You know that feeling you get when you see someone you instinctively don't like? The sight of their face fills you with hate, the sound of their voice makes you wann hurl.
There's a guy in this class I feel this way about. In fact, he's on all three of my classes today. And I don't have to worry about him reading this because only one person reads this blog! He keeps running his mouth, even now, and it sounds like he's bragging with every word he says. God, I hate his face.
Now, I'm not wishing this upon him at all. I'm just saying I wouldn't MIND if he got mangled in a car accident.
Of course, knowing my luck, his face would be left intact.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Uuugggghhhh...
I didn't sleep last night. Didn't want to. Couldn't really. Too much to do. FINALLY figured out my thesis for a Sociology 1010 paper due three days ago. I swear, all my other 1010 classes are doing papers on ideas that already exist. This one is more along the lines of mixing alot of old ideas to create completely new ones. Isn't that like, 1020 material? Ugh.
I don't have any excuses. I'm just three steps behind on everything. Trying to figure out how to fill the rest of my journals in a week in a way that doesn't just make useless posts. I don't think useless posts are the point behind this.
I think I ticked off my girlfriend by staying up. Of course, I've stayed up the last few nights as well. Probably screwing her sleep up just as much as mine.
This blog is slowly turning from "Sarcastic Optimist" to "Depressed Soul-draining Guy".
I don't have any excuses. I'm just three steps behind on everything. Trying to figure out how to fill the rest of my journals in a week in a way that doesn't just make useless posts. I don't think useless posts are the point behind this.
I think I ticked off my girlfriend by staying up. Of course, I've stayed up the last few nights as well. Probably screwing her sleep up just as much as mine.
This blog is slowly turning from "Sarcastic Optimist" to "Depressed Soul-draining Guy".
Emperor Joker? D=
So, the way blogs are supposed to work, the blogger (me) researches all sorts of information on relevant subject material, and the bloggee (you) goes "Oooooh, Ahhhhh! Thanks for the information, omniscient blogger!"
Unfortunately, I'm finding slim to no information on what I want to talk about. Yes, I manage to suck at Google.
Apparently, Batman: Brave and the Bold is going to do a story arc of the Emperor Joker storyline. From what I've heard, Bat-mite will be in the episode. I'm not sure if he will be replacing Mtsl... Mytzy... Mjhasjkflghfkgsd. That GUY that bugs Superman all the time, or if he'll just happen to be in the episode for another plot point.
First: Information! I can't find much. Will it be an animated film? A one episode plot, maybe a two-parter? I wanna know!
Second: Speculation! Emperor Joker is not my favorite story arc. Far from it. There were a few witty one-liners, but otherwise the entire concept was slaughtered with bad writing and inconsistent artwork. If this plot were taken seriously for an animated adaptation, it would likely suck horribly.
FORTUNATELY, it's Brave and the Bold we're talking about here. It has the zanney-ness of the 1960's show, with a few dark Batman aspects thrown in. If anything could make this story fun to watch, it's BATB. Here's hoping it's good!
Unfortunately, I'm finding slim to no information on what I want to talk about. Yes, I manage to suck at Google.
Apparently, Batman: Brave and the Bold is going to do a story arc of the Emperor Joker storyline. From what I've heard, Bat-mite will be in the episode. I'm not sure if he will be replacing Mtsl... Mytzy... Mjhasjkflghfkgsd. That GUY that bugs Superman all the time, or if he'll just happen to be in the episode for another plot point.
First: Information! I can't find much. Will it be an animated film? A one episode plot, maybe a two-parter? I wanna know!
Second: Speculation! Emperor Joker is not my favorite story arc. Far from it. There were a few witty one-liners, but otherwise the entire concept was slaughtered with bad writing and inconsistent artwork. If this plot were taken seriously for an animated adaptation, it would likely suck horribly.
