Favorite Love Song

I would say that my favorite love song is Alright by Darius Rucker.  This song all makes me think of the past summer.

Love Song

Couldn't decide on one song...  >.<

Favorite Love Song --> Lifehouse - I'm Falling Even More In Love With You

The Girl at the Video Game Store

Honestly, love songs aren't really my thing. If I were to select a love song I would choose the one in the following youtube video. It's all about nerd love. The music video also has Olivia Munn, so it's actually fairly enjoyable.

Dragon Ball Z Parody

My favorite parody is DBZ Abridged. It makes fun of the characters and events of Dragon Ball Z. As DBZ was one of my favorite shows growing up, this parody series holds a special place in my heart. This parody exists solely for the purpose of entertainment.

Jeff Foxworthy, Redneck Fashion part 1

Parody of the common man!
http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A0oGdUmaEnFP8UkA2QNXNyoA?p=jeff%20foxworthy&fr=slv8-hptb&fr2=piv-web

Aerosmith

My all time favorite love song is by Aerosmith, “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing.” I have many reasons why this is my favorite song, but the most important reason is that my husband dictated this song to me on our wedding day. I will never forget those wonderful moments.

Favorite Love Song

I wouldn't say that I have a favorite love song, but one that I recently heard for the first time and really liked was Here I Stand by Usher. I like what is said in the song and I like the rhythm of it.

Love Songs

One of my favorite love songs more recently is Whistle for the Choir by The Fratellis. Its simple and the lyrics aren't completely generic.

In the classical realm I would say either Scheherazade: Mvt. III, The Young Prince and Princess by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, or Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliette Overture are beautifully orchestrated pieces on the theme of love.

Lastly, a song that I think everyone secretly likes even if they won't admit it is Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. Its a powerful song and its fun to sing at Karaoke.

Parody of Racism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GBta7AFrvE


Reminds me of the movie Crash when the two "black" guys who are actually planning to steal a car from the white couple, remark on how they are the minority in an all white neighborhood yet the white woman is the one who clutches her purse tighter when the black men pass by.
I think this Madtv skit shows how real people interact rather than how the movies depict reactions.

Favorite Love Song

My favorite love song is Act Two by the Roots. The reason why its my favorite is that I can totally relate to genius lyrics as they use hip-hop in different forms.  Hip-Hop continues to play a major role in many of the creative aspects of my life. Regardless of how I'm feeling, there is always a song that I can listen to that can either sympathize with how I'm feeling, motivate me to take back control of my life, or just to listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjIcga4Afrg

The Navy Seal who killed Osam bin Laden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv9AUFpRGyc

Family Guy, Disney & a wtf blanket ...

A rather harmless example of a parody ...

A not so harmless & rather offensive (but still hilarious) example of a parody ...

I thought was pretty funny.

Steve Carell's "The Decision" - Spoofs LeBron James on the ESPY Awards (...

Love song

I have a lot of favorite love songs and it's hard for me to pick just one that I like so I'm just going to share my most recent favorite love song. I really like Drunk On You by Luke Bryan. I am slowly becoming a country fan and was introduced to this song and now I really like it. I think I like it because it is so simple and reminds me of summer time.

Mitt Romney vs. Mr. Burns Satire

                     



HAHHAA!! :)

Satire

Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" was one of the first things I thought about when we were asked to bring in an example of satire.  Joplin drove a Porsche, and probably got by okay but didn't really care too much about what people thought about her.  Her song Mercedes Benz is a great example of her putting it out there how so many people expect to get something for nothing.  People are never satisfied with what they have, and at times come over purely ridiculous. 

10 lines of two songs

What has happened                                         Oh the sunshine on my face

To make my life so dull                                   The mountain breeze in the air

I follow the rules                                                 A day of solitude

I try to survive                                                      What more can I ask

But everything I do                                            I love the escape from the city life

There seems no meaning to life                  The population of people, gone

Why do I feel so empty inside                    No rules, no nagging

What can I do                                                       Just me and the time

To make me content                                         Oh how I wish this could last

In this awful life where living in               Till the end of time

Satire

Parody

This is a ridiculous video that both parodies the series the Hunger Games and a Brittany Spears song. There is not much deep meaning in it. You could say that they are making fun of the type of novels that the Hunger Games are but I don't think that is their intention. This is more for humorous purposes.

satire

satire

I wonder

I wake up in the morning
and go out into the street
I see all these people , looking
straight at me , this man is a doctor
saving all these peoples lives
a girl is a dentist looking in people mouths and I wonder
When I lie awake in bed thinking of all these different people
I just wonder.

