Lunch Tuesday (12:30pm)
- Salad w/ corn, craisons, croutons, cheddar cheese, ranch dressing
Tuesday Evening (7:15pm)
- 1 bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal
- 1/2 cup rice pudding w/ cinnamon
- 2 bottles of Poland Spring
Tuesday Night Dinner (9:30pm)
- Stir fry (fresh broccoli, mushrooms, green pepper, yellow pepper)
- 2 Vitamin C pills
Lunch Wednesday (12:30pm)
- 1/4 turkey sandwich
Wednesday Evening (6:50pm)
- Fillet Fish w/ French Fries
Wednesday Dinner (9:00 ish..)
- Slept through dinner, I'm told sandwiches and french fries were served
At lunch on Tuesday, I went to a store by school with my friends, the place wasn't that crowded. The seating arrangement never really matters and we all get something different. It takes a while to get your food depending on what you get. I finished my food last as I was the last to arrive. I believe I had the most expensive food within my table. I ate my food in all of roughly 10 - 13 min with nothing to drink. I watched the cook prepare my salad and told him what I wanted in it. Over lunch we usually talk about things that have happened in school or plans that we want to make over the weekend sometimes old stories for a good laugh. I felt that the salad was worth the $6.25 because it was alot and I was able to finish it all.
Tuesday evening I was home and I was hungry but not starving, there is a TV show that I like to watch on Tuesdays and I like to watch it and eat, its a ritual, a must do or the world will end...yes, seriously. I ate a few snacks but nothing too heavy because I knew my mom was going to make dinner. By the time dinner was ready, my second show was on and I had dinner and watched that. My mother did her bills and ate dinner, so we did not eat together that night I felt good because I got to eat dinner and watch my show, because I hate sitting there watchting my show without dinner or a snack.
I didn't have money for lunch Wednesday, and Sandy offered me a 1/2 of a 1/2 (beggars can't be choosers) not that I begged, but I didn't complain to what was given to me. By 5 I was hungry yet again, so I decided to go to my aunts job to mooch off of her and I ended up getting McDonald's out of the deal (not my first choice but better than nothing), i'm not really into McDonald's all that much, the food was good cause I was dying of hunger but otherwise I wouldn't be eating there Wednesday night for some reason I was completely burnt out, and ended up crashing through dinner, which I didn't mind because I got much needed/wanted rest.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Food Cultures & Home & Corporate
Lets see, it depends on the night in my house. We are never in a rush when it comes to dinner because after dinner we go to bed. My mom always cooks something new for us to try. Generally we only eat dinner in front of the TV on Thursday nights, for Greys Anatomy. My mom usually makes a big meal on Monday or Tuesday and then we eat left overs Wednesday and Thursday. Most weekends we eat out somewhere, Red Lobsters or Edo's or Friday's or Giovanni's. On, TV dinner and family life are always portrayed as the woman cooking, and the man and kids waiting at the table. That's how it is here, depending on the day. Sometimes my mother may not feel like cooking and some nights I cook and some nights we heat up left overs. I would guess that a large majority of women cook for their families and the man is waiting or watching TV and possibly on a rare occasion helping. I only see men cooking for women in movies, but I will say that for special occasions like Mother's Day or Birthdays men do their part but women are going to be stuck in the kitchen for a while. Even in marketing, women are always the one cooking. It's always some 'happy' Caucasian female standing in the kitchen with a 'happy' Caucasian male smiling over a steaming glass dish of baked whatever. But in reality the woman is not smiling the man is probably downing his 3rd beer and the kids are in the back playing X-box. Corporate America likes to portray these happy scenes in order to encourage people to buy their products. So that they typically unhappy mother may buy a hot steaming expensive dish of 'home-made' crap.
Internet Research for Quesion
Who is targeted in the food industry?
