Summer is
fast approaching and music festival season is almost in full swing. What makes
them so appealing? Well, obviously the music, but the atmosphere of the
festival and mood of the people is so intoxicating. Usually, everyone’s vibes
are chilled and relaxed. Plus its summer so everyone is feeling great and
happy. Back to the music. Having loads of your favorite artists playing in one
place is extremely exciting. Everyone around you is having a good time and
there seems to not be a care in the world. A couple of music festivals I have
gone to include Pitchfork, Mamby, and Lollapalooza. Some that I would really
like to go to are Electric Forest, Ultra, Bonnaroo, and Spring Awakening.
Blog On My Nog
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Give me a break: Donald Trump
So it
appears that Donald Trump actually has a chance of being our next president.
*cries* The long lasting joke that is becoming a terrifying reality has lost
its humor. I’m actually quite frightened. As a Mexican-American I find it unquestionably
wrong that someone who has such strong negative views of Mexican-Americans
becomes our next president. There have been loads of comparisons between Trump
and Hitler and honestly you cannot tell me they are not accurate. Fingers
crossed he loses, but only time and America’s votes will tell.
My phone is my soulmate
From the
moment I wake up to the last thing I see, I find myself checking my phone for
notifications, updates, or just browsing on social media. The relationship I
have with my phone is the one I devote most of my time to. Walking to class,
eating meals, even as discussing as it is, yes I take my phone to look at while
I’m in the bathroom. Some people don’t even feel comfortable letting other
people hear them take a piss yet here I am looking at someone’s snap chat story
on full volume. Yes I may be in my own private bathroom at home, but still. I
did have the crazy idea of not using my phone for a whole day one time and I
was doing well until I needed it. Not just to check social media, but I needed
it to check my email and schedule. With all the features on our phones it is
nearly impossible for us to manage our daily routines without them.
No time
Ever
since high school I have been an extremely involved person. Loads of extra-curricular
filled my schedule all day every day. My typical school day in high school
would consist of waking up at 6 a.m., being in classes til 3p.m, having dance
practice until 6p.m, and finishing off with choral rehearsals until 10p.m. In
addition, I would have a ton of homework left to do which would keep me up til
1a.m just to do it all again the next day. Not to mention when it was
competition or performance season. In college, nothing has changed. Sure the
first two years were a lot less stressful because the rigor of my classes weren’t
that difficult, but I was still involved in campus organizations and work
outside of school. As I look back on my
years at North Central and my time back in high school I ask myself where the
time has gone, but I can actually pin point where that time has gone into.
What is healthy?
100%
organic, GMO free, farm-raised, etc. These are words you see on every food packaging
and I’m extremely overwhelmed by them. Not because I don’t understand them, but
because I find myself not touching a product that doesn’t have the most labels
on the packaging. The media and other forms of information have taught me that “healthy”
foods are ones with these types of labels. However, there are hundreds of
companies that falsely place these labels in order to trick consumers, like me,
into buying them. Another thing to keep in mind is the actual term “healthy”
how much people value it. To me healthy includes diet, lifestyle, and activity
level. If I’m not doing all three routinely then I’m not being “healthy”.
Life after School
As
graduation is fast approaching I have been constantly thinking about my future.
What will I do? Where will I work? Who will I meet? Questions like these repeatedly
run through my head causing me to lose focus and build anxiety. At the same
time, I find pleasure in knowing that I have the ability to form my future in
whatever I want it to be. The part of not having a structure or time line of
how and when I should achieve things in my life is both completely terrifying
yet exciting. In these last few weeks of school I have done much self-reflection
on what I have already achieved, and how I have achieved it. Sure there are
things I wish I would have done differently, but ultimately the decisions I did
take have lead me to where I am today and today I find myself grateful and
happy of who I am. This constant talk of “the real world” and how I need to
prepare for it no longer worries me, but then I come into a full cycle of
worrying because I’m not worries.
Cyberbullying
I remember being introduced to this topic in high school after we had watched a news story of an unfortunate series of events that lead to a teen ending their life. Cyber bullying has been a hot topic of discussion in several courses. Business law, psychology, and my media classes. It is fascinating to see how people feel comfortable and confident to bully online as oppose to in person. Hiding behind and a computer screen, and even by an anonymous name gives people a sense of protection from confrontation, and not being afraid to say anything they want. Just as Dana Boyd said that teen's online presence is a "hangout" just as going to the mall would be, it's pretty clear to see that cyber bullying is obviously people bullying each other online as well. Still, cyber bullying is an extremely sticky subject as far as using what people say online against them in legal situations. The lines of privacy and freedom of speech are extremely blurry.
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