Memorable Image

To choose the most memorable image I have ever seen is very difficult because our whole lives are surrounded by images. The instant we turn on a television we are blinded my company ads, or in magazines or even when we are driving down the road with images on billboards. Some of the images that came to mind when you first mentioned this assignment was the image of September 11th 2001 or the first tornado I ever witnessed. But the one image that is sticking out most in my mind right now is that of which I saw in a movie. I do not know if you have ever seen the movie Love Actually but in the beginning credits it explains love through an image. This image is of Heathrow Airport, right at the gates when people are arriving and you seen the facial expressions of the loved ones who are back from their trips. This representation of love sticks in the back of my mind, whenever I think of true love that is what I think of.

There are no signs of hatred or disdain to see these people again just pure happiness that they have returned. This can be expressed in a video form as it is in the movie or a picture form. When I envision the picture form I think of a father and daughter. The daughter has just returned from some sort of trip and you see her walk out of the terminal and the flash of her face when she sees her father again just warms your heart. If you were to guess what would happen next in a series of photos I would think it would be the daughter dropping all of her things and running to jump in the arms of her father to hug him. I think this image of love will always live with me because of my values in life and what I perceive love to be. If you haven’t seen the movie I recommend it, it’s a great story of how love lives all around us and we are sometimes too busy or preoccupied to see it.

Recommendation Blog

Imagine that it is a special occasion and you would like to take your girlfriend out for an elegant high class meal and you are unsure wear to go. All the places here in Clemson you have been to and none of them really are that great anyways. My recommendation would be to take her to Ruth Chris steak house and there is one conveniently located in Colombia South Carolina. But if you ever get the chance to visit Maryland I would recommend the Annapolis location because this restaurant is located in the heart of downtown right along the inner harbor and the sunsets are breathtaking. Matched with the scenery and mouth watering cuisine it’s to die for.

The food here is phenomenal it is inventive and confident. One of my favorite appetizers is the fried calamari, they use an Asian based sauce paired with the lightly fried batter; it melts in your mouth. If seafood is not your food of choice you can never go wrong with a steak here, they are cooked exactly how you want them and the plate comes straight out of the kitchen sizzling. They feature a buffalo ribeye with a crunchy blue cheese crust that you will not be able to get enough of. Along with the steak you they have an abundant menu of sides you can choose from. My choice would be the garlic mashed potatoes and the asparagus. Just thinking about this food is making me hungry. After you have finished dinner make sure you have saved room for dessert. The crème brulee here is a classic Creole egg custard topped with fresh berries it is definitely not something you want to pass up. If you fancy an after dinner drink they have an extensive wine list with a highly qualified sommelier who pairs wines with meals.

Granted this restaurant is quite pricey it is well worth the trip, the dining staff is amazingly polite and they are there to cater to you. They also conveniently have a website where you can make a reservation, peruse the menu and find the restaurants that are in the closest vicinity to you. If you do ever head up to the Ruth Chris in Annapolis make sure you tell them you know the Ricker family and they will be sure to take care of you. As Ruth Fertel herself one said, “Life is too short to eat anywhere else.”

Movie Movie Movie

I love to watch movies, I would actually watch movies rather than watching television shows. Over the years I have come fond of many different movies some of my favorites are the classics such as The Sandlot, Hook, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Steel Magnolias, Scarface, The Godfather, Pelican Brief, The American President and Armageddon. Recent movies have not really caught my eye, I feel that the producers are trying too hard to impress us and they end up over doing it. Some of the recent movies I have seen are Definitely Maybe, America Gangster and Alvin and the Chipmunks. I have to say out of those my favorite one was American Gangster. Denzel Washington is one of my favorite actors and in this movie he plays the main character of Frank Lucas who becomes the leader of the New York mafia/drug world. Right off the bat in the beginning of this movie Ridley Scott the director draws you in with death in the very first scene. For the rest of the movie the NYPD and the FBI are trying to crack down and find Lucas who has rose from a family of nothing to a multi-millionaire drug lord. Granted it was a long movie but I just could not get enough of it. Something about the underlying scandal, the lies and cheating kept me on the edge of my seat.