I was surprised to find that alot of young people are targeted when it comes to fast unhealthy food."Some fast food chains target their advertising at children and students - an important market for them. McDonald's Happy Meals are one example, which includes a toy often tied in with a newly-released children's film. Ronald McDonald, first introduced in 1963 is a clown-like advertising mascot designed to appeal to young children." Its a slick industry using children to get the money out of the parents pockets. Whats the one thing that little kids love? TOYS! sliding in a smooth new updated toy every month or so is the perfect way to keep the kids interested in their food and not their waistline.
Also targeted, teens and young men. The word most associated with America is POWER, so why not associate that word in to food, perfect idea. "More recently, chains like Carl's Jr. and Burger King (see Burger King advertising) have directed advertising towards a different demographic – young teenage and college-age men – with trendy, often sexualised, imagery and messages that target men's supposed desire for large, meat-filled burgers and rich, satisfying food." You want to be big and powerful? just go to Burger King...You'll be big alright.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food_advertising
I was surprised to find that alot of young people are targeted when it comes to fast unhealthy food."Some fast food chains target their advertising at children and students - an important market for them. McDonald's Happy Meals are one example, which includes a toy often tied in with a newly-released children's film. Ronald McDonald, first introduced in 1963 is a clown-like advertising mascot designed to appeal to young children." Its a slick industry using children to get the money out of the parents pockets. Whats the one thing that little kids love? TOYS! sliding in a smooth new updated toy every month or so is the perfect way to keep the kids interested in their food and not their waistline.
Also targeted, teens and young men. The word most associated with America is POWER, so why not associate that word in to food, perfect idea. "More recently, chains like Carl's Jr. and Burger King (see Burger King advertising) have directed advertising towards a different demographic – young teenage and college-age men – with trendy, often sexualised, imagery and messages that target men's supposed desire for large, meat-filled burgers and rich, satisfying food." You want to be big and powerful? just go to Burger King...You'll be big alright.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food_advertising
Refrigerator Assignment
Honey Mustard Sauce
Miracle Whip
Apricot Jelly
Grape Jelly
Ketchup
Stir-Fry Sauce
1/2 Watermelon
Rice Pudding
Dannon Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt (peach, pineapple, raspberry)
Butter
Snapple
Hawaiian Punch
Coffee Creamer
Pickles
Eggs
Capers
Tar-Tar Sauce
Fresh Shredded Parmesan & Cheddar Cheese
Hot Sauce
Sour Cream
Onions
Tortilla Wraps
Salad Spritzers
This relates to our culture because we [Americans] are associated with having a wide variety of other cultures adapted in to our own. There isn't just one kind of food from one specific culture there is always going to be a large mix from everywhere. I think that media has a big part in that because we are constantly influenced to 'try new things' and one of the ways we think we do that is by trying all the 'foods' that these other cultures serve in their regions, we adapt them by calling them Taco Bell or Pizza Hut when in reality this is just a very Americanised way of seeing things.
Miracle Whip
Apricot Jelly
Grape Jelly
Ketchup
Stir-Fry Sauce
1/2 Watermelon
Rice Pudding
Dannon Fruit on the Bottom Yogurt (peach, pineapple, raspberry)
Butter
Snapple
Hawaiian Punch
Coffee Creamer
Pickles
Eggs
Capers
Tar-Tar Sauce
Fresh Shredded Parmesan & Cheddar Cheese
Hot Sauce
Sour Cream
Onions
Tortilla Wraps
Salad Spritzers
This relates to our culture because we [Americans] are associated with having a wide variety of other cultures adapted in to our own. There isn't just one kind of food from one specific culture there is always going to be a large mix from everywhere. I think that media has a big part in that because we are constantly influenced to 'try new things' and one of the ways we think we do that is by trying all the 'foods' that these other cultures serve in their regions, we adapt them by calling them Taco Bell or Pizza Hut when in reality this is just a very Americanised way of seeing things.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Health Care Assignment --- Thoughts from Class
In class & extra thoughts:
When we were watching SiCKO the film gave us a much needed look in to the lives of the people that don’t have it all. Here in America things are made to look like everything is fine and that life is all good. There is a part in the film where Michael Moore takes a bunch of people to Cuba, where they then get free health care and cheap drugs. Someone asks if they can get in trouble for doing that, and Andy said “the Cubans are very good at differentiating the American Government from the American people” (Andy, AWOL 4/23/09). I thought that that was a good point, it made me think about how we as a people are separate from our government and in the end its us against them, and we out number them so what the hell?!.
