I can't believe that this semester of college is almost over. After thanksgiving we only have three more weeks. My first semester of college was a huge change for me and i am still getting used to it but i am making it through alright and so far i am doing pretty good in all my classes. Im already signed up for my classes for next semester and if it goes by as fast as this one then i wont have time to turn around before my entire first year of college is over with. It is kind of exciting. Im looking forward to what the future holds.

Falling gas prices

It is awsome that the price of gas is this low and still falling so far. I dint think that they would drop this low this winter. It is sort of weird though. Does anyone know why they are dropping so low right now? I know that they always drop a little bit during the winter months because there is less demand but were they expected to drop this low? I haven't heard why they are dropping like this. Maybe i haven't been keeping up on my news and thats why I dont know and if so i should start watching the news. I would like to know why they are so low and if they are going to stay low. I just figured that they dropped prices so we would start using more gas again and then they would just raise the prices way up next spring and really get us. Well whatever it is i sure hope they stay low.

Ski season

It seems like everyone likes to go skiing or snow boarding. Well then everyone should be happy that the ski runs are starting to open and that we have gotten a little bit of snow. I love this time of year for tons of reasons but i have never acctually gone skiing or snowboarding. Everyone always thinks that is so weird when they hear it, especially when they learn that i have lived around great places to ski all my life. My home is only about forty five minutes away from Telluride and i have lived there my whole life. Maybe i am weird but thats ok I will leave the skiing and snowboarding to everyone else. I have plenty of other great things to do. Happy skiing everyone.

New in amerca

That short clip that we saw today in class was pretty eye catching. It is neat that a Fort Lewis graduate made it but what caught my attention was that the people that were being interviewed were all people from other countries that have been exposed to the major news stations that we listen to every day and they all had very bad things to say. They said that there was no real news and that very little important stuff was acctually talked about. They also said that we were not really aware of it because we had no other news to listen to for us to get the big picture. We are all being brain washed is what he is kinda saying. I think that it was going a little too far but it is scary to think about though anyway.

Thanksgiving is in sight.

Im getting excited for thanksgiving break. Since school has started there hasnt been a single day off and i am more than ready. Thanksgiving is great anyway. I love this time of year. If you are far from home though this year because of school then it might be hard to find a place to stay. The college is closing the dorms up for the break. That means if you dont have an appartment or something else on campus you have to leave and live somewhere else. That is no problem for me but i can see how it could be for some people. It should be no big problem though.

Advertising in our daily lives

I just read chapter twelve and it is about advertising. I didnt know that advertising is such a huge industry. I guess i didnt ever really think about it. I am so used to seeing advertisements now that they are sometimes part of everyday life and i start blocking them out and forgeting about them. When you do think about it though you realize pretty fast why it is such a huge industry. It is almost impossible to get away from ads now days. If you live in a city or own a television or radio you will see and hear hundreds of adds every day. It seems like half the television programming these days is commercials and advertisements. Ads are on everything we buy and look at. They are everywhere and sometimes it can get pretty annoying. Oh well I guess we have to put up with it for now, i mean if i wanted to sell a product that i made i would advertise it too.

My voting experience

Tuesdays election went pretty smoothly for me. It was the first time i had voted and i was kinda nervous because i wasnt sure what all was involved and how hard it would be. It turned out to be very straight forward and i got it done pretty easily. I started out going over to the Concert hall at about nine that morning and i couldnt find the right door so i thought that it wasnt open yet. I went back to eat breakfast and found a sign that said it would be open from seven to seven so i went back and finally found the right entrance. When i got in there was a small line. I only had to wait about five or six minutes. They told me to turn off my cell phone and show a picture ID. I said that i wanted to vote with a paper ballot and that was it. They gave me the ballot and I filled it out in a quiet place where i had some privacy. Everyone was nice and it all went smoothly. What really helped me was talking to my mom the night before. She helped me understand all the new ammendments and everything that i would be voting for and just helped out all around. The election didnt turn out how i wanted but oh well, at least my first voting experience was ok.