X-files

I'm a huge netflix watcher and I will pick a show old or new and watch it from beginning to end. I've recently picked the X-files.  I vaguely remember this show growing up. I had only watched a couple of episodes at the time, but I remember my mother watching it all the time. I do remember the movie and I thought the movie was really good. So when I finally sat down and dug into the show I really enjoyed it.  The characters were so well put together. As the series goes on it does get confusing but I've managed to keep up. I also find myself googling facts and questions cuz I just want to know right now. I'm in love with Scully. She is such a non-believer and so logical it seems impossible for her to explain things away so easily. But she sticks to her logic even when its unexplained. You don't see Scully characters in many shows anymore.  Alot of forums have also said to stop watching after the first season but I've been drawn in more since the 6th season.  I like how the writers are finally making a story and having complicated relationships between the characters.  Also it was really neat that they had a movie come out during the middle of the series and then tied it back into the show. If you haven't seen the show its a pretty good one, if you can handle the nine seasons. I can't wait until the end to actually find out what its all about.

Research paper

My research paper is not coming along very well. I do have a generalized topic but getting it all started has been a hassle. I have a lot of information but its too much!

Organize

Usually getting all my material takes me a while cuz I'm a huge procrastinator but once I have everything it all must be together and no where else. I have one folder that I will keep everything in and if there are books involved a bag specifically for the research paper. I did this in high school and I found it to be much easier to not forget things. And once I start writing the paper I have to have a large area whether it be the floor or a huge table. I then lay out everything in the area. If I'm looking at everything and it all has a spot I can gather my info better because most of the time I'm looking back at the source just to make sure I've got things right or for more of it.

Pop culture: Twilight

The end is near and I for one am indifferent about it all. I've never been a twilight fan but a few of my friends are. I never read the books but I watched ever movie just to say yeah I've seen them and I can have a good opinion about them. But kind of like Harry Potter an end comes to a piece of our past. I will be attending one of the showings of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 and I'm hoping for the best. I'm excited to see Kristin Stewart as a vampire in this film maybe she'll unleash a better actress along with this role. I wonder who else will be going to see the finale?

Pop culture: American Horror Story

This October the new season of American Horror Story started and if you haven't seen it you must start watching now. The cool thing about this show I feel is that you don't have to see the first season to follow the second. They are two different seasons with completely different characters some of the same actors but none of the same characters. The first season was set in modern times in a house where a doctor's wife had killed him ad himself. But they never said the house was haunted and never told the new owners that there were more deaths in the house that followed the doctors death. The first season is full of twists and turns. It's a very well written show that'll keep you guessing until the very end. The second season is has started an begins with a couple who has just been married and for their honeymoon they are traveling to some of the most haunted places in America. They end up at the asylum and go over the abandoned building's story upon entering. The plot starts there and then jumps back to the past and tells the true story of how the place became haunted. The show also ties in social standards of the era which it is set, the 1960s. A lesbian reporter is held prisoner in the asylum because she wanted to write a story about the villain of the second season, Bloody Face. Another girl is placed in the asylum by her husband because he found that he was cheating on him so she is forced to stay there for being sexually promiscuous. The story also has the head nun who is secretly an evil woman swore to do "God's work" as she sees fit. And the mad scientist of course who tortures and mutilates some of the patiences. The show is a complete work of genius and I suggest it to anyone.

Citations

I've had a lot of experience with citations. I haven't done them in a while because I took a break from school but it's like riding a bike. Also there are so many websites that you can visit that will do it for you in any form. Even on the library website they have a cite button. I learned citations my junior year of high school from a teacher who told me that it's a must that we learn how to cite. So I learned and it wasn't that hard and when I came to college my first English class the professor asked who knew how to cite. I was very surprised that I was literally the only student who had ever done citation work. Citing isn't difficult it can be a pain in the ass though. I was only ever taught MLA citation and never another form. But I'm sure ill learn more later on in my schooling.

Pop culture: T. Swift

I've never been a huge fan of Taylor Swift. I listened to her music and such but never felt the need to buy a cd. Mainly because she targets a younger audience and you can tell by the lyrics it was for teen girls. Her new album "Red" drops Monday and I'm very much looking forward to it. Her first single was "Never getting back together" which I liked and couldn't get it out of my head. But still not enough to buy the album. She then had a new single come out entitled "Red" and this song still didn't do it for me. Her third single for the album was released "I knew you were trouble". The first listen was on Good Morning America. The song was very very good. Well written but so are all of her other songs. She of course is know more as a song writer than a singer. The song also had something very different music to it. It gave the song a dubstep feel. The country music star is trying to hit a different audience as she's getting older. So her music is changing and not a bad change. Taylor Swift had also changed her look dramatically the new album art has a 70s chic look. Her losing the cute sun dresses for a chic style that makes her look sophisticated and a lot more grown up. Which is about time considering she's 25. I personally can't wait for the album drop.