When we were watching SiCKO the film gave us a much needed look in to the lives of the people that don’t have it all. Here in America things are made to look like everything is fine and that life is all good. There is a part in the film where Michael Moore takes a bunch of people to Cuba, where they then get free health care and cheap drugs. Someone asks if they can get in trouble for doing that, and Andy said “the Cubans are very good at differentiating the American Government from the American people” (Andy, AWOL 4/23/09). I thought that that was a good point, it made me think about how we as a people are separate from our government and in the end its us against them, and we out number them so what the hell?!.
Health Care Assignment
Should the U.S. move to a Canadian, French, or English model of health care?
Something that is portrayed to be so easy and so FREE in other countries is so complicated and EVIL here. Everything about health care is out of the control of the people. “Here the government is afraid of the people, but there [America] the people are afraid of the government” (SiCKO). That is a great point to make; here American’s will complain about everything from A to Z but in the end do nothing about it. The Big Boys [Corporate America], have weakened us into thinking that there is no alternative to the AWOL, which is basically ‘get rich or die trying’, so moving to a system that has any affiliation with “advocating public or state ownership” (en.wikipedia.org), would be completely unacceptable. America thrives on draining its people of money, as opposed to some place like Canada that is more concerned with the wellbeing of its people. It depends on the person that is being asked the question. For instance, an elderly man said “America’s health care system is a 10 [out of 10] people come here to get the best care” that might be true but, if you’re poor and living in France and you were sick and needed some type of medicine or operation that for some reason only America offered you would be out of luck, so basically what the man on the street neglected to say was that ‘if you’re rich you can get top notch care in America’. Personally I think that we should move to a more Canadian or French model of health care.
What are the major problems with the U.S. health care system and society?
Health care, like I’ve said before, is not something that many people think about. I was completely unaware of how health care in the United States worked, or how health care in other countries worked either. Media shows us things about health care but it never tells us what is going on. They [media] make it seem as if the health care offered here is good and the only thing you should worry about is choosing the right ‘coverage’. “Remember, health insurance is supposed to protect you in case of a catastrophically expensive illness, not simply cover your routine costs as a generally healthy person” (consumerreports.org). Its’ like we are steered from wanting what is probably best for the people of this country, “As inefficient as our government seems to run as it is, -just look at the economy- does America really want the government given authority over something as necessary as our country’s health?”(letters2president.org). Its like beating around the bush forever, all we know is that we need ‘good coverage’ and apparently we don’t want the ‘unsteady’ government handling our health. Not everyone is covered and they in no way deserve this, America needs to change the way it does things. This health care system that we seem to be stuck in, is only helping the rich and killing the poor.
What does the U.S.'s lack of guaranteed universal health care and guaranteed vacation show about the "American Way of Life"?
This tells us that America cares about money, more than its people. America is a country run by rich white men who want to make more and more money. Although America may be the most powerful country in muscle it is the weakest in unity. But in a way, I think that it will be a rocky road to go down if we plan on trying to change it. It’s been like this since the very very slanted development of this ‘great’ nation. The rich always dominating things at the top and the poor doing the dirty work way at the bottom. America ignores everything and the people here have been trained in a way to not challenge authority because if you do the consequences seem like the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze’. If we were able to change how the people here felt about the government then maybe that would change a lot. As long as American’s think that authority doesn’t control everything then we can make a change, a much needed change.
