December 2007
14 posts
going beyond the everyday
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/health/2007/12/18/intv.gupta.ear.cnn I thought that this story was really interesting and about something that goes beyond things that we see everyday. The video is about a surgery that can now be performed when people are born with a numb of skin where there should be an ear. For the surgery they take cartiledge from the ribs and are able to make a mold and an...
news
Today i read in the news that the rate of using the death penalty has hit a thirteen year low. After reading this, I was glad to hear that many states are rethinking their methods of punishing criminals. Although I do that criminals should be punished, I do not feel that the death penalty is the way to handle it. The death penalty has become too much of an everyday thing, something that people...
thinking about leaving..
While thinking about the everyday and events that normally occur I also have the idea of going home tomorrow on my mind. To me the idea of going home seems strange. Since I have started college it seems like I now have two homes, which I previously thought to be somewhat impossible. It almost seems as if while we are at college we have one life and while at home there is another. Although this is...
everday pictures
the pictures that i posted below are the first three pictures that appear after searching the word “everyday” in flickr.com. It is amazing to see all of the different ways that people interpret the everyday. When asked to think about the everday each person will give a different response. all of the different pictures shows that the everday means something different to everyone.
routines
today i was talking to one of my friends about the difference between college and high school routines. I think that one of the reasons that it’s difficult for people to become adjusted to college is because your daily routine changes dramatically. in high school every weekday is the same as the next. you go to the same classes everyday, go to practice or the gym, eat dinner, do your...
random thoughts
Although I’m not completely sure of what I am going to do for my project I am getting a better understand of how to make everyday nonsense into sense & how putting random objects together can create something surprising. In general the class has been hard for me to understand. I have never experienced anything like it before or have I ever thought on this level. I never questioned the...
final project
For my final project I am going to do the construct a life option. I think that I’m going to use and L.L. Bean catalog and construct a life of one of the models in there. I’m not definatley sure I’m going to do that because I’m getting catalogs mailed to me today and I’m going to pick the best one.