It sounds bad, but people use the phrase "Oh my gosh do you know what I hate...!" As a conversation starter. Wether it be long bathroom lines or people who smack their food, everyone has a pet peeve. Recently mine is fame.
Everyone is looking to find fame. You may not want to become a celebrity but you will settle for that crazy guy streaking during Obama's speech. It just bugs me that people will do ANYTHING to go their 5 minuets of lime light. Take this mom for example. Miley Cyrus is holding a "Meet Hannah Montana Contest" where children write in an essay about themselves and why they want to meet Hannah. The girl who ended up winning wrote about her dad dying over in the war in Iraq. Turns out the mom made up the story, wrote it herself, and turned it in with her daughters name on it. it just makes me sad that some people will go to such lengths as that to win a contest.
Remember the boy who got "lost" in the balloon last year? That was all a hoax with the little boy hiding in the garage. Later on karma came around and the boy announced "We did this for the show" spilling the hoax about the balloon invention and the fact that the boy was not in the balloon at all. The boy was found hiding in the garage for over four hours. Especially when people put their kids in danger, I think that just crosses the line.
In my opinion, if I want to become famous I want it to be for something that people will be talking about for a long time and that they will look at in approval rather than a stupid hoax that people talk badly about.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Manufacturers Consent
Manufacturers Consent...interesting movie I'm not going to lie it was hard for me to get into the movie but I did find it really interesting to hear about Noam Chompsky's views on the media in the United States. I feel like I've had this conversation in classes more then once. Any time I pick up a newspaper I think about the information I'm reading, is this credible? Can I trust the information I'm reading? Is there another side to this story? More likely then not the answers to these questions are not the preferred. When I can't even trust what I'm reading how can I decide what is really going on in other countries is actually happening?
Noam Chompsky's base for an argument is that the media is censoring what the United States public sees and eventually they will control our thoughts and feelings toward certain debates that were not really a democracy anymore if were being swayed to think one way or another. I think the media can be a good asset to our country but I think we have become so cautious about what we want to know and what we want our future generations to know that we have fluffed up the real news to protect the rest of the country.
Last year I read Fahrenheit 451 which is set in the future where almost all media and contact with the outside world is forbidden. Firefighters no longer stop fires but start them. Their job is to burn down houses that defy the laws and read or keep books. The main character become curious and discovers that books aren't wrong the government just didn't want the public to think for themselves and form their own idea or opinions. They wanted to show the people what is right and wrong and anything that may get in the way of that should be burned or put away forever.
I hope that our society won't ever amount tot anything that happens in this book but Noam Chompsky makes some great points explaining that if we don't take part in our media then were really not thinking on our own, which isn't a good thing. Here is an article about how much the media effects citizens thoughts twords polotics. This is a good example of how media can be forming our opinions for us rather then deciding for ourselves who the best candidate is for the place of offices.http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2010/67_say_news_media_have_too_much_influence_over_government_decisions I think that Fahrenheit 451 is a good reminder that we do have our own opinions and we never want anyone to control our lives and what we see and hear.
Noam Chompsky's base for an argument is that the media is censoring what the United States public sees and eventually they will control our thoughts and feelings toward certain debates that were not really a democracy anymore if were being swayed to think one way or another. I think the media can be a good asset to our country but I think we have become so cautious about what we want to know and what we want our future generations to know that we have fluffed up the real news to protect the rest of the country.
Last year I read Fahrenheit 451 which is set in the future where almost all media and contact with the outside world is forbidden. Firefighters no longer stop fires but start them. Their job is to burn down houses that defy the laws and read or keep books. The main character become curious and discovers that books aren't wrong the government just didn't want the public to think for themselves and form their own idea or opinions. They wanted to show the people what is right and wrong and anything that may get in the way of that should be burned or put away forever.
I hope that our society won't ever amount tot anything that happens in this book but Noam Chompsky makes some great points explaining that if we don't take part in our media then were really not thinking on our own, which isn't a good thing. Here is an article about how much the media effects citizens thoughts twords polotics. This is a good example of how media can be forming our opinions for us rather then deciding for ourselves who the best candidate is for the place of offices.http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2010/67_say_news_media_have_too_much_influence_over_government_decisions I think that Fahrenheit 451 is a good reminder that we do have our own opinions and we never want anyone to control our lives and what we see and hear.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Heathsgiving
I love Fall.
Fall is just such a great season, it makes me so happy all the beautiful colors in the leaves changing and the weather is so perfect. Even the smells of fall are great you have apple cinnamon and pumpkin spice that just fill up your house when you walk inside. Fall is really a great time for celebrating as well. For my family we celebrate Thanksgiving our own special way. For Thanksgiving we all get together to help make the lunch. Everyone wants to include their favorite dish so we always end up with lunch for 20 when there is only 5 of us. We can never decide on what pie to make either so we usually end up with a couple different kinds some with pecans some without some with fruit some with chocolate its pretty great. It's a tradition in the Heath family to go to the movies after we have our naps and watched enough first downs on TV. Its the best time to go, no lines no people. just an empty theater. My brothers and I have started a new tradition where we go black Friday shopping to get a head start on all our Christmas shopping...and some other gifts we may buy ourselves. I love this time of the year because my family is really close and since they all live far away it makes getting together even more special. This year Thanksgiving is going to be one to remember because were having it at my brothers new apartment in St.Louis. Hopefully he has been practicing his hostessing skills because we all have high expectations when it comes to the Heath Thanksgiving.
Fall is just such a great season, it makes me so happy all the beautiful colors in the leaves changing and the weather is so perfect. Even the smells of fall are great you have apple cinnamon and pumpkin spice that just fill up your house when you walk inside. Fall is really a great time for celebrating as well. For my family we celebrate Thanksgiving our own special way. For Thanksgiving we all get together to help make the lunch. Everyone wants to include their favorite dish so we always end up with lunch for 20 when there is only 5 of us. We can never decide on what pie to make either so we usually end up with a couple different kinds some with pecans some without some with fruit some with chocolate its pretty great. It's a tradition in the Heath family to go to the movies after we have our naps and watched enough first downs on TV. Its the best time to go, no lines no people. just an empty theater. My brothers and I have started a new tradition where we go black Friday shopping to get a head start on all our Christmas shopping...and some other gifts we may buy ourselves. I love this time of the year because my family is really close and since they all live far away it makes getting together even more special. This year Thanksgiving is going to be one to remember because were having it at my brothers new apartment in St.Louis. Hopefully he has been practicing his hostessing skills because we all have high expectations when it comes to the Heath Thanksgiving.
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