Sources:
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/insurance/health-insurance/good-plans-vs-bad-plans/health-insurance-good-plans-bad-plans.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
http://www.letters2president.org/letters/8180-universal-health-care-good-or-bad
AWOL Class, Andy
Something that is portrayed to be so easy and so FREE in other countries is so complicated and EVIL here. Everything about health care is out of the control of the people. “Here the government is afraid of the people, but there [America] the people are afraid of the government” (SiCKO). That is a great point to make; here American’s will complain about everything from A to Z but in the end do nothing about it. The Big Boys [Corporate America], have weakened us into thinking that there is no alternative to the AWOL, which is basically ‘get rich or die trying’, so moving to a system that has any affiliation with “advocating public or state ownership” (en.wikipedia.org), would be completely unacceptable. America thrives on draining its people of money, as opposed to some place like Canada that is more concerned with the wellbeing of its people. It depends on the person that is being asked the question. For instance, an elderly man said “America’s health care system is a 10 [out of 10] people come here to get the best care” that might be true but, if you’re poor and living in France and you were sick and needed some type of medicine or operation that for some reason only America offered you would be out of luck, so basically what the man on the street neglected to say was that ‘if you’re rich you can get top notch care in America’. Personally I think that we should move to a more Canadian or French model of health care.
What are the major problems with the U.S. health care system and society?
Health care, like I’ve said before, is not something that many people think about. I was completely unaware of how health care in the United States worked, or how health care in other countries worked either. Media shows us things about health care but it never tells us what is going on. They [media] make it seem as if the health care offered here is good and the only thing you should worry about is choosing the right ‘coverage’. “Remember, health insurance is supposed to protect you in case of a catastrophically expensive illness, not simply cover your routine costs as a generally healthy person” (consumerreports.org). Its’ like we are steered from wanting what is probably best for the people of this country, “As inefficient as our government seems to run as it is, -just look at the economy- does America really want the government given authority over something as necessary as our country’s health?”(letters2president.org). Its like beating around the bush forever, all we know is that we need ‘good coverage’ and apparently we don’t want the ‘unsteady’ government handling our health. Not everyone is covered and they in no way deserve this, America needs to change the way it does things. This health care system that we seem to be stuck in, is only helping the rich and killing the poor.
What does the U.S.'s lack of guaranteed universal health care and guaranteed vacation show about the "American Way of Life"?
This tells us that America cares about money, more than its people. America is a country run by rich white men who want to make more and more money. Although America may be the most powerful country in muscle it is the weakest in unity. But in a way, I think that it will be a rocky road to go down if we plan on trying to change it. It’s been like this since the very very slanted development of this ‘great’ nation. The rich always dominating things at the top and the poor doing the dirty work way at the bottom. America ignores everything and the people here have been trained in a way to not challenge authority because if you do the consequences seem like the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze’. If we were able to change how the people here felt about the government then maybe that would change a lot. As long as American’s think that authority doesn’t control everything then we can make a change, a much needed change.
Sources:
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/insurance/health-insurance/good-plans-vs-bad-plans/health-insurance-good-plans-bad-plans.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
http://www.letters2president.org/letters/8180-universal-health-care-good-or-bad
AWOL Class, Andy
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Break Hw
When I talked to my mother about health care she responded saying very proudly that we are covered completely. She explained how the insurance company takes a portion of her paycheck every pay period. When something is wrong my mother encourages us to go to the emergency room or to get checked out. I would say that we have spent a decent amount of time in the emergency room. An incident happened a few years ago when I had to get several stitches and my brother has sickle cell. And so far we have never been denied treatment. As far as I know there hasn't been any trouble over who will pay bills it all seems to be taken care of already. For checkups we pay a small co-pay after the visit but besides that I'm not really sure of how payment happens. I have had many wonderful visits to very loving doctors where there was never a problem about pay.
