Two Weeks

Hey guys!!! So this is my last required blog for my English class, I have not decided if I am going to continue it or not…we will see. For this blog I am just going to talk about my crazy weekend and the week ahead. As most of you know exams are coming up and that means we all have tons of papers to write, but I didn’t stay home to work on it. On Friday I drove up to my dad’s house in Richmond for my Uncle Vinny’s graduation from the police academy and a friend’s wedding to see everyone from high school. I drove up right after class on Friday, which put me there right around dinner time. I like going to my dad’s because it puts me close to my high school friends, but I hate having to find parking on the street downtown. Anyways…back to the weekend.

Saturday morning we had to wake up early so that we could all be ready in time for Vinny’s graduation, which went well. We ate so much food that I could not move, I guess that is what you get with an Italian family. Then I had to go to the wedding. It went ok, I was glad that my best friends from high school were there. After waiting around for the bridal party to take pictures for over two hours they all came out. Not long after that we, meaning my friends and I, bailed. We went back to my best friend Jeremy’s house to change into more comfortable clothes. Then we all loaded into cars so that we could go meet more of our friends and hangout. We all talked for around an hour in the cold, but then I had to leave because I needed to say goodbye to my family and drive the hour back to Richmond. Needless to say I made it back and then drove back to Wilmington on Sunday.

Although this weekend went well, the week that we are starting is crunch time. I have got to finish all of my papers, which are not going so well, and get ready for all my exams which are all the first week of finals. On top of that I am driving to my mom’s house outside Winston Tuesday night for Thanksgiving Break. Once I get there I need to get work done, but don’t know how easy that will be with over ten people staying at my house. Wednesday morning I need to take my car to the shop in hopes of getting it fixed and the oil changed. I guess my days are planned out and my nights will have to be for school work. I think if I can make it through the next two weeks alive and finish my school work, with decent grades, I think that I can make through almost anything.

Advertisement

The advertisement that I have chosen is a Covergirl ad featuring Drew Barrymore. The ad is full of color with pink writing which will catch girls’ eyes, who are Covergirl’s directed audience. The bold letters draw you to the brand name which is what the company wanted. Once they place Drew Barrymore in the ad, along with her name, they place credibility within their product. Some teen girls and even some adults look up to Drew Barrymore. So, if they want to be more like her, they will buy the product that she “wears.” At the bottom of the advertisement it also explains about their mascara and what colors it comes in. In addition, it tells you where you can find this product on their website. At the bottom of their page it has the tag line “Easy breezy beautiful COVERGIRL.” This is for people to recall their product’s brand name, with a catchy phrase, in hopes of having them buying it.

Facebook

Because I have nothing better to talk about, I am going to discuss Facebook. Although most people use Facebook for keeping up with old friends, most who you probably hated in high school anyways, it can be used for more than that. A recent article claims that a New York teenager was set to go to jail for a string of armed robberies, but to their surprise he was saved by nothing more than a Facebook status update. I guess I never thought Facebook could be used for something more than teenage nonsense. Thanks to Facebook a teenager dodged twenty-five years in prison. Now don’t get me wrong, I think that Facebook also has its downfalls. For example, other articles say that there are thousands of sex offenders on it because they were kicked off of MySpace. Facebook has no real process to creating an account; as long as you have an active e-mail address your welcome to join. In Facebook’s defense, it does have security options available, but you need to go in and set them. Now, as to how reliable some of these sources are, I have no answer. As many of us know, anyone can post anything on the internet, just like I am now. I guess the point to this whole mess is that we never know when we will be accused of something that we honestly did not do, but sometimes the thing that proves our innocence is found in our everyday things, like posting on our Facebook page.

