[julianereimerr-blog]

Let the “sluts” be sluts!

This topic has been talked about a few times on Tumblr and in class; slut shaming.   I’m sure all of us have seen costumes this weekend that made us do a double take and think “what the hell, is she serious, how she walked out of the house like that?” I’ve seen a few of my friends from high school dress up as sexy cops and have their butt sticking out of these booty shorts and honestly I give them props.  First off, I’m crazy jealous of their confidence because that clearly takes a lot and second of all I am kind of proud of them for having the guts to dress like that knowing people will be running their mouths.  Personally, I would not feel comfortable dressing like that but for the girls who wear decorative bras and short shorts good for them.  Girls don’t dress up for guys; okay maybe some girls do, but is that really a problem? They want a guy to think they’re hot; so what.  They want to do their hair, make up, dress cute and show off their costumes.  That’s not a crime.  Talking about someone because they look HOT just shows pure jealousy and jealousy is never cute nor will it ever be. It’s pretty embarrassing living in a society where people live to tear other people down.  I think girls should be able to dress up and show off their body however they want.  Guys can walk around shirtless at parties, flexing, and acting like they own the place but girls can’t display that type on confidence in their body? It’s not fair.  I also hate how people think ‘oh her dad must not love her if he let her walk out of the house like that’ like excuse me? I think that bothers me so much because sometimes you don’t know what’s going on with someone’s home life or family.  I’m just done with the nasty girls standing in the corner drinking their drinks as they pick apart every single girl who displays an ounce of beauty.  And the guys who slut shame because the girl turned you down.  Just because she doesn’t want to be with you doesn’t give you the right to try bringing her down.  In other words, I spent my weekend mostly wanting to cuss out rude people for being nasty and judgmental for no apparent reason.

[mybuoyantwords]

I had a similar post talking about this topic. In my post I talk about Amber Rose campaign called the “Slut Walk”. I had experience where someone pretty much said I look like a slut. I definitely did not let that certain person bring me down. I am not in this world to impress anybody else, if I like something and I want to wear I am going to FUCKING WEAR IT.  And when that person said that to me they were ugly as fuck, like shut the fuck up with your ugly ass lol, and the outfit that I was wearing wasn’t so provocative in my perspective because I’ve seen women where some very provocative attire but hey that is there choice, that has nothing to do with me. So that why people shouldn’t let other opinion effect them on what they do.

[lovee-no-thotties]

Glos-giving

Thanksgiving break is coming and I honestly can’t wait. Out of all the holidays, I have to say, Thanksgiving is my favorite. Its my favorite because you get to get to go back home for a whole week and see family, that we have been away from since the beginning of the school year. Being at school starts to tire you out and makes you really eager to see your loved like mom & dad and the rest of your family. You can’t forget about the food. Its also great when all your family is close and lives in the same area so you can travel house to house to get a piece of what everybody’s cooking. I love this holiday because it brings all your family together, to laugh & have a good time, and share a great big feast celebrating the commemorates a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621. My mother & grandmother go all out for this holiday and get up really early just to start cooking. Im talking about 5AM just so they’ll be done by dinner time for everybody to eat. All my cousins, uncles, aunts, and good portion of my family “talking about the potion that lives in NY” all come to my house just for this holiday & I absolutely love it. The rest of the holidays are great but this one takes the cake by far because what could possibly go wrong in this holiday other than somebody burning the turkey? Many of you might disagree and pick Christmas over Thanksgiving because you get presents, but think about this… Many of you expect certain things for christmas and there had to be that Christmas that you didn’t get exactly what you wanted, & when you get that very present you can’t act rude or selfish, you have to act like you like what that person got you, weather its the iPhone 7 you always wanted or a rock that you cousin thought you’d rather have. Thanksgiving is a holiday that you know what your getting yourself into. You know every year your going to be with family. Everybody is going to be happy. Everybody is going go eat a good dinner. After that everybody says goodbye, and the food that your mother makes, your going to be eating for the next 2 weeks. If thats not LIT than I don’t know what is.

