Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Last Thursday I went with Corinne to our work to see the employee preview of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. I thought that it was so good. I was thinking of something to blog and I remembered that I really liked the movie so I should blog something about it. So I was thought that it would be good to write about why I liked it so much. It really reminded me of the good ol' cartoons that I used to watch. I loved the cartoons and as they made it very close to that, it was even better than expected. When they make movies really close to the original it seems way better to me. The movie was also funny like the Ninja Turtles normally are, so it just captivates your attention. The graphics were also very interesting so it made it fun to just watch it even if you weren't too in to the movie. The movie is good to me because it brings flashes of nostalgia and is very intriguing to watch.

Stereotypes Suck



Why has third term been the hardest term of them all for me? I have been talking to many people and it seems that the third term has been the worst for all. I usually do really well in all of my classes but this term it hasn't been as great. I'm not doing really bad but it's just not as good as I'm used to and I didn't really seem to know why until now. I think that because before third term started I was told to expect it to be the hardest and to not do very well. So I went into it thinking that it will be and so I guess it really made that happen for me just because someone said that to me. This is what stereotyping does to the world, it makes them fail. I also think I'm not doinf as well because I have just kind of given up on the whole getting a 4.0 this term because I missed a couple days that messed me up. This whole term was just set up to fail since the beginning and I curse stereotypes for the rest of their days!!!!!!!!

TV is a Box of Problems


I see so many kids now these days that are out of control around other children. They seem to not really know how to act around people and they go crazy and are so unruly because of it. I was recently reading a book that was explaining a possible reason for the way most children act. It said that 2 year olds are on average getting at least 3 and a half hours of T.V. everyday. Those hours could have been spent in the presence of other children getting them used to interacting with others. Why will mothers allow their children to watch so much TV? It seems outrageous to me that they will do this. It could be because it's a good way to be keeping them easily occupied. But still, are the results worth it? Are all the problems that they'll have to deal with later on worth it? I really don't think so. Another reason mother could do this is simply because they don't know what TV can actually do to children. They don't realize that the simple act of sending them outside to play with other children is way more rewarding than just letting them be quiet on the couch. I think that it's sad that children must grow up like that but they really can't help that the TV is so appealing and if they are allowed to watch it constantly then they sure will. But mothers need to be aware that this really has a great effect on their children. Through laziness or ignorance, it has got to stop and children need to go out more with friends or play outside. I remember that that is how I spent my days and I really think it has helped. I just look at other kids and am grateful that my parents understood what a good thing they were doing for me.

Little Bundles of Joy, right?

I have 4 nieces. My oldest sister has three girls and my other sister has just recently had her first girl. My family was totally expecting to have at least one little boy by now with all the kids that were coming into our family. But no, we have not had a boy and aren't expected to for a long time. My brother and his wife are having they're first child and we were hoping to be a boy but when the ultra-sound came around we weren't at all surprised to find that it will be a girl. this doesn't really bug me that bad but it does seem that this is an awful lot of girls that we have. Why is my family cursed/blessed with so many girls? Besides the obvious fact that it's just how the X and Y chromosomes happened to work out there has to be some reason. I was thinking about this and then remembered that more than 75% of my cousins are male and so I guess it was time that our family start having more girls. And then I also thought about the kind of people that my family are and how we would be with boys hanging around and I realized that it would be even more hectic than it already is. The boys would be raised to be crazy adventurous people. The men in my family are all hyper-masculine so this boys would be raised with the typical I-have-to-be-tough-and-can't-cry type of attitude. While all of this is generally how lots of boys grow-up it would be to and even greater extent at my home. It is now clearly a good thing that my family is very femininely populated.