When I watched SiCKO honestly I was amazed because I haven't been in a situation like that or situations close to that. I mean I knew that America isn't all that great but I didn't think that anything like that could happen. I never really gave much thought to the medical system until last week because I never really had to deal with it. Apparently when there are children on the medical plan they can be covered until they are 21 but if they are not in school they will only be covered until they are 18. They film did successfully show all the evil points in medicare but most likely it had to have some bias in it. But all in all my reaction was complete shock.
When I watched SiCKO honestly I was amazed because I haven't been in a situation like that or situations close to that. I mean I knew that America isn't all that great but I didn't think that anything like that could happen. I never really gave much thought to the medical system until last week because I never really had to deal with it. Apparently when there are children on the medical plan they can be covered until they are 21 but if they are not in school they will only be covered until they are 18. They film did successfully show all the evil points in medicare but most likely it had to have some bias in it. But all in all my reaction was complete shock.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Brain Washing for Stu.. er I Mean Dirty Brains
Wow I thought that was a smooth move in Friday's class. Andy actually addressed the fact that he 'might' be brain washing us. Then he turned around and said that perhaps he wasn't. Don't you hate it when that happens, when someone says one thing then they turn around and say something that in a way contradicts what they just said. We all fell for that shit too. Come on seriously, any thoughts that we are having about AWOL or AWOB or AWOP are all because of Andy. Before September I highly doubt that we gave two shits about the Danish or taxes or the Constitution or Midwives. So yes, we have been brain washed... no wait. I wonder if he's proud that the sort of mindless bunch from September has magically transformed in to people who sort of care about the shitty components of America.
We should be happy that we have a completely narcissistic teacher.
We should be happy that we have a completely narcissistic teacher.
Further in to Poverty
To sum it up, research suggests that poverty is going to get alot worse before it gets better. There are programs that help people to get back on their feet after capitalism pushed them down, but the greater majority have no idea about them. What's scary is the fact that rich white people are still getting more and more money. But since the value of the dollar is going down they have no idea what to do with the billions they are sitting on.
Thoughts on Musical Chairs Version 1 - Wow, first off i hate that game. But I never realized until now what a great mimic that game can be for poverty. The game starts off with their not being enough chairs for everybody, so automatically everyone is in fighting mode. When the music dies, it becomes 'dog eat dog' people jumping over people just to get a seat. But theirs always that pair of people who fight when there is an empty chair not 2 feet away. Its like you get so caught up in the fight you fail to notice the opportunity. Or is that what people what you to think? These rich white folk want you to fight so when you miss your chair you curse yourself..bullshit. As the game goes on there are less and less opportunities available and yet the fight continues. I think that all the people playing should come to a truce, agree to share 1/2 a chair. That way no one gets pushed off or hurt or left in the cold. But of course when you're in the game you don't think logically.
Thoughts on Musical Chairs Version 2 - Okay, this version was completely messed up. People already had their chairs assigned, but kept walking around when the music started up again. It makes me think rich people are fairly ditsy. At one point, in the game one of the 'chosen ones' kept stealing poor peopl chairs, which makes me think that rich people are greedy as well (true). Near the end a black peorson won the game which was either a coincidence or luck. I wonder why the jewish guy got all the chairs though... I noticed that no one wanted to share a damn thing, no one stuck it to the man and said "come over here, and share my 7 chairs". Its sad that even in a game we all have this state of mind where we can't share.
If we ever play this game again I suggests that we get together and share the wealth.
Thoughts on Musical Chairs Version 1 - Wow, first off i hate that game. But I never realized until now what a great mimic that game can be for poverty. The game starts off with their not being enough chairs for everybody, so automatically everyone is in fighting mode. When the music dies, it becomes 'dog eat dog' people jumping over people just to get a seat. But theirs always that pair of people who fight when there is an empty chair not 2 feet away. Its like you get so caught up in the fight you fail to notice the opportunity. Or is that what people what you to think? These rich white folk want you to fight so when you miss your chair you curse yourself..bullshit. As the game goes on there are less and less opportunities available and yet the fight continues. I think that all the people playing should come to a truce, agree to share 1/2 a chair. That way no one gets pushed off or hurt or left in the cold. But of course when you're in the game you don't think logically.
