Unlikely Job

The position that would most likely be the worst for would be Account management.  The reason I say that is because like the book states, “you drive the bus”.  Although I feel that I am a leader, I do not feel like I have the personality traits to keep everyone accountable.  The job requires a sort of bully.  Someone who isn’t afraid to tell you how they feel and that you need to speed up or your going to be fired.  For management they must put the whole project together at the end.  All of the finishing touches with regards to work on time and organized is run through account management.  

Account Management is like a coach telling the team what they have to do in order to make the client happy and successful.  This sounds like a great leadership position, but in reality it becomes focused on organization skills, and your ability to encourage people around you to get their work done on time.  Management is key to knowing what the client wants, needs, and how to approach it in the right manner.  The organization skills required for the position do not meet my personality and abilities to be successful at the position.  While meeting deadlines and managing the account, there is a level of enforcement and assertiveness that seems far too exhausting and unappealing to me.

Future Job

The job that fits me the best is Account planning.  I feel that this position is the best for me because of the lack of patterns.  Account planning isn’t a job that favors patterns and routines.  You are constantly finding new angles, new clients, new opinions, and meeting new people.  The book stated that it is less about organization and management but more about really thinking and solving problems.  I feel like this would be an excellent position for me because of that simple fact.  I can problem solve.  

My intuition with people and my understanding of how they live would help me as an account planner.  I would be the middle between the business side of advertising and the creative.  The book states that planners go beyond advertising and are thinking of all aspects of brands, people, and life.  With a minor in sociology I can really understand different perspectives and the way that they can relate to a product or company.  The most appealing part about becoming an Account planner is that they are apart of almost every aspect of a campaign.  You have a huge opportunity to really influence what the brand says to the world.  Some of the most successful account planners have an originality about them.  They separate themselves from the business aspect of the account and see things most people do not see.  I am kind of a geek with good social skills like the book describes.  I am too analytical to be creative but not detailed enough to be a good account positions.  Account planning is exactly the right position for me in Advertising.

Resume

                                                            Education

Southern Methodist University – Dallas Texas, (2006- Present)

Temerlin School of Advertising, Sociology minor

Major GPA: 3.2

Wide Receiver on SMU football team (2006-2008)

Member of Phi Gamma Delta

            - Philanthropy Chairman           

            - Clothing Design Chairman

            - Elected Corresponding Secretary

           

 

                                                      Work Experience

Dallas Country Club, Sept 2008-present - Golf Bag Boy/ Pro shop assistant

           

Fortress Sunglasses, Jun- Aug. 2005 - Warehouse executive in charge of organization,             building, and design for Fortress Sunglasses

             

Our House South County, Jun- Sept. 2006 - Valet/Waiter for a cooking class

 

 

                                                        Activities/ Interests

- Planner and Coordinator of FIJI Olympics, a Philanthropic athletic event.

            -Donations went to the Jim Caswell Foundation for Leadership and Development.

 

- Intramural Champions, 2008 (Football, Vollyball)

 

- Ran in 2008 Nike Human Race in 2008 (A world wide race in 25 cities)

 

- Race for the Cure, member (Student organization to raise money towards curing breast             cancer

- Church missions to Ensenada, Mexico (2004-2005).

 

The Resume portion of the book seems extremely helpful for future interviews.  There were a lot of things I didn’t realize while making a resume.  One of the points that the author makes over an over again is to keep it short and concise.  It said to never make a resume over a page long, not under any circumstances.  Another point the author made that was helpful is to never use possessive speech.  NO I, my, our!  This is a lot more professional.  Another area that I changed was some of my high school accomplishments.  No one cares about your accomplishments in high school.  I think the biggest part of the chapter that surprised me was that you should avoid using long sentences with periods at the end.  Recruiters do not like to read and that’s why its so important to keep it short and concise.

IPhone Aplications

My friend today was telling me about an application on his I Phone called "loopt".  You can literally know exactly where someone is at any time... Essentially, your I phone plays as a tracking device.  There is a process before you can track other people.  First you must add the application to your phone.  Then you have to send requests to the people you know in order to be there loopt friend.  Once you are there loopt friend, as long as there phone is on, you can know exactly where they are.  For example: If you are loopt friends with someone, they could meet you for lunch without you even telling them your going.  I find this application way too violating.  Even though people have to allow others to see where they are, who knows what hackers are out there that can locate you whenever they want.  Technology is causing our society to be less personal and far too violating.  Technology like this should only be used by the government or organization that has everyone's best interest.  Even then, when do you draw the line of the government looking to close into our lives.  The Patriot act allows the government to tap into anyone's phone line and listen to their conversation.  The idea works great for preventing terrorist activities and other unlawful actions, but our government has begun to contradict the very principles that we hold so dearly.

