Repetitive Fashion

Fashion is one of many things that change with each generation. I myself, have seen many different fashion eras. Fashion can change within a blink of the eye. In my experience most of the fashion in my neighborhood comes from music videos. People see how celebrities dress in the music video and mimick them. The  media sets trends for everyone.
Fashion has repeated itself. gym shoes form the 80's and 90's are coming back in style and the clothing styles are going backwards as well. I have a few pair of gym shoe that were out in the late 80's. When i look at some of my familes old photos, I see similar styles with the way we dress today. We put our own style into the clothing but they are still very similar to to the years generations before. Will we continue to have the same fashion sense as our parents?
I notice how much our generation dressed like we were in the 80's or 90's when I watch some old tv shows like "Fresh Prince" and "Martin".Our styles are very similar if not completely the same as I see on those television shows. If we continue to repeat fashion history it may just become a cycle. Maybe our children will be wearing what we wear today 25 years from now. I wonder if we will start to create our own orginal style of clothes or just continue to follow the leader. Not only are we wearing what our parents wore, but what everyone in our surrouding is wearing.
I personally have my own way of dressing. I tend to set trends and not follow them. I dont follow what I see in the videos with the guys that have all the tattoos and skinny jeans. I find myself switching up my style every once in a while because I dont want to be stuck in one style of dress.  Most of the people in my generation seem to have around the same style of dress.  Getting stuck in this category is not for me.  If you notice, it's the person that looks or dresses different that stands out from the crowd. 
Have you ever been to a party and you notice someone with the exact same shirt or pants you have on? I have.  To me this shows your dress style is so similar to everyone elses.  In order to get around this problem you may want to start shopping at a new store.  It doesn't necessarily have to be an expensive store but it does have to be different in style.

Negative Influence of Hip Hop

Hip Hop has had many different stages. Beat boxing, poetic meaningful lyrics and now sex and violence. Hip hop has a tremendous influence on society and especially the youth. They youth are target listeners for most artist. Over the past 30+ years the trends in hip hop are often mimicked around the world from young children and some adults. Hip hop artist are seen as role models and are setting examples for society rather they choose to or not. Young children see the rappers and see that they have money, so they think in order to get money they have to act just as they do.  When yo watch music videos you see guys with big chain and girl with skimpy clothes on, none of which set a good example for the listeners. Violence and sex are a epedemic in the hip hop world. From the way rappers and singers dress to the way they talk eveything they do is put into the spotlight. Music artist need to realize that they are what young people want to become. Lyrics also have a equal amount of influence like the videos. The trendy topics in hip hop today are drugs, money and sex. I strongly believe that if music artist didnt rap about sex and violence our communities would not be what they are today. If we dont have postivity coming from who the youth admires, then how can we  expect our youth to be positive.  youth are in an akward stage where they are trying to figure out who they are and where they fit in and music plays a big part in their decisions. We do still have a few artist that choose to rap about more positive topics but the negative rappers tend to over power them. Our world has become so excepting of negative influences I wonder if we can ever get back on the right track.

When the change in hip hop music came, it took a turn for the worst. I personally prefer not to listen to negative music, so i find my self struggling to find music i can enjoy. I believe that if more people dont speak out about the negative effects of music today it will continue to be developed and our communites will continue to be violent.

Texas Hold Em'

I'm writing this blog today because I just won eighty dollars playing Texas hold em' poker.  Texas hold em' is one of the many poker card games.  Each player recieves two playing cards in a random order and has to make the best of them.  An ace is the highest or best card in the deck and the deuce is the lowest or weakest card in the deck.  Based on those two cards a player is allowed a round of betting at their discretion.  If a bet is placed by any player each player after him or her must match the bet or discontinue the hand and win no money.  Once the bet is placed, the flop comes out.  The flop is a set of three community cards in which each player can use to strengthen their orignal hand.  After that, another round of betting occurs unless everyone checks.  A check is when a player passes the motion to the next player.  Therefore, the next player can either check or bet and so on.  If a player bets then every person following that player must match the bet or raise the bet.  A raise is when a player bets and the person in the next order doubles, triples or places a higher bet.  After those bets have been placed the turn comes out.  The turn is the fourth card on the community that players use to strengthen their orignal hand.  Another round of betting takes place and then the final card comes out on the community which is called the river.  After the river, another round of checking or betting occurs at the players discretion.  When those bets have been placed, each remaining player in the card hand turns over their cards to see who has the winning hand.  Whomever wins the hand recieves all the earnings on the table or in the pot.  The pot is all the money from players betting.
Texas hold em' is a game in which you never really know what another player is holding in their hand.  You basically make blind bets based off of your hand or what you think another person has.  Often times you may see poker players wearing sunglasses or hats to cover their eyes.  This is because some people believe the look in someone's eyes can give them away.  If this is true, sunglasses and hats would be a great disguise.  Although poker is fun to play it can be addictive so I try to play with a set amount of money.  If I win money, I take half of my winnings and play again.  If I lose money I put up more but very little.  If I lose that money then I quit.  As long as I'm winning I continue playing.  Sometimes you have to know when to hold em' and sometimes you have to know when to fold em'!

