Holloween

Getting dressed up for holloween is like getting ready for the prom. Holloween is so fun because it gives us an excuse to dress up and change our identity for the night. This year I didnt have to pay anything for either of my costumes. On friday I wore my sailor costume from last year and then on saturday I wore my friend's devil costume. Finding a good costume that is a good price is a hard thing to do. My friend spent 50 dollars on a costume this year for one night. The thing I miss the most about high school is getting ready for dances and events like holloween I get to do it again.

The Butterfly Effect

I really did not like the first project we had to do for this class. I don't know if I just have a terrible memory or if I just had a tough time thinking of examples. However I am very excited for this next paper. I am doing my paper on one of my favorite movies The Butterfly Effect. This film is about a young man named Evan who is a psychology major at a university. Evan had black outs of some events that happened to him during childhood due to post traumatic stress disorder. During his childhood he had a lot of bad things happen to him. His father has a life sentence in prison, he experienced sexual abuse, and he saw one of his neighbors die. I have always loved this movie because I love the field of psychology. I saw it when I was young and then watched it again in my AP Psychology class a couple years ago. I will find this paper way easier to write about because it is on a topic that I am interested in.

Drugs

Why do people do drugs? Sure, people do them to have fun or to make them more social at a party but I'm talking about the heavy drug users. We all know that marijuana has its nickname "the gateway drug" for a reason. Usually for most people smoking pot is the first drug they do. Most people smoke pot to either relieve stress or to have some good laughs with their friends. Most people would say that marijuana is a somewhat innocent drug. It never kills any one by overdosing, it doesn't make you aggressive, and by the end of the night you wont be hugging porcelain. A lot of people make the argument that smoking marijuana is better than going out and binge drinking. Besides the social aspect of drugs, most users use drugs to feel better, relieve stress, or to escape from life. Users use drugs to escape their problems but in the end the drug is the problem.

My weekend

This past weekend was the most fun I have had in a long time. I got to go to anawesome concert and got to see three of my best friends from back home. On friday, after I got out of class, I headed to East Lansing to visit my best friend Kelly at Michigan State. Shortly after my arrival, we headed to the MSU auditorium to see our favorite rap artist, Mac Miller. The show was awesome! He had a really good stage presence and kept the crowd drawn in the whole concert. I gained a lot of respect for him because he has talent even when he is in front of a large crowd of fans. On Saturday, I drove back to Kalamazoo so I could be here in time for the homecoming football game. Once I got back I met up with my friends Justine and Nicole, who are good friends from back home. They came here for the weekend to visit. We all went tailgating and then to the game. All in all, it was a great weekend!

The Character Sue

If I had to analyze one character from the movie "Carrie" besides Carrie herself I would say that Sue is the next most interesting character. In the beginning of the film Sure just goes along with the crowd when they are all harrassing her in the locker room. She is not the leader of the harrassing  but she is also not standing up for Carrie and telling the other girls to stop. When their gym teacher(cant remember her name) tells the girls that they are going to have to attend detention for a consequence for what they did to Carrie, she seems to make Sue feel very guilty. Sue's best friend or somewhat "partner in crime" is Kris. Kris has a very bad attitude abour the detention and sets out for revenge on their teacher and Carrie. Kris tries to get Sue involved but she tells her to "shut up, and stop complaining". Not only does Sue not get involved in Kris' schemes she also gives up her big prom date with the school hottie Tommy. Sue asks her somewhat boyfriend Tommy, who is the allstar Mr. Popular, to take Carrie White to the senior prom. After a little bit of discussion he agrees to take her. He also ends up taking her and treating her like a princess and letting her have the best night of her life. During the dance when Kris pulls her prank, Sue tries to stop it but does not make it in time. Sue is a great character to this story because you really cant love her, she's practically a saint.

New life

The transition from high school to college has been very interesting. I'm not used to having this freedom, no one there to say "no you cannot go out tonight" or "is all of your homework done?". Some college kids cannot handle having this freedom. They go out every night no matter if they have classes and homework due the next day. These are the people that do not last in college. When I came here I was a little worried about how I would handle myself with the constant parties and freedom. So far I think I am doing pretty well. I have been able to keep on all my school work while still having a good time and meeting new friends.