My Problem with Wal-Mart

Haha. Well the only cool thing about Wal-Mart is the prices. I hate going to Wal-Mart, but when I have to be careful with my money, I am forced to go there. I have spent countless hours in other stores trying to decide what I should spend on an item, and then I end up going to Wal-Mart anyways and getting a cheaper price. If I was richer, I would totally just buy crap from expensive stores, but I'm just a kid, so it sucks. It's just sad how dirty the place is. I thought the old one was bad! When they built the Supercenter, I thought they would actually tile the floors. That's what bothers me the most in there: the floors. Every other supercenter I've been in has nice shiny floors, but they decided to cheap out in cortland (of course) and put those stupid concrete floors down. Anyways, I guess Wal-Mart is actually really cheap, but then I remember that they are basically taking over the role of God in our economy and I just cringe a little bit. I guess I don't really care, it's just nice to pretend I do.

The 700 Dollar Cavi

Cheap cars are fun. The simplicity of them is great to play with. Sunday night we bought a 700 dollar Cavi. Surprisingly, this little car is sweet. It is already on the road, which is nearly impossible to find a car that can do this for 700 dollars. One thing that is hilarious about this car is the hole in the catalytic converter. When you get into the throttle, the car sounds like its ripping a huge, long fart. When we bought the 1994 Accord for 600 dollars, we quickly found out that it needed to go to a scrapyard. It's sad that it wasn't taken care of well enough, because it's a sweet little machine. I hate to admit that a Chevy would be a better deal than a Honda, but in this case, it was. Anyways, when I say we, I mean my boyfriend, Cam. Or Camshaft, people call him that usually. I forgot to specify the "we" part. Ha. Anyways, Cam and me are always buying cars for cheap. He got his previous car, a 2001 Saab 93 with a nice size turbo (14.5 max psi) for 1000 dollars. We quickly sold that for 2000 and bought some junkers to fix up. Anyways, my life is all about cars, but I will never sell my Subie for a Cavi!

Free iPod

Somehow I keep getting free iPods. I have never paid for an iPod in my life, but I have a ton of them. I found my best one at a gas station; a brand new white touch, and I found one of those stupid new nanos somewhere I can't remember. I have another black touch with the screen completely smashed, but still working, and I've got other various nanos. I don't really know how, but people lose these things a lot I guess. But I've found other cool things too, like I found 500 dollars on the ground once. That was sweet, I bought my sound system with that, which I don't really even use anymore. Ear pounding bass doesn't really appeal to me as much as it used to, but it's kind of whatever.

Farenheit 451 Critique

                A solid piece of literature. Ray Bradbury is someone who is in tune with the world, and knows how to weave a story that may scare the public into changing their ways. Although the topic of choice is not entirely tearjerking, it is a solid structure that could be used for anything. If you were to write a book about what would happen if we stopped producing milk, you could easily use many elements in the book. It is simply a novel trying to get a point across. It’s not fancy, it’s straight to the point. There are no moments when the author is not adding to his point. In other words, it’s not a novel you sit down and read to enjoy, it’s a novel you sit down and read to absorb. Some aspects make you think about the world, and some make you want to change it. You don’t just think about books, you think about other things that could happen in the future. Things that don’t need to happen, and things that do. Whatever it does, it gets the point across, and I would recommend it to most people. It’s a short read that makes you think.

Farenheit 451 Theme

                The central theme of this novel would probably be something like guilt. So many elements establish a feeling of guilt that it’s almost a guilty feeling to be reading the book. The whole plot is saying how books are useless and how stupid people would be to read them. Montag is constantly guilty. He is guilty from the very beginning of the story, almost instantly wondering what more there is to life, and what books consist of. Throughout the book, his guilt just inclines towards a breaking point, forcing him to take rash actions that are somewhat rediculous and will obviously result in some kind of consequence. Of course Montag doesn’t let his guilt deter him from his ultimate goal: to change the world and prove what’s wrong.  Ray Bradbury uses strong imagery to trap the feelings of guilt. As the reader goes into Montag’s brain, we see all the turmoil there, making us really feel what he is feeling. At some points in the book, the feeling is so well represented that I almost feel bad for Montag. I would wonder what I would do if I lived in this time, and if I would conform to the new ways, or would I be thinking like Montag; using strong words and feelings to express a deeper thought of rightfulness. Not only does the author use imagery, he uses the scariness of realism. Something like this could eventually be upon us if we’re not careful. I’m not saying it would be this extreme, but books are already banned in the U.S., so what is next? I think that is what Ray wanted this book to say; that we should be afraid and watch out for something like this in the future.

Farenheit 451 Summary

So, to begin with, the book starts out with a summary of what these new age firemen do. In this century, the firemen actually create fires, which ultimately makes no sense. The main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman. At first he is happy with his job, which consists of hunting down people who have books hidden in their houses, and burning them down. His wife, Mildred, is one of those oblivious, conforms-to-the-times type, so she is semi conflicting when Montag begins to see that maybe killing people and burning books is a little bit messed up. Captain Beatty is Montag’s boss at the fire station. He’s one of those creepy boss types who gives puzzling information. One day, Montag steals a book after killing some old lady, and Beatty is all weird and creepy about it, saying that Montag can keep the book for 24 hours before being “destroyed.” Of course a series of high speed chases ensues, and maybe the concept of burning books is slightly wrong.

Born 2 Race Movie Review

So the other day I rented this movie called Born to Race. It had a Subie on the cover, so I thought to myself, "Wow, this is probably the best movie ever." Turns out, it is. It's about this quiet, 17 year old boy who gets in trouble. He's sent to live with his rough, mechanic dad, naturally, and they hate each other. Somehow, this 17 year old kid has this 1100 horsepower WRX, which is completely unrealistic. Not the power of the car, just the fact that he's "17." The only Subaru that has that much power was built by ESX motorsports. Anyways, this kid goes around acting semi badass, and ends up quarreling with some faggot with a completely retarded Mustang. Of course they race and blah blah blah. Overall, it was a solid story line, with some far reaching aspects. Not really recommended unless you're a Subaru obsessed freak like me.