FORTUNATELY, it's Brave and the Bold we're talking about here. It has the zanney-ness of the 1960's show, with a few dark Batman aspects thrown in. If anything could make this story fun to watch, it's BATB. Here's hoping it's good!
Falling Apart
I don't think I planned well enough for this semester. Last semester came so easily that I think I underestimated how difficult things can become if you let just one aspect begin to slip. The difference was that last semester was my first semester, and I was expecting college to be a billion times harder than it was, so I had prepared for the worst.
I did well enough until this point, but now things are falling apart at the most crucial part of the year. I don't have anything organized to write halfway decent papers. I've lost most of my class syllabuses, and I don't even know most of my professor's names, much less their e-mail addresses.
It just goes to show that I am going to have to go into each semester with a game plan, and prepare for the worst. I may have been bored last semester, but there are worse things to be than bored. My GPA will probably drop to like a 3.2. It will take a lot of work to get it back up.
I did well enough until this point, but now things are falling apart at the most crucial part of the year. I don't have anything organized to write halfway decent papers. I've lost most of my class syllabuses, and I don't even know most of my professor's names, much less their e-mail addresses.
It just goes to show that I am going to have to go into each semester with a game plan, and prepare for the worst. I may have been bored last semester, but there are worse things to be than bored. My GPA will probably drop to like a 3.2. It will take a lot of work to get it back up.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Can our society continue to sustain itself?
Okay, I may do a really bad job of explaining what I mean. Also, in order to understand what I mean, you MUST think about thinks on a very broad basis, completely ignoring seperate companies as seperate entities for the sake of this thought. Yes, some businesses will do well while others fail.
Here's the thing. In order for our semi-capatalist (we do, though some would not like to admit it, have some strong socialist concepts governing the way our lives are led)society to work, the majority of the people in such society must be consumers. In order for people to be consumers, they must have an income. Even those that are dependant upon others (such as family) have an income provided by someone.
So, let's think of this in three entities.
-Government: A pretty simple concept- the entity which governs and watches over our lives.
-Companies: In order to understand the argument I am trying to make, we must think of the companies as a single entity, "the companies", rather than each individual successful or unsuccessful company.
-Consumers: For this to work, consumers must have an income. Thus, most consumers are employees of companies, or dependants of employees of companies. There are, of course, consumers that are dependant on support from government as well, but we will focus more on those that depend upon income from companies.
Let's say that companies, in general, recieve money from consumers for their goods or services. While I realize that this is a very low amount, but let's say, for the sake of example, all companies recieve $100 from their consumers. Scaling the operation down will let me explain this better.
In order to make a profit, the companies can NOT give their employees anywhere near the amount of money they recieved from consumers. Across six employees, they pay $60, giving each employee $10.
These employees become consumers. In order to live a "successful" life, they cannot spend nearly as much as they made. Thus, each consumer spends $4, putting it back into the economy and saving the rest.
$4 x 6 employees = $24.
$24 has just been put back into the economy, or the companies, in comparison to the $100 they received before. Even with the $40 profit the companies made before, that is only $64, and they must now pay the employees- the consumers- out of that amount. This does not even begin to compute taxes that affect and reduce the amount of money involved in each transaction.
Even if we scale these amounts to trillions of dollars and millions of employees, the concept of how our society works remains the same. Consumers cannot put nearly the amount they make back into the economy. Thus, the economy would normally be under a constant and heavy decline.
So, how does our society sustain itself? From what little research I've done, as far as I can tell, it has a lot to do with banks. Banks can actually loan more money than actually exists. Of course, there are legally-enforced guidelines on exactly how much they can loan out. As long as our society accepts such loans as real money, our society can continue to work. The legal guidelines to how much a bank can loan actually help to prevent a severe depression. These guidelines were developed after the Great Depression, shortly after the U.S. Governments was forced to seive all gold.
For now, these loans should help to sustain our society, but how long will this last? How long until banks can stop giving such loans due to poor economy?
