Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Pop Culture Journal #7 (Revised)


Journal # 7: Ke$ha, Warrior Princess


The article “Ke$ha, Warrior Princess” written by Steven Hayden explains Ke$ha’s recent success which has come from her trashy music in her recent albums. He refers to her as brilliant idiot. He explains her horrible high pitched voice to be just what the pop culture needs to break away from its pure clean ways and claims that she creates something dumber, smarter, more moronic, and more ingenious than what came before. I can’t conclude much from this article except for the fact that Steven is not a fan of Ke$has music.


Ke$has New Album Warrior
What I do not think Steven realizes, or at least what he did not include in his article is that Ke$ha is an artist who is popular mainly among young girls. Her auto tuned high pitched voice sounds good to thirteen year old girls. Steven really shouldn't be listening to Ke$ha in the first place because obviously she is going to sound bad to a man. But I do admit that I did used to enjoy Ke$ha and her high pitched voice and rebel attitude when I was young. Her new music has changed to a more rock style which is where the article gets the Warrior part of article comes from. Ke$ha has a warrior side. I will agree that Ke$ha is rather trashy in the lyrical stance but the way she presents her music it is what really attracts people in my opinion as well as her rebellious ways. What do others think of Ke$has high voice and bad lyrics?

Pop Culture Journal #5 (Revised)

Journal #5: Brief Screening Report


Into the Wild

I believe the opening scene is among one of the most important scenes portrayed from the film Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn. It starts the movie off in what is presumed, a couple seconds later, to be the dream of a mother. In the dream, a dark blurry young man is saying “mom” repeatedly in a dark room until suddenly the scene changes to a dark room when the woman wakes up in terror crying. This dream must have been reoccurring because the woman says “I wasn't dreaming this time, Walt”, Walt being her husband and the father.  She continued to shake and cry saying “I heard him, I heard him, I heard Chris”. This is when I realized the young man in the starting was most likely the main character. This scene is important for the character because in future scenes you see he is alive and the film is ultimately about his life. From the opening scene and title I was able to infer that the man in the dream was the main character and that he was lost in the wilderness somewhere or dead. The mother continues to say she heard him and wasn't imagining it. The last piece of dialogue in that scene was from the man sleeping next to her. He said “I know Billie”, this is when I realized the mothers name is Billy.  You can tell that this scene is also important by the way it abruptly starts the film and then all of a sudden switches over to a scene with the main character. Opinions of important scenes in a movie vary from person to person and I am curious to find out what others consider important scenes in the movie I viewed.

Pop Culture Journal #3 (Revised)


Journal #3: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus


The Cover of the movie
Heath Ledger
My favorite movie is The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. I love this movie for a number of reasons. One of main reasons being it was the last film Heath Ledger was in. Most people thought that the movie that caused Heath psychological problems was The Dark Night but this movie is so twisted and crazy that it could have caused him some problems as well.

I had a crush on Heath growing up and he died during shooting the end of the film. The director incorporated three more actors, two being Jude Law and Johnny Depp, after Heaths death to play his role as a man who changes appearances through time in the “imaginarium”. I loved the fact that the director didn't cut Heaths parts out, but instead cleverly thought of a new way to keep all his scenes in and still keep the main character in the film. It gave Heath fans like me a last moment with him.

Another reason I love this movie is because of how strange and mysterious it is. Strange and mysterious is a bad way to sum up the movie because it releases so many thoughts and vibes throughout the duration of the film. I respond to the art side of the film and creativeness specifically in the film because all the scenes “in the imaginarium” were all scenes created from famous paintings. Each scene is so different and unique; it keeps me entertained throughout the whole film. I love the special effects too, it blows my mind. It opens up a whole new imaginary world in my head and brings out the child in me all while bringing out a new way of thinking.

This movie is so hard to describe, you just must watch it. I love this movie because it brings out a new view and world in my head. I respond more to the formal elements of a film. Not many people have seen this film and even less people have heard of it. I request everyone who enjoys strange mind-blowing films to watch this one. However, I am warning you if you watch this movie once, you will have to watch it at least one more time to fully watch the movie. 


