| When the research paper was first assigned, I was freaked out a little bit. I have never been one who really liked English class, so writing has never really been my thing. But for this paper, I felt confident writing it. We have done so much prep work for the paper, and I was ready to sit down and write it. But sadly, I was wrong. Everything I wrote did not make sense. I found myself staring at a blank screen for longer than I’d like to admit. I did not like some of my sources anymore, so I had to go back to the drawing board and search for more. After hours of finding sources that support my view of my paper, I finally got a grip of my paper and started writing. Since English is a once a week class it is very easy to forget about the paper, especially with a heavy load of 6 classes this semester. Needless to say I will be very happy when this roller coaster of a paper is finished! |   |
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 In Torie Bosch's article “First, Eat All the Lawyers”, she discusses the zombie craze. Bosch goes on saying that zombies are our guilty pleasures. Bosch uses the zombie craze as a metaphor of our economic state. As an example the Television show, “The Walking Dead”, is used to prove her point. Bosch says that the longest survivors are of those of the blue-collar, and the white-collar are the ones who typically die. This is due to the fact that the white-collar persons do not have the necessary skills to survive. On the other hand the blue-collar who are the auto maintenance, farmers, plumber, and electrical work people they have the skills that would help them survive during an zombie apocalypse. With the zombie craze upon us if our economy did recover, Bosch says that zombies would no longer be the biggest craze.
 The most played songs on my iPod would have to be those of Luke Bryan. I can listen to his songs any day and all day! I can honestly say that he is my favorite country singer. When his new album, “Crash My Party” came out, I of course rushed out to the store to buy it. After a month of blasting his new album out the speakers of my car, Luke released his music video for “That's My Kind of Night”. This is one of the best songs on that album. I was so excited to watch his music video. Luke has always been the kind of guy to really hit the mark with his videos, but not this one. Even though I love Luke Bryan, I do not like his music video for “That's My Kind of Night”.
There are lyrics in the song that he displays in the video, and I find them to be very pleasing. I think the main reason that I did not like this video was because of the transitions. He has a split screen the whole entire video. I honestly did not know where to look. I felt like my eyes were going all over the place just watching it.
 In “Homeless on Campus”, Eleanor J. Bader discusses the effects of being homeless, and the toll poverty takes on someone's education. Bader tells about stories of students who were abused as a child, or kicked out of their homes. Bader uses several students to describe the toll homelessness takes on a student. In extreme cases, some students slept in a teacher's office. One even lived there for awhile. Students snuck into the school to use the bathrooms, and to shower. Bader believes that every child should have an education, even if they cannot afford one due to poverty. If I were homeless, I would really appreciate all the programs available for someone who is homeless. Bader explains how only forty four students get grants for their schooling. Which in my opinion is a shockingly low number. Bader definitely believes that education is very important, and everyone should be able to obtain an education.
The Results Cost: Nail polishes can range from a variety of prices. While doing my shopping at Target, I found Jordana to be the cheapest brand at $1.99. The brand that was in the middle of the three brands I purchased, was O.P.I. costing me $7.04. The most expensive brand was Essie, costing me $7.79. Smoothness: When starting my comparisons, I expected O.P.I. to be the most smooth based on how well known it is.But I found Essie to be the smoothest. O.P.I. was second when it came to smoothness. Even though I had put two coats on of each brand, I found Essie to be more smooth than O.P.I. The last, but not least brand was Jordana. Yes it was smooth, but I had to put three coats on for a completely smooth finish. Chip Rate: O.P.I. and Essie had almost the same results in this criteria, but in the end O.P.I. came out on top as the winner since it took longer than a week to chip. Essie was a very close second, taking a week to chip. And coming in at the tail end was Jordana taking three days to chip. Dry Time: The brand that had the least amount of drying time was O.P.I. with four minutes. Where as the brand Jordana took five minutes to completely dry one coat. And the brand Essie took over six minutes to dry just that one coat. So, Which is Really the Best?
After finding which brand was the best in all of the areas I was looking for in a nail polish, I can now figure out which is the best to buy. Even though Jordana had the least amount of cost and an okay drying time, it took longer than the other nail polishes since it took more coats. I would say that Jordana is not the best brand to buy. Essie went on so smoothly and only took two coats of polish. But with a drying time of over six minutes and costing almost $8 for the smallest bottle, I would say that Essie is not the brand to buy. O.P.I. although costing a little over $7, is the best brand to buy. O.P.I does not chip as fast as the other brands, and it had the shortest drying time. O.P.I was not the smoothest brand, but it was still plenty smooth, and that was proven with only needing two coats for a smooth finish. | AuthorHey I'm Anne. I am 19 years old, and I am currently attending JJC. I plan on transferring to ISU next year. I love living in a small farm town, but I cannot wait to go away to school. Hope you enjoy my blog! ArchivesNovember 2013 Categories |
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