Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Summer Plans
My plans for this Summer are not very exciting at all. I do not plan on going on a vacation of even leaving my home state. My only plans for the Summer are to train hard and get ready for the next track season. Hopefully I will find something more exciting to do while I am home. But as of right now those are my only plans.
First Year of College
My first year of college has been a very memorable one. I met a lot of great people and even found some life friends. Earlier in the year I was really considering transferring to another college. After giving it a lot of thought, I decided to stay at Defiance because of the people here. I definitely do not think that Defiance College is worth everything I have put into it but the friendships I've made here even it out.
Alfred Hitchcock
The laws then forced the scenes where there was a kiss to be broken up into very short segments because in the 1960's kisses could not be longer than 3 seconds in length. Along with this, Hitchcock films featured certain details that would be considered inappropriate for that time period. For example, Alicia would be considered very inappropriate during that time period, girls were expected to be very refined and proper, but she was not like girls of this period. She frequently got drunk and put herself out there in many ways with men.
Throughout the whole movie T.R. Devlin, from falling in love, is trying to crack down on the Nazis hiding uranium. The feud between Nazi Germany and the United States was a very big historical event and in this movie it is portrayed very well. During World War Two the United States was always trying to bring down Nazi Germany. In Notorious the U.S. Government is after the Nazis and they use Alicia Huberman as a spy.
T.R. Devlin was just the one part of the movie while in the end him saving the girl from getting poisoned and almost killed. The movie just shows how different of a director Hitchcock was from other directors back then. Hitchcock uses historical context many times in the film one of them is the when they kiss they only do it for three seconds, another is when T.R. Devlin was saving her at the end while whispering to the butler about trying to kill her.
Alfred Hitchcock uses his camera movement and frame position repeatedly to show the major themes in Notorious, such as mistrust and betrayal. By doing this, he is relating the audience to the characters in the film. By having the kiss in the film broken up into shorter kisses may not have been Hitchcock’s idea, in the 1960’s a kiss could not last longer than three seconds.
Going Home
On Saturday May 7th I will Finally be going home for the Summer. I am very excited to be home with my family. Not being able to see them for 8 months has not been fun. The first four months were definitely the hardest. Once I went home for winter break I was a lot better. The rest of my time here was not so bad. Living in Arizona and coming to school in Ohio has definitely been tough. But I can not wait to be home!
Songs that represent my life
Music is something that I really love. I can just put on my head phones and listen to music for hours! If I had to pick songs that represent my life, there would be a few different genres. The first song I would pick is Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra. I chose this song because I always listened to music like this when I was growing up. My mom has always been a fan of Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack. Another song I would pick is El Rey by Vicente Fernandez. This song is one of the first mariachi songs I learned when I was younger. Mariachi music is a genre of Mexican music. Another one is Should've Been A Cowboy by Toby Keith because it was one of the first country songs I knew. Amazing by Kanye West is a good song because I use to get myself pumped up for track meets. Freaks by Timmy Trumpets is a great song that I use to get pumped up for lifting.
Outdoor All-Ohio Championships
On April 16, the Defiance College men and women's track team traveled to Ohio Wesleyan University for the All Ohio Championships. To be able to compete at this meet, the athlete has to hit a qualifying mark or time, depending on the event. I was lucky enough to qualify for shot out and discus. In shot put I finished 12th and in discus I finished 15th. It was a very tough meet. Some of the guys I threw against will be competing at the National Championship.
TED Talk
In this TED Talk, Pamela Meyer states that lying is a cooperative act. I agree with this statement. I do believe that lying is a cooperative act. Unfortunately lying is something that everyone does at least once in their lives. But in order to lie to someone a person must make the lie believable. If it is a ridiculous lie, the person getting lied to will not believe it.
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