Pop Culture Journal #2 (Revised)


Journal #2: It's Always Sunny

The Beautiful Cast of Sunny

In the article “Pop-Pop: the Final Solution (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)” Emily Guendelsberger who is the author, explains the show and crazy cast in “It’s always sunny in Philadelphia”. She focuses on how they are constantly coming up with new ridiculous and dark ides to keep the show entertaining.

I chose this topic because I am a huge fan of the Television show. I didn't start watching the show in the first season, but instead the third. The author emphasizes how the cast is becoming more “evil” throughout each following show. I would agree with the author. The cast is constantly getting into trouble and coming up with ridiculous ideas that they don’t intend to be evil, but end up being rather “evil”. However, evil is a harsh word and not the best word to describe the casts bad choices. Like I said before, they don’t intend for the things they do to be evil but their stupidity and the way they handle situations gives them this label. This is the point why I watch the show; the evilness is hilarious to me. The show is so hilarious probably because the main characters in the show are also the creators/producers of the show. This is something I didn't know prior to reading the article and it explains a lot to me about the show. This allows the cast to be able to incorporate their own ideas or quotes within the scenes to further the comedy.

Who else has seen this show? What do you think of the casts' "evilness" throughout the show?


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Pop Culture Journal #1 Revised

Journal #1: Pissed off Packer Fans
Final Call of the Game
Notice the signals from the Refs



David Maraniss’ article “Winnings Not the Only Thing”, he talks about a football game involving the Packers and Seahawks and more importantly, the final call of the game. In the last second Russell Wilson, the Seahawks QB, threw the ball into the end zone where it was caught by multiple players including a packer. The refs were placed in a tough situation at that point. One of the refs was signaling for an interception by the packers while the other ref along with the Seahawks head coach, were signaling for a touchdown. This was the turning point for many Green Bay fans, as well as David Maraniss.

David stated that he wondered if the packers would've acted the same if the roles were switched. I agree with David that Winning isn't everything however, in a situation like this, winning is important. With the packers being Super bowl champs only 2 years ago, they still have a status to withhold for their fans.  Almost every game this year has resulted in a close finish. This game however, was particularly close. Even though David was rather biased in the article, I agree with him in the fact that the Packers would not act this way if the roles were switched.

Maraniss puts down Russell Wilson in the article. I dated a boy who plays for the Wisconsin Badgers and I had the opportunity to meet Russell Wilson multiple times last year. Wilson is a very nice man, and in my opinion wouldn't do anything unfair. Maraniss said he called it a “tough call” in his post-game interview and I believe Wilson was right on that. Maraniss has no right to justify whether or not Wilson was being just because Aaron Rogers would have said the same thing. What do you think the Packers would have done if the position was switched?

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Blog #7


Ke$ha, Warrior Princess
The article written by Steven Hayden explains Ke$ha’s recent success which has come from her trashy ways in her recent albums. He refers to her as brilliant idiot. He explains her horrible high pitched voice to be just what the pop culture needs to break away from its pure clean ways and claims that she creates something dumber, smarter, more moronic, and more ingenious than what came before. I can conclude from this article that Steven is not a fan of Ke$ha.
Ke$ha's new album.. Warrior

What I do not think Steven realizes, or at least what he did not include in his article is that Ke$ha is an artist meant for young girls. Her Auto Tuned high pitched voice sounds good to us when we are young and about the age of 13. Steven really shouldn't be listening to Ke$ha because obviously she is going to sound bad to a man. But I do admit that I did used to enjoy Ke$ha and her high pitched voice and rebel attitude when I was young. Her new music has changed to a more rock style which is where the article gets the Warrior part of article comes from. Ke$ha has a warrior side. The new music form Ke$ha is rather trashy in the lyrical stance but the way she presents it is what really attracts people in my opinion as well as her rebellious ways. 

 To read more about this rebellious Warrior music Princess check out...http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8694610/praising-kesha-warrior-princess-dirty-pop-star

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Finding Stevie

Finding Stevie

Stevie Pointer went suddenly missing today in the UWSP library. He could be on any of the six floors in the library. Follow us through our adventures through the LRC.