Plural and Singular clothes

Why are pants plural, but shirt is singular.  Everything that is below the waste is plural but above the wast is singular.

Simple Child Thoughts

Why do people continue to strive for more and more in life?  Some of the wealthiest people in the world want more money, objects, and fame.  I just as guilty as anyone else and I wish I could think like I did as a child.  Children find the simplest things incredible, which in a sense most of them are.  In "Knocked Up" one of the guys was watching his child play with bubbles.  He was amazed that his son could love bubbles as much as he did.  He wished that he could love anything as much as his son loved bubbles.  As simple as bubbles sound, they are pretty amazing.  The fact that liquid traps air inside of it and can float in the air is remarkable.  It took us hundreds of years to finally understand the way an air balloon could work, but imagine trying to make an air balloon with liquid.  There are so many things like bubbles that adults don't appreciate anymore.  Our society is so persistent on erasing our child like behavior and thoughts, but to really appreciate life some people need to start acting like a child.  A child could watch an ant pick up food for hours, but an adult would most likely kill it with bug spray.  The Ant picking up that food can be really incredible considering they can carry 10-20 times their own body weight.  So adults, stop popping the bubble and stop killing the ants.  Start thinking like a child.

Like Pulling teeth

Usually when people bring up places they hate to go to or people they hate to see it involves Dental or Doctor offices.  Yesterday I realized what trumps both of those, and that is phone stores.  I went into Verizon Wireless yesterday to buy a new phone and I left 2 hours later.  All I wanted was to buy a new phone and leave, but they had to make it far more complicated from what their job entails.  First off there were more employees then customers and I waited for 20 minutes to get help.  Maybe its because I am younger, I feel like older people get helped first because the employee thinks they will make more money off the older person.  Anyways, I finally got some help from a goofy looking man who barely spoke english.  I told him what I wanted, he asked me for my number etc.  Since I was linked to my fathers account I had to call him before I could make a purchase.  Of course he was out of town so i had to wait for 20 minutes for him to call back.  When he finally did, but the man helping me already moved on to someone else.  So once again I had to wait for help.  I finally received help from another interesting character.  I told him what I wanted and then he tried to sell me on 10 different accessories which i didn't need.   After i told him no for the 9th time, we began the buying process.  Since my father was paying for it, I called him and asked for the credit card #, the guy then told me that they dont take credit cards over the phone... this is when i kinda went crazy because i had to wait another 10 minutes for my father to wire over money into my account.  Long story short I was there for another 45 minutes signing papers and receipts.  The best part about this story is that when I got home the phone didnt even work properly.  They probably do that so that you buy more accessories.  At least at the dentist they are doing a service for you, at the phone store they waste your time trying to sell you unnecessary items. 

Drop the "neighbor" and keep the "Hood"

When you think about a stereotypical neighborhood, you think of nice families greeting each other outside of their home and white picket fences.  To be a good neighbor people are usually friendly towards each other and from time to time help each other out.  That all sounds pleasant, but what about the "Hood", sometimes referred to as "ghetto"?  I guess that the people living in the "Hood" decided to erase the neighbor from "neighborhood".  Is it because people in the hood are not friendly towards the people next door.  There isn't as much friendly hide and go seek in the hood compared to the neighborhood.  I just found it ironic that people living in lower class neighborhoods call it a "hood" and no one really wants to know what is going on in the house next door.  Who knows maybe im all wrong and the reason is because they always where their hood on their head.

Non profit organization..... 

Putting the "Neighbor" back in "NeighborHOOD"

Timeline of Mercedez (Intertextual)

This Commercial for Mercedez Benz is a great example of inter-textual material used to sell a well known product.  The beginning of the commercial starts with a black and white film of a classic film with Frank Sinatra playing.  The music it switches over to is more up beat and new school rather than old school.  The rest of the commercial is fantastic at showing the timeline of Mercedes Benz and how it has evolved but kept its same dependability.  The commercial covers all angles from safety, speed, and looks. The phrase it uses is "Fascination".  People were fascinated then and they still are.  