Here's the thing. In order for our semi-capatalist (we do, though some would not like to admit it, have some strong socialist concepts governing the way our lives are led)society to work, the majority of the people in such society must be consumers. In order for people to be consumers, they must have an income. Even those that are dependant upon others (such as family) have an income provided by someone.
So, let's think of this in three entities.
-Government: A pretty simple concept- the entity which governs and watches over our lives.
-Companies: In order to understand the argument I am trying to make, we must think of the companies as a single entity, "the companies", rather than each individual successful or unsuccessful company.
-Consumers: For this to work, consumers must have an income. Thus, most consumers are employees of companies, or dependants of employees of companies. There are, of course, consumers that are dependant on support from government as well, but we will focus more on those that depend upon income from companies.
Let's say that companies, in general, recieve money from consumers for their goods or services. While I realize that this is a very low amount, but let's say, for the sake of example, all companies recieve $100 from their consumers. Scaling the operation down will let me explain this better.
In order to make a profit, the companies can NOT give their employees anywhere near the amount of money they recieved from consumers. Across six employees, they pay $60, giving each employee $10.
These employees become consumers. In order to live a "successful" life, they cannot spend nearly as much as they made. Thus, each consumer spends $4, putting it back into the economy and saving the rest.
$4 x 6 employees = $24.
$24 has just been put back into the economy, or the companies, in comparison to the $100 they received before. Even with the $40 profit the companies made before, that is only $64, and they must now pay the employees- the consumers- out of that amount. This does not even begin to compute taxes that affect and reduce the amount of money involved in each transaction.
Even if we scale these amounts to trillions of dollars and millions of employees, the concept of how our society works remains the same. Consumers cannot put nearly the amount they make back into the economy. Thus, the economy would normally be under a constant and heavy decline.
So, how does our society sustain itself? From what little research I've done, as far as I can tell, it has a lot to do with banks. Banks can actually loan more money than actually exists. Of course, there are legally-enforced guidelines on exactly how much they can loan out. As long as our society accepts such loans as real money, our society can continue to work. The legal guidelines to how much a bank can loan actually help to prevent a severe depression. These guidelines were developed after the Great Depression, shortly after the U.S. Governments was forced to seive all gold.
For now, these loans should help to sustain our society, but how long will this last? How long until banks can stop giving such loans due to poor economy?
Sticking with it?
Would I stick with my career field after researching it? Well, given that I had already given a lot of research into acting, yes. That is not to say I have not learned anything. I understand how difficult (and essential) it is to become an equity actor in order to have a decent career as an actor.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Post-crazy!
So, we've got like a week and a half left of school, and I have a little more than forty blogs posted here. I will try and fill these slots with worthwhile posts and such.
Here's my critique for the whole "writing across the curriculum" program:
I believe it is a good, helpful program that will help students become used to writing. This is especially useful to students such as myself that have been out of high school for years. It re-acclimates us to writing again.
I do, however, believe that 70 entries is a bit much. I'm not just saying this because I haven't yet met this requirement. While it is nice to get so much practice writing, it shouldn't interfere with the already-busy schedule of students. I believe that making worthwhile entries(rather than filling the journal/ blog with crap) should involve some thought. I think 55-60 entries would suffice. It would show that effort has been put into the entries, without flooding students with yet more work.
Here's my critique for the whole "writing across the curriculum" program:
I believe it is a good, helpful program that will help students become used to writing. This is especially useful to students such as myself that have been out of high school for years. It re-acclimates us to writing again.
I do, however, believe that 70 entries is a bit much. I'm not just saying this because I haven't yet met this requirement. While it is nice to get so much practice writing, it shouldn't interfere with the already-busy schedule of students. I believe that making worthwhile entries(rather than filling the journal/ blog with crap) should involve some thought. I think 55-60 entries would suffice. It would show that effort has been put into the entries, without flooding students with yet more work.
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