 
The first clue led us to the first floor and more specifically the shark in the lobby which next led us to the museum of Natural History.

The Pacific Golden Plover egg gave us our first letter, which was A.  

The next clue led us to the third floor where we found the CDs. The first letter of the artist name on the CD was R for the Rolling Stones.

FREE THE BOUND PERIODICALS was the phrase we had to repeat on the second floor in order to recieve the next letter which was E.

 The next clue was on the fifth floor. We had to locate the purple paw which led us to the answer and letters SI.

 
While many other classmates stood around trying to figure out what "scanning the books" meant, we found the clue near a pile of Charlie Chaplin books on the fourth floor. The letter C was our second to last letter that we needed to unscramble the location where Stevie Pointer is.
 
 
We had to find out which World Champion dog show had the logo of a Pointer. The Westminster gave us our last letter which was V.
 
Finally we got to the point where we unscrambled the letters and discovered Stevie Pointer went missing in the archives.
 
 
It was there where we found a sad old Stevie Pointer head.
 


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Journal #6

Journal #6 : The Walking Dead Series, Not My First Pick

The Walking Dead is a newer Television Series on cable. With only three seasons under its belt, it is doing better than most shows. What attracts people to this show? The answer is one that has been rising in our everyday lives; Flesh Eating Zombies.

This does not look entertaining to me..
http://screenrant.com/the-walking-dead-reviews-kofi-85345/
The recent obsession with zombies and the zombie apocalypse has taken over movies and society the past couple years. Could the obsession come from the allegations that the world is going to end or the fact that people are just getting so bored with their lives? I do not understand society's recent attraction to zombies and I frankly do not care to. The whole article, the author, Zach Handlend is talking about the newest season and how exciting it is compared to the last one. I have seen one episode of The Walking Dead and despised it, however, my family loves it.  I hated seeing blood and gross deformed humans trying to eat and attack other humans. I also do not like the fact that the main characters turn on each other and end up hurting or even killing each other.

This article is great for those who are up to date with the TV series, but for those of you like me who disapprove of such shows, the article will be hard to understand and not worth your time. I would love to hear about what others have to say about the show since it is so popular. To read more go to ... http://www.avclub.com/articles/when-the-dead-come-knocking,88466/


Sunday, November 11, 2012

Brief Screening Report


Brief screening report


Into The Wild
I believe the opening scene is among one of the most important scenes portrayed from the film Into the Wild. It starts the movie off in what is presumed, a couple seconds later, to be the dream of a mother. In the dream, a dark blurry young man is saying “mom” repeatedly in a dark room until suddenly the scene changes to a dark room when the woman wakes up in terror crying. This dream must have been reoccurring because the woman says “I wasn't dreaming this time, Walt”, Walt being her husband and the father.  She continued to shake and cry saying “I heard him, I head him, I head Chris”. This is when I realized the young man in the starting was most likely the main character. This scene is important for the character because in future scenes you see he is alive and the film is ultimately about his life. This beginning told me that either the man in the film is lost in the wilderness somewhere… or dead. The mother continues to say she heard him and wasn't imagining it. The last piece of dialogue in that scene was “I know Billie”, this is when I realized the mothers name is Billy.  You can tell that this scene is also important by the way it abruptly starts the film and then all of a sudden switches over to a scene with the main character. 

Friday, November 9, 2012

Realism vs. Anti-Realism vs. Verisimilitude



Realism vs. Anti-Realism vs. Verisimilitude

Realism described in the readings, is sort of an illusion of the real world. It goes off our combination of senses and our understanding of how the outside world works. An example of a movie conveying realism is the movie Rent because the characters, scenes and everyday lives of these characters are revealed as real and true to the audience. Anti-realism, just as it sounds is the opposite of realism and conveys the non-real, fanatic aspect. A movie / show example of anti-realism is SpongeBob Square Pants. We all know that a sponge and starfish cannot be best friends under the sea and live in a realistic like community. Verisimilitude is when a movie has fanatic or unreal characteristics but appeals to the audience as true and it sort of “tricks” us into believing that what is occurring in the movie could actually occur in life. An example of a movie with verisimilitude is inception. I believed that we could enter another world through dreaming while watching the movie, but my experiences in the real world override this fantasy like thought.

