It was kinda cool how you could tie in what multiple people did and come up with one project idea from it. It seems like we all did kind of psychedellic things with color, i was surprised that other people had similar ideas to my own. A lot of the time we think that we're all so different from other people, when in reality we all have a lot more in common than you'd think at first glance.
The movie we watched was fantastic- a little bit creepy- but fantastic all the same. By the time it was almost over, I had gotten so into it that I couldn't help but stay until the end. I was thinking about it, and all the emotions it brought out for the rest of the night. It was very philosophically driven- which is my favorite kind of movie. I liked how it took the father and daughter and showed them in so many different contexts, particularly the father. They did a good job of capturing so many different facets of his life and personality, and showed it all off in a fantasy world to grab and keep the viewers' attention.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Bliss + Breaking Rules
Bliss:
I don't see why our society thinks that doing something fun is considered "stealing time". When I had finally found the time to sit down and think about what I wanted to do for bliss time, I had no clue where to start. I am always running around fulfilling obligations to other people and to work and school, but I realized that I never take any time to myself. I'm always so busy fulfilling obligations that I don't even really hang out with my friends, unless we're doing schoolwork together. It's no surprise I feel so lonely and stressed out all the time. I always put everything and everyone else before myself. I realized that I need more than a few hours of uninterrupted bliss: I need an entire vacation. But for now, I settled with this:
For my personal bliss I decided to watch the 2009 TV adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma". I am a huge Jane Austen fan, and I think that Emma is probably the one of her heroines that is most like myself.
Emma is friendly, charming, eccentric, stubborn, a bit spoiled, a good judge of character, and fancies herself a matchmaker- though she says that she will never marry herself, unless she is truly in love.
She successfully marries off her older sister to one of their childhood friends, John Knightley, and then proceeds to marry off her governess to a wealthy widower, Mr. Weston, in their town. She then befriends a young woman named Harriet, whose lineage is a mystery (leaving everyone to assume that she is an illegitimate child). Emma, believing her to be the daughter of nobility, takes her under her wing and tries unsuccessfully to marry her friend off to an arrogant clergyman who is actually in love with Emma.
Due to the combination of her over-confidence in her ability to read people, and her lack of attention to herself, she inadvertently hurt her friend and embarrassed herself.
She then meets Mr. Weston's son, Frank Churchill, who was taken in by his aunt as a young child, whom she had been fantasizing about meeting for her entire life. He immediately shows interest in her and flirts openly and carelessly. When his aunt, who is sick, makes him return to her, Emma finds that she is not at all in love him, though she did enjoy his company. When he returned she was afraid that he was in love with her, but was relieved when he did not seem to be so.
Emma then, thinking that her friend Harriet was falling in love with Mr. Churchill, encourages her to pursue him. However, Emma later finds out that Harriet did not like Mr. Churchill, but instead fancied Emma's closest friend, George Knightley, (the elder brother of her sister's husband). After that Emma finally realized that she was in love with Mr. Knightley, and curses herself for her blindness to her own feelings.
Thinking that Mr. Knightley is indeed in love with her friend, she reluctantly lets him make a confession to her. Only he confesses that he is in love with Emma, and she consents to marry him. She later finds out that Harriet accepted the proposal of an old friend of hers, who is in charge of the farm on Mr. Knightley's estate.
I think that I relate so well to this story because often it feels like my own life is a hectic heart-wrenching drama as well. My own friends often ask me for advice in the romance department because I am typically very observant of people's behavior, and am usually very detached from the outcomes. But when it comes to myself I am at a total loss, just like Emma. I have had the desperate guys pursue me, and I have also been with men that I honestly thought I should be in love with. The one big difference in my story and Emma's is that my Mr. Knightley always seems to be so elusive. I constantly think that if he is already here, that I can't help but be oblivious to it.
I am drawn to Jane Austen's novels time and time again because the characters are always so rich, and she describes so many different types of relationships that it's not only educational in the way of experiencing another culture, but it's informative of how relationships are always so different. No two people and no two relationships are exactly alike. And sometimes you can even know a person all your life and never really know them until someone else comes along and interferes.
