Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Blogging Excercise
this picture reminds me of my childhood, how I used to obsess about these dolls that were called the American Girl dolls. There was one doll who wore an outfit like this young man in the picture. Her name was Samantha and I remember how I wish I had her as a doll. I would read her stories that came with each doll and imagine how life would be as her. i beg my mom for one of these dolls one Christmas and I would not stop begging until I knew I got one. That Christmas I remember a package coming to our house and seeing my mom at the bottom of the stairway about to take it up to her room. She saw me look down and told me to go to my room. I asked her why and she said its nothing just go. So the morning of Christmas I opened a present that felt like the size of the doll. And to my “surprise” I had my doll. It wasn’t the Samantha doll but the Molly doll. I told my mom I wanted the Molly doll because it looked more like me. It had glasses and pig tails. I loved it so. i would still go through the catalog that the doll came in and look at all the other dolls. The Samantha doll would have this desk set from the time I believe was the 1950s or perhaps earlier. It reminds me a lot of the stool the little boy is sitting on. I made a desk of my own to try to imitate the desk in the catalog. My mom was not going to get me the desk because the desk cost a lot more then she would ever pay for. Also in fourth grade my teacher had this antique desk that was similar to the Samantha desk. And I would love to sit in it during our reading hour. The desk was so classy and cool. In elementary school we did not have those type of desks.
Hmm… this picture reminds me a lot of a television show called Friends. Where one of the characters on the show works as a paleontologist and for his job he would work as a curator for a dinosaur museum. Everytime I see an exhibit like this one I think of the show and how the paleontologist would take the children on tours. But this polar bear brings me back to a documentary called the Inconvenient Truth. Where it talks about the issues of global warming and the affects it has on our world. We see that global warming is real and can make an impact on our world. Why this picture reminds me of this movie is because of an animated image that the documentary put together to give the audience more of a visual which showed how polar bears population is decreasing because of the melting of the ice caps. Polar bears can only swim for so long before the die from drowning. The animation that the show is this little polar bear trying to grab hold of a piece of floating ice. But the ice melts and breaks and cannot hold the bear. Its so sad because the polar bear is made to look so cute. After seeing this documentary I took up a position of trying to be more environmentally friendly. I have practiced more sustainability after this then I would ever have though. My new passion has opened my eye to the things of this world. Before this I was so stuck in my own world and the happenings of my own world I failed to see what was happening in the world around me. This brought about a new interest in helping those who are most vulnerable in the world. Trying to be able to give all that I can give to benefit those who are less fortunate then me.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Taking life for granted... so cliche i know
It makes me really appreciate living in the United States, especially after hearing about persecutions that go on in other countries.
It is just something to think or ponder about... here we talk about the everyday life but looking at things in a bigger perspective we see that the everyday life can be so diverse depending on the person. but yeah.. i just thought i throw that out there.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Life aka The Game of Life
Skill and Chance for all the family - an exciting journey through life. Rich man, poor man, beggarman...Life is full of surprises. Risk everything for big gains or quietly amass a fortune, you can make a lot of money and then lose it again. Will you end up at the Millionaire's Mansion or the Retirement Home?
also.... i found this summary of the game: • Make your choices, take your chances and experience the twists and turns of real life in this modern take on the Game of Life
• Electronic gameplay lets you choose how long you want to play and lets you manage your money, houses, cars and family matters at the touch of a button
its funny how this game is all about buying and making choices and the final prize at the end is either a millionaire's mansion or the retirement home... it makes you think about what people or society sees as an important factor in life. is that all life is really about? what about the meaning behind living? is there meaning? is there a purpose other than being financially comfortable? makes you think huh? :)
or does this game just highlight the everyday life? i always seem to get confused with finding the important in the everyday life vs just seeing what goes on in the everyday. its still alittle blurry because my whole mentality is that i want to constantly see the importance of the everyday or in other words "smell the roses." i feel like i need to always see the little things that matter. i'm not entirely sure i am making sense but thats the fun of blogging, just to get your thoughts all out.
what do you guys think??
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Christmas decorations already...
I saw Christmas decorations at the store today and it made me think of our winter last year. This picture is one i took last year from my bed room window. This picture made me think of the UFO pictures that were shown in class and how i probably would not have taken a picture of the street in front of me if not for the beautiful sunset and snow sprinkled on the ground.
Anywho... christmas decorations already?!?! its only october.. it feels like the stores start selling decorations for holidays early and early every year. I am a sucker for it though. I've already started my christmas shopping, my whole thought of mind this year is to get my shopping done early so i dont have to worry about it later. but somehow i always wait till the last minute to buy gifts then i end up buying useless or close to useless stuff. We'll see how this holiday season goes. I told myself i want to stray away from buying materialistic stuff and try to make my gifts or make them more personal. But that whole topic is a whole other story. We'll save that for when the holiday seasons comes closer.
Hope you guys find this picture as breathtaking as when i first took it. :D