Into the Wild

One of my favorite movies "Into the Wild" is an incredible story of a man stretching his limits with nature and really appreciate how beautiful the earth is.  Iv probably seen this movie 10 times and every time I watch it I have more of a need to literally get into the wild.  There is something therapeutic about appreciating the beauty of our natural surroundings.  Most of the world today is wrapped in a suit and worried about wealth and what comes with it.  The older I get the more appreciating I have for nature and respect I have to not destroy it.  Im not a complete hippy, but I feel that our world has lost its connection to nature and made it a means to our end.  We use the earth for ourselves and fail to protect it.  In my eyes there is no difference between a man that hunts day and night for his family and grows crops in his back yard, from a man that is an entrepreneur for a fortune 500 hunting company.  The reason I say this is because everyone is dealt a difference hand in life, but persistence and work ethic is what matters.  When people spend time in nature and respect it, rather than take it for granted, it can help you appreciate life and give people happiness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlXRengzZoc

One of the coolest Nike commercials I have seen.  

It leaves me and the consumer thinking that Nike makes you "leave nothing" on the field, in the class room, in your house etc.  

They used NIke their whole life and look how far they have gotten.  

I think my favorite part is when it shows one of the babies kicking in his mom's stomach as if he is even training for his future career then.

The Wheel

One of the simplest, but most important inventions in our society is the wheel.  It must have started by people moving heavy objects over multiple tree logs and evolved into the tool that has remarkably  speeded our industrial culture.  Anything that you do tonight or tomorrow would take exceptionally longer without the wheel.  To get to class tomorrow it would probably take me 30 minutes compared to 5 driving.  All of our transportation on land requires multiple wheels.  Even traveling on Planes, the wheel is what gives the airplane enough speed to take off.  Anything you bought in your house, at least once a wheel was used in order to get that item where it is.  Even homemade products like a painting, fruit from your yard, etc. all depend on wheels.  A painting needs paint, which was shipped from some manufacturer.  The fruit grown in your back yard had to have seeds, soil, water, which could all be connected to a shipment.  Cargo ships move mass amounts of product, but for the people or manufacturers who aren't next to the water need a vehicle to distribute the product.  Without the wheel the largest buildings in the world could not be built.  Our lives could not be the same without the wheel.

Enforcers reflect the enforced.

The other day I was pulled over by a Highland Park police officer for going 10 mph over the speed limit at midnight.  I found this a little ridiculous since I wasnt putting anyone in danger and wasnt going excessively fast.  After this happened I began to think about what other reasons he would have stopped me.  I came to the conclusion that he was bored and he just wanted to write me a ticket.  Highland Park police really have nothing to do besides write tickets all day and be over suspicious about old ugly cars driven by someone other than a white caucasian.  This then lead me to pondering about how police men, enforcers of the neighborhood, reflect the enforced, us.  When you travel to a lower class neighborhood there are not brand new Chevrolet Tahoes patrolling the neighborhood, but old beat up Town and Countries.  The policemen in the beat up Town and Countries have more important crimes to regulate than me going 10 mph over the speed limit.  I am sure that the quality of the police stations also illustrate what kind of crime is present in that neighborhood.  Old ford= Burglary.... Brand New Tahoe= J walking.

Drinking age

The decision to make the drinking age 21 has always been disputed between our country and even the world.  To me it always comes back to the point that, if an 18 year old can go off and risk his life for his country then he should have the freedom to drink when he pleases.  To my knowledge, the only thing that a person below the age of 21 can not do is gamble (depending on the state) and drink alcohol.  By giving 18 year olds the responsibilities of an adult, then there shouldn't be any restrictions at all.  I have never been a crazy drinker, but based on logic it makes perfect sense for an 18 year old to drink when and what they want.  In one of my favorite movies, "Thank you for Smoking" they talk about how bad cigarettes are for the body.  The main character defends it by saying that distributing cheese and other unhealthy foods are just as harmful as cigarettes because of the nutrition factors.  I love this part because it really puts in perspective that it isn't always the product thats harming people, but the consumer and his/her choices.  I saw a bumper sticker that said "if guns kill people, then pencils misspell words"  Once again it shows that it isnt the product its the consumer.  So if an 18 year old, who is considered to be an adult, wants to drink alcohol then he should be able to.