Papers 4 Sale

So this whole blogging thing seems to have gotten away from not just me, but a lot of people. I wish I had some exciting story to tell, but sadly I have nothing. The past week and I know my future weeks will be filled with school work. We are a few short weeks away from the end of fall semester, which means that my life is filled with essays that I don’t want to write, nor do I think teachers really want to read. I want to know how teachers determine the page length of their assignment. For example, our English paper has no real limit and neither does my online final, all you need is enough to cover your topic. However, my Jurisprudence paper assignment is supposed to be ten pages. My problem with length of papers is that I just want to get to the point and be done; I hate beating around the bush and having to add fluff to a topic in order to make a page length requirement. All this does is leave me wasting time making crap up and teachers wasting their time reading it, if they really do. I am convinced that some teachers don’t even really read their papers; they just skim to make sure it “looks good.” To back this theory I have had a friend who was assigned a ten to twenty page paper, on the eighth page she started to ask questions like “are you really reading this” and “this paper sucks,” I would like to note that she still got a B with this added crap. I, however, never have the guts to add things like this. So for the next few weeks when I am not busy with homework, in class, or running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I will be sitting in my room or in the library trying to finish these papers that I don’t even like the topics of. This includes the last English paper (which will include a presentation), a ten page paper on the legal philosophy behind criminal justice, an analysis paper of another paper for Logic, and an essay style final (which at mid-terms ended with twelve pages for five questions) for my online Jurisprudence class. As much as I like being in school, the papers kill me. Oh well I always just tell myself that soon it will be over and I will be writing papers or something like a paper for future employers. Too bad my life cannot consist of either just classes and tests or writing papers, because both just seem like too much at this point. Well I guess with all that said I need to get some dinner, figure out a game plan for all this work, and find time for the gym. Welcome to my life…it sucks sometimes!

Nothing Special

OK, so I am kind of falling behind on this whole blog thing so I am trying to get back into the swing of it. Sadly nothing overly exciting has happened lately, just the usual life spinning out of control. This coming week is super crazy with four meetings and registration for classes. I have two papers I need to start working on; my English one which I might change the topic of half way through (as usual) and my ten page paper for Legal Philosophy. I just don’t really know where to start on either of them nor do I want to start on them. I also have a test this week in Logic, which I am also not looking forward to. My friend Ben always tells me he wishes he gave college a chance cause it is so much easier than the Marines, but I don’t think he understands that college is not always fun. You pay people a lot of money to give you assignments and homework. Granted, you can choose not to do them but then you fail and paid all that money for nothing. It is times like this that force me to remind myself that the grass is not always greener on the other side.

Now on to something other than school…my life outside of school, what little there is. I was sitting in my living room this morning wondering why in the world there are so many plants in this apartment; I mean does the third roommate think this is her personal green house. There are so many of them, most of which are overgrown, that I feel as if I am in the kid movie Jumanji. While I was sitting in the thick forest that is my living room my sister called. It was no big deal till she sprung news on me that I had yet to hear! I guess my dad has been going to the doctor and they say he is borderline diabetic, so I am not sure how to handle it. I mean I know his dad has diabetes, but everyone always told me he got it from the gases and stuff while away at war. My dad, although retired Navy, never went into an active war zone. I mean don’t get me wrong, I know that people can live with diabetes it is just sad you know. On a bit happier note, I went to a Halloween party this weekend that was a lot of fun. We played some odd games like bagel on a string, so hard to eat a dry bagel.

Well I guess I better figure out what is for dinner. This time change has thrown my whole schedule off balance. Well hope everyone had a good Halloween and is ready to hit the ground running come tomorrow morning.

What Word Do You Use?

So this blog is for a school assignment in which we have to talk about a word or words that we use most often. When it comes to the way that I talk it depends on what I am doing. When talking to friends I tend to say “bonus” a lot more than normal people do. I picked this word up from my sister-in-law, because she says it all the time. I use this word because I can change the way I say it depending on what is going on. If one of my friends found out great news, I say “bonus” in an excited voice. But if something bad or just not so good happened, I tend to say it with sarcasm. However, if I am texting or talking to someone online I never use the word “bonus” it is always “lol.” For all you non-texting people, mom, that’s laugh out loud. I am not sure why I use this so much but I think it is to keep from having an awkward silence. Whenever a friend types something and you feel like your suppose to respond, but not sure what to say…that is when I put lol. I have no idea of any one person that I picked this “lol-ing” up from, but I use it more than a normal person should. Maybe it is just because my friends are not normal and bring on a lot of awkward situations, I don’t know. So those are the two words I tend to say a lot around my friends, “bonus” and “lol.” These are two things I would never say or type to a professor, however. The most common word there would probably be “thanks” or “thank you,” because that is always how I end e-mails which is my main form of communication with professors.