Parody

Examples of Parody and Satire

Examples of Parody and Satire

This is spinal tap Trailer a satirical look at the rock and roll lifestyle.


I also felt that this video and song was a strong example of Parody

Also included is the music videos in which it is parodying

No One Is Safe

Stong

Strong

My love is strong that I don’t need to drink

 Your love is stronger that you constantly think about me

The way you care for my needs, that my days go by without skipping a beat

I walk around with chores to do, thinking about loving you

My love is strong that I don’t need to tell you lies

Your love is stronger that you don’t ever ask me why?

The way you hold me at night and satisfy my needs

Makes me believe that you truly love me

We have two beautiful girls that light up our life

With a smile or tear they bring us such delight

Our love runs deep, pure, and strong that you are my soul mate from this moment on

I want to tell you how grateful I am, to have all of you in my life and how you make me so strong

The need to be unique!

The Coca-colonization chapter in Nation of Rebels, which group 5 lectured on Monday, helped me gain a new perspective on why so many people search in way to make them feel unique. I liked what Javier said during his lecture, “looking down from the airplane window, I realized that I’m just one of seven billion people in this world.”   It is natural that individuals must feel the need to stand out and be unique from one another. Being eccentric has its positive results of making sure you’re noticed by others that would not normally stop to look. Although, I am not an eccentric person, I believe that I am unique because I am a twin. My sister and I are identical, and that’s enough for me to be different from everyone else.

Country Song- First 10 lines

I Tried

I tried to move on,
to forget your name
There was no one to blame
It was just so hard.

Each day that moved on
I tried so hard
To forget all those days,
and all those nights.

I tried so hard,
to forget those cheezy old lines
And all those feelings we had
And every kiss we shared

I tried to move on,
and forget your name
There was no one to blame
It was just to hard

Free week--last, last Monday

This post was due a while ago but I kept putting it off.. Since it's spring break and I am not working today, I thought I might as well write the post... I am going to write about village life.

I grew up in a little Inupiaq village called White Mountain. The Eskimo name for my village is Natchirsvik. I am Iġaluiђmuit (Fish River Tribe). Our population is between 200-250.

We rely mostly on our subsistence foods. Most of the village spends a good portion of their summers at fish camp. We catch most of our fish by seining but, we also use rod & reel, and some folks still go out late and use spears to catch white fish. A good portion of the fish caught, gets cut and hung for dry fish. The rest get smoked (dry smoked) and the rest (10-15ish) gets packaged and put in the freezer for winter. During the middle/end of summer, the women gather blueberries, blackberries (crow berries), salmonberries, high and low bush cranberries, puyuguaghaqs (raspberry-like, there isn’t really and English name for these), kuchimaks (wild rhubarb), wild chives, fire weed, clovers, chura, tukaiyuks, chiutђeaqs matchu, and atchaluk. Most of the greens get soaked in seal oil and jarred.

When we aren’t fishing, the men are hunting seal, moose, and caribou. Both women and men butcher and package these. Some people save the moose and caribou hides to put down in their sleds for long snow machine rides and all of the seal skins are cleaned and tanned so they can be used for hats, gloves, mitts, mukluks, and parkas.

This is only a small peek into village life and I would like to write more but this is only a blog post and not meant to be very long, people may get bored. ☺

***The Word on the Street about Teaching Assistants***

Some Department Teaching Assistant's (TA) at UAF that seem to care less when it comes to teaching. Some post-degree seeking students are getting paid by UAF to study while being a TA. The problem is that that some have ZERO experience teaching, which causes students who count on a solid foundation in their major to lack the necessary skills and knowledge necessary for the next level.  After talking to many students about the issue, most say that student TA's "Just go through the motions", and "Many are unable to provide answers to questions to the material that is given". In my opinion, this is probably because they fail to review the material that is given and have a plan for how their class will be conducted, because it's easier to look at their grade sheet for the answer. Its understandable to an extent. since they are students as well, but I would say that the professor should at least, at a minimum, go in to a class and see how it's going. I mean the TA's do teach on their behalf... just saying.

I would say that the TA's argument probably go something like, " If the student has issues then they should say something".  And I will agree with that... to an extent.  However, my take is, "How about the university ensure that when giving a TA scholarship you evaluate the teaching ability, and retrain if necessary".
I post this to see if others have experienced this phenomenon. This topic of conversation seems to be the norm I've had for the last two weeks with various students. The majority say that its only a few TA's, others take teaching by the horns and do extremely well.

