I consider myself to be a creative person, and as we have learned in class, creative people can escape gender stereotypes. The gender stereotype that I escape is clothes. I love clothes. I love fashion. I like shopping for and buying clothes. I'm not sure why, but my best guess would either be that I love looking good, or I love spending money. Its probably both...
So, I have a lot of clothes. A LOT of clothes. Its almost ridiculous. I also have almost 10 different pairs of shoes that I wear on a regular basis as well. Now that you know this about me, you can probably guess how my closet looks. Needless to say, its very messy. I have 9 different shelves and drawers on which I put my jeans, shorts, shirts, sweaters, shoes, hats, and other clothing pieces. Now this isn't counting the 2 other places I use to hang other clothes. I've been avoiding organizing this part of my closet for a long time, but since I had this assignment, I found a perfect opportunity to organize and do homework at the same time!
Beforehand, I still wasn't very excited that I had to organize all the piles of clothes that were jammed into the small space. I was thinking that I would have much rather been playing video games, or going on Facebook However, I decided to plug in my headphones, turn on some good music, and get down to organizing. It took me about an hour to take everything out, stack them in neat piles, and put them back in. It took me another 15 minutes to just organize all my shoes and re-hang all of my hanging shirts, pants, and jackets. Afterwards, however, I stepped back from the closet, took a good hard look, and felt really good about what I had just done.
I feel like if I wasn't simply motivated by the fact that I needed to do it for a class, it would have felt much better. That being said, I was still extremely satisfied with the work I had done. I didn't realize how many clothes I actually have. I knew I had quite a lot, but I didn't realize how many I actually had. I also saw how my fashion has changed over the years.
I like that everything is organized now, but now it is just a matter of maintaining this level of neatness. I guess we'll see how long that lasts!
Monday, November 19, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Captured Thought: Building a Longboard
I have been longboarding for about a year and a half now, but I have known how to skateboard and snowboard since I was in the 4th grade. I really love longboarding, and I know it's something I want to get into throughout the rest of high school and all throughout college.
Recently I have been reading articles and watching videos about longboarding. I didn't know that there were so many different things you could do. I've seen tricks that I didn't think were humanly possible. I've seen custom paint jobs that look like it was done by a professional company. Seeing these things have only made me want to longboard more.
One article that I stumbled upon was a video about building custom longboards. It showed the whole process of building longboards from home. I thought it would be so cool if I could do this myself.
I have other friends that longboard, so I sent them the link to the video, and we started talking about it. We figured that it would be so cool if we could build longboards that are made by us, and have our own personal touch to them. That night, we started drawing up shapes for boards, and thinking of cool designs.
After that night however, we never really talked about it again. It has still been on my mind though. Occasionally, I find myself drawing up shapes for a longboard, or custom designs that we could put on the bottom.
I want to remember this because I really like the idea of building my own longboard. It would be a good thing to do instead of sitting on my butt playing video games on the weekend. It can be a long process, up to two weeks depending on what we want to do with the boards, but I think it could be worth it. We would have something to do in our spare time, and we would get a cool, custom longboard out of it.
Recently I have been reading articles and watching videos about longboarding. I didn't know that there were so many different things you could do. I've seen tricks that I didn't think were humanly possible. I've seen custom paint jobs that look like it was done by a professional company. Seeing these things have only made me want to longboard more.
One article that I stumbled upon was a video about building custom longboards. It showed the whole process of building longboards from home. I thought it would be so cool if I could do this myself.
I have other friends that longboard, so I sent them the link to the video, and we started talking about it. We figured that it would be so cool if we could build longboards that are made by us, and have our own personal touch to them. That night, we started drawing up shapes for boards, and thinking of cool designs.
After that night however, we never really talked about it again. It has still been on my mind though. Occasionally, I find myself drawing up shapes for a longboard, or custom designs that we could put on the bottom.
I want to remember this because I really like the idea of building my own longboard. It would be a good thing to do instead of sitting on my butt playing video games on the weekend. It can be a long process, up to two weeks depending on what we want to do with the boards, but I think it could be worth it. We would have something to do in our spare time, and we would get a cool, custom longboard out of it.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Best of Week: Sophie's World
This week in class, we began reading Sophie's World. At first, I wasn't sure how this book would be, because I hadn't heard many great things about it. I asked my mom how she liked the book, because she had read it before, and she didn't think I would particularly enjoy the subject matter that the book describes.
We could just say that she was wrong. Dead wrong.
I don't think a book has ever made me think so hard about life before in my life. It brings up questions like "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?". Sophie ponders these questions while she reads the letters her philosopher is sending to her. I find it difficult to not become distracted by these questions. I find myself thinking about these questions for myself rather than reading the book. I love pondering these things, but I need to read!
I had also recently been pondering questions like this, and I was very happy to see other perspectives through this novel. When Sophie first got the "Who are you?" letter, the author described Sophie looking into the mirror, and questioning who was actually asking the question. I think it is amazing to think about.
It connects to my beliefs in how I really love thinking of things in abstract ways. Like in the chapter, "The Myths", it describes how people made up stories so that they could have a sort of knowledge as to how things work. To me, science is so boring. Facts are facts that cannot be altered. They are set, and that is the way they will be. I think that is why I have loved reading this book. I can use my imagination to create. I can create reasons to why the earth spins, or where we come from.
I see myself using these questions throughout my entire lifetime. I believe that if I can ask these questions to myself throughout my lifetime, I will never be bored. These are things that I could think about for hours on end without stopping. It is one of the only things that isn't a physical activity that really can get my blood flowing.
I think that it is pretty important to think about these things, because without them, life just seems irrelevant.
We could just say that she was wrong. Dead wrong.
I don't think a book has ever made me think so hard about life before in my life. It brings up questions like "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?". Sophie ponders these questions while she reads the letters her philosopher is sending to her. I find it difficult to not become distracted by these questions. I find myself thinking about these questions for myself rather than reading the book. I love pondering these things, but I need to read!
I had also recently been pondering questions like this, and I was very happy to see other perspectives through this novel. When Sophie first got the "Who are you?" letter, the author described Sophie looking into the mirror, and questioning who was actually asking the question. I think it is amazing to think about.
It connects to my beliefs in how I really love thinking of things in abstract ways. Like in the chapter, "The Myths", it describes how people made up stories so that they could have a sort of knowledge as to how things work. To me, science is so boring. Facts are facts that cannot be altered. They are set, and that is the way they will be. I think that is why I have loved reading this book. I can use my imagination to create. I can create reasons to why the earth spins, or where we come from.
I see myself using these questions throughout my entire lifetime. I believe that if I can ask these questions to myself throughout my lifetime, I will never be bored. These are things that I could think about for hours on end without stopping. It is one of the only things that isn't a physical activity that really can get my blood flowing.
I think that it is pretty important to think about these things, because without them, life just seems irrelevant.
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