I don't think i like the freedom...

So, I have been debating for days on what to write my essay over and I just realized it is due in a few days which probably isn't a very good thing on my part considering I still have not figured out what it is going to be over. I mean, Melanie said it could be over literally whatever we wanted, but I ask myself, "Can it really?" See, I don't see it like that, somehow it has to be tied into one of the things we have discussed and why shouldn't it be. Obviously we can stretch it a lot like for instance writing about ball park corny dogs, but then again, it is food. I sat down and watched the Food Network in my spare time (which was slim) and tried to see if any ideas would arise. I had different things going back and forth, such as, writing a letter to Giada De Laurentiis with suggestions of different ways to say MMMMM, but then I was like, "can i really write five pages on that? I think not" Then I started to think about the five pages and what I could honestly write about that would be interesting and possibly funny (because being humorous is my favorite form of writing) and still be able to receive a good grade. Then I started thinking about all my grades and how I am this close to either passing or failing Biology. Then I thought about my mom and how disappointed she would be (and lets face it, PISSED) and how I would never again be allowed to see daylight. Then it made me extremely nervous and I went and scrounged for some food, which reminded me, Hey I have to come up with a topic to write about. And the cycle continued.

I'm kinda at a crossroad and it feels as if both roads lead to a dead end.

but the man who is going to help me through the week is:

The sexy man of the week/blog---Alex O'Loughlin from Moonlight. Just becuase he is sexy, Australian, has beautiful hair, and plays a vampire.

Decisions, Decisions...

So, while being one awesome judge, along with my other equally fantastic panel, our decision for the best restaurant arose a thought out of me later this weekend.
Now clearly we chose the "Out of this World" (or whatever their restaurant name was) because they presented a place to eat that we could visualize that we found exciting. Sure, the other two groups had decent ideas and there food actually sounded pretty good. My favorite type of food happens to be Mexican food actually, which is what the first group was serving. But again, the third group caught our attention, made it fun, had a story, basically made us WANT to go there. They used attractive words, maintained eye contact and painted us a picture. They made their rhetoric words visual for us, I think that is what won it for them. Anyway, I am still a little upset it doesn't exist and I truly felt like it would be opening soon and we would all take a trip there.
The other part of this point that is taking me so long to make is I want GOOD food; somewhere that tastes great and make me want to keep going back. One of my favorite places happens to be a little old, looks like crap, home owned restaurant out in the middle of a, what I believe is a neighborhood I would not want to walk alone in at night (well, I still probably wouldn't even with friends and a gun for that matter), but anyway, it certainly doesn't look appealing, but the food is the best Mexican food I have ever tasted. Now, the food that was talked about for the three restaurants in class, if you think about it, the last group probably would end up having the least best tasting food out of all of them. Sure they had some smart and cute names for the meals, but finally to my question...when do you draw the line or make the decision of what you choose over? Quality of food or an exciting atmosphere?

It would be exciting to eat at a place with a whole space theme and clever names with possible "decent" food, but it is also great to stuff yourself with the best tasting food in a not so attractive place.
How do you decide? Does it always have to depend on your mood? your needs? what you are looking for in the night?

Probably a stupid thought, but I just always have wondered if quality of food was more important over quality of entertainment...

Ok, my sexy man of the week/blog is Mr. Butler...Gerard Butler that is. I always thought he was a looker, but he really grabbed my attention in P.S. I Love You, which was the best movie of the year and critics are stupid. However, Jeffrey Dean Morgan was the best one in that movie.

A Political Meal

First off, looking at that magazine image of Giesel and Lebron James was quite interesting. My first initial thoughts was, "Oh, cool, Lebron James, I love that guy and his brand of gum." Then after looking at the article that the person took it as racism, like King Kong capturing the white women. I don't analyze things like that. Sure, if we were asked to specifically analyze it, I might have come to that conclusion, however I feel like people OVER analyze everything. Personally, I find a lot of analyzing b.s. because sure, you can make anything something that is might not intend to be if you back it up with enough thoughts and opinions. We constantly have to analyze everything in my RTF class and it just upsets me and angers me a lot. If people would just stop reading into things so much, the world might not be as violent and racist. Why can't things just be an 'image'? Something to enjoy and look at? Sorry, I think I am just extremely sick of my RTF class which constantly informs us that white people suck.

Food Wars video, I thought, was incredible! How each country was represented with their general type of food was clever and made it easy to figure out what war or battle was being interpreted. And how the director used it in a humorous, entertaining way, maybe it tolerable for people who might find the discussion of specific battles difficult. I, myself might have been a tad upset regarding the Septemeber 11th attack, if it weren't for the pure entertainment value. I did not feel offended or extremely saddened by the visual of pieces of food slamming into the towers of hamburgers. It made me remember about it and think about the wave of grief that came over our country during the time, but it was only for a split second, because the food had moved on to a new war and it was just interesting to watch. It was however depressing that America was represented by hamburgers and french fries and ridiculous, fatty foods such as that. We don't really have our OWN type of food. We have stolen them from other countries and just Americanized it. Oh well, food is food and I LIKE IT!

Ok, sexy man of the week/blog is the one and only George Clooney who I am surprised has not appeared yet in one of thy blogs. Not much to say about this hunk of a man, his looks and personality explains it enough. Basically...I LOVE HIM.