Brain vs. Brawn vs. Beauty

I have been watching Survivor this season, which I haven't done in a long time. What intrigued me back into watching it again was the tribes they created. They created 3 different tribes, one filled with people that all had really high IQ's (The Brain Tribe), one filled with really strong muscle-y people like cops, an NBA player, and more (The Brawn Tribe), and one filled with models and other pretty faces, (The Beauty Tribe). I thought this was so interesting! I have to watch it to find out who wins! At first the Brain Tribe has been HORRIBLE, but now that there's only 3 left and they merged, they are in a very good position to make it to the end. I personally think someone from the Brawn tribe is going to win though. They have an even bigger majority on their tribe, and when they merge again will most likely win all the challenges. It's logical. I don't want to make any guesses as to who specifically will win though. In that case, it's all about likeability, and that still remains to be seen.

Power of media

So, the other day, I was really hungry while on my way to work from my class, and I saw the Choose to Give activity going on where they were giving out hot dogs. The idea was that you donate to get one, so I decided it would be a good idea to donate a little something to charity so I could get a hot dog. While in line, I was pulling out my debit card and contemplating the amount of money to donate. I tend to be a tad stingy with my money, and so I was contemplating giving a dollar, because every little bit helps, and I'm a poor starving student with all sorts of debt to pay off. When I looked up for a second though, there was a poster. The poster said something along the lines of "If you are not willing to give when you have nothing, you won't be willing to give when you have everything." Something like that. Anyway, it made me sit there and think for a second about the validity of this statement, and how it's not fully true for everybody, but you know what else I did? I paid $5 instead of $1! I quintupled my donation. The power of media, people! Just that split second to read a semi-motivational poster to make me feel bad about holding all my money to myself, and I multiplied my donation by 5.

Long story short, media is powerful, and it can be used for good or for bad. Look out for how media affects you. 

"It done been blessed!"

Another video, yes I know, but so many good videos have been on my mind lately, and I've been sick, so I have a lot of time on my hands to go back and watch my favorites and make new favorites :). Julian Smith is super funny. I started watching his videos almost 4 years ago, or more. I don't even know, but some of these are just too good not to share. If you haven't seen this, you're welcome! If you have, well, you're welcome too!! :)




"Since I switched to pre-blessed food, ain't nothin' changed!"

Also check out Umove, waffles, any of his music videos, and more! :)

Hashtags

I really don't know how I didn't discover Jimmy Fallon earlier... He is HILARIOUS! I love this line of segments he does called "hashtags!" These are so funny, and this is one of the best ones I could find. I've been really into YouTube lately, so most of my posts are videos.. Yeah, I hope you don't mind! Of course you don't! You like laughing, so you're going to watch this video, then comment which hashtag was your favorite! Or if you have a funny #WorstCarIEverHad story, post it here! :) Play along!





My absolute favorite is the first one. :)

Funny Video

OH MY WORD!!! I just saw this video and almost died laughing!! I love Tina Fey, and I LOVE Jimmy Fallon!! These two together are soooooo funny! I am in love with comedy. So great. I love that some media has no other purpose than just to entertain. Enjoy, guys!





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Austenland

Ok, so I just watched this movie a week ago or so for the first time, and then watched it yet again 3 days later! It intrigued me, and I needed to see it a second time. So, this movie is about a women who is OBSESSED with everything Jane Austen has written, and she watches all the movie renditions of the books and even memorizes portions of the books. She discovers this place in England called Austenland where you can pay to have an "Austen Experience" by dressing up like people in those times and behaving and speaking like them. So, being Austen's biggest fan, she of course, has to go. She spends her life savings on it after seeing that her life is not what she wants it to be at all. When she gets there, she finds that she has paid for the cheapest package there is, while the other two ladies paid for the premium package, and so she will be excluded from parts of the trip. She is also promised that the experience includes romance with one of the actors. So as she goes about the experience, it seems to be all about finding out whose intentions are real and whose are not.

It is a movie that makes fun of the Austen movies while being exactly like one at the same time, so it is entertaining. After watching this movie though, I felt odd. I really couldn't put my finger on exactly what I was feeling, but it was a very odd feeling. Maybe it just had to do with the fact that I didn't follow it very well, or maybe it has to do with my past being a little like her experience in which she cannot tell when the man's intentions are actually real or not, and being played in that sense. Maybe it was because I tend to imagine myself in those situations and I know that if I were in that situation that the same thing would have happened to me..I don't know, it was weird. The second time I watched it, the movie over all made sense and I felt better about it, but that odd feeling was still there inside me... I really can't figure it out. But, while I'm trying to figure it out, I'll just enjoy the movie and its storyline. I really do like it, and it hooked me in and I had to keep watching. Chick flicks with a nonsensical romance always get me ;)

Hold It Against Me

I saw this cover of this Britney Spears song 3 years ago when it first came out. I had never heard the song before, and I had never heard of Sam Tsui either. Now, I've heard a lot of Sam's covers and I have heard the Britney Spears version. I like the way he sings this wayyyyyyyyy better than the actual version. I love the melodic surprises, and his improvisations. Other than that though, I don't tend to like his versions over the other ones. I think that he can sing a lot of the songs that are sung by women with his higher voice range, but I don't like his versions that are normally sung by men. Sadly, it's true. But this is one of my favorite covers of any song ever, so please, enjoy!!!

Pinterest

I love Pinterest. While it is much fun to just browse around ad look at cute pictures, I use it most for new recipes. I really don't like to cook, but that's the beauty of Pinterest, you find simple meals that make cooking super duper easy. They also have a lot of wonderful dessert recipes. Mmmm! I love desserts. So much! I just found this new page that has a list of 50 different Oreo desserts. So bad for you, but I tend not to care about that even though I should... I love sugary, chocolatey, fattening things. It's totally wonderful. I love baking sugary things a lot. Pinterest fuels my baking and making desserts. Probably a bad thing, but I love it :)