Remember when...

Today I missed being a high school student. I was on my lunch at work so I went to Wendy's and I saw some high school students eating, and suddenly I was longing to be in school again. I remember when I used to go to lunch with all my friends at school and when we used to skip class. I really wanted to join their conversation, but how stupid would that be. They would probably think I'm weird and blow me off. I would do that. At that moment I didn't wanted to be a responsible adult going to work instead I desired to be a teenager attending school five days a week, and having no worries but my grades have because now I have to pay bills. When I was in high school all I had to worry about was my G.P.A to get into the college of my choice. I so did not feel like going back to work. Besides work is kind of boring because there's barely any customers and the day goes by so slow. I never thought that I would miss high school because I was seriously desperate to get out of there. My senior was the worst. My sister had to literally drag me out of bed to go to class because being at school was a nightmare yo me and I strongly disliked it. I wasn't able to focus anymore because all I contemplated was graduation day. I got extremely lazy my senior year. This is why I was shocked today when I was yearning to be in school again.

We want what we can't have

Why do we always want what we can't have? For some odd reason people desire a hundreds times more what seems to be impossible rather than what is tangible. For instance, let’s suppose you eye a guy in the club and you’re instantly attracted to him, but there's a possibility that he won't acknowledge your presence. As the night goes on he still has no idea you exist and he becomes an obsession for you, so then you'll begin to do what ever it takes to get his attention. Another guy comes up to you and starts a conversation but during that time all you can't think about is the guy that ignores you so you reject this sweet man. You leave the club disappointed because after all your persistence you still couldn't get him notice you. Why does life have to be so complicated sometimes? I guess that's how it is and there's is nothing you can do to change the way of life but accept your loss. It pisses me off because it's like you can't be with the person you truly like and instead you're stuck with the person that you perceive as a friend. It's sad because these situations happen often and in the end there's nothing that will get his attention. I mean, we can walk around half naked and he still won't turn around. How depressing. Then again, maybe when this happens, it's not meant to be. Things do happen for a reason, which I can't seem to figure out yet. When will be the day when everyone finds the person that they're truly meant to be with?

Free write

Now I know that “what goes around comes around.” I know it so well that it has become my favorite quote because it’s so true. Before I thought that life was a walk in the park but I was so wrong. My experience actually living what this quote signifies has really opened my eyes to reality, to life. It’s just so ironic that what you do to others, whether good or bad, will always come back to you. In other words, how ever you have made a person feel someone else will make you feel the same way. It’s so inevitable to prevent this from occurring because I believe that is how life is and there is nothing to stop it. I guess the only way to prevent tragedy from happening is to treat others the exact same way you want to be treated, but people hurt others and now I’m conscious that we’ll pay for doing so. It really sucks to come to this conclusion because when you do it’s because you have already been hurt the same way you caused someone else pain. I know that people make mistakes but you can’t always let that be an excuse and then regret it. You may not even understand what I’m even talking about but I guarantee you that more sooner than later goes around because of you will come back to you. I don’t know if it makes a lot of sense but it does to me.

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Adbusters

Some rhetorical strategies that they use is pathos because a baby always creates very sympathetic and happy emotions. When we see a baby anywhere our first thought is "how cute!" for some reason we love babies and we just can't resist them. So this baby selling McDonald's is so adorable and we like him already. I think McDonald's wants to be appealing especially to parents because after all they're the ones that can buy us happy meals and kids love the toys that come with the meal. Looking at content expression this baby has on his face tells everyone that his fascinated with the food and is proud of it too because the bib and fry hat makes that more obvious. I mean who would wear this unless he's in love with McDonald's, which is what the add wants to portray. This add wants to let the whole world know that kids love McDonald's. The photograph persuades us even more because it's believable. The truth is that babies, toddlers and kids love McDonald's so seeing a kid this happy is normal and billions of people can relate to it because that many have already eat from this fast food restaurant. Even I loved the happy meals when I was a kid. I remember I used to beg my mom to buy happy meals because I loved the toys that came along with it. My favorite miniature toys were the barbies which I collected. As I got older I became more and more concerned with how unhealthy McDonald's truly is especially after watching Super Size Me, so now I barely eat there.

Calvin Klein: "Eternity"

I don’t think there’s sex appeal is used in this add because what it’s trying to focus on is the sweet love that exists between this couple and not their “hot” bodies or sex. The sex appeal is definitely ineffective because they’re not exhibiting their bodies or posing in a provocative way like in a lot of the underwear adds. Both the man and woman are projected as an average couple that’s deeply in love. The add is very appropriate for the product that they’re trying to sell because since “Eternity” is the product name they’re trying to relate that word with love. When you think about true love you want it to be eternal. You want to be with the person you love for eternity. The add also has the words; love, sweet love. I think the word sweet is in this phrase relates to the sent of the perfume. You can also associate sweet with love, which means this catchy phrase is perfect for the add. I think pathos is utilized because of the emotion that this couple is transmitting to others. They’re married, have a family, appear to be extremely happy, and seem so comfortable with each other that they make you believe they are soul mates. Another element that adds more sweetness to this add is the picture of this couple’s family. Their kids are so content that even the dog is happy. Everything in this add is ideal for selling Eternity fragrance from Calvin Klein.