My sister and I had more structure and a stricter curfew than my brother who was the middle child. My brother was allowed to go to girls houses and he was able to have girls in his bedroom. My sister and I were not allowed to go to our boyfriend’s homes, but we were able to let them come over only if both of our parents were present so they could keep an eye on us. My sister, who was the oldest wasn’t allowed to date until her senior year. With myself being the youngest, I was privileged to date when I turned sixteen.
My brother ended up getting his sixteen year old girlfriend pregnant. My parents didn’t want that to happen to me so they immediately put me on birth control. I wouldn‘t want to change what my parents did by putting me on birth control after finding out my brother’s shocking news. I do think my brother should had the same strict rules as my sister and I did. It wasn’t fair for me to have to come home hours earlier than my brother or had a set dating age. Maybe if my brother had the same rules as my sister and I, he wouldn’t be a dad.;
I learned from my family rules that just because we are female don’t automatically mean we won’t get pregnant by eliminating our much deserved freedom. My sister and I were smart by the decisions we made. My brother on the other hand never thought about contraception with his girlfriend, which ended up in a very preventable pregnancy.
The most important thing that I learned during the discussion was when Matson was explaining that respect is more important than love. I never really thought about it that way until Matson went into depth on how during a relationship, if there is not any respect, then how could there possibly be true love? Another important thing that I learned during the discussion was that stress is a choice made by you. I never thought about stress being a choice until I made the decision for myself to live a stress-free life.
The reason why I think learning that respect is more important than love is because when I was a young sixteen year old girl, I was in my first long term relationship with an older guy for two years and our relationship was based on constant disrespect. Looking back at our relationship, I thought I was in love with him, but in reality I was fooling myself. He constantly disrespected me, but I would never leave him because I was too afraid of being alone. I was one of those girls who would rather be in a miserable relationship than be alone altogether. The reason why I think learning that stress is a choice is important, because I was constantly living my everyday life as stressed. I do believe it is impossible to live your life completely stress-free, but the way a person deals with stress has a huge impact on their life. I was so sick with living my life as stressful, so now I just take a deep breath before I become stressed. Making the choice of not living my life stressful was the best choice that I have ever made in my life. This class has been nothing but a learning experience and I completely recommend this class to everyone
Monday, April 19, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Blog # 49: Bachelor 5
The last episode of “The Bachelor” I just knew that Tenley was going to win! I am disappointed in Jake for keeping Vienna this long. What does he see in her? She is so ugly and fake! She is the drama starter in the entire show and he wants her to his wife? You have got to be kidding me!
Anyways, Jake still has to choose between Tenley and Vienna. I really wanted him to make the right decision. To my disappointment, he went with the scum bag, Vienna. I was extremely angry at Jake. What was he thinking? I knew Tenley was hurt because she was recently hurt by her husband before joining the show. Her husband cheated on her and left her heartbroken. Tenley was a tiny, but mighty girl with personality at all angles. I honestly thought she fit Jake’s profile better than the fake blonde and fake baked girl, Vienna.
On a further note, Allie was going to be the next Bachelorette for the television show. I was happy for her considering her situation. She was forced to leave Jake just a few weeks before the final rose ceremony due to work orders. However, I personally do not think she is a good match for the Bachelorette because she has an attitude issue. She was always bickering back and forth with Vienna, making Allie appear to be stooping down to Vienna’s level, in other words, immature. I personally think that either Tenley or Gia should be the next bachelorette! I really liked Gia, but I think Tenley deserves being the next Bachelorette than anyone because she was the last standing girl. She probably was asked to be the next bachelorette, but she most likely turned down the offer because she was extremely hurt by jake.
