Independent Project

So, for this independent/creative project deal, I have no idea what I am going to do it on. I'm normally quite creative, I guess I'll just have to think on it some more. Regarding our Frankenstein paper, I think I'm either going to do a character analysis or analyze how the setting of the story reflects what happens and what takes place in the book. It's hard for me to come up with the four to five pages that I need to write. I think it would be easier for me to do the second option, but it might be more interesting for me to do the character analysis.

Frankenstein

I'm almost done with Frankenstein and to my dismay it is actually pretty good. I was not sure if I would like it at all, but it's pretty good. I'm on chapter 20 right now, which I know I was suppose to be done already with it but what can ya do. I've been so swamped with homework lately, I have classes Monday through Friday so it seems like I am always at Mott. I'm not trying to justify why I don't have the reading done, but oh well. I'm glad that we can come up with our own blog topics for now on. To me, it is a lot easier doing that than writing about a topic I don't really care about. Now I'm just sort of rambling to make my blog longer :) I'm not in the writing mood yet, but just like the reading, I'm late on this blog too. I have to write one more and comment on four peoples blogs and I'll be done! Yay!

Song Analysis

For my song analysis I'm going to do Tools song called The Pot. I love Tool, there seems to always be deep meaning behind most of their songs. When you first listen to this song, ya might think it's about pot, getting high and being lazy because you're so stoned. After reading the lyrics a few times I realized that it's more so about hypocrisy and how some people commit atrocities and hide behind laws or positions of power. It's kind of a neat song once you read into what it's really about.

Fridays Paper

Well, I don't really know what to write about for our paper that's due Friday. I'm not much of a "history buff" I actually kind of hate learning about history. So, I'm thinking about picking the first choice. I'm leaning towards writing about Hugo Chavez and his choices that he made while taking over things in Venezuela. Now that I think about it, I'm going to write about that. I probably should kick it in gear and get going on research right now... Good luck everyone on your papers!

And The Band Played On

I feel that this movie did a great job at portraying the AIDS epidemic. It showed how they also had to deal with bureaucracy and a government that just did not seem to care. They called it a “gay” disease, even though it was found in males, females, children and hemophiliacs, some of which were straight.

What really bothers me the most was the opportunities that existed by several people to catch this disease at various stages and it just was not done. This movie really does show how the AIDS epidemic reached the stages that it did before anything was done, and how the Doctors, researchers and even the federal government and the CDC contributed as much to the development of the disease as they did to discovering it.

I was also discouraged to hear that throughout this tragedy, there were actually people who might have been more concerned with helping and protecting their own reputation and agenda, as well as accepting the credit for their work in breaking down the disease. I do not know what it will take to remove political deliberation from life and death struggles, but what we need to do is work at saving lives, and worry about who gets credit later.