Pop Culture

The godfather is a movie based on and Italian Mafia family the Corleones. This trilogy is one of the most well known mobster series in America. The Sopranos is a TV series based on Italian gangsters in the present. It's a bit over the top if you asked me and much more unrealistic than the godfather. The Sopranos live a lifestyle that is rarely seen presently but the Godfather on the other hand is very close to the actual truth of how the Italian Mafia works. These two texts based on the same basic principle of the Italian Mafia, though somewhat alike, have many differences between them.

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I chose this advertisement because it applies to our society. I feel bad for some coffee shop and fast food employees who seem to never stop doing something or "cooking"(more like MICROWAVING) something. It also applies because many people these days, have to work jobs that in the past they would have never thought of doing because good jobs are so scarce these days. For example, one of my aunts who recently got divorces, who has a college degree by the way, has to work in the cafeteria at the middle school i attented called Murrary Middle. Then during the summer, she has to work full time cleaning condos on Carolina Beach. That doesn't seem right when a hard working middle class American who attended college, can't get a job that pays more than minimum wage!! This advertisement is targeted towards people who are on the downside of the recession and anyone who has been laid off lately who is looking for a job, or if you young and still looking for your first part time job. So thats almost half the population with the way things have been going the past couple of years. In other words, if you have a good you enjoy a least a sometimes, then consider yourself extremely lucky because there are lots of people out there waiting in line to just apply for a job. For example, in Dade County Flordia recently, the fire department said they would be hiring. Sure enough, there were people lined up, camping out for an entire weekend just for the chance to apply for a position! That shows just how desperate people have become for work these days.

Abraham Lincoln and our economy

I think it's crazy how our 16th president still has such a huge impact on our society today in 2009. I mean he has had direct influence on how Obama has brought in his rivals as members of his cabinet and Barack plans to use Lincoln as presidential guideline. I support Obama but as a consumer in our economy I'm not so sure about this stimulus package he's got going on here, and I think deep down inside he's not too sure of it either. Don't get me wrong I have faith in Barack but I don't think throwing money into every possible government program you could image just to create jobs in the short term is going to actual stimulate our economic slump. I hope my opinion is proven to be invalid in the years to come, for everybody's own good. I have faith in our newly appointed president although I don't believe that his high risk financial agenda will in turn spend our way out of recession.

TV

I'm watching this reality show waiting for the carolina state game to start. I can't believe the reality shows they come up with. The one I'm watching is a show made up of all the craziest people from the flavor-flav show and a few other reality shows. I personally can't stand reality shows, but sometimes I find myself stuck watching them because im astonished at how ignorant and redicilous some of these people really are! I mean I really can't believe that these people really act like this on national TV. The girls just got in the pool and got naked for absolutley no reason. I mean thats cool for the guys and all but its stupid because they're doing it for attention from the camera man of course. FINALLY the games on so I can stop watching this horrible excuse for a TV show. Other than the news, sports is pretty much all I use the TV for, unless theres something good on HBO or some other movie channel. We'll I'm about to try to go get a few pages of American Government book read while I watch Carolina whoop up on State... We'll see how that works out.

The Tragedy of Flight 3407

After such a sucess as the landed flight on the Hudson River a few weeks ago, it is horrible to see this happen. I've flown from both LaGuardia and Newark airports and the thought of crashing always crosses my mind but who I couldn't image what it would feel like to die instantly like that. I honestly have tried to picture what it would be like before and so far it seems like it wouldn't even be bad because it would be over so quick. I also feel bad for the families of the victims and anytime something like this happens it makes my heart skip a beat to think about all the times that could've been me and how I'll be stepping on a plan in a month or so, and then again two months after that, and who know's how much traveling to do in the future. I remember one time my mom and I were late to catching our flight to NY and we were downgraded to a connection flight instead of direct so we could save time not having to wait for another flight and we had to fly in a puddle jumper to raliegh and it was scary. I could image have to crash land in a plane like that, you would be TOAST.

