In Response to Matt

I'm responding to Matt from the other class whom responded to Kody's blog. Matt talks about how books are always better than the movies made after them. Well of course people would agree with that statement if theyre good readers and can stay focused on a book. For me it's always been very hard to read word for word and remember what's exactly going on in the story. If its a good book and I can get into it than sometimes I can imagine what's going on, but if the book doesn't interest me at all than I can't keep my thoughts directed towards the story. The books that I used to read a lot when I was younger (and actually enjoyed) were the Goosebumps series or other scary books. For some reason I could just feel the suspense through the words and that's really the only time my mind can stay on track; when I'm dying to know what's going to happen next. But in the long run I'd have to say that I enjoy watching movies so much better. Even movies made after books that had been published years before. Of course a movie isn't going to have everything a book is going to because books naturally have to be more descriptive in order to give the reader something to imagine and put together in their head. Plus with todays' critics, if everything from a book was put into a movie than it would be boring because some scenes in books really aren't as exciting or as interesting as they seem (it's up to the reader to make them enjoyable) watching those scenes may not be entertaining at all. Also by reading books it's easier to understand a characters feelings and emotions which makes it easier for the reader to relate. In a movie emotions and feelings have to be read by the characters and assumptions hae to be made. I personally like to watch movies more because it gives me something to get lost in. I love the way directors can make a movie make my jaw drop, jump out of my seat, start laughing hysterically or even start crying. I've never had any one of those things happen to me while reading a book. I also like how watching a movie doesn't make me think to hard. Everything is just put up on the screen so I automatically get a visual and can hear what the people are saying while folling the plot rather than imagine the scene in a book, try to hear the characters speaking and also follow the story and where it's going. Overall I would have to say movies are better than books.

Response to Adam's Hipster Blog

I like how he explains what a hipster is and where they come from especially because I'm not to familiar with a hipster lifestyle. My cousin, Billy, is the closest thing too a hipster that I know and the fact that he lives with me makes it interesting (because we live two very different lifestyles). my cousin is the closest thing to a brother that I have, in fact we're so close i do consider him my brother. Billy introduces me to the things that Adam had mentioned in his Blog all of the time. Like different kinds of music, clothing, attitudes, moralistic and personal views, movies or plays and other many other things (even "American Spirit" cigarettes). I wouldn't consider my cousin a full-blown hipster but he definitely lives the lifestyle a bit and to tell the truth, I like it. I mean I wouldn't consider myself a hipster because i like to be unique and have my own style, but it definitely is interesting. Adam also mentioned that hipsters may be considered nerds from time to time. When it comes down to it, anyone who is passionate about something and wants to surround themself with the same thing, than yes, that person is a nerd for doing what they love and wanting to do it all the time. But when you think about a stereotypical nerd, than hipsters dont really fit the description. Just because hipsters like to relax, listen to different types of music than everyone else, dress differently (flashy) and like to do their own thing doesnt necessarily make them a nerd at all.

Eric (BRO BRO) Revenge of the Feminerd Response

I like your humerous enthusiasm eric, and i agree with you 100%. women are smart and very capable of doing all of the same things that men do. Just because they are women does not mean that they are not smart or can't think for themselves. the only thing is that sometimes women choose not to be smart. not because they dont want to but because they dont want to feel the pressure of society around them. if one woman messes up than someone may say "see i told you that a woman couldn't do it" and then automatically with how stereotypical our society is, it would believe that women can't actually achieve anything. women get pressured by not only a business they may work for but also by the men that work there. in reality men should really just give women the space they need to succeed and if anything help them along the way. not bring them down.

Current Eventish Kinda

So, yesterday was 9/11, a day that all Americans remember or have heard about. I would like to talk about how i feel about the tradgedy and what I remember from that day. Years ago on that day I was sitting in my third grade classroom ready to go to lunch. Just like everyday at school, we had class, lunch, recess and then we would finish up the day with more lessons. The teacher walked us down to lunch like usual and then she would leave and go eat her lunch at the faculty room (separated from the lunchroom). But then, something unusual happened. Instead of going to recess, we were brought back upstairs to our classrooms. Some teachers were emotionless, but others couldn't hide there sniffles or shakey voices. We were told to get our stuff together and that we would be running on a half-day schedule and would be leaving school early. Some kids had already been picked up, but I was one of the kids excited to go home just like any other third grader would be. When I got home I suddenly realized that there wasn't anything that I should be happy about. I walked in the door and right away my mother, with tears in her eyes, ran up to me and wrapped me in her arms as she said, "Oh my god Julian, thank god youre safe and home!" At this point I was very confused and worried. When I had asked what was going on and why everyone was acting so funny my mother just broke down again and walked me into the living room where the TV was on. There it was, the video clip, playing over and over of the planes flying into the buildings like torpedos and turning the buildings into rubble. When I saw this and finally grasped what was going on, I got even more scared and started crying. So many questions were running through my mind, "was anyone I knew there?" "Did anyone survive?" "How many people were hurt?" and of course, "who did this?" I couldn't silence my young brain and I couldn't help but interrogate my parents who really ended up being as confused and scared as I was. Which in the end only terrified me more because parents are suppose to have the answer for everything and they aren't supposed to ever be scared or worried when youre that young. This is a feeling I hope I will never feel and my children will never have to experience as I did. Luckily enough for me I didnt lose anyone from my family, but I still felt the pain for other families that had lost someone. As messed up as it sounds though, I dont think I've ever seen our nation more united than that day in my entire life.

Rest in peace to those who were lost and may the families that had suffered losses that day stay strong and united.