Blog 39
Happy Halloween!
So last night we stayed up later than usual, and we were walking around at 3 am, and we realized it’s very entertaining. First of all last night was because people were dressed up and you could guess who they were. Also, you could judge all the sluts that like to take full advantage of Halloween. Secondly it was fun to guess if people were drunk or sober. Or maybe the question was how drunk? So if you’re not into the party scene and enjoying judging others, you may want to try this.
So I’m listening to band music. This weekend I’ve been a pretty large band nerd especially. I’m listening to Symphonic Songs for Band by Bennett!
Last Thursday night my sister came from Charlotte to stay the night, and then went to Cincinnati to visit with the rest of my family. And then I guess last night she partied with my other sister and one of her friends, and her friend (Sara) left her purse in my sister’s car! So my sister stopped by again this morning and I had to run out and get it from her. So tomorrow, my other sister from Cincinnati is driving up with Sara to get her purse. And then I’m going to show them my room and we’re going to get dinner at Noodles and Company. I told my mom this story and she said that was quite ditzy of Sara to do that, I enjoy my mother sometimes.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Blog 38
Blog 38
Marching Band! If you aren’t a fan of marching band, you may not like this post….
So right now a couple of friends and I are watching two different marching band competitions online. One is in Atlanta and the other is in San Antonio. We’re not that big of nerds. Or maybe we are. Let me explain a little bit. So where we’re from, Mason, which has a growing marching band. We already have a nationally known concert band, for about 6 years now. Our next goal, is to get a nationally known marching band. 5 years ago we tried marching ridiculously hard music while marching terrible drill. 2 years ago we got a new music and drill writer. So, just graduating we are kind of into music. We can watch it online on the Fan Network website. This weekend is regional weekend. The last regional competition Mason did, they won. So we’re excited to see how they do tonight, even though they probably won’t win because there is a lot of competition. The goal at the end of the season is to make it into finals at the grand nationals in Indianapolis in a couple of weeks. They only accept the top 12, and we were 22 last year. So there still isn’t a big chance we’ll make it in this year, but it’s kind of what we’re going for. And at this competition today in Atlanta, where Mason is competing, there are a couple of bands that have made it in recently. And the thing with marching band judging, is that it’s completely subjective. The judges are afraid of giving a “good” band a low score. And equally afraid of giving a “bad” band a high score. So it is definitely about getting a name for yourself as a band.
Marching Band! If you aren’t a fan of marching band, you may not like this post….
So right now a couple of friends and I are watching two different marching band competitions online. One is in Atlanta and the other is in San Antonio. We’re not that big of nerds. Or maybe we are. Let me explain a little bit. So where we’re from, Mason, which has a growing marching band. We already have a nationally known concert band, for about 6 years now. Our next goal, is to get a nationally known marching band. 5 years ago we tried marching ridiculously hard music while marching terrible drill. 2 years ago we got a new music and drill writer. So, just graduating we are kind of into music. We can watch it online on the Fan Network website. This weekend is regional weekend. The last regional competition Mason did, they won. So we’re excited to see how they do tonight, even though they probably won’t win because there is a lot of competition. The goal at the end of the season is to make it into finals at the grand nationals in Indianapolis in a couple of weeks. They only accept the top 12, and we were 22 last year. So there still isn’t a big chance we’ll make it in this year, but it’s kind of what we’re going for. And at this competition today in Atlanta, where Mason is competing, there are a couple of bands that have made it in recently. And the thing with marching band judging, is that it’s completely subjective. The judges are afraid of giving a “good” band a low score. And equally afraid of giving a “bad” band a high score. So it is definitely about getting a name for yourself as a band.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Blog 37
Blog 37
Note: if you are choosing to read this blog, I may seem kind of whiny.
So I just finished my paper, which is a big relief. Especially because I started it today. It’s uncanny how easy it is to find a study place on a Friday afternoon. And writing this paper was really hard, especially because I kept changing my topic, so I’m expecting a really poor grade and I know I have to do a lot more with it. I didn’t mean to wait until today to actually start writing my paper, it just happened this way. I just had a pretty stressful week. It was probably because I didn’t do much homework over the weekend, but every night I was doing about 4-5 hours of homework, so I don’t know what you think, but I think it’s not slacking. It’s just I had a lot on my plate. I had 2 lab reports due in engineering. They weren’t full reports. One was revision from our first one, and the other was just a worksheet. Even though they weren’t “full” ones, they were still time consuming. And then this morning I had a midterm in math. It was over series and sequences. I don’t know how many of you have had a class in those, but they’re a pain, and for me the hardest thing to understand. Math comes pretty easily to me, but I still had to actually study for it. So my Starbucks Frappuccino is wearing off now and I don’t know how far I’ll make it until I just fall asleep…
Note: if you are choosing to read this blog, I may seem kind of whiny.
So I just finished my paper, which is a big relief. Especially because I started it today. It’s uncanny how easy it is to find a study place on a Friday afternoon. And writing this paper was really hard, especially because I kept changing my topic, so I’m expecting a really poor grade and I know I have to do a lot more with it. I didn’t mean to wait until today to actually start writing my paper, it just happened this way. I just had a pretty stressful week. It was probably because I didn’t do much homework over the weekend, but every night I was doing about 4-5 hours of homework, so I don’t know what you think, but I think it’s not slacking. It’s just I had a lot on my plate. I had 2 lab reports due in engineering. They weren’t full reports. One was revision from our first one, and the other was just a worksheet. Even though they weren’t “full” ones, they were still time consuming. And then this morning I had a midterm in math. It was over series and sequences. I don’t know how many of you have had a class in those, but they’re a pain, and for me the hardest thing to understand. Math comes pretty easily to me, but I still had to actually study for it. So my Starbucks Frappuccino is wearing off now and I don’t know how far I’ll make it until I just fall asleep…
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Blog 36
Blog 36
I look out into a sea of empty tables, which one to choose? There are some by the window, that’s nice. But it’s farther away from me. Some empty tables sit before me, mocking me with filth. There’s a couple sitting by some over there, but they could be too loud. They could inturrupt my dinning experience. I feel the food in my hands getting colder, desperately waiting to be eaten. If only I could decided on a table. I’m not OCD or ADD, just indecisive. What if I pick the wrong one? If I pick this one, would that one over there be better? Would I have had a better time at that one? These thoughts will filter through part of my mind, while the other side is screaming at it to shut up. IT DOESN’T MATTER, I say. But deep down I still think it does. Quickly I sit down randomly and eat my food.
Imagine you’re given $100 to spend in a mall. Great, right? Not quite. You only have $100, but what to spend it on? Fashion that none of your friends will understand, or that new ipod nano? Everytime we’re given something good, it turns evil and betrays us. You would walk down the mall, gazing at each window, deciding, is this worth it? Grace washes over you and you wonder whether you should purchase something for someone else, but the question still comes in, what? There are billions of choices in the mall? Should you purchase 400 gumballs? Or that one “big-ticket” item? What would be the best for your money? You finally find something, but can you find it cheeper somewhere else? Maybe then you could get two things. Your greed and efficiency would work evily together.