Thoughts on Musical Chairs Version 2 - Okay, this version was completely messed up. People already had their chairs assigned, but kept walking around when the music started up again. It makes me think rich people are fairly ditsy. At one point, in the game one of the 'chosen ones' kept stealing poor peopl chairs, which makes me think that rich people are greedy as well (true). Near the end a black peorson won the game which was either a coincidence or luck. I wonder why the jewish guy got all the chairs though... I noticed that no one wanted to share a damn thing, no one stuck it to the man and said "come over here, and share my 7 chairs". Its sad that even in a game we all have this state of mind where we can't share.
If we ever play this game again I suggests that we get together and share the wealth.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Q's on Poverty... very general q's might I add..
1. In what year was the poverty rate the higest and is there a trend?
-----> In 2003 the poverty rate had risen for the 3rd straight year, "the national poverty rate rose to 12.5 percent -- 35.9 million people -- last year, from 12.1 percent in 2002. Hit hardest were women, who for the first time since 1999 saw their earnings decline, and children. By the end of 2003, 12.9 million children lived in poverty."
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35175-2004Aug26.html
2. What are some of the concequences of the current recession?
----->There have been constant job loses and major pay cuts since the beginning of the recession last year. Stores have been closing down left and right and there have been massive sales on almost every corner, otherwise known as a desperate plea to stay in business.
Source: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/forecast_nj_job_losses_may_con.html
3. How has the vision of "poverty" been portrayed over time?
-----> To American people the word poverty brings to mind living in a small project home, or trailer park not being able to provide for the family or having 18 kids with no "baby daddy". But there is a much more complicated picture than people like to admit. American people tend to neglect that the poverty rate rises more and things like society and media greatly distort what is real.
Source: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/bg1713.cfm
4. What are some solutions to poverty?
-----> Some believe that the solution to poverty greatly depends on the government. Things like welfare are things that the people should be aware of, some believe that more people should be made aware of what is available to them. Also there is a theory that if some children had better resources and better schooling that that would steer many away from the invisible hand that forces some in to the "poverty cycle".
Source: http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2007/0426poverty_sawhill.aspx
5. Are there people making a stand against poverty?
-----> There have been numerous groups that are taking a stand against poverty, people who advocate people being left with nothing.
Source: http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/
-----> In 2003 the poverty rate had risen for the 3rd straight year, "the national poverty rate rose to 12.5 percent -- 35.9 million people -- last year, from 12.1 percent in 2002. Hit hardest were women, who for the first time since 1999 saw their earnings decline, and children. By the end of 2003, 12.9 million children lived in poverty."
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35175-2004Aug26.html
2. What are some of the concequences of the current recession?
----->There have been constant job loses and major pay cuts since the beginning of the recession last year. Stores have been closing down left and right and there have been massive sales on almost every corner, otherwise known as a desperate plea to stay in business.
Source: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/forecast_nj_job_losses_may_con.html
3. How has the vision of "poverty" been portrayed over time?
-----> To American people the word poverty brings to mind living in a small project home, or trailer park not being able to provide for the family or having 18 kids with no "baby daddy". But there is a much more complicated picture than people like to admit. American people tend to neglect that the poverty rate rises more and things like society and media greatly distort what is real.
Source: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/bg1713.cfm
4. What are some solutions to poverty?
-----> Some believe that the solution to poverty greatly depends on the government. Things like welfare are things that the people should be aware of, some believe that more people should be made aware of what is available to them. Also there is a theory that if some children had better resources and better schooling that that would steer many away from the invisible hand that forces some in to the "poverty cycle".
Source: http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2007/0426poverty_sawhill.aspx
5. Are there people making a stand against poverty?
-----> There have been numerous groups that are taking a stand against poverty, people who advocate people being left with nothing.
Source: http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/
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