ads Over the Ages

Everywhere you look on cars, buildings and televisions advertisements are there and you can't possible avoid them. Everyone is trying to sell their ideas and there is no better way than through advertisement. Over the Ages ads have drastically changed to keep up with the current trends. Currently ads have become a lot more risque because that is selling in our current culture, our society has shown that the more risque the more profit, we are built around profit. Back in the day the ads were more innocent because it would have been socially unacceptable to run the ads of today. The bottom line is advertisements typically have the first two seconds to catch the viewers attention, once that time is passed and the viewer does not engage in the ad then they have lost a potential client.

The Loss of a Creature

According to Percy we let society get in the way with our experiences to new places. He thinks that you can't truly experience something through tour guides or walked paths. If you want to truly experience it you have to go off the beaten path and become a pioneer. If you take a tour guide you are going to presume that it is going to look and feel like the post card, but that  may not be the case and can dissatisfy many. When going on a trip Percy suggests doing everything that society doesn't want you to see and than perhaps you will discover something great.

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The Disney made Celebration town impacted society on many different levels of income. To live in Celebration it doesn't matter about your current economic situation. There is real estate for sale depending on if you want to buy a one million dollar house, or  if you want to rent an apartment for six hundred dollars a month. All the houses were built close together so it doesn't matter what kind of house you live in everyone is part of the community. All homes in celebration are walking distant from downtown so if you want to get a bite to eat or watch a movie you can easily meet friends and family. This town also has a postal office and state of the art public school. There is many politics going on in this town with the way the public school is run. Many parents got together and complained that the education is a joke and that Disney should change the curriculum. Disney had a good idea to make a futuristic city but it already is seeing complications. Nothing can be perfect especially when a town is built being heavily profit driven. I think it is going to be interesting to see what happens to this town over the next century. I found it very funny that this was a real town where residents live. I hope that this town can work through their problems and that it can be a model for how cities should be built.
       
The second essay was about how the lower class residents loved to call the starlite mobile park their home. It isn't the best of neighborhoods and located amongst  a junkyard but starlight mobile park is a tight knit community. Everyone is friends with everyone, they have block parties and all the kids play together. One of the residents moved out to a neighborhood in the suburbs but moved back. One man had lived there for 23 years and couldn't see himself living anywhere else. Starlite is completely different from Celebration but the idea around community is the same. The one similarity is it doesn't matter where you live if the community is subtle you will be happy.


The last essay we read was about how people materialize objects in catalogs. They think that since they see it in  a magazine that they should buy it. That isn't always necessarily what you need. Objects can't ultimately make you happy. What makes people happy is their own personal demeanor and relationships with friends and family. Once someone gets carried away being materialistic is the point when they start becoming unhappy. A warning sign for this is once you start worshiping the objects that is dangerous behavior. 

House Hunting

My idea of a home is somewhere that is relaxing that you come back to time and time again. I am going to be traveling the world with my brother an up and coming aspiring young musician. Life on the  road is a new place every night  and traveling is tiring and exhausting. What I call home is the timeswhen I am sitting down listening to my brother play music. Wherever he plays on stage there is always a new fan to be made and people keep wanting to here more. Wherever we travel and play his fans will welcome us in to the venue and at that point in time when the music starts that is home. A family of fans coming together for the enjoyment of good music. Later in life when I will reside somewhere on top of the hill to watch the horizon. I will have a nice house that can host all my family and friends and that is what I will call home.

Calling Suburbs Home

Many middle class hard working families reside in the suburbs. Block by block neighborhoods are united together as one community. I personally think that the suburbs are a great place for families to grow up and raise their children. Most suburbs are located next to schools so kids can meet friends that live in the area rather than be isolated out in the county. Generally houses in the suburbs don't have as much property as out in the county, so there is a lack of privacy. Houses are stacked right next to each other in the suburbs so it is a matter of opinion if you like space or neighbors. People who live in the suburbs can feel more of a sense of community. It is not uncommon to see block parties in neighborhoods where neighbors discuss things and have a good time. In the suburbs there is also a lot of political tension where signs of opposing candidates can be spotted on front yards. Whether you live in the suburbs or country either can be a great place to call home

Fencing,Props

Porches in east LA are often huge hosting large families to come and relax after long days. Families socialize and spend their day hanging out on the patio making the setting right for long conversations. Mexican families in East La love their huge yards to  have parties. Often huge white picket fences circle the property to show off the once american dream. The yard is the safe haven where anyone can come and just relax. The yards of Mexican families are turning into living rooms with sofas and chairs. Fences work as a front door where it is the difference from public to private territory. Graffiti makes a huge part in east LA lighting up walls with vibrant spray paint. My childhood was spent entire summers in my backyard swimming in my pool. I had a huge backyard where all my friends would come and enjoy swimming in under the hot sun. Everyone always felt welcome and their was always a lot of people swimming. My experience was a lot different than living in east LA but never the less it was an awesome childhood.  I walked across the street everyday to school. My neighborhood was a little community where all my friends lived. Everyday was spent playing street hockey or running around with friends. I enjoyed my childhood very much and remember a lot of good times I had.

Last Stop Kmart

 All ones desires can be fulfilled with this vast variety of inventory in this supercenter. All the while this quite lucrative attraction can deliver hefty profits. Kmart is not able to keep up with the corporate scums we know of as Walmart. Walmart has a high price of low cost to meet the demands of their customers.  They underpay their workers, have sweat shop factories in China paying workers under $2 a week. Next time you buy from walmart think about why the price is as cheap as it is. I don't know too much about the business behind Kmart but I'm guessing like any huge corporation it too probably is heavily money driven. I went to a Kmart recently off Cleveland Avenue and absorbed what this phenomenon was all about. This store looked as if it hadn't been remodeled since the mid 1970's. A trip down the isles looking up at florescent lights gives a crazy psychedelic feeling. This was a debacle to my head causing massive headaches. Could I already have had enough kmart shopping just from the interior design of the building? I had to keep going to see what all this rave was about. They really had just about anything you wanted from; sporting goods, fishing and hunting gear, food, drinks, candy, books, school supplies, toys, electronics. You could walk in planning on buying a binder and come out with a bb gun. Really I didn't think kmart supplied these types of inventory? Kmart is the one stop mart that I will go to only if I am in the area and need something quick. As of a Walmart I would never step foot inside that corporation of evil. Another place I have been to that is a cultural landscape is a venue such as the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Many different people come through depending on the type of event. It could be the host for a Sharks game where fans bleed teal and will expect nothing less than victory. If that does not interest you than maybe a lacrosse game or a huge touring act coming through town may. There is always different types of people that come through this arena and that is what makes it so unique.