The Doors Review

   For my blog entry, I chose to review a review of The Door's debut self titled album. The review can be found at  http://www.guypetersreviews.com/doors.php. In this evaluation, the reviewer, Guy Peters, does a good job of mixing a focus on the influences of The Doors and an actual review of the album itself. Having read a biography of Jim Morrison, I can attest to the fact that Guy has a good sense of what The Doors stood for and what they were about. This knowledge helps to validate his review of the album because he proves that he is not some random nobody who is critiquing a band that he knows nothing about. Throughout the review, he breaks down what he thought about each individual song. My only problem with his review comes with his opinion of some of the specific songs, which I happen to like.  However, I personally like all of the songs on this album so, in all fairness, any negativity towards them would cause discord with me. In particular, the song, "The End", is possibly my favorite song by the band and although he says he likes the hypnotic feel, he dislikes the vocals. I would have to disagree very strongly with him on this point because the vocals, in combination with the whole sound the rest of the band puts out, produce a song that entrances the listener. I have listened to it countless times and every time I close my eyes and relax my mind, it takes me to a new place.

   If I were to review this album, I would probably follow a similar style to Guy. The only additional thing I would put into the review would be more background information about who The Doors were and their style, although Guy does put a good amount of this into the review.

Definition Proposal

For my definition paper, I would like to define the word drug. I think that I would stick to the existing definition of anything that alters a person’s mind, but I would propose changing what a drug stands for. The definition is too broad and leads to something like crystal meth being classified in the same category as caffeine. The word drug is very prevalent in today’s society and I believe that “drug” should either be subcategorized or split into two separate things. The purpose of my paper will be to define what I think a drug really is with an emphasis on clarification between “good” and bad drugs.  The audience for my paper could be anyone but specifically people who use the word “drug” with a negative connotation.

Blog Assignment #2

For me, Oswalt's definition and description of a "geek" or a "nerd" was really eye-opening and a new way to look at something that I thought I knew a lot about. He defines these terms as more of a passion or an understanding of things that aren't necessarily nerdy or weird, just different. Being a nerd seems more like a way of life that someone chooses, not an insulting stereotype as society seems to make it sound. I think his purpose in writing this essay was to open people's eyes up to what a nerd is and why the sacred lifestyle is in danger. I would have to agree with him and also say that it seems like the internet is definitely doing society a disservice in more ways than i previously thought. I really like how in-depth he went into the things that he liked and it's pretty cool to see that this "otaku" is now rich and famous. His larger point about society seems to be that we are all conforming into one being. I'd have to agree with him. We are losing this diversity that existed before everything became so "etewaf". We are losing the passion and the fervor of waiting for something to come out and the dedication that comes with that. I do believe that in today's world, "geekiness" has become normal.

Supermarket Pastoral is the idea behind all of the literary descriptions of organic food and organic food itself. It's the short blurbs included with every item at Whole Foods. It's the rustic idea of believing that happy cows that live happy lives are eventually killed for our consumption, not the real world, big agribusiness chains whose main goal is quickly raising and killing animals as fast and effectively as possible. It's wanting to know that you aren't buying into that big business idea and that the food you eat comes from things that were grown or raised in a nurturing way. Pollan talks about this to inform the reader about Whole Foods and the nicer alternative to buying and selling food on prices alone. This article talks very highly about organic agriculture. It informs the reader in a way that basically praises this special kind of agriculture. He expresses a genuine love for the stories that accompany all of the items that he buys. The only negative thing is that even organic agriculture relies on huge farms for the sole purpose of efficiency and being realistic. It would be awesome if all of the food that we ate was grown locally though. That would be my kind of world.