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.

Pop culture: Breaking Amish

One of the best new shows on tv is breaking Amish. If you haven't seen it. It's on OnDemand get to it. It's about 5 Amish young adults well except one who is 32. But the reality show is basically about these 5 people leaving the Amish community for all different reasons. Abe who is 21 wants to leave because he is tired of his life being controlled by a bunch of people. He is ready to make his own decisions. And another is Kate who was the reverend daughter in her community. She wanted to leave cuz she always wanted to be a model and decided to finally try and pursue the career. All 5 people being a part of the reality show will live together in New York in a hotel in manhattan. Most of the young adults were kicked out of their Amish communities before they could even tell their parents their decision to leave. Because the Amish have such strict rules about how you live your life according to God. Most were kicked out when the parents found out they were being filmed. That is one of the many rules. I love the show cuz it's like seeing aliens these people don't know what anything is cuz they have always been cut off from the world. Some didn't know what texting was and a few didn't know the difference between Chinese food and mexican food. It's such a good show that shows that even in America we have very different cultures. Very interesting :)

the shadow scholar

I liked the shadow scholar. He had a passion and since he wasn't getting noticed by the people he wanted he took what he could get.  He wanted to write so he started.  By doing these papers for college students he does in a sense damage state education. Cuz these students are paying for college and college is a place to learn how to do things on your own. But also in the real world you could say money talks and part of all jobs is that you learn from on hands experience. And I seriously doubt that most of the students are english majors or any major having to do with writing. He's helping them reach a goal of obtaining a degree.  Some people are desperate and do what they can.  Many tools that I've picked up is to research and research. No information is too much information.  Google is my best friend and before google the library.  I remember in high school going through piles of books because I didn't have internet at home. I just copied pages with the copy machine and wrote down all information I needed for my research papers. I could weed out later what I did and did not need. Better to be over prepared than underprepared.