Even though I completely disagree with Jake’s decision on choosing Vienna as his future wife, I truly wish him the best of happiness. I have a feeling that Vienna is going to do something stupid to mess things up with Jake like she did with her other husband AND fiancé! Anyways, I will continue to tune into the Bachelor shows and enjoy every moment like I do in the past
Anyways, Jake still has to choose between Tenley and Vienna. I really wanted him to make the right decision. To my disappointment, he went with the scum bag, Vienna. I was extremely angry at Jake. What was he thinking? I knew Tenley was hurt because she was recently hurt by her husband before joining the show. Her husband cheated on her and left her heartbroken. Tenley was a tiny, but mighty girl with personality at all angles. I honestly thought she fit Jake’s profile better than the fake blonde and fake baked girl, Vienna.
On a further note, Allie was going to be the next Bachelorette for the television show. I was happy for her considering her situation. She was forced to leave Jake just a few weeks before the final rose ceremony due to work orders. However, I personally do not think she is a good match for the Bachelorette because she has an attitude issue. She was always bickering back and forth with Vienna, making Allie appear to be stooping down to Vienna’s level, in other words, immature. I personally think that either Tenley or Gia should be the next bachelorette! I really liked Gia, but I think Tenley deserves being the next Bachelorette than anyone because she was the last standing girl. She probably was asked to be the next bachelorette, but she most likely turned down the offer because she was extremely hurt by jake.
Even though I completely disagree with Jake’s decision on choosing Vienna as his future wife, I truly wish him the best of happiness. I have a feeling that Vienna is going to do something stupid to mess things up with Jake like she did with her other husband AND fiancé! Anyways, I will continue to tune into the Bachelor shows and enjoy every moment like I do in the past
Blog # 48: Analysis
Writing the Analysis paper, I had a difficult time in starting it. I knew right off the bat that I wanted to write the paper over- high school cliques. I was well aware of high school cliques from my high school because I went to an extremely judgemental, gossipy, and diverse high school. I went to a small high school with approximately 300-400 students throughout the entire school. There were so many different cliques involved in my high school- jocks, preps, gothics, emo, hippies, guitar heroes, and of course, the geeks.
I enjoyed writing this paper because it felt so natural to write. I knew how each individual clique was stereotyped by my own personal analysis from high school. On the other hand, I was in the prep stereotype because I was a cheerleader and popular but I also hung out with all sorts of different people. I was the type of person who could get along with everyone. I had several friends that did drugs and people automatically assumed I did drugs too. I was a concert junkie in high school but didn’t have the “rocker” appearance like the other students did.
I also had some difficulty writing this essay. The most difficult part was of course the actual analysis part. I had no problem whatsoever when defining each individual clique. That part was easy! The hard part is getting deeper down into the smaller parts of analyzing the cliques. I thought I did a great job analyzing the different groups but after work shop I realized that from what Ms. Rawls said, I did not truly analyze the cliques. She said I did a great job defining them, but isn’t that the same as analyzing? Another area I had a difficult time with was the thesis statement. I honestly do not think anyone will be able to explain what a thesis statement to me is in great enough detail. I know it is what the paper is going to talk about, but what else? I think I am looking too much into it when referring to the thesis statement. I wish I could just write my papers how I want to instead of following a guideline that does not mean anything to me.
I went to the writing center to receive some extra help on my thesis statement and it was the biggest waste of time. I felt like I was helping myself. I am glad I went, but I could have told myself what the young gal told me. I am not degrading the whole writing system, but I was really disappointed with the help I received. Hopefully I will have a better understanding of analysis in the near future.
I enjoyed writing this paper because it felt so natural to write. I knew how each individual clique was stereotyped by my own personal analysis from high school. On the other hand, I was in the prep stereotype because I was a cheerleader and popular but I also hung out with all sorts of different people. I was the type of person who could get along with everyone. I had several friends that did drugs and people automatically assumed I did drugs too. I was a concert junkie in high school but didn’t have the “rocker” appearance like the other students did.
