Toes

I am a pretty big fan of country music, although I know many people are not. So I chose one of my favorites “Toes” by the Zac Brown Band. This song is not really the typical country song in that it doesn’t really have the heavy country accent and just has a different feel in general. The song describes someone getting ready to go on vacation to Mexico and leaving the boring confines of a city. Once in Mexico he describes relaxing and having a good time having his toes in the water, ass in the sand, and a cold beer in his hand. Once in Mexico he describes his days there as “Four days flew by like a drunk Friday night as the summer drew to an end”. Once arriving home he attempts to enjoy his home as much as Mexico by replicating what he did there saying “I'm just gunna prop up by the lake I've got my ass in a lawn chair Toes in the clay Not a worry in the world a PBR on the way Life is good today. Life is good today.”

If you haven’t listened to this song I suggest you look it up on youtube or some other way and check it out because it is a great song.

Is It Art?

Is It Art? Is an article by Gary Moeller where he discusses the Buffy the Vampire episode “Hush”. In this article, Moeller compares how this episode relates to other videos considered art. Moeller first compares how “Hush” and The Yellow Submarine showing how the two are similar because in each instance the sound is taken away from a town. Next, the article discusses how The Gentleman’s minions are similar to the monkeys in The Wizard of Oz saying “The monkeys were so incredibly creepy; some aspects of their creepiness relate directly to the Gentlemen’s minions.” This articles ends by debating whether or not “Hush” should be considered art. Moeller says yes “Yes (since, revealed through art, we do need to know all, even the most frightening), then “Hush” passes this test, at least in terms of intent.”

Grimm

The Grim Realities article discusses how throughout many of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes folk tales are used, and played out to their actual meaning. Most folk tales relate to death in some way, and in certain episodes of Buffy their meaning is actually played out instead of being referred to by a misleading rhyme. This is apparent in the Buffy episode we watched in class, “Hush”. “Hush” is an episode where a group called The Gentleman takes over a town stealing every ones voices, and then seven hearts. In the article, Grim Realities Bridges describes the fairy tale as “The Gentlemen, as it turns out, are “real” fairytale figures in the Buffy-verse, in the same sense as “Hansel and Gretel” and “Der Kindestod” are posited as real figures in previously discussed episodes.”

Hush

In the Buffy the Vampire episode “Hush” the entire town of Sunnydale loses the ability to speak. This is caused by a group of fairy tale monsters called The Gentlemen. Buffy learns through Giles that the only way to kill these monsters is by a human scream. This instantly presents a problem because of the whole town’s in-ability to speak. Buffy is able to break into The Gentlemen’s hiding place and destroy the box that holds the voices of the town and kill The Gentlemen.
Having never seen a Buffy episode before, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this episode. However, found it to be a pretty good episode. My only real complaint with it is how you kind of knew what was going to happen for the most part. After seeing how The Gentlemen stole the town’s voices it was pretty obvious to me that Buffy would most likely find a way to break in and return the voices to the town. However I did pick up on some of the clever dialogue that we have read about in articles about Buffy. An example is when Olivia arrives at Gile’s house she says her flight was a horror. This was kind of a clever way for Joss Whedon to foreshadow that maybe it wouldn’t be the only horror of her trip.

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The RPAC Aquatic Center is one place where I have been spending a lot of time lately. I haven’t really swam competitively, but have always been a decent swimmer and am trying to get back into it a little bit so I can stay in shape and the facilities are available to me now. The Aquatic Center, to me, is really an amazing place I have never seen a pool even close to that big. Also it is really interesting to watch all the people diving and playing water pole. Where I grew up these sports were not available to us, and the only time I have ever seen them is on TV during the Olympics.

Overall I think this is a great facility for anyone, even if you are not there to work out, there are hot tubs, a recreation pool, and a sauna. I enjoy going there and will probably continue to go there while I am here at Ohio State.

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The Dollhouse is a sci-fi based on people volunteering to have their memories erased and replaced with another person’s memory in order to carry out a task anonymously. I watched the 11^th episode “Briar Rose”. This episode mainly seemed based on trying to find the doll house so that they could “rescue” the people inside. Rescue in this case takes on sort of a strange meaning in that the people in the doll house have volunteered for this; however, some people on the outside feel that what the, NSA ran, doll house is doing to be immoral. For this reason they are trying to expose the NSA for wrong doing while saving people they care about.

I found the overall idea of the show very intriguing, but trying to follow the 11^th episode of the season without seeing the first ones made it difficult. However, the episode was very interesting and kept me guessing throughout the episode. The ending was the biggest twist when you find out that one of the characters in the episode is not who you thought.

Mrs. Reynolds/ But She Was Naked

The Firefly episode our Ms. Reynolds was very interesting and not at all what I expected. The morning after a party, Mal unexpectedly finds a woman on the ship claiming to be his wife. Since Mal questions this, but Sheppard confirms that in the woman’s religion they were married the previous night. The woman Mal “married”, Saffron appears to be such a nice, quiet, and innocent girl. However, it turn out that she is actually a skillfully trained criminal and sabotages the ship to the point where the crew is unsure whether or not they will be able to get the ship back on course.

The article “But She Was Naked” discusses how Saffron use of words made her the least likely suspect for such sabotage to the ship, but at the same time allowed her to easily manipulate the crew. To do this Saffron uses a combination subtle hints of control over the crew and uses their emotions against them. After manipulating Mal and Wash, Saffron is able to sabotage the ship and escape.

I found this episode to be very surprising and interesting it really kept me guessing throughout the whole episode, and I really wish I could have stayed to see the end. The article really helped bring the episode together because of how it analyzed the language used and how it gave Saffron the ability to take over the ship without anyone suspecting it.

The Train Job

Episode two of the Firefly “The Train Job” showed some different aspects of the characters that you wouldn’t expect after watching the first episode. The first seen that sort of surprised me involved the captain. After completing the train heist and learning about the crucial medicine, the captain had just stolen; he went against the threat of being killed to return the medicine to the people that needed it. This caught me off guard after the first episode because in the first episode the captain is made out to be somewhat heartless when it comes to making money, but this shows that the captain does have a kinder side.

I actually enjoyed this episode of the Firefly even more than the first one because you start to really get to know the characters and how they act. This is especially true for the captain who is becoming a more likeable character with the added nicer side.