I lost 7 dollars

Today my mom gave me seven dollars. I put the money in my pocket and now I cant seem to find it. For that one person that found it and picked it up, I hope you sleep great tonight. I hope it buys you whatever you can possibly buy with seven dollars, better yet I hope its buy one get one free as well so you can get an even better deal. I hope that you find a brand new car for sale that only costs 7$ ironically. Screw karma, your fine. Ill start dropping more money for you on an annual basis. Scumbag.

library gas

Farting in public is just simply hilarious. Those who do not wish to hear it can simply listen to an ipod or keep themselves occupied. To the more "mature" group who have trouble finding humor in anything funny, and who only think things like the Colbert Report is funny, I have sympathy for you. I would agree with Zach Williams and say that farting is just a friendly hello. I even know some teachers that find it humerous (Spaulding).

Jarhead Review

Jar head. The perfect name for a bad-ass, war story. I chose this book because I have seen the movie a few times and thought that the book would be really good too. I was expecting them to be almost identical when it came down to the main character Swoff and his actions throughout the movie. However, he seemed different to me. The book really does a good job conveying the emotional stress he goes through. With all the flashbacks to his childhood, you can really get in touch with him and why he acts the way he does.   

            The book is about a young man named Anthony Swofford who is enlisted into the army and at first, does everything he can do to get out. He admits to drug use, stealing and other criminal charges. However this plan does not work and he remains where he is.  Things take a turn for the best, maybe not in his eyes though, when he is asked to be part of the marine snipers division. When he first enters this division he acts very un-marine like. He steals from members in his platoon and just has a very negative attitude towards everything. It seems as if everything isn’t going well for swoff, with all of the mental breakdowns and visions of his girlfriend at home being unfaithful, he sort of becomes insane. His actions always seem to get in trouble and he ends up getting demoted because of it. While going through these hardships, the emotional part just seems to be taking control of swoff. With not much combat action the boys finally make it home and see how things at home have changed and try to carry on with their old lives.

            While reading the book I could not help but notice foreshadowing much throughout the marines adventures. With their constant feelings and talking of their girlfriends being unfaithful at home, you can’t help but realize that there is a strong chance they will return home to no one. The overall them of frustration I felt was most apparent in the book. Swoff experiences everything he doesn’t want to. Symbolism of his girlfriend being unfaithful further more denotes his frustration. The calls he makes home to her and the constant talks with his platoon begin to really instill the idea into the reader. His constant negativity towards everything continues to add more to the frustration.

            If I had to critique the book the only thing I would change would have to be the flashbacks. A flashback is more proper for a movie and while reading through one I got confused as to what was happening in the story. I did see many similarities between the movie and the book, the plot and actions were constant in both the movie and the book. I would recommend the book to someone that is interested in a realistic view of how war can impact one emotionally. The book isn’t action packed and is meant to portray the surreal side of what marines really have to go through and the problems that a division might have to face together. To the contrary I would not recommend this book to someone who may be possibly entering the marine core soon. It kind of leaves a sour taste in your mouth about them after reading the book. I think it could deffanantly turn future members due to all of the emotional stress that swoff has to go through. Strengths of the book I would have to say are the very realistic conversations between the marines. I mean I can really see them talking about the things they do when they have spare time. The author does a good job of bringing the characters to life, and conveying the emotional side of how they are feeling.  Weaknesses I would have to say lay in the combat action. I know the story was not meant to be told with a whole lot of action, but everyone likes a little something now and then. I was very disappointed when they had an opportunity but were denied the shot by their officers. All in all I thought the book was very interesting. The actions of swoff made you want to read on and see what may happen to him due to his rash actions.

Zombies.

Im sure we have all seen a zombie movie or two, and at some point in the movie they always decide its a great idea to run right through the pack of zombies in order to got something stupid. Nothing in the world gets me more frusterated. For example in the movie, Dawn of the Dead, the girl goes nuts when they send the dog out to run food to another survivor across the road (which was the right thing to do), and she freaks and decides to crash a big truck into the guys buliding so she can save the dog. Always the girls fault in zombie movies... This is what screws them for the rest of the movie. They were doing great in their mall with plenty of food and water and protection, but who wants all that during a zomboe apocolypse? I think im going to post a survival guide for my next post. 

veggy heads

Vegetarians, the latin word for "attention cravers". No offense to any of you guys reading this who are one though. I just sympathize about the fact you guys have no meat in your diets. Im sure its fun and all to do it for a month at max, but after awhile it must be just depriving. My sister tried this for a week, then one night we had ribs for dinner, she was no longer a vegetarian. Good for her. I don't understand how their bodies function without muscle building , and foods that give you a sense of being full at least. At some point you guys need to get back onto a normal diet so yo an at least hit all 7 parts of the food pyramid.