Just People

So today I had a two hour break in my schedule with nothing to do, which is unusual because I always seem to have a ton of homework I need to work on. In this two hour window I did what most college kids do and “surf the web.” This kept my attention for all of thirty minutes. As I tried to pass the rest of the time I found myself ‘people watching’, which is something I tend to do when there is nothing better. As I sat in the glass Passover on campus, I could see not only the people around me, but also people who walk by and that are outside. I would like to note that this weekend is parent’s weekend so people may have been acting more civilized than normal. Inside the crossover there is a girl reading and book and a guy on his laptop reading off of the EReseve site campus has. The other side of the room is filled with this couple who, in my opinion, have odd dynamics (but who am I to talk about odd dynamics in a relationship). He seems to be the care free kind of person who relies on others to get by in life. He is wearing shorts and a short sleeve t-shirt, its fifty degrees out! She is bundled up like we live in the Antarctica and very adamant about getting her assignment done. He keeps on telling her to stop working, eat something (because he went downstairs and got her a sandwich, which she paid for). She then whines about the sandwich saying that it is too big and didn’t have enough lettuce on it, it was a regular. What is with girls at this school and not eating anything? I mean don’t get me wrong, there are days in which I eat like a bird (small amounts but lots) or when I am in deep concentration with an assignment that I eat nothing. However, if someone brings me something that I did not have to obtain myself I am not going to whine; you say thanks and eat it.

Next I want to talk about the people who think they can ride a skateboard, but really they have no control over it and just run people over or fall on their ass like one kid did. In addition to those skateboarders, were the bikers. What is with some of them riding down the sidewalk and thinking they can’t take their bike in the grass, but you should walk off and clear room for them? I also don’t get the people who feel the need to yell across campus at the wrong person or at a person who has no idea they are even talking to them. For example, if you yell the name Emily, like fifty people are going to look.

In addition to all this, we have the support tables. These are the tables that people set up to get people involved in their cause, but the people working them are not aggressive at all. They just sit there and talk to each other, they don’t talk to those walking by or even stop their conversation when someone approaches the table; HELLO no wonder your still recruiting people! Well I guess I could go into the people who are still a little drunk from last night or wake up three hours before class to get ready when no one really cares that they are even there, but I won’t. I’ll stop here and head to my last class of the day. =)

Religion and/or Spirituality

So for this blog I have to talk about my religion and/or spirituality, but before I begin I would like to reiterate that these are my views and I am not pushing them on anyone so as a favor please don’t push yours on mine. However, I am always open to a good discussion not a lecture!

When it comes to my religion and/or spirituality I have no real hard stance. I believe in people’s rights to practice a given religion and am always open to experiencing them as well, but I don’t observe any one religion. As a child my family and I went to a Methodist church. I attended Sunday school every week and was active in Vacation Bible School. During the summer, going from fifth to sixth grade, big drama broke out within the church family. People began to act as enemies and talking about people when they didn’t have the facts. This drama drove my family to not attend this church, but my parents never found another church for us to attend. Then when I was in high school I took the liberty of finding another church that I enjoyed attending, this one was a Baptist church. I attended this church on my own for about two years until my family moved. These are the two types of churches I attended the most, but I also went to church with friends every once and awhile. I do not have strong ties to any religion or denomination, but I do believe that there is a higher power although I don’t observe it.

I also would like to point out that although I believe in a higher power, I don’t feel that laws should come from what people believe, especially religiously. People believe all different things and you cannot expect everyone to agree with everything. I feel that people should be tolerant to all religions because that is why people came to the Colonies in the first place, in a search of a new life and religious freedom. If we don’t accept that people have religious differences and we are always trying to push our religion on to others, then are we not ignoring one of the reasons immigrants came over. I have always wondered this and want to toss it out there, are missionaries going against religious freedom by trying to push their religion on those of poor countries? Just a thought…sorry if my views confuse you, but I kind of have mixed views.