I also had some difficulty writing this essay. The most difficult part was of course the actual analysis part. I had no problem whatsoever when defining each individual clique. That part was easy! The hard part is getting deeper down into the smaller parts of analyzing the cliques. I thought I did a great job analyzing the different groups but after work shop I realized that from what Ms. Rawls said, I did not truly analyze the cliques. She said I did a great job defining them, but isn’t that the same as analyzing? Another area I had a difficult time with was the thesis statement. I honestly do not think anyone will be able to explain what a thesis statement to me is in great enough detail. I know it is what the paper is going to talk about, but what else? I think I am looking too much into it when referring to the thesis statement. I wish I could just write my papers how I want to instead of following a guideline that does not mean anything to me.
I went to the writing center to receive some extra help on my thesis statement and it was the biggest waste of time. I felt like I was helping myself. I am glad I went, but I could have told myself what the young gal told me. I am not degrading the whole writing system, but I was really disappointed with the help I received. Hopefully I will have a better understanding of analysis in the near future.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Blog # 47: Bachelor 4
After Rosaline was eliminated, I immediately decided in my own mind whom my favorite four girls were: Allie, Tenley, Gia, and Corey. The person I was most interested in was Gia, because of her beauty and she seemed the most real and kind-hearted from all of the girls.
After many weeks and weeks of eliminations and more intimate dates with Jake, it became to get down to the final straw. Vienna was still in the group which made me sick to her stomach because I hated seeing her fake face all over Jake. I knew Vienna was not in for it for the right reasons and that infuriated me. The final four girls were Allie, Tenley, Gia, and the fake blonde- Vienna. I thought the odds were against Vienna because Jake had 3 other amazing girls that he had the chance to spend the rest of his life with.
In one of the final episodes where Jake went to meet the four girls’ family in their hometown dates, Allie received a disturbing phone call from her work in San Francisco. She was told that if she stayed on the Bachelor with Jake that she would lose her job. She was given the decision to either take the chance with Jake or lose her job forever. She ended up leaving that night to go back to her job. I honestly do not blame her because she only had a 25% chance of being picked by Jake. She either could have gone back to her job, or she could have lost everything. I would have done the same thing that Allie did. I do think it was really low of her job to call her while she was attempting to find love and threaten her with her job that if she did not come back that she would be fired.
Since Allie left that night to return back to her career, there was no rose ceremony. The other 3 girls were extremely relieved because they did not have to worry about getting eliminated by Jake. Tenley, Gia, Vienna, and Jake’s next stop for the Bachelor was St. Lucia in the Carribean!
All four enjoyed an entire week in St. Lucia along the beautiful beach under the sun. The three remaining girls each had their one-on-one time with Jake. At the end of their vacation there was yet another elimination and I had a feeling the blonde bimbo that I hated was going to be long gone by tonight. To my surprise, Jake eliminated Gia. I was devastated! I really wanted Gia to become Jake’s fiancé by the end of this season. In honesty, Gia was the most conservative out of the group and she never let her guard down. I had a feeling that Jake was going to eliminate her because he had a stronger connection with the other two women.
The second to last episode was the “Girls Tell All”, and I knew this was going to be a very interesting episode. After the girls tell all, the final rose ceremony was going to take place between either Tenley or Vienna.
After many weeks and weeks of eliminations and more intimate dates with Jake, it became to get down to the final straw. Vienna was still in the group which made me sick to her stomach because I hated seeing her fake face all over Jake. I knew Vienna was not in for it for the right reasons and that infuriated me. The final four girls were Allie, Tenley, Gia, and the fake blonde- Vienna. I thought the odds were against Vienna because Jake had 3 other amazing girls that he had the chance to spend the rest of his life with.
In one of the final episodes where Jake went to meet the four girls’ family in their hometown dates, Allie received a disturbing phone call from her work in San Francisco. She was told that if she stayed on the Bachelor with Jake that she would lose her job. She was given the decision to either take the chance with Jake or lose her job forever. She ended up leaving that night to go back to her job. I honestly do not blame her because she only had a 25% chance of being picked by Jake. She either could have gone back to her job, or she could have lost everything. I would have done the same thing that Allie did. I do think it was really low of her job to call her while she was attempting to find love and threaten her with her job that if she did not come back that she would be fired.
