Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

I started this blog for a sociology project in high school. I forgot that I started this blog until this assignment came up in my English 551 class. I decided to wipe of some of the dust on this blog and give it a revisit.

I looked back on my entries and they are a nice time capsule of my senior year. I'd like to create this as an blog as a type of time capsule for my senior year of college. Seeing how my life has changed in 4 years is fun. Things that were once so important to me are not important to me now. My opinions on things have changed, or become more defined.

I think this is a great place to pick up. I think this blog will act as more of an online diary. Giving me a space to write about my struggles  or victories. I can jot down ideas for stories I come up with. This can be a space for my thoughts and feelings. I would like to keep up with this blog this time. I thought I would keep up with it after my sociology class, but I was mistaken.

Maybe this can turn into an in depth blog about my writing experience. I will have to see where the blog takes me.

A Journey Through Writing

I never thought I would be a writer. When I was younger I wanted to be in the spot light. I always wanted to be an actress. Be a part of the glitz and glamour. As it turns out, I am absolutely terrified of public speaking and don't enjoy having a lot of attention on me. I've learned a lot about myself in the 22 years I've been alive, and as my desire to be in the spot light faded the desire to write and create things grew. I found that when I watch movies or TV shows, I wanted to be the one creating the content rather than speaking the content into existence.

In high school I decided to take a creative writing class. I have always had an active imagination, so I decided it would be useful to me to start writing out some of these ideas I've had. I started to develop  some of the ideas I had over the years--trying to make them into cohesive stories. I was worried I would not be able to pick up on this skill, but once I began writing the thoughts flowed and I started to create stories I became proud of.

I liked writing these ideas down so much I decided to take some creative writing courses in college, which translated to a Creative Writing minor. I love challenging myself creatively. I love the act of writing. It is calming. It is a safe place. It is where I can make sense of my emotions and thoughts. Writing helps to ease my mind. And writing is fun. It is one of my greatest joys in life. I want to write for the rest of my life.

One of my goals in life is to become a screen writer. I've always had a passion for movies and television. They have the power to bring joy to people. The audience can be fully immersed in the story. It can help people get through hard times, make people laugh, make people cry. It can be viewed for entertainment or education. There are so many impacts that have been made by movies and TV. I want to be a part of that impact. I want to help people through my writing. Help them escape if that's what they need.

I never thought I would want to be the person writing movies, rather than the person staring in them. It took me a while to figure out where I want to go with my career and what I want to do for the rest of my life, but this is where I want to be. 

All Good Things Come To An End

      This blog started off as a on going project for my sociology class. I'm not gonna lie, I quite frequently complained about having to blog every week, but I continued to blog. Little did I know, I would learn so much about life, and about myself.

     This blog was tedious, but eye opening, and often times therapeutic. Just blogging about heart break or big life changing events helped me a lot. Not to mention it really helped my understanding of sociology in everyday life. It's hard for me to not watch a TV show or movie without noticing something sociological! (Thanks Mr. Loehring)

     All in all, though, I am beyond happy I was able to keep this weekly blog! It is nice to go back and truly be able to see what I have learned and see my progression through life. This blog has been apart of my life for 5 months and I'm glad to have posted a blog every week.

     Thank you for reading about my life and being apart of my world. Signing off for the last time...

-ab(BAE)

Hurt Self-Concept

     It's amazing how one person can affect someone's day, year, or life.
    
     Positively or negatively.

     Sometimes that one person can do both. In one month, they can lift your spirits, make you more confident, and boost your self-concept. The next month, they can ignore you, make you feel insecure, and hurt your self-concept.

     We give certain people so much power to dictate our happiness, when the only person we should worry about making us happy is our self!

     Self-concept should not have to rely on another person to make you happy, make you laugh, or make you smile. You should, make yourself happy, make yourself laugh, make yourself smile. Although one person can hurt you, time goes by and things get better.

     Time heals all wounds.

     Although things seem like they are horrible and that things will never brighten up, they will.

Poverty in America

     Poverty is a relative term. It can be different for many people. Not to mention people in poverty go through different struggles and have different life styles. The poverty line is about $24,000 a year for a family of 4. But, this doesn't take into account, location of cost of living. Someone living in Illinois in "poverty" could be much better off than someone in New York.

     Just because someone is in poverty, does not mean that they are living on the street. A person could have a house and a car, but could be considered to be living in poverty. Many people need more help getting out of poverty but the government can only do so much.

     I think there should be a bigger number of shelters for people to go to, in order to get the supplies they need, or have a roof over their head. Not to mention, some sort of health care to keep everyone in top health.

     What do you think should be done about poverty in America?

-ab(BAE)

Physical Apperance

     Physical apperances, according to sociolgist, can be very inportant in life. Apperances can help with self concept, finding a future husband/wife, it can even help with getting a job! People are often told that "looks don't matter" but to some extent they do. If you look friendly, you are more likely to get approached by people rather than if you have a frown or you look annoyed at the world.

     Physical apperances can also effect out children. It can effect the way they look and how they are treated in the future. It can be a big deal to a kid if they are considered "ugly." It can effect them for the rest of their lives.

      So I'm asking, do you think looks really do matter?

-ab(BAE)

Poverty in Pop

     Many songs that are popular in culture touch on many events that are happening in culture at the time. With that being said, poverty is a common subject amoung pop artist and song writers. Many celebraties have been through hardships before they reach stardom. We listened to songs that dealt with poverty. Some of these songs are "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman, "Royals" by Lorde, and "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson. Many music artist sing and write about their hardships.

     How do you express your hardships? 

     Have you ever been through any hardships that have changed your life?

-ab(BAE)