Violence-Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is obviously not a movie made for children. It got its R rating for a few reasons....drugs use, language, sexual content, and of course, violence. There are scenes that go above and beyond just your usual gun shot to the head. Scenes like Marceles Wallace getting raped is not a visual that is easily forgotten. Each violent act seems to come from a "what goes around comes around" feeling. Wallace is raped after having thrown someone off the balcony of his house. Travolta's character is shot by Bruce Willis after taking Wallace's wife out for a dinner which led to much more than just a dinner. After doing one line to many of cocaine, Wallace's wife nearly dies. Everything connects in Quentin Tarrentino's movie and he does a very good job of doing it. Stories jump around all over the place but in the end they all connect and make sense. For instance, after the scene were Wallace is raped, the movie transitions to a scene were Samuel L Jackson is saying that "Wallace only likes to be fucked by his wife and no one else". It is cool because that happened before the rape happened.
From the movie, i think i will mostly take from it that what goes around comes around. John Travolta doesn't believe that it was a miracle when all the bullets missed them, and he ends up getting shot. You can't take life for granted because it can be over so quickly, just like the one kid in the back of the car. No one wants to end up with their brains splattered all over the backseat.

It's almost over!

I can't believe my freshman year of college is almost over. This year was almost exactly as i pictured the first year of college. The dorms were awesome and I couldn't have asked for a better floor to live on. Everyone in college is just so much nicer than high school. In high school it seemed like everyone was in their own little clique and if you weren't part of it don't even bother. In college, you meet people from all over the world and everyone is here for the same reason, to meet people. I never thought living in Flagstaff would be so much fun. Even though there really isn't anything to do here, the people are what make it so great. Everyone is all laid-back and enjoy life. No one really seems like they are in a rush or anything. I met a lot of new people that i know i will keep in touch with for a very long time. A lot of stuff changed, but that is a good thing! That is what college is for. I hope the years continue to get better, but so far this is a first impression of the next chapter of my life.

Passover

A very important Jewish holiday called Passover is shortly coming up! Passover is a very exciting holiday because it celebrates the time that Moses went up to the Pharoh of Egypt and told him to "Let his people go!" Moses's people of course is refering to the Jew's who were enslaved by Pharoh for a very long time. There is a lot of interesting rituals that happens during a Passover dinner, which is also called a Seder. There is a Seder Plate which has many different items on it.
There is a hardboiled egg which symbolizes the sacrifice that was given in the Temple of Isreal every year during passover.
There is a lamb bone which also symbolizes the lamb sacrifice that was given in the Temple of Isreal.
There is something called Maror, which is a bitter herb that symbolizes the bitterness of the times of enslavement.
Charoset, which is a sweet mixture of nuts, apples, and cinnamon and wine all crushed up. This represents the mortor which was used to make bricks for the pyramids.
The last thing is usually a large piece of lettuce called Karpas which is dipped into salt water to represent the tears of the Jews which fell during all the hard work.

That is what a Seder Plate is! If you are ever invited over to someones house for Passover dinner, now you can sound really intelligent telling everyone what each things means!

My Arguement

Attention Deficit Dissorder (ADD) is a very common issue that usually is diagnosed at very young ages. Every child likes attenton..some just take it to a whole different level. This is where the teachers and parents step in and say, "I don't know how to control my child...is give them drugs!" Of course, parent's will listen to anything a doctor says. Adderall is a pill used to control ADD hyper active behavior in young children and make paying attention in class easier for older studesnts. Although adderall can definitly make school a better place, the negative affects are stronger than the possitive.

Moving On

A few days ago, my moms boyfriend of four years asked her to marry him. About five years ago, my dad was diagnosed with cancer and passed away a year later. For these last four or so years, it has been my mom, brother, and I living together in one tiny...but big in my eyes, family. Things havn't been easy by any means. My mom didn't really have a steady job, my dad was the one who made all the money. My brother started smoking a lot of weed and he would only listen to me. Grades fell and my chances of getting into college seemed thin.
Luckily though, I did make it here to this awesome school. In this past year of college so much has changed. I am about to have a step-dad and I really don't know if I am ready for that. It is wierd how life can change so quickly.

Golfing

I think golfing is a very overlooked sport for teens to play. Most people think golfing is just a sport for old, retired, senior citizens. The truth is is that golf is a fun sport for everone to play! I started playing golf when I was five and absolutely hated it. Every time I would swing at the ball I would get mad and my Dad would get frustrated. It was just annoying, so I switched over to playing a more normal sport for that age like baseball and soccer. I didn't pick up another golf club until I was fourteen when my friend got a job working at a golf course. We could play on a proffesional 18 hole course for free! Golf carts included! At first I was absolutely horrible and hated the stupid sport still. After a few games I could finally make contact with the ball. Suddenly, what was once the most frustrating sports in the world turned into an addiction. I joined the golf team at my school and quickly became captain of the varsity team! I really influence anyone who has never played golf, to get a group of friends together and go out and play. It is a game that most people overlook as being fun , when in reality there is nothing better than gettting a few friends together and riding up and down a golf course on a golf cart. It will be difficult at first, it still is for me at times, but don't give up! It is a very good sport to know how to play, especially for many business majors. A lot of a business transactions are made on the golf course!

Two Different Worlds

It's wierd how when someone goes off to college, they are really going off to college. I thought that when I went away to NAU, nothing would be different. I thought I would keep in contact with all my old friends, especially my best friend Erin from back home. She went off to Chicago for college and now we barely speak. When I went home for winter break, it was kind of wierd seeing all my old friends. It actually made me kind of depressed. At times it makes me really sad, but then I think about how the point of leaving to college is not sit around thinking about all the people that you miss, but all the people that you will meet. This is a new chapter in life that maybe I just wasn't ready for in the beginning. Living in the dorms has been one of the most fun time of my life and it has been a huge learning experience. I have learned so much about my self by living in the dorms. I learned that I am horrible at folding clothes, that I really love to sleep in, that I enjoy being around people much more than being alone. I love being in college and having this whole new group of friends, but the old friends from high school and the times we had will always be in my memory. For to long I have lived my life thinking about the past. Thinking about regrets that I have, choices I should have made, things I wish I would have done. One can't live their life thinking about the past at this age. There is so much more to go, and I can't wait to see what awaits me.