, but unless I really think about it, I don't even realise I'm being prejudice. There is a girl on my soccer team who is very tall and extremely skinny, and the first time I saw her I automatically came to the conclusion that she must have an eating disorder. I do not have any proof whatsoever, but judging by her appearance, she could easily be a victim of anorexia or bulimia. But I have not seen her purposely starving herself or intentionally vomitting what she eats. It is not fair that just because a person is skinny, they have to face the curious stares of people every place they go. I have a friend who is very thin, but, and no offence to her, she eats a ton! So I think that it is important to try to avoid making assumptions about people based on the way they look.
One thing that makes me very upset is the way that some muslim people are treated in our society. I will admit that the terrible terrorist attack that occured on September 11 initially convinced me that all Muslim people are terrorists, but I was a lot younger at the time and I didn't understand that my assumption was very false. It is true that the muslim culture has different beliefs that our society may not necessarily agree with, but it is their right to have their own beliefs and customs. Religion should never go to the extent of killing innocent people, but nine eleven gave many people the false impression that all muslims are murderers. I have heard stories about muslims being grilled with questions while crossing borders and in airports simply because of their religion, and this is not reasonalbe. It does not occur to some people that their only plans are to go on vacation, just like every other family.
Prejudice is evident in a variety of forms. It can be a child refusing to eat a type food before they have tasted it because it does not look appealing, or it can be the killing of a black man simply because of the fact that he is black, like in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The point is that it is unfair to assume a short person will be terrible at basketball and that all asians are genius', because you have to get inside a person's heart before you know who they truly are.
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