The Internet... AHHHH!

Oh, the internet.

The internet is pretty much taking over our lives. Never before have we been able to communicate with people across the world. Sooner or later, we will probably find Jesus' email.

Ok, maybe no that drastic.

However, it is making a huge impact on our lives. I always find myself crashed on my bed, just searching away on the web. The thing that is so addicting is that you can find ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING, on the web.

And now, the dreaded monster...

MYSPACE.

The place where 30 year old men have access to viewing a 14 year old girl, pretending to be 18, posing in front of her mirror in her new bikini.

NOT KIDDING.

I had a 38 year old man invite to his pool party.

Myspace is a guilty pleasure. You can't help but sign on every 15 minutes to see if someone has commented on your page or told you you look good on your new profile picture. It's almost this confidence booster to people. To some, its a huge game to see who can have the most friends.

I get made fun of. I am called the "myspace whore". I beg to differ. People from across the world can send you friend request. You either accept them, or deny them. I don't feel like I should tell someone "No! You can't be my friend!". So, I accept pretty much anyone who seems normal and around my age.

Just because I have 952 friends, doesn't mean I'm a whore.

My little blog babies

Looking back over my blog, I have to say that I tend to be sarcastic. Not so much in a bitchy way, but in a humorous way.

I just have learned that if you can't make fun of yourself, then you suck.

Totally kidding.

But, really, if you can't make fun of yourself, you will be this huge ball of negative energy ready to explode, killing millions of innocent people.

I think I have done fairly well for myself. I missed a day where we did like 3 blogs on movie scenes, so that hurt. But, I think for the blogs I have done, I have done a decent job.

Thesis Statement

My topic is going to be about homosexuality. My thesis statement is uncertain right now. I don't want to primarily focused on gay marriage, because I feel thats all you ever read about dealing with homosexuality. There is more to it than just wanting to get married.

I hope to focus more on homosexuality in society in general. Talk about coming out and homosexuality in the cinema. I can talk about the life styles and obstacles they face in life.

Thesis Statement

My thesis statement is going to be about homosexuality. I'm not really sure what I want it to be about specificly though. I don't want it to be strictly gay marriage, because that's kind of cliche.

I would like it to be more about how homosexuality is viewed today in society. More about homosexuality in general, because there is more to the subject than just wanting to get married. I would like to focus on the lifestyles and obstacles homosexuals face in society. I can touchdown on topics such as coming out, homosexuality in the cinema, and still talk about gay marriage.

What we talk about when we talk about love.

This was definitely an interesting read. First off, Mel really confuses me throughout the story. He went from one extreme to the next. He seems that he is just a very extreme individual. I get the feeling he is very bitter towards his ex wife. We never find oout what happened between them, but I think there is some turmoil between them. He claims that he hates her, which is a very strong word. However, a lot of his attitude could just be froom the drinking. But he drinks himself into depression, and his wife asks him if he wants his pills, so maybe he has some sort of depressioon problem.

Mel believes that there is a right way and a wrong way to love. I think he is wroong there. You can't help the way you love someone, or how strong the love is. I believe Terri when she said that Ed loved her. I think he loved her so much, he didn't know hoe to control it, and it ended up making him go crazy. I also don't think that you can stop loving someone completely or forget about them. I believe you can pretty much block them out, but there will always be a piece of them with you. When you love someone, its not weasy to completely erase them. Seeing from my paretns divorce, my dad cheated on my mom. As much as she hates him, she still tells me she loves him for some strange reason. She wishes that she didn't, but after being with him since highschool, its hard to push them completely away.

Parenting Video Response

This video definitely striked something inside of me. I guess since I am majoring in Education, I will deal with a lot of this. I will learn how to cooperate with each different "categorized" child. I believe that I was the polar bear in a way. I did decent in academics, I graduated with HOPE. However, I honestly never tried. It didn't matter to me, even though it should have. I was all about being on Yearbook Staff and Art. I would never really do much homework or studying, yet I would stay after school until about 6 making sure the yearbook was coming along in order. I always considered myself one of the "artsy" kids, yet I never really had just a clique of friends. I was friends with EVERYONE. Most of my friends would end up not liking some one I was friends with.

Did you know? - Response

Holy freakin crap. I just watched a video imforming on some of the most unbelievable news I have ever heard. Just think, if Myspace was a country, it would be the 11th largest in the world. The video almost tells us that we are ahead of ourselves. They are teaching information for jobs that don't even exist that will help problems we don't even know. Our technology has advanced so much, we are pretty much DEPENDENT on it. With our computers, we are connecting with people on the other side of the world. The total number of text messages we send a day exceeds the total population of the world. It's amazing how far technology has brought us, and it's even more amazing how much further it's going to go. Technology is effecting our personal lifes. 1 out of every 8 marriages last year consisted of a couple who met online.

Observation Paper Response

Wow. Maybe I don't have as much self-confidence in my work as I should. I was honestly expecting a high C, or maybe a low B if I was feeling lucky. Writing is not my specialty, or at least I thought. Maybe I am a decent writer, but I just didn't realize it. I think maybe why I did make as high as I did was because I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment. I got to write a paper about a place I absolutely love going to.