America is weird

America, at least in the rest of the worlds eyes, is really weird.  Dont get me wrong, we do some wonderful thing for the world, but we have some strange aspects of our country.  First off, why are we the only nation that uses a different measurement system.  We use inches and feet instead of centimeters, meters, and kilometers.  We also use Fahrenheit instead of Celsius.  Celsius is so much easier.  Freezing is 0, not random 32, and boiling point is 100 instead of 270.  We make it so much harder on ourselves.  America also has an obsession with over sized everything.  Texas is sometimes referred to as the American state and we even say "everything is bigger in Texas".  America has bigger cars, happy meals, houses, candy bars, etc.  Everyone in America wants everything king sized or super sized.  The new Cowboys stadium is over 1 billion dollars, when they already have a wonderful stadium.  That seems a little ridiculous.  The rest of the world is laughing at us as we burn gas, waste energy, and get fatter.  I guess our self indulging lifestyle leads to us to always want to "one up" each other.  You always hear that in America.  "I heard he just got that thing, so im gonna get something better".  Even with the war in Iraq, we have this need to be the world police.  Although i have mixed views on the war, we still dont have to solve every problem.  Even if we feel like we are solving problems, we might just be interfering with their culture.  What if someone invaded our country and took away our capitalism, our religion, happy meals, Hummers, and basically our freedom?  We might understand where other countries are coming from.  My opinions might be a little extreme, but I say this to identify the problem we have in America and that is that we are too selfish to understand another person's or countries perspective

Rasta'

Today one of my friends decided he wanted to be spontaneous and style his hair in Dreadlocks.  So I probably wasted 4 hours of my day styling his dread locks, which by the way is a grueling process.  You have to section off the hair into squares of 1 inch and then put rubber bands around the clump of hair.  Once the hair is all sectioned off, you have to put wax in each clump, roll it in your hand, and then top it off with another rubber band.  It must be the hardest hair style to produce as well as the most painful.  My question is why would someone who isnt of the Rastafarian religion want to make their hair that way.  Apart from the look of it it is very unsanitary and just seems uncomfortable.  If you are Rastafarian there is much pride in their dreads.  The dreads are an expression of their inner spirit to emphasize their identity.  Their dreads symbolize their life as being "whole".   Bob Marley died because he wouldnt take medicine for his infected toe.  He felt that would be wrong as a Rastafarian.  It is very interesting the different hair, cloths, speech, etc that cultures form.  I guess people are laughing at us too.  We have woman wearing belts around their stomach and Men driving tanks we call hummers, but thats for a different blog.

Scent tied to Memory

When I went home this fall break the weather was beautiful.  The sun was shining, mid 80's, and still the california flowers were blooming.  I smelled our neighbors fresh cut grass coming home one day and instantly thought about playing football.  I just quit football the month before so it made me get sentimental and I just thought about the memories iv had playing.  Its funny the way a certain smell can put a image or a memory in your head.  One of my aunts who lives in Michigan has worn the same perfume since the day I was born.  Its a some what popular perfume so sometimes I will smell it on someone else and again I will instantly think of memories Iv had while visiting Michigan.  Almost every smell that I come across I have an image or a memory behind it.  When I smell something salty I think about some of my favorite beaches back home.  One of my favorite smells that brings the most memories the smell of a campfire.  It isn't necessarily a good smell but it is something that makes me happy because camping is one of my favorite things to do.  Once again, my obsession with that smell began in Michigan, listening to my uncles tell scary stories and roasting marsh mellows.  Even away from Michigan when i go camping in Texas, I have memories of all our best friends playing drinking games and telling stories around the fire.  The smells that I have encountered help me remember some of my favorite times.

