Entry #10- Online Dating

Bit by the Online Lovebug

While online dating used to be something that most people were opposed to and once saw as something that was unsafe and "weird," its use and success rates have been increasing dramatically over the years. This technological use of finding love has even become more popular than the traditional way of meeting a significant other at a rate of about 17% out of any other way of meeting people.







With online dating sites allowing people to see other's personality traits and interests before meeting, it could help in lowering divorce rates since it could increase chances of finding people who are more compatible. It provides an opportunity to broaden your horizon by meeting many more people. My mother and her husband are a perfect example of a successful marriage that started from meeting online. My mom has had a few unhappy marriages that started through traditional meeting that all failed, but I've never seen her so happy as she is with her current husband whom she met on Christian Mingle.

So if you're looking for love and have thus far been unsuccessful in finding it through traditional means, perhaps trying online dating sites could help you find your true love. It could be a good opportunity for you, or to at least give it a shot!

Entry #9- Video Media

To Read or to See?

Media is a powerful thing that can have a strong influence over people, and one of the strongest forms of media is video. People are much more likely to pay attention to a video instead of reading a paper, even if they cover the same information. It takes less effort to watch something than it does to read. Plus, videos have a visual appeal while papers do not. 

College students usually have little time, and if given the option to watch a video or read a paper, the video will almost always be chosen. I bet that the video posted above, covering the same information I'm talking about will better keep people's attention that reading this. I would much rather watch a short video that covers the same information of a paper simply because it's faster, visually appealing, takes less effort, and I zone out a lot when trying to read something of dull substance. A perfect example of this would be reading a chapter in a history textbook or having the option to watch a video representation of the same information. Which would you rather do, watch the history video or read the chapter? 

Entry #8- Kat Von D and Tattoo Artistry

Kat Von D is best known for her tv show, LA Ink. Her show is held primarily in her shop, High Voltage, with her fellow "tattoo family" that are considered some of the best of the best tattoo artists. Her show is used for entertainment, and I personally feel like it gets too into her personal life; however, I love to watch her show to see all the artists' work. As one artist to another, I appreciate the real talent these people have. It's a fantastic art form.

Kat Von D herself

Some of Kat's Tattoo Work

Kat Von D's Private Work Station

I love the creativity of her work station. Every artist needs a personalized work space in order to let the creativity fully flow. Her station is beautiful with all the melted candles and the portrait of Beethoven, one of my favorite pianists. 

I truly cannot see why tattooing is still so frowned upon by many people in society. It truly is an art form that takes real talent. Of course there are amateurs out there who try to pass themselves off as artists just to make a quick buck, but there are the true artists like Kat Von D who do it because it is their passion. Tattoos are a way to wear art on the body and carry it around. If you get a tattoo from a true artist, then you become a walking piece of art. I personally just got my first tattoo done as a half sleeve on my left arm by a local artist named Siege who works at Revival Art Collective. I feel he falls into the category of true tattoo artists because I can see the passion in his work. He went to school to get a bachelor's in art, participates in tattoo and art expos, and puts full effort into all his work. So not only have I witnessed tattooing as a true art form on television, but I've also experienced it in person. I see no shame in having beautiful tattoos because it quite simply makes people walking art. Beautiful tattoos are art, not a taboo and shouldn't be discriminated against. 

Entry #7- Dumb Men?

Dumb Men Stereotypes

After watching more than a handful of the videos linked on the Dumb Men website, I feel offended for men, even as a woman myself. Sure, some of the videos are funny, but many of them are also insulting to the intelligence of men. They are portrayed as dumb, incompetent, and inferior to women. I strongly believe in equality of all humans, and I don't like when any one person is portrayed as being less than another. 

The couple of the videos on this site that portrayed such instances were Fidelity Male Bashing, Stupid Men Can't Figure Out Home Improvement Projects: Lowe's, and the Stupid Dad Grilling Commercial. 

Just in the titles of these videos, one can already tell they have the potential to be insulting to men, which I saw as true after watching them. Fidelity Male Bashing portrayed men as incapable of thinking or doing even the simplest of things by themselves, Stupid Men Can't Figure Out Home Improvement Projects: Lowe's made men seem incompetent to take care of their homes without Lowe's helping them, and Stupid Dad Grilling Commercial makes it look like his family hates him because he can't cook even a simple meal for them. 

Commercials can portray an image and sell the product of whatever company they are advertising for without insulting the intelligence of people. Fidelity could've showed their employees helping families sign up for their product instead of making men look dumb. Lowe's could've showed men successfully using their products as a way to sell their merchandise without making men look dumb without it. In Stupid Dad Grilling, Papa Murphey's could've advertised their hamburger pizza by showing people enjoying eating it rather than showing a man failing at simple grilling. 

I think these videos are seriously lacking in credibility due to the fact that they are insulting to men. The goal of selling products can be achieved without insulting the intelligence of anybody, which is why these commercials lost my respect. By making a joke of the intelligence of men, I lost all attention to these advertisements which in turn could've lost a potential customer.