Since Allie left that night to return back to her career, there was no rose ceremony. The other 3 girls were extremely relieved because they did not have to worry about getting eliminated by Jake. Tenley, Gia, Vienna, and Jake’s next stop for the Bachelor was St. Lucia in the Carribean!
All four enjoyed an entire week in St. Lucia along the beautiful beach under the sun. The three remaining girls each had their one-on-one time with Jake. At the end of their vacation there was yet another elimination and I had a feeling the blonde bimbo that I hated was going to be long gone by tonight. To my surprise, Jake eliminated Gia. I was devastated! I really wanted Gia to become Jake’s fiancé by the end of this season. In honesty, Gia was the most conservative out of the group and she never let her guard down. I had a feeling that Jake was going to eliminate her because he had a stronger connection with the other two women.
The second to last episode was the “Girls Tell All”, and I knew this was going to be a very interesting episode. After the girls tell all, the final rose ceremony was going to take place between either Tenley or Vienna.
Blog # 46: Bachelor 3
One of my favorite ladies from “The Bachelor” received a rose on a group date. It is very hard to receive a rose while on a group date because all the women on the date (approximately 5 girls per date) are trying to gain Jake’s attention. Rosaline was the lucky girl who received the rose on her group date with Jake. I think the reason why Rosaline received the rose is because she is so aggressive. When Jake and her were alone in their swim suits, while their bodies were all wet and touching, she grabbed jakes face and started aggressively kissing him. Of course Jake, a man enjoyed every minute of this. After they shared their passionate kiss he left her so he could go back down to get his rose that he was about to give out to Rosaline. He did say that Rosaline was out of his comfort zone because she was so beautiful. At this point I could tell that Rosaline had a dark side to her by the way she looked at Jake.
After the group date was over with all of the ladies the rose ceremony was soon to take place. I do believe four women were going to be eliminated this round. Before the rose ceremony took place, Chris Harrison, the host of “The Bachelor” waltzed into the room of all the ladies and said he needed to speak with Rosaline. I immediately knew something was up because stuff like this never happens. As Chris and Rosaline were alone on the patio he confronted her about some inappropriate actions that took place between Rosaline and a producer of the show. She didn’t deny anything that Chris was confronting her about. According to Chris, Rosaline and a producer has some physical contact between each other, such as, kissing, holding hands, and hugging. Those actions are prohibited between the workers of the show, and the contestants.
Chris then told Rosaline that it was best for her to leave immediately without talking to Jake. Rosaline then stormed up to her room to pack her belongings. While Rosaline was packing, Chris informed Jake was just happened. He was shocked to say the least. I really think Jake was disappointed because I could tell Jake started to really feel intimate feelings for Rosaline. I felt sorry for him because he is the one that is not supposed to get hurt.
I really think that was a low thing to do from Rosaline. She came on this television show to find love. She wasn’t supposed to find love with the producers of the show. I think she is a conceded liar and I really hope she learns from this mistake. According to Chris, Rosaline and the producer are still seeing each other. Maybe she did find love, but in a different way.
After the group date was over with all of the ladies the rose ceremony was soon to take place. I do believe four women were going to be eliminated this round. Before the rose ceremony took place, Chris Harrison, the host of “The Bachelor” waltzed into the room of all the ladies and said he needed to speak with Rosaline. I immediately knew something was up because stuff like this never happens. As Chris and Rosaline were alone on the patio he confronted her about some inappropriate actions that took place between Rosaline and a producer of the show. She didn’t deny anything that Chris was confronting her about. According to Chris, Rosaline and a producer has some physical contact between each other, such as, kissing, holding hands, and hugging. Those actions are prohibited between the workers of the show, and the contestants.