Throw Pillows

I went through my normal routine today of picking up clothes, cleaning my desk, and making my bed and began to wonder why I have "throw pillows" or decorative pillows.  Every day they take up about half of my room space because i am always too lazy to make my bed right when i get up.  The only purpose these pillows have is when I occasionally sit and watch a movie and to make my bed look like it isnt owned by a child.  I feel like the older people get the more pillows they get.  For example, when your a child you usually have one single pillow, if a pillow at all.  My grand mother must have 15 pillows on her gold victorian masterpiece.  Probably 13 of those pillows have some type of sequence, jewelry, or uncomfortable fabric on them.  A bed is used for sleeping and serves for comfort, why would you put a daily chore on your bed that doesn't even serve the original purpose of a bed?  In 20 years we might even have velcro on our comforters so that it will be more convenient to attach the ugly pillows... Im gonna invent it! Haha.  Although people take much pride in their ugly decorative beds these pillows will soon take the place of beds.  Isn't that basically what the Temper Pedic is.  It is inevitable that we will all be laying on itchy pillows when we are old.  I will read this in my old age and laugh because of how proud I am of my itchy, ugly, large, old fashion pillow bed

Music, and the effect on people

Music is an amazing thing.  It is the language of the world.  No matter what language you speak music can affect people the same.  The light piano can sooth people, drums can tap peoples feet, electric guitar can slam people's heads from front to back.  Music provides a type of freedom from reality.  I can be stressed out, but with the right music I can turn my mood upside down.  With out music our lives would be a lot more boring.  Artists use their music as a form of expression.  Artist can say what they want in their music.  If I could have one talent in the world it would be to play some instrument to perfection.  I would love to write songs on the guitar and write lyrics about every aspect of my life.  Music can be a reminder of how things once were, an indication of how things are, and a view of where society is headed. Music can illustrate how our culture is. Music can deliver a message to a person or a group.  It can bring hidden emotions out, bring out secrets no one knows.  It is a truth everyone can relate to.  It is a kind of poetry, art, and provides entertainment.  Music is an amazing art form that can bring people together and reflect on their lives.  I love music!

OCD

Obsessive compulsive disorder is one of the most interesting disorders and it can be different for every person.  Many people over use the term and will refer to it as someone who is a perfectionist, clean freak, or very organized, but it is more than that.  It is more of an obsession that the person has to do when in a state of mind or position.  I have a really strange OCD that I do with angles.  Every time i pass a angled line or a wall I see an imaginary line.  Sometimes I will step on it or make sure not to step on it.  Another way is if i see a wall I will imagine if I threw a ball at that specific spot, I picture where the ball would bounce to... I know im strange, but i cant help it some times.  It could be from geometry classes or from all the sports i play, but its something that i cant break.  One of my friends has an OCD in which he has to have his toilet paper folded after he is done using it.... I think its hilarious.  He literally stops using the paper and folds it every single time.  I feel like that is a very spoiled SMU rich kid thing to do, so i always give him a hard time.  Another one that many people have is an obsession with scrambling numbers.  Like 37 59, people will think the pattern is 3+4=7 and 5+4=9... the common number between the pair is the first digit plus 4 equals the second digit.  Its so weird the way the brain automatically will do these kinds of thing without consciously knowing it.

Fastest Slugs

This Adidas Ad really caught my eye and im sure most of the viewers.  The firm that made this commercial did a great job of presenting the idea to the consumer that adidas running shoes practically does the work for you.  Not everyone truly loves running but these shoes present the idea that you can do less work with these shoes.  If slugs can make them move like that, then runners will excel.  Slugs are the perfect creature to use for this ad because everyone know they are one of the slowest, but adidas make them fast.

Hand Written

What happened to the hand written letter.  Besides speaking with someone in person, I feel like hand written letters are the most sincere way to communicate.  In this digital age our communication with each other has become very superficial.  Facebook, myspace, AIM, text messaging and even cell phones are all impersonal ways to communicate.  People sit on Facebook all day looking at other people's pictures, writing on their wall, and waiting for people to write to them.  Its pretty pathetic the way we waste our time creeping on others information and waiting for someone to write to you in order to feel better about yourself.  I say we because I am just as guilty as every other college student.  All people care about anymore is drama and what is the next party planned.  The further i go through college the less I wanna hear about people drinking at a bar and who they went home with.  Writing someone a letter or a thank you note is not common anymore, but I feel like it is a very personal way to communicate.  If someone types me a long letter versus hand writing it, I am far more likely to feel a personal relationship with that person.  By typing it you are using a machine.  Our culture has become dependent on digital communication and I feel like we have lost some of the personal aspects of a relationship because of it.... as I type this out:)