What to Change?

So for this blog I think I just want to vent about my stress. I really feel like school could send me off the deep end this semester. Before fall break started, I spent the whole day in the library looking for sources so that I could write my ten page legal philosophy paper, which I finally finished at ten o’clock that night. I also had to come up with something for my English paper, because I didn’t realize that I needed a rough draft on Friday. Writing this paper would have been easier had I been able to focus and not have to fight with my rude roommate who I wish would go away. Now that I have re-read over my rough draft and had more time to think on break, I think I want to change my topic, but I am not sure if I can. If I were to change it I would make it about fire safety with Smoky the Bear. I don’t know what to do. So, now that you know those two papers going on, I am having trouble figuring out one of my logic problems and still waiting for my Jurisprudence teacher to post my online mid-term paper, which was suppose to be up by 10 AM today, Monday. When that gets posted I need to get to work on that and prep for my Constitutional Law mid-term which is stressing me out more than anything. I just have no idea how I am going to juggle everything; but somehow it all always seems to fall into place.

Does anyone out there know what I am talking about? It seems like everything seems to go downhill at the same time, it can’t ever be one thing at a time. Alright well I guess I better figure out what I am going to do…to change the paper topic or not? Any ideas?

Campus Proposal

When it comes to issues on campus, we have a lot; but what campus does not? Our group came up with things such as needing better bus routes for the on-campus shuttles and making scantrons free on campus. However, the one I want to talk about deals with enforcing the twenty-five feet rule. The campus has done surveys on the number of students who think this is a good rule, I think it is somewhere around 80%. What is the point in having it if no one enforces it? According to campus rules, this rule says that you may not smoke within twenty-five feet of a building entrance, but most students do not care to follow this. I propose that our campus place a fine on those who do not follow the twenty-five feet rule. If we have cops walking around and handing out twenty-five dollar fines, then I think more people will obey this rule and those of us who don’t smoke can attempt to avoid it.

Now some of you may ask, “Where will these cops/smoking enforcers come from?” Well, as we mentioned in class, there are a lot of undercover cops on campus, which most of us including me find a waste of money. Not that we do not need cops, but I do not think they all need to be driving around in cars. That brings the problem of spending more money because we need more cars for them; more cars mean more money for gas. If we take some of these cops out and place them on bikes or just walk by foot, it would help save money and benefit our environment. These police could go down Chancellors walk and have easier access than just having to follow the roads. While these cops are walking around, they could hand out smoking tickets. These smoking tickets could help bring in more money so that we could hire more teachers or even allow for teachers to make more copies so students can have more than just copies of tests.

I think that, by imposing a fine on twenty-five feet, it can only help to benefit our campus. Wwe will, in a sense, be gaining more money than we would be spending by saving on cars and gas that campus police waste. If we do not enforce this rule, then what is the point in putting it in place? We have spent money on making posters and t-shirts to support this rule, but nobody is really supporting it. If we wished to take it one step further, we could make designated smoking areas like a lot of places have. This would help make enforcing the rule easier because cops would not need to guess what twenty-five feet is the area would be marked. Designated areas would also allow for non-smokers to not have smoke blown in their face; it is never fun to breathe in smoke from someone who is walking in front of you or riding their bike by. It is forcing me to breathe in their bad habits that I do not wish to endure. In addition, I think theses enforcement ideas would make it harder on smokers to the point that some of them might even quit, which would mean we have a healthier campus. By enforcing this rule and possibly assigning designated areas for smoking on campus, it will benefit not only the students, but also the college’s budget.

Happy Birthday!

