inauguration

in the inauguration Obama mention that our success depends "hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism" which is like how in folk culture, people tell us how, that through hard work we can succeed in what we want, and also to be loyal to those we are close with, and that these things are part of what makes a good and meaningful life. Also Obama mentioned God a lot in his speech which goes that religion is important to him in some way, and in parents or family members also told me to go to church on sundays, that god is the only one thats always with you in soul, and to be faithful to god, and to have a good and meaningful life, you need god to be by your side.

Martin Luther King day

On Martin Luther King day i dont really do anything cause i dont celebrate it, but on TV there were alot of shows about him. On this day we're focusing on this man who stood up to fight for more rights for black people and end segregation between whites and blacks. In a good and meaningful life, people say that being equal to one another is part of having a good and meaningful life. So by everyone of different race accepting each other, there is a feeling of unity which people also think is important to having a good and meaningful life.

Holiday insight

Christmas is a day where we celebrate the day Jesus was born by, spending time with family and friends, or going out and partying, and giving each other gifts. Its a day where we waste our money to buy people things, instead of giving them what we already have like it was originally made to be. This goes to show how dependent we've become with technology and other things that didn't exist before. We depend on products corporate media influenced us to want/like, to make other people happy and satisfied with their life.

Christmas shows us that to have a good and meaningful life, we need each other, and other things which we find are meaningful, which reminds me of quotes from Fight Club about how "we're consumers" and how the "things you used to own, now they own you" because each time something hip comes out, people become so interested in it and want to buy it, and then you just stay obsessed with it until a new item comes out and that becomes your new "master" making you waste your money for it, even though you don't need it to survive in this world, just to rank where you are in popularity. So all in all, christmas tells us to spend time with family and friends, drink and party, and become mindless zombie and go out and buy a lot of things while they're still on sale, since things make your life more meaningful.

winter holidays

For christmas, my mom made a lot of food because family members and friends were coming over. We all talked, watched TV, the kids went to my room and played video games, and had fun. Then we eat, and at midnight we open our presents, and show every one what it is. After all that the guest would leave and go back home. On new years, i spent time with my family again, and once it hit 12, we ate 12 grapes saying a desire we had on each grape, and then threw some coins out the window and drank wine, and wished each other a good and healthy future.

The dominant corporate messages of how to live a good and meaningful life, is to be with the people you love, family, friends, and lovers. That spending time with them is fun and makes you happy, so of course whenever its a holiday you're with them, since happiness makes your life meaningful. Also getting things you like make you happy, especially since its free, meaning you didn't need to use your money, which follows the money is important to have a good and meaningful life.

Dominant Corporate Messages

You open up a magazine and see a skinny pretty girl dressed up stylish, you turn the next page and see a well known celebrity, looking better then they really are with a product of some sort, like perfume or cologne, in their hands and a catchy name. In every page you turn to there are messages being sent to you, to look better you need to be skinny, and a curvy nice body, beautiful stylish hair, and in style clothing and by doing that you're life will be more meaningful. The people who make the magazines purposely aim to make people self-consciousness, and persuade them into wasting their money, just so they can fit into society more, be more "popular".

Also in movies like twilight, it influences girls to fall in love with the dangerous guy, the one whose dark, smart, and handsome. It influences girls to fall into a "forbidden love", get with someone whose from a different status then you, who you're parent mostly wouldn't approve, and yet movies are always showing the boyfriend and girlfriend, holding hands with their family, everybody's happy, which goes against the whole fall in love with a dangerous guy. Also it makes girls believe that to have a more meaningful life, you need a dangerous type of thrill, one which most people would go against, because we value our life more then other things. Which goes to show you can really trust one thing, because theres always different side to it, a "bad" side.

Thanks Giving-Black Friday-Walmart guy

Insights i had about thanks giving was that, its just a holiday that people celebrate, while not really knowing why their celebrating it, or what for. Most think oh because the natives gave the pilgrims food and they shared a meal, the day is a day to give thanks for the food they got, while none really acknowledge the fact that the pilgrims killed the natives. So in the end they're celebrating a day where people ate the natives people's food then killed them. So some people just really try to find excuse to celebrate and have fun. They find pleasure in being around friends, family, having the day off, and having fun.

Black friday i dont really see what is so meaningful about it, unless you're poor and dont make much money, then i guess it serves a bit of purpose, but its just a day where people waste their money on things they dont really need, just to make their life seem better. Also about that walmart incident, its horrible, people value wasting money, rather then to save a person's life. People always complain about how little money they have, and how they want more, and yet they're spending it on meaningless things, which they people will make their life more meaningful based on the influence of corporate culture, that you need certain things to be more happy.

The election

My opinions about the elections are really that big, I'm not really that affected cause political stuff dont really interest me, I just hope that Obama does good things for our country. He talks about all these changes, I just hope he actually keeps those promises instead of getting us even more screwed then we already are.

Also I was kind of surprised at first people were saying Obama will win for sure, since i thought watch much news I wouldnt have known, but based off what my mom mention about McCain having more experience then Obama, since he was in war before, and is the senator of Arizona, I would've thought people would pick McCain since he has more experience, but I guess not. After hearing that I wondered why people picked Obama, and then that made me wonder about people who picked just for the sake of him being black, which is pretty screwed up, instead of picking him for all his promises/plans, they just pick him because he is black. All im concerned about is that Obama doesnt screw us over, I dont think any of this is going to change my political views.