I look out into a sea of empty tables, which one to choose? There are some by the window, that’s nice. But it’s farther away from me. Some empty tables sit before me, mocking me with filth. There’s a couple sitting by some over there, but they could be too loud. They could inturrupt my dinning experience. I feel the food in my hands getting colder, desperately waiting to be eaten. If only I could decided on a table. I’m not OCD or ADD, just indecisive. What if I pick the wrong one? If I pick this one, would that one over there be better? Would I have had a better time at that one? These thoughts will filter through part of my mind, while the other side is screaming at it to shut up. IT DOESN’T MATTER, I say. But deep down I still think it does. Quickly I sit down randomly and eat my food.
Imagine you’re given $100 to spend in a mall. Great, right? Not quite. You only have $100, but what to spend it on? Fashion that none of your friends will understand, or that new ipod nano? Everytime we’re given something good, it turns evil and betrays us. You would walk down the mall, gazing at each window, deciding, is this worth it? Grace washes over you and you wonder whether you should purchase something for someone else, but the question still comes in, what? There are billions of choices in the mall? Should you purchase 400 gumballs? Or that one “big-ticket” item? What would be the best for your money? You finally find something, but can you find it cheeper somewhere else? Maybe then you could get two things. Your greed and efficiency would work evily together.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Blog 35
Blog 35
On Commonplace, I read the article titled, “Diversity or Discrimination?” It was about the various diversity efforts on campus, but really they are discriminating the majority. The author stated that before we can have true diversity, we have to treat everyone equally. This is a very good point. Everyone is trying to get strait to diversity because that’s what attracts the people with the money, but really it should be about equality. I think all races can relate to this article, but I think I can in a couple of ways. First, I live in Taylor Tower, and I’m pretty sure ALL the Chinese people (the ones that JUST came from China) live here, and my roommate is from China. So this is like the learning communities around campus that the author talked about. I see why someone decided to put all the Chinese together, but it’s probably a lot worse for them. I don’t know about all the Chinese here, but my roommate doesn’t have that good of English. I mean it’s far better than any language I can learn, but it’s not perfect. She will ask me questions what words mean and it’s hard to have a simple conversation with her ever. So I know what it’s like to be across the world and just want to see something familiar, but I think it would be better if they would meet other people that spoke English. Another example comes from home. I was in band, and there was a group of us that are all attending Ohio State. One of us got LOWER test scores and lived in a NICER house. He is African-American; can you guess which one isn’t paying for tuition?
On Commonplace, I read the article titled, “Diversity or Discrimination?” It was about the various diversity efforts on campus, but really they are discriminating the majority. The author stated that before we can have true diversity, we have to treat everyone equally. This is a very good point. Everyone is trying to get strait to diversity because that’s what attracts the people with the money, but really it should be about equality. I think all races can relate to this article, but I think I can in a couple of ways. First, I live in Taylor Tower, and I’m pretty sure ALL the Chinese people (the ones that JUST came from China) live here, and my roommate is from China. So this is like the learning communities around campus that the author talked about. I see why someone decided to put all the Chinese together, but it’s probably a lot worse for them. I don’t know about all the Chinese here, but my roommate doesn’t have that good of English. I mean it’s far better than any language I can learn, but it’s not perfect. She will ask me questions what words mean and it’s hard to have a simple conversation with her ever. So I know what it’s like to be across the world and just want to see something familiar, but I think it would be better if they would meet other people that spoke English. Another example comes from home. I was in band, and there was a group of us that are all attending Ohio State. One of us got LOWER test scores and lived in a NICER house. He is African-American; can you guess which one isn’t paying for tuition?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Blog 34
So I’ve changed my APA paper yet again, so it’s now about Buffy and Angel’s relationship and how their love can’t conquer all. I’m going to try really hard not my let my paper sound mushy though. But I’m looking at young relationships and why they don’t work, basically that people change over time. So I really like the idea of a satire paper, so one of the ideas I have is saying the right age to get married is at 14. I like the idea of a satire because it catches the attention of our generation with a little attitude and humor. So with a satire, it’s pretty simple, but I would highlight reasons to get married at 14 that really are reasons why the youth is dumb and think their high school relationship is going to last.
If I happened to not be in a humorous mood, I thought of a more serious paper topic. This would be answering the question whether younger or older couples are happier. I would probably take the side of the younger because I think it is more commonly believed that older couples are happier, maybe not though. But I think this topic is interesting because really which is happier? Younger couples, not married, just in high school live a stress-free life comparably. They don’t have bills to pay or the pressure to keep their job or worrying about their security. For the younger couples, it’s their parents that worry about that. But then what about the older couples? They live a stressful life worrying about kids and jobs and the future. So is “young and in love” always the best?
If I happened to not be in a humorous mood, I thought of a more serious paper topic. This would be answering the question whether younger or older couples are happier. I would probably take the side of the younger because I think it is more commonly believed that older couples are happier, maybe not though. But I think this topic is interesting because really which is happier? Younger couples, not married, just in high school live a stress-free life comparably. They don’t have bills to pay or the pressure to keep their job or worrying about their security. For the younger couples, it’s their parents that worry about that. But then what about the older couples? They live a stressful life worrying about kids and jobs and the future. So is “young and in love” always the best?
Monday, October 25, 2010
Blog 33
Blog 33
When I get up in the morning, I like to watch some TV while I eat my breakfast. This morning I watched “When Harry Met Sally” This is an oldie but goodie. Warning: it is a chick flick. For some reason, the baby boomers take all the good chick flicks or romantic comedies in their generation. I’m not that savvy on the subject, so I can’t name all of them, but “When Harry Met Sally” is definitely a classic and so is “Sleepless in Seattle”. Both are Meg Ryan movies, but “Sleepless in Seattle” is not very good. It’s about this creep girl that falls in love with a man (Tom Hanks) over that radio, and then they end up together. I love a good romance story, but I just can’t get caught up into that, it’s just not believable. “When Harry Met Sally” isn’t much better if you think about it. Harry is an ass at the beginning of the movie and he and sally are friends, then suddenly he changes and wants love. This is just giving girls false hope that their best friend that “seems” like he doesn’t like her, will one day just wake up and realize they should be together. Not very realistic. My favorite that the generation took was “You Got Mail”, another Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. This still isn’t very realistic, but at least it’s cute. Ryan owns a small bookstore that goes out of business by Hanks giant chain bookstore down the street. The ending? They fall in love. Shocker. Yeah I like to get lost into a good chick flick and think it’s true, but then I come back to reality and realize it’s very far from actual life.