[mybuoyantwords]

I completely agreed with you, I love Thanksgiving. I can’t really remember any bad Thanksgiving, but I can tell you a few bad Christmas I had over the years. Thanksgivings is a holiday made to spend quality time with loved ones and share memories you had with one another. I don’t know about you but I like when my family comes and gets in a circle and say what they are thankful for. I don’t it just makes me happy seeing all my family members especially since I been in school for three months, and the next best part is finally getting some good cook food. 

[lowkeyave-blog]

T.E.C.

In 5th grade, at the age of ten years old, I sold gum for .25 cents to kids in my school. In 9th grade I sold DVDs and CDs to kids in my school. In 10th grade, I sold honey buns, pop-tarts and oatmeal creme pies to pay for shoes and for extra money. Growing up, my family members would always call me a hustler. I was trying to find jobs long before I was legal age in my city to work. I would do anything from shovel driveways in the winter, to cut other people’s lawns in the summer. Business was something usual to me. I always thought about having my own business one day. Who knew I would have a company to call mine at the age of 17?

Most people have a mind set of graduating high school, getting a college degree and finding a job after college and making a career out of it. This is very ideal. I am a Sociology major, and there are plenty of jobs I can seek with this degree. I just happened to want to create my own business while earning a college degree. This way by the time I graduate college I will have a company four years strong. Self-employment does not happen overnight. School work and thinking about how you’re going to pay the next bill can keep you up all night, struggling. I believe nothing long-lasting in life comes without a struggle.

Triple Eye Company was established in 2014. With the help of my cousin, one of my many dreams became a reality. My older cousin and I created this business with lots of determination and passion for something different. We planned on making money from selling clothing and taking pictures for various people/events. Personally this company was going to be the one that I continue to build for the rest of my life.

Under the Triple Eye Company name I can do anything I want! For example have my own events! I want to have non-for profit campaigns to help communities. I want people to understand that Triple Eye Company is not out for your money, but out to show people there is still hope. The mind is something not to be wasted. With my company I want to be able to give, more than I receive. Triple Eye Company represents a movement expressing creativity, spreading positivity, knowledge, peace and love.

[mybuoyantwords]

I really admire you having that ambitions and motivation to build up your own business at such a young age. I really hope your business become more than what it is in the near future because from reading this it seem like you are really passionate about your business and what it is capable of. I wish I had something I was really passionate about and was able to create something special, but hopefully one day it will come to me. Anyways, how did you come up with that name, and how did you and your cousin started out and how are things differently from when started till now? 

[julianereimerr-blog]

It’s crazy how much time we spend stressing over things in life. We spend all of high school working our butts off to get into good colleges. Then we literally have break downs every week (well at least I do) trying to get perfect gpas in college so we can get good jobs. But in five years I’m not going to give two shits about the math test I studied for for two weeks and cried over. We spend so much time stressing about so many stupid things and we literally tear ourselves down. Last Thursday I went to Toronto to see the Weeknd perform and it was AMAZING. I was 15 rows from one of my favorite artist and made so many memories with one of my best friends. It was nice not worrying about homework and tests and to just let go and enjoy myself. I don’t want to remember my college years as me stressing out and break downs. I want to continue doing spontaneous things. I think my happiness is a lot more important than some test. Yeah, getting good grades is nice and obviously would make me happy but I feel like I stress too much. I promised myself I’m going to do something fun each month and take time out to just focus on myself and my health. I’ve recently got a second job and I work sometimes twice a day, everyday. I’m realizing that I am not spending enough time taking care of myself. I planned a trip to NYC in two months with my best friends and I think that’s exactly what I need. I’m setting a goal to save money that I can spend on myself and it will be great being able to spoil myself. Basically I just want to create more memories throughout college that are better than me getting an A on a test. I want to walk out of college and into the real world being happy and not stressing over another thing.

