English 101 Assignment

       While watching "The Soprano's" for half an hour I noticed some interesting things. Whenever the commercials came on, they were twice as loud as the television show.  Commercials included weight loss programs, dating web sights, security systems, and law firms. Everything and anything imaginable is on TV these days, and I wonder how a show like the Soprano's made it to day time television. The commercials on TV promote consumerism. This sort of attitude makes me feel that it's hard for most people to appreciate what they have, when they are constantly buying new things to replace the old. Some times I wish we could return to ways of thinking from the past. I wish that it wasn't so easy to forget about the virtue of hard work. I wish that we could idolize the wisdom that comes with old age, instead of the superficiality of the quest for restored youth. For now I'm just a quiet voice in the crowd of society, but I do feel that eventually the "me generation" will give way to a new generation, focusing on the basic values that our Grandma used to teach us, and society will learn that family, inner beauty, true friendships, and hard work are really the recipe for happiness.

Picture Number 50: Endless Summer

I took this picture while on spring break, however it reminds me of the famous image for the surf movie "The Endless Summer".

Picture Number 49: Looking up

I took this picture of one of my friends while she was looking up to talk with someone. It reminds me of one of those glasses adds.

Picture Number 48: The Girl With the Pearl Necklace

Another picture from the photo shoot up town. This one was taken as the girl was walking through the doors of the theater.

Picture Number 47: Backpack

I used the natural lighting of the sun to take a picture of my backpack while boating. I was laying down tanning and doing some homework, when I looked next to me and realized it would make for a good picture.

Picture Number 46: Family Portrait

Some friends asked me to take pictures for their family Christmas card. I had a lot of fun doing a "photo shoot" with them, and we ended up getting some great shots.

Picture Number 45: King Neptune

This parking lot sign amongst electrical wires caught my attention while down by the beach.