When I get up in the morning, I like to watch some TV while I eat my breakfast. This morning I watched “When Harry Met Sally” This is an oldie but goodie. Warning: it is a chick flick. For some reason, the baby boomers take all the good chick flicks or romantic comedies in their generation. I’m not that savvy on the subject, so I can’t name all of them, but “When Harry Met Sally” is definitely a classic and so is “Sleepless in Seattle”. Both are Meg Ryan movies, but “Sleepless in Seattle” is not very good. It’s about this creep girl that falls in love with a man (Tom Hanks) over that radio, and then they end up together. I love a good romance story, but I just can’t get caught up into that, it’s just not believable. “When Harry Met Sally” isn’t much better if you think about it. Harry is an ass at the beginning of the movie and he and sally are friends, then suddenly he changes and wants love. This is just giving girls false hope that their best friend that “seems” like he doesn’t like her, will one day just wake up and realize they should be together. Not very realistic. My favorite that the generation took was “You Got Mail”, another Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. This still isn’t very realistic, but at least it’s cute. Ryan owns a small bookstore that goes out of business by Hanks giant chain bookstore down the street. The ending? They fall in love. Shocker. Yeah I like to get lost into a good chick flick and think it’s true, but then I come back to reality and realize it’s very far from actual life.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Blog 32
Blog 32
Today I ate at a traditions dining place for the first time. I got brunch at Baker Commons. Baker Commons is pretty hard to find. Baker Hall is pretty larger, and also hard to find. I was confused when the east and west lobby look exactly the same. But Baker Hall shouldn’t have been hard to find. Not with the address which we had. We were stuck using just our internet phones and not using our heads. With the address we should’ve looked at the number and realized they were going down so we needed to keep going. We were confused why our phones said we were in the right spot though. This reminded me of high school when we use to use our calculators for everything. Then we had this one teacher that made us not use it, and how difficult that was. She would always ask why we put negative values for distance, and then get upset when we told her that’s what our calculator said. Anyway, back to the traditions dining, it was okay. I think I like mirror lake café or the PAD better, but it’s not terrible. I would like to go to a different one every once and a while and stock up on chocolate milks. Those are my favorite.
On a different note I was thinking about these blogs. I don’t want to complain about them, I just think I would hate them less if the assignment was 7 a week instead of 1 a day, so we would be able to procrastinate every once and a while and still get full credit. Or even maybe 1750 words per week where the blog about anything could be accumulative, because sometimes I have more to say some days verses other days.
Today I ate at a traditions dining place for the first time. I got brunch at Baker Commons. Baker Commons is pretty hard to find. Baker Hall is pretty larger, and also hard to find. I was confused when the east and west lobby look exactly the same. But Baker Hall shouldn’t have been hard to find. Not with the address which we had. We were stuck using just our internet phones and not using our heads. With the address we should’ve looked at the number and realized they were going down so we needed to keep going. We were confused why our phones said we were in the right spot though. This reminded me of high school when we use to use our calculators for everything. Then we had this one teacher that made us not use it, and how difficult that was. She would always ask why we put negative values for distance, and then get upset when we told her that’s what our calculator said. Anyway, back to the traditions dining, it was okay. I think I like mirror lake café or the PAD better, but it’s not terrible. I would like to go to a different one every once and a while and stock up on chocolate milks. Those are my favorite.
On a different note I was thinking about these blogs. I don’t want to complain about them, I just think I would hate them less if the assignment was 7 a week instead of 1 a day, so we would be able to procrastinate every once and a while and still get full credit. Or even maybe 1750 words per week where the blog about anything could be accumulative, because sometimes I have more to say some days verses other days.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Blog 31
Blog 31
I usually don’t talk about my day because my day is usually boring and uninteresting. But today, I think, my day was actually interesting. So I woke up at 10 and once I was ready I tried to get lunch. I learned that it’s hard to find a place to eat on Saturday’s or even on game days. Originally we wanted to go to the PAD, but they’re closed. So we thought we’d settle for North Commons, but they were closed too. We thought we’d try Oxley’s Café on our way to the stadium, but SURPRISE, they were closed too. Finally we went to the RPAC. Then we went to the BOILER game. This game wasn’t very interesting. But I liked it better than the last one I went to because I could actually sit down some of the time. We decided to leave after OSU got 28 points because it was pretty much a shutout from there, and we had places to be. We took a trip to Easton Mall. I’ve only been there once before during the summer, but this was the first time traveling by bus to get there- and really the first time using the COTA busses in general. Getting there and back was pretty simple, thanks to IPhones. It’s really easy to just put it into Google maps to find how to get to the destination. I’m sure without the IPhone, it would’ve been much harder. At Easton my favorite part was getting Yagӧӧt for the first time in over a month. If you are unfamiliar, Yagӧӧt is a delicious frozen yogurt place. I got their specialty flavor, pumpkin. Absolutely wonderful.
I usually don’t talk about my day because my day is usually boring and uninteresting. But today, I think, my day was actually interesting. So I woke up at 10 and once I was ready I tried to get lunch. I learned that it’s hard to find a place to eat on Saturday’s or even on game days. Originally we wanted to go to the PAD, but they’re closed. So we thought we’d settle for North Commons, but they were closed too. We thought we’d try Oxley’s Café on our way to the stadium, but SURPRISE, they were closed too. Finally we went to the RPAC. Then we went to the BOILER game. This game wasn’t very interesting. But I liked it better than the last one I went to because I could actually sit down some of the time. We decided to leave after OSU got 28 points because it was pretty much a shutout from there, and we had places to be. We took a trip to Easton Mall. I’ve only been there once before during the summer, but this was the first time traveling by bus to get there- and really the first time using the COTA busses in general. Getting there and back was pretty simple, thanks to IPhones. It’s really easy to just put it into Google maps to find how to get to the destination. I’m sure without the IPhone, it would’ve been much harder. At Easton my favorite part was getting Yagӧӧt for the first time in over a month. If you are unfamiliar, Yagӧӧt is a delicious frozen yogurt place. I got their specialty flavor, pumpkin. Absolutely wonderful.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Blog 30
Blog 30
I just watched “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” This is a must see movie if you managed not to see it yet. I like it a lot but it’s definitely not my favorite. I think it relates to guys more than girls. I think some part of every guy wants to be Ferris Bueller for a day. I can’t really relate to it that much because my high school started at 7:15 every day so my day off would include sleeping until noon, and then just chilling for the rest of the day. I wouldn’t want to be running around the city, except I wouldn’t mind Chicago. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, except it’s on the more dangerous side, but every big city kind of is. I like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” because it highlights some of the land marks in Chicago. The last I’ve been to Chicago was for a Wind Symphony trip when I was a sophomore. It was the best trip we’ve gone on during my years in Wind Symphony. It was just so relaxed, we could do whatever we wanted, and we were treated not like freshmen. We got to go to the Chicago Art Museum, and we saw that one piece that Cameron stares at forever.
Watching that movie again reminded me of other movies I should see again that are great. One of them is “Pleasantville”. This is about a teenage boy and girl going into the TV and becoming a part of a 60’s sitcom is black and white. As the boy and girl bring their current aged mishaps into the 60’s sitcom, color starts to emerge and the town is turned upside down. Definitely a must see!