Pigs and Officers

I love how when people see a car pulled over with sirens on a cop car they slow down.  Its just funny because the police officer obviously has someone else pulled over so why do people slam on there breaks even though the cop will not pull you over.  Do you think the cop would want to get your attention if he was ready to write you a ticket?  I guess subconsciously people see sirens and people slow down because in the back of their mind they are getting pulled over.  I guess im guilty of the same things.  I also find it weird that when people are on the freeway and a police officer is in front of them, people refuse to pass the cop.  The officer could be going 10mph under the speed limit and most people wouldn't pass them.  I wonder if officers play game with civilians just to see how much power they have over us.  On the other hand, alot of cops break there own rules.  Some cops will be off the job on their way home and traveling 20 mph over the speed limit.  Another thing that bothers me is when police men abuse their right to enforce.  For example: My friend and I were traveling back from Utah and he was speeding, but not excessively.   So a cop flags us down even though he had someone else pulled over.  He gets to the window and tells my buddy that we were going 106 mph, which was ridiculous and inaccurate.   We drive the rest of the way home talking about how we never even went above 100 and he gets the ticket in the mail.  106 just happened to be 31 over the speed limit which was the highest price ticket (450).  If he would have been going 30 over it would have only been (150).  The cop obviously wrote us up for 106 because he knew that was the highest price.  Police officers do great things for our society, but it isnt right for them to abuse their power.

Garages and Closets

Almost every family has a garage and almost every person has a closet.  They use it for storage and simply putting old things out of sight.  If someone were to dissect these rooms of trash and unwanted objects they can learn a lot.  Garages and closets reflects where people have been, what they wore, what they did, and who they were.  When I was younger my family would clean out the garage every 6 months.  I didn't realize it until now how interesting it is to analyze your old objects.  There were a few painting that we had in our garage that were hideous and I proceeded to make fun of my mom for ever purchasing such a horrible mixture of paint.  In her defense those paintings were very "in" during the 90's.  I remember cleaning out my closet one day and coming across a jacket i once used for snowboarding.  I laughed at myself for ever buying a jacket that puffy and ugly.  I guess I thought it was cool too look obese.  Another funny thing about garages, at least in my family, is that once an object has been used and then put in the garage it will never be used again.  There are things like camping gear and other seasonal possessions that will be used, but for the most part we pile up our crap until it gets too high and then we get rid of it.  Realistically there is no difference between a trash can and a garage.  They both hold used products or objects that will never be used again.  The recycling of trash, is equivalent to giving your old things to a Goodwill or Salvation Army.  Since this is so common with families garages, maybe there should be a Garage man as well as a Garbage man.

Whats interesting is that if you put the letter "b" in Garage, it is Garbage.

Bulletin Boards

There is a bulletin board above my desk that is more for picture, tickets, and memories than reminders.  I was looking at the bulletin board the other day and began to think of the way our mind works with memory.  I started looking at the memories on the board and realized that if i hadn't saved most of the pictures, ticket stubs, etc I would never think about the memories I stored while acquiring them.  Its funny the way that our imagination works with pictures and visuals as well.  Every picture you see your brain makes a copy of it, more for some than others.  Like when you read a book everyone has a different image in their head of what the monster, the house, or the person looks like.  There are things stored in my head that I have never experienced but because of images I can imagine what that would be like.  I am acknowledging this because I want to remember everything I have done, and these pictures, tickets, posters etc. all help me visualize my memories.   Through my bulletin board I live in the past.

In and Out

I thought of the movie Osmosis Jones while driving and how the people (cells) in the body drive cars through the body to get to separate organs.  There are a lot of comparisons you can make about cells, organs, and our bodies to our lives in cities throughout the world.  For example:  every citizen plays a role in the way our society runs.  The doctor helps other citizens, the trash man takes our trash, the companies produce products for our benefit.  The body works very similar to that.  Every cell, organ, and areas of the body work together to make the body work properly.  The white cells work as a doctor would, killing germs and sicknesses.  Our digestive system works similarly to a trash man.  When you watch a city or even a freeway, you can visually see the comparisons to our bodies.  Our cars are all driving on roads to end up somewhere, like a cell in a vein or an artery.  Each car has a license place which and each person has identification, like DNA.  You could go as far as saying that our skin keeps our body warm, like the atmosphere keeps our earth inhabitable. The most important comparison is our brain, which plays a governing role telling the other parts of the body what to do.  With out government there would be no order, and without our brain nothing in our body would work.  I could go on forever about the similarities between our bodies and the way our society runs.  I just felt like its worth thinking about.