[mybuoyantwords]

OMG you are so lucky you was able to go to a Weekend concerts or just getting out the country. But anyways I feel the same exact way. I am the type of person who ponder and stress myself over a lot of bullshit and it could be so frustrating. Trying to maintain a good gpa so I won’t lose financial aid and disappoint my family as well as myself. It just too much sometimes. I just want to go somewhere where I can just be like fuck everything and relax which is consist of me sleeping and eating all day lol. I guess this is a part of growing up and it just going to get ready.

[mybuoyantwords]

Project 2

For project two I decided to do a research paper. My argument will explain why do people feel the need to excessively brag about themselves and make them feel superior to their fellow peers. During my research I came across this word called narcissism. When I looked up the word narcissism I found out it is a personality disorder where a person can be excessive or have erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance. From this definition it made me interested in talking about children who are raised by narcissistic parents, and what kind of impact they have on their kids as well as what influences they have when they become adults. Another aspect I want to discuss in my project is to talk about the recipient’s attitude when they listen to other people self promote themselves. In my research project I will like to add different multimodal to help my audience to understand what I am trying to convey. Using different types of multimodal such as sounds, images, and video can bring more clarity to your argument and not only using one specific mode. I will like to use images because I feel that it makes the research more interesting and less boring.  Also I do not want my writing to be view as something that is taken so serious,  so I will like to add some character and personality into my writing. The tone of your writing can have a big contribution in your paper because it helps the reader to understand the author’s attitude about his or her topic such as if the author is serious, emotional, or comical just to name a few examples. I want to really connect with my audience because, I believe that what I am talking about in my argument I feel that everyone has experience meeting someone who excessively brag about themselves or has been that person. Overall I want my audience relate to my paper and understand what I’m saying which is that there is nothing wrong letting others know about your achievements and showing that you are confident and proud of who you are, however it is better to allow other  people to promote about you rather than yourself. My goal for this writing is to make my readers be like “that is something I have never thought of” or “this is something I can really relate too” . 

[mybuoyantwords]

Things Are Starting to Get REAL

I swear growing up is the hardest thing to do. It not that I’m immature or I’m not responsible, it’s the fact that I’m worry about the road to become successful and handling stuff on my own. Everybody oh now it’s the time where you should know what you want to do with your life and also start saving money to pay back my loans, that I took out to live on campus. Of course that means I need to find of a job mmmhmm. That means I need to get a job and be a full time students as well continues to get good grades. I had a conversation with someone and she told me how she fail a test because of work and being tired and stressed out. I know for next semester I'm going to start taking 200 and up level courses for my major, and I don't want to start to mess up my gpa. I know you can take a course again but who has time for all of that. I want to graduate within these four years of college. I know it might sound like I'm complaining but I'm more worry about fucking up and disappointing my family as well as myself.  i just know the certain lifestyle I want to live eventually I really need to work hard and finish school. Then again I don’t know what career I want to pursue, I mean I have an idea what I want to do with my life but I am not sure how I would I get there, I just don’t know where would I should start. I sometimes get jealous of those who already know what they want in their life and already know how to get there and have that ambitions. Everybody asks me what do you like, what are your interests , and I can never answers those questions. I haven’t found my passion yet but hopefully soon I will figure it out. It can get really frustrating what you think about the future and what’s about to happen but you do not how to prepare for it. Right now I am 19 years old, and this is my second year of college and so far I like who I’m becoming. Over the years I’ve matured and realize what's important and what’s not. Even I am going through challenges in my life right now I continue to grow I see myself traveling and learning about new things and ideas. So far my goals is to get through college excelling, and to becoming an example as a person work hard to achieve their goals. 