I just watched “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” This is a must see movie if you managed not to see it yet. I like it a lot but it’s definitely not my favorite. I think it relates to guys more than girls. I think some part of every guy wants to be Ferris Bueller for a day. I can’t really relate to it that much because my high school started at 7:15 every day so my day off would include sleeping until noon, and then just chilling for the rest of the day. I wouldn’t want to be running around the city, except I wouldn’t mind Chicago. Chicago is one of my favorite cities, except it’s on the more dangerous side, but every big city kind of is. I like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” because it highlights some of the land marks in Chicago. The last I’ve been to Chicago was for a Wind Symphony trip when I was a sophomore. It was the best trip we’ve gone on during my years in Wind Symphony. It was just so relaxed, we could do whatever we wanted, and we were treated not like freshmen. We got to go to the Chicago Art Museum, and we saw that one piece that Cameron stares at forever.
Watching that movie again reminded me of other movies I should see again that are great. One of them is “Pleasantville”. This is about a teenage boy and girl going into the TV and becoming a part of a 60’s sitcom is black and white. As the boy and girl bring their current aged mishaps into the 60’s sitcom, color starts to emerge and the town is turned upside down. Definitely a must see!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Blog 29
Blog 29
So I kind of have a while to go on my paper I feel like because I haven’t really established my real world connection yet. Luckily I feel like I’m pretty close to my argument, it’s just once I have my real world connection I’ll be able to define it more clearly.
So I’m still dealing with Angel and how he went from getting a chance of a lifetime to be with the love of his life Buffy as a human, to returning to be a vampire. This is quite odd behavior so I decided to look at it a little closer. I went from thinking that the writers thought it was bad for people to return to who they were, to saying it’s good for people to return to who they are.
So the first part of my argument is that people sacrifice the thing they want most to remain the same and to keep their identity. The second part of my argument is asking if this is bad. Is it bad to make sacrifices and to stop the personal growth? I’m hoping I’ll be able to find some research about personal growth and when it’s important of necessary and when it is good to stay the same.
So for my real world example, I need someone or group that sacrifices something in order to remain the same. I’ve looked at devoted high school athletes that get injured, but they didn’t want to get injured so they didn’t really sacrifice anything. I’ve looked at women who get a ton of plastic surgery; they sacrifice their self-esteem to appear young. And I’ve looked at workaholics. They sacrifice their family in order to perpetually work, but I don’t know how much that affects their personal growth verses general quality of life.
I think workaholics are my best real world example, but I still don’t think I’ve found the quintessential example for my argument yet.
So I kind of have a while to go on my paper I feel like because I haven’t really established my real world connection yet. Luckily I feel like I’m pretty close to my argument, it’s just once I have my real world connection I’ll be able to define it more clearly.
So I’m still dealing with Angel and how he went from getting a chance of a lifetime to be with the love of his life Buffy as a human, to returning to be a vampire. This is quite odd behavior so I decided to look at it a little closer. I went from thinking that the writers thought it was bad for people to return to who they were, to saying it’s good for people to return to who they are.
So the first part of my argument is that people sacrifice the thing they want most to remain the same and to keep their identity. The second part of my argument is asking if this is bad. Is it bad to make sacrifices and to stop the personal growth? I’m hoping I’ll be able to find some research about personal growth and when it’s important of necessary and when it is good to stay the same.
So for my real world example, I need someone or group that sacrifices something in order to remain the same. I’ve looked at devoted high school athletes that get injured, but they didn’t want to get injured so they didn’t really sacrifice anything. I’ve looked at women who get a ton of plastic surgery; they sacrifice their self-esteem to appear young. And I’ve looked at workaholics. They sacrifice their family in order to perpetually work, but I don’t know how much that affects their personal growth verses general quality of life.
I think workaholics are my best real world example, but I still don’t think I’ve found the quintessential example for my argument yet.
Blog 28
I forgot to blog yesterday because I WENT TO SEE AZIZ!!!!!!! It was really funny, and the opening comedian Dan Levi or something was quite funny too. The only thing about this experience, is that I realized how much I hate waiting in lines. That would be my only complaint about Ohio State, it’s that I don’t like waiting in lines. I like the big school because of all the opportunities, and you’re going to find something you like here, it’s just I hate crowds. Most days it’s not a big deal. I just try not to eat at crowded times, but last night, at an event that popular, it was pretty crowded. The other thing about Aziz was the venue… We were just in this giant room with a lot of chairs. I guess that’s probably the biggest place they have to hold people, but still it would’ve been nicer to be in a more auditorium setting. And then with being in a big room with a bunch of chairs, the seat number and row didn’t matter, it was just first come first serve, and we didn’t know that. There was this very big line, and we didn’t know it was happening so we chilled in the student organizations room in the Union- which is a very cool place if you haven’t been there. So we try to get into the grand ballroom, but it’s roped off, so we go back downstairs, outside, walk to the end of the line, to just walk back inside, go up the stairs, and get back to the ballroom. That was kind of frustrating. So next time I do an OUAB event I’ll know there IS going to be a line, so I should get there early if I want good seats. Overall though, like I said, it was very enjoyable, and I’m glad I went.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Blog 27
Blog 27
Glee. I’m running out of things to talk about, so I’m watching Glee right now. It’s a re-run tonight, which is kind of annoying. I hate it when all week you’re looking forward to a new episode of a certain show, like Glee, to only find out when you sit down that it’s just a re-run. So I haven’t been a gleek all along. I don’t actually consider myself a gleek right now, but I do enjoy watching the show. I’m in band- or was at least in high school, so I have a great appreciation for music. I don’t miss band a lot, but I still do a little. I won’t ever go out for The Ohio State Marching Band because I’m not that athletic, and that’s too much work. And I might do a concert band, but I hear those are really hard to get into. I don’t think I would have too much of a problem getting into one if I tried to over the summer and kept playing, but I haven’t really practiced since last June. I play trombone, a brass instrument, and brass instruments really require a lot of muscle in the upper lip. Since I haven’t practiced since June, it will take a lot of work to come back to my level of playing, so I don’t really want to do that. I could join a more relaxed concert band, but that would be just too different from my band back home that was super serious. So I think I’ll just settle for an athletic band, besides I think it would be weird if I didn’t know how to play my fight song.
