Favorite TV Show

My favorite TV show of all time would have to be the classic, FRIENDS. Many people think that Friends is just consisted of a bunch of overpaid bad actors, but these days what show isn't? Friends isn't a reality about the life everyone wants, and it's not a show that makes you sing and dance for audiences who don't even care why your up there (they only like you for your face), and it's not a boring news show that only shines light on the negative topics in the world. Friends is a comedy about average, middle aged people that grow up together and grow with each other everyday. There is six friends that all intertwine with emotional, sexual, and funny relationships. It's a show about an average persons life and the troubles that come with it.

Not only is Friends very funny but it's also very easy to realte to. I love friends because each character relates to someone that I know and each character relates to me in a different way. I like to think that I'm more of the fun loving, out going, and a little slow, Phoebe. That in itself makes me laugh. So if your ever looking for a real laugh just turn to channel 10 around three or four in the afternoon and you'll find yourself having laughs to last you the rest of the day.

~op-ed blog~

www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/articles/article/theres_more_to_homeless_than_dogs/896

- This article was from the Montana Kaimin and written by Breanna Braaten. It was about how we look at a homeless person and judge them based on what we assume about all homeless people. It talked about how when we look at a homeless man that has a dog the only person were feeling sorry in the situation is the dog. We wonder how someone who can't afford a home can afford a dog but yet needs money for dog food. It also says that there are many different reasons that people are homeless these days and with our environment and the job market how it is today there are over 350 people that come to the homeless shelters every day for help. The average American looks at a homeless person and assumes they're poor because of substance abuse, when over 25% of the homeless are veterans or mentally ill. Basically it says that we are all people and we all deserve a second chance. So when your looking through your wallet and wondering if you should give them money, just put yourself in their shoes.

online.wsj.com/article/SB100001424052748704117304575137731273060788.html/mod=rss_opinion_main#articleTabs%3Darticle.

This article was really short, but you had to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal if you wanted to read more. Basically it talked about how as soon as March Madness starts in NCAA basketball, all political thoughts are replaced by brackets and teams. It says that it shouldn't be this big of an upset in the world and that sports broadcasters basically only get their shine when the basketball games come on. Though this was written from the view of someone who is, most likely, very political it was very interesting to read.


www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/articles/article/the_red-headed_stepchild_concerts_are_more_enjoyable_if_people_follow_a_few/990.

This article was actually really funny to read. It was about a person that wasn't from Montana that was so used to having elbow room and space at concerts. He recently attended Vampire Weekend at the Wilma and was shocked to find that there was room to enjoy the concert, so he layed out a couple rules. One was to please not yell how much you love the band before the band is even on. Number two is that if your going to dress up to be "like the band" and tell people that you discovered the opening band, then the writer asks you to please stay home. The third is that with little room there isn't enough space for everyone to be front row, so he asks people to please stop pushing. And his last rule is that if you find yourself at a show like this, to just sit in the back row with enjoyable adults who are there for the show, where you can enjoy it more too.

sources...

www.iast.net/thefacts.htm
www.dosomething.org
www.ncadv.org/files/HumanTrafficking.pdf
www.doctorsatwar.org
www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=109082

** Molly...
Your probably going to kill me but I literally could not find one source from the peer edited journals on human trafficking. Hopefully you can help me tomorrow with looking for more sources. The sources that I got were all really broad though which is why I picked them, from economy based, to facts, to programs to help stop it. They all were really helpful at teaching me the facts about the human tracking and helping me learn a little bit more about it, and what it is. Sorry I couldn't find more, but I hope this is okay!

Paper topic...

So I'm still not sure what exactly sustainability is but i think that that is the point of this paper. So for my topic I was thinking about either just writing about the whole "going green" thing and whet er it's an actual impact on the environment or if it's only there to help the media and make people more aware off the problem and at the same time raise some money with advertising, merchandise, and green products. The other thing I thought about writing about is the seven sustainable factors of the world. we learned a lot about these last year in Human Geography and how they are helping the world survive today. Or my last idea is possibly 2012 and what it means for the world. Any of these sounding good?