[mybuoyantwords]

Love and Hip Hop

So this season of Love and Hip Hop Los Angles there are two cast members that are a gay couple. This is the first time a homosexual male couples were on the show. Throughout the season one of the gay guy name Miles had a hard time coming to his family and especially to his on and off girlfriend Amber. As well being an inspiring rapper it took a lot from to come out to the world because he didn’t want to disappoint his sisters as well hurt Amber which is his on and off girlfriend. However him holding on to this secret was causing troubles with his relationship with his boyfriend Milan. Milan basically felt like his little secret. When Miles and Milan will go out for the night, they mostly act like “bro” or friends, rather than a couple. It is obviously hard to act like someone your not because you don’t want to disappoint your loves one and you now your feelings are not a part of God, but you are still unhappy with yourself. I wish I had the solution because he is not the only who experience this and he not going to be the last. I just hope people can start to be comfortable with themselves and not care what other people think.

[mybuoyantwords]

Double Standard

How come males can do certain things and females can’t. From a young age gender roles are installed into boys and girls mindsets. Gender roles are the attitudes and behavior that are considered appropriately “masculine” or “feminine” in a particular culture. Children at a young age normally learn these roles by observing their parents or watching how females and males are portrayed in the media. Female are characterized as being sensitive, nurturing, to focus on their appearance, as well to look for a man to take care of her. For males they are characterized as to be strong, to learn and be able to provide for their future family, and to not show any emotions. There are many aspects that influence someone’s life such as the clothes they wear, the emotion that they are allow to express, college major and careers to pursue. The gender stereotype can lead to children believing that they only can achieve certain goals or career due to their sex. This causes people to conform with the norm, but what’s normal to someone could be different to someone else. However in this day in age the double standard is starting to break. They are more working women providing for their family, and they are stay at home dads. It shouldn’t matter if you are a man or woman, to me that shouldn’t define your capabilities. Women and men should be able to conquer any career they want, they shouldn’t have to follow the stigma that society puts upon gender. Double standards has been around since human beings were created. The idea of the double standards has hinder many people to not be themselves and pursuing their dreams, because people worry about going against the norm, and being judged by society.

[mybuoyantwords]

New Generation

I feel like things are really changing in this day in age. Some parts of it are changing for the good but sometimes I also feel like in this society things changing for the worse. First let’s talk about the good qualities. People nowadays are little more freely to be themselves and can easily find and connect with other people that share similar characteristic through social media. Also in my point of view people especially those who are younger seem to be more determined and have more ambition to be successful in life. I’ve seen a lot of people trying to strive for the best while being in college, which gives off a good vibe especially in a learning environment. In addition technology pave the way for a lot for people to become successful, however as a society we rely too much on technology. You hardly see kids playing in the  streets with one another, showing some type of interaction. Kids especially at a very young ages for example at the age 3 probably even younger already know how to work an Iphone. In my opinion kids appear to be growing up fast and that necessarily means that should be acceptable. Children that is the age thirteen be dressing up like they are eighteen years old. I believe it is from women on social media who receives a lot of “likes” exposing their body a certain way and little girls see that and will imitate them to impress other as well for boys. Also the younger generation shows no type of respect towards older people. I have seen a lot of videos online where kids will disrespect adults particularly elderly people, who can’t defend themselves. When I look at shit like that I think to myself  “who the fuck raise these niggas”. What in their right mind made them think that type of shit is okay. It is crazy how this new generation we living in thinks certain shit okay and laugh about it . I’m not saying everybody act that way but a handful do and I have witness it.  As a society we lost some type of decency and we need to retrieve it back. If we don’t things re going to get worse and worse. We need to start respecting each other and stop being always in competition with one another and stop constantly putting each other down. But that only a perfect society that do not exist. SO WHAT DO WE DO?!

[beachdeath]

[mozzarella-sticks]

oh my god

[mozzarella-sticks]

oh my god

[beachdeath]

this is exactly what you think it is

[pardonmewhileipanic]

IM SO FUCKING MAD

[blkqueer]

Why is he more on beat than Drake tho

[graphitetotrees]

