Sunday, May 21, 2006

I realize that this is the final paper that everyone must do, but i sit here working, not on my 1st or second hour of typing either, thinking why am i asked to write only 4 pages "creatively" on sooooo much information. You ask for summaries of units, content of each essay, demonstrations and examples of the content, "how well-written the essay was despite the requirements", compasisons between drafts, and more quotes.
And "these are just the basic requirements."
But why. Why creative. Why not just make it easy on yourself, but letting us write shorter papers, and on us for not having to cram all this info into something creative? Just let us use a freaking "I". Let us just have a discussion with you. Is this frustration nessasary as i read through all my papers wondering why my "errors" bothered you so much, how i can put my "examples" in a nice format so you don't have to know how much i really truly disliked your course, like that'll happen. Your out of touch comments make me sick at this later hour. I just can't understand them. Isnt' taht what i've been saying all semester? I don't understand. Stop staring at me and telling me that i should be able to understand, and just fucking make me understand. Make it CLEAR! Remove the excess words and make it clear.
That's what i want to do with this paper. Clarify it. Purge out all this unnessisary shit that you insist on adding in. Its GARBAGE. THERE IS NO NEED.
I'll pass in my paper, i can't promise the length will be just right, or all the fucking unnesisary information will be included, but it will be passed it. Just remember. I wont remember this class for learning anything. Just the frustration you caused me. Thats it.
Why do you have to make everything confusing. Period. No question mark. Its a statement. My statement. I can write however the hell i want, and you never gave me a real reason why i couldn't.

Sunday, May 07, 2006

What about the reason for sneakers? They were made for athletic diversions, to allow us to, in comfort, run or jump or play. Today, this is exacerbated in the advertising, depiction, and packaging for sneakers. The way they are shown is hyper athletic. As with the advertisement, this is a pipe dream of the population. Everyone wants to be fit, running up hundreds of stairs without getting tired, pounding the pavement at 5 am, or getting that basket that shatters the hoop. Can sneakers promise this? No, but they can help you believe in the possibility. We are the fattest country in the world, but we buy (get number) of sneakers every _____. I have pairs and pairs of them in my closet, but that doesn’t make me Michael Jordan.
We buy so many of these things, spending (number) on them, while they are made so cheaply. They often fall apart easily, and are made so that you will have to quickly get another pair. But why? Couldn’t they be made to last? Of course, so could cars, cell phones and flashlights, but they aren’t. Consumerism rules. The American public is obligated to buy more, weather it be because we want to look like Micha Barton, or because the soles of our running shoes have fallen off, we will need to buy more.


revision:
What was the origional reason for buying sneakers, and have we come so far from that? Athletics is the Answer. Chuck taylors were once basketball sneakers before they were a punk craze, for people to run, jump and play in. Topday the athletisim aspect of the use of sneakers is played up in advertising, public depiction and packaging. They are shown as hayper athletic. People are willing to shell out often times more than fifty dollars a pair when they buy into the pipe dream that the advertisment sells; that maybe if they wear the shoes they too can become fit, run up hundreds of stairs without getting tired, or get that basket that shatter the backboard while swinging on the hoop. Sneakesr can't promise this with their cheap matericals, ,assembled in foriegn countries, but they help people believe int eh possiblities. We are the fattest country in the world, running around in our sneakers that fall apart so quickly, but we don't seem to care. We just buy more pairs in our consermerist culture, hopin gone day we weill become Michael Jordan. They could be made to last, but would our dreams then fade out in favour of reality? Cars, cell phones and flashlights could as well but that's not going to happen either. Our culture just wants to be Tiger woods, not worrying about the consequenses that occur just from making their shoes.