13 possibilities

1. Collect money, make lunches, and hand out to homeless
2. Church, Temple, synagogue or Buddhist temple
3. club:  strip club or gay club - maybe twice
4. cultural event:  Holocaust Museum, Watts Tower, or other venue
5. political event:  maybe the Thursday occupy event on campus next week
6. switch genders for a couple of days
7. costume up to create a new social identity:  handicap, pregnant, mother, dog owner walking around and at a training class, upscale to downscale, etc.
8. sit in a court - watch proceedings
9. ride with police - "ride along"
10. Go off the grid for a week
11. AA or Anything-Anonymous meetings
12. Become a Simmelian "stranger" in a couple of groups that let you in
13. Independent

Touching footage of Angela Davis

Some rare footage compiled by Swedish reporters who were reporting the black power movement in Sweden at the time. This is Angela Daviss' portion of a mix tape of all the black power footage compiled into one. I could not get the video to embed so heres the link, sorry for the inconvenience Very strong stuff, enjoy..



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELXvAT_B04

Paper 2

Wow I have never had so much trouble writing an essay as I did with this one. Have no idea if I even did it right but at least I did it and will get some points for it. Anyone else feel the same way?

**Sigh**

So our paper is due today. Im kind of nervous about it because it was a challenge, but a good one. I hope everyone did well!!!

Nowhere Man - The Beatles

Monday Tunes!

LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP "MAC BOOK PRO"

I LOVE ALL THE COOL FEATURES
I LOVE THAT ITS SO LITE AS A FEATHER
I LOVE THAT IT IS FATST
I HATE THAT IS DOESNT COME WITH WORD AND YOU HAVE TO BUY IT SEPARATE
I HATE THAT IT DOESNT CORRECT AS YOU GO
I HATE THAT IT DOESNT HAVE AUTOMATIC SOELL CHECKER
BUT WHAT I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE MOST IS THIS: "i" it doesn't capitalize i when its lonely i don't get it?
* if anyone knows how to fix this can you please let me know its so frustrating.

I think 2pac is right.

LATE PAPER!!

My paper #2 might be two days late from the original due date. I'm blogging about it and being honest. This weekend I was juggling this paper and studying for the math test that i have on tuesday which will be super difficult. I've only turned in one EOS paper late because of the rain. I know that turning in late papers will lower a grade, but i won't be able to turn in by tomorrow monday. Ahhhhhh!!!! :(

help paper #2

does anyone know how i would cite material from a lecture? I've been searching for it online but I haven't found anything.

What do you think?

I am one of those persons that is constantly checking my phone, or texting. It has became a distraction

to be texting anf checking my facebook (fb) frequently. I want to change this, and deactivate my fb, and set

my phone on silent for a few days and see the outcome of it. This was my idea for our third paper... but I'm

not so sure if I will keep up with this. I've never done this, so it will be fun to see the difference.


It's not so much the fb, but the texting. I want to have social interactions in person, and I want to be less dependent on technology. Life was good when we will go out to dinner with my family, and there were no interruptions, or when I received an actual call on my birthday instead of a text, or a post on fb.

So... what do you all think?

omg!!! this paper is so tedious!! i spent all afternoon on it and i am so fed up but i'm glad i'm finally done now i kan chill and be lazy! lol

Paper 2

What is the minimum page requirement for this paper? I know the maximum was 4.

good times

I just threw a huge party at my gf's place last night, it actually went way better than i had expected. We had lots of food, drinks, jello-shots, and even had a beer pong table going. Best part was the fact that the party did not get shut down too early; i guess the neighbors really like my gf :)  There was some awkwardness though.. i invited my gay friend to come join in the festivities and he turned out to be the life of the party! On the other hand, some of my friends displayed their true colors that night. A few of them made some rude comments about his sexual orientation... of course behind his back. That really ticked me off for a little while. A little booze and all of a sudden people start saying some annoying things, i guess some people don't know their limits.

Time is of the Essence

When I talk to people on a daily basis the one thing I hear most is, "I am too busy or I don't have enough time". I find myself repeating those same words. How did America get so darn busy?

Movies

This weekend I went to see two fantastic movies. First I saw Safe House. It was great and had a lot of adventure. I also saw The Act of Valor; this movie was the best military movie I have seen in a very long time. The movie industry turned me off for a while because every movie seemed the same. You saw one and you could imagine what 2 would look like. I had a great weekend, and it didn't cost me one dime. Friends don't let friends pay for their own movie tickets. Thanks Fandango!!!

does anyone know when the stranger by george simmel was published?????

Simmel Citation

Hmmmmm............. so when we were doing The Stranger article by Simmel I found it on the web - thought it would be easy enough to cite.  I go back to it to learn that it comes from a book by Kurt Wolff (Trans.) I suppose I can figure out how to put it in my references but which author do I use?  Simmel - who wrote the article?  Or Wolff who I guess created this book?  Or translated it?

here's a NYT piece that may help

some of you with the "networks" issue http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/garden/the-freedom-and-perils-of-living-alone.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1
The first two posts on this blog http://neoneocon.com/ - first, the two versions of the song by Neil Young - and then the next post and all the comments on aging and living alone are also relevatory.

Reference Page

Would you like us to cite the information we got from you in class and from the Writing for Sociology Details LINK that we are using to talk about the theorists? 

Talking About Movies ......

Has anyone seen Tree of Life?  I just tried to watch it and a half hour into it I had to call my best friend and ask her what it was about.  I mean, I get the concept about "Nature" and "Grace" but ...... I had no idea what was going on and I was totally bored.  I don't think I am cerebral enough. Or spiritual enough.  Or something.  I just want to be entertained when I put a movie in.... was not in a mood to think so much.