Project 1: DS:EoA

I am not going to give away the full title of my project! However, my topic of choice is depression. I choose to right about depression because there’s a stigma that surrounds victims of depression and I want to educate my peers on what depression really is and how it affects us all. When I first learned about depression I was one of many who said, “How can you be sad for so long that you can’t function”, “it’s just an excuse to not get over something, just move on.” Those where some of the statements used by myself and others who didn’t understand depression. As I got older I started to encounter people with ‘clinical’ depression, meaning they were actually diagnosed and given treatment for their depression. Through my encounter with such wonderful people who had no complete control over what was happening to them, I realized that I needed to understand depression. I needed to understand it so that I can explain it to myself and others every day; I needed to be part of the solution and not the problem. I am an aspiring Cardiologist and anything that affects the heart, mind and body is of great concern to me so it’s my duty to conduct such research and seek a solution/cure. Depression has yet to be officially labeled as something other than an ‘emotional disorder’ but the truth is depression is a neurological abnormality. It stems from the brain, the physical and measurable cause of depression has to do with a dysfunction in your neurotransmitters (NT). Our ‘normal’ neurotransmitters are deigned to pass on signals and substances that help us function but for someone with depression, your NT just doesn’t work correctly. The ‘feel good’ signal/substance in your brain is not being transmitted correctly and therefore you don’t feel good at all. Sometimes you may have thoughts of suicide even when watching your favorite movie. Interesting right, however, ‘the real research is finding out what is causing the ‘feel good’ signal/substance from being transmitted?’ This project has become very personal and I intend to continue my research and enlightenment on this matter after this project is completed. More information will be provided to you on the day of ‘presentations’thank you!

Depression is not a joke, it is not a phase that you can just get over, and if you are someone suffering form depression; please seek help.

[mybuoyantwords]

Depression is really serious condition that has control many lives. The first time I experience someone with depression was a love one and it was really hard. In your research I assume you going to talk about causes that lead to depression and also medical resources that help treat this mood disorder. One of my suggestion is that you should add people experience that have depression as well people who deal with people with depression such as a love one and friends. I think they will really help your research project. Also what are you adding in your web map for this topic?

[itskendollas-blog]

is college worth it?

Is college worth it?

            For my project, the topic I chose to focus on was whether or not getting a college education is worth it? I’m very interested in this topic because in today’s society in order for you to get a good job you have to go to college and obtain a degree. Since college is so expensive, students that want to attend college have to put them self in debt in order for them to go to school. Some students who graduate from college can’t even obtain a job in their field of study, so imagine if you were one of those persons that took out thousands of dollars in loans so that you could attend college only having to not be able to get a job in your field.  What’s the sense of going to college if you are going to have to put yourself in debt and it’s not guaranteed that you’re going to get a job after graduating from college?

On my web map I plan on focusing on whether or not if college worth it? I plan on looking at the statistics of the amount of people that do attend college and have to take out loans to attend. I plan and also looking at the retention rate, to see if loans affect whether or not students drop out of school. I am also going to link the statistics of college graduate students that obtain a job in their field of study after graduating from school. I also want to link the amount of students that ended up in debt because they decided to take out a loan to attend college. I want to focus on these issues because I feel that these issues happen very often today in society. Many students are putting themselves in debt by taking out loans to attend college and sometimes end up being in a far worse situation than what they started in. If someone have to put themselves through all of this  just to attend college then is it really worth it?

I think the problems that I might face while doing this project is making sure that my topic is not a broad topic. I want to make sure that my topic has a specific focal point. Earlier when working on my proposal the biggest issue I had face was making sure that my topic wasn’t too broad. I was having problems because some of the issues I had were too broad.

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[mybuoyantwords]

This is a really good topic to talk about due to the fact your audience will be college students who can relate to this problem or knows someone who is going through this situation.  One of my suggestion is that you should compare between races such as Caucasian and African American because I feel that different races experience college differently based on financial differences. Also for your web map you not only consist of statistic but you should also add images to give different example of social issues a person can face as well emotions a college graduate can have while being in debt.

