Being a stickler for accuracy and authenticity, I thought I'd take a look at the lyrics for Bristol Stomp, a song by the Dovells that I have been listening to for nearly 1,500 times, almost all ina row. I downloaded a YouTube video of their performance and slowed down the audio to get a better…
Spielberg's Imagery of the Home
This is a paper I wrote for my 300-level Spielberg film class. 1,466 words long and coming out to a little over four pages, it earned me an A. A decent read for anyone interested in Spielberg, though this is certainly not the most well written paper: I could've done better. Speaking of which, I'm…
Dating as a chore
Within the last month, I went on yet another first meeting. Yes, you know the type: the ones where you meet up with someone you met on a dating site. It was a fairly successful interaction. By my design,it wasn't one of those boring average Internet meetups where you ask about each others work, education,…
The Communist Land of the Internet
I recently returned to my account on YouTube and saw that two of my more popular videos have been removed for copyright violation (more specifically Lionsgate's copyright). One was a comparison videoof the Bye Bye Birdie Patio Diet ad from Mad Men. The other one was my tribute to Patrick Swayze: I posted the iconic…
Independent Study
Ever since I became more fiscally responsible, I canceled my Amazon Prime subscription. My brother commented that it's a good thing that I did considering that it makes me buy less. That's when I realizedthat Amazon Prime makes it far too easy to purchase things impulsively. It enables consumers to engage in (nearly) instant gratification.…