But I'm also a hopeless romantic, so watching and reading about peoples trials and tribulations in love are also completely amusing as well. :3
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Breaking Rules:
I love color, so for my breaking of rules, I chose to break the rule of "do not make your subject an unnatural color!" It may not be realistic, but I think it's fun having a purple dog, or even a red one :3
I don't see why our society thinks that doing something fun is considered "stealing time". When I had finally found the time to sit down and think about what I wanted to do for bliss time, I had no clue where to start. I am always running around fulfilling obligations to other people and to work and school, but I realized that I never take any time to myself. I'm always so busy fulfilling obligations that I don't even really hang out with my friends, unless we're doing schoolwork together. It's no surprise I feel so lonely and stressed out all the time. I always put everything and everyone else before myself. I realized that I need more than a few hours of uninterrupted bliss: I need an entire vacation. But for now, I settled with this:
For my personal bliss I decided to watch the 2009 TV adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma". I am a huge Jane Austen fan, and I think that Emma is probably the one of her heroines that is most like myself.
Emma is friendly, charming, eccentric, stubborn, a bit spoiled, a good judge of character, and fancies herself a matchmaker- though she says that she will never marry herself, unless she is truly in love.
She successfully marries off her older sister to one of their childhood friends, John Knightley, and then proceeds to marry off her governess to a wealthy widower, Mr. Weston, in their town. She then befriends a young woman named Harriet, whose lineage is a mystery (leaving everyone to assume that she is an illegitimate child). Emma, believing her to be the daughter of nobility, takes her under her wing and tries unsuccessfully to marry her friend off to an arrogant clergyman who is actually in love with Emma.
Due to the combination of her over-confidence in her ability to read people, and her lack of attention to herself, she inadvertently hurt her friend and embarrassed herself.
She then meets Mr. Weston's son, Frank Churchill, who was taken in by his aunt as a young child, whom she had been fantasizing about meeting for her entire life. He immediately shows interest in her and flirts openly and carelessly. When his aunt, who is sick, makes him return to her, Emma finds that she is not at all in love him, though she did enjoy his company. When he returned she was afraid that he was in love with her, but was relieved when he did not seem to be so.
Emma then, thinking that her friend Harriet was falling in love with Mr. Churchill, encourages her to pursue him. However, Emma later finds out that Harriet did not like Mr. Churchill, but instead fancied Emma's closest friend, George Knightley, (the elder brother of her sister's husband). After that Emma finally realized that she was in love with Mr. Knightley, and curses herself for her blindness to her own feelings.
Thinking that Mr. Knightley is indeed in love with her friend, she reluctantly lets him make a confession to her. Only he confesses that he is in love with Emma, and she consents to marry him. She later finds out that Harriet accepted the proposal of an old friend of hers, who is in charge of the farm on Mr. Knightley's estate.
I think that I relate so well to this story because often it feels like my own life is a hectic heart-wrenching drama as well. My own friends often ask me for advice in the romance department because I am typically very observant of people's behavior, and am usually very detached from the outcomes. But when it comes to myself I am at a total loss, just like Emma. I have had the desperate guys pursue me, and I have also been with men that I honestly thought I should be in love with. The one big difference in my story and Emma's is that my Mr. Knightley always seems to be so elusive. I constantly think that if he is already here, that I can't help but be oblivious to it.
I am drawn to Jane Austen's novels time and time again because the characters are always so rich, and she describes so many different types of relationships that it's not only educational in the way of experiencing another culture, but it's informative of how relationships are always so different. No two people and no two relationships are exactly alike. And sometimes you can even know a person all your life and never really know them until someone else comes along and interferes.
But I'm also a hopeless romantic, so watching and reading about peoples trials and tribulations in love are also completely amusing as well. :3
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Breaking Rules:
I love color, so for my breaking of rules, I chose to break the rule of "do not make your subject an unnatural color!" It may not be realistic, but I think it's fun having a purple dog, or even a red one :3
Monday, February 15, 2010
circling around
Q&A:
~What defines a circle?
A circle is something that always leads back to it's point of origin, whether exactly, or with slight alterations.
~How does a circle make you feel?
A circle makes me feel relaxed, and sometimes fascinated. It's probably the most beautiful shape in existence. A circle lasts forever, it symbolizes eternity. It's very peaceful. It helps me believe that things will get better again when things in life aren't going too well. It's comforting.
