The Pnebleu Blog

This is Poojan relaxing before the Calculus exam last week. We had been studying since 3 that afternoon and the exam was at 7:30 pm.

This was a fort that was in the backyard, but in the fall of 2004 there was a small tornado or a strong storm that obliterated it. Shingles on one side of the roof were blown off, and trees sustained heavy damage to the branches. But, nothing else got damaged. We were in California when it happened, so I missed the storm! Figures.

This is the beach on South Padre Island. I love the sound and feel of the beach. It’s very soothing. Obviously, the audio on this movie isn’t quite soothing. The wind was really strong that day. I hope I get to go the beach soon. I had to work and study for spring break.

Prof creates new form of matter - News
This is my professor for physics! That is pretty cool. Read the article.

Why is celebrity such a big deal in our country? When did this obsession really pickup steam? I don’t know, but I have several reasons why it’s bad. All of my statements are in general. There are many instances of people who don’t fit into this generalization.

1.) Celebrities are treated like they’re so special; like they are another class of people. They’re not; they have just as many if not more problems than the rest of us. One of their problems is paparazzi. I don’t have to worry about getting chased by camera toting peeping toms. Do you?

2.) So many people look up to them as role models, but they aren’t very good ones. Their marriages are a joke. It’s amazing if they last 10 years and unbelievable if they are over 20 years. Is that characteristic you want to spread across the country, because the divorce rate is already at least 50%. I’d really like to see that come down, how about you?

3.) Celebrities, directly or indirectly, promote physical attractiveness, which can make a lot of people uncomfortable with the way they look. Vanity, cosmetic surgery, and low confidence levels are effects of this beauty aspect to celebrity.

4.) Why do they deserve awards every year? Did they do anything other than work for a living like the rest of us do? Should we all have awards like the best wall painter or the best assistant?

5.) The final reason I’m going to present is how celebrity is detracting attention away from more important issues and events in our lives. Anyone who watches TV knows that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston split up last year, but how many people know the name of the position that Alberto Gonzales holds? People retain all of this information about so many “celebrities” but they don’t care to know about the people who hold power in our country, in the world?

Celebrities aren’t an upper race of people. They have many problems, some we have, some we don’t. Celebrity creates the feeling of inadequacy or imperfection for many people. They don’t do anything other than work for a living like the rest of us. Finally, celebrity-centered culture is dumbing down our citizenry.

Don’t misunderstand me, I enjoy movies and TV and I don’t want to end that industry. I just want to bring the actors/actresses off of their pedestals.

I also have a video of Poojan bowling. I had to separate the post because iTunes doesn’t recognize the separate video files in the RSS feed.

Today, Charis, Poojan, and I went bowling in the Underground of the MSC. It was so much fun. Poojan had never gone before so we got to teach her. I have a video of Charis rolling an attempt, just click the picture. It was a lot of fun. I also have some still pictures at on Facebook, just click here. I need to improve my score. I bowled an 88. Not good. I need more practice.