[gilbertszn-blog]

BLog #5

For my first project, I have decided to discuss and find information of why there is a recession of African- American baseball players in the major leagues. As the years pass less and less of black baseball players appear to play in a professional team. They are many issues on why this is happening, but I’m also curious and interested to find out what’s being done to get this issue fixed. Baseball needs diversity in players and that includes having African- Americans in the game. I would like to hear any feedback my audience has about this issue on why it’s happening, and ways that could help this problem diminish. I plan to do some research on the statistics on African- Americans playing for Major League Baseball since the 1970’s. This way I can see it’s peak, it’s increase, and also its decrease. There was many legendary black players in the past and at this pace we won’t see many more in the near future. Players like Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Bob Gibson, Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, and many more had all in some way, shape or form changed baseball forever and changed the dynamics of the game in a positive way. I wonder how this issue impacts communities and families of African- Americans and their view on baseball. I ask many people what they think about baseball and they mostly answer it’s boring, or I’m not interested, because they don’t have a role model that can lead by example and open doors for blacks in baseball again. Every kid always has its idols and person they look up to. For example in basketball the face of the sport now is LeBron James, almost everyone wants to be like LeBron or follow his footsteps. He leads by good example. That could be a reason why basketball is becoming a mostly black dominated sport. Back to baseball, there are sports figures like All Star Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, but this isn’t going to help the cause on the lack of black baseball players in the game. Me growing up in a spanish and black community playing baseball as a kid I mostly played against spanish kids and noticed there wasn’t many black kids to play against. Matter of fact I have played against more white kids when I used to travel than black kids. So could there be a lack of motivation in trying baseball at young age? Why not give the sport a try before deciding to not like it or participate in it? I will try to find the best information I can to answer questions me or others may have regarding this issue.      

[mybuoyantwords]

This is something I never even notice until now. It is so true that there are not a lot of African American baseball player in Major League Baseball but I don’t think it’s because the league is not accepting African American people,I believe  it’s because there’s not a lot of African American people interested into the game like Hispanic or Caucasian people, then again I don't know. However people that I know who are African American and plays sports usually favor basketball or football. As part of your research you should maybe interview a few people about their opinion about baseball and why or why not they like the sport.

[mybuoyantwords]

Project 1

For my project I decided to talk about on why people brag about themselves so excessively, as well make other people feel bad about themselves.  In today’s society especially the younger generation tend to focus on materialistic things such as what kind of sneaker a person have whether it is Jordan’s, or Belengica’s, what kind of clothes a person wears if it high end brand or whether if a person is team iphone or team androids. Growing up I have witnessed people humiliate those who had less or appeared to have less than they do.  Some children don’t have the luxury or the privileges that other children have, and it’s upsetting to see how people put each other down over materialistic possessions. I want to mainly focus on those that actually make fun of people who have less and why do they enjoy making people feel bad about themselves on stuff that they can’t afford  because they don’t have the latest clothes or technology. Why do people feel the need to brag about themselves and plus have an arrogant attitude. Some component I believe that contributes with this behavior comes from being neglected, wanting to be accept, how they were raised, cultural aspects, gender, and also race. Also I want to focus on why society make it okay for a men to self promo but not for women. Why is there a constant double standard between men and women. People should be able to share their achievements and their goals in life. In my project I don’t want to make it seem that bragging is wrong because everybody has brag about themselves but I want to explain how it can be use in the sense of affecting others negatively, and why sometimes people feel that they don’t even have the right to brag about themselves.  Obviously people go through different situation and sometimes people are not going to get the same opportunities and it is not fair for a person to put done the next men because he or she is not on the same level as you. There is nothing wrong to proud on what you have and what you have achieve but don’t put down someone else and make them feel like shit. I myself have experience where people talk down to me and judge because I didn’t have what they have and I think it is something a lot of people experience and I want to talk about it. 