The majority of movies in the genre of horror depict a theme of a scared civilian vs. psychopath. When I think of horror movies, I think of a crazy person with some kind of weapon, usually a knife, striving throughout the whole movie to catch and kill somebody or somebodies. These movies get to us through realism. Because horror movies portray real people in real like situations, people often feel some type of fear off these movies. The women in these movies are often the alone helpless victims, often with a low cut shirt or sex appeal. The men in these movies are either the killer, the person brutally murdered, or the savior. The man who saves the day in movies are often seen as sexy, strong, and brave. The psychopathic killer is often looked at as creepy. The man who gets brutally murdered in the movie is often a wimpy, insecure, and typical “first to get killed” looking characters. The scenes in these types of movies are often associated throughout the genre. The dark stormy night is almost always portrayed in these films. Another scene associated with horror is the creepy mansion in the middle or nowhere that victims get caught. The typical “my car won’t start” or “the car is out of gas” let me go find help, is often a line heard in these movies as well. Wheatear it be the character type, or the scene, horror movies are generally easily distinguishable. 

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Journal #4: Peculiar Parade


Journal #4: Peculiar Parade

One of the many strange "acts" at the parade

While scrolling through articles for over a half hour, my eyes and attention stuck to one title in particular; Stoners, Segways and some Horrible, Horrible Nudity. I thought to myself, what could this article possibly be about?


The article was about the obscure and bizarre crowd of fans gathered at a parade that was held on Halloween in honor or the Giants World Series victory over the Detroit Tigers. I was not even aware who was in the World Series prior to reading the article. I was also unaware of how peculiar Giants fans are and the ways they celebrate.


The "Pope" even attended
the event!
Katie Baker, the author or the article, attended the parade and her article encompassed all things weird that she experienced. The title of the article mentions only a few of the abnormalities present at the parade. Other abnormalities include Political signs supporting baby mutilation and prop 37, a pope drinking beer, a dude and his parrot, and “Gangnam Style”.  You could tell Baker was just as annoyed with the crazy crowd as she was weirded out.


If the Brewers won the World Series, I do not believe Milwaukee would be as chaotic as San Francisco was on Halloween. There would probably be a lot more alcohol, a lot less marijuana, and a lot less strange people. However, if this was football I believe dedicated Packer fans could maybe scale up to Giants fans. California has different laws than Wisconsin including Medical marijuana, which would not be as openly smoked here in WI than in CA. I believe the author was rather harsh on the word “stoners” in the title, because of the fact that marijuana is acceptable “medicine” in California


Nothing says "Go Giants" like a Tomato Fish
The author should have considered adding the fact that US Election Day was less than a week away. This would explain the political factors that were present at the parade. Prop 37, a proposition in CA on GM foods, was expressed by two men holding a big sign with a “tomato fish” and a face hole in the middle of the fish so you could enjoy a picture while routing for your favorite baseball team.  Although I strongly support prop 37, I find this just as strange as Baker.


The crowd was getting antsy and somewhat rude while awaiting the Giants arrival. Swears and chants of “where are the players” lined the streets in the mouths of those willing to make an ass of themselves . After not so patiently awaiting their arrival, the players were carried through the streets in convertibles to shouting drunken fans.  The article ended with a beautiful picture of the mess of garbage left by the fans. 

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Journal Entry #3


The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Pop Culture Journal #3 

Heath Ledger
The Movie Cover Page

My favorite movie is a movie called the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. I love this movie because of a number of reasons. One of these reasons being, it was the last film Heath Ledger was in. I had a crush on Heath growing up and he died while shooting the film. The director incorporated three more actors, two being Jude Law and Johnny Depp, after Heaths death to play his role as a man who changes appearances through time in the “imaginarium”. I loved the fact that the director didn’t cut Heaths parts out, but instead cleverly thought of a new way to keep all his scenes in and still keep the main character in the film. Another reason I love this movie is because of how strange and mysterious it is. Strange and mysterious is a bad way to sum up the movies vibes because it releases so many thoughts and vibes throughout the duration of the film. I respond to the art design specifically in the film because all the scenes “in the imaginarium” were all scenes from famous paintings. Each scene is so different and unique; it keeps me entertained throughout the whole film. I love the special effects too, it blows my mind. It opens up a whole new imaginary world in my head and brings out the child in me all while bringing out a new way of thinking.