~Where do you encounter a circle?
Circles are everywhere. They're in so many places it's hard to see them all. There are so many squares, triangles, and other harsh shapes that circles just sort of blend into the background. They are in our bodies, on our vehicles; our planet is a circle; a camera lens is a circle that produces images that are rectangles. Snow flakes and rain drops are circles, even tornadoes are circles.
~What do circles mean to me?
Circles are very natural- we can't control them. We don't know where they start or where they end. Circles have no rules, you can go off on tangents, but those tangents still have a point where they connect with the circle. Everything comes back to a circle, be it the changing of the seasons, or a relationship with another person that you are very close to.
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1: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Gif/StakeholderCircle2.gif
2: http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-nov-2002/images/svg-circle-intro.jpg
3: http://www.realcolorwheel.com/colorwheel.htg/Real_Color_Wheel_475.jpg
4: http://z.about.com/d/suvs/1/0/0/R/-/-/Wheel.jpg
5: http://haacked.com/images/BMFerrisWheel.jpg
6: http://gameracer.com.au/eshop/images/50-1-xbox360_nitro_wheel.jpg
7: http://rakkudesigns.com/products/silver.wheel_lrg.jpg
8: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/202565433_36ac58d12c_o.jpg
9: http://www.pangolin.com/images/spin_vga.jpg
10: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ol-images/nursery/uploads/2007_08_10_spinning_photo2.jpg
11: http://einstein.stanford.edu/Library/images/GPB-Concept-Dgrm-lg.jpg
12: http://www.bradcarlile.com/images-framed/Playground-Spin.jpg
13: http://www.thefizzbook.co.uk/images/spin-laptop.JPG
14: http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/led_hula_hoop_sideways.jpg
15: http://www.greatjewelryguide.com/wp-content/uploads/platinum-hoop-earrings-photo.jpg
16: 123454321 (palindromes)
17: waves
18: life
19: relationships
20: macaroni
21: stories
22: smiles
23: laughter
24: music
25: tarot cards
26: fate
27: 4x + 4y = 64
28: karma
29: eyes
30: family
~What defines a circle?
A circle is something that always leads back to it's point of origin, whether exactly, or with slight alterations.
~How does a circle make you feel?
A circle makes me feel relaxed, and sometimes fascinated. It's probably the most beautiful shape in existence. A circle lasts forever, it symbolizes eternity. It's very peaceful. It helps me believe that things will get better again when things in life aren't going too well. It's comforting.
~Where do you encounter a circle?
Circles are everywhere. They're in so many places it's hard to see them all. There are so many squares, triangles, and other harsh shapes that circles just sort of blend into the background. They are in our bodies, on our vehicles; our planet is a circle; a camera lens is a circle that produces images that are rectangles. Snow flakes and rain drops are circles, even tornadoes are circles.
~What do circles mean to me?
Circles are very natural- we can't control them. We don't know where they start or where they end. Circles have no rules, you can go off on tangents, but those tangents still have a point where they connect with the circle. Everything comes back to a circle, be it the changing of the seasons, or a relationship with another person that you are very close to.