Glee. I’m running out of things to talk about, so I’m watching Glee right now. It’s a re-run tonight, which is kind of annoying. I hate it when all week you’re looking forward to a new episode of a certain show, like Glee, to only find out when you sit down that it’s just a re-run. So I haven’t been a gleek all along. I don’t actually consider myself a gleek right now, but I do enjoy watching the show. I’m in band- or was at least in high school, so I have a great appreciation for music. I don’t miss band a lot, but I still do a little. I won’t ever go out for The Ohio State Marching Band because I’m not that athletic, and that’s too much work. And I might do a concert band, but I hear those are really hard to get into. I don’t think I would have too much of a problem getting into one if I tried to over the summer and kept playing, but I haven’t really practiced since last June. I play trombone, a brass instrument, and brass instruments really require a lot of muscle in the upper lip. Since I haven’t practiced since June, it will take a lot of work to come back to my level of playing, so I don’t really want to do that. I could join a more relaxed concert band, but that would be just too different from my band back home that was super serious. So I think I’ll just settle for an athletic band, besides I think it would be weird if I didn’t know how to play my fight song.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Blog 26
Blog 26: Scheduling
I’m writing about this because that is what’s currently on my mind. If I were not typing this blog right now I’d be working on my scheduling stuff because I schedule tomorrow. I schedule tomorrow at 5:15 which is earlier than most people because I’m in honors, but it’s later than a lot of people in the honors. Early scheduling for honors is nice because we schedule early, obviously, but it’s still hard because most of my classes are FEH based so their honors, so I’m competing to get the seats in classes against people that have their window open earlier than mine. Also for scheduling, I’m going to schedule my friend because his window opens at 4, but with marching band he’s not free until after 6. So I said I would schedule his classes to make his life a little easier. Neither of us has had to schedule classes yet because we’re in FEH and apparently all we had to do was circle what math class we wanted and what science class we would take based on how many science credit hours we got. I got out of 3 different science classes so I originally wanted to take Chem 122, but it was already full, so I decided to take this credit instead and get a GEC out of the way. So my friend, when he has to schedule for the spring, will be really confused and behind everyone else. So now that my blog is finished, I’m going to go investigate this scheduling thing.
I’m writing about this because that is what’s currently on my mind. If I were not typing this blog right now I’d be working on my scheduling stuff because I schedule tomorrow. I schedule tomorrow at 5:15 which is earlier than most people because I’m in honors, but it’s later than a lot of people in the honors. Early scheduling for honors is nice because we schedule early, obviously, but it’s still hard because most of my classes are FEH based so their honors, so I’m competing to get the seats in classes against people that have their window open earlier than mine. Also for scheduling, I’m going to schedule my friend because his window opens at 4, but with marching band he’s not free until after 6. So I said I would schedule his classes to make his life a little easier. Neither of us has had to schedule classes yet because we’re in FEH and apparently all we had to do was circle what math class we wanted and what science class we would take based on how many science credit hours we got. I got out of 3 different science classes so I originally wanted to take Chem 122, but it was already full, so I decided to take this credit instead and get a GEC out of the way. So my friend, when he has to schedule for the spring, will be really confused and behind everyone else. So now that my blog is finished, I’m going to go investigate this scheduling thing.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
blog 25, coloring
Blog 25
Coloring. I like to color, a lot. I was really excited to go to college to color because apparently that’s what everyone does. I haven’t actually colored yet though. Mainly I don’t because I don’t have a printer. My mom figured that I didn’t need a printer in college, but I’ve only been here 4 weeks and I’ve already used $15 dollars. And that would be like $45 a quarter and $135 a year, so I think it would be wise to get a printer. But $15 sounds like a lot at $0.06 a sheet. Maybe that number is wrong. Anyway, I still think I should get a printer. So I haven’t colored yet because I don’t have a printer, and because I don’t have anyone to color with. Most of my friends are guys, and they’re not so into coloring most of the time, and my one friend that actually likes to color lives across campus. So hopefully soon I’ll start to color. I even brought coloring stuff from home. I have colored pencils and markers- fat and skinny, and crayons. So I’m pretty prepared. I could always just go to CVS and get a coloring book. But most coloring books are on that cheap brown paper that’s practically see-through and marker bleeds right through. I want to color because it’s a good productive relaxing thing to do. Also, I could mail one to my grandma or any other family member that wants one. Grandmas like things like that. So hopefully I’ll be on my way to coloring soon.
Coloring. I like to color, a lot. I was really excited to go to college to color because apparently that’s what everyone does. I haven’t actually colored yet though. Mainly I don’t because I don’t have a printer. My mom figured that I didn’t need a printer in college, but I’ve only been here 4 weeks and I’ve already used $15 dollars. And that would be like $45 a quarter and $135 a year, so I think it would be wise to get a printer. But $15 sounds like a lot at $0.06 a sheet. Maybe that number is wrong. Anyway, I still think I should get a printer. So I haven’t colored yet because I don’t have a printer, and because I don’t have anyone to color with. Most of my friends are guys, and they’re not so into coloring most of the time, and my one friend that actually likes to color lives across campus. So hopefully soon I’ll start to color. I even brought coloring stuff from home. I have colored pencils and markers- fat and skinny, and crayons. So I’m pretty prepared. I could always just go to CVS and get a coloring book. But most coloring books are on that cheap brown paper that’s practically see-through and marker bleeds right through. I want to color because it’s a good productive relaxing thing to do. Also, I could mail one to my grandma or any other family member that wants one. Grandmas like things like that. So hopefully I’ll be on my way to coloring soon.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Blog 24
Blog 24
Since in college, I haven’t had as much time to watch tv as I did in high school. Mainly because I had more free time in high school, but it’s probably because I don’t have a DVR anymore, that makes it harder to keep up with shows. Luckily in this age of time, most shows are conveniently online to watch past episode. Hulu.com has modern family and glee. And if a particular show isn’t on hulu, their network website will have previous episodes too. But some of them are weird and don’t let you watch the last one until the next one has aired. I don’t like this system, because if you get behind in the series, the only way to get caught up is to just miss one, watch the next one, and then go back and watch that one you missed. I find this rather silly because it makes it so difficult just to watch the show. I think the network websites should be trying to make it easier to watch their shows, not harder. I like watching shows online because it’s like a DVR, on my time and I can stop/rewind/fast-forward whenever I want. There are commercials online, but they’re not that long and their usually quite softer than the show. I think the volume change for online commercials verses tv commercials is very nice. And watching it online is like watching it on TV because I can hookup my laptop to my TV. The only problem with watching online is that the internet isn’t excellent here and my laptop is really slow, so I often have buffering problems. But it’s better than being tied down to my TV at a certain time every evening.
Since in college, I haven’t had as much time to watch tv as I did in high school. Mainly because I had more free time in high school, but it’s probably because I don’t have a DVR anymore, that makes it harder to keep up with shows. Luckily in this age of time, most shows are conveniently online to watch past episode. Hulu.com has modern family and glee. And if a particular show isn’t on hulu, their network website will have previous episodes too. But some of them are weird and don’t let you watch the last one until the next one has aired. I don’t like this system, because if you get behind in the series, the only way to get caught up is to just miss one, watch the next one, and then go back and watch that one you missed. I find this rather silly because it makes it so difficult just to watch the show. I think the network websites should be trying to make it easier to watch their shows, not harder. I like watching shows online because it’s like a DVR, on my time and I can stop/rewind/fast-forward whenever I want. There are commercials online, but they’re not that long and their usually quite softer than the show. I think the volume change for online commercials verses tv commercials is very nice. And watching it online is like watching it on TV because I can hookup my laptop to my TV. The only problem with watching online is that the internet isn’t excellent here and my laptop is really slow, so I often have buffering problems. But it’s better than being tied down to my TV at a certain time every evening.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Blog 23
Blog 23
Today is Friday. That is very exciting. I’m glad it’s finally the weekend, even though I’m going to be pretty busy because a friend from high school is visiting and my boyfriend’s parents will be visiting also. Next week will be nice though because I won’t have as much home work. This week I had a lab report due Thursday and this paper due today, it was a bit stressful. But it’s over now and I have some break. So I’m excited for next week because I have a lighter load and because AZIZ is next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m really excited for that. And I’m glad I didn’t have to wait in line too long to get tickets. I first heard of Aziz on Parks and Recreation. He’s pretty funny. Then I saw him on Funny People. This is a movie with Adam Sandler loosely based on The Great Gatsby. Adam Sandler used to be funny with movies like, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and The Water Boy. His not so funny movies include Click, and Funny People. Clearly his ‘time’ is over since the good ones are the old ones. BUT, I saw Aziz on Funny People because he was one of the other comedians with Adam Sandler’s character. And then on Comedy Central I saw his stand-up comedian sketch, which was really funny. But then I watched Jimmy Kimmel with Aziz and he did the same jokes about his fat cousin! So I hope he doesn’t do the same thing this Wednesday.
