What If There Was No Facebook?

Well first off, if there was no Facebook, hundreds of hours of my life would go to something more productive. Most students including myself would get there homework done a lot sooner. I believe that Facebook is one of the biggest reasons why students procrastinate. I spend countless hours wasting my time when I could be getting so much homework done. I usually tell myself that I am just going to get on for five minutes and then two hours later I am still looking at some random persons pictures. I have to admit that it does come in use when I need help or have a question about homework. I can just get on Facebook and message someone in my class and usually they will get back to you very soon because they are checking there Facebook constantly like everyone else. Facebook can suddenly make an insanely boring lecture class fun. I know this seems bad to say, but everyone has to admit that they have gotten on Facebook during a boring class! One time I sat in the back of a lecture class because I came in a little late and I could see everyone's laptop. It was so interesting to see more than half the class "stalking" on Facebook. Although Facebook is amazing and it helps friends connect, it is such a huge distraction! Whoever knew something could become so popular and addicting. I love Facebook but without it, students would definitely have better grades and a lot more free time! 

Halloween

I am so excited for halloween this year! I have never celebrated a Halloween where I get to dress up three different nights in a row. I love buying costumes and thinking of clever ideas. This year me and my roommate decided to dress up as Thing 1 and Thing 2. Whenever we tell people this, they usually have no idea what were talking about. I feel like everyone should know Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Cat in the Hat. It's a classic book! I think that once everyone sees us in our costumes they will understand what we are. It's hard to think of clever yet cute costumes that are original. The other nights I am not sure what I am going to be yet. I have to admit that I miss going from house to house in my neighborhood collecting candy. Halloween is a whole other holiday now that I am older and although it is very fun, I still miss being a kid and doing all the classic traditions. (carving a pumpkin, class activities in school, decorating the yard, dressing up and trick or treating with your friends.) I at least decorated my dorm and bought some baby pumpkins to make my new home feel festive!! Oh how I love the holidays!

"Never go to sleep mad"

The other day I was listening to a song by Ne-Yo titled "Mad". In this song he is singing to his girlfriend. According to the lyrics he is obviously in a fight with her and they fight quite often. In the chorus he repeats, "I don't want to go to bed mad at you and I don't want you to go to bed mad at me." This is a phrase that is used a lot and I think many people look over its true meaning. I really started thinking about what it really meant. Since you go to bed every night, I think this phrase is trying to say do not hold on to things. Just let things go because tomorrow is a new day and you don't want to end your old day mad. If you never go to bed mad then in reality your never mad for a long time which makes you and the people around you a much happier. If you never go to sleep mad then you can never be mad about something for a long time therefore you are letting go of all the anger and tension in your life. Maybe things in life make you frustrated or upset but in the end you just have to find the good in life and try to live positively. Don't go to sleep mad. Let go of things that make you upset. Find happiness in life!

Binge Drinking

Binge drinking has become a very important problem in the United States. It is mostly being done at college universities. Binge drinking is defined as 8 to 10 drinks of alcohol in a row. In reality many students tend to consider binge drinking to be 4 to 5 alcohol drinks in a row. Many people argue that the real definition measurement it set way too high for both men and women. Many policy officials, students, and administrators ignore this problem because they argue that no one is drinking that many alcohol drinks in a row. Instead of looking at the issue and all the problems it is causing such as violence and  theft they are looking at the definition and ignoring the problem. Maybe if we change the name or find a new name people will look at this problem differently. Or maybe people can become aware of the bad effects of binge drinking and try to change it. All we need is awareness and willingness to change. 

Alexandra Nechita.

A couple of years ago I went on a two week art cruise in Alaska. I went with my family and some family friends. It was rainy and cold and honestly kind of boring for me. I mean I did see and do interesting things do not get me wrong but it was not a teenage friendly cruise. Since it was an art cruise there were a lot of auctions and my parents went to a few of them. There was also a very famous artist who was selling her art on the cruise. Her name was Alexandra Nechita. I had no idea who she was and had never heard of her before. Little did I know she was known as this generations "petite picasso". She was an artist since she was a little girl and was a millionare because of her excellent art at a very young age. Not only is she an amazing artist but she also donates generous amounts to many different charities. She is only 24 years old and already has gotten so many achievements. She has been invited to paint in studios that only famous painters have been invited to such as Picasso, and Matisse. She has created so many paintings and they are all very unique. She is known for drawing misshaped people and creatures. I even got to meet her when I was on the boat. Meeting her made me wonder all the other interesting and amazing people I still do not know about. 

Sex Trade

I found this article on Ebsco about the sex trade in Bangkok. The article is called "Bound to the Sex Trade" and it was written by Bradley Davidson. He was writing the article to make people aware of what was going on in Bangkok. Davidson made it seem like prostitution was being promoted everywhere he went. He said when he was walking down the street someone would ask him if "he wanted some ladies for the evening." He also said that most cab drivers would offer prostitutes to him. It completely shocked me that there are cities that promote this and so many girls that are willing to sell there bodies. I learned from reading this article that many women have to resort to prostitution because they make more money doing this than any other job they could get. I think this is totally unfair. Prostitution also is raising the percent of people who carry and spread sexual diseases. It is sick to me that people live in a world where you can buy a human and have sex with them. This is so unethical to me. This also reminds me of this movie I watched called "Taken" where two american girls were kidnapped and sold into the sex trade. This movie frightened me so much because I am about the same age and something like this could happen to me. I am so interested in the sex trade because I am so shocked that something so horrible is happening in the world. I want to study and research it more because I do not really understand how this is allowed. 

Farmville

About three weeks ago my friends introduced me to this new game on Facebook called Farmville. I had heard  about it before but never really looked into it because I thought it sounded lame. Why would I want to farm and plant vegetables? They told me it was very addicting and said if I tried it I would love it. I decided I would give a try just to see what it was all about. I am now on level sixteen. I am not a game person because I get bored really easily but this game is so fun! On Farmville, you plant and harvest plants in order to gain expert points and money. The expert points you gain take you to new levels and the money gives you opportunities to buy plants, veggies, fruits, animals, trees, decorations, land, and buildings. The higher the level the more things you can buy. You also get to have neighbors who are your friends. You can gift your neighbors all sorts of things as well as help their farms. The highest level you can reach is thirty-five. Each level gets harder to beat, obviously. Even after explaining the game I know it still sounds lame. It is just one of those things that you have to try to really understand it. It is seriously so fun! Everyone should give it a try because it is definitely a fun way to procrastinate from doing your homework! Just kidding! 

Muncie Public Library

On Mondays and Wednesdays I volunteer at the Muncie Public Library. I tutor students from grades k-5. So far I have only gone twice so I am still a little new at the whole tutor thing. I have never done it before so I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I went yesterday and it was my second day. I brought my car down this weekend so I could drive myself to the library and make sure to be there on time. Well, map quest did not give me the right directions since they told me to turn on a street that does not exist anymore!! So then I decided to call the library to get better directions and they confused me even more. I have an iphone so I decided to put it to use and try to figure out how to get there. All of a sudden my phone went completely black, just my luck. I do not like getting lost because it totally freaks me out!! I drove around for a good hour before I finally found the library. I was a half an hour late at this point and I felt very stressed out. Luckily my "boss" was not mad and was completely understanding about the whole situation. I did not even have to tutor kids but instead played games with them and read them books. It was very fun. I worked with a boy named Mercer who was in the first grade. He was absolutely adorable and full of personality! My boss gave me directions on how to get there so next week I wont get lost! Hopefully....