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1: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Gif/StakeholderCircle2.gif
2: http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-nov-2002/images/svg-circle-intro.jpg
3: http://www.realcolorwheel.com/colorwheel.htg/Real_Color_Wheel_475.jpg
4: http://z.about.com/d/suvs/1/0/0/R/-/-/Wheel.jpg
5: http://haacked.com/images/BMFerrisWheel.jpg
6: http://gameracer.com.au/eshop/images/50-1-xbox360_nitro_wheel.jpg
7: http://rakkudesigns.com/products/silver.wheel_lrg.jpg
8: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/202565433_36ac58d12c_o.jpg
9: http://www.pangolin.com/images/spin_vga.jpg
10: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ol-images/nursery/uploads/2007_08_10_spinning_photo2.jpg
11: http://einstein.stanford.edu/Library/images/GPB-Concept-Dgrm-lg.jpg
12: http://www.bradcarlile.com/images-framed/Playground-Spin.jpg
13: http://www.thefizzbook.co.uk/images/spin-laptop.JPG
14: http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/led_hula_hoop_sideways.jpg
15: http://www.greatjewelryguide.com/wp-content/uploads/platinum-hoop-earrings-photo.jpg
16: 123454321 (palindromes)
17: waves
18: life
19: relationships
20: macaroni
21: stories
22: smiles
23: laughter
24: music
25: tarot cards
26: fate
27: 4x + 4y = 64
28: karma
29: eyes
30: family
Monday, February 8, 2010
Class #3 Response
I loved the "lights out" experiment. I didn't realize, until after Beth mentioned it, that more people were talking when the lights were out (or when the disco ball was on) than when the lights are on. We should have more classes like that! It really does make it easier, especially for New Media people like us, because we tend to be a more introverted breed. Most of us are so caught up in the ideas swirling around in our heads that when it comes time for us to take a stand and present ourselves to the world, we lack confidence. As an introvert myself, I know all too well how difficult it is to gain, and then maintain that confidence. Sometimes you have it one day, and then it may be months before you actually get it back again. We tend to get really brilliant ideas, but only share them with the few people closest to us (if we even share them at all!). There's a reason "trolls" are out there on the internet- because that's the only place they can feel confident about themselves. When nobody knows who you are to attack you for your opinions, it's like an adrenaline rush of confidence. And in an online setting, you never have to go back and look at your comment again, or deal with any responses you may get if you dont want to. In real life, if you are face to face with someone and you insult them, then you are forced to deal with the consequences right then and there. And the pressusre and guilt of that is never easy to deal with.
Lions and Tigers and Crop Circles, Oh My!
The first thing that comes to my mind when i hear "crop circles" is ALIENS! And perhaps watching the movie Signs is what got that idea stuck in my head...
Well, crop circles dont really matter since we have to crops to speak of right now... all we have on the ground at the present moment is snow. So i have some "snow circles" for your amusement. Oh, and they do come with their own little alien of sorts (one of the cute and fluffy variety).
The snow circles appeared after the big snowfall last weekend. Saturday morning the snow was pure and untouched. It was glittering and beautiful. Then Sunday morning the shapes appeared in the snow! What could have made them, I wonder?
Clearly it was some kind of alien that was rooting for the Colts in the Superbowl game last night... (the alien probably isn't too happy they lost).
Then it came out of nowhere, running towards me!
I couldn't get a good look at it at first, but I could tell it was very fluffy, perfectly equipped for the cold weather. I couldn't help but get a closer look, so my brother helped me capture the creature.
We finally trapped it and examined it.
The mysterious creature turned out to merely be my dog, a Pomeranian named Harry who loves playing in the snow. So we compared his paw prints to those that made the "snow circles"...
...and the prints were a match. It was little Harry who had made all those "snow circles." The mystery was solved, and the solution was not nearly as exciting as the mystery itself.
Though I will probably always wonder how he managed to make a Colts horseshoe in the snow...
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Special thanks to my brother, Nick, and my three dogs for helping me make the "snow circles" and to Harry for being a good dog and doing tricks for me while I took pictures of him :3
Well, crop circles dont really matter since we have to crops to speak of right now... all we have on the ground at the present moment is snow. So i have some "snow circles" for your amusement. Oh, and they do come with their own little alien of sorts (one of the cute and fluffy variety).
The snow circles appeared after the big snowfall last weekend. Saturday morning the snow was pure and untouched. It was glittering and beautiful. Then Sunday morning the shapes appeared in the snow! What could have made them, I wonder?
Clearly it was some kind of alien that was rooting for the Colts in the Superbowl game last night... (the alien probably isn't too happy they lost).
Then it came out of nowhere, running towards me!
I couldn't get a good look at it at first, but I could tell it was very fluffy, perfectly equipped for the cold weather. I couldn't help but get a closer look, so my brother helped me capture the creature.
We finally trapped it and examined it.
The mysterious creature turned out to merely be my dog, a Pomeranian named Harry who loves playing in the snow. So we compared his paw prints to those that made the "snow circles"...
...and the prints were a match. It was little Harry who had made all those "snow circles." The mystery was solved, and the solution was not nearly as exciting as the mystery itself.
Though I will probably always wonder how he managed to make a Colts horseshoe in the snow...
