Blogging Around: Connections in Confusion

My first comment was on Sophia Almeroth's blog. I really thought that she had some great, thought provoking questions within her post. I really liked how it made me think about postmodernism. I love The Devil Wears Prada, but now I look at it in a different light.

Sophia, I completely agree. The fact that the scene was taken out of the context of the movie made it a lot more powerful and impressive. I think it's amazing how everything is sort of interconnected, and really isn't our decision. Many people think that they have free will, but what this scene is saying is that we don't really get to choose. We don't have free will. We are influenced about everything. Your last question really intrigues me too: Who/What influences us the most?

The next commented I posted was on Nigel Howard's blog. He did a connection post on Tenacity and College. When I first started to read it, I was confused at the connection, and if there really was one. But as I kept going, he writes of finding his own strength through the battle towards victory. I found myself thinking about my college application experience, and how our's were very similar.

Nigel, first of all, you have a way with words that makes me want to keep reading. You write almost melodically, and I really love that, but that's beside the point. This post has a very crazy and deep connection to myself. I myself am not the smartest girl out there. I mess up all the time, and let's be real, my attention span varies on the day. But, my mother has trained me to be better than what I do normally. College is such a beautiful freedom, it's a learning period and it can really change where you want to go in life. Thinking back to when I was a kid, I really thought that it would never come, but it has and it still seems as dream-like as it was when I was younger. It's crazy to think that we, next year, will be off and on our own. I've learned to push myself more than I already do, and how to put it forth to something that I love to do. I'm going to college to study comedy... For me, that is a dream come true. Tenacity and grit is something that I've learned, and thankfully, really hard to unlearn.