Chris then told Rosaline that it was best for her to leave immediately without talking to Jake. Rosaline then stormed up to her room to pack her belongings. While Rosaline was packing, Chris informed Jake was just happened. He was shocked to say the least. I really think Jake was disappointed because I could tell Jake started to really feel intimate feelings for Rosaline. I felt sorry for him because he is the one that is not supposed to get hurt.
I really think that was a low thing to do from Rosaline. She came on this television show to find love. She wasn’t supposed to find love with the producers of the show. I think she is a conceded liar and I really hope she learns from this mistake. According to Chris, Rosaline and the producer are still seeing each other. Maybe she did find love, but in a different way.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Blog # 45: Bachelor 2
The show “The Bachelor” gets more entertaining by every episode I watch. There is a girl names Michelle that has some serious self-esteem issues. On the very first night of the show, she was crying like a baby because hadn’t had the chance to talk to Jake yet. I personally think she is unaware of what she had gotten herself into. She has to compete with 24 other beautiful women and getting Jake’s undivided attention is very difficult.
The night of the very first rose ceremony Jake chose some girls that I disapproved of. However, he did keep my favorite three girls: Gia, Allie, and Rosaline. I know it was only the first night of the many rose ceremonies to come, but what does he honestly see in Vienna? In my own opinion she has the word “fake” written all over her face.
The very first week of the show, Allie was given the opportunity to have the very first one on one date with Jake. The look on Michelle’s face was priceless. She was super mad that she did not get the first date. I think the reason why Jake picked Allie for the first one-on-one date is because she made a very good first impression on him. She was so cute in her own way. On the first night, she ripped her bright yellow dress and handled it really well which might have made an impression on Jake.
Their date was absolutely amazing. It was the fairy tale that every girl wants. She is terrified of flying. Since Jake was a pilot, she flew inside his plane for him and I thought that was really big of her to overcome her fear like that just for a guy she was interested in. She wore another bright yellow dress and at first I thought it was the same one! However, this one was different because it was shorter and it was made from silk. After they went on an airplane cruise and landed safely, they had a candle lit dinner under the stars. They had their first kiss at this dinner, and I gasped with excitement. I was so excited for her! After dinner, Jake had another surprise for her. There was a band playing just for the two of them. I cannot remember who the band was, but they did play some great tunes. While the band was playing, they had their first dance followed by many smooches on the lips.
I really think Jake likes Allie. We will just have to see who he is really into throughout the season of the bachelor. By this time I hope he ends up with either Gia or Allie because I think so two girls really fit him well.
The night of the very first rose ceremony Jake chose some girls that I disapproved of. However, he did keep my favorite three girls: Gia, Allie, and Rosaline. I know it was only the first night of the many rose ceremonies to come, but what does he honestly see in Vienna? In my own opinion she has the word “fake” written all over her face.
The very first week of the show, Allie was given the opportunity to have the very first one on one date with Jake. The look on Michelle’s face was priceless. She was super mad that she did not get the first date. I think the reason why Jake picked Allie for the first one-on-one date is because she made a very good first impression on him. She was so cute in her own way. On the first night, she ripped her bright yellow dress and handled it really well which might have made an impression on Jake.
Their date was absolutely amazing. It was the fairy tale that every girl wants. She is terrified of flying. Since Jake was a pilot, she flew inside his plane for him and I thought that was really big of her to overcome her fear like that just for a guy she was interested in. She wore another bright yellow dress and at first I thought it was the same one! However, this one was different because it was shorter and it was made from silk. After they went on an airplane cruise and landed safely, they had a candle lit dinner under the stars. They had their first kiss at this dinner, and I gasped with excitement. I was so excited for her! After dinner, Jake had another surprise for her. There was a band playing just for the two of them. I cannot remember who the band was, but they did play some great tunes. While the band was playing, they had their first dance followed by many smooches on the lips.
