Blog #4

 

I have to admit that when it comes to writing research papers, I procrastinate by waiting a long time to gather information that is necessary for writing the paper. I especially dread writing about subjects that seem boring to me. For instance, junior year I had to write a research paper analyzing authors that wrote with an anti-transcendentalism style which was just plain awful. It took a long time and I ended up doing terrible on it. On the contrary, that same year I had to write another paper on Charlemagne and I ended up enjoying the research process because he was a very interesting person.

Every day I go on espn.com to check the scores of various games across the world of sports. Especially if my three favourite teams, the Connecticut Huskies, New York Yankees, or the Nets have played on the previous night. I look to see how well my favourite players fared as well as who the next opponent is for each team. Also, whenever I'm bored on my computer it's not uncommon for me to go to foxnews.com and find out what's going on in the world. In particular I enjoy checking to see how each gop candidate is doing campaigning across the country because I find the GOP race really exciting and interesting.

I love learning about new places so this past Christmas my parents gave me this really cool book that's about two hundred of the great cities of in the world. Each page has so much information including history, culture, and food that is essential to that city. I guess you could say that I'm obsessed with it because almost every moment that I don't have much to do, I'll go through it and learn something new each time.

Blog #3

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This commercial about Bud Light aired during the 2007 Super Bowl. It still, in my opinion is one of the funniest commercials I have ever seen. The target audience would have to be anybody obviously over the age of twenty-one. However, I believe that it specifically targets a generally younger adult sort of crowd by the way the scene is set up. It looks like there is a big party or tailgate going on in someone's backyard and by the way that some of the other people act during the commercial, you can see why it would appeal to a younger crowd. Everyone is gathered in what appears to be a backyard drinking bud light. The company uses humour to entice people to purchase their product. It's very easy to see this by the way that the two men play such a juvenile game as“rock, paper, scissors” to see who gets the last bottle of beer. The comical moment of the commercial comes when one of the men literally throws a rock at the other in order to knock him down on the ground and take his beer. I think that it was a very smart move financially by Budweiser to air this commercial because I feel that comedy would probably be the best way to reach a young audience. Younger adults are probably more likely to get the jokes as compared to say, senior citizens. You could also argue that probably a strong majority of bud light consumers are of a relatively young age.

Blog #2

I have been a die-hard Yankees fan ever since I can remember. I have always had a gigantic fascination not only with the team but also with the club's vast amount of history and tradition. Although it may sound a little strange, being a Yankee fan for so long has played a significant role in my life. It all started when I was about the age of four. My next door neighbour who was about five years older than me had come over to play in my yard one afternoon. I remember him talking about baseball and about how fun it was to play. I of course was too young to know anything about baseball so he decided to teach me the basics of the game. Right from the start, I fell in love with Baseball and I wanted to play all of the time. My neighbour would constantly come over to my house and play wiffleball with me in my yard for hours at a time. One day, when he was teaching me the basics of fielding, he brought up the subject of his favourite baseball team, the New York Yankees as well as Derek Jeter, who happened to be his favourite player. I was fascinated with everything he told me and over a very short period of time, I began to share that obsession with the Yankees with my neighbour. To this day, we text each other quite often during baseball season to discuss the how the Yankees have been playing as of late. I consider my next door neighbour to be one of the closest friends that I have and I believe that to be the case as a result for us sharing a passion for baseball and the Yankees together.