Thursday, November 10, 2011

Favorite game

My favorite game is the game of golf. I play it as a leisure activity, competitive event, and even study it. I am a Professional Golf Management(PGM) major here at Clemson University. It's the best game in the world

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Reality

"Well, now we have to go back to reality," is the most common phrase that is used when returning from a relaxing vacation, any sort of lengthy trip, or an enjoyable adventure. The phrase makes perfect sense because we can interpret it to mean that we were in our world without concerns and now have to return to the stressful daily life many people lead. However, that is not exactly the correct of use of reality, at least in my opinion. A similar misuse of the word can be found in the most recent television phenomenon, reality tv. Reality tv shows include: The Bachelor and Bachelorette, Real World MTV, Jersey Shore, Survivor, etc. None of these shows represent realistic lifestyles that people lead. For example, in the bachelor, which millions of women and even some men are addicted to, there is one lucky man who gets to go on dates and visits across the world with twenty or so gorgeous women all in an attempt to fall in love in the right girl and propose his hand in marriage on the last episode. First of all, that is not a realistic situation because no guy has been able to date that many women at the same time and not have any of the girls get upset with him. Tears and drama are added to the show to incite interest and is embarrassing to witness on my behalf. I believe the definition of reality is the truth about the way things actually exist.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Political Cartoon Rhetoric

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/DC-Earthquake.htm

This cartoon comes out just after a minor earthquake shook the east coast, including the nation's capital. In this image, Daniel Kurtzman depicts the capital building split in half with crumbled debris surrounding. The man in the suit makes a sarcastic and funny remark that this destruction was not a result from the earthquake, but rather looked like this before the natural disaster occured. Uncle Sam is depicted to have fallen between the cracks. We know it is him because his hat is still remaining. I believe the artist is trying to relay the message that the left and right sides of government have destroyed the government through disputes and every day conflict. Uncle Sam, an icon for the nations military, has faltered because of the adverse relations between both sides of government. His opinion is clear and he wants his audience what recent political relations has done to our nations government.