Today is Friday. That is very exciting. I’m glad it’s finally the weekend, even though I’m going to be pretty busy because a friend from high school is visiting and my boyfriend’s parents will be visiting also. Next week will be nice though because I won’t have as much home work. This week I had a lab report due Thursday and this paper due today, it was a bit stressful. But it’s over now and I have some break. So I’m excited for next week because I have a lighter load and because AZIZ is next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m really excited for that. And I’m glad I didn’t have to wait in line too long to get tickets. I first heard of Aziz on Parks and Recreation. He’s pretty funny. Then I saw him on Funny People. This is a movie with Adam Sandler loosely based on The Great Gatsby. Adam Sandler used to be funny with movies like, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and The Water Boy. His not so funny movies include Click, and Funny People. Clearly his ‘time’ is over since the good ones are the old ones. BUT, I saw Aziz on Funny People because he was one of the other comedians with Adam Sandler’s character. And then on Comedy Central I saw his stand-up comedian sketch, which was really funny. But then I watched Jimmy Kimmel with Aziz and he did the same jokes about his fat cousin! So I hope he doesn’t do the same thing this Wednesday.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Blog 22
Blog 22: Abstract
People fear changing that they hold onto their identity too long to enjoy the shifting world around them. In Angel, “I Will Remember You,” Angel holds too desperately onto his identity as a rescuer that he refuses enjoyment and returns to who he was. By showing Angel becoming what he’s always dreamed of to receive love from Buffy, returning back to a vampire, the creators of Angel are demonstrating that people hold tightly to their identity and will avoid personal change and miss out on the beautiful wonders of the world. Angel defines himself as a saver and helper, when he becomes a human he loses all of that and can no longer save Buffy or anyone else. When he becomes human his identity is lost and he blends into the normal world. He is able to receive love and taste but returns all of this because he is afraid of losing himself. Angel turns down a great opportunity to reinvent himself and experience the world in a new angle. Through Angel, the creators are showing that people refuse the changing world because they hold onto their identity too long. In looking at world examples of personal identity, Brett Favre comes to the surface. Favre was in football for many years and he’s at a point now where he should retire for good. Favre won’t retire because his identity it too attached to life as a football player and now he is missing out on great opportunities around him outside of football. If Favre were to let go of his personal identity he would be able to enjoy the world around him.
People fear changing that they hold onto their identity too long to enjoy the shifting world around them. In Angel, “I Will Remember You,” Angel holds too desperately onto his identity as a rescuer that he refuses enjoyment and returns to who he was. By showing Angel becoming what he’s always dreamed of to receive love from Buffy, returning back to a vampire, the creators of Angel are demonstrating that people hold tightly to their identity and will avoid personal change and miss out on the beautiful wonders of the world. Angel defines himself as a saver and helper, when he becomes a human he loses all of that and can no longer save Buffy or anyone else. When he becomes human his identity is lost and he blends into the normal world. He is able to receive love and taste but returns all of this because he is afraid of losing himself. Angel turns down a great opportunity to reinvent himself and experience the world in a new angle. Through Angel, the creators are showing that people refuse the changing world because they hold onto their identity too long. In looking at world examples of personal identity, Brett Favre comes to the surface. Favre was in football for many years and he’s at a point now where he should retire for good. Favre won’t retire because his identity it too attached to life as a football player and now he is missing out on great opportunities around him outside of football. If Favre were to let go of his personal identity he would be able to enjoy the world around him.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Blog 18
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs:
Basically a guy named Maslow created the “Hierarch of Needs” in 1943. It summarizes the basic needs of humans. It is most commonly presented in a pyramid. At the bottom of the pyramid are basic needs, and at the top there are more complex need of a person. As humans progress up the pyramid, the needs become more psychological and social. Near the top, the need for self-esteem and personal accomplishment become more important. Maslow liked the idea of self-actualization which is the idea of growing as a person to achieve individual achievements. Maslow believed that the types of need were physiological, security, social and esteem. These needs are deficiency needs (D-needs). The highest part of the pyramid is growth needs. Growth needs don’t come from a lack of something, but for the need as growing as a human.
To look at a way this relates to Angel, I’ll go through each need to see if it relates to way he acts. Physiological: well, he has food (even though as a vampire he doesn’t need it), water and air. So I don’t think this is it.
Security: Maybe. As a human he had incredibly less security than as a vampire. As a vampire, he could pretty much do anything. But now that he’s human, he’s just like everyone else.
Social: The difference between social and security pretty much explains Angel’s behaviors. When Angel is human he has the love he’s always desired for with Buffy, so this area is met. However, when Angel is human, he loses his security. So it looks like Angel acted the way he did because he lost the security he needed. This is interesting. I may have to re-think my thesis… This is how people get out of abusive relationships, they realize that they’ve lost their security and safety over love.
Esteem and growth: There isn’t really a need to cover these because it’s clear that Angel falls between the security and social needs.
http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/hierarchyneeds.htm
Cherry, Kendra. "Hierarchy of Needs." Ask.com:Psychology . N.p., 01JAN2010. Web. 10 Oct 2010..
Basically a guy named Maslow created the “Hierarch of Needs” in 1943. It summarizes the basic needs of humans. It is most commonly presented in a pyramid. At the bottom of the pyramid are basic needs, and at the top there are more complex need of a person. As humans progress up the pyramid, the needs become more psychological and social. Near the top, the need for self-esteem and personal accomplishment become more important. Maslow liked the idea of self-actualization which is the idea of growing as a person to achieve individual achievements. Maslow believed that the types of need were physiological, security, social and esteem. These needs are deficiency needs (D-needs). The highest part of the pyramid is growth needs. Growth needs don’t come from a lack of something, but for the need as growing as a human.
To look at a way this relates to Angel, I’ll go through each need to see if it relates to way he acts. Physiological: well, he has food (even though as a vampire he doesn’t need it), water and air. So I don’t think this is it.
Security: Maybe. As a human he had incredibly less security than as a vampire. As a vampire, he could pretty much do anything. But now that he’s human, he’s just like everyone else.