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Special thanks to my brother, Nick, and my three dogs for helping me make the "snow circles" and to Harry for being a good dog and doing tricks for me while I took pictures of him :3
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Response to Class #2
The second class was hilarious! We really have a crazy bunch. The activities we did were fun, and the magically transformed coke can was quite the little mystery :P
I enjoyed the color-circle. But it got really difficult as time went on- and i noticed people's responses got crazier (and wilder haha). It really goes to show that when you are backed into a corner and have fewer options, you can get more creative with the way you accomplish things.
And i really think we should make a sculpture out of the chairs/desks in the room... it may be a little on the crazy side, but it sure would be fun! :3
I enjoyed the color-circle. But it got really difficult as time went on- and i noticed people's responses got crazier (and wilder haha). It really goes to show that when you are backed into a corner and have fewer options, you can get more creative with the way you accomplish things.
And i really think we should make a sculpture out of the chairs/desks in the room... it may be a little on the crazy side, but it sure would be fun! :3
Monday, February 1, 2010
Rules rules rules...
Rules aren't always meant to be followed. Some rules we need, some are totally useless.
Bad Rules:
The one rule that annoys me above all other rules is the dreaded:
1) Dress Code!
I despise dress codes the most because for me, how i dress is an extension of who i am. And i dont like sacrificing who i am just to please other people. Sometimes i dress nicely, sometimes i wear a tshirt and sweatpants, and sometimes i mix and match. I love designers, and i love casual clothes, i love tank tops and tube tops all year round, i love lacy, girly things, and i love my football jerseys. Stilettos and sneakers. Blouses and baggy jeans. How can you truly be yourself if you're forced to dress like everybody else?
2) No music players
This one drove me crazy in high school! We were not allowed to have any electronic devices except calculators inside the school building. We couldnt have cd players (mp3 players once they became popular), cell phones, laptops, or anything else. Music has always been a driving force for me, i always listen to music when i do homework, or anything. It always inspired me, and helped me concentrate. Silence, on the other hand, always stifles me. When it's too quiet i cant think, and i definitely cant be creative! As long as we listen through headphones, why try to kill the music?
3) Reading textbooks!
Okay, so it's not particularly a rule... but since i'm thinking about school... I dont like reading textbooks, at all! They're boring! No matter how articulate the author, no matter how knowledgeable the author, we dont like reading (except fiction... that we'll read). Especially for New Media students... most of us are probably here, in this major, because we are hands on people. We prefer doing over sitting around and looking at what other people have done.
4) No cursing
It's a rule in a LOT of places, even households have this rule, so it's not just businesses and schools. Yes, expletives probably should be kept to a minimum, but people need to be realistic: havent you ever messed something up or stubbed your toe really hard and let out an expletive or two? We're all human, we all make mistakes. So more people need to get off their high horses (because they know they do it too.)
5) Too much freedom of speech...
Every weekend I see protesters gather outside the Planned Parenthood. I would just roll my eyes at them and keep driving on by, if it weren't for the fact that they print off huge posters with pictures of dead children and fetuses and use those as their protest posters- with their own children standing right there. Freedom of speech, as much as i love it, needs a few boundaries. No one wants to see those disgusting pictures, and children especially should not see those pictures! It's one thing to try and instill your beliefs in your children, but it's another to potentially scar your child for life with those graphic images!
Good Rules:
1) Do not kill
Yeah, pretty basic. Any form of murder is bad! Hurting people in general is bad. It's the most basic of all human morals.
2) No blackmail, insider trading, all those bad financial crimes
It's cool if you're smart enough to get away with it... but if you're smart enough to cheat your way around stuff, dont you think it would take less energy to just do it the right way? Dont take advantage of people.
3) Unemployment benefits
Yes, there's a lot of controversy around it, because there are people who take advantage of the system. But when you come from a family who had everything for so many years, a house, a comfortable life, a company car, no financial worries. Then have that all overturned out of the blue. It's tough. My family has been there. We lived with no health insurance, and a very meager income for several months. And it was through no fault of any of us. It's nice to have that buffer, so that we could at least survive until things got better again.
4) Insurance
Not really a rule, but it's something you legally have to have for some things. Yes, there are a lot of screwed up aspects of America's insurance programs, but isn't it nice to know that you have it? Just to give you a little peace of mind?
