Showing posts with label Kayla Bachman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kayla Bachman. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Video Games: The Superhero of the 21st Century
A world where video games are encouraged rather than frowned upon- do you wish to live in this type of world? Our recent lecture informing on the benefits of video games seems to be the answer to every gamers prayers. Imagine a normal mother/son interaction now: The son's mother informs him it is time to start his homework and the video game must be turned off. He has already spent two hours gaming today and that is far too much time for any young boy to be playing such nonsense. The boy proceeds to start his homework.
Now imagine this scenario if the boy was equip with the world hunger/hours spent playing video games ratio. The son's mother informs him it is time to start his homework and the video game must be turned off. The son responds, "If I'm going to solve world hunger, I have to play 10,000 hours of video games before I turn 21. I have a lot of work to do. Please leave me alone."
The lecture was convincing that video games might be the answer to our world problems. But it really just seems too good to be true. Video games are recreational and entertaining so how can something so fun solve problems? Eating taco bell doesn't help you lose weight. Get it? Let's go ahead and say video games can solve world hunger. Imagine how disconnected our world will become. Conversations, interactions, coffee dates, texting, social media, phone conversations, and voicemails will all become a thing of the past. Everyone will be racing to complete those 10,000 hours of gaming before their 21st birthday in order to have a shot at solving world hunger. A more disconnected world created through good intentions: is it really worth it?
Now imagine this scenario if the boy was equip with the world hunger/hours spent playing video games ratio. The son's mother informs him it is time to start his homework and the video game must be turned off. The son responds, "If I'm going to solve world hunger, I have to play 10,000 hours of video games before I turn 21. I have a lot of work to do. Please leave me alone."
The lecture was convincing that video games might be the answer to our world problems. But it really just seems too good to be true. Video games are recreational and entertaining so how can something so fun solve problems? Eating taco bell doesn't help you lose weight. Get it? Let's go ahead and say video games can solve world hunger. Imagine how disconnected our world will become. Conversations, interactions, coffee dates, texting, social media, phone conversations, and voicemails will all become a thing of the past. Everyone will be racing to complete those 10,000 hours of gaming before their 21st birthday in order to have a shot at solving world hunger. A more disconnected world created through good intentions: is it really worth it?
Chipotle: Back to the Start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfSGt6rHos
This Chipotle YouTube video is why I am a fan of the brand. It effortlessly deploys Aristotle's notions of rhetoric and brings chills to any viewer. I finished high school in Colorado and Chipotle is a way of life for people out West. It has really yet to make a splash in the Midwest but I'm hopeful for a time in the near future to be able to pick up a Chipotle burrito in the town of Muncie. I supported Chipotle back then because of its convenience, accessibility, and affordability. I now support Chipotle because of the ethics and morals the brand supports. This YouTube clip is my visual representation of the Culture of Food we touched on in lecture.
Chipotle as a brand has really made headway in the food politics forum. Chipotle is known for organic farming practices and assures all the meats and vegetables they use are safe and healthy for consumption. This is made evident in the video clip but also in all restaurants across the nation. The public appreciates these efforts and attempts to make the origins of their food products known and publicized. Supporting Chipotle is unbelievably easy for a consumer. You can feel good about the food you are eating and it doesn't break your bank.
Chipotle's food culture should be an example of what to do in the food industry. By having the freshest, organic food products and reasonable prices, food junkies will sure to follow your brand. Chipotle, I believe, is all that is good and right in this world and has my vote.
This Chipotle YouTube video is why I am a fan of the brand. It effortlessly deploys Aristotle's notions of rhetoric and brings chills to any viewer. I finished high school in Colorado and Chipotle is a way of life for people out West. It has really yet to make a splash in the Midwest but I'm hopeful for a time in the near future to be able to pick up a Chipotle burrito in the town of Muncie. I supported Chipotle back then because of its convenience, accessibility, and affordability. I now support Chipotle because of the ethics and morals the brand supports. This YouTube clip is my visual representation of the Culture of Food we touched on in lecture.
Chipotle as a brand has really made headway in the food politics forum. Chipotle is known for organic farming practices and assures all the meats and vegetables they use are safe and healthy for consumption. This is made evident in the video clip but also in all restaurants across the nation. The public appreciates these efforts and attempts to make the origins of their food products known and publicized. Supporting Chipotle is unbelievably easy for a consumer. You can feel good about the food you are eating and it doesn't break your bank.
Chipotle's food culture should be an example of what to do in the food industry. By having the freshest, organic food products and reasonable prices, food junkies will sure to follow your brand. Chipotle, I believe, is all that is good and right in this world and has my vote.
Luke Bryan for President.
Luke Bryan is God's gift to the female population and I think I can safely say the male population, too. The majority of my male friends have confessed their love for the beautiful, country sensation we call Luke Bryan. After a friend and I have established our mutual love for this singer, we can comfortably converse about his smile, voice, arm muscles, or any of his other perfect physical attributes. It's safe to say I am border line obsessed with all that Luke Bryan is and will ever be. I even have become a fan of the show "Buck Commander," a popular hunting show, because Luke Bryan regularly makes appearances. Pop Culture has comforted and normalized my fetish by confirming parasocial relationships are ordinary and common. Disclosing our parasocial relationships early in the semester, I believe, brought our lecture together. Through sharing what we believed to be obsessive, personal accounts created confirmation we weren't insane but unified in our perceptions.
Through our study of parasocial relationships, I became fascinated with the idea of having a one-sided relationship. Are these relationships fulfilling, healthy, or productive? Or rather do they leave one unsatisfied and full of cognitive dissonance? I firmly believe in the cliche "everything in moderation." This holds true to parasocial relationships because it is human nature to seek out other things or people that help you achieve a sense of wholeness. In a sense, the parasocial relationships we find ourselves in are more of a passion than a relationship at all. I am passionate about the music Luke Bryan creates and his physical physique. I like to think of a relationship in terms of knowing someone's mind and what makes them tick and unfortunately, I do not know this of Mr. Bryan. Becoming passionate and well-versed in as many entities as possible makes you a very interesting and colorful conversation partner over coffee.
Through our study of parasocial relationships, I became fascinated with the idea of having a one-sided relationship. Are these relationships fulfilling, healthy, or productive? Or rather do they leave one unsatisfied and full of cognitive dissonance? I firmly believe in the cliche "everything in moderation." This holds true to parasocial relationships because it is human nature to seek out other things or people that help you achieve a sense of wholeness. In a sense, the parasocial relationships we find ourselves in are more of a passion than a relationship at all. I am passionate about the music Luke Bryan creates and his physical physique. I like to think of a relationship in terms of knowing someone's mind and what makes them tick and unfortunately, I do not know this of Mr. Bryan. Becoming passionate and well-versed in as many entities as possible makes you a very interesting and colorful conversation partner over coffee.
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