Social: The difference between social and security pretty much explains Angel’s behaviors. When Angel is human he has the love he’s always desired for with Buffy, so this area is met. However, when Angel is human, he loses his security. So it looks like Angel acted the way he did because he lost the security he needed. This is interesting. I may have to re-think my thesis… This is how people get out of abusive relationships, they realize that they’ve lost their security and safety over love.
Esteem and growth: There isn’t really a need to cover these because it’s clear that Angel falls between the security and social needs.
http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/hierarchyneeds.htm
Cherry, Kendra. "Hierarchy of Needs." Ask.com:Psychology . N.p., 01JAN2010. Web. 10 Oct 2010.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Blog 17 How to be Happy
How to be happy Blog 17
Everyone wants to know how to happy today. You can go to therapists and psychologist that are clinicians, but the author is a scientist psychologist, so she will just tell you why. The author believes that in order to be happy, we must be more like our inner animal or inner ape. To realize that we are what we are, and there are some things we can’t change. We shouldn’t be in denial or ashamed of our needs, but just accept them. Throughout time and evolution, men and women have become very different. In fact, most times men are more similar to the male in a different species than the female in their own species. One thing that separates men and women is their wants. Men are happy working all day achieving the promotion and working their butts of in the rat race. Men won’t be happy dropping out and raising their children. That’s what makes women happy. Men and women won’t be happy trying to act like the opposite. The author proposes killing all the feminists and stop teaching little girls they are inferior to boys and vice versa. The author continues to say live as you want, not as your told.
Well first of all I want to say I completely disagree with the whole men and women are completely different. Year there are differences, but who’s to say that we’re different because we eveolved that way or because since we were born we were told to live that way. I think the author’s argument just goes in a circle, because the way the author wants us to live is still the way we’re being told to live. Basically we’re being told to live both ways, so which way is right? But that’s a different debat. The point the author makes that I ACTUALLY like is that you should live as you want, not as your told. “Live as you feel like, not as you think you should live like. Your feelings are seldom wrong, because you are designed to feel certain way” This can be used to describe Angel’s feelings. He can’t deny who he is, as a vampire, as a protector. This is why he must return to who he is to be happy.
How to be happy, from the psycologists
"How to be Happy." Psychology Today. N.p., 07DEC2008. Web. 7 Oct 2010. .
Everyone wants to know how to happy today. You can go to therapists and psychologist that are clinicians, but the author is a scientist psychologist, so she will just tell you why. The author believes that in order to be happy, we must be more like our inner animal or inner ape. To realize that we are what we are, and there are some things we can’t change. We shouldn’t be in denial or ashamed of our needs, but just accept them. Throughout time and evolution, men and women have become very different. In fact, most times men are more similar to the male in a different species than the female in their own species. One thing that separates men and women is their wants. Men are happy working all day achieving the promotion and working their butts of in the rat race. Men won’t be happy dropping out and raising their children. That’s what makes women happy. Men and women won’t be happy trying to act like the opposite. The author proposes killing all the feminists and stop teaching little girls they are inferior to boys and vice versa. The author continues to say live as you want, not as your told.
Well first of all I want to say I completely disagree with the whole men and women are completely different. Year there are differences, but who’s to say that we’re different because we eveolved that way or because since we were born we were told to live that way. I think the author’s argument just goes in a circle, because the way the author wants us to live is still the way we’re being told to live. Basically we’re being told to live both ways, so which way is right? But that’s a different debat. The point the author makes that I ACTUALLY like is that you should live as you want, not as your told. “Live as you feel like, not as you think you should live like. Your feelings are seldom wrong, because you are designed to feel certain way” This can be used to describe Angel’s feelings. He can’t deny who he is, as a vampire, as a protector. This is why he must return to who he is to be happy.
How to be happy, from the psycologists
"How to be Happy." Psychology Today. N.p., 07DEC2008. Web. 7 Oct 2010. .
Friday, October 8, 2010
Blog 16 What makes people happy?
What makes people happy?
Most studies about people’s moods are focused on sadness verses happiness. More commonly people are focused on the weaknesses of people compared to the strengths. More recent studies though are trying to change the view on the subject, trying to discover what makes people happy. The happiest people spend the least amount of time alone and always strive for personal growth. They try to connect with other people and judge themselves compared to them and not to other people. Holidays bring this out the most in people. It is easy to recognize the people that don’t feel connected and don’t have a place for family and are missing someone. Some people can lose their job and still be happy, while others are always miserable all year long. It is believed that mood is affected by genetics only fifty percent. Everyone has a ‘set-happiness’ just like set weight. People can try to change, but changing in large leaps isn’t likely. Life satisfaction comes when people are distracted from themselves and lose track of time and where they are, it is when they go with the flow.
The author of this article is describing that people range in happiness and some of it is in our control. There are many ways to judge happiness and ways to change it. For Angel, life satisfaction relates closely to him with Buffy. He wouldn’t be able to just “go with the flow” if he knew Buffy was out there fighting by herself.
Elias, Marilyn. "Psychologists now know what makes people happy." USA Today 10DEC2002, Print.
Most studies about people’s moods are focused on sadness verses happiness. More commonly people are focused on the weaknesses of people compared to the strengths. More recent studies though are trying to change the view on the subject, trying to discover what makes people happy. The happiest people spend the least amount of time alone and always strive for personal growth. They try to connect with other people and judge themselves compared to them and not to other people. Holidays bring this out the most in people. It is easy to recognize the people that don’t feel connected and don’t have a place for family and are missing someone. Some people can lose their job and still be happy, while others are always miserable all year long. It is believed that mood is affected by genetics only fifty percent. Everyone has a ‘set-happiness’ just like set weight. People can try to change, but changing in large leaps isn’t likely. Life satisfaction comes when people are distracted from themselves and lose track of time and where they are, it is when they go with the flow.
The author of this article is describing that people range in happiness and some of it is in our control. There are many ways to judge happiness and ways to change it. For Angel, life satisfaction relates closely to him with Buffy. He wouldn’t be able to just “go with the flow” if he knew Buffy was out there fighting by herself.
Elias, Marilyn. "Psychologists now know what makes people happy." USA Today 10DEC2002, Print.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Blog 15 sources
Everywhere in the world there are innumerable amounts of stuff people want: cars, houses, that iPad, or even love. People chase all of these things, the things that will finally make them happy forever. Just take a walk in a mall, down a busy street or just watch TV for twenty minutes. There will be thousands of things that people want, but what makes them happy?
For my research paper, I’m going to explore the different reasons that make people happy and “at ease” with themselves. Angel can finally be with Buffy, it is what he wants, but in the end he turns it down because what will really satisfy him is to know she’s safe. So what puts the mind at peace if it isn’t receiving our wants? I hope to find the psycological reasons why the wants don’t satisfy us, and why we need more. I want to find what does make us turely ‘happy’ and at peace.
Possible sources include:
USA Today article- psycologist reseach about what makes people happy.
Elias, Marilyn. "Psychologists now know what makes people happy." USA Today 10DEC2002, Print.
Web article about psychology consumers realizing what consumers really wants.
"What the consumer wants." Consumer Psychology. N.p., 01JAN2010. Web. 7 Oct 2010..
