Monday, November 9, 2009

Gaunt to Gargantuan and Back:The Atkins Method Of Acting


This article is about actors that when given a role to play in a movie they seem to be so obsessed with their weight. They forget that they are causing a lot of health related problems in their bodies. My main concern about this issue is they forget that children are watching them and wanting to be them. Caryn James mentions a couple of examples, like how Renee Zellweger lost the weight and then gained. Another example Tom Hanks gained and lost 50 lbs for the movie
" Cast Away". These actors forget that they are role models and that they have an affect on teenagers. I grew up always wanting to be them and never saw myself as beautiful. No matter what I did to look like them I still never was truly happy. Until a friend of mine told me that I looked like a model. I gasped at the thought and ran with it. I started looking at myself differently and beautifully.

There are other ways to have the body for the role. One way is if you want to be heavier then you can wear a "fat suit" or if an actor wants to look thin computers can be an excellent way to help make the actor fit the role. I personally think that this is a serious matter and that it shouldn't be taken lightly. There are ways to fix this if only we look closer!

Monday, November 2, 2009

My weekend

My weekend wasn't so bad. I had to work Friday and Saturday all day. Then it was my nephew Mustafa's birthday on Halloween. I had to leave work and go to his house where kids were running everywhere. I was exhausted and needed to rest but I couldn't let my nephew down. He is my only nephew and I had to celebrate him turning 7 years old. I left my sisters house at mid-night and when I got home I threw myself on my bed from this crazy day. Sunday was my only day off and I took advantage of it. I slept till noon and spent the whole day watching T.V. I did a little homework and that was it for my weekend.

Did You Know?

This video was amazing. It had so many information that blew my mind. Some of the information that really concerned me was that technology is growing so rapidly that teachers are teaching students jobs that don't exist yet and to solve problems that they don't know about yet either. That concerned me because I am in school and I have to keep up with technology so I can teach my students. Another fascinating fact is today people will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38. I cant believe that many job usually people will have two to three jobs max. Technology is growing at such a fast speed that there are 200 million users on My space which is like a country that is the 5th largest country in the world. Another great fact is India has more honor kids than AAmerica has of kids. That's mind-blowing. I knew India has a large population but it never occur ed to me that it was this many. I wish that many people would watch this video to learn what I have learned because we need this information to move on to the future.