Seeing my mistakes, which some were pretty careless, make me want to slap myself, and pretty hard at that. I had 1 comma splice. Going back and looking at the error, I probably would have caught it if I had spent more time looking over it.

My main problem is writing passively. In this paper it's worse, because since I have been to Joe's so many times, I didn't catch myself referring back to past events, when I should have been focusing on what I was witnessing that night.

Semi-colons are what I don't like to mess with. I thought that I would push myself and try to use one, but it didn't work out. Hopefully, I will finally learn about them in the handbook.

An interview with Mercedes Lander

http://www.blasting-zone.com/Kittie2.htm

The interview is with the drummer, Mercedes Lander, but the all girl metal band Kittie. They have a new record dropping on shelves February 20, and have just launched their new nation-wide tour.

In the interview, they cover how they found their two new members, Trish and Tiffany. They just had recently gotten into some legal issues, regarding their new record label "Kiss of Infamy". The old 80's rock band Kiss, pressed legal actions against the band to change the name, since Kiss owned the word "Kiss" in the entertainment industry. The girls then changed the name to "X of Infamy", with "X" being the international sign for "kiss".

They discussed how they fought to get out their old record label, Artimis Records. They now, run their own label, and have some projects of their own. They are now managing 3 upcoming bands.

Where I'm From

I come from one of those cliche small towns. It has 2 traffic lights, one entering town, and then one while your leaving town. Your house is more than likely larger than our City Hall. Its your typical little country town.
I grew up with pretty much the same people all my life. I was born in Orlando, Fl., and I spent 6 years in Ft. Lauderdale. I was there for grades K-3. I moved to Leesburg, Ga when my dad was transfered in 1997. It was a HUGE change. I went from growing up in a city with the same friends, to moving to the middle of nowhere and having to start my life all over again.
Growing up in a small town, everyone knows everyone. Everyone also knows everyone's business. So, when you grow up with the same people all your life, you eventually know their life story. It took me a while to get used to everyone knowing what was going on. My second day of school, everyone knew that I was the "new kid".
However, everyone I grew up with was extremely nice. I kept most of my friends through my school years. The first friend I made when I moved was Samantha. I am now going to be in her wedding this coming May. I did, however, lose some friends along the way.
Growing up in a small town, there really wasn't much to do. We passed time with eating at the same Mexican Restaurant, some mud bogging, going to see "haunted" churches, and anything else to terrorize our small town.

Joes on Juniper

Joes on Juniper is a very successful resturant, found in the heart of Midtown Atlanta. Joes was established before 2000, and they welcome you to feast on cocktails and enjoy their light and refreshing atmosphere found exclusively at Joes. As soon as you walk in, your heart will thump with the beat of the raging juke box as the bubbly servers prance around the resturant with orders and drinks. Come in and dine with their famous salmon salad, homemade chili, 100% angus beef burgers, or their infamous Anchor Bar wings. End it with one of their famous cheesecakes provided by the one and only Metroentertainment. If you're in the mood for a beer, you can try one of the 32 on draft or 100 in a bottle! The bars has plenty of topshelf liqours, and they are willing to make anything to quinch your thirst!

www.joesonjuniper.com

Reflection on English 1101

I thoroughly enjoyed my English 1101 class. I had a fantastic professor who helped me enjoy my learning experience. She would have us write about what we wanted to write about. She understood that we wouldn't enjoy writing if we were given a narrow topic of discussion. My favorite characteristic of my professor was that she was never the one to scold or put down our work. I feel that I did learn more grammatical lessons in 1101. When she would return our papers, we would have to go through and correct our errors through our handbook. I believe it was almost more of a creative writing course for me. I was able to chose my topics and actually enjoy writing my feelings on the subject. She provoked us to get in touch with ourselves. To write from our heart. Thats what helped me the most. I was writing about things I cared about.

About Me

My name is Mason Maddux. I am from a small town known as Leesburg, Ga.

Never heard of it? Exactly.

No one has.

I lived in Ft. Lauderdale for about 6 years. I spent Kindergarden through half of 3rd grade there. It was probably some of the best times of my life. I had the beach less than 30mins away from me. It was pretty much bliss.

Then it happened.

My dad was transferred to Bumblefuck,Ga. I went from beaches and shopping malls, to tractors and well, more tractors. Talk about complete devastation for a little homo in training.

I guess this little one was going to learn to play dirty.

Now, I can't say that moving there was horrible, but by no means was it the best. I would end up spending 10 years of my life there, so I had to make the best of it. I made some of the best friends, and had some of the best times.

I just can't help but feel a little bitter about that place though. It would be where my parents divorce, where I would be laughed upon for being gay, before I even knew what gay was.

Growing up there wasn't easy. I had all the little country rednecks growing up with me. Instead of learning how to hunt with Dad, I was at the house spending time with my mom, doing household chores and what-not.

I knew I was always different growing up. I'd rather be chilling and talking with the girls, then out playing wrestle with the boys. It was always easier for me to befriend a girl. So I always had like 173769 girlfriends, and about 5 boy friends.

Growing up in middle and highschool was SOOOO much better. You start maturing. I started to realize that I was gay. I came out my Sophomore year in highschool, and it was probably the best thing I had ever done. Everyone was totally cool about it.