[mybuoyantwords]

SLUTWALK

So I heard about this campaign that Amber Rose been promoting  called the “Slut-Walk”. It started with a video I’ve seen that Rose released where it is her coming out of a house bare foot with he shoes in her hand and I assume she had  a one night stand. Throughout the video she is walking something that looks like an upper class neighborhood and along the way people will stop and praise her for basically having a one night stand. Although the video is suppose to be empowering as well comical there was a part in the video that certain people didn’t like and had a lot to say online. The part people talked heavily about in the video is when a white guy in a van yells out to Amber “You are an inspiration to my daughter”. People feel that was out of line and I kind sort of understand why because they feel that Amber is basically saying it’s okay for girls to be whores. But I thinks is more to it. I don’t think Amber is saying that it okay to be a hoe but it is okay to be yourself and wear what you want and don’t worry about what other people might think of you. The Slut Walk I believe is a way to inspire little girls and women who have low self esteem and also help females that are shamed by society for being themselves and Amber wants to end all of the judging. I also feel that Rose is trying to end the double standard that society portrayed. Society feels that is okay for men to have multiple sexual relationships but it not okay for women? It’s so said that society don’t teach little boys that being a hoe or a thot is not wrong. Boys should also know how to respect themselves or don’t shame girls who also like to have multiple sex partner. My opinion is your business is your business if you tell people your business expect people to put their two sense in, but if you don’t want people to know what you do keep it lowkey. My only things is protect yourself and make sure you have some type of trust in your partner(s). People need to stop worrying about what other people do and start worrying about themselves, but we know that would never happen because that why we have reality shows, TMZ, mediatakeout and other sources who constantly have post stuff about celebrities  lives .

[0962015-blog]

Cartoons

Growing up we had the best cartoon shows on television. We had Rugrats, rocket power, Catdog, Ed Ed and Eddy and Scooby-Doo. The shows would keep all of us entertain for hours on end. My favorite show out of all the 90 cartoons would for sure have to be Rugrats. Lately I have noticed that a lot of the new cartoons that have been coming out do not even compare to the cartoons that I grew up watching. I realized also that when they make a remake of a show it’s not even comparable to the original. For example the old Scooby-Doo was so entertaining, then the one that is on television now. The new cartoon shows that are on television don’t really keep the kids entertain I feel like. When I’m babysitting I always ask the kids what kind of cartoons they want to watch and they always pick the older version of the cartoons. I asked the kids why one day and they said that the new cartoons are not as funny as the older versions. The nickelodeon channel will never be the same from the 90s. The older cartoons always had a good sense of humor and a good story for the episode. The new cartoons barely have a good sense of humor at all if any and then they sometimes have a good story. Looking back and watching some of the episodes of rugrats and even Scooby-Doo, you realize all the humor that you wouldn’t get when you are a kid and it makes the cartoons even better than before. Back in the day cartoons would be on all day every day, and now cartoons are barely on at all. Even know I still enjoying watching cartoons if I’m bored and need something to do. It keeps me entertain still even as an adult. It reminds me of my childhood and I get to relax and just watch cartoons and pretend I’m a little kid again. I know many people will probably have a different opinion then mine about new cartoons vs the old ones. I heard that nickelodeon was trying to get a channel to bring back all of the old cartoons from the 1990’s. I really hope this happens so we all have a chance to watch the cartoons we grew up with and it would bring back a lot of good memories for everyone.

[wankkerr-blog]

I agree that cartoon’s aren’t as good as they used to be. As well as you, cartoons were a big part of my childhood. I watched them every morning and night. One show in particular that specifically relates to your topic, is teen titans. I say it relates most because when i was a child, I believe the show was much better, had a better story, better graphics, better acting (although it was an animated series). But as Iv’e gotten older since they took the show off the air and replaced it for an extremely animated, PG version it just goes to show how our cartoons have gone to garbage. However, I do feel like there are still some good shows left and there should be light shaded on those shows as well , but a lot of the building block cartoons and kid shows of our childhood have faded away. the memory will forever remain though.

[mybuoyantwords]

Omg my favorite cartoon was also Rugrats and when I was little and probably even today I wanted to be a rugrat. Even thought the cartoons back then where where suppose to entertain little kids they also taught us about society and life lessons. Now a days the cartoons that comes on now are lame, boring and to me way more stupider. The have no type of realism in the shows which to me why the little kids act the way the act today. I don’t know if anybody else feel this way but the generations are changing because to me kids are  becoming more careless and have no respect. But that’s just my opinion.

