Thursday, October 30, 2008

Personal testimony and counter argument

I've always thought that the anti-smoking TRUTH commercials were crazy. Most are so dumb they make me want to start smoking. I'm not a smoker, its unhealthy and not a great habit to have. But with lame commercials always playing could it really prevent kids from picking up the habit? I've chosen a hilarious anti-smoking commercial on YouTube that's so dumb I actually think its good. I mean who doesn't want to go to a party that's been hot-boxed in cig smoke? Check out the video if you haven't already. There has to better ways to get people to stop smoking, the TRUTH commercials are kind of a step in the right direction, but since smoking is dumb, maybe we need a dumb anti-smoking commercial to do the trick.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Making a meaning

I'm going to write a paper on the following video:


Its a funny anti smoking ad. I'm not a hugh fan of smoking and have some interesting idea's for a paper. I find all the anti smoking ad's entertaining, but they almost make me want to start smoking there so lame mostly. This one video, however, is so dumb its cool in my opinion.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Confidence

Confidence, this word is so important in every one's life. Anyone can have confidence, its crucial to be confidant about your material before taking a big test, or asking out that girl you've always thought was cute. Anyone one individual needs to have confidence about something in their life so they can feel good about themselves. A kid may have trouble talking to new people, but if they do well on a test or paper maybe that confidence gained from that could transpire to talking to someone new that day. We as humans like to feel good about certain situations, confidence is the best way to do so.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

blog for 10/2

I thought both handouts were very interesting in there own right. Both writers had a special way of catching the readers attention. I'm choosing to write about George Orwell's Animal Farm. I found this speech very eerie, although somewhat entertaining. I've always thought about what would happen if the animals held a revolt, or just an animal in that case. Its like that fear of not knowing what an animal is thinking. Honestly, you could be riding a horse and they could go nuts. You can't live day to day thinking about these things, but you hear stories of animals that were once tame, then that one day out of the blue they just go wild. Now I'm more freaked out because it sounds like they all can communicate and plan together. It's nothing that would ever happen, but it is intriguing to think about.