I really think Jake likes Allie. We will just have to see who he is really into throughout the season of the bachelor. By this time I hope he ends up with either Gia or Allie because I think so two girls really fit him well.
Blog # 44: Bachelor
The television show “The Bachelor” is really entertaining this season. Jake, the bachelor was on last season’s “The Bachelorette” but was unfortunately eliminated towards the end. He is now the lucky bachelor of 25 beautiful women.
The first night of the bachelor, I already picked my favorites and already had the girls that I got a bad vibe from. A girl named Christina, who I thought wasn’t exactly “gorgeous” informed the camera man that she was going to be the last woman standing. She also brought a bag of jelly beans for each of the girls and told the ladies it was for them while they were leaving the mansion and going home. Another girl I didn’t like right off the bat was a young 23 year old fake blonde bimbo named Vienna. I didn’t like her for many reasons. For one thing her name was Vienna, and I thought that is just a gross name because a sausage brand is named Vienna too. The main reason why I dislike Vienna so much is because she flat out said she was in love with herself. Someone who has the guts to say on national television that they are in love with themselves really has some serious issues in the real world. It sounded like to me that Vienna was very self centered and spoiled. I got all of this information before I actually even knew her. I will admit that I did judge her. I know it is wrong to judge people, but Vienna doesn’t deserve my respect if she is going to go on television and make herself appear like that. I know my opinion means nothing to her in reality.
The girls that I did like right away were Allie, Gia, and Rosaline. Allie was an all American type of girl with blonde hair and a beautiful face. She seemed like she was really fun to be around and had a bubbly personality. Gia was an extremely gorgeous petite young lady. She had dark brown full body hair and a body of a devil. She was a swimsuit model, which I wasn’t surprised. Her personality was very sweet and she seemed really conservative. She looked like she was a perfect match for Jake. Rosaline was an absolutely gorgeous model who had a face like I’ve never seen before. She almost looked unreal because she was absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t tell much about how her personality was, but I really liked her at first.
The remaining of “The Bachelor” will continue throughout this week. This show is very interesting to talk about and I wanted to share it with everyone else. I will talk about girls he rejected and drama that Jake will later encounter.
The first night of the bachelor, I already picked my favorites and already had the girls that I got a bad vibe from. A girl named Christina, who I thought wasn’t exactly “gorgeous” informed the camera man that she was going to be the last woman standing. She also brought a bag of jelly beans for each of the girls and told the ladies it was for them while they were leaving the mansion and going home. Another girl I didn’t like right off the bat was a young 23 year old fake blonde bimbo named Vienna. I didn’t like her for many reasons. For one thing her name was Vienna, and I thought that is just a gross name because a sausage brand is named Vienna too. The main reason why I dislike Vienna so much is because she flat out said she was in love with herself. Someone who has the guts to say on national television that they are in love with themselves really has some serious issues in the real world. It sounded like to me that Vienna was very self centered and spoiled. I got all of this information before I actually even knew her. I will admit that I did judge her. I know it is wrong to judge people, but Vienna doesn’t deserve my respect if she is going to go on television and make herself appear like that. I know my opinion means nothing to her in reality.
The girls that I did like right away were Allie, Gia, and Rosaline. Allie was an all American type of girl with blonde hair and a beautiful face. She seemed like she was really fun to be around and had a bubbly personality. Gia was an extremely gorgeous petite young lady. She had dark brown full body hair and a body of a devil. She was a swimsuit model, which I wasn’t surprised. Her personality was very sweet and she seemed really conservative. She looked like she was a perfect match for Jake. Rosaline was an absolutely gorgeous model who had a face like I’ve never seen before. She almost looked unreal because she was absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t tell much about how her personality was, but I really liked her at first.
The remaining of “The Bachelor” will continue throughout this week. This show is very interesting to talk about and I wanted to share it with everyone else. I will talk about girls he rejected and drama that Jake will later encounter.
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