Knockin on heaven's door

Bob Dylan (born as Robert Allen Zimmerman) is a musician poet and an artist and has been influencing people since the civil rights movement. He is well known for many of his hits like "Blowin in the wind" and "Time's are-a-changin"(these were two big anti war anti civil rights songs), and ones like "Forever young" and "Knockin on Heaven's Door". Knockin on heaven's door a song alot of us can relate to in some way. I'm sure you can think of atleast one time in your life you felt like you were knockin on heaven's door. I know I have but it would be more like knockin on hell's door. In the actual song he says he is singing the song from the prospective of a police officer. I could deffinatley see how cops could get down sometimes from all that they see during the course of their career. Especially concerning homicide cases because they're obviously some of the most difficult cases to deal with when it comes to emotions. Anyway, check out the website if you want to check out the "knockin on heaven's door".

World Wildlife Fund

The World Wildlife Fund is an organization dedicated to the environement. Obviously they are up to speed with the world because they have a $2 million network to help threatened ecosystems and communites threatened by the rising temperatures caused by global warming. They are also very involved with protecting animals, especially animals who are in environmental danger or ones who happent on be indangered species. I think the WWF is one of the most well communicated and well known evironmental orginizations around. The WWF is also a good site to refrence to if you are looking for a good way to individually help the environment. So if you're looking for a way to "go green" then make sure you check out the World Wildlife Fund. The WWF also works with governments to help support conservative efforts.

I also found out that 20% of the worlds oxygen is made in the Amazon. I thought that was pretty interesting.

Frequently used words

I really should've even be awake right now. I'm tired and I'm sure I'll be regreting this tomorrow. Anyway, I think the word I use most frequently is dude. I use it for a variety of different purposes, like if i get mad I'll say DUDE or when im talkin to someone suddenly their name is dude. I don't specificly know why I still do it, it's something i picked up when i was much younger, and it just stuck. No matter your age sex or ethinicity, your a dude to me.

Another word i use too much is DAMN. I use it as a curse word and if someone tells me something interesting ill say "DAMN". I use it in alot of other ways too I'm just too tired to think of them right now. There's a few other words I tend to use a little too often as well but I don't think we need to go into detail about them.

R.I.P. Cory Van

You might not have heard yet but last thursday they found a body of a 20 year old guy on the side of river road with a head wound. The first person on the scene was a nurse who said when she arrived Cory had a pulse. He died before the ambulance arrived on the scene. They suspected the wound to his head was a gunshot wound from the severity of it. The last person to hear from Cory was his dad an hour before he was murdered. Cory was went to my high school and was a friend of mine. Every year it seems one more person from my high school overdoses, commits suicide or is murdered. When can this end ??

Recently, new information on the case was revealed when it was announced on the news that Cory Van was set to testify against a few drug dealers in a few weeks. I think that just might explain who killed my friend.

R.I.P. Cory Van

UNCW vs. James Madison University

Saturday, January 31, UNCW Men's Basketball team played James Madison University for UNCW's homecoming game. The guys played a great game and dominated the majority of the first half. It seems like so far this year the team follows a trend of dominting their opponent the first half and then slowly loosing their lead to eventually loose in the second half. This particular game followed that trend perfectly. Although UNCW didn't loose their lead over James Madison untill the last minute of the game! This last minute victory was due to foul trouble and a couple freak plays that shouldn't have happened. It was a shame to have seen the team get so intense with the game and have a double digit lead just to loose it all in the last minute to a team that they were obviously better than in the first place.

Global Warming

Global warming is the biggest issue we're facing in our society. Mainly because we all can't agree on one single way to tackle this issue. Many people who need work trucks to carry around their work equipment everyday, or for whatever reason drive a gas guzzler normally dont want to swap in their turbo diesel for a hybrid. I don't blame them either. I personally could never imagine driving a hybrid. So other than trying to convert everyone to hybrid-ism, I believe I need to do what I can to help out the planet considering it's the only one we're going to get. I know I wouldn't want to be the ones living on Earth when there's too many holes in the ozone to stand the sun for more than a minute. I would be pretty angry with my ancestors if they mistreated Earth to the point where it was near inhabitable and then I was stuck to live with it. I feel like as a society is not irresponsible of us to have done this and now it feels like were just waiting for something to happen so that we HAVE to do something about it because it becomes an actual safety issue. So I'm ready to do my part, are you?