Want to know what cool is....step on in

Give your own definition of "coolness."  How does your definition relate to the definition given by Chuck Klosterman in "The Lady or the Tiger"?  Make sure to give examples that illustrate your ideas.

So whats cool? I think cool is acting yourself unless yourself isn't cool.  What I mean by that is don't try to be "cool" unless you are just a super lame person.  If your normal you don't really have to try to be cool it just happens by nature.  I also think cool is very similar to what chuck klosterman believes it to be which is orginial but not tooooooo original.  You don't want to be too original because then most people will just see you as a freak which is not cool most times unless its in the bedroom. haha Most times though people can tell if your trying to be cool and then you just come off as an idiot trying to be cool....so be yourself and don't change what you would be like in situations just to fit others molds because there are other people that will think of you as cool even if that person plays D&D because someone to play D&D with is better than not playing with anyone at all. ya know?  Ealier in this blog I told my self that I'm not going to filter anything I say so all of this may seem random including this sentence but just go with it.  Anyway I think that anyone can be cool as long as the fit into their own cliche of people because then someone thinks they are cool.  Just because I don't think that Brad Paisleys cool that doesn't mean that someone else doesnt want to do disgusting things to him because they love him so much.  Another thing about cool that we discussed is that it sometimes has to be somewhat exclusive.  This can mean many things but mostly it means that you possess or do things that only a few people do which makes you interesting.  Interesting is cool as long as its not too interesting.  Nevermind a mini giraffe is very damn interesting and thats definatly cool and exclusive.  The thing about have things that other people don't makes people envy you.....like lots of money, in home theater, or a hot tub.  See that's why rich kids in high school are usually cool people want to use them for their items like their cool cars and hot tubs I mean who the hell doesnt want to sit in a hottub....this guy does and thats what made that guy cool the exclusivity he possesses in his hot tub.  Its sad how things that are materialistic can make you cool but its the harsh truth...if you can exclusive things theres always gonna be somebody who will pretend to like you even if your not cool.  All in all cool is just more materialistic than anything in most cases most people are fake and blah blah blah the end.      Stay Frosty

Mean Girls is the new Star Wars....Maybe

So evaluating Generation X and why Star Wars was culturally significant to it Mean Girls was brought to attention in class.  And I though ughhh why would you say Mean Girls but then I thought about the whole concept of that darn teenage girl movie.  It's about a girl who knows nothing important (fashion) but wants to be part of a cool group of superficial girls.  When she finally gets in to the group with these girls just like when Skywalker became a part of the jedi masters, she was on a challenge of impressing these girls in order to continue being friends with them.  Lukes challenge was to impress OB 1 Canobie (have no idea how to spell that) so he can help rescue the princess.   Eventually they are both faced with a tough choice to stay with a group or not (Luke to join the Dark Empire with father) (Lindsey Lohan to stay with these group of girls who are not good for her life at all or leave it).   They both make the right choice in the end Lindsey ends up leaving the group for the greater good, and Luke blows of his father to stay with the rebels.  I hope I got somewhere with this because they are two completely different movies, but I do think that there are some connections here.  Tell me what you think and don't ask me why I have seen Mean Girls multiple times.  Stay Frosty.

Reality TV...not so real

I remeber the first time I ever watched "reality tv", it was when survivor first came out and I was obsessed. (and probably in kindergarden) Now I don't think this type of reality show is ridiculous, bad, or unwatchable for children.  However, recent reality television is getting just plain ridiculous in my eyes.  The ones that I would like to examine on this post are Teen Mom and Jersey Shore which both air on MTV weeknights at 9 pm.  Why do I know this? Women.  But anyway watching these shows makes me wonder who the viewers are why they are viewing it.  Whats interesting about watching highlights of 5 self absorbed "guidos" living in a house and partying everynight, and whats interesting about watching a 16 year old girl abandon her baby and go to jail? (like the most recent episode). Nothing to me, infact I find it wrong.  I find it wrong that this stuff is aired on television to ruin these young girls lives right in front of a camera.  People act differently when there is a camera in front of them, and if you disagree with that take a closer look at yourself next time a camera is on you.  This reality tv isn't reality.  It's taking peoples lives and making them look special and fun when all it is is people acting fake in front of a camera.  What this does to soceity by calling it reality tv is making people (mostly) teenagers to act in the way that they see on tv because its "reality".  And the adults that watch this television probably have a different perspective on nowaday youth culture.  If you turn on the tv and watch reality tv about young people, they all look like they are seeking drama at all times and have a really interesting life.  But in real reality their life is not like that.  Reality tv gives a fake perspective of reality to people that would like to believe thats the way some people live when they dont.  Reality tv is fake and i would like to meet some of the people that have endured these shows just too see how much MTV manipulates every scene that they put on air.  Stay Frosty.

Rappin and Twangin

Compare and contrast Country music and Hip-Hop.  Look at the musical styles, subject matter, selling points, and issues of authenticity.

Okay, rap and country, two different things right? Right.  Completely different in my eyes in fact.  Not only do they sound different I believe they contrast in subject matter most times, selling points, and authenticity.  Looking into the molecules of rap, I see the music style primarily being bass oriented, the subject matter mainly drugs and how it effects the rappers, and I also see the selling points as violence and drugs.  But I love it.  Why?  Because I feel like I'm going into someone elses mind, I feel like I can't relate, I feel like I'm learning.  How am I learning?  I'm learning how messed up people are and what I don't want to do from this style of music.  Also, some of these songs to me are poetic and heartfelt.  Country....I find the subject matter to mostly be depressing (not at all times), I think the selling points are love and being a loner, and I find the style to be mostly a guitar with voice.  Now I don't hate country but I do find the lyrics to be non-creative and pretty cliche and most songs.  For example "Should've Been A Cowboy" I think I could've wrote that song without and knowledge of being a country person.  But could I rap like busta rhymes? Hell no that's talent.  Authenticity wise I think country is probably a little more authentic because its much more simple lyrically.  Does authentic mean its better?  Not in my eyes.  I enjoy rap over country mainly because of the creativity involved with it even if it is a bunch of BS lyrics.  And also why would rappers care what the selling points are if the points are selling?  As Kanye West, "And if they hate then let em' hate and watch the money pile up."  Now I'm gonna leave you with a meaningful rap song, listen to the lyrics and tell me its not more powerful and have a more meaningful subject than most country songs.  And its by a man who had his "selling points" based off violence and drugs.  RIP Pac.


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