This movie is so hard to describe, you just must watch it. I love this movie because it brings out a new view and world in my head. I respond more to the formal elements of a film. I request everyone who enjoys strange mind-blowing films to watch this one. However, I am warning you if you watch this movie once, you will have to watch it at least one more time to fully watch the movie. 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Up Keeping the Halloween Spirit in a Delicious Way


Up keeping the Halloween Spirit in a Delicious Way
Ingredients
Pumpkin
Vegetable Oil
Garlic Salt
Salt
one large bowl
Bucket
large digging spoon

Pumpkins at the pumpkin patch!
Going to the pumpkin patch can be one of the most exciting adventures a child can experience. Not only is carving a pumpkin a good way for a child to express their creative side, it’s also very fun. The excitement and happiness that children share while getting ready for pumpkin festivities is enjoyable for most parents. Then, bam! Once that orange cap is off, there is highlighter colored orange gooey innards, guts and seeds all over! While the kids are having a ball digging out the innards and squeezing the orange goop, the adults are focused on the goopy orange mess left on the surface. The parents’ once enjoyment of watching the child carving the pumpkin is over. If carving pumpkins is not done right it can be messy, but not to worry if you follow this process, you will surely get things done in a fun, organized and even delicious way.

All kids know that great feeling of enjoyment they get while walking around their sprawling neighborhoods on Hallows eve going trick or treating. Illuminated Jack-O’-Lanterns often sit and watch, as dressed up children admire their spooky faces, on their way to candy bowl. The tradition of the carving of the jack- o’- lanterns extends back to 1700’s Ireland where the local Irishman had a common folklore of a man named Stingy Jack. Stingy Jack made a deal with the devil that he didn't have to go down to hell, but when he died the doors of Heaven would not let him in. So, he had to wander the Earth for all eternity with only a candle. Thus, this tradition was started on by the locals and brought on to America with the Irish immigrants. Carving pumpkins is a wonderful past time and it’s an exciting tradition to uphold to the new generations. There is nothing better than seeing the enjoyment of a little kids face after completing his first jack-o’-lantern. So, learn how to complete and keep a wonderful seasonal tradition alive by carving and utilizing the wonderful seeds of the beautiful pumpkin this fall.

Me picking out the perfect
 pumpkin!
The pumpkins I purchased at a pumpkin patch
The first step in carving a pumpkin is: getting the actual pumpkin! It is one of the most exciting parts of the process. Look up a local pumpkin patch. Some pumpkin patches have pre picked pumpkins for sale, and others give you the thrill of physically going to pick out a pumpkin from the field. Once you have picked out the perfect pumpkin and paid, you can load it into your car and head on home. Once at home, put the pumpkin outside your house until you are ready to carve it! In the meantime imagine the face or picture you want to see on your pumpkin.