Free Week

Since we are able to post whatever we wanted to this week I thought I would post another music video I like.  I like this video because I is a good example of how a lot of people have to deal with the economy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INo3Gr4233Y

" The Maple Kind..."

This week has kind of sucked for me, and we're all stressed out over midterms so I thought I'd post something to lighten the mood .I've got two crazy dogs, so this always makes me laugh :)

"Little Shark"

So since we get to post whatever we like this week, I thought I would share a German kids song with you guys... It is in German, but really all you need to know is that it's baby shark, then little shark, then big shark, bigger shark, giant shark and that a girl swims... this lady takes it to a whole other level, but it's definitely worth the laugh!

Random post: Ralph Engelstad Arena!

For spring break I am flying down to Grand Forks, North Dakota. This tiny little city basically has nothing except for the University of North Dakota. The school is known for it's hockey team and spectacular hockey arena. The arena is called The Ralph Engelstad Arena, home of the Fighting Sioux. (Pronounced "sue.") The Ralph is worth over 110 million dollars and is an awesome place to watch a hockey game. The fans make every game exciting. There are children, high school students, college students, older adults, and even senior citizens who are so enthusiastic about their men's hockey team. The arena is always full and everyone just loves being there. Everyone sports UND clothing, jerseys, and anything green, it's definitely an overwhelming experience after attending UAF hockey games.

Trying punk on

I am looking forward to learning about punk. I have always wondered if I could pull off the punk style. Growing up my mom’s budget only allowed my sister and me to shop at stores like Wal-mart and Good-will. The idea of shredding up perfectly good used cloths resulted in a spanking from my mom. Now as adult I can’t think of any reason to shred or put holes in my cloths. For giggles, I would dress up at least once to know what it meant to be punk. Michelle

I have gone to public schools my whole life and personally I liked not having to worry about wearing a uniform. I am used to having the freedom to choose what I want to wear when I want to wear it and I think that if I had to go to a school where I had to wear a uniform I would be even less enthusiastic about school in general. Although uniforms work for some people, there are always going to be people that it affects negatively and I think that it can cause problems for those who are not in favor of them.

FreeWeek

I wanted to find another music video and this one came up its hilarious.

Public Schools

Referring to our discussion in class, I do believe the public education system is very limiting. I recall many times where I wish I was able to focus on the things I enjoyed and was really interested in learning about but was not able to. Some of this was due to classes being unavailable, but mostly I felt as though I had to jump through pointless hoops just so I could have an easier time paying for college. I feel that once one discovers something of interest, they should be able to explore that field as far as they can. The public school system however designates blocks of learning for specific subjects at specific times of the day. It really screams industrialism and mass production which is not how students should be treated. This system is not conducive to true learning. I feel that the public school system teaches people how to take tests more than it allows for discovery of the world around them.

Though I have not had the experience of going to a private school or being home schooled, I believe that the emphasis that can be placed on self discovery and understanding rather than cramming information (sometimes senseless information) would develop individuality as well as a better sense of direction in ones life.

Limit my speech, my actions, but leave me my thoughts!

In the Nation of Rebels, it talks about how clothes indirectly restrict who we want to be because how we dress depicts so much of who we are and what messages we want to get across. So by moving with the social trends marks us as a conformed society reacting to the changes of others and letting it affect our own mark of independence. This limitation on what society deems appropriate or socially normal, does it affect how we think or who we want to be? Well if you look back to early Greece or the Renaissance, periods of great achievement and success in the way of the arts and knowledge, there were no logos, no trademarks, and people made things with enormous amounts of detail and quality for pride and to better themselves and their society. Now, to get something with high quality or originality it will cost you an arm and a leg. Everything else is cheap, and mass produced over seas in sweatshops in order to serve the masses.

Post whatever I'd like to huh?? Okay.  I need to go shopping. lol.  like really.  Summer is like right around the corner and I need to get with the trends! What am I gonna be rockin?? 1.) Pastels, Pastels, PASTELS! Pastels are so hot right now its disgusting.  I need seafoam green, pastel yellow and coral colored skinny jeans, or sure.  Also, ear cuffs.  I just bought three yesterday an I am so in love with them! I also need to go buy more earrings.  I need gold ones and silver ones, that way I can wear them with anything! I also need a demin jacket and maxi skirts!! I want to buy at least two or three of them.  I also want to buy lots of rings because the ones I own now are old and losing color.  So far, thats all I got.  Now all  need is the budgte. haha!