What's Food Without Meat?

When i take a typical trip to the Food Zoo, I find myself either looking at chicken, a hamburger, a piece of pizza, or the main entree, I also always have a buttered potato and a glass of milk. Then there's my friend Tara. Tara has decided to try going Vegan for as long as she can stand it. This means that when Tara goes to the Food Zoo she chooses between tofu, a plain potato, fruit vegetables, and a glass of water or a smoothie. She usually eats a spinach salad with vinegar dressing and vegetables mixed in. Now if this was me, I couldn't go a day with out meat and milk, they're probably my two favorite food groups.
Veganism is a type of diet where you choose to not to use any animal products in your diet. Some vegan's also take any clothing and materials out of their everyday lifestyle. This includes milk, cream, butter, meat, and egg. The merchandise aspect deals with giving up fur, wool, down, and some cosmetics that are tested on animals. The most important reasons for becoming a vegan is to support animal rights, religious regions, to help the environment, and just for the reason of being healthier (Wikipedia.org). When I asked Tara why she went vegan the only reason she gave me was that it sounded interesting and she wanted to work on her health. Veganism is extremely healthy for your heart, and is linked to helping with lung cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, and especially obesity (Vegan.org). Coming from someone who couldn't live without milk, I don't understand why someone would want to do this, but then again some people probably don't understand how I can eat meat everyday and be guilt free. Now Tara has recently changed her mind about going vegan due to the fact that it was hard to get a sufficient amount of protein with what only you can get your hands on at the Food Zoo. Being vegan is a huge commitment, but one that ultimately is better not only for you but also the environment in the end.


*www. Wikipedia.org
*www.Vegan.org\about_veganism\

Short Stories + Bullets= Sad Stories.

This story was probably one of the saddest stories I've ever read. This story painted one of the most real life pictures in my head then a four chapter long book would have. From the celings to the eyes this whole story was completely painted out in my head. I really liked this story and I felt like it had a lot of strengths. Details being one of the prominent features, but also was the voice and character of this story. At first I looked at the main character as rude and annoying and selfish for talking about the teller like that but after hearing his story and realzing how strong and brave of a person he really was it changed my whole view.
Now I've never been in this kind of situation at all and I can't imagine what it would be like to be in one but I know that I would hope that there woudl be that one strong person that would give up his life in order to hopefully save someone elses. When the story started talking about his past I was a little lost about what exactly had gone on. Though I think the jist of it was that Anders was a man that started off being so happy but ended up finding himself in a bad relationship with his wife. I'm not sure if that's true but the story made it seem as if he wasn't as happy with his life now that his daughter is gone and his wife was mood changing. This story was a really strong story and made me think a lot about this type of situation, this type of person, and this this type of emotion that can all be told in a short story.

Another Day in the Life...

So this morning I woke up to the smell of eggo waffles in the toaster. I layed in bed untill I was ready to get up and thinking the waffles were for me I walked fast to the kitchen. Finding that they were, of course, for my little brother I threw in some cinnamon poptarts and swithed the TV from some boring morning news show to Bear in the Big BLue House, even though it's not that great it's better then the two old people talking about the news this morning. After the show I wait for my friend whose in 6th grade to get to the house and we walk to school together.
When I get to school we hang up our backpacks up on the coat rack and get ready to sit through another day with Ms. "Puttbutt". But something different happens today, everyone is acting strange. The TV is on in class and that never happens, and it keeps repeating the same scene of an airplane running into a tall building and that building falls to the groud. At that time an image sticks in my mind of people running with grey faces, covering their faces, and hiding in all small cracks of buildings. After sitting down we start talking about what happened this morning and Ms. Putnam says something about a terrorist. I'm pretty sure that's a bad thing....