The Multi-Genre Paper

I am actually very excited to write this next paper! I have thought a lot about what I should write about and the only idea I have come up with so far is inside the life of a sorority girl or inside the life of sorority recruitment. These may sound stupid, but after experiencing these things I feel as if it is something worth sharing. It was absolutely awful to see how many girls cried, were dirty rushed, and how many girls talked behind eachother's backs to get into a sorority. My personal experience was very interesting, and although it was not sad like some of the stories I heard, it is worth telling from my point of view. The politics that go behind rushing are so complicated an outsider would be totally lost. For instance; I am in Alpha Phi because a girl I do not particularly is in AGD because a girl she does not like is in Chi Omega. As I am writing about this it does sound very insignificant, but to me it was a great experience.

Working Out

Since I've gotten to college I have been terrified of gaining weight. My extended family is full of fairly large people because we are all naturally short so keeping off the weight is extremely difficult. At orientation for Ball State my dad leaned over to me and said, fyi I hope you are planning on working out because your aunt was your size when she got to ball state, and now my aunt is  fairly large woman. Everyone says the freshman 15 is a serious issue, and with my frame I am sure it would be if I was not eating fairly healthy and working out on a regular basis. I have not gained a single pound yet and I intend to keep it that way. I feel awful for the people who come back from school and have gained an ungodly amount of weight. Part of college is learning to balance studying, social activities, and your health. I feel as if I am doing a very good job so far, but hey, I am only a first semester freshman...

Halloween!

This week is starting halloween weekend! I am so excited to dress up and hang out with my friends! Halloween is a great time to go all out and be something or someone you aren't. Of course some girls take advantage of this by dressing a little or a lot on the scandalous side and it is kind of appalling. There should not be an excuse to be distasteful. I understand where they get the idea that is may be accepted, but I find it unnecessary. There are so many things you can be for Halloween, why be something revealing or skanky? I am being an 80's workout girl and I find that highly appropriate and plan to show my mom pictures of my weekend because I have nothing to hide!

Research 2

So far I am having a good time researching. Since we are doing violent video games I am staying pretty interested. The database is my new favorite thing because it makes everything so easy! I love how it can cite things automatically for us and find valuable and reliable resources! I am trying to practice and learn  how to use it more efficiently. This paper, which I have yet to start writing, might be somewhat of a challenge for me though. I am having a difficult time starting because it is a factual paper and not an opinion one. I am planning on starting tomorrow and I am hoping procrastination does not get the best of me. I will try my best and hardest on this paper because I have got two 85%'s in a row and it is so frustrating! It is not bad by any means, but it is average and I do not like it. I am putting all of my english knowledge into this next paper and I hope it pays off!

Research

Apparently I did not blog about the right thing last week so I am going to do that now. The research for this assignment is fairly easy because violent video games is a hot topic. It is very controversial to give a small toddler a video game with shootings and drugs. Could these things effect how a child sees the world? Could these things promote violent behavior? These are questions I plan on addressing with my research and my paper. I personally believe that video games have a part in violent behavior to a point. I think constant exposure to violence creates violence just like exposure to domestic violence creates a higher likelihood that domestic violence will continue throughout generations.

Midterm Week!

Thankfully, unlike others, I have had a pretty simple midterm week. I have one more left that I take on Monday and I am dreading it. The other ones I have taken were relatively simple but I did only get B's on them. I was disappointed that after all that studying I only managed to get a B. I mean I know I could have gotten a MUCH lower score, but still. I emailed one of my teachers after one of my finals though and he said I had the second highest grade on it and that it was a huge accomplishment especially since I am a freshman! That did make me pretty happy. The last midterm I have to take is my Comm midterm and I heard it was full of tricky questions. This bothers me and worries me because those are the hardest tests to take. Plus it is like 70 questions long and on inqsit! That is going to be awful. UGH! But nonetheless I have survived Midterm week and am happy to say so!

Lil' Wayne

Since I wrote my open letter on Lil' Wayne's lyrics, I was inspired to blog about it this week. Considering this is a more open domain then my formal open letter, I feel more open to say the things that bother me about these lyrics. While writing my blog the specific lyrics "open her legs then fillet Mignon" were in my head. This is utterly disgusting to me. It is such a nasty phrase. The song goes on to say "i'm gonna own that p***y". EW! Who is Lil' Wayne to say these things about a woman. Those things are private and should not be said out loud let alone in a song for the world to hear. I find it very inappropriate, and even though I have many friends that "respect" his work, I am still confused as to why anyone would. What is there to respect about those lyrics? They most definitely are not very poetic. I thought the point of music was to write poetry in song form. As far as I'm concerned that is no where near poetry.