So I was in Core today and we were talking about slavery and whether or not it was right or wrong and how it was defined and protected in the Constitution. One of my classmates pointed out that to Hitler and his followers, what they were dong by persecuting millions of people because of religion was right, even though to the rest of the world it was wrong. After he made that comment, I said "Well, when it comes to right and wrong there is no correct answer. There is no black and white because it's all about perspective." Well, my professor looked at me and said, "Well, this is not Core 412 this is Core 122." I just wanted to cry I was so embarrassed. In my head I was like, "Did I really just get yelled at for making an observation?"
Was I wrong to say that? I'll never know. Oh well. Time for Communications homework. Yay.
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
school...classes...stress...
So I've been feeling really restless and stressed out lately. Some to do with classes, but a lot to do with other stuff...
Anyway the last few times I felt restless like this I did some pretty stupid stuff. For example, I helped my friends break into our high school at 2 in the morning and set 700 crickets loose in the halls. Well, more specifically the freshman hall. Then the time after that I got my nose pierced. Then I dyed my hair like, 5 times this summer.
So I think the lesson that I've learned from all that is that I need to find a healthier way to work off all this pent-up stressful energy I have. I'm just not quite sure how. As much as I wish it were it's not something I can channel into classes or schoolwork. I wish I could do that but I can't because when I have all this restless energy I just feel like I need to not be cooped up anymore. It just makes me feel like I need to go out and do something – hence the nose-piercing and hair-dying.
I don't know...honestly I wish I could just jump on a horse right now and ride. I can forget everything when we (me and the horse) just fly. There's no better high in the world (not that I've ever been high, I just can't imagine anything that can take a person to a higher state of euphoria than that).
Maybe I'll figure out something to do with myself soon. I hope so. I just no that I can't wait for the shoe to drop anymore.
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Anyway the last few times I felt restless like this I did some pretty stupid stuff. For example, I helped my friends break into our high school at 2 in the morning and set 700 crickets loose in the halls. Well, more specifically the freshman hall. Then the time after that I got my nose pierced. Then I dyed my hair like, 5 times this summer.
So I think the lesson that I've learned from all that is that I need to find a healthier way to work off all this pent-up stressful energy I have. I'm just not quite sure how. As much as I wish it were it's not something I can channel into classes or schoolwork. I wish I could do that but I can't because when I have all this restless energy I just feel like I need to not be cooped up anymore. It just makes me feel like I need to go out and do something – hence the nose-piercing and hair-dying.
I don't know...honestly I wish I could just jump on a horse right now and ride. I can forget everything when we (me and the horse) just fly. There's no better high in the world (not that I've ever been high, I just can't imagine anything that can take a person to a higher state of euphoria than that).
Maybe I'll figure out something to do with myself soon. I hope so. I just no that I can't wait for the shoe to drop anymore.
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Saturday, January 29, 2011
not sure what to call this one
What do you do when you want to trust someone but they did something really crappy to lose your trust to begin with? And then, when you do trust them again, what if you find something out that blows that trust again? But, what if you found that piece of information in a manner that also betrays trust? Should you confront the person about it or try to keep the peace and forget you ever found what you found? But how can you, when that piece of information is vital? Kind of at a loss for what to do.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Social Network review...
Hey guys, here's a link to a review of "The Social Network". For the record, I completely agree with it. :)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network/
Hope you all enjoy!
Peace and love,
Caitlin
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network/
Hope you all enjoy!
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Kodak moments...
Soooo when I got back to Queens from Spencer (my hometown) on Sunday night I was really excited because I had found my Kodak EasyShare printer and that meant I could print out my pictures here! Well I tried to set it all up and it wasn't working :( so I went to bed that night really disappointed.
Then tonight (1:45 a.m. on January 26, to be exact) I was doing some writing before I went to bed because it helps me relax. It's really quiet in my room, and next thing I know my roommate shoots straight up and yells "CAIT!!!!!" and makes me jump 10 feet in the air she scared me so badly.
Anyway she wanted to tell me she had figured out how to make the Kodak printer work because she saw it in a dream, or something like that (I wonder if that makes her psychic?). Anyway, after shaking it, slamming it down on the desk, a little more shaking, and a paper jam we finally figured out how to get it working :) it is now 2:30 in the morning...nearly an hour after we started this little adventure of ours.
I'm going to go print pictures now!
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Then tonight (1:45 a.m. on January 26, to be exact) I was doing some writing before I went to bed because it helps me relax. It's really quiet in my room, and next thing I know my roommate shoots straight up and yells "CAIT!!!!!" and makes me jump 10 feet in the air she scared me so badly.
Anyway she wanted to tell me she had figured out how to make the Kodak printer work because she saw it in a dream, or something like that (I wonder if that makes her psychic?). Anyway, after shaking it, slamming it down on the desk, a little more shaking, and a paper jam we finally figured out how to get it working :) it is now 2:30 in the morning...nearly an hour after we started this little adventure of ours.
I'm going to go print pictures now!
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Monday, January 24, 2011
Fight or flight?
When we're faced with conflict we have two options: fight or run away. So what do we do?
Look at a relationship, for example. What happens if you are crazy about someone – crazier than you ever thought you could be about anyone – but the world wants you to be apart? Do you fight for what – or who – you love or do you take the easy way out? Everyone wants to say that they would fight for what they believe in. But let's face it, we wouldn't all do that. And to me, that's such a shame.
"What's worth the prize is always worth the fight" - Nickelback
"Nothing good ever does come easy/ no, nothing good ever comes without a fight" - Everclear
We are surrounded by the idea that love is something that should be fought for no matter what happens. It's going to be hard, but it's going to be worth it. My best friend once told me that if you're right about something, then you have to take a stand for it.