[lowkeyave-blog]

Off-Campus

I come from Syracuse, NY. About two hours east of buffalo. As an incoming freshman, I was excited. I felt as if I was ready for the “college” life. Turns out I wasn’t. Up late night because people on my floor would be loud and obnoxious. I would try to study in peace, but people would interrupt me. Don’t get me wrong I had fun times going to parties, having cool roomates and what not, but I need my sleep! I met some interesting/unique/smart people. I got the chance to network with new people just from going to the next floor above me. Living on-campus was an interesting experience. Going into my freshman year I believed I was investing in my future as well as a memorable chapter of my life.

 Toward the end of my freshman year, I convinced myself into wanting to live off-campus. I wanted to save money, since I am the one paying for my education. Living off-campus would give me the opportunity to have my own bedroom! Last year I was living with two other people, but the room was designed for two people total. I’m putting thoughts together and I decided I wanted to make the move. I had to fill out paper work (application) to live off-campus. The school denied me. I tried to talk to them in their offices and they told me I needed 60 college credits (junior status) to live off-campus. I was finishing my freshman year off with 34 credits so I clearly didn’t have enough credits as I needed to move off-campus. So they placed me in Casetty Hall with two other kids. I went all summer before my sophomore year thinking I was going to be living in a triple. In August of 2015 I called residence life and they approved me to live off campus out of nowhere. I think it’s because of the overpopulation on campus. 

Living off-campus is a whole new experience. Lots of expenses come with this experience. Rent, gas, electric, wifi/cable bills on top of a phone bill and groceries. My landlord let’s us use his bikes so I have transportation to campus, plus the bus. I feel as if I am more connected with the city of Buffalo when I ride my bike down streets unfamiliar to me. I am a Buffalo resident and a college student. Five college classes. I’m talking CWP 102 and four Sociology courses (SOC MAJOR). Having my own place to call home in a city foreign to me. This crib is bigger than any crib I have lived in before. I’m a photographer and I have enough room to place my own photo studio in my home. It’s lit. Silent home, peaceful area, saving money, learning how to live on my own early, are a few things I’m experiencing. I don’t have to worry about noisey people in the halls, or people knocking on my door looking for my roomate. I can walk out my room and be in the kitchen. So that means I can cook up some food instead of having to wait in line to eat residential dining. Living off-campus is fun, but it has some negatives. You get those times of feeling disconnected. But I deal with it. I can be twice as productive in my own home, and don’t have to worry about RA’s randomly checking my room and leaving reports and what not. I would recommend living off-campus, just be prepared. 

-Avery

[kimbing-blog]

Wow, that is really awesome that you decided to move off campus your sophomore year! I dormed my first semester of my freshmen year at Fredonia University and I hated it for all the same reasons you did. I like having my personal space as well, and not being bothered by random people all down the hall. I moved back home instead, I give you sincere props for living on your own in a city you do not know. I would be way too scared, which makes you a much better person! I bet the bills of having your own place are hard to deal with while being a student, only because before college you just lived at home I’m assuming and now it’s just all this money. But knowing how to make it work now will really help you out in the long run. I am really impressed. It is surprising that you need 60 credits to live off campus, it should be the students choice regardless of their grade. You got lucky with it and I hope you enjoy every second of it! I know I would be rather than being stuck in a dorm room with 2 other people. 

[mybuoyantwords]

That’s is a huge responsibility that you have taken to live off campus specially at the fact that you are not familiar with the city. I have also thought about living off campus but I don’t know if I am ready. It’s not the fact that I’m scared to live by myself, is like what you said you have to pay for other expenses, that means I would really have to get a job to pay for the rent, gas, internet and groceries. Although I would really like to experience living off campus because it will help to understand what it be like after I graduate from college and I get my own apartment where I will start to live on my own and pay my own bills :( .