John, Jack and Paige and the
 Pumpkin without its cap
 When you are ready to begin the fun of carving the pumpkin make sure you have all the materials needed. If your pumpkin has been outdoors for a while, then let your pumpkin thaw out for 10 minutes at room temperature just to make the carving process simpler. Carving the pumpkin outdoors eliminates the mess that may stress some parents out, but carving the pumpkins indoors is a commonality upon many.  Wherever you are carving, make sure you have a bowl for seeds, and a bucked for goop. This will eliminate the sorting process later. The first step is analyzing the pumpkin and picking the side which will make your creative face look the best! The next step, with a large knife, preferable a special pumpkin carving large knife, cut a few inches around the stem, leaving a circle at the top of the pumpkin. Leave the cap of the pumpkin to the side. Next, use your hands, or a digging scoop to get all the goop. Put goop into one bucket and any loose seeds you find on the way into the seed bowl. Once the pumpkin inside is completely hollow and free of seeds, it’s time to carve! Wash the outside any gooey threadlike goo on the outside of the pumpkin off. After the pumpkin is dry, all you need is your imagination and a marker!
Jack with Jack
Think of what you want on your pumpkin. You can stick with the classic Jack-O-Lantern face, like our example, or attempt to incorporate a more modern, intricate design such as a spider web. After you have decided on your design, you can map out and draw it on the dry surface of the pumpkin with a sharpie or permanent marker. Once the super scary face is drawn in black on the pumpkin, use the medium knife to carve out larger features like the mouth, and use a smaller knife to carve out more detailed features like the eyes. Make sure to pop out the pieces after carving each one and add it to the guy bucket. To dispose of the guts of the pumpkin in a proper and environmentally friendly way you can add them to your compost pile. If you have one, or you can throw them in the woods since pumpkins are compostable. Once the face is finished, there is one last step before perfection.

The final product
Finally, you have successfully accomplished carving out your Jack-O-Lantern. To complete your work and make it look even better, wipe off your pumpkin with a cloth to remove any dirt or residue from the pumpkin. Illuminate your face and make it stand out by placing a lit tea candle inside the hollow pumpkin on an even surface. Lastly, display your decoration on your porch or driveway for others to enjoy throughout the Halloween season!

Gold brown look is what you
              want means the seeds are done
After adding the finishing touch of a candle to your pumpkin, it’s time for the delicious part. Rinse off the separated seeds in a colander in cold water, making sure no bright orange pumpkin goop is remaining on the seeds. Let the seeds dry out on a paper towel for about five minutes. While the seeds are dehydrating, preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Depending on the size and genetics of the pumpkin, seed amounts vary. To be safe, use one tablespoon of vegetable oil per cup of seeds yielded. Dust a cookie sheet pan with vegetable oil prior to laying the seeds down in a single layer fashion. Shake the pan back and forth or use a spatula to turn over the seeds in effort to coat each seed with a layer of vegetable oil. Next, shake about ½ teaspoon of garlic salt and ½ teaspoon of table salt over the seeds on the baking sheet. At this point, the seeds are now ready to be put in the oven. Set a timer for 45 minutes on your oven. On a separate timer, set an alarm to shake or turn the seeds over every 7 or so minuets in order to prevent burning. Each time that you check your seeds, look for the perfect golden brown hue in the shell of the seed. Once the golden brown color is achieved, remove your seeds from the oven and allow them to cool. Once your seeds are cooled off, you are almost ready to munch! Just lay the seeds on a decorative plate and enjoy your Jack-o-lantern masterpiece visually, as well as orally.
Carving pumpkins is such an amazing tradition that we should cherish and share with the generations to come. Everybody can enjoy this wonderful and relatively simple process each and every year. There is no better sight then walking down the street and seeing all the houses lined with decorations and the classic jack-o’-lanterns. This fun and festive activity is a great way to spend time with young children while they learn to express themselves and their artistic abilities. The joy and sense of accomplishment can be seen on a child’s face when they view their bright pumpkin and munch on their yummy seeds. Is truly an amazing and scrumptious activity that only takes a few steps, but the memories you make is priceless.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Journal Entry #2

Pop-Pop: The Final Solution (It's always sunny in Philadelphia)
http://www.avclub.com/articles/poppop-the-final-solution,86437/

In this article, the Author is talking about how the cast in “It’s always sunny in Philadelphia” are constantly coming up with new ridiculous and dark ides. I chose this topic because I am a huge fan of the Television show. I didn’t start watching the show in the first season, but instead the third. The author of the article focuses on how the cast is becoming more “evil” throughout each following show. I would agree with the author. In the show, the cast is constantly getting into trouble and coming up with ridiculous ideas that they don’t intend to be evil, but end up being rather “evil”. However, evil is a harsh word and not the best word to describe the casts bad choices. Like I said before, they don’t intend for the things they do to be evil but their stupidity and the way they handle situations gives them this label. This is the point why I watch the show; the evilness is hilarious to me. The show is so hilarious probably because the three main characters in the show are also the creators of the show. This is something I didn’t know prior to reading the article, it explains a lot to me. This leaves the cast to be able to incorporate their own ideas or quotes within the scenes to further the comedy. The characters in the show do get eviler as the show proceeds. The 8th seasons just started a few weeks ago, and you can see within the first episode that they are getting dirtier and funnier in my opinion.