Cell Phone or Handy Computer

I was watching television early today and noticed they had a new iphone commercial. The commercial advertised the newest iphone which is the iphone 4S. Their marketing feature was the "Siri". The Siri is a application which allows you to locate any information on your phone by voice. You can find out anything from how the traffic is to the closest lock smith near you. Watching the iphone commerical made me think of just how much cell phones have advanced.There was a time when cell phones only could make calls and were the size of your home phone. Now making calls are just the tip of the iceberg. Cell phones have the ability to check emails, weather, facebook, navigation, etc. The competition between phone companies have grown, they force their competition to come up with idea that take cell phone feature to the next level.  The phone are beginning to become more like computers daily. I rarely even use my laptop anymore.It is so much more convienent to just pull my cell phone out and search the web. Having a cell phone that does just about anything a computer can can comes in handy. I wonder what the future holds with the new developments that are discovered in technology daily.

I personally think cell phones today are handy computers.The improvements that are made to cell phones are well needed. I take full advantage of the feature on my cell phone.  They are combining two devices into one. The feature and competition of cell phone companies will definitely continue to rise.

Weather Alert!!!

So, it's going on the middle of October and the temperature is crazy.  Just last week the temperature was eighty degrees the whole week.  This upcoming week is going to bring at least three days in which the temperature will be at least  eighty degrees.  Is global warming really taking a toll on the atmosphere or is this warm, sunny weather just luck?  Either way, I think people really don't mind the global warming atmosphere as long as they get to enjoy the weather.  During the rest of the week the temperature is predicted to drop to mid 60's.  Perhaps we should enjoy the beginning of the week.  After all, it may be the end of the beautiful weather.  We should consider ourselves lucky because normally the temperature would be around 55 to 60 degrees.  Thats a whole 20 degrees warmer.  On the contrary, we might have a late winter due to all the great weather we are receiving.  It could possibly be snow or freezing cold in early april.  It sounds like quite the exaggeration but it's possible if we are having temperatures of eighty in mid october.  The increase in temperature of the earth's atmosphere is causing a lot of people in the illinois area to be very satisfied. 

9/11

Check out this clip.  It's very depressing but will help you sort out your own feelings about the events that transpired ten years ago.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CXKT6Jt4AQ.

After watching this clip, I was in tears thinking about the countless amount of men, women and children who lost their lives on that day due to terrorist.  Innocent people lost their lives at a day of work.  This attack has struck our nation at the core and forced us to join forces with one another despite race, ethnicity, or background. 

Although I was only 16 when it happened, I was still old enough to understand the effect that it had.  However, I didn't know the magnitude it would have on todays airline security.  Just recently, Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed by America's finest (Navy Seals).  Some say he was the conspiracy/leader behind the attacks on 9/11.  Because he is dead and gone now, will this help Americans rest?  Do you feel safer now?

bad news bears

The Chicago bears are off to yet another bad start this season with a 1 win and a 2 loss record.  Today the bad news bears lost to the Green Bay Packers right after loosing to the New Orleans Saints last week.  The bears won the season opener against the Atlanta falcons with a blowout 30-12 score.  After the one game season opener the bears gameplay is surely declining.  Although bears quaterback Jay Cutler has only thrown for one interception this season he is not the only blame for the bears slow performance.  Cutler has minimal pass protection which leaves him virtually open to the defense.  Running back Matt Forte only has one touchdown in three games.  This means the offense isn't putting up much points.  Lets just face the facts.  The Bears have never been the best at creating offensive production but on the contrary the defense wins games.  However, the defense allowed 27 points today versus the Packers and 30 points in game two versus the Saints.  If the Bears can't hold the offense to under 21 points per game it's going to be a long season.  Green Bay quaterback Aaron Rodgers threw for  297 yards and three touchdowns in todays game vs. Chicago.  If the bears defense can't win the game and neither can the offense then maybe Hester and special teams can.  The bears are set to take on the Carolina Panthers next week.  Perhaps special teams can pick up the slack.