Well this weekend was all about friends’ birthdays, which has left me so tired! Friday night I went out for Ryan’s birthday, which is really this Tuesday. We went to a Greek/Italian restaurant and just hung out to play Apples to Apples. We are going to eat cake on his real birthday, but we wanted to get together before since everyone is going home next weekend for fall break; which I cannot wait for. Then last night, Saturday, we went downtown to Reel Café for Jessie and Angela’s birthday. We sat around and talked forever and then went out for ice cream and just walked downtown. After about thirty to forty minutes of wandering downtown, we came back to the apartment and watched One Tree Hill DVDs and played Apples to Apples. Everyone left around 2:30 in the morning…I was so tired! To top it off GA Tech beat UNC on Saturday, could not be happier about that!! All in all, this weekend was good. Now if only the homework fairy had come. I have a Logic test tomorrow, which I am kind of unsure about, so I have to study for that tonight. Also, I have my mid-term in my Film class on Tuesday; once again I am unsure about it, but better. I wonder where the first half of the semester went?!? This week is going to be a crazy one, but at the end of it I get to go home which should be fun!

The Obituaries

The obituary I chose to read for this assignment is Farrah Fawcett’s, published June 25, 2009. The article talks about her death from anal cancer that spread to other organs of her body. Farrah Fawcett is written to have been a great icon for many and had a fabulous career. They support these claims by talking about her hit red bathing suit poster that sold more copies than any other poster. They also give examples of her career by mentioning the “Charlie’s Angels” television show created by Aaron Spelling. The New York Times also mentions her start into the Hollywood business; she dropped out of college and started working in commercials. Discussion of her other roles, where she is mostly the victim, is brought up also. Overall, the obituary only discusses positive things and leaves us with fond thoughts of Ms. Fawcett. I think the whole point of having an obituary is to make others aware of the death and also let them know what type of person the deceased was.

Celebrity Shopping

OK… so I know I should be doing my homework and getting ready for tomorrow, but I will do it after this. Today I found out that I am going with my roommate to extra for One Tree Hill on Thursday. In preparation for this we went shopping after classes let out. As I was walking through Forever 21, I hear Stephanie whisper in a panic, “EMMA!” I asked what and she said that Amber Sweeney was just walking right by me. I said ok cool and made sure she was ok. Less than two minutes later she sees Joy and we decided it is time to try on our clothes. As we were going in Amber was going out, so all was good there. We were not in there a whole minute when both Amber and Joy came into the area. Stephanie was freaking out because Joy was across from me and Amber was standing outside just like she was. As we were in the confined area, we were hoping our cell phones would not go off, because both our phones have their songs on it, Amber kept looking at my clothes and Stephanie at Joy’s. Finally we finished and decided it was time to pay, but just as we were standing there Joy comes running out and starts trying to figure out what jewelry matches the outfit. So Stephanie decides to go to the other stand and look for a bracelet, which we find. Finally we pay and leave, the whole time second guessing not saying anything.

I have always found it rude to bother them when they are just trying to be normal people, but I think a part of us want to get a photo or autograph something. It was just funny seeing them in jeans and a shirt, not all dolled up like at filming. So it was an interesting day of shopping to say the least. Ok well I better get off and do homework! Chat soon!

Oh What A Party!

Ahh…so what a week! At the start of it, I wanted to write about football, because we are getting into that time of year!!! :-) However, I have a feeling that some people will have no idea what is going on and plus we are into next week’s games. So to say what I want in short I am happy GA Tech won (2-0 at the moment, but they are playing as I write this and not doing so well).

So off on another note, I think I should write about the party we had Monday night, for those of you who were not there. So… One Tree Hill had a season premiere and in accordance with Stephanie’s tradition we had a party. Our apartment was filled with about ten college girls and more Chinese food then a football team could eat, or so it seemed. In addition to Chinese, we had tons of soda-pop and twenty-four cupcakes. While all of us are crammed onto the few bar stools, the one couch, our arm chair and the floor our third roommate walks in with her boyfriend. As usual, they walk right by and shut themselves into her room. She always seems to have this way of showing up when we either have food or people over. As the show began, we were about ten minutes in and all of the sudden we start to hear these very disturbing sounds from her room. I’ll let your mind go where you let it, but I am sure you know what we were thinking. Stephanie and I found this very rude and uncalled for, because she knew we had tons of people over and we were sitting on the wall which is connected to her room. I mean don’t get me wrong it is no one’s place to say what she can and cannot do in her room, but come on have a little respect. You can do what you want, but don’t make it so clear that others know what you are doing, let alone people whose names you do not even know. So eventually the show comes to an end and it is found as a mix episode.

