Football!

Some say the world revolves around time, some say it revolves around politics, I say it revolves around football. Every Friday night high school teams play and all the parents and students go to the game. It’s what Friday nights are for, everyone goes to the game! On Saturdays it is the college teams turn to play. Whether you go to a small school where all the students and parents go out to the game or a big school where the stadium is packed and all the other fans are watching from home, Saturdays are for college football. And Sundays and Monday nights are professional football. People all over the United States are watching their team play. Four days of the week are reserved for football and the other three days are spent preparing for the football weekend. Fans are loyal, whether it be high school or the NFL, the fans show up every week to cheer on their team. They show up early to tailgate and barbeque in the parking lot before the game starts. They go early to make sure they get a good seat for the game. They are there from early fall to late January or early February when all the fans come together for the Super Bowl. No matter what kind of fan they might be, everyone comes together for the Super Bowl just to watch the biggest game of the year. It has come to the point where, for almost a third of the year, our lives revolve around football. It is taking over our lives!

How they differ.

I chose the topic of how guys differ from girls to write this blog about. Guys differ from girls in many ways, physically and emotionally. Males and females differ in almost every way possible, from the way they look to the way they feel and the way they act. I chose to research the topic more in depth and find out how males and females differ inside, specifically in the brain. I found an article on Science Daily about how boys’ and girls’ brains are different. Science Daily and the writers of this article conducted research that suggested that language processing is more sensory in boys and more abstract in girls. They found that boys and girls rely on different parts of the brain when performing certain tasks. The article pointed out that girls tend to learn and remember things in a different way than boys. Everything about boys and girls are different, right down to the way their brains process. Everyone knows that males and females think differently, but not everyone knows that their brains actually function differently. I’m glad I chose to look into this topic because now I can explain to my mom why my dad does things differently than she does. Maybe this is why men and women can never agree on anything, because their brains think differently. Men and women differ in so many ways. Their thoughts and brain processes just make them all the more different.

Who to impress.

Guys and girls are different in many ways but there are similarities in their differences. Girls like to look good and guys like when girls look good. Guys try to impress girls and most of the time girls are trying to impress other girls. The assignment for this blog is to find a blog related to my topic and reflect on its perspective. I chose Lesley’s blog, “The opposite sex”, to reflect on. In her blog, Lesley tells two stories of guys doing incredibly stupid things. Were these guys doing this to impress people, to impress girls? Most likely, yes! Guys do stupid things to impress girls when girls really just want to get to know you. My boyfriend tries to impress me all the time but I like him for who he is, not the stupid things he does. Guys are different from girls because if a girl wants to impress a guy she dresses cuter and smiles a little bigger. If a guy wanted to impress a girl he might do something incredibly stupid to show that he isn’t scared. Guys and girls are alike in so many ways but impression isn’t one of them.

Maybe the guys she mentioned in her blog were genuinely ignorant, or maybe they were just like every other guy and wanted to impress a girl. Either way, they had a goal, either impress the girl they like or severely injure themselves. Most guys would be trying the first one but you never know.

Halloween!

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! October 31^st is known to many as Halloween or All Hallows Eve, the night before All Saints Day and two nights before All Souls Day.  Throughout my childhood Halloween was always a big holiday to celebrate. All through October my elementary school teachers use to prepare for the big day. In elementary school it was always a big deal to get to dress up at school and have a Halloween party. As I got older Halloween became less and less exciting. In middle school we weren’t allowed to dress up for the holiday or celebrate it at all during school. By the time I was in high school, Halloween was just another reason to throw a party. The holiday was always big fun as a child but as I grew up it died down. Although it is no longer a big deal to my friends the holiday will always be big in my family. Not only is it a time that we get to dress up and be our quirky selves but it’s also my papa’s birthday! My family all gets together for the big day and some of the grandkids even dress up. We have a Halloween party with just my family and it seems to be more and more fun every year as our family adds new members.  We might be too old to trick-or-treat now but it’s still a lot of fun to help hand out candy and see all of the little kids’ costumes. 

Footloose!

This weekend I went to see Footloose with my mom and my sister. It was AWESOME! It's a movie about a little town in Georgia banning dancing for kids under the age of eighteen. Imagine if we had ridiculous laws like this today! The movie showed how kids will do anything to get what they want, even if that means going up against the government. Instead of continuing to dance in secret and break the law they stood up for what they believed in. If everyone had the courage to stand up for what they believed in the world would be a whole different place.

My favorite part of Footloose would be the witty lines of the character Willard. He is the main character’s best friend and is not the most intelligent guy. On a side note, my sister and I can now annoy my family with quotes from Footloose instead of Due Date and Burlesque. We can now replace "I despise you on a cellular level." " I've heard that before and I'm working on it" from Due Date with "I think you're sexier than socks on a rooster" from Footloose. I'm sure my family will appreciate this greatly.
I am a big fan of musicals and Broadway shows. I have seen many musicals and I love going back for more. I have seen Guys and Dolls at Starlight, Sweet Charity on Broadway, and several musicals at my high school. I loved Footloose but my favorite musical would have to be either Burlesque or Sweet Charity.