Life should be flipped

Everyone knows how life is supposed to be... you are born, you grow up learning how to survive on your own and how to find yourself.  You go from high school to college, which is supposed to be the best times of your life.  After that you start a career or a job, get married, raise a family, and get old.  As you get older you lose your aspirations and you begin to settle for what you have and think about the good times in life.... I think that life should be flipped.  More specifically with the things you do or can do should be flipped.  So lets start with your old age.  You have alot of knowledge but you really cant apply that knowledge to your life because you are too old.  As you get a little younger people you knew come back from the dead and you realize how much you love them.  Get a little younger and you start to play golf again and can do more physical things than before.  The younger you get the more personal pleasures you get to experience.  Your wife gets younger which im sure most old men would prefer...  Then the peak of your life should be College where you go back experience all of the people you love and it is a giant celebration.  As you become a teenager and a child you are past partying and raising children, you get to focus on yourself.  You get to depend on your parents and everyone around you for help, money, and plans.  When your a child you appreciate everything as well.  Everything you encounter is for the first time and that is always the best.  As you get younger and become a baby you lose your teeth, hair, and intellect.  You become someone people take care of and you get all the attention in the world.  Thats the way life should be, the older you get the less responsibility you should have.  Once your back in your mothers womb you spend your last 9 months floating with luxuries like central heating, spa, room service on tap, and then you finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieSzsh4hJWI

This is another one of my favorite commercials.  In case you havn't played the game "Grand Theft Auto" it is a game based on illegal activities.  You basically do as many illegal things you can then you get closer to beating the objective.  Its based off of the mafia or gangster lifestyle.  Coke uses this game to show that a Coke can make people happier.  Coke uses the phrase "The Coke side of life" to emphasize that Coke makes even the worst people happy.  My favorite part is when the main character gives his jacket to the homeless man and throws him in the car with a bunch of good looking woman.  Coke does a good job of making everyone in the commercial look like their life is getting better because of Coke.  Definitely in my top 10 ads.

Buying wins

American Sports is one of the biggest businesses in the country.  Some athletes make over 15 million dollars a year yo hit a ball, shoot a ball, run a ball, and throw a ball.  The most successful sports in America are football, basketball, and baseball.  These 3 sports bring billions of dollars in every year.  Alex Rodriguez, a New York Yankees baseball player makes more than the entire Florida Marlins Baseball team.  Alex makes 28 Mill a year while the 33 player for the Marlins make 21.5.  I bring this up because to put in perspective how one player can be payed this much when every player is in the same profession, it goes to show how much money is circulating sports.  The difference between baseball and the rest of America's sports is that every other sport has a payroll limit.  The New York Yankees pay over 200 million dollars to players while 5 other teams payrolls put together do not add up to that.  I feel like the competitive nature of the sport is diminished when there is such a big gap.  The history of money pumped into the Yankees organization has produced 26 world series, the closest to them are the St. Louis Cardinals with 10.  I hate the Yankees not because of there success, but that most of their success has been bought and that is the worst part of sports these days.  

Cake in a pan?

This Sunday my roommates and I made a typical breakfast with eggs, bacon, and pancakes.  As we made the bacon and the pancakes I realized how unhealthy both of these items are.  They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that you should eat dessert for breakfast, well then why do we eat fried cake with sugar or syrup poured all over it?  As the name illustrates, "Pan-Cakes", we are frying cake in a pan.  What is the difference between a slice of cake with frosting and a pan cake with powdered sugar or syrup? Nothing.  Depending on the cake and how much frosting or syrup you use, the amount of sugar, fat, and calories are probably the same.  On that note, who and when did we figure out what dinner, lunch, and breakfast meals go with each time of day.  I feel like most breakfast food is better at night than in the morning. The term is used to describe the breaking of the fast of sleep.  I feel like Americans try to do this by eating as much sugar as they can so it wakes them up, but they failed to realize that 3 hours later they will be sleeping, which defeats the purpose of break-fast.  Based on nutrition facts most breakfast items should not be in that category.  If I ever own a restaurant I will serve fried cake, pancakes, and french toast with every consistency of sugar poured all over it.