It is around 9:30 or ten, so we decide to drive around campus to drop everyone off so that they do not have to walk. Our biggest car holds five people, but we had six who lived on campus. So what do we do?? We stuff one into the back of the KIA. :-) We drive around and it was just so funny, had to be there kind of thing. We ended up rolling down the windows I had Halloween fairy wings on and we were screaming Joy out the window. It was a night to remember…both fun and interesting.

Alright, well hope everyone has a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!!! Maybe it will be a good weekend in my football world!!! :-)

Do You Speak English?

So this time around, I have to write about the English language. Although we think of English as one language, it has many subdivisions that we all speak. I know that I personally speak a few different versions of English. It is rare that I will word something the same way to both my friends and my professors. When speaking with teachers or anyone you respect and see to hold a higher power, you try to speak as proper and formal as possible. Whereas, with my family and friends, I tend to speak my own language, my mother calls it Emmaism’s (hint the blog name). This is where I come up with my own words or will mix different words together so that I can say what I want; this is never something I would do with the Dean or a professor.

In addition to speaking differently with people I am close to versus formal people, I also speak different when I am on the sports field. Out there we all have our own terms that some people do not understand if they do not speak that version of English. We talk about field positions, game plans, and other things of that nature.

Although this list could continue for a while, I think you get the gist of it. There are people in this world who speak whatever their business language is (i.e.: accounting, environmentalist), but some also claim to speak baby, animal, and others. I, however, do not claim to speak these because I don’t feel I have a profession, higher then professors or students, which would require me to use that type of English. What different types of English do you all speak? Can you relate at all to the type that I speak?

School Paper

Hey again…if any of you are actually following this sorry this post won’t be too exciting. However, I do think the article I will touch on is one to read.

For my first English paper I think I am going to use an article out of TIME Magazine. It’s titled “Jay Leno Is the Future of TV. Seriously”. I am considering this article because it is about entertainment which we all enjoy (or so I think) and I personally like late night talk shows that make you laugh. I also believe that the author is arguing a point which will allow (or so I am hoping) writing the paper to be a tad easier. Plus it might be less painful then trying to write a political topic.

Ok ya’ll hope you have a good Labor Day tomorrow!!! =)

Ranting About Now and the Future

OK…so today I want to rant about people who are totally inconsiderate of others (yes I have one person in mind who I am not going to name). I thought that people were raised with some degree of courtesy in their lifetime; this person was not. Why should I have to let someone live in an apartment that I pay my equal share for when they pay nothing (so don’t think that is fair). And in addition to always crashing at our place this person brings unwanted drinks into our place, so not cool. But aside from the non-rent payer, let’s turn to the one who does pay a share of the rent. Normal people know that they need to do laundry on a given day so they come home before one in the morning to do it. This person would rather keep everyone up while she runs the loud dryer till three thirty in the morning…some of us need sleep to get up early for classes which we care about. In addition to being up all night due to laundry this un-named person also likes to get up at seven on the weekend to watch T.V. (with the volume on high)! Then after asked to turn it down, the non-rent payer turns it right back up. After the T.V. show has ended (at 7:30 am) they decide to cook in the kitchen then leave the apartment for two days; while their dirty dishes are left for others to clean up. I mean come on people it’s not like you’re a freshman and are new to the fact that your mommy doesn’t live with you!! Gosh it just gets under my skin and drives me crazy!!

On to another thing that has bugged me this week…declaring a major! I mean come on I have no idea and I only have till September 28th to decide. I mean I know that you can change your mind and it’s not a big deal, but it is to me! I know everyone jumps around between a few different majors, but I just don’t know. I am always afraid that I am going to make the wrong decision and either let someone down (myself included) or be penalized down the road for that choice. I mean come on I’m not even twenty, how should I know what I want to do for the rest of my life. In addition, what if I love my major and then either can’t get a job with it or hate all the jobs that come with it. Everyone tells me that you’ll just go back to school, but how much debt can I build before it’s just too much. Not that I’m upset that I am paying my whole education, but at some point I’ll have to pay it back with interest. I just feel like this is a lot of pressure for me and I usually deal well under pressure. What to do what to do??? I am so on the fence with this subject. All my life people tell me what classes to take and when to do what, but this is my own decision and if I mess it up it’s all on me. =( I know that I have support from all the people around me and they are all really great on giving me their input (which I really take to heart), but in the back of my head I really have no idea what will make me happy for the rest of my life. I want to do something that I love, just not sure what that is this soon in life. How many people on this earth can say they love what they do and can’t wait to get up every morning! All I know is that I want to make a difference whatever it is I do and at some point I would like a family. I know that’s kind of far down the road, but still I think all girls have it at the back of their mind.

