New Show

Recently I have just finished a show called Daria. I have become so addicted to this show it is crazy. There was only five seasons with thirteen episodes in each season. I was not expecting to like the show, it was just something to watch in study hall while I am trying to finish my homework. But I started to enjoy it and started getting addicted to it. It's not your usual television show, Daria just moved to a new town and she is attending a new high school with her younger sister. Her sister become popular while she is not but she doesn't care. She has a nonchalant attitude towards everything and I feel for her. Throughout the series I was really able to connect to her and her situation. Even though the things that happened to her ever happened to me I would have addressed the situation differently, but towards the end I realize everything she did was for a good reason. Just like my previous blog about watching new shows, I am glad that I have decided to start that. Ever since then I have been watching different shows that are out my comfort zones because I have been enjoying them. I think I am going to start doing that with movies as well. I normally stick with the comedies but I think I need to also step out of my comfort zone. My goal for next week is to start another show and to watch a movie that I would not normally watch.

Trying New Things

Recently I’ve been taking risks and trying new things. That being watching new shows that I would usually not choose to watch. Or trying new foods. Since I live in the dorms , without a kitchen, I’m faced with the same food everyday. It’s slowly getting boring so in order to spice things up I’ve been trying new things. For example before coming to this school, I wouldn’t even look at sweet potatoe fries, but I’ve grown to like them. After my friend kind of forced me to try them, I’ve been open to buy them on my own. Then today I just randomly bought some sushi because it looked good. The only sushi I eat is California Rolls and I can't even eat more than 4 until I get tired of them. But I tried it and it was surprisingly good. Most ovf my friends were shocked and kind of happy for me.  Another thing that made me step out of my comfort zone is this show Mother Up. It was a recommendation from a show I finished, it didn't look interesting but I was like why not, I have nothing else to do. At first I was asking myself what am I watching but a few episodes in, it's kind of funny. Funny in a stupid way though. All these things have changed my view on life to be honest. I never thought of coming out of my comfort bubble. But I'm glad that I did, I hope to continue on doing and trying new things.

Work Work Work

These last couple of weeks have been kind of busy.It's not even the midterms everyone is talking about, it's more so the work that I have to do for my classes. It's kind of hard being a student athlete especially this being my first year here. I'm not use to all this work and then going to practice in the middle of the day. I'm use to having school and some time after school then I go to practice. Looking back to the first couple of weeks of english when we had to do the planned week I kinda wish I stuck to it. Because right now I feel like I have so much to do in so little time. I have a speech on friday and I have to practice for that, then I had to type the essay for this class. I’m like a little busy bee. I do think back to when it was easier in highschool and what if I was going to community college. Would it actually be easier? Looking at my friends that are attending community college the answer would be no.They still have to do the same thing I have to do, and if it's not going to class then its working. Imagine me working, going to school and running track. I know later on down the year I will start working on campus and its going to be a boat load of work on my shoulders but I think i will be ready.

Freakish

I just recently started and sadly finished a new show  called Freakish. At first glance I knew some people that star in it, some people from Youtube and Vine. So I already knew the acting was going to be trash because they never had experience with acting on a television show. But I guess in a way when they post skits and stuff on their social media that's acting but it's not really on the level. So first hand I was kind of skeptical about the show, but right after the first episode I was hooked. I started watching it non stop. Sadly there was only one season which consisted of ten episodes. So obviously I finished the season in one day. I watched it in bed, while hanging out with friends and even at the gym. If you could see the faces I was making at the gym it was hilarious because so much in the show was happening. Since Freakish is kind of a horror film I was jumping and trying to cover my eyes because of the fear of what's going to happen next.The show was controlling me in a way. I felt like I had to finish it in order feel good about myself. But when I watched the tenth episode I was so sad cause it left me on a cliffhanger. But overall the experience was cool I rarely start a new show, I usually stick with the ones I’ve been watching for a while. I think the excitement I get from watching this new show motivates me to venture out. We should all watch something out of our norm and we might like it.

Oakland to Turlock

Coming from Oakland to Turlock has been a big change to me. I always get the question, “Why Stanislaus?” and somethime I ask myself that same question. I didn't even look into Stan State when I applied. I just wanted to apply to as many schools I was financially able to. I really wanted to go to CSULB but I didn't get in. So my next choice was out of state. All through my senior year Ive was going back and forth with my mom about letting me go out of state. I was accepted and everything but I still wasn't able to go. When she told me why I was so mad and of course did not agree with her choice. She told me it's too far and if something was to happen to me nobody would be there to help me. I didn't understand until now. I'm glad I picked Stan State because I've been exposed to so much and it's only been a couple of months. Even though I thought I was going to have a boring time here, being in the middle of nowhere and all but it’s the total opposite. This experience has already taught me so much as well. Since Stan is a small campus it shows me how community is key. I’ve been able to grow a community within the people that live on my floor, with my track teammates and classmates. This community feels like a family, which makes Stan feel like home away from home in a way.  

Yeezy Season

To stray away from my normal choice of topic I wanted to talk about Kanye.Thinking back to the first time I heard of Kanye I knew some popular songs but he wasn't something big. However now he sells clothes and shoes for outrages prices and people will do anything to acquire them. Over the weekend he released a new pair a Yeezys, and they're already sold out. They went for $220. It's crazy how throughout the years he was among the average artist now he's grown so much. His music has changed and overall attitude. Thinking back to first controversial thing that Kanye did that was all over social media was the interaction with Sway. That's where his favorite line, “You ain't got the answers Sway” came from. Many people mocked him and made memes of it but they didn't know how they were aiding his career. The next time we heard of Kanye was when he was with Kim and decided to marry her. All these events gave Kanye new fans, new fans that are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on clothes that make them look homeless. Without the little media outburst that Kanye had he wouldn't be where he is now. I highly doubt that people would be really spend hundreds of dollars on some other artist that's not in the new like him. This goes for the Kardashians too, without the media they would have nothing. Kylie wouldn't be selling makeup without the media attention they receive. Without us there would be nothing. 

The Bay Artist

Oakland has produced many good artist throughout the years. Many well known and many just Oakland known. When an artist gets exposed to other people besides people that live in Oakland, that’s a good feeling. I always enjoying hearing or seeing some good new about an underground artist. Some popular artist like Kehlani, G-Eazy,Sage the Gemini, MC Hammer, Keyshia Cole and many more. Even though Oakland goes through some hard times we still try to make something of ourselves. With all the violence that has been occurring some good things can still happen. One artist that really sticks out to me would have to be Kehlani. I had the honor of being in the same room as her when she came to my school to talk to our music department. I wasn't even the music I had to skip my 3rd period and sneak into the auditorium just to hear her speak. Just the other day I was watching her snapchat stories and now she was there right in front of me, it was surreal.  After all the picture taking, she sat down and talked to everyone. She told us to chase our dreams and not to let anyone stop you. This really stuck to me throughout the school year cause I saw it in her eyes, she really wanted us to make something out of ourselves. We weren't the only high school she visited, she visited almost all Oakland high schools that day just to talk to them. Just seeing the efforts she took to talk to us was motivating. It motivated me to do something I want to do and to be happy. Another motivating thing that Kehlani did was prove people wrong. Sadly she attempted to take her life after a big media scandal between her and her ex Kyrie Irving. But it didn’t stop her. She recovered and a couple of months later drop a song called “CRZY” which made the world literally go crazy. Seeing her being able to overcome that motivates me even more and I just want to see more artist like her.