I do not usually like movies that are like this, but it felt like I was in the movie. It felt as if I was part of the scandal and the lies. I also liked how this was based on a true story; it opened my eyes to what the “real world” was like. I feel that throughout my whole life I have lived under a rock and been so sheltered that to me it is hard to believe that things like this were really taking place in the world. This movie impressed me so much that I even recommended it to my grandmother to watch it and come to find out she enjoyed watching it as well. As the movie came to an end I was sad because I did not want Denzel Washington to be caught I wanted the story to continue to unravel but the bad guy always needs to go down in the end. Overall I liked this movie and I would recommend it to anyone, I feel that people of all interest can watch this film and see into a part of history that the majority of us are not a part of. Another thing I liked about this movie was the music, the main performer was JayZ and I have to say he is one of my favorite rappers. T.I. also had a small secondary role in this movie. I liked the fact that there were not many well known actors in this movie besides Washington and Crowe and still the movie was a hit.

Remember When

I am a sucker for remember whens, I am the type of person who dwells to much on the past and tends to over look the future. I like to think back to the times when I was little and relish on how simple life really was back then and how much I constantly took it for granted. Remember when getting high meant swinging as high as you could at the playground, not hitting a joint. Remeber when the worst thing you could get from a boy was cooties and now its aids. Remeber when war was a card game that you played with no intention to harm any one else. Remember when the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever and the players then were real and they took part in no dog fighting. Remember the long summer nights spent catching fireflies and playing tag until dusk, not drinking your self crazy with hopes of surviving till sunrise.
Do you remeber wearing your new shoes on the first day of school? Now kids in schools carry guns. Remember when 5 dollars seemed like a million and six was just plain crazy! How much i would kill to have decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'. Remeber when race issue ment arguing about who ran the fastest not what color someone was. Remember when there was a birthday party at a roller rink in the 6th grade and a chance to skate as a couple at was like winning the lottery. Remember when your best friend moving away was the saddest day of your life. It seems to me like the kids these days are growing up to fast. They need to stay kids as long as they can. They need to experience the sort of 'Never never land' lifestyle that Walt Disney created. Just in writing this it has brought back so many memories to my childhood that are impossible to forget.The past is always great, it is what has made you into who you are today. Where would you be without those summer nights or the times spent playing war and not living in one. The only good thing about the future is that it is in our hands, we can make it what we want. Yeah memories last forever but the future is just a memory we havent created yet.





I think Eve 6 says it best..."Here's to the nights

We felt alive

Here's to the tears

You knew you'd cry

Here's to goodbye

Tomorrow's gonna come too soon

Too soon"

Academic Integrity Pledge

I swear on my honor that the work contained within is my own......
Overall I think that these words are pretty self explanatory and I was not 100% sure about why we had to create our own considering Clemson already has one. I got confused with this assignment because the according to our syllabus the assignment was to create our own pledge and we needed to have some sort of citations in there in MLA format Yet in the class you had us under the impression that we just had to react to the already standing pledge so I think that there was a little miss communication on that front. Also in regards to the MLA you said we did not need to worry about that so again I was a bit confused. For the future I think it would be more helpful if you stick to one plan. In addition to that when we would ask questions they were not fully answered in regards to the assignment so my confusion could be detrimental to our overall outcome.
Overall I think that the academic integrity pledge is a very good idea to help keep the honor system in the back of our heads as we complete our college career. I think that our pledge needs to be stressed more just because it is hard to always be honest when we are completing work all of the time. I think that it could be displayed more or posters and what not could be created to always have it in the back of the student’s minds. I am not too quite sure about the ramifications that occur when the pledge is broken so maybe more information about that could help to sort of “scare” the urge to be dishonest out of the students.