Entry #9 Food Poison

 Hello everyone how are we doing. Another day and another blog. Today, I want to take you

with me for a thought about a topic that I’ve been thinking about more in the last few years as I

feel like it relates so much to my health as I grow older and I think your decisions really can

have a long-term impact on your overall well- being especially when it’s something that’s an

essential part of our lives that we can’t live without, but interestingly enough it gets ignored

sometimes when it comes to thinking about how to approach it. As a college student, it gets

hard sometimes to stay on top of everything and being efficient in what you do or not taking

shortcuts, and food is one of the things that needs planning to make sure what you’re getting in

your system is healthy enough and this is where the challenge is as there is always easier

options where it wouldn’t take that much time and effort to buy fast food from almost any spot

at any time, but knowing what you’re eating isn’t healthy is what makes me think twice.

I’m a person who’s been raised on eating traditional homemade food, but after my parents

left, it became hard to me to maintain that way of making food at home so I would be in

situations where I’m rushing and got assignments due and that wouldn’t let me have that much

time to make food, so I would end up buying food from outside knowing that another negative

factor of it is the expense as it would keep adding up every time I buy food and end up realizing

that it’s financially not that smart to still do it. I always have questions about where was this

food processed? How was it kept till it got here? Were the animals fed correctly? Were there

any chemical injections that were part of the food in a way or another? All these questions that

are growing bigger and bigger as the whole industry is changing from times where most of the

things we eat were fully organic without being chemically treated and things were way simpler

back then, but now the business side of it is impacting the concept that we used to believe in

where speed and money is more favored than quality. Continuing on this path can really be

effective on future generations.

What’s difficult about the situation is that there are organic options that became rare

nowadays when it was the opposite back then, but the issue is the expensive prices that

doesn’t make it easier for the consumer that cares enough about the topic. Lacking enough

interest from the public can be a reason to where we reached nowadays and the lifestyle that

forces you to not have enough to consider your options and actually making change is what

would make it hard and would need a lot of effort to change the situation where we’re in to at

least not have our future generations get into the same loop that would be hard to get out of.

Entry #10 A Peak Through The Blinds

 Hello everyone! Did somebody say something about a blog including me talking about my favorite show. Let's take a peak through these blinds and talk about the lessons I learned watching Peaky Blinders. A small street turned into a small gang then into a criminal empire all ruled by Thomas Shelby himself. Having an empire that big bring the attention of other gangs causing fights over power. It came down to who has more power, by more power meaning; guns, insiders, drug empires, and land. On that land they had rigged horse racing and they had ports to transport weapons. One of the most important places for these men were the bars they held all of their business meetings at. This brought the attention of other mafias.

Loyalty is a double edged sword. When having to rely on outsiders comes at a cost. They can be bought by your enemy, giving them your information, your possible next move, and your last whereabouts. Shelby would go to the doctor often from PTSD that he developed during the WWI. The doctor would often do screenings and X-Rays of Thomas to determine what was causing the issue. Problem was Shelby was perfectly fine this whole time but the screenings and X-Rays were tampered with to make it look like there were serious issues. Having rival oppositions caught up to Shelby which made the doctor sell Shelby's loyalty for money. After having to deal with this, Shelby was having traumatic experiences and severe PTSD. This lead Shelby to insanity to the point where he would just end it.

The never underestimate strategy is used quiet often by Shelby to outsmart, outman, and outgunning his rivals. With carful scouting and serious planning Thomas would perform superior to his enemies. With this came power to expand his illegal underground drug and smuggling businesses. One being a coalmine, another police departments and even underground boat tunnels used to smuggle other war inmates in town.

Entry #8 Wise Guys

 What is going on you guys! Another blog, another movie. By this time, you guys should already know I like watching my, I guess you could call it "old money" movies. You may ask why? The lessons, the clothes, the way they talk and so many other things... It brings back so much memories and makes you live that time where this generation didn't get to experience. Looking back at those movies and comparing it to today's world is completely different. Even their accents were slightly different than how people talk now. One of the legendary 90's movies was Good Fellas. The movie good fellas has taught me so many lessons and even changed the perspective of how to view certain morals and values and really showed at least one angle if not all the angles of what was it like to live in New York. With that being said and how the idea and vibe of the movie is great itself, the actors played a huge role in showing the viewers and reflecting the little details of the story due to their great acting as they were all skilled and experienced to portray that picture of what was it like to live in those times.

    In today's world, everything has a price tag. It's not only the sold products that have a price on them, but other aspects of life come with their own consequences or let me say price. Your actions will cost you something, and for the Good Fellas, it was their murders that had a price they needed to pay. Even though you might think you got away with your actions that affected someone, karma will always come back and either gets you with prison, death, or betrayal, which was an angle that the movie showed.

    Everyone talks about the American Dream,  but sometimes a dream can turn into a nightmare which is something that not all people think about and usually just think about the temporary good things that happen first without really keeping in mind the probability that things can go south real quick. One thing that was shown is that the idea that anyone can rise from nothing to success through hard work and dedication and how you can climb the ladder to wealth and power, but by taking the risky shortcut of crime. The movie showed that chasing those things without a limit leads to ruin and you would end up losing your identity, your people and end up living the "normal" life again and kind of spinning back into the same old loop that you tried running away from.

Entry #7 How Fresh Is Fresh

     When we watch movies, we watch them for entertainment and to eliminate the boredom of our day. Yes, movies might teach us a thing or two, but some might change our ways of living. Watching an angle of life through the lens of the movie changes your preceptive on how to view things in life. That delusion in the movie might be the hidden reality that we haven't experienced as if it's like giving us a wake up call as if we were in our deep sleep like a bear. The movie "Fresh" will make you look at your consumption for food differently. Looking at food in grocery stores is going to feel like buying chemicals instead of "fresh" produce.

    The amount of, "what the heck" or "ewe's" while watching "Fresh" is going to be natural moments. Those scenes shown are not going to have you laid back and realize how it is in other movies. Fresh 2009 was the reality check for many people and many preceptive changes. You sink in more and more, the longer you watch the movie. Some audience might see it as, "I'm done watching" while others will see it as, "I need to change my ways." I personally changed the places I used to shop at, not only that but, the way I look at food products in stores. What goes on in my mind is completely different from what I used to imagine. The curiosity behind this movie is what grabs the viewer's attention in a way or another where it makes you think about things that you never thought about.

Now a days, its so normal to fit in and live day by day normally with the same routine as everyone else. This will make you ignore the important problems that maybe affect you in the long run. Watching a movie like "fresh" brings it to your attention of how bad industrial agriculture really is. Others may look at it as the fast pace and large production, but other will look at it as consuming chemicals. Fresh brings out the importance of knowledge and paying attention to certain routine like lifestyles. It's more of a documentary other than a film. The main idea also isn't about how everyone should care and change their ways, but it for sure is an important conversation needed to put into consideration by more people other than being ignored and not spoken about.