College

People can easily get the wrong idea of college.  While it is nice to have the freedom to choose what and when your classes are, something that people never really put into perspective is the amount of work that college can be.  Maybe it's just being a student athlete and being busy all the time, but I feel like there is also an assignment for me to do, a paper for me to write, or a quiz or test for me to study for.  In no way am I complaining because I know that this is college and I don't have a problem with it, but I am only simply pointing out the fact that people completely underestimate the work in college.  I keep hearing people say, "When is college going to be here?" and "Can I just be in college already?" and now that I am in college I always wonder if they really think college is going to be easier studying wise and easier to blow off, or if they really just want to be in college because of the "freedom" they will have away from home.

Class

It is weird not having class this past Thursday and on Tuesday because I am so used to going to that class in the evening.  I am thankful that we have the opportunity to have the one on one meetings and some extra time to be able to work on the things that are due soon, especially all of the things with our analysis paper.  I think that the one on one meetings give us a good chance to catch up and to make sure that we are on the right track with everything. Also, I feel that the extra time off from these classes being cancelled gives us the opportunity to not only get the outline and the bibliography done, but it also gives us the opportunity to catch up on anything that hasn't been completely done yet that is due soon.

It has been difficult for me to find eight different sources for the bibliography.  When I search for something the results are a lot of lyric websites and websites that are not reliable for this paper.  It has taken me quite a long time to find eight sources so I am very frustrated with that.

I Changed My Mind

After some thought and talking to JJ, I have decided to change my mind and analyze a song for my analysis paper.  I realized that with the movie Law Abiding Citizen I might end up with a lot of summary of the movie, and that's not what the paper is supposed to be about, obviously.

The song I have chosen to analyze is Payphone by Maroon 5. (The edited version, of course)  I think that this song has quite a few things that I will be able to analyze, and I won't have the fear of summarizing throughout my entire paper.

After putting some thought into what my thesis could be for this paper, I was finally able to come up with something that might work:

The song Payphone symbolizes the idea of love that has failed, and two people who don't feel the same about the ending.

Hopefully this will work for the thesis of my paper!

Law Abiding Citizen

I have been thinking a lot about what exactly I want to write my analysis paper on.  At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to do the paper on a song or a movie.  I thought about doing a TV Show but felt that it would be way to much to think about and analyze overall with all the different episodes and stories.  So when I narrowed it down between a song and a movie, I thought about what I might be able to write more about.  I wasn't sure if I could get the required amount of writing out of one song so I finally chose to do my analysis paper on a movie.

The movie that I picked is Law Abiding Citizen. I feel that it has a great plot to it and that I will be able to analyze the movie in depth.  I am still working on my thesis statement for my paper.  It has been a little bit difficult for me to come up with a good thesis with the choice of this movie but hopefully after some more thought I can come up with something that works better than what I originally came up with.

My weekend at home

Like I mentioned in last Monday's blog post, I was able to go home this past weekend for the first time in a few weeks.  I was so happy to be able to go home and be able to have a home cooked meal and relax and sleep in my own bed.  I guess it's safe to say, when you are away from home, you never truly realize how much you miss it until you get to go home and then you have to leave again.  The weekend went by way to fast and before I knew it, I was on my way back to school again.  On Friday, I was able to just relax and spend time with my family.  On Saturday, I got to go to the Notre Dame vs. Stanford football game. College Game Day was at Notre Dame so that was exciting. It was pouring rain and we got soaked but it was so much fun. Thank goodness it wasn't too cold or else everyone would have been frozen by the time we left.  Sunday was my boyfriend's birthday so I was so happy to be able to celebrate that with him!  Overal, it was a very good weekend and I get to go home again this upcoming weekend for my dad's birthday so I am looking forward to that.

On another note,  Friday night I was so happy that the Yankees won their tight series against the Orioles and moved on to play a seven game series with the Tigers.  Unfortunately, the Yankees are down 0-2 in the series but hopefully they will be able to bounce back and win the series as a whole.

Who is the monster?

I thought that the activity that we did in class yesterday was a good way to talk about the movie Carrie.  It helped everyone think about the ways that different characters in the movie had the potential of being the monster and it also helped us practice our ways of persuading people to believe that we are right.  I thought that we had a good debate in class between the three different groups of Carrie's classmates being the monster, Carrie's mother being the monster, and Carrie herself being the monster.  I thought that each group had many different good reasons to support that their person or group of people in the movie was actually the monster and I also thought that each group did a good job of defending their position as to why their person or group of people was the monster of the movie.  Overall, I thought that this activity was a good way to interact and have a discussion about the movie and I was glad that we did this activity in class.

Going Home

I am excited for this weekend because I get to go home.  I haven't been home for about a month now and to some people that might seem like a very short amount of time being away from home but for me it feels like so long.  I miss everything about my home.  I have always been really close to my family so it gets pretty tough for me being away from home.  Some of my good friends that go to different colleges will be home for their fall break so I might get to see them which is also exciting.  The things I am looking forward to the most are spending time with my family, relaxing, spending time with my boyfriend, having home cooked food, and sleeping in the comfort of my own bed. This week is really busy leading up to this weekend because I have a big test and a quiz and a lot of homework to do so I know it will be nice to hopefully relax some this weekend, especially after a long week of basketball practices.  Needless to say, I can't wait to go home.

The Movie

I have mixed feelings about the movie Carrie. I thought that it always kept your mind thinking, especially at the end.  It was suspenseful in a way because you were never sure what was going to happen with Carrie or the people who didn't like her.  The most suspenseful parts were toward the end where the group of people who didn't like Carrie were going to drop the pig blood on her and also when Carrie arrived at home after her Prom night and the house was lit with candles and the mother was no where to be found.  I thought that this movie was pretty weird with everything that happened.  There were several times throughout the movie where I was thinking to myself that the movie was so weird, but also times where I knew the movie was making me think about what was happening and not just giving it away.  I thought that the very beginning of the movie was a weird way to start off a movie and I couldn't help but feel bad for Carrie throughout the rest of the movie.  Overall,  I'm glad that we got to watch a movie in class and I'm glad that this movie got me thinking about what was going on and what might happen next.

Grilled Cheese

I thought that I would dedicate this blog to grilled cheese. The grilled cheese in the cafe is by far my favorite food there.  I enjoy the meals that they make but sometimes if they don't have something that I like for lunch or dinner, I just get grilled cheese, or two of them.  I know that I can always look forward to having a grilled cheese if the food that they have for the meal isn't something that I like. Today was not my typical experience at the cafe.  I am very disappointed because today the grilled cheese was not the normal grilled cheese! >:/  When I was waiting for my grilled cheese to be cooked the lady told me that today they only had three cheese grilled cheese.  I was like, "What? What is that?!" I got nervous because I wasn't sure if it would be good?!  I ended up deciding to trying it anyway but I was so disappointed! It looked so good but it was misleading because it didn't taste as good to me! It was not the normal grilled cheese that I always get, and it wasn't better either.  It was worse :(

So hopefully tomorrow the normal grilled cheese will be back at the cafe! I love grilled cheese!