Ok well I am going to stop here and just relax. It feels good to get all this stuff off my brain and down on paper. Well thanks for reading and advice is always welcome! Night all

Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire

Hello again few followers (if any out there)! Today, as I was standing in the blazing hot weather we call Wilmington, my friends and I discovered what I am good at in life. What is this you may ask? Well it is attracting creepy people! How do I know this… just follow along!
While watching One Tree Hill filming (yes it’s that show with that guy and that girl that have that drama!) downtown I always seem to have random people talk to me; which would not be so bad if my friends and I didn’t think they could be carrying some disease or just got out of prison. I usually do not have a problem responding to their questions until I reach the point that I believe they crossed a line. Today a man, let’s call him the Super-Creep-Extraordinaire, crossed that line and then some! Please keep in mind that I have handled people jumping from corner to corner who hide behind everything; poles, people, trashcans, in stores, etc. Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire took the cake to the point that the cops got involved.
While standing with my friends at the on location site Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire came up to ask for something. This was fine because in downtown Wilmington people are always stopping you. When we did not have what he wanted he walked away. After a few minutes passed he returned. Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire, was lecturing all the fans about how some of the actors were not so nice people (to clean up the language). He encouraged us to tell them that we thought that about them, even though that is not the case. Just as he was finishing up his lecture one of the actors walks out. The fans stand back, because we respect their space. But Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire thinks he is going to run over to the actor, who he thinks is not a good person (he fails if you care to know).
After the actor mess cleared we thought he would go away, but no! He came around asking if anyone had a lighter. At this point I said, with my hands on my hips and the bobble of my head, that we did not have a lighter, because none of us smoke (which is a true statement). He did not like my attitude, but my friends were fed up and so was I! I stared him down out of the corner of my sunglasses and he stared back, only to walk away angry that no one would put up with him. Moments later he returns again to act as if he is going to spit on me, which he so wisely decided against. Once again Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire disappears.
Thinking he was finally gone…he pops up again! This time he was in the production crew’s food tent. We saw him asking questions and bugging the crew, thank god it was not us! A few seconds pass before he was helping himself to their food and coffee. Just as he finished stirring his coffee, a cop car drives up. He immediately runs over to our group thinking he would blend in I guess…I don’t know! As we look back towards the cop he is walking towards Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire while putting leather gloves on. He says “Can I speak to you for a second?” Not being stupid Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire agrees. They proceeded to move around the corner of the building where we could not see what happened. When they both came back the man tried to get us kicked off set with him, but the police officer was not having it. Mr. Super-Creep-Extraordinaire was removed from the site and not welcomed back, but lord only knows when we will see him again!
Thank God for great crew members and police who deal with crazy people! :-)

Welcome!

Well hello fellow bloggers! Sorry if this first entry is a little lame, but I am hoping they will get better with time. In order to start this blog I have read/followed two other bloggers who I enjoy. The first one is titled Cinema Jane, who is a woman who blogs about her opinions on movies. She reviews everything from old favorites to new releases. She tends to be straight forward and I would recommend checking her page out. The second blog that I choose to follow is my absolute favorite out of all the ones I previewed, it’s titled “As I Was Saying.” It consists of this free speaking college professor who talks about her life and crazy things her students do. Although her entries can be a tad long, they will make you fall to the floor with laughter. If you are ever having a down day and need a good laugh, just read “As I Was Saying.” However, a word of caution….if you are a “slacking” student you might not find some stories as funny. Well I hope you check out my recommended blogs and maybe follow in the future. :-)