5) Tough immigration policies
Yes, I probably sound like a typical old white-haired Republican: but really think about it. Would you want somebody coming here, illegally, taking over your job, and receiving all of the benefits that you have worked for your entire life, benefits that they havent worked for at all? Think about the number of them who work under the table, getting paid tax-free, or living off social security, unemployment, and food stamps, when you and your friends and family are the ones funding it. It's one thing to want to help someone, that's why we donate our time and money to charities, but it's another to have our hard-earned cash get donated for us, to people we didn't consent to giving it to. What's fair in that?
Bad Rules:
The one rule that annoys me above all other rules is the dreaded:
1) Dress Code!
I despise dress codes the most because for me, how i dress is an extension of who i am. And i dont like sacrificing who i am just to please other people. Sometimes i dress nicely, sometimes i wear a tshirt and sweatpants, and sometimes i mix and match. I love designers, and i love casual clothes, i love tank tops and tube tops all year round, i love lacy, girly things, and i love my football jerseys. Stilettos and sneakers. Blouses and baggy jeans. How can you truly be yourself if you're forced to dress like everybody else?
2) No music players
This one drove me crazy in high school! We were not allowed to have any electronic devices except calculators inside the school building. We couldnt have cd players (mp3 players once they became popular), cell phones, laptops, or anything else. Music has always been a driving force for me, i always listen to music when i do homework, or anything. It always inspired me, and helped me concentrate. Silence, on the other hand, always stifles me. When it's too quiet i cant think, and i definitely cant be creative! As long as we listen through headphones, why try to kill the music?
3) Reading textbooks!
Okay, so it's not particularly a rule... but since i'm thinking about school... I dont like reading textbooks, at all! They're boring! No matter how articulate the author, no matter how knowledgeable the author, we dont like reading (except fiction... that we'll read). Especially for New Media students... most of us are probably here, in this major, because we are hands on people. We prefer doing over sitting around and looking at what other people have done.
4) No cursing
It's a rule in a LOT of places, even households have this rule, so it's not just businesses and schools. Yes, expletives probably should be kept to a minimum, but people need to be realistic: havent you ever messed something up or stubbed your toe really hard and let out an expletive or two? We're all human, we all make mistakes. So more people need to get off their high horses (because they know they do it too.)
5) Too much freedom of speech...
Every weekend I see protesters gather outside the Planned Parenthood. I would just roll my eyes at them and keep driving on by, if it weren't for the fact that they print off huge posters with pictures of dead children and fetuses and use those as their protest posters- with their own children standing right there. Freedom of speech, as much as i love it, needs a few boundaries. No one wants to see those disgusting pictures, and children especially should not see those pictures! It's one thing to try and instill your beliefs in your children, but it's another to potentially scar your child for life with those graphic images!
Good Rules:
1) Do not kill
Yeah, pretty basic. Any form of murder is bad! Hurting people in general is bad. It's the most basic of all human morals.
2) No blackmail, insider trading, all those bad financial crimes
It's cool if you're smart enough to get away with it... but if you're smart enough to cheat your way around stuff, dont you think it would take less energy to just do it the right way? Dont take advantage of people.
3) Unemployment benefits
Yes, there's a lot of controversy around it, because there are people who take advantage of the system. But when you come from a family who had everything for so many years, a house, a comfortable life, a company car, no financial worries. Then have that all overturned out of the blue. It's tough. My family has been there. We lived with no health insurance, and a very meager income for several months. And it was through no fault of any of us. It's nice to have that buffer, so that we could at least survive until things got better again.
4) Insurance
Not really a rule, but it's something you legally have to have for some things. Yes, there are a lot of screwed up aspects of America's insurance programs, but isn't it nice to know that you have it? Just to give you a little peace of mind?
5) Tough immigration policies
Yes, I probably sound like a typical old white-haired Republican: but really think about it. Would you want somebody coming here, illegally, taking over your job, and receiving all of the benefits that you have worked for your entire life, benefits that they havent worked for at all? Think about the number of them who work under the table, getting paid tax-free, or living off social security, unemployment, and food stamps, when you and your friends and family are the ones funding it. It's one thing to want to help someone, that's why we donate our time and money to charities, but it's another to have our hard-earned cash get donated for us, to people we didn't consent to giving it to. What's fair in that?
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