I'm not really sure where this madness came from tonight guys. I could hear my roommate watching The Notebook and it just made me start thinking about this. I guess I tend to hold on to something until I have time to sort it out in my head, and tonight I kind of used this as my organization tool to figure it out for myself. What happened with Ali and Noah gives me hope. That even after years apart, after Ali's parents ripping her away from the man she loved, they were still able to find a way to be together. It's a great story. But is it really possible to have the fairy tale ending with such difficult odds? I have to believe that the answer is yes. I have to believe it otherwise I lose hope.
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Look at a relationship, for example. What happens if you are crazy about someone – crazier than you ever thought you could be about anyone – but the world wants you to be apart? Do you fight for what – or who – you love or do you take the easy way out? Everyone wants to say that they would fight for what they believe in. But let's face it, we wouldn't all do that. And to me, that's such a shame.
"What's worth the prize is always worth the fight" - Nickelback
"Nothing good ever does come easy/ no, nothing good ever comes without a fight" - Everclear
We are surrounded by the idea that love is something that should be fought for no matter what happens. It's going to be hard, but it's going to be worth it. My best friend once told me that if you're right about something, then you have to take a stand for it.
I'm not really sure where this madness came from tonight guys. I could hear my roommate watching The Notebook and it just made me start thinking about this. I guess I tend to hold on to something until I have time to sort it out in my head, and tonight I kind of used this as my organization tool to figure it out for myself. What happened with Ali and Noah gives me hope. That even after years apart, after Ali's parents ripping her away from the man she loved, they were still able to find a way to be together. It's a great story. But is it really possible to have the fairy tale ending with such difficult odds? I have to believe that the answer is yes. I have to believe it otherwise I lose hope.
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Facebook...what's the big deal?
Don't get me wrong, I like having a Facebook account. But am I the only one out there who thinks it's a little scary that something like this could become so popular so fast? Kirkpatrick says that after only a month of existence, Facebook had over 10,000 users. 10,000. That may not seem like such a big number right now, but think about it...10,000 users in just one month? And it was growing exponentially, adding new schools almost every day.
I don't have a problem with Facebook. I don't want people to think that I do. That's not it at all. I'm just completely in awe of how something like this could turn into such a pop culture phenomenon almost literally overnight. I don't understand the logistics of it, and I'm not claiming to by any means. It just makes me wonder...is our generation really this susceptible to trends? I know, I know, I have a Facebook account. I never claimed to be above it. In fact, I only got it because no one got on their MySpace account anymore. I knew that I needed to get a Facebook if I were going to stay in the loop about everything.
I gotta run guys. I'm going to give this some more thought and maybe ask around a little bit, starting with you all: How do you guys think Facebook became so popular? Maybe the more important questions is WHY?
Peace and love,
Caitlin
I don't have a problem with Facebook. I don't want people to think that I do. That's not it at all. I'm just completely in awe of how something like this could turn into such a pop culture phenomenon almost literally overnight. I don't understand the logistics of it, and I'm not claiming to by any means. It just makes me wonder...is our generation really this susceptible to trends? I know, I know, I have a Facebook account. I never claimed to be above it. In fact, I only got it because no one got on their MySpace account anymore. I knew that I needed to get a Facebook if I were going to stay in the loop about everything.
I gotta run guys. I'm going to give this some more thought and maybe ask around a little bit, starting with you all: How do you guys think Facebook became so popular? Maybe the more important questions is WHY?
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Visual Rhetoric
Ok so we talked about visual rhetoric in class on Tuesday. This is great for me because I LOVEEE political cartoons. I always think they're funny. However, I didn't choose a funny one to post because political cartoons wouldn't be the same today without the original cartoons...this one actually predates the American Revolution and proudly holds the title of first political cartoon.
In this picture, the persuasive message is that the colonies need to join together if they are to succeed in breaking free from the British. The intended audience is the American people, who were then British colonists about to fight - literally - for their freedom. Ben Franklin drew this and published it in his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette. He was trying to unite the colonies because he knew that there is strength in numbers, and if the British had to fight a war from across the ocean then the colonists would have a fighting chance - but they had to be able to work together.
Hope you guys enjoy this and I hope you learned something!
Peace and love,
Caitlin
In this picture, the persuasive message is that the colonies need to join together if they are to succeed in breaking free from the British. The intended audience is the American people, who were then British colonists about to fight - literally - for their freedom. Ben Franklin drew this and published it in his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette. He was trying to unite the colonies because he knew that there is strength in numbers, and if the British had to fight a war from across the ocean then the colonists would have a fighting chance - but they had to be able to work together.
Hope you guys enjoy this and I hope you learned something!
Peace and love,
Caitlin
Sunday, January 16, 2011
First entry...
So I've never really blogged that much (I'm embarrassed to say that my last blog was on MySpace - when it was still cool). Yes, I do keep a diary...when I remember to write in it, that is. My point is I've never really seen the point in blogging. Why would people put something online for the whole world to read and critique? Hey, if people enjoy it then more power to them. It just seems like it would be difficult to put a piece of yourself out there for everyone to read.
I basically made this blog as a class requirement, but maybe I'll actually get something out of it other than a grade. I guess we'll see, won't we? Until next time, all.
Peace and love,
Caitlin
I basically made this blog as a class requirement, but maybe I'll actually get something out of it other than a grade. I guess we'll see, won't we? Until next time, all.
Peace and love,
Caitlin
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