Its always sunny in Philadelphia cast
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Jump a Hurdle


How to jump a hurdle

One thing I know I am knowledgeable about is Track and Field. More specifically, I’ve been trained and taught how to master a Hurdle. Jumping a hurdle in track is a relatively easy process, for those who it comes naturally for. For others, running full speed at a metal four foot objects is not their cup of tea. The first step is to become comfortable with the hurdle. Get to know the hurdle. Find out which way it tips and which way is prohibited by tipping, and which way will make you fall flat on your face. To jump a hurdle you need to approach the hurdle at full speed and don’t slow down once you are in front of it. Slowing down will not give you enough energy to get over the hurdle without falling, or clipping the hurdle. Once you are about to jump, position means everything. as you jump, your dominate leg extends straight over the hurdle first, while your other leg should be bent over, your legs should look like a "P". Your arm position also matters while in the air because your arms also help your speed. Your dominate arm should be behind you and your other arm should be in front of your chest, like you are looking at a watch. Once up in the air, attack hurdle! Jump over it as fast and low to the hurdle as you. When you land, don’t hesitate, keep running to the next one.

Journal Entry #1


David Maraniss’ argued in his article about the Packers and the Seahawks, more importantly, the final call of the game. In the last second Russell Wilson threw the ball into the end zone where it was caught by multiple players. The refs were placed in a tough situation at that point. One of the refs was signaling for an interception by the packers, while the other ref along with the Seahawks head coach, were signaling for a touchdown. This was the turning point for many Green Bay fans, as well as David Maraniss. David stated that he wondered if the packers would’ve acted the same if the roles were switched. I agree with David that Winning isn’t everything, however, in a situation like this, winning is important. With the packers being Super bowl champs 2 years ago, they have a status to withhold.  Every game this year has resulted in a close finish. This game however, was particularly close. Even though David was rather biased in the article, being a Packer fan, I agree with him in the fact that the Packers would not act this way if the roles were switched. Maraniss puts down Russell Wilson in the article. My boyfriend last years played for the Badgers team, and that was when I got to meet Russell Wilson multiple times. Wilson is a very nice man, and in my opinion wouldn’t do anything unfair. Maraniss’ says he called it a “tough call” in his post-game interview, and I believe Wilson was right on that, and that Maraniss’ has no right to justify whether or not Wilson was being just.

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Disconnected

When I was watching the disconnected video, I couldn’t help but think about what would happen if I tried the challenge that the students were partaking in. I honestly think I would go crazy. Not having my cellphone for a week gives me anxiety. Not having my computer for a week would make me insane. As a young student, or even typical working American, you need your laptop or Internet connection for endless reasons.

One of the more important reasons would be school. A laptop greatly helps students with success and organization. With more and more classes and colleges becoming online institutions, it’s an obvious statistic to the ever growing usage of technology. UWSP is a prime example, next year all students will be receiving an ipad for class so UWSP is one step closer to being a “paperless” school. This means more online testing, assignments, discussions and simply more online activity.

Communication is another example of why I believe laptops, cellphones, etc. are important. With easy ways to communicate like text messaging, face book messaging, and emailing, people save a lot of time. One of the students in the video, Chel I believe, even cut off texting while doing the experiment. He mentioned how long it took for people to respond to his voicemails. This would be especially frustrating for me because I know how often people actually do check their voicemails.

As a young student or even typical working American, you need your laptop or Internet connection for endless reasons. Overall, I believe going without technology is a good experience that everyone should try. However, it is definitely not a long term commitment to make if you are a student or in need or Internet connection.