The psychology of wants, interests, and attitudes
"The Psychology of Wants, Interests, and Attitudes." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 07 Oct. 2010
How to be happy, from the psycologists
"How to be Happy." Psychology Today. N.p., 07DEC2008. Web. 7 Oct 2010..
Maslows’ Hierachy of Needs-
"A Theory of Human Emotion." Classics in the History of Psychology. N.p., 01AUG2000. Web. 7 Oct 2010.
For my research paper, I’m going to explore the different reasons that make people happy and “at ease” with themselves. Angel can finally be with Buffy, it is what he wants, but in the end he turns it down because what will really satisfy him is to know she’s safe. So what puts the mind at peace if it isn’t receiving our wants? I hope to find the psycological reasons why the wants don’t satisfy us, and why we need more. I want to find what does make us turely ‘happy’ and at peace.
Possible sources include:
USA Today article- psycologist reseach about what makes people happy.
Elias, Marilyn. "Psychologists now know what makes people happy." USA Today 10DEC2002, Print.
Web article about psychology consumers realizing what consumers really wants.
"What the consumer wants." Consumer Psychology. N.p., 01JAN2010. Web. 7 Oct 2010.
The psychology of wants, interests, and attitudes
"The Psychology of Wants, Interests, and Attitudes." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 07 Oct. 2010
How to be happy, from the psycologists
"How to be Happy." Psychology Today. N.p., 07DEC2008. Web. 7 Oct 2010.
Maslows’ Hierachy of Needs-
"A Theory of Human Emotion." Classics in the History of Psychology. N.p., 01AUG2000. Web. 7 Oct 2010.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Blog 14 Angel and Buffy
I rewatched episode 8 of Angel, “I Will Remember You.” This is a great episode showcasing forbidden love and I just really like it. The theme I’m exploring is; what really makes us happy? And why do we want? To sumarize the show again, Buffy, Angel’s long time love returns. They can never be together though because he is a vampire but she is a vampire slayer. So Buffy comes to visit, and during their first conversation together, an intruder attacks and Buffy and Angel start a battle. The intruder, later to be known as a mortal demon, escapes and Buffy and Angel must fight him again. During Angel’s battle with him, Angel gets scraped on the hand and the mortal demon gets cut, and the demon blood mixes with Angel’s blood. After, Angel is mortal. Mortal demon turns him mortal, funny huh?
Angel and Buffy get what they’ve always wanted, to be together. During their time together Buffy says, “This is the first time I’ve ever felt this way...” Angel asks, “What way?” She replies, “Just like I’ve always wanted to, like a normal girl.” Buffy is happy, satisfied, to get what she’s always dreamed about. Angel realizes though they can never be together, “If we stay together one of us will end up dead. How can we be together if the cost is your life or the lives of others?” There are more demons coming and Buffy can’t fight them by herself. Angel approaches the oracles and demands that they save her. The oracles explain they can’t just give a life without taking one. He responds, “Take my life back.” They argue that what’s done is done, but then they realize, “This one is willing to sacrafice every drop of human happiness and love he’s ever known for another, he is not a lower being.” Time is turned back 24 hours so he can undo everything. Angel’s love for Buffy demonstrates that what makes us happy isn’t what we want. Then why do we want so much?
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Blog 13 Buffy
I watched a random episode of Buffy today because I ran out of episodes of Angel on Hulu. This episode is near the end of the second season for any of you Buffy fans. The high school swim team is nearing state champs and won the district meet, so the state meet is kind of a big deal. Suddenly though, the best swimmers are dissapearing, turning into sea monsters. Buffy and her team were quickly on the case.
The running theme in this episode is doing what’s right. The swim team is kind of a big deal, so the athletes are “special.” One of the swimmers was failing a class, and Lily (I don’t know her character name, but I call her Lily because that’s who she plays on How I Met Your Mother) starts failing him because he never showed up. The principal confronted her and informed her that it’s her job to, “cut him some slack.” Lily was not so pleased, for good reason. Why do some people get special attention? Should people get some slack? What are the conditions for people getting this special attention? The color of their skin? Their IQ? Their family? Their pay? Their gender? Their accomplishments? These are some of the question I ask myself, because we see it all the time. One example comes to mind especially because our generations coming right after the Civil Rights Movement.
Buffy and her friends all feel this way about the swim team, they get special attention, and then they are disliked for it. Is that the line? Only when someone doesn’t like it? Or should it be something stronger than that?
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Angel Episode 8
Angel Episode 8
Buffy, Angel’s long lost love returns. Emotions quickly return, but they are reminded that they can never be together because he is a vampire and she is a slayer. In the middle of their first conversation, a demon warrior breaks throught the window and a fight begins. The demon gets away, and Angel goes on a mission to find it. His hand gets cut and draws blood, and the demons gets cut and his green slime gets into Angel’s hand, Angel is now mortal again.
Angel quickly discovers all the changes of being mortal like hunger, pain, and sunlight. He is faced with the question, “Now what?” He spent so long of his life dreaming that this would happen, and it finally has. What do you do when you get what you always wanted? Is it really what you thought it would be? Now that he’s mortal, he can finally be with Buffy. They enjoy the best day of their life together, getting what they only dreamed about. Buffy is faced with the same questions as Angel, is she really happy now?
The demon that changed Angel is back, and Angel must fight him, except now he is mortal and it is slightly more challenging. He is hurt in the process, and stays on the ground while buffy has to come and save him and kill the demon. After this, Angel realizes he has to go back to being a vampire. It kills him to do this, but it’s the only way to keep him and Buffy safe. He needs his power back to fight more demons to protect the public. If he decides to be with Buffy forever, he selfishly gives in to his own desires and ignores anyone else. Angel makes a sacrificial decision to forever stay as a vampire and never be with Buffy.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Angel episode 7
Angel Episode 7
This episode started with Cordelia going on a date with her prince. Doyle says money can’t always make you happy. Cordelia disagrees, but after her boring date with him, she realizes it’s true. At the end of the date, a demon attacks her and the prince, and the prince just runs away as Doyle tries to save her and kills the demon. The first thing he asks when it was all over is, “Are you okay?” Cordelia finds that she is now confused, not knowing what she really wants. She always though she wanted a big house and nice car, but now she wants an exciting man, that’s also brave.
Doyle’s long time wife, Harry, comes for the first time. She requests a divorece because she is planning to marry soon. Doyle is upset by this because the man she is marrying is also a demon like himself. Doyle always thought that when he turned into a demon was what kept their marriage from working, but really it was because he couldn’t accept himself when he did change. Throughout the episode, he decided that he wants to finanlly make Harry happy, so he gives his blessing and gets out of their way.
Cordelia and Doyle went through change in this episode. Cordelia changed who she’s looking for, and Doyle accepted his wife moving on. Up to debate for Cordelia, but both changed for the better. What causes change? When is it good to mold? Or better to stick to your principal? Cordelia and Doyle changed for the matter